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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, March 3, 1953
HAS VAN FLEET A KOREAN SOLUTION?
General Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Mali in a major military speech at Palm Beach, Florida,
Monday outlined four courses of action the United Nations
could take in Korea. He warned that most of them carry
the risk of touching off all-out war with the Chinese Reds
or even of starting World War III.
Bradley stated that he was not committed to any of them,
either for or against, as the decisions were not for him to
meet He listed them as follows: '
1. Get out of Korea, an action "which I believe the American
people and their allies would not condone" because he aid, it
jeopardizes U.N. authority and five communism tree rein In
Asia.
2. ' Continue the war as is, keeping; up pressure, keeping down
u.N. casualties,-inflicting the maximum possiDle casualties on
ilea Dauieiront forces.
3. Continue the pressure In Korea, but be ready to "take the
additional military steps, from time to time, where a military
advantage might accrue." Bradley did not aay whether this
might mean a U.N. offensive. The hope obviously would be
the pressure might eventually tire Red China and lead her to
quit.
4. Take any one of any combination of military steps to get
a decision in Korea "even while we realize it might eventually
involve us in all-out war with communist China." Broadening
of the war in this manner, Bradley said, "might pin down the
bulk of our military power on the continent of Asia, and could
eventually develop into World War III."
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Signs of Spring Already
To Be Found on Manhattan
. ly HAL BOYLf
President Eisenhower at the end of his trip to Korea
during his campaign for election summed up his dilemma
about ending the war, said that the first task of the new
administration to bring the Korean war to an early and
Honorable close. '
To the news conference he said he had "no panaceas"
for ending the war and he spoke of the "grave risk of en
larging the war." That was his appraisal after looking
over Korea. That was also the problem faced by President
Iruman. But if Ike has worked out any bold .plans for
ending the war without "risk of enlarging it," they have
not Deen made public. '
It may be that General James A. Van Fleet who is being
given a hero s welcome in Washington today will solve this
dilemma. He is the foremost authority on Korea, soon to
retire after, commanding the American Eighth American
army jn Korea for 22 months, is a long time friend of
Eisenhower and a West Point classmate.
Some time ago, when about to leave the Orient, Van Flett
said "certainly," the Eighth army could make a successful
offensive against the communists In Korea. The deadlock
he continued, "was of our choosing and not inspired by the
enemy." It was begun under Truman and not Eisenhower.
Van Fleet is to appear before congressional committees
this week and what he says may determine the future
course of history and make our allies still more jittery.
WILLAMETTE'S INITIAL OBJECTIVE
President G. Herbert Smith made an extremely effec
tive presentation or wmameues new iu-year expansion
program at the Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday,
particularly in regard to its first phase, $400,000 to enable
construction of the first two buildings to proceed.
. Some Willamette supporters were probably a bit flab
bergasted at the announcement that five million dollars
would be sought, for that is a lot of money even in a town
where the legislature tosses tens of millions around. For
the five million was to be raised by gifts, not taxation,
which is a horse of quite a different hue.
- But the first phase of the campaign is easily within reach
of fairly early success. It is for f 400,000 which when
secured will make a $$250,000 gift available. This gift
from an unnamed donor outside of Salem is conditional
upon $400,000 from other sources.' When this $650,000 is
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trustees will be justified in proceeding with the first two
buildings planned, a $750,000 fine arts-auditorium and a
$250,000 housing unit.
Other steps in the biar orotrram which contemnlates
doubling Willamette's endowment and her physical plant
value within a decade can then proceed. It is certainly-an
ambitious undertaking considering that it has taken more
than a century to bring the university to the point where
it is now.
However progress has been much faster in the past
aecaue, wnicn saw three quarters of. a million added to the
endowment fund, Baxter hall built and almost all paid for,
ana ine new athletic plant in the Bush pasture developed
President Smith made another telling point to the busi.
ness men. Willamette is and always will be one of Salem's
major economic as well as cultural assets. Her budget has
ballooned enormously in the past decade. This money, to
gether with what the students themselves spend, goes into
the tills of Salem merchants Bnd from there into their
payrolls and other local expenditures which help the whole
community. Salem people who help their university are
helping themselves, he pointed out, a fact which is beyond
dispute.
BV H. T. WEBSTER
Life's Darkest Moment
New York WV-It Is hard to
tell when spring really gets to
Manhattan.
But its heralds are already
here. . . . The crocus lights a
yellow fire In every florist shop
window. . . . Three suburbanites,
their (noses still running, are
galloping about the office, bay
Ing, "I caw the first robin!" . . ,
You put your hand against
Rockefeller Center and It feels
a little warmer. . . . The breezes
blow skirt a bit higher, and
the druggist says, "Well spring's
about here. . . . More and more
people are coming in asking
me to help get a clinker out of
their eye" ... The kids, UU
shivering, begin playing stick
ball again in the streets. . . .
The sun reaches down with
friendlier fingers. . . . The air
seems fresher and brighter, as
if had been through a filter.
But the city itself looks
shabby and seedy, like a bum
awaking from a hangover in a
clean new day. . . . Manhattan
always is frowziest just at the
last edge of winter. . . .
The calendar says spring is
still nearly three weeks away.
But you can't tell that to
the fat strutting pigeons in the
park, taking crumbs from pas
sersby in waddling contempt.
These feathered handout
artists take people as just a nec
essary evil a bird has to put
up with if he wants to live in
the city. . . . The tree buds are
opening pale hands, gambling
against a late frost. . . .
The sporting goods stores
have jumped the gun a bit, too.
Their windows are full of
fishing tackle. . . And business
men, hunched in their topcoats,
look In a dream of a leaping
trout. . . . Stenographers quit
dreaming of "the one that got
away" during the winter. . . .
They get out resort folders and
start dreaming of the new un
known poor fish they will snare
on their summer vacation. . . .
Dogs scratch and whine at
the door to get out more often.
The children's coughs and
colds dry up, but they ait list
less and cross at their coloring
books. ... A vaster painter is
at work outdoors, and young
hearts are stirred with an ecs
tasy they cannot understand,!
. . . ah nature a cniiaren Know
an itch they cannot scratch,
and they tremble between
laughter and tears, and don't
know why. . . . But mother
does. . . . Time for the annual
tonic, the tuning of small bod
ies to a new season. . . .
A dullness films the eyes of
the grownups, too, and a petu
lance comes over him. ... He
alternately feels like a million
dollars and two cents. . . .
His minds turns to faroff places.
Who wants to live in dreary
here? . . . Wouldn't it be nice
to be sitting on top of Capri,
sipping wine and watching the
DEEP SNOW,
SHORT LEGS
AND TMt
CALL "R
DINNER
Bay of Naples? ... Or strolling
somewhere at peace on the Is
land of Ball, where dwell fair
women? ... Or just lying at
ease under an almond tree by
a ruined old Roman temple in
Southern Tunisia? . . .
This is the way spring comes
10 ine die city. . . . An ache
in the night ... An invisible
wind that turns every heart to
a yearning violin. . , . But the
surest sign of all is when you
come home and find your wife
looking like a gypsy-cowboy, a
rag around ner Bead, a dust-
cloth in her hands and that now
don't - give - me - any - argu
ment just - go - ahead and
start - moving - the - furniture
look in her eyes. ...
When a pigeon starts making
her nest and a housewife starts
upsetting hers, never mind what
the calendar says or the weather
is up to . . . spring has arrived.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike Knows White House Better Than Guides
Irked to Learn P.G.E.
Boosted Net in 1952
To the Editor: The issue of the
surrcharge on our electricity
bills is being nicely covered up
and perhaps the general public
should forget the matter and
humbly pay over monthly assess
ment.
I was in a passive mood until
I ran into a news item in the
Sunday Oregonian entitled, "Net
for P.G.E. Gains in 1952."
"Portland General Electric
Company made net income of
$3,719,661 in 1952 compared
with $3,322,861 in 1951, accord
ing the company's annual re
port," etc. .
Maybe I m all wet In my as
sumption that we're being taken
for, a sleigh-rlde, nevertheless
the fuses are at a blowing point
C. Ij. WARNER,
4315 Macleay Rd.,
Salem.
In the history of the United
States, 12 federal officials have
been tried in impeachment pro
ceedings, o' whom four were
found guilty on one or more
counts.
Salem 26 Years Ago
y BEN MAXWELL
March S, 1927
Governor Patterson today
signed house bill 58 offered by
the Marion county delegation
and authorizing construction of
a new, $600,000 state office
building in Salem.
Return of Lem Woom, Chi
nese sentenced to hang for a
murder committed in Portland
14 years ago, will probably
cost him his freedom. Governor
West pardoned Lem Woom on
condition that he return to
China and stay there. Last night
he was apprehended in a Port
land lottery joint.
Strenous efforts are being
made by authorities and police
to supress names of about a
halt dozen high school boys
who became involved In a
liquor scrape and were expell
ed from school. "These boys
have been put out and they
will stay put," said Principal
J. C. Nelson this morning.
Poker or "freeze out" will no
longer be played in local card
rooms, the La Grande city
commission has ruled. But
pinochle, rummy and like
games are all right
All rooms In the new wing
of Salem General hispital must
be furnished by public sub
scription, the hospital board
has decided. The new wing re
cently completed at a cost of
$40,000 will accomodate 34
additional patients, an increase
of about 70 percent in the
capacity of the hospital.
"Let There Be Light,"
But There Wasn't Any
Redondo Beach. Calif. n
Let there be light said the:iine up Silver Creek, built in
Brick laying was resumed
today on new Leslie Junior
high school after some 4000
bricks were removed because
of imperfect construction.
Silverton may soon be asked
to approve a $45,000 bond issue
to replace and improve the
present water system. The pipe
contractor, has received de
livery of a one-half cubic yard
speed digger . costing $8000.
This machine, first of Its kind
to be owned in Salem, will be
used in excavating basement
for the Nelson building at the
corner of 'Liberty and Che me
keta streets. Basements for
dwellings may also be dug with
this 35,000 pound machine.
Sale of the newly produced
Noble-French prune trees will
start in Salem on Saturday.
Nable Andrews, route 6, origin
ator and propagator of the
variety, has 10,000 trees for
sale.
Formal opening of the new
First National (Livesley build
ing) bank building and banking
quarters' will be held during
the evening of Saturday March
19. .
Orrln B. Lyday of Indepen-,
aence nas been appointer to
succeed the late Frank B. Cow-
les as conductor on the passen
ger train of the VaUey and
Siletx railroad.
Washington President Ei-
enhower not only is proud oi
his new home, but has spent
hqurs studying White House his
tory. Already he knows more
about the subject than the guides
who've been on duty there for
years. -
Last week Ike displayed his
newly acquired knowledge as be
conducted lunching congressmen
on a tour. As the group entered
each room, he gave a brief his
torical outline of the important
events that had taken place with'
in its four waljs..
Mr. President," said one
guest, "you've learned s great
deal about the White House in
a very ahort time."
It's been a lot of fun,"' re
plied the new president "Be
sides," he added, "if s good job
insurance. If" I'm unemployed
four years afrom now I can al
ways get a good job as a White
House guide. I figure 1 11 be
worth at least $1.25 an hour.
BATTLE OVER IKE
APPOINTMENT
With big city slums one of the
:hief contributors to juvenile
delinquency, the question of
slum clearance and public nous
ing is getting hot on Capitol Hill
again.
Bob Tan, Mr. Big of senate
republicans, has estimated that
public housing should comprise
10 per cent of all new housing
construction each yea?, in order
to keep abreast of the slum
problem. On this basis, a mini
mum of 100,000 low-rent, public
housing units should be built
this year. Yet congress has pro
vided funds for only one-third
this amount 35,000 units.
What's really stirred up back
stage debate, however, is the ap
pointment of ex-Congressman Al
Cole of Kansas as boss of the
housing and home finance agen
cy. Cole is the only republican
defeated in the rock-ribbed re
publican state of Kansas in many
years, and he was defeated in
an election which went over
whelmingly for Eisenhower.
While in congress. Cole was
such a bitter foe of public hous
ing and such a friend of the real-
estate lobby, that even such Eis
enhower senators as New York's
Irving Ives will probably vote
against his confirmation. In June
1949, Cole delivered a bristling
speech against the Taft Housing
Act, which launched the same
program of slum clearance and
public housing which Cole is now
supposed to administer.
That bill, he declaimed, "tends
to destroy private homes and
private business ... it tends to
destroy our form of government.
It s a step toward govern
ment control of individual fam
ily life. . . . May become so strong
as to strangle the . people of
America. . . . Today the Soviet
government has in its constitu
tion, article 6, a provision that
the homes of the laboring peo
ple shall belong to the state."
Senator Taft however, who
authored the Taft Housing Act,
seemed to think that crowded,
unhealthy big city slums are
even worse breeders of commu
nism than the communist po
litical platform.
mayor of Redondo Beach last
night as he pulled a switch in
tended to bring near-daylight
vision along a mile of Pacific
Coast highway.
Instead the whole town was
plunged Into darkness.
Mayor J. Russell Shea's blush
was hidden for two hours until
workmen repaired a power line,
blown down by high winds, and
the ceremony of dedlcaUng the
new high power lights was re-summed.
Canada's Jet Airliner
Down in Asia, 11 Die
Karachi, Pakistan W) Can
ada's first comet Jet airliner
crashed and burned on a take
off from Karachi airport early
today, killing the five Cana
dian crewmen and six British
aircraft technicians aboard.
, It was the first fatal crash
for the record-breaking BriUah
built Comet
1911, must either be re-built
or a new line developed on the
Abiqua, the other source of
supply, according to Dr. C. W.
Keene, member of the water
commission.
West Salem Community club
has petitioned postal author-,
ities asking for city delivery in
this locality.
Gideon Stolz company claims
to be oldest manufacturing
firm In Salem in respect to
continuity of ownership. Early 1
October 1879 Mr. Stolz moved
to Salem and started the vine
gar and cider works that has
continued to this day.
Salem boathouse will open
April 1, according to "Captain"
John Spong, proprietor. Canoe
ing on the Willamette gets to be
good about this time.
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Note While the battle over
housing administrator Cole gets
hotter in Washington, another
political public bousing battle
rages in Los Angeles -to defeat
Mayor Fletcher Bowron, long
time champion of slum clearance
and foe of the real-estate lobby.
PRINCETON PROFESSOR
Prim, proper ex-Princeton pro
fessor. Sen. Alex Smith f New
Jersey, blushed like a bashful
schoolboy the other day at a
private luncheon he had arrang
ed in honor of the nation's high
est lady official. Federal Secu
rity Administrator Oveta Culp
Hobby, former head of the Wac.
Starting to introduce the guest
of henor, he said, "I have invit
ed Mrs. Hobby, who is"
The senatotr choked on his
words: his face started flaming.
Finally he turned to Mrs. Hob
by and asked desperately: "What
is the name of your office?" ,
MERRY-GO-ROUND
President Eisenhower didn't
show it as his press conference.
but he was irritated at reporters
who tried to bait him Into a
quarrel with congress. He com
plained afterward about the way
"they tried to get me in trouble
with the hill." . . . Chatting with
democratic senators at a private
luncheon, Ike told about his ex
periences shooting wild turkey.
Isn't that against the law?"
blurted Virginia's Sen. Willis
Robertson. "I don't know, is it?"
asked Ike, a bit embarrassed.
This brought on a brief discus.
sion as to whether the president
had broken the law. Unofficial
verdict: Guilty. ... Later, as
Eisenhower took the senators on
the usual tour of, the White
House and pointed out a full-
length painting of George Wash.
Ington, he called attention to a
large book, labeled "The Law,'
at Washington's feet. "In view of
your trouble with congressmen
who want to rewrite the tax
law," broke in West Virginia's
Sen. Matt Neely, "if you ever
have a similar picture painted
I suppose it will be more like
Dore's painting of a wrathful
Moses breaking the tablets of
the law." . . . When California's
conscientious new Sen. Tom
Kuchel had the courage to vote
against most of his fellow re
publicans snd end the filibuster,
he receeived critical letters from
California voters. However, the
shoe may soon be on the other
foot For antl-tidelands oil sen
ators may use the filibuster to
hold up what California wants
most tidelands oil.
"BUDGET PRUNER" TABER
It hasn't hit the headlines, but
a backstage battle is simmering
between the administration and
powerful Congressman John Ta-
ber, charman of the house ap
pend the whole complex problem
of tax reduction this year.
Tsber is determined to cut up
to $10,000,000,000 from the bud.
get and he doesn't care much
what the White House thinks
about it or who gets hurt
Chief victim of Taper's econo.
my drive will be Pentagon's big
miltary budget, consdered eaten
tal to national defense. Defense
Secretary Charlie Wilson recent
ly warned congress that it would
be "difficult" to reduce military
expenditures, but to Tsber, Wil.
son's statement wasn't a warning
it was a challenge that he's
glad to accept.
Talking confidentially to col.
eagues, Tsber said: "I've been
cutting government budgets for
years and I'm the ine man in
congress who knows how to do
it I know where the bureaucrats
pad their budgets and I know
how to find the padding.'
"Be careful, John," said a fel
low republican. "You may run
into trouble with the White
House if you slice the budget too
thin."
I don't care what the White
House, the Pentagon, or anybody
else thinks," replied the con
gressman from New York, "I'm
going to cut government spend
ing, if we have to stay here all
summer. And I'm going to cut
it by billions."
(CoprrUrht, 1U)
U. S. to Deport Col.
Racketeer to Italy
Los Angeles The federal
government has notified Jack
Dragna, identified by the Call
fornia crime commission at a
gangster, that he Is to be de
ported to Italy for illegal en
try into the country.
Attorneys for Dragna have
until March 12 to appeal to the
board of immigration afiptals
in Washington. They previous
ly announced they would carry
the case to the U.S. supreme
court if necessary.
At liberty on $1,000 bond.
Dragna was notified of the de
portation order by registered
mail. Dragna, 64, maintains he
is a banana importer.
Dulles Considering
Southeast Asia Visit "
Washington ( Secretary ol
State Dulles was reported
Tuesday to be considering a fly
ing trip to the Middle East and
Southeast Asia in an effort to -
bolster American prestige in
the area.
The visit would be aimed, at
least partly, at demonstrating
American friendship with Arab
governments which are regard-
propriations committee. On the led as the key to combatting
outcome of this battle will de-stepped-up Russian activity.
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