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MEMORIAL DAY
This is Memorial day, originally established by the
Grand Army of the Republic to honor the Civil War dead
and observed in all the northern states each year since.
Today Memorial day has a two-fold and closely related
significance.' It is the day to honor those who have
fought and particularly those- who have died in our tuv
tion's wars, of which there have been four since the one
that prompted its establishment, one going on now. This
is reason enough for a national holiday.
The people have by a custom that gains force year by
year made this the occasion lor Honoring tneir own aeaa,
irrespective of whether they fought in wars. One has
only to visit any cemetery in the United States in the
davs nrecedinsr May 30 and he will see individuals and
family groups with floral tributes for the graves of their
loved ones. Work is also done at this suitable spring
season on cemetery lots, so the nation's burial places
present their greatest beauty of the entire year on this
hallowed day. This has given Memorial day an added
significance which was probably not foreseen by General
John A. Logan and his G.A.R. comrades back In 1868, but
which is entirely in keeping with the spirit in which the
day was set aside.
Why do we honor our war dead? For their sacrifices
of course, which helped pave the way to American na
tional greatness. One need not argue that all our wars
were necessary. Wiser statesmanship might at least
have avoided some of them.
But once the die was cast and America was engaged In
war the security of the nation depended entirely upon
the valor with which it was defended. If it had not been
defended with valor we would not occupy the place we do
in the world today. And it's a proud place, regardless of
what detractors at home and abroad may say.
Those who say that force never decides anything are
completely unrealistic. It has and will continue to decide
many vital matters, including which peoples remain free
and which in chains. Ability and willingness to protect
their rights have made some nations mighty, lack of it has
doomed others to the ignoble role of international door
mat Those we honor today have played a noble role, irre
spective of the role that may have been played by some of
our politicians before the people were called to arms. And
usually this too, has been honorable.
We always rejoice in the widespread observance of
this great day of thanksgiving lor the achievements
and sacrifices of our forebears. It is one of our finest
national traditions, whose observance makes us a better
nation, with a stronger moral armament for the trials
that are sure to continue to face us as we inarch bravely
along history's danger beset highway.
SHALL THIS BE THEIR MEMORIAL?
OUR
HEROIC
WAR DEAD
IN
KOREA
w WW All
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Democratic Senators Argue on Morse Issue
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
British Wonder 1f This Is
To Be the Last Coronation
By HAL BOYLI
RED OFFENSIVE IN KOREA
While leaders of the "big three" prepare to meet in
Bermuda as a possible prelude to a peace conference with
Russia, Red China launches Its most furious offensive
against the U.N. forces in Korea.
Fifteen thousand Chinese attacked on the west and
central fronts, forcing American and Turkish troops to
give up two outposts. Furious artillery bombardments
were dished out by both sides and allied airmen Joined
In the battle.
Here is proof if any were needed, and it wasn't by
realistic observers, of the complete falsity of Russia's
vaunted "peace offensive." While the diplomats prepare
for another of their "final" truce meetings Russia lets
go with this attack to emphasize her attitude, which is
anything but pacific. .
The United States government and people are not
disillusioned, for with few exceptions they recognized
the Russian pretenses for what they were as soon as it
became evident that the words were not matched by
deeds.
But what of our supposed allies, Winston Churchill in
particular, who have made unseemly haste to reach for
a Russian hand that wasn't even proffered, arousing
bones they must have known would be blasted? And
what can our western leaders do in-Bermuda except en
gage in bitter recriminations?
'WORDS BUT BARREN SOUNDS'
Memorial Day
CPYom tlM Oration by Robert U. fngersou)
This day ia sacred to our heroes dead. Upon their tombs
we have lovingly laid the wealth of spring. This is a day
for memory and tears. A mighty nation bends above its
honored graves and pays to noble dust the tribute of its
Gratitude Is the fairest flower that sheds its perfume in
the heart Today we tell the history of our country's life
.-recount the lofty deeds of vanished years the toil and
sufferings, the defeats and victories of heroic men of
men who maae our ration ". , .....
m. i. tnr which the heroes foueht for which they
died, is the symbol of all we are, of all we hope to be. It
l the emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free
n. ..lr.trnvpmment and the sovereignty of the Individ
ual.' It means that this continent has been dedicated to
freedom. It means universal eaucaiion ngni ior every
mind knowledge for every child. It means that the school
house Is the fortress or liberty, u means mat -government!
derive their lust powers from the consent to be
warned": that each man is accountable to and for the
vminv lull! V. I I J t.l.
Government; tnai responsiuimy wi nanu in nana wnn
1lh4.v
The flag is the emblem of a supreme will of a nation's
rower. Beneath its folds the weakest must be protected
and the strongest must obey. It shields and canopies alike
loftiest mansion and the rudest hut The flag was
riven tO tne air in vim iwwiuhuh uiuni uiiys. ii repre
sent the aufferings of the past the glories yet to be, and,
Hke the bow of heaven, it Is the child of storm and sun.
This day is sacred to the great heroic host who kept this
Brvtv our heads, sacred to the living and the dead.
uuved to the scarred and maimed, sacred to the wives who
tneir nUB"UB w umcia wiiu i, meir lona
-hat of thoee who fell?
There is no language to express the debt we owe, the
love, we bear to all the dead who died for us. Words are
hit "barren sounds. We can but stand beside their graves
rri i- e hush and silence feel whst speech has never told.
Thar fought they died, and for the first time since man
v .ijt a record of events the heavens bent above and
TtA t land witooui sen, a servant, or a slave.
London Coronation
chit-chat:
Many Americans have the
Idea next week's coronation
may be the last In British Em
plre's history, and some Eng
lish hold this view, too.
The queen Is young and
will have a long reign, but
will the throne survive after
her?" one said. '.'After all
times are changing, and we
are changing with them."
This has been a century oi
war, privation ana fullering
for Britain s common people.
And the contrast between
their own pinched way of life
and the pomp and pageantry
of the royal family stirs some
to grumble and question:
"Ii It worth the cost?"
Etnryi Hughes, a Laborite
Welshman, startled the house
of commons last summer by
proposing that the monarchy
be ditched and Buckingham
Palace turned into an apart
ment house. But the shocked
conservatives went right ahead
and voted the usual annual
royal budget of $1,338,000.
They also refused a Laborite
demand that the yearly allow
ance of the Duke of Edinburgh
be chopped from $112,000
down to 128,000.
Hughes was so annoyed at
the coronation festival he re
fused even to stay In town this
week snd look at the decora
tions. He stormed off to Scot
land, saying he wouldn't re
turn "until this Jamboree Is
over." However, if he left an
empty seat behind, no one
has found It
London is so crowded that
they even have arranged for
a floating hotel to care for vis
Iters who can't find a bed
ashore. It Is the 10,123-ton
Spanish liner, Monte Ulia, the
largest vessel ever to enter
London port
But while many here may
grumble at the high cost of
maintaining the monarchy,
there is little real evidence
that Queen Elizabeth's son,
falr-halred Prince Charlie,
will grow up unemployed.
The crown Is firm In the
hearts ot most British. You
have only to walk around the
bleak streets ot London to see
the ilsm. The great thorough'
fares, ot course, are formally
decorated with flaring ban
nets.
But in the back streets the
working people have caught
the coronation fever, too,
Thousands of small homes
have a portrait of the queen
in the window and the legend
"Long May She Reign."
. In one block 40 families
have put out 730 flags. They
chipped In to raise about $323
for the decorations. The
average rent In these homes
1 about 12.80 a week, the
average wage earner in the
area gets less than $23 a week.
"We're proud of our show,"
one said.
That spirit la typical. The
coronation is unlike any
American celebration. Each
Englishman feels he has a part
In it whether his station In
life is high or low. And most
take a personal pride In the
queen. '
"Get rid of the royal fam
ily?" one pub owner said.
"What would we have to take
their place?
"You Americans could use
a family. It knits a people,
doesnt ItT And with all the
money you Yanks have, you
wouldn't have to stop st one.
You could easily afford two
royal families, couldn't you?"
Salem 37 Years Ago
ly UN MAXWELL
Msy II, 111
Regular Memorial dsy serv
ice have been conducted by
Sedwick post No. 10 at the
soldiers monument In City
View cemetery. Each member
of the Grand Army of the Re
public deposited his floral trib
ute In memory of the deceased
members ot his own company.
Col. John Mosby, 83, daring
Confederate leader in the Civil
War, died today at Garfield
hospital.
Simplicity will mark the
funeral tomorrow of James J.
Hill. "Empire Builder" who
died at his home in St Paul,
Minn., following an operation.
Rumor around the statehouse
has it that fires which wrecked
three buildings st the peni
tentiary flax plant were In
cendiary In origin. Names of
two convicts have been linked
with the blase. '
George Vick ot Vlck Broth'
era, Salem, was in Eugene mak
log arrangements for opening
a rora agency tne re.
Darlo Rests piloted a Peugeot
racer to victory on Indianapolis
speedway this afternoon. After
200 miles of speed he was av
eraging 83.78 miles an hour.
Rev. G. Schunke has resign
ed as pastor of the German
Baptist church after serving
11 Vi years.
Miss Ines Stege has been
leading In the voting contest
for Queen of the Cherry fair.
Miss Estelle Wilson ran sec
ond.
INTERESTING, BUT NOT
OREGON
(Albany Democrat-Herald)
Holiday magazine published
a beautiful set of Oregon pic
hires In connection with its ar
tide on this state In the cur
rent issue. The ertlcle Itself,
unfortunately, did not meas
ure uo. It was Interesting read
lng but constituted a highly
distorted ptctureof life In this
region. The author, li. L.. us
vir, is a clever writer, no doubt
of that; but his peculiar slants
and angles produce a general
picture that is not Oregon, and
never has been. It seems to
have been a mistake to select
the author ot that smart but
unrepresentative novel, "Hon
ey in the Horn," to do the Ore
gon Job. It called for more than
Just writing skill and demand
ed more objectivity than Davis
Is willing to give to anything.
Probably the majority ot the
readers will enjoy the article,
but what they find out about
Oregon will have to come from
the pictures, and there it noth
ing in the one-sided view of
Oregon life he gives to arouse
much curiosity about the state.
FOSDICK 75 NOW
New York Times
On the eve of the seventy
fifth birthday of tho Rev. Dr
Harry Emerson Fosdick, which
arrives next Sunday, Union
Theological Seminary I
nounces the establishment of
a visiting professorship to bear
his name, endowed by a $230,-
000 gift from John D. Rocke
feller 3d. It Is s useful honor,
paid to a great spiritual leader,
teacher and writer, who him
self taught at the seminary for
nearly twoscore years. The first
occupant of the chair, to re
main a year, will be Dr. George
7. McLeod ot Scotland.
It waa seven yeara ago next
week that Dr. Fosdick preached
his farevell sermon at River
side Church and began an emer
itus "retirement" that to no
body's surprise, has meant con
tinued activity. He has been,
in the words of John D. Rocke
feller Jr., "one of the outstand
ing religious leaders of all
time." The tempests of an ear
lier day are now all but forgot
ten, but in the Twenties Dr.
Fosdick was a Modernist "here
tic" in a whirlpool of contro
versy over his liberal reading
of scripture and creed. He has
set an example ot courage not
then alone, but throughout his
life that Inspired men of all
faiths. Religion was and is to
him a living thing. An eloquent,
thoughtful pulpit and radio or
ator, a vigorous snd best-selling
author, he has enriched
many lives In his nearly fifty
years in the Christian minis
try. Several generations ot the
Rockefeller iamlly have been
represented among hit parish
ioners snd this latest gift ex
presses anew an appreciation ot
Dr. Fosdick'a dedicated life, an
appreciation many of us feel.
Washington Democratic
senstors have shown remark
able teamwork since January,
but they split wide open this
week over a republican Sen.
Wayne Morse of Oregon. Tern,
pers flared backstage as dem
ocrats debated whether they
should vote to restore previous
committee seats to the man wno
had done his best to help them
out In the last election and who,
sis a result Is now being pun
ished by the republicans.
The Issue has been seething
among the democrats for some
tune. It began several weeks
sgo when a majority of senate
democrats met privately In the
office of Sen. Clinton Ander
son of New Mexico and ' de
cided to make a fight to restore
the committee appointments
which the republicans had
taken from Morse. To this end
Sen. Lister Hill of Alabama
was delegated to discuss the
matter with Democratic Lead
er Lyndon Johnson.
Johnson, however, was in
Texas and Hill didn't see him,
So the matter finally came up
In the democratic steering com'
mlttee Monday, et which time
Sens. Herbert H. Lehman ot
New York, Paul H. Douglas of
Illinois, Henry M. Jsckson of
Washington, and Anderson ap'
peared before the committee
and urged that Morse be given
back bis old seats on the armed
services and labor committees.
"There is no reason," plead
ed Anderson, "that Democrats
should help the Republicans
discipline Morse.",
"Morse will be chief sneak
er st the Jackson-Jefferson day
dinner for- the Democratic
party in Oregon,? urged Doug
las. "The Democrats should be
the list people to turn against
him."
"Monroe Sweetland, Demo
cratic National Committeeman
from Oregon, la here in town
right now urging that he get
Democratic support argued
Jackson of Washington.
NEELY'S ELOQUENCE
Most eloquent plea was made
by Elder Statesman Matt Nee-
ly, who has been in congress
or governor ot West Virginia
for about 40 years.
"Back In the 64th or 85th
congress," Neely reminded his
Democratic colleagues, "It came
to the election of a speaker,
and blind Senator Svhall, then
a Republican congressman
from Minnesota, deserted
Speaker Joe Cannon, walked
down the center of the aisle
and made a speech for Champ
Clark. His vote let the Demo
crats organize the house of
representatives for Woodrow
Wilson.
I would like to remind you,"
continued Neely, "that the next
senate could easily result In a
tie vote in which the senstor
from Oregon might determine
who organizes the senste.
Today the Republicans are
determined to punish this man
despite our constitution which
guarantees the right to vote
our convictions without pun
ishment. It's Just plain com
mon sense that the Democrats
support Wayne Morse."
But after those closed-door
arguments, Senator "Lying-
Down"" Johnson made an ap
peal to the steering committee
to stand back .of him. He ex
plained that he had made a
deal with Senator Taft on com
mittee assignments snd he de-
IYDREWKAUON
msnded Democratic support for
that deal.
nimoCBiATIC IFIJT
Sen. A. Willis Robertson of
Virginia supported Johnson
though for purely personal rea
sons. He was afraid he would
lose his test on the appropria
tions committee If Morse was
given back his committee as
signments. Sen. Albert Gore
of Tennessee alto said that if
Morse got his committees back,
he, Gore, would insist on going
on the appropriations commit
tee. In the end. Democrats' voted
16 to 23 against the Independ
ent senator from Oregon.
Among his opponents were
such friends as Sens. Stuart
Symington of Missouri, John
O. Pastore of Rhode Island,
John F. Kennedy of Massa
chusetts, and Mike Mansfield
of Montana. Symington called
Morse to tell him what a fine
Job he bad done on the armed
services committee. . ,
"But," he added, "Lyndon
has made this a matter of party
loyalty."
"Thus," Ironically, conclud
ed Anderson of New Mexico,
"we democrats help the re
publicans to discipline one of
their party who befriended us,
while the Democrats who de
serted our party take the lead
in helping the Republicans."
NOTE Johnson, who led
the move against Morse, took
only a tepid part In the Stev
enson campaign In Texas last
year, while Sen; Richard B.
Russell of Georgia, who alto
helped the fight against Morse,
went to Venezuela last fall, re
fused to make a speech for
Stevenson. -PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLI
FRIENDSHIP
While Senator McCarthy and
the isolationists, are blasting
our old allies in Europe, a
large segment of the American
people are working harder than
ever at people-to-people friend',
ship. Here are seme of them:
The Cleveland Heights, Ohio,
public school choir will em.
bark on a European tour with
broadcasts from various Euro,
pesn capitals over the Voice of
America . . . today the "tour
of Somerville" bicycle race
starts in New Jersey featurins
bicycle teams from Japan, Mex.
ico and other countries ss one
way to cement closer relations
. . . Klwanis International
brings senior high school ttu.
dents from various European
countries snd gives them one
year of study in the USA. Ki.
wanls clubs all over the coun
try have Joined In this, treat
the youngsters as If they were
their own. In Gainesville. Cm
Kiwanians gave their young-
ster s new evening gown and
expenses for a week-end date
at Annapolis . . . Students of
Chlco State college, Califor
nia, brought seven foreign stu
dents to Chlco through a
UNESCO committee, gave them
tuition, books, maintenance
for one whole year . . . The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
holds its eighth congress in
San Francisco next month,
where delegates ot 40 nations
will discuss mutual problems,
seek avenues for universal un
derstanding . . . The Century
Association of the 100th infan
try division is raising money to
help the battered town ot
Bltche In Lorraine, France,
where they fought during the
war ... In contrast, congress
last year cut the U. S. appn
prlation for the United Nations
International Children's Emer
gency fund from $16,000,000 to
$8,000,000 and this year Rep.'
John Taber (R., N.Y.), pro
poses to cut it out altogether
despite the fact that It helped
support 25,000,000 children
last year.
(CWTTlsM. iss
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Spiritual Reserves Must
Be Replenished or Wither
IY REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
Baottr, St. rsol'a SMawpal Caana
A young man once told me
that although his father was
about as perfect as any man
could be, he did not attend any
church. He used his father as
the reason for his non-church
attendance..
A little questioning however,
brought out the fact that this
young . man a father went to
Sunday School and to church
regularly as a boy and as
young man. He lived in an en
vironment of church-going peo
ple and was blessed with deep
ly religious parents. In fact the
young man's father wu so
steeped in religion that he be
came the good man of whom
his son wu so Justly proud.
The son Is doing pretty well
at present because he is feed
ing spiritually from the. re
serves built up through several
generations of God-fearing peo
ple. But unless someone does
something sbout it, the reser
voir eventually will go dry.
Are we tn the next few gen
erations going to exhaust our
spiritual reserves like we have
been endangering our timber
stands and fertile soil? It has
been found imperative that we
must put back what we take off
to insure these supplies for fu
ture generations. , (
It is interesting to hear men
who never go to church express
such great concern about God
lets Russia. They do not seem
to realize that If all men were
like themselves, this country
could become God-less too. ' .
We are now more or less en
gaged In war against an antl
rellglous regime. We are fight
ing with bombs snd human
lives while to many men at
home are drawing upon what a
hundred generations have built
up in spiritual force, not realis
ing that great reserves of spir
itual power in the future will .
b at least as necessary to the ,
establishment of the hoped for
universal peace as Maglnot
lines, bunting bombs, slid the,,
blood of our young men.
MT. ANGEL GIXLa
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gel senior Girl's Softball club
will hold a tryout and prac
tice at the St. Mary's school
grounds Monday evening at
6:30 p.m. The league season '
opens June 8. Welter Stlckel '
will hsve charge of the club.
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