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4 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, December 6, 1949
General Ike Not a Politician
The demands voiced by the CIO for $100 a month pen
sions, conceded by the steel and auto industries and for a
while by the coal operators which will of course be paid by
the consumer? of steel and coal and buyers of autos in in
creased purchase prices, has resulted in a rash of $100 a
month pension proposals, both stale and national. In New
York, Louis Hollander, state CIO president, has announced
a CIO plan U have the state increase pensions to $100 a
month of those in New York eligible under social security,
which will make the annual stale appropriation some $444
million, and eventually spell state bankruptcy.
In protest to the drives for "security" which will evap
orate on unbalanced budgets as it did in Germany and other
countries of "planned economy" of the "welfare state." Gen
eral Dwight W. Eisenshower at the annual New York ban
quet last week of the St. Andrews Society, voiced a strong
protest.
Asserting that too many people today sought "an illu
sory thing called security," the Columbia university presi
dent said he wondered how many of the Scotsmen who
gave this country some of its firm principles "had the
word 'security' in their adventures.
"I do not Relieve that security, in the sense that we may
live in slothful indolence and ease, can ever be achieved,"
Eisenhower declared.
'The general said he was trustful that Americans would
"not live as slaves of someone who directs us that is one
thing the Scots never accepted," and he declared the Scots
nnd the Americans were "of the same breed," and believed
the same things. He continued:
"As we face our problems today and consider their nature,
I suggest that we measure the severity o those problems
by the degree that we have drifted away from the simple
. I principles with which we began. This country has come a long
' way from its early principles and somewhere along the line we
have lost some respect for mere thrift and independence. But
there is, however, no reason for despair in a country that had
such resource?, productivity and per capita Income as the United
,. Slates."
General Ike has been mentioned by some republicans
as a possibility for presidential nomination in 1952, but
his speech shows plainly enough that while he is a states
man, he is not a politician. A politician always pussy
foots vital issues and caters to popular desires, and preju
dices and promises the illusionary pot of gold under the
-v rainbow of delusion of something for nothing. At any rate
Ml is a relief tt. find a man with the courage of his con
victions instead of being all things to all men.
Ike won't even say whether he is, was, or will be a re
publican or a democrat. When he registered for last
- month's elections in New York slate the general put him
self down as without party affiliation. But his attack on
N domestic spending and individual security is construed
v-by many as in attack on the Truman administration, espe
cially his remark, "The definition of a liberal has become
a man in Washington who wants to play the Almighty
with our money."
Ike's remark brought his relations with President Tru
man a long way from the incident in 1945 which he re
lates on page 444 of "Crusade in Europe," which was Ike's
book. Explaining that he and one other were riding with
the president, Ike wrote:
"Now in the car he (Mr. Truman) suddenly turned toward
me and said: 'General, there is nothing that you may want that
I won't try to help you get. That definitely and specifically in
cludes the presidency in 1948.' "
Ike added that he assured the president he would not be
his opponent in that year. Mr. Truman has given many
evidences of confidence in Eisenhower since then. But the
general has oecn pulling away from just about all the pres
ident now stands for here at home.
Threat to Region's Water Resources
Some considered the talk of diverting water from the
Columbia river to California fantastic. When it was
brought up several years ago, the matter was considered
laughable by many who hadn't run up against southern
Californians.
But the laughs are now over.
Last week a "preliminary" investigation of the possi
bility of tapping the Columbia for parched California got
under way. The opening talks took place in Governor
McKay's office. The western engineer for the bureau of
reclamation n.ade it clear that such an investigation, if
followed through, was designed to determine if "sufficient"
surplus water exists in the Pacific Northwest. Also to be
considered would be the cost of such a water-carrying
project.
Who is to determine how much water must run in the
river for it to be declared "surplus"?
At the present moment, many sections of the nation are
having water-shortage troubles. Vast areas of the mid
west, southwest and of California are feeling the pinch of
ground water shortages as moisture tables drop far be
neath the surface. In New York and New Jersey the water
shortage is, perhaps, a momentary matter, caused by a
lack of rainfall. The critical shortages of California's val
leys, however, are blamed on excessive pumping for irri
gation and industrial use. Growth of those areas has
taxed the available water.
But is Oregon to have its water resources tapped at a
time when the state is experiencing its most rapid growth ?
What might be rated as "surplus" water in the river's
flow now may not be considered "surplus" in the future.
Any meddling that would divert nature's supply of the
Facific Northwest's most precious resource water is
meddling with the region's future. Governor McKay
didn't go far enough when he said he would oppose any
proposition until all potential needs for water in the state
are served. How can anyone predict accurately enough
today what the demands for water will be in the region
60 years from now?
Birthday of All Three on Same Day
Spokane, Dec. 6 Ml A power failure last night would have
found the George Dalley family welt prepared with candles.
The three children Dean 1$, Sharon 8, and Colleen 4 all
celebrated their birthday anniversaries. All was born her
en December 4.
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Recollections
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High Hopes
By DON UPJOHN
One of the brightest cases of optimism we've noted in many
a day around these parts is appearance on the streets of our old
friend Frank Zinn, the noted mail carrier, in a brand new
uniform for Uncle Sam. Frank awhile back, as we remember,
observed his 25th anniversary of paddling up and down stairs
in the business area hauling his
mail sack. Incidentally
must have ap
peared in that
many or more
stage attrac
tions, starring in
shows given by
the local Elks
lodge. Surely,
we too hope thai
Frank will out
live this latest
uniform as mailj
carrier and have
to buy a couple
l)nn Upjohn
more or so before he discards the
sack, but at least there's some
wishful thinking involved some
where in all this.
"Sheerest fabrication" is get
ting to be. quite a useful term
back in good old Washington, D.
C. In between congresses it
seems to be quite a game to do
a lot of accusing and denying
among the big wigs. But per-
sonally, it doesn't seem to make
much difference at this stage of
the game whether somebody sent
a lew grains of uranium to Kus-
Frank
ASP-".
a
sia during the late war. And less member about them?
'Tired of Waiting for Buses'
St. Louis, Dec. 6 (U.B Richard Goerke, 19, admitted today
he stole four cars. He explained he was "tired of waiting for
buses and the Ionic rides home."
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Law Case Draws Attention
To Question of Spiritualism
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
T) Forelvn Atfitln AntlMt)
The London lawsuit over the affections of the late Sir Hugo
Cunliffe-Owen, tobacco magnate, developed a highly interesting
spiritualist angle.
Lady Cunliffe-Owen, American-born widow of Sir Hugo, sued
Miss Marjorie Daw on charges of libel and alienation of affec
tions. Miss Daw -,
was accused oi :
influencing Sir
Hugo against
his wife by
means ot alleg
ed letters from
his dead son
giving an unfa
vor able im
pression of
Lady Cunliffe
Owen. Sir Hugo
was an ardent ntwut Matktnru
spiritualist.
This case has been settled out
of court, and with that wc can
dismiss it. since my sole pur-
pose in mentioning it was lo
draw attention to the spiritual
ist angle.
Spiritualism has long had a
considerable following in Eng-
land, and I was living there at
the time when its great leader
was the late Sir ?Vrthur Conan
Doyle, famous creator of Sher-
lock Holmes.
i -i ir. i Arihn vr.,
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well and wc had long conversa
us about the highly contro-
sial subject of the spirit
lions
versi
world
I used lo visit him in his spir
itualist "book-shop, close by
Westminster Abbey, where one
could find all sorts of literature
relating to spirits.
Doyle was deeply grieved by
ine widespread expressions oi ualism. She told me that she
disbelief in spiritualism. One wa, receiving spirit messages
day when we were discussing irom her husband,
this he called my attention to a One time when I was calling
life-size head-and-shoulder pho- at her home in Crowborough she
to of himself, with the face of told me Sir Arthur had warned
a young man looking over his the family In a spirit message
shoulder. He said that was a that there was a defect in the
spirit picture of a dead son who, machinery of a racing car own
as I recall it, had been killed ed by one of the sons, and that
In the first World War. it should be fixed Immediately.
Sir Arthur told me he per- She said the message was correct
sonally bought the plate on and that the boy might have lost
which that picture was taken, his life if he had driven the
He said he himself put It in the car without repair,
camera and, after a friend had Sir Arthur was buried in the
snapped It, Sir Arthur himself flowcr-flllcd garden of that love
removed the plata and develop- ly country home.
difference who it was that sent
it. But, anyway, it will be a
great headline ' producer till
something else comes along.
Latest gag at the Salem high
school: One student approaches
a few others and suggests they
organize a secret society. When
the others demur at the possi
ble consequences the first stu
dent pooh poohs off their fears.
"It'll be O. K.," he says, "Wil
liams and Osterman will keep
us in school," is the supposed report.
Maybe coincidence or not next
Friday there'll only be 13 more
shopping days left before Christ
mas. Maybe it will be just as
well to phenagle around and do
your shopping before or after
Fridav. There's no tellincr what
might happen if somebody jump-
ed the gun and bought something
on that day.
m any idle, uic uuiieyiiiuuil-
ing Barkleys have dropped out
of the front Dai!e headlines. Re-
ed it. No other hand had touch
ed it before the print was made.
With tears in his eyes he ex
claimed: "How can anyone look at that
picture and not believe?"
Conan Doyle knew the lale
Houdinl very well and told me
that the magician performed his
amazing feats through spiritual
ism. He said Houdini was able
to dematerialize himself (take
on spirit form) and that it was
in this manner he escaped from
locked steel trunks and from
prison cells.
Apropos of materialization of
spirits, Sir Arthur told me he
had experience with this phe
nomenon. He cited the case of an evil
spirit which used to materialize
itsplf i" house in southern Eng-
'"nd- He said one night when
spiritualist meeting was being
held In the house this spirit ma-
tcrialized itself and badly man-
handled one of the group.
I never debated sbiritualism
wjtn Sir Arthur jr anyone else,
listened But I did admire
nun fcTcttiiv, iur ne was a max
nificent gentleman with rare
gifts.
After he died, I became
acquainted with Lady Conan
Doyle, his charming wife, who
also was a firm believer in xniril-
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
U. S. Loses Out to Fascism
At Its Own Front Door
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Recent revolution and rioting in Latin America
has pointed up what the American public has long dimly realized,
namely that while we are fighting communism in Europe, we are
losing out to fascism at our own front door.
Panama, which surrounds the most Important waterway in
the world so far
as the United
States is con
cerned, is n o w
in the hands of
a dictator, Arn
ulfo Arias, who
had roots in
Ge r m a n y and
Italy during the
days o f Hitler
and Mussolini.
Just before
Pearl Harbor,
Orew Feanon
we considered him such a men
ace the United Slates helped to
euchre him out of the presiden
cy. In Colombia, a country equal
ly vital to the strategic water-
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proximately 1000 p e o p 1 e have
been killed, and a fascist party,
deliberately aided and abetted
by Dictator Franco of Spain has
impossible to hold two-way elections.
While U.S. senators have been were James Consodine, RFC con
guzzling Dictator Franco's lush troller, and Allen Freeze, his as
wines in Madrid, Franco has sistant, with their two wives,
been pulling the rug right out Neither are Texans.
from under U.St policy in one of Another RFC official, Narvin
me musi impuriani countries in
the Pan American union.
Months ago Laureano Gomez,
now the Colombian strong man.
went to Madrid and arranged
with Franco to have his shock
Falange forces smuggled into
Colombia disguised in the robes
of priests. Bloodshed and riot
ing has followed ever since.
In the White House, Harry
Truman speaks glowingly of his
visits to Mexico and Brazil. He
is also delighted at the prospect
of making a trip to Chile.
He considers Pan-American
relations one of his most im-
portant policies, and if anyone
walked in and told him the good-
neighbor policy had bogged
down, he just wouldn't believe
it.
But the trouble with President
Truman is that he thinks of Pan- were privately pleased when on
American friendship in terms of ly 1500 people showed up in the
getting out a lot of flags and auditorium which holds 15,000.
the brass bands to greet Presi-
dent Dutra of Brazil. He doesn't HE COULDN'T ESCAPE
.realize that the good-neighbor
policy must be closely coordi-
nated and carefully carried out
every day of the year.
Over in the state department,
meanwhile, one of the best
young men in some years, Ed
ward Miller, is assistant secre
tary for Latin America. Miller
was born in Puerto Rico, speaks
Spanish, knows Latin America
intimately,
works hard at his
job.
Over in the export-import
bank, also, far more loans have
been advanced in Latin Ameri
ca than most people realize.
But a successful good-neighbor
policy isn't built up merely by noises and gestured. Then in dis
dumping money into Latin Ame- gus j,e took out some paper and
rica, or giving rousing welcomes
to visiting Pan-American poten
tates.
Today we have a lot of well-
meaning cogs in our diplomatic
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
A Salaam to the Slalom
-Or It's Ski-Time Again
By HAL BOYLE
New York P) This is the season when the American out
door sports world gives its salaam to the slalom.
So what's new in skiing?
"They are playing around now with glass skis," said Fred
Picard, who operates the ski shop at the Sun Valley resort.
"Glass skisi
may be the com
ing thing.
They've already
tried aluminum
in a search for
something td re
place hickory.
Good hickorv
skis today cost
$ 4 0 to $60
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KIHIS IUU lllgll.j
Thi industry is
looking for a
i aji
material that will enable it to
mass produce skis selling at $5
a pair."
Picard, who first learned his
upsrungs and Schusses skiing to
kindergarten in Switzerland, Is
an authority on the fast-growing
winter sport.
"I am one of the few people
Who spends 12 months a year at however, every person who be
ltand make a living out of it," comcs an enthusiastic skier con
he said. verts three more."
Picard, now 42, came here
originally in 1939 to set up the Broken arms, collar bones, and
Swiss handicrafts exhibit at the thighs dampen the fondness of
New York's World Fair. He many newcomers. But, Picard,
switched to the ski business who has skied for 37 years with
when he saw how rapidly Amer- no damage except an occasional
ican interest in the sport was in- bruise, feels the danger of the
creasing. sport has been overrated.
"Twelve years ago there were "Accidents happen because of
only about 100,000 skiers in this two things," he said. "The be
country," he said. "Now there ginner either skies too long it
are at least 2,000,000. And that is always easier to hurt your
docsn't count the kids who ski self when you are tired or else
in the backyards." he tried feats beyond his skill.
Besides selling fancy equip- "The amateur, for example,
ment to movie stars at Sun Val- should never think of jumping,
ley, Picard acts as ski consult- That is only for professionals
ant to a number of department or ski instructors."
machinery but sometimes they
seem to be turning separately
and in different directions. In
brief, the gears do not mesh.
JESSE JONES' RIVAL
It looks like Jesse Jones, long
considered the financial czar and
once an aspiring political czar
of Texas, now has a real rival.
He is Texas Oil Tycoon Glenn
McCarthy of Houston, who re
cently helped mastermind "Sam
Rayburn day."
McCarthy has already built a
swank 15-story hotel in Hous
ton, the Shamrock, and now as
pires to build a new business
center on the outskirts of Hous-
ton. To finance it, McCarthy
Ported in the market for an
RFC loan, and it was consider-
. ' t th,t h. nf hi,
ed significant that he, sent his
plush stratoliner private air
plane to Washington to fly some
officia Housior
"Sam Rayburn day."
Taking the free ride to Texas
for the bie democratic tamboree
weaver, assistant loan manager,
declined an invitation because,
he admitted afterward, "it might
not look right."
Of course, Jesse Jones, when
head of the powerful RFC, did
not hesitate to accept trips In a
private car on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at a time when he
was lending RFC money to that
road. And it will be interesting
to see whether Jesse's rival will
now get a loan from the RFC.
NOTE Democratic political
factions in Houston were split
over the Sam Rayburn celebra-
t'n. While Sam is personally
Popular with all ranks of demo-
"als, political control of the ci-
y has been taken over by the
Truman-labor group, and they
organized ine demonstration ior
Sam. Old guard democrats did
not cooperate. In fact, old guards
Capitol Cop Bill Carter hot-
tnnird over to the house un-
American activities committee
the other day to investigate a
commotion.
The clerks wore in a dither
about a mysterious stranger who
had blubbered incoherently at
them and fled down the hall.
The nustered clerks suspected
he was out ot his head, suggested
he ought to be locked up. So
Carter took after him in hot pur-
sunt
In a moment, the cop caught
up with the stranger and de
manded sternly: "What is you
want?"
Futilelv the stranger made
scribbled a note.
How in the hell do you get
out of this place?" wrote the
mute,
(Copyright 1S49)
stores, designs wall paper for
ski lodges, and has set up a mail
order business for skiers. He
outfitted the U.S. Women's
Olympic ski team last year.
An odd fact: more than 5,
000,000 pairs of ski pants were
sold last year, but only about
half of them ever slid down a
snow-covered hill.
"As many go to non-skiers as
skiers," said Picard. "Mothers
buy them to wear when they
wneel. VeIr DfrD1 n "e P"1
winter. we can uiom me
carriage trade."
Many people try skiing once,
take a bad tumble, and give it
up.
"That is why you should rent
equipment, rather than buy it,
until you are sure you like the
snort." said Picard. "We figure.
BV CLARE BARNES, JR.
White Collar Zoo
9
"Any of you fellers interested in starting a company
bowling
MARION COUNTY RECOLLECTIONS
When Ben Olcott, China Joe
Set the Styles for Salem
By OSWALD WEST
(Gnvernor of Oreron from 1911 U lftlll)
On the occasion of which I write, Ben Olcott and I were em
ployed by the Ladd & Bush bank and at the same modest sal
ary. We found the best of board and a delightful room (which we
jointly occupied) in a semi-private boarding house. We were
jointly out seven dollars a month 1
for the room, and each paid who had dates with the gals,
four-fifty per week for the best
of meals. The two suits, as ordered, ar-
While our earnings and month- rived on the same day Ben's
ly fixed charges were the same, outfit was delivered by the ex
Ben was able to save a little press company at his boarding
money each month how, I do house, and that for China Joe
not know. But, as for me, I to me at Water's cigar store,
couldn't save a nickel. I neither j nad advised the Chinaman
inherited this noble gift nor tnat j na(j a "heep nice" present
picked it up as I travelled the for hilTli and arranged for him
pathway of life. to meet at the cigar store
Ben was a natty dresser. He around 8 p. m. to receive it.
read religiously the men's cloth- olcott and I made short work
ing ads, carried by the different of our dinner. Ben was anxious
eastern magazines, and knew to don his new outfit, and I was
what was what in the make-up
of a well-dresed young man.
With the promise of spring,
and after careful research and
study, he selected a complete
outfit with which he proposed I stripped him of his old
to dazzle the young bucks of clothes and dresed him in the
Salem. new. I kept him in the card
As I recall, the ensemble was room by telling him that I want
as follows: ed Mr. Olcott to see his new
A blue serge suit, straw clothes,
(sailor) hat, graced by a blue
band; shirt and tie of harmon-
izing colors; fancy sox; and
patent leather shoes. In those
days, such shoes could, with
propriety, be donned for
every-day street wear.
The entire outfit was offered
by an eastern men's furnishing
goods house for, as I recall, $27.
When Ben had written a letter
placing his order, attached the
banks Chicago draft in an
amount to cover the purchase dumping the Chinaman's old
price, and dropped his correctly f'o'hes on the trash pile in pass
addresed envelope in the mail '
box, the Devil offered a sugges
tion. The suggestion was to the ef
fect that our small-sized, like
able Chinese janitor,
called
China Joe, should have
simi-
lar spring outfit. So, I proceded
to take up a collection to provide
funds for the purchase. A. N.
Bush and Claud Gatch were the
more liberal contributors.
Thus another Chicago draft,
for $27 was purchased and en
closed with a letter requesting
that the Olcott order of that
date be duplicated (except that
it be made two sizes smaller all
around) and be sent to me, in
care of Geo. Water's cigar store
in Salem.
The young blades of the city
used the front of that store as
a place for after-dinner congre-
gations and it was also used as
a shoving-off place for those
'Wuz We Robbed?'
Bridal Veil, Ore., Dec. 6 VP) Employes at the Union Pa
cific depot wondered today whether to yell: "We wui
robbed."
Someone entered the depot Sunday night and hauled the
safe outside. But he fled with the combination and now no
one can open the safe to see if anything was taken.
Small Boy vs. Phone Operator
Philadelphia, Dec. 6 (IP) The small boy and the telephone
operator had a slight misunderstanding.
She couldn't catch the number he wanted and asked him
to repeat it several times. Finally, he exploded:
"You operators are so dumb."
The operator cut him off.
Fifteen minutes later, a woman's voice inquired If this was
the operator who had cut her nine-year-old son off the line.
The operator replied it was and the woman said-"Just a
minute, please."
"My mother wants me to apologize to you for what I said,"
declared the small boy.
The operator accepted his apology and connected him with
the number he had been trying to get
Final scene a half hour later the small boy and the
operator on the phone again. The small boy speaks:
"My mother just went out of the house. I still think you're
dumb." i
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anxious to get down to the cigar
store to dress China Joe. I found
him on hand and steered him
. into one of the card rooms in th
rear where I had his new gar-
ments cached.
Ben showed up out in front
by 8 o'clock and became the -center
of great interest. The
young blades of the town were
looking him over with a critical
eye. It was then that I sent
China Joe to the front.
His arrival there was greeted
by mixed consternation and de
light. I had taken my departure
through the rear entrance
When Ben fully realized what
had happened, he took' China
Joe by the scuff of the neck and
seat of his pants and steamboat-
ed him into one of Water's card
rooms where he undressed him
leaving mm stark naked.
The clothes he packed back
into the box in which they
came.
He then disappeared through
the alley entrance.
The naked Chinaman yelling
for clothes, could be heard for
blocks. So, I came to his relief
by retrieving his old garments
from the trash pile in the rear,
China Joe, as long as he lived,
was never able to figure out V
what the hell it was all about, f
Neither outfit ever appeared
on the streets of Salem. What
disposition Olcott made of them
was a secret he never disclosed.
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