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The committee's report, turned in a few days ago, was the most comprehensive of any ever made on public trans portation in Salem. As such, the report was significant in that it was the people's views on what a transportation sys tem should be and should have for the city. As for the transit company's ability to make a living, that is a matter left to the concern of the company. But it also must receive consideration from the city if the community expects bus service from the present transit lines or any other company. Such a transit service actu ally amounts to a cooperative undertaking between the city and the company. Considered as a whole, the points of improvement sug gested by the committee were constructive for the long range development of mass transportation in the commun ity. Abandonment of the present terminal on North Com mercial street will take care of itself when the Baldock traffic plan is put into effect. At that time, one-way traf fic south on Commercial will call for a complete revision of the terminal question. Then the committee's sugges tion for a separate terminal point for each bus route should be considered. A downtown office for the transit lines is needed, as the committee noted. The office wouldn't have to be large, but a convenient location would be helpful to bus riders. An information service for personal calls and for phone callers would be of considerable assistance. As for evening and Sunday bus schedules and reduced rates for slack travel periods during the day, those matters can be workad out by the company and the city. Both sug gestions, however, are constructive. The same can be said for more convenient morning schedules. When technical changes of routing and schedules are suggested, it stands to reason that a closer working ar rangement should develop and be encouraged by the two parties concerned, the bus company and the city. There is no excuse for last-minute schedule changes on the part of the company. Changes should be made only after a hear ing before the city council and the public. Then adequate advance notice could be given riders of the buses. The transportation committee's report points to a great fundamental need: A closer working arrangement be tween the city and the bus company so that both the city and company may benefit from the bus operation. The franchise was granted by the city for a ten-year period, dated from December 8, 1947. There are still almost eight years left for the franchise to run. During that period, a closer supervision over the company's activities could be administered by the city manager. Salem can thank Mai Rudd and his transportation com mittee for offering this comprehensive report. The report should form the basis for a better working arrangement as to Salem bus service. A Museum in Salem? But Where? The idea of putting the Oregon Historical Society' museum in Salem is a logical one. At present the museum is in Portland but the historical society is having a dispute with the Portland city council over rental fees. Mayor Elfstrom of Salem has suggested bringing the collection of Oregon historical items to the capital. Leaving aside the decision which would rest with the historical society, the place for such an Oregon collection would seem to be the state capital. Where does one find the famed Smithsonian institute, with its outstanding col lection of American history, but in the nation's capital? Where does one find the collection of Confederate historical pieces but in the "White House of the Confederacy" in the old rebel capital, Richmond, Virginia? If the Oregon collection faces a period of indecision as to location now, Salem's bid is timely. And sentiment for housing such a collection in Salem could find encourage ment here. But where would the historical items be placed in Salem ? This raises again the inadequacies of any museum facil ities here. As it looks now, there is no ready place for such a collection. It has been suggested that if the capitol building were given an additional wing, extending to the rear, room might be available in the lower section for a state museum. Some local enthusiasts have asked that the court house be moved to provide a museum structure on a different loca tion. But nothing has been offered in the way of money to move the building, or a place to put it, or money to maintain it. Sooner or later, Salem will have a museum. It stands to reason, also, that the city should have the finest collection of historical items of Oregon. But no one has come up yet with either the money or a workable program to carry the idea out. Calculating Pair of Robbers Chicago, March 17 W) A pair of calculating robbers held Bp a South Side jewelry store last night. First the gunmen locked two employes and three customers In a washroom. Then one gunman went outside and hli companion forced Owner Sol A. Iglow to the Inner side of a window showcase. The "outside man" pointed out each article he wanted Iglow to hand to his confederate. Iglow reluctantly hauled out rings, unset jewels, watches and other jewelry and handed them to the gunman who put them In a paper bag. Iglow told police the robbers' selection was rained at more than $10,000. NAW...WHV BOTHER 0O.N6 ' I Wmffl, HCWBWORK AFTER LISTENING TO i f f! I ', W m V OAO MAKING OUT MIS INCOME TAX..? :l!.'v"lii i WW "OU JUST CAN'T GET AHEAD , ' '.1 WA I ANYMORE.. HE SAYS THEV J f W W V JUST P6MALIZE YOU FOR f Ik W, TRYINS...60 WHATS THE 1 Truman State Department Henry Debate Peace Chat Notions By DREW PEARSON Washington. For some time there has been a running, pri vate debate between the White House and the state department over the all-important question of whether the United States should make a new, dramatic peace overture to Russia. This dates back even to the days when Gen. George Marshall was secretary of state. Recently, however, with the advent of the hydrogen bomb and Win ston Churchill's demand for a meeting with Stalin, the de- m -v'ii Until Ortw Pmmou previous promise to Secretary Acheson that he would make no public statements on foreign pol icy without state department clearance. While the state department Isn't going to admit this publlr-lv. what it objects to- in regard to current White House peace thinking, are two things: 1. The jerky unexpectedness of Mr. Truman's ideas. There Is no continuity. The President can be bawling out Stalin one KRISS-KROSS Pop-Eye, the Sea Going Pooch, Has Disappeared By CHRIS KOWITZ, Jr. Pop-Eye, a fox terrier with a long tail and a long history, is missing. . . and E. C. Arbogast of route 6, box 343, sure wants him back. Pop-Eye and Arbogast are old war buddies. . . they met each other in Germany, 1945, and have travelled together thousands of I Sri H LXfflJ miles o v e r.. land and sea . . - jn laci, l n e y, were absolutely Inseparable un til Pop-Eye dis appeared from1 his master home in Swegle district Sunday Arbogast ac quired the fox terrier when the dog was just six weeks old . . . the price of the pooch: one pound of coffee . . . price of coffee in Germany In section 1945: $45 per pound. mere. At that time, Arbogast was operating a tug boat for the Navy in Germany. Pop-Eye Im mediately became mascot of the futf hnnf anH Ihp hoc! littlo call- . . . r . claims ur rvruugaai iidu ever seen. Pop-Eye rode the tug boat all the way back to the United CbrU Kswllf, Jr. might attend the state basket ball tournament at Eugene . . . Now we have learned that Marshfield does Salem one bet ter . . . Marshfield students don't have to be excused from classes to go to the tourney . . . there just aren't any classes . . . the whole school (as well as about half the town) shuts down completely during tournament week . . . and those who have attended the state tourney ses sions this year will attest to the fact that the Marshfield rooting Is the most colorful bate has become more acute. President Truman has long day. as he did to the amazement felt and expressed himself in of Winston Churchill and Jimmie private that if he could sit down Byrnes at the Potsdam confer with Stalin, they could thresh ence. And later he can be tell out a lot of the world's prob- ing friends that Joe Stalin is lems. Yet he can't help being a man who would be reasonable irked at Stalin for being aloof, if you could only sit down with and for ignoring repeated hints him at the same table, that he, Truman, would be glad 2. The Russians, in contrast, to talk to him if he came to the have a fixed, firm continuous United States. policy namely, to break the Overriding this, however, is democratic systems of the free Mr. Truman's mystic sense of world. And while they may bend his own destiny as a peacemaker, this policy ever so slightly, they T(l nlrl t r nrti v onA mnmKa s n haira nnf anA annaAn,!.. ...ill his staff he speaks of this again not break it, merely because of POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER and again. During the visits of a peace conference or at the be White House callers he will hest of any democratic president, sometimes walk to the world prime minister or potentate, globe at one side of his desk They will attend peace confer and say with deep emotion: ences, and they will make mag "The nearest thing to my heart nificient speeches agout war is to do something to keep the mongers in the rest of the world, world at peace. We must find But they will always sabotage a way, or civilization will be that conference. destroyed and the world will TROUBLE INSIDE RUSSIA These are the state depart ment's ideas; and most diplo mats and diplomatic observers believe these ideas are correct. I a a a ' a turn back to the year 900. Last Christmas the President carried the same thought when he gave friends a bookmark in scribed: "I would rather have peace in the world than be president, Harry Truman." ae.in.i.ei... , ue.u..u are ot , g j change mat. Truman's move for a conference (-r '' ', Sure Now, Heed This Word On How to Meet an Erin Lad By HAL BOYLE New York, An open letter to all Americans whose mothers didn't come from Ireland: My friends, you are non-Irish and this Is a great day for the non-Irish! It is a great day for you to buy your groceries the previous night, lock vour door and stay The Inps-annhl6 fn-t i. 4h, in your homes. That way you you, and if you say It first all he the 14 men in the politburo, who won,t have to deal Jwi,,hJ the !?y '? hZty- a. ? really make the Soviet policy. Problem of what to do if you don't like to say "howdy" on St. Today is the day that smiles decorate the faces of the Cal lahans, O'Connors, etc. ... St. Patrick's day . . . one of the to fame today is to be able to say "I'm Irish" . . . and there's at least one fellow in Salem who will not be doubted with Stalin two years ago. The President had remarked to a friend, "if I could just get to talk to Joe Stalin, I think we could stop a lot of this trouble. Stalin is a reasonable man." ter what Truman or anyone else In the U.S.A. isvi nr Hnp Th only thing that will change them cause, " I'i,h- is a major force at home or a major force abroad. As previously pointed out in meet an Irishman. And that is a good problem to avoid, be-1 man today Is an innocent by stander. Every V I :h .do ma!te!: 1 he make" thai remark biuvk lugciuci Willie ni uugdsi was stationed In Boston and Texas . . . upon retirement from active duty in the navy, Arbo- . . . he's Joe poundmaster. hro .11 ...i it Irish man Is a Later he worked out wh his either inside the gatelme on-mad " Intimate adviser, David Noyes, tries or inside Russia Itself. There of he Kings of and Chief Justice Fred Vinson has been virtual u . fi an old and the !dea of sending the Chief gari with sections ( th wronged land Justice to Moscow for a talk deserting. and lnere h bee He is m no mood with Stalin. When this got back seethine unrest . HnMrv nrf to be trifled t i ir. tn t h ctnta rionartmonr if tiro a . . . iirith irisn, me cuy i , uzecnoslovakia. Unquestionably r, Salem people apparently like gast movea to aaiem, ana to do their own driving . . . we brought Pop-Eye with him. have yet to see a chauffeur- Pop-Eye was Arbogast's best driven car frequenting Salem pal . . . both in the service and streets . . . Monte Burkhart as civilians . . . it's no wonder hopes to become Salem's first Arbogast is doing everything in full-fledged family chauffeur . . , his power to get the frisky ter- No, he doesn't have any par rier with the curled tail back ticular job in mind ... He just home. loves driving so much that he thinks being chauffeur to a Wednesday we reported that family would be just about "it" Salem High was the only school as far as jobs are concerned . . . In the state to excuse its pupils But he's willing to drive any from classes in order that they thing on wheels. MacKENZIE'S COLUMN Acheson Lays Asiatic Plan On Line in Policy Speech By DeWITT MacKENZIE ttl Foreign Affaln Annlyit) Secretary of State Acheson's major foreign policy speech be-, fore the Commonwealth club in San Francisco yesterday, promis ing non-communistic Asiatic countries limited aid in their fight against "Soviet-communist imperialism," took the unusual form of being directed to the grass roots. Acheson w a si immediately transmitted by Act- this hehind' tne This is the " A u ,, .1 .. i, against American legation and S?y , il"? 4 a. General Marshall, then attending pu-t vi -rul t . St. Patrick, that great and learn- the U.N assembly meeting in don.t want us 0 know what ed man, and all America is just probabIy mulling over why th. Pat's day. (4) . If you want to give him a good wish straight from the ould sod, say "may the road rise with you and the wind be al ways behind you." Or. "May the devil fly off with your worries, and forever and ever God bless you." (5) . Should you chance to drop into a bar to purchase your mother-in-law a basin of beer, don't offer to buy an Irishman a drink. Buy him a bottle and you go home. (6) . If you see two Irishmen discussing a subject with four flying fists, don't stop. They are Paris. Alarmed Marshall flew happening in these , one big Irish stew. Yes, it's six northern Irish counties stay home for a quick two-day con- Tho , that ,7 4. "Erin go bragh" everywhere wi)h th nriti.h in,.D, f ., ference, during which Truman present restieSsness of Soviet 'rom tn? P'at-'8fed coa9' j ing up with Free Ireland. And agreed not to make any peace peoptes to start ma)or Maine to the Colleen-covered U's a good quarrel to stay out of move until it was cleared with ganda drive to win then shores of Hollywood, where 16 u aren.t , the famll . our western allies or until Rus- to the free worldi But th film studios have crowned 16 (7) ,ee , i a gave some tangible sign that don,t know how unimagInativ; " "1" a Irishman, don't pause to find th. it wanted peace; and moribund we have gecome- 'Miss Shamrock of 1950." reason r hl Jt may In the last few weeks the But not by abrupt whUe Hqu Long ago, my friends most of Downpatrick and Downpai?lck presidential peace entiai resuessness tor a handouts; nor by Harry-and-Joe "e 1 conference has been evi- - ,.: , pier. dent again. A shrewd diviner of ol th. mo,t ,.knif,;i nl.nnlna . were Irlsh even " they weren't. "Jr Jit? L ' ' " public opinion, Mr. Truman un- ZutXjZ! long-winded pl.na- gn '"hAf K A' the nation decided it was sim on this day 1. 1 iU. ..iU. . T1 1 y to Say they iiuiwitrwi mca ui Airemnu if they weren't garrisoned by British troops. SndTSr Albl; 0m8Cy thlS C0Untry h" on7.Tnd ruUthatP,tart: at all why he 1, crying, so desire for one more talk with eV6r . . . ed out, "Well, why aren't you an ak"hi" more mise,rable Russia before going full tilt into r.s. IN RUMRUNNER'S ROW Irishman? I am." ,rymf; oon-ln a'sTjoke- The rumrunners who once ..A.5urv.ey maae lnls year ln" call an Irishman mlrlr. Not un. a haydrogen arms race. V.lm...nll,I..J,H.... . J!, JU.I .J. .... "Ui ...i. maae mockery ot law enforce. , ,, , UI our j you've already sllnned him disappointed when he rushed out ment along the Jersey coast have POP" of 150,000.000 some he mickev flnri an abrupt press release telling now' Induced the US envern 145,00000 will claim to be A a V n a ,l , the world that the United States TinLl- bW.. by ancestry, by Tim" t l would make the hydrogen bomb over of their ancient eud " perjury or by def .ult. mffi t?".t iL! ineyieiimainemisseaagreat This behind ,h j u d i n.3 leaves only auuuuuo or "j" .",.1, opportunity for a world-wide Dartment.g indictment nf .Timmv ?? non-Irish. And that's why "IL5!i.V.slL. .5.0"V.e"i! ing this coun- :NigEV Rutkin. tnrm r ' if, a good idea to stay indoors- h "V" Droaocast reviewing mis coun- 'NiBuv" Pntirin fm., r,.oi. " s a gooa iaea to stay indoors " . . . ' r ry's many, many moves for of Joe Reinfield'of Newark N.j the odd, are 29-to-l against you. f MayVdXpeT o7of peace, a broadcast that would wh tnotho, Srrnri, h. t,.' ' lrom. raay0. arPP out oi s p e a k Ing not only to the A mcrlcan people but apparently , was reacning out in an effort to contact the rank-and-file of Asia's millions rather than re stricting his re marks to China naturally occupied a prominent part in the address. Acheson called attention to the all-important fact that the Reds may use that country as a base for new thrusts. As a matter of fact he might have gone further and said that the Moscow backed Chinese communists already are deploying their forces for fresh conquests. He declared that the use of China as a base for ag gression against neighborinir enroute to countries would violate the peace, a Broadcast mat wouic wno togetner terrorized the Jer put the onus for the arms race sey coast in the 1920.s As a re. wnere ii oeiongs cirecuy on sult of Reinfeld'g "squeal' bile uunaiau uuuiaicj. men the But if vou must an nntsirt. parade, quietly picked up the friends, here are a few simple Pansier ana iook mm to me hU oB rSuuTS nol - -.tojxeat any Iriih- Bowy. There UeWUI Mackrntl ernments. And President Truman Florida on vacation, let it be United Nations charter, known that he had read Ache- . . . son's address1 in advance and thought it "a fine speech." Prize Pooch in Doghouse Nashville, Tenn., March 17 m Konrad von Wesdell, prise Winning dachshund. Is deep ln the doghouse today. Ordinarily, Konrad Is the pride of the Thomas P. Wall, Jr., household. He won the title, "dog of distinction," and gifts amounting to thousands of dollars ln a national contest last year. But the payoff came yesterday and that's why Konrad's popularity has cooled. Wall, an attorney, figures Konrad's prises cost him about $772 ln Income tax. Konrad, posing for a picture, didn't seem at all perturb4. Acheson proceeded to lay some scorching charges on the line against Russia. He charged America's assistance would hat shipping food from cover military, financial and China to the Soviet at a time technical aid. It could be used w.he" 4.00,000 are In danger only to "reinforce the efforts ' hu"f "e accused Russia which others are prepared to of. r,obbin8 Manch"na ' '"d"s make on their own behalf." V1 equipment with $2,000,000, That's a less blunt way of say- .0f0 worth. ' pd"cVv" capa Ina that Uncle Sam can only c"y- He declared that the new help ho who help themselves Svlet $300 000.000 five year aid Then Mr. Acheson gave a fillip rPeTneeds ' ' of hope to the thousands of , . . .... Americans who have been strug- Sff flrf Acheson sa.d the gltng with their Income tax re- United States was ready to trade ports-and wondering where the with CAnina ?" a ir basis. How money was coming from to meet ver. America wouldn't sell to the bills. He declared that U.S. 'he C1Vn"el. good' which could aid "must be within the prudent be uscd t0 harm her capabilities of our own AH these facts are useful for resources." America to know. They will be , trebly useful if they can have any considerable distribution in The secretary stressed that the China and neighboring countries, greatest threat to Asiatic prog- So far as China is concerned, rcss and freedom is the attempt- the Chinese communist regime, ed penetration "by Soviet-corn- which controls most of the coun munlst imperialism and by the try, does everything possible to colonialism which It contains." block distribution of such in He emphasized this thrust by formation. declaring that communism Is a However, an authoritative Chi "tool of Soviet Imperialism" and ncse source in New York tells perverts the real democratic re- me that undoubtedly Generalis volution. The American people simo Chiang Kai-shek will see are the real leaders of a "revolu- that this speech gets a wide dis tion by th common people." tcibution on the mainland. Needed for Possible Attack his head was The state denartment wa also ij.-.-j ,.,,!.. man you encounter: shaved and he was tattooed with upset when Mr. Truman hur- sZ MM (inn In in4? Xh (1)' Remember, he is moved Britain's unionjack from the riedly granted an Interview w.ith Reinfield I in turn elaimw.. in thU hour of glory by a sense soles of his feet to his skull. New York Times correspondent, tbe anV'i fo" which hp Zl, of ancient oppression, a pride When the tattoo artist's arm gave Arthur Krock, after Krock v5lta his ex nartner in his clan to bl 'or his heart out' " is nicled, the police shrewdly cornered him at a din- Rome nomicos , . wondprln to hold' an old wrath- Therefore commissioner arrived, rolled up ner party given by Sen. Brien whether the aner mav be the he ' touchy and -uick to anSer- his sleeves' took the needle' an- McMahon of Connecticut. The Zd Iationshlr TbetZen Rein Also' he is ridden by leP"h- P"t on the last four flags himself President, In festive mood, defi- fcldand the auns. Therefore he may do thing, then wrote "up, Ireland!" on nitely promised Krock the inter- afde T", Ge Harv poetlcal or foolish- the oundrel's forehead, and view, and kept his word im- yu.han For St. Patrick's Day isn't just let him go. 1 mediately thereafter, despite a ' (oopyritM u, holiday to an Irishman. It is (10) Just remember that to- Armlstice Day, pay day, Fourth morrow the Irishman will be a . , . 11 ' JuIy' a b" of Easter- maybe normal man again. If you bump I hltrchlll S"IVC iAckI" Ur-emfinV 1 touch of April Fool's day into him then, give him an as- V If Ml tllll I JUJi J FT CJl W CI IIHJIIJ these and something more. In pirin and a kind word, and one pay ne must himself live you'll have a friend. If you meet anew the mystic, troubled story me, skip the kind word Just of the emerald isle. He must go uive me the aspirin. London, March 17. OI.R) Winston Churchill told Commons fro an elf-haunted forest . . Thursday that western Europe cannot be defended successfully through a peat bog to a small Thanking you in advance for against a possible Soviet invasion without the "active aid" of stony farm, suffer long poverty, your understanding, dear non western Germany. anc' cross many lost battlefields Irish friends, we wish you an He said that only American atomic bombs would save Britain to victory, a cathedral and Irish toast older than the nine and Europe in the event of an peace. It is a time when he re- lives of your great grandfather's "eastern deluge." stand together, primarily united dedicates himself, worships, re- grandmother's cat: "Do not nurse the foolish de- in Europe. United, they will be Joices, sorrows over his distant "Health and long life to you; lusions that you have any other strong enough to extend their dead, feasts, and asks, "What The choice of a wife to you; over-all effective shield at the hands to Germany." next?" In short, it is a time to A child every year to you; present time from mortal danger be an Irishman. Land without rent to you, than the atom bomb in the pos- Churchill, leader of the oppo- (2- The password, if you meet And may death come in Ire session, thank God, of the United sition conservative party spoke this Irishman, Is a smiling "Be- land!" States," he said. during the debate on the govern- gorra." Say it ond go on. But Sincerely yours, "But for that, there would be ment's defense estimatei for don't make a mistake and say HAL BOYLE, no hope Europe could preserve 1950-1. "Gomorrah." You won't be able its freedom or that our island "Germany is at present dis- to go on. p.s. In Ireland Itself the doors could escape an ordeal lncom- armed and forbidden to keep any (3). Don't greet him with a of . all saloons are closed by law parably more severe than we military forces, but on her east- "Top o' the morning." That's on St. Patrick's day. The front have endured. em frontier lies the enormous what he is determined to say to doors, that is. military array of the Soviet and "The decision to form a front its satellite states far exceeding in Europe against a possible in troops, armor and air power further invasion by Soviet Rus- all that the other allies have sia and its satellite states is at got," he said, once grave for us, and also im- "We are unable to offer any perative," he said. assurance to the Germans that "I find it necesary to say they may not be overrun by a speaking personally and giving Soviet or satellite's invasion, my own opinion that this long This mighty mass of the Russian front cannot be successfully de- army and their satellites lief fended without the active aid of like a fearful cloud on the Ger- western Germany. man people and the allies can- "Britain and France must not give them any protection." Call to Battle for Women London, March 17 W The Rev. Stephen Hopklnsen Issued a call to battle today: "We just want a few brakes arms and shattered skulls." He is staring judo classes for his female parishioners at 8t Mary's parish church following two recent cases In which women were attacked In the district He has studied Judo for 20 years. Said he: "I believe the best antidote to crimes of violence against women Is to let a few ot the attacken get seriously hurt." 1