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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, March 11, 1953
A MYOPIC PROPOSAL
At the weekly meeting of the state board of control Tues
day, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry seriously proposed
that the state purchase the First Presbyterian church
building and convert it into an office building for state
departments.
! Newbry contended that the state could amortize the cost
of the building, estimated in tne neignoornooa oi sotv.vw,
niwt(nii nf rentals from state departments.
Previous to the projection of the new plan, the board
was considering two proposals one to pay the church for
the property and money to move the structure catercorner
from its present location ana tne otner proposal 10 piace me
purchase of the church property to the very last purchase
in the mall area, estimated to be some 50 years from now.
Newbry'a. proposal matches that of a proposal he made
when he was new in nis office tne erection oi a temporary
structure in the mall as a state historical museum. Both
proposals show that he hasn't the slightest conception of
the purpose of creating an outstanding beautiful capital
center of uniform white marble or similar arcnitecture mat
would be outstanding in the nation and properly symbolize
great state.
While the First Presbyterian church is an artistic struc
ture for worship, its architecture does not lit in with the
state's, and left in its present place would be an architec
tural discord. Besides, it is not suitable for office use and
religiously it would be a desecration to so use It.
Members of the church headed by Dr. Paul Newton Poling,
Dastor. told the board that expansion of the church was
necessary and for that reason the church officials were de
sirous of some immediate decision on the matter. Dr. Pol
ing said that first the church needed a Sunday school build
ing and later would require a new sanctuary using the pres
ent church building as a chapel.
Under the circumstances, instead of penny-pinching to
save the state a little money the control board should en
dorse the immediate purchase of the church lot so the
church' can be moved across the street to its permanent
site, bordering, not on the capitol area so, its enlargement
can be undertaken.
The Capitol Planning Commission, it is hoped, will so de
cide.. In view of its previous decisions, it cannot do other
wise. Unlike the board of control, it visions the future and
is not at all myopic.
STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII
Although the house has previously passed Hawaii state
hood bills twice it looks like this third one is to bring suc
cess to Hawaii's long held ambition to become the 49th
tate and the first outside the continent. ;
The vote of 274 to 138, almost two to one, was decisive
enough, and the Eisenhower administration is actively
supporting the move. So senate approval and an early
presidential signature seem probable.
Principal angle of controversy appears to be partisan.
Hawaii is now Republican and would give that party two
additional senators. Since the G.O.P. now has no senate
majority at all without the vice-president's tie-breaking
Tote Republican interest in Hawaii statehood is apparent,
though offset by Democratic disinterest which could block
the bill in the senate..
The Democrats are irked at the administration for drop
ping Alaskan statehood for this session at least and they
hint that it is because Alaska would probably place two
Democrats in the senate if made a state. This could influ
ence the administration but the larger influence probably
is that Alaska is not yet ready for statehood. Its white
population is smaller than that of scores of nonmetropoli
tan counties in the states and its capacity to support a state
government is extremely questionable.
Hawaii does seem entitled to priority in statehood be
cause it does have the population and tax base. Alaska is
making steady progress and may qualify before too long.
when it does, statehood should not be delayed because
Alaska s political preference may not follow that of offi
cial Washington.
TRIGGER HAPPY RED PILOTS
Chills must have raced up and down millions of backs
Tuesday when it became known that two Russian Migs
shot down an American F-84 in bright daylight well inside
tne Dounaary or tne U.S. zone in Germany.
There could have been no question about the identity of
euner ma auacner or me location ot tne attacked plane.
It is another of a series of Russian assaults upon Americans,
iur wiihl purpose we can oniy guess.
mere win do widespread speculation that this attack
represents a more aggressive policy on the Dart of thn now
Russian dictator, Malenkov, but we are disposed to doubt
li no. xv mine ivu iiuikmy xvi une imng, una II IS too much
like previous episodes for another.
If Malenkov has decided upon new military adventures
it seems unlikely that he would give the free world this
advance warning.
OPEN FORUM
IY DREW PEARSON
Washington Probably the
only American who ever lunched
with Georgi Malenkov, new dic
tator of Russia, ii Eric Johnston,
head of the motion picture in
dustry. Visiting In Moscow in
1914 as president oi ine u. a.
Chamber of Commerce, Johaston
sat beside Malenkov at a lunch
eon given in his honor by the
Soviet council of trade.
Johnston found the new dic
tator a man with a handshake
like a sponge, who disliked the
west, and sat through the entire
meal almost without saying a
word. Malenkov has never been
out of the Soviet Union, is half
Russian, half-Tartar, had almost
no association with non-commu
nist foreigners.
Note Most notable event at
the luncheon was a drinking
bout between the U. S. military
attache, Major General John R.,
Deane, and a Russian general.
Beane managed to drink the
Russian under the table, and the
last thing Johnston saw of him
was two Russians dragging him
out of the room feet first, his
head bumping on the floor.
Stalin Decided Everything
How other members of the
Politburo depended on Stalin for
decision came out during a
unique conference between
Johnston and Stalin. At first Sta
lin sat glowering behind his
desk, doodling with a pencil and
answering questions in mono
syllables. Obviously he was not
happy at being interviewed. One
of his doodles looked like
woman doing contortions, and
seeing It, Johnston asked:
"What is that you are draw
ing, Generalissimo? Miss Amerl
ca in distress?"
"No, why?"
"Because I'm in distress my
self," jonnston replied. "I was
invited here as the guest of your
government, yet I find myself
being treated as an Intruder."
Stalin put his pencil down,
glowered at his American vis
itor, then finally said:
"No. Mr. Johnston. I'm a rude
old man. There was a time when
was pleasant. But I now have
the problems of the Soviet army,
of Soviet production, of the So
viet air force all on my shoulders.
'Molotov can afford to be
pleasant," he continued, point
ing to the foreign minister. "He
doesn't have to make decisions.
make them for him."
After this. Stalin became re
laxed and pleasant, answered all
Johnston's questions. He
showed an . amazing knowledge
of industrial production of other
countries, and when Johnston
asked what Russia intended to
do with its new steel output af
ter the war, he replied:
"Make automobiles. We have
long way to go. You made
5,000,000 a year before the war,
DAIRYING ON WAY UP
Astorian-Budget
Dairy production has been de
clining in the lower Columbia
since 1945, but for the first time
the production report for the
past year by Lower Columbia
Cooperative Dairy association
shows a little increase.
This is a desirable trend. Ours
is a natural dairying country,
and in the long run our farmers
are going to be better off bv
concentrating on production of
milk rather than any other farm
commodity.
There has been of late years
an alarming tendency to con
vert dairy farms into beef cat
tle farms. This has been of
course encouraged by high beef
prices, low margins of profit and
long nours ot work in dairying,
and the controls on dairy prices.
Now the beef market is down
and more farmers will be re
converting their beef herds to
dairy nerds.
ine dairy industry has of
course a marketing problem
vegciaoie rats have been cut
ting into butter, Ice cream and
powdered milk markets. Vigor
ous advertising may help over
come this problem.
whereas we made only 350,000."
we maoe only 4,000,000
year," Johnston corrected.
"No, you made 5,000,000,"
stann insisted.
"I'm a business man and 1
should know," said Johnston.
"The figure is 4,000,000."
"Have it your own way." re
plied Stalin, "but the figure Is
5,000.000."
Later Johnston looked up the
ugure. including both trucks and
automobiles, Stalin was right
Presidential Golf
"The less said about my golf
game, tne better,'" President
Eisenhower told a luncheon of
21 congressmen after he return
ed from Augusta, Ga. "I had two
pars and thought I was going
pretty good. Then I carded an
eight for each of the next four
holes."
However, he said he had "a
delightful rest" even though he
didn't burn up the greens.
une ot the president's golfing
partners, Jonn Hay (Jock) Whit
ney, the famous sportsman, told
Ike that he had a horse, Straight
Face, running in the rich Fla
mingo stakes at Hlaleah, Florida,
the same day. Straight Face wun
a record purse of 1116,400.
"Jock heard the good news
when we got back to the club
house in Augusta," the president
told the congressmen, "but it
didn't excite him. He acted just
the same after winning 3116,400,
He must have a lot of money."
There was a period of suspense
following the luncheon when the
congressmen were touring the
White House. A pearl-studded
sword given Ike by Wilhelmlna
of Holland was missing from its
piace in an upstairs living room.
'Lock the doors and call in
the secret service," several con.
gressmen jokingly suggested.
Gen. Wilton Persons. Ike's leg
islative adviser, was dispatched
to hunt for the expensive show
piece, finally found it in a lower
floor room where its box was
being repaired., Ike looked re
lieved.
"That sword is the real thing."
he said. "The pearls are natural,
not cultured ones. I had it in
sured for $50,000."
Presidential Lunch
As usual, the president saw to
it that democrats were given the
places of honor at the luncheon
table, among them Congressman
Mike Kirwan of Ohio, Califor
nia's Harry Sheppard, and dem
ocrat Bob Poage of Texas.
Democrat Oren Harris of Ark
ansas, noting that Washington
was blanketed by a late-winter
snow, feigned surprise at the
menu of lamb chops and cault
nower.
"On a cold day like this," he
told the president. "I thought
you mignt personally make us up
a batch of hot chili."
"Nothing doing." smiled Eis
enhower, famed for his sideline
hobbies as a cook and painter. "I
won't go down to that big kitch
en here. There are too many peo
ple buzzing around for a man to
concentrate."
As his guests shook hands and
departed, several complimented
Ike on the good feeling created
Dy tne luncheons for both senate
and house members.
"I am happy to hear the lunch
eons are well received," he de
clared. "There's no reason why
peopie oi diuerent Political be
liefs can't sit down together and
taiK tnings over in a friendly
spirit. In a country like ours,
people can disagree and still re
main good friends. As far as I am
concerned, I want everyone in
both houses of congress to be
here for at least one luncheon. It
they don't come, it's their own
fault."
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St. Louis a Town Hal Boyle
Always Yearns to Return to
Salem Five Years Ago
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March 11, 1948
A one story building of ultra
modern design will replace the
fire gutted Guardian building
at the southeast corner of State
and Liberty streets. A 50-year
ground lease has been obtained
from the Steeves estate. Guard
ian building burned November
4, 1947.
California livestock men, con
fronted by a serious drought in
their locality, are shipping cat
tle to Oregon pastures.
MAXWELL
ter of the Reserve Officers asso
ciation on Wednesday.
Vacation and sick leave priv
ileges for employes of Salem
Chamber of Commerce have
been approved by the board of
directors.
Elders of First Christian
church will ask bids before July
15 for construction of a new edi
fice.
Title to Normandy Manor, re
cently purchased by Capital Post
No. 9, American Legion, was
transferred to the Legion Mon
day night by Michael Flax. .
Heading . Salem's war chest
this year and will be A. C. Haag
who was elected president of
the board of dlrectou Wednes
day. Eddie Ahrens and' A. A. Geer
appeared before the county court
Friday to suggest that surplus
funds received from pari-mutuel
betting be used to enlarge audi
torium facilities In the proposed
new courthouse for 4-H club and
Future Farmer usage. .
Keizer Parent Teacher's Asso
ciation has written a letter to
Frederick Aldrlch', liquor super
visor, protesting issuance of a
package beer license in school
district 88.
.
State conference of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution
will be held in Salem during the
next three days. Between 175
and 200 delegates are expected to
be in attendance.
Carl Hogg, Salem business
man, will be a candidate for
delegate to the national republi
can convention in Philadelphia.
Fire Chief W. P. Roble said
today that a ladder drill team
fiom the Salem fire department
would compete at the state meet
ing of the Oregon Fire Chief's
association.
Customer call for veal at Sa
lem meat markets has been re
duced considerably by fear of
"slump" veal (day old veal) that
is being marketed these days.
Secretary of State Marshall to
day stood firm against demands
that the United States throw big
scale military aid into the fight
against communism in China,
Public fo See
Defense Truck
Residents of the Salem metro
politan area will have the oppor
tunity to Inspect the new Civil
Delense rescue truck Monday
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. when
it wiU be on exhibition at High
and Court streets.
The truck, especially designed
as a mobile operating headquar
ters lor rescue teams serving in
disaster relief ,aqd equipped with
specialized gear - and apparatus
was recently acquired by the
Oregon State Civil Defense agency.
The public showing is under
the joint auspices of Marlon
county and Salem Civil Defense
and state agency.
County Judge Rex Hartley.
Mayor Al Loucks and members
of the county court and the Sa
ltan city council will ODen the
truck for inspection.
The local group in charge dur
ing inspection -will be G. R.
Boatwrlght, assistant deputy for
rescue; Austin G. Cater, chief of
the light rescue section: Theo
dore Kuenzi, chief of the heavy
rescue section; Harris Leltz,
chief of the heavy machinery
section ano wiuard D. Tavlor.
chief of the water rescue section.
St. Louis ( "Meet me In St.
Looy ..."
Tne re are some cities that
make you feel sad when you
come back to them, and to me
this wonderful old river town
will always be one.
My feeling for it is like an
old love affair In which one
partner can't quite quit yearning.
It if nearly 20 years since I
first came here, and lost my
heart to St. Louis on sight. A
young man can't withstand an
old city ... or an older woman.
And the reason is simple. They
have a history . . . And he would
like to have one, too . . . and
the quickest way is to share
theirs.
Every antique brick in this
quiet city - on the Mississippi
seemed to me to have a story in
it. There was a mellow feeling
of the time past and time present
merging in a pleasant pattern.
It didn't appear at all impossible
to me that on some moonlit night
strolling along a narrow wa
terfront street ... I would meet
Mark Twain and talk with him
. and not think it odd at all,
I felt the same ' way about
meeting Father Marquette, De
Soto, Rogers and Clark or Dizzy
Dean or even Mr. Anheuser
Birch. Ole Diz was in his glory
prune then, fogging a fast ball
so soon to fade. And a tan tiger
called Joe Louis made himself
the nation's amateur heavy'
weight champ here, but even he
didn't know how far his fists
would carry him.
Oh, it was a fine time and
place to be young. The only war
a fellow had to fight was pov
erty.. But beer was a nickel a
glass, you could get some kind
of a meat dinner for two bits,
and on sioo a month I lived in
a daze oi glamor. The pay
checks were passed out on the
first and 15th ot the month, and
in between paydays you went to
the money lender. He gave you
a .ten spot and the next week he
cashed your check and kept $11
This simple, basic idea bad made
him rich. .
I worked the night shift, tak
ing news stories over the long
distance phone about holdups in
the Ozarks, criminals being elec
trocuted in the state prison, or
somebody in Southern Illinois
turning his car over on the way
home, killing himself and some
body else's wife. I was new at
the typewriter, and all the taw.
dry tales of people in trouble
wore a kind ot romance instead
of misery. . ..
The older newspapermen were
heroes to me, their gossip ot old
scandals in the news 'was the
shop talk of journalistic demi
gods. Would there ever be sto
ries like that again, I wondered,
and would I get to write them?
Two of my favorite titans were
an old copyreader embittered by
futility and a long duel with his
ulcer, and a rewrite man named
Johnny, who had a boy's face, a
death-look in his eyes, and an
ability to sing "Wabash Moon"
in a way you could never forget.
After knocking off work at 2
a.m., we would tour the water-
By HAL BOYLE
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r
front, trudging over worn coMj.
stones from one joint to anotij,
jjui iinauy we always acliiJ
down in one called "Little BJ
hernia," run by a Serbian artJ
iiBiiiEu oiiYD xiaaiiiovicn. It ha
sawdust on the floor, red cherJ
ucu MuicuuuM, ana was Ut
tannics in Domes. iou COUldlei
oui me oacK window and ifo
in the beautiful Mississippi
The beer flowed like wint'
phonograph played "Dark Eyjj'
uvcr sua over ana over. unWi
oeiween uonnny warbled w.
bash Moon" and the oW il
reader tnlUnW nf h. jj
really newspapermen.
One night I looked scnu
of the tables into the grey ey.l
of a girl. Later I didn't come'tj
the tavern so much. I walkM-tJ
Forest Park with the girl yjjtil
we gicjr cjren, spiiung colletd
poetry in her ears, and listenW
to write the great American w-
vei one oi tnese nays.
All of this happened nearlyo
years ago . . . And it lasted onlv
eiiui it minima, .-
Now when I come back to
Louis I know that the waterfront
joints are torn down . . . "Diuy
u " lunger inrows a fart
one, and Joe Louis has been iip
the ladder and down . . . Johnnj
died long ago, the old copyrcij.
er took his ulcer to heaven .
There isn't a nickel beer left Is
town ...
I walk the streets and hear th.
lost echoes of "Wabash Mnnn
But I know I will never mt
Mark Twain ... Or write th
great American novel . . . Anl
never again see the girl with the
grey eyes. , .
When a man comes back to the
town where he was young, all
he sees is himself as he used to
be . . . And that is always rather
sad, no matter how good life hat
been to him.
Local Radios to Warn
Farmers About Frost
Frost warnings will be broad-
cast over radio stations KOC0
and KSLM beginning March 21
and extending through April, ac
cording to announcement by A.
S. Watts of the U. S. weather
bureau.
Station KOCO will make
special frost broadcast at 8 p.m.
daily and KSLM will include the
local low temperature f oreifast
in the news roundup program!
from 8:55 to 9 p.m.
The Salem weather bureau
plans to provide low temperature
warnings to persons who have
requested this information. A
plan is being worked out where
by phone calls from the weather
bureau office will be relayed br
volunteers to others wanting thil
information. This plan is expect
ed to speed up the warning sys
tem.
Airplanes were first used In
war against the .Turkish forces
in Tripoli in 1911 and 1912.
Edwin H. Houser, major in
army reserves, was elected pres
ident ot the Marlon county chap-
Carol OXonnor on Los Angeles Radio
Heard on the radio frnm
Angeles, Calif., Tuesday night
was Carol O'Connor of Box 262,
Stayton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis J. O'Connor, Stay
ton. Miss O'Connor, who left here
about a week ago to be with a
sister and her family in southern
California, took part In an audience-participation
event on the
"People are Funny" show.
A graduate of Sacred Heart
Academy here with the class
of 1952, Miss O'Connor from
October 16 of that year to
February .27 of this year had
been a student at the Capital
Business College here. She is a
sister of Patricia O'Connor, who
in 1949 was Cherryland Festival
queen.
Thinks We Need More
Men Like Wayne Morse
To the Editor: I have just fin
ished reading Drew Pearson's
:olumn, and would like to com
ment on the part where Senator
Guy Cordon of Oregon wanted
to send Editor Bernard Tasslcr
to Siberia or some other place
for asking who the congressmen
from the 45 states were who
wanted to give three hundred
billion dollars worth of oil to
th big oil interests, Instead of
demanding just why so many be
inns to the crease gang.
' We may find out aooner than
... think we have a few bil
lion feet of timber and a lot of
water for power and irrigation
In Oregon that could be traded
for campaign dollars. Other
states also have a few billion
of thij or that to trade for cam-
P,Wh.t0wTneed In Washington
and even In our .Ute govern
ment 1 more men like Senator
I Wayne Morse. He Is man enough
to keep his self respect, and be
1 reanpctftH hv .l
' j ...uofc ine peo
ple, even if he has to mill hi.
party and be abused by people
who think elected officials
.mum moutn tne wishes of par
ty dictators.
Thanks to Drew
Bernard Tassler for letting us
know what goes on In Washing-
J. E. MURDOCH,
Rt. 2, Box 415,
Albany, Ore.
Young Portland Man
Killed by Boxcar
Portland VP) John t w,,.
Jlop, 29, tripped and fell In
front of a moving boxcar here
Tuesday and was fatally injur-
The mishap occurred In the
Southern Pacific Brooklyn
yards where Hyalop was em
ployed. The car broke his neck
as it struck him, the coroner's
office reported.
Charles W..
Claggett
Manager
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