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WEST GERMANY JOINS THE WEST
' The West German bundestag, which correspond to the
U. S. house of representatives and the British house of
commons, has just approved two treaties under whicn
that government is to arm and furnish 600,000 men to a
two million member international army for the defense
of western Europe.
' The votes were 224 to 165 and 226 to 164, which will
appear somewhat close to Americans but which are hailed
as decisive over there. They represent a triumph for
West Germany's elderly chancellor, Konrad Adenauer,
who insisted upon ratification and finally carried it over
the most formidable opposition.
Against ratification were all the communists, many of
the socialists, former Nazis who want no cooperation with
the countries that beat Germany in the war, and the
cynical "neutralists" who want to do nothing, like their
numerous counterparts in France, thinking that if you
ignore a crisis it will go away and let you alone.
There have been times in recent months when it looked
like Adenauer would lose and that West Germany would
.refuse to help defend western Europe, but he held dog
gedly to his course and has now been vindicated by a
favorable vote.
Whether the death of Stalin and the truculent attitude
promptly shown by the new dictator influenced the Ger
man vote cannot be known to a certainty, but it probably
did. Anything that would indicate greater danger of
Russian attack would make a naturally virile people like
-the German react positively rather than negatively as
; the French might. ,
Two questions remain: Whether the upper house of the
German parliament will follow the lead of the usually
dominant lower, and whether a threatened court fight
over the constitutionality of the vote will seriously delay
the armament project. But the project is over its highest
nurdie and its luiiiument now appears extremely prob
able. ,' - ... -.! .'.
. This could well be the turning point In European rearm
ament France has been holding back, but faced with a
new German army anyway the French are likely to go
along.- Otherwise they will sink into a minor position in
Europe. If both France and Germany arm the west will
I; toon acquire enough strength to make a Russian attack
considerably less attractive and more dangerous than
: now. Maybe within a few years Europe can defend itself
: and the American troops can come home.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Eisenhower Finally Tipped'
Balance for Loan to Brazil
Y DREW PEARSON.
SPRING OFFICIALLY ARRIVES
i Promptly at 2:01 p.m. Friday, winter officially d
parted and spring returned. Winter's reign lasted since
). me winter scoistice on December 21, and spring came with
the vernal equinox when the sun poked its way over the
.equator, ana moved northward from the southern hemi
aphere. The last hours of winter saw a whirling blizzard in
the high California Sierras, and about 300 motorist were
"reported stranded on the two main mountain passes,
Donner and Echo Summits.
' i Winds up to 80 miles an hour whipped the new storm
into towering drifts, and a new storm was believed mov
ing southward from the Gulf of Alaska.
Only in the central plains did spring announce its
arrival with a warm kiss as southerly breezes swept the
prairie from Canada to Mexico. But the weather man
warns of another cold spell for the middle west.
The dying winter was one of the mildest on record in
many areas, including the Pacific northwest, especially
in Oregon. The coldest day in Salem was November 28
when the thermometer dropped to 15 above, the next
coldest 24 above on February 24 and March 1. Most of
the time the thermometer hovered around the freezing
point, 82 above. This area escaped snow and sleet and
dreaded "silver thaw."
Many of the rose bushes and other deciduous shrubs
still retain their last year's foliage,' in spite of frost,
while apricots, plums and some peaches are in bloom and
the leaf buds on the maple, oak and other trees are swell
ing. Camellias were late in blooming but are on their
way out. Wild flowers are in delayed flowering.
Spring seems here, with perhaps some setbacks as
winter lingers in the lap of spring, as
"Night's eandlei are burned out and jocund day
' Standi tiptoe on the mlitjr mountain top."
A WELL DESERVED "OSCAR"
It is hard for the layman to understand the thenrlea
on which film "Oscars" are awarded but the honoring of
one of moviedom's founding fathers Cecil B. DeMille,
whose "Greatest Show on Earth" became his first Oscar
winner in 40 years of epic making was well deserved. It
is one of the few times Hollywood has honored one of its
greats while he was still living to appreciate it. It was
therefore the only surprise of the evening.
The 72-year-old movie pioneer was the big star of the
silver jubilee Academy Awards Thursday night and was
wildly cheered by the film colony audience as for the
first time the ceremony was carried by television to mil
lions of people, most of whom were delighted with the ver
dict pronouncing the "Greatest Show" the best picture of
1952.
De Mille, whose 70 pictures previously had won only
in box offices, admitted being the most surprised of
them all. "High Noon" was the favorite and its win was
expected.
Among the spectacular productions created by De Mille
which have won high public favor duriing his long career
are: The Ten Commandments; The Volga Boatman; The
King of Kings; The Sign of the Cross; Cleopatra; The
Crusades; The Plainsman; The Buccaneer; Union Pacific;
Northwest Mounted Police; Reap the Wildwind; Story of
Dr. Wassell; Unconquered; Samson and Delilah ond other
photoplays.
Only the late D. W. Griffiths had produced more spec
stacular pictures but Hollywood let him go to his grave
unhonored by the Academy despite the success of his pro
ductions which included The Birth of a Nation; Intoler
ance; Hearts of the World; Way Down East; Broken
Blossom, Orphans of the Storm and America.
Washington Some will-o'.
the-wisp, sleight-of-hand diplo
macy reminiscent of Truman
days took place backstage be
fore the Eisenhower adminis
tration granted the recent
$300,000,000 loan to Brazil.
The diplomat didn't know It,
but it was Ike himself, not the
state department, who finally
OKd the loan. And the man
who deftly secured Ike's OK
was Fortune Publisher C. D.
Jackson, now head of psycho
logical warfare. '
The inside story indicates the
difficulty of forming a defiiv
ite policy on foreign loans, es.
pecially to Latin America. Sec
retary of State Pullet an.
nounced some time .ago that
the republicans would push the
good-neighbor policy.. But at
the same time he himself al
most reneged on the Brazilian
loan, and in a conversation
with suave Brazilian Ambas
sador Walter Moreira Salles,
the new secretary of. state
made this rather undiplomatic
remark:
"Don't forget, Mr. Ambassa
dor," Dulles said, "the republi
can! are in control now. We're
not democrats. We don't buy
friendship."
"And . Brazil's ' friendship,"
snapped the' ambassador, "is
not for sale." .
DOWN ON BRAZIL
Earlier the ambassador had
met with something of a re
buff from Undersecretary of
ute Treasury Randolph Burgess
when he called to discuss the
loan. ''
"My boss doesn't like Brazil
very much," Burgess stated
bluntly, and went on to tell
how the M. A. Hanna company
of which Secretary of the
Treasury George Humphrey
was long the president, had
been negotiating for the man
ganese concession- in the terri
tory of Amapa, North of the
Amazon, when suddenly it
found, that Bethlehem Steel
got the concession Instead,
Undersecretary Burgess, for
merly of the National City
Bank, a company which nego
tiated a sour loan of f 100,000,
000 to Peru in the 1920's, was
one of the chief opponents of
the current loan to Brazil. Fin
ally he proposed that Brazil
take one-third or $100,000,
000 Instead -of $300,000,000.
Simultaneously. Ass i s t a n t
Secretary of State Linder lec
tured the Brazilians about not
letting American oil companies
operate in Brazil.
"What does Brazil mean." he
asked, "by blocking oil exploi
tation and then turning round
and importing $280,1)00,000
worth of oil a year? You'll
never be solvent."
When the result of these ne
gotiations was cabled back to
Brazil, it hit the front pages
with a bang. "U. S. Abandons
Brazil!" flared the headlines.
Other papers talked of Yankee
imperialism wanting oil in re
turn for a loan.
It was at this point the am
bassador called on Secretary
Dulles, held an hour-long ies
slon teminding him that Ar-
gentlna no friend of the USA
had received a healthy loan,
that Brazil had come into two
world Wars on the aide of the
United States while Argentina
flirted with the enemy. The
ambassador's potent appeal par-
iiauy converted Dulles.
But in the end. Nelson Rocke
feller, who knows Latin-Amer
ican problems better than any
one else around Washington,
put the facta before C. D. Jack
son Inside the White House, and
Jackson got them to Elsenhow
er. Overnight, the President
acted where his secretary of
state and secretary of the treas
ury had delayed. The full loan
to Brazil was OK'd.
INSIDE RUSSIA
U. S. diplomats and Intelli
gence experts have worked
out some theories on why the
new Kremlin has been shoot
log down and bulldozing U.S.
British planes, but so far no
definite plan has been evolved
as to what we should do about
it.
Probable reasons behind the
Red brazenness are:
1. To create the Impression
Inside Russia that the Soviet
is being attacked: must defend
itself from the outside world
2. To Impress the satellite
countries where the Kremlin
is weakest that the new
Kremlin is afraid of nothing,
would deal ruthlessly with sat
ellite revolt.
3. To impress the -outside
world that while the new
Kremlin is willing to negotiate
it's not afraid of anyone.
.Chief danger in all this is
.'that a weak and uncertain
Kremlin may blunder into
war. Malenkov probably does
n't want war, first because he
doesn't entirely control the
Red army, second because he
doesn't control the secret po
lice. But a dictator who isn't
sure of himself, and who re
lies on airplane incidents, can
always "incident" himself into
war.
On the other hand, the fluid
condition inside Russia pre.
sents a golden opportunity for
tne united States to pry open
some diplomatic doors, later
widen them. If we don't move
now, then our only alternative
is to prepare for war later. So
far we're not moving.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Quoth the London Times'
John Miller when he heard
Ike planned to send thrice
married Fleur Cowtes, wife of
Look publisher Mike Cowles,
as special ambassador to Queen
Elizabeth's coronation: "Who
does he think is getting crown
ed the Duchess of Windsor?"
(Divorced women are not pre
sented at the court of St.
James's.) . . , Foreign Minister.
Molotov has a brother-in-law
living In Connecticut, . Sam
Carp, who doesn't share his
ideas and does a pretty good
business running a filling sta
tion . . . Egyptian Ambassador
Abdul Rahim, who was ap
pointed by King Farouk, is be
ing replaced by Ahmed Hus
sein, representing strong-man
Nagulb ... Tip to the RFS:
Take a good look at the pro
posed loan to financing mining
of iron ore at Cedartown, Ga.
Old-time . ore people say
they've got ore piled up on
the ground . . . Congressional
friends of Bob Tatt aren't
against GOP Charlman Wesley
Roberts as much as they are
Dallas Auxiliary
Dallas Initiation of nine
new members was held Wed
nesday by the auxiliary of
Dallas No. 320$, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. New members
came from Dallas, Independ'
ence, and valsetz.
Initiated were: Mrs. Thomas
Franklin, Mrs. Richard Ben
son, Mrs. Lillian Frink, all of
Dallas; Mrs. Elaine Rogers,
Mrs. Barbara New, Mrs. Donna
Jean Agard, and Mrs. Mary E.
Turenne, all of Independence;
and Mrs. Lillian Cheney, of
Valsetz.
Following the initiation cere
monies there were refresh
ments and a social hour during
which greetings were extended
to all those who had become
new members during 1982 and
1803. Mrs. Gary Hanson. Mrs,
Ray Carlson and Mrs. Eva Lar
son were in charge of refresh
ments.
The meeting was brought to
an end with a silver drill, the
proceeds of which were con
tributed to the Oregon Cottage
Fund. . . . -
Guests from Valsetz and In
dependence were present for
the initiation.
New York Iff) Should worn
en who have stayed married
to the same husband 25 years
get a medal?
"In Industry a man who
works for the same firm 25
years gets a pin to wear in
hi lapel,' a wife complained
to me recently. "But who rout
ed him out of bed every morn
ing end got him to his Job on
time all through those years?
His wife.
"And what 1 her reward?
Nothing! Nobody ever thinks
of honoring ber with a pin or
medal."
This does seem- unfair. A
lady with a quarter century of
matrimonial seniority toaay
has had to ateer her child bus-
By HAL IOYLI
band through troubled waters
indeed a great depression,
two and a half world , wars,
and a big Inflation.
She certainly deserves some
Kind of recognition for long
and valorous service on the
homefront All she often gets
now is a tired orchid and din
nr out at beefsteak Joe's
neiihborhood -diner. That Is
hardly enough.
Well, how about a pin or
medal then? I surveyed a num.
ber of married couples on this
point, and regret to say I found
nothing but aisagreemem.
The wives, by and large,
were against the idea of wear
ing the same pin, medal or
Salem 14 Years Ago
By BIN MAXWELL
No 'Equal Rights' for
This College Student
Los Angeles w.RJ One of
the men student , at Los
Angeles Metropolitan junior
college balked at joining an
"equal rights" movement
started by the 40 other male
students on the campus where
there are 700 women.
"I can't understand those
guys," he said. "I like being
outnumbered."
ADLAI VISITS FORMOSA
Taipeh.Formosa W) Adlal
Stevenson and President Chi
ang Kal-Chek of Nationalist
China conferred 42 minutes
Friday shortly after the 10S2
U. S. Democratic presidential
nominee arrived on his world
tour..
against his close friend, Barak
Mattlngly, wealthy St. Louis
political boss. It was Matting
ly who started the steam-roller
for Dewey at Philadelphia in
1948. Recently he's been an
unofficial patronage adviser to
Herbert Brownell . . . Taftltes
refer to Wes Roberts as "Mr,
Peanuts."
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March 20, 1939
Governor Charles A. Sprsgue
has named the following per
sons to the Willamette Basin
commission created by the leg
islature to cooperate with the
federal government in con
struction of the proposed $B6V
000,000 Willamette Valley pro-
eet: Claude Buchanan, Corval-
lis; O. D. Eby, Oregon City and
Elmo B. Chase, Eugene.
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Don Upohn, Capital Jour
nal's Sips for Supper, mentions
in his column for today that
"the legislature did pass a law
providing standards of purity
for fortified wine. Only grade
A canned beat may now . be
used."
An autolst driving on newly
completed Monitor - Silverton
road struck a lame horse that
had wandered onto the high
way and the- animal died on
the road. The driver could not
remove the animal and drove
on to Silverton for help. Mean
while a car occupied by Frank
Lanham and his brother, Lloyd,
came along and struck the dead
horse. Both of the Lanhams
were seriously injured and
their car almost completely
wrecked. -
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Frances Sparks of Silverton
is winner of the Willamette
valley drum majorette cham
pionship contest sponsored by
Salem Elks.
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This evening Aldermen Da
vid O'Hara and Ross Goodman
will Introduce a resolution for
council consideration whereby
the city will purchase a small
amount of privately owned
land between Madison and
Erlckson streets to allow open
ing of McCoy avenue.
'
Governor Charles A. Sprague
praises the recently adjourned
legislature because "no wild
laws were enacted, no burden
some taxes imposed."
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Increased use In commercial
fertilizer has recently been no
ticed in Marlon county follow
ing distribution of 90 tons of
four per cent treble phosphate
sponsored by the AAA farm
program.
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Silas Galser, superintendent
of Salem schools and a college
friend of William O. Douglas,
nominated by President Roo
sevelt for the United States Su
preme court, praises the nom
inee as a "superior person. He
is western In his point of view
and not a radical In any way."
a a a
Salem high school students
today paraded through down
town Salem in celebrating the
victory of their basketball
team, winners of the state title
championship.
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Antiques saved from : de
struction when the state capi
tol burned have been placed in
the new statehouse in accord
ance with plan of Mrs. C. C.
Geer, state chairman of : the
D.A.R. committee in charge of
the project.
DOERFLER NAMED TO FCC
Washington () John C.
Doerfler of West AlKs, Wis.,
was nominated by President
Eisenhower Friday to be a
member of the Federal Com
munications Commission for
an unexepired term running
until July 1, 1954.
medallion,, even If it were set
with dlsmonds and who au
"We should all look like po.
llcemen wearing the tame
badge," one said "women would
not go for that at all."
Td rather have a ' caik.
bonus," said another. "The men
are welcome to their 2S-yesr
pins. Nothing would look bet
ter to me on my 25th wedding
anniversary than some nice
fresh cash I could call my very
own." . .
"In any case, it oughtn't te
be a pin," sighed a third, "it
ought ot be a slave bracelet
if anything.", . ,
Surprisingly, most husbanrt.
I consulted were heartily in
favflf tt u mHT fii aa .
. jeer
wives. The only reservation
they made was that the cost
naturally, should be borni
either by their employer
the government. -
"My wife gives me pin
money," said one henpecked
Henry, "but not diamond pla
money." 4
Ail tne nusbands were In.
terested in the design ot the
proposed : housewives' medal.
Here are a few they suggested:
1. "A brass shield decorated
with 25 silver teardrops to
show the lady has given the
best tears of her life."
2. "Patience on a monu.
ment."
3. "The figure of a woman
rising triumphant from a shat
tered paycheck."
4. "It ought to be lust a Ion
silver needle with the figure
25 on it standing for all the
year my wife has been giving
me a Dig neeaie." ... a
6. "An angel with a halo
over her. head and a broken
vacuum cleaner in her hanrii
As you can see. any husband
who gave his wife a medal with
any of these weird designs on
it would probably soon be pay
ing alimony.
One husband had a counter
proposal. '
"If they give medals to 25-
year wives they ought to give
tnem to 25-year husbands, too,"
he said. "The wear and tear
is equal on both parties.
"And I know the design I
want on my medal a mouse
on a treadmill."
Guess we'd better drop the
whole Idea.
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