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SUPER SIDE SHOW
DULLES NO APPEASER
Secretary of State Dulles finds himself under fire in
three world capitals because of his speech to the American
Legion convention at St Louis Wednesday and his re
marks at Thursday news conference, in which he called
a spade spade. But his remarks pleased the great ma
jority of Americans, who rejoice that futile appease
ment policies that got the U.S. nowhere and so long dom
inant in our st?te department nave peen discarded.
Dispatches from Bonn, Germany, New Delhi, India, and
Borne cite angry reactions by the communists and social
ista against Dulles because he endorsed Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer for re-election Sunday. India's Brahman
res-im ia anirered by his criticism of their volley of neu
trality and maintaining a foreign policy independent of
that of the East or West in the United Nations, oi wnicn
India is a member. Italian tempers flared over Dulles'
remarks on Trieste for saying that the United States is
open minded about Trieste settlement.
' These critics say that Dulles' remarks were a vicious
attempt by the American government to interiere witn
' the policies of their countries. In Germany criticism is
confined to the communists and socialists, but they have
no criticism of Bussia's treatment of Germany and the
Kremlin's open attempt to coerce and terrorize both naat
and West Germany and sending, thousands oi goons xo
destroy election stations. .
Both Bussian and Chinese communists are and have
been threatening India by terrorist tactics, but there is
no criticism of Bed interference.
The Kremlin and its satellites have for years attempted
to seize control of Italy and have interfered in every elec
tion and done their best to demoralize war recovery, but
there was do angry protest On the other hand, as Dulles
said, this country has unsuccessfully tried to una an
alternative to the 1948 proposal it supported which favors
turning the entire Adriatic free zone over to Italy.
All these three nations, .along with others, have been
saved from Red domination by the active assistance,
military, economic and financial of the United States
which certainly earned the right to warn them against de
struction by a fatal appeasement of an implacable bar
barous enemy. G. P.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Columnist Offers Help to
Committee at Charlotte
DULLES WARNS RED CHINA
1 It is an open secret that Bed China may enter the war
in Indochina on a larger scale now that she is no longer
fighting in Korea and this Secretary of State Dulles
sought to forestall by his announcement to the American
Legion convention in St Louis that the U.S. will react in
a military way to such a move,
r Just what we will do if Bed China becomes an active
participant in the war against the French and their na
tive allies Dulles did not say. The administration has
made it clear that it will not send U.S. troops into that
jungle country, which all Americans applaud. We are
supplying large and growing quantities of war material
and evidently plan to step this up still further.
Between what we are already doing and what we won't
do is a large area. This could include a naval .blockade
of the China coast which would bring us into collision
with the British, and aerial attacks on Chinese targets.
We would not presumably renew the fighting in Korea
ovef Indochina, but if the Chinese broke the truce we
might go all-out for a military victory.
In any event Bed China has been told to lay off Indo
china and by plain implication the rest of Southeast
Asia, which she now has forces available to attack if she
decides so to use them. The threat may prevent a widen
ing of the Asiatic war and it may be one we will have to
carry out. It's a dangerous course, as would be any other
we might follow in this struggle to prevent Communism
from engulfing the rest of the world. It's a hole we got
ourselves into when we let China fall into enemy hands.
WELCOME TO THE FAIR
' The Oregon State Fair is an annual event of statewide
Importance and scope, sponsored and maintained by the
state government. All the progressive people of Orepon
have had a part in its continuance through a long period
of 88 years.
' Yet Salem, as the home of the fair, feels a responsi
bility for its success the responsibility of a hostess city.
So today, as the 88th annual State Fair opens this city ex
tends warm welcome to the thousands who will pass
through the gates of the fair in the next week.
Like a good hostess she is going to do her best to make
everybody feel at home. It's a big job and a tolerant atti
tude will be appreciated. The hostess will do her best.
The State Fair helps Salem and Salem wants to help
the fair. One indication of that is those street banners,
no longer confined as they once were to the downtown
district but appearing on all streets entering the city, a
reminder to tourists that they should stop and go to the
fair.
In Salem during fair week here's no better place than
the fairgrounds where buildings for visitor comfort have
kept pace with all other prom-ess. Even on a rainv dav
and no rain is indicated this fair week you can almost
see the fair with dry feet and no umbrella.
GENERAL WAINWRIGHT
Defeat often produces better loved heroes than virtorv.
America has had few opportunities to test this, the chief
example being General Robert E. Lee who led the "lost
cause" of the confederacy.
We suffered defeat in the earlv davs of World War II
when our little army in the Bataan was overwhelmed by
far superior Japanese forces, with General Jonathan
"Skinny" Wainwright in command after General Mac-
Arthur left on orders from President Roosevelt
Wainwrig!.t conducted himself as a brave and gallant
soldier Doth during the fighting and those tragic days in
prison camp that followed and that doubtless shortened
his lire. Death came Wednesday, due to a blood clot
Wainwright will be burled with other American heroes
fn Arlington cemetery near the nation's capital and he
will be forever enshrined with "that brave and daring
lew" wnose deeds live on to inspire future generations.
Washington The citizens of
Charlotte, N.C., have appointed
a committee to itudy the police
of that staid and churchgoing
community. The committee.
consisting of a preacher, a
druggist and a businessman,
seem sincerely anxious to do a
good job, and her is some in
formation which may help
them.
When the Kefauver crime
committee dug into the rack
eteering of Frank Erickson, the
blg-ihot gambler now in jail,
they ran into the manner in
which he organized off-track
betting in that mecca of win
ter vacationists, Miami. Erick
son, according to Kefauver
committee testimony, placed
his men Inside the track, to
gether with a series of book
makers outside the track in
the leading hotels of Miami.
All of this was strictly Illegal.
One of the operators who
handled the bets for Erickson
was named Allen Cantor, who,
according to the testimony of
Abe Allenberg "handled the
comeback money.
That is the money that is
bet, that is called in to a
telephone somehow in the
neighborhood (of the track)
and they would come to the
track and would bet it on the
horses," Allenberg testified.
"who are the people who
operated inside the track for
Erickson?" committee counsel
Hallcy asked.
"Briggs, Cantor, Zeldow,"
was the reply.
There was other testimony
by Dan Sullivan of the Miami
crime commission, also naming
Al Cantor as an Erickson
agent.
ly DREW PEARSON
POMCE OFFICIAL
INTERVENES
Now the interesting thing
about Mr. Cantor is that he
and his brother Irving once
operated their gambling rack
et in staid churchgoing Char
lotte, N.C., at which the Can
tors were on the most friendly
terms with the man who is
now chief of police, Frank
Littleiohn.
Information which came to
me from Washington and Ke
fauver Investigation sources
indicated that police chief Lit
tleiohn, then chief of detec
tives In Charlotte, once had
sought to stop a nation-wide
search for Allen Cantor when
he was wanted as a material
witness In a Washington mur
der. The information also in
dicated that Lamar Caudle of
North Carolina, before he Join
ed the Justice department, had
been approached by Littlejohn
In an effort to stop the search
for Cantor.
These reports went Into con.
slderable detail. But in order
to check the complete accura
cy of these reports I called Mr
Caudle and he admitted that.
prior to becoming U.S. attor
ney in western North Carolina,
he, as a lawyer, had been call
ed by Llttlejohn to the apart
ment of Irving Cantor in Char
lotte. Mr. Caudle said at that
time he had not known either
of the Cantors and had not
known that they operated
gambling ring in Charlotte.
Llttlejohn, he admitted, had
told him that the Washington
police were looking for Allen
Cantor in connection with the
murder oi a newsboy in the
Albaa Towers apartment In
Washington, and according to
Cantor, were about to Issue .a
description of Cantor, to be
posted in all post ofices, in
order to apprehend him.
Littlejohn told Caudle that
it would be most embarrassing
if the oosters were put up on
post office bulletin boards. He
didn't say so, but obviously it
would be Impossible for a
gambler to operate if wanted
by the police in connection
with a murder case. He asked
Caudle, as a lawyer, to go to
Washington to head off the
poster.
"WANTED" POSTER
SUPPRESSED
Caudle went to Washington,
and on the instruction of Po
lice Chief Llttlejohn, sought
out Washington Police Inspec
tor Floyd Truscott. However,
Truscott was in Hagerstown,
Md., attending a police meet
ing. Caudle drove to see him
there, gave him the message
from Littlejohn and asked him
to call Littlejohn in Charlotte.
Inspector Truscott did so.
Lltlejohn said that he could
vouch for Cantor, said Cantor
could add nothing to the mur
der case in Washington. Trus
cott observed that the murder
case had now been solved and
agreed to tear up the poster
asking Jor Cantor s apprehen
sion.
Later Cantor's brother Irving
came to Caudle, also through
the good offices of Llttlejohn,
and asked him as an attorney
to handle an Income-tax mat
ter. Interna! revenue had as
sesscd Irving Cantor a tax of
$44,000. This turned out to
be a -tax on gambling winnings
Caudle took the matter up
with the regional office of in
ternal revenue in Greensboro,
N.C., and, after various nego
tiations, a tax settlement was
paid. Irving Cantor is now
operating in Chicago.
These are the brief, bare
facts about the man who is
now police chief of Charlotte
and his friendship with gam
biers. Mr. Caudle was not
anxious to talk about the mat
ter, but I am convinced that
he told the truth, Just as he
has told the truth before the
Keating committee to an ex
tent that he won its public
praise.
While these events occurred
some years ago, they are ev
ents which the people of Char
lotte Have a right to . know
about In their laudable desire
to Improve police conditions
In their city. It will be up to
them to Judge whether a police
inspector who Befriended a
gambling ring in the oast is
the type who will be on the
alert to root out gambling in
tne present and future.
"But," she worries, "I suppose
now some columnist will write
that the house, wasn't good
enough for Admiral Radford
and he had to have it torn
apart." . . . Gen. Nate Twining,
air force chief of staff, received
a startling letter from his son,
announcing that he wanted to
quit the air force. 'Alarmed,
the elder Twining rushed a
fatherly letter to his son,
urging him to change his mind.
But the answer came back, a
firm "no soap."
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Salem 48 Years Ago
ly UN MAXWELL
A peace treaty had been
signed between Russia and Ja
pan thereby ending the war
between those nations.
Waitresses in Seattle had
celebrated Labor day by com
mandeering automobiles and
riding in the parade.
Salem RamMers baseball
team had defeated the Dallas
Alerts by a score of 6 to I.
A. D. Pettyjohn, proprietor
of Hall's ferry road and ferry,
had advertised his route as the
shortest to points in Polk coun
ty and that no autos or steam
engine were permitted on his
road or ferry.
Cbas. K. Spaulding Loaainl
Co. wss selling slab wood for
S1.75 a load or 10 loads for
$1 in 1905.
WASHINGTON WHIRL
Mrs. Arthur Radford, wife
of the new chairman of the
Joint chiefs of staff, lost out in
the scramble for the three
fanciest military homes, but
now she is getting even with
the other military wives
Though she ended up In a rear
aamirars house at the naval
gun factory, extensive renova
tions have been ordered. The
home will be made suitable for
tne wife oi a four-star admiral
. . "These changes should
nave been made long ago.'
complained Mrs. Radford.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Death Gets Up Early as
Holiday Week-end Arrives
y HAL iOTLI
Miss M. D. Evans. Salem mil
liner, had announced her grand
opening with every hat new.
nobby and up-to-date; pattern
hats, tailored hats, street hats,
gage nats and polo turbans.
Britt and Nelson were re
ported in fine shape for the
big fight to be staged in San
Francisco for the champion
ship. '
Marshall Field and Mrs. Ca-
ton -had been united in mar
riage at St. Margaret s, Westminster.
Fruit Inspector Armstrong
had seized and destroved a
small lot of infected pears of-
terea lor sale by a Salem
grocer.
MORTUARY SHARE 80LD
Lebanon Mr. and Mr. no
Jost have purchased the inter
est of Joe McHenry in the
Jost-McHenry funeral home,
located at Park and Grant Sts.
The chapel will now be known
as the Jost Funeral home,
owned and operated exclus
ively by Don and Donna Jost
Jose and his wife, who is a
nurse at the community hospl-
mi, came 10 iDanon in Janu
ary of 19S2. Ambulance serv
ice was added after their arrival.
I P.M. Nightly
Mat t.lt Son. sad Mea.
NOW
ADM. 11 TO S1.IS INC. TAX
New York, Death got
tin arhr Saturday morning.
Most of America slept late
at the start of this long Labor
Dav week-end rest fro its
usual work, but Death prompt
ly went en overtime.
If an ox. a cow, a horse
could decls-e itself a holiday
to show that Ufa holds a dig
nity and reward beyond "the
sweat of toil, it would browse
and dream in pure animal
wonder, and rise refreshed on
the morrow. And even death
might take most of the day off,
too. .
But when mankind has a
holiday for any reason, death
can know no Idleness. He
roust tabulate a great human
self-slaufhter.
And so it was ueain rose
early . . '. he had a lot to do
in the three busy days ahead
he had many a mortal
rendezvous to keep on the
highway and byway v in homes
ana seioons, on puna mu y- -ment
a mountain cliff . and
summer clay ground
for Death had a ooudic
duty ... he had not only
hia usual Job to do, the escort
ing of the sick and old ana
life -worn across his pale
frontier ... he had his extra
holiday clients to attend to
the lost battalion or tne
needless dead .
On such days Death, the fair
weather friend of the foolish,
initiates new members into
the D.O.A. club . . . this club
has no dues and no life mem
berships ... it is made up of
unseeing people who are
brought to hospitals and tag
ged with a card bearing three
initials that stand for "Dead
On Arrival."
Yes, Death got up early
for In the next three days
there are hundreds of Amer
icans he must meet and wave
to their doom, a D.O.A. tag
the potential new member
ship crop was ' large and the
land was wide . . ., and Death
conscientious ... he didn't
want anyone who earned that
tag to miss it . . .
Wherever Americans set out
celebrate the holiday, this
skeletal comrad of the stupid
and careless went right along
for the fun.'
And here Is what he will
say, or perhaps is saying even
now:
In ten thousand cars round
ing ten thousand curves he
whispers to the driver, "Go
on and pass that cafnahead of
you . . . how da you know
there is another car coming
around the bend? . . '. never
mind what your wife is say
ing ..."
And on some of the curves
another car does come around
the bend . . . there' is a scream
and a crash of metal . . . Death
says to the silent husband. "So
long, sucker" . . . and says to
the silent wife, "Dear, you'll
never get to marry another
fool" . . . then he walks over
to the silent huddled driver
of the second car and says,
"Pal, I know you didn't want
to Join our organization . . .
but I am only taking member
ships, and this other guy
nominated you . . . and now
you belong . . ."
Or Death puts his arms
around a teen-age high school
driver and says, "Faster, kid,
faster . . boy, you're a real
hot rod . . . sure you can see
clear in the moonlight ... see
how close you can come to
that bridge" ... A moment
later the boy's ribs are in his
lunca. blood drowns his whim
pen, and Death tags him and
says. "You know, I almost
thouaht you'd make It
Well, even counting the fu
neral costs, I saved your folks
most of the f 3,000 they'd put
away for your college educa
tion . .
. And somewhere a mother at
a picnic, busy fixing the din
ner, is sure someone else in
tha family is keeping an eye on
tha child who toddles toward
the lakefront . . . and sure
enough, someone is . . ..
I "Come in little girl,' says
Death from the water. "I will
catch you, and your mother
will never, never forget you
again. See the pretty tags I
have for you ..."
An overweight man of 45
with e fading heart calls across
the tennis court and says to
his boy, "Son, I'll beat you
this fifth set or drop dead."
And as be lifts the ra
cquet, Death taps him and
says, ''Drop . . . ' i
I Then Death hurries to a
I barroom . . . there's a fellow
betting be can drink a pint
bottla of whisky without
drawing a breath . . . and
Death grins and says, "Just a
dead fame sport to the end,
arent you. Mister? ...
And before the empty bot
tle falls to the floor. Death is
off to a lonely room where a
lonely man sick with self-pity
looks at the gun in his hand
and mutters, "Would- I be
sny more lonely dead? ...
and Death, writing bis tag
says, "Come and see. . . ."
So Death "will move at a
ceaseless pace this Saturday
Sunday and Monday, olavin
a deadly game of tag across
all America with tha holiday
risk-takers and their victims
ana tne foolish . . . lu
the unwary. Wherever he
pauses 'an ambulance will
halt, pick up a still
and race with it to a h.i.i
where it will get the epitaph
d.o.a."dmii - i i r
On Tuesday, whan h. k.h
day Insanity is over. n..h
slowing down to his normal
rounds, may look back, sick
at his own vast three-day
harvest, and ask wearily: .
"How many holld.v. ... t
go through like this without
killing myself?"
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Impact of Faith May Break
Barriers Between Nations
sum TYinsion tnurcnm a
few years ago referred to the
invisible barrier set uo bv
Russia between the USSR and
tne wee world as "the Iron
Curtain." we have mm. t
understand how apparently im
pregnable some invisible bar
riers can become. We have
invisible barriers of varying
strengths between religious
bodies, we find them in the
field of education, social stratas,
and between races.
While invisible barriers, or
so-called iron curtain, may be
Impervious to armies, they
may eventually become vulner
able to an impact of prayer and
human understanding exer
cised on both sides of the cur
tains. General Romulo of the
Philippines, when addressing
the United Nations conference
in San Francisco several years
ago, said, "The only Impreg
nable line left in the world
today is the line of human
understanding."
Speaking of iron curtains,
I'm reminded of a famous iron
gate in early Christian history
that gave way to an impact of
massed prayer and faith. Peter
was in prison. King Herod had
intended to. slay him. But the
By REV. GEORGE H.5WIFT
RMuf. eta nai'i SsiwoMi tnuna
record says that prayer waa
made without ceasing of tha
church unto God for him. Mora
and more we read of experi
ences of those who have lad
miraculous things happen to
thorn through the prayers of
people who are full of faith.
Peter awaited death in the
dungeon. One night the ehaln
fell off his hands. The lion
gate that led to the eity
"opened of its own accord,"
and Peter was free!
There are times when in
surmountable obstacles seem
to cross our paths, then and
angel, or something, causes the
barriers to melt away.
Self-interest, greed, lust for
power, pride, have created iron
curtains. Other interests must .
be put into action to take their
piace. some day, with the
prayera of millions on each
side, the invisible, intangible '
iron curtain may open of its
own accord, or disappear com
pletely. But in the meantime,
we must not cease to be alert,
w mun uu. can on tne guard,
bt we must keen uo r,r
strength while prayers without
ceasing are being made by the
religious peoples of tha world
within and without the iron
curtain.
For a Pretty Girl
Salt Lake Tribune
Beauty being at a premium
almost anywhere, you'd think
a pretty girl could get along all
right under Just about any sys
tem of society.
But Sofie Ivancko, pretty
Buglarian miss of 23, didn't
find that true. Sent to Den
mark as an interpreter with the
Bulgarian delegation to the
Women's Democratic World
Union, meeting in Copenhagen,
Sofie walked to a Danish po
lice station and asked political
asylum since granted.
The Bulgarian girl was neith
er a Communist nor active in
the Bulgarian resistance. In
fact, ahe said, as many a pretty
girl might "I am not very po
litically minded."
But, ahe lamented, life just
wasn't worth living in Com-munlst-run
Bulgaria. Family
life has been ruined. Wages
are low, prices high. Suppres
sion and supervision are con
stant "Just to live under commun
ism gives one reason enough
to wish one's self far away,"
said Sofie.
And so the West is the net
gainer by one pretty girl plus
a lesson on the unsatisfactory
nature of life, even for a comely
miss, under Communist rule.
Leon Hardsman, star left
halfback on Georgia Tech's
unbeaten and untied team,
averaged 8.5 yards per carry
last season.
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