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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
Tnursay, March 19, 195s
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INDOCHINA IN THE LIMELIGHT
General Mark Clark, commander of UN iorcet in the
, Orient, at Saigon stresses the importance or indocnina in
the communist effort to dominate Asia. Clark's objec
tive is to view at first hand what the native Indochinese
are doing to build up their armies fighting alongside the
French against the Red led Vietminh. It is also to see
what is being done with the hundreds of millions of dol
lars of American aid to the French led forces there.
The Eisenhower administration rates the Indochina war
against communist forces strategetically equal to the
United Nations war against the Reds In Korea and a
victory there must be won if a victory in Korea is to mean
anything.
Clark, it is reported, will seek to' arrange an exchange
of military training teams to train .the Indochinese as
the South Koreans have been trained for front line duty,
to switch the burden from France, part of Ike's strategy
for training the Asians to fight Red aggression, as is be
ing done in Korea.
The French have hitherto resisted the idea of accepting
American training aid, but are now ready to accept it to
relieve their own forces, and let them concentrate on
European defense.
The disengagement of North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion troops from direct combat with communist forces
anywhere in Asia is basic in long-range Eisenhower stra
tegy. France will be unable to meet her military man
power requirements for western European defense until
she is relieved of the Indochina front line battle drain.
French junior officers and sergeants actually are being
killed in Indochina faster than they can be trained and
sent to combat.
Rene Mayer, French premier, is expected in Washing
ton next week to confer with President Eisenhower, hence
the importance of Clark's report on Indochina. American
military aid shipments to Indochina have priority second
only to Korea. This program is estimated at about $ 1
billion, of which f 400 million worth of arms, tanks, etc.,
have already been delivered. In addition there is an
economic aid program that will cost f 100 million.
Strategists hold the communists must be defeated in
Indochina, to prevent their sweeping through all of south
east Asia, more important in resources and population
than Korea. , Clark's visit is on the invitation of Marshal
Alphons-Pierre Juin, French commander there, who re
cently visited Clark in Korea.
LEGISLATORS as Seen by Murray Wade
i Layman L1J OUrmnfHi If,; f)
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike Republicans Unhappy
Over Chairman's Selections
Y DREW PEARSON
BRITAIN TO DENATIONALIZE STEEL
A news item from London carries the significant word
that the Churchill government's bill to return the nation
alized steel industry to private ownership has passed
the house of commons by a virtually straight party vote
and is headed for the house of lords where success is as
sured. When the conservatives returned to cower them
widespread speculation as to whether steel could be de
nationalized. There was doubt that the former owners
would be interested in buying their properties back, since
the labor party would be sure to take them back into
the government fold whenever it returned to power, likely
at a considerably lower price than the first time. And
British income taxes being what they are, operation of
ao business holds too many attractions over there.
That the government has pushed the bill through com
mons indicates that it expects to find buyers for the mills
when they are offered for sale by the government. This
is of major significance, indicating a returning confi
dence in the future of private enterprise in Britain, pos
ibly because the series of special elections to fill parlia
mentary vacancies since the last general election have
shown a continuing swing toward the conservatives and
against the labor opposition.
It la very doubtful that the steel program could have
been earned out a year ago. That it apparently can now
means that Britain is moving in a more wholesome direc
tion now.
Washington While Republl
cans in Kansas are stewing
over the lobbying activities of
the new chairman of the He
publican national committee,
Wesley Roberts, Eisenhower
Republicans in the senate are'
n't too happy about some of
the new GOP appointments
OK'd by Roberts.
They're not being quite so
vocal about It in Washington
as in Kansas, where ex-Gov,
All Landon Is comparing Rob
erts to Bill Boyle, ex-chairman
of the Democratic national
committee. Nevertheless, some
comparisons are being made
here too.
Boyle, it's recalled, got
$1,250 fee in connection with
an RFC loan to American Lith
uoia; while Roberts got an
$11,000 commission in connec
tion with the sale of a hospital
to the state of Kansas which six
Kansas ex-officials have testi
fied belonged to the state any
way.
More Important in the long
run, however, are the appoint-
ON OUR OWN NOW
The last price controls have been scrapped, as wage
controls previously were, and the nation's economy is
substantially on its own again. We have price supports
for basic farm commodities, but these are free to f luctu
ate in a large area and have done so, mostly downward.
Yet we don't see much happening. Gasoline went up
and coffee is evidently going to. Price controls held down
plantinga in the coffee countries, causing shortages for
which American consumers will now pay, for a time.
Higher prices will increase the available supply or divert
some consumption to competitive beverages, so the coffee
squeeze will probably be of short duration.
Meanwhile other commodities have gone down and
ahow no sign of going up with the end of controls. Par
ticularly is this true of manufactured articles which are
faced by an extremely competitive market, with ample
aupplies and price conscious buyers.
The cost of living has been virtually stationary for
several months. Unless there is all-out war we doubt
that it will show much change for the remainder of this
year. Nearly eight years after the end of the war the
most effective regulator of prices, normal business com
petition, is ready to take over.
And we think most Americans will agree that this is
by far the beat regulation of all, when it is given a chance
to operate.
3 Small Children Burn
To Death at Oakland
Oakland U.B Three amall
children burned to death as
they crouched trapped In a
West Oakland apartment last
night.
A fourth child was carried
to safety by an heroic neigh
bor who rushed into the blaz
ing inferno.
The children, two boys and
two girls, were locked in the
apartment at about 8:30 p.m.
while their mother went to
the store.
Their father, Edward J.
Johnson, 88, laborer, was
working at his Job at the Oak
land airport.
Oregon Teachers End
50th Annual Conclave
Portland, U.lo Thousands of
teachers returned to their
homes today following the last
session of the SOth annual Ore
gon Education association con
vention here.
Closing business yesterday
was confined to a series of
workshop discussions and elec
tion of officers in some depart
ments. The convention official
ly adjourned around noon.
Featured In the workshops
were conferences In Instruc
tion, public relations, legisla
tion, retirement and economic
welfare,
menti which a party chairman
helps to make. Since the chair
man of either the Republican
or Democratic committee pass
es on m o s t political appoint
ments, his voice In shaping the
destiny of the party and the
nation can be all-important.
Most observers agree that
the Eisenhower administration
got off to a good start with Its
initial appointments.' At that
time, Attorney General Herbert
Brownell did the screening. Of
late, he has been busy in the
justice department and Chair
man Roberts has had greater
choice and leeway. Here are
some of the men he has either
recommended or OK'd:
, Jeff Robertson of Kansas to
be chairman of the federal
power commission in which job
he would pass on oil and gas
rates, vitally important to nor
thern consumers. Robertson
was immediately opposed by
two stanch Republicans, Sen
ators Ferguson and Potter of
Michigan, with the former de
nouncing Robertson for his
connections with the oil and gas
industry.
It has now developed that
Wes Roberts, who backed Rob
ertson's appointment, received
a fee of $3,750 from an import
ant gas an oil company, Cities
Service, during eight weeks in
1951 when the Kansas legisla
ture was in session. In this con
nection, Kansas Sen. William
Weiaand has charged that Rob
erts actually lobbied the bill
through the legislature giving
gas companies the right of eml
nent domain In seizing under
ground storage facilities. In
Kansas, Alf Landon calls Rob
erts a messenger boy for the
gas and oil interests, while in
Washington Roberts' critics
point to the coincidence of Rob
erts' lobbying and his backing
of Robertson for the key fed
eral power commission.
Ex-Congressman Albert Cole
of Kansas To be housing ad
ministrator, in which job he
must pass on public housing.
Cole is the darling of the real-
estate lobby, opposed the hous
ing-slum clearance bill when
in congress, but despite this
was backed by Wes Roberts for
the key bousing post.
Some GOP senators griped at
the appointment, and Sen. Irv
ing Ives of New York, a strong
Eisenhower Republican, said
he was voting for Cole only on
the assurance that Cole would
fairly administer the public
housing act regardless of his
earlier opposition to It.
First thing Cole did when
he was confirmed, however,
was to telephone Akron, Ohio,
and hold up construction of an
important 800-unlt housing
project.
Craig Sheaffer, the Sheaffer
pen king To be. assistant sec
retary of commerce. Sheaffer
was OK'd by t h e Republican
national committee despite the
fact that he was a backer of
certain rabble-rousing Interests
with which President Eisen
hower certainly doesn't associ
ate himself.
' Senator Tobey, when exam
ining Sheaffer, asked him about
sponsoring Upton Close, the radio-commentator
who has at
tacked certain religious groups,
and for contributing to rabble
rousing Merwin K. Hart. Sheaf
fer defended Close but alibied
on contributions to Hart.
Congressional records show,
however, that he contributed
$1,300 to Hart, contributed $1,-
000 to Senator McCarthy, and
was a member oi the western
tax council which has been lob
bying to limit the income-taxing
powers of government to
25 per cent. When Senator Pas
tore of Rhode Island asked
Sheaffer whether this would
not drastically cut national re
venue and lead to such things
ss a national sales tax, Sheaf
fer renlled:
"No, I don't think it will
lead to it (a sales tax). But if
it does, the men in the lower
brackets will have tne oppor
tunity to decide whether they
want to buy something."
Harmar Denny as chairman
of the civil aeronautics board,
Denny was appointed director
of public safety, for Pittsburgh
in 1933 when that city experi
enced its worst siege of crime
and racketeering. In this job
he got so much criticism for
appointing detectives and po
lice favorable to the city ma
chine that, after one year, an.
gry voters kicked him out of
office.
With this background, he
will now handle one of the
most difficult jobs in the nation
deciding which airlines shall
operate the prize routes and
how much subsidy they're en
titled to.
WASHINGTON PIPELINE
Ex-Congrcssman O. K. Arm.
strong, Missouri republican,
long an advocate of people-to-
people diplomacy, is headed for
an important post in the "Voice
of America." . . . GOP con
gressmen aren't advertising it,
but they are peeved because
democrats have been getting
the seats of honor at Ike's get
acquainted luncheons, Reason
is that Ike Insists his guests be
seated according to seniority
and all the senior GOP mem
bers of the house were siphon'
ed off for the first luncheon. .
Only belly-laughers. In Elsen
hower's official family, besides
Ike himself, are Commerce
Secretary Sinclair Weeks and
Attorney General Herbert
Brownell. Other cabinet mem
bers are chucklers and grin
ners. , . Presidential burdens
haven't changed Ike's engaging
sense of humor He still uses
his mechanical grasshopper
(the Eisenhopper) to relieve
tension at staff meetings An
other favorite gag of Ike's is to
pick up a dictionary from a
stenographer's desk and re
mark with a straight face:
"Good book, but the stories
are too short." . . . William Les
ter, president of Pyro Plas
tics, has called for a "disarm
ament conference" on warlike
playthings. He wants to sub
stitute toys of peace, such as
fairy-tale and educational toys.
President Eisenhower ad
mitted to congressional friends
last week that he had once
been decorated by Russia.
However, he quickly added
that he had given the medal
to a museum when he started
to run for president The medal
was presented him in Berlin
by Marshal Zhukov. I
(Oopyrliht. 1MII
Salem 50 Years Ago
March II. IMS
Superintendent Janes of Ore
gon state prison, who is to
manage the Institution under
the CbamberaUn administra
tion, is now in the city. As
pirants for the position of pris
on physicians are again In the
anxious seat. Democratic fa
vor is pretty evenly distributed
between Dr. Byrd. Dr. Mott
nri tv. Shaw who may have a
iHM mAam sine he Is head of
the Willamette university meo.
leal coUege.
Mavor C. P. Bishop has
called to order the gathering
of citizens at City ball to con-
alder entertainment oi rresi'
dent Roosevelt due to arrive
here May 21. In the end it was
left to the citizens to make
such an arrangement as they
saw fit. Mayor Bishop named
the following persons on the
executive committee for the
Roosevelt reception: Judge
George H. Burnett, Senator E
M. Crolsan, W. M. Kaiser, W,
H. Holmes and Dr. W. B.
Morse.
.
Councilman Russell Catlln
lately returned to Salem from
Kansas, reports that seven cars
of immigrants headed for Ore
gon were attached to the train
that carried him homeward,
.
Mrs. H. X. Hines, widow of
Rev. H. K. Hines. has present
ed the journals of Jason Lee
to the . Oregon Historical so
ciety. They are regarded by
the society as a most notable
contribution.
Marlon county courthouse
grounds are being greatly im
proved under the supervision
of Judge Scott Dead grass
and moss is being removed.
After this is accomplished the
area will be covered with rich,
sandy loam and sown to white
clover.
Governor Chamberlain, Sec
retary Dunbar and Treasurer
Moore departed today for The
Dalles where they will inspect
the site of the proposed Dalles
Celilo portage railway for the
construction of which the last
legislature appropriated $185,-
000.
Directors of Salem Fruit
Growers' Union will meet on
Saturday to consider proposi
tions from Portland and Sa
lem firms anxious to distribute
strawberries, cherries and oth
er , fruits produced by the
Union's 60-odd growers.
Rev. Frank Abram Powell
will be Installed as minister
of the First Unitarian church
tomorrow evening.
POOR' MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Mole Can Laugh at Man Now;
For He's a Whole Lot Safer
County Judge Scott presi
dent of the Oregon Good Roads
association, and. Henry B.
Thielsen will go to Woodburn
Saturday evening in response
to an Invitation from the Ger
vals Good Roads association to
speak before that body on bet
ter roads for this locality.
...
Market quotations for today:
eggs, 13c a dozen; potatoes, 25c
to 30c a bushel; hops, 22c and
25 He a pound, hogs, dressed,
6U I pound, good dairy butter
20c and 25c a pound.
Top U. S. Ace Used
New Radar Gunsight
Toltyo aus col. Royal N.
Baker, world's leading jet ace,
said today he shot down his
12 communist Migs with the
air force's new radar-controlled
gunsight.
'I've used the sight ever
since I've been flying Sabre
jets," he said. "All my Migs
were shot down with it. It
works, believe me." I
y HAL BOYLE
New York () Now a mole
can laus h at a man.
In the new atomic age the
mole is safer . . . The test In
the Nevada desert proved that
Man's BTeatest enemy always
has been himself, ...
From the dawn of time the
weaoons he created to kill les
et animals, either for food or
in self-defense, also were used
to war against his fellow men,
The club ... the spear . . ,
the bow and arrow ... the
rifle . . . they all served this
dual purpose.
Each new weapon he Invent
ed gave him a greater edge
over all four-footed creatures.
To survive they had to dig
deeper in the earth . . . plunge
farther into the wilds . . . until
at last man, who had destroy
ed them for his own nourish
ment or safety, came to hunt
them for sport
He made a fugitive of every
form of life that wouldn't be
come his pet
Now man . . . with his atom
bomb . . . had made a fugitive
of himself ... And he is
vulnerable fugitive, huddled in
vast herds In vast cities ....
vuuiviruio mm uic Old DUualo
herds that once blackened th
plains. .
Reds Sore at
Portrait, So
Editor Crawls
Paris (U.R Communist au
thor and poet, Louis Aragon,
In a hair-shirt editorial on
the front page of the party's
literary weekly 'Xes Lettres
Francaises" abjectly confess
ed today he erred tn publish
ing a drawing of Josef Sta
lin by Spanish artist Pablo
Pleaaso.
The sad-e y e d , drooping
mustachioed Stalin drew the
ire of party leaders who
called it everything from "an
effeminate portrait of the
Moo of Steel" to "a musta
chioed Mona Lisa."
"I fully agree with the
criticism's content," Aragon
said.
"And I thank my party's
leadership for having ex
pressed it In such terms."
Picasso said it was just
"too bad" if the party didn't
like his portrait of Stalin.
It was a small atom bomb
they used in Nevada this week
. . . not as large as the ones
dropped on Japan . . . only
tenth as large as some bombs
in the American armory , -and
perhaps the Russian arm'
ory, too.
But this bomb set trees on
fire a mile away . . . broke
joints and smashed the win.
dows of a modern concrete and
wooden house nearly a mile and
S half distant
Such a baby bomb ... but
a deadly baby bomb ... can
now be fired in an artillery
shell ... if Hitler had it din..
ing the aerial battle of Britain
the British would be slaves to'
day ... If Hitler had it when
he attacked Russia, the Nazi
banner would probably be flv.
ing over a ruineu jiremun tc7
day . . . and Stalingrad would
have been a rubble of defeat
Instead of a rubble of victory.
What can a man do against
me mum uuiiiui ... na is sale-
est in a foxhole . . . But can he
abandon his great cities and
build his new homes, and
schools and churches in fox--holes?
... A few wealthy hus
bands can buy an bandoned
lead mine near Joplln, Mo., and
turn it into a cozy retreat
but can 50 million husbands do
itT
In the new civilization he
has erected, man is less-equipped
for survival than the wood-
chuck, the fox, the earthworm
or the mole. They have
their burrows dug,
And if they have any real
sense of humor they might get
a wry laugn at the final fool-'
ishness of man . . . caught in '
a web spun out of mutual fear.
The energy in the atom can
be used to turn the earth into
a garden of plenty . . . or a
wasteland in which all men be
come fugitives from their own
ingenuity.
The mole . . . the woodchuck
. . . the fox . . . they wait in
their burrows . . . Either way
they are ready . . . Mankind
definitely isn't
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