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UN PENALIZES LOYALTY PROBE
A top United Nations tribunal has ruled 11 American
employee of the UN were fired illegally in connection
with the U.S. loyalty investigation. Four were ordered
reinstated to their jobs with back pay and seven others
awarded a total of $122,500 damages.
The decision was handed down at Berne, Switzerland,
by the administrative tribunal, the U-N.'e highest court
of appeals. The total estimated cost to the U.N. is $135,
000 in addition to full back pay ordered for the 12 whose
dismissals were overruled. The dismissals of 9 were up
held.
Most of those discharged
mend (relating to self-incrimination) in refusing to answer
senate or federal grand jury questions to to wnetner tney
were communists. Only one of the group ever admitted
communist connections.
The tribunal held that it was no violation of staff rules
to invoke the Fifth amendment and this alone was not
efficient cause for dismissal. It also held that mem
bership in any particular party would not, in itself be
justification for firing
In most cases of employes holding permanent contracts
with the U.N, the tribunal
services" charge was not
ever, the secretary-general s
ation any holders of temporary contracts.
- The United States would be expected to pay approxi
mately 35 per cent of the amount awarded the dismissed
employes, under the present basis lor sharing united
Nations overall costs. But inasmuch as the U.S. pays
mmr. if th natjt Af that TT
greater.
The decision means that the United States must pay
salaries to communists employed by it in the U.N., which
emphasizes the carelessness shown in their appointments
by the state department under the Acheson regime which
it has been charged was honeycombed by Reds. It may
lead congress to refuse to make appropriations to pay
the communists.
As Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R., Ind.) said, "it's more
proof of how far the government of the United States
has gone in giving up the sovereignty of the American
people. Our government is growing subservient to the
United Nations and is giving up our prerogatives and
sovereign rights." '
One thing seems certain, it will increase sentiment for
passage of the Bricker amendment curbing the power
of the president in treaty making, favored by the Ameri
can Bar association, and the Dulles proposal for a revision
of the U.N. charter. G. P.
BANKRUPT IRAN SEEKS HELP
The kind of rabble rousing politics Mossadegh played
inlran gains plaudits, votes and power in many countries,
including some with much less of a "rabble" than Iran,
but it usually leaves behind the same kind of a legacy as
old Mossy did when he was overthrown.
The young shah reveals that the country is some $500
million in the hole, the treasury empty, the army, upon
which the power of the government depends, unpaid and
unlikely therefore to rebel The government received
the bulk of its revenue from oil. It could have received a
good deal more under the more liberal contract Mossadegh
could have negotiated with
scorned.
Mossadegh evidently believed the free world had to
have oil from the world's largest refinery at Abadan in
Iran, and so did many others, but all underestimated the
ability of the free world to cope with emergencies. Pro
duction was increased elsewhere and now the free world
is glutted with oil. Abadan's production isn't needed, or
wanted by the oil industry whose problem now is to sell.
not to produce.
But the new Iranian government needs financial heln
right now, and will doubtless
dare not leave the shah with nowhere to turn but to
Russia. Ironically not Iranlcally, please note Russia
needs this oil which the free world doesn't need, but Rus
sia has no present means of transporting it. We have
very reason to keep the oil from Russia, for oil is a sinew
of military power.
So presumably the shah will get his help, on the basis
of resuming negotiations with Britain over the Abadan
refinery. Britain is said now
alization, but wants a contract to operate it and to nay
itself something for the property, out of its share of the
profits, which were very large before the trouble. The
fr world will have to ahsnrh thm unneeHnri nil. inmohnw.
for we dare not let it go to Russia, along with political
control of the country, which Russia also wants.
But it will take Iran a long time to gain back what old
Mossadegh threw away in his avarice, passion and ignorance.
Keeps Job
New York Times
The dectiloa reached by
Secretary ot Commerce Weekf
to retain Dr. Allen V. Aitln In
definitely as director of the
National Bureau ot Standard
is the only en that could have
been reached In th light ot
the record. Though th iiit
plcion engendered by the dis
missal of Dr. Aitln that hence
forth th directorship ot the
bureau was to b a patronage
Mat may not hive been jus
tified, the Secretary must now
(ace the new on that Dr. A
tin's reinstatement 1 a matter
of political expediency. The
ippotntment of James C
Worthy. Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, as supervisor of
business administration for the
bureau may be wise, but time
alone can tell whether or not
It it a face-eavini procedure.
From the beginning of this
unhappy affair the Secretary's
rJpSnt has been faulty. Dr.
Sja was dismissed, not after
rLW aelentifl com.
Mxnpw1"
.Mae had investigated th bu
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had invoked the Fifth amend
held that the "unsatisfactory
proved. It recognized, how
right to fire without explan
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the British, but which he
get it because the free world
to be reconciled to nation
Transient Arraigned
For Albany Assault
Albany Ernest Forest How
ell, 33. transient, arrested late
Monday on a charge ot auault
with a dangerous weapon, was
arraigned in district court
Tuesday before Judge Wendell
Tompkins, who continued the
case until Thursday at 1:30
pm. and who set Howell's
bond at $2000. which h fail
ed to produce.
I Howell is accused of assault
ing Jickie Lee Cochran, 23.
Unlontown, Pa., In hobo
Jungle camp east of th city
limits with a poker Saturday
night. Cochran Is under treat
ment at th Albany General
hospital for serious Injuries,
Including a suspected skull
trsctur.
mlttee had been appointed.
Even now we have only s
rather casual reierence to that
cwnmums reoori, still un
published.
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Heedless Hal Boyle Scales
Catskill Mountain Ledge
By HAL
Editor's note: Giant's Ledge, I
hitherto Irreproachable out
cropping ef the Catskllls, has
been scaled by a party led by
Atop Giant's Ledge, N.Y. OT
At last! At last! We are
here!
I can hardly breathe. Boy,
even at 3,000-plus feet the
auto exhaust fumes get you in
the Catskllls.
Our party has planted the
Confederate flag on the peak
here and w are negotiating to
sell th place to Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey.
First of all. I would like to
say that this feat would have
been Impossible without the
careful planning of my faithful
Sherpa wife, Frances. She
fixed the sandwiches.
She Is back at base camp
No. 1 home. I will never for
get her heartening farewell
words:
"Anyone who tries to scale
Giant's Ledge after 40 when he
could stay here and play gin
rummy is nuts.
Nor can I wipe from my
mind her querulous fsmlnine
query:
"Why is Giant s Ledge such
a challenge to you?"
Surely you must remember
my quiet but firm reply:
"Because, my dear, it is
there."
"Well, It is stiU there and
I and my party are atop of it.
We did a typical American
thing on accomplishing this
feat. We first sat down and
panted, scratched our initials
on a rock, and cooked some
hot dogs.
Naturally the world won
dera what it la like up here in
the clear, clean cough, cough
ozone. Well it appears that this
area one had a tropical cli
mate, as the first thing we saw
was a ruined orange peel. Also
it had been penetrated earlier
by a barbarian explorer who
inscribed this proud message
of his achievement:
"Kllroy was here."
Nothing else Is left of his
passing. On can but wonder
what emotions stirred the
breast ot that forgotten rude
Pains, distress of "those days'1 stopped
or amazingly relieved
in 3 out ef 4 cases
In ejectors' tests!
Here's wonderful news tor
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This news win not surprise th
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Orefoa
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BOYLE
Heedless Hal Boyle, a barefoot
Missouri boy with an Iron pur
pose. His first-person story
follows:
savage chief as he ' surveyed
the tremendous scene.
' He has gone, but time has
not dimmed the splendor of
that vista. Humbly we stood in
the dread shadow of an even
more unassailable peak called
well, let's be honest Mt.
Pleasant. With two more oxy
gen masks and three more hot
dogs we could of climbed it,
too, and that's the truth.
Below us spread the far
splendid acres of the lady who
sells fresh corn for 73 cents a
dozen ears on weekends and
50 cents a dozen on Mondays,
when tourists are scarce.
History, of course, will want
to know who first reached the
top of Giant's Ledge. Was it
Bill and Fredrika Gray of Life
Magazine, the sponsors of our
expedition, or one of the six
freckled young animals in their
keeping? Or. was it I? Or was
it Mrs. Hugh Tenzing Blake,
who previously had prepared
for the ordeal by climbing ev
ery rugged cliff in Bermuda?
The world may wonder, but
we mountaineers have no jea
lousy. For us it was a team job,
You will never get from us the
secret ot who was first to reach
the top.
What difference does it
make? We made the peak.
But I will give you a tip. It
you are middle-aged and try.
ing to scale a mountain, al
ways follow behind the pret
tiest girl in the party. It will
give you something to look
forward to, as you climb from
peck to peak.
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much meat as 100 cattle.
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and pain so often aamrlated with
"those days"!
Remember Plnkhsmt, too tf
you're sufferlnc the -hot flushes
and other functlonaUr-teused dis
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Religious Schools
The Christian Century
Incisive commendation of
some privately supported col
leges and universities comes
from a study published re
cently by the University of
Chicago and Wesleyan Univer
sity presses.
It indicates that such schools
are the main producers ot fu
ture scholars in this country.
Two Wesleyan psychologists
Robert H. Knapp and Joseph
R. Greenbaum studied 862
colleges and universities to
discover students who show
most promise of intellectual
achievements. They found that
since 1948 some 50 American
institutions produced more
than 10 male scholars for each
1,000 graduates. A scholar by
their measurements was a man
who earned a Ph.D. or a uni
versity fellowship or a private
foundation fellowship in open
competition.
By this measure, 31 of the
50 schools turned out to be
privately supported liberal
arts colleges. Nearly all of
these were founded by
churches or by churchmen
with a strong religious inter
est. Only 12 are universities
and three technical schools.
Quaker-founded S w a r t h
more leads the list with a pro
portion of 61.2. Other top
scores: Reed College, Oregon,
53.1; University of Chicago,
48 4; Oberlln, 39.8; Haverford,
39.5. The dozen, women's col
leges which . also had more
than 10 scholars per thousand
were likewise, with two ex
ceptions, private or church-related.
Th Younger American
Scholar deserves to be care
fully studied by persons who
are weighing once more the
meaning of education and the
relation of a Christian purpose
thereto.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Think Acid in Baby Talc
Caused Infants' Deaths
By DREW
Washington The federal
food and drug administration
la quietly gathering evidence
that the so-called "harmless"
boric acid contained In baby
tale and ointments has actual
ly caused th Death of scores
of infanta in recent years.
"When all the evidence Is
In," said one FDA official,
"we're going to insist manu
facturers put some type of
warning label on their prod
ucts. "In the meantime," he con
tinued, "we're encouraging
manufacturers to stop the use
of boric acid In any product
where a substitute can be
found."
For years, borated tale and
ointment have been standard
items in. almost every home
medicine chest. Mothers have
considered it a routine, safe
treatment for minor cuts and
rashes diaper rash in par
ticular. No one knows how many
infants have died as a result of
boric-acid poisoning. Gener
ally, such deaths have b-en at
tributed to some other cause.
According to Dr. James Ducey
of New York's Roosevelt hos
pital, "Infant deaths often at
tributed to meningitis and
pneumonia actually are caused
by boric acid in a powder ap
plied by mothers in a mistaken
belief that it has soothirig
therapeutic value.
"The error In diagnosis oc
curs," says Dr. Ducey, "be
cause autopsies in these cases
are so rare. Relatively large
quantities ot pure boric add
are available for absorption
from ordinary dusting powders
containing boric acid."
EARLY WARNING
What started the food and
drug administration's probe of
boric acid in baby talc was
medical reports such as that
by Dr. Russell Fisher, chief
medical examiner of Balti
more, who as early as 1931
wrote:
No attention has been paid
to the possibility of absorption
of boric acid from powders or
other preparations applied to
the surface ot the body. That
there is real danger of poison
ing by boric-acid absorption
through areas of dermatitis
(srin Infection) has been
learned during our study of
the unexpected deaths of in
fants in Baltimore in the past
two years.
"The usual history,' warned
Dr. Fisher, "is that ot the de
velopment of a 'diaper rash'
In an infant under one year of
age, and the treatment of tne
dermatitis by repeated appli
cation of boric acid in a starch
or talc mixture ... It Is con
sidered highly probable that
many cases of fatal boric-acid
poisoning occur but go un
diagnosed." NOTICE TO MOTHERS
Another Earning published
in the AMA's Journal of Dis
eases of Children by Doctors
Clement Brooke and Thomas
Boggs stated: "Boric acid and
sodium borate are sufficiently
poisonous to cause severe sym
ptoms and death when used in
amounts commonly considered
to be perfectly sate. Boric
acid is readily absorbed by a
number of different routes and
is particularly Insidious in that
symptoms may be minimal
(minor) until e lethal or near
lethal dose has been absorb
ed." Despite numerous warnings
by medical experts, the food
snd drug administration finds
that some manufacturers of
boric-acid products have been
hard to convince. As a result,
unsuspecting drugstores con
tain millions of cans of borated
talc and boric-acid ointment
PEARSON
with no warning labels to
alert the unsuspecting house
wife or mother.
Note Due to curtailed
funds, it will be another year
before the food ana orug aa
ministration can complete its
study and force manufacturers
to place the necessary warning
labels on boMc-acia proaucu,
HEADLINES AND
FOOTNOTES
Secretary of th Treasury
Humphrey is burned up over
a New York Times story that
the administration hopes to
balance th budget with a na
tional sales tax. Actually,
Humphrey had talked off the
record to a group of newsmen,
but what the treasury secre
tary actually said was that
"national sales tax is one of
many things being consider
ed." Secretary Humphrey
feels that the Times not only
violated ' th off -the record
agreement, but got .the story
twisted. As a result, the New
York Times will not be invited
to any more of Humphrey's
off-the-record conferences .
Along with a national sales
tax, the treasury department
Is considering a manufacturing
excise tax at the production
rather than the retail level,
and is even studying another
boost In income and corporate
taxes. No final decision will
be made until the treasury has
a complete picture of the gov
ernment's needs . . . Internal
revenue bureau has stopped
reviewing the tax returns of
the big corporations, believe
it or not, as an economy move.
Hereafter, the word of the
agent in the field will be final
on whether the corporations
have paid then- fuU taxes. Yet
millions of dollars have been
recovered every year by re
viewing tax returns in Wash
ington. . This means th big
corporations will get off easier
in the future, and, if there are
any dishonest agents left in
the field, they may be tempted
to make a deal with certain
corporations,- knowing that the
returns will never be double
checked . . . Senator McCar
thy stated bluntly the other
day that a man who refuses to
testify on the grounds that he
might be Incriminated, must
be guilty. Thus, by McCar
thy's own standards, he Is
guilty of six grave violations
of the law, since he refused to
appear before a congressional
committee and - answer ques
tions about his finances.
WASHINGTON PIPELINE
The army has quietly pro
moted Brig. Gen. Edwin SI
bert, the intelligence "expert
who was caught asleep at the
Battle of the Bulge. He re
fused to believe the Germans
were massing in the Ardennes,
and as a result, the unsuspect
ing American army was caught
off-base. Finally, after 11
years, Sibert got his second
star . . . Secretary of Labor
Martin Durkin still keeps an
active hand in his old union.
the afl Plumbers and Pipe
fitters. He'll be a voting dele
gate at th AFL's annual con
vention in St. Louis, Sept. 21.
. . . The British will soon test
precision atomic bombing at
their Australian proving
ground. The British have so
perfected radar aiming with
an atom bomb they can just
about hit a dime . . . The de
fense department has ordered
a survey of all its commissar
ies and PX's to determine
whether to close them down.
At least some post exchanges
will be closed after Novem
ber ... U. S. strategists are
now convinced Russia will
Wednesday, September 1 1SS
Salem 34 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
September 1, 1S5I
Drcadnaught Arkansas
battleship Vermeat and
North Carolina, scout cruiser,
Blrminghsm and six destroy,
ers were scheduled to b at
Portland September S-10
1819.
A Dutch aviator had flown
over von Bentinck eastla at
Amerongen, Holland, to wave
a greeting to William Hohen
sollern sawing wood in th
castl garden, .
General Pershing had sail
ed from Brest, France, (or
America where he will lead
First Division parades tn New
York and Washington.
Opening of the bunting sea
son today had sent hundreds
of hunters into the mountains
of Oregon.
Forest fires In Oregon were
prsctlcslly under control due
to heavy rains.
Although there had been a
most unusual demand for
houses to rent and buy. Sa
lem bad very little building
during August, 1919. Onlv
six building permits had been
Issued for a total of $3350 in
new construction and for re
pairs. J. B. Miller, first witnei. to
testify before a congressional
subcommittee I n v estlgatini
the spruce division, had said
that the government railroad
built In Lincoln county was a
waste of money and that manv
engaged In the work "didn't
know a spruce tree from a
rose bush."
Her beit Hoover had declar
ed that high food costs in
America were entirely due to
failure of the allies to lift
the blockade against Central
Europe immediately after th
armistice.
At Indian Hill farm Craw
ford peaches were available
for $1 and S1.50 a bushel.
A hog weighing 200 pounds
had $8 less value in Salem
than it had one week ago.
never untie East Germsny
from its apron strings Best
intelligence from Inside th
Kremlin Is that the purged se
cret police chief, Beria, fa
vored an independent Ger
many as a buffer between the
east and west. He was op
posed, however, by Premier
Malenkov, who would not
agree to cut th communist
tie to Germany and permit
free elections . . . Here's more
bad news for farmers: Farm
costs, including wages for
farm hands and prices of farm
equipment, have climbed an
other 1 per cent while farm
prices have dropped a record
iz per cent.
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