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4 Salem, Oregon, Friday, December 9, 1949
Not a Lazy Man's Game
Nut growers of the northwest at their 35th annual meet
ing now in session at Portland, have again heard a lot of
good advice from pathologists and horticultural scientists
on the necessity of timely and repeated spraying, fertili
zation and pruning to mature good and disease-free crops.
The same advice goes for fruit-growers of all kinds. The
day of neglected groves and orchards has passed if opera
tions are to be conducted on a profitable basis.
Californians long ago learned these lessons, but Oregon
ians have been slower to realize their necessity, because in
earlier happy-go-lucky days their nut and fruit trees were
comparatively free from infestation and the virgin soil had
not been exhausted. Those days are gone forever. And
the worst of it is that the uncared for trees are a constant
source of infestation from those properly cared for and
ternal vigilance is now the price of success as in almost
any industry.
Bacteria causing blight and other bacterial diseases
spread with lightning rapidity as do some destructive in
sect pests. But there are preventatives for both if taken
in time. Soil deficiency and lack of essential minerals can
also be remedied. Unfavorable weather, such as lack of
moisture and excessive heat problems are more difficult
of solution, but they are with us only occasionally.
The time will come, as it has in some horticultural areas
already, when infested trees must be either cleaned-up or
cut down by the authorities. That is why neither nut nor
fruit trees should be planted in back yards or along street
curbs, for few are cared for by their owners and their
wormy or blighted fruit unfit to eat and good only for
Infecting other trees.
Only the finest quality of fruit or nuts can hold their own
in the markets of the world and create their own demand.
Unless our orchards get scientific care, they had better
be cut down for they are a liability, for markets will van
ish for inferior fruit as they have for some of our once
sought for Oregon products. Horticulture is not a lazy
man's game.
Efforts to Preserve Historical Sites
Another attempt to save a historical building in the
Salem area is being made.
This time it is by David Duniway, state archivist. His
efforts are directed toward preserving the old Holman
building on Commercial street, site of state legislative
activities from 1857 to 1876. He would have the structure
remodeled for civic use.
A small group in the city also Is trying to keep the old
court house building as an example of the architecture of
a past period. The structure has been suggested as a
museum.
There are other historical sites still in existence in Sa
lem. There is the original Jason Lee house or Mission
House, 960 Broadway. It dates back to 1841. There is the
old pioneer cemetery off South Commercial that has arous
ed interest from time to time toward seeing that it is pre
served and kept in good shape.
All of these efforts at preserving bits of the past re
ceive little encouragement, except spasmodically. Every
once in a while one group or another will rally to the cause.
So long as there remain those persons with an interest
in the history of the area and of the state, drives will de
velop to save historic landmarks. Dedicated as these ef
forts are to wescrve history for the future, these drives
are commendable. However, the chances of saving the
past would seem to be better if efforts of groups could
be united on projects.
Someday a museum will be established in Salem. Then
the little personal objects of a historical nature can be
gathered unrlor one roof. Donations to such a historical
museum would be readily forthcoming. Only when enough
interest can b" aroused in such a project, however, will the
drive be rewarded with success. The drive will have to
catch the public's imagination by its dramatic, as well as
historical, qunl'ty.
Menacing "Identical Twins"
Speaking before 3000 American Industrialists at the an
nual meeting in New York of the National Association of
Manufacturers. Cecil Palmer, a lending British publisher,
described the British government's nationalization of in
dustry as a short cut to ruin that may end in communism,
for "where socialism takes hold, even in its mildest form,
communism soon follows with all ils destructive forces."
Palmer called social security "socialism's greatest racket
for it seduces the people into allowing the state to do for
them the very things they should do for themselves." He
called the national health service in Britain an "integral
part of the socialist frame-up."
Socialism, rainier said, was "the proper appellation for
nationalism," and he termed socialism and communism
"identical twins." They have certainly proved so in Eu
rope. Without the financial aid of the United States and
Canada, Britain would surely meet with "unthinkable dis
aster, saved only by "borrowed billions of dollars from
hated capitalistic systems the borrowers are so energet
ically trying to destroy."
Another speaker before the NAM was Raymond Moley,
chief adviser of the late FDR in early days of the New
Deal, who talked on big business. Moley said:
"The trend toward big government, with its tentacles on
every aspect of business, has been a constant enemy of small
business. Large and small business exist side by side with no
real threat to either. Rather, they complement each other in
the complex life of the nation's economy. Big business units
have promoted the general economic welfare. Bigness has
benefitted consumers In scores of lines by providing, at lower
and lower prices, better and better products, and bigness has
been good for labor."
'Fred' Sounded Better to Him
Detroit, Dee. 9 ru.Rl Orange Francis I.nshbrook was Just
plain "Fred" today.
Lashbrook, 32, told the Judge that his name was "very em
barrassing to me, my wife, and our two kids."
"Everyone calls me Fred," he said. "I'd like to make that
my permanent name."
Th sympathetic judge granted his request.
BY BECK
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
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there's a picture of our i
WHEN HE STARTED IN AS A
SAYS HE TOOK CORRESPONDENCE (
AND WENT TO NIGHT SCHOOLS
HE HEADS THE COMPANY. J
COLLE6E AND MAJORED IN BUSH
MANAGEMENT. YET THE BEST ;
THEY'D GIVE ME WAS BEING ,
ACCOUNTANT. WHAT CHANCE I
A FELLOW GOT I
THIS WORLD?
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.ERK. it esmmZpA
1 Jf --lI JEiAl.Y lV4t,T .V.lv7 i I
Congressmen Owe It to
The Country to Be Honest
(Ed. Note Drew Pearson's column today takes the form
of a letter to his daughter, Mrs. George L. Arnold of Los
Angeles.)
By DREW PEARSON
Washington, D. C, Dec. 5, 1949
' DEAR DAUGHTER:
The other day I went down to the trial of Congressman J.
Parnell Thomas and sat in the courtroom while the jury was
being picked. He was there making a show of being unconcerned
and confident, but somehow or other I felt sorry for him. I felt
almost sorry that I had brought out all the stuff about his
kickbacks. '
BY CLARE BARNES, JR.
White Collar Zoo
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Fast Movers
By DON UPJOHN
Looks like quite a marathon contest may be worked out as
to whether Messrs Pinson and Benson, who escaped from the
Oregon State penitentiary some months ago, got around the
country faster and were in more places at once, than the
two escapees from the criminal insane ward at the state
hospital who are
Thomas was a
lot different in
the courtroom
than when he
blustered over
witnesses in his
own un - Ameri
c a n activities
committee. H e
had sent a doz
en or so wit
nesses to Jail
himself chiefly
for refusal to answer questions.
And he had denied them the
right of counsel and had haul
ed them before his committee
from as far away as California
at any time of the day or week
that suited him.
fact, Parnell Thomas used to
collect much more than this
himself as a lecturer; and, as
chairman of the un-American
activities, he was in big demand
a perfectly legitimate way to
increase his income.
Drew Pearaon
picked up the purse on the side
walk while delivering papers.
It was wet and apparently had
been lying there since the eve
ning before. When Teal sadly
came to place an ad in the local
paper to tell of his loss, his ex
pression changed abruptly for
the better when he was told that
James had been in earlier in
the day to run an ad saying that
he had found a wallet.
now being ' '
sought franti
cally hither and
yon. So far the
stick in the re
lay must be
handed to Pin
son and Benson
for the great job
they did of
yielding reports
as to their
w h e r e abouts. a """"
But maybe give the latest es- We hear about all sorts of
capees a little more time and headache remedies advertised
they can do some catching up. over the radio. But we bet as
As a matter of fact the latest far as the Marion county court
escapees didn't seem to move " concerned the best headache
around very fast until there was medicine it's had for many a day
some comment in the papers is announcement that the count
about lack of such reports, and iess thousands of truckloads of
then the reports began coming material for the Detroit dam
in. Mr. Pinson is still among will move up to that location by
the absent while Mr. Benson is railroad rather than by county
back at the old stand. roads' We can visualize that
some of the county roads it was
Still the Best Policy proposed to move the stuff over
Dallas An honest boy made would look as though they'd
a Dallas man very happy, and gone through another winter like
the latter presented the lad with the last one by the time the
a $5 bill. Thus everyone was dam was built.
happy. Reason for Albert Teal's
jubilation was the return of a At any rate, there's no two
wallet containing $268. The smaller places in the country
money had been found by James that have caused more talk than
Bliss, 13-year-old junior high those two in the past few weeks,
school student. James, son of The one's up the canyon, of
Mr. and Mrs. John Bliss, had course.
Noise of Kids Annoy Neighbors
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 8 ) Mr. and Mrs. Rea B. Mosley are
going to court to try to get some peace and quiet from
neighbor kids.
They's filed suit for a temporary injunction against eight
neighbors, all with one or more children. A hearing has been
set for Dec. 28 in district court.
The couple says the children have "destroyed the peace and
quiet of the neighborhood . . . with horns, whistles, cow
bells and especially screaming at the top of their lungs, in a
manner not normal to usual play by said children."
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Might Get Less Yakkity-Yak
If Delegates Lived Like People
By ED CREAGH
iFor Hal Borlel
Now York OPi "The trouble with the United Nations," said
William J. (Boxer) Sheridan, taxi-driver, Brooklyn booster and
student of world affairs, "is limousines.
"I mean those big, long, black, expensive limousines that the
delegates ride in, with the little flag of their country fluttering
on the right front fender, and'
Most Congressmen Don't Cheat
Contrary to general gossip, I
don't think that there are many
congressmen who resort to Par
nell Thomas's cheap and tawdry
way of making money. I pride
myself on knowing ' congress
pretty well, and I am convinced
that the great majority of both
houses are honest, sincere and
have the welfare of their coun
try nrMtv miinti nr Vtoarf Thow
In contrast he now enjoyed recognize that the money al- lAlfCtJ7in'C millKAhl
all the carefully built-up Amer- inrf thom f TOra(i,'u,, MdCKtNLIt 3
ican privileges of a free trial. comes not from their own pock
He was represented by a good cts but from the taxpayers' and
lawyer. He sat before a good that it has to be spent as a pub.
judge, Judge Holtzoff, who was ijc trust.
veiy fair. And he had the right When you look around the
lo exclude certain jurors World today, there are not many
though a witness before his com- democratic legislative bodies
mittee had no right to exclude ieft. ours is one of the few.
any committee members. And sometimes we forget that
Furthermore, the justice de- the rights of the people to gov
partment had given Thomas one em themselves is something
year's delay in his trial, and had your great - grandfathers have
sent him to an army hospital at been fighting for ever since the
government expense to get his 1700 s. And we've got to pre
health completely restored. serve the integrity of what they
So perhaps I shouldn't feel won.
sorry. Nevertheless, as he sat Congress is merely the medi
there, one little guy in the urn by which people exercise the
crowded courtroom facing cer- right to govern themselves,
tain conviction, I did. After Some day I want it to be govern
all, there isn't any fun in send- ing for, with and by my grand
ing a man to jail. son, and in the interim I don't
want a Parnell Thomas or any
one else to destroy its good
name.
Love,
FROM THE OLD MAN.
(Copyright 1949)
r 1
"You tell him this for him and his rush jobs!"
Hundreds of Millions Today
Still Live in the Dark Ages
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
(W) ForelKn Affairs Analyst)
We pride ourselves mightily on our twentieth century civiliza
tion, until along comes some development to remind us that, while
humanity has indeed made fair progress, literally hundreds of
millions still are living in the dark ages.
What set me off on this unhappy line of thought was a news
dispatch i r o m
Morality Between Wars
In retrospect, however, there
are a lot more important consid
erations in our lives and in our
nation than pity and the discom
fiture of one man.
A military commander in time
of war sometimes has to sacri
fice whole companies and regi
ments of fine men in order to
save the rest of his army. And
in peacetime we have to make
an example of one in high po
sition who betrays a public trust
if we are to save our democra
tic system.
Some people forget that our
morality and respect for clean
government between wars is just
as important as our ability to
win wars. If that wasn't so,
then wars wouldn't be worth
winning.
A lot of boys died to defend
our democratic system only four
short years ago; and we are still
spending billions in the cold war
to uphold i(. So if the man at
the head of a committee sup
posed to be an example of good
Americanism practices cheap,
tawdry and illegal Americanism,
then I suppose I should not, in
a weak moment, feel sorry for
him.
However, I couldn't help
thinking of some of these things
as I sat in the courtroom.
Johannesb u r g,
South Africa,
saying that rit
ual murders in
Basutoland are
presenting the
British authori
ties with a dif
ficult problem
in African ad
ministra t i o n.
And Basuto
land isn't the
DeWMt Mackenil.
where primitive practices are
found.
Now if that were the whole
story we might dismiss it as a
hangover peculiar to Africa. But
the fact is that in many other
countries, of both hemispheres,
one finds astonishing examples
of barbarism and even savagery.
I've encountered a lot myself.
Getting back to Basutoland,
the bodies of 293 victims of rit-
Small Boys Share With Jesus
Dayton, O., Dec. 9 ff) The sexton of Christ Episcopal
church in downtown Dayton repeatedly found pieces of hard '
candy, or chocolate bars, or fruit on the church altar.
Who put them there was a mystery to everyone, even Dr.
Phil Porter, the rector. Though a watch was kept, tasty bits
would appear.
One day last week Dr. and Mrs. Porter found two school
boys looking about the church.
"Were you ever on the altar?" Mrs. Porter asked one, a
fourth grader. (The altar is high, and is directly below a
full-length portrait of Jesus.)
"Yes," he replied shyly. "My friend and I were." His com
panion was a first grader.
"We come to church and kneel before the chancel to say
our prayers. Then we give our offerings to Jesus," he said.
"We want to share what we have with him."
Mrs. Porter explained offerings are used to teach people
about Jesus. And besides, she pointed out, candy is perishable.
Next day Dr. Porter found a nickel on the church altar.
Truman Regards Eisenhower
As Contender for Presidency
only part of the dark continent ual murder have been found by
police in the past seven years.
And there is reason to believe
that twice as many cases have
gone undiscovered. The gold
coast is another area where this
horror still persists.
These present day ritual mur
ders in Africa frequently con
sist ot cutting ine vicum xo
pieces while he still is alive. The
sacrifice is made to ward off evils
un"S iw. ...
that sense are religious.
And, of course, such practices
aren't confined to Africa.
Voodooism involving human
sacrifices, is found in some isolat
ed parts of the West Indies, and
other rites involving the taking
of human life are carried out in
primitive parts of the Far East.
Much more common than the
horrors of ritual murders are
practices involving the super
natural, and I have encountered
these in many parts of the world.
For instance, a lot of weird be
liefs center in the Hindu Sadhus,
or spirit doctors, who are found
not only in the Orient but in
the West Indies.
I ran into some amazing ex-
"You mean," I said, "that a
diplomat runs the risk of losing
the common touch ?"
"Right on the button pal. All
by himself in the back scat of
a limousine, a guy is a big shot.
He's got to think in big terms
i.uuuics. i ini'ini, nicy iiitve , . ., .
Position to uphold, a 'certain- ' ' the"
the liveried chauffeur, and the
white-wall tires.
"Arrrrrh!"
"Well," I said, "you could
hardly expect such distinguish
ed foreign visitors lo ride in
jalopies. I mean, llicy have a
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
Key West. Fla., Dec. 9 (IP) Intimates said today that President amDles of these soirit doctors in
Truman regards General Dwight D. Eisenhower as an active can- Trinidad a few years ago.' They
M.u Hrv A.,m,.ij didate for the presidency. operated in secret in the jungle
How Bryan Augmented Salary Thcy added ,hat he regards Eisenhower's recent "hot dogs districts, because the police were
Thomas's excuse, of course, is an(i beer" speech as part of the former chief of staff's buildup hunting them, but I managed to
that he had to augment his con- for the republican presidential vjsit some of them through the
gressman's salary. But there can nomination. Not even the closest day-to- assjstance of an Indian college
be no excuse for helping soldiers in a rccent speech in New dav conferees of the president professor who believed in them,
escape combat duty in wartime York Eisenn0Wer said that a can say whether he will seek the These Sadhus treat disease
and then collecting cash from t m Americans have lost nomination again in 1952. They with incantations. They drive
heir parents afterward. Nor lncir traditional respect for the afe m agreement only in that out evil spirits which are plagu-
is there any excuse for putting ....... ., j thev feel he has not made a de- ! fu, ti,o innt,. a;.
vuiue aui mini, aim .iiui-fv-ii- , - ....v....
don't mean anything.
"Oknv nut Ihic snmn r,n
Arrrrrh!" The gray hair on n, .i. c,,,j ,,',, .
with guys who are worried about
the grocery bill, the Dodgers,
their bosses. How are his big,
ah dignity, a "
"Arrrrrh!" The
the back of the Boxer's neck
bristled. "Position. Dignity
That's just the trouble.
"If I hud my way, your fine flowery speeches going to sound
delegates would ride to and from to him then?
their great meetings on tbc sub-
way, chork-by-jowl with the rest "I'd go farther. I'd take these
of us. Yes, and at rush hour, delegates out of their fancy ho-
too, all piled In together like tel suites and put them up, say,
clothespins in a basket. in a fleabag over on Eighth ave-
"Then," said Boxer, shifting nue. I'd snatch the seven-course
his vocal gears into high, "may- dinners right out from under
be some of that hifaultin' non- their noses and show them the
sense about 'national sovereign- way to the automat,
ty' and suchlike would be jig- "Maybe." said Boxer, joyously
gled out of them, and they could crowding a big, black limousine
get down to brass tacks." to the curb, "maybe if these
delegates lived like people thcy
I thought it over while the would start thinking like peo-
cab whizzed through a three- pie. And then we might get
inch gap between two Fifth ave- less yakkity - yak and more
nue buses. peace."
'Tell-lt-to' Gadget Installed
Hollywood, Dec. 9 (IP) An enterprising department store
has installed a wire recording gadget which enables late hour
window shoppers to order merchandise for home delivery
during the Christmas season.
Called a "Tell-ll-to," the device operates 24 hours a day at
two entrances to the Broadway-Hollywood store. A customer
may order through the thing by depositing a quarter which Is
later refunded.
Store officials said the only other machines in use in tha
Vnitod States are at San Francisco's emporium and at Macy's
In New l'ork.
a charwoman and a girl who
never came near the office on
the secretarial payroll and then
pocketing the money. It's bad
enough putting a wife, a daughter-in-law
and a bedridden aunt
on the payroll.
I can sympathize with the
problem of our public servants
in making some extra money,
but there are other ways of
"illu-
dence and are seeking the
sion called security."
He added:
'We want to wear fine shirts,
cision and wants to await aevel- aster against your enemy for
opments in me monins aneaa. cash consideration, of course.
Most of them tell reporters i was told by educated folk that
that he has been more than a these things actually work,
liftlo nnnporn Kr TTtCi3r.Vift7i,e 4 L ...... L. 1 1. n i
havo raviar and chamnaene ; - U1UUB yvu can t uiuve H oy me.
hn J, .hn..iH h .atinB hot recent speeches, in wmcn tne The entire district where
X. .,,.1 general has appeared to line up found the Sadhus was reekiwi
s , . wlth former Secretary of State with the supernatural. Not on
... , James F. Byrnes in criticism of the doctors but every native
ine president, lnumaies, ne the Truman "Fair Deal." talked with was wrapped up in
continued, will answer Eisen- ... Ghosts. evil SDirits anri ri
making it. t remember when ' state tne uiuuu ine president, it was made spirits were all over the place.
William Jennings Bryan was message to congress in January, clear here, is drafting a "state of ...
Secretary of State. Your Grand- Charles G. Ross, the presi- the union" message which will Here is one typical story I
father Pearson invited him to dent's press secretary, said that reiterate his demands for a "fair was told:
speak on the Swarthmore Chau- speech will "fully expound the deal' program. It will empha- The father of several sons had
tauquas which were then in president's philosophies of gov- sjze the very proposals at which enemies whom he wished to pun-
niaryiana, Virginia ana fennsyi- eiiniieiu. tisennower ana Byrnes are ai- isn. He oeiievea and it was
vania, not far from Washington. noss wouia not even aiscuss recting their ammunition.
Bryan, not a wealthy man, ac- recent speeches of Eisenhower, The president, it was disclos-
cepted, and filled about twenty now president of Columbia uni- edi wm renew his insistence
speaking engagements at $250 versity. upon passage of:
each. Your fathei was a tent 1. His civil rights program,
crew boy at the time and used Mr. Truman's long-time feel- 3. A liberalized displaced per-
to carry water for "The Great ing of admiration for Eisenhow- sons bill.
Commoner." I remember that er as an army man and a builder 3. A national health program,
for most lecturers, I only sup- of morale was emphasized by 4. Legislation expanding so
plied a bucket and dipper, but those who are close to him. cial security benefits,
for Bryan I borrowed a glass But these same persons say 5. The Brannan farm program.
pncner. the president regards the ex-sol- These and other fair deal pro-
le.
common belief that if you bury
a body face downward, its spirit
will return ana start lashing
people with a whip. He desired
a spirit he could control and so
he killed one of his sons and
buried him face down.
The boy's spirit came back
all right and started to lash out,
but it got out of the father's con
trol. The result was that the
spirit was visiting the old home
Well, the Republican news- dier turned educator as strictly posals have drawn the ire of da'ly and flogging the father,
papers let out a terrific howl an amateur at politics,
not aooui ine oucKei ana nipper
but about the Secretary of State
appearing on the same platform
with Tyrolean Alpine yodelors,
which was not exactly true.
However, I still think it was a
good idea for the smaller towns
of the U.S.A., which seldom see
a secretary of state in person,
to learn about our foreign af
fairs from the man who runs
them.
And compared with the lec
ture fees of today. Bryan's $250
lecture wai chicken feed. In
both Byrnes and Eisenhower.
Wife's Face as Painter's Pallette
Milwaukee, Dec. 9 (UP.) A Milwaukee wife says she's will
ing to forgive and forget if her husband promises not to use
her face as a painter's palette.
With traces of white paint in her hair, Mrs. Dorothy Grace,
22, came before Judge Harvey Neelen here and charged that
her husband James slapped paint in her face.
She said the incident occurred when she asked him to stop
painting woodwork. He had been drinking, she explained,
and she feared he'd splatter the walls.
Mrs. Grace said she planned divorce action. But she
agreed to give her husband another chance.
mother and other sons unmerci
fully. This, mind you, was a
"fact" and "common knowl
edge," so I was told.
So the stories went dozens of
them. And I encountered these
things not only in the West In
dies but in the Far East where
the lives of untold millions are
controlled by the spirit doctors.
Actually many of these Sadhugt,
are men of much ability and
considerable learning.
Do they believe what they
teach? I think some of them
undoubtedly do.