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Penalty of Progress
by GUILD
Wizard of Odds
4
Salem, Oregon, Friday, October 21, 1949
Ike's Optimism Over Armed Forces
Genera Eisenhower's appearance before the congres
sional hearing concerned with bickering among the armed
forces was in contrast to others before and after him.
General Ike took the long-range view of the inter-service
squabbles and referred to them in passing as setbacks in
the planned unification of the forces.
Those who had testified before him had shown by their
testimony the deep feeling over allocation of defense
assignments. General Bradley had called the admirals
"fancy Dans who want to call all the signals." The ad
mirals had charged the army and air force with trying to
scrap the navy. The air force had labeled the navy's com
plaints as "false tales." The marines said the army was
going to make the corps a mere police force.
Eisenhower said that we, as a nation, are expecting per
fection of the unification of forces too soon. His advice
was that things will work out all right if everyone will just
take it easy and not get excited. Setbacks could be ex
pected in unification as they could be in war.
The unfortunate aspect of the whole airing of grievances
among the services is that neither Secretary of Defense
Johnson had shown the leadership necessary to bring some
semblance of harmony nor had General Bradley, chairman
of the policy-making joint chiefs of staff. Bradley, how
ever, had been chairman only a short time.
A year ago the Eberstadt committee on the national
security organization made a report that anticipated the
current, squabble. Said the committee:
"In the final analysis, both efficiency and economy are de
pendent upon the wisdom and ability of the men entrusted with
its control and upon a spirit of mutual loyalty, teamwork and
unity of purpose throughout the organization. . . . Optimum
efficiency can be achieved only as the product of education
and experience over a long period of time."
It could hardly be said that "mutual loyalty" and "team
work" have been reached among the services. And uni
fication itself has not been a fact "a long period of time.'
Therefore, perhaps, Eisenhower has some basis for ex
pressing the calmness and optimism he did at the hearing.
But the facts known to the general public on the relatively
poor condition of the navy would not seem to justify such
faith in the future unless Eisenhower knows something
he did not tell the hearing.
It seems logical that proper unity of the armed forces
will be achieved only when the forces are brought into bal
ance with one another for their defense missions.
Princess Elizabeth on Divorce
Specialists on British marriage problems are divided
over Princess Elizabeth's attack against the evils of di
vorce. The future queen warned the mothers' union that
divorce disrupts the stability of family life, thus echoing
the sentiments of the late Queen Victoria and of Queen
Mary, whose opposition to the marriage of her son Edward
to a divorcee helped to force his abdication.
Princess Elizabeth said, among other remarks:
"We live in an age of growing self indulgence of hardening
materialism and of falling moral standards. I would go so far
as to say that some of the very principles on which the family,
and therefor: the health of the nation, is founded are in danger.
When we see around us the havoc which has been wrought,
above all among the children, by the breakup of homes, we can
have no doubt that divorce and separation are responsible for
some of the darkest evils in our society todav."
Britain's Marriage Reform committee, composed of so
ciologists and lawyers seeking to liberalize British divorce
laws, announces its regret at the statement of the princess,
declaring she has missed the point, as divorce is not in
Itself responsible for the evils she discussed, holding that
inadequate housing and unstable partners are equally re
sponsible. On the other hand, the Marriage Guidance council, with
100 branches throughout England, attempting to build
happy marriages, defended the royal speaker, saying her
remarks are "very much to the point, and we would like
to hear more speakers like her."
None of the principal speakers involved seem to have
had any personal or family experience with divorce least
of all the royal family. Why don't they call in some of
America's exiK'ricnced famous persons, like the Hollywood
stars, our millionaire playboys, or our "liberal" first fam
ily, the Hoosevelts, for expert testimony? The British
people are entitled to hear both sides before coming to a
decision even though it would probably not change their
mores.
Truman's Tax Program
President Truman declared that he will ask congress at
its next session for $5 billion hike in taxes to get the gov
ernment out of the red. But by that time he will probably
have to raise the ante to $115 billion.
Taxes are now the heaviest in peace time ever imposed,
io high that they have already passed the point of diminish
ing returns as tax collections show and are crippling indus
try. A greater production level might raise all the money
needed for legitimate government purposes, but what
chance is there for that with the government increasing
Instead of curtailing expenses and with organized labor
slashing production by nation-wide strikes instigated by
power drunk labor bosses, thereby speeding a depression?
The federal government is now spending taxpayers'
money at the rate of $210,000 more than taken in every
second the clock ticks, and money can never be raised
sufficient to carry out the Truman spending programs,
which must be financed by deficit spending. And all the
government ownership craze merely takes property off
the tax rolls.
Last January the president asked congress in his hudget
message to levy $4 billions in new social security taxes.
Three months ago he told congress and the nation he did
not want higher taxes because they would be burdensome
to business.
"The power to tax is the power to destroy" and we are
rearing the danger point with no chance of reducing costs,
but Increasinu them under the "fair deal" illusion.
sfiiCr (crate.; -SbS -country has fiVsf
V )-3' t-- "X THE KNOW-HOW KZT-
WHO SAYS filRlS CfcNY REJkSON?
TMEY'PE SU6UTLY MORE L06KKL
THAN BOYS ACCORDING
TO AN INDIANA
SURVEY'
In fact, the re
cent session
probably passed
more of Mr.
Truman's fair
deal program
than FDR's con
gress passed of
the new deal .
program, with M
the exceDtion 01 -4
his first fourJJTJj,,
years in onc. .
Chief blot on
the 81st congress was that It fail
ed to pass an old-age pension
social security bill at a time
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J LEAWN6 MANUFACTUPCPS, f""fiiij I'll
t BY ODDS OF 1 IN 5, ARE IN II
TOWNS OF UNDER 2.S00 lM M
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Three Grads Speak
By DON UPJOHN
It's regrettable a letter coming to the desk signed "Three Grads
from Salem high" doesn't have their name attached and they
preferred to offer suggestions as to what's wrong out there under
the cloak of anonymity. But perhaps we can take a few of their
suggestions for the benefit of the school staff and let it do a
little soul
the other hand, they neglect to
mention just what new ideas
might be advanced.
searching. If the
anonymous
cloak seems to
fit, it's OK. If
not, it's up
the soul search
ers. These three
Salem grads say
the trouble
the high school
is it doesn
nish enough en-
c ou r a gement
iff J'Sjfc '
fi1 Ljiu
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Trouble with 81st Congress
Was Absenteeism in Senate
By DREW PEARSON
Washington As the debris of the 81st congress is swept away
and as relieved bureaucrats get back to work with no senators
breathing down their necks, it can be truthfully said that con
gress has accomplished far more than veteran capital observers
ever dreamed possible.
ed States, and which slaughter
ed 300,000 Jews, sent many of
their bodies to the 1. G. Farben
soap factories. Palla served
Fascist Antonescu as minister to
Switzerland. Now he is minister
without portfolio for the com
munist Pauka government.
But the amazing thing is that
despite this direct hook-up with
the Russian - Roumanian com
munists, Palla has ready access
to American legal bigwigs and
some diplomats.
On April 29, at a dinner for
the American Society of Inter
national law, attended by deputy
when such passage could have Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
helped settle the coal and steel diplomats and lawyers stood up
strikes; and that it failed to pass and applauded when Palla was
aid-to-education at a time when introduced,
the schools were desperately in Another amazing thing is that
need of help. this mysterious gentleman is
The fact that congress failed called upon for advice regard- ..,,, ,iiAcBMrn
to do this and bogged down to- ing the United Nations, through POOR MAN S PHILOSOPHER
ward the end was due largely Roumania is not a member of
to absenteeism. the U.N. What information he
Not all the pleading, cajoling sends back to Roumania is not
and scolding of patient Senate known, nor would the FBI know,
Leader Scott Lucas could muster since he has access to the un-
the votes for the simple reason censored Roumanian diplomatic
that dozens of senators and pouch,
scores of congressmen were out
of town. MERRY-GO-ROUND
General MacArthur has in-
OlAMOND WE&PEK, BY EVEN
000S. LIVE IN THE U.S. WHERE
THERE APE $4,000,000,000
IN DIAMONDS'
Send your "Odds" questions on any subject to "The Wizard
of Odds," care of the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. .
King of the Disc Jockeys
Makes $400,000 a Year
By HAL BOYLE
New York VP) America is a land in which every mother knows
her son may grow up to be president or a disc jockey.
nicht nnMT thnr0 9iv nrnbablv more bovs who want to be
Absenteeism has become formed the state department that disc jockeys than lads who aspire to tenant the White House.
Eggsacting Husband
Los Angeles W) Marion Jane
Renner, 20-year-old housewife,
said her husband so egged her
on that she was forced to scram
ble their marriage. "If I'd break
a yolk while cooking eggs for
my husband he'd make me eat
V .LI ' ... .u. the egg," she told the court yes-
. ;JTh; terday. I had to eat five eggs
needs of a changing world. .They morning. whcn ! fixed his
po.nt out that these high school gjde fectl he
, t' would only cut them up and eat
worse in recent years because of the Chinese communists plan to
free junkets abroad on army set up a formal government for
airplanes. In the old days, con- ail China by November 15.
They can make more money playing phonograph records.
The uncrowned king of this
new industry is Martin Block, a
gressmen went home to mend Govenor Dewey has sent his ,lenderi dark-aired man of 45
Dm Uploha
those at Medford, Scio, or where
have you, but it seems to be ir
Salem high school alone a cer-
41 t Cna-irf T . . rl .T
hay you, but it seems to be in charlcs c Johnson thought that
aiem n.gn sera. carrylng a yoik too far and
tain group of s tudenU has been ner an uncontested di-
ousted year after year. The . m win,. pnner 22
grads contend that these boys'
clubs and other organizations
are merely an outlet turned to Along with the statements be
by the lads simply because high ing received today through the
school does not provide one mails by Marion county taxpay
necessary for perfection and ers covering a $4,656,272 tax
normal mental growth. "Be pro- bill is a small piece of paper at
gressive and work on new ideas," tached to the statements on
they say to the school organiza- which is printed the advice that
tion. "You want smart leaders the property tax offset allocated
for the country, don't you?" to Marion county because of the
These three give this as their personal state income tax is $1,
impression after going through 810,241. This means, if there
the school at which they say had been no state income tax,
"There must be something lack- the property tax bill would have
Ing for each that graduates seems been $6,466,513 or an additional
to be glad to leave, not sorry." 25.732 mills computed on the
Anyway, they agree that it is county's assessed valuation. Gov
a beautiful building. But, on emment has a lusty appetite.
Ben Built Popularity for 23 Years
Boston W How would you like to be the mailman who
became so popular that your friends protest your promotion?
That's the predicament Benjamin P. Packer. 52, finds
himself In.
Brn has been carrying the mail to about 1.500 families
In the Devon street section of Grove Hall, Roxbury, for
the past 23 years.
Postal headquarters granted Ben's request for a shift to
a 700 family route to lighten his burden.
But the department reports Its getting heavy demands
for Ben's retrntion on the old route.
You see, Ben's a bit of an odd-jobs man. He could fix
a leaky faucet, repair a balky electrical fixture, and always
had a pocketful of candy for the kiddies on the route.
their political fences. Now many personal press chief, Jim Hag
travel abroad on "surveys." gerty, to master-mind John Fos
Usually it's a good idea for con- ter Dulles' re-election to the
gressmen to get acquainted with senate.
conditions abroad but not when Oklahoma utility interests are the ia-knot wiih
their votes are needed in Wash- spreading rumors that liberal, lis "Make Be
ington. young Congressman Tom Steed Ueve Ballroom"
During the closing weeks of ' """ to ms
congress for instance, the fol- 5:
wins .onatnre wits "survev- Real fact is that Steed is one
ing" conditions in Europe: f the hardest workers in the ,uccessfui d i , c
Surveying of Housing In- in en ms omce De-
cluded Bricker of Ohio, Flan- fore 9 or 1" P m.
ders of Vermont, Frear of Dela- Secretary Acheson has order
ware and Sparkman of Alabama. eJ hls aldes to begin drafting a
Survey of Europe Generally '"-e "T'y ior japan, rne
He pioneered in
the disc jockey
field back in
1935, and hit
program.
What makes a
jockey?
In Block
case it was
a year. It's a nice neighborhood
that.
Currently, Block also is emcee
lng a free international editon
of his "Make-Believe Ballroom,"
a half-hour program broadcast
to foreign countries by the
"Voice of America." It is beam
ed to Europe, South America
and the Far East.
The program features typical
American dance band and vocal
music. In the intervals Block
describes American customs and
traditions for his listeners. The
popularity of the program as
golden voice the ability to get judged by mail comments from
people to buy the products he overseas, amazed him.
r --, ! ..- . t"H'C
By tne senate appropriations Plugged in commercial announ- "i was surprised to find out
committee, including Chavez of MacArthur out of japani ex- cements between records. how much thev know about our
New Mexico McClelland of Ark- acted a Promise from Acheson , . . , . . now mucn tney Know aDout our
new mexico, racuieiiana oi w ,,,. Today he he one of the busi- music," he said. "One listener in
ansas,Kooertson ot Virginia ana - - ",,., " est men in the field and make. North China sent a
postcard
Stennis is not even a member ..t - i -.uu,uu - ----- -
of this committee. Uu A T TU r oir-r rm
Survey of Franco Spain Un- WHAT THE 81 ST DID Ton disc iockevs no longer
dertaken by McCarran of Ne- ' spend their days sitting between
two turntables and pouring mes
sages and music into a micro
phone. Now they can drop into
the studio, put on a week s work
on tape in a few hours and go
vada, chairman of the judiciary
committee, who has nothing to
do with foreign relations.
Survey of Military Establish
ments By Tydings of Mary
land, even though Secretary of
Defense Johnson begged him to
stay in Washington. (Friends
said he had to go because he'd
promise Mrs. Tydings.)
Score Sheet on Congress
Session and 'Fair Deal'
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Nehru Predicts Early End
To Alien Rule in Asia
By DeWITT MocKENZIE
ur Forrlfo ArtBtn Analrit)
Few visitors to America have attracted such sustained interest
to their expression of vfc'ws as has Prime Minister Nehru of India.
This is due in part, I take it, to the directness and clarity with
which he attacks the parnmount issues of the day, and In part to
the fact that in him we apparently see the great new leader of
Southeast Asia's - .
of Asia. Still, we must listen
with respect to the man who,
more than any other excepting
the late Mahatma Gandhi, was
responsible for the winning of
India's freedom.
Washington, Oct. 21 Here's a score sheet on what the first off and play golf. Somebody else
session of the 81st congress did with President Truman's "fair can play the records for them,
deal" program: "Of course, that sounds like
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS a 8oft We and maybe it Is,"
Taxes Plea for $4,000,000 oon tav hiu in, -Dni said Block. "But you have to
T .JJUI 41 . . ... . ' " "F "1 ....J.v ... M .., -1 ,u.
in iuuihuh, me luiiumug ku- leaerai levies on oleomargarine ' waitn vui iur un-ci iuus mm
ators got tired and toward the approved by house, but no action by last congress; international way "
closing days of congress, packed i senate. wheat agreement ratified by sen- Before he found out he could
up and went home: Butler of Housing A p p r o v e d long ate; export controls extended make more money by selling
Nebraska, Reed of Kansas, Thye rangfi program to spur construc- tor two years:; plan to aid de- through a microphone, Block
of Minnesota, Tobey of New , low nt nilhli. holl,in. velopment of backward areas of wasted a few years selling vac-
Hampshire, Kefauver of lennes- .. . .Mj, ., .,-, world with invrmm.ni.h. uum cleaners on a door-to-dooi
aids " private investments not acted basis. He started his career at
Labor Laws-Repeal of Taft- on eith hus. " " "J!!? r, FWf"(rDn
h,..i a. . .;w i- ns.i , Young of the General Electric
" j v.v auu suuot.ikui.iwii vi iuuiatcu X CI isuil Dili IfJ let
President Truman confided his revised Wagner Act sidetracked more homeless Europeans into
"kpon Hisannnintment" in Cnn- by house. Kaise in minimum u.&.passed by house. Senate de-
gressman Morgan Moulder of wage standard from 40 cents to ferred action until next Janu- ,? a'" m mhi
,u. . j... 4u. 75 cent, an hour anDroved. hut arv. cleaners. Block said, and I
.mimuui i me unit i ucty uvci viic - - -
".lJa-r er;H w.h:; Gl V "-year minds."
canon uy iiHiriiiau jumi xca- --- y- - mutual - aid treaty between 12
inski and the house labor com- Act coverage. North Atlantic ations ratified p Englewood
mi'tee . . Anti-Inflation -Request for by senate; a $1,314,010,000 mili- N.J , an" spends his spare tnw
Moulder, a strong champion standby wage and price controls, tary aid program to help buid tinkering wh his ancy 7agu
of aid-to-ed,.cation. predicted plus allocat.on authority refused. up defenses of Atlantic pact convVrtibte or worWnJ on hi
the house-like the senate- Congress also let federal curb, members and other friendly na- owe Than, radTo station It ", on.
would have passed a satisfactory on installment credit and bank tion5 against commllnismy was te,.",
see. Gillette of Iowa and Withers
of Kentucky
IRKED AT LESINSKI
company.
"People sometimes ask me H
I wasn't happier selling vacuum
ask them if they're out of their
millions. It is
for this reason
that this col
umn returns to
further ton
ment on his
opinions as one
of the outstand
ing personali
ties of our time.
For example,
In an address 0,W M.,kaiH
before the Over-
compromise, probably providing loans expire in June.
free lunches and health care for Social Security Expanded
parochial schools, if Lesinski coverage and increased benefits
had not bottled the bill up in aPproved by house, but no action
committee. j senate.
"Of course, the issue could have National Health Insurance
been easily solved along those No aclion in either chamber,
lines," commented the president, Both houses approved extension
somewhat irritably. "I did all of federal aid In hospital con
I could. I even had some of the struction program.
committee members over here F.duration Plan fnr foriVral
passed.
in the metropolitan area.
OPEN FORUM
Making Work in Oregon
Another viewpoint of the Asi
atic leader was expressed at
a reception given by the United
Nations correspondents associa
tion at Lake Success. During an
informal question period one of
the newspapermen asked Nehru
To the Editor: I am just an every-day man like thousands in
America, and think and believe in it. I see a column in your
paper about a young fellow (Herbert Swan) who has come to
for a conference and strongly ai(i to ,tate nassed hv senate re8n- He seems to like it here and wants to stay. He is a vet
encouraged action to relieve the but bottled up in house labor and nas served this country . . .
school shortage. committee. From where I sit, it looks ra- ernment do something about it?
"The fact that the committee Rent Controls Rejected re- ther odd that the government That would make work for
refused to do its duty was no quest for two-year extension but has bilIions ol dollars to loan to many and would help build our
fault of mine. I can t dictate approved a one year continua- otner cou"tries bat they can't country up.
to the congress." tion on , state:, rignt basl, raise enough for their own peo- I know there are many other
Truman also revealed that he whereby curbs can be removed ple ,'lke Swan' 1 ,hink there things we could build and make
was considering a broad-scale bv local actjon could be something done for plenty of work for everybody,
plan for amortizing the mount- ' Fm prorram Shelved the tnousands of men like him. Maybe I am just a little stingy
Ing national debt, but didn't go Brannan Plan and approved a 1 year Callfornia had no but I think our people come
seas Press Club of America In whether he thought Marxist and
New York, Nehru struck a blow capitalist societies could live
at imperialism which is strug- side bv side indefinitelv.
gling to retain its foothold in .., don., ,Mnk , .. ,he ime
the tar East. The prime minis- ,, rpniipH "it i, .
ter declared that "next to nim
ble, but ultimately one will in-
Got So Mad He Saw Red
Seattle, Wash., iwn Joe I.uras got mad at Clark Jenson
when he parked his car In front of the I.uraa home.
So Lucas painted Jenson'i rar red, It was disclosed In jus
tice court,
Lucas was charged with malicious destruction of property
tod fraed on lt,000 ball.
ger, nationalism In Asia still is nuence ,he otner The ,oci(,tv
the primary urge. He said that wnjch delivm ,he Rood,the
ultimately the Orient must play b.lter lifewlll iUrvive."
a verv Important part In world
affairs." have a bigger share of By "better life." Nehru was
the world s wealth, and rid it- len refer not only to ma
self of foreign rule. terial things but to spiritual and
Nehru then made the startling cultural matters. Of course to
prediction that "four or five get the full significance of this
years" will see the last vestige appraisal you must know just
of alien rule in Asia. where Nehru stands (deological-
That prophecy has a peculiar ' As this column has reported
interest for our column, since previously, the prime minister
w have been insisting over a ' moderate socialist, who be
long period that the dav of Hevea In following a middle
empires is rapidly coming to an course providing for nationaliza
end. The time when "mother tion of some Industries but leav
countries" can dominate peoples '"R plent of others free for de
of another race is all but past, velopment by private initiative.
"Four or five years" may In short Nehru aims at corn
seem like a very short time to bining what he regards as best
finish clearing Imperialism out in both systems.
into details. However, he prom- comnromi, rLic. ,nn.rl - water. Oregon has more than it first,
tad to study a suggestion by ThiTh ?enera' u'yTrUe "7 ' J' .In the
Moulder that revenue, from lor continuation of wartime Win,er Why COuIdn 1 the ov-
nn-cmi- . .urn as exc.se pr0pS under major crops.
and excess profit lev'es-he di- Defense - Proposals for uni-
verted to retiring the federal Vfrsa, mililary training ignored.
. . Biggest peacetime appropria
tion for armed services ap
STRANGE ROUMANIAN proved.
There is something peculiar Civil Rights Repeal of poll
about the way certain American taxes approved by house, but no
diplomats and juridical experts action in senate; anti-lynching
have been hobnobbing with a legislation approved by senate
Roumanian in New York who committee, and fair employment
Is the registered agent ot one practice commission approved
of Stalin's chief henchmen. by house committee.
The Roumanian is Dr. Ves- Pay Raises Nearly evtrjr
pasicn Palla kho arrived In the federal employe from a buck
U.S.A. with his own car and private up to the commandcr-in-chauffeur,
gives swank cham- chief himself and Including pos
pagne parties on his Long Island tal workers, civil service em
estate, and is official representa- ployes and top executives wero
tive of Premier Anna Pauka, voted salary hikes,
the lady communist who runs FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Roumania for Stalin. Economic Second year's In-
Palla is a versatile gentle- stallment on Marshall plan aid
man, who once represented the to Europe approved: reciprocal
Fascist Antonescu government, trade agreements program re
which declared war on the Unit- newtd without restrictions voted
RALPH S. KELLY
Salem
Jimmie's Back With Judy
Detroit. Oct. 21 WP The Robert W. Wolfe family arose
refreshed this morning after the first good night's ileep In
weeks.
Six-year-old Judy, with her teddy bear back, had stopped
crying.
Judy lost "Jimmie" the bear while the family was vaca-'
Honing in the west. Since she was one year old, Jlmmle had
been her constant and beloved companion.
Each night the parents had lain awake listening as the
little girl sobbed herself to sleep. Then her father wrote
pleadingly to the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Could they find a 10-inch, frayed teddy bear lost some
where in the west?
Auto club agents sprang to the search and retraced the
route taken by the Wolfes. At Denver they found Jlmmle,
cuddled In the arms of another little girl.
Last night Judy went to sleep contentedly. Jimmie was
In his acustomrd place as a pillow under her head.