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BY BECK
Animal Life
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 5, 1949
What Has Happened to the Fourth of July?
Use of the. words now of a "safe and sane Fourth of
July" are ridiculous. A death toll of 663 persons is enough
to give a sardonic twist to the holiday which commemor
ates a declaration that gave birth to our nation. Instead
of birth the celebration now stands for death.
It seems that, given a three-day whirl at "celebrating,"
the results can be certain of breaking a new record of fatal
ities each year.
Of those killed over the week-end, the largest number,
of course, died in automobile accidents. This is explain-
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
What's Happened Since
The Louisiana Scandals?
By DREW PEARSON
Washington It has been exactly 10 years since this column
exposed the Louisiana scandals, resulting in the imprisonment of
Gov. Richard Leche and various members of the old Huey Long
gang.
Today, the Long family and friends have staged an amazing
comeback.
BY GUILD
. Wizard of Odds
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Sad Scribe
By DON UPJOHN
A well known Salem newspaper man learned something about
able, true, because of the staggering volume of traffic that priSOn management yesterday. He was one of the warden's guests
tne nignways nanaie on sucn a ween-ena. bud ii is line- at the penitentiary boxing show and Fourth of July indoor cele
wise true, that a concentrated effort on the part of the
newspaper and radio might make a dent on the minds of mtie fav0rs ex-S
me uni clean ujivcia mat nuuiu uung n y&i., lenaea 10 uie 111-
es those drivers maneuver down the highways. mates on the big
It has been done before. The record ot the r ourtn oi day are some
July calls for some new "refresher courses" for the care- tickets entitling
Jesai them to free
. bottles of pop.
And for the fireworks type of celebrating, there seem e "-TThirstv
i- u- -i ii ...u- ... i i tuu. V,. man got imraiy
T.0 De always muse wnu waiiu lu npuii iuuio, wu, iui mo and
more careiui
Huey's brother, Earl, is gover
nor of the state, Huey's ' son
Russell, is U.S.
senator from
Louisi ana. So
the other day I
went back to
Lou 1 s i a n a
just 10 years af
ter writing the
first column on
the L o u 1 siana
scan dais to
see how the re
built Long ma
chine is handl
ing its comeback.
Things have changed a lot in
10 years.
The name ln the governor's
mansion is still spelled "L-o-n-g,"
but the atmosphere is much dif
ferent. It's calmer, less spectacu
lar and far more serious.
Earl Long is giving the state
Draw Ptftriou
such an even keel administration a BA, degree.
well was honest. He soaked the
big oil companies, taxed the
utilities and squeezed campaign
contributions out of all sorts of
people. But the money went back
into free schoolbooks, better
roads and a network of bridges
that have left a lasting mark on
the state.
Huey's brother Earl is a quiet,
easygoing farmer, just the oppo
site of his brother's high-strung,
ripsnorting bundle of nerves
which once made Louisiana the
most spotlighted state in the un
ion. Earl also has followed a soak-the-rich
policy, induced his le
gislature to pass a heavy tax
against the oil companies, put
through free lunches for all
school children regardless of
their means, and has increased
Negro school teachers' pay from
$70 to $200 a month if they have
UNEMPLOYED? IT'LL
TAKE YOU AN AVERAGE
854 WEEKS TO FINP
A JOB.
II I
' Q Q 'ill
WANT TO RflWI A 300 CiAMF?
none. Apt Iflfl flfifl Tf) I ArtAINST
you. (him ioii mm it, wroiak, chicmo)
JlSSV YOU BELIEVE IN
n JfVi FLAT10N IS A GREATER
THREAT THAN
LV V) COMMUNISM TO
J A PROSPEROUS
, AMERICA,
I7& P
CM
UaVJ
Don Upjohn
They Meant Well, Anyway
(Salem Exchange Club Bulletin)
It is true, perhaps, that other
of the fraternal and civic organ
izations around this city have
done more than we In the past
year. But there Is no one that
can say that they have consider
ed doing more than we have. The
Exchange Club of Salem has
considered more projects during
the last year than any other or
ganization on record.
'The only way to have com
pulsory education is with free
books and free lunches," says
Governor Long, who has no
children of his own. "Kids can't
study when they're hungry, and
an awful lot of kids down our
way just don't get enough to
Most Interesting development eat'" ...
Is the way many of the old Huey
that It's almost humdrum. The ci
ty of New Orleans, under young
Mayor De Lessers Morrison, is
still rowing with the Long ma
chine, but the row lacks the mel
odrama and bellicose pyrotech
nics of Huey's day.
went over
in the clnnH tn
Take the matter of firecrackers and the other super --i three bot-
noise-makers that have been selling at the wayside stands ties of same for
and in the stores. It miorht be called a tradition for every himself and friends." A happy
boy to have his day with firecrackers, but when some keep looking colored chap who waited Yea, that's the same old road
firing those 'crackers way into the wee hours of the morn- on him said, "Boss, there's no paved with good Intentions,
lng, some people start rebeling. Some of those voting reason for you to spend your Exchange Club Competition
parents might get sore enough to encourage tne legisia- money for this" and handed him (Salem Klwanis Bulletin)
Long crowd have staged quiet
comebacks.
Seymour Weiss, former demo
cratic national committeeman,
who went to jail for Income-tax
evasion, is now back running the
Earl Long discusses his late
brother quite frankly.
"The oil companies hated Hu
ey," he says. "He taxed era and
they hated him. I have taxed
them too, but they have taken it
Roosevelt hotel in New Orleans out more on Russell than on me."
and going out of his way to be
a patriotic citizen. Everyone re-
He referred to his nephew
Russell, now U.S. senator from
speets Seymour's quiet come- Louisiana.
back.
"In fact, every mistake I
three tickets to cover.
"You We know you'll likely need a
tors to put a ban on fireworks. That's when reason on
both sides is gone. i,, n -waII hnvp the rest after the strenuous
Fireworks, sanely handled and sanely fired, are an in- """ ' week-end but try not to go to
tegral part of the Fourth. But they could- well be banned money then' sald ,ne news" sleep during the meeting to-
if the sanity part goes as far as it did locally this past paperman and handed him three day. -
weak unrl dimes. A broad grin covered ,
weeK-enu. umico. n. , . . The boys who really were pay
Parents, however, are as much to blame for permitting the convict's face and he re- Ing (or thc lon(? week-end this
the shooting off of fireworks in the middle of the night marked, as he kissed the dimes, morning were Uncle Sam's mail
as any young people who happen to do it. "Boy, that's the first money I've carriers. That long hiatus just
felt or seen for 17 years." The n?ade beasts of burden out of
Now that the Fourth Is just another crossed-off dale on newspaperman felt so expansive them, as it were.
the calendar and rows of crosses in the cemetery, it might about doing a good deed he told We got one big thrill out of
be well to consider how to avoid such calamitous "celebrat- the warden about it a little lat- the good old p0UTih anyway. We
ing" in the future. teI "" said the warden'.!'s got our hands on some lady fin
Perhaps a hammering away In the newspapers and on you're the guy. A guard saw that gers an(1 we doggone hated to
the radio will alert drivers enough to cut down the highway ; Tr k.i J. (,,7j let g0 of same-
The Inmates don't have money
Governor Leche. who got 10 make Russell gets blamed for.
years for taking bribes, is living continued the senator's uncle.
on his farm near Covington and
raising flowers. His garden is so
unique that tourists pay 75
cents to visit it.
"Russell's going to make a good
senator. He has all of Huey's
good points and none of his bad.
"Huey wanted money for
DoWUt Hockcntlo
Dr. J. Monroe Smith, former nower " exnlainerf Earl "Hp HP-
president of Louisiana State uni- ver wanted it for himself. As for
versity, who got 30 years for em- me j don.t need money because
bezzling university funds, is dead
now. But before he died he was
given a chance, as rehabilitation
officer at the state penitentiary
I don't care about power, and
I'm retiring from this job when
my lerm is up.
Those who know Governor
at Angola, to help others who T u. . . .v,t
had suffered his misfortune 'theV to'fiim tt
N,tr,o rn orvittv, ii, k., 'n '" governor s mansion and
toll.
Perhaps an educational drive by the fireworks people , .rnnri hnr anH imni int nf fnik, amnnri town
themselves and all interested parties can get the celebrnt- nobody is supposed to pass it if they have any thrift in their
ing confined to reasonable hours. There need be no ban to them." So it doesn't always souls at all. And that is what
if some reason can be introduced to the noisy part of the make a guy happy to be doing to do with their old cherry fes-
occasion. good. tival buttons.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence would
be a sad lot if they were to see what their descendants had
done to a day that has such meaning to the nation.
Couldn't Hide It Very Well
Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Police were looking for a 38-foot bar
rage balloon reported stolen from a war surplus store here.
The balloon was inflated.
An Emergency Exists in Hawaii
The pepole of Hawaii have issued an appeal to congress
for federal interference to end the blockade of shipping by . nunrcrouea
Harry Bridges' longshoremen's union, claiming that the POOR MAN S PH I LOSOPH E R
prolonged strike is not a local labor dispute, but an active
threat against the government, which U. S. Senator But
ler (R., Neb.), told congress "was ready made in Moscow."
The Honolulu Advertiser says that during the past 15
years, Bridges has "amply made plain his ambition to sub
jugate the American people of Hawaii to his will, wreck
their industry and commerce and reduce this free unit of the street and hailed the cab,
tne united states to poverty ana seriaom. as a result, "oh, oh! a
all transportation to Hawaii has been severed and all busi- g00a looker for
ness paralyzed and the threat of starvation overhangs this a change," snld
loyal territory. the driver. He
The record of 15 years of warfare Harry Bridges has halted and for a
waged against the territory, through his West Coast and moment consid-
Island labor monopoly, now known as the ClO-Interna- red opening
tional Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union, which ,the ,or r
wrt r..;.i.,t tit u j: tj ; j : her. Then he
Avy iiuaiutm muiiftj' linn ucfligiitucu Luitlill llllin L-uunu- flinnpht "Oh F
nated, is summarized as follows:
1934 Hawaii-West Coast shipping hailed by strike for 84
days.
1936 Hawnil-West Coast shipping halted by strike for 88
days.
1939-40 Hawaii-West Coast shipping halted by strike for 53
days.
1946 Twelve strikes against 43 longshore, fruit packing,
sugar growing and milling companies, sugar industry (31)
companies) paralyzed for from 80 to 122 days, irrigation stop
page effects Mill being felt In 1949 harvest.
1947 Twenty-four strikes against 30 companies, including
entire pineapple growing growing and packing industry, eon
manufacturers tuna packers, Island sea and land transportation
companies, longshore operators and two sugar plantations.
1U4B snipping crippled 84 days by West Coast longshore
Love Can Be Complicated
By HAL BOYLE
New York W) The girl was dark-haired and young and pci
ns a pony. There was a waggle lo ner Doay as sne sieppea into
and hailed the cao.
He's crazy jealous If I'm five
minutes late for a date. I also
got a dance instructor boy
friend. He'.s more fun, but I
can't depend on him. Some
times he shows up for a date two
days late."
"Uh, huh," said the driver.
Well, if you ask me ."
"And then there's my bus
driver boy friend, he's really the
sweetest," the girl went on.
"And there's the embalmer he
makes more money than any of
'em. Calls me up 17 times a
and gray they'll still think they day."
deserve it." "Marry the embalmer," said
So the young girl opened the the taxi driver. "Follow the
door herself, perched on the dough, kid."
But he gives me the creeps,"
she shuddered. "He is so proud
of his work he wants me to come
she down and watch him. And
afterward I can't touch his hands
giving Doc Smith this job, but
when Doc got out of jail he was
refused a real estate license,
found himself unable to make a
living, and pled with the gover
nor to send him back to the peni
tentiary where he could help re
build others.
Dr. Smith knew something
about the difficulty of staging
comeback, and thought he was
qualified for this Job, so the gov
ernor appointed him. He died,
however, before very long in of
fice. Then there was George Cald
well, who went to jail for steal
ing WPA materials and padding
WPA payrolls. He is now the
leading building contractor in
Baton Rouge.
Abe Shushan, who built the
New Orleans airport, is now
back in the business of being an
honest man. Monty Hart, of all
those convicted, failed to stage a
comeback. He committed suicide.
that even now he spends every
spare minute he can to slip
away from Baton Rouge on his
farm.
I got into a discussion of farm
methods with the governor.
"A pig," he said, "won't put on
weight if it's unhappy. And a
pig that is kept in cramped, dir
ty quarters is unhappy. A pig
likes to keep himself clean just
as much as a human being. When
you coop him up in a lot of
filth, he just doesn't put on
weight."
I told the governoc that I was
going to quote him to my wife
who was still irked at the ornate
hog barn I had built featuring
running water and upstairs du
plex sleeping quarters. The gov
ernor allowed that it would be
almost worth a trip to Washing
ton to see this, and we both
agreed that womenfolk didn't
really appreciate the importance
, L ..... . of comfort and cleanliness in the
It was always my belief that life oi a hog
(Copyright 19491
Huey Long and I knew him
hell, why spoil!
'em when theyj
are young? Give
'em some atten
tion now, and when they're old
Hal nJ)l.
back seat, and said:
"Welfare island ferry."
As the cab started off,
said:
"Say, how many thousand dol
strike, at cost of $10,000,000 to Hawaii's people. Further losses lars are there in a million dol-
through two sugar plantation strikes, one railroad strike.
1949 Mainland-Hawaii shipping totally paralyzed by ILWU
longshore strike against seven longshore companies which of
fered 12-cent hourly wage raise. Bridges demanded 32 cents.
Blockade of Hawaii already has lasted 66 days, estimated cost
over SI4, 000,000, with no relief In sight for Island Americans.
Sugar employes, same union, have voted strike against entire
sugar intiustry.
or bear to let him kiss me."
"'Don't he wear rubber
gloves?"
"Yes, but "
The Hawaiian bar association has called on the U.S. de-
The driver mulled this over.
As he halted near the ferry
terminal, he said:
"Honey, I've got it all figured
out. Your detective is going to
lars?"
"Look," said the driver, "quit
picking on me. If I knew how
many thousands was in a million
would I be driving a hack? Why
do you want to know?'
"Cause that old lady we Just
passed on the sidewalk has a
million dollars. Just Inherited
partment of justice to investigate this "blockade of Amer- it. She lives at the hotel where while cleaning his gun. Your
ican territory" and urged legislation that will prevent I work." embalmer will fix you up pretty.
Bridges from isolating Hawaii whenever it suits his fancv. The cab paused at a red light, Your dance instructor will dnnro
They see their means of livelihood, their jobs, their homes, and the driver asked: at the funeral and your first
industries and their future hopes being destroyed bv ruth- wnaicna gom an tne way o husband will play the piano.
i i , . ' ilnj u - u mi . i. . j. . ,,. , .
nninic imuiiu uu snuu n nuv inen me dus oriver win tane
day for?" everybody out to the cemetery
"To see my daughter. She's for nothing.
a bum heart really bum. -And. sister 11,. u-hnl. rfom
nickel.
worry
She tossed her mane of mid- The girj pal(, ner lare and
DeDt Of Vifnl Infnrmnfinn niRht nair back from hor damp laughed uneasily.
LSCpr. OF VirtH inrormariOn forehead. She lit . cigarette "I know vnn'rp nnlv tnlrlnff
moodily, "Oh, Hell! ,he ,aid, "but you're the second
"Watsa matter now?" person who has told me the de-
"Oh, my love life's all fussed tective will end up by shooting
up" me."
"How, little chicken?" The cab driver watched as she
"Oh, I've divorced my hus- walked away. Thert was a de
band he's piano player. And fiant waggle to her body.
I've been going with a detective. "If I wasn't married and had
BUt he's such a perfectionist, thxet kids" ht said.
less blockades.
Certainly the government should end this intolerable
Altlllttlnn nnrl Hputrnpfiv. rilto v o nmi-i0uwliMf nr.,,. r. mi
In Vim. I,- ..ui':- ...-it ' :.... Rot
.uui uwo nniiuigiiiuiioi, iuuuc weiiiuc, ill ll eillcrgrilcy Ttnnirinp tlmt And lio' nnlv ivi . .
caused by a labor monopoly dominated by a professional rgari old " w,! T ' cost yo.u .a
bell rnisni. 10l,r years oia. What have you got to
neil-raiser. ..Tcn tch.. cluckcd the driver. ab0ut'"
Moscow, Ida. (U.R)Thls ought to make Idaho's hens feel
better.
The poultry husbandry department at the University of
Idaho's agricultural experiment station sent out the following
announcement today:
"We regret to announce that w have an error to correct
In the new extension bulletin 117, entitled 'Rations for Your
Laying Hens.' On page 7, line I, the amount of fish oil
anould bi two pints Instead of two quarts."
CaV Is Favorite Proposal Spot
Cincinnati (IP) An automobile Is the favorite place for pro
posing marriage. Dr. Paul Popenoe told the Social Hygiene
institute at the University of Cincinnati summer school Thurs
day. "Tabulation of 1181 proposals reveals that an automobile
now Is the favorite place for asking the question," he said,
"because In many instances, this is the only place where a
couple can find privacy."
Next on the list comes the girl's home, Dr. Popenoe added,
and in close third place are engagements started on the street,
in the park restaurant or other public places.
'DONATING OUR OWN TIME'
Four Americans to Build Home
They Owe Japan' for Hiroshima
Seattle W) Floyd W. Schmoe and three other Americans
will sail for Hiroshima July 17 to build the house they feel they
"owe Japan."
Schmoe, whose daughter mar- Andrews, associate rJastor of the
ricd a Japanese during the war, Japanese Baptist church here;
said he has felt an obligation Miss Daisy Tibbs, home eco
to build a house for some one nomics teacher at South Caro
ln Japan ever since the Hiro- Una's Harbison college, and
shima bombing. He has raised Miss Ruth Jenkins of the Univer
$4,000 to fulfill it. sity of Arizona, a relief worker
"We're donating our time." In Germany last year with the
he said. "We are shipping American Friends service com
nails, wiring, glass and roofing miltee.
and plumbing materials from The structure they will build
Seattle and will get the lumber will be a child welfare clinic,
in Hiroshima. We'll use Japan- Schmoe's daughter, Esther,
ese carpenters." married Gordon H. K. Hiraba-
Schmoe will sail from San yashi during the war, an event
Francisco aboard the General which caused considerable corn
Gordon with the Rev. Emory ment at the time.
The Wild and Woolly West
Klamath Falls OJ.PJ Animal pedestrians, not auto traffie,
bothered Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichols, of Pelican City, on
their trip to the mountains.
Nichols said as they drove through the mountains from
California, these things happened:
1. They nearly hit one deer.
2. They had to nudge a bull off the road.
3. A mountain sheep leaped completely over their ear.
4. They hit and killed an eight-point buck.
The buck wis turned over to the Klamath Falls Old Folks
home. Tha Nichols' car went to tht repair shop.
Send your "Odds" questions on any subject to "The Wliard
of Odds," care of the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. .
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Snafu of Languages Gives
Sidelight to Navy Maneuvers
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
IJPl Foreign Altalr MiajyMI
England's historic Penzance Bay is the scene of a naval ex
periment which is calculated to result in the creation of a united ,
western Europe fleet for defense against aggression.
British .French and Dutch men-of war are massed In tht bay,
while smaller Belgian warships are engaged In separate manu-
igtmnm vers wun nrilisn vessels in neiiiuuriiig waiers.
It is the beginning of an effort to coordinata
tne widely varying memoas oi mese iieeis so
that they can work as one.
That's far from being as easy as It sounds.
These navies are as individualistic as are tho
men who sail and fight them. Their various
customs and methods of operation are devel
opments of many centuries. The different lan
guages in themselves are a hazard for coordina
tion. The very idea of such a submerging of iden
tities probably would have brought shudders to
that great sea-master, Admiral Lord Nelson, whose spirit paces
the deck of every British naval ship unto this day. Yet the four
navies are setting about the job in deadly earnest.
Of course, this isn't the first time that British, French and '
Dutch warships have operated together (after a fashion), fof
they joined with American ships to form the allied eastern fleet
based on Ceylon during the late war.
However, this association served to emphasize the differences
and consequent difficulties of combined operations. Even their
all important inter-communications at times got so gummed up, .
because of the difference of language and customs, as to be most
disconcerting.
My colleague Charles Grumich, who is an old sea-dog by.
virtue oi naving Deen wun me auieu navy ill me e i- xjh&i our
ing the war, tells me the consensus of naval officers concerned
was that there were a good many rough spots In the opera- '
tions of the combined fleets. '
By way of Illustration Grumich says:
"This fleet made a series of 'club runs', as they called them,
going out once a month to lay barrages and carries air-strikes
on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Sumatra and Java.
"Arrival of the U.S.S. Saratoga, a rather ungainly old carrier
from the Pacific led to a lot of celebrating. The British wera
so happy that they changed over to. American signal flags, not
knowing that the Saratoga had changed over to British signal
flags. They had a helluva time making signals for a while.
"The real snafu came when the French battle-wagon Richel
ieu joined the fleet. Saratoga signaled over, asking if there was
anything Richeleiu needed. The French came back with a re
quest for 1,000 brassieres and the American gobs were just about
to swim over to see why when a French linquist discovered that's
what the French call life-jackets."
Well, that's a page out of the past.
Penzance Bay may well be seeing the beginning of a new tra
in allied naval coordination.
TRIAL FAILS TO ANSWER QUESTION:
Why Did Judy Coplon
Become a Spy for Russia?
By DOROTHY WILLIAMS
Washington, July 5 (U.R) What made Judith Coplon becoma
a spy for Russia?
Even the experienced, elderly jurist who sentenced her ad-
mitted that he is mystified. - ; -
"Here was a young woman Her school days were a series
with infill its nrosDects." Federal of scholastic triumphs. At Bar-
Judge Albert L. Reeves said, nard college the women's col-
'Before her a great future.
"What prompted her to do it,
I do not know but she under
took to betray her country."
Some have pat explanations.
They talk of "an Inferiority com
plex," of "frustration," of a
"thirst for power."
But to most of the reporters
lege of Columbia university
she was elected to Mortarboard,
scholastic honor society. She was
graduated with high honors.
She worked while she was in
college jobs in the school lib
rary and such but no more
than many students. Summers
she was a camp counselor.
There is no indication that she
who covered her 10 weeks long " "v"
trial she i, still an enigma muc'h prefer
They have chatted with her than average with iarge dark
and laughed with her more eyes and fine whlte leeth Her
than is customary with defend- tinv figure is and ght hfJ
ants but most of them admit a likeable personality,
they do not know her. Hfir feosses cgUed her Judy,
. ,, and they obviously liked her.
Even when she was delivering They gave her a iwell lunch-
a defiant tirade she seemed to eon before she went to Europo
be masking the real Judy Cop- for a vacation in the spring of
Ion. Even her hysteria seemed 1948.
controlled.
There was only once when she
seemed about to shed her ar
mor. That was when she enter'
At the age of 27, Judy Coplon
might have been a proper sub
ject for a modest success story.
juur. juui was wiicii one cuici- , . . . .
ed the courtroom to hear the L6" ?"d.,She appeared to "
verdict. ",s """ ...
Her pale face was drawn. Re
porters heard her whisper to
Then came the information .
her attorney that she didn't stlu undisclosed which started
know whether she could "take FBI agents on her trail and led
it or not." Defense Lawyer Arch- the unfolding of one of the
ihnM Palmer nn hi nrm nhnnt most astounding espionage cases
her. He patted her hand and in in the country's history.
a few seconds she was, as usual, And the way she took It sug- .
a sphinx. gested that she was no green
The record shows she was hand,
born into a Brooklyn family of But when and why did the
better than average means. Her break come? What turned her i
father was a toy merchant whose to Russia and away from her nat-
gifts to the poor won him the ive land?
nickname of "The Santa Claus At this point only Judith
of the Adirondacks." Coplon knows tht answer.
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