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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Bales. Oregon
Capital AJournal
An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 '
BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher'
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus
' Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che-
meketa St., Salem Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want
Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409
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NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE
. For as long as even "Old Man Oregon" can remember
ft" been solemnly agreed that Messrs. Lovejoy and Pet
tygrove were somewhat less than inspired when they
Aimed that coin war back in 1845 and named our chief
city Portland instead of Boston, but they've also grum
bled that nothing could be done aoout it at tnis late date.
And the date kent setting later and later.
Now, at long last, 46 years after the revered Harvey
W. Scott said it was too late to consider changing the
name of Oregon's metropolis to its original Indian name
of Multnomah, a committee of Portland citizens includ
ing Stewart Holbrook and former Governor Oswald West
formally requests that it be done and wins the endorse
ment of the very Oregonian that headed off a similar
move nearly half a century ago.
The Oregonian this morning quotes Scott as observing
that Pettygrove and Lovejoy owned the town and had a
risrht to name it whatever they pleased. It adds that the
people who live in Portland own it now and have a right
to reverse the original decision u tney see he, ana me
Oregonian suggests that they do this by an election.
It was once believed that a change of name would lead
to years of confusion, but subsequent events have shown
such is not the case. Three great world cities today
curry different names than the youngsters of 40 years ago
knew them by. Oslo, the capital of Norway, was Chris-
tiania for 800 years prior to 1925, nut you nave to scratcn
our fiend to remember that now. Prior to World War I
iha then canitaJ dtv of Russia was St Petersburg. It
was changed to Petrograd by Czar Nicholas in 1914 be
cause St Petersburg was uerman, retrograa iiussian.
After the Bolshevik revolution the name was changed to
Leninjrrad. by which the world knows it .now. If the
- present Russian government is some day overthrown the
old name is likely to be restored. Istanbul was Constan
tinople for centuries prior to the Turkish revolution sub
sequent to world war L
Here in our own state we have witnessed enough name
changes to show that it is not difficult if the people really
wish to do it Many ox us still remember that iiniieia
college was McMinnville college the first half century
of its existence, but that certainly makes no difference
sow. Pacific college over at Newberg was only recently
changed to George Fox, by which it is already becoming
well known. And Coos Bay was Marshfield not long
ago. No serious difficulties seem to have been encoun
tered in this change, which was voted by the people.
It is not for we upstaters to tell Portland what to do,
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way of Christiania, Istanbul and Marshfield, but Mult
nomah is distinctive and unique., If adopted all four of
the Northwest's major cities would have local names
not shared by big and little towns all over the English
peaking world.
We hope Portland does vote on the question and makes
the change most Oregonians have long agreed should
have been made a long time ago.
Salem people will watch this drama with more interest
than the rest or the state, ror we nave an almost Identical
situation. We too, have a local Indian name many of our
people nave long zeit snouid nave been adopted instead
oi toe imitative saiem. This is Chemeketa. If Portland
changes to Multnomah, why not Salem to Chemeketa?
It's an exciting prospect which ought to be discussed
and acted upon.
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Tuesday, September 8, 1958
Salem 26 Years Ago
ly UN MAXWELL
September I, 1127
William Randolph Hearst
publisher backer of Old Glory
flight across tne Atlantic, naa
offered reward of 125,000 to
the captain and crew of the
ihlp that finds the mining oc
cupants of his sponsored plane.
Irate citizens of Southeast Sa-
lem had demanded of city
council that action be taken on
drainage of that part of town.
An International demand for
a check on speculative airplane
itunt flights had followed in
the wake of disappearance
within the past year of trans
oceanic fliers and death of
seven men in overseas flight
preparations.
Marion county with 1291
miles of road.' 182.7 being pav
ed and 625 macadamized, had
ben proclaimed by Roadmaster
W. J. Culver as the banner good
road county in the entire north
west
pnnn MAN? PHILOSOPHER
This Is Day for Rest After
Arduous Trials of Labor Day
Plans had been made to im
mediately begin construction of
a third story on the nortflwest
wing of Deaconess hospital.
Over 000 students, a major
ity of them girls, were on hand
for the 48th opening of the In
dian School at Cbemawa.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Church Leaders Stopped
From Bible Bombardment
By DREW PEARSON
CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of the United States su
preme court who died of a heart attack at his Washington
apartment early Tuesday, was born January 22, 1890, in
an obscure mountain villace in Kentucky "in a iail" as
ne liKea to tea necause his lather was the jailer and the
family lived in the front part of the jail.
Appointed by President Truman as chief Justice at the
age of 66 on June 24. 1946. his election canned a distin
guished public career that included service in all three
breaches of the government He had served in
as justice of the U.S. Court of Anneals for the district nf
Columbia and in several high executive posts including
that of secretary of the treasury.
Vinson also served, after his resignation from
as director of economic stabilization under Roosevelt to
control inflation in 1942, as federal loan administrator
to head the S40 million RFC and its acenriiw in iuk
Scarcely in the new office, he was named director of the
omce ox war mobilization to succeed James F. Byrne.
Few men In contrress enioved the nonuWitv
fidence that democrats and republicans alike renosed in
Mr. Vinson. Leaders of both political parties heaped
praise on htm when he retired from the legislative branch
of the government.
For all his loyalty to the New Deal and his devotion
to rreswent Kooseveit Mr. Vinson displayed a streak
of stubborn independence that stamped him as a man
with a mind of his own. He oDDosed Mr. Roonevelf.
economy bill and supported the soldier bonus bill which
the president vetoed.
As Chief Justice Vincent had to nresida over a Kew
Deal politically packed court consisting of eieht demo.
crata and one republican, which almost immediately split
into two factions, in which the chief judge did a good
Job as mediator or balance wheel in restoring nubile con
fidence in the tribunal. He was an affable and popular
middle of the road judge and peacemaker in the wrangle
between the divergent factions. He did not write a
large number of decisions, but participated in a number
oi important cases the last being the Rosenberg case.
President Eisenhower must shortly appoint a new chief
Justice. He might though it is unlikely, elevate one of
the following supreme court associate judges:
Hugo L. Black, 67. of Alabama, appointed August 1?, 1937;
Stanley Reed, 89, of Kentucky, appointed January 15. 1938
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. 1938: William O. Douglas, 85, of Waihlngton, appointed March
10, 1030; Robert H. Jackson, 61, of New York, appointed
June 12, 1941; Harold H. Burton of Ohio, 65. appointed Sep
tember 18, 1945; Thomas C. Clark, 54, of Texas, appointed
July 28, 1949; and Sherman Mlnton, 63, of Indiana, appointed
September 15, 1949.
All with the exception of the last three. Burton, Clark and
Mlnton, were appointed by the lata Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The others were appointed by former President Truman. All
but Burton are democrats.
Washington When Rev.
Carl Mclntyre, president of the
International Council of Chris
tian churches, was stopped by
German and State Department
authorities from dropping Bi
bles by balloon behind the Iron
Curtain, he remarked: "What
our State Department afraid
of? Can the word of God do
any harm?"
Rev. Mclntyre's irritation Is
understandable. It touches off
a snafu inside the State De
partment existing for some
time regarding the whole ques
tion of propaganda behind the
Iron Curtain.
The snafu is caused by three
groups inside the State Depart
ment:
Group No. 1 The propagan
da experts of the State Depart-
metn are anxious to push any
program that will get the right
information behind the Iron
Curtain. They have encourag
ed private groups, given them
excellent cooperation.
Group No. 2 The political
advisers fear reprisals from
Moscow, worry over reaction in
the satellite states, claim we
shouldn't stir up the satellites
until they are ready for a real
revolt and we are ready to sup
port them.
Group No. S Consists of
John Foster Dulles and the men
immediately around him. Dur
ing the election campaign.
Dulles promised the American
people the Elsenhower admin
lstration would promote unrest
and revolt behind the curtain.
Speaking at Buffalo Aug. 27, he
said that Eisenhower would
encourage quiet revolution in
Red dominated countries
through such methods as pas
There is some talk that the president may appoint Gov.
rnor Earl Warren of California, who recently announced
that tit would not be a candidate lor a fourth term
governor. He has an excellent record not only as an ad
mlnlstrator but a previous one as a distinguished member
of the bar, and be a deserved recognition of the Pacific his' repatriation. (UP Tele-
OPEN FORUM
Old Friend Regrets
Carkin s Retirement
LAST REPATRIATE
3
Air Force Capt Theodore
Karris (above) of Van Nuys,
Calif., the last American
prisoner to be repatriated in
Operation Big Switch, is
shown at Freedom Village,
Korea, following his ex
change. Capt Harris said he
had been held In solitary
confinement as a "wsr crim
inal" In Munkcn. Manchu
ria, from January 1953 until
slve resistance, slowdowns, In
dustrial sabotage."
- But the other day, the some
times confused Mr. Dulles re
versed himself and ruled that
food packages could not be de
livered' to East Germans by
balloon.
The Air Force had outlined
a plan showing that delivery
by balloon was perfectly feas
ible. The junior chamber of
commerce was anxious to pro
mote the project But Dulles,
despite his Buffalo speech, de
cided that balloons were im
practical. The Russians, he
claimed, would merely shoot
the balloons down.
BALLOON FACTS
However, here are some facts
Secretary Dulles didn't bother
to check. Last July the Cru
sade for Freedom launched
6600 balloons Into Czechoslo
vakia from West Germany, car
rying eight million pieces of
Czech paper money and 1,500,
000 leaflets telling the Czechs
about the Berlin riots and the
purge of Marshal Beria. This
was news the Czech people
either didn't know about or had
one-sided version of. The
leaflets gave pictures of the
Berlin riots, so the Czechs knew
they told the truth.
When the Communists got
wise to the first balloon bar
rage, they used seven MIGs
tor an entire day trying to
shoot down the balloons. Re
sult: The MIGs bagged three
balloons In two hours, while
the balloons were being launch
ed at the rate of 200 an hour.
Next day the Reds brought
out five ME-108s to try to stop
the balloon barrage. No suc
cess.
Two years ago when the Cru
sade tor Freedom and I pion
eered the first balloon opera
tion over Czechoslovakia we
dropped about 11,000,000 leaf
lets, flying the balloons during
the night in order to reach the
bigger cities at daybreak. This
time Red attempts to stop the
barrage fizzled completely.
In view of his campaign
pledges. Secretary Dulles
should take the trouble to ex
amine these facta further. No
wonder Rev. Mclntyre was
peeved.
Antique Furniture Nelson
Rockefeller, undersecretary of
health, education and welfare,
has borrowed some antique
furniture from Williamsburg,
Vs., the historic city which his
family restosed. . . . Rockefel
ler is using the furniture in his
office dining room at the H-E-W
department where Secretary
Oveta Culp Hobby doesn't use
the dining room ... she eats a
fruit salad at her desk to keep
ner trim figure.
Ambassador to Greece Sec
retary of State Dulles has
changed his mind about demot
ing jsck reuruoy, the very
able U. S. ambassador to
Greece. Dulles was all set to
exile Peurlfoy to Honduras,
simply becaxua he had been
close .to Dean Acheaon and
Jimmy Byrnes. But he got so
many protests from high-up Re
publicans that Dulles has now
backed down. . . . Peurlfoy will
get a new assignment In keep
ing with his fine record. He
To the Editor: As an old ac
quaintance of John H. Carkin
when 1 uvea in soutnern ure-
aon. I read with mingled feel
ings of satisfaction and regret
the news of his retirement.
The satisfaction came in
knowing that this long-time
public servant had reflected
credit upon those who had ap
pointed him to responsible pos
itionstheir trust was not mis
placed. 1
And that ne nas also neipea
raise to a higher standard the
honest and conscientious serv
ice being rendered by our many
public officials.
The regret comes In the loss
to the state of his experience
gained in the Important fields
in which he served. Any per
son In business realizes that the
smooth operation of any depart
ment suffers When . such a
change Is made.
All ever Oregon, ana in my
case In other states, there will
be people who will miss John
Carkin, his courteous and fair
treatment in official duties and
his consideration and friendli
ness to fellow employes. And
all will hope that with release
from his duties there will be
time for leisure and relaxation
and all the things one plans to
do when office duties no longer
make their daily demands.
NED HARLAN
Boise, Idaho
Bombs or Tax Cuts
Corvallls Gazette-Times
Senator Ralph, E. Flanders,
Republican of Vermont, a
member of the Armed Services
Committee, suggests that- the
United States long since passed
the number of atom bombs in
its stockpile beyond which it is
foolish to make more. His the
ory is, that If It is true that 40
bombs placed on the right tar
gets will put an enemy out of
war, and that one of ten bomb
carrying planes will reach the
target, then any production
above 400 in beyond the point
of diminishing returns.
Flanders would divert mo
ney earmarked for more atom
and hydrogen bombs to re
deeming Republican party
pledges of a balanced budget
and tax reductions. These are
surely very desirable objec
tives. A more desirable one,
for which sentiment is being
sounded in the Joint Atomic
Energy Committee, is to go on
to discover and make a might
ier bomb than the hydrogen
bomb. Our stockpile has been
insurance against World War
III. Continued leadership in
the atomic bomb race will be
our best Insurance of eventual
peace without war and their
concomitants of balanced bud
gets and lower taxes.
if HAL IOYLI
Hometown, U.S.A. (O
Early on the morning after
Labor day the phone rang In
the home of Joe Steady.
America's average working
man.
"Am I speaking to the mas
ur of the house?" asked a
voice. '
"No." mumbled Joe sleepily.
"Oh, Mr. Steady?" said the
voice. "You're the one I want
ed to speak to. This is Jim
Bee tle, reporter on the Home
town Daily Eagle. My city
editor wants a feature story on
haw tvoical working man
and hi family enjoyed Labor
day. ' You know king zor a
dav. and that sort of thing.
"I don't know about that
king business," said Joe. "But
if $65 bucks a weeks make a
typical working man, I'm your
joker. Buster."
"Heh, heh, well, well. Would
you mind telling me all the
homey little details about your
big day off?"
"There ' wasn't nothing
homey about It that's the
trouble," said Joe. "We didn't
stay home. I was trying to
catch me some shuteye, and
The missus says to get up,
we're going on a picnic. I said
no, and she said whose day oft
did I think it was, so we went
on the picnic."
"Who was in tne groupi"
pursued the voice.
"Oh, lust me, ner, ana tne
kids junior, sis and the
baby." said Joe. "It took me
three hours to tune up the
carburetor on the car, and I
hadda drive a hundred miles
to the lake for t h e picnic.
Hadda go to that one on ac
count of my wife's relatives
live closer to that one.
"A cop stopped me on the
way and gave me a $25 ticket
for speeding. He said I was
hitting 45 miles Instead of 85,
when as a matter of fact my
old bus wouldn't do 45 on a
downgrade unless I got out and
pushed it. Hey, can you help
me fix the ticket?"
"Sorry," said the voice.
"What else happened?"
"Well," said Joe, "one of
my brothers-in-law borrowed
ten bucks from me. Later
they got me to umprie a soft
ball game, and the only close
one I called at the plate got
me a pop bottle In the eye, and
off the record I think it was
my other brother-in-law that
threw it on account of I
wouldn't lend him a dime."
"Anything else, sir?"
"Well, I came back and
brushed the ants off the food,
and X guess kin da over-et aa t
stretched out to grab me some
shuteye, and all of a sudden
Sis started crying because she
lost one of her Jacks. Then
my Missus hollers the baby
must've swallowed it en ac
count of she was playing in
the gran with Sis, and w got
ta do something quick."
"So?
"So, I step on the gas en the
way to the hospital and who
should I meet but the same
cop, but he let me go this tun.
So we got to the hospital and
they floor-scope the baby."
"Had the baby swallowed
the missing Jack?"
"No, Sis found It In her poc
ket later. The Doc said all
the floor-scope showed w the
baby was what looked like the
remains of a couple of grass
hoppers and something else
that looked like a small garter
snake, but of course he
couldn't be real sure."
"Was the baby upset sir?"
"No, but my wife was. Still
Is. Kept yelping about It all
the way home. We got home
about aildnlght, and all three
of the kids was crying, and I
finally told the Missus to Oh,
shut up, and she said who's
telling whom to shut up, and
so we finally got to sleep about
3 a.m. I was just getting ready
to shave when you called, Mr.
"Beagle, sir, not Seegle.
Well, you had quite an adven
ture. One final question.
Every working man naturally
likes to count his blessings on
Labor day. What sir, would
you say is the greatest blessing?"
Ain't no doubt about It.
Mrs. Fleegle," said Joe. "It's
the fact that you can go back
to work the next day and get
some rest.",
1
AID FOR IRAN
(New York Times) "
The democratic West hss
had little to be thankful for In
recent months. It is natural
therefore to feel especially
happy over developments in
Iran, where Dr. Mossadegh is
out and a new and hopeful
regime is in.
President Eisenhower wss
right to respond quickly to
the call for economic and fi
nancial aid from Premier
Zahedl and the Shah. The Pre
mier's letterwith its expressed
intentions to improve interna
tional relations, was a wel
come change from the Mos
sadegh formula of hatred of
the foreigner.
Department long ago, though he
got little credit for it
HIGHER RENTS
After waiting through 11
years of rent control for the
chance to raise rents, landlords
across the country are now
raising them. And the tenants
are raising the roof much to
the concern of Republican lead
ers who voted to end controls.
Here s what has happened since
rent ceilings were lifted:
1. Over 15 million tenanta.
who had been living in rent-
controlled homes, are now pay
ing increases. Rents have shot
as high as 100 per cent in some
areas. The government, using
1947-48 as the base, calculates
that rents have risen from
national index figure of 100 to
124. The figure is expected to
hit 130 before the end of the
yesr.
2. Even the 26 "critical
areas" still under rent control.
are actually at the mercy of the
landlords. Congress neilccted
to leave any money to enforce
rent control, except for a S60.
ooo pittance barely enouch to
hire eight people to run the
whole nation-wide rent-control
program.
3. The budget bureau has
gone so far as to order service.
men, who live in government
owned housing, to pay the go
ing rate that the real estate
boys are charging in each lo
cality. In other words, since
servicemen can't get cheaper
rent from the government they
may as well rent their homes
from the local landlords.
Angry tenants charge that
the government under GOP
management has transferred
its sympathy from the tenants
Mo the landlords. In areas
where housing is critically
short, they charge, the govern
ment has put property rights
ahead of human rights. Wher
ever housing Is plentiful and
competition keen, however,
they admit that there's no valid
excuse for contlnulne rent con-
Your money is safe in the bank, yet available at ths
gtroke of a pen when you have a U. S. National Bank
checking account '
Paying by check will save you many miles and many
hours. No running around paying bills... no waiting in t
line ... no parking problems. You just mail your check
payments tie easy, convenient, lafe way.
A U. S. National checking account helps you budget v
more wisely, too, by furnishing a record of expendl-
tures. It provides you with cancelled checks, legal
proof of payment And it builds credit for you in yout
pwn community. -
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