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PEACE TALKS FROM THE REDS!
' Chinese naaee offers-first revealed over the govern
ment radio from there, prompt two question! : 1. Do they
' mean It. and 2. If so what is the motive? ,
'!.- ,Tha Reda started the war nearly three years ago and
they've kept it going all this time despite our almost piti
ful attempts to reach a compromise settlement in which
we did all the compromising Why this sudden change of
front, if there is one? Is the offer intended only to ini
tiate another of those protracted "negotiations" that will
lead to nothing, or are the Reds seriously Interested in
stopping the shooting in Korea?
One can only guess at this stage, and the Reds' past
1 record does not suggest too much optimism as to achiev
ing an early peace. But the proposal for an exchange of
' tick and wounded prisoners of. war does offer aa oppor
tunity to tent their, seriousness rather quickly, for if
they mean business we noma do sdis to roeen an agree-
' ment promptly. If wo do there will be every justifiea-
tion for reopenintr negotiations lor the end of the war.
Certainly we should leave no stone unturned if there is
i any prospect of success. i
' The Reds could want the war in Korea ended. It is a
heavy strain on them as it is upon us. Malenkov might
see a prestige advantage to him within Russia to bring
peace so soon after his accession to the throne of the great
Stalin who was unaoie to ao so. we say uname oecause
he always claimed to want to, and the Russians probably
credited him with sincerity. So in their eyes Malenkov
would be credited with doing what Stalin couldn't. ,
Peace proposals for Korea may be expected to split the
'U.N. camp, and to discourage vigorous war preparations
in the western nations, while Russia would presumably
continue preparing with all her might.' One bad thing
about the Korean war from the communist viewpoint has
been its stimulating effect on military buildup in all the
western countries. ' . ,., ,r
The Reds may have an even more sinister reason for
wanting to end the Korean war. They may want to divert
the military effort to other areas, Formosa, Indo-China,
. Burma or India. The U.S. would probably resist an at
tempted Formosa invasion but probably wouldn't send
ground troops to the other theaters. So the same amount
of effort there might pay off much better for them. But
disastrously for our side. :
' Yes, it is entirely possible that the Reds want to end
the Korean war. - We'll aoon know. If they do they'll
find us more than willing. But their ultimate aims are
. unchanged, only the means by which they intend to real-
- 1m them if indeed even the means has been changed.
We'd better not be lulled into any "peace for our time"
delusions. , , ".. '
BIG TRUCKERS AT IT AGAIN ' -
i ' The big trucking interests in the state have succeeded
in having a bill introdued that would place a floor on
railroad freight rates, an action that brought immediate
protest from shippers from various parts of the state.
, Aa an alternative to this legislation, the shippers have
drafted a bill that would remove the floor on rates of
all carriers,, railroads, buses and water transportation
engaged In hauling freight.
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transportation Wednesday, when.it may be substituted
for the original bill. : ' 1
Shippers, who must pay the rates, which in turn are
passed on to the ultimate consumers, feel that placing a
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vu wiw nuuuam raws wui aw troy eompeuuon among
the freight carriers in the state and therefor feel that
in fairness to all carriers, the bill prepared by then should
be. adopted. . .
There is no justioe in "attempting to hamstring one in
. dustry in order to five a more favorable position to a
competitor. -
Either the legislature should ignore the truckers Tro-
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large segment of shippers and put all carriers on competi
tive basis.., .. !
LEGISLATORS as Seen by Murray Wade
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Noted Scientist Ousted;
Cracked Down on Wrong Man
Y MEWFEARSON
Wathlngtoo Or. A. V. Aft-
in, dirt tor of the bureau of
standards, and a noted icientiit.
has been trying for several
weeks to gtt an appointment
with his chief, the new leort
Ury of eoramiree, Sinclair
Waakj. As the head ef one- ot
the non-politioal. scientific bu
reaus of government, he want
ed to discuss future problems,
Secretary weeks, however.
did not see him. But last week.
Dr. Aitin suddenly was sum
moned to the commerce depart
ment by Aaelstant Secretary
Craig Sheaff er, head of ' the
fountain pen company, and fir
ed. He was atked to turn In
his reiignition within three
He was alio lectured re
garding the bureau of stand
ard's diagnosis of battery addi
tives, a system of injectins eo-
som salt, supposedly to pep up
auto batteries. The bureau had
officially found that these bat
tery additives or hypoes to
give a battery - new ' strength
were of no value; Shaef f er
didn't like this diagnosis and
told Dr. Aitin the bureau of
standards in the future was to
be run on a buiinessman's bas-
what About wally now?
; Now that the venerable Queen Mary has bean placed
in her tomb, the young Queen Elisabeth can if she wishes
reverse the royal court ban on the Duchess of Windsor,
American wife of the former King Vdward. It is rener-
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,wed refusal of the royal family to accept her.
I Queen Elisabeth has-shown that she has a mind and
will of her own, and she is said to be very fond of her
: uncle. If aha values the throne aha must realise that she
owes it to these two and their romance, else Edward
would now be king.
; There is little doubt that the British people would wel
come a letting of bygones be bygones and the return of
Edward to his homeland. He is represented aa determined
to leave England for good if his status is not altered, be
ing sick of this 16-year baa on his wife.
' We should soon know, possibly before the coronation,
Whether nary and her rigid views still dominate.
Contract Gets
McKay's Okay
i ; Seattle eM Interior leere-
tary Douglas McKay yesterday
approved a $4P,BB0 contract for
the clearing ot right-of-way
and access roads on - a M.6
mile section of the McNary
Roes 145,000-volt trsnsmiwton
Una. aeaanxlna to T. M. Mur
ray, Northwest manager for
the Bonneville Power adminis
tration. The contract went to the
Coos -Bend Trucking service,
allowing 470 days for comple
tion of the Job.
The section to be elesred is
chiefly in Clark county. Wash.
BPA Project manager will be
wiiiixn MeClarr. whose head
quarters will be In White Sal
mon, Wean., aunv ;
To Withhold Or. Tax
From U. S. JobhoMore
Portland, Si Moat Seder!
offices as Oregon will be
dvettag state withholding taxes
rrom employes' checks by the
end ot this week m eompUanee
wttn a ment state-federal gov
ernment agreement. Ray
Smith, chairman of the State
Tea commission, said today,
Federal agencies were not
able to withhold state texes
from employe checks lentil last
year when a federal law was
paawd allowing such action
by agreement between states
and the federal government,
Braitn ewpuiaeo. Oregon tin
ed such an agreement, effective
Nov. IS, 1BSZ. r
S.eae MIN BITTJBNTMO
San Francisco, 4U0 More
than 1.000 Korean combat vet
erana were scheduled to dock
in San Princiieo late today and
tomorrow.
Behind mis is some hiahlv
interesting background. " .
First, It should be known
that the first director of the
bureau of standards. Samuel
Stratton held office for 25
years under both republicans
and democrats. Another direc
tor, Lyman S. Briggs was ap
pointed by Herbert Hoover, re
publican; and reappointed by
Franalm Jloosevelt, democrat.
Politics has been kept out of
the Bureau. . ;
BATTLI OVSK BATTERIES
Second, ft should be known
that the bureau of standards Is
called upon almost every week
by the post office department
or the federal trade commission
to test some article which may
be falsely advertised or may
be Involved In fraudulent use
of the mails. Such examlna
Uone are routine. They are also
welcomed by moit business
firms. Willard, Ixide, and oth-
standard Battery manufac
turers, tor instance, have sup
ported the bursal of standards
in Its work ef disgnosing bat
tery additivei.
As such routine, the bureau
was asked to examine AD-XJ,
a battery additive manufactur
ed by Pioneers, Inc., of Oek-
4, Oalrf., which alarmed
AD- could restore Jaded
seail-womout batteries. The
bwreeu made such an examina
tion, and reported that "the
addition ot AD-XS to the acid
solutioon of storage batteries
decreases rather than mereaici
the electrical conductivity ef
the electrolyte."
Thli report immediately was
contested by Jeis M. Ritchie,
president of Pioneers, Inc., who
began to pull wires In Wash
ington. Eventually his wire
pulling contributed to the ud
den tiring ef the director of
the bureau of standards.
How powerful was Mr. Ritch
le's wire-pulling is indicated
by whet happened after the
poet office department Issued
an official mall fraud order
Mt AD-XJ en Marsh I.
perMtng M ea the mM fraud
Ret
That Bight the secretary ef
commerce himself argued end
pleaded with Postmaster Oen
oral Arthur Summerfield, per'
suaded him to suspend the mall
fraud order. Thus in the official
portal guide of March I It is
stated that AD-XJ is placed on
the list of mall frauds, while
two days leter, March S, the
postal guide suspends the order
and cays AD-XJ Is not a mail
fraud after all.
It vu one of the quickest
reversals of fraud seen around
the post office department la
many years.
That Is only part of the story.
however. Assistant Secretary
of Commerce Sheaff er of Sheaf
ter pens has said that he came
to Washington to help business.
Apparently be was not Inter
eeted In helping Kxide. Willard,
er ether standard battery man
ufacturer!, but rather the mak
ers of battery hypoes.
For he telephoned the ChemI
cal and Englneerlng-Newi and
demanded that they not pub
lish the report of the bureau of
standards condemning AD-X2.
The Chemical and Engineering
News felt they were their own
best Judges of what they should
publish and went ahead with
publication.
Later, Mr. Sheaff er wrote the
News an official letter stating
that the report dtd not repre
sent the views of the 'depart
ment of commerce.
Sheaffer also phoned the bu
reau of standards and demand
ed .that no more copies, of the
report be given out and that
no statement regarding battery
aaoiuves ne made However.
the house commerce committee
later asked Sheaffer for copies,
and, red-faced, he had to ask
the bureau to violate the rule
he had Just laid down and send
out more copies.
As a climax to the whole
thing, Sheaffer called in Dr.
Aitin, whose - scientists hsd
merely been doing what they
had been doing for years, and
fired him.
Note When Sheaffer was
examined by the senate inter
state commerce committee he
defended his sponsorship of ra
dio commentator Upton Close,
ana aumea regarding the fact
that he contributed S1.300 to
rabble-rouser Merwin K. Hart.
He also contributed $1,000 to
senator McCarthy, the man
who Is oausing Sheatfcr's chief
in the White House so much
trouble. . , ; ,
AMMUNITION SHORTAGE
Senators are still trying to
get at the bottom of .the am
munition shortage, which the
Pentagon tried to shrug off but
which General Van Fleet claim
ed cost American lives in Korea..;-.
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To get off the hook, the army
claimed that the steel strike
cut artillery ammunition pro
duction J7 per cent last year.
However, this column can re
port that the production of car
bon steel, the type used for
artillery shells, was greater
last year than any war year
in history 1,429,111 tons. Of
this tremendous output, only
925,869 tons were used for sm-
munitlon. .
In other words, the army had
steel running out its ears de
spite the strike. Real tact la
that ordnance plants were shut
down and men laid off work
last year, not because of the
strike but for leek ef ammuni
tion orders.
For catample, the largest pro
ducer of artillery shells, U. S.
Steel's Christy Park works at
McKeesport, Pa., operated st
only one-third capacity all last
year, in March, at the height
of the ammunition shortage the
105-mm. production line was
shut down for two weeks and
100 men were laid off. Yet
105-mm. shells were one of the
tour most critically short. In
addition, 110 women were laid
off the production of I.B-taieh
rocket heads In December
1981,. when rocket shells were
needed In Korea.
The same story was true at
other ammunition - producing
plants, to Hti. two big pro
ducers the Firestone plsnt at
Ravenna, Ohio, and the Fleet
wood plant at Wilhes-Bsrre,
Pa. haven't even been used
to turn out ammunition since
the start of the Korean war.
Clearly, the Mama tor the
ammunition shortage rests in
the Pentagon, which Is easting
about frantically tor alibis.
Note This column started
Investigating the ammunition
shortage over 18 months ago,
and published a general warn
ing at that time. Details were
withheld tor fear ef giving in
forms tion to the enemy,
(Ooerrleat mi)
Pope to Deliver
Address on Easter :
Vatican City WV-Pope Pius
XTI will address thousands of
Romans and visitors here on
Easter, it was announced Tues
day. . ,
He will begin speaking at
2:50 a.m. PST. His .address
will be broadcast' by the Vati
can radio.
OPEN FORUM
Writer Relates How
Some Protect Teeth
To the Editor: A number of
cases ot sound teeth have come
to my attention which should
be ot Interest to others.
Insisting that his breed be
hsrd-roasted wss one men's
method of retaining his teeth
throughout s long life span.
Another supplemented an or
dinary diet with vigorous bit
ing on cloth, or on hard rubber
erasers, and In his 00's had
lost only one tooth. A young
ster of 8 prefers hard tack to
ordinary bread and has a
aolendid set of teeth.
Our soft foods are contrary
to nature's laws; but assisting
our teeth with methods sucn
as above pays good dividends.
SAM J. HAKMS,
1740 State Street.
Coast Guard Picks Up
Missing Fishermen
Coos Bay W) Three Lang-
loii. Ore., fishermen, missing
overnight, were found drifting
in their 84-foot boat by the
Coast Guard Monday.
The boat, with both ancnors
gone, was near xne .rogue
River Reef on the Southern
Oregon Coast, the Coast Guard
reported. ' '
A search for the three-
Arthur Aldropp, Lex Cope and
Arthur Slocum started Sun
day night when they did not
return from a fishing trip. -
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
MARTIAL LAW IN IRAN
Tehran, Iran (V-Martial law
was proclaimed Monday in the
Bakhtiert tribal areas ef
southern Iran, where an insur
rection led by Abolghessem
Bakhtlar his been, under way
tor nearly two soon the, -
Child Should Be a Rebel,
Says Hal Who Hasn't Any
ly HAL IOYLE
New York im If I had a . A rebel Is an explorer,
the quality I would most
child.
want it to have is rebellion,
Parents I tell have this to
Say:
"Well, then, I wish you had
one of mine. You don't know
what you're , talking about.
There is nothing that saps your
strength like a rebellious child.
They keep you worn down all
the time." ,;
Probably so. But, on the
other hand,. they keep a family
stirred up, too. And whst is
sadder than a child that is over
ly tame?
Of course, a child can ex
press rebellion in other wsys
than by trying to kick his har
ried mother in the shint. He
has to be a little rebel elmost
from birth. If he didn't re
volt against his own vast ig
norance, he would never have
the incentive to grow up,
' Rebellion is the mark of
youth and health. Only 'by
questioning . authority can a
child find out what is actually
so snd whst is Just adult say-so.
, It is annoying to have to
answer a curious child s eter
nal "Why? Why? Why? But
wouldn't it be even more terri
fying to have a child that did
everything you told it to, be
lieved everything you said, and
never once asked "but why?' "
Personally. I like a kid who.
when you tell him that two
and two make four, looks up at
you cunningly and says, "Prove
it." you have a wild urge to
hammer him with a slipper,
but you have to admire him,
too.
A civilization may be torn
apart by too many rebels, but
it will never die ot dry rot.
And no civilization can grow
and flourish without a full
quota of sturdy rebels.
He
is the yeast of any society, and
keeps it from being choked by
the thickening crust of the past.
The great inventions, philos
ophies, poems, music, and new
automatic refrigerators are al
most always products of great
and serious rebels, who must
defy conventional patterns to
create a better future. So are
the great religions. Was there
ever a greater rebel than
Jesus Christ? . .
The reward of many great
rebels in their own lifetime is
Ignominy, ridicule or even per
secution. Others such as Ben
jamin Franklin, George Wash
ington, Thomas Jefferson, Al
bert Einstein, Thomas Edison
and Carl Sandburg get their
laurels while they live.
Tor every rebel who Is re
membered a thousand are for
gotten. It takes vast courage
and endless work to force man
kind, to overcome the inertia
of the commonplace and try
something new and better. But
without rebels civilization
would rust in its own shackles.
If I had a child, I would
treasure his signs of rebellion.
ana may.De even encourage
tnem. lie might grow uo to be
Just another unsuccessful bank
robber. But there. Is also the
chance he might come up with
an idea for a better mousetrap
the world desperately needs.
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NEW AND STARTLSvKS T wax PLEASE f A, -W"w I
Salem 29 Years Ago
, ly UN MAXWELL
March 81, 124 '
Oregon's compusory public
school law has been declared
unconstitutional by an opinion
rendered today Jn a federal
court. The bill 'provides that
all children between the. ages
of six and 16 must be sent to
public schools. ; i
Ellsworth Kelly, "Oregon"
Jones snd Tom Murray; who
made a bold escape from Ore
gon State penitentiary on Fri
day are yet at large. C. M.
Weekly, one of the' six .es
capees, was taken without re
sistance near Stayton ; this
morning.
Earl Fisher, state tax com
missioner,' believes that, the
state income tax will yield near
$1,500,000 for 1923. r j :
R. Blaine E. Kirkpatrlck be
lieves Salem's gambling ordi
nance is a mighty good one,
that it can and should be en
forced. . .-'.-.! .
Spaulding Lumber company
will operate . two six hour
shifts beginning April 1, in
stead of the present two, eight
hour shift basis. Reduction of
shift hours is said to follow
depressing conditions In lum
ber markets.
A new home to be erected at
293 N. Capitol street for Mrs.
Claudius Thayer will cost $24.-
000. This, pretenious home,
in every respect, will be of
concrete block and stueco cot.
struction, , ,
Scotch ' Woolen Mills,, ijj
State street, advertises Enter
suits for men with a perfect fit
for $28.50. r . i ,
. A memorial building eeitii.
$400,000 will be built on Or,
gon Agricultural college can.
pus. Students ha ye slruaj
contributed $60,000 and tin
additional amount is exntctti)
to be raised by alumni and ex.
students.. , ,;
Polk County Sheriff Jci
Orr and his deputies madt.a
wholesale raid on New Grind
Ronde Saturday night ; snd
rounded, up five violators 61
the liquor law. .
"Represent Oregon in a kit
patriotic, two fisted mauner"
is the slogan of George Baker
of Portland who has elected
to campaign for republican
nomination for United States
senator. -
Spring Valley "!
Spring Valley Mrs. fl.
wood Cooper of McCoy will
open her home for the pre
Easter meeting of Spring Val
ley Home Missionary society
with a 1:80 dessert luncheon,
Thursday, April 2. Assisting at
the luncheon will be Mrs. Clu-'
ence F. Merrick and Mrs.
Henry J. Neigcr. - - ; i $
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