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Salem, Orefon, Friday, March 6, 1953
THE KING IS DEAD
For several years America and the rest of the free
world have looked forward, half with hope, half with fear,
to the death of Joseph Stalin, the ablest and most ruthless
of a succension of Russian czars that stretched back to
Ivan the Terrible.
For Stalin waa in many ways a successor to the Roman
offs, who bore the title of "czar and autocrat of all the
Russlas" but never fulfilled the role half as thoroughly
as the cobbler' son who ruled a larger, much more popu
lous realm under a much tighter grip and played a far
larirer role on the world's stage.
Now the great event has taken place, suddenly. First
the world knew was Tuesday night when it was announced
that Stalin had suffered a stroke in his Kremlin apartment
Sunday night. Thursday night he died, as might any com
moner thus stricken.
There had been widespread speculation that Stalin's
death would be kept secret while his chief followers battled
for his mantle, but this was not done. The original an
nouncement was withheld only two days and word or his
death only a few hours.
So the worst man In the world leaves It. Never before
In the long history of mankind was one person ever respon-
ihlp fnr the deaths of so many, or of so much misery. It
was Stalin who starved the Russian peasants who resisted
collectivization of their farms. It was Stalin who ordered
millions of his countrymen to the slave labor camps, btalin
who ordered the purges, the mass deportations.
And it was Stalin who gave Hitler the green light to
atart World War II, by making a pact which assured the
German dictator that he would not do mows tea irom we
east while he attacked the western nations. This almost
cost Stalin his own neck when Hitler turned upon him less
than two years later, but didn't, thanks to American aid
to Stalin.
When such a man dies the natural disposition would
be to declare a holiday, toot the horns and fire the signal
guns in anticipation of brighter days. Unfortunately there
is no occasion for rejoicing.
As this is written the identity of Stalin's successor is
not known and if it were the fact might not be too im
portant, for struggles for power will go on for some time
in Russia, till one strong man emerges on top of the bones
of his rivals.
But this much is known. He will be a communist, com
mitted to the world revolution followed by Russian mastery
of the world, as ruthless as Stalin himself, though perhaps
not as cautious. 1
Stalin clayed a alow, careful game, confident of the ultl
mate result not impatient about whether it came In his
own lifetime or not So while there was constant threat
of another world war it did not com in Stalin s time.
The new master of Russia may not be so patient He
may see the need of a new war to rally the support of the
Russian people around him and thus eliminate danger of
overthrow by his enemies within Russia. Dictators have
often resorted to war lor this purpose.
So America cannot afford to rejoice that the world today
contains one less major villain. The king is dead all right
but another waits in the wings to stride upon the stage,
as cruel, as arrogant as the last
This is a time for America and her allies to keen their
powder dry while they anxiously wait for the coming Rus
sian pattern, with all its deadly potentialities for us, to
take shape.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
State Dept. Files on Yalta
Mostly Bum Jokes, Dulles Told
Washington Secretary John
Foiter Dulles, meeting with top
officer of the state department,
turned to Chip Bohlen, new en
voy to Russia and chief Inter
preter for FDR at Yalta
What' this I hear about
some running accounts of Yalta
being en file here?" he asked.
"I told the senators that there
are no such notes, and thought
there were not Now I hear that
there are."
"We got them back from the
White House," replied Borneo.
'They carry little of Importance,
mostly rather bum Jokes by the
president and Mr. Churchill.
The senators have all the agree
ment material The stenograph
ic notes are not essential. Some
of the Jokes might uninten
tionally hurt the feelings of one
or enother of our current al
lies."
If I'm quarried by the sen'
a tori, I'll stick to my old an
swer," countered Duues.
Y DREW PEARSON
DEATH TOLL OF PEACE GREATER THAN WAR
The Association of Casualty and Surety Companies which
keens count of traffic accidents and deaths in the nation
reports that 86 civilians are injured in motor vehicle acci
dents lor every U. s. serviceman wounded in battle in
Korea.
It states that over the two and one-half years of war in
Korea, official Department of Defense figures listed 93,000
servicemen in the wounded column of the casualty lists.
For the same period of time, the association reports that
injured victims of automobile accidents totaled 8,860,000,
or 8,602 percent more than those injured in battle.
The association, which first discovered that the millionth
victim of the automobile would die in December, 1961,
took a daily average for the SO months since the Korean
war began and found that 102 servicemen have been wound
ed to 3,673 civilians who suffered injuries in automobile
accidents.
Starting with the first battle of the Revolution in April,
1776, and continuing through the major and minor wars
in which the United States has fought, approximately
1,270,000 men have been wounded In battle. It took 177
years for non-fatal war casualties to reach that number.
However, In the little over 60 years since the automobile
became a means of transportation, 83,000,000 men, women
and xhildren have been injured in traffic accidents.
Thus, 26 persons have been injured in motor vehicle
accident to every American serviceman who was wounded
in all of the wars in the country's history, the association
pointed out Putting it another way. In half a centurv
automobile injuries total 2,603 percent more than all of
the U. S. war wounded in one and three-fourths centuries.
The report continues:
"That the automobile has outstripped war as a killer, is now
recognized. In the span of leas than an average man's lifetime,
the automobile has killed 1.075,000 persons, while the toul
number of battle dead in all of our wars, areordln tn 4h tii.,1
statistics, reached 1,008,000. This la now aome 84,000 short of
the automobile's 82-year toll and only a year ago the figures
were about equal. The tremendous disproportion between traffic
nJ wJi? .cf U,,HM e,n i tr,ced directly to sheer carelessness
nd official negligence. The fact that the careless acta of Ameri
can citizens themselves cause such a catastrophe every year
does not minimize either the personal or national loss that grows
worse every year."
Statistics of the association's comparative study of war
wtmuutru nu uuiic scuaeni injured follow:
don't know of any stenographic
notes in the files."
1 suppose that's all you can
do," observed Bohlen.
PENALTY FOR AN EDITOB7
The senate interior commit
tee called a special secret ses
sion early this week to consider
the question of disciplining or
even recording the indictment
of Bernard Tassler, managing
editor of the American Federa
tion of Labor magazine, "The
American Federatlonist" for his
criticism of tidelands oil senators.
This unusual procedure was
hushed up behind .closed doors,
but senators were told to be
present at 9:30 a.m., 30 minutes
before the public session open
ed. A special request was made
to have a quorum present in or
der to take Important action.
Simultaneously,. Editor Tas
sler was called by Stewart
French, clerk of the interior
committee, and asked to be pres
ent Tassler replied that be
would be glad to appear before
public session, but said he
would not participate in any
star-chamber proceedings.
What caused all the senate
indignation was an editorial In
the Washington News captioned:
"The 300-BiUion Dollar
Offshore Oil Giveway"
It was signed by the "Citizens
committee against the offshore
oil grab," of which Tassler is
leader.
PRICE DANIEL FUMES
The man who got literally
purple of face over this ad and
wanted to discipline Tassler
was freshman Senator Price
Daniel of Texas, who received
heavy campaign contributions
from Texas oilmen end who
made tidelands oil one of the
chief issues of his campaign.
The paid ad raised the question
as to why a small group of sen
ators were In such a rush to
pass th tidelands oil bill. "Is
It," the ad asked, "a pay-off for
lavish campaign contributions
last fall?"
When the secret meeting con
vened, however. Senator Dan-
lei, a freshman republican kept
silent He left older GOP Sena
tor Guy Cordon of Oregon car
ry the baU.
The American people want
to know," Cordon read the ad.
hla face flushing, "why con
gress la In such an unseemly
rush to give away SSOO.000,000.
What's the explanation! la it
true that the plan Is to rob the
American people for the bene
fit of a few greedy, powerful
interests?
"Let there be a searching,
open, honest bipartisan investi
gation to find out whether It
is true that some high adminis
tration leaders and some mem
bers of congress now sweating
to rush through the offshore
giveaway . . . had their election
campaigns of last fall lavishly
financed by the oil industry?
me American people are
highly suspicious, because) they
know that it just doesn't make
sense for senators and congress
men from the 49 states which
would lose heavily by the pro
posed giveaway, to be working
for the giveaway legislation
"This is Um reason for the
widespread charge that the
giveaway deal is just a pay-off
to those who contributed lav
ishly to campaign funds last fall.
It this really true? Or is the
charge untrue? . .
OIL MONEY FLOWED
Senator Cordon looked around
the room indignantly as ha fin
ished reading, then handed the
ad to Senator Molly Mai on of
Nevada. By that time only sev
en senators had arrived, not
enough for a quorum, and a
quorum is necessary to take
such important action as the dis
ciplining of a newsman.
So the committee went Into
a public session, and the ques
tion of proceeding against Tass-
BY H.T.WEBSTER
Thrill that Com'es Once in a Lifetime
Total military wounded In all wars (177 years)
ToUl injured in traffic accidents (82 years)
Total wounded In Korea (first 30 months).! "
Total injured in traffic accidents during same time. .
Dally average of servicemen wounded Tn Korea .
Dally average of traffie injuries during same time. .
. 1,270,000
.33,000,000
83,000
. 1,330,000
102
1,673
ler was left in mid-air. Wiser
senators are hoping Cordon and
Daniel will cool off.
Note Illustrating the oil con
tributions outside Texas, here
Is a partial listing of the f 33,000
given away by Texas oilman H.
R. Cullen during the recent
campaign: Eisenhower, $3,000;
McCarthy in Wisconsin,3,000:
Jenner in Indiana, $3,600; Cain
in Washington, $1,000; Brewster
in Maine, $1,000; Watkins in
Utah, $1,000; Pat Hurley in New
Mexico, $1,000; Malone in Ne
vada, $1,000; Ecton In Montana,
$1,000; Kern In Missouri, $1,000.
Price Daniel of Texas also got
$3,000. All of the above have
voted for Tidelands oil except
Malone, Ecton and Watkins, and
is now appears that Watkins has
changed his views and is for the
oil Interests.
A SOUTHERNER'S TRIBUTE
One of the most shocked over
the late Senator Bob LaFollette's
suicide was the old political war
horse, Senator Walter George
of Georgia, who fought many
legislative battles against LaFol-
lette. .
It was George who delivered
probably the most glowing tri
bute to LaFollette's memory on
the senate floor. Afterward Sen
ator Paul Douglas of Illinois,
who has locked horns with
George on occasion, congratu
lated the veteran southerner.
There was sn intense look on
Gevge's face as he replied very
simply: "I loved thst boy."
MERRY-GO-ROUND
General Jerry "Slick" Per
sons has reported to Elsenhow
er that it s impossible to change
congressman Dan Reed's mind
on taxes. . . . Herbert Hoover
waa chiefly behind the appoint
ment of Francis White as ambas
sador to Mexico, An expert on
Latin America, White has one
bad strike against him. As head
of the bondholders' committee,
he's Identified throughout Latin
America with Wall street . . .
Loy Henderson, the boy from
Winfleld, Kans., who's now UJS.
ambassador In the hottest hot
spot in the world, Iran, has
cabled that the situation is
worse than ever before and a
good excuse for the Russians to
walk in. . . . Career diplomats
really stick together. After un
popular Ambassador George
Wadsworth was eased out of
Turkey, he was sent to Czecho
slovakia. His career friends
carefully figured that sooner or
later, newsman William Oatls
would be freed from jail, and
that if George were in Czecho
slovakia he could get credit for
releasing him. Diplomatic blood
is thicker than water.
(Cnrrtiht, ml)
President Ulysses 8. Grant
was named Hiram Ulyi
Grant,, out the name was
changed because a congress
man made an error when Grant
was named to West Point and
the future president allowed
the error to stand.
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Salem 13 Years Ago
By UN MAXWELL
March' $. 1I4S White bureau In Portland told
rnniinn of Rotary today that the answer
delegates pledged to further the to the unemployment problem
cause of more adequate stste lies in national adoption of a
pensions will meet in Salem this Production tax upon all ma-
' ! akin Aa an Wamalat oil - - -
weekend.
Morrison-Knudson, Boise con
tractors, have submitted a low
bid of $723,000 for construction
of Fern Ridge dam, first flood
control dams to be built in the
Willamette basin project.
Salem's 16th snnual spring
opening will be held tomorrow
evening. Featured will be s Brit
ish made radio operated by pow
er from a gas flame.
Oregon's "dust bowl" refugees
present no such problem as that
affecting California, says John
Cooter, head of the state employ
ment service. About 10,000 fam
ilies have entered Oregon from
the dust bowl region since 1930
but many have since returned to
their native states.
chines, the basis of all unem
ployment
Farm credit administration Is
trying to keep fanners on the
land through a lenient loan and
payment plan.
Emergency board will meet
soon to determine whether Ore
gon's participation In the San
Francisco fair is enough of an
emergency to warrant appropria
tion of $10,000 for an exhibit
this year.
Mrs. Mae Phelps of Detroit
broke up a cat fight last night
by booting a big cat that was
attacking her pet tabby. The
oversize pussy turned out to be
a wildcat and Mrs. Phelps'
screams brought Dewey Bre
Viere, a neighbor, a-running
with his rifle. He shot and
killed the wild visitor.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Size of Expense Account Is
Test of Business Standing
ly HAL IOYLI
New York The measure But as they disappear -J
main duiuich sjvv- tus-a i
dsy often isn't the size of his step up to the bar. The
Perrydale: A new type of soft-
5wS,.-LIJ,iWateh for Sowa
be played on a triangular instead
of the customary square dia
mond. Airlie, Kings Valley, Per
rydale and Valsetz have agreed
to give this new tangled ball
game a trial.
A committee of Psrrish Junior
high school students met with a
group of teachers last week for
the purpose of organizing a stu
dent body representative coun
Ray Ellison of the Ellison-
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Woodburn Joe Sowa, re
cently retired fire chief of the
Woodburn fire department, was
presented with an engraved gold
pocket watch in recognition of
his 29 years of service by mem
bers of the department at a
dinner in his honor recently.
During the dinner Sowa turned
over his badges to Floyd Maricle,
the new chief, and expressed ap
preciation for the cooperation
given him by the department and
the public during his term of j Ism, marital breakup, loss
office.
salary it's how big an expense
account he draws. .
Tha axoense account is a won
derfully flexible Instrument the
passport Into a golden world of
free-spending spienaor.
"An expense sccount beats a
paycheck because you don't have
to explain it to Uncle Sam," says
the lucky bolder of one. "And
the company doesn't ssk too
many questions about where the
money goes as long as you're
bringing In business.
"Why should they holler? Ev
ery dollar you spend on expenses
actually coats tnem omy is
cents. The rest would go to the
government anyway under the
excess profits tax."
The expense sccount probably
Is ss old as civilization. But ris
ing income taxes and spread
ing business prosperity hsve
enabled it to create a new privi
leged class, both here and in
England.
Many a man woos snd weds a
wife now on expense sccount
money, pr gives his dear old mo
ther a winter vacation in Florida,
or sends his son to a college he
couldn't otherwise afford.
The Joys and woes of this
post-war aristocracy are explor
ed in the current Issue of Life
Magazine by Ernie Havemann,
who says:
"In cities like New York,
Washington and Chicago it Is
safe to say that at any given
moment well over half of all the
people In the best hotels, the
best nightclubs and the best res
taurants are charging the bill to
their companies, which In turn
are charging it to the govern
ment in the form of tax deduc
tions. Even a smaller city like
Seattle reflects the phenome
non."
The cheerful advantages of a
big expense account are obvious
to snyone. The tragic side is Just
as real.
It is an open invitation for a
man to live beyond his own
means. He finds that his mare
signature on a check will let him
enter Into a glamorous world of
free drinks, free food, free the
ater tickets snd other kinds of
entertainment He mixes with
celebrities and people of real
wealth.
He gets the Idea he really be
longs in this world, and soon his
expense sccount doesn't cover
the tabs he signs. He is in over
his head. He spends more money
his own trying to buy a cus
tomer's business instead of sell
ing him on facts. And the final
price too many pay is alcohol-
of
effect of
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Who are the temporara u-.
eracy of the age of the
tNHHintf a
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"Anybody who sells snytaj.. J
is the definition of Toots ibZf
noted restaurateur and grw
student of Manhattan hlfouZ
"The big spenders are aW
Using men, public reUUeojZ I
manufacturers, motion pltZ
people, brokers and suteaJI'l
men." "l
- Sbor believes that if you u J
ed up many a man on an a1
aeenunt anil ahAAlr t.i
win
would fall out of his pocketak!
his csr keys.
"The big companies an -
Una- iham atrlf Im..i
'Job.
accounts now," be said. rvT
were careless sbout them fcT.
" nun soma tm,
took advantage of them.
"They were using the lnA.
court girl friesds instead oft
tomers. But generally you Z
that a guy who abuses his jT
pense account in. time stun
himself right out of a Job w
bsck Into the breadline."
Moralists may decry the .
pense account eviL but osIt
business recession is likely i!
curb it. Everybody who hat
expense account says ht
iuuiwj vu iv, uui nm wm braii
into tears if the boss tries a t.i.
it away. And no man in busha
who doesn't have an expense at.
count feels he is really forfjgi
ahead until he can cuff i jfe,
tabs on his firm.
Grass Meeting
Slated Monday
Grasslands . development h
Oregon will be the theme of Ik-
Chamber of Commerce luncben
meeting Monday.
Speakers will be Marshall If,
Dana, National Reclamation A
soclation leader, Portland bail
er and retired newspaper am;
E. R. Jackman, prof essor of if
riculture at Oregon Stalt ed
lege; and Walter Lierman, hk
county farmer and Oregon gna.
man of the year.
Members of the chamber m
asked to bring farmer ctMrkt
the meeting. - -
The meeting is one of Our
standing events of the CtuaWj
of Commerce's public prop
of the year and is in thekak
of the chamber's sgrlcultudk
partment, of which T. R. HaM
is chsirman.
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