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SALEM AND THE BLOOD PROGRAM
Forty-four persons turned out last night for a well
publicized meeting to try and save Marion county's blood
program, which the Bed Cross board has announced will
be discontinued Julv 1 unless additional funds are forth
coming, the annual Red Cross drive having fallen some
?7000 short of its goal.
One wonders If this attendance of one person out of a
thousand of Salem's copulation actually less because
several were from outside this city is a true measure
of Salem's lack of interest in the blood program.
i This could be due in part to feeling against the Red
Cross, to suspicion that the program could be continued
. through economies in other sections of its program here,
but those who feel this way should have been present to
ask embarrassing questions. The questions were in fact
asked, hut thev did not annear to embarrass anyone,
; It could be due to lack of what we call "civic spirit."
This patriotic feeling has been overworked by too many
appeals, so it has flagged, witnout a aouDt. uui xne
blood isn't to send to Korea that flood will be collected
anyway, through funds provided by the armed forces
It is blood to be placed in our own hospitals, to De usea
by ourselves and our loved ones. Here clearly is a case
where "the life you save may be your own:"
But the response was meager and those who did turn
out were rather pitifully confused in the face of what
all could see is an acute community crisis. . A committee
was formed to try to secure the ?5500 that will save the
program. Five thousands five hundred dollars to save
lives in a community whose financial institutions contain
nearly a hundred million dollars of deposited cash.
It seems ridiculous that this should pose a problem,
doesn't it? But it does and it is far from certain that
the money will be raised. ... The best way would have
been for the community to have filled the Red Cross quota
during its campaign, but this drive is over now and all
these workers dispersed. It will be harder now.
What will happen to a small committee's effort to save
the county blood program we do not know, but one thing
we do know. The community will be aroused very soon
after July 1 if it isn't aroused sooner. The water is taken
for granted until the well runs dry. Then things happen
fast. They have to. And they will here.
But why do we let ourselves get behind this big eight
ball? . . .
NEW FOREIGN AID PROGRAM
President Eisenhower has asked congress for $5,828,
000,000 for a new foreign aid program for the fiscal
year Btarting July 1, as a necessary defense for free na
tions, and America itself against the "Soviet threat" and
"great peril" of Red aggression. This is $1,800,090,000
less than recommended by former President Truman in
bis last budget message. .. '
' In a special message submitting his program, the pres
ident told congress:
"The blunt, sober truth if that we cannot afford to relax our
defenses until we bave seen clear, unmistakable evidence of
genuinely peaceful purposes on the part of the Soviet Union.
' "The basic purpose of this program is simply the long term
security of the United States living in the shadow of the Soviet
threat. Anything appreciably less would be dangerous to our
peace and security."
The bulk of money, approximately $5,250,000,000, is set
up for military weapons and direct support "to the defense
efforts of our friends and allies, a measure of the peril in
which free nations continue to live."
Some $400 million would be earmarked to help the
French resist communist forces attacking Indochina and
other hundreds of millions to bolster the Chinese Nation
alists on Formosa. The remaining $550 million would be
spent for technical, economic and development purposes.
As Mr. Eisenhower's message was being read in the
house, Harold E. Stassen, director of Mutual Security,
and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles testified for
the program at a joint meeting of the senate foreign rela
tions and the house foreign affairs committees.
What the administration is asking now is an authoriza
tion, not appropriation. Specific sums will be sought
later to carry out the program. Dulles said it is just
possible the full umount of the authorization will not be
asked in outright appropriations.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST GRADE
Tuesday, May 6, 195S
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Salem 47 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
May , 1906
Road supervisor W. W.
Lander is constructing a urn
class dirt road between Lake
Labisb and Brooks, a distance
of about three mues.
speeding a good trotting horse
or driving warn m
steri to the family carriage
there is nothing equal to a
good earth roadway says this
Capital Journal eaiiun v
years ago.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Defense in Hot Struggle on
New Joint Chiefs of Staff
BY DREW PEARSON
SENATOR WAGNER'S DEATH
The death Monday in New York of former Senator
Robert F. Wagner passed virtually unnoticed and we'll
wager a modest Bum that millions of Americans don't
even remember who he was. The same thing happened
when former Congressman Volstead died, years after the
controversy over his congressional act was stilled.
Wagner was the author of the new deal Wagner act,
labor's "Magna Carta," or charter of liberty, it was called.
This law, admittedly onesided, paved the way for the
vast expansion of the country's labor unions in numbers
and power. It established a political alliance between
. labor and the new deal that kept the Roosevelt and Tru
man administrations in office long after the political pen
dulum normally turns in this country.
Wagner's law righted what had been a bargaining dis
parity in favor of employers, but it loaded the dice on the
other side and created the abuses the Taft-Hartley act
ought to remedy some claimed by again going too far
in one direction.
Whether Wagner's act was good or bad over the long
pull is still a hotly disputed issue nearly two decades
afterward. But it made history by making possible the
tremendously powerful labor union, upon which the Taft-
Hartley act has as yet had little effect. So his work
will be felt throughout this country for many yean to
, come, whether or not the man himself is remembered.
100 Mile Wind Causes
$100,000 Airport Loss
' Knoxvllle, Tenn. W) A
four minute windstorm with
gust exceeding 100 miles an
' hour struck Knoxvtlle's Muni
cipal Airport tonight, unroof
ing two hangars and flatten-
Ing a house. Four persons were
Injured slightly In the wreck-
, age of the house,
The Knoxvllle Flying Serv
ice estimated damage at $100,-
000.
Cal. to Allow Ouster
Of Commy Teachers
Sacramento VP A unanl
mous vote of the senate has
sent to the Assembly a bill al
lowing school districts to fire
teachers who balk at answer
Ing questions by congressional
or legislative committees con
cerning their communist affili
ations.
The senate passed the meas
ure, backed by the Los Angeles
Board of Education.
Washington Biggest hassle
Inside the defense department,
following Eisenhower's mili
tary reorganization, is to pick
the new joint chiefs of staff.
Since Generals Bradley,
Vandenberg and Collins are
nearing the ends of their terms
anyway, this means Admiral
William Fechteler would be
the only Joint chief to be fired
outright.- However, Secretary
of the Navy Bob Anderson ob
jects to firing Fechteler and
was summoned to Naples last
week to thresh the matter out
with Secretary of Defense
Wilson and Admiral Robert
Carney, the man touted
Fechteler's successor.
Meanwhile, Ik has made It
clear that he, himself, will
appoint the new chairman of
the joint chiefs, though he has
promised Secretary Wilson
not to pick someone Wilson
can't work with.
Inside fact is that Ike's fa
vorite is General "Toughy"
Spaatz, the retired air force
general and Pennsylvania
Dutchman, who worked so
well with Ike in Europe dur
ing the Invasion. Secretary
Wilson, believe it or not, leans
toward Admiral Arthur Rad
ford, the redheaded trouble
maker who attacked the air
force and set the Pentagon on
its ear in the "battle of the
B-86."
Another Pentagon mogul
opposing Spaatz is Deputy
Secretary of Defense Kyes
who fears that "Toughy," an
old personal friend of Ike's,
will go over Wilson's head to
the White House.
Presidential Breakfast
Breakfasting . w i t h Senator
Bridges of New Hampshire
the other day, the president
dropped further hints regard
ing the men he wants to run
the armed services.
Chief of staff of the air
force, he indicated, will prob
ably be General Nate Twining,
though General Ben Cludlow,
now In Colorado Springs, is
also under consideration. Ike
said he considered Lt. Gen.
Lauris Norstad the top young
officer of the air force, though
he needed more seasoning,
Ike stated quite bluntly that
he was not Impressed with
Admiral Fechteler. He seem.
ed enthusiastic, however, over
"Raddle." Apparently Ike
has completely forgotten that
Admiral Radford was the
leader of the Pentagon rebel
lion when Ike was supposed to
be unifying the armed services
as chief of staff.
Elsenhower told Bridges
that the new army chief of
staff would be picked from
among Generals Al Gruenther,
Matt Ridgway, or Mark Clark
If Ridgway is tapped, then
Gruenther will take over
NATO. If Clark is picked
then Gruenther would take
over Clark's command in the
Far East.
Note Elsenhower made it
plain that in reorganizing the
joint chiefs of staff he was
following the philosophy and
advice of the man who has
now come to be literally co
president Senator Bob Taft,
Taft has been urging that the
Pentagon be turned back to
civilian control and that the
joint chiefs of staff play a de
elded second fiddle to the d
vllian secretary of defense.
Under Roosevelt, and especial
ly under Truman, it was the
joint chiefs of staff who ran
the show.
REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT
Not in months have demo
crats had such a good time as
over the plight of "Maybe,"
the seven-year-old female ele
phant now stranded In the
Belgian Congo because of re
publican economy.
A gift from Belgium to the
National Zoo, this symbol of
the Grand Old Party lacks the
$1,000 expense money to cross
the Atlantic. However, a lot
of democrats are now gleeful
ly coming to her rescue.
"If the republicans'' haven't
enough chivalry to get the
symbol of their party over
here," said Congressman John
McCormack of Boston, "we'll
help rescue the lady." He con
tributed $23.
Other democrats In the
house of representatives who
stepped' up to help stranded
Maybe and: the republicans
were: Mel Price of Illinois; Ray
Madden of Indiana; John Blat
nik of Minnesota; Clement Za
blockl of Wisconsin; Harley
Staggers of West Virginia;
Clair Engle and Chet Hollfield
of California; Wayne Hays of
Ohio; Frank Karpsten of Mis
souri; Herman Eberharter of
Pennsylvania; and Jack Demp
sey of New Mexico.
Ex-congressman Clinton Mc-
Kinnon of California, demo
cratic vice-chairman of Cali
fornia, issued a plea for all
democrats to help. "However,"
said McKinnon, "we want the
pachyderm labelled to show
which end's the senate and
which the White House. To
day republicans seem a bit
confused."
Mayor Tommy d'Alesandro,
democratic mayor of Ballt-
more volunteered $10 for hap
less Maybe, but added: "If the
republicans and the National
Zoo don t want her, we 11 take
her to the Baltimore Zoo."
Mayor John B Hynes, demo'
cratic mayor of Boston, ex
pressed similar sentiments.
I am not interested In the
present embarrassing situation
of the republican party," he
said, "but Boston is interested
In the elephant. We will ac
cept Maybe for our municipal
zoo and pay $1,000 for trans
portation. We might even
name her Cinderella."
Senator Mngnuson, demo
crat, of Washington state of
fered $5 with this comment:
"It will tnke something bigger
than an abandoned elephant to
symbolize the GOP giveaway
program. Due to republican
economy I can spare only $3."
Melvin Hildreth. democratic
national committeeman for the
District of Columbia, came to
Maybe's rescue with this com
ment: "It Is especially appro
priate that this symbol be an
African elephant because an
African elephant can move its
flexible trunk in any direction
and therefore Is an excellent
republican symbol of free
swinging responsibility."
Joanthnn Daniels, ex-assistant
to FDR and Harry Truman,
telegraphed an Immediate con
tribution to rescue Maybe, but
another North Carolinian, Con
gressman Thurmond Chatham,
was not so sympathetic. "I
can see little use adding single
animal to race evidently com-
14th Dynamite Blast
In Strike Torn Town
Elizabeth, La. W-Another
dynamite blast last night sev
ered the five-Inch gas pipeline
serving this strike-torn com'
miunity.
It was the 14th dynamiting
of the line.
There were no reports of in
juries. :
Unions involved in the
strike, which began last Sep
tember, are the International
Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite
and Paper Workers and the In
ternational Brotherhood of Pa
per Makers, both AFL.
He'll Bet $1 on Rain
May 10 in Decatur
Decatur, 111. m C. L. Cal
Waggoner is going to bet that
lt will rain in Decatur May 10
just like he has bet for the
last 47 years.
Waggoner, a 92-year-old for
mer bank employe, has been
the winner 88 of the 47 times.
He limits each bet to $1.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Man Still Wears the Pants
But Wife Picks 'Em for Him
By HAL BOYLE
rw nf the better brass
bands in Oregon is the Parrott
Mountain band, a musical or
ganization of 13 members led
by James Parrott. Their court
try homes are high up in the
" . . . n . . thai
Yamhill mountains, o"""-"
music is beautifully played
and they wear splendid blue
uniforms trimmed with gold
braid.
.
By a deal Involving $30,
000,000 every electric light,
power and traction company
in the Lower Willamette val
ley, including Portland, has
h.n fnrffed into one vast con-
nlldBtlnn of interests. The
merger was accomplished yes
ttrrin bv New York finlan-
p!. Citizen's Light and
Traction Co. of Salem, operat
Inir th. electric lighting sys
tem. the street railway and
the gas plant Is included in the
consolidation.
Steaks and chops cooked to
perfection.- A good meal for
20c. White House restaurant,
George Bros, proprs.
Georee F. Smith has pur
chased the once popular
Strong's restaurant and, after
refitting and refurnishing, will
re-open May 8, as the-Angeius.
New boat Coloma In charge
of A. D. Pettyjohn & Son will
start running a regular scned
ule between Salem and Inde
pendence May 7. Fare one
way, 50c.
"
Many rural free delivery
carriers are doing a larger can
cellation . business than the
postoffice they have displac
ed. Roy Simeral. Macleay car
rier, is cancelling from $1.50
to $3 a day and never less than
$20 a month. He is on the
road from seven to eight hours
daily, rain or shine, and makes
25 to SO miles each day. Roy's
salary is $750 a year. He fur
nishes two horses and a cart.
Feed, repairs, extra clothing,
wear and tear, replacements
and other expenses amount to
$300 a year leaving Simeral
$420 for his services.
New York W The man still
wears the pants in the average
American home but it is the
wife who picks the kind he
wears.
"My husband simply hates
shopping," she says smugly.
"He'd never buy a new suit
unless I went along with him."
I I don't like to destroy
any woman's illusion, but a
wife who holds that Idea is
nlmnlv kidding herself. Most
men love to go shopping ana
buv tiurty things to hang upon
themselves and cloak nature's
errors. Neither sex has a cor
ner on this urge.
But it is a mistake for a wife
to think he brings her along
on a suit-buying safari because
he is color-blind or she has su
perior taste. He is simply
afraid to go it alone. He wants
her for the same reason he
would like her by his side if
he had to go into a lion's den
for protection.- For her fight
ing qualities, if real trouble
breaks out.
By himself a man has the
same resistance against a cloth
ing salesman a worried worm
has against a hungry robin. He
doesn't know which way to
turn. He. buys what he doesn't
want because he becomes fran
tic and can't say "No."
Normally you can t blame
this on the salesman. He's no
spider, spinning a web of words
to trap your pocketbook. He's
lust a plain. God-fearing, debt-
owing, horse-playing, wife-listening
fellow who earns an in
door living as he listens to his
foot arches slowly crumble
through the years.
No, lt is a man's own fault
if he buys the wrong suit. The
reason he does it is because he
is frightened. He has been
afraid of clothing stores since
childhood. Here is how it all
began:
, You are a little boy, and your
mother takes you to a store to
buy you a new suit. You and
your mother are all alone in
a strange new world, where a
big tall, strange man pats you
patronizingly on the back and
says, "So this is the little man,
eh?'" And you look around and
all you can see is row on row
of little suits hung up on racks
like headless children your own
age.
You feel uneasy. You run up
to a mirror and peek in and see
three boys instead of you. One
boy is you. Who are the other
two? You have never seen a
three-way mirror before. '
Fascinated, you turn around
and around and discover all
three boys are you. But you
have never seen yourself this
way before. Your profile is a
stranger. Is this the way you
look to other people? It de
presses you. You make a face
at your reflection and get
three faces back,
While you are still gloomy
over discovering you have
three faces Instead of the one
you are used to, you hear the
tall strange man say nrmiy;
'I think this one was made
for hirn!"
"Well. I don't!" says mother
sharply, because she is tired.
Oh. Oh! Mama and the tall
strange man are fighting! Will
he hit her If he does, can
she whip him? She is awful
strong, but he is awful big.
What can you do to help
mama? Bite the man in the
leg? .
Terrified, you run your eyes
down the rack, pick Ut a suit
you had liked when you first
came in, and say:
"Please,, mama. I like this
one!"
Well, the sharp words end.
Mama smiles, the big strange
man smiles. You get a nice
new suit, instead of being hung
up on the rack yourself as you
had feared.
But all your life you still
have deep in you your childish
dislike of the three-way mirror
for showing you to yourself as
you really look, and your fear
of the tall strange man.
That is the secret reason why
a man takes his wife along .
when he buys a new suit. For
the comfort of her presence
not the surety of her taste.
So face it, ladies. When you
go into a clothing store with
the man you're married to, it
Isn't your husband you're with.
You are simply leading by the
hand his mother's small boy,
secretly as confused as ever. -
i
Paper Merger's Fate
In Hands of Judge
Portland U.fi) - Fate of a
temporary restraining order
blocking a proposed exchange
of stocks between Crown Zel
lerbach corporation and St.
Helens Pulp and Paper com
pany today was in the hands of
Circuit Judge Lowell Mun
dorff. Judge Mundorff took under
advisement the question of
whether to continue the order
after attorneys for both sides
argued the case yesterday. ,
mitting suicide through family
warfare," he said.
However, the fund to raise
$1,000 to rescue the symbol of
the republican party from the
Belgian Congo is steadily
growing thanks to the dem
ocrats and Dr. William
Mann, a Taft republican, di
rector of the nations best-
known zoo, it feeling better.
Contributions to help rescue
Maybe can be sent to the
Smithsonian institution's "spe
cial elephant fund," Washing
ton, D.C. The National Zoo is
under the jurisdiction of the
Smithsonian institution.
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