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BY BECK
Life's Little Lessons
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Salem, Oregon, Friday, November 4, 1949
How 'Fair' Is the 'Fair Deal'?
President Truman hit the campaign trail again. He
gave his "Fair Deal" another verbal shot-in-the-arm at St.
Pnnl Minn Thl.radnv niffht.
But while the president was putting on his medicine- ifj rUK iUfftK
show stunt out front," Secretary of the treasury Sny
der was sabotaging his act back-stage. The irony of these
two performances was told in the bottom loft corner of
this morning's Oregonion in two news stories.
In one story Truman held out his 12-point t air Dealers
creed as the "hope" of the people of the country. He ad
vocated prosperity for all, aid for the general welfare, "fair
prices lor farmers, "gooa wages ior iarmers, ana iair
opportunity for little business.
AU. THE MEAT ANO rWTOESEaj fcTT
;, AND VEGETABLES ONO ftVZtGOLTOGET BPUSHTl
I PATTER. WE'RE N0T60INS nua7
, to wave the rooo flung II J) tSrJsJS andV
Mat us just because 'TsJa r,( ;iAS
I HraC n I coin is trvin- 0am-
' I - - ? j 1 TQ PLEASE rOuJ
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Issue Faced by Matthews
Is Civilian Control of Navy
By DREW PEARSON
(Ed. Note This is the second column In the Merry-Go-Round
series on the background of the navy row).
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
Washington What Secretary of the Navy Matthews is up
against in the demotion of Adm. Louis Denfeld ia not Denfeld's
testimony before congress, but the basic question of whether the
navy department is to be run by i civilian.
Except for stubborn old Josephus Daniels, who was thoroughly
hated by the
I -kJm n
helM.A 1 1
a.-. 'A m
Drew PearB
Time Wastes
admirals, and
Charles Edison,
who was fi
nally eased out
by the admirals,
there has been
no secretary of
last 50 years
wno nas really v-j
dominated t
navy depart
ment.
In a previous column it was
shown how Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox was constant
ly short-circuited or ignored by
where the admirals kept him
in the dark, ignored him, or
went over his head to the White
House.
r T amebica's military establishment
L I COST EACH OF US$IOO LAST VEAR
BY DON UPJOHN
This is Just as a gentle reminder to those fanatics who like to
have mementoes of great occasions that next Tuesday, November
B is the day to be observed as the ore hundredth anniversary
nf thp fnunrlinff nf the Salem nost office. If anv nf 'em want to
His other points called kave their centennial cancellations to Dreserve for that dav thev'd
Lfor developing natural resources, "assured income lor old better
be get-
people, protection to families against loss of income, decent ting them into
housing, educational opportunities for young people, bet- our accomodat
ter health and medical care, and equal rights and oppor- ing postmaster
itunities. Al Gragg, with
That was In one column of the Portland paper. request 10 m
In an adjoining column a little item was almost lost. But effect, and he 11
tt told the staggering cost of trying to give Truman only see that tney are
part of what he wants. In Los Angeles, Treasury Sec- " ,!
'retary Snyder said the nation has gone $3 billions in the chine gs t h e
Tiole in the past four months. And the country will go partjcuiar date,
deeper and deeper before even this year is out. The deficit These will b e
Ty the first of 1950 has been predicted at $5.5 billions, kind of n i c e
The voice explained, "I am an
atheist and have been for for
many years."
It went on to attack religion,
the Bible, beliefs in a God.
There was a pause, then, very
quietly, "That's All."
At the time Frank Knox died,
the admirals made it a practice
to meet in formal session, show
him a few routine cables, then
adjourn. Later they handled
the really important war cables
which Knox never knew ex
isted. When James Forrestal became
secretary of the navy, his former
aide, Capt. John Gingrich, tip
ped him off to this practice, sug-
i -i u: .u.. EpsteH that Fnrrftdal an im 4n
upset Knox was the terrible the communications room and POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
submarine tragedy and the J00K ovur 'he other telegrams
navy's inability to cope with it be admirals held out on him.
during the first year of the war. This Forrestal did. Simul-
in wona war i noi a single ""W"-J1 t umgiim gui, - UAL BOYLE
American soldier was lost from disciplined. The top brass re- nAfc ow 1 "
submarine attack while cross- legated him to the innocuous New York W) The Rev. Everett C. Parker used to be a press
ing the Atlantic. In World War 1 of ch'e' ot personnel at agent for Chicago livestock shows.
II the death toll was so great Miami, Fla., where he could not Now he's an advance agent for the Lord via radio. He
that it was kept a strict military P off the secretary of the navy jparkplugs religious publicity over the airlanes.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WOMAN
IS 5' 5 TALL AND WISHES SHE
DIWJT WEIGH HEP AVEPAGE 133
POONDSiTHE AVERAGE MALE IS
5' 8 TALL AND WEIGHS 152 IB&
SELF-SUFFICIENT AMEP1CANS-
IUST 1 IKJ EVERY 8 OF US
DOESNT WANT A TELElS10W
SET BECAUSE HE DOESNT NEED
THE ADDED ENTERTAINMENT.'
Advance Agent for the Lord
secret, and onlv afterwards was any more.
it known that 4,400 American That was the turning point in
troops needlessly drowned. And Forrestal's running of the navy
this did not include merchant not unlike Secretary Mat-
mew s crisis witn Denfeld today.
Me ordered Gingrich back to
"This means something," he said.
The other thing"
"That's why I'm doing It.
seamen.
In addition
The body was buried in Crown '". OI Wash7n "ton , dlv ,hi f
Hill cemetery The record was merchant vessels even one year Washington as deputy ch ef
mu cemetery, ine rccora was , . ... . . nf nersnnnpl nnnmntpH Arimir-
placed in the casket.
in our favorite paper last night
of personnel, appointed Admir
al Denfeld chief of personnel,
and things went smoothly for
along the American coast with forrestal from that point until
after Pearl Harbor hit the sick
ening total of 1,000,000 tons per
a AifH d- rficoii, month. Nazi U-boats lurked
brazen effrontery; prowled near he grueling debate over uni-
LSnyder admitted there was no hope of balancing the budget things to keep and a hundred Z beaches ot X Atlantic City, Action set in.
Lthia vAnr vpm from nnw von can show as a aemocrat. sometning lens . . ... . ... d..
Jacksonville and Miami.
Despite the secrecy, the Amer-
'lv ' . .... ... ' . " ... n.... tuim
In one instance, Truman would try to spend the nation 'em to your great-great ana may- " s"'s
unio oaimruincy aim liiub luae uu ins ran ocoi. m hm- - . . . . . ipan nuhl c knew that some-
Cother one of his advisers warns of more and more debt 'em you there. We l o o k u B thing was wrong with the navy's
tbeing dumped into a hole that is getting so big as to """"'Yl County Judge Grant Murphy and defenses. But few people ever
threaten to swallow the fair Deal' tent show being put T i. u :ui President Harrv Truman mieht knew what went on inside.
'up over it. narmy w"'1 " " 8 have been carried a little fur- Secretary Knox stormed,
But when Forrestal finally
sided against the admirals in
favor of unification, some of
them never forgave him. They
worked against him in much the
way they have opposed Secre
tary Matthews. And in the last
But he could two months of his life, Forrestal,
h is former
work as a press
agen; "only
meant money."
At 36 this en
ergetic minis
ter is director
of the protest
ant radio com
mission. This
organization of
the n a t i o n's
leading protest-
ant church groups
S172.000 this year for 800 reli-
eious radio programs to be
heard over some 1,000 stations.
whole plunge to
ministry myself."
go into the
Bal BotI
is spending
The programs are organized othe ministers.
He was graduated from the
Chicago Theological seminary
magna cum laude. Awarded a
fellowship in religious radio, he
spent a year with the NBC net
work. He was offered a per
manent post with NBC but de
cided his real wish was to devote
himself to the ministry.
In the three years since then
he has become a leading au
thority in religious radio, and
held workshops at several uni
versities to teach the subject to
by Rev.
three..
Parker and a staff of
How he decided to embark on
T 41.. I t rp.,Mnt iTT , rnl" t.. nn ,ln..n..4f-:.,, fn !L 1nlpH nnH nlpnnVn
ii me c"t ui 1 1 u ii m 1 1 a i-aii uvai m nu w i. m i j 1 1; iu r.b 1 1 Toll iner as come lu ininit 01 ii, J i... . , . , . .
ho nntinn'. minnniv whpn thnt Prnnnmv is snnnnserllv on ' , o-u douffoned if Orant doesn't lnnk not quickly surmount the mis- 1 y "'e uitwr-
"peaceful." prosperous basis, how can the president call faccd the flower-covered coffin quite a bit like Harry and we takes the admirals made in con- " 0.e"mne.s ' "J
-it "fair"? holdine the last mortal remains understand has been nearly mis- , . ... went over th faVi ihZ u
of Oscar O. Whitenack, 79, for- Ken or mrp . ..me or v0 , ,m tZw h. "ends in the navy had turned this unusual career is quite .
. Hjiin K.t tha iiantmi Pner we biiii Liiiiiii, iiiai vriaiib lviuiu : a. l. -tneir
Population Growth 111 Oregon pn Jorum. do a better job if he had it thrust quickly remedy the fact that no nim.
mi.. 1 a lLi r S 1L. ..L..L ur:n. 1UU linnn him. uiuvisiuua iiau iccu i"auc xji
ine census oureau rerwris mat wreKon is me inieb wun wme auitiac, iiij uw- --- . M. M j
growing state in the union, an unofficial count as of July ed the absence of clergy or mus- MuTT7onntv vices! or to train men to use
1. 1S4S, placing uregon at tne top oi tne column oi siaies . " ;1 -j -.i... them
with a 59.3 percent gain (647,000 more population than Then a vo.ee spoke out .. k"Z L, V ,. Another trouble was that the
i,,the official -.er.sus of 1940 showed). Oregon s population , racket. I want no relig- tie askance at all these reports navy had plans for nine differ
ious songs. This is going to De
a perfectly natural funeral
The voice was Whitenack's.
Several months ago, expecting
ed his own services.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Lis now estimated at 1,736,000 as against 1,089,684 nine
years ago.
r Percentage changes in the far western states since the
Lnl940 census show Nevada, 174,000, up 64,000, or 57.7 per-
o:cent; California, 10,665,000, up 3,758,000 or 54.4 percent; death which finally came Satur
P Washington. 2.582.000. un 846.000 or 48.7 percent, and dav. he had planned and record-
sIdaho, 592,000, up 67,000 or 12 percent.
" Only five states showed population decreases: North
5 Dakota, Nebraska, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Montana.
The coast states present problem is not primarily the
attraction of more residents, but the development of our
r,natural resources to provide industries, commerce and
Upayrolls to support the increasing population. And it is
toward this goal our Chambers of Commerce and financial
Aagencies must devote their energies.
Ji Until more electric power is developed by the completion
cof federal projects underway and proposed by private
ips. nrnmntinn of inrlustrinl nrnieots will hp hamnprpd.
wBut the construction of the Columbia Hasin and Willamette
Valley projects will solve the problem as well as increasing
"'agricultural areas and latent opportunities.
No region can be prosperous with a largo percentage of
' nnpmnlnvpd. hpnre thp nrimp npppssilv is development, nf
biindustries to make use of our resources. Over population statesman jo-
1. budgets, and destroy security along with prosperity.
NAVAL MERRY-GO-ROUND
Adm. Arthur Radford, when
leaving Washington for Pearl
Harbor, told disciples: "We're in
this thing to stay and we'll win
of summer flowers in bloom, et ent types of escort vessels, ana or sink." . . . Radford Is the ad-
story.
1 naa no parucuur ran. monizjn u,,f ,
u ('
"Our job isn't those who al
ready go to church," he said.
"We try to reach those who don't
go."
ine Hev. Farker has been a
in creatine relgious
programs that avoid dull ser-
nacKgrouna -ana m itual impact because they deal
lost any religion I had left," he ... r. . . ' TV. 7
cetera. Roy's a mite afraid that the admirals could not decide miral who touched off the navy
if the weather keeps up maybe which was the best. revolt.
his cherry orchard will bust Finally it took a civilian, Operation 23, the navy propa
forth in full bloom. Who knows, Charles E. Wilson, head of the ganda unit, has started a whis-
said.
He sold doughnuts from door-to-door,
worked as a chef in a
Chicago cafeteria, then started
a publicity firm. Then he be
came program director of a
Hammond, Ind., radio station.
with problems close to the hearts
of listeners. One of his innova
tions is a TV puppet show that
tells Bible tales for children.
The best writers in radio write
the programs for him at a frac
tion of their usual price. But
Day of Small Nations Gone?
U.S. of Indonesia Is Born
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
un Pore.cn Afl.tr Au.lr.t.
"The day of small nations has passed away; the day of em
pires has come."
You may have three guesses as to when that declaration was
made, and by whom
Give up?
Well, the fa
naybe he'll be harvesting 'em by war production board, to settle pering campaign against Adm. to go out and find a commer-
Christmas. the question. He called in naval Forrest Sherman. They call him cial sponsor for a lenten pro-
arcniteci wiuiam r . uidds, wno the "Quisling of the Navy" gram.
recommended a design not un- for supporting unification. "How can anybody sell a re
like the British corvette. Everyone expected fireworks ligious program?" Parker de-
But this was not done until at the first meeting of the joint manded.
almost one year after Pearl Har- chiefs of staff after General "Well, try it anyway," said
bor. Bradley had fired his "Fancy the owner.
Tt. .tl t . . . - .
.hsc at me admirals. et-- in!.llv cnt a utilities
One day the owner asked him he insists on paying them, also
The admirals were also urged But nothing happened. Bradley ' ,' , , with erv'ce
n hnrmw submarine exDcrts Mnrt Artmirai r ...:. company to act as sponsor. With
insists on paying actors on the
programs their union minimum.
"We paid Ingrid Bergman
$32 for one show," Parker
smiled. "On a commercial show
she'd probably get $5,000."
No money is paid for station
time. Most stations are glad to
air the programs as a public
from the British, who had gone and at the second meeting Den-
through two years oi lighting fold presided in Bradley's ab-
his flair for drama, Parker made
the program a popular feature.
It lasted 4 '4 years and was spon-
The minister himself could
earn a top salary in the field of
educational radio. But he's hap-
Nazi subs, and just about had sence. Ironically, he was pre- " ,rA7crm py in the job he chose,
them licked. However, onlv one .irfin t th. m.nt Dr...L. sored by 8 laundry and a ceme- ,.Y
ious British
lain made that
state ment in
1904 during a
speech at Bir
mingham, Eng
land. That was
only 45 years
ago.
Wedne s d a y
the Dutch sign
ed away their sovereignty to the
that Holland should retain con
trol of the New Guinea territory
for another year, pending fur
ther discussions at to its ulti
them licked. However, only one siding at the moment President
British naval officer was invited Truman fired him.
to advise the American navy. President Truman has told
Sllhspm.pntV the Duke Of triiinHc Via ic rtninn ln Bv aA..aMi
Windsor and Fred Searles of high-ranking air force generals church has on a community, and
the war shipping aaministra- if they don't quit scheming to lne U1"'KS ta.. uo ....
tery, as well as by the utilities
company.
"I found out the influence a
mate disposition. The eastern t'on stepped in to persuade the build a 70-group air force
'Yes, very hapny." he said.
"I feel that our country must
have religion to survive. Coun
tries that don't have it eventual
ly fall."
You might be interested in
DrWIII M.rkvnil.
the United States of Indonesia
a republic. The 70,000,000
natives of these bounteous is
lands of spices and sugar and
rubber and oil are taking over
managemont of their own birth
right. Thus has The Netherlands fol
lowed the footsteps of Chamber
lain's England, which rapidly
.Tolsolarionism Reviving
A, That the 'solaionists are still strong m the republican
ipparty was indicated by the resignation of James S. Kemper
iiiof Chicago, treasurer of the national committee with a
J)(blast at what he called bi-partisan foreign policy.
hi Republican National Committee Chairman Guy G.
jvGabrielson accepted Kemper's resignation regretfully. Rut
whe said he is confident Chairman Sinclair Weeks of the
o party's finance committee will be able to raise ample head
quarters and campaign funds.
t Gabrielsnn dodged the foreign policy issue raised bv
Kemper. It already has split the GOP in congress although
L'the bulk of republicans still follow the bi-partisan policy
f leadership of Stn. Arthur II. Vandenberg (R., Mich.).
C"As a result of our so-called bi-partisan foreign policy,"
Kemper said, "republicans have been asked to shower
gifts on British socialism, as one British manufacturer put
Lit to me: 'The labor (socialist) party seduced the voters
of England by promising things that could not be delivered
and the American taxpayer now is underwriting that
neduction.' "
4 U'amnpp alFirlnnlKr Im milttlniv V. ....... ...lit .... I. 1 1 .
m' i v. iti, iiii, ir ,mii,iiik tin; i, llillir ii, li'mi A mill B E.I l mull, tvilllll lHlluij
rebellion within the republican party for big reductions in has been turning her vast em
A ouhsidies to Great Britain. A rundown last summer showed P'r' upon which even today
that the I'nited States had laid out S'ri.r22.nnn.nn0 in fmir the sun never sets into a com-
Ai yearn in foreign loans and gifts. The $5.5 deficit this year mnwealth of Independent n
cd'iH make the pressure on congress to cut foreign aid ter
rific by isolationists.
di.
it! Silver Lining to Sad Story
no Los Angeles T" There is a silver llnini to this d little
itory about the 80-yrar-nld -Ionian arrratrri on a charge of
"l bruin.
P The woman Is Mis I.nuia Srhml.lt. who, officer tald, was
Oi Begging small change from mrn, along the sidewalk.
Mi Policewomen found the silver lining pinned to her un
rllerarmenta In tha form ot I212S In currency.
t 'Yes, the Dog Does Bite'
Albuquerque, N. M. Patrolman F. C. Mnrilrr went
to Investigate a report that little Leonardo Lujan had been
men ny a dog.
The dot bit Llndley, too.
He ordered tha dog's owner to tie It up for observation.
part of New Guinea is, of course,
occupied by Australia.
New Guinea is the world's
third largest island, so huge that
it is almost big enough to be en
titled to the designation of con
tinent. However, it is such an
navy to adopt the protective de
vice which ultimately defeated
the submarine.
The device, invented by Lieut.
Comdr. Carl Hcrluf Holm, a
a Danish-born American naval
officer, got bogged down between
(Copyritht 194B
Nothing but Sunshine in Seattle
inhospitable land that at first three navy bureaus, all rivals
gloncc one wonders why any
body should claim it.
The island is a wild area,
rich Dutch East Indies over mucn oi wnicn is covereo n
which Holland had ruled for the world's most horrifying jun
three centuries. ,r- This Jungle is a hell-hoie.
These brightest jewels in the f'llci with more form! of evil
imperial crown now comprise de!,,h ,han 8 madman could con-
ju.e .....
So why the yearning for this
territory by both Indonesia and
the Dutch?
naval ordnance laboratory, bu
reau of ships and bureau of ord
nance. Between them, the in
vention remained stymied for
two while years while Ameri
can ships and lives were being
sent daily to the bottom of the
sea.
It was Fred Searles, who,
learning of the invention from
the Duke warned the admirals
that if they did not immediately
no one else can do, ParKer how l came upon thfa j
said. "So I decided to make the Bot it from fw. ,
the protestant radio commission.
Both are Jewish.
"They do the work free," said
Seattle W The weather bureau has the records to "prove" the Rev. Parker.
that Seattle is one of the sunniest spots in the nation. But
there's a catch to It.
The bureau's vacuum-enclosed sunshine indicator appar
ently went on the frits recently and Climatologist George P.
Murphy discovered yesterday it's been registering continu
ous sunshine day and night.
Well, it seems that nature use this anti-submarine weapon,
played a trick on mankind. She the maritime commission would
concealed great wealth in the use it independently,
earth of New Guinea minerals That was how the most inl
and oil and then se'. some of portant anti - submarine device
her most evil forces to guard of the entire war came into
the treasure. being. It illustrates what Frank
Moreover, the big Island Is Knox was up against in his
strategically important. struggle to run a department
OPEN FORUM
Hunter Was Happy Over 'Elk'
i.tnnrr, w jo. cum An elated hunter led a guide to the
Spot where he bad killed, tagged and neatly quartered an elk.
Tha "elk," rej,orted the gulda today, was a mult.
tinns,
The Dutch move gives us fur
ther Indisputable proof that we
must reverse Chamberlain's
statement and note that "the day
nf empires has passed away; the
day of small nations has come."
The historic agreement be
tween the Dutch and the Idones
lans was signed at the Hague.
Under that pact, which is sub
ject to approval of the Dutch
and Indonesian parliaments, the
new republic becomes a sover
eign part of the Dutch Com
monwealth which is linked to
gether by the Crown. The union
is similar to the British Com
monwealth. On one important point the
Indonesians were disappointed.
They had wanted to Include
the Dutch portion of the great
Island of New Guinea in the re
public. The Dutch opposed the
transfer and finally the mattrr
State Civil Service System
To the Editor: I, like a great many state employes, often won
der what has happened to our old civil service system. Origin
ally, this service was set up by law as a central personnel
agency, gilt-edged in security, and guaranteeing a person a life
tniie job as long as he or she did good work.
A system which employment .
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and raises in pay would be based
entirely on merit, with no poli
tical pull or favoritism and only
the best would win.
A system where nepotism was
out and you did not have to know
the right people to get a state
position.
dealing with work associates
and the public. Was that written
Into the system only for the
worker, and exclude the "push
er"? The merit plan has taken a
beating, and as long as a man is
not forced to prove his superior
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row home? Let as show vou the
new low-phced Dtlco-Hnt oil.
burning Conditioouf-compictrf
lMi4wl n ....!!... I
1 I bucrnena ot tmuty rooms vttert
pact fj limited!
It also offered protection worth by taking examinations in
against actions motivated by competition with other appli
political, religious, racial or cants, the merit system is a joke,
purely capricious reasons. Consequently, the morale of
The first three are rigorously civil service workers suffers,
enforced, but I have my doubts We should get back to a gen
as to the last. uine civil service competitive
It was a necessary require
ment that employees conduct
themselves In a tactful, courte-
wai compromised on tha basil ous and presentable manner In
merit system In our state gov
ernment. Nothing else should do.
HENRY HOUGH
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