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4 Salem, OreRon, Friday, September 16, 1949
An Answer to Muddy Waters
Seeing is believing. On that basis, thousands of Wil
lamette valley farmers will see Saturday on a farm north
of Shaw what soil conservation practices look like. They
will gee what can be done to save the top-soil of this rich
valley.
The field work for the one day, sponsored by the San
tiam soil conservation district and the state grange, will
cover what normally could be done on a farm in two years.
This face-lifting demonstration will increase the crop pro
ductiveness of the Bartel farm 25 percent, the sponsors
claim.
The more than 20 demonstrations during the course of
the day will graphically show the protection a farmer can
give to his place by taking necessary conservation steps.
Soil losses will be cut to a negligible amount because of
those steps.
And that is where the significance of this demonstra
tion lies. For a valley as fertile and favored so by nature,
the Willamette has reason to consider what is necessary
to preserve the bounties bestowed upon it. Last year's
record erosion leaves no doubts in the minds of anyone
that protective measures must be taken.
One such measure is the type of soil conservation as to
be shown Saturday at the Bartel farm. Other measures
will have to be taken by districts, by counties, by the state,
and by the federal government.
The Willamette valley basin commission has worked out
the series of dams with the Corps of Engineers to cut
down disastrous floods. A few dams have been built, oth
ers are being built and still others are only on the drawing
boards. But utilizing these protective and productive
projects for the state is another matter. That has not
been figured yet, except for the general outline necessary
with the planning and construction.
Saturday's demonstration on the Bartel farm will show
what individual farmers can do. And, for the demonstra
tion, the two co-sponsoring organizations rate the praise
of the state. It would be interesting to see what the coun
ties could do to encourage soil conservation and for Ore
gon itself to encourage the protecting and building of the
vast resources that are in the state.
Extending Reciprocal Tariffs
By a vote of 62 to 19 the senate has passed the adminis
tration's reciprocal trade agreements without restrictions
sought by republicans. The president is expected to
follow-up the tariff-cutting program with new rate slashes
on more than 400 items.
New levies on imports will be announced probably next
week, the tariff reductions based on agreements reached
at the international tariff conference at Annecy, France.
The measure has already been approved by the house.
The reciprocal trade program was the creation of Cor
dcll Hull and has been in effect for 15 years. Under the
bill, the president is granted authority to cut tariff rates
as much as 50 percent of their 1945 levels. The authority
had lapsed temporarily last June. It is now extended until
June, 1951.
World trade is essential not only to the prosperity of
other countries to our own, for trade is a "two way
atreet." A tariff wall that curtails trade, curtails pro
duction and piles up unsaleable surplus. If we expect
Europe to recover, its manufacturers and producers must
be given a fair competitive opportunity in this country.
We are in a poor position to citicize foreign competitive
effort while providing prohibitive handicap when foreign
and American goods meet in a common market place. Eu
ropean recovery aid should not be utilized as subsidy to
maintain surplus production at home.
Marshall Plan Working
Paul G. Hoffman, Marshall plan administrator, who re
turned recently from a tour of seven European countries,
foresees a self-supporting western Europe as a "definite
possibility by June 30, 1952."
Hoffman reports the plan is ahead of schedule, but cau
tions that fulfilling the target date "is going to take a lot
of doing on the part of both Americans and Europeans."
As a further means of advancing world prosperity, Hoff
man advised the United States to take a "slightly higher
percentage " of European imports. He said this would
be balanced by "our own high volume of American ex
ports." He calls upon this country to "give full evidence
that we intend to carry out the four-year Marshall plan
through to its completion." The amount of aid "must be
on a decreasing scale, "but if Europe meets her obligations
under that plan we should meet ours."
For Europe. Hoffman advises achievement of "an eco
nomic unification which will create a single market of 275,
000,000 consumers, for whom European industry and agri
culture can produce economically and to whom European
manufacturers and farmers can sell freely Only within
such a framework can Europe begin to become truly self
supporting. Europe's second urgent task is that of "earn
ing more dollars."
Ding Dong Daddy of D Line
i To Wed for 13th or 14th Time
Ran Francisco, Sept. tfl M"i Ring those bells, wedding bells
not once but 13 or 14 time (or the ding dong daddy of the
D ear line.
i'rancls Van Wle will wed again today for the l.tih or 14th
time.
The smiling, balding. 6.2-year-ntri former conductor of San
Francisco's Municipal Railway will marry Mrs. Mary Aha,
49, of Oakland.
Mrs. Aba, who knows all about Van Wle's predilection for
orange blossoms, smiled happily today.
Apparently she Is not worried by the fart that he served
(wo years In San Quentln prison for marrying 12 or 13 wives
(the count was never definitely established) without bother
ing about the formality of annulment or divorce.
"I was off the beam for a while there," Van Wle admitted,
"but that's all over now."
"Yes, dear," aaid Mrs. Aha.
Van Wle, a rambling romancer on the rails, was a conduc
tor on the D car line when he rang up his record of marriages
without a transfer. Now he's a porter at a rorktall lounge.
II was also Identified as a former Hon tamer whose catnip
was marriage. A former mind reader, he didn't know his
own mind.
"All I wanted was a quiet home and peace and content
ment," he aatd tour years ago when police rang the bell on his
azMnlng trolley of love.
8 BECK
Boyhood Hazards
rlrM'MMj from V7V JSzr-
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Senator Thomas of Okla.
Found Speculating Again
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Something is rotten in the egg market. And Elmer
Thomas, the speculating senator from Oklahoma, could tell a lot
about it if he wished, though he probably won't.
Elmer Thomas (not to be confused with Senator Elbert Thomas
of Utah, a pious Mormon ex-missionary) is the man who was
exposed in this
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
column three
years ago for
simultaneous 1 y
speculating in
cotton and using
h i s influence
In the senate to
affect the price
of cotton.
At that time,
Thomas vigor- if
nuslv denied he
was speculating, Drew rr
called this columnist a liar, said
all the cotton he owned was on
his back. But two years later
when a Republican congress re
quired the secretary of agricul-
ket. Not only was one letter
written to the agriculture de
partment with Thomas's name
signed to It regarding the de
partment's egg - price - support
program, but Thomas started an
offical senata investigation of
eggs.
In doing so, Thomas wrote a
letter to Senator Clinton Ander
son of New Mexico, whom he
placed in charge of the investi
gation, asking that he call cer
tain people as witnesses. And
in listing them, he scrupulous
avoided the name of W. D.
So also was the name of his poultry division with letters,
wife, his secretary, Miss Beth phone calls and personal visits
Gage, and his bosom friend, in which he claimed to repre
Dyke Cullum. Furthermore, sent the senate agriculture corn
Thomas admitted in a public mittee that Termohlen finally
statement that Cullum had han- challenged him bluntly asked
died his commodity trading for whether he was paid by the sen
ium, ate committee.
In nilinn anniho of Cn. "H - 1 ...1 J i
JVJXZ ator Thomas's speculator friends, get paid," Cullum retorted.
Ralph Moore, was indicted un- Do work or the agricul.
der the lobbying act for trying ture COmmittee?"
10 innuence me zais ana 011s
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Here's Proof
By DON UPJOHN
Maybe our climate is changing after all, as several of the ex
perts have been hinting. As a hunk of proof toward backing up
that theory there's a story just come in from Aurora which tells
of how Elmer Pugh of Canby,
day, discovered a Texas-type toad, one of the ugliest critters
known to the
zoologists. After
examination Mr.
Pugh found it
wasn't a local
A In tun it
was a lizard and f.
Known as one ui
the Iquanadae
with no business
whatever to be
in an Oregon
garden. Getting
down to brass
tacts it was a horded toad whose
natural habitat sure enough is
not around these parts. A little
Termohlen, agriculture depart
ure to make public the names ment Poultry chief, because
of those speculating in cotton, Dyke Cullum had told him that
Knt- Thnmu'i nam. wa on Termohlen was not cooperative.
the list. Cullum had so heckled the POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
IT'S 3 102 YOU LIVE IN A TOWN OF 30,000 W'K
OR LESS. (A population Quistioh Feci s-sTpfc
MBS. tClSOU MOUS, S. XOXAHA, ILL.) ytay J
PUNCHB0AR5 PAY y
r)L OFF LESS THAN HALF
FAVORITE HOBBY IN AMERICA IS STAMP
JmkwDZr COLLECTING, BY MORE THAN 2 TO I OVERSECOND
JZ FAOTTE-6LASS COLLECTINu. WOOD WORKING SCORES 3"
Dig Some Diamonds
And Avoid an Ulcer
Now You Know
Albuquerque, N.
M. UP) Un- market by issuing fake govern-
"I represent Senator Thomas
Doa Uploha
nappy over the hign price or m- bout Cullum als0 wrole, both un.
chotomies Need a porgonotomy g senalor speculating on the der his own name and that of
after that week-end fishing trip? commodity market though his Senator Thomas, asking about
The Greeks had a word for it. ethics are something else again, and criticizing the egg program.
So does Dr. Lynn B. Mitchell, However, it is almost unbeliev- He did not at any time reveal,
university of New Mexico pro- able thut a senator especially ot course, that he had purchased
fessor emeritus of classical lane- the chairman of the senate agri- ten carloads of egg futures.
uages. In case you didn't know, culture committee should use
a haircut is a trichotomy. A his prestige and high office to
pogonotomv is a shave or beard influence prices on the commodi-
trim. You'd never guess it, but ty market at the same time he
a beauty shop nail trim is an is speculating.
onychotomy. If it grates on your
By HAL BOYLE
New York VP) Men who buy and sell diamonds may get ulcers
but the lads who dig them don't.
The gems are whacked out of the good earth of Africa by black
hued native boys. .
"Cancer is extremely rare among them, and ulcers are absolutely
unknown," said
J
Finally Ralph Trigg, agricul
ture production and marketing
chief, wrote back opposing Cul
lum's ideas. He then received
an insulting letter suggesting
inquiry developed that last June nerveJ to say the b s its Therefore, Senator Homer that Trigg didn't understand
-, 11. n..nV.' naiahhnn ant . . 1 ...... , . i
one of Mr. Pugh's neighbors got
a package from relatives in Tex
as in which was the horned toaa.
The neighbor fixed him up com
fortably in the back yard and
hoped to make friends with him
simply explain he has a case of Ferguson of
snoptysis and refer the raised chairman of
Michigan, then eggs, and that perhaps a spec-
senate investiga- cial assistant secretary should be
over to the Pugh place and has
been doing all right for him
self. Maybe it's only a question
of a little time when alligators
and crocodiles will begin to
show up on Mill Creek.
to the learned pro- ting sub-committee, was author- appointed to relieve lngg of his
ized to probe the operations of responsibilities.
his colleague from Oklahoma. Again Cullum did not reveal
But Senator Thomas did some that having purchased ten car-
a highly
looks like Luckv Leo knew of Senator Ferguson. Follow- interested party.
Mrs. Gladys
Babson Hanna
ford, who has
made a career
1 e c t u r ing on
diamonds.
Mrs. Hanna
ford returned
recently from a
trip through the
glitter mines of
the dark con
tinent. She is
one of the first women to In
spect the coastal diamond fields
north of the Orange river in
Southwest Africa.
3 "The diamonds are found in
land in a layer 20 to 30 feet
under the sand covering a pre
historic beach."
Operations center near Orange
mouth, a village of 500 Euro
peans and 1600 natives. It is
200 miles to the nearest rail
road, and the desolate area is so
i windswept that gardens near
the river must be surrounded
with walls to keep the vege
tables from being blown out of
the ground.
eyebrows
fessor.
but during the summer he dis- occasions uick investigating of his own loads of eggs, he was
appeared. It seems he wandered f.C'"5, "p w.e!,lonT ca,s'"s of Senator Ferguson. Follow- Interested oartv.
it
what he was doing when he
picked last week to put on his
fair.
ing which he wrote Ferguson i
letter in longhand, later pub-
The ten carloads of eggs were motor boat
Rumors have spread around
the world that these fields are
so fabulously rich that a man
can slip ashore at night from a
Better Than Parsley
SCOOD
tiurrhaspH in CMiraon niwl,r iha . ...
lished in this column, threaten- . ,t. -m..--.-, r, 01 rougn diamond:
ing to expose certain connections t rnmnratinn rum nH v,,-. away
between the Ferguson family broker, Ralph Root, appeared on even are reported to have hired
up a gallon
and speed
millionaire. Owners
and the
Chrysler Motor com- n ' llw, ', .j
r, u, I i ' . p y- made tne Purchase personally,
a story Bohl broke up a narcotics ring ronfrontpd with this lettpr -h,v,n i.nir. ,i
viewed by this column, stated
A statement made in
in our favorite paper last ev- in his own feed lots this week, (he senator from Michigan
ening that tne repnca or t n e wnen nis nogs Degan 10 grow promptly dropped his inv'estiga-
courlhouse shown by Miss Ren- thin and wobble uncertainly tjon 0f the senator from Okla-
ska Swart last week at the state about the feed lot, Bohl launch- homa.
fair in connection with her cam- ed a one man investigation. At
paign to save the old structure, the back of the feed lot he found Eighteen months have passed
which credited the late C. P. the hogs jumping in the air to and Senator Thomas is now up
Bishop with donating the model get at the last few leaves near to his old tricks
courthouse was In error. The the top of a lush stand of mari- Since th Democratic victory
funds were provided by Roy juana plants. After destroying , . M . . . .
stored as chairman of the power-
Bishop, as a memorial tribute to the plants Bohl said today his
a classic landmark of his old hogs were "getting back to nor
home town. mal."
ful agriculture committee.
that Cullum was quite free in
using Senator Thomas's name in
connection with the deal.
The National Commodity cor
poration is the name used by
Cullum in the past to handle
various speculations. Its other
officers are his son, Dyke Cul
lum, Jr., secretary, and his
daughter, Kiki Cullum, treas-
But urer.
is
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
British Socialists Gain
Confidence From Talks
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
M4t Foreign Aruir Anilyso
The easement devised for England's economic crisis by the
American-Canadian-British conference in Washington also has
lessened the political anxiety of John Bull's first socialist govern
ment, as this column predicted a week ago might happen.
Prior to the conference the economic situation had become so
that it
grave
looked as though
the government
might be forced
to call a general
election forth
with instead of
waiting until
next mid-summer
when it
normally would
be due.
The point, of
course, was that Dwl" ""'"
if the government waited, and
the crisis further deteriorated, it
might losp the election on the
grounds that it had failed to
cope with the situation.
loin hnilB KannmA rnKnpilil.minrt
ed. They prefer a moderate riVlrad carI?ads of es-
"absolute-security" as provided
by the government, to gambling
on gaining greater security by
private initiative.
Of course, they have to help
pay for this security in taxa
tion, but in the lower brackets
this Isn't so terrible, although
fairly stiff: "It's the "private
initiative" gambler who pays
through the nose for security
programs.
not even waiting for the elec
tion, the senator got back into
the cotton market last Septem
ber. Then, about two weeks ago,
Senator Thomas let loose a sig
nificant public statement. He
took a sudden, surprising in
terest in eggs, publicly com
plained about the price of eggs,
and blasted the agriculture de
partment's egg - price - support
program every time the senate
agriculture committee met.
Now every housewife would
like to see the price of eggs
come down. But what every
housewife does not have is ten
And
what very few people in the
United States knew was that
Thomas's intimate friend. Dyke
Cullum, had Just purchased ten
freight carloads of egg futures.
Therefore, he was vitally in
terested In the future price of
eggs.
And Dyke Cullum is the man
who, Thomas admits, has han
dled a trading account for him.
tCoprriiht mi)
camel patrols to guard
beaches at night against l
turnal raiders.
Mrs. Hannaford says thi;
all utterly ridiculous.
"They couldn't have a camel
patrol because camels get rheu
matism that close to the sea,"
she said.
"The fields are rich, but the
native diggers would feel lucky
if they collected a gallon of
diamonds in a year. And it's an
expensive operation requiring
much equipment.
Mrs. Hannaford dashed any
hope that engagement diamonds
would become cheaper. She said
the stockpile of stones that exist
ed before the war has been
eaten up. And the source of
supply is dwindling.
"Only three mines are now
operating in the rich Kimberly
fields," she said.
One mine has a compound in
which dwell 1700 native boys,
the some of whom hike 300 miles
loc. for their jobs. They get from $1
to $2.50 a day, plus living quar
ters, and a bonus ranging up to'
$300 for each diamond they find.
"They stay for an average of ,
nine months," said Mrs. Hanna
This Must Have Sounded Fishy
Seattle (u.n Sheriff's car ISO sped to a house near Seattle
on the report of a neighbor that lights were flashing and the
house was being burglarized.
The deputies, guns drawn, closed in on the house.
As they cautiously peered over the window sill, they saw a
dozen steeply, fat tropical fish inside enjoying their aquarium
heated by a thermostatically-controlled off-and-on light.
ford. "By then many have saved
enough so they can go back to
their tribe in the forest and live
for two years without working."
This habit, no doubt, explains
the absence of ulcers. Only a
confirmed worrywart could de
velop an ulcer on a two-year va
cation. f
The native boys are fond of
Hollywood movies, particularly
cartoon comedies and western
pictures.
"They have terrible swear
words in their own language,"
said Mrs. Hannaford. "When
ever the villain appears they
curse him as long as he is on
the screen." ,
TOD1
On
Poge
A3
Whether England is to be
come a permanent Socialist state
The senator from Oklahoma
has been quite brazen in lend
ing Ivs name to Cullum's at
tempt to influence the egg mar-
Now London reports that the m!iy d(,pcnd o the next general Uon of )he country , ,uch
win ..v.o.w.. ....... i t u- e
mit the government to hang on
and avoid a snap election.
This would give the party an
opportunity to complete ful
filling Its election pledges.
Two important items remain
to be dealt with nationaliza
tion of the huge steel industry,
and - reform of the House of
Lords by limiting the veto pow
er on measures passed by Com
mons. Indications are that the So
cialists really are confident of
winning the coming election.
Naturally, the economic situa
tion is a cause of deep worry,
but they can claim that they In
herited It when they took over
in 194S.
As an offset, they can point
to a large measure of national
ization of, Industry, and to the
Inauguration of a huge welfare
program wholesale medical
treatment, old-age pensions and
so on running to the stagger
ing sum of more than two and
a half billion dollars per year.
This personal security pro
gram undoubtedly Is the ace in
the hole for the general elec
tion. Th imall-lncomt folk of Brl-
returned to power, they will,
under normal circumstances,
have another five-year tenure of
office. In that time they could
complete and stabilize sociliza-
extent that it would be difficult
to revert to the old free enter
prise system.
In short, England would desert
the capitalism on which her em
pire was built a daring experiment.
Cat's Will-to-Live Pays Off
Vancouver. B. C. Ufi An unwanted white cat has a com
fortable home today after It failed In an apparent suicide
attempt.
STCA officials worked frantically In tearing down part of
a wall and a number of cupboards at the home of Mrs.
Rand Caldecott, here, to rescue the cat from the narrow space
where It had crawled to die.
Rescuers said the feline had caught Its head between two
planks and had been hanging by the neck for about 10 hours
when released.
Mrs. ralderolt's three youngsters have adopted the homeless
rat which lost the will to live and have named It "Snow
White."
Armed Robbery Victims Blush
Fort Lewis, Wash. oTi Three soldier robbery victims
blushed.
Authorities here revealed that a sergeant, whose name has
been withheld, was being held for separate armed robberies of
three soldiers and possibly a fourth.
The provost marshall's office said the sergeant admlttrd
two of the robberies and said his only weapon was i toy water
pistol.
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