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BY BECK
A Dog's Life
4
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, December 13, 1949
"Crazy About Cheese"
The thrifty Railway Express company which utilizes
its delivery trucks as billboards for commercial advertis
ing;, has aroused considerable comment and some amuse
ment by carrying; what is apparently an enlarged colored
picture of Harry Truman greedily biting a big chunk of
cheese, with the legend, "I'm just crazy about cheese."
If the postsr does not portray the president, it certainly
pictures one of his doubles, for the resemblance is start
lingly similar, expression and all, to the photos snapped of
the executive at the recent army and navy game at Phila
delphia when he was apparently as excited over football
as he is portrayed to be over cheese. It also might be
from a telephoto of his vacation stunts at Key West, Fla.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Henry Wallace Was Godfather
Of Manhattan Atom Project
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Henry Wallace has come in for some vigorous
criticism from this column, but It is only fair to give the real
facts regarding Wallace's connection with atomic energy.
Gen. Leslie Groves stated last week that he withheld most
atomic secrets from Wallace, then vice president, because he was
fearful of leaks. ?
BY CURE BARNES, JR.
White Collar Zoo
But the ironic
fact was that
Wallace proba
b 1 y knew as i
much about:
atomic develop
ment as Groves,,
and in the long I
run was morel
responsible than I
Groves for the
birth of the
atomic bomb.
Here are some facts, now pret
ty well forgotten, which may
give perspective to the present
furore over atomic energy.
Drew Peanon
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Bodes New Era
counters a fresh idea. And for
comfort, he always has his piano,
where he improvises tunes of
his own.
In International affairs, Ein
stein is troubled by the cold war
and its effects of rebuilding Ger
many. As an intellectual, he
does not share the view of po
litical and military experts about
the menace of Russia. He thinks
that a strong Germany offers a
far greater menace and that the
western policy . of rebuilding
Germany as a bastion against
Russia is utter folly.
He doesn't express these views
First proposal to crack the for publication. He tries to keep
atom came from Dr. Einstein in out of public life, and he shuns
a letter delivered to President interviews. He was deeply hurt
Roosevelt by Alexander Sachs V attacks in the press and by
of Lehman Brothers. mail which followed a previous
Einstein reported that he had expression views,
learned via the underground that When a visitor called on him
the Germans were working on recently, he discussed the East
atomic energy and that he be- West conflict, with a dolorous
lieved refugee scientists could shake of his long white hair that
develop it ahead of the Germans, reaches down to his shoulders.
He especially had in mind the But he permitted only one sen
use of atomic energy for the tence to be quoted. Coming from
powering of naval vessels. a man who is himself German,
Followine Einstein's letter. was a Powerful sentence.
lute you. But doggone it, even Roosevelt appointed Henry Wal- The present policy toward
with all your good intentions lace as chairman of a super- Germany, said Einstein, "is the
and wide influence, we doubt secr government board to as- s a m e madness the Western
I ' certain whether the highly spec- powers committed after the last
if even you can pull off a Cham- ulaUve goaJ o atomi(, war
ber of Commerce party with "no was worth the expense o try.
speeches." We bet some dash- ing to develop in wartime. Wal- RACE UNDERSTANDING
ing blade will ruin it for him. lace was picked probably be- While Ku Klux Klan crn;s-
cause he had been in touch with burnings and race troubles of ing for the restoration of private initiative.
some of the leading physicists the south make headlines, the The British conservatives profess to believe that these upsets
Enrico fermi, Leo bzilard, .tin- iesg spectacular acts of good will presage similar
stein and Dr. Harold Urey also below the Mason-Dixon line do disaster for John
because he, himself, was a scien- not- Bull's Socialis-
tist and had been responsible for ,. . . m tic government
as (population 32,000) ' both in the forthcom
white and colored citizens pre- '"g general elec-
sented a new Ford station wagon "u"
By DON UPJOHN
To Roy Harland, well known local attorney about to retire as
president of the Chamber of Commerce, we'll have to raise the
There is no law that we know of penalizing the use of Ilaf wun lnree rous,ns cneer5' el n" arum
the president's portrait for advertising purposes. A little ana even lune "P W1W a tew sPeclal Christmas carois or some
later in the campaign, however, it will be hugely enlarged hine. for Roy has planned something right special. He's going
, ' . .! j. j u:n to have a "rjres-
ana nung in democratic convention nana anu snuwn on uni- ;, v.E'i.i
Imnwla -frtu r.liri.ol n rl.ror-tiain nr withplir. nrntpsr. lllsf. A r J
Stalin's morose features glare from every gathering place noon at th
in Russia or Tito's does in Yugoslavia. chamber with a
Mr. Truman has one advantage over the commie chiefs, list of notable
He can smile, even in portraits, they can't, having no local guests
saving sense of humor. But if we remember, the late FDR present to show
once suppressed a liquor ad depicting a double of his enjoy- his appreciation
ing a highball, the only time on record when he protested f?r the co-opera-personal
publicity. J?.
. .. .. - , , , m his administra-
Then there in the matter of cheese. Does Mr. Truman . Aria
eniov it so that his mouth waters and his eyes bleam as a . . o tioio
denicted on the express wagons? We have no way of nv ho unconfined about it for J. B. (Sneezing) Smith, charg.
knowing, but the chances are he does, as indicated by his the afternoon. He says in his ed with vagrancy, has been tried developing a hybrid corn which
palace favorites, such as Major General Harry H. Vaughan, invitations there'll be good food and tne case dismissed. He is af- increased the nation's crop by
his military aide. Mon Wallcrren. now power boss and fish- and entertainment and that an ,n, K . v,., m,.i, 400.000.000 bushels.
ing pal, and George V. Allen, his palace jester. Perhaps enJoyable time is hoped for all. he has absoluteiy no power over Wallace, after various confer- to wdiuie R Smith crippied The Socialists
he uses Vaughan s deep freeze for cheese. So lar so good. But it., really his vocal orga and , ordinary ences, reported back to FDR that negro athletic coach of the local are saying little
The express company probably has a good alibi, that lor none of these things we conversati0n he intersects the atom" JnerBV was definitely negro hign scnooli and, indeed,
they either didn't know it was Harry Truman that was wi,h lo let the weIkin rin(! for conversation, ne iniersecis tne worth the enormous expense ln honored Coach there isn 1 much
tW th cheese, or that there are so manv men that re- w'Sh to. . ' .. vllest "ves, with no vol.- dollars and manpower. As a J 'ow" !1nrfd ' CE for them to say.
semble the president all over the country, which there are, fy or "lur" l"f "... Uon on his part' and he' claim" resuli' the Manhattan Pie ball teams he has developed, but . As. a ,matter ' """
it couldn't tell the difference and all of them were "crazy he cannot avoid it, do what he Bor. aJso or. the excelIcnt guidance or i act, one
about cheese." Incidentally, cheese deserves the eulogy vauey y. win. ne lurmsnea cenuicaies he is giving the youth of Orange.
nnd we don't blame the cheese makers. phrase, just lour worcs, um umo m sevau uu At Mat t,me UtS- military (Oopyri.ht m)
i, - - '
t - 'i if
A Happy Malady
(50 Years Ago in Pendleton
East Oregonian)
"Things aren't the way they used to be around this office."
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Will Britain Follow Aussies
In Dumping Socialist Gov't
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
UJPI Foreign AflalrA Analyst)
Britain's conservatives naturally are jubilant over the outcome
of the New Zealand and Australian elections which have evicted
their socialist governments and replaced them with regimes call-
i I
it's one little
phrase, just four words, that from physicians ol several cities At that time, U.S. military
cause such a heart thrill. He ' lne aumenucny oi nis leaders were not enthusiastic.
says, "There1
KT 11. 1 J
..... ,.... . - anything to detract from the
in the long history of our Cham- Perhaps it's essential that new immediate winnine of the war
leader Winston Churchill or So
cialist Prime Minister Attlee
would be willing to bet his right
arm that he can correctly in
terpret Britain's prospect on the
strength of the Australian and
New Zealand elections.
This column has pointed out
that there is little similarity be
tween the position of England
and these dominions "down under".
Australia and New Zealand
takes the liberty of doubting are wide open spaces wjth rich
whether either conservative reSources.
11 b no sDeeches " malady- and als0 Proved he was They faced tremendous shortages r . " n i.L-.!-.
e. mark a new era man med no vagrant- of materiel and did not want DOC OfS GVe PareiltS CJOCe
For Boy, 2: Death or Blindness
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 13 (U.R) Little Dean Ault happily awaited
Don't Overlook CARE for Christmas
The pre-Christmas season is the time to remember the
Z liZol deSe do yo nile to Commerce and may the gul.tlon. laid down for our General Marshall, then chief of
brighten their gloomy existence and aid in rehabilitation, boys be of good cheer and great tocri taxi cab driver as was staff, went along with the idea,
This chance is offered by "CARE," the letters standing hope at this glad Christmas time. lwnvhp thP whni. vtm u. !f "i i?L. .m!rve, ' the arrival of a spaniel puppy today unaware that his parents
for the Co-oneration for American Remittance to Europe, If this is a slogan that could be has been a little too lax, or some- cai '
f i i ii. r i"i i : . . i - I. .. I. .. 1 P . . i - . i .... ... ,
inc., wnicn is now in its 111 in winter 01 upcx-unun uh ucimu picKea up oy service ciuos, et tning. isut at any rate, one laci
of the destitutes in countries overseas.
cetera, "There'll be food and en- remains. There s a lot of the of the brass hatg considered tne telegraphed the Ault's that he had diagnosed the boy's eye lands wnence they came-
malignant tu- Tne tw0 prosperous domlnions
wish Dean was older 'so Mrs. Aubrey Allison, mother of Jl"
we could sit down, talk to him five children and wife oi a . . . . . .
and get his decision," the dis- Canadian army sergeant living And what is meant by "free
r , . ... . , traught father said. in Montreal, Canada. ..iCip..e t
gmal and '"'"fu' "After all, it's his life we are Robert Gordon Menzies, who
: him." We haven t given up nope was Australia's prime minister
Dot-tors who exam ned the yet," Dean's latner saia. ' we re irom imv to ii)4l and will be
two-year-old youngster said the trying to get an examination at her new head of government, has
only chance of saving his life is the Elks' eye clinic in Portland, summed it up as one in which
to remove the ye. Ore., now." ambition is encouraged, in which
ripan's cancerous rieht eve "It's an awful hard decision to there are rewards for the cour-
did was taken out nearly two months make. If we have his only eye ageous and the enterprising, in
faced the choice of death or blindness for the cancer-stricken boy.
A world-famous San Francisco eye specialist, Dr. Hans Barkan,
On the other hand, Britain
is small, badly overcrowded and
has few natural resources. She
can't even grow the food to feed
herself. The days are gone when
she could replenish her glittering .
coffers by the simple expedient
of importing raw materials, fab
ricating them and re-exporting
them to the selfsame foreign
"CARE" has perfected and systematized relief work tertainment but no speeches," by oys "e oin to get penalized t project a starry -eved affliction
. , .. , , , hv th .... ium jJiujeci a siarry - eyea
whatever you send, in the way n the hot dogs at a ball game y" 41 a f :. ' dream of a visionary vice presi- mor.
disc will be promptly delivered lhey.d swell their attendance to eSng brothers But it's e'Jer d?nt that Generai Groves was "I
thus.
and eliminated waste, and
of money, food or merchandise.
A ' 1 1 1 - .1 "I" 1 . .. . 11.. X
to tnose designated or it you riiuw ihj one (jcisuiinny, jne busting point,
"CARE" is as its name indicates, a rational organiza
tion, composed of various relief, church and humanitarian
organizations, non-sectarian and non-political, non-governmental
in administration. It has established regional or
state agencies throughout the country to receive-donations,
and depots for distribution over Europe, excepting only
Russia which refuses cooperation. Its great humanitarian
program stems from individual initiative of the Amer
ican people,
Roy, we sa-
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
As Century Nears Half-way
Mark, Where Is It Headed?
picked to command the Manhat
tan project.
Groves, a
ciifjiuccims u..itri, was in me . . , . . . ,,
doghouse because he had built de!dl!1B..for.hu
the Pentagon building, then con
sidered something of a monstros
ity, at considerably more ex
pense than was estimated.
Unquestionably Groves
By HAL BOYLE
New York W) The 20th century reaches the halfway mark ident Wallace. But unquestion
ably also Wallace knew about
The effectiveness of its operations is revealed in its offi- jan lst bu, halfwav in where'
ciillrLnSin lnte in l9i5 has shipped and distnbut- This js one ,he oraces have,t f. d ou, Has it taken man,
ed 9,000,000 packages of food and textiles (94 percent ... . , , .... . ,. .. .
food valued at $88 million, to the needy of Europe and md ?'"r,jr.,1 lh "-but-perfect life, or halfway on the road
Aio Tf h,.v. nt wlmlocnlo ni'ii'Ps atnnU U H atri in turn 'V"'-'B "le J""K":
depots in advnnce and is able to deliver to designees in
record time.
An examplo of its efficiency is revealed by the recent
experience of a Salem citizen. In three weeks from the
time a check for a food package was sent "CARE" from
Salem for a crippled Czech in a remote village in Czechoslo
vakia an airmail letter was received acknowledging, with first 50 yearsi
trracinns niinrocintinn. rerm'nt. of the fond. So there is no are the hardest
red tape about "CARE's" operations. Thcy haovfe Dtn
The standard food parcel may be ordered for $10 from mCeandous prog-'
the Portland committee for CARE, 603 Dekum building, . in mnnJ
and other food and textile packages range m price from wavSt and an B0"
$4 to $7.75. Costs have been reduced through devaluation equal' number of years of prom
wimnoid secrets from Vice Pres- en hut the tumor has attacked removed, all chance for a decent which "there is no foolish doc-
the other. Hie lor mm is gone, were pray- inne 01 equality between the ac-
Dean was oblivious to all this mg that some specialist may una tive and the idle, the intelligent
At 50 the 20th
century has a
few circles un
der its eyes and
undoubtedly it
is hoping, as wc
all do, that the
i it.- y
MB
as much as anyone else high up as ne waited for his new puppy, some way to save his life."
in uie government regaraing tne
progress of the brain child which
he had helped to launch. For he
continued his close contact with
General Marshall and Secretary
of War Stimson; and Wallace's
aides frequently wondered what
lay behind his luncheons with
Marshall and Stimson about
which he refused to talk.
still hasn't found ease of mind.
There aren't enough psychia
trists' couches for the people
who want to lie on them and
tell their troubles.
This is true despite the fact
that money and life seem safer
than they did in 1899, and men
and wnmpn haw mnro ..m-tnintv
of looking forward to an old found themselves on the same
age free of financial worry. slde of the fencc- when military
P.rh.n. (h ...i. i. leadcrs suggested that the Man-
Later Groves and Wallace
of foreign currency.
Portland Pleased Over Highways
One of the reasons given for the selection of T. H. Ban
field, chairman of the state highway commission, as Port
land's First Citizen of 1949 is the highway construction midnight struck, the dancing
ise lie ahead
No century ever dawned in
brighter hope.
Across the land there were
many "century balls" held the , ,he twQ most disastrous
JitM II1K1II UL 1 .-!. 1 1 1.1 w lit il
hattan project be terminated.
This Krr. in iun - inc
ress, the 20th century has done " " " '" K "l i"J
i;.n ... j .i .. when some military leaders ar-
that, despite its material prog-
so little to end the spiritual un
rest that arises from man's
timeless war against himself.
It has seen the world divided
flicts in history, and
con-
it sees
gucd that B-29s could sufficient
ly devastate Germany and Ja
pan without an atomic bomb.
The Manhattan project, by
that time, was secretly scoffed at
Dy some as "Roosevelts two
program since the war. The Oregonian says Banficld's throngs cheered, and women ,econd international eronini? fnr billion dollar boondoggle," and
nl,., m,a nnvl " ' " a war ninartmnnt miinn hoqH.
rtj K.. i i hi i : H
-which 'tglobe lroT eXPTert' T
ter-totter, between old hope and dVc?de whether atomic develop
new xear. ment should bfi slopped or g0
lorward.
Likeable Chap Doesn't Like
What Keeps Happening to Him
Manhattan Beach, Calif., Dec. 13 OT Lloyd Trout? He's
the guy standing under that black cloud. Everything happens
to him. -
Take last Saturday, for instance.
Trout drove up ts a spot called Inspiration Point. Every
state has at least one. But this point is a cliff 350 feet high.
With a buddy, Lloyd looked for his lost driver's license.
A fearsome gale blew up from the ocean.
Both youths got out of the auto together. Suddenly the
car, its doors acting as sails, was snatched by the wind and
whisked over the cliff to the beach below. A total wreck.
And that isn't all.
Two months ago, Trout, a likeable chap of 23, broke his
ankle. Then his wife and son became seriously ill.
He borrowed $400 on the car to pay the doctor bills.
While digging mussels on the beach two days ago, 'he
fell in the ocean. Then he lost the wallet. And lastly, his car.
and dull, frugal and improvi-
aent .
He adds: "We must chose be
tween the ancient British idea
that the government is the serv
ant of the people and the shabby,
defeated continental idea that
we are the servants of the gov
ernment." Has Britain reached an eco
nomic position which forces her
to depart from the dashing days
of -the private initiative upon
which her greatness was built?
The conservatives (referred to
slightingly as "Tories" by their
opponents) emphatically deny
that Rnrrlnnri Viae In. V.A ...Mnu
and maintain that she is cap-1
work in this field alone "has been enough, in itself, to rcc- wept, wondering what the next ondiirino nmw Th iir,ii
ommenn uir. rjaniieia s selection.
Portlandcrs can be pleased with the fabulous roadways
that make the visiting motorists' eyes almost pop because
of the vastness and detail of new highway construction in
that city. But when the motorist leaves Portland, the
thrill of new highway development almost ends.
100 years would bring to them,
their children and their chil
dren's children.
It was a great century that
died that night, for the 19th
As for Salem and Marion county, no bouquets or placques scjentjfjc spjrjt and popular' ed-
lously lacking in nignway development. Only with the sajd KOodbve to the horse and
passing of the first phase of the Baldock traffic plan for hello to the gasoline engine
Salem did this immediate section get any recognition of It was the century that struck
its highway needs Irom the highway commission.
The figures, as the Capital Journal has repeatedly point
ed out, show that Marion county has been a step-child
of the commission through the years. Only with this
Henry Wallace gave our cen- n was General Groves, by
.u.j 'w name win-n ne men emphatically sold on atomi
Ana in a Dig favnr nf (.nntinnotinn lTnnr.
measure it has already lived up secretary Patterson concurred.
By Their Watches Does
Pierre Know His People
New York U-R Pierre Bohy likes to look at women. He looks
at their watches.
Bohy, who is a vice president of the tterna Watch Company,
can be handed out here because this area has been notor- ucatjon. It was the century that ' ccAnt"r-v of he energy, who threw his weight in says he can look at a woman's watch and tell what country she
to that name.
iHlir'T 5! c"s,have EINSTEIN SADDENS
is from.
Or a man, for that matter.
sian hasn't seen
able of recovery.
The Socialists also believe the
country can recover, but by
their acts have demonstrated
that they think the rehabilita
tion must be achieved through
welfare government. That and
development of Britain's colonial
resources.
So the thing simmers down to
the proposition of which theory
of government is right. The Brit
ish voters must decide that at
the next general election. They
must say whether the Socialist
government has Justified its
rlaime in nntin ri -...-...
a new watch ; . wuuuy
The French like extreme, but since the Bolshevik revolution terrl01e economic crisis,
rr ,u ri i .u .
Ull lilt 11-111-13 ..Villi .lie mint. . . ... . . -
, , men helped each other harder .
man, oi.u ...n.ij "". '': killed Mrh nthop mnro off! Man Em
20th century is only carrying '' ed c" ne' father of atomic
II. Wnrm. Amniio tl,om aro " M" liaruiy oe a , . . ,
equal political status for women
not gaudy, watches, he ex- in 1817, so there is no way of IIee laise teeth aren t a com
niainoH "Thev like them en- telling what they would prefer." pletely satisfactory answer to
Old Man Einstein, the god- ornsted with iewels." The trend in America is awav that momentous question. ' More
energy, is hav- The British like round watch- from small, "jewelry watches" to the point is whether there
real century of the common man ing nis house Painted. It needs es. They won't buy square ones.
year's grant of funds for the Baldock plan did the city 2Uri?nJ 'nf the worweTk unlcss " crcatcs for him world moTe than that. It stands, gray
j i: . L..1.....J ............. shortening oi uie worK weeK . . . . . . ... and weatherbeaten. on a resi-
... niinii ti .oil UllllU M 11UIIIC ....
and surrounding area get some belated attention,
There is still so much to be done yet in the way of high
way improvements. Assuming that the Baldock program
is gradually developed as planned, there remains the niti-
fnl stretch of two-lane road north out of the citv toward atom's secret, a power source
Portland that nnnHa wiHeninir. And there is also th had for good or evil more epoch
(rtnh nf rn.it horwppn Mnhnma and Mill Citv. Th lit making than the gasoline engine.
and increase of leisure, and a
rising standard of living.
At the midmark of our present
century is still unlocking the
goes on.
MpHiral srienrp has whiUDcd ft
dozen age-old diseases in the y larewen 10 it in wim
Siam. which buys many
watches, imports large quanti-
for his wife and kids safe from dential street in Princeton, and ties of timepieces with blue
the confused animosity of an- one Pst of the Porch is eaten dials, green numbers, red sweep
other common man in another away at ,he base by an,s or second hands with flecks of yel-
country termites. low. The Siamese like steel
Personally, I feel that still .But the things that make Al- "sgehdave small hand,
u. .u- .1.- bert F.instpin aro mi rolatori Ine Lninese nave smau nanus
nitty in nit- KllillfM iini oi uie - "
20th centurv and women mav to Painting and carpentry. One
for women to larger, accurate is anything for the nippers to
timepieces, ne said. chew on at a reasonable price.
One if by Land . . .
and Chinese men wear women's
is the condition of his invalid watches Bohy said
sister. Another is what is hap-
Pnrflan1 mav hp ivpll antiufipd with iLs hitfhwnv Hpvplnn. o u... i wi...-.... tears of haoniness in
ment. Salem is pleased with the belated start as envision- problems-cancer and heart dis- world. Penm in international affairs,
ed by the Balriock plan, but it feels that there is so much ease kill more than ever. Even as it is, it s the best Hls brown eyes are still bright,
jret to be dons, Man may be healthier, but he darned century I ever lived ln. however, especially when he en-
People in the Middle East
are small and like small watch
es," he continued.
"South Americans like pink
gold watches. The average Rut-
Boston (U.PJ Mrs. Alice Mahoney telephoned to a Boston
newspaper to ask facetiously if the British were coming.
She explained that she could see a single light burning
brightly in the steeple of Old North church. It was there in
1775 that Paul Revere arranged to have his signal lanterns
hung one if by land and two If by sea.
A check on Mrs. Mahoney's query disclosed that the Red
coats were not coming. The light she saw was merely that of
the sexton who had gone to the steeple to wind the big church
clock.