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BYH. T.WEBSTER
Life's Darkest Moment
4
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, November 21, 1950
HALF AS MUCH AS NEEDED
The problem of getting enough money to build new state
roads is easily seen in a brief look at the facts. Those facts
qualify the hopes of the Salem area for a four-lane high
way north to Portland soon.
It is estimated, for example, that the gross revenue col
lected by the state from road users next year will reach a
total of $47,650,000. But by the time that impressive fig
ure is whittled down and distributed according to law,
there would remain but an estimated $7,500,000 left for
highway construction on the primary and secondary high
way systems in Oregon.
Available from the federal government for aid in high
way building would be approximately $7,750,000. This
amount for Oregon is based on area of the state, nonula-
tion and post road mileage. This sum, plus the amount
op rxrr fiends ngthina in
the RerRiCTATft eur Fmjrr
SALAD, SKIM MILK AMP KED TEA
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Urges Truman Call GOP to
Help Chart Peace Offense
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Last week tolerant editors permitted me to ex
pound on certain facts pertaining to Russia that Russia has
never been defeated In a major war except through internal re
volt; that our huge armament burden and the Soviet strategy of
wars of attrition may wear us down while Moscow gets ready for
aii-out war; ana n mm u in '
man. Is patriotically handling
propaganda for the state de
partment, but is handicapped by
lack of money and lack of per
sonnel. If his organization were
independent, he could get not
only more money but top men.
BY CARL ANDERSON
Henry
that our best de
fense is to take
the offensive,
penetrate the
Iron Curtain
and get to the
Russian people
some of them
already chafing
at the b 1 ts
against the
Kremlin.
War docu
ment) seized after V-E day have
shown conclusively that about
three million Russians surrend
ered to the German army in
1941 because of the revolt
against Moscow. There is also
conclusive evidence that
Drew Fra
KRISS-KROSS
Highland School Boys Keep
Moms Busy at Rummage Sale
MOVE NO. 4 Create in the
United States a "League for A
Democratic Russia." Made up of
Russian exiles, this committee
could function as did the Czech
oslovak republic.
Once established in the Unit
ed States, a "league for a dem
ocratic Russia" could fan out
to embrace Russian exiles in
mil- England, France, Italy, Yugo-
lions of Russians were friendly siavia, China and the rest of
toward the United States at the "e world. It would be a power
time of V-E day; and that the u' nucleus through which the
chief reason for the Iron Cur- Russian people outside the So
tain was to keep them from viet could speak to the Russian
knowing the benefits of peace People behind the Iron Curtain.
, By CHRIS KOWITZ, JR.
Highland school mothers' club sponsored rumage sale at school
, i - , . , , . , , . , ., wwn . . . uuiiiig rci-cB uuc uay, group ox nuaenu were m-
Ief t of the state funds, would make a little over SIS mil- .nn ,. n- .i- . nt. tm i..i-, i;.
lion available for improving the highway system in 1951. on counter, began trying on coats . . . another boy came along,
But the highway department has made A careful survey Picked up first boy's jacket from counter, asked saleslady price
of the road system in the state and come up with a mini- le'"
mum requirement of $30 millions per year over a 15-year J? dy, , , 40
period to modernize completely the highways of Oregon. y ,h
So what is available from present state and federal funds discovered her
is only half as much as needed. error ... but
And there is little chance of getting any more out of the not until after
state monies available. The gross revenue figure of bet- second boy had
ter than $47 million is slimmed, down to less than one- worn the two
sixth that amount available for new roads by this process: cent coat t0
A $3,400,000 item takes care of gas tax refunds for the jacketTnd" two
year. To collect gasoline taxes, license fees and truck fees. ...
me secretary oi state ana tne puouc utilities commission- stored to their WU's Information office can't
er get if Z,7 &U.UUU lor expenses. Then 19 percent is diverted respective owners after a brief figure out what that has to do
to the counties, another 10 percent to the cities, and then investigation. with Willamette university . . .
$1 million to the state police. The gross revenue is cut ... neither can Mr. Murphy,
down to $28,450,000 by that time. Mothers of some Highland ...
Ann,,ol mo;nf.n,o loU. it ,ln; Tn Krade school boys might take a Safety campaign note: If all
... . ....... ........... H- f. !.,
and friendship.
Cracking the Iron Curtain, it
should be noted, is not easy.
But neither is war easy. And as
a step toward cracking it, I
would like to propose four
rather elementary moves which
could be made in Washington.
Opinions Differ on Whether
Gibson Girls Would Click Now
MOVE NO. 1 President Tru
man should can In
jlgon Green association.
which fends the school any news-
nonAi pllnnlnSa Maarrlin rr llf il.
lamette ... the other day WU ?uff .of Pennsylvania In an ef-
New York, Nov.
By ELIZABETH TOOMEY
(United Ptiu correapondtntl
21 (U.R) Gibson Girls were the toast of the
Along with such a league for
democratic Russia, there
should be formed In this coun
try an "American committee
for democracy in Russia" con
sisting of Americans whose
names carry weight behind the
Iron Curtain. This committee
should Include the leaders of the
big American farm organiza
tions, such as the American farm
the most bureau, the grange and the farm- wn n '. ' TWi one ooinion thev still would be, but
Willamette university sub- Powerful leaders of the repub- ers union. For Russia is chiefly another well-informed source says the girls wouldn't get a second
ribe, to . clipping service. .",1 &.n. Xh glance from today's male. ..,.,,.
ciiaiur uu, ....... w. .... ..... . o u. me Kj.o.n LJISCUSSlon OI tne regal, waap-waifltcu uwun" l-"l"vu "J
California and Senator - elect carry more influence than gen- Charles Dana Gibson began at "
n ef- erals. lhe museum of the City of New a slim IB inches, she recalled,
received a rllnnintr frnm tho Iort lo cna siraignuorwara on that committee also should York, where ulDsons arawing ana ner nair now wium w
Baker Democrat-Herald readlne foreign policy statements shoot- be William Green of the A F are being featured in a special ed in the familiar pompadour.
"A son was born Saturday at in of in defferent directions, of L. Phil Murray of the CIO. exhibit. Maybe it was oecause
the St. Elizabeth hosnital to Mr. We don't realize tnat wnen lor- David Dubinsky of the ladies 1 don't Know exactly wnai it wore more nu u.
and Mrs. Lawrence MurDhv . . .' Sn governments hear the garment workers, heads of the is- but irls todav Just a.ren' 50 concea'ea morej
- T 1 T 1 . : . . .U -i. . . . .. - ..I ... . , L. ... . m.. in IhM. nm
wnue nuuse aay une Hung uu railroad DTOtnerhnods and n nn "J " .........
a group of senators who have These anti-communist American days," said a slim, well-dressed
Several nostalgic sighs from
dress characteristic of the turn white-haired museum visitor.
of the centurv. backed up Mrs. UlDson s com-
we
w
1 the still hand-
former Gibson girl said
"Today's girls are wonderful, so
been visiting General MacAr- labn,. lonrW. ntit(. woman standing beside a picture capaoie, dui iney jusi m an
thur sav another, they don't the nation'. hrf . 4v. of a Gibson girl dressed in appeal we had.
know which side to believe. battle aralnst -nmmi,i,m high-necked, mutton-s 1 e e v e d
Furthermore, to launch a con- ...
eration, including the parks department; administration; mt Teque frortheir son. 7 SS. ,teps whichMn be'tfZf T W0BSnWM
H 1 1 1 U 1 1 Tl rra norlf. anH Amimmant. mMm.nt n n A ... . ... ' ... BieDS Wfl lCll Can HP taken In th Mm Pharln. Tlnna Hlhuin
u V1.,,,.,. , ...u,,,, ... me rjoys Decame so en- 3B, as we ooservea mm in tain or even on this side oi tne lnn. .. ,i ..in. V r "T -v .77 j 7 ' Rut thl mm, view of former
flpcrnpH intoreaf. fmrvsva inH riirhfa nt wow nnH n nn, i - j . ...,i. j .1 . . ... . t long, arawn-out battle to crack widow of the artist and famous Bul ,nl r0" VIew or rormer
betterments. of trousers at the rummage sale would be a lot less accidents port of both political parties and
All those items shrink the $47,650,000 down to $7,500.- tnat principal Glade follis had . . . for courtesy and safety ,ufficient appropriations from
000 left for highway construction. t0 ,teD m lJd ca,m, tnem down, work hand-in-hand on the high- congress. In the past, such penny
"j pincners as uur t-ongressmcu
We just received our first 1951 . Taber of New York and Cleven-
, came in this morn- Worth noting: 27
. . from Keep Ore- days until Christmas.
ganda appropriations to ribbons.
A White House conference be
tween the President and top
GOP leaders could put the in
terest of the nation first and help
to avoid them in the future.
to step in and calm them down.
Since only half enough money is available to modern
ize the road system each year, more and more serious con- calendar . .
sideration is being given to highway bonds to do a job ing's mail
that has become imperative.
"PAPERWORK PREPAREDNESS"
The senate armed service preparedness subcommittee
headed by Lydon Johnson (D., Texas) in a blistering 37
page report, denounces the government's "paperwork pre
paredness" for defense and warns that "wars are not won
with memoranda." It declared that officials were using
less horse sense than if they were running a charity bazaar
and blundered badly when they sold war production plants
needed in the defense program. as surplus.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
tha Trnn a i . n l.h a. jl. hsntiti ant a f ran If annrt nf rii.
a secret nature and not for pub- Virginia. wnD ner rare get ui
iicauon. While we cannot ni. ... Vw,
lect armamant and prepared- "That's me In the picture too,"
ler of new xorx ana Eleven- - . . . .. i ,j , T .
-t..nnirt . . . ... n n j campaign 10 penetrate tne B1IC cpiaiiicu. now i nave id
ger 01 unio wim oenaior nyra iron Curtain mav in ,h i grandchildren and six greats.
of Virginia have slashed propa- . ... . h rm 77 vr nlrt "
less bloody dividends Her waistline, when the Gib- Rose Lee. known more as an
cop,riiht nsoi son gin picture was done, was -
ing than as an art collector. .
decorated with the Gibson narra
tive series, "a widow and her
friends," to the museum.
The plate collector is Gypsy
Victory of German Socialists
Blows Lid Off Rearmament
He'll Call Repairman Next Time
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP ForeUn Attain Analit)
The slowness of western Europe in responding to the needs
for defensive rearmament is causing concern among the de-
TVia winnf ta n annual I. nun ioaimil loaf QnntnmKn. tn mOCracieS.
which thepoup. which includes Senator Wayne Morse' of Jll ffiMsSffl tV&t'ZZ
uiciuii, neb uiirdu waiA.ii uu0 ut hue miure imiinniuciii. western al-
program, found a "siesta psychology" in the handling of jiea pr0bably
surplus property and rubber programs. couldn't stop
The commtitee singled out the munitions board, com- Russia if she
merce rlinartment. ceneral services administration (GSA1 suddenly decid-
eu 10 sena ner
and airforce for specific criticism and general indictment,
It declared the agencies have been slow to awaken to the
realities of the challenge by communist aggression "and
have offered only flimsy protection against the threat we
face."
The report, covering surplus property and rubber re
serve programs, cited four instances for special criticism:
powerful armies
through to the
English channel.
Potentially
the allies have
the power for
the Job, but
practically the
MOVE NO. 2 Create a gov
ernment propaganda office en
tirely separate from the state de
partment Actually, the state department
is doing a far better propaganda
job than its congressional critics
realize. History will also show
D.WIII MHknikl
though It's a clear-cut Indica- tnat lne state department today,
tion that the proposal has pow- despite the attacks, is funcion-
erful opposition among the Ger- '"8 more efficiently than ever,
mans themselves. However, the smearing of the
The western powers undoubt- McCarthy brush has placed the
edly will continue working on Voice of America with two
the project and it will be sur- strikes against it every time it
prising if there isn't some sort comes before congress for appro-
of German rearmament, with priations.
the incorporation of German Furthermore, the state de
units Into the Allied forces. partment never wanted to take
over the Job of propaganda. It
German rearmament naturally was willed on Secretary of State
South Bend, Ind., Nov. 21 (U.R) Ernest Kolesiak vowed to
day never to touch his television aerial again.
He'll leave the job to repairmen.
Kolesiak and a friend, John Benko, tried to repair a guy
wire of the aerial yesterday atop his two-story frame house.
They lost control of the aerial and it fell across a 27,000-volt
power line.
"Balls of fire bounced from the power line," Kolesiak said,
"and the noise was like a bunch of cannons."
Mrs. Kolesiak, sitting In the kitchen, was temporarily blind
ed. The telephone burned out.
Scorched places appeared at the spot where electric lines
entered the house.
And piping under the kitchen sink melted.
"Television!" Kolesiak snorted. "I'm not going to fool
around with It never again."
"Yes those Gibson girls con
cealed more, they certainly did,"
Miss Lee said. "They concealed
stays and boned corsets and all
kinds of pading. Today a girl
may be able to get away with a
little bit of a falsie, but the men
in those days just don't know
where they stood, so to speak,
so far as a woman's figure was
concerned."
Miss Lee, who spent the las!
15 years collecting the rare
plates and now uses them for
dinner parties, takes an objec
tive view of her works of art.
"Those girls have an illusion
of beauty," she said. "Today th
beauty Is more genuine."
1. Sale of a $4,000,000 alcohol plant at Kansas City. Mo., to ."," , .,.. v.. i i. ;" lZ ' "iZ2TZ?lz. Vii. n.r. -
It was sold after a freeze order on such sales. Thl nas been due P"rt to defenses In western Europe ing reorganized, at which time
2 Leasing of a $7,100,000 alcohol plant at Omaha, Neb., to Indecision In some quarters, and and building them fast. That is a nobody knew exactly what to do
the Central States Corp. of Chicago. The subcommittee said in part to lack of accord on Job for the Atlantic pact na- with it.
GSA has no guarantee of the corporation's financial responsi- vital points. . tions, headed by the United Creation of a separate propa-
bility. . . states, Britain and France. ganda office, therefore, cooper-
3. Sale and partial dismantling of a M.80M00 high octane 0ne of lhe maJor probicm, And ,trange though lt 8eems, ating with the state department,
gasoline plant at Cotton Valley. La. A recapture clause h revoIved bout , the k of rearming western pius the army, navy and air
should have been inc uded In the sale contract. Hn.l nrnnnnl I. mn. I. Miii. h,t torn. woulH heln re-establish
Germany and make her a Dart fully affected by the Korean congressional confidence, also a
of the defensive force. war end other communist up- certain amount of freedom.
The allied military experts heavalt in Asia. These are cal-
in.. i:i. nin,i l, u -,,,., nVfnH. nnnoMntlv alt reluctantly decided that, de- culated by Moscow to keep the
along the 'line': It is the fruit of playing politics in the na- SS ffffi?
tionnl (tefense and tne genorai mediocrity oi appointees oi or , me h"er rearm.ment A new development In this
tne president, as a result tne snoruiin; oi ruuuer wiu avm- Was essential to protection of
tion gus is critical. this key position of central Eu-
The committee demands a policy of disapproving further rope,
disposals of industrial facilities needed for defense of France and Britain finally
agreea to tnis. witn misgivings
and reservations because of Ger
many's past transgressions. Fed
eral chancellor Konrad Adenauer
of the West German regime had
4. Surplus sales of needed air force property at Robins air
force base, Mncon, Ga., two weeks after the air force reported
such snles had been stopped. It mentions the repurchase of air
craft computers for $63,000 which had been sold for $0.8.
locking the door after the looting.
Thieves Got His Goat
Chicago, Nov. 21 VP Thieves got Nick Ultimo s goat last
nlrht the second time In a month.
The first time they broke Into his south side barn they stole
the male member of the pair of goats Ultimo owned. Last
night they took the three year old nanny an expectant moth-
Ultimo, a retired tailor, said he kept the goats because he
likes goat's milk.
oriental harrassment is the mu
tual assistance pact just signed
by Russia and Red China. Un
der this treaty It Is agreed that
each nation wilt come to the
aid of the ether If it Is sub
ject to an attack by Japan
or by any state allied with
Japan.
This reference to any state al-
MOVE NO. 3 Bring more top
newsmen and public relations
experts into the new, reorgan
ized propaganda bureau.
When George Washington ap
pointed a propaganda bureau in
the Revolutionary War, he pick
ed the top men of the new nation
T h o m a t Jefferson, John
Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
These three served on a commit
tee which smuggled propaganda
leaflets behind the British lines
Q
C3
If
Z:th,tlZTm'nt I'ed with Japan undoubtedly I, and micceeded. among other
The Feat of Sam's Truck
Rlverdale, N. J., Nov. 21 (AN-Sam Hilllard's track rolled
off by Itself yesterday and:
Went 200 feet down the street;
Neatly dodged a dead-end barricade:
Slid down a 20-foot embankment, and
Settled In the Feqoannock river without a scratch en It
Age and Habits
Portland, Nov. 22 (um A M-year-old shoplifter was given a
60-day suspended jail sentence by Municipal Judge Don Eva
and then told to to watch her step.
"Stealing can become a habl," Judge Eva said.
Pocket's Pocket Picked
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 21 tn A pickpocket picked a
Pocket's pocket and got $27, Pocket told police yesterday.
was prepared to cooperate,
It looked as though that tick
lish probicm had been solved.
Then last week-end elections
were held In the states of
Hesse and Wuerttemherg-Ba-den.
In the American sector,
and socialists blew the lid off.
The socialists, who had been
fiercely opposing German re
armament to support westers
defense, won a smashing vic
tory. They forthwith claimed the
result an endorsement of their
opposition to rearmament and
a protest against Adenauer's
policies.
More than Incidentally, the
socialists also gsve the commu
nists a terrific beating. Not one
Red candidate was elected, and
the result Is hailed as a com
plete rejection of Moscow's poli
cies. Of course, this socialist rejec
tion of German rearmament Isn't
necessarily the final word.
meant for America, to drag her things, in getting 6,000 out of
in if Japan should become in- 30,000 Hessian troops to desert
volved. The Russian press has During the last war, some of
been claiming there have been the top newsmen of the nation
secret American negotiations helped operate the office of war
with Japan towards an alliance information Palmer Hoyt,
between the two. publisher of the Denver Post;
All this has its relation to the Mike Cowles, publisher of Look,
rearmament of western Europe. Quick and the DesMoines Reg
That is the more vital theater lster; Robert Sherwood, the
from America's standpoint, and playwright; and Milton Eisen
she is anxious to wind up the hower, now president of Penn
Korean show as fast as possible State.
so she can concentrate on the Today, Ed Barrett, former
European defenses. editor of Newsweek and an A-l
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Struck by Lightning, Lives
Seattle. Wash., Nov. 21 fti.tt Joe Wasser as hit by light
ning yesterday. But he doesn't think much about it.
Wasser was working at Fort Lawton when a bolt of light
ning struck him on the shoulder, throwing him to the floor,
Wasser said It scared him and he thinks he turned white
with fright. But MSgt. Chester Lowman, with Wasser at the
time, was even more excited, Wasser said.
The civilian got np, brushed himself off and returned to his
business ef running the fort's motor pool.
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