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BY BECK
What To Do?
4
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 9, 1949
Hoover Deserves a Tribute
Herbert Hoover, the only living ex-president of the Unit
ed States, will celebrate his 75th birthday Wednesday at
Stanford university. Not only because his boyhood was
spent in Salem, but because of his long record in public serv
ice both before and since his presidency, we echo the sugges
tion made by Governor Douglas McKay that he "be made
aware of the gratitude of the state and nation for his in
tense generosity as a citizen and public servant."
In his public statement, the governor says :
"For more than 35 years, Mr. Hoover had dedicated his entire
time and energy to public service at home and abroad, in war
and in peace, constantly striving to make the world a better
place for mankind.
"His contributions toward furthering the highest ideals of
our American way of life have played an important part in pur
social, economic and spiritual advancement as a nation."
Mr. Hoover served as food administrator of the United
States during World War I and single-handed did a much
better job than the great army of snoopers under the OPA
in World War II. He organized and administered Euro
pean relief after the armistice of 1918, efficiently and
economically and without hint of the scandals and bungling
extravagance that featured the complex relief work after
the fall of Hitler.
As president, Hoover courageously faced an acute world
wide depression and an unprecedented smear campaign
that installed the New Deal with its orgy of deficit spend
ing and left the nation deeply in debt without curing the
depression. The billions spent by Harry Hopkins in trying
to pull the nation out of the slough of despond by costly
tugging at the bootstraps alleviated, but did not remedy,
the situation and it took another World War leaving the
nation $250 billion in the red to restore a semblance of
prosperity.
Since his retirement as president, Mr. Hoover has busied
himself with philnnthrophic and private welfare enter
prises, only occasionally appearing in the role of elder
statesman with advice never followed. He has just com
pleted, what will probably rank as his major public service,
the Hoover commission's study and report on reorganiza
tion of the executive branch of government. Had he done
nothing else, it would entitle him to a niche in the hall of
fame.
Mr. Hoover's record speaks for itself and we join in the
congratulations earned by a life-time of well worthwhile
public service.
The perspective of time has given those who bitterly and
perhaps unfairly attacked him, a clearer vision than when
they saw him through the dark myopic glasses of preju
dice and paritsanship.
The Road to Portland
Develop the West Portland-Hubbard highway. So sug
gests the Oregon Journal editorially. The Portland news
paper asks the highway commission to move forward with
this project to bring about a decent road between that
city and Salem. Highway mileage between the two cities
would be reduced to 47 miles.
The highway commission chairman, T. H. Banfield, has
called for a complete report on the route. He has set Sep
tember 19 as the date when the commission will, decide
what to do with the suggested project.
Perhaps this route to Portland is the one that should
get a priority from the highway commission. Or perhaps
it should be Highway 9!)E, the regular route north to Port
land. As far as Salem and Marion county are concerned, the
highway commission can make its own choice, based on
careful engineering studies. Such a choice, naturally, will
be based on all the statistics that Chairman Banfield has
suggested.
The Oregon Journal feels the priority should be given to
the West Portland-Hubbard road because of its shorter
length and its effect on the opening of a vast area to easy
travel.
By the time the highway commission acts on the ques
tion, Salem will have settled its own handling of traffic
in the immediate area by a written agreement on the Bal
dock plan. So, attention of the city can be given to the
road north.
There will be nothing but cheers from the city and
county to any definite ideas to build a decent highway to
Portland. The present one is a disgrace to the area and
state, but everyone agrees to that. So the highway com
mission can know when it meets next month that its de
cision of Portland-Salem road improvement will be wel
comed. Salem has waited so long for some kind of action on the
route north that constructive stops toward improvement
will not find much bickering over the specific route. The
engineers should be able to decide that with their report
that is coming up.
Foreign Recovery Bill
After two weeks of wrangling in stormy debate the sen
ate has passed by a top-heavy vole of G3 to 7 the $5,797,
724,000 foreign recovery bill, including occupation costs,
and sent it to conference to adjust differences with the
house bill. Speedy final congressional action is expected.
Only six republicans and one democrat voted against the
measure.
There is little difference between the house and senate
bills. The senate cut money totals 10 percent and added
some amendments. The differences are thus summarized:
1. Money amounts- The house voU'd $3.5(i8.470,000 for ECA,
to be spent in 10 hi months if necessary. The senate voted $3,
628.380,000 plus $150,000,000 loan authority but spread the
program over a 12-month period.
2. German industrial plants: The senate voted $25,000 to
finance a review of dismantling plans for 305 German plants,
a majority of r-nalors feel these plants should be kept in Ger
many to aid European recovery. The house had no such pro
vision in its bill
3. Watchdog committee: The senate voted $344,000 for a con
gressional committee staff to keep checking on foreign spend
ing. The house had decided this committee had wound up its
Job in the first year of the Marshall plan.
4. Chinese students- The senate voted to earmark $4,000,000
In unused China-aid funds for helping sonic 4,000 Chinese stu
dents who are In this country. The students have been cut off
from aid because of the Civil War. The house bill did not con
tain this amendment.
5. Army occupation costs: The senate voted $000,000,000 for
expenses in Germany, Austria. Japan and the Ryukyu islands.
The house had approved $925,000,000.
ft. don't wobpy any
MORF DEAR THE 8-'l
DOCTOR 5AIO IT CAN
WAS NOTHING WE GO
SERIOUS
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ISY MORF DEAR THE v-SSA , , c Nr. FOLKS SHOULD 9 " 'I II ' !
VI GET AWAY FROM THE
) 3 DAILY GRIND, BUT IF
11 SERIOUS. S BACK AND ls 1 PRESCRIBE A ,tjS"r.- II I
:F 0 I FINISH OUR t' f VACATION, LOOK if
M il fV4 &l V VACATION, ) WHAT HAPPENS. I:! - " MI"
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
U. S. Negroes to Take Tour
To Counteract Robeson
By DREW PEARSON
Washington A theatrical company of American Negroes
will tour the Scandinavian countries next month to offset Paul
Robeson's communist-sponsored barnstorming.
The Negro players will present Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck"
in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and thus demonstrate that all
American Ne-
by GUILD
Wizard of Odds
groes aren't
down trodden,
but can attain
the same educa
tional and cul
tural heights as
other Ameri
cans. This good
will tour was
arranged by the
Norwegian em
bassy and How
Drew Petrion
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Get a Team
By DON UPJOHN
The veiled threat of Bill Mulligan, manager of the Portland
Beavers who in turn own the Salem Senator baseball club to move
the franchise out of the city because of poor attendance figures
Dod Upjohn
card of pearl handled knives.
One held up a tiny plastic toy
animal before the shopkeeper:
"Will you trade this for one of
those knives?" "No, the only
thing that I'll take for one of
those knives is your two front
teeth," joked the man. His mis
take. A few days later the boys
were back. One displayed a
wide gap in his mouth and two
front teeth in the palm of his
hand. He got the knife.
here is apt to
leave a goodly
p e r c entage of
the population
in the vicinage
stone cold. If
Bill, really want
ed to stir up the
folks into a dith
er around these
parts with a
threat, he could
do so by making
a threat to give
Salem a penant winning ball
club and then proceed to Tne merchants hereabouts can
do same. We're much of the hardly be blamed for declaring
opinion this would take care of war on shoplifting. But we can't
a great many of the attendance be too sure but what the shop
troubles and would also avoid lifting propensities are only an
the necessity of Bill having to outgrowth of the "gimme" senti
dicker around to put the ball ment which the politicos have
club elsewhere or sell it to been promoting the last couple
somebody else. But we doubt 0f decades and it is just reaching
if Salem is very much of the ts flowering stage in good shape.
sort of town to tremble at such
a seemingly crackdown assertion
as that reportedly made by the Now He's Got 117
Beaver club manager. Nobody San Francisco WP) George
around here has been able to Williams of San Francisco today
see where our home town ball claims to be the first tourist to
club has benefitted very much win a Nevada slot machine plus
under the Portland Beaver man- two jackpots. Williams accom-
agement except spasmodically, plished his feat in Virginia
maybe, which ain't enough. Go city's Skyline bar. The owner,
get us some ballplayers, Bill, Reggie Vetrano, recently posted
and see what happens. a sign reading: "Hit three lem-
ons and take the machine home
And Only Baby Teeth, at That with you." Williams hit the
Spokane (IP) Two little boys three lemons on his second nick
about five years old looked long- el, loaded the $65 machine with
ingly at a display of hunting two jackpots in his car and
knives, their eyes fastened on a called it a day.
Wants to Go 'Home' to Pen
Toledo, O. (IP) An ex-convict picked up by Toledo police
for routine questioning wants to go back to prison but not
just yet.
Inside a pocket of Charles A. Rutlcdgc's trousers, police
found this note:
"My name is Charles Aloysius Rutlcdge. They call me
Walking Charlie. I served two years at Angola, La., awl my
number is 33289. Should I be found dead, please ship my re
mains to the penitentiary.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
What Will Loss of China
Mean to Balance of Power?
By JAMES. D. WHITE
(Sutatltutlnl for DcWItt Mnc Ktnzlc AP Foreign New AnilrftD
The rising of the Red star over China inevitably upsets the
balance of power in a divided world.
The weight of 475 million people a fifth of humanity shifting
from one side of the world-wide ;
schism to the other is one reason to presumably would be used in
for the white paper on China Russia's favor, but Russia does
published last week by the state n't need this because her own
It was Brown, working closely
with Sen. Hugh Butler 'of Ne
braska, who induced Abel Shot
well of Nebraska to switch to
Gabrielson, thus clinching a ma
jority of the committee's 102
votes for the New Jerseyite.
In doing so, Brown definitely
ruled himself out as a comprom
ise candidate for the chairman
ship. At one point Taft forces were
flabbergasted at a Dpwev nffer.
aro umversuy or wasningion, maCe by Mason Owlett of Penn-
D.C., without any prompting sylvania, to support Taft's close
from the state department. friend, Brown, provided Gab-
Twenty-one students and lielson agreed to step out.
three instructors from Howard It was tempting bait, but
university's drama department Brown didn't bite,
will make the trip, most of the "I am not a candidate," he
expenses being paid by Blevins told Owlett. "I have come out
Davis, American philanthropist, for Gabe and I won't let him
wno also Drougni an American down "
company to Denmark to play At one pojnt when Indiana's POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
"" Charlie Halleck was proposed as
ine idea oi sending niegro a compromise by Deweyites,
players to Scandinavia was sug- Perry Howard, Negro national
gestcd by Ivan Jacobsen, staff committeeman from Mississippi,
member of the Norwegian em- threatened to resign,
bassy. After he happened to see t can't face my colored
the Howard university drama friends and tell them I have
department in action. He felt heBn nartv , . .,,,,
that Paul Robeson had not promise," Howard announced at
painted a true picture of the the secret session T am Qp
i.n.u, nosed to Charl e Hallpnt anrt
TTcTnFi I THE Y0UN6ER A MOTHER IS, THE BETTER
I IlNt JiiiiiS'Ll HER CHANCE OF HAVINu A SON -MOTHERS
Jr iTOpA FROM 15 TO 19 HAVE 1,112 BOYS FOR EVERY
4 VjZw WOO GIRLS. ,
lj I It (ThmkS. I r":"3r-jir-2r--1
Xmf s tow) soAm Mr and At u. t
60IN6 TO THE MOVIES? )Vr.i h M "
ODDS ARE 12 TO I YOU'LL STAy J1 1427 gM
THR0U6H BOTH PICTURES IF 3 J ft-st
ITS A DOUBLE FEATURE l
v, S HEALTHIESTAGE of your
his own initiative promoted the wi step out if he chos(m conversation of
mm ! a gcaiuic ui pcujc-iu- as our ea(jer autnors was tne
people friendship. Halleck's friends scoffed at most interesting
PREDICTION This will do rumors he is anti-Negro and in- o This
almost as much good as some sisted that Perry Howard was may nave been
phases of the North Atlantic playing politics for his friend, true in a more
pact. Bob Taft. leisurely day,
However, another committee- when writers
Seen and heard in the senate man referred to "Drew Pear- Pushed a goose
restaurant: Senator Howard Mc- son's" report that the Indiana 1ulu across tne
Grath of Rhode Island, newly congressman rode around in Pre
appointed attorney general, fin- Cadillac limousines on a con- 14 isn,t true
ished lunch and called for his umnman't eaiarv any more. Au-
If Charlie Halleck Were elec- tnors are a som
ted, he'd have five Cadillac lim- ber crew today.
Send your "Odds" questions on any subject to "The Wizard
of Odds," care of the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon.
What Are the Most
Interesting Kind of People?
By HAL BOYLE
New York (IP) What kind of people are the most interesting?
Yes, I know live people are but what kind of live people?
William Hazhtt in a celebrated essay once concluded that the
check. The waiter brought it
This was the first day the new
District of Columbia sales tax 0usines around National head-
went into effect
"The tax should be three
cents, not two," the senator ad
vised the waiter. "You've un
dercharged me."
Since Senator McGrath wrote
quarters," commented one Taft in
rooter. like nothing more than a conven
TTnwcvor whor. tion of mummies. Any bon
Perhaps they are chary of
using words because they know
the value of words they are
paid for using them. When they
do break out in conversation, it
is usually along these lines:
A. "Is your literary agent es
big a louse as mine? What do
they do for their 10 per cent?
B. "My publisher is a robber."
C. "My published is an igno
ramus." D. "My publisher's mother
I eavesdrop at their gather- u". , 7
L a ,hL ward the. Westchester Kennel
L Z club."
E. "Have you read that stink-
when Halleck was "u" V.1 '"'""" ine novel bv Joe Daoke. "T.nv.
approached bv Dewevites he mots they nave in mina tney , . ci,,.'
flatlv refused to hp o fanrlirlato don't say aloud; they save them ... .. ... ...
oince senator mcuram wroie . - . 7 -- - " " ."T for fhpir pWtrir- f vnpwriters.
the sales-tax law for the District uroppea oui --- 7 1 could sneeze
of Columbia, the waiter didn't f race and he was to be uJJiCt"" than that."
Tho mon mhn ntinr. ClCViea UnanimOUSiy. ...s ...- ......
How
did it make the best-seller list?
a better book
argue.
ney general, will be responsible
for enforcing the law, handed
him the extra penny,
Whispered on the senate floor:
The senate buzzed with news
of the appointment of Attorney
General Clark to the supreme
court and of Senator McGrath to
be attorney general especially
Senators James Kem of Mis
souri, Clark s bitter critic, ana
Copyright 1849)
A CAREER THE HARD WAY
16
By HARMON NICHOLS
Washington, Aug. (U.R) Oscar Duryea spent the first
Homer Ferguson of Michigan years of his life on the sidelines as a wallflower.
who has been under investiga- "Nobody wanted to dance with a clumsy little shrimp who
tion. weighed lesspn--
Leaning forward, Senator than his shadows J
torn nw4
to see who buys the next drink. ' li,
J illusioning than the conversa
tion of authors.
Actors are a little better. All
the world's a stage to them, and
in restaurants they have a bad
habit of ordering catsup like it
was rare old Napoleon brandy.
Financiers could be fun, if
they'd relax and really tell you
what's going on in the money
market. But they don't prob
ably because they don't know
themselves. Weather forecast
ers, I find are pretty much like
old sailors after the third hot
air mass filters through the con-
One-Time Wallflower Fetes
60 Years as Dance Master
a teener, his high silk hat and
greatcoat standard equipment Versation you can't believe a
for a dance master. word they say
The kid went to the hall Generals are full of medals
where classes were held and and quaint military lore'. But
checked his finery. He went in discussing their campaign
out for a cup of coffee. When they identify their armies with
he returned the class composed themselves. They say, "he (the
of 80 or so high school kids, was cnemy) hlt me ln flank and
uuwuwcu hurt me a little, but I cut him
up and went on." Privates and
square dance. He had the girls T J. -.1 7-" f"uu "y:1"
nn Th. wrn. .ih. t ln8 w"h an air of internation-
7 0 nl mvaUpv H( that, .mt.11
is always about big matters.
Businessmen? After you say
"how's business?" What else is
there to do but lean back and
give a big listen? Farmers?
The same I think. You inquire,
how are crops?" Then you
Dare was' not happy.
department.
One of the most important
things this white paper did was
to admit the futility of trying
further to prevent the shift
with the method used
past.
That method was to support
the legal government of China,
as personified by Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek, It didn't
work.
If any new method is to work.
It will have to answer many
grave questions growing out of
the great shift In world power
that red China means.
Three of these questions have
veto is as absolute as anyone
else's. The Chinese veto, how
ever, might be used to give the
soviet veto a rest now and then.
The answer to Mr Ferguson's
the second question what about
China's loss of influence among
western nations? lie in the fu
ture course of power polities.
The day may never come when
rod China can wangle a loan
from Wall street.
But it's probably already safe
to say that Red success in China
means more western influence
lost there than China will lose
in the west.
As to China's trade treaties
(Mr. Ferguson's third question)
been raised by J. D. Ferguson, all have been condemned by im-
editor of the Milwaukee Journ
al. He asks what the impact of
red China, as shown by the
while paper, will be on:
1. China's use of the veto In
the security council of the Unit
ed Nations.
2. China's loss of influence
among western nations.
3. China's commercial treat
ies with western nations.
In red hands, the Chinese vc-
plication by the Chinese reds as
"imperialistic" since they are as
sociated with the old govern
ment. Specifically, they de
nounce the sino-American trade
treaty of 1946.
Very recently their local au
thorities in Manchuria signed a
one-year trade agreement with
soviet Russia to trade grain for
industrial goods. This may set
the future pattern, but thus far
is only a local deal.
A Honey of a Mess
Gridlcy, III. ir For several years, the T. H. Benedicts
knew there were bees in their home near here. '
They finally discovered the bees but not before the swarms
had made a honey of a mess. Summer heat disclosed the loca
tion of the- bees' nest when honey started runnlnn down from
the living room ceiling. Four bushel baskets of honey and the
bees were removed.
Bob Taft whispered in Kerns and who was
par! "We're enine to make vou only five feetf
and Homer the reception com- high," he said, jl
mittee for the new supreme ine little
court justice." man grew sev-,S
en more inches f
Tlir A-WA'INr. MARAOON and became one!
Sam Boykin, head of the state of the most cel-
department's gumshoe depart- ebrated dance Uf(
mem ana cousin 01 hhmcis m w . siik hat. It was a kicked-in mess.
uonEi-essman 'n.vervLiiinK-ioi- uuuuie ui Kcn-iaeat jtMd nr t.- t n "h
Love" Boykin, is very secretive erations. H.rm.o w. M.h.u, - ?Mch thp StrM corPrals never talk that wav-
about it, but he is hushing up Duryea now Is 78. He looks I Tf' 0 ea," !" .? 15 11 Diplomats are amusing, th.
,1 -1 t l 4U it V.a nom1! Q.t tt ..... ... m mc
anuiuer suanKc uiiuy1-1 in wc wui. nc v.w.. nv .
strange life of John Maragon. He sat down with me at
Thmiffh Iha ctntO HpnartmPTlt U nnrtA kMnl,FnEt at 4V.. . V C
, . - "'"" 66 ... tormance and half the class re-
won t talk, Maragon was mixed Shoreham hotel where the signed.
up in a ueai 10 Duy an ine sur- jjance iviasiers 01 America are
plus U. S. army vehicles in Ger- holding their convention. To
many about 7,000 trucks, trail- the amazement 01 a roomiui 01
ers and jeeps. The price was people, he got up and did a buck Times got better. A promi-
$1,250,000 and the sale was con- and wing, a spot of jittering and net family had sponsored Dur-
summatcd Jan. 31, 1948, to a his interpretation of the old-time yea's dancing lessons in the old
Belgian scrap dealer. cotillion. St. Regis hotel in New York, give another big listen. Busi-
Maragon was representing a "I'm a little handicapped at hired him to be a silent partner ness and crops are always bad.
Britisher, George Dawson, who this point,' the old man said. "I in planning a "coming-out" If taxes aren't ruining one, the
has a criminal record, and for sprained my ankle getting off party for a son. Oscar's job was boll weevil is eating up the
whom he had also done some the train coming here. You to teach the young man to lead other.
work in Washington with the should have seen me 60 years the cotillion, a change-of-part- Barbers and waiters talk at
war assets administration. ago." ner dance then the rage. It was you instead of to you. They
Maragon's close contact in Indeed, professional dancers to De a Christmas eve affair. just flatter you or ignore you.
war assets has been Joe Major, from all over gathered in New The night before dress re- Women are like generals and
a member of Truman's Battery York recently to honor Duryea hearsal date Oscar was sitting financiers. They want to dis-
D, and an intimate of General on his 60th anniversary as a in the lobby waiting for the cuss their big operations. But
Vaughan's. Major recently flew teacher. big-shots to call him to their at least they don't hesitate to"
with the President to Little Rock. suite. A reporter friend came give you the real inside story,
for their Battery's reunion. He Dancing was sissy stuff to a'ong and began snooping. Doctors, lawyers, undertakers,
also states that he has received young Oscar back before the Next morning the papers had bartenders they all meet the
about 500 phone calls from Vau- turn of the century. He would a front-page story of how the public but few will tell the se-
ghan, visits at his home about much rather knuckle down to a family had hired Duryea to dress crets of their trade. Their shop
once a week, and got to know game of "migs" or fight the kid up in a Santa Clause costume talk is for themselves alone.
Maragon through Vaughan. in the next alley than take danc- and follow the dumb scion
Arriving in Paris in the win- ing lessons. around to give him a jab in case Who are the most lnterest
er of 1948, the amazing Maragon He finally gave in. ne Sot out of step. ing conversationalists?
presented letters of introduction His dad, who ran a couple of Mama Matron was so mad she To me they are children, pho
to Gen. Clyde Hyssong, in summer hotels in New Jersey, called off the party. She also tographers, musicians, and wild
charge of war surplus for the sent him to Lawrence E. Dare, fired Oscar. And the son, who animal trainers,
state department, and then pro- German-ballet master for the had better balance with his fists They are always fresh and
ceeded to charge the general Metropolitan Opera company. tnan with his feet, did some- new, they are never dull or
with giving unwarranted infor- Dare eventually made the thing awful to the dance mas- stale. And they will talk about
mation to Jack Van Allen, a young man his assistant. ter s left eye- anything.
rival of Maragon s who also rep- ..j took on the young ones who
resented Dawson. didn't have any rhythm," Dur-
In the end, the state depart- yea said. "I didn't have any,
ment had to send a special in- either, but they didn't know it.
vestigator across the Atlantic to I got S2.50 a week and my sister
straighten out the row. got $2 for playing the piano."
In the end, also, Dawson and Duryea claims credit at least
Maragon did not get the 7,000 in part for the fox trot. He
surplus vehicles, though they thought it was sensible to com
did get about 700 army motor- bine the "walk" with the two
cycles after a heated row over step. He taught It in his classes
the price. and It caught on. Along about
1913.
BACKSTAGS WITH GOP "Never made a dime out of
The backstage story of what it," he said,
happened inside the Republican
National committee shows how Durvea was coming along fine
bitterly the Taft-Dewey forces in his teaching when Dare buz
are still divided. zed him one day and said he
The man chiefly responsible had been called out of town, and
for Guy Gabrielson's hairbreadth would Oscar take over his
election as chairman was Taft's classes in Red Bank?
close friend, hefty Republican As a sop he leaned the young
Clarence Brown of Ohio. man, then 21 and looking like
What's Your Life Worth?
St. Louis OJ-B What price tag would you put on your
life?
The question attracted more than academic interest
when a "dare-devil" show asked for volunteers to drive
a car into a head-on crash with another at 45 miles an
hour.
Name your own price, the advertisement said. There
were 50 takers.
An Illinois farm boy thought it would be worth $20,000.
But a lad who "has been driving a jalopy in Kentucky"
thought "25 bucks" should cover everything.
Money Is Hard to Hang on to
Calgary, Alta. UP) Don't show George Sussex of Lyn
den. Wash. f any cartoons of money with wings. It Isn't
funny.
.Mrs. Sussex shook her husband's trousers out on a
eighth-floor fire escape.
Down fluttered $200 in traveler's checks.