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NATURAL GAS COMING
. Salem Chamber of Commerce members witnessed an
interesting program oa the advantages of natural gas
at their weekly meeting' Monday, particularly the nat
ural gas tne west Coast Transmission company Ropes to
pipe in Irom tne Peace Kiver country In Alberta.
The gas would come in a long pipeline extended from
what are believed to be the greatest gas fields in the
world, wnose proven supply already runs up into the
trillions, with more being added by new explorations.
The line would run to Vancouver, Seattle, Tacoma, Port
land and on to Salem, with branches to Spokane and
Richland. It would be distributed here and in Portland
by the Portland Gas and Coke company.
natural gas is cheaper than the manufactured gas
the area has now. This would presumably lead to its
much wider use for heating in homes and for Industry.
bince many industries require great quantities of cheap,
clean heat a large scale industrial expansion is seen when
natural gas becomes available. ,
however, there's competition for the honor and profit
01 serving wis great region with natural gas. The
Pacific Northwest Pipelines corporation wishes to sup
ply us with gas irom the San Juan basin which is located
in New Mexico and Colorado. It would come in via south
ern Idaho and eastern Oregon.
The Federal Power commission will consider and act
on the applications. As previously stated, the Portland
Gas and Coke company favors the Canadians, as does
the Oregon Journal, which expresses the belief .that
Canadian gas will be cheaper and that it will not have to
be shared with California as gas from the U. S. South
west presumably will. "
There is,, however, another angle. Canada Is after all
a foreign country which might some time have a govern
ment unfriendly to the United States, particularly in Al
berta province, now governed by a Social Credit party,
now grown prosperous and capitalistic, but once wilder
than a March hare and plenty radical i Should a radical
move recur in western Canada we might some day find
our supply cut off on one pretext or another.
How important this uosalbilitv ia we do not Vnm hut
It certainly exists and ought to be considered by the com
mission. Price and capacity to build the line promptly
are also important items to consider. Natural gas looks
like another piece of good fortune for a region already
enjoying more than its share of this fickle dame's favors.
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
London Kids No Longer Say
'Got Any Gum, Chum?'
London ") An open letter
to any ex-GI from the London
he used to $ now:
Deer Joe, I came over here
to see the Queen get her crown.
and I've been here three whole
days, and not one little kid
has said, "Got any gum, chum?"
I. tea you, tt gives you a lone
some reeling, w
The old town sure has chang
ed from wartime days when a
guy in an American uniform
with a carton of cigarets under
his arm could walk the streets
and feel like a king.
Remember how beat-up and
nattered London looked then?
Well, now she looks like some
old family aunt who has come
into a little money, got her
face. lifted, put on a new paint
Job, bought herself some glad
rags and started looking for
a boy friend. It's fun to see the
old girl smiling and having a
good time, after all the years
01 tears.
The British are going about
ibis coronation the same way
they fight a war or make tea
methodically and thoroughly.
They will do the job right
even if the Queen becomes
eligible for an old age pension
before she finally - gets her
crown.
By HAL I0YLI
been a real vitamin shot for
the British people, and they
are Quite excited. Of course,
Joe, you know they aren't like
us. We are pround of our coun-
try out loud, and they are proud
of their empire in silence. You
really need a alow motion cam
era to catch a bud opening or
an Englishman showing sn
emotion of any kind.
I guess It's hard to ssy which
has really stirred them up more
the coronation or the strain
of three days of perfect weath-
er. They are looking up in the
history books to see 11 they
ever had three straight days of
sunshine before, and the unessl-
ness probably will remain un
til the next fog arrives.
But Joe. you should be here
now. I got news for you. Brus
sels sprouts are out of season.
In the restaurants they ask you
if you wouldn't like some fresh
strawberries. How do you like
that, Joe? Strawberries Instead
of .Brussels sprouts. You came
here ten years too soon, kid.
But that boiled potato you left
behind you Is still on the menu,
ten years soggier.
Remember how we used to
wear an arm out in a block
saluting the top brass out at
lAiacnnowcr piaix, wnere ucn-
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
President Worried About
Cabinet; McKay Looks Good
FIGHT IN AIRFORCE ECONOMIES
A major fight ia underway against the Eisenhower adV
tmiuoM.vwii, ji4iwiyauj mi vuto iiinuo 111 ttiriorce expen
ditures and other economies, yet the president is merely
carrying out cempuim promises lor economy In c-nvern.
ment and he knows the military situation better than
anyone else and fa better qualified than critics to know
wnat is necessary lor deiense.
The bitter attacks of loudmouthed democrats and bull
ous leftist columnists calling for the resignation of Sec
retary of Defense Wilson, and the demands of airforce
partisans are Just cheap politics designed to prejudice a
public that has full confidence in middle-of-the-road poli
cies of the president as well as his military judgment
In his announcement of fiscal policies made a week ago,
the president asked , 111,669,000 for the airforce and
a goal of 120 wings in mid-1955, a reduction of $5 billion
from the amount President Truman had asked with a
goal of 143 wings my mid-1955. As Mr. Eisenhower
atated the airforce will not be limited to $11.6 billion
in fiscal 1954 aa it will have over $40 billion available in
unspent appropriations, and more than 40 per cent of all
the defense funds allotted for 1954. Naval airforce in
addition will have the funds allotted the navy. The pres
ident said: . ,
"This meana that almost 60 cents out of every dollar to be
available for national defense in the next year will be de
voted to air power and air detente. Security cannot arbitrar
ily be defined as the simpls equivalent oi a specific number of
aircraft or air wings.
"Today, three aircraft with modern weapons can practically
duplicate the destructive power of aU the 2700 planei we
unleashed in the great break-out attack from the Normandy
beachhead. . , . Security ia planned, not blindly bought It
Is the product of thought, and work, and our ability and resd
lneas to bear our military burden for however long the threat
to freedom exists. Q. P.
WE LOSE AN INDUSTRY
Salem thinks in terms of gaining industries, just as a
vtiouipiuu attuicie minus in terms ox ine nus ne is going
to make or the blows he is going to land on his adversary.
But there are retreats as well as advances in the life
of a growing community, though happily few and of
brief duration here. One such is the announcement yes
terday of the closing of the Sick brewery.
Reason given is that expansion of the company'a plants
in Seattle an Spokane will slack all customer thirsts in
the Northwest with greater profit to the company, which
will have only two instead of three plant overheads to
carry. So most of a 70 job operation will fold up for
Salem, offsetting for a time at least the gain we all
anticipate from the reopening of the aluminum plant
under Harvey ownership. .
It is significant that Slck's are moving against the
general trend, which is decentralization of industry, more
plants, particularly in smaller cities where living condi
tions and employe relations are usually better.
It is hoped that some productive use can be found
for the personnel and the building, whose large, well
located floor space should not long remain idle.
BAME ON THE '
WEATHER MAN!
Albany Democrat Herald
It's a pity our ordinarily de
cile Oregon weather had to
ect up so shamelessly Just
When the state baseball cham
pionship was to be played In
our town. Fortunately. nohl
is attributing the cancellation
of the tournament to any Al
bany eustedneas. The aam.
thing was going on all ever the
lata, and there wasn't Am.
andably dry spot whm tha
contests could have been trans
ferred with any assurance of
playable conamons.
Because our weather is us
ually so pleasant and conven
ient well overlook this lapse.
But for next year we insist -on
something different Cancella
tion was a tough break for the
leading teams. A good many
seniors thereby missed their
last chance to participate In a
uua race. The law of averages,
ought to assure them some
thing better when the state's
best prep diamond stars come
to Albany for the 1B54 cham-
piensnip games.
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In Sweden, livestock feed is
manufactured from wood.
Y DREW PEARSON
Washington The president
becominc increasinilv moo
dy over the shortcomings of
certain cabinet members. Here
the general line-up of how
tne cabinet rates with Ike,
He takes an increasingly dim
view of Secretary of State
Dulles. . - .- .
Secretary of Defense Wilson
annoys him.
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson Is liked, but the presi
dent has begun to realize that
the farmers don't.
Secretary of Labor Durkin
seems to mske no Impression
on tne president, Is regarded
as a necessary evil.
Secretary of. Interior Mc
Kay has left the president Net
ty mucn atone, Knows how to
get things done without ruf-
kOlng White House waters,
Attorney General Brownell
and Postmaster General Sum
merfield rank high, somewhere
behind Secretary of the Treas
ury Humphrey,
IKe is concerned sbout the
health of his legislative liaison
expert Gen. Wilton B. Persons.
Persons is a No. 1 advocate of
compromise with Ike's enemies
in congress. This policy now
shows signs of failure, and
Persons' health may force him
to withdraw from the lob.
e nas also lost some of his
enthusiasm for his chief of
staff, former Gov. Sherman
Adams of New Hampshire.
Adams has his eye on Sen
Styles Bridges' seat which is
up for grabs next year, and
this could be Adams' cue to
bow out of the White House,
What Ike is hunting for are
more people with a global
view. Including a White House
Chief of Staff with more in
ternational experience.
RED POTASH IN U.S.
It's been kept undercover.
but the communists are dump
ing potash in the U.S.A. at cut
rate prices.
American producers claim
this Is an attempt to close down
our domestic mines, so we will
be caught short of potash in
case of an emergency. They
point out that potash is high
on the strategic list, since
farmers must have it for fer
tiliser. This column has been able to
trace the flow of communist
potash back to an East Berlin
firm, called Dls, run by Ger
man front men but strictly
controlled by the Russians.
Their source of supply Is the
East German potash mines in
the communist tone.
Three American firms have
been quietly doing business
wnn uis ana peddling the
communist potash on the Am
erican potash market at knock
down prices. They are: Wood
ward and Dlckerson of Phila
delphia; General Fertilizer and
H. J. Baker, both of New York.
However, Herbert Rauch
fus of Woodward and Dicker
son explained to this column
that he not only had the state
department s permission to
trade in East German potash
but had actually been encour
aed to keep the lines of trade
open behind the iron curtain.
He claimed that his company
had been bartering third-rate
tobacco for the potash. Thus,
the west has been getting stra
tegtc potash In return for poor-'
grade tobacco, and he argued
tnat it would be unpatriotic
not to snsp up such a deal.
Furthermore, he pointed out
that the government. Itself.
bought 40,000 tons of commun
ist potash from his company
ana trans-shipped it to For
mosa to help Chiang Kai
Shek's sarmers. The deal was
made through the Commodity
ureait corporation.
' Note: Dozens of private fer
tilizer plants have refused to
buy the cheaper East German
potash . snd are paying
much as $10 a ton more to
American producers. In brief,
the U.S. government Is buying
communist potash that many
American firms hsve boy-
conea.
WASHINGTON PIPELINE
Senate Red hunters are hir
ing a secret ex-communist wife
to catalogue any party-liners
in American colleges. Chief in
vestigator Robert Morris went
behind closed doors to ask the
senate judiciary committee for
permission to pay her without
putting her on the pay roll. He
made the request in an aura
of great mystery, refused even
to divulge her name. The com
mittee flnslly sgreed that she
could be hired anonymously
for two days a week at S3S
per day. . . . Secretary of De
fense Wilson has refused to
turn over comparisons between
Russian and American plane
production to his chief buBget
critic, Democratic Sen. Stuart
Symington of Missouri. "I am
sure you are aware," wrote
Wilson, "of the problem from
tne standpoint of security.'
Yet Symington used to be Sec
retary of the Air Force with
clearance to see the nation's
most guarded secrets. . . . The
air force still has received no
takers on the $100,000 offer to
sny Red pilot who will deliver
MIG fighter into American
hands In Korea. Early in the
war, however, a North Korean
pilot flew a Russian World
War II Yak across the lines and
turned it over to the Ameri
cans.
LABOR SKIRMISH
It's well known that the ex-
governor' of Virginia. William
Tuck, now a congressman, will
not sit on the House Labor
committee. But here ia the in
side story of how he was kept
off.
Havlne earned a renutatlnn
for "keeping labor in line"
while governor of Virginia,
Tuck decided that his logical
niche in congress was on the
labor and education commit
tee.
Committee assignment for
freshman democrats are made
by democratic members of the
Ways snd Means committee,
but the hard-working Virgin
ian dldnt wait for this formal
ity. With the backing of potent
Sen. Harry Byrd of Vlralnla.
who interceded with house
leaders. Tuck assumed this ap
pointment was secure snd dis
patched a clerk over to the
senate labor committee to get
him some data on "riaht n
work" (antl union shop) laws,
which he had promoted as gov
ernor of Virglnls. Tuck also
hinted at a public luncheon
that he would soon be open to
suggestions as a member of
the committee.
Marine of this, the Ameri
can Federation of Labor got
ousy. An Ax, of L. legislative
scout, George Riley, called on
tuck to find out if the Vir
ginian's anti-labor views had
changed any. They hadn't
Tuck was blunt and forthright
in stating: Tm going to vote
against you nine out of ten
times, and probably on the
tenth."
Riley end another A.F. of L.
legislative adviser. Andrew
Biemlller, promptly told dem
ocratic minority, leader Sam
Rayburn what happened.
"This man wears the aolden
collar of big business." Bie
mlller protested, "as I recently
statea oeiore the State Federa
tion of Labor in his own state
of Virginia. American labor
won't take his appointment ly
ing oown."
Meantime, five house Wavi
snd Means democrats Forand
of Rhode Island. Kin of Cali
fornia, Dlngell . of Michigan,
Eberharter of Pennsylvania
and O'Brien of Illinois were
all set to vote sgslnst Tuck.
Since the Virginian needed a
majority of six of the ten Ways
snd Means democrats to cinch
his appointment this meant his
goose was cooked. - '
Rayburn, who was for Tuck
In the beginning, changed his
mind. Tuck took a less-desired
assignment on the Post Office
snd Civil Service committee,
where he is expected to do a
conscientious Job.
' (CopjTUht, ISSl)
Excavators have discovered
a clay tablet with a little danc
ing figure scratched on Its in
3,000-year-old Greek busi
ness house, and the National
Georgraphlc Society suggests
the figure may be the world's
first doodle. I
You know how fast we throw
up some wooden stands in
Americs for some local festival,
such as running the mayor out
of town. Well, the coronation
stands look like they hsd been
built for the ages. They are
held up by miles of metal pip
ing, and the English hsve taken
as much care in building them
as the French did with the Eif
fel Tower.
I checked the wooden seats,
too, Joe, and they are so smooth
that if any vlslttor gets a splin
ter in his you-know-where,
well itll be such a scant
some poor carpenter will prob
ably be drummed out of the
empire.
Until now the British have
taken ' the coronation festival
in stride. A few dlehards hsve
even been hesrd to growl in
their beer, "It's all ruddy nonsense."
But now they are getting
Into the spirit of the thing. It's
cral Ike bad his headguartersT
Well, I went out there in a cab
and drove around the square for
old times' sake, and the yellow
house fronts were freshly paint
ed, and I didn't see a single
American uniform, not even
one tired old abandoned colonel.
Boy, that gave me an eerie
feeling. But if they finally got
all those colonels out of town,
swivel chairs and all, I guess
the war must really be over
and what we are having Is
peace.
WEATBEKNOTE
London () Diana Maugh
am, whose uncle, Somerset
Msughan, authored the stage
hit, "Rsin," has a play opening
here Tuesday night Title of.
Miss Maugham's play: "Snow."
Hives of bees often hsve
many workers assigned to
carry water Into the hive.
Salem 30 Years Ago
May ZS. 1921
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Clough,
residents of Salem for 47 years,
celebrated their ' golden wed
ding last evening.
A deal transferring over five
acres at 14th and B streets snd
along Southern Pacific tracks
to Oregon Growers Coopera
tive association as a site for
cannery and packing house
usages has finally been closed.
A prune packing plant may be
constructed there this summer.
IEN MAXWELL
school district above Scotts
Mills is district clerk. He .is
also a worried man. Though
the district has a fine school
house and modern there are
now neither pupils nor a pa
trol living in the district ex
cept Sam who happens to be a
bachelor. Sam Is wondering
what to do about the school
since the lumber company va
cated tne locality and all the
Inhabitants except for himself
have moved away.
Since March 3, not leu than
20 prisoners have escaped from
the penitentiary despite Gov
ernor Pierce's instructions to
Warden Smith to keep Inmates
from roaming promiscuously
over tne sate at their pleas
ure. . .
Bert S. Haney of Oregon
was today appointed member
of the shipping board by Pres
ident Harding.
Sam Hill of Abiqua Heights
OPEN FORUM
Carleton K. Logan, Univer
sity of Oregon grsduste In
Journalism and for the past
nine months managing editor
of the Ashland Glad Tidings
will leave that paper on Sat
urday to become telecrach edi
tor zor a saiem newspaper.
Chevrolet "World's Lowest
priced Automobile." Five dss-
senger touring car delivered to
your door in Salem $663. (Re-
member the year. 1923. not
1953).-
Deaf Assn. Assails
Trading on Affliction
To the Editor:
It has been brought to thai
sttanuon of tne writers, and
members of the Salem Chapter I
of the Oregon Association of I
the Deaf that certain out-of.
state deaf persons have cornel
info the community to peddle
cneap trinaets. inis is out and
out begging because, stressine
their deafness, they are de
manding donations that are far
in excess of the true value of
tne articles offered for "sale.1
The desf people of Salem ara
proud of their record as hard
working and respectable citi
zens. Tney pay taxes, snend
their money in town, obey the
laws and have the respect of
tneir neignoors. Tney are homa
owners, citizens contributing to
and sharing in the benefits of
tne city.
These peddlers, or bes can
in disguise, bnd out cheap
articles and, with the plea that
aeainess prevents their finding
suitable employment ask Deo.
pie to donate sums far In excess
or tne real worth of the trinket
to be "sold." The deaf people
of Salem are proof that this
argument Is false. The deaf
can ana ao una gainful em
ployment These beggars hsve
been offered legitimate work
out it nas always been refused
because they earn more, ind
mucn more easily oy begging.
The City of Salem requires
peddlers to have a license. Ask
to see this Salem license befora
money ,1s handed out Should
tne peaaier be without the 11.
cense, please notify the police
at once, giving them a descrin.
Uon of the "seller."
The deaf people of Salem da
not want these peddlers in
town; they want to stoo thli
nefarious practice of soliciting
under the guise of selling. This
activity can be stamped out if
tne citizens of Salem will dis
continue giving money to these
pannandiers.
Buy your articles from local
merchants. Keep your money
in town, u you have money to
give to charity, give ft to the
local Community Chest or to
the Red Cross Blood Bank
Fund.
OLAF TOLLEFSON
THOMAS ULMER.
TIME FOB DISCRETION
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Prime Minister Churchill re
cently urged British Laborites
to stop nagging in public about
the way in which the United
states is conducting the Pan.
munjom truce talks and, In so
doing, pointed up a moral
which, we believe, , has appli
cation on DOtn sides of tha At.
lantic. The right to criticise
publicly must be temnered with
judgment ss to whether good
or narm wm result. It would
be hard to quarrel with this as
a present counsel both for mem.
oers of Parliament and mem.
oers of Congress.
The estimated sverage cost
or arming an oil well in the
United States is $49,000.
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