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An lndcpndnt Ntwtpopcr Ettobtithtd 1888
BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor ond Publisher
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emtritus
Published every ofternoon except Sunday ot 444 Che
moketa St., Salem, Phones: Business, Ntwtroom, Want
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4 Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 18, 195.1
WHO WILL GET THE JOURNAL NOW?
The death of Phil Jackson, publisher of the Oregon
Journal, will rank as one of the major events of the year
In this state fcr it promises to have far-reaching effects
on its journalism.
For the first time since very soon after its founding
in 1902 there is no Jackson at the helm of Portland's even
ing newspaper, which may now follow its rival, the Ore
gonian, Into absentee ownership.
Sam Jackson, father of Phil, went to Portland from
Pendleton in 1902 to take over the fledgling Journal,
whose founders soon demonstrated their inability to keep
it going. Until his desth in 1924 the elder Jackson made
his influence felt from one end of Oregon to the other.
He might be right or wrong but was seldom undecided
and what he was for or against was witn au ma mignt.
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CLEANCrX CAN I "I '
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
British Oppose Carrier Use
For Bombing Raids on Soviet
YDRIWPIARS0N
Washington An 1 m p e r tant have run acro the trail of one
British document pertaining to of their own member In the
V. S. detente has been pigeon- new tax fraud probe. He It dap
holed by the U. S. navy in Pari, per. debonair, Democratic Con
It refers to the controversial gressman Eugene Ktolh, who
qutlon of using slrcraft carriers repretenti the tenements of ple
to attack Russia, and sides with beian Brooklyn but lives In a
BY CARL ANDERSON
Hinry
the U. S. air force In its conten
tion that carriers are Impracti
cal. This is directly counter to
the U. 8. navy's ambitious pro
gram for building supercarrlers.
It was during the bitter argu
ment over carriers that the ad
mirals did their best to under
cut Defense Secretary Louis
Johnson and Air Secretary
Stuart Symington.
The British Joint chiefs of
staff, however, have drafted a
top-secret document that It
would be "suicidal" to throw na
val air against Russia's super
ior land-based air. and that car-
swank apartment house on Park
avenue.
C o n g r e sstonal Investigators
have not confirmed the facts,
first exposed in this column last
August, about Koegh's tie-up
with liquor dealers Louis Pok
rass and ex-alcohol tax chief
Carroll Mealey.
Part of the story finally hit
the headlines last week name
ly how Mealey ordered federal
liquor permits issued to Pokrass
after previous applications had
been denied; also bow Mrs. Mea
ley, was steered to a New York
store by Pokrass to buy a fur
coat; and how Mealey, himself,
collected $2,000 from Pokross
Menu
CANOV
wrong
WILL OPgn
WEBB
NEXT
WEE
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
?J"'nl5rt0pr0- for ''leTalVd."
Private Enterprise Can Still
Earn Public Reward in Britain
tect shipping.1
Despite its importance to al
lied defense, the document has
been held up in Europe by Vice
A dm. Arthur C. Davis, who rep
resents the American joint chiefs
of staff on the NATO military
councils. He is the funnel
In keeping with congressional
courtesy, however, Keogh's
name was charitably kept out of
the scandal. The inside story,
which was suppressed, is that
the debonair congressman from
Brooklyn, Mr. Keogh, pulled
strings for Pokrsss and tele-
fry i II Vf r n
eSANOV ., CANOV
municate their plans and opto
ions to the Pentagon.
While the formal document is
lyHALBOYU
New York JPl Manv an years a so our aalM hivi Hum
Under his leadership the Journal became a mighty force, American lad still stubbornly to about 1,000 a month in this
and we think very much for the good. clings to an old-fashioned goal, country," he said. "I have visit- gathering dust in Paris, how
Phil Jackson nicked UD where his father left off. Prob- Instead of riding with the tide ? very state, and feel I am ever, a confidential report has
aWv the fatKever finished the etehth irrade. but he wll " " P- Xmott M much American been forwarded privately to the
amy tno mner never "nunra tne f", "e u" uon n, wlntl to grow uo and now as an Englishman.- navy, summarizing the British
1 1" "J?" tZ n.Z" v' li vi v. become a capitalist, , . J.1 point ox view.
through which our allies com- pB0Md Mtmlty or three
a handicap. It would have shown him so many things he
couldn't have done, which not knowing he couldn't do
he went ahead and did. Phil waa splendidly educated, at
times a week while the liquor
permits were pending.
At the same time, Keogh made
an amazing $12,000 killing on a
stock deal involving Pokrass'
lawyer, Myron Cowan, who Is
now Ambassador to Belgium.
House investigators have also
Jersey Solon Once Addressed
Formosa Legislators in Chinese
ylDCRIAGH
Washington O Some con- Oriental heart?"
gressmen are noted for some It was a challenge, SlemuuU
things and other congressmen admitted in an interview, but:
are noted for other things. "What the hell, a Jersey City
Today's example: New Jer- boy can do anything. I figured
sev'i Alfred D. Sleminiki. If Jnhnnv Knnv t...
i a capitalist. . j., ,. JV. PInt of view. HoUMJ investigators have also He is. by his own documented Mayor Hscue. I could iw.ir ru
But how to do ltT smaUHlllman MlnVothewaM 7 foreigner neie." ,
For answer let us turn to a the Humber SuperShlpe and uw'v i Ail that Keogh received $4,500 from ever to have addressed a full Jersey City's Mayor John V.
.. .uu foolish to think of usine fast - w..ki- i.v.w.i.4 i- i&,n . . .v r . .
ru,.4 j tt...j .. L.j vi. i.fw, Arfrt vumor our TTiuum jtooies, at tne sporty Sunbeam - Talbot i . . ... . . " nuunmun iwu, w tuwu w ui wuuick utuu- wmjr won aim oiuce oy upset.
Princeton and Harvard, but never had hlsfather-s driv- c,p,UUft m luU flower ;nd Biggeitsales point stressed: Low S S i SrcM ff 'tr,tie tor legal advice en a tax case Uve Yuan, In Formosa or on the ting the organization if w
ing real and was never a strong force in Oregon. cheerful proof that private en- upkeep costa. bombing atUcks on Interior Bus- ig,lnrt SUm e. chambers of mainland, prior to April 25, time Mayor Frank Harue ,
The Journal flourished as a business institution and terprlse still can earn a public But he sees British ear sales Sl-l'A UPP i.ufl Miamt-14 u a,nrt lh lw'ter 152." power in democraUe naUonil
gained in circulation and resources, but though it ad- reward in Britain. He worked here as no great threat to Amer- SJSf-Sh r.. !I eressmen to act as counsel politics,
vanced to first place in its field as the twenties faded many a hard day to become a lean manufacturers. ' fl" 00 b?,or 1J1 v- Siemlnskl, a democrat from ...
into the thirties it soon lost both editorial and business ight. 'The sale of American cars in wnr f..t rrTer. .nd.rr. f.!nL.. "..t'.'V fj ItVJ'i.T?'?: - Now Slemtaskl speaks Poll
When it finally sought to ..Bfotaf tato U. .how-to- ujuja mU mny, cr,ft the U. S. fleet might have. ZTSuSk "7 S,
"ne" u "rT" "u"" their effort would be merely f... vit W-a .,7.4.7. .V A "A v'? 7t '
after supporting Dewey in 1944 and 1948 it found its "r8""1? 2 "1,aJ Ze ""UJ" 'chicken feed' .gainst the land- V. tor ad- e n.u tt7 " " ".r"zJLl'"u lL??
ably troubled its publisher little, for he had become con- ceit . reckon it will go to about 50 000 M.wouW h,ve wythe ,rM at the same time he was serving In Chinese. So he hsd a Formossn sc.
servative. ' , ., , ' and sUy at that figure." ..'Vh2ILi,.itv i. ,ninr on the house ways and means It seems SleminskI, a Prince- qualntance put his openlni
In his nersonal relationshin Phil Jackson waa a friend- slr William, the son of a bl- ... ... The mI"y ,?.uc01nv,nced' committee which has Jurlsdlc- ton graduate and 41-year-old words into the Chinese tonsui
Ivman whnv. cycle manufacturer, studied en- What does a capitalist do to the report adds, "that carriers Uon over the Internal revenue war veteran, was in Formosa and bravely launched If orbV
nTr !? fciSS? 2!.snWJ. wiYta lnewln. motorcyctes, elaxT Sir William, knighted in fg to be needed mainly burMU. wIy Ult year wltn , h0Uie .Mr Prwidenrfriendi, and
under the heavy load of responsibility he was forced to ltmZBti aow l0 build w m2 lor hu to Britija to protect shipping and .possibly, whaf, mor, p unU1 Uit proprlattons subcommittee. He fighters under tie banner
carry, rie was extremely tree irom pomp and pretense, lint hand in a Coventry factory, war Industry, is "keen on shoot- against fast raiders. For these month, the Brooklyn congress- dropped In on a session of the freedom it elves me areat oltu.
a kindly, approachable individual, with a large circle of Next he became a star salesman, lug." Jolly good, too, at bring- purposes, there would be no need man was actually a member of legislature and was invited to ure to visit with you today oa
warm friends. He and his brother, Reginald, tog down duck, grouse and J long-range fighters or attack u,, noule Ux fraud committee make a speech. behalf of the United Ststes eon-
What will happen to the Journal now? This is the $64 bAte toP ,Ultllh, of Pheasants. . n -J craft such as the U. S. navy wMek w investigating tax Members of congress are often gress ...
Question of the year in Oregon journalism. Phil Jack- "L "r? J? tata. He. also has aooo-acre ifarm u f- . " . t eP.Uv.. tavitatlons. if there were any compUlnto
son had suggested employee ownership following his
leadership to the Oregonian.
assert its old fire by supporting Adla! Stevenson in 1952
" j iw uunif m ia,vuu.iHi ' . . . ; ; wimm uy fM i aienuniu prompuy accepiea. aoout uninese SDOXen With I
j.it, l,. v . nMj..L ni . ,. J """" ur " ,'77 . ... " , uww um wu uncu m x urn, m saia, as naa a secono new jersey accent, alenuniu
death, , but such Project Will confront a very great prac own, tj,, brotheri declded r,Ues prize cattle and sheep. He Joint allied naval maneu- investigating. thought: didn't hear teem In fact
s !,, hm i75i5to his ,arm be run M ver tSv Though it is against the un- "Wouldn't it be a nice ges- pleased Chinese invited Slemin.
So they did. In leu than a fic-ient. nncn-air fprtni-i. report Quotes the British as ac- writt.n ,nnn,im,i . nt a a . J, T
Quarter century their firm. M r.ulrnvV.ti. h.. h. cuslna the U. S. naw of takina "T" V IZtl tAi!.".." 7 m non-umnew-.peii.
headed by Sir William, has be: hlVMt -'",7"' on "ixtra airplanes In excesi 3.,"". SI" "."5".V"1 "ru".1.." ng xeuow congrewmen to a us
come one of "the big five" of head In Britain," he said" those that they might be able i7i'7 Congressman Robert ' " P"'y'
oriiam a luramoDue inausuy. . . to operate in actual war," ana Keen, new chairman of the tax
It turns out about 400 trucks n other leading interest in of "trying to influence the Euro- fr.,M nmmiiiH i. t mnvi.
and passenger vehicles a dsy. Hie is the improvement of An- peans about the supremacy of antnua to be hound bv falsa
tical difficulty. The Journal is making hardly any mon
ey. One of its officials testified at a federal hearing in
Washington in late 1952 that it lost a considerable sum
In 1951 and "hoped" to make about $75,000 in 1952.
The Jackson family probably consider the Journal
worth nearly as much as the approximately $5,600,000
the Oregonian brought, without its real estate, when sold
OPEN FORUM
to Sam Newhouse of New York. Yet in the last two more The Bootes tree the brothers glo-Amerlcan relations, and he fast carrier task forces in .the courtesy.
many
Salem 39 Years Ago
than imimllv ovvwl hiiafnMB vr it nnarvnflv ahnwri and thrt sonj sow hai hai held
MA vinf wnflf sif all TTmrJAVAstai wrtti14 inavsi a Viiiv ah branches, plants, or offshoots on posts.
uv aify v ma, ev wa, muiuivj vfj w miu aa w w J aj vii b . , . near . ,
small down payment and pay out. Without substantial " rmCL..!, uu.. he 2dd "Ind JZZ
ii. tv,. i v.-. 1 j. Autm ' slr William personally likes he said. 'And we must stay one
profits they could not hope to do this. to keep an eye on the growing people." - -
If nearly all the employees bought stock and resolved American market. Sounds like a rich full life
to make the paper pay by hitting the ball themselves and "Starting from sero five (Cmeinded Page s, c.ioma i
seeing tnat tne otners aia, tney mignt get it into tne dibck -by
a substantial amount, but this hope would hardly be
an adequate basis for investing the large sum necessary
to make the deal, assuming the Jackson family were
willing.
No Oregon publisher could make even a stab toward
buvinir so larze a newsDSDer Dronertv. thou eh a srrourj
of Portland's leading citiiens might finance its purchase or n lUon w Marlon county drinking,
in order to keep ownership in the state. This seems un- authorizing uauance 01 ibsu.ouu phy,Iclan in
Ukely though, for the difficulties would be many and the Ifi.".1." !."' 1 '.?Bvf". patch. The
prospect of profitable operation dubious. tt. eVunVcierk " Orlnkin,
Some of the eastern chains may be interested, par-
tlcularly Newhouse, who bought the Oregonian. He could Utilization of windows in
afford to pay more than anyone else, for he could publish buildings formerly occupied by Dr. G. J. Sweetland, Jr., ath-
it in the same plant with his Oregonian and effect very ,?loon, or display of Posters f letic director of Willamette Unl-
large operating economies without lowering the quality ho,w "? !rP,rJ iIinr Ier,lty 0' ht p!rt four y"f'
nt tha naner purposes gives the city a panor- has accepted a similar position
" v .'... , ama ot beauty and color that is with-Hobart College, Geneva,
Because the Journal will be worth so much more to actually glamorous (Salem went n. y. He will receive a salary
Newhouse than to anyone else we rather expect him to dry January 1, 1914). 0f near $3000 a year.
emerge eventuauy as its owner. This win mark the end,
government same manner that the U. S. pub
lic was being mesmerized about
huge carriers."
Suppression of this British re
port not only concealed a feud
between the British and Ameri
can navies, but withheld valu
able information affecting Amer-
Note Congressman Keogh
is the solon who had $5,000
stolen from his pants pocket
Take Issue With Kimsey Quote
CAPITAL CAPSULES
ly BEN MAXWELL
. February 14, 1914 "Over-eating puts more peo-
An Initiative petition caUlng pie In the grave-yard than over-
declares a Cleveland
My personal experience leads torney advised me to drop it un
me to disagree with some of the der the conditions. I did.
statements you quoted from Wll- Yes, thank you, gentlemen, I
President Elsenhower's econ- 11am E. Kimsey, state labor com- have a good state Job now civil
omy ax may have a double edge, mlssioner, in your Feb. 12 pa- service appointment and have
He told ex-Sen. Chan Gurney per. no trouble now collecting mj
lean economy. For the admirals of the civil aeronautics board Last fall, I was an "out-of- wages. I appreciate it very much
fear Eisenhower will start hack- that he was against subsidies for state" peTson seeking employ- and the consideration shown me
lng at the supercarrlers with his the big airlines. This is not what ment here. My first job ended by one of the state departments,
economy ax. certain airline executives ex- disastrously through no fault of Only, I resent wholesale pralM
Inside fact is that It costs pected when they shelled out for mine. I tried to contact the labor of the claims of enforcement ot
seven times more for carrier his campaign. ... Ike has of- commissioner, by office call or, "fair employment practices set."
planea to deliver the same fared the CAB. chairmanship to phone. H was impossible. I wrote It might be well to remember
amount of tombs as an eaulva- another big-name, World War him to date I have had no re- that some out-of-state reldenU
a leased wire dis- lent force of land-based planes, II general ' Jimmy Doolittle. ply. His office employees were to be may prove desirable citl-
doctor advocates figuring in the total cost ot the However, aneu ou is dsngung zranxiy Dorea wiui tne wnoie sens noiaing tne vote.
drinking a gallon of water every
day.
bases as against the aircraft car- a 1125,000 salary In front of Doo- matter. However, I was spend
rlert. little to keep him there. . . . ing money earned elsewhere to
NOTE In case someone has GOP political watchdogs have live in this state where I sought
forgotten, there is now supposed their eye on three democrats, work. Finally, an attorney rec
to be unification between the whom they consider most likely ommended to me by the firm of
armed forces. to run against Ike in 1S5S the Ladd 4c Bush contacted Mr.
... 1952 loser, Adlai Stevenson; the Kimsey. I sat near enough to the
CONGRESSMAN KEOGH'S Tennessee crime buster. Sen. phone to hear most ot the con
LOBBYING Estes KefauvTe; or Missouri's versation the commissioner's
Congressmen don't quite know Sen. Stuart Symington. part was mainly a laugh on the
what to do about it, but they co-ruht, im other end ot the line. The at-
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Salem, Oregon.
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IN THE HALL OF FAME nl U0 Ig0 elub
Upon first thought it may seem Incongruous that the ot Salem Heights entertained in
statue of Dr. John McLoughlin, representing Oregon in honor of the young people of
the nation's statuary hall and unveiled on Saturday, "ft Chief feature of the
hould stand opposite to that of Will Rogers, the Okla' wn'ng was holding of a eupid a
homa humorist Dr. McLoughlin, autocrat of the old '
Oregon Country, was no humorist In a Phimister Proc- Three members of Salem Mo
tor'j bronze he is depicted as regally imperious and torcycle club, Ivan Farmer. R.
must appear to glower at the slouching figure of Will S. Prenty and C. L. Brunk rode
Rogers who returns a sly grin from across the hall. their machines to Albany on
But there, in reality, the difference ends. Will Rogers SuntUy .ove,r p,?i.fic iIigh;
wa. typical in m.neri.m with whole immigrations reach- ZZTol'VVZ
ing Oregon from Southern and border state, in pioneer Seta.SlckVtt.ttt.t2r.
times. For them Dr. McLoughlin, towering above six chines would stand alone. They
feet in stature, his dignity enhanced by snowy white were about three hours going
hair and a piercing bluish eye, was a friend and fre- and two and a quarter hours
quontly a benefactor. Certainly he lacked and, perhaps, making the return trip,
little understood or admired frontier humor. But he was Governor wt thi. mn,,ini
.hrewder than they and for a decade withstood their in- rec.d . wire fm"?
vasion. While he helped them he was also likely to be Judge Springer of crook county
helping Hudson'a Bay company and sometimes himself, aaying that the sheriff, assisted
James W. Nesmith, an immigrant of 1843 and later by Janitor had broken into
Oregon's distinguished Civil War senator, was a fellow ci?M Judw's otiice and re
ft good deal like Will Rogers. Jim Nesmith had a keen L'l.,!. "x theretrom
memory and an unlimited fund of wit and humor that ,nd "'"' to "v th,m u'
served him with a repartee. Then he was Just a young Aviator Chriitofferson todsy
man an a little raw but the "Old Doctor" liked him well. flw miles from Bakersfteid
"And so, my boy. you've been getting married 1 You tovlL!n nie.lM '"three hours
must have gome cattle." ' ""lnu e flight was
Nesmith assured the Doctor that nothing would .ait ' ' w,thouAi"
him better but he was lacking In script for payment c""e criticism of slit skirts
McLoughlin insisted upon the loan and Nesmith agreed. ,?ufn,i'r ''"'' of .th
Years later Nesmith returned from the gold fields and eolored Seattle conneluol; la
paid Dr. McLoughlin $1000 for the cattle he had ac- making trouble tor toe .tor
cap tad on loan at the time of his marriage. ei the flock.
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spacious club-lounge car and the hospitable dining car service.
Through Pullman end coach accommodations to Spokane,
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago. Convenient connections bayonet.
Oregon Electric Hallway Co. will welcome the opportunity fa serve yew.
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