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4 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, June 21, 1949
A Mutual Problem for City and Railroad
Salem is thinking ahead.
r,.Ur,n.a f tVlia ia fnimrl in HPVPml nlflnS find fictlOnS.
There is acceptance of the Baldock plan, which will bring SIPS FOR SUPPER
gome order to the present traffic chaos. And now there is
the step to "free" the downtown section from the present
railroad track system.
The meetinir of representatives of the city and the
Southern Pacific company Tuesday night offers the chance
BETWEEN ONE OF THOSE POKEY
WAGONS EVfcSY FIVE MINUTES.
AND MAW SQUAWKING ABOUT
WASTING ICE CUBES. WHAT
CHANCE HAS ONE GUV GOT
THESE DAYS
HSU
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ma
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
China Didn't Want Russ Deal
Until Mao Started Winning
By DREW PEARSON
Washington An amazing story of Chinese bargaining between
the U. S. and the USSR has been carefully hushed up by the state
department.
At one time during the China war the Chiang Kai-Shek gov
ernment was almost on Its knees before the Soviet ambassador
patch
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
to patch up a
deal with Rus
sia at the very
time it was
yelling for aid
from the U.S. V.
The hitherto
untold story be
gan nine months!
ago, September
1948, when the
Soviet ambass
ador at Nan
king suggested
that the Nationalist government
MS
Drew fceraea
It's Warm, Anyway
BY DON UPJOHN
Summer showed ud this morning but there seems to be a differ-
tn tie in the desire for a smoother traffic flow with the ence of opinion as to just when it arrived. The United Press
need of passenger and freight rail service for the city. sent out a dispatch from Portland saying it arrived at 11:03 a.m.,
In considering the problem or ranroaa iracKS wnicn wnue u.e w the UiS in the event ol RusM,
. . i, j i u 11 viced via the tpletvne that it ar-
nappen to Dox in me my s auwmuwn net-uuii, n. in . iu "Vn . t. ,h it is.
recall the coming of the railroad to halem. Ihe city was ' "t . A tall angular Texan visiting
iL.i:l 1 hr nnmtn n , , h o m Man niiT o. -
esiaunsiieu pnui w ure vuuiiiiK "' v Hailed ud situa-
lem'g growth has been influenced greatly by the rail lines on existed in
here. , . Salem. It just
goes to show
The first railroad franchise in Salem was granted to the you what a hay
Oregon Central Railroad in 1868. The franchise author- wire condition
ized the operation of trains on what is now the main coast can be created
line of the Southern Pacific along 12th street. by a city coun-
When Oregon Electric was putting in a rail system be- cil in a town ev
tween Portland and Eugene in 1908, permission was grant- f" 85 5ma11
i i- 4 i. i u ci r?-t ,! Hlcrh itruti this one. it
eu hj lay urea. u,,k ""-"V" passes an ordi-
ine mgn Bireci line was pi mniiauy tut iiikci nam nance telline
But by spring of this year,
the Nationalist government was
so desperate it was willing to
accept its hated enemy. General
Mao, as premier. This time it
was the Russians who in effect
said no.
Latest stage of the frantic
Nationalist attempts to make an
alliance with Russia came last
month after the government was
moved to Canton.
One again Nationalist For
eign a nonaggression pact with eign Minister George Yen tried
Russia including a highly im- to draw the Russian ambassador
portant clause whereby, in case into a discussion of a National-
of Russo-American war, China ist - Soviet alliance. But once
would side with Russia. again the ambassador was coy.
The Chinese Nationalists stal- Studiously he avoided all con
led their reply. Meanwhile, Rus- tacts with the Nationalist lead
sian pressure increased in Man- ers.
churia. Premier Hu Ying-Ching then
Finally, on Oct. 11, Chiang held an official reception to
Kai - Shek replied that China which all foreign envoys were
would accept a nonaggression invited, and the Russian am-
pact provided it did not contain bassador was urged to come
the clause putting China against ahead for a conference. He re
fused, however, on the ground
American war.
If YOU CAN uETANrWINERINi
DEuREE BEFORE THE Adl Or
20, U HAVE BEATEN CWS
OF 3.100 TO I. (Hon too
$rmr, tumw.
THE 0DPS
ARE OVER EVEN
THAT IF YOU'RE
IN A MENTAL
HOSPITAL,
YOU'LL
EVENTUALLY
. BE
DISCHARGED.
yyyi
I I RIPE IN AN AUTO TODAY? ODDS
A I ARE? TO I YOU READ A
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Closed Big Four Meeting
Raises Point of Secrecy
that such action would cause
unfavorable comment among
here is in a kind of a daze driv- News of this leaked back to lne lner atpiomats.
Ins armind on Drecnn road af- Wshlnetnn three davn later. Then he was asked to stay
ter being accustomed to the Otc. 14. But it was not until behind after the reception. This American ver
great open stretches and long Oct. 17 that someone thought to he also refused, and for the sion of develop
straight roads in his native state, inform the White House or else sam? reason. ments.
"Doggone if I see how you fel- the White House woke up to the Finally Ambassador Roschin Most of the
lers drive out here." he said, situation was told that unless he accept- information a-
At any rate, on Oct. 17 at ea lms mvnation tendered by vauable regard-
5:30 p.m., presidential assistant lne neaa 01 lne -ninese govern- tng tne west
John Steelman phoned General ment to come eary to the re- em plans is said
Al Wedmeyer, head of the war eeption, he would become per- to have come
Dlans division, with the ulti- "' &raia ana nis recall irom nriusn
By DeWITT MocKtNZIE
lUPl PorelBr Affilr Anu
Some of the American correspondents who have been covering
the Big Four foreign ministers' conference in Paris have voiced
dissatisfaction over the U. S. state department's arrangement for
supplying the?
"Your roads are so twisty half
the time you're honking at your
own taillight.
Dognaping Epidemic
i - . . . uitiiis UIV191UH, wmi me uiii- , .
d.. f.,.h. Lebanon Five kidnapping matum that unlesg the pi.esident would be requested forthwith, and French
A..tmhil mnotitinn Willed thn nassenirer service i:""" , cases ln eoanon lasi weeK au
, , ; " "e people 10 guggie meir ciock dogs were reported to city po-
for the OreOTOn Electric. hanH irn.inrl anH thp offcpfji nf " : u .
- ... . .. Hire. Vilnius ill cavil ic net ., ,. . ... inp inai ina nramio, hiri ar
When the new bridge system put in across tne Wl - it are felt so extensively that hiBhw Drized canine pete. The ""a,'M, ?v!rnI"e"1,' l"e KV": nnlntwnt with Th. r.7l.T.
doesn't know whether it s rn Included two Cocker Soa- ?" "" De D,own tDrf
Mi
, OcH'ltl Uckctul
gold.
On the whole, British diplo
mats, both at home and abroad,
are about the most liberal about
giving out news, as I have found
in many parts of the globe.
For example, during a trip
to India in 1942-3 I made an
exhaustive study of the political
situation which was then red
hot, with the Indians pressing
for independence.
Under the war-time security
lamette, the present congestion of traffic on Center street, a guy doesn
when a log train crosses at Front, will be greatly relieved.
As for the Southern Pacific route, that is another prob
lem. That is the one up for discussion Tuesday night.
spring or summer, me sun was njels,
supposed to stand still this anH
black Labrador, a Chow,
Scotty. AU were In the
by Ken Smitley, showed up at
his home a few days later, ap
parently heavily drugged, ac
received a full reDort on lend- noscnin tnereiore llnally sources. The"
Inir war materials tn the Na- agreed to arrive at 8 p.m., know- Russians, of
ing inai me premier naa an ap- course, aon I taw.
am- As one who has spent most regulations I had to submit all
higher than a kite. Daraaaor at a:3. of the past generation report- these notes to tne British censor.
SuDDlies to China mut start He actually arrived, however, ing international events, your I got them all back but the cen-
nve minutes late, ana witnout correspondent nas a sympatnetic sor asKea permission to aeiete
It s the old. one fifty word memo regarding
actually left Nov 18 But mean- a wora, launcned a long old story. a delicate situation. He also
:- i . - ... mnvinff Wltnin two weplrs Mr
T.V k,T ZiJ:, ,r H.aen u"vfJarea,' .V"! " .! Steelman warned. The first ships Premier Hu a chance to ear for this plaint,
... . vicums, a goiaen utner own ,.-ii w, m is
while, on Nov. 2, the Nation
alists evacuated Manchuria.
Later, as the Chinese commu
nists approached the Yangtze
B. River, the Nationalist govern-
t u. Tf; P.,;f! ,onb- nK. Know wne
111 CUIiniucllllK "'C nicv.iii- uwunn.,.. x cvw, ... , .n.n
lem, both parties will find it is one of equal mutual con- S,1U at ln tM or 1103 a m'
cent. . . . Hcdda Swart, the Table Rock ,: ( cmi,iov
The city can t lose sight of the great benefit gained from expert, wasn't quite decided ei- 1
the rail connection, while the company faces the problem ther as to whether it's summer Query from a reader in
of adjusting its operation in order to get along with Salem yet or not. He opined that be- Mike's column in the Oregonian ment decided to accept the Rus-
motorists cause we naa a snower ounaay mis a.m. hsks 11 uuvemur iuug- oiau ticaiy uvcuuies ui iasi oep-
Holding of the meeting itself is actually a great step night there must still be snow las McKay wears a toupee? We timber. J
forward. It is evidence of the concern both parties have on Table Rock and he couldnt don know where the reader Suddenly Soviet ambassador
, ,r ' 11 Tf .. u fi.. knk quite f gure how it could be got this idea as we never even Nikolai Roschin was informed
for the problem. If such cooperation can continue through .BH ..... , 5MrH i( ,Qtort hv .nvn that china w wiiiin.
the discussions, there is no reason why a long-range im- .. . N d bt it d th thousands of times or so the nonaggression oact with no fnment, he demanded, should ish
series of complaints about the called attention to a memo I
fact that he had been in Canton American diplomatic circles had made of a conversation with
since April, housed in lament- exalt freedom of the press and an unnamed individual who ac
able quarters, and in all this subscribe to a fully informed tually was the viceroy.
time had not been able to get public. Despite this, some high "There's no mistaking the
a telephone. diplomatic quarters long have source of that memo," said the
Communications, he said, pursued the idea that if impor- censor. "I trust you won't forget
were abominable. He had suf- tant problems can be worked that it is high-explosive."
fered great delay in receiving out secretly there will be a bet-
mail, the servant shortage was ter chance of success. nf rnnron mm rnrrnnnnH.
suggested by anyone that China was willing to accept terribIe; a"d the Chinese gov- On the other hand, the Brit- ent recognizes that there are
ana to lome aegree tne t mes when the authorities have
Drovement program cannot be worked out for the benefit hv h!' mnminir and we nre- we've seen him about town hat- reservationi whatsoever it transport Russian servants to French, always have the latch to delav the announcement of
Of both the city and the railroad. sume will start snowing up less such an idea never occurred would even accept the clause "ion- . string out for news gathering, delicate news. Broadly speak-
there again in a few days as we to us. We asked a few of his against the U.S. me amoassaaor even aemand- i-onaon ana raris take a dif- ing, however, experience has
head along the road toward win- friends today and they couldn't By this time, however, Rus- ed sP?clal visas for hl servants, ferent view than do many Amer- demonstrated that secrecy is a
ter, which is happening right say either. But at any rate, if sia had cooled. Knowing that f sPcc,auy chef, because Can- lean officials, recognizing the bad thing.
now. But we can't blame Table we keep mulling the thing over victory was Just around the t?nese cooxing, ne said was atro- propaganda value of present- In our democracy the govern
Rock for getting mixed up since we'll begin wondering, too. At corner anyway, Ambassador cl("',. ,. 8 tne. new from their own ment is the servant of the peo-
J! "uatiun naa rat- uu,oim. pie. Tnat being so, the public
tied off his stream of com- So, on the whoh,, the life of is entitled to an exact account
plaints, the British ambassador a reporter abroad is no bed of ing of the stewardship. The best
had arrived for his 8:45 ap- roses. He has to dig hard for way to render that accounting
nnint man TU T . . i - i aimk 1 , . ...
...w..tlll,. uaamn aii.uass- u,ii uic as ne unearins, ana u tnrough the news.
Cold War Not So Hot
The four-week Paris conference of the foreign ministers
of the United States. Russia. Britain and France has
agreed in "principle" on a settlement of all outstanding works and even the press asso- piece of work.
Austrian treaty issues and a working arrangement lor
running a divided Germany. Russia sought unsuccess
fully to make a last minute change in the Big 4 com
munique.
The west accepted the $150,000,000 Soviet claim on Aus
tria for German assets. The Russians dropped their sup
port of Yugoslav claims on Austria. These developments
cleared the way for an Austrian treaty which the minis
ters told their deputies to produce by September 1.
Russia promised not to reimpose a blockade of Berlin,
in return for efforts to revive east-west trade in Germany.
This was contained in a six-point statement of principles
by the Big 4 to guide negotiations in Germany.
the city council gummed up the least, if he has, it's a mighty fine Roschin replied that there was
no hurry.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Europe Asks: Is the U. S.
Getting a Little Hysterical?
By HAL BOYLE
New York W) The look of fear has left the face of Europe.
Its peoples are better fed, better clad and more hopeful of the
future.
But the Nationalist govern
ment was now frantic.
It informed the Russian am- J ,, Dowe" ul naving success- men nas to make a careful as- Secret diplomacy, barring
bassador that it was willing to y .avoldcd ny conversation aay to make sure that he has rare exceptions, is a mighty
a viuiicac - juiaii .mug una not xoors aanfferoua tnine.
sing anything provided General
Mao Tse-Tung and his commu-
pact which by that time Mos-
nist army was stopped. And the cow emPhati."y not want.
i-ninese amDassaaor to the
Kremlin went so far as to state
that since the United States had
betrayed China the National
pressions gam
ed by a group
of former war
cor respondents
during a two
week tour of
five European
These are I
These accomplishments brought a temporary lull in the ,cw the im
war of nerves between east and west but leaves the cold
war as cold as ever. While there is no actual war and little
threat momentarily of war, there is still no peace and the
war will continue.
The conference ended Monday night in a symbolic anti
climax. After all four foreign ministers had agreed upon
tne text or. a communique summarizing tneir worn, nus- countries spon
sia's Andrei Vishinsky suddenly called for another meet- sored by tho!!
ing and a delay in publication of the communique. He said American Over
he was acting on "direct orders from Moscow." seas Airlines.
Vishinskv WRnteH a nnrntrrjinh mirlnrl tn the rnniniumnup A fortnight on
Haying that the Russians were guaranteed the free export ,he continent hardly qualifies a
of prof ts on oi properties n Austria that they wil keep v'n " "
u' t, ..r...i i !..' as an authority on
ii.ci. ....-.. ...u.u. ..... n.n .u complrx poiiueai and economic
, . ii i ...in ii iii 1 1 in. 'i.iiiii. .it. 1 1 1. m 1 1. problems. But a country re-
It is evident that the way to get along with Russia is to fleets the collective plight of its
nutcnru aiH'rnnriut-ui. ami amim-pm on iiiioiu(in. oiuiiu individual citizens. And even
UNDER THE DOME
Young Abraham Ribicoff, a
fast - stepping freshman Demo-
ists were willing to make any "um -nnecucui, already
kind of arrangement with com- !(iSP"?1red more J"aior leg"
..no asaiuii man many
of his senior colleagues, includ-
iiib international claims com
mission bill for the settlement of
American claims against for
eign governments. Foreign af-
error in tne diu tnat iavorea tne munist leader Mao,
customer. Cognac is incxpen- They Were even willing to en-
sl" alf- , , er a coalition government with
The hope that grows In France Mao prime minister
is shown in its rising birthrate Two years bef Gen
tnt-i Tht lanri is ahvp nffain with un . .. . .
youngster, of 3. 4 and 5. SS.: iM'"n fairs chairman John Kee of Vir-
In gay Paree it is again pos- Chinese government with com- !'T, has ud.es'nated Ribicoff to
sible for a tourist to emerge from munist ieder, m his cabinet e thls measure on th
his hotel without having both but with chi reta,ning con- ,house nor' r,are distinction
1 s broken by rival black mar- trol Chiang said no for a house yearling,
ketcers tackling him for the ' no- (Copxriint mi)
privilege of changing his money.
The French franc is so sound
that the black marketeers have
'And' Expensive With Coffee
Chicago (P) "Coffee and" cost Alfred Ellis 1282.05. It was
the "and" that proved expensive.
Ellis, who owns a store, bought a cup of coffee in a nearby
soda fountain, returned to his place and drank It. Thui far
he was out five cents.
Then he brought back the cup and saucer to his store.
While he was out, quick thieves took $282 from his cash
register.
doesn't want war hut he wants all he can get without it the most casual traveler cannot
and if he can't get it all by bluff and abuse will be concilia-
lory to a degree.
hfiln hot na Iha immmieA Ktir
terment of living conditions for Normandy
Europeans now as compared to
the mid-1940s.
tn nnce
Europe's had to go Back to work.
i in- kiui.y m rifiinc, lis I'ln-
sine, is limitless again. The
bread wonderful, crust-crunchy
French bread is back. And
there is gold with a flavor to
spread upon it, the butter of
Recrudescence of the Klan
A recrudescence of the Ku Klux Klan of the early lil'JO's
la being staged in Alabama and Georgia and floggings and
assaults and even a lynching or two by hooded mobs are
the order of the day. accompanied bv moronic Halloween ,h Marshall plan?
antics and burnings of the "fiery cross." Thse a questions
Belgium knows the same
wealth of food. So does tiny
... . . Luxembourg, and adds another
How much is due to their own boon cod miiw. a fluid
initiative? How much have tne French seem to regard in its
they been able to lift themselves raw form a, a kind ot p0i5On
by their American bootstrap .,.,i.h h i r,..i.,r.
plot to destroy mankind.
for the The earth of flermnnv la helntf
The k an la the favorite h M r,t inln annM ti.il nK irsearcn Oira-OOgS Ot govern- (illerl . never hefnre The
lous and even racial bigotrv does not seem to figure in the m,1,.".1.d "n"nce to feiermine. ,trefr0nts have glass in the
recent cowardly assaults as much as personal grudges. lr? e "r d.'n" is,' "r' 'nm; window,, and the window, are
hat. and revenge for most of the victims are "white, pro- e " ' Z ''Z, h" ' "Ui S.0T'hW
teatant nrl nati.-e u," -j tL iij. ..... ,nP war J'ars. noies little signs this seemed unnatural to one
.nrl ,! erw- V veterans, 0f recovery mch a, these: wno went from the Rhine to the
momen and young children. In England they have straw. E,be m 1945 and had no memory
Georgia law enforcers have marie some languid attempts berries on the hotel menu, and of seeing a storefront holding
o curb the wave of violence although southern juries a melty substance similar to anything but wreckage,
were prone to acquittal of those accused for fear of re- what is known In the United (Jive a German a cigarette or
prisais. mil tne retusal or failure of Alabama law officials ''es as ice cream. chocolate bar today and he stead-
it m possioie now to get a
to curb the outrages or punish recent mob terrorism in
lastly refuses to drop dead of
i
This Amateur Got Embarrassed
Bend OJ.R) An amateur weather forecaster ln Bend will
probably take his predictions more seriously from now on.
The experts in Portland's U. S. weather bureau had pre
dated a minimum temperature of 40 degrees for Bend and
vicinity, but the local amateur observed clearing skies, noted
a northerly wind, admitted the day was "darned cool," and
then at noon issued his own private forecast.. He predicted
a low of 28.
That night the mercury dipped to 28.7 degrees.
But the modest amateur asked that his name not be used.
He explained: "I forgot' to cover my squash."
IN RELATION TO OTHER CITIES
Each Person's Share 'Low'
For Hospital Fund Drive
(Editor's note: In a few weeks the Salem hospital develop
ment program will be brought before the people of the Salem
area. So that questions being raised may be known by all,
along with the answers, the Capital Journal Is co-operating by
printing them dally. Questions may be directed to the hos
pital program headquarters, 335 N. High St, or may be
phoned to t-3851.)
QUESTION: What reason does anyone have for believing that
$1,100,000 can be raised ln this community for hospital construc
tion and Improvements?
gat"
with Salem Federal
BRINGS
PROVED
SECURITY
Tht 116 year time-4ttd poJklet
of our type financial institution euur
both taref? and income. Let coin
rettrvti earn IVjH in witty today.4
"cerrtAf refe
J
560 Stat Street
Facing Court House
SALEM, OREGON
SAVINOS MDIRAllT INSURID
which 11 persons were flogged and threatened with hanir- ,xl '." London without leaping gratitude. He hardly even fawns
. . ...... " fnit, Tl nil. I . a . w ........ I. ...
jng nas aroused public opinion.
I ef;n-m : ... ai...i.- - ... t
irl fj , .V. 1 .'a i. V, " . ' """" Pl" "C '"b!" 'he peak of your lungs.
i j V . "i 1-'" as a matter ot iact. u you go struck bv the thouaht that no- j ...jj ' .;..7- .u. . averase of 2n an
four feet into the air, cracking
your heels together and yelling
I i-.. u'.. . Til lV'"""m "'rnisnen tne that now, people will stare at where on the continent
viiiiima. t m fririnim miu iiuaiiiras groups are organiz- you.
ing investigation ana prosecutions not only of the Klan, In
but or law officials. blackout
jneanermoi vt aiser county, one or the scenes of vio- ... munisin" and "depression."
lence has been ordered by the Alabama supreme court to At small restaurant ln I commented on this to a
tand impeachment trial on 86 counts of corruption and ,iny France, near the invasion friend who has spent 20 year,
neglect of duty. The Alabama legislature has reconvened lanaings. tne w;auer brings reporting continental affairs.
ANSWER: The Salem hospital 1.M0.000; an average of 123.57
service area is certainly above r Person.
ih. ........ ,;.., i w.r Newport. Oregon, with 5.000
Returning to London. I was capita wealth, per capita income. People subscribed $104,000; an
. tw. wnA... ii..i p , . . . , . j . . cuiuiiiuniiies are raising tunas to .
ih. T... ,Z ?Z J, III En'?,d n,i 1 hr"rd hr". ,e;r Provide adequate hospital care ' 20 '
,ck..tP 7?T?'j .'.heRrd ? 0'"'.? ,he tot their people. Here are a few 'e
lckout- . . . Uni,,l States "war." "com- ., .JZJ',.. . ,.. Prln
Bend. Oregon, and community
000 subscribed $430,000:
erase of $21.50.
Prlneville. Oregon, and com
munity of 8.000 subscribed $383,
000: an average of $47.87.
And xvyssa. according to an
" "tMin mf"- 'ranches- "h .. 30. .'. ,M, h". 'ST
posse of viffilantea to curb torrorism hut ih o-.u-omor. j. , j ... iijenvni, uv
vtrbaJ denounciation hai not been followed by legal action. Trench waiter fv.r tn.itmi an 4eu, are we?
recent examples in this section
of the country.
Wenatchee, Washington, with
1 LT-. .jji.i.i . j editorial in the Oregonian. sub-
$308,000: an average of $15 40
per person.
Yakima. Washington, with
population ot 39.000 and serv
scribed $89.00 per person for a
new hospital.
Salem with 50.000 and serv
ing 30.000 more can subscribe
$1,100,000 on an average per
Inf aa additional 35,000 raised person of $13.75.
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