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SOCIAL PROGRESS IN INDIA
That the caste system, which for centuries hu been
the curse of India, still persists in India after six years of
Independence, with its baleful influence, is the conclusion
of Ernie Hill, foreign correspondent of the Chicago News,
who has been making a study of conditions existing there
today. There are still 70 million "untouchables" despite
Prime Minister Jawahal Nehru's contention that all citi-
xens are equal, he reports.
This is particularly true in the central areas, where
superstition and ignorance thrive. The "untouchables'
according to the Hindu religion, must remain at the
bottom of the social level and are not allowed to become
shopkeepers, farmers or house servants. These belong
to other higher casts from cradle to death and social prog
ress is stymied, as America's Point 4 technicians have
discovered, to their dismay.
People of all casts, says Hill, look alike to the visiting
ioreigner, and it is impossible to distinguish people of one
caste from another. It Is not a matter of color or literacy,
but every Indian can spot an untouchable on sight, and
sees that he keeps his place. "His religion makes 70 mil
lion Human beiiurs untouchable and all cows sacred."
The British in training an army over crotests. mixed
untouchables with caste Hindus, and some rose to be top
officers, but with independence, the old system is return
ing, ana the untouchables are kept out of the ranks. The
Brahmans are the officers and caste and nepotism have
returned
In addition to the social problem involved, the rigid
caste system produces an impossible economic situation,
Hill finds, as no one but the farmer class can till the soil
andonly the shopkeeper caste can become merchants..
Nehru's efforts to break down the caste system have
failed, because they are attacks on the fundamentals
of the Hindu religion, which was the reason Gandhi was
assassinated by a fanatic. Hill's conclusion;:
"India ii still 82 per cent Illiterate. The superstitions and
violent prejudices stemming from Hinduism will never be con
quered until a majority of the people can read, write and
reason.
"It will be slow work. Sonfe people say 100 years. Others
WHILE MADAME WORRIES ABOUT HEMLINES
aamiJ jam.aoi ,
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
'Prophecy in Stone' Set
Aug. 20 as Day of Destiny
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Suppressed Report Criticizes
Medics Opposition to Drug
OPEN FORUM
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Ohio's statu
esque John Bricker ordered
it suppressed before even read'
ing it. but a confidential re
think that 30 or 40 years may be enough providing India ' ....- ha
has a chance to keep after its problem that long." G. P. F m wk whlv
NAVY MAN IN COMMAND
A year ago the Navy was none too happy at the pros
pect of a five star general in the White House, for it was
assumed that he would favor the Army in those eternal
interservice rivalries, as President Truman, a one time
major, was assumed to have done.
In November the "worst" happened and in' January
the general took office. Finally he got around to reor
ganizing the joint chiefs of staff and what do you suppose
happened? Not a general, but an admiral, Arthur Rad
ford, as replacement to General Omar Bradley In the
top spot, first time this has happened since the setup was
created. '
And not just another admiral, but a battler for the
Navy in the feuding of the past few years. A man who
went all out, who risked his official neck to fight the
Army during the previous administration, whom some
thought at the time should have been cashiered for insub
ordination. ' v
Bui none have questioned Radford's ability, which goes
far beyond fighting technique, and includes a broad un
derstanding of national policy and what needs to be done
to promote American security, especially in the Pacific
region. .
President Eisenhower has warned the Joint chiefs of
staff that he wants them to settle their problems and to
agree finally. He wants no majority and minority re
ports. This is somewhat disturbing, for if these officers
cannot agree their frank views ought to go to the White
House where the final decision will have to be made.
It is to be hoped that substantial agreement can be
reached on the big issues Involving the security of the
country by Radford and his fellow commanders, but if
they can't the White House will have to assume the ulti
mate responsibility, no matter how unpleasant this may
be. For the constitution makes the president the commander-in-chief.
REDS TOUCH OFF AN H-BOMB
It now develops that we and many others were wrong
in our belief that Malenkov invented his announcement
about Russian possession of the H-bomb out of whole
cloth in order to raise morale in Russia and frighten
other countries.
- Moscow now announces and our own Atomic Energy
commission confirms that Russia exploded such a bomb
on August 12, subsequent to Malcnkov's announcement,
but presumably he knew the experiment was about ready.
How far Russia is along in its bomb program the Ameri
can public can only guess. Presumably it lags far behind
the United States, but Russia has had the atomic bomb
for a long time and supposedly has a fair stock pile of
these dreaded weapons by now. Russia is also known
to possess the world's largest air fleet.
Now that Moscow has penetrated well into the mys
teries of the H-bomb, and will continue to do so we can
only assume that a war between the two countries will
see such weapons dropped on our own cities with conse
quences too dread to contemplate. But they must be
prepared against, insofar as we can.
One hopeful angle is that as Russian capacity to strike
us increases, the hold of the Soviet government on the
people behind the iron curtain loosens somewhat due to
rising nationalism in Germany and other conquered coun
tries, giving the Soviet rulers something worse than
American bombs to fear if they loose the dogs of war. We
refer to an internal revolution which might start in the
satellite states and spread across Russia itself.
This is indeed a dangerous time, whether you live in
an American city or in the vast realm governed by Russia,
and whether you are a citiien of a free country or ruler
or slave in a totalitarian land.
NAZI JAILED understanding." ,
Hamburg, Germany WV-Dr. He was arrested when he
Werner Naumann, former Nasi tailed to heed a police warning
bigwig now a leader of the .not to attend a party rally.
Nazl-tvne German Reich Darty. ! Naumann axnlalntd lata th
was Jailed by West Gerfnan po- warning was received at his forth the results of the research
lice for a few hours last night, psrty headquarters but not by so far. adding: "The heavy toll
Naumann said It was a mis- him personally. jot life being taken by cancer!
been sent
to his desk highly critical of
the American Medical Associa
tion for attempting to suppress
a new drug which helps to re
lieve cancer.
This blistering report was
prepared under the direction
of the late Senator Tobey as
chairman of the Senate Inter
state and Foreign Commerce
Committee and was submitted
to Bricker, the new chairman,
by the investigator appointed
by Tobey.
The report charges: 1, that
"the AMA has been hasty, ca
pricious, arbitrary, and out
right dishonest" in its opposi
tion to the cancer drug, kre
biozen; 2, that AMA's treasur
er. Dr. J. J. Moore, "attempted
to get the distribution rights"
for krebiozen for two cnicago
businessmen, and, after failing
In this, "he embarked upon a
course to ruin ... the drug";
and 3, that "public and private
funds have been thrown around
like confetti at a county fair
to close up and destroy clinics,
hospitals, and scientific re
search laboratories which do
not conform to the viewpoint
of medical associations."
Finally the report suggests
that "the machinations of Dr.
J. J. Moore could well Involve
the AMA and others in an in
terstate conspiracy of alarm
ing proportions."
These shocking charges are
based upon the investigation of
senate agent Benedict Fitzger
ald, who was given a secret
assignment by the late Senator
Tobey to investigate alleged
AMA hamstringing of cancer
research. The probe was kept
secret because Tobey feared
the powerful doctors' lobby
which last year was listed .as
the No. 2 lobbyist in Washing
ton. The lobby spent $309,
514 93 last year to influence
congress, making it second only
to the electric power lobby.
BRICKER BAYS NO
After Tobey's death, Bricker,
who replaced him on the In
terstate Commerce Committee,
promptly ordered the Investt
gatlon stopped. He refused to
so much as see Fitzgerald,
though the investigator offered
to fly to Ohio at his own ex
pense for an interview. In
stead Bricker s office ordered
Fitzgerald to "forget" the
whole thing, and above all, not
to talk to the press. If he fol
lowed these instructions, Fitz
gerald was told, he. would be
"taken care of
However, Fitzgerald wrote, a
sharp letter to Bricker, saying
he was "surprised and even
shocked" at the runaround. He
then sent copies of both the
letter and his report to every
senator on the committee.
Irony is that Brlcker's own
senate partner, the late Bob
Taft was killed by cancer. To
bey, on his own deathbed, sent
Fitzgerald to New York with
some krebiozen for Taft How
ever, the doctors refused to
use it. citing the opposition of
the AMA.
Fitzgerald's report does not
claim that krebiozen Is a cure
for cancer. It simply sets
requires a searching investiga
tion."
In particular, the report cites
the finding of Dr. Andrew C.
Ivy, vice president of the Uni
versity of Illinois Medical
School, who directed medical
research for the Navy during
World War II and discovered
a chemical to make sea water
drinkable and an ointment to
protect the skin against ex
treme heat and cold. He has
also made other important
medical discoveries, such as en
terogastrone for treating pep
tic ulcers. Dr. Ivy is so re
spected in medical circles that
he was also Called upon to eval
uate cancer therapy for the
American Cancer Society and
expose quack treatments. .
In the case of krebiozen,
however, Dr. Ivy did not find
that it was a "quack" drug. He
tested it first on animals to
make sure it w a s nontoxic.
Then he tried it out on cancer
patients.
On the conclusion of his
preliminary study," the Fitz
gerald report states, "he Issued
a statement that 70 percent of
the cancer patients receiving
krebiozen derived benefits
from the new drug ranging
from relief of pain to complete
healing. A 1,000-page com
pilation prepared by him, sup
plemented by laboratory rec
ords, gives case histories on 900
patients treated by 232 doctors
In 130 clinics and hospitals
throughout the country."
Though Dr. Ivy had once
served on its board, the AMA
promptly censured him and ex
pelled him for three months
from the Chicago Medical So
ciety. Because of the contro
versy, be also took leave of
No. Fraternal Feeling
By Carpenters Union
To the Editor:
Withdrawal from the AFL
by the Carpenters' union is ty
pical of that organization,
which has never been a com
fortable bedfellow for other
unions, having a penchant for
putting its cold feet on their
shrinking backs.
It takes good care of its own
members but never allows fra-
ternalism to impinge on busi
ness. It has always demanded
independence for itself, so per
haps it should have it, like the
UMW, the ILWU, the railroad
men, and others.
There are too many hierar
chies in union organizations,
and it seems that height makes
those at the top dizzy so that
they can no longer see the
needs of the workers in the
shade cast by politics and big
business.
In one of the small cities in
the state of Washington a few
years ago the unions decided
to stop paying rent and build
a labor temple for the use of
all the unions. They expected
the carpenters to contribute
work, but managed to get from
others enough money to start
the project
Every carpenter refused to
act on a committee, and when
the time came to dig the base
ment the carpenters moved out
and built a hall of their own a
few blocks away. They are ri
gid union men but do not affili
ate. A. M. CHURCH,
1400 North Summer St.
he made the request for trans
portation to Europe for Green.
. . . M. R., Atlantic City. N. J.
Best answer to Governor
Driscoll's supposed dependence
on GOP boss Hap Farley is
that at the last session of the
New Jersey legislature, Drls-'
coll forced through a badly
needed jury reform bill, de-
absence from the University of Plte Farley's bitter opposition,
AUiiiua aim was jirevcmca II UIll I -
continuing his research there.
The Fitzgerald report points
to Dr. J. J. Moore, for ten
years treasurer of the AMA, as
"the spearhead behind attempts
to have the drug ostracized."
FOUR 8ENATORS KILLED
Fitzgerald wound ud his re-
nnrt urith thi. nnrusal "Mav T I
rr .
with propriety, call your at
tention to the tragedy which
has Invaded the United States
Senate. Four great Americans
Senator McMahon, Senator
Wherry, Senator Vandenberg,
and Senator Taft were all
stricken down with this dread
disease. We are under a com
pelling moral obligation to the
memory of these great public
servsnts and to the untold mil
lions of cancer sufferers
throughout the world to carry
on this investigation."
NOTE 1 Senator. Brlcker's
ofice, when queried, stated flat
ly that Bricker Intended to do
nothing about the cancer re
port Asked whether Bricker
had read-the report, the reply
was "no."
NOTE 2 Many doctors dis
agree vigorously with the Am
erican Medical Association,
feel that it has gone too far In
engaging In politics.
MAILBAG
CORRECTION Although
tne name oi congressman Wil
liam Green, Pennsylvania dem
ocrat appeared on an official
request to the Defense Depart
ment for transportation to
Europe "about August IS." his
office states that he had no in
tention of going to Europe and
that Chairman Dewey Short of
Missouri misunderstood when,
New York WV-Well, folks,
today's the day.
This'is Aug. 20, 1953, a date
marked for destiny, according
to people who believe in the
"prophecy in stone." They ex
pect an event of vast import
ance to take place somewhere
in the world today. Exactly
what, deponent saith not. But
we shall see what we shall tee,
to coin an old phrase.
Briefly, and leaving aside
the heavy mathematics, the
situation is this:
Some S.000 years ago, more
or less, the grand pyramid was
built in Egypt, witnin signt oi
the slow-flowing Nile. It be
came the tomb of a King,
Cheops, and his queen. It was
a mighty mausoleum, a monu'
ment to man's ego, a miracu
lous feat of engineering and
presumably nothing more.
But was it?
For about a century now,
scientists have been prowling
around the pyramid, inside and
out. taking measurements.
They noted that the four sides
of the base correspona to ine
cardinal points of the compass.
And they found the aperture
focussed on the North star.
Other facts emerged, things
that seemed to indicate the py
ramid was something more than
Just a pile of massive stone,
honeycombed with passage
ways and the crypts of the king
and aueen.
In 186 4. Charles Fiazzi
Smith, royal astronomer of
Scotland, brought out a book
called "Our Inheritance in the
Grand Pyramid." The Abbot
Moreux of France followed
with additional calculations,
based on his measurements.
They theorized that the pyra
mid had been built in confor
mity with some orthodox as
tronomical principles prin
ciples well known in modern
science, but presumably far
beyond the knowledge of the
ancient Egyptians. .
From this came a still more
sensational theory, namely,
that the pyramid foretells the
whole future of this world, the
fate of nations, the wars, Ar
mageddon, and so on to the end. I
Hence, "the prophecy in
stone."
I do not recommend Brother
Smith's book as light summer
reading out in the hammock.
It is rough going.
But as I gather, the distances
of the corridors, the angles of
the passageways, the intersec
tions of ground lines, ana in
fact the relationship between
each of the various parts of the
pyramid all these things sym
bolize some significant event
on earth, past and future.
The Crucifixion, the flight of
the Israelites from Egypt, and
so on. presumably are marked.
So, in this theory, are coming
events.
However, the batting aver
age for the "prophecy in stone"
has not been very high, so far.
Some predictions never came
off at all. The calculators fixed
a number of dates which al
ready have passed without any
notable happenings. And Uiey
seem to have missed, entirely,
that fateful day, Sept. 2, 1939,
when the second World War
staked.
This, of course, was a con
siderable oversight, to say the
least '
So new measurements were
made, and new calculations
drawn on a 'different basis.
That produced all the decisive
points of World War II but
the re-figurlng was done alter
these events took place.
In any case, long years ago,
the men who try to read the
prophecy in stone" set down
today. Aug. 20, IMS, as a day
of destiny.
It would be nice to know
what the pyramid has in store
for us.
Maybe somebody will an
tha invention of 4-D.
Maybe Malenkov will disband
the Red army. Mayoe wirisuau
Dior will come out sor no
klrta at all.
Well, by midnight tonight we
ought to know. Watch the pa
pers and stick close to your ra
dio.
Objects to Nudist
Booth at State Fair
To the Editor:
We noticed in the Capital
Journal, also heard It over the
radio, that the Oregon State
Fair is to have a nudist booth.
It seems to us that our Ore
gon State Fair manager and
State Fair board should not
tolerate such a booth at our
State Fair.
The public gets far too much
such crumby stuff without a
nudist booth at the fair.
If the manager and the State
Fair board allow a booth of
this kind, we and many of the
Oregon State Fair goers will
not attend.
We have plenty of worth
while exhibits In our state for
display.
Let's have-our state of Ore
gon put on only the best and
decent
A born and all-time Oregon
resident '
, ISABELLE DITTER,
' Aumsville, Ore.
NEEDED HIS UNIFORM .
San Francisco (UJ! Police
Captain Leo J. Tackney, off
duty and in civilian clothes,
complained to the chief than
an unidentified municipal bus
driver became "belligerent"
when ho was told to move his
double-parked vehicle.
Tackey said the driver
thumbed his nose at him "of
fered abuse and further stated
that he didn't give a
for me."
"The action of the bus driv
er was anything but coopera
tive," Tackney said.
GOT PART OF IT BACK
Los Angeles U. Wesley
Lee Hersperger felt sorry for
three men who said a bandit
stole $180 from them.
Hersperger, 46, offered to
help track down the bandit.
He said they forced him to rob
a gas station of $50.
Salem IB Years Ag
lyllNMAXWlLl
August tl,
Howard Maple, assi,.,
football coach at Wilw?1
university, who had beea b1V
inf professional basebah
the midwest, had arranged .
leave for Salem soon, "!
"Spec" Keene, head WiluJr
ette coach.
Experiments had been m.
ducted at Brooks to detennw
the value of precoollng celtr.
for shipment '
Independence ferry had
started running on a 24-houi
three shift schedule to hand!.'
traffic to and from the w
yards. "
Marion county had engiM
space for a single booth at tha
state fair this year rather ths
the double space had by tha
county for the past 30 years.
Frank Davey had tha dis.
Unction of being honor guest
at a party at Silverton cele
brating his 85th blrthdajr.
Will Rogers and Wiley pMi
who bad been close together
in death, were many mil.
apart as a sorrowing nation
prepared to pay final tribute
to their memories.
A combined e 1 1 y-count.
building to replace the old
Marion county courthouse hM
been proposed at city council
ay Aiaerman jona a Minto,
Alderman David O'Hm
had become mayor to Salem
during the vacation absence of
Mayor V. E. Kuhn.
Wednesday had been mn.
claimed visitor's day at new
county shops on Silverton
hlghwsy.
Stockholders In the Thorn..
Kay Woolen Mill had met to
decide whether or not the mill
should be liquidated and cent
operation.
MOTOR VEHICLE GAIN
Albany Democrat-Herald
Linn county has been keen.
ing well up to the rest of tha
state in the number of motor
vehicle registrations as given
out by the motor vehicle divi
sion of the secretary of state's
office.
The increase In registrations
in the first six months of 1993
over the top figure of 1952 in
Linn county was 748, makini
the total as of June 30 last
13,140. Meanwhile the state
gained an almost even five per
cent, matching the lncreaie
shown here.
Lane, Marlon and Benin
counties showed approximate
the same rate of gain..
f faun j
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