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4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, November 10. 1949
The Democrat Victory in New York
President Truman is jubilant over the off-year election
results and proclaims it a sxeat victory for his "Fair Deal"
and welfare state. The election of ex-Governor Herbert
H. Lehman in the New York senatorial contest over John
Foster Dulles and a majority of the few congressional
state and municipal elections is held an autfury of demo
cratic victory in 1950 and 1952. At any rate he regards
it as a vindication of presidential interference in local
elections to retain control of congress the control of the
legislative branch by the executive.
Local issues figured in most of these elections as well
as federal issues. Lehman is an experienced and popular
politician, and this was the first candidacy of Dulles for
public office. Both candidates agreed on foreign policies,
and the campaign was made on the domestic issues of the
"Fair Deal." Lehman had not only the huge foreign popu
lation behind him but the solid support of big labor organ
izations, and the administrations unfair appeal to relig
ious and racial prejudices.
Dulles was denounced as a Wall street lawyer, but Leh
man is a wealthy Wall street banker. Dulles has been one
of the organizers and advocates of our bi-partisan foreign
policy, and was marked to succeed the ailing Senator Van
denberg as leader of senate republicans supporting our
foreign policy. His defeat may be a crippling blow to
Truman's foreign policies. Governor Dewey, staunch sup
porter of Dulles, says the election was a set-back to Tru
mans administration.
In his campaign, Lehman did not support in its entirely
the "Fair Deal." He advocated the Taft health insurance
plan instead of the Truman. He opposed the Brannan
farm plan, a pet Truman measure, and there were other
minor differences with the administration program, but
he got a full 100 percent support.
The defeat of Dulles was by no means a democratic
landslide to cause jubiliation. Dulles Idst by only 190,000
votes out of 5,000,000 in an off-year, running ahead of his
ticket in every county except one. He carried the up-state
by 590,000 majority and lost the whole state by less than
2 percent.
Miss Mirpah Blair
Miss Mirpah Blair, for many years assistant state libra
ian, is retiring after 36 years of continuous, most faith
ful, efficient and courteous service.
Miss Blair will be greatly missed, not only by her library
associates, its patrons and state officials, but by the gen
eral publicc, especially the people of Salem whom she has
served so lonv as a source of information and human en
cyclopaedia. A large portion of her time must have been
spent in supplying information on every topic under the
sun.
During assembly sessions Miss Blair was constantly
called by top state officials and legislators for data that
required much research on her part, and information nec
essary in the preparation of legislative measures and ora
tory. She vitally assisted in the compilation of many state
statutes during her long tenure of office, as well as provid
ing vital parts of governors' messages.
Not only legislators but newspaper men came to regard
Miss Blair as almost one of the consulting staff only far
more reliable than any staff member. On any event, na
tional, state or local, historical or otherwise, she was apt
to be called on for information and always was able to
supply it or tell where it could be dug up. And writers
of all kinds of literature consulted her.
Tributes from state librarians as to Miss Blair's career
can be found on page 30 of today's issue, and the Capital
Journal wishes to acknowledge appreciation for the assist
ance so freely rendered so many years, and express our
regret at her retirement. We echo the editorial eulogy to
her in the Oregonian:
"Librarian a. a rule are modest people. They are long-suffering,
too, for the importunities of the public are endless, and
sometimes monstrous, and whatever recognition they receive
comes from the thoughtful and reflective few who never cease
to marvel at the good will and selflessness of the people who
work with anH in hooks. By all means let the state library
staff members, both past and present, pay homage to Miss Blair
at the dinner for her in Salem on November 10. And if there
is any Justice for librarians, then Miss Blair will also be in
undated by letters and telegrams and other expression of appre
ciation from the thousands of Orcgonians who are deeply in
her debt.
A 'Hush-Hush' Birthday
Now that the armed forces arc "unified" under the De
partment of Defense, the identity of the services will be
gradually lost in the public mind.
Take birthdays, for instance.
In the past years, the Navy paraded its might on Navy
day in October. This year that day came and the only no
tice the service got was a kick in the teeth with the boot
ing out of Admiral Denfeld, chief of naval operations.
Thursday of this week happens to be the 174th anniver
sary of the fo'inding of the Marine Corps. As colorful a
branch as the leatherneck is, unity of the services calls for
no notice of the birthday of any of the services. Such
notice might tend to work against unity.
So the Marines can't recall officially the long history
hich dates back to the time the continental congress cre
ated them to sail aboard ships as a protective force. The
fact that those same Marines fought with John Paul Jones
during the 'evolution can't be mentioned either. Nor can
the fact that their officers and men have fought in every
engagement in the nation's record since then. And with
as brilliant a record as has any fighting force of any coun
try. Now that the Marines, the navy, the army, and the air
force are all a part of the Department of Defense, those
services are supposed to lose their historical identity for
the good of an or at least for the good of the Secretary
of Defense. He doesn't want bickering among his brass
hats.
The secretary may take away from the services their
right to remind the public of the birthdays and anniver
saries of the armed forces but he can't take away from any
of them their histories which are so plainly written in the
pages of the brilliant record of the country.
Regulations or no regulations, the United SUtes Marines
deserve a salute from a grateful nation on the occasion
of the corps' 174th birthday.
BY BECK
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
G.O.P. Bickering Contributed
To Bare Campaign Cupboard
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Resignation of Isolationist Insurance Man James
Kemper as treasurer of the GOP national committee was dressed
up in a high-sounding smoke-screen about foreign policy in or
der to cover up a bitter personal GOP feud.
Actually, his resignation was handed in one hour after Guy
Gabrielson o f
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His Public Service
BY DON UPJOHN
We have noted with interest numerous complimentary notices
in the press over the state paying tribute to J. A. Ormandy,
general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific company, who
is retiring after 41 years continuous service with that depart
ment of his company. Numerous encomiums have been heaped
on his head and
he is deserving
of every one.
But maybe there
is some thing
more significant
about the pass
ing of Mr. Or
mandy from the
scrvi c e than
merely the loss
of an employe
with an extraor
dinary rec o r d.
Forty-one years ago when Mr.
Ormandy went on his job the re-
L
Peepers Busy
Albany A "Peeping Tom"
found that it was startling to say
the least to "peep" into the win
dows at 1624 Jefferson street. He
tried it once and the thing blew
up in his face. Corliss Nitcher no
ticed a face glued to his bed
room window pane Monday
night. After picking up his pistol
he stealthily crept to the win
dow, placed the gun's muzzle
right smack-dab in the "peep
er's" face and pulled the trigger.
New Jersey, be
came the new
National chair
man last Au
gust, but it was
agreed to delay
the announce
ment until the
political horizon A
was calmer.
Kemper's ex
it puts the spot
light on some
red faces and raw nerves inside
the GOP committee, which prob
ably will be smoothed over now
that he is out.
Although Kemper talked big
about lack of funds in the GOP
treasury, real fact is that he was
never much of a money-raiser.
The best money-raiser was the
man Kemper and Dewey outsed
as GOP national finance chair
man after the 1948 convention
Walter Hope.
Hope, an able New York law
yer, learned of his resignation
by reading it in the morning
papers, and his friends claim
that the shock was responsible
for his death a month or so later.
HoDe left in the treasury a sur-
I Just one president.
I V 1 U.S. SCANT, WAS A WEST POINT
'f i I GRADUATE -VOL) FIGURE THE
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EACH AVERAGE ONE OF -"-L. 'jfc.
YOU EATS 39 DOUGHNUTS ' J?
A YEAR ''-3 0
However, then Senator Abe
Murdock of Utah, now a labor
relations commissioner, pulled
every wire possible to sell the
government's property to U. S.
Steel. Simultaneously, Secre
tary of the Treasury John Sny
der, a good friend of U. S. Steel
President Ben Fairless, was giv
en credit for talking to the White
House.
At any rate, President Tru
man personally directed Attor
ney General Tom Clark to over
rule his antitrust division and
decree that there was no objec
tion to selling the government's
Utah Steel plant to U. S. Steel.
Thus the steel corporation has
been in the fortunate position of
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ing board and at the same get
President Truman's help in
tightening its monopoly hold of
the steel industry.
CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES
Undersecretary of State out
Kindly Jim Webb has informed
President Truman he wants to
resign as Undersecretary of
State. Webb hasn". liked the
plus of $800,000 after the Phila- sophisticated rough-and-tumble
delphia convention
He was replaced by Bourbon
Prince Harold Talbot, eager as
pirant to the Court of St. James,
whose family had almost order
ed their clothes for their presen
tation to the king when they
heard the news of Dewey's de
Levi Herren's Watering Trough
By OSWALD WES1
(Governor f Orcioft frw ! 19151
Going east on the Turner road, as one topped the hill near the
entrance to the old state "Reform" school, one dropped down a
short distance, then negotiated a sharp turn to the right, and
another to the left.
Thus one passed, first, and almost at once, on the right, the
house and farm buildings of the
Levi Herren place. the turn from the west and head-
A stone's throw ahead, but on ing for the watering trough,
the opposite side of the road, From our appearance, we were
nr-sirinnt . stood an old watering trough, Jusx wailing lor me nag 10 nnisn
on until after the important ted by living springs flowing his drink.
atomic energy talks with Bri- from the hillside of the John In those days a majority of
tain and Canada are over then Baker D.L.C.. lying immediate- horse owners were horse traders;
he will look for another' man. t0 the nortn- . and il was not often that
Meanwhile whh i. nn th iit On the occasion of which I "horseman" left home in the
game of diplomacy, wants to
get back into private life. The
feat. Between January, 1949 of possibilities for the presiden- write, my brother Ab, (17), and morning and returned in the
and August 4, when GOP Chair- cy of the University of North
man Hugh Scott resigned. Tal- Carolina, though Sperry Gyro
bot had raised the magnificent scope is itching to get him back.
sum of $71,000 while Scott and Air Traffic Tickets CAA
lat on, be ween he r. rnarf. The window smashed, the peeper um OI wnue bcou ana t inuic ncKeis
latlons between the railroads rii,annMH Pnli wp ik- Kemper were spending money chief Del Rentzel has called
disappeared. Police were look
ing for a man with powder
burns on his face from the ef
fects of meeting up with a blank
cartridge, fired from Nitcher's
pistol.
Dallas A "peeping Tom"
caught in the act Monday night
in a residential district was
equipped with even a pair of bi
noculars to aid in his nocturnal
and the public were pretty dim
on the cordial side. There still
echoed the famous words of the
late Mr. Vanderbilt, "the public
be damned." As a reporter we
can remember in those days
when one approached a railroad
official he did so with fear and
trembling expecting as the nat
ural thing to get the bum's rush.
All of those things have been
changed in the 41 years. The pursuit, according to Bill Black
punnc geis aiong preuy well iev. citv judge. Police Officer
with the railroads and the rail- Litlie Gregg arrested the 29-
roads pretty well with the pub- year-old unmarried man and
lie. We d as gladly accept a job hailed him into Blacklcy s court
to interview a railroad man as where he was fined $25 on a tres-
we would a politician. And it has passing charge. The offender
been the Mr. Ormandys who also drew the warning that a
have played a big part in bring- second violation would bring
ing around the change. They've him the full penalty of the law.
performed a tremendous service
both for the public and the rail- Moral of foregoing two para
roads. They should keep hiring graphs keep your shades
his likes if they can find 'em. drawn.
Gunman's Hopes Based on Fact
Memphis Wi The gunman was courteous as he backed out
of a liquor store with $250 loot.
"I sure hope you have this Insured," he told a store em
ploye. The loss was covered.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Will Gandhi's Assassins Be
Spared Death on the Gallows?
ByDeWITT MocKENZIE
li rorelio Aruir Aitftlriti
One week from Tuesday the law of India is scheduled to exact
the death penalty on the gallows from two Hindus for the as
sassination on January 30, 1948, of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the
greatest spiritual leaders of all time.
If any one ought to be hanged, surely that fate should befall
Narayan v. -
Godse, whose i V( had been Christ's Sermon on the
navy and air force leaders to
iron out air traffic problems in
the hope of preventing future
at the rate of $80,000 a month.
Talbot's main excuse was that
he couldn't collect funds because
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when it became apparent that f Patrolling the airways, and business on the side and had
Guv Gabrielson was to be the can hand out traffic tickets for hopes that we boys might work
air violations. But it is up to " ""f-"""
the navy and air force to punish
their own fliers. One problem, We had reached the Herren
therefore, is to make sure mili- watering trougn, ana i naa nop-
I, (13), had been sent on some evening with the same animal,
mission to Stayton or Sublimity, Our new arrival had no sooner
and were returning home. reached the trough, and lowered
We were driving to a buggy his horse's check rein, than he
a good looking nag, but his looks inquired whether we had a
belied his characted. He was trading horse,
incorrigibly balky. That is why . ' . .
lamer gave nun 10 us iu iin.t. M brother voun. ln
disasters. The CAA is in charge waa " "u"' but old in horses, said: "No sir.
new chairman, Talbot began
quiet campaign against him,
which culminated in a lunch at
which he and Gabrielson Datch-
ed up their differences. That ry P"'S are properly punisn
same nieht. however. Talbot ed for reckless flying. Another
dined with an oil executive who
reported back to the new GOP
chairman that Talbot had begun
his attack all over again.
As a result of all this, GOP
finonnaa nr in tarrinlA ehano
However, with Sinclair Weeks on mission hunts for
nis oeannKs.
(CopyrUht lets I
ped out to lower the horse's head
This happens to be mother's
driving animal, and she would
raise Ned if we even thought of
trading him off."
The new - comer, seeing that
he had but a boy to deal with.
that he might quench his thirst, undertook to push his apparent
problem is the close proximity
of militarv and civilian fields.
Busy fields, such as Washington's when
m.ii , a i . . "nrnr
rvauunai rtirpori, are iorcea lo
hold up traffic several times a
month, while some military pilot
When his needs were satisfied,
I proceeded to re-hook the check
advantage. His horse, he con
tended, was an ideal lady's
command from Ab td driyng ani,mal and .,tha! our
of Massachusetts now in charge
of the national finance commit
tee, they are improving. Johnny
Hancs, one-time democrat and
member of the Roosevelt admin
stration, has been appointed vice
chairman, and some of the big
contributors already have prom
ised to kick in.
Drop that check" served as a
warning that something was in
the wind.
Looking over my shoulder, I
observed a one-horse vehicle,
with two occupants, rounding
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Some folks were surprised
when Senator "Wild Bill' Lang
er, Republican, praised President
Truman, Democrat. But it was
this same President who appoint
ed Langer's nephew, Morgan
Ford, as judge of the United 25 TO 1 BET
States customs court in New '
York. Ford was an insurance
man in North Dakota, a long
way from New York.
Air Secretary Stuart Syming
ton staged a private poker party
for President Truman and
cronies last week. The now
vanished 70 air groups were not
discussed not even the 58 air
Washington, D.C., Is a Big City
Knoxvllle, Tenn., Nov. 10 U William H. Dailey, 7J,
had lived in Washington for 21 years but he figured he
hadn't seen enough of the city.
So he got on a bus to go "sightseeing" about 7:30 Tuesday
morning. '
He was still riding late that night and had just about
decided that Washington was a bigger place than he had
thought when he found out he was about 500 miles off the
track
He had ridden to Knoxville.
mother would be greatly pleased
with it. He would be willing to
swap should he receive $5.00 to
boot. (In those days, any one
would trade anything for some
thing, if he received $5.00 to
boot.)
My brothed declined even to
consider the proposition.
After considerable chewing
the fat, and looking over each
other's nags, our new friend of
fered to trade even. So, broth
er, after considerable worrying
as to mother's probable reaction,
decided to trade.
The horses were switched as
to buggies and harness. While
so doing the stranger asked:
"Will this horse of yours work?"
Brother's answer was: "He is
one of the toughest horses to
work you ever saw.'.'
We, being first to get hitched,
Ashland iMcrn Hoc 3 V- Mnnths headed tsaiem'
"iicu uui iiuise nailing inena
ToWin $25,000 Auto Dare
Mount. This being the attitude
of a life-long exponent of non
violence, one wonders whether
the Indian government may yet
intervene to prevent the hang
ings, and commute the sentences
to imprisonment.
hand held the
pistol which
fired the fatal
shots, and his
fellow conspira
tor, Narayan B.
A p t e. Their's
was a crime
which not only JTT I Should any move of this sort
India but the JlJ be made, it would have to be
world at large 0fB((t inia,cd officially by Prime
cannot forgive. Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who
By all odds, they should be Tuesday finished his lengthy
punished. Still, as one who visit in America and flew back
knew the saintly little mahatma, to India.
I believe if he could make his Nehru was Gandhi's devoted
wishes known he would ask disciple and held the mahatmar
that the sentences of death be in deepest reverence and love,
commuted. Nehru one characterized Gand-
hi thus:
Indeed, Gandhi rendered his "He has changed the face of
personal verdict even as he died. India, given pride and character
He was walking across the to a cringing and demoralized
lown of his prayer meeting people, built up strength and
grounds In New Delhi to attend consciousness In the masses and
a gathering ot his followers, made the Indian problem a
when the assassin struck. world problem."
As the 78-year-old mahatma It was Nehru who mounted
sank under the Impact of two or the gates to the grounds where
more bullets, he raised his hand Gandhi was slain and assured
to Godse in the Hindu sign of the anxious thousands that they
forgiveness. would have a chance to see their
That is what would be expect- "Bapuji" (Little Father). And
ed from the man who once told Nehru sobbed in his grief as he
me that his greatest inspiration spoke.
48 Dozen Stale Doughnuts
Winona, Minn, (ft-The customer Identified himself as
Rev. Carl Miller from nearby Lewlston. He ordered 41 doirn
doughnuts tor his First Baptist church aupper.
The Winona Rakery employe gave him $12.10 change from
a $30 check.
So-o-, the bakery fried the crueller. Rut Rev. Miller didn't
how.
Sheriff George Fort Is looking for him. Because there Is no
Rev. Miller. No church supper, not even auch a church. And
no money to cover that check.
Just lota and Iota ot doughnuts.
I
Los Angeles, Nov. 10 W) A 40-year-old engineer, who took
a 25-to-l bet that he can live for a year in an automobile, is on
his way to Miami, Fla., today, just 3Vi months short of col-
groups which have also vanished. Iccting $25,000.
Colliers magazine hits the Don Haynes of Ashland. Ore., has already logged 73,000 miles
purge of the Left-wing CIO un- of driving in his sealed and
ions right on the nose in its ad- barred sedan. While in Los An
vance article by Sam Stavisky. geles he tried to purchase a
monkey for a companion.
The man responsible for inject
ing new pep into Colliers is Louis
Ruppel, one of FDR's old news
paper pals.
U. S. STEEL VS. U. S
While the U. S. Steel corpora
tion was using its
against a settlement of the strike,
it was also trying to increase its
tremendous hold on the steel in
Haynes began the venture last
March after a friendly argument
with E. B. Maiden,
Talent, Ore., cattleman
bet $25,000 to $1000 that Haynes
influence couldn't live for a year in his
auto without squawking.
So far, Haynes has covered 24
states. He expects to visit them
welded chrome bars on the car'i
windows.
The interior of the auto has
hot and cold running water, a
full length bed, chemical lava
tory, collapsible bath, exercise
wealthy equipment and even television.
Maiden
the
rfuttrv thrnnch the ll. S envem- all before his year ends.
mPnt Robert Harms, also of Ash-
Its' latest proposed acquis!- ,and- 'ws Haynes in another
tion is a government wartime car and seM ,0 hat Haynes
shipyard at Orange. Texas, gets proper food through
which it plans to convert into
a factory for making steel pipe
for the oil industry. The ship
yard was purchased by U. S.
Stcll's wholly owned subsidiary.
Consolidated Steel, upon whose
property the yard was built.
Then alert Herbert Bergson,
head of the Justice department's
anti trust division, ruled that
this would Increase U. S. Steel'i
monopoly position and would be
against the best interests of the
U. S. A.
However, this didn't please
congressman J. M. Coombs and
other Texas politicos who there
upon pushed a resolution
through both houses of congress
authorizing the shipyard facili
ties to be sold to V. S. Steel.
Once before, congressional and
White House pressure was used
to increase U. S. Steel's hold on
the Industry. After the war,
when the government advertised
its Geneva. Utah, steel plant for
sale, once again the Justice de
partment'! anti - trust division
ruled that any sale to U. S. Steel
would be against the best in
terest of the nation.
Haynes said that since he
started his trip his wife has
given birth to their second child.
"But when I get out of this
thing next year," he added,
"we'll have $25,000 for the ef
fort." He said the money is on de
posit in an Ashland bank.
attempted to head his way, it
was no go. His newly acquired
"hoss" propped froze in his
tracks which prompted him to
yell after us: "I understood you
to say this horse would work."
Ab, in answer, shouted: "I
said he was one of the toughest
horses to work you ever saw
and you will soon find this out."
Perhaps Change
Store's Name
Meridian, Miss., Nov. It
(U.RI The manager of a gro
cery store here today was con
sidering changing the store's
name.
Tuesday night a man walked
in with a gun and took an
undisclosed amount of cash.
The manager wondered if
the name "Help Yourself
Store No. 8" had anything to
do with it.
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