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4 Salem, Ore., Thursday, January 26, 1950
Foreign Affairs Enter Oregon Politics
A report to the people of the Salem area has been a year
ly affair for Senator Wayne Morse. His report before the
Rotary club Wednesday, however, was different from
previous ones.
Instead of bringing his constituents up to date on what
was doing in Washington, he used the occasion to issue
a formal statement on United States foreign policy. Sens
ing the importance of his remarks for future discussion,
Oregon's junior senator read his speech, the first time
he has done that here and unusual for him at any time.
Unfortunately, it wasn't as effective as it would have been
had he given it in his usual extemporaneous manner.
Morse made it plain that he would have no truck with
Isolationist feeling in Oregon. He went so far as to tell
fellow republicans who happened to be in the audience
that he would rather not go back to the senate if the
republicans gave up the bi-partisan foreign policy.
While continuing to uphold the Vandenberg school of
thought that partisan politics end at the water's edge,
Morse did criticize the administration for not making
the bi-partisan foreign policy a two-way street. Too often,
he noted, the democratic administrations had formed for
eign policy without consulting the republican congressional
leaders. He laid the troubles arising from the treaties
made at Cairo, Yalta, and Potsdam to this ignoring of
the principle of bi-partisanship in foreign affairs.
Morse has rightly sensed that a bi-partisan foreign
policy is the only hope for the United States' living up to
its responsibilities as the world's leading nation. The days'
of the 'thirties when this nation was still isolationist
actually disappeared before the 'thirties, although it took
World War II to remind us of that fact. The challenge
of world leadership is so great that only by a uniting of
both major political parties on foreign policy can the
United States meet it. In that connection, Harold Urey,
the atomic physicist, has given the free nations, led by
this country, a maximum of five years in which to prevent
war between democracy and. totalitarianism.
On the matter of United States blunders in China, Morse
was not specific in offering a way out. He did oppose the
use of American troops to help hold Formosa, however.
His views on China, therefore, are at variance with those
of some other republican leaders. Since the Asiatic ques
tion is without a doubt equal in importance to the prob
lem of Germany in Europe, the republicans as a minority
party need to settle their differences, so democrats and
republicans may agree on an approach that will form
the basis of the bi-partisan policy.
Where foreign affairs haven't touched Oregon much
In the past, it looks like Morse's formal talk here yester
day means that those foreign affairs are making a be
lated entrance into state politics. Morse's statement was
fundamental as far as he is concerned. He obviously will
use his statement as the basis for his future statements on
those foreign affairs.
Acheson's Loyalty to Hiss
"Alger Hiss is my friend. I do not give my friendship
lightly. I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss."
This reported remark of Secretary of State Acheson
who was a character witness for Hiss in the perjury trial
in which he was convicted and sentenced to 5 years
prison has stirred up a hornest's nest in congress, and
aroused the wrath of republicans.
North Dakota's Senator Mundt Wednesday directed a
three-hour attack on Hiss, Acheson and administration
foreign policies. A number of others in congress who have
been arguing that the Roosevelt-Truman administrations
have been "soft" to communism, are prepared to follow
the lead of Mundt. On the other hand there is some
admiration on Capitol hill for Acheson based on the theme
of personal loyalty.
The theme of Senator Mundt was thus expressed:
"The important thing is not the manner In which Dean
Acheson permits Hiss to influence the position of his back
the thing that Americans would like to know is how far Dean
Acheson has permitted Hiss to influence his mind."
Senator McCarthy (R.-Wis.) wanted to know whether
Acheson's statement "might be an indication that the
secretary of state is also telling the world that he will
not turn his back on any of the other communists in the
state department." Rep. O'Toole of Brooklyn said: "If
Secretary of State Acheson has been quoted correctly, I
feel that he has done the greatest disservice to due process
of law and the democratic way of life that has ever been
done by any high American public servant."
Acheson's remark was expressed at a news conference
within a few hours of the sentencing of Hiss. With some
emotion the secretary of state told reporters:
"I should like to make it clear to you that whatever the
outcome of any appeal which Mr. Hiss or his lawyers may
take in this case, I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss.
I think every person who has known Alger Hiss or has served
with him at any time has upon his conscience the very serious
task of deciding what his attitude is and what his conduct
should be."
Mundt as a house member served on tho un-American
activities committee which turned up the startling testi
mony of Whittaker Chambers, self-admitted former com
munist spy ring courier. Chambers was the key witness
against Hiss at both his trials. Without this committee,
Mundt said, there would have been "no conviction of Alger
Hiss nor an exposure of the communist-espionage ring in
the government. A whole ocean of red herrings won't
obscure that," referring to President Truman's descrip
tion of the committee investigation as a red herring.
Mundt urged speedy passage of the Mundt-Nixon bill
to outlaw communists so they could be denied federal
jobs and unfaithful workers could be punished. He also
urged the extension of the three-year limit of the present
statute of limitations, which protects men like Hiss.
ing Can Be Done About It Russell 'Needled' Into Offer White Collar Zoo
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Hallie Will Not Be Soon
Forgotten by Her Fans
ByCHRISKOWITZ.Jr.
We don't ' recall ever having heard the late Hallie Parrish
Hinges sing (mainly because her prime was before our time),
but judging from what's been said of Hallie, she warmed the
hearts of hundreds of Oregonians year after year.
Many Salem residents can recall to this day the name of the
Halite
To Compromise Civil Rights
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Georgia's cagey Senator Dick Russell, spokes
man for the southern democrats, announced at a recent closed
door meeting of senate democrats that he was ready to compromise
on civil rights.
Since this is the biggest issue splitting the democratic party,
the statement .
The first leaf is courage, th
second is fight.
The third is our party that's
always right.
No need explaining, the one
remaining
Is Taft that we adore."
Then, eyeing Harrison Spang
ler, the GOP national commit
teeman from Iowa, Bender
switched his tune to "Ioway."
Finished with his singing,
Bender boomed at the republic
an elders: "I'm unorthodox, and
I know it, but sometimes I think
the party's too orthodox."
NOTE Ex- Congressman
Bender rented a small elephant
to pose with a somewhat pained
Taft at the Philadelphia con
vention in 1948.
Drew Pearson
song
sang at a cer
tain reception
50 years ago
. . . How she
was dressed, the lo.
remarks she
made, etc. One
who stands that
vividly in the
memory of the
masses must
have been a true
trouper, indeed, "brii aowiii, jr.
sole and upper is of the exact
type that United States manu
facturers "invented" 12 or 15
years ago.
It wouldn't surprise us a bit
if Russia comes along now and
claims they built shoes like that
600 years ago.
Mrs. Edith Cowden of 2220
Mill street pens a nice letter,
and says "you forgot to write
how it feels to shovel snow."
Tha Dnhft nf Uallia'a vnin. will . . 1 - .
...... ......... Just t0 snow Mrs rjowaen we
remain as long as those who appreciate the letter and the
heard her are alive. suggestion, we'll come out to her
house and shovel off her walks
About 12 or 15 years ago, U.S. as soon as the occasion merits.
shoe
with
manufacturers came up
what they considered a
Thirteen is no unlucky num-
revolutionizing innovation-the ber for Lanny Dibbern, the
placing of a partition between vouthful acr-nrrt
the sole and the upper part of the $50 first prize in the March
shoes.
of Dimes talent show this week.
The sole, not directly attached In Monday's qualifying round,
to the upper, could then be re
placed easier. Serving as
Dibbern was the 13th act to ap
pear on the program. In the
cushion, the partition would also finals the following night, he
ana 10 me comtort or me snoe's also was No. 13 on the program,
wearer. A remarkable inven-
tion, thought the manufacturers. Front-page banner headline on
They wasted no time in putting the Grants Pass Daily Courier
the invention to use. reads "Icy Weather With More
But the idea wasn't so new Snow Due." Just below that is
after all, as evidenced by a shoe a smaller head saying "No Relief
now possessed by Irene Stupfel for Years."
of route 7, box 208. That shoe, We were about ready to rush
worn by Queen Elizabeth in out and buy a decade's supply
1560, contains a very definite of warm clothing when we no
partition between the, sole and ticed the smaller head was over
the upper. The shoe, partition a story on the power situation
and all, was made almost 400 in the Northwest, and the weath
years ago. The section between er story was alongside.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Is Ghost Worse Than Noisy
Neighbors Who Haunt House?
By HAL BOYLE
New York W) There is a classic yarn of a jittery ghost who
went to see a psychiatrist.
"Doc, you've got to do something for me quick I'm a nervous
wreck," complained the spook.
"And what are your symptoms?" asker the psychiatrist.
is consid-t
e r e d signifi
cant. However,
Russell failed
to amplify it, t
and some sena
tors are skepti
cal, since Rus
sell was need
led into his of
fer of com
promise.
What brought
him to his feet was a lecture on
party harmony from Illinois
senator Paul Douglas.
"Remember, party harmony
is a two-way street," Douglas
scolded the southerners.
Citing instances in which
northern democrats had bowed
to the will of their colleagues
from the south, he urged:
"I hope the southerners will
remember this and likewise
give a little."
Russell retorted that the
southerners had been willing to
compromise but "no one wants
to compromise with us." He
then made his offer to come to
terms over civil rights. It was
suggested by other southern
senators afterward that they
would not back down on a fair
employment bill but might pull
in their horns on the anti-lynch-ing
and anti-poll tax bills.
Most of the closed-door meet
ing was spent in a technical dis
cussion of pending legislation
and floor strategy into which,
however, Sen. Clint Anderson
of New Mexico injected the
question of Formosa.
He suggested that the state
department keep the democrats
better informed so they could
answer their republican critics
who, he added, seemed to be
well supplied with speeches on
the subject.
"Every time the republicans
get up, they have a prepared
speech," Anderson complained.
"If they are able to do that on
$l-a-plate dinners, we ought to
be able to get a few speeches
prepared for us on $100-a-plate
dinners."
Except for Ellender of Louis
iana, the attitude of the demo
cratic senators was to support
President Truman's stand on
Formosa. Their view was voic
ed by Senators Russell of Geor
gia and McKellar of Tennessee,
who agreed that the "American
people don't want to go to war
over Formosa."
'UNORTHODOX' BENDER
The republican policy com
mittee, assembled from all over
the country to write a new GOP
policy statement, was stolidly
eating lunch in the Mayflower
hotel.
Across the room, a big, well
dressed man spied the policy
makers. He looked vaguely fa
miliar like a floorwalker at a
swank department store or a
Hollywood director. It was
George Bender, ex-congressman
from Ohio and a Taft booster.
Happily Bender strode across
the room, whispered a few
words to the Mayflower's or
chestra director, Sidney, clear
ed his throat, and roared into
song:
"I'm looking over a 4-leaf
clover that we overlooked
before.
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BRANNAN PULLS FAST ONE
Charley Brannan, the big,
likable secretary of agriculture,
is a guileless looking fellow,
but he pulled a fast play on the
enemies of the Brannan plan.
Secretary Brannan solemnly
announced that surplus pota
toes, which the government
has been buying hand over fist
at $1.08 a bushel, would be giv
en to any nation that wanted
them. This was hailed as the an
swer to the spud problem.
Actually, Brannan was slyly
pointing out the absurdity of
the whole potato price-support
program. For here are the inside
facts.
1. Potatoes are so costly to
transport that no nation will
take them even as a gift.
2. Meanwhile, Uncle Sam
will have to hand out $80,000,
000 to buy an estimated surplus
of 67,000,000 bushels. Of this
mountain of spuds, only a drop
in the bucket 17,000,000 bush
els can be absorbed in school
lunch and welfare programs.
3. The price which Uncle
Sam must pay for surplus Maine
potatoes jumps from $1.55 a
hundred pounds last September
to $2.20 in March, all of which
is why Brannan maintains the
only basic solution for surplus
crops is to let prices drop to ben
efit the consumer and pay a sub
sidy to help the producer.
This is the nub of the Bran
nan plan.
CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES
Philippine Corruption A big
scandal is brewing in the Phil
ippines. The American embassy
reports that millions of dollars
of benefits voted Filipino veter
ans by the U. S. congress is
finding its way into the pockets
of Filipino politicians rather
than war veterans. Ambassador
Cowan has sent a scorching ca
ble to Secretary of State Ache
son urging him to read the riot
act to President Quirino, now
in Johns Hopkins hospital in
Baltimore.
Just Jam American military
police have solved one of the
big mysteries of the month
why so many thousands of east
ern Germans have been crossing
into the western zones and re
turning with a small package.
On investigation, they found
nearly every one of the visitors
was carrying a jar of jam. Reas
on the jam made under Rus
sian supervision in eastern Ger
many is so bad it blackens teeth
for months.
(Coprrllht WS0)
The office manager watches a stenographer ineak
in at nine forty-five
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Stark Tragedy Ahead in China
As Reds Eye Moves South
By DeWITT MacKENZII
(UP! Foreign Affairs Analyst)
Your correspondent has been brooding again over the growing
war of the isms in Asia and finds himself In an unhappy state
of mind.
Maybe it's because I'm just getting over a. nasty attack of
bronchitis, but it's difficult to conjure up much optimism about
the situation inJJ,
I'd like to
discover a burst
of sunshine to
report in this
column, but my
crystal g a z ing
thus far shows
a long spell of
trouble and
grief ahead.
The position
of China, center
of this developing
tragic.
DeWltt Macaeniie
wholesale importation of sup
plies foodstuffs, clothing and
what not.
And where, you ask, could
those supplies come from. Well,
they would have to come mostly
either from Russia or from the
western world, chiefly America.
But in view of the fact that Rus
sia has been calling for food
stuffs for herself from Man
churia, it seems doubtful if Mos
cow could help greatly. And the
western world Is barred by war
conditions, even if the commu-
That sprawling country never nista wanted help from that
has been able to feed its vast source,
population which today totals
""jS ani,n,J!!e It's safe to assume that China'.
npTnW . , A economic plight has been on. of
helpless masses to a pitiful state. . . r ... . ,
x . the main topics of discussion be
As t h o u g h that weren't tween the Chinese communist
enough punishment for fate to chief, General Mao Tze-tung,
hand out to China, nature her- and Marshal Stalin in their pro
L , n ereatlnS havoc tracted Moscow conference.
with floods. Communist Premier , . . ,
Chou En-lal recently estimated . ne suppose that Stal-
that last summer's inundations in " 'T?- ? "X"
north and central China forced X?hlm Wlth0UJ glVm4g th?
40,000,000 people from their P"e a an" toet
homes picture any further than
they are already.
, , , Food, of course, is the fore
Wayne Richardson, veteran most necessity, and it strikes
AP correspondent in China, me that this .. likplv to ,,,
quotes a well-informed source, ence the mUltary strategy of
whose name cannot be used the chinese communist!1. It
as stating that communist north wont be surprising to see the
China faces the blackest eco- cornmunist armies continuing
nomic picture in the country's their push toward Burma an5
mstory- Indo-China, these being among
Already people are reduced the great rice producing coun
to eating herbs and leaves, says tries which have an exportable
Richardson's informant. He adds surplus of this oriental staff of
that millions will die of starva- iife. Such military proximity
tion before next year's crops would be calculated to encour
age "friendship".
are harvested.
ine economic situation is at And there is small doubt that
sixes and sevens. Nan Han- the communists envisage bring-
chen member of the communist ng all these Asiatie countrie,
people s bank of Nanking, says lnt0 the Eed ire ultiraateiv.
T,'hf lna farmfs,a,re P1" In any event, there is stark
at least 20 percent of their pro- ahead for the rank and
duction in taxes. fUe Cnina for many years
He states that it takes the to come. Untold millions will
taxes from 30 farmers just to die of hunger and other priva-
feed and clothe one soldier. The tions before the world - wide
communists are reported to have battle of the isms has run Its
4,000,000 troops in China. Fig- course to a decision. It's China's
ure that out for yourselves. bad luck to be the principal''
What could better this situa- Asiatic melting-pot of the mo
tion? Nothing, excepting a ment.
ing people!" the I
ghost replied,
biting its nails s
And that is one
of the big trou
bles with being
a ghost. As soon
as It kpps npn-
Dle and asK.
soon as they sccf
it well, thog
just won t let a"
hf y
I ill
people?
The average ghost is much
less trouble than the average
week-end guest. It doesn't eat
you out of house and home. It
doesn't run up the electric bill
hv 1-PnHini, lota at nin.l Tt
doesn't borrow money from you.
ah n wants to do Is to haunt the
house in its own quiet way.
Take poor ghostly Mrs. brury.
Who was she hurting?
Judge Tells Jury Off
ghost alone.
People give ghosts the creeps. What if she did pad around
They bother the life out of after the family at 6 a.m.? She
them. was probably lonely from prowl-
A case In point is "Mrs. It," in8 the house all night by her-
the ghost of a dear old lady sel'-
named Mrs. Gladys Drury who Instead of calling In the vicar,
died 18 years ago in a fine old wouldn't it have been nicer to
Victorian home near Bristol, borrow a ghost from some other
England. haunted house to keep her com-
pany? They could play Canasta
The William Babcr family by the light of the moon. Think
moved into the house in 1937. how grateful dear Mrs. Drury
Reports vary as to how they wo"ldl be to he new tenants,
stirred up Mrs. Drury's ghost. And one11nas '? take wh a
One story said they opened the Bra'n 'saltn,e charSe tnat
room in which she died in vio- woke 'J1?. Balfer children up
lation of a clause In the lease farY , Aft" a". j f " t more
that it should remain locked. An- lkeY the kids had been disturb
other story said the ghost ap- Jn8 ghostly slumber during
peared after they opened a clos- j day with their childish prat
ct in which Mrs. Drury's trunks tle-
had been stored. " I ave, her any welcome
In any event, Baber said the ? ""' ("""IU" L. P.DaB'y
ghost began appearing at 6 a.m., r TV
New York, Jan. 26 VP) Bronx County Judge Samuel Jo
seph told members of a deadlocked jur yesterday that they
"have less intelligence than a two-year-old child."
The jury had failed to reach a verdict in the trial of an
alleged narcotics peddler, Leonard Selami, 37.
The evidence Included a film showing an alleged narcotics
sale. ..
"What did you think those movies were?" the judge
snapped at the jurors. "Pictures of Mickey Mouse?"
Freckles Ugly? Not at All, Says
Doris Day Who's Proud of Them
By PATRICIA CLARY
Hollywood, Jan. 26 (U.R) What this world needs Is a little
honest homeliness, Doris Day says.
"I wouldn't care if I looked like a freak," Miss Day declared.
"It's the personality and spirit inside you that counts."
It doesn't take a beauty queen face to get a man in the world.
out, and it
Capital jLJournal
Just Looking for Squeaks
Paterson, N. J., Jan. 26 (At Police got a phone call
yesterday from a woman whose voice shook with excite
ment. Two men, she said, drove up In separate automobiles and
stopped In front of her house. Both got out. One climbed
In the trunk of one ear. The other man locked him In,
jumped behind the wheel and drove off.
Police hurried to the address. The men had come back.
Ihej were looking tor squeaks In the car.
children
He asked the city council el
Personally, I'll be glad to take
Miss Day pointed
shouldn't in movies either.
The king of Great Britain
gave up his throne for a wom
an who'd never win a beauty
contest. And plenty of gorgeous
starlets would give their last
mink for the men who flock
around charmin" S h a r m a n
Douglas.
"Too many people think
beauty is all-important," Miss
Day said.
"So every normally pretty
girl puts on a lot of eyelashes,
goos up her mouth, makes her
cheekbones look as hollow as
of attraction in a room. It's all
up to your inner qualities, that
shine forth and captivate.
There's a place in our life and
in our movies for homeliness."
Miss Day, who is deluged
with freckles, won a personal
battle with makeup men to
show them in Warner Bros.'
"Storm Center."
"I scream every time they try
to put a heavy base on them,"
she sai d "They showed once by
accident in 'It's a Great Feel
ing.' They made a big hit, real
ly. One fan club dubbed me
'Miss Huckleberry Finn.' Girls
the Grand Canyon and plucks with freckles wrote me from all
her eyebrows. So each one looks over the country thanking me
ther to find him a new home "Mr, i... , mv nw hmi
or get- rid of the ghost. So a if sne can get a visa and trans
young vicar of the Church of Atlantic Dassace. Shp'H ho lc.
England was called in to exor- 0 nuisance than the noisy like all the rest. There's too for having the courage to show
cise poor airs, ijrury s specirai neighbors who haunt my house much assembly line good looks them. They said it made them
ngure uy muicm ruir.. now. Don't ghosts deserve even
Somehow this whole business the ghost of a chance?
seems grossly unfair. Shouldn't Come on over, "Mrs. It" if
ghosU have equal right with you don't mind central heating.
iij lansOTe'cf em'ln W
vi iiiiil' tj-TSi Santa Cruz, Calif., the f
j T'tuJdljSgljl other in his native Hl
lifi) ilSiSwrSS country's army; but a lit
(l 'i'lifJ '23 iaE lek0 Mar'eh, of Pod- 8
IV Awvpv T"Ti?iMffP? i BorecaiMontenfigro,en-
JJffllrfiwm aled t 10 reestablish fg!
SWW I SsSs Jl conutcl "tth his brother m
sfMJff when h3 aiece saw the
SjfSS' fclCjl ClaailfUd curlu out
V--4lsS, 17 5 T aljalons txposslbl SRS
friM Ull. IM rirt. ttHtlhlM
today.
"In real life, a woman people
feel better.
I don't mind my
freckles.
consider an 'ugly duckling' can I'll display them with pride any
be a femme fatale, tin center time."
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