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4 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, October 25, 1949
A Way Out for Britain
The Population Rerefence bureau, a non-profit scientific
educational organization for the purpose gathering, cor
relating and distributing population data, not a govern
ment organization, suggests in its October Bulletin a "Way
Out for Britain."
The Bulletin points out that Great Britain has 2'a times
s many people per square mile of arable land as Europe
and more than 11 times as many as the United States,
more than any country in the world, except Japan, twice
as many as Italy, Germany and India and a surplus popu
lation of 15 millions.
This surplus British population cannot be supported
from combined yields of land, industry and foreign trade,
and is certain to continue the chronic crisis. But if her
people, it is suggested, were moved to thinly inhabited
British areas such as Australia, Canada and parts of
Africa, they would solve the problem and be a valuable
asset to world peace. Such a migration would:
1. Better the level of living of the emigrants.
2. Help make the United Kingdom self-supporting.
S. Strengthen the British Commonwealth generally.
4. Save the American people billions of dollars in capital and
natural resources.
5. Help to build up friendly nations on at least three sides of
She United States in case of war.
The United Kingdom does not need more man power. It
needs fewer consumers and more machine power and these
it will gain by exporting its surplus population making pos
sible fewer imports of food and raw materials for home
consumption and more supports of raw materials and
machine power to increase vital exports.
The Bulletin admits that the migration of 15 million
people will not be an easy job, but it would be cheaper to
move a 140 pound person once than to move some 1400
pounds of food plus their raw materials, every year to sup
port that person if he remains a Britain.
Ireland is cited as an example of the benefits of mass
migration which has decreased its population 50 percent
and helped raise the standard of living from one of the
lowest to one of the highest in Europe. Furthermore,
her emigrants increased Ireland's influence throughout the
world. The same result would follow in Britain.
The British migration should constitute a cross-section
of the population. The Royal Commission on Population
in its report on June, 1949, concludes:
"Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of emigration,
we have no doubt that it is in the long run interests ot Great
Britain and the Commonwealth as a whole to maintain the flow
of emigrants from Great Britain to the other parts of the Com
monwealth at as high a level as possible."
The British crisis is a double one, a temporary acute
"dollar" crisis caused in part by World War II and in
part by over-p( pulation and a chronic crisis caused by long
ternvtrends in both population growth and in diminishing
production, exports and foreign assets, and unless the
problem of surplus population is solved, there will be re
curring emergency problems, with a "coolie" level of living.
There is also the threat of communism of which hunger
and unrest are basic causes.
A Crusader and His Mission
While the United Nations were taking stock Monday of
the record on the fourth year of the world organization,
Salem was learning about a suggested off-shoot of the UN.
Here in Oregon's capital on a crusade to form a federal
union of the western democracies was Clarence Streit (pro-,
nounced like "Strite").
For 10 years Streit, foreign correspondent and student
of world affairs, has been trying to interest governments
and peoples in his plan which he considers the only hope
of survival for the western world.
His previous 10 years of covering the League of Nations
for the New York Times found him grasping for, the reason
for the League's failure. He dismissed the often-given rea
son of lack of United States membership for the League's
weakness and collapse. He went so far as to describe the
League as stronger in some ways than the United Nations.
The fault of both, as judged from his observations, was the
type of organization. Both were set up as mere leagues
or alliances of participating nations.
Instead of an alliance, he advocates that the Atlantic
pact nations form a federal union patterned after the Unit
ed States union. His idea has been described by Fortune
magazine "as the greatest political and economic oppor
tunity in history, by comparison with which the opening
of the North American continent was a modest beginning."
Ten years ago Streit came out with an idea for a republic
of the states of most of Europe and the North American
continent. World War II brought about a modification in
his plans. He then believed the most workable plan was
one which would start first with the Atlantic nations. A
world government would be the ultimate aim. In his fed
eral Atlantic republic, he would put preservation and
growth of individual freedom as the first objective. The
econdary objective would be peace.
It is Streit' claim that no alliance has ever worked. He
points to the Articles of Confederation on which the Amer
ican colonies sought to operate in their early days. That
aystem was abandoned as unworkable. The federal union
of the Btates into the form we know today was the solution.
To him. a federal union of the Atlantic pact nations
would hold this promise: The supreme power in the world.
At last, a force large enough to stabilize the peace would
be in existence. Trade barriers would be down among the
western democracies. The markets the United States
needs so badly would be offered in the new union. The dan
gerous financial trend indicated by deficit spending might
come to an end.
Streit'i trouble in presenting this picture is for his audi
ence to grasp the background and observations that have
prompted him to come to his grand-scale conclusions. He
mw the League of Nations falter for 10 years. He saw
Mussolini come to power because the economic chaos of
Italy was an ideal breeding ground for a dictator. The
name was true in Germany, where Hitler came to power.
He now sees danger in Great Britain's current economic
troubles.
His idea of federal Atlantic republic is as challenging
s the times and just at difficult for the. average person to
trasp.
BY BECK
Husbands
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
BY GUILD
WSM THINK HARD THERE Sffif""'"'
ww4: , R YOUR WIFE "WVA . ,!
Veep Plans Visit to St. Louis Wizard of Odds
But Not as Vice President
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Still coy about his St. Louis romance, Vice Pres
ident Barkley blushingly admitted to the senate before adjourning
that he "may" spend some time in Missouri Instead of heading
right back to Kentucky.
The question was brought up by Missouri's usually humorless
Senator Forrest
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Surprise
BY DON UPJOHN
The Multnomah county court sure handed a surprise in nam
ing a captain in the Portland fire department as sheriff. Now,
we wonder what would happen if some time a fireman was named
chief of police, or vice versa, a policeman named chief of a fire
department. Wow! That is what would be known as an upset,
speaking In foot-
Donnell after a
fellow republi
can, Senator
Wayne Morse
of Oregon, al
lured that the
vice president
would b e wel
e o m e in his
state any time
even if he is a
democrat.
With a twin
kle in his eye, Donnell broke in:
"I should like to invite the vice
president most graciously to vis
it Missouri occasionally."
"The present occupant of the
chair appreciates that invitation,
and in view of its sincerity, the
chair may accept it," smiled
Barkley.
"I will say to the vice presi
dent that I was quite confident
Draw Pcartaa
brass hats on the carpet, but it
is new for a brass hat to call
senators on the carpet. The man
who reversed this rule is Gen
eral Omar Bradley, the nation's
top military commander, who
scorched the senate appropria
tions committee for leaking sec
ret information to the press.
The senators had given out fi
gures from a secret intelligence
report which Bradley had quot
ed to the senate committee be
hind closed doors namely, that
Russia has 17S divisions . under
arms and can boost this to 300
divisions within 90 days and to
an eventual strength of 502 divi
sions. This compares with a
peak allied strength of 91 divi
sions during the war. Bradley
had also disclosed Soviet air
strength at 15,000 planes.
Pi ar r warns ofimu
I ' T J HUNTERS StLF-INFLICTED.' 1 fl
ODDS MX 44t0l A BRITON
isn't making as much money
net now as he did before
THE WAR ,
WAGES
VAORKEPe. OUNCES APE STOl
LESS THAT OULL UIT MXIR
JOB THIS YEAlc THAN THtT
WEPE TWO YEAPS AGO.'
m
Send your "Odds" questions on any subject to "The Wizard
of Odds," care of the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon.
ball terms. But
we underst and
that the new
sheriff from the
fire department
hasn't Schrunk
from taking the
job.
It might be
that the admir
als and generals
and others who
LriU
1 " -"'""" dui Draaiey naa naraiy leu i i.ic nil 1 1 nmnurn
that he would, when I extend- Capitol Hill before these figures HUUR MAN b rnlLUjUrntK
ed the invitation, replied jjon- showed up in front-page head-
nell. lines. Next day, Bradley return-
"The chair would like to ed for a second appearance be-
state," replied the vice presi- hind closed doors, snorted fire,
dent, "that if he does accept the made certain gtatementJ
invitation, it will not be in his yesterday that were highly con.
capacity as vice president of the fidentiai and highly secret." he
Uml States. scolded. "If I can't testify before
Then he blushed just a bit. commiUee of congress and tell
them confidential information
JOHN L. LEWIS CHICKENS without being betrayed. I will
The public has forgotten it nave to use a different ap
the car trunk. I guess I was so
scared I'd wrecked the car that
I could have lifted almost any
thing." Hubbie took one look and the J. P. Morgan-Andrew proach."
at the big steel disk and suggest- Mellon interests would like to GOP Floor Leader Ken Wher-
ed she take the manhole cover forget it, but they have them- ry of Nebraska winced.
back to the city water works de- selves largely to blame for the "I had read a lot of that infor-
Moral Outrage Oyer Football
Subsidizing Seldom Heard
By HAL BOYLE
New York () One of the things missing from football this
season is the old atmosphere of moral outrage.
The two big controversies of my reportorial youth were:
1. Are wrestling matches fixed in advance?
2. Are college football players subsidised?
Today
these ffwi
questions m
partment.
Encountered big handsome
Rudy Calaba, the well known re
altor and walked up the street
nation's now serious coal and mation in other places," the Ne
sted strikes. braska senator protested. "If it
The incident they would like was highly confidential, it cer
to forget goes back to the sum- tainly had been given out be
mer of 1947 when John L. Lewis fore in other places."
sat down with the biggest coal But the general went on with
nn ninpri wild ... . oat uvnu ?r ivii viiv winmwi
hir in whintnn n r hv with nim a minute yesterday. He ODerators in the country and was his lecture.
v. n: u .w -ol. i naa t'ul,e smlrK 01 satisfaction n-)h B11,nrispri and "leased when "A lot of oeoDle felt the in-
on his face and confided he'd they gave n j m a 45-cents-an- formation was highly sensation
Just been to the dentist's office hour wage increase, plus welfare al and accused me of war mon-
tor a tnorougn going over and fund plus aimost everything else
the dentist couldn t find a soli- he asked for even including
tary criticism as to the state of some nullifications of the Taft-
his natural clackers. "There'll Hartw rt
be no FT & BA for me while The companies which led in of the senators.
been calling each other names in
an attempt to gain some sort of
a unification in the armed forces,
may take a lesson from what has
happened in Portland. Maybe
they should appoint an admiral
as a general in the army, a four
star general as an admiral, an
air force man to head the ma
rines, et cetera, and the whole
thing might Iron itself out.
gering," blazed Bradley. "I bit
terly resented being put in that
position.
two
seem about
important as the J
aeDates among
medieval phi
losopher over
how many an
gels could sit
on the point of
a pin.
Right or
wrong, the
sports - loving
LA
of time. And it also has pretty
well made up its mind that col
lege football players are sub
sidized. The only question re
maining is whether the right
man gets enough.
In the old davs erouDs of an.
j noyed professors, indignant at
l the realization the fnntball much
As made more than they did, led
iLA.aaaal the attack on the game. They
i b.th fomented against the payment of
college athletes in the form of
public years ago decided that, scholarships, salaries, job sine-
There wasn't another peep out yes, most rasslin' exhibitions are cures, or gift automobiles from
Flying Saucer?
Ottawa, Canada Jt) Mrs.
Fred Browne said she stopped
and got out when she heard a
clanging noise under her brand
new car. The car seemed to be
running all right without the big
steel disk lying on the road but
she decided to take it home for
her husband to look at. "I just
tugged and pulled," she said, ex
plaining how she loaded it into
you re running tne thing," said handing Lewis this bonanza
Rudy. Which, we might consid- were J. P. Morgan's U.S. Steel
er our biggest disappointment of corporation which owns the big
the week. gest captive coal mines in the
U.S.A. and the Mellon-controll-
While on the FT & BA ques- ed Pittsburgh Consolidation
tion we're again reminded of Coal company.
Wes Ritchey, chief clerk at L&B Following their lead, smaller
branch of the USNB, who is hav- al operators had to follow suit,
ing them out a section a week This gift to Lewis came as a
until thev are all Bnnp. Mavho shock to the rest of the industry
urA- u u: i i- .i because onlv six months before. . .
" aiiuu.u nave ins uuva in tnc - ' rnnferi r.ror
... . . Un. T.,min V,orf -thfnurn TOOieO. OVer.
overoratt department set up a ..........
tooth account for him and render erything he had into a court bat
a statement everv wppk until hp
0tc nvArrlrsnrn lilro thctv of the
treat the customers.
(Copyrliht lllll
pre-arranged entertainment, alumni.
with the winner picked ahead
Ex-Governor West Recalls
Prank in Salem Feed Barn
It was a losing battle. A los
ing team can't draw the crowds
to pay off the bonds on a sta
dium, and a winning team can.
And in many, many cases col
lege presidents found they had
to wink at the subsidization of
athletes by coaches and wealthy
alumni in order to keep their
education factories solvent.
The days when a moleskin
hero would break a collar bone
for nothing were over. Foot
ball became a big business, and
What's in a Name?
Granby, Conn., Oct. 25 (U P) The sale of Christmas decora
tions at the South Congregational church's annual fair will
be handled by Miss Ever Green.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Princess Elizabeth Stirs
Britain With a Rebuke
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
((At forfli-D Afffttm Anftlrst)
Public pronouncements by the king and other Immediate mem
bers of the British Royal family ordinarily are non-controversial
and are sanctioned in advance by the prime minister's office, since
the monarchy is constitutional.
For this reason England sat up and took notice when 22-year-
old Princess
By OSWALD WEST
In "the days that are gone" there stood, where the Elsinor
theater now stands, an old farmer's feed barn or shed completely
Its single entrance, on High street, led past a small
office, with bunk and stove, on the right, into a large open
tie against Lewis and won. Most area where horses might be unhitched and vehicles parked. The
of the nation had applauded, animals were stabled in the rear,
Furthermore, only one year ear- being fed by the prprietors or over before Mother gave the it had to function like big busi-
lier, the coal operators had bit- with feed brought by the pa- coat a thorough cleaning, and me nese. It had to fork over the
terly criticized Secretary of the tron. Charges would vary ac- permission to wear it. Such a going price for the raw mater
Interior Krug because he gave cordingly. grand and glorious feeling! lal muscle and speed.
Lewis an increase of 18 cents 0n g old wet wintcr's morn- T"e years pass (1912) and, as Now the issue appears settled,
exactly the same given in lng Ed Baker and T (aged ten Governor of the State, I am on The institutions that didn't
other industries. Qr eleven) were nosing around my way to attend a Western want to gc into football on an
Yet on top of this, Ben Fair- jn ,he wg Jned M T recall Governor's Conference at Boise, industrial basis simply had to
less of U.S. Steel and George Ed,s fgth Jos Baker wa, at Idaho a saddle mare serving as drop out of competition. At the
Humphrey of Pittsburgh Con- tnat tj Sheriff o Mario a means of transportation. University of - Chicago they
solvation coal handed Lewis 45 Ed warnuy cloth- Rounding a mountain grade, be- ,tudy great books. Other ivory
Z 'lhZS: ed, being the happy owner of tweenBurn, Ontario I met tower, still keep the turnstiles
kers didn't have to contribute to
the welfare fund. It all came
from the employer.
MIXING POLITICS, WAGES
The hidden motives for this
sudden surrender, it was report-
an overcoat. I had never leit
the glorious touch and warmth
of one.
As it was a little too early
for the arrival of farmer pa
trons, the wagon shed was prac
tically empty. So, as we sur-
a rancher-stockman driving a
team to a light spring wagon.
It was a hot July day, and his
canteen in sight, I hailed him,
and begged a drink of water.
Granted, we then swapped """.JT u ,
name, and occunatinn.. f?rward who is P"
clicking at the gridiron gate.
The professor labor alone in
his laboratory to develop the
next wonder drug. But it's the
young man who can throw
-j . 4u. ViUr . ,V ,k', veyed the premises, our eyes
l" o,,oh .ioht nf mall hllie-
gray overcoat hanging on a nail,
driven high on a side-wall
Says he.
man, above
"You are the one
all others, that I
the debt on the field house.
This hero in pigskin not only
Elizabeth, heir
ess to the
throne, made
a public address
in which she
gave the coun
try a good
trouncing fo r
lax morals.
She was spea
king at a moth
er's union meet
ing and her re
marks were aimed primarily at
divorce, which has increased
heavily since the outbreak of land.
the late war.
"When we see around us the
havoc which has been wrought,
above all, among the children,
bv the breakup of homes," said
Lewis in return would line up
labor for Tom Dewey and
against Truman; and (2) The
steel industry was able to pass
the increased cost on to the con
sumer. In brief, Truman had
kicked Lewis in the teeth; now
father of the thought) that it
had been left by some transient
show how they could stroke his outfit, and would never be call
ed for. so, nnoing a poie, we
But the effect of this bonanza succeeded in lifting the coat
to Lewis still is reverberating from its resting place. It was,
.. . nlltn jnttuctrv thA nf pnurse. a little dustv. but in
wife of , i' 1U j . nt
aluminum iiiuusu;, auu inc kuuu icait, anu a p-
So a good-sized tempest has
been brewed in the British tea- powerful republicans wanted to
pot.
One of the highly interesting maJle:
aspects of this development, as
I see it, rests in the fact that
Mrs. Geoffry Fisher,
the Archbiship of Canterbury.
presided over the meeting at
which the Princess spoke.
Therefore, it strikes me that
Elizabeth must have had not
only the approval of Prime Min
ister Attlee's office but that of
the head of the Church of Eng-
banked furnaces of the steel in- God, how good it felt!
dustry. The Mellon's Aluminum Proud and warm I headed for
corporation would not be shut home. The story, as told,
by a strike today, had not their shocked my mother. She sent
Pittsburgh consolidation played me back to the feed shed, with
politics with Lewis two years
ago. Nor would General Motors
and Chrysler be up against tough
pension demands today.
For their gift to Lewis set a
have been wanting to see and P8"" the stadium he fills the
talk to." Enquiring as to what barrooms which tune in on the
,n. nn .;. v. ..u r . flame bv television. A miiltitiirip
"-"f - spring I served on a jury that m worners in otner nelds from
a wagon bed or seat. mnvirted a hpen h.rripr rhr. sports manufacturers to the fel-
We argued (the wish being ed wjtn stealing an overcoat low who P'nts the goal posts
from a feed barn. He is now epena upon mm. In big cities
serving time in your peniten- ne even supports scores of
tiary. I have been ashamed of bokies who take bets on the
myself ever since." score.
"It's quite evident that you
should be. Tell me the story. Football used to be a season
The first overcoat I ever wore I ,1 industry, like the Santa Claus
lifted from a feed barn and here Industry. It has become an all
1 ,nl.GoV4.ern0v " th State" ye round thing. Spring train
This sheepherder came to ing is of rising importance, and
town with his earnings in his the earnest coach beats the bush
pockets. He proceeded to spend and the tavwav. lnnlrimr in.
liquor at our town autumn material. Th aearrh
for talent, too, has become a
coat on arm, to inquire as to
its owner, or probably owner.
them for
taverns and became loaded to
the guards also dead broke,
pattern which every other labor been hanging there
Neither the proprietor nor his The night was cold but, in his
stable hands could afford en- drunken condition, he couldn't
lightenment. iney
competitive science.
Naturally the players them-
T I... , . . , uMiiiii wiin.il cvi-iy uiueri luui
nificance' l6"der had ' duP?icate- nd now
id it had recau where ne had parked hi, wives put a price on their serv
quue overcoat. Being without the
Well, there are those in in-
this makes
Murray to
it impossible for
take anything less
r a . , , . , . ... 11UI1.V 111 HllvilllIlK 1CSB
the Princess, "we can have no formed places who believe that from v s stec, lhan Lewj, .
j v. l. j ; i CnDlanrl i A . . . 1 ..
while and would likely not be prjce 0f , bed, he headed for a
called for; that I had better take feed barn and its hay. Passing
it along. inis. iiuwcvci, m
ices. And, by and large, the
public now appears to see that
as okay. It is part of the Amer
ican theory that a guv with
r.NKinim m rraay lor a moral tt q cti
and religious revival. Obviously, if Lewis' miners
They feel that the country don't have to contribute to a
won't overcome its economic welfare fund. Phil Murrav's
"I do not think you can per- troubles or regain its old status steel workers aren't going to
form any finer service than to until there has been a tightening contribute. But the boys in Wall
Street didn t look ahead far
enough when they rushed
doubt that divorce and separa
tion are responsible for some of
the darkest evils in our society
today.
help maintain the Christian doc- up of morality.
The whole outlandish enter
prise may be slightly immoral
In nrrtr In linrfartlanJ 4UI-
new point, one must know that J1"0''" thpir mi"c agreement
the country is posessed of a very ' " ,"" "".' , ,
strong national conscience. It's
the sort of thing which swept GEN- BRADLEY FLARES
It s nothing new for a congres
sional committee to call the
trine that the relationship of the
husband and wife is a perma
nent one. not to be lightly brok
en because of difficulties or
quarrels."
Edward off his throne when he
This speech bv the niece of Insisted on marrying Mrs. Simp
of King Edward VII. who son.
abandoned the throne to marry I myself have encountered
an American divorcee, was the striking examples of powerful
sharpest delivered by royalty moral and spiritual convictions
in recent years. in various part of the British
It had the surprising effect lsles.
nf bringing a rebuke from the In many places you find an
Marriage Law Reform Commit- austerity which sustains such
tee which broke the tradition- beliefs as the one that the epic
al attitude toward royal utter- withdrawl of the British forces
ances by challenging her state- from the sands of Dunkerque
ment that divorces lead to many at the outset of the great war
of Britain's social evils. was the result of miracle.
the hangout of th. caretaker lcan ..",eorv ,hat. . W with
not satisfy Mother. She made me who at the moment was absent, mem ,0 Pet,c"e ' dP to
travel iron nouse 10 nuuj he spotted an overcoat hanging -""'
(tnere were noi so many mcni, on the wall. He lifted it, and
with coat over my arm, thus carried it to the hav mow for
showing the garment, and seek- a cover. It snowed in the night. ln Pretending to adhere to its
ing information as to its owner- ,nd the morning was cold. The "niateur standing, while opera
ship. Every time I opened a overcoat fit, so he took it along. tlnB on principle of profes
front gate (installed to keep out Then came his arrest and later sional efficiency, but the peo
town cows) I would offer up his conviction. That's the story!" Ple "ke It all but the profes
a prayer asking that the rest- "Well, brother, when I get ,tr'-
dent might be without knowl- back home I wil, gran, him , You couldn't break up college
edge as to its ownership and the pardon, and send you a copy for footbal today with an anti-trust
Lord never failed to answer my , souvenir. We feed barn boys suit. The fans woudn't stand
prayer! mUst stand together. for It.
The winter, however, was half
Judge Interested in Peddler's Varei
Milwaukee, Wis. U.R) A street peddler, charged with oper
ating minus a license, appeared before Judge Robert Cannon.
Cannon was delighted as Alvln Wolff, 24, Dorchester,
Mass., demonstrated a mechanical penguin In tuxedo and
two red-and-wbite clowns.
"Say. my children would like those," the Judge said. "How
Ruch are they?"
Wolff aald they were IS cents each.
"This will give you i start to get tut ( town," said the
judgt, handing ever the nonejr.
Vha' Happen to the Insides?
lnglewood. Calif, i1. Police Capt Robert Collins relumed
home from work, tried to flick on his television set but it
didn't work.
The Insides of the set were missing. He called police head
quarters and immediately lieutenants, sergeants and just plain
eop began an all-night city wide search for a TV burglar. Not
a clue was found.
The captain himself called off the search Sunday. Embar
rassed, he told fellow officers that he had sent the set's
chassis aut Is the repair shop. And than forgot about U.
(