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REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN'S RESIGNATION.
; "A viae decision" ni Eisenhower's tern comment on
the relation of C Wesley Roberta aa Republican
national committee chairman, and seldom has more wis
dom been packed into ao lew
- Roberta haa been under
was disclosed that he pocketed an $11,000 fee in 1951
on the sale of a building to the atate. He waa at the time
an influential man in Kansas politics end it was claimed
that he used this influence in behalf of a deal in which
he waa financially interested.
- Roberts charred a plot to "cef him and this could
easily be, for Kansas Republicanism is rent by bitter fac
tions. Former Governor Air Lanaon, tne ui-iated u.u.r.
presidential Candida tee of 1986, is evidently a bitter per
gonal enemy of Roberts. He declared that the building
deal "smelled."
Within recent days a committee of the Kansas legis
lature reported after an investigation of Roberts', part
in the incident that he had violated the spirit if not the
letter of Kansas law which requires lobbyists to register,
which Roberts had not done.
We think the American people will welcome Roberta'
retirement as Republican chairman. They have seen a
dreary succession of Democratic chairmen who fell far
hort of th;t sscicst zttncUrd Cwr set up for his wile,
and they are pained to see the Republican chairmanship
so quickly involved in this sort of thing. -
Whether Roberts violated any law or even whether he
is morally guilty of anything we do not know, nor do the
American people. But this incident put Roberts under a
cloud, impaired if it did not destroy his usefulness as
chief of the majority party.
v His decision to resign was wise. Possibly it was prompt
ed by President Eisenhower with whom he conferred
Friday before it was announced. Anr his successor had
better be clean as the proverbial hound's tooth. Party
leadership is not for men with their hands out for retain
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"McCARTHYISM" REPUDIATED
' Senate approval of the Charles E. "Chip" Bohlen as
Ambassador to Russia after a long, bitter and unfair fight
against him by a smashing 74-13 vote was not only a
vote of confidence in President Eisenhower and Secretory
of State Dulles but a stinging repudiation by his fellow
senators of what has become known as "McCarthyism",
the campaigns of slander and libel of public officials based
on innuendo and falsehood under the cloak of congression
al immunity. ;
' Two democrats of similar stripe, Pat McCarran of
Nevada; and, Edwin Johnson of Colorado, joined the 11
republican die-hard isolationists in' voting against con
firmation of the 48 year old career diplomat who had
been unqualifiedly endorsed by Eisenhower as the best
man for the Moscow post. They accused Bohlen of being
an advocate of appeasement and the old Truman
Acheson foreign policies.
r Bohlen in his new role, will lose the policy making
power he held as counselor to the state department. He
has been in the diplomatic service since 1928. In Moscow
he will carry-out policies decided by the administration,
knows Russia well and speaks the language fluently. .
Senate Republican Leader, Robert A. Taft led the fight
for Bohlen confirmation and is credited with having kept
a majority of republicans in line in the showdown work
ing in harmony with the Elsenhower administration.
- Senator John Sparkman of Alabama, democratic candi
date for vice-president last fall, performed aimilar service
among the democrats. Taft and Sparkman had personnel
ly examined a secret 25 page summary of the FBI reports
on Bohlen and had confirmed Dulles evaluation that it
contained nothing to bar Bohlen as the able and legal
emissary, "a completely good security risk" and never
accused of pro-communism.
The McCarthy charges were summarized by Dulles as
"based on rumor, gossip or hearsay." So McCarthy him
self is the reason for his defeat.
COMMON SENSE IN UMATILLA COUNTY
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i The grand jury in Umatilla county showed wholesome
common sense in refusing to indict 11-year-old David
Crosier, who stabbed his father and stepmother to death
at Hermiston, for murder.
, The jury told the juvenile court to take charge of the
matter and to handle it as a delinquent child case.
The incident is as amazing as it is gruesome, amazing
that a child of his age would develop such an obsession,
and amazing that he could carry it out successfully on
two adults, for he appears to be a weak, undersized young
" ster.
What society can do about a mental deformity of this
kind we do not know, but clearly it is not a case to take its
course through the adult criminal courts. Special han
dling to meet a most unusual condition is called for.
GOP Chairman Roberts
Resigns Under Pressure
Washington jjb The
resignation under fire of Re
publican National committee
Chairman C. Wesley Roberts
left, the unprepared Elsenhow
er administration today with
en urgent repair Job to per
form on party organisation.
President Elsenhower was
caught almost flat footed by
his chief political agent's re
tirement Last month he ex
pressed full confidence in
Roberts. This week he told
his news conference he would
ewalt the findings of the Kan
sas courts and the legislature
on charges astilnst him.
The legislative , findings
elone proved to be sufficient
to end the suspense. A com
mittee of the Kansas legis
lature said yesterday Roberts
had violated the spirit It not
the letter of the state's lobby
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fire In Kansas ever since it
law In connection with the
sals ot a hospital building to
the atate which involved an
$11,000 fee for the departed
chairman. Roberts resigned a
few hours afterward.
Roberts confered with Presi
dential Assistant Sherman
Adams and then with Mr. El
senhower yesterday before an
nounclng his resignation. The
President said in a subsequent
statement that Roberts' deci
sion was "a wise one."
He said Roberta took the
Initiative In resigning and that
he appreciated the resigned
chairman's "valuable and tire
less efforts" for the Republl
can party.
Roberts said ha was the vic
tim of " a carefully contrived
and thinly veiled plot, grow
ing out of a fierce factional
fight in Kansas state politics."
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
French Miffed Because
Nixon Met Their Premier
Y DREW
Wajhtnfton In diplomacy
lilU thins sometimes mean
more than bis Issues. Thus the
visit (French Premier Rene
Mayer ot oft to a slighUy bad
tart when President Elsenhow
er tent young Dick Nbton down
to the airport to meet mm.
The French were slightly
miffed at this. Considering the
Utt that four top cabinet offi
cials of France, plus an impor
tant S3 -man delegation, were
arriving, the French felt that
Ike himself might well have
met their premier. They had
in mind, of course, the hearty
welcome Ike gave Prime Min
ister Churchill and the fact
that Mayer's chief promise on
assuming office was that he
would come to the United
States to confer personally with
Eisenhower.
Reason the president did not
go to the airport was a matter
of itrlct protocol. Mayer is
only a prime minister, not the
hesd of a state, and, according
to . protocol. President Elsen
hower should go to meet only
the head of a state. However,
Harry Truman, who used to go
down to the airport almost at
the drop of a hat, has spoiled
visiting dignitaries.
Aside from this, the French
talks were pretty well set In
advance, except on one big is
sue the Saar.
The United States was rea-
day, even before Premier May
er arrh'ed, to rend much great
er aid to Indo-China. The
French now have a plan for
training 54 new Viet Nam bat
talions and are asking the Unit
ed States to arm and equip
them. This Is going to handi
cap part of our own rearma
ment program, but Secretary
Dulles believes Indo-China is
more Important than Korea.
The French in turn came to
Washington ready to present
new protocols to the United
European army and to push Its
ratification this spring. ;
But the most Important thing
the French want is a prlvste
understanding with Secretary
of State Dulles regarding the
rich and controversial Saar,,
chief bone of .contention be
tween France and Germany.
This Dulles has not been will
ing to give for' two reasons:
1, It's too complicated a prob
lem; 2, It would cut the ground
out from under Chancellor Ad
enauer of Germany Just before
his trip to the U.S.A.
FREE TRIP TO HAWAII
One advantage of having Ha
waii a territory rather than a
state was that senators hsd an
excuse to visit its sunny clime
about once a year to investi
gate the prospects of statehood.
Recently. GOP Senator But
ler of Nebraska gave members
of his Insular affairs committee
one last chance for a free trip
to Hawaii before It becomes a
state. But he also warned his
colleagues privately that "it is
important to convince the pub
lic that this is strictly a busi
nes strip."
After Hawaii is voted into
the Union, of course, Butler's
committee will have no valid
business in Hawaii, and the
senators may have to pay their
own expenses for a Walklkl
Beach vacation.
However, Butler is havlns
trouble getting all his commit
tee members to go to Hawaii at
once. Since the public might
get suspicious of senators stray
Salem 31 Years Ago
ly I EN MAXWELL
Msrch 28, 1922 i construction of new La Creole
John ,H. McNary. attorney. Canning Company bulldlna at
was nominated as president of
Rotary club, Dr. H. H. dinger
as vice president, R.
O. Snel-
ling, secretary and
Wallace, treasurer.
Willlara
"Bill" Reinhart. former Sa.
lem high school student, has
been employed as baseball
coach for the school.
Last night Salem school
board authorized advertisement
for bids to supply fuel wood
for the next year. Last year
Salem schools consumed $5000
worth of wood fuel.
At present there are ISO
teachers in Salem schools and
It is the opinion ot Superin
tendent Hug that It may be
necessary to employ 135 next
year. Salem high will graduate
17S students this year.
Norman Coleman, nresident
or tne Loyal Legion of Loggers
ana Lumbermen, once headed
the English department of Reed
college and was a one-time
faculty member of Whitman
college. He declared today that
Dusiness li coming back slow
ly. Col. E. Hofer of Salem has
been re-elected president of the
uregon Humane society.
Banks in Salem will take
subscriptions for Russian re
lief, according to Dr. South
worth who spoke before the
Kiwanls club luncheon regard
ing the necessity of helping the
starving people of the Volga
valley. The money will be spent
locany lor carrels of flour.
light men are working on
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SaJea. Oreroa
PEARSON
ing over one at a time and hold
ing their own private hearings,
Butler has sent them a warning
letter, never meant to leak Into
print. k -
"It occurs to me," wrote But
ler, "that it will . . . present a
better appearance generally if
those making the trip all go
about the same period of time.
Since a majority seem to favor
the week beginning April 6, I
am wondering if all those going
could adjust their schedules so
as to make the trip at that time.
"I have no desire to foreclose
anyone whose engagements
make it mandatory that he mak
the trip at an earlier date,"
Butler added. "Of course the
committee decision authorizing
each member to select his own
time still holds, but I do think
it important to convince the
public that this Is strictly a bus
iness trip."
Butler himself went to Ha
waii last fall, is not going this
spring.
NOTE Nevada's Sen.
George Malone. another cham
pion government traveler, com
plicated the arrangements by
suggesting behind closed doors
that senators take their wives
along. ,
PESS LONES OLD LOAN
The man who ruled the
RFC longer than any other man
in history. Jesse Jones. Is now
aown in Houston, Texas, tend
ing to his own knitting. But
the utucr day he got a letter
from the man now running the
RFC pertaining to matter 40
miles from Huston at Galves
ton, Tex.
The man now running the
RFC, Harry McDonald, is a re
publican appointed by Truman
to the Securities and Exchange
Comission who did such a good
Job that he later took over the
RFC.
In trying to clean up delin
quent RFC payments, McDon
ald ran across a $1,100,000
loan which Jesse Jones had
made to the city of Galveston
to build a municipal pier-12
years ago The hotels of Gal
veston have built around the
pier and use it for amusement
purposes. However, Interest
payments have been slow and
principal payments are far be
hind.
Finally, Mayor" Herbert
Cartright of Galveston came in
to see RFC Administrator Mc
Donald, offered to buy the pier
for $100,000. With $1,100,000
of the taxpayers' money to
protect,' McDonald turned him
down. The mayor raised the
figure to $150,000. McDonald
still said no. Last November.
McDonald hinted, a lot of peo
ple, especially Jthose in Texas,
voted against any waste of the
taxpayers' money so he felt
that rule should apply to Gal
veston, i ,
And in an effort to collect.
McDonald wrote a letter to
Jesse Jones, who made the
Galveston loan in the first
place. How, McDonald asked,
could the government get its
money out of Galveston?
Jesse wrote back, promptly.
courteously, succinctly. '
He couldn't give any advice.
he said, he Just hadn't been to
Galveston in 30 years. 1
Note Dallas doesn't like
Fort Worth; Houston doesn't
like Galveston, and vice versa.
But Galveston is only 40
miles away.
(Copjrlfhl, IMS)
uauas,
Henry Ford is being sued for
$11,000,000 by Edward S. Huff.
Miami electrical engineer who
claims that he originated the
magneto Ford uses on his cars
and that the manufacturer has
not paid him in full for the in
vention. .
Last evening Salem nollce
arrested an Astorian who had
no tall light on his sporty csr
du( am nave liquor on his
breath. Says the Capital Jour
nal: "For want of connections
his tall light was lost, for want
ot a tall light his freedom was
lost, through lack ot his free-
dom his whiskey was lost, from
loss ot his whiskey his bank
roll was lost all was lost
through wsnt of a proper con
nectlon. People Want to Buy
Cars at 1941 Prices
There are people in Salem
who'd like to buy automobiles
today at 1941 prices.
Ben Maxwell's column In the
Capital Journal Thursday con
talned this item: "$884 buys a
big new beautiful Nash auto
mobile," taken from a Carter
Motor Co. advertisement of
March, 1941. It was the Nash
dealer here then.
Today "Pete" Carter, who
sold out years ago to return
to eastern Oregon but who is
now with the Hanson Motor
Co. here, received several tele
phone calls from people want
ing to buy the cars at the 1941
prices.
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
1 2-Year-Old Cowboy Star
Gts 7500 Letters a Week
By HAL
Wilmington, N.C. () A mil.
lion flaming azaleas have
drawn 100,000 visitors here for
one of the Southland's greatest
zesuvais ox xiowers. .
Every trout yard la allaine
with prideful bloom in this
mecca of nature lovers. The
queen of the annual four day
show U lovely Alexis Smith of
Hollywood, pretty as an aza
lea with two stems.
But where there's a queen
there ought to be a king. And
the king ot the flower festival
here, pardner, Is a pint sized
Hopalong Cassldy called Bobby
Benson.
The grownups come to ad
mire the azaleas and the burn
ing red-bud, but the kids have
got a bad case of hero worship
for Bobby.
Bobby has acieved the dream
of every American boy. He be
came a famous cowboy before
reaching his teens.
Young Mr. Benson at- the
ripe old age of 12 is radio's top
cowhand. His exploits as boss
of the . B-Bar-B ranch are
broadcast by S50 Mutual Net
work stations, more than dou
ble the number that carry such
older horse opera standbys as
Gene Autry and Hopalong him
self. ,,.
Bobby gets about 7,500 fan
letters a week. He packs two
plastic-handled gats. He may
be no faster on the draw than
Roy Rogers, but has one clear-,
cut edge over every other rival
in the professional cowboy
field. He is the only one Who
can sing soprano. ,
"But my voice is setting
deeper every day," said Bobby,
who has baritone yearnings.
Many a child star is ruined
by adulation. But . Bobby has
never let his honors go to his
head, although naturally he is
proud that he is the only Jun
ior deputy of the National
Safety Council and has had a
Stratocruiser named after him.
Some people live to be seventy
and never even have a heli
copter named after them.
Bobby started his cowboy
career at ten,' and before you
could ssy Tom Mix or William
S. Hart he was famous. But al
ready he has old age troubles.
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"If I tell the truth, I can't
travel half fare on the rail
roads and airplanes anymore,
because I am twelve," he said,
shaking his blonde head seri
ously, "and I do have to tell
the truth."
Like most of the great gun
men of the old West, Bobby,
who comes from Connecticut,
has steel blue eyes and a rangy
build. He has a golden palo
mino horse called Amigo.
"I've only been thrown by a
horse once in public," said
Bobby, then added honestly,
"of course, I've fallen off a
few times by myself Just try
ing a fancy trick or two."
' Bobby, for all the fact that
he is getting to be a financial
mainstay of his Uncle Sam,
does morning chores around
the house to earn his Saturday
afternoon movie money. He Is
an avid comic book reader, and
his favorite subject in school
Is ancient history.
"I get a passing grade in it,"
he explained. "I'm not so good
in arithmetic. I don t seem to
get the hang of dividing deci
mals although I can multiply
them pretty well."
"Next to riding horses the
thing I like to do best is to
draw horses or dogs, particu
larly on rainy days. I like to
collect match boxes, too. I've
got about 1,000, I suppose, If
I ever counted them."
The choice of a life occupa
tion is no worry to Bobby.
I want to stay a cowboy
and have my own ranch in
Florida," he said. "And ride
my own range, singing bari
tone." .
Multnomah College
Picks New President
Portland WV-John S. Grlf.
fith will take over June 15 as
president of Multnomah col
lege here.
Griffith, elected by the
board of trustees Frldnv. n.
ceeds Acting President Ern
est J aqua. Jaqua took over
last year on the death of Pres
ident Edward L. Clark.
Griffith. 45. is assistant .11.
perlntendent of Portland nub
ile schools.
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THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
You May Start Like King
Close With Crucifixion
Y REV. GEORGI H. SWIFT ' ;
IUcr. St. Ptul'i SpUmM Chutes
Tomorrow, in all Christian
lands, people will be remem
bering Palm Sunday. Palm
Sunday was. a day ot mixed
emotions. It started out with
great - rejoicing, tears were
shed later in the afternoon,
and 'the; day ended with an
outburst of righteous indigna
tion. In the morning of that me
morable day Christ was "The
man of the hour." "Hossnnah
to the Son of David," the peo
ple cried, as they vied with
one another to do Him honor.
In the afternoon of the same
day, while this short-lived tri
umphal procession wended its
way to Jerusalem, .the city hi
all its glory appeared before
them. While others, "shed" at
the sight, our Lord broke
down and wept, "O Jerusalem,
which stoneth the , prophets,"
He cried, "If thou hsdst known
in this tby day the things
which belonged unto thy
peace, but now are they hid
from thine eyes."
Later on, on that same day,
when Christ and His followers
visited the temple, and He per
ceived the money-changers and
the merchandise, the profiteers
and the grafters who had en
trenched themselves in the
holy place, He was enraged. In
righteous indignation He over
turned the tables of the money
changers, scattering the coins
about, and He cast out those
that bought and sold In the
Temple, saying, "Take these
things hence. My house shall
be called the house of prayer,
but ye have made it a den of
thieves." As we might expect,
this exhibition, of righteous
rage was not to go unpunished.
The; answer came quickly.
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Saturday, March 28 , 1958
The crucifixion followed a few
days later.
There are days in anyone's
life when he starts out in the
morning feeling as happy 'and
Important as a king. He Is a
king )n his little world. But he
knows not what the day may
bring forth. He may shed tears
of grief later In the afternoon,
and may want to speak out In
Indignation over' Injustices
that seem to affect him; be-
fore the day is done. However,
if he speaks out, he must be '
prepared for a crucifixion. The
crucifixion of Jesus Christ
proved to be the act which
spelled victory tor the cause
He represented. It was . fol
lowed by the Resurrection snd
the, beginning of the world
wide Christian faith which He
came to establish.
Liberty Mothers
Discuss New School 1
Liberty Many parents it
tended the meeting of the Lib
erty Mothers club on Wednes
day evening at the Liberty
hall.
Dr. Walter Snyder was the
guest speaker, and spoke on
the school, and answered ques
tions on she building of the
new school at Liberty,' which
should be ready in September.
After the meeting 'there was
a social hour. On the commit
tee were Mrs. E. A. Meola, Mrs.
Harry Sunderland and Mrs.
Ed Holden. ,
On Maundy Thursday the
British sovereign traditionally
distributes specially minted
money to as many needy per
sons as there are years In his
(or her) age. . . .
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