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4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1950
WHAT IS A "LIBERAL"?
A reader of the Capital Journal requests the "proper
definition of a political liberal and conservative."
It is small wonder that the inquirer is confused, for poli
tical parties in most countries keep their original titles,
appropriate at the time of origin, for the principles en
dorsed, but abandoned and reversed later.
In our own country the democratic party was founded
to advocate freedom of the individual, decentralization of
government, to perpetuate state, local rights, individual
liberty, and oppose the principles it now advocates, then
favored by their opponents, the Federalists.
Democratic 'liberals" now favor centralization of power
t Washington in the hands of an all powerful bureau
cracy appointed by the president. To this they have added
endorsement of the creeping paralysis of socialism and
strange foreign Ideologies that pave the way to totalitar
ian tyranny, the police state and the road to serfdom.
Webster gives the definition of political liberalism as :
"Not bound by authority, orthodox teneti. or established
forms In political or religious philosophy; independent in opin
ion; not conservative, often specifically havng tendency toward
democratic or republican as distinguished from monarchial or
or aristocratic forms hence adopted as the designation of poli
cial parties, in some countries, notably England."
In England the designation of a liberal was first applied
In the first quarter of the 19th century in derision to the
more radical element in the Whig party, but soon sup
planted Whig both as adjective and noun. About 1830
Conservative supplanted Tory, the earlier names being re
served for the Conservative minority in each party.
Webster defines Conservative in a political sense:
"Designating of or pertaining to or characteristic of, a poli
tical party, which favors the conservation of existing institu
tions and forms of government; opposed to change or innova
tion."
Liberalism as a term in politics originated to indicate
the advocates of freedom in church and state, as anti
clericalism in Spain, France and Italy. But liberalism al
ways claimed the merit of working on constitutional lines
or to secure a constitution as a guarantee of freedom.
Under one name or other liberalism appears in the
politics of every modern state, but the name Liberal may
be very far from having any right to the name. The name
has been prominent only in politics, of Germany, England
and Canada.
The New Deal brought forth these definitions in congress.
Of a liberal "A liberal is one who believes in new laws and
more job-holders, therefore in higher taxes and leas liberty."
A liberal is one who Is willing to spend somebody else s
money.
"A liberal is one who has both feet firmly planted In the air."
Every New Dealer. Fair Dealer, every communist and
fellow traveler, every Progressive, every ex-Common-wealther
blatantly proclaims himself or herself a "liberal"
which has brought the term into obliquity.
Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson in his decision up
holding the validity of the anti-communist oath required
by the Taft-Hartley act said :
"The see-saw between freedom and power-makes up most
of the history of governments, which as Bryce points out, on a
long view consists of repeating a painful cycle from anarchy to
tyranny and back again."
The objectives of many of those posing as "liberals" in
the name of security would undermine our freedoms, open
the way to oppression and destruction of democracy, with
the concealed purpose of establishing eventually the police
state of totalitarian tyranny.
OREGON FOURTH IN SCHOOL SUPPORT
Oregon, along with Texas and North Carolina, stands
fourth in the nation in the percentage of personal income
of its citizens spent in support of public schools.
In a survey conducted jointly by the United States de
partment of education, the University of California school
of education and the Council of State Governments, it is
shown only in New Mexico, Utah and Arizona are higher
contributions made for operation of public schools.
inis revelation comes as the voters are asked to armrove
an additional $30 for every "census school child" to be
added to the $50 assessment now made under the basic
school law approved by the voters in 1946.
When the people voted the $50 per-census-child lew it.
was estimated by its sponsors that the first levy would be
only $13,000,000 a year. It was almost $3,000,000 higher
that first year.
Under the 1950-51 tax levy the basic school lew will
yield $18,424,750 and according to estimates made by the
state department of education the $50 tax will produce
$19,400,000 annually in the following two years.
ll tne proposed 3U increase to the basic school levy
prevails the basic school levy will provide $30,800,000 and
become progressively greater as the huge increase in
school registration, predicted by all school administrators,
becomes an actuality in the next three and four years.
Funds for the basic school levy are coming from surplus
state income tax funds with the result that the property
owners have actually been unaware of the added school
contributions.
Members of the state tax commission and the state
budget director have estimated that with declining income
tax returns, the present surplus will vanish by the end of
1952 and the state will be in the red to the tune of approx
imately $34,000,000 based on present state income and expenditures.
Should tne basic scnooi addition be approved, together
with the proposed soldier bonus, these officials declare
this state deficit will be in excess of $60,000,000.
Should this be the case, it is certain that a substantial
portion of the basic school levy funds will be collected in
taxes from the property owners of the state, thus adding
to the already high school taxes paid In the school dis
tricts of the state.
Town Marshal Gets Gun
Rlverton, III., Sept. 11 ( Rlverton's tewn marshal Is going
to get a gun, the town board has decided.
Marshal Pete Card ra I hasn't kef a pi the last few years.
tot he told heard members last (ngMi "Yea eaa't tell what
might happen these days.'
The board agreed and voles e say aim a gun te protect
thai central Illinois eesasMaity ef MOO population.
BV BECK
The Tip Off
SSiSSgSTO PLAY GAOCERY STOW AT ffe!33jisjg
T&Jf&Xr&fii. OUR HOU6E. Y0UVl LAX) IN f RTt
WJl TTVt so much stuff that Nss
a ' l ' I
ail
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Executives Working for U. S.
Draw Lush Pay from Industry
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Congressional memories sometimes are very
short. It was only last year that the senate refused to confirm
Carl Ilgenfriti as chairman of the munitions board because he
declined to give up his $60,000 salary from the U. S. Steel cor
poration.
BY CARL ANDERSON
Henry
in
0mr IHafM
KRISS-KROSS
At Last . . . Another Use
Found for Plumber's Friend
ByCHRISKOWITZ.Jr.
Finding other uses for common household items has always
fascinated me . . . such as using light bulbs for darning socks,
matches to hold shirt collars in place, etc. ... I always thought
there must be some good use for sanitary plungers besides un
plugging sinks and tolleU . . . a few years ago, I found that
they worked
pretty good inr.
picking up cor-i
ners of linoleum'
to sweep dirti
under . . . but,!:
someday, I kept';
telling myself
I'd find a much
more practical
use for the
plumber
friend. oar. K.wiu. jr.
Now. I've dis
covered it ... a sanitary plung
tXV I
Xg aand, she leans over (quite un
gracefully) and, with her free
hand, runs a finger down the
hole ... U she feels a clam
therein, the plunger goes Into
action . . . sne places the red
rubber end of the plunger over
the hole, then starts an up-and-down
movement that would be
the envy of any plumber . . .
after a while, she reaches down
the hole again with her free
hand . . . noting tne position oi
However,
Just about the
same thing is
now haonenlna
with two other SV
high officials
and nothing is
being said about
It. They are:
1. E. G. Plow
m a n, another
U. S. Steel exe
cutive, who gets
$60,000 a year
from his company while work
ing for Uncle Sam as director
of the defense department's
military traffic service.
2. William H. Harrison, who
has just assumed charge of war
controls in the commerce de
partment while still drawing his
salary from International Tele
phone and Telegraph.
The excuse given for permit
ting men to draw a salary from
private industry while working
for the government is that it
is hard to get good men to serve
the government without doing
so. This is true in peacetime.
But in wartime, when thousands
of G.I.'s not only have to give
nn 4hAti Inha Vint 4hoi livac It
would seem that enough patri- la"ded a Inchon. Bradley scur-
otic businessmen would be will- " """"su"
ing to work for a government
stipend of $13,000 to $20,000 a
year.
the U.N., actually, Russia Is dead
against Red China joining the
world organization. Accord
ing to British intelligence, Rus-
sia hopes that by keeping China
our, ine can remain as unina s
spokesman and appear to the
Chinese people to be their one
real friend.
Bevin and Nehru are also con
vinced that Mao Tse-Tung and
the Kremlin are not getting
along well. They hope Mao will
become a Chinese "Tito."
Therefore, Bevin and Nehru
plan to bring the question of
seating the Chinese to a vote
before the general assembly
where the veto cannot be used.
However, it will probably re
quire a two-thirds vote to seat
Red Chinese and exclude the
Nationalists. The British think
they can muster the required
votes to break the deadlock.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
General Bradley, chairman of
the 1oint chiefs nf staff tnnlr
off to rest and work on his MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
memoirs tne otner day. Im- .
mediately fireworks broke loose.
First Secretary of Defense John
son was fired, then the Marines
- -
'H W ttutm V.. I- W-1 J
Three military men have served
as secretary of war. Mat. Gen.
Henry Knox, an officer in the
Revolutionary war, was the first
Big Three Make Separate
Peace with West Germany
JIMMY ROOSEVELT
Jimmy Roosevelt helped to
place the insurance on two
housing projects at an air force
field at Victorville, Calif.
Air force officials state, how-
. The 953 lobbyists, paid $7,.
000,000 a year to bring pressure
on congress, are heading for
home . . . More than a million
cover iv ... - a-...-., then back t0 work
er works wonders in digging plunger.
ever, hat they had nothing to lon5 of Aeel plate and ; have
.Ti . ins,ur.ance' gone underground in the last
and that the matter was left en- six weeks-part of it bootlegged
clams ... in fact, you don't have
n iUi- at all when you use a
Believe it or not, it actually
works . . . plunger sucks tne
promoters.
' I 'hnro am Iwa hAu.in. n-A.
' " t. Ket price
cio a. .iic viLiuivuie air uase:
" .... - wurna . f - o - -
plunger ... the secret is suction clam right to the top, ana an
. . . method is amazingly simple th. lady ha, to, do is pick up
. . . it's been tried and proven. a
too . .a lady who lives Desiae
the Alsea river, near the mouth
of Drift creek, uses the method
regularly . . . and it works beau-
Ta-4 T9nlr..M,ll .1..t 1, 41-. ...
, ,.0,n u,h oy me victor out of tne bag whe h, intr0.
f"ey vH?,1SLng.Srorp - and 250 duced Senator Byrd of Virginia
""'"to uuiii Mjr i.itrsti vsiaicrs.
C. O. Moore is the owner of
WflA Pnifprsnn. wno October
1, assumes position of health
educator for Marion county
health dept., was on St. Helens
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
(IS) PONlra Affairs Analyst!
Th decision of the Bitr Three powers Britain, France and
secretary of war, while two Civil America to end their protracted state of war with western Ger-
war generals Grant and Sher- many is a strategic move calculated to maintain peace and to
man also served as secretary, strengthen the defenses of western Europe.
lis lerms consuiuic a warning w x.ua. im. v ......-.w ......
government, with the Big Three
continuing occupation.
But will Germany remain di
vided permanently? I don't
believe so. The Germans are a
clannish folk and it's in the book
that sometime in the distant fu
ture these two portions of the
Fatherland will coalesce, by
force or otherwise.
The Big Three decision not
to end military occupation of
the country serves a double pur
pose: It is a safeguard against
it sells $50 a ton above the mar-
Industrialist Wil-
tifully. high school coaching staff with
Here's how lady catches clams ex-Willamette U. footballer Doug
... she attires herself in a pair Qa in 1948 . . . Doug is now
of unbecoming shorts, loads a principal of Jefferson, Ore., high
couple of kids and a plunger achool . . . Elmer Schaake, for
in her boat, and shoves off down mer Willamette university bas
the Alsea . . . when she comes ketball coach, is now at Bur
to a good spot for clams, she Ungame, Calif., high school . . .
grabs plunger in hand, crawls Die Wilkins, an end on this
out of the boat and begins wad-
year's Bearcat football team, got
ing. his gridiron schooling from
Upon reaching a hole in the Schaake at Burlingame.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
One-Day Diary of Tripto Kimpo
Is Just One Ditch After Another
(Editor's Note: AP war eorrespondent Bill Ross, plnch
hlttlng todsy for war eorrespondent columnist Hal Boyle,
was a marine combat eorrespondent In the second World war).
By WILL ROSS
(SubaUlutlns far nal Boris)
Kimpo Airfield. Korea (Delayed) m It often takes a lot of
time to cover a very few miles in a war like this.
This Is a one-day diary of a trip to Kimpo airport from
Inchon.
a.m. With General MacArthur, members of. his staff and
other correspondents we have a
look at six burned-out commu- 12:15 p.m. We turn down the
nist tanks road Kimp0 and pa" the
While MacArthur chats with tersectlon of the Inchon-to-fellow
officers, Marine Pfc. Seoul highway where an enemy
Frank Adams, Jr., Frederick, strongpoint had held us up.
Mr , Um o the fight. 12:20 p.rn.-We are in an-
oiner aiiuii.
9 20 a.m. General MacAr- Ten minutes later the picture
thur leaves for the rear. But I i brighter. There's no fire and
came down the road toward we crawl out and cross a double
"uT rLTTT7t r"irw.droown the road and
SSJ arm. fire c.a.tcr. Just .i
Cant George C. We.tover of habit. We are in another ditch,
wihii. K, slons to tell his This time with two marines.
k .. ;un fnr the dav His "The last time I saw you was
company ."toinVlelroff l i" -other hole." say. one.
company is , ioW.rH That was several years ago In
Klmoo SI walkTimhlm un. Iwo Jim.. The sergeants both
m I mt three other corrS- correspondent, for Leather-
Lm,. " magazine, the official mi-
,P10?50 am-W. can see Kim- rine corp. monthly publication,
po airfield about four miles dis- a
tant. The airstrip looks desert- 8:41 p.m. This ditch is mud
ed and tha administration build- dy too but It's deep and very
ings and hangars appear gutted comfortable. We've run into a
and burned out. nest of Reds along the last little
11:27 a.m. We are in a ditch, ridge before Kimpo.
A communist somewhere down 5:55 p.m. Still here but things
the road sent us there when he are quieting down. The tanks
opened up with small arms fire, have fired a smsll village about
Tanks and Infantrymen move 25 yards to the right and are
out to clean up the rislstance moving toward the airport,
pocket. 6:20 p.m. The first marine
11:45 a.m. A sergeant with assault company reaches the
a shoulder wound is brought to edge of Kimpo and starts across
our ditch by a navy corpsman. with tanks. There is little op-
"Wlll you see that this msn position,
gets onto the first ambulance 7 p m. Nearly dark now and
that passes?" the medic asks, t can hardly see my watch so
We will. the diary Is knocked off for the
Captain Westover came down night,
the road In a running crouch. I didn't resume the daybook
"Sorry you got hit. Bill," he this morning because there was
said tu his sergeant. "Take rare too much action. But I do re
nt yourself, son, and we will be member talking to Lt. Albert F.
seeing you again. Good luck." Belbustl of Framingham, Mass.,
The ambulance came and the during the night. Said he:
sergeant was taken aboard. The "All this strikes me as being
firing died down ahead and to a helluva way to spend a hell
our right. We moved on down uva evening in a helluva coun
the road. try."
Manufacturers have been urging
Byrd privately to run for presi
dent, but Rockwell wasn't sup
posed to say anything about it.
. . . Congressman Case of South
Dakota has been paying for rain
making experiments out of his
Mesa estates and also owns 40
per cent of the Victor Valley
project. He, being a close friend
of Roosevelt's, placed the in
surance with the firm of Roo
sevelt and Sergeant, which in
turn acted as the broker in
placing the Insurance on all 650
homes with various companies,
a a
JOHNSON'S EXIT
Secretary of Defense Johnson
took the news of his dismissal
as if he had been struck by
lightning. On the morning he
was fired, he was cheerfully
planning speeches for the Amer
ican Bar association, American
Federation of Labor and Ameri
can Legion.
On the morning after he was
fired, he put in a routine ap
pearance at his staff conference.
General McNarney opened the
meeting by saying how shocked
they all were at the new devel
opment. But Johnson held up his hand
and mumbled: "No no. Not
now." Tears welled up in his
eyes, and McNarney sat down.
Assistant Secretary of De
fense McNeil also tried to say
something appropriate. But
again Johnson held up his hand.
So everyone present stood up,
announced there was nothing to
report, and solemnly filed out
of the room.
a a a
UNDER THE DOME
After Secretary Chapman fin- year lor the first time since 1745
isnea wiping up me senaie iioor
with Senator Schoeppel of Kan
sas, the Interior secretary at-
Western G e r
many. Indeed,
the Big Three
say bluntly that
any attack on
Berlin or West
e r n Germany
will be regard
ed as an attack
on them as oc
cupying powers.
This means.
o far as pres- ., Klekd,
ent Indications
go, that the old Reich will re-
as presidential timber last week
in Pittsburgh. Representatives
nf fhtt Votlnnal T.v
and National Association of "l" divided upon its present Germany building up a war po-
lines indefinitely.
tential which would permit of
further aggression. It is a pro
tection for the unarmed and at
present defenseless country.
As would be expected, the Big
Russia's eastern zone of 46.
000 square miles, with its popu
lation of 17,300,000. will con
tinue as a communized satellite Three agreed that the recreation
own pocket Due to the heavy of Moscow. The western zone of a German army would be
expense, he now wants to shift 98'300 square miles, with a pop- against the best interests of Eu
the cost to congress ulatlon of 49,700,000 will func- rope and of Germany herself.
(Copnimt mm tion separately under Its Bonn Throughout a long discussion of
this problem France remained
firm in a refusal to agree to such
rearmament of a Germany which
three times within 100 years
had attacked her.
However, Germany isn't to be
left militarily impotent for de
fence purposes. She is to be al
lowed to create mobile police
formations, and such forces can
be very effective.
Vanity Brings Capture
Cincinnati, Sept. 21 WV-Maybe Edgar Fred Whlteaker, 35,
shouldn't have stopped yesterday to look at his own picture.
The picture was posted in the Federal building here and it
carried the notation that Whlteaker was wanted for jail
breaking. FBI agents, who had bad the man under sur
veillance for some time, were there too, so they took him
Into custody.
A. E. Ostholhoff, agent in charge of the FBI here, aaid
Whlteaker was charged with robbery of several supermarkets
In Dallas, Tex., and Indiana.
Scotland's Clans to Have
First Reunion Since 1745
By ROBERT MUSEL
(Unltsd Prats etaft Correspondent)
London, Sept. 21 (U.B Festival of Britain officials stepped
right in today where angels have feared to tread for centuries.
The Scotland's clans have a nice, friendly get-together next
This would seem to be a
shrewd move on the part of the
Big Three. It not only strength
ens the general defenses of
Western Europe, but it may be
expected to give a fillip to the
morale of the Germans. They
are a proud folk who would re
sent bitterly being utterly de
pendent on their conquerors for
protection.
This same point about morale
also applies to the allied deci
sion that Western Germany shall
be allowed to handle their own
foreign relations, which thus far
have been dealt wlthiby the oc
cupying powers.
tended a cabinet meeting. As
he entered the room. President Jf J"h. Pjnkr'e na,dl
Truman said: "Here comes Joe only its worse' Much. wo""
Louis. Sit down, Champ
This is something like asking the Hatfield, and the McCoys
to give up feudin' and fightln'
in favor of a Sunday social, congratulate the organizers for allied decisions is to foster the
their courage. rebuilding of the German eco-
One of the most important
What is going to happen." he nomy and integrate it with that
Some of the clans have hated asked, "when Clan Chattan of Western Europe. This means, (
Republican leaders had planned ,ne "S"1 01 eacn olners tartans in wan unm jire tne sons among otner tmngs, tnai proouc
to olek out everv member of the ,or centuries. There are family of Macian of Glencoe (scene of tion in the great Ruhr steel cen-
Triimnn cabinet one hv one and massatra uurucu as ucco as - ....u. ...t 10 wsw ier WUI oe speeaea up XO DOlSier
MtacT"hem I ? the senate But .hist.' nd 'T"h..M" ?,h.ai'!1"
ocoiusn nn?murn;s arc iung. vmr uusc ui Argyu, cmei The agreement with Germany
It still isn't quite safe to men- of the Campbells). takes the place of the peace
tion the North Inch of Perth in ' treaty which should and could,
some baronial strongholds in How many extra police will k.. u, .inH inns if
drafted fnfn F.rinhiii.-1." . - " .
tne western powers ana Russia
n.. . , n . ft .... ncBicru injwcr aim nussia
,B2Lh S0??tg? .MalS?,lm could have come te terms. Even
now the Big Three foreign mln-
attack them In the senate. But
Senator Schoeppel's smear of
Secretary of the Interior Chap
man has backfired so badlv that
the campaign will be abandoned. the highlands and that elan be drafted into Edinburgh?
. . . Though President Truman ltrueale took nlace in 1396. But Lt. Col. Geora-e Mali
told the press lt is "customary" a a a nf Potalloch, chief of the Clan
f tha eauirat arlata t Iha Brmv Ar'mM..rw ! T sr n
navy and air force to nand in But the fe.tW.1 of Britain- Vhairman of the councU of hlve liU'e P0' n
their resignation, when the sec iZlt?' clan societies, believe that more "rlj sgreement with Moscow
retary of defense leaves, these ... . ,n ... ,nan half the 100 clans will ac
three have agreed to stick to- .... wmlM H" .... ln. un; Pt
Humeri iru nut c'H'i
requested . . . uonaia uawson, .,.,,. decided they hid lound
an aide to President Truman Is wnat tney wanted in their plan " ""P"" re4cr fled .v , S ,
being considered as head of the for , netlt ,thering of the IS id' ,nd are the Mac- IlT1 irn?,ytfor Europe.
New York Stock Exchange . . . cun, ' ' ' Kinnons, the MacGregors, the The British and French defense
About two months ago, Truman Th' . h-.n.. .... M,cL'an- MacLeods and Mac ministers are expected to rush
called ex-Undersecretary of . JheHng of the cUns 1 any J5", sff J" I many " ? Ameic, ,hl" weelt ,or con-
St.l. Boh Lovett to th. White IfT f ' 'It.?', .Fl M clan "'' there." ferences.
. . . . lDlKlltr!B unr, llltt. IS aiuvv
umwa of the United Kingdom. The of- noHtv mpk .1
Donald Dawson, didH, thfv nld lound nority. MacPherson said.
on a treaty.
Coincident with this German
The opposition is ln the ml- development comes Indication
mai tne Big inree are going to
1745. The organizers believe
thousands of Scotsmen ln the
U.S. and Canada would wel
come the chance to come here
and meet the chiefs of their
clans.
"Theatrical nonsense," snort.
ed Sir Donald Cameron of Lo-
House and asked him to be
come Acheson's deputy to the
Atlantic Union conference.
Lovett literally wept. His doc
tor had forbade him to take a
Job for another year.
a a a
SEATING RED CHINA
British Foreign Minister Bev
in has been nursing a Plan to chie, when h(J nMird tbou,
get communist China admitted He vov(d his clan would
to the United Nations through have nothlng to do with the en
action by the general assembly, terprise. The war crv of the
Bevin has worked out his Camerons of Lochiel is " Sons of
strategy with India's Premier the hounds, come here and get
Pandit Nehru. Both are con- flesh." That gives you an idea,
vlnced that, although Russia has a a a
been agitating for the Chinese Sir Michael Bruce of Clan
communists to be admitted to Bruce suggested someone should
Tipsy Bees Make Attack
London, Sept 21 (AW Thousands of bees carried out low
level atUcks on targets customs men, passengers and just
bystanders at London airport yesterday.
But there were no casualties. The bees were drunk. They
had gathered for ent on the bouse when a passenger dropped
a bottle of cognac.
Bad Guys Always Get Caught
Schenectady. N. T., Sept. 21 iP Threes youngsters who
took 2.0e movie tickets from a theater office admit today that
those "westerns" are dead right about eae thing.
The bad gays always get eanght," me ef the beys said
after detectives had apprehended them.
The three, ranging In age from II te 12, got eff with a
lecture.