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Capital A-JournaT ;s uu An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publisher Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Wanr Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press and The United Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this paper and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATESi Br Carrier: Weekly, 25c; Monthly, $1.00; One Tear, $12.00. By Mail in Oregon: Monthly, 75c; 8 Mos., $4.00; One Year, $8.00. V. S. Outside Oregon: Monthly, $1.00: 8 Mos., $6.00; Tear. $12. 4 Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 13, 1950 An Ambitious Program for Salem Next week Salem Chamber of Commerce directors will consider a nine-point program for 1950. Those nine points describe well the problems facing the community. The nine points are worth reviewing: Pninf. ntia la t-Tna annAnvatrinr, rf Yin... 1tainnnn 4- 1 tn in Salem, with emphasis on the selection of firms specially POOR MAN S PHILOSOPHER aaaptea to tne community. The need for year-round em ployment here is obvious from the seasonal unemployment figures. Point two is a highway and traffic program that will push completion of a bridge across the Willamette river, will improve the northern entrance to the city by a four- lane highway, will put in a new road between Mill City WRUNNIN6 ALON6... fT 73 fivTZJi, ' BSIJ0N6 to a Jm "i I LADIES' MAN. K-1 fflMI V Friday the 13th-Superstition Is Reverse Side of Faith By HAL BOYLE New York, VP) This is Friday the 13th, and if anything un- MoV,,,m aA :n ci . i,;i ti. new ork, m- r." "j VT ' " " " " '"a"""' "ul"' lucky happens to you blame it on superstition. People have been doing it for centuries, and they will prob ably keep on doing it. Superstition is the reverse of faith the lazy man's way of WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND John Maragon Linked With Gambling Czar Frank Costello (Ed. Note This is the first of a series of columns by Drew Pearson giving the inside on the nation's far-flung gambling rackets and how they influence government). By DREW PEARSON Washington Four years ago I may have contributed to a mur der in Chicago. This series of columns, therefore, is written as my contribution toward cleaning up an ever-widening area of big-city government in which such murders flourish. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee has wisely put his finger on this menace in The man murdered was James Regan, former associate of the late Moe Annenberg, who took over Annenberg's racing wire when Moe was sent to the Lewis burg, Pa., penitentiary for income-tax evasion by Frank Mur phy. This is the telegraph wire which carries the race track results to all bookmakers, and without it no bookie can suc cessfully operate. Havine" inherited the Annen- xon; men DacKea away irom it berg bookie wire, Regan sudden- as if they had stepped on a iy found himself with a new rattlesnake. partner. The Jake Guzik syn- This clue was a statement by dicate of Chicago, inheritors of John Maragon, now under in- the old Capone gang, had moved dictment, that he had worked in. Not only did Regan find for a man named Kastell. "Dan- himself with a partner, but dy Phil" Kastell, an alumnus of shortly thereafter he found that Atlanta penitentiary and asso- he wasn't even a partner him- ciate of murdered gangleader self. The syndicate had taken Arnold Rothstein, is the long- over. time partner of the current king of the gamblers, Frankie Cos- BY CLARE BARNES, JR. White Collar Zoo his proposed probe of inter state gambling rackets. And last summer, Sen. Clyde Ho ey's investigat ing committee unear t h e d an important clue linking the gambling rack et to Washing- Bar i ' if A Draw Patriot! toward Portland. On the latter point the Chamber notes that it favors improving the Wilsonville cut-off. The Capital Journal still believes a four-lane road north to Oregon City is best, keeping out of since more or Marion countv would benefit bv such a trouble, iaith highway than by the Wilsonville cut-off and a two-lane requires acts of stretch north of the proposed cut-off would leave merely posmve gooa io a bottleneck. But any widening of the road to Portland ta'n the favor would be an improvement, so which-ever stretch got ap- 0rShjpr bu t proval would be helpful. superstiti o n s n or point Three, the UhamDer has Been asked to do are the opposite something about off-street parking. This problem cant They usually be neglected any longer if the city is to continue to grow, are attempts to And there's no doubt the citv will crow, so the Chamber buy off the dev miisf. Tnnlfp a definite ntflrt nn this nrnhlem hefnre the at a lw Price year is half-way along. These first three points were advocated for the Cham ber's attention several months ago by the Capital Journal as the basis for the Chamber's program for this year. The five other poinnts are these: Continued improve ment of the airport development program. Continued support for the Willamette valley project. Encourage ment to a Salem park program. Assistance to the trans ient labor camp program. Backing for Salem's long-range planning. Development of Salem's tourist qualities. This is an ambitious list. Hut the (Jhamoer can t snnnk 1 1 if I 1 mj'O. f V, klo,v,n wViinV, ,., mitto ; ,,- m-mrrpm now QeeP'y supersuuon is worn- "um V V"v. - ed lnt0 the fabric of their daily The points which are not accomplished this year will return liveg to haunt the community in more aggravated form next vhy, for instance, do you dec year, orate your home with evergreen The program should be adopted next week. The cham- branches at Christmas? Well, ber has an onportunity with these nine points, with empha- the custom springs from an an sis on the first three, to make a record for itself and do cient fertility rite an appeal Salem and Marion county a service. Retiring President to bless the house with more Harland deserves credit for outlining these objectives for children. j. Everyone, consciously or un- tne year. .... ... consciously, observes some ritu- Ju acuuuiiwiljj oil meats jjuima iiv tiio cnu wj. "... be interesting. doing it. It doesn't take much time. And who can tell for sure that it doesn't ward away dan ger? Many people, particularly wo men, have a superstitious be lief in astrologers and other fortune tellers. One astrologer told me of a famous business man who never made an im portant decision until she had panHprpfl nt fVip etara fni liim Dy some smaii Superstitious fears often bring ; . , about their own fulfillment. But since civilized man re- . , . , , . . . . . , ,h This was true in the last war of mains a lazy animal, superstl- . . , '. . ,' , w i,i many soldiers who developed a tion still thrives in his heart . f . , side-by-side with faith. He tries fivicUon they would be killed to work both sides of the street m battle. Erme Pyle got th.s -to please God and placate the (Kee"nf. ter "viving many devil. battlefields. "I think my luck is running People who say they aren't out," he said. And it did. But superstitious simply don't know ln many case death came be- This was the story which Re- n imfnlHarl Ia iUir. ...-it.- i ie"0 and k,?m,Hf,!is' the great detail in a Chicago hotel ("T " " m me spring of 1948. He told or. ld- . , A . how Pete Locivella was gam It had long been suspected by bling dictator in Detroit, how those who have carefully watch- Dan Corotello of the Sicilian ed the peculiar operations of societ dominated Chicago, how John Maragon and his amazing territory was divided between entre at the White House, that gangsterSi how it was im im Maragon was linked to Frankie ble for a' ni ht club or tve PkS li0- 1 W3S- ufu suspeucted to operate without buying ice that Mnrndnn WlllVf hgva hoan . . . G tvZ t.ZlTJi C. ,f,ui C V? 7 ii CUDes. towels and beer, renting Wife who keeps dropping into the office SOCIALISM ON HIGH England Gives Security from Womb to Tomb; Cost Great Editor's Note: Prime Minister Clement R. Attle annoue ed Tuesday night that a general election will be held ln Great Britain on Feb. 23. In that election, British socialism will be on trial. In the following dispatch, a member of the United Press cables staf! who was assigned to London during most of tht labor government's five years in power tells how Attlee and and his colleagues have changed the whole British way of life. By HOMER JENKS (United Preu Stiff Corrupondenfc) Britain has had five years of socialism, and never again will be the same. Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee and his labor government slot machines and hiring bar- have changed irrevocably the British way of life. Not even a conservative victory in this year s general election will bring back the pre-war Britain. Tt v,. Vioon five-vear revo- an annual tax of $504. H he al of superstition. Once, en tering his' hotel room to inter view Primo Camera, I took off my hat and coat and tossed them on the bed. "Don't do that!" he exclaimed. "Don't you know it's unlucky to throw a hat on a hotel bed?" My own pet superstition is to knock three times on wood when I don't want something drinks them quickly. U. S. Foreign Policy in the Far East In his declaration of American foreign policy toward the Far East, Secretary of State Acheson stated that Russia is in process of taking over 2,000,000 square miles of north ern Chinese territory, including Manchuria, Outer Mon golia, Inner Mongolia and Sinking, consisting of nearly half of China's 4,314,097 square miles and annexing it to the Soviet empire. The incorporation of these areas into the USSR would POD lnina oi ncn agricultural ami niuuau'iai mnus aim gesture i know it. But I've make its economic rehabilitation totally dependent upon been doing it since I was a child Russia. Acheson asserted that the United States considers and I'm going to go right on the four countries to be integral parts ot China, inis Soviet procedure was to be expected as part of Russian im perialism's program since the days of Ivan the Terrible, now the avowed and inflexible aggressive policy of the Kremlin. cause, feeling they no longer had a chance of returning alive, soldiers grew despondent and careless. The most superstitious classes today probably are show people and horse players. Beggars make a good living by hanging out in theatrical dis tricts, knowing that most en tertainers won't pass them with out tossing them a coin for luck. And confirmed horse bettors will follow their favorite supersti tions right into bankruptcy courts. My wife, Frances, has a life long superstition I wish would come true. Whenever bubbles form as she pours herself a cup of tea, she carefully gathers the bubbles with a spoon and to happen. No one has to tell me that it is a silly and useless ' she "It means a lot of money, says stubbornly. However, I still have to go to work. And that's no superstition. poured campaign contributions tenders through the old Capone m to Mai. Gen. Harry Vaughan. syndicate. Republicans Persist J; . t.i i i , Gambling MonoDnlle theVefoPe, , thai Dets" on The. not only had lution, albeit a peaceful one earned $ 8,000 he would pay Sen. Hoey's committee backed "e ln for gMing, but they Probably in no similar period f "'"J' ,A ,(f. m"" ,e.arn'n away from this and had it not had set up an emPire control- in British history has the whole Je same salaries would pay been !for the persistent Tof GOP ling every activity connected basis of the nation's life been $743 and $17,957, respectively. Sen. Karl Mundt of South Da- WIth the nignt club tavern or altered so completely. Then there are special pay- kota, the links between Costello, beer hal1 busins. It was a The sociaiists have brought roll deductions of up to 70 cents Hells and Maragon might never monPoIy m tightly run than the individual Briton unparal- a week for every worker to have been exposed. Republican anv.thlng ever conceived by big leled security from womb to helP PaV the cost of the national senators also developed the sig- buslness' tomb. But they have made health, insurance and assistance nificant acknowledgment from Returning to Washington, I him pay for it with the heaviest Plans sale taxes ranging from General Vaughan that Helis had Pced the facts before Attorney taxes in the western world and 33 to 100 percent, inheritance contributed money to Democrat- General Tom Clark and J. Ed- hemmed him in with restric- taxes ranging from 1 to ,75 per ic political campaigns. gar Hoover. tions hitherto unknown in these c.ent. and assorted taxes on beer, Now, government is not sup- Jack Regan, I told them, knew enlightened days outside total- llq"0F ana entertainment, posed to have even the remotest where all the bodies were buried itarian countries. This high taxation, along with links with gambling. But when in Chicago gangsterdom for ... the welfare state program and a gambling syndicate contri- years back, and he had promised The benevolent government Wtr". bul " fjTu" butes $20,000 to the campaign of to cooperate. ,nterests itSelf in the citizen even b"ck ZlTtlT towl th." a Florida sheriff who gets a sal- And he did. The justice de- before birth. If a prospective ""ialtat mil of eouaHW aJVfT?nly ' when Big partment assigned 12 FBI men mother works to help balance "Cni of S with BUI Lias, the Wheeling race to act on the tips Regan gave the family budget, she gets $5 nat inc. abo4 $420 a vear track operator contributes $35,- them, and for a time it looked a week for 13 weeks-including 1"m e a aJSL .Tn 000 to an earlier campaign of as if Chicago gangland was ln before and after the birth. Sh. , "SIinta M4 toM Lee Spillers, now U.S. attorney for a cleanup. gets an additional $11.20 as a 9' ;t '8noeaf "J!. , tan", Hfluft Siln'i BUt SUdde"ly' with"? ae syndicate, can exert powerful had told me that he probably A non-working housewife al- taxes of $2800 or more ha. Muencrwith ow citv Severn WI!ld, be shot' and had hired so gets a grant cf $U !!0' plu droPPed 25 per cent. Fewer ments a bodyrd to be with him $2.80 a week for four weeks. than 900 persons now earn moro It Is said bv some that tha nlght and day But dving home No mother, and indeed no than $11,000 a year after taxes, Pendergast machine and bie-citv one afternon. his car stopped Briton, need worry about doctor and there are only 45 who earn poimcs have now moted info th for a red light' Alon8side him, 0r hospital bills. Under the more than $17,000. WWta House Wr t L 5 ?h!tei.'lMP "nlrovrtl national health umnist does not altogether aeree bIe tr1k' and from under tne plan, all medical care at home For the first time in any with this for reasons to be S" 3 V0!ley ?f gunfire- or in the hospital is free. Moth- democratic country, the govern- shown later yet it is true that gan crumPled in his seat. ers also get free orange juice ment also has assumed the pow- when Frankie Costello contrnU f egan' "Owever, did not die. from the government for their er to tell workers what jobs 7 W)0m2(WO T gambling bus ! Fake" the spital he fought babies. they must take. The unem- ness he can afford to spend a month dragged The government also insures ployed or those wishing to fortune electing men whom he by a?d P" enjed out of the all Britons for unemployment, change their jobs must go to . --""s men wxtuni no woofls. Then snddpnlv h waa -i ri i i i , can Influence. ' Acheson outlined a three-point strategy for blocking and future reversing, the spread of Russian communism in Asia, aimed at bolstering non-communist nation's in south eastern Asia to eventually drive a wedge between China and Russia and holding America's own western Pacific defense line, which does not include Formosa. - ., . . . ... iitfj.i la ' t mat s ine one uuuu wiiilii sii On this Russian aggression and the belief that Asia is . ,. , , ,,,. Tr f caught up in a great revolutionary foment, Acheson out- conKress tnis week. lined three lines of strategy for dealing with the situation, Tne st of the cold war, big summarized as follows: as it is. is cheaper, of course, 1. To promote the growth of nationalism and help satisfy the than a shooting war. That would desire for economic betterment in the countries of southeast cost far more, plus blood. Asia as the best way of preventing them from going communist. There's no certainty only 2. To exploit the conflict between Chinese national interests 'hope that the cost of the cold even under communist rule, and what Acneson cnuea Kussian war vv ill decrease. Cold War With Reds Costing Taxpayers Too Much Money By JAMES MARLOW Washington, Jan. 13 VP) The cold war with communism is cost ing you plenty. If it weren't for that, this country's spending and your taxes to cover the spending would be away down. That's the one point which stands out above all others in the " uuuemjr ire injury, sicKness ana retirement, government employment ex- aeaa' Every widow gets a pension for changes. If they refuse to take A tube of mercury was found up to 13 weeks if she is under one of the several jobs offered claims to be a man of peace 'IL L j , V 5 Ju 'ei"s UI age; " olaer. 5ne '". me government can line other gangsters reaching for the there nobody knew. But the gets it for the rest of her life, them and send them to jail, uuici gauBMers, reacning ior tne aar,esteTS Dt Chicasn am Tinwpr- A-J ... - ht ,i an ucai.ii, liic gvvcillllicill. muicuvei, Hie 3UC1HUSI gOV- contributes 56 toward his hnr- prnmpni hn sm7ri nnrnorehin Not only have they ways of jal expenses. the nation's coal mines, rail- getting inside hospitals, but they . . . ways, airlines, bus lines, road This was how the murder took i , ' '"""",s msme 10 support this gigantic wel- transport, cable companies, gas place in Chicago for which I "ue"'11 uovwmiieiu, as we s idu fare program, the government and power plants and the Bank may have been nartlv responsi- lul,lu,! tolu"'"a UI uua taxes all incomes over $378 a of England. ble. Murder in Chicago And though Costello rnlrion nrnfit. nt " T"" ul v-iiu.su ie yowei- .1.1 J .u: " . . , " fui. 1.11111B oiiu tne race tracK, nave not hesitated to steal, kidnap, nrjack and murder. (Copyright 1950) Imperialism in North China. 3. To hold indcf.n.tely the American aense line in ine wesi- keeping the u s in t,e red. It's ern i-aci c oasea on .iiiuiiu. ine nyim.vii i.iiniinr, nun mc ump- u i , rr,. iui J 1.. J 11,. Ilil.J Hlolo. rfnloi-. WBiluiiiB mule iiinu lis mmiiic, i" j i. il.'L j.. . i !-'- .tin, . n.nnn i.nniv more than it collects in taxes UlllieU IU IVCp uiril-usc luiws in ui,iim tyvi, n...i " pnv. "V' Suppose you were they. You see the U.S., your only great op ponent, rich and well able to make terrible war right now. You're not ready for a great war at least, not yet. In time, maybe, you will be. Since right It's the cold war mainly that's now you can't fight a shooting war with the U.S., you want to weaken it as much as you can. How do you do it, short of shooting? One nice way is to keep the U.S. jittery, ever on the alert. In this way you keep th U.S. spending billions on de fense or foreign aid, running in- Because of this more ex penses than Income Mr. Tru man figures this year and next will put us another $11 billion readv if we have to go to In this way you force through this arms and aid spend ing the U.S. to operate on a false economy. If the U.S. can't keep this up endlessly, some day it may crash, economically. If that happens, there'll be a world depression, you figure. And the U.S. won't be able to This policy has limitations, Acheson admitted. The United States could not help countries which did not want American aid nor could it help those too weak to make in dcbt effective use ot it, nor coma security guarantees ne (riven It's nice to believe, or hope, lands lying beyond the American western defense line, that as Europe gets back on its to debt year after year, sapping for final reliance of those peoples must be first in their feet, we'll be able to cut down the solid foundations of the eco- own will to resist and in the United Nations. He added : the billions we're pouring into nomy, "The consequences of this Russian attitude and this Russian the Marshall plan, action ln China are perfectly enormous. They are saddling But by the time the Marshall 11 those In China who are proclaiming their loyalty to Moscow Plan Is supposed to end, new and who are allowing themselves to be used as puppets of crises may arise, requiring more Moscow with the most awful responsibility which they must billions in Europe or elsewhere, pay for. Furthermore, these actions of the Russians arc making plainer than any speech or any utterance or any legislation can As for cutting down on na- make throughout all of Asia what the true purposes of the Soviet tional defense which is to keep union are ana wnai ine True tunciion 01 communism na an neni of Russian imperialism is." Things Are Tough, You Say? Warren, O., Jan. IS UR Things are tough, yon say? Read on: Five years ago, a 33-year-old man was stricken with tuberculosis of the spina. He reoovered sufficiently to handle a part-time job. Then hi om down with sugar diabetes. After two more year of enforced Idleness, he went baok to work for three days and eaught a severe cold that bordered oa flu. The man returned to his home here and tried to kill himself With a rifle. The bullet went through his chest, bounced off a rib, pierced a kidney and went through hl back. war or discourage the Russians help its allies, economically. from making war that depends: That will make them a softer It depends on whether, for in- touch for an overthrow by the stance, the Russians somehow communists Inside or outside suddenly and unexpectedly be- those countries. come nice little boys. They show no signs of folding up, particularly now that they can use the atom. And communism shows no signs of ceasing its endless push ing. Stopped in Europe, at least temporarily, it found a soft touch ln China and pushed there. It will push where it can. Put yourself in th positions Well, how do you keep th U.S. spending those cold war billions running up debt, living beyond Its means? If you were a Russian, you might figure it this way: Be ugly, be aggressive, push where you can, spread commu nism where you can, short of shooting till you are ready. In short, keep the U.S. spenoV t ih Russian ior a moment, inf M head oft. Willamette Lassies Put Up Snowman Pal for Circuit Rider Three lovely lasses from Willamette university, across the street from the capitol, crossed over from the campus Thursday to do their bit toward decorating the state house grounds. They built a jaunty snow man, stuck a pipe in his mouth, put a straw hat on his snowy pate and gave him a bouquet of tree leaves to carry. This bit of impromptu sculpture is close to and looks toward E. Phimister Proctor's statue of the Circuit Rider. Wonder if the Willamette lasses know how fitting this tribute to the Circuit Rider is? The statue was "Presented to the state of Oregon in reverent and grateful remembrance of Robert Booth, pioneer minister of the Oregon country, by his son, Robert A. Booth." Robert A. Booth, Lane county lumberman, was one of the principal financial supporters of Willamette university. OPEN FORUM Bus Service in Salem To the Editor: I've lived and worked in several large and small cities and towns in several states. And Salem is just about tops. It has wide, clean streets, nice buildings, pleasant people, etc. But why in Heaven's name haven't they got a bus service. Salem is about 10 years behind in transportation. The people stand huddled together like sheep on Commercial street Lots of people go to work at 8 without any covering. Some o'clock. The busses are late plen busses run about every two ty . . . JOHN COOPER, hours. Salem. Dr. Townsend's Birthday Friday ' To the Editor: Again on January 13th many thousands of an nuitants will celebrate the 83rd birthday of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, known as the father of old-age pensions. Due to his untiring efforts many are receiving pensions that otherwise would be eking out a miserable existence in soma poor house. Also due to his ef- : forts, especially in Colorado, otherwise might be unable to with its $83 average monthly even meet their taxes, pension, many merchant are F. K. HASKELL doing a good buaineas, who Wtooma BMoh, Or. year at a basic rate of 40 per If returned to power, the labor cent ana a sliding scale of sur- government intends to nation taxes, alize similarly Britain's steel, A married man with two chil- shipbuilding, cement and other dren earning $2800 a years pays industries. CapitalJJournal Tnnle MnrtP Joo Matty Amww Boys 4j for In 1944 Johnny, a" 4-year-old Pittsburgh youngster, Innocently wished for "a grandma and grandpa, like other boys." His father and mother, their own par ents dead, advas&sed for a couple to pla th part for Christjjka. They received so ftany touching offers thev could not make a choice time. 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