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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1952)
I Capital Adjournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publisher Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che- meketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want i Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Full Lcmed Wire 8ervlc of th Associated Fren ud Tbo United Prast. The Associated Pren it exclusively antltlad to (lie use for publication of all news dU patch! oredlte4 to It or otherwlia credited In thi paper and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Rv Harrier: Weeklv. 25c: Monthly. J1.00: One Year, $12.00. By Mall in Oregon: Monthly, 75c; 6 Mos., $4.00; One Year, $8.00. V. S. Outside Oregon: Monthly, 51.OU; b mos., o.uu; iear, BY BECK Parental Problems 4 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, October 21, 1952 IS ADLAI ADDLED ON REDS? While Governor Adlai Stevenson perhaps cannot be cen sured for his affidavit as character witness on behalf of Alger Hiss, convicted of perjury in his espionage trial, his campaign has showed his complacency to the commu nist infiltration menace in the United States. As the Saturday Evening Post editorially asserts, his attitude "is typical of that la-de-da intellectual self-deception, that has been the base of the Roosevelt-Truman-Acheson policy in communism and Russia for two dec ades." The Post continues : ' Governor Stevenson seems to follow the A.D.A. line that dis loyalty among federal employes has been taken care of by the loyalty system which "we" (the Truman administration) set up long before all the fuss was stirred up by the McCarran committee and others over communists in the state depart ment. Governor Stevenson might have added that the loyalty system, as applied to the state department, was described last year by a member of the Loyalty Review Board as "a fraud on the public," because the board "has not discharged a single person on grounds of disloyalty." The Post prints a story told by Rear Admiral Adolphus Staton, retired, who was recalled at the outbreak of World War II and made head of a board to pass on the security qualifications of radio operators for merchant ships. The law provided for removal of suspected subversives, wheth er Nazi, Japanese, Fascist or otherwise. There was no trouble in removing the Nazi, Japs and Fascists, but when the removal of communists was recom mended "we began to get violent protests," said the ad miral. The matter came to a head May 19, 1952, at a meeting in the Secretary of Navy's office when "Secre tary Knox read a memorandum bearing Roosevelt's ini tials, stating in effect that in the opinion of the president, membership or suspected membership in the communist party was not sufficient to deprive a radio operator of his job." Protests were sidetracked, and the board's activi ties stalled. , Adlai Stevenson, who was an aide to Secretary Knox, i recalled by Admiral Staton in connection with two episodes, continues the Post. One was a call which he made on Mr. Stevenson to support a recommendation that a number of sus picious characters be removed as radio operators. According to Admiral Staton, Stevenson expressed tne opinion mat mere was no reason that ho could see for firing the men.". . The second encounter between Mr. Stevenson ami Admiral Stnton took place in 1943. after the admiral had been asked by Eugene Garcy, counsel for the Cox committee, to testify con cerning his effort to keep communists out of merchant-marine radio shacks during the war. "Soon after," relates the admiral, Adlai Stevenson . . . telephoned me mat tnere were wnite House orders that I should not testify." Admiral Staton did testify, before the committee in executive session, but not in public. The Post concludes: "We incline to agree with those who place a high estimate on Adlai Stevenson's sincerity, idealism, competence and all-round decency. But on this communist business he seems to have an A.1J.A. blind spot. Surely this is no time to elect to our highest office a man so inflicted particularly when the alternative is a man with the experience and judgment, so fully dem onstrated in this crucial business of opposition to com jnunism, of General Eisenhower." THORNTON FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL The Capital Journal, independent in politics, aiming to support the best qualified candidates for office regardless of party, endorses the candidacy of Robert Y. Thornton, democrat of Tillamook, for attorney general. jvir. mormon is wen trained ior tne omce. ne is a native of Portland, earned his own way through Stanford, Oregon and George Washington law schools, had legal work for three years for the U.S. congress, and has prac ticed law in Medford and Tillamook, where he has long been city attorney, and elected to the legislature of 1951, made an admirable record. Mr. Thornton Is a World War II veteran. Called to active duty In 1041. before Pearl Harbor, he served with the 30th Field Artillery and as Intelligence officer, being released from eervicc in 11)46 as a lieutenant colonel. Mr. Thornton has had 'much experience as an active trial lawyer, has been active and prominent in civic community worn, ana nas demonstrated capacity all along the line. '. The election of Mr. Thornton would insure a valid effort to free Oregon from organized crime. The federal income tax sleuths recently reported that 59 "racketeers" in the field of abortions, narcotics, gambling and prosti tution in Oregon owe the United States $2,674,808 in taxes. They report that 161 Oregon "rackets" were in vestigated during the year ending June 30, so apparently the other 102 oiwrutors filed correct tax returns and are left to operate in peace. The IBI reports Oregon crime rates higher In all ex cept six major categories over the first six months of last year. Mr. Thornton says: "I believe that we should institute a thorough-going Inves tigation of crime, of law enforcement and criminal Justice by a' Bipartisan state crime commission, btmiiar surveys nave been undertaken in New York, Nebraska, Illinois, Washington, uamornia ana a number 01 states with excellent results. "Such a commission could probe the need for more adequatt laws covering sex deviates, tne adequacy of our Juvenile Jus tice, our adult correctional methods, parole and probation pro cedures as compared to other states, and the overlapping of city, county and state law onforcement agencies. To be effec tive, the commission must be given full powers of Investiga tion. "If Oregon is being Invaded on the one hand by organized, callous and utterly ruthless racketeers and If, on the other hand, our children are left an easy prev for the ever-Increasing number of the criminally inclined, it Is time, we do tome thing about It. If we don't who will?" Mr. Thornton pledges himself to carry out the above program and his election as attorney general will insure it. These Birds Taught Wrong Words Colombo, Ceylon MV-Colombo 100 has seven new tockatoos but only six are being shown to the public. The seventh upickrd up Its vocabulary from a sailor. Blushing 100 officials are waiting till he forgets his racy language and learns some sober words from a new tutor. London J A London soo official said Saturday a raven in the mtnagarle sits on its perch and instead of quoting "Never more" keeps screaming, "Get on with HI" Lives Up to His Nickname - Eva Peron, La Plata, Argentina, J.R "Unlucky Joe" Cava las lived ap to his nickname. ceva gave tip gambling yean ago, bocaus ho never won. However, recently an enterprising salesman sold Jot a ticket In the Argentine lottery. 4 Monday Joe't number wai drawn tor a $85,175 prise. - But Ceva oan't collect ht can't find tht ticket . K m Pvea "that" IllIU JUST WAITING TO GRAB WoM l M 1 TWO-TENTHS OF ONC'M IT I ttfcT up tF ;l Mil 1 pM PERCENT DECLINE I IU II DO IT. OO AHEAD, MOM. EffH II '? i!tISf,,22o.-A II ill MAKE HIM. HE'S RIGHT W. I ! KhIkw Vii RfHEREI CANT REAOjf : I St huSoreo and P I Vwith that awfulI? , W? ELEVEN PEBCEKT J P.I I !fv NOISEU. . V p. f III "i" WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Sen. Morse Realized Party Bolt Meant Political Suicide BY DREW PEARSON Washington Republican "This man compromises with leaders put all sorts of pressure his principles, argued the sen- on GOP Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon to keep him from bolting to Stevenson. Shortly before Morse issued his statement deserting the re publican ticket, Senator Fred Seaton of Nebraska, who has been close to Morse in the sen ator. "He has deserted the lib eral wing of the republican par ty in order to get elected. And that's what you did too, Harold." Stassen passed over this ref erence to the fact that he was once leader of GOP liberals. He urged that Morse come to New Identical Trouble for Identical Twins Beverly Hills, Calif., ) Trouble just naturally comes io Charlotte and Georgia Steeves. They are Identical twins. The 22-year-olds were decorating a tractor for the home coming parade of the University of California at Los Angeles. They were in the earth-moving tractor's scoop, which somehow went into gear and tossed them eight feet to the ground. Both girls suffered the same injury fractures of the left elbow. Today both are wearing identical casts. "Sometimes," moans Charlotte, "we think we carry this twin thing too far." ate, telephoned him from New York and sit on the platform xorK, inviting mm to travel on with Eisenhower when he ad dressed the AFL. But Morse said no. "That would just show that I was giving my blessing to some thing I didn't agree with," he replied. "It's too late for me to advise you on the general's speech anyway. I've Just been invited by Bill Green to an swer it." the Eisenhower train. Morse de clined. For more than a month prior to this, however, a succession of republican leaders, including ex Governor Stassen of Minnesota, had come to see the senator from Oregon. One of them dropped in on Morse just after Eisenhower had endorsed Sena tor Jenner in Indiana. "The general didn't want to make that endorsement," he ex plained. "After he saw Jenner MORSE AND LABOR At this, Stassen nearly jump- POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER he came back to his hotel and uui c,m'r' f"?r nB re" lurnea 10 wew xorK. nowever, If a Woman Is Nominated for President Would Hubby Help? another Eisenhower emissary came to Washington to urge Morse not to differ with Eisen- dent. Would a husband be an asset or a liability? Would many male voters re sent seeing a man play second fiddle and couldn't they easily transfer that resentment to his wife, the candidate? By an inverse psychology, would many female voters say, well, If she isn't smart enough said, "That ... I'd much rather have punched him in the nose'." This made Morse even less en- "That shows him up more than hower in the AFL speech he was ever as a hypocrite," he exploded. to make the following day. "At the same time he said that, "This is the hardest job I ever he also stood up and told the had to do," said the emissary. American people to vote for "I'll make it easy for you," Jenner. replied Morse. "Go back and tell "He did the same thing at the headquarters that I've agreed surrender of Mornlngside not to change a single line of mv speech. I had manned to of . . ." at state dinners, where "That was no surrender," re- rewrite it and make it ten times could you put the president's plied the Eisenhower emissary, tougher, but in view of your husband except below the salt, "That was arranged to save visit I won't change it." The speech as written and la- By SAUL PETT (For Hal Bojlt) New York W) Almost ev- Would the White House invi eryone agrees that a loyal, smil- tations read, "the President and ing wife is an asset to a political Mr.- Smith request the presence Heights to Senator Taft. oanaiaate. But suppose, in the future, a woman is nominated for presi- next to the wife of the health Taft's face.' minister of Belgravia? A woman president would revolutionize press coverage. A new breed of would be needed to yriinii cAtiamieu uie acim- ter delivered, of course, was tor from Oregon. "Why Eisen- much tougher than Eisenhower hower wasn't even given the leaders wanted, courtesy of being at the press Senator Morse's final decision conference where Taft announc- hlt the remihlirsn nartv was reporters ed the terms of the surrender." made after Eisenhower toured cover the New .Tersev. "man's angle." What could they UNITED GOP FRONT "When I read those speeches ask the Dresident's husband? The emissary argued that the Wow .Tareaw ' TVTnrco AvnlninPii to get a husband smarter than -what are your favorite recipes? general was merely trying to to friends "and saw the gener she Is, is she smart enough to rj0es she let you out for golf? bring unity in the party. He ais ciajm'that he hadn't desert run the country? When did the president I said he had to appease some of ed his principles, I couldn't It could be a problem, you mean. sir. when did vou first the old guard and bring about flffrPP nnnnc.n. 1,- .-.;,! in a iinito1 frnnt "Rut " ha ffr. , . Flufuac tv mc Lueo.ueiui - .a vw. wile 1 was going to sieep on u, rnW nr, fhinrt J TU United, "YOU Will be the man aM im novt mnrmntr and What about the campaigns? husband of the president would- he'll call to the White House for ta1ce myself completely out of n't aare wear a mink coat. must agree. Should the lady candidate take her husband along? People cluck with satisfaction when they see an adoring wife sitting beside the candidate. But what would they think of a hus band sitting there while his wife does all the work? What expression should he wear while she propounds the issues adoration, respectful interest or good-humored tol erance? Would many people in the au dience wish he were back home making an honest living instead of free-loading on his wife's campaign train? Obviously, any husband who has nothing better to do than drag around the country while his wife talks her lungs out would be subject to cracks about his masculinity. It would be fatal if he were smaller than his missus. Hair would help. It would help even more if he were a weightlifter. Should the husband speak out on political issues or maintain a wide-eyed innocence? If he doesn't talk politics, peo ple will say he doesn't have a mind of his own. If he does talk politics, people will say his wife doesn't have a mind of her own. And what should the husband do when the opposition gets nasty when they say his wife's background is suspect, when they say she can't be trusted? Should he keep silent or invite the other candidate to step out side? 4 Whistle-stop tours would pre sent problems. The local wel coming committees couldn't give the candidate's spouse roses. Should they give him new bowl- THE SHEPHERD FOLLOW THROUGH "If we follow on to know the Lord." Hosea 6:3 This rule will serve you well and true ... In life or golf, just "Follow Through" . . . Line up your drive or putt or deal . . . Then concentrate and get the feel . . . And fol low path or course you've planned . . . With pur pose and a steody hand . . . Relax and let It not befall . . . That your eye ever leaves the ball . . . Complete your even, rhy thmic swing ... It wins ot golf or anything. JULIEN C. HYER consultation alter nes elected, tho nniitirai nictnrp Npyt. mnrn. "On the contrary," replied W T lelt the same way I did the Morse, "if you read that Taft njght before, statement issued after the 'sur- "It-S political suicide, I know," render,' you'll see that Eisen- concluded Morse, "but I've got hower agreed not to discrimln- to live with myself no matter ate against Taft people, and you who's elected." know what that means. That , means the Taft people will be PROTECTS CHICAGO BOSS running the party. a top congressional investiga- "I happen to have been the tor has been fired for trying to first republican to come out for cover up for Chicago's democra Eisenhower," Morse continued, tic boss Jake Arvey. "But this is not the Eisenhower investigator Ralph Culver was I know. I can't be for this Eis- kickeJ oft the Chelf committee enhower. Reach over and punch tw0 hours after it was discov the cash register: 'No sale'." ered he had left Arvey's name First efforts to keep Sena- out 0f a report. tor Morse in line occurred pri- Culver had been assigned to or to Labor day, when Eisen- investigate the Justice depart hower leaders wanted the Ore- ment's handling of the Pabst gonian's help to swing the Am- Brewing company case. The beef erican Federation of Labor over company was in trouble for to Eisenhower, or at least keep shipping spoiled grain across the them from endorsing Stevenson. Wisconsin state line, and Jake To this end, Governor Stassen, iv haA rlpj tn straiehten It who wrote the general's speech delivered at the AF of L con vention, same down to Washing to nand spent 2'A hours with Morse. However, he made no headway. Only 24 Broken in Carload Le Mans, France, U.R) Police said Monday a truck carry ing seven tons of eggs overturned Saturday night. Only 24 eggs were broken. Car Thefts Up 21 Per Cent In Past Two Years, FBI Says The hot car racket Is called the fastest growing criminal en terprise in America, in an arti cle, "Stolen: 197,000 Autos a Year," appearing in the Novem ber Reader's Digest. The Federal Bureau of Inves- ing shoes a plug of tobacco or tisnion quoted by tne writer Fred J. Cook, as reporting that auto thefts have Increased 21 per cent in two years to a cur- two tickets to an Elks smoker? And when the lady candidate finishes her speech she would , . , ... . . nave to oe carenu in presenting rent avernge ol 540 a day. nvi niflic me tiuwu. one cuuxu not say, "and now I want you to meet my Sammy." That pos sessive tone could kill a male vote. in the glove compartment, thus simplifying matters for the thief. Make an Identifying mark in your car, either by dropping a business card down a window panel or by scratching your in itials in an Inconspicuous place. "Be suspicious of a bargain. Ask for more than a transfer of about to g0 0ff duty, was almost tit e; insist on getting tne ongi- ready to test out Summerfield's nal bill of sale.. Deal with a theory until he learned that cl reputable firm. Get your own der was the only beverage be- mcuiitimi; lu uicci me mom, ,ng served at the rally. Cook says two factors are number for signs of tampering. icopyriht, idsji largely responsible: xne nign out with the justice department. But Culver neglected to men tion Arvey's name in his report. After the omission wai brought to the committee's at tention, Culver was fired out right. But the committee agreed not to tell the press, so as not to embarrass the congressman who had recommended Culver Congressman Delaney of New York. GOP SERVES CIDER GOP National Chairman Ar thur Summerfield blinked his eyes, then grinned broadly when an employee of the Hotel Wash ington needled him at a re publican rally: "Better be careful. You're in enemy territory. This hotel is a stronghold of good democrats. The help around here is solidly for Stevenson." "I'll bet one or two drinks would change your minds," countered Summerfield. The hotel employee, who was ONLY SIX VOTES AGAINST Battle to Pass Truck Bill In '51 Legislature Recalled ' (Editor's Note: The following is the second of a series of articles explaining the two measures placed on the Novem ber ballot by the long-haul truckers. One seeks to repeal the weight-mile fees passed by the 1951 legislature, and the other aims at eliminating by constitutional amendment the weight-mile principle for taxing trucks. By JAMES Members of the 1951 legisla ture, who had served on one of the two highway committees in 1949, recalled the glee expres sed by the long-haul truck rep resentatives at the end of the previous session over the "clev er coup" they put over by gain ing preferential rates. Also being aware of the in equities in the 1949 truck fee schedule, the legislators were determined to equalize the truck tax. Many members of the high way committee of this legisla ture had served on the interim committee for. two years and thus had given careful study to the entire question. Extended open hearings of the truck bill were first con ducted by the house committee with Rep. Edward A. Geary of Klamath Falls as chairman, in viting everyone interested to testify. The big truck lobby protested the proposed tentative fee schedule and were invited by Chairman Geary to bring in a fee proposal of their own. They promised to do this, but never offered any such schedule throughout the 116 days of the session. Vote 318 X Yes 331 X No After the bill had been passed by an overwhelming majority by the house, the senate com mittee, chairmaned by Sen. Elmo Smith of John Day, took over consideration of the house bill. The senate committee also held many hearings and finally approved the bill and sent it to the floor with a majority "do pass" recommendation. Then the truck lobby began an intensive campaign, featured by an avalanche of telegrams from shippers protesting the proposed truck fee tax. Sen ators' desks were piled high with these telegrams. More over, two large adver tisers who had been using the D. OLSON columns of the Blue Mountain Eagle in John Day, published by Chairman Smith, suddenly with drew their advertising. When Sen. Smith contacted his advertisers and asked why they withdrew their advertis ing, he was told that the truck ers demanded such action with a threat of cutting off service. His advertisers advised Smith to drop his fight against the big truckers. This Smith refused to do. "I am fighting for a principle of fair play to all motorists," Smith declared, "and If they break my little business, let them do it. I'll still carry on this fight." Vote 318 X Yes 331 X No Sen. Richard Neuberger of Multnomah county became sus picious of the signatures on some of the hundreds of tele grams reaching his desk, a 1 1 phrased in the same language and all urging him to oppose the big-truck bill "because passage of such bill would increase our truck freight rates." Neuberger began telephoning shippers in Portland who had signed these telegrams, "Have you read the bill?" asked the Multnomah- county senator. Every shipper he talked with admitted that they had not seen the bill. "Then how do you know it will increase your freight rates?" Neuberger asked. He was told that the truck representatives had told them so. After Neuberger and other senators found the telegrams were "phony," the bill passed with but six dissenting votes in the senate and a few days later was signed by Governor Doug las McKay. Vote 318 X Yes 331 X No (More tomorrow on bis; truck bills. Wonderful Way GO VIA CALIFORNIA RETURN VIA NORTHERN ROUTE price of cars and the prevalence of the kind of money that shuns What would be the protocol mkio v.,,.in... nnrrf for rid ng in the motorcades? Rin((s operatlng across state Would the candidate ride in the borders include salesmen who first car with the mayor and tho tke orders for specific models; candidate s husband in the sec- thieves who cruise city streets ond car with tho mayor's wife? iooklng for the required make, And suppose the lady Is elect- yeari and color; mechanics who d president. replace or alter the identifying What would we call Sam first serial number on the motor, and genucman oi me tana, president innocent dealers and drivers consort or "that woman's hus band?" What would Sam do, com mute every morning to his coal and lco business or Just hang around the White House? who ferry the car to its distant market. Yet 92 per cent of stolen cars are recovered. "A few simple rules for the mtlrloneA nt tha irmtnrinrr nnh. Would he have to give the teas u .r .irrt hv mi nirBMnr for the cabinet wives, lay the j, Edgar Hoover," Cook writes, cornerstones, speak for charity at "Don't leave your car unlock- th women's club luncheons, , or the ventilator windows launch all the ships? unlatched, even for the briefest time. Don't park for extended How about the opening of the periods on dark streets. Don't baseball season? Would the big leaVe furl or other valuable in lummox Just sit there while his your car as an invitation to lar- wlfe tries to throw out the first ceny. ball? "bon'g leave the registration Draft Just a Bit Late Lancing, England I.N- When Charles G. Mason received a draft notice in the mall he ignored It as a practical joke. Thursday a military policeman called on him to find out why he had not reported for military service. "Yours 70 years too late," Mason said. 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