Capital Journal
An Independent Newspoper Established 1888
GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher
ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publisher
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BY BECK
Husbands
4
Salem, Oregon, Monday, October 31, 1949
A Foremost Statesman Passes
The untimely death from heart attack of Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr., 49, removes one of the most brilliant,
far visioned and public spirited men of the present genera
tion. He was born to wealth, became a foremost indus
trialist, chairman of the board of the United States Steel
corporation at 37, but it was in diplomacy that he made
his most lasting mark.
Stettinius started his industrial career with General
Motors, becoming a vice president in 1931. He went to
U.S. Steel three years later and succeeded Myron C. Taylor
as board chairman in 1938.
The handsome, white haired Stettinius at the request of
President Roosevelt in 1940, severed his corporation con
nections, giving up $100,000 a year salary, to become chair
man of the war resources board. He was kept in similar
high posts in the face of charges by some New Dealers that
Stettinius was too "big business minded."
Stettinius was lcand-lease administrator and special as
sistant to the president, 1941-43, handling over $60 bil
lion; undersecretary of state, 1943-44, and secretary of
state, 1944-45, succeeding Cordell Hull who resigned be
cause of ill health.
Stettinius helped lay the ground work and for the Yalta
conference, served as permanent chairman of the Dumbar
ton Oaks security conference and headed the United States
delegation to the 1945 securty conference at San Francisco
which drafted the charter of the United Nations.
Stettinius was a confirmed internationalist and turned
his energies to bring about an enduring peace and appealed
for the support of all people in this effort, saying:
"To build from the havoc of this war a peace that will endure
Is a task far beyond the strength and wisdom of any one
man or group of men. "It will require the active participa
tion and supDort of all the American people and of all the
other peace-loving peoples of the world. In this task we must
not fail. To this task I dedicate myself in the sure knowledge
that together we will not fail."
After leaving the UN post in 194G he was appointed rec
tor of the University of Virginia.
There Is No Point in Trying to Hide
When General Marshall was in Portland last week, he had
time only for a quick visit with Red Cross officials of the
area. However, he left behind a remark which will add to
the confusion over the Pacific Northwest's position in the
atom age. Although he would not discuss military or poli
tical questions, he did admit that the region has been par
ticularly vulnerable to attack in case of war "ever since the
bomber was invented" because of the coastal position and
nearness to foreign land masses.
Although Marshall did not intend for his remark to
cause any undue concern, there are some who would find
It the basis for a case of jitters. The remark could be
turned, for instance, against the move to keep Boeing air
craft in Seattle.
But one can be certain that the man who ran the army
in the last war was not trying to put the people of the
Pacific Northwest on the spot. He was merely giving a
military appraisal of the region's position especially since
Russia hag the A-bomb and long range bombers capable of
doing to the United States what our air force bombers
could do to Russia.
In this new atom age, no section of the country is "safe,"
it the military is correct in Its overall analysis. Of course,
the straight-line bombing range from a Russian base in
Siberia would admittedly put this area in a handy position
as a target.
Considering the circumstances, however, of the growing
vulnerability of most of the United States, the Pacific
Northwest has no reason to try to hide in a hole and let
the atom-age go by. The great hydroelectric potential of
the region still has a long ways to go before it is reached.
And the nation needs that power.
In other words the region is still in its early growth
stage, and atom-bomb age or not, the area will continue to
develop. Instead of trying to hide when there is no place
to hide, the Pacific Northwest should push development
with an ear open to any sound advice that might be given
to decentralization.
PTTvE BEEN WIOINS HERE W4TCHIN9
I II GANG OF KIDS HAUL AWM ALL THE J v I
I I NEllSHBOR S'SARBASE CANS. TH6 -aaa I
I SMARTlES WOULDN'T TAKE MY . Jl '
TIP AND PUT THEIR CANS IN
r;"--- THEIR CELLARS LIKE I jmmtjP"
-5-5rr OIO OURS... rVmJW1
"vMmWl n.-r-ffA ( those bovs took ) i
I -i' ' ' 1 j ) THOSE GARBAGE lif.
:. k: .1$?, ,'. , cans? around m' ',
' ; j V)V II I'llW ll' A BLOCK ANO Y'
llll-'lll 1 ,1 1 (Sy,lU ' L"1 I 'I 'i f ONTO OUR FRONT ),
SIPS FOR SUPPER
School Problem
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Worker Gets Mistaken Tax
Lien; Blackmer Returns to US
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Last week this column told how various big-shot
tax-evaders managed to delay or squirm out of criminal tax
fraud prosecution, sometimes because of leniency on the part of
politically minded or easygoing U. S. attorneys.
It was pointed out that U. S. attorneys are appointed on the
r e c o m menda-
former G.O.P. Colorado police
man who dug up the income
tax evidence against Blackmer,
told friends in Washington:
"Henry Blackmer will never
come back to this country while
I'm alive."
Sullivan died shortly there
after, and almost immediately
Blackmer's lawyers arranged to
bring him back reportedly
with an understanding that he
is what happened recently to a wnnlH psrane a iail sentence.
iime ienow wno got into a mis
understanding over his taxes.
This taxpayer, Francis J. Mas
sey of 220 2nd street, Wash
ington, a displaced government
war worker, found a job after
the war as a warehouse work
er for Lansburgh and Brothers,
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
tion of senators
or congressmen,
and sometimes
appear to work
more for the
senators than for
the justice de
partment. In contrast to
the smooth sail- $
ing enjoyed by,'
some bie - shot'
taxevaders, here
w
Drew raaraaa
Now 80 years old, but in excel
lent spirits and good health,
Blackmer flew flew back on a
stratoliner.
i n Tnattve: bv Jrjfcvl
i j 0008 or 1 !wifc
tyVvX) ' miste' that s!htWjF
-rf WEMJINS INQUIRED OVEI? 74,000
7""NA STITCHES, ACCORDING TO THE
.. 1 , loT) OOPS- 39,000 BV HAND
BY DON UPJOHN
He was just an Inquisitive taxpayer at the taxpaying counter,
his check made out and ready to contribute to the welfare of the
county. What he murmured to another taxpayer on the same
mission was, "I can't quite figure it out. We spend $10,000 for
a school bus so the kids won't have to walk to scnool. And then
we soend $50.-
ronigni s me mgnt wnen
property holders are hoping that
the situation will dissolve itself
into a simple situation of all
treat and no trick And they
further hope that the children,
if they must use soap, will be
more assidious in wasting it in
the bathtubs than on the win
dows. Incidentally we can guess
it's no fun for any cop to have
to chase a bunch of kids away
from some possible depreda
tions on Halloween night. As
we dougt that there's a cop on
the force who at some time
000 for a gym
nasium to see
that they get
some exercise."
That was all that
was said. He
just left the idea
for the rest of
them to mull
over for what
ever it's worth.
Blackmer has very powerful
AnD L?. v,;,,fJ"on.5 POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
a Washington department store. Colorado, who was a partner in
'"19,1 treasury agents check- the law firm that originally han
ed Mr. Massey s tax returns for dled Blackmer's affairs. Milli
the war years and found proper kin despite a difference in pol
returns had been filed and taxes iticSj is close to ex-senator, Ed
paid. Then suddenly it was dis- Johnsoni Colorado democrat,
covered that a Frank J. Massey who recommended the appoint
ed received $150 in dividends ment o the tj. S. attorney in
from stock owned in the Wash- Denver, Max Bulkeley.
ington Gas Light Co., and the . . .. , ,
. .. ' . " AnH It was Rulkelev who ln-
ireasury promptly assessed Fran- , j . t: i.. r.i h.. h-mctiMr ih fastest thino knnwn In
eic IVIacco,, nuiAnni lormea newsmen in uenver mat iney vc Lar.cu awoj B
a.. .1.7. addltlonal Ttaes- it WOuld be "inhuman" to send the pre-iet age and sent her to the dentist to have her snaggle
ne-oed'i; "stock and ,71 Blackmer to jail. . teeth replaced p
er received any dividends. It be- He has Pald hls penally," the Dy a sei ui
longed to his father, now de- u- s- attorney pleaded. "He has tic upper ana
ceased. Edward T. Stafford sec- made good all the income taxes lower plates.
retarv of the Wahiot.. n. he evaded and paid heavy pen- wny, iuuoj
Adults Confuse Halloween
With Christmas; Just too Bad
By HAL BOYLE
New York M") Whatever happened to the oldtime Halloween?
They've reformed that dear black-caped witch of your youth.
Don Cpjobn
Tainted Meat?
Detroit U.R Glen Stewart, 57,
asked Detroit ordinance court
Light company, certified that alties and fines. I will not ask
Francis J. Massey never owned tnat he be sent 10 iai1'"
the stock and never received
tne dividends owed to his fath- The venerable senator Tom
you can hardly
tell her from
Grandma. And
I think that is
a sad thing
they are confus-
a"
"1 festival of All Saints' day ane
the Roman festival honorinf
Pomona, the godess of fruit
trees. When the children duck
for apples now, it's in memorj
of forgotten Pomona.
Nof Just Another Excuse
Moultrie, Ga. (UP The policeman thought for a minute
that the Negro was just giving him another excuse when he
aid he was speeding "to get away from that had smell."
It didn't take long 'or the rop to see what the Negro
meant. Investigation revealed a ilrad skunk wedged between
one fender and a head-light.
for leniency for the dog that another in his earlier years has
bit him and for the dog's own-' n't been up to something or other
er. "I suffered no ill effects, 0n such a night. So if there
but the dog got sick," Stewart isn't any other way to reach
said. Melrose Meyers was fined a kid's heart we might appeal
$2 for allowing a dog to run to him to think of the poor cop
at large. He said the dog was and not do anything that will
recovering. compel him to set up such a
chase, for he'll do it only with
Yesterday we got out one of a heart bleeding with sympathy
the big eggs that Jim Uebelman for his quarry. We bet that argu
left on our desk the other day ment will keep 'em from doing
and contemplated it a moment, anything naughty, by gum.
After sizing it up we couldn't
help but think that the hen that At least we're sure all the
laid same had picked out a heck little boys and girls will be in
of a way to make a precarious side and in bed by time the cur
living, few rings.
Halloween Costume, Gag Version
South Portland, Me. IIP) A grown man In diapers and
nothing else walked calmly along Main street early today.
It was just a gag, he told police. The towel, neathly pinned
where his pants should have been, was a Halloween costume
and he was wearing it home from a party.
Police speeded him home by patrol car.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Attlee's Vote of Confidence
Doesn't Ignore Grave Crisis
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
tlJPt Foreign Affair Analyst)
Britain's socialist government, having received a vote of con
fidence from its big majority in the house of commons, is free
to continue its struggle with the economic crisis which is tearing
at the vitals of the nation.
That affords some moral encouragement to the harassed cabi
inet, but it can- v;.-:. m
not provide the ' J "i production."
material aid or fj?mli?i ne drag on Britain's recov
even the advice f i . JL I ery rests in the fact that much
s o grievously J of the rcst of Europe also is hard
needed. It is & jfc JT. hit. Numerous countries are
merely a friend- ''Hijjf.i Si just bout living on the Mar
lv gesture at Vi f j shall plan which is slated to ex
t'he zero hour as VfV J)3 pire m 1952
(he badly arm- .l
ed government Jt ' M I In addition to Increasing pro
gnes into fresh fJA w I duction, the government is tak
action against TfTTr othcr measures to conserve
strange hazards. ""' resources the budget is to be
One of the hopeful aspects of slashed $784.000.000,. and an
this grim situation is that the 0,hcr $400,000,000 is to be cut
government has no delusions otf dollar imports. Loans and
about the gravity of the situa- "edits to other countries are to
tion. It is well aware that the be restricted.
ine government also will
make it difficult for people to
sell in the so-called sterling
area, thus forcing them to sell
in the dollar area to glean the
But as the ancient terror fell
away from Halloween and peo
ple began to lose their belief in
witches, the kids joyously took
the festival over from the adults.
And they kept some of the old
er, but this made no difference Walsh of Montana, having spent
iu ine u. a. ireasurv. 1 f ht nai,.;i i,fo
It demanded that he pay just unearthing the sxulduggery of 1 n 8 "anef!1
the same. Mr. Massey's salary Henry Blackmer and his cronies, wlth .phrlmaf '
ixtae nrl OO a ., I I 1 1 . f AnH it ISfl t fair
:Zj::rr"?,'?l had . J0Tea .Wltn .a senalf c.om- ; the kids the way grownups woodland awe.
B.., ..7 , . l mmce m aesenmng mat skui- - - - ', They identified
-j V. J -l, r . I'. auggery as:
i.. ...Mil urioieis oi i a Th in.Dnttcn 0ains ron.
temptible private steal, the pec
lations of trusted officers of
themselves
week up to a total of $18.92,
This, however, wasn't fast en-
h . ."i".... great industrial houses, pilfer-
for the remaining $15.59.
This got him into trouble with
his employer who did not want
to be suspected of harboring a
tax dodger and he was fired.
Thus, unable to get a recom
mendation from his last employ
er except with a tax-dodging
record Massey was unable to not alive to hear what U. S. At
find full-time employment. His torney Bulkeley had to say.
ing from their own companies,
robbing their own stockholders,
the share of the boodle coming
to one of the freebooters serving
as part of the price of the per
fidy of a member of the presi
dent's cabinet."
Fortunately, Tom Walsh was
youngest child became ill. the
family doctor had not been paid
for past services and would not
come when urgently needed. The
child died and was burried in
potter's field at government ex
pense. This burial expense probably
about equaled the improper tax
assessment of $34.51 wrung from
Mr. Massey. So, in the end, the
treasury department gained
nothing.
Finally the office of Deputy
Collector J. Ellis Bowen apolo
gized for the mistake, which they
said was made in Baltimore. "We
promise it won't happen again,"
Massey was told. "If you are as
sessed again, just ignore it."
That's the experience of one
little taxpayer who had no mon
ey to hire lawyers.
On the other hand, here is the
experience of a man who had wonderful.
Copyright, 1949)
are taking this wonderful eve
ning away irom mem, ..u he one evening out o( 365 when
ing it. they could make a rebellion
The real Halloween came against the commonplace and
from the forest. In olden drui- try to scare the grownups, or
,. u .v, at least annoy them,
die days it was the nigh when n wgs g genera
Saman, lord of death, held car- tion ag0 and T suppose it stin
nival. Good people built huge is in many places. We had our
bonfires on the highest hills to apple bobbing parties, then as
ward off the legions of evil that n,ow- But the real delirious
. , , . ., , , pleasure was to be allowed to
winged through the darkness stay up a few hQun Me play
on black wings. jng harmless pranks. We soaped
Civilization gradually mar- a few storefronts. We made
ried Halloween to the Christian horrendous noises against neigh-
notched
Time to Think It Over
Los Angeles, Oct. 31 (UP) Mrs. Loretto F. Allen of San
Francisco got a preliminary divorce decree from Jesse Allen
in 1907.
Last week, after 42 years of thinking it over, she got her
final decree.
"She didn't want to rush into anything," her attorney ex- '
plained.
AUNT SAMMY'S RECIPES
Dept. of Agriculture Gives
Answers to Most Questions
By HARMAN W, NICHOLS
lUnltfd Prr&f Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Oct. 31 (U.B The Department of Agriculture is
country is in the midst of an
economic life-aiul-death strug
gle All of. which is. by the way
of saying thai no man can fore
the money to hire lawyers and
to live in luxury abroad One
Henry K. Blackmer, multimil
lionaire oilman who fled to
France to escape being question
ed in the teannt rinmp scandal
Some of the nlhers whn r. public and ca
mainrrl in the ITniloH st-io. get Secretary
went to jail for their connection Charles Brannan-J
With leannt rinme nH h ,. you'll get SOme-
i;nonini - a,, i bndv else who'll
Fall, secretary of the interior in heIp y(?u- If u s
the Harding cabinet, served his someining aooui : .
sentence. Harry Sinclair served how ,0 drive a '
urne ior refusing to answer the f'"' vc r,
nnactinr, tha a tomato, ehane-
uv.,.vl,s v., l-uilllllll-
tee. But Blackmer ducked f,,r es are the man,
France, later was indicted on wi" send you ,0
six counts for periurv and tax government printing office.
evasion to the tune of about $2 - Which is where I came upon
uuu.uuu.
It can tell you how to do almost anything. From 'raising a
gosling to a goose to selecting a sound horse and how to shoe
one when you get him to how to stir up a pork and parsnip
stew.
If you call re-
bor windows with
spool and ran in panic.
There was a legend that "the
old grouch" in the neighborhood
was waiting for us with a shot
gun stuffed with bacon rind,
and that it stung something aw
ful if he hit you. But somehow,
if he did have the pork-filled
gun, he never fired it. The last
thing we did before going home
was a biave gesture throwing
stones at the local abandoned
"haunted house."
There was no real vandalism.
The soaped windows could be
cleaned with a razor blade and
a little elbow grease.
But apparently even that
small price became too much
for some adults to pay for the
thrill the youngsters got on
their one night out. For now
in many communities they have
formal parades and parties to
keep the kids in check. Store
owners get the children to draw
pictures on their windows with
washable paint, and award
prizes.
This may be an art but it
isn't Halloween. It puts child
ish fun in an adult harness for
a night when the kids should
see the extent of crisis, or the dollars, which are needed badly
remedies necessary to its cure. ,or Il1?. Purcnase oi supplies in
Just write in and ask for U. S.
Department o f Agriculture
Farmer's Bulletin No. 1535 at
the Government printing office.
Price five cents.
The booklet starts out rather be free.
sensibly with "no foot no horse
is a time-honored adage among I'd feel worse about It except
horsemen." 1 know that tonight there will
First, trim the foot. You've knk ."l m,V dr'
, . . ,. When I open it I will see a
got to observe the standing group of little ragamuffins -
position of the limbs." it says girls in gypsy dress, bovs in
nn nanp A ''Th nn;t;n n. . n .,. .
the pork and parsnip stew recipe. 7" r ' ZZ"7 . , ?me wl" De
ni....i,m. .,. Vn.i rmol.t t t it .,mo iim . . -""!" ' "e iiidsKta, some will nave corK-
. -,l ""H" f , . . : - ... . j ",,uc al,a remove tne over-
ivKi-uin w tin oiuviair ana Hon. i ,J " va..,.
It's likely to be a protracted op
eration.
Recognition of these facts con
the United States.
In this connection it is noted
that about 20 per cent of Brit-
one will say
That means I must give them
slituted the main value of the Lsh "P0" have been going
two-day debate in commons, or
so it seems to me.
a
Sir Stafford Cripps, chancel
lor of the exchequer, was near
abroad against sterling credits.
This operation is to be stopped
so that these exports will go to
the dollar area.
Present indications are that
the government isn't going to
"Tl-i,.lr iMntl
ornu'th n I t XT ,, .
ert Stewart of Standard Oil. Aunt Sammy s Radio Recipes ,h. irfa af,. .,... . sierniy.
formed the Continental Trading Revised." Page 21. What you vou ll h. . " "a"y
company which purchased about do 18 thls: Take a Pound and a down to . . wh ? a quarter for a treat or they will
7.000.000 barrels of oil for $1 50 hflf of ireh pork- one larse fit the shoe play a ,rick on me like bang-
a barrel and then sold it to their onion, sliced, a quart of hot ' ing me in the face with a sock
own companies for $1.75. water and a quart of diced par- ulr snoe on ana full of flour.
Sinclair used $230,000 of the snips. Also 1 'i teaspoons of salt nrive some nails into the hoof,
profits from this deal to bribe ""d two tablespoons of flour and The nails don't hurt the horse
Secretary Fall. Another $180,. some cnoppea parsley.
000 of profits went to the Re- According to the official Aunt
1
JL
Polishing Job Don llendrix. Mt. Wilson observatory op
iician, operates a special machine to remove 20 millionths
of an Inch from part of the surface of the 200 Inch mirror
for tha Hal telescope on California's Talomar mountain.
to tears as he hammered home ,ct its0t be ,tampeded into a
to a tense commons that "our i.nn K,,t ,ni ,.,,
civilization itself must fade and on anrt trv to secure an econom-
wither away" unless the nation ic improvement before next
produces more goods inanedl- ,i,mmer when an election nor-
ately and sells them to America. mHy will be due.
Cripps isn't given to exagger- ' a a a
ation and he is not of the emo- tn trving to figure what would
tinnal type. He meant what he happen if a general election
'"Id- were held now. some political
Britain Is scraping the bottom experts confess themselves at a
of the economic barrel. Her lm- loss.
mediate resources have been They say that the independent
largely depleted. She hasn't voter, who will swing the bal-
the wherewithal for a quick re- ance. is confused and undecided
covery. That is why Sir Staf- because of the gravity of the
ford warned the country that it economic crisis,
couldn't exist on the charity of Therefore, the calling of an
the United States. Said he": immediate election would be
"At the root o our success or gambling on an unknown quan-
failure lies our own capacity to tity. Thus the government's pres-
produce. The only real solution ent plan is to hang on and see if
for our difficulties Is more and It can't Improve conditions be-
niore economical and tfficient for asking the country to vote.
I'll pay.
After collecting their loot, the
""sfiim win qiviae ii, nulla
. """iiire or orange crates in
It s all very simple if you a side street and wonder if the
know your horse and your shoes bad old witch is circling over
and your blacksmithing and im- head just as their ancestors
plements for filing the hooves, wondered.
"I'm not much ' of a horse. It's a lonu mm th.
is still
tenement
bonds, but sent them back, ac- is nearly tender. Then add the Aunt Sammy's radio rcciDes re- forest, of Mnnhmtan Th. tin.
viseo mat appeals to me. How to won't give it up to the grownups
fry an egg. here.
publican National committee in Sammy revised, you then:
the form of liberty bonds, and "Cut the pork into small
the committee tried to get high- pieces and brown in its own fat.
ranking republicans to exchange Add to this the onion and cook
... . iur casn. Anorew a lew minutes longer. Acid tne snoer. nut the Department of woods, but Halloween
ai-ut auv.uuu oi ine wsief ana simmer iinui ine mi-ai sricuuure nas someth n in alive in th hriole
companicd by a gift of $50,000 parsnips and salt and cook for
ln casn. 15 or 20 minutes. Mix the flour
1 with a small quantity of cold
Blackmer's share of the boo- water, add to the meat and vege-
dle was found in the form of tables, and stir until the stew
$750,000 in liberty bonds in a is thickened. Sprinkle with
New York strongbox after he chopped parslev and serve hot.''
had fled to France. An o which is a far cry ,rom
The government made various raising a goose or shoeing a
efforts to bring Blackmer home, horse. But the department of
but the French government re- agriculture covers all fields,
fused to extradite him and he The horse-shoeing business, for
remained there, living in the lap instance.
of luxury for 2S years, thumb- There are very few horses to
ling his nose at the nation whih shoe these days and very few
had made him rich and which he men who know how to shoe
had cheated. them. But if you have a horse.
Last summer, Danny Sullivan, you can learn how to shot him.
Post Football-Game Gripe
Detroit An Ann Arbor resident was in print today
Complaining about "people who drop in after a football game
and stay so long they have to be invited to dinner."
Detroit Free Press columnist Mark Beltaire called the
complaint a "pathetic gripe that will be echoed In every foot
ball town."
His correspondent said the guests "eat, burp and go home,
leaving a stark of dirty dishes."
"And it was our Sunday dinner, too," he wrote plaintively.
'Tlcase print this before the next game."
Ann Arbor Is the home of the University of Michigan.