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4 Salem, Oregon, Monday, October 24, 1949
"The Privileged Few"
Cecil B De Mille, famed playwright and foremost moving
picture producer since 1913, is one of the comparatively
few distinguished men who has the courage of his convic
tions. AVhen three years ago he was ordered to pay a small
assessment for a labor union's political campaign and re
fused on principle, he was purged from the union and
forced to forfeit a million .dollar radio-theater contract.
Appeal to the courts proving futile, De Mille organized the
"De Mille Foundation for Political Freedom" to wage a
campaign for the inherent rights of the individual, though
he doesn't seem to be getting anywhere in these days of
kuman regimentation, that paves the road to serfdom.
Commenting upon President Truman's recent statement
that "the strength of our nation must continue to be used
!n the interest of all our people rather than a privileged
few," De Mille in a late bulletin says that denouncing
"selfish" interests is one of the oldest tricks in every poli
tician's bag.
De Mille asks who are these privileged few and what are
their privileges ? He points out that those very rich have
the privilege of paying upwards of 90 percent of their in
comes to the government. The capitalists cannot qualify
because they are not "few," as there are more stockholders
than union members. He points out the "real 20th century
barons of privilege" as follows:
"Well, It's quite a privilege to be able to shut down the eoal
mines of the country. One man can do that.
"Then there Is the privilege of being able to reach across the
Pacific and throw a blockade around the Hawaiian Islands. One
tnan did that
"Not many feudal lords in the Middle Ages had as many serfs
as there are, say, teamsters or musicians in the United States
today and we do not hear of any successful efforts to separ
ate Mr. Tobin or Mr. Petrillo from their privileged positions.
"In the Micitlle Ages a runaway serf could stay in a city for
a year and a day and become a freeman.
"In the Unitec States, in this enlightened age, a union can
(ay to a man 'You may get a job if you go to another state
and change your name, but there's no work for you in this"
State."
Commenting upon another of Mr. Truman's generalities,
"No artificial distinction Bhall bar any American from a
job he is capable of performing." De Mille remarks that
the most potent privilege any man can hold is power over
another man's right to work "so let's strike privilege
where it is strongest," by taking control out of the privi
leged few and give the right to work back to individuals.
De Mille comes from a distinguished family of play
wrights. His father, Henry C. De Mille, was a collaborator
tvith David Belasco in many successful theater preductions.
His brother, William C. De Mille, is well known also as a
playwright.
Cecil De Mille, born in 1881, has over a score of spectacular
movie productions that have had universal appeal since 1913.
Among them are "The Ten Commandments," "The King of
Kings," "The Sign of the Cross," "Cleopatra," 'The Crusades,"
"The Plainsman," "The Buccaneer," "The Volga Boatman,"
"Union Pacific," "The Mounted Police," etc., etc.
Too Young to Judge Yet
Four years ago Monday Soviet Russia notified Secre
tary of State Byrnes of Moscow's ratification of the United
Nations charter. Because Russia was the last of the Big
Five powers and the twenty-ninth nation of the original 51
interested countries, the United Nations came into being.
Approval of all Big Five powers and a majority of the
mailer countries was necessary to turn the UN from an
idea on paper into a formal world organization.
The irony of Russia's strategic part in taking the cli
mactic move to create a group of united nations dedicated
to peace and freedom of the individual is so striking today
on this fourth birthday of the UN.
The nations of the world, which had gathered at the
Dumbarton Oaks conference and then later at San Fran
cisco, formed what they described as another attempt "to
save succeeding generations from the scourge of war."
Basically, the UN described its avowed purpose as main
taining "international peace and security."
Is the world better off because the United Nations was
treated four years ago?
The test of the United Nations is a matter of compari
son with what the world would be like if there were no in
ternational organization at all. So, from that general test,
the answer would be "yes."
The I'N is an attempt to substitute a rule of law for the
rule of force. That attempt has not achieved as much as
most people perhaps hoped in these past four years. But
the world organization has had a restraining influence on
military power. In Palestine and in Kashmir, mediation
ended actual fighting between smaller powers.
Looking at the infant world organization, an observer
eould say the UN had created an outline which, if fol
lowed, might find solutions to world problems. At least,
the weight of public opinion might impel governments
to seek solutions through the I'N machinery.
Four years is too short a time to judge properly any
organization. If the United Nations can keep the pace for
another four years, with some assurance after that, then
the world will applaud and thank gratefully the organiza
tion which has its birthday Monday.
'R. U. Innocente?' Yes-But No
Los Antrim, Oct. It (At The federal rourt jurist rallrd
for the criminal calendar and Roberto I'lando Innocente,
auto theft auiprrl. slruttled to the prisoner!' stand.
"R. I'. Innocente?" queried the clerk, without looking a p.
"No, I am guilty!" Innocente retorted.
Whereupon the Judge sentenced Innocente to It months In
Jail on his plea of guilty to driving a stolen ear here from
Nevada.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
NAM Lends Some Support
To Brannan Farm Plan
By DREW PEARSON
Washington The last pressure group you would ever expect
to support President Truman's fair deal Is the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers. In fact, if the powerful NAM says any
thing good about the White House, it's headline news.
However, believe it or not, but the NAM is now sending its
members a con- -
The NAM analysis also lauds
the idea of continued .high-level
production "without resorting to
production controls or a program
of 'scarcity production.' " Hence,
the "greatest number of farm
products would be comparative
ly free of productions, and mar
keting controls.
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
fidential analy
sis of the most
controve r s i a 1
feature of the
fair deal the
Brannan farm
plan putting
it in a favorable
light.
Without hys-1
teria, the NAM
has prepared
detailed, factual
V 'a I J
a va.aj.
Drew PcarMa
Even though the prices of
some of the perishables might
fall below their price support
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Welcome Visitors
BY DON UPJOHN
About 1000 school marms are assembled in Salem today and
tomorrow for two big conferences, one of the teachers from five
counties hereabouts, and the other made up of the elementary
teachers from Marion county. We presume, however, they're not
all school marms and that there are some males from the pro-
fession scattered
among the gals
from various
parts of the five
count ies. But
we don't know
know just how
to address them
and what the us
age is for refer
ring to male
members of the
p r o f e s sion to
match up with
Don Upjohn
in the South African Airways
system said today that he milked
a full-grown lioness to win the
hand of a farmer's daughter in
marriage. Daniel C. Esterhuyse,
22, said his bride's father, a
farmer from Outjo, South Afri
ca, refused to permit the mar
riage unless Esterhuyse per
formed the feat. "So with help
of a couple of natives, I went
into a lioness' den and set a
trap." he said. "She fell into
".phonl marm." One expert savs it, with front paws first. I tied
it is school master, or maybe up her back legs and went to
it's just "Prof." At any rate, work. It was a tough job, but
they're a fine bunch of per- thanks to my study of Yogi, I
sons, about the cream of the got half a pint."
crop, as it were, dedicating their We,re not -ItTTure but what
lives to what ranks well up as , woud takg some erve ,
the noblest profession. It may m , wh.d drInk , half
surprise some of their younger , f milk.
pupils to know that at this con- r
Terence this evening has been As far as Oregon is concerned
set aside as "fun night." Per- the matter of the Rose Bowl
hap, they don't know that their was quite conclusively decided
teachers ever have any fun, but on all hands. But it's not much
they do occasionally, and they're to worry about. They can have
sure entitled to it. their old Rose Bowl for all we
care up here. It's just as well
Love Laughs at Lioness t let a California team take a
Johannesburg, South Africa trimming come next New Years
(U.R) The youngest radio officer, day.
analysis of the Brannan plan, gtandard," observes the NAM,
w...ti. . ..ciiucr .utuui "there is some merit to the pro-
But the sum total of these facta vision tnat allows hign ievel pro.
is surprisingly pro-Brannan. duction to continue in order that
Though not yet off the press, consumers may have a plentiful
preview copies have been sent supply of such highly nutrition-
to several NAM members along al foods as dairy products, meat,
with a letter explainin: "Many, fruits, eggs, etc. The advantage
even though they recognize the lies in a probable stimulation of
importance of the Brannan plan, needed improvements in the di-
nevertheless found it too ab- ets of consumers."
struse for ready understanding. Xne NAM report als0 points
"To help remedy this, the out that "the Brannan plan
NAM research department has would likely encourage and per-
done a painstaking analysis of haps expand the operation of
the plans, objectives, operations, several farm enterprises import-
etc." ant from the standpoint of na-
' tional security. ... It should be
Here then is what the NAM noted that if national security is
says about the Brannan plan: to be an important part in the
"Qualified persons have point- farm program of this country,
ed to several apparent advan- the Brannan plan would, if op-
tages in using the Brannan plan erated. as designed, provide a
to support farm income. They more integrated program for di-
emphasize its directness and recting the use of this country's
simplicity of method, fairness of soJ and farm resources, than has
the period 1 9 3 9 to 1948 as a anv Previous farm program even
starting point for an income ln tlmes of war"
base or 'yardstick,' encourage- On the $64 question cost of
ment to continued high level the Brannan plan the NAM is
production of nutritional foods, cautious, but believes the cost
logical classification of storable "would approximate 3 to
and nonstorable farm products, 'A billion dollars exclusive of
'orderly marketing' provisions, administrative costs. , . .
financial coverage of farm "Although the Brannan plan
groups hitherto inadequately so far does not contain a defined
provided for in farm programs, limit of cost within which it
and its importance to national would operate," says the sur-
security. prising NAM report, "congress
"On the other hand, several could, through appropriations,
weaknesses in the plan are ap- exercise a continuing control
parent. These shortcomings over the expenditures made un-
mainly concern the objective of der this, or any other program
trying to narrow the gap be- far supporting farm prices and
tween farm and nonfarm income, Income."
The price distortions present in
the period of years selected as LAND FOR GAMBLING
the starting point for an income Wavne Morse theenereetic
base or "yardstick.' the unsound- ""J iviorse, I n e energetic
keeping his eye on the army
these days. He has just dictated
BIG CITV FIRES. BY ODD9
OF 2 TO 1, ARE CONFINED TO
THE ACEft ALREN? ABLAZE
WHEN FIREMEN REACH THE SCENE
ness of attempting to project
these distortions into the future,
the discretionary power to alter
hn( 1 ... . A e.4- . I . I
prices dictated by the pricing 1Z . A " ' "
formulas of the plan, the lack of -..
built-in flexibility in the pricing J
formulas, and the practicability J ... . , "".7 . V " .
built into night clubs, gambling
A Couple of Homeless Strays
Palm Springs, Calif. (IP) A few days ago three pretty
eats wandered into the hillside yard of E. R. Burchiel. The
family fed and housed the homeless strays.
Then Burchiel leaned down to pet one of them. He was
clawed severely. A physician, summoned to treat the scrat
ches saw the animals and remarked:
"Reck, those aren't kittens. They're wildcats."
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
U. S. Aid for Yugoslavia to UN
Not Signal of a New Policy
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
(lift Forclio Alfitrj Anklriu
Sensational as is the election of Yugoslavia to the United Na
tions security council over the fierce protests and threats of Rus
sia, we shouldn't make the mistake of jumping to the conclusion
that this signals a new American policy in the cold war.
True, the United States led the western legion against the Red
of again resorting to subsidies,
production controls, marketing
controls and other techniques of
casinos and resort facilities.
Thanks to Senator Holland of
manipulation designed to imple- Florida, a special law was pass-
ment the support of farm in
come. . . .
Then the NAM proceeds to
answer some of these criticisms,
ed authorizing the army to turn
over a three-mile beach strip to
Okaloosa county, Florida, for a
small percent of its fair value.
It was frankly acknowledged in
From the standpoint of those eJ ""t 0afa
gambling and bathing resort to
raise revenue.
What the army did was ap
praise the property at the ridi
culously low price of $2500,
though some appraisers said it
was worth $65,000. This would
who believe
prices must
that - agricultural
be maintained at
near wartime levels in order to
keep agriculture healthy," the
NAM diagnosis continues, "the
choice of the base period 1939 to
1948 is a logical one.
"Considered from this view
point, it must be pointed out Permit UKaioosa county to Duy
that only with the price rela- the beach for only $1250 a sav
tionships existing in these years in to them, but a great loss to
bloc in the peace fj.
! & 1 iivV
orgamza i i u n .
But that didn't
represent a new
Washington pol
icy. It was a strat
egic dev e 1 o p -ment
under a
long stand i n g
policy, which
was to fight the
cold war , to a
finish to take
advantage of every
DtWIlt Mackrnilc
the marshal had broken with his
masters in Moscow, he still re
mained a communist and a dicta
tor in his own right.
Should America back Tito and
j so strengthen his hand in his re
sistance to Moscow?
The point of such a move, of
course, wouldn't be affection for
Tito but that here might be a
chance to enlarge the area of
freedom in eastern Europe.
There is unrest among most, if
not all. of the Russian satellites.
Successful resistance by Yugo
slavia to Moscow might well en-
were farmers as a group in a po
sition to lift their social and
financial standards from the
depths to which they fell follow
ing World War I.
the taxpayers of Okaloosa cour,'
ty.
Wrathfully Morse wrote to the
secretary of the army: "I have
looked into the value of beach
Crime Doesn't Pay Note:
device to
push tlie Russians back to their
own frontiers.
The revolt of Marshal Tito rourase other eastern EuroDcan
against the dictatorship of the ,tateS to follow suit.
Kremlin provided an opportuni- Washington decided to stren-
ty upon which America and oth- gthen Tito's hand, and acted ac-
er western nations have seized, cordingly. The U. N. election
However, the drama stage in battle was just a part of the plan
the election of Yugoslavia to the which evolved from that deci-
Security Council was a sequel to 0n. This meant no change of
America's move weeks ago in policy but merely the seizure of
selling steel mill equipment to an opportunity to further that
Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito to bol- policy,
ster him In his resistance to Rus-
sia. So it is safe to assume that we
shall see other moves along this
Thus the United Nations vote line,
was merely another sign of a de- In a speech on foreign policy
velopment which had started a couple of nights ago in New
previously but which had lacked York. Secretary of State Ache-
the dramatic qualities to impress son branded Russia as the "ag-
its full significance on the gen- gressively imperialist power of
era! public. our times.''
The real significance of the He charged that the Soviet Un-
event is that western action in Ion is trying to "extend its do-
the cold war has advanced into minion" and to spread "confu-
the preserves of the communist tion and disintegration" In those
bloc. parts of the world beyond its
At long last we are operating grasp.
'It was the level of income resort property in this area of
from 1939 to 1948 that enabled Florida sufficiently to assure
farmers to correct many of the myself that any such appraisal
maladjustments that were said on this property would have to
to be depressing agriculture in be classified as an unconsciona
the preceding 20 years. With ble low one, and I wish to ad
this income, mortgage debt was vise you at this time that I in
reduced, housing and living con- tend to follow very carefully
ditions improved, more machin- this case in order to satisfy my
ery and efficiency in farming self as to whether the depart
operations were introduced, the ment of the army, when such
number of tenant farmers were bills as this are passed by the
substantially reduced, schools, congress, takes the steps neccs
roads and other transportation sary to see to it that a fair mar
facilities serving farmers were ket value is placed on the prop
expanded and improved." erty."
Declaring that he was author-
The NAM report also points iIed by the senate armed serv
out that past price supports ices committee to protest, Morse
have chiefly aided a few basic continued: "I seriously question
and storable commodities. The whether we should have, in the
Brannan plan, on the other first instance, granted to Oka
hand, would help a much broad- loosa county the right to obtain
ERA OF DIRTY POLITICS
John Quincy Adams Called
Misunderstood President
By OSWALD WEST
One of the most misunderstood of our presidents was John
Quincey Adams. His diary covering the period 1794-1845, was
published in 1929. It is a most charming book, and opens the
door to both the clean and dirty politics of the era dominated
by Jackson and Clay.
Upon Madison's inauguration, swimming about half an hour, I
in 1809, he was appointed minis- perceived . . . that we had as
ter to Russia. While serving in cended very little above where
that capacity, he was named as we had left our clothes, and that
one of the British peace commis- the current and tide was carry
sioners. The others being Bayard, ing us into the middle of the
Clay, Russell and Gallatin. They river."
held their meeting at Ghent. After a futile struggle against
Speaking of Clay, Adams says: the tide, he headed for shore
"He is essentially a gamester, and, in fifteen minutes, landed
and with a vigorous intellect, near the rock where they had
an ardent spirit, a handsome el- left their clothes, which the in
ocution, though with a mind coming tide had reached and
very defective in elementary soaked. They had been an hour
knowledge, and a very undiges- and five minutes in the water
ted system of ethics; he has all without touching ground,
the qualities which belong to In his book, "The Presidents
that class of human characters, and the Press," James E. Pot
As to Clay, John Randolph of tard says:
Roanoke, went Adams one bet- "John Quincy Adams paid a
ter. He said: "Clay is so brilliant, triple price for the Presidency,
yet so corrupt; like a rotting He paid for being his father's
mackeral in the moonlight, he son, for his own unyielding na
shines but stinks." ture, and for thwarting tempor-
On a particular morning just theT Political ambitions of
before an early rising to com- 1"?!,.,
... ,,,, . ,l. ,.i. of marked talents, but, as chief
5 yrmeXr AVamsPTeardS .. , -gularly de
three of the British commission- fic'efnt in POPU1" appeal or,
ers leaving Clay's chamber what may amunt to the same
were theyghad spVnt the "ight eective reIation'"
playing cards-for money, of When hls term ended, he gave
course. , , , a sigh of relief, as he had ex
pected to go into peaceful retire
Washington, D. C, in the days ment. But, as this was a period
of Monroe's administration, was when politics were dirty and
short on bath tubs. So, Adams, bitter, there was no peace,
then secretary of state, took to Said he: "I go into retirement
the Potomac river for both clean- with a combination of parties
liness and exercise. and public men against my char
On his fifty-seventh birthday, acter and reputation such, as
he writes: "Swam with Antoine I believe, never before was ex
an hour in the Potomac. We hibited against any man since
started for the bridge, but after this union has existed."
OPEN FORUM
Thoughtful, Polite Newspaper Boys
To the Editor: I suppose you receive more or less complaints
but I wonder if anyone ever tells you how thoughful and polite
some of your paper carriers are.
Our Capital Journal boy was a boy by the name of Howard
Saling and we have always noticed how particular he has always
been, rain or shine, to see that
o'uf paper was in the little en- as the first one.
trance to our porch and it is I thought they might be broth
narrow and as our house sits ers but lnquired their names and
back from the street he often ,, ... . ,.
had to get off his wheel and he h one was Hward Salln
often even handed it to us. ,"L. c "e tT "0W 'S
... u.. . i iu James Searcy and I have seen
of steps up to her glassed-in J"1 ?' " his wne,cl whc" il
the door of trailers
r. u- u paper to
vci.u., c uiu n ,,, ,. ih , ....
wheel and take her paper up , . ,
and put it in the porch. So wheS " ' kno w such ,me
anoth-r hnv trrt f h,in dependable boys and we appre-
" " ciate them.
paper we were sorry at first for
we didn't expect to find another
one who would be so polite and
thoughtful, but he is just as nice
M. MAUDE BOONE
2049 State Street,
Salem, Oregon
One of Life's Tragic Quirks
Chicago, Oct. 24 VD Oliver Alford, 38, toured suburban
Park Porest in a jeep selling tickets for a dance to provide an
inhalator for the local fire department.
Suddenly, Alford collapsed with a heart attack. His fellow
firemen summoned an inhalator from Steger, 111. Several
miles away.
Alford died before the inhalator arrived.
er group of farmers.
It would support, the NAM
continues, "income of the pro
ducers of most of the nonstor
able commodities such as meat,
dairy and poultry products and
fruits and vegetables.
"Thus, this plan would ex
tend financial assistance In times
of stress to a large and import
ant segment of the agricultural
this property at 50 percent of its
fair value. I think a strong case
could be made for requiring Ok
aloosa county to pay one hun
dred cents on the dollar. ... I
see no reason why the people of
the United States as a whole
should make that kind of a grant
to the people of Okaloosa county
"Unless a fair appraisement is
Industry that has so far probably placcd ' tni, pr0perty," the
not been' adequately provided
for in the basic farm programs
of the country. In this respect,
the Brannan plan would proba
bly be more closely integrated
with the entire farm problem
than has been the case with the
farm programs in past years."
senator from Oregon wound up.
"I can assure you this will be
the last bill that will ever re
ceive unanimous consent in the
senate authorizing the army to
place its own appraisement on
property. . , ."
(CoprrtiM l4tl
Seattle "i A youth walked Into a women's gift shop,
bought a box of stationery and a gift card, and preferred
IS bill In payment.
Then he told Airs. Bessie A. Freeman, the fireprletreaa,
to "stick 'em up I'm sorry, but I need the money."
He took $1 from the till and It from her parse, then fled
Mr. Freeman still had his IS bill.
Net loss: 2.
behind the Iron Curtain.
As previously indicated, the
strategy which marked the sup-
Acheson appealed for popular
understanding of great foreign
policy issues. He declared it is
port of communist Yugoslavia in American citizens, "acting di-
the United Nations really had Its rectly through public opinion
inception when Tito wig-wagged and through the congress, who
to the United States for steel mill decide the contours of our poll
equipment and for monetary cies and whether those policies
loans. That called for a major shall go forward or waver or
decision in Washington, for while Mop."
One Thing Armed Forces Agreed on
Washington. Oct 14 fP Gen Mark W. Clark knows how
hard It Is to unify the armed forces.
He told the house armed services committee that while he
was serving In San Francisco, he was authorised to order
commander of the three services to find oat how many
air fields they could eliminate within 100 miles of the city.
"They came back recommending one more field," he said.
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