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ADMINISTRATION POWER POLICY
What is billed as the new Department of the Interior
power "policy, which means the administration's power
policy, was spelled out to the public Tuesday in a state
ment by Ralph A. Tudor, the undersecretary.
The basic principle of it la that the provision of electric
power facilities is primarily the responsibility of the re
gion affected, but that the federal government will help,
particularly in the Pacific
nized a particularly urgent
growth of population and
Thus the government will
and start new ones, as manv
but it does not seek a federal power monopoly in this or
any other region. Nor does it limit its thinking on power
to federal and private Corporations. Local cooperatives,
called PUDs in this region,
. . a perfect right to develop and sell current if they desire
and will be encouraged in their extorts.
Another important point is that the department ex
pects to place the demands of residential and rural con
sumers higher than that of
enough power to go round, which suggests that there may
be no occasion for future surcharges to be paid by such
customers due to cutting off government current in favor
of industrial users.
There is nothing spectacular about this policy, but we
submit that it makes good, solid common sense and is
essentially fair. There is no reason for Northwest people
to assume that the federal government must build tax
exempt power plants whenever they run out of power,
when it does not do this for other sections except the
Tennessee valley. If we insist on this sort of discrimin
atory treatment we are likely to antagonize congress and j
lose all future appropriations. For congress includes
many representatives of states whose industries we seek
to entice out here with cheaper, tax subsidized power.
, It's a wonder they have treated us as generously as they
have. '
All power plants congress is willing to authorize will
be built on our streams, but congress is vitally concerned
with balancing the budget, so it is unlikely that congress
will be willing to build them as rapidly as the need de
velops. Hence the need to have both horses, public and private,
pulling. Neither can do it all.
'PROGRESSIVE' AND 'REACTIONARIES'
We imagine American leftists must be writhing with
agony over this new definition of a "progressive" that
has come out of the Korean prison camps.
The term was applied by the Chinese to such few
Americans as succumbed to their blandishments and went
over to communism, either wholeheartedly or to get rice
and other favors. Probably the latter in most cases.
They dubbed the stubborn majority who held out as
"reactionaries."
The Reds of all lands have always been clever in the
use of words. "Reactionary" has been applied by them to
anti-Communists for years. But "progressive" which
has long been a good word in America, and is today ex
cept insofar as 'it has been given a bad political odor by
some extreme leftists is now applied to Communist dupes,
and by the Communists themselves.
What a break for American "progressive" political
groups. American P.W.s come home proud to be reaction
aries, first time in history any Americans have been
recorded that way.
Words are what they are caused to mean by use. Re
member the kaiser's reference to the "contemptible little
army" of Britain and 1914 and British pride ever after in
the "old contemptibles" who soon halted the kaiser's
march toward the English channel?
The word "reactionary" has been given a shot in the
arm now by the Chinese Reds, but we hope it doesn't
thereby become a badge of honor except in this very lim
ilea sense, r or - reactionary" isn t a good word or a
good attitude, unless you're in
sented with a brain washing.
negative attitude is in order.
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WHY OUR STOCK IS
Norman Thomas, several times Socialist candidate for
president of the United States, is a wise and helpful
observer of the national and world scene, whose comments
are often more frank than those of politicians of other
parties who still have hopes of being elected to something.
He has just returned to the United States from Europe
with the gloomy report that
was never so low as now.
1, McCarthyism, which Europeans seem to have blown
up into a "menace" comparable with the spell the villain
In the old fashioned dime novel used to cast upon
his intended victims. No. 2, reduced U.S. appropriations
ior tne support or Europeans in the manner to which
we ve enabled them to become accustomed.
The cynics will promptly
one that ought to be No. 1 in importance, and little as
we normally like to agree with cynics we've an uneasy
suspicion mat in tnis instance
Woodburn
Woodburn Three more
home extemion unlu. North
Howell, Union end Aumsvllle,
hive signified their Intention!
of entering boothi In the North
Marion County free fair In
Woodburn. Sept. 24, 2S and 28,
announced by J. F. Lacey, fair
board chairman. Word has alio
been received that both the
Woodburn Grange and Wood
burn Farmers Union will enter
displays In the community ex
hibit division of the fair.
Guests at the home of Mr.
A. E. Austin during the week
end were Mr. and Mrs. Elton
Jon n, Ray Belter and Miss
Laura Austin of Portland, Mr.
and Mrs John Kallak of Al
bany, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
-
Northwest where it is recog
situation exists due to rapid
industry.
complete present projects
as congress will authorize,
and municipalities also have
industries when there is not
an enemy prison camp pre
Then a simple, pigheaded
LOW
American prestige in Europe
Reason 7 Two of them. No,
dub the second item as the
they are right.
Hubbard
Hubbard Mr. and Mrs,
Cecil Van Lieu of Los Ange
les, Calif., and Mrs. Louise
Adams of Warrensburg. Mo
were guests of the James Van
Lleua last week. James and
his youngest daughter. Jane,
accompanied the guests to Lot
Angeles for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhelnhold
Hlldebrand returned home the
tint part of last week after a
short vacation trip to northern
California and the Oregon
coast At Power! they visited
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mri. Gene Myers.
Gardner and daughters Molly
and Joan of Richland. Wash
The two little girls are great
granddaughters of Mrs. Austin.
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Doctor Warns
May Be Poisoning People
By DREW
Washington One of the
many things vitally affecting
the public which didn't leak
out during the late lamented
congress, was a hassle over
fruit sprays, which one promi
nent doctor warned may-.be
slowly poisoning the American
people. These poisons, inhaled
while spraying or eaten as resi
due on fruits and vegetables,
accumulate in the system and
may take as much as ten years
off a person's life, it was testi
fied. The warning was given by
Dr. Robert Mobbs of Aberdeen,
N.C., who told how he had
spent five years intensely stu
dying the problem after a child
in his home town had died of
what he was convinced was
pesticide poisoning. He cited
one chemical spray, benzene
hexachloride, which was found
in tests to produce abnormal,
cancerlike cell growth. Yet it
is used to spray on crops, to
dust troops in Korea, and in
vaporizing devices, to air out
homes and restaurants.
He declared that doctors and
chemists have prepared reports
on "insecticide toxicity," but
added ominously: "I think that
these reports have been large
ly ignored, minimized, and
suppressed."
Testifying before the house
Interstate and foreign com
merce committee, Dr. Mobbs
appealed to the congressmen to
put teeth in the laws regulat
ing pesticides and insecticides.
Instead of doing so, the com
mittee boosted a bill, introduc
ed by GOP Congressman A. L.
Miller of Nebraska and en
dorsed by the insecticide com
panics, that would' leave it up
to the manufacturers to test
their own pest killers and sub
mit their findings to the gov
ernment. Following this, the
food and drug administration
would be given 60 days to de
cide, on the basis of the manu
facturers' own report, how
strong a dose could be sold to
the public.
Food and Drug Objection
This bill brought this warn
ing from food and drug com
missioner Charles Crawford:
"Irresponsible operators might
submit the sketchiest and most
inadequate toxicological data."
Yet the government would be
forced to fix the dosage, Craw
ford said, and issue it "within
the rather brief time limit pre
scribed." We believe it essential to
public health and highly ad
vantageous to the industry, that
tests, deemed adequate by a
competent and unbiased scien
tific body, be required of all
new pesticides," the food and
drug chief urged.
The real danger, he pointed
out. was that "you might find
yourself with a meal that con
tained 20 different poisons,
none of which by itself would
hurt you, but all of which put
together might be getting into
the critical zone."
Most startling tes tlmonv.
however, came from Dr. Mobbs.
Perforated Stomachs
"We now know," he declar
ed, "that many foods are con
taminated by these Insecticides
and that human tissue Itself
now contair DDT and proba
bly other insecticides and yet
no one knows what the ulti
mate eflect will be . . .
"Ore baby food company has
tried to get away from having
insecticides in those foods they
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
THE "SABOTEUR'
- GO - ROUND
Fruit Sprays
PEARSON
are preparing for babies," he
addeu, "yet today they are
about ready to abandon that
search. They just cant find
foods in sufficient quantity
that do not contain some insec
ticides, yet they do not know
what the result, the ultimate
result, will be."
Dr. Mobbs told how he be
gan his investigation five years
ago after an insecticide plant In
his community started mixing
a dust for boll weevil spray
ing. '
"The air was constantly per
meated with insecticides. Many
people became ill, and virus
like illness was rampant
throughout the town ..." he
related. "There was a child liv
ing in a home adjacent to this
Insecticide mixing plant, who
died suddenly of a virus-like
infection, died in convulsions.
This substance was released for
widespread use where it conta
minated the air we had to
breathe, and yet it had been un
tested in that medium.
"I found," he continued,
"that if you fed it to an animal,
it would kill the animal in con
vulsions. This child that died
had also suffered a perforation
of the stomach. Later it was
found in experiments that ani
mal; suffered perforation of the
stomach. So I felt that this
child's death was probably due
to this chemical."
The Aberdeen, N.C., physi
cian told of another patient
who "tried to use himself as a
guinea pig to see what the ef
fects of the insecticide would
be. He had a coronary heart
disease that seemed to be defi
nitely aggravated by exposure
to the dust, and on his death,
we found DDT in his tissues."
May Produce Cancer
Dr. Mobbs was probably
most "shocked," however, by
the fact that "the American
Cancer society not too long ago
save a ernnt tn tv, nwAA
'of biochemistry at Columbia,
in wnicn ne used benzene hexa
chloride to produce abnormal
cell formation or cancer-like
changes. Yet at the same time,"
Dr. Mobbs warned, "we are
using benzene hexachloride or
lindane in a fashion in which it
contaminates crops, gets into
the milk supply. It is now used
in many restaurants and in
home vaporizing devices. It is
used to dust troops and prison
ers in Korea . . .
"I feel." Dr. Mobbs added,
"that attempts have been made
to minimize the toxicity of
these things."
Note In fairness to the In
s e c 1 1 c 1 d e manufacturers, it
should be pointed out that most
of them scrupulously test and
label their products to safe
guard the public. Without these
poisonous sprays. Insects and
rodents would literally spoil
most of the country's food sup
ply. For example, apples alone
must be protected from over
200 Insects. Yet Insects develop
sn Immunity to sprays, and It
constantly takes more poison to
kill them. Insects which once
died at a whiff of DDT now
are immune to It
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SOCIABLE BURGLARS
Klngsport Tenn. WB Res
taurant owner Cardwell Houn
chell told police burglars drank
his orangeade and ate his ice
cream, then used his tools to
break open a safe and steal his
cash.
Salem 41 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
August 19, 1912
Governor West had declared
that nothing but giving the
people of Redmond 'a clean
bunch of city officials would
be plessing to him.
A proprietor of a local thea
ter in Portland had been ar
rested for showing a moving
picture of the Johnson-Flynn
fight.
G. F. Rogers, Salem's tempo
rary chairman of the Roose
velt state committee, had gone
to Portland hopeful of making
arrangements for Roosevelt's
visit to Salem September 11,
191Z.
Oregon Blacksmith's associa
tion had met at Albany with
about 100 delegates in attend
ance. Oregon artillerymen were
schedued to go to Fort Stevens
to get familiar with handling
Dig guns.
The senate had debated a
resolution proposing a con
stitutional amendment making
the presidential term a six-year
office and providing that no
president shall be eligible for
re-elaction.
Coperman's automatic elec
tric range demonstration had
been arranged for Pettinglll's
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Photographer Noel's Story of
Life in Red Prison Fascinating
By RELMAN MOWN
For Hal Boyle
New York In reading
on of Frank Noel's stories of
life in a Chinese prison camp
the other day, I was struck by
a particular line. He had writ
ten "I went down to Ham
hung to get some film, but I
was in a hurry to get back to
tha front because the best pic
tures were there."
Frank, or "Pappy" as we
called him, is a news photog
rapher. The Chinese grabbed
him in that bleak and anxious
winter of 1930 when the dam
went bust in Korea. Now S2
months and several lifetimes
later, he has been sprung. His
memoirs make fascinating read
ing
As you may know, there is
sn eternal debate In this ink
stained trade of ours over the
question: Are photographers
people?
Personally. I think they are,
although there are many points
that have to be conceded to
the opposite side of the argu
ment The important fact is, I
suppose, that a news photog
rapher sees the world exclus
ively through that square wire
finder on his camera.
And this, for him, is the only
true and valid world. He lives
there.. Few things that happen
outside are likely to merit his
serious attention.
Moreover, he is a harassed
man. A reporter can come
along, after the story has hap
pened, and pick up the details
from someone else who saw it
But a photographer has to be
there with his hand on the trig
ger at the precise split second
else.
Hence, you can understand
when "Pappy" wrote that he
was in a hurry to get back
where the pictures were.
This was up around the
Changjln reservoir, and Pappy
had been tagging along with
the Marines for some six weeks
or more. It is easy for a war
correspondent, news or photos,
to fall in love with a Marine
unit in the field, and Pappy
apparently had a bad case.
Once, when we were able to
reach him on the telephone, we
asked If he didn t want to come
out of the snow and mountains
for a little relief.
"Nope," he said. And that
was all. He hung up.
Writing wasn't his lob. but
he used to scribble a few hun-
electric store. "No dirt, soot,
grease, ashes or use of oil."
A trotting match had been
staged 'at the fairgrounds be
tween a horse belonging to Ar
thur Glover and one owned
by A. J. Anderson.
J. W. Shafer and Roy Bo-
hannon had returned from an
auto trip into the Siletz coun
try after traveling over some
of the worst roads ever seen
in Oregon. Several cars were
passed laid up for repairs be
cause the roads were, in places,
a sheet of mud.
Fifty-first state fair open
ing September 2, 1912, had a
premium list of $18,000 for
livestock, poultry, agricultural
and other products.
1953...
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dred words in pencil on the
back of a photo-mailer a large
manlla envelope to tell little
anecdotes of life with the Ms
rlnes. More often than not, we
found news and color in these
that we hadn't seen anywhere
else.
' Then cams the terrible days
when the roof fell in around
the center of the line.
Tha Marines obviously were
in a bad spot, with a collapsed
flank and the Chinese pouring
toward the rear.
Pappy could have come out
then, before the roads were
completely closed. But the last
time he was on the telephone,
he said he was going to stay.
"I feel better up with the kids."
he said. He was all of 43 him
self at that time.
Then, for a week, we beard
no more.
One morning in early De
cember the news came ... A
group of 18 Marines broke out
. . . They had seen Pappy cap
tured in an ambush.
For a long moment, nobody
spoke.'
Everybody had his own
thoughts. Bill Moore, another
AP man, never did come back.
We could hope that Pappy, at
least, was a prisoner. Two of
us had been in prison camps
in the other war. A third nar
rowly missed (t, having been
shot down over the ocean. For
tunately, he was a photogra
pher, name of Bill Achatz, so
he survived nicely, floating
around for five days in a rub
ber boat.
We talked over all the angles
and possibilities, the way you
do when you are trying to find
some good in a bad situation.
Finally, somebody said:
"Well, don't fornet Pappy is
a photographer. He'll stay alive
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Becoming a Veteran
Astorian-Budget
Walter Norblad, Astoria's
contribution to congress, men. '
tioned during a visit Monday
that he is beginning his eighth
year as a representative front
Oregon.
We in Astoria ar. accus- '
tomed to think of Rep. Nor. '
blad as a hometown boy the
way most of us remember him '
and tend to forget that ha '
nas acquired years of experi
ence in the affairs of govern,
ment and is by wsy of becony.
ing a veteran member of eon. :
gress.
There are plenty of cod- '
gressmen who have served '
more than eight years but
there are many who have
served far less. Rep. NorblsJ
is getting into the senlo?
brackets.
The Astorlan's record la
good one. He still maintains
youthful energy and ho still
works hard for his constituents.
In national affairs he is ic.
quiring knowledge, experience
and mature judgment.
His political strength is evi.
dent he hasn't had serious
opposition since he went tn
Washington.
With a Republican admlnii.
tration in power, Rep. Norblad
is well situated to give even
better service to bis constit
uents and to the nation.
GOT COAL INSTEAD
Bannock, O. U. Twelve.
year-old Jimmy Huml went to
buy an ice cream cone yester
day and got seven tons of eosl
instead. Jimmy ran toward a
Good Humor" ice cream wa.
on in front of his home with a
dime in his hand. At the same
moment, a runaway coal truck
careened into the curb and
dumped its load of fuel almost
on top of the boy. "I didn't get
my ice cream and I lost my
dime," Jimmy complained.
just to keep from missing a
picture."
That's the way they are,
those characters.