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BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher
' GEORGE PUTNAM) Editor Emeritus
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MOVE AGAINST PRESS FAILS
A determined effort launched during the Truman re
rime to extend the long arm of federal control over the
country"! newspapers suffered a setback the other day
wnen tne vjs. supreme court by a vote of five to four
ruled against the government in it attack upon the ad
vertising rate practices of the New Orleans Times-
Ficarune. ' ; '
The Times-Picayune and the Item, morning and eve
ning newspapers, sold their advertising only in combina
tion, meaning that the advertiser had to use both papers
, in order to use either, it was contended tnat this wss
aimed at destroying the competition of another afternoon
paper, the New Orleans States, thus cresting an advertis
ing monopoly in the city.
- About 180 American cities have such newspaper com
binations, many of them without newspaper competition,
and moot of these sell their advertising in combination.
So the case aroused general interest among newspapers
and advertisers, aside from Its broader implications if
federal authority in this field were affirmed. . ,
The government lost, but newspapers won't breathe
much easier, for the vote was only five to four and the
ruling seems to have hinged on judicial belief that the
government failed to prove that a monopoly was fostered
by the combination requirement It developed that the
competing newspaper was doing fine and had increased
its advertising in the face of the Times-Picayune's prac
tice. ,, , " '
Another ease and a different set of facts with more
effective government presentation and the ruling might
weu go the other way, extending federal authority over
another phase of newspapering, and closer to the aim of
some bureaucrats, control of newspaper editorial and
news policies. , .
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, galea, OregM
Wednesday, Mar 17. 1158
TO THE RESCUE
I here YSV
" i i iinSi ui "KZ
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Chiang Kin Could Give McCarthy Evidence
NO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The proposal for a democratic national convention in
1964 to "speak with a single dear voice" for the party
has run into general opposition among democrats in con
gress and evidently won't be held.' - - !
Father of the idea was Paul M. Butter, national com
mitteeman for Indiana, who thought he saw a chance to
strengthen his party for the 1064 midpresidential term
elections. But when it was examined It was found that
if the party did try to speak in 1954 it wouldn't be with
a single clear voice but with a thousand contradictory
ones. , - : - - : - - r- - '
Southern democrat made it clear that they wanted no
part of Butler's brain child, to which Chairman Mitchell
appeared sympathetic. They saw only a prospect of a
continuation or tne leuds tnat rocked the 1962 convention
m Chicago. -!.: v ..sI .,, ;.,.-'.. :.
The democrats have their radical and conservative
wings, just as they have had for many years past, and
they are as far apart as the poles on vital matters of
national policy. A convention would but dramatize the
cleavage.' :
Without a convention each candidate can sing his own
song and it won't hurt too much if contradictory songs
are sung in the various states and congressional districts.
Isn't it the function of an opposition party to oppose?
And all the democrats can agree that the republicans
are rascals. ',,
Not that the G.O.P. is much if any more unified.
They, too, have a sharp cleavage and it is doubtful if
many of President Elsenhower's policies, on taxation,
defense, foreign aid, etc., can gain congressional approval
without help from friendly democrats.
This Is not an era of intra-party good feeling.
THE BERMUDA CONFERENCE ,
The proposed conference of the "Big Three" allied
powers United States, Britain and France called by
President Elsenhower for Bermuda was evident! in.
spired to cement unity of the allies. It was hoped to end
the era of bickering occasioned by the recent attacks on
American policy in the Korean truce by Sir Winston
Churchill and Clement Attlee and critics in France and
Europe. These uncalled for assaults brought bitter re
plies by Senator Joe McCarthy and other Americans.
British and European newspapers overestimate the im
v poj lance of the coming three power conference and view
it hopefully as an effort to forward a Bit? Four
feren.ee held long overdue. This was due to the statement
of Churchill, "It is my main hope that we may take a defi
nite step forward to a meeting of far greater Import"
The Washington idea Is that the conference was poll
tical strategy to avoid embarrassment should Russia
agree to a conference before time Is ripe for serious nego
tiations, which the alliee could not refuse, to have a set
program ready for a Big Four meet If It materializes.
But the main purpose was desire to end mounting friction
between the allies.
It is evident that the deterioration in European-American
relations is worrying President Elsenhower and his
administration and they are skeptical of any ehange in
- eommunist policy. But in ease there is a Russian "co
existence proposal,- the unity of western powers in ad
vance Is essential for unity and strength. G. P. ,
ATOMIC ARITLLERY WORKS
The big atomic gun fired Monday in Nevada seems to
have done all that wss expected. It did not blow up the
gun Itself and the shell exploded in the air over the tar
get as it wss expected to. Nobody was hurt in the long
waiieu experiment.
Able te throw a shell 20 miles, the gun is said to pack
as raucn puncn as iw medium artillery batteries all
shooting at once at the same target, if anybody can vis
ualize this amount of destruction.
Although the big gun lacks mobility due to its immense
size it evidently could put large enemy forces out of action.
It is probably feasible to develop a smaller atomic gun
that could be moved to the scene of action easier and
which would still be extremely potent
Naturally many questions are left unanswered to keep
information from reaching the Russians. But we have a
formidable new weapon to be developed as the atomic
bomb has' been since the first one was set oif in Japan I portion of
oeanj; sagos seats ago. I through gorernmeni
Washington If Senator Mc
Carthy really wanted to probe
all aid to Bed China, ia add!
tlon to that of the British, he
wouldn't have to look much
further than member of the
Soon family, relatives of Chi'
an Ks1.alu.lr.
Furthermore, he would find
that this column two years aso
revealed the a matins fact that
law partners ox ex-secretary of
defense Louis Johnson set up a
dummy corporation which
shipped 121 tons of strategic tin
to Tientsin la nee cams in
1MB.
However, the commerce de
partment got wind of the ship
ments, investigated the matter
carefully, and Secretary of
Commerce Sawyer issued an
order suspending the company
from getting any more export
licenses for three years.
Senator McCarthy, who long
ha pled 'Chiang Kai-shek'
cause la the senate, ha taken
no steps to Investigate ship
ments by Chiang's relatives to
Red China nor the tremendous
stream of good which the
United State ha sent to For
mosa, some of which are-reported
not to have remained
there. ..... , y
Italian Commnal f'-
Ambassador Clare Booth
Luce has cabled the state de
partment from Rome that the
Italian Communist are making
tremendous Inroad and may
win an important national vic
tory June T.
Many Italians. Mrs. Lues re
ports, are fooled by the phony
Russian peeee drive with the
result Hut Premier Aklde d
OaapetT pro-American . gov
ernment Is In real danger.
That's why every American
eltlaea of Italian descent should
writ hi friend and relative
in Italy giving them the fact
regarding the USA and the
danger of Communism. Letters
from frlenda are a lot more per
suasive than government prop-
MINI BILL VETO Wilt
(Orants Pass Courier)
' Qov, Paul Patterson has
vetoed the bill passed by the
19B! Oregon legislature which
would have Imposed a "privl
lege tax" of 25 per cent of the
value of timber located on
patented mining claims.
Thus ends a legislative
struggle which especially eon
earned southern Oregon and
In which two southern Oregon
state senators were the con
tending protagonists.
Senator Ben Day of Jackson
county defended the bill. Sea
ator Gene Brown of Josephine
county fought It, obtained an
adverse vote in the senate and
then lost out to Dsy when the
senate passed the bill en recon
sideration.
The bill passed the lower
house unsnlmously, before
any discussion developed.
A rash of mining-claim til
lngs In the Union creek area
of Jackson county a year or
so ago brought about the In
troduction of the privilege tax
bill.
There appeared to be ample
evidence that many ef the fil
ings were not for the purpose
of legitimate mining but were
in the nature of a subterfuge
to get possession of valuable
federal-owned timber.
However, the proposed lec-
Islation set a dangerous pre
cedent by permitting a state
to practically confiscate a
propeau obtained
rernment patent,
, SY DREW PEARSON
agenda, and four year ago, It
was tne tide of letters from
IUlo-Americans which helped
swing the election against Com
munism. Next month wiU see
the first national election In
Italy since then.
, In, an attempt to counter
communism, Andrew N. Far
nese, deputy attorney general
01 Pennsylvania, with a com
mittee of seven, Is flying to
Italy today to start construction
of a Boys' Town In Sicily.
Money for this Boys' Town
was raised In the USA, and the
cornerstone will be laid lust a
few day a before the Italian
elections. The American com
mittee will stay In Italy until
election day and should be a
healthy factor in helping make
Italian democracy live.
Farm-Belt Warning
storm clouds over the farm
belt may last lonser and do
more political damage than re
cent Texas tornados. That was
the warning given President
Elsenhower recently by ex-Sen.
Fred Beaton of Nebraska, one
of the few men who turned
down an offer of a White House
post. -
Beaton, dlnlns with the rireal.
dent, told him that farmer re
sentment was gathering that
tanners so far didn't blame
things on Ike, but did take it
out on His scretary of agricul
ture. Xara Taft Benson, cau
tioned Beaton, waa getting to be
a political deadweight around
Ike's neck.
Meanwhile. Benson ! ilmiut
frantic over farm surpluses. Is
considering a - huge giveaway
program to inoia, Japan, The
Philippines, and southeast Asia.
With bumper crops in the off
ing, he sees the spectre of Hen.
ry Wallace's little pigs coming
oac to naunt mm. At present
It's not little pigs, but butter
that' getting the publicity.
wnat larmers know, how
ever, but the public doesn't, is
that thoush butter hit. th
headlines, It' wheat, cotton and
tooacce wnicn are really cost
ing the taxpayers money. Dur
ing the last five years, price
supports for wheat cost the tax
payer 13,679,000,000. or SS per
cent of the tots) value of the
wheat crop. -. , . -
Cotton support cost the tax
payer $1,714,000,000 during the
same five-year period, or 12
per cent Dairy products cost
the taxpayer only (343.000,000
compared with e $20,000,000
000 yield, or 1.67 per cent
Unde the law, the parity
price of grain is guaranteed,
and since cows must eat grain,
this automatically sends up the
price of milk end butter.
Unhappy Daniel
Unhapplest man in capitol
cloak-rooms when the tidelands
oil bill was being signed, wss
young Price Daniel, the fresh
man senator irom Texas. His
colleague, Lyndon Johnson,
wasn't looking too haopy
either.
In contrast, California solons
were grinning from eat to ear.
For they captured the real prize
In the tidelands bill. Texas got
almost nothing.
This is because most of Cali
fornia s submerged oil la in
mediately oft the coast and
within the three-mile limit A
lot of It la even inalde Cll.
fornla harbors. Not far from
the three-mile limit the Cll.
xornl coast Juts off abruptly
and goes almost straight down
about five mUet to sea bottom.
In contrast, the Texas
Louisiana coast Is shallow tor
miles out Into the Gulf of Mex
ico, and it's in this shallow
waesr that the beet submerged
oil 1 found. Though the new
law give Texas the right to
drill Inside 10 miles and Lou
isiana within three miles, the
Ironic fact la that most of the
oil is to be found beyond these
limits.
That's why the young senator
from Texas looked so sad. That
is why his California friends
have been ribbing him and
looking like the cat that swal
lowed the canary.
(Coprrllht, MS!)
WEST'S ITKST '
ALL-AMERICAN
Albany Democrat-Herald -
The first Pacific coast man
tc make the all-America foot
ball team died in Eugene a few
days ago. He was Richard Shore
(Dick) Smith, selected by Wal
ter Camp in 1903 while playing
for Columbia university, where
be was. studying law. Smith,
who was a plledriving fullback.
had played his full three years
at the University of Oregon be
fore going to the New York
Institution for his law course.
Under later rules his grid ca
reer would, have ended before
his Columbia years.
Smith was a gold prospector
in Alaska , before practicing
law In Astoria, Klamath Falls,
snd Eugene. In 1911 he wu
elected president of the First
national nana ox Eugene, and
up to his recent retirement had
been active in financial circles.
The former all American
never lost' his Interest in foot
ball. He coached the University
of Oregon team In 1904 and
again, in an emergency, In 1925,
alter a big-name Midwest play
er had failed to click as coach.
He was a member of the Uni
versity of Oregon team which
slaughtered the Washington
Huskies 43 to 0 In Eugene in
muu. in smith's day a a May
er there was no such thing a
a forward pass, the offensive
team had to make five yards
in tnree dowiuvto keep the ball,
the Northwest teams used to
make their trips with a bench
of fewer than twenty (often as
few as fifteen men), and the
football cans had new heard
of a platoon. ,
Good Reading
For Dulles
By RAYMOND MOLET
We sre told, hi a lively aeries
of picture ia a national mag
azine, about the busy day of
a social secretary in the house
hold of Secretary of State
Dulles. One of them shows the
young lady In bookstore buy
ing "whodunits" tor cousin
Foster's" idle hours.
I would like to suggest to
Cousin Foster a book that
found vastly more exciting
than anything I have read
sine "Twenty Thousand Lea
gues Under the Sea.'f It Is a
bulky volume containing 780
pages of hearing by a subcom
mittee ef the Senate Approprl
etlon Committee on the budg
et of the Department of State.
This Is the first time that
there ha been a real exam'
lnatlon of this vast, shapeless
bureauacy that once was an
American Foreign Office.
Eight members of the subcom
mitteeSenator Bridges, Fer
guson, Knowland, ' indt, Dlr-
keen, McCarthy, McCarran,
and Allender were fairly fa
miliar with State Department
affairs and, in their searching
questions, were none too ten
der with the Department. They
were helped this time by the
presence at the head of the
State Department delegation of
Donald B. Lourfe, an able bus
iness executive who is the new
Undersecretary of State for
Administration.
Anything like an adequate
review of these hearings could
hardly fit -this space, but one
or two example of the condi
tion Into which the department
has fallen will suffice.
Tne lint had to do with a
simple matter of economy.
Lourie testified that he found
that "practically everything
wu sent by cable." He decided
that a cut of 2S per cent could
made in that item alone
simply by using air mall. Sen
ator mender pointed out that
last year a single cable "to set
tle one little item" cost S300.
He added that it could have
been done with a six-cent
stamp.
Next; the Indescribable con
fusion that attends the so-called
Point Four program came
out No less than 80 agencies of
government have, people
abroad doing Point Four work,
whatever that Is. These people
are abroad In great numbers,
and the State Department is
supposed to know what Is
happening wherever they are.
But Edward B.WUber, Budget
Officer of the State Depart
ment, confessed that he did
not know that other Washing
ton departments had each a
separate unit for Point Four
work.
Then there were the mili
tary attache to be considered.
Of course, the custom I to
have at least three In each
capital one each for Navy,
Army, and Air, even In places
where one could learn all that
might be necessary. In fact,
there Is a naval attache in one
country that ha no navy. In
another spot, In South Amer
ica, the Army alone has seven
attaches, with four automobiles
to run around with. '
The State Department has
no control ever the attache.
They are paid and kept by the
Defense Department The State
Department merely provide
ouoakeeplne' for them. But
a number of these attache
have planes to which Embassy
people can on occasion- get
passage- ,
In 1948. the State Depart
ment employed 9,100 people.
After eight yean, It has 41,000.
All agencies of our govern
ment have 114,407 people em
ployed abroad.
Inevitably, the hearings got
around to the number ef State
Department employee dis
charged for a reason generally
regarded In thl country a Im
moral and who unfortunate
weakness make them bad se
curity risks, Senstor Bridges
revealed that since 194T, there
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
NightClub Only Place to
Go After Dark in London
ly HAL lOYlf
London ) The museum
and art gallerlee here all dose
by dusk. This leave only on
Dlace for culture-hungry Amer
ican visltotr to go after dark
a night dub.
It Is a poor place, however.
to study the English- in their
native haunt. '
Most night clubs during this
coronation prelude are inhab-
Salem 63 Years Ago
May 17. Ill
The electric care mad their
first trip this morning. Mr.
Knight invlt'.-d the Board of
Trade, the city council and
representatives of the press te
make the first trip. A Singl
motor of is horse power was
capable of speeding the ears
up to 23 miles an hour but the
average rate will be about 10.
(Streetcars were removed from
Salem streets during the last
days of July, 1027. On August
4, Superintendent Bllllngsley
announced the switch from
streetcars to busses had been
completed).
There will be a social en the
handsome lawn of Professor
Arnold thl evening. The la
dles will see to It that all have
a good time, even If (hey have
to furnish stoves to sit by
when the Ice cream la eaten.
Grand Balloon Ascension. In
Highland park Thursday after
noon, Professor Hagal, world's
renouned aeronaut, will as-
ly UN MAXWELL ,
cent between 1000 and 4000
feet i ' .
The electric sart wiU make
first regular trip beginning
tomorrow. Ticket for sal at
the Lsdd Bush bank.
That beautiful Utile lUk flag
that floats se gracefully above
electric ear No. 1, wss present
ed te the eempeny by S. Fried
man of Capitol Adventure
company.
Rev. Slcafooee, late pastor of
Salem Christian church, left to
tfil a pastorate at Amity.
Hong-Slng-Long-Kee. Orien
tal laundry, 140 State street
Cheapest and best Chinese
laundry In the city.
Census enumerators for Mar
lon county will be: William
Porter, Aumsville; Frank U.
Hull, Mehama; Salmon B.
Ornuby, Argentl; John C. Sleg-
muno, Jefferson: William M.
HUleary, Turner: Lewis Bleak
ney, Daniel L. Green, Joshua
H. Smith, Lewis M. Baker,
Thorn a M. Klrby, James
W. Hobart, Sllverton; John R. i
While, Butte Creek.
BRITISH COOL TO AaUHTTO
Albany Democrat-Herald
Reports from England give
the Impression that young Akl-
hi to, son of the Japanese em
peror, is not receiving aa uni
formly kind a welcome there
a one would UUr,W him entitled
to. There is still time before
the 'coronation to correct the
attitude, which has the bespec
tacled young man puzzled.
The English people seem to
have had no great difficulty
bringing themselves around to
restoring the Germans to a rea
sonably high place in their re
gard. This is In keeping with
the Britons' reputation for
sportsmanlike objectivity and!
for a general live-and-let-llve
attitude. There is no reason
why a representative of Japan
should not be as well received
as those from other countries
such as Italy and Germany,
which were on the other side
In World. War H. ,
Akihlto, who was n 1 a y 1 fl a
marbles at the time of Pearl
Harbor, is reported to have
been highly pleased with his
treatment in the United States.
have been 42S dismissals for
that reason alone.
Then the discussion turned
to the reason why the State
Department haa an attraction
for such people. Lourie ven
tured the theory that they
wanted job where they could
travel. They prefer, he said, to
live in countries that are likely
to condone their weakness. For
this, the taxpayer must pay. -
This book, which should sun-
ply the Secretary of State with
plenty of spare-time reading,
might well be placed In the
reading room of all the li
braries In the land. It shows
what can happen to our coun
try under a "liberal" Admin
istration.
ited solely by American tour
ists, except for aa erosions!
lost snd wandering Australian.
Only a wealthy Englishman
can afford to go and laugh at
the Americans at play.
Night clubs are pretty much
th same the world around, and
those her are noted for their
strict adherence to "a mellow
old British tradition of lomt
standing that Is, th house
never .oigra oruw.
It la hard, Indeed, even for
customer to buy what passes
for an ordinary drink In Amer
ica. The bartender doesn't us
Jigger. He use a thimble,
and the thimble would be tight
on the finger of a lady midget
Alter ne pours a drink, the
waiter then tries desperately to
rush it to the table before it
evaporates. Most Americans or
der "a double scotch." in most
night clubs this one will wet
most of the bottom of the glass.
It a custtomer wants a drink
that wiU begin to melt the ico.
he calls for "a double double."
A wise tourist leaves his wal.
let behind when he goea to a
night club. Instead he carries
along a medium-sized briefcase
stuffed with one pound notes.
If you pay the check at on
eight club and decide to go on
to annother; you first stop by
st your hotel and fill up the
briefcase again.
The fatal mistake of the aver-
- - wum ivutisi tm bo
think of pound note as dollar
bills, because they go so fart.'
By the time he realizes a pound
ia worth 82.80 be usually ha
to cable his dear old aunt back
home for money to ball him out
' After the regular night clubs
dose at S a.m.. any tourist still
solvent but yearning for bank
ruptcy can get his wish by go
ing to one of the modernized
versions of Britain' wartime
ItluAAia. V--I to
These are so exclusive vou
have to be a member to get in.
A pound makes you a member.
Another pound gets you in. And
A I - A, At. i ...
- M4CU .ul jruur fJOCHIDOOK
begins to take a red pounding.
EDITORIAL UFPERCCT
Albany Democrat-Herald
It looks a little lnconeruoua
to have Jersey Joe complaining
that the ring covering was too
thick. The red thickness was
above Joe's neck. . ...
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