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Capital AJournal
. An Independent Ntwtpopur Etoblihd 1888
BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus
Published every afternoon except Sunday ot 444 Che-'-
meketa St., Solem. Phonti: Business, Newsroom, Wortt
Adi. 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409
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HOUSE BUYING PROSPECTS
The National Association of Horn Builders, the 8ocIetr
of Real Estate Appraisers, building and mortgage firms
eem to inti that prospect for buying new home will
remain about the aame aa at present, for used housea
much better, but that financing and mortgage availa
bility differ regionally.
. A shortage of mortgage money exists in some regions
in the far west and south, but the crisis is easing. And
proposals are afoot to remedy the shortage both in bank
ing and legislative circles within the year.
Although there'a been a slight drop in home building,
most forecasts are that we'll keep on building houses
' near the whopping rate of about a million a year. Reces
sion talk is fading. But the supply generally continues
'. good.
While pressure for price boosts is being generated by
rising costs of labor and land improvement, this is coun
tered by growing competition among builders. So new
home prices are mainly steady and the competition makes
for better quality. . .
While new home prices are firm, the prices of prewar
homes have dropped 6 to 10 per cent, according to re
port on 12 cities throughout the nation. Many owners
of newer than prewar houses have slashed their prices,
sometimes up to 20 per cent. The general prediction is
that used house bargains will be plentiful.
The trend is toward building larger and costlier houses.
A reaction from postwar buying of small homes by G.I.s
and others who now have bigger families and higher in
comes. They have outgrown their dwellings, which are
on the market for newiyweds.
Buying of houses, new or old, will be a little easier after
the first of the year because of the 10 per cent income
tax cut, which will go into effect for 1954, affecting 50
million taxpayers. G. P.
NO PAROLE FOR ALGER HISS
' ' The country will applaud the decision of the U. S. Parole
Board not to parole Alger Hiss, now serving a prison term
for perjury.
. There were two views the board could take on the Hiss
case. It could go by the official record alone. He is doing
time for lying under oath, a serious offense, but not one
, that ranks with murder or armed assault. He has served
the usual time for this offense and would be qualified in
the ordinary course of events for release.
What the board evidently did do was to consider the
further fact that while Hiss was technically convicted of
perjury the actual offense was treason for which he
could not be prosecuted because the act itself had been
outlawed by the running of the statute of limitations. And
whatever sentence was imposed for perjury would be an
extremely light penalty for what Hiss did. Therefore he
should serve every day of his sentence and be thankful
that this was so much less than he deserved.
It seems clear that an agency like a parole board is en
titled to consider and rule on the basis of the known facts
and not be bound to the official record. The official record
might make Russia look like a neutral in Korea but the
facts certainly don't, to offer an illustration of what we
mean.
THE LOCAL LIVESTOCK SALES YARD
One of the significant trends in the livestock business
has been the growth of local sales yards at key points
throughout the western livestock country. Formerly the
stock was sold on distant big city markets. Now it is
likely to be sold to packers or feeders close to the ranch
where it is grown.
The foregoing observation is prompted by a news story
in the Ontario Argus-Observer to the effect that the On
tario Livestock Commission sales yard there sold 3160
cattle Tuesday of last week, the largest number in the
15-year history of the yard. Eight thousand four hun
dred were sold at the yard in three consecutive weeks.
Ontario is probably the largest yard in the eastern part
of the state, but by no means the only one. Thirty-seven
miles further east, at Caldwell, Idaho, there is another of
comparable size.
These sales are held one day each week. They bring
in hundreds of sellers and buyers, giving the grower a
cash market close enough to home so he can withdraw
his stock without serious loss if he is not satisfied with
the price. The trend toward local sales yards is a help
ful one to the producer, and the buyer finds it handy, too.
It has become "big business" in the cattle country.
NO DEATH CELL WEDDING
The average person might ask ".what possible objection
can there be if Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady
want to be married in the death house of the Missouri
penitentiary prior to their execution, scheduled for Dec
ember 187"
This was our Initial reaction, but on second thought we
think the prison officials are right. There is a sanctity
to marriage for which this couple are hardly qualified.
Theirs has not been a union either church or state can
wish to bless.
Congratulations, rice, wedding cake and general good
will go with the marriage ceremony. None of this can be
felt or properly expressed here. Better to let the law take
its course with as little sentimentality, maudlin or other
wise, as possible.
ROSE BOWL CHOICES
There will be little dissent over the Rose Bowl
selections.
Michigan State is probably the strongest team in the
Big Ten, certainly the most colorful, and this team will
have the advantage of novelty, not having played there
before.
Ucla is not a colorful tram, but one that wins its games,
which is the acid test of strength. The far west, beaten
in all but one of its encounters with the Big Ten teams
cannot afford to present less than its best. Even if Stan
ford does have more colr.r.
This game should be fully up to the established tradition.
Los Angeles J Mrs. Bet
ty Fisher, seeking a divorce,
teitifld In Superior Court that
living with her husband, Ken
neth, bad become "impossi
ble."
She said they now have dl
viaea tneir relriserator with
a brignt blue line, her food
is kept on the right, hu on the
left.
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Bishop Ox man Prays for
President's Golf Score
By DREW
Washington Bishop G.
Bromley Oxman, the Metho
dist church leader who was
banned from speaking in Los
Angeles' leading auditorium
was received by President Ei
senhower last week, during
which the two men had a
friendly conversation about
golf.
The bishop Inquired whether
the president had had a chance
to play his regular Wednesday
afternoon golf game, to which
Ike replied:
"Yes, Bishop, and I want to
thank you for your offer to
pray for a better score for
me."
"Well, did my prayers do
any good?" inquired the
bishop.
"Frankly, on the first nine
holes, no," said the president.
"But on the second nine holes,
the answer is definitely yes."
TV A FOR NEAR EAST
Eric Johnston, head of the
motion picture industry, came
back from the Near East the
other day to report to Presi
dent Eisenhower on the tough
est of all diplomatic Jobs
building up long-range friend
ship between Israel and the
Arab states.
Johnston was asked by Ei
senhower to go to the Near
East as his special ambassa
dor, officially to settle the
question of Arab refugees, but
actually to settle the broader
nd more basic problem of
Arab-Israel friendship.
What Johnston took with
him was a comprehensive
plan for impounding the River
Jordan and using its waters
for power and irrigation un
der a system similar to the
Tennessee Vally. If this ir
rigation-power plan could be
put across, he told the Arabs
and Israelis, the Jordan val
ley could be made to bloom
like a rose, and permanent
peace and prosperity would
nr.v.il in th. Nr F.t Amh
refugees could be put to work
on the project, thereby re-
movlng a difficult thorn in
. . . . .. .
the side of Arab-Israeli rela
tions.
At Dresent Arab refugees.
some 875.000 of them, live on
the border of Israel, fed by
the United Nations and costing !
American taxpayers about
$60,000,000 this year. All day
idle refugees look across little
white stone markers which
designate the border and
proi-
m r,:L rm: ;L
asssK-ai iitrj unit unuvu. -rti
night they frequently cross
the border to steal sheep or
goats.
When they do. the Israels
raid back, and under the old
eye-for-an-eye and tooth-for-
a-tooth doctrine, men are kill
ed almost every night. Twen
ty were killed, Johnston re
ported to the White House,
just during his brief stay
the Near East.
JOHNSTON GUARDED
Johnston reported that at
first he was met with
" -
tlllty from both sides.
Arab preu claimed his mother ,nnounctment. ..xh wh0
and father were Jewish, that!,,,, ,he 8ct will re
he had changed his name. The ; celve ,,old . embossed. calf
Israeli press published a car-; lc,,hM. bound cp,,, of Ben
toon ot Johns on with a big ; ton t pllln lor virl(. Urm.
knife seeking to earv uj. jf - . . ,
I raaL He waa warned his life
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Ortfoa
THE BIG PXYOFF
- GO - ROUND
PEARSON
was in danger. Both sides
guarded him day and night.
However, the TVA plan for
developing the Jordan River
aroused d e f in i t e interest.
Drawn up by Charles T. Main
of Charlotte, N.C., under the
auspices of TVA authorities,
it calls for the cooperation of
Israel with three Arab states
Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
The waters of the Jordan
are to be impounded largely
in Lebanon, with another dam
at Lake Tiberias. From these
two reservoirs, irrigation
ditches would lead off into
Syria, Israel and along the
Jordan River. But since the
river runs through four coun
tries, the Cooperation of all
four la absolutely necessary.
By the same token, John
ston argued, cooperation on
this Jordan valley authority
would lay the cornerstone for
badly needed peace.
JOHNSTON TALKS TURKEY
"The American people have
been spending $150,000,000 a
year on this area," Johnston
told Arab Prime Minister Faw
zl Mulqul of Jordan. "And
they're not going to do It much
longer. If you don't go along
with this project, you'll find
yourself handling these re
fugees at a cost of $60,000,000
a year."
"That's your problem re
plied the prime minister,
which Is responsible for mak
ing these refugees homeless."
"No, It's not our problem,"
countered Johnston. "On the
contrary, It was you Arabs;
who refused to obey an order
to stop fighting, thereby open
ing yourselves up to Israeli
retaliation.
"Don't make any mistake
about future money from the
United States," Johnston con
tinued. "The carpenter in
Keokuk or the farmer near
1 "man. urn i imrrtMrn in
i Arab refugees. And he isn t
going to continue paying for
,h'm n,uch longer.
"On the other hand, If you
I put across this Jordan Valley
n.m.M it will Mnl nnlu h nnm
project it will not only bloom
a n.i'.. KxifnM hut ivrv ...
I fugee can be put to work."
Johnston reported to Eisen
hower that he hoped he had
opened the door Just a crack
in Jordan, and just a crack
iin Israel. Bitterness over re
I cent border incidents Is in
I tense. Both countries are a
long way from being con
vinced. In Lebanon and Syria
1: Tope, to
get more favorable reactions
when he goes bark In Febru
ary. BENSON SWEEPSTAKE
Wisconsin Democrats have
launched a "contest" to guess
the date on which Agriculture
Secretary Benson will resign.
It's a straight political gim
mick of course, but It's catch
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i- 1 in on line wiiaiirv iiiruusiiuu
Ithe state.
"Every person who comes
' uiltM-k nn V lr tt I Kb Mr-
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Morse's Speech
By Charles V. Stanton
In Roseburg News-Review
I was in the audience at the
Junior High School auditor
ium Friday night to hear Sen
ator Wayne Morse talk about
Senator Wayne Morse.
The senator's speaking ab
ility never fails to elicit my
utmost admiration. Each time
I hear him I sit enthralled by
his marvelous command of
language, h I a clear enuncia
tion, his voice modulation, the
effortless gesture, the tone of
conviction, the biting satire,
the peerless showmanship, the
change of pace and perfect
timing.
To one who sweats and
strains through every public
utterance, trembling with
fear at the very thought of
facing an audience, the sena
tor's talent seems nothing
short of perfection. At oratory
h has few peers. But, then,
he gets a lot of practice.
Listening to the symphony
of words, as one who appreci
ates words, I almost missed
the senator's implication that
of the 531 members of The
Congress, 530 are party hacks,
numbskulls, dupes and or sto
oges, and that only one knows
all the answers. And that the
executive branch of govern
ment, picked from some of
the most successful and high
ly respected men of the na
tion, can do nothing construc
tive and Is wrong on all decis
ions and policies.
Under the spell of his mag
nificent voice my heart bled
as he recounted the indigni
ties heaped upon him the re
fusal to allow him to sabotage
the party platform, rejecting
nis choice for vice president,
and denying him the oppor-
tunity to beat the bass drum
on the band wagon.
The sanctimonious words of
forgiveness for those who had
done him dirt, and the recital
of his agony and travail, in
mustering courage to be a
turncoat, so wove their magic
speU that ln anayzing reasons
for his desertion specifically
overseas extravagance laid at
the door of the Republican
nominee I almost missed the
tact that overseas extrava-
j inefficiency and
.... J
graft originated with the ec.
onomic do-good-ers of the ad'
ministration to which the sen
ator had consistently given his
allegiance in many past years.
Also the thought that the sen
ator's sudden passion for ec
onomy, completely lacking in
his prior record, existed only
long enough to serve as an
alibi, as evldenceed by his
continuing demands for more
free spending.
Almost lost in the master
ful flow of dulect words.
piously disclaiming ill will
against his detractors, and the
crime-does-not-pay denuncia
tion of vengeance, was the
harsh undertone of Jealous
vindicUvenesa against the for
mer Governor of Oregon, now
serving aa Secretary of Inter
ior, to whom the senstor at
tributes all things evil.
From the clash of minor
chords In the symphony of
words. I gathered the impres
sion that had editors been
dipping their pens in his blood
to smear it on their editorial
pages, as he so cutely phrased
it, they would be writing in
the green Ink of Jealously. The
senator should know that
newspaper offices hsve been
using principally red Ink
Salem 12 Years Ago
By BIN MAXWELL
November U. 1141 '
Nazi divisions had driven to
within 11 miles ol Mocow.
Fir had wiped out the bull
nets section of Seward, Alaska,
causing a low of 11.000,000.
Brother Wolfgang Echmuehl,
OSfl. a member of the order
for SO yean, had renewed hit
monastic vows of 1891 at high
pontifical maw celebrated in
Abbey chapel at Mt. Angel.
Major General George A.
White. 60. nationally known
fiction writer and commander
of the 41st division, had died.
In 1913 he had resigned as Sun
day editor of the Oregonian to
become Oregon's adjutant gen
eral of the National Guard.
Coach "Spec" Keene and his
party of Willamette university
football players were soon ts
leave Salem on the first leg of
their Journey to Hawaii where
they were to play the Univer
sity of Honolulu December 8.
("Pearl Harbor" found them
there and some did not arrive
home for weeks thereafter.)
OPM had issued an order in
interest of national defense for
bidding all use of tin foil on
commercial products after
March IS.
United Airline service, sche
duled to begin here December
5, 1941 had necessitated an ad
justment of details at Salem
airport. .
since the crowd to which the
senator has given his support,
lo these many years, took of
fice. Take a gander at the list
ot newspapers forced to fold
financially in the past few
years!
I must confess great admira
tion for the senator's agility
(Note to proofreaders No, I
don't mean ability) when it
comes to answering questions.
As a verbal snooker player he
is a master of position.
One man at Friday's meet
ing asked what was behind
Brownell'a charges. He got,
for free, an expert legal opin
ion that Truman, as a private
citizen, should go before the
investigating committee vol
untarily and then, as ex-president,
refuse to answer any
questions relative to executive
procedure.
Another gentlemen asked
"What about Trieste?" He re
ceived a lengthy and most de
tailed dissertation on Junior's
cleverness, astuteness and in
trepidity in forcing through
the Senate a resolution favor
ing the World Court, despite
urgings from fellew senators
that his resolution was un
timely, coupled with a person'
al plea from the President to
delay action.
A third question was for in
formation relative to the cur
rent status of the Hells Can
yon controversy, which
resulted In the full treatment
on federal power, which the
senator favors, as opposed to
free enterprise.
I have heard the senator in
several ot these brilliant quel
tion and answer sessions, but
seldom have I heard him bive
a fair and square reply. But
they furnish a fine spring
board from which to launch
his dives into his favorite po
litical waters.
As I said earlier, I love to
hear the senator speak. I am
a great admirer ot his techni
que. But when Senator Morse
speaks about Senator Morse it
is my opinion that he needs a
better subject.
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Hal Writes Today, Unable
To U$e V Typewriter Key
By HAL
nw York W! Me have a
great problem, me has.
The eye Key on my iypwry
ter ys broken.
Thys may seem no great ua
edv to vou. but to me yt ys
utter desolashun.
A good housewyfe can get
her laundry done even though
her wash board oreaxs yn am.
A bank robber, by usying a
gruff manner, may go on and
OPEN FORUM
Mesh Production and
Consumption, His Plea
To the Editor:
Security of living is the goal
of every one living. It Is the
incentive that drives our activ
ities ln mental, physical, and
social efforts.
Senator Morse mentioned
the fact that stored food soon
spoils and Is not tit for human
use, which is true. He present
ed no solution. In 1948 Oscar
Ewlng reported to the presi
dent that every day in the
U.S., SOO people died from
slow starvation, "not enough
food to maintain physical
health. He mentioned that in
dustries are alowing down,
making short week payments
that reduce wages for workers.
That farmers were producing
surplus crops that had to be
stored. That workers could
not purchase the farmers' pro
ducts and farmers could not
buy the workers' product,
making the conditions suitable
for depression; that the inter
ests of workers and farmers
were contributory to each oth
er's welfare.
All true, but he made no pro
posals as to how the farmers
could dispose of his surplus
food when the workers were
unable to purchase for lack ot
money. True some of them get
high wages while working, but
he did not mention there are
100,000,000 people in this
country who receive less than
$2,000 a year, one-half of them
less than $1,000 (government
figures). That it takes $3500 to
secure a healthy standard of
living, according to U.S.
health figures. These are prob
lems that confront not only
Oregon, but the whole U.S. .
As our production is inter
locking, the elected officials
should be able to grasp the
meaning, as production is di
rected by laws formulated by
our national and state legisla
tures. Laws are force, that take
from some and give others ape
citl opportunities. There can be
no freedom of action without
financial security. He com'
pared Russia with the U.S. We
are not interested in the laws
in Russia. We are interested in
the U.S. and the state of Ore
gon where we live.
HERBERT DENNETT,
266 S. Cottage St.
FUMES KILLED FLOWERS.
San Pablo, Calif. U.B Nur
seryman Francis Aebl com
plained to tne mayor's office
that fumes from the city gar
bage dump have killed thou
sands of dollars worth of his
flowers.
CARELESS COP
Manhattan Beach, Calif. U.I!l
Motorcycle Patrolman Rob
ert M. Short noticed some
thing shiny on the highway
and pulled over to the curb.
to investigate. It was his po
lice badge, '
Be on the alert tor these Danger Signals . .
they CAN be your Safety Signals.
1. A sore that will not heal
2. A lump or thickening in the body
3. Unusual bleeding or discharge
4. Any change in a wart or mole
B. Persistent indigestion
6. Persistent hoarseness or cough
, 7. Any change in normal bowel habits .
Cancer is earabfe . . . if discovered and treated
early. See your Doctor if any symptoms occur.
CAPITAL DRUG STORE
405 Stale St. (Corner ol Liberty)
We Give ZK Green Stamps
IJimamj, nvwwmowr , iwat
BOYLE
hold up a bank even though
he dyseover, at the last mo
ment, he has left hys pystal
at home yn a fyt of absent
myndedness. A tenor, atryckea wyth lar
yngytys'at the top note of hys
song, can at least fynish yt by
hummyng tenderly. Eye my.
self would just as soon he dyd,
as eye can understand an opera
that ya hummed better than
one that ys sung. -
But a columnyst wyth a
broken key on hya typewriter
ys a far more pytyable plyght
than a lyttle sparrow with
arthrytys yn both wyngs. Th
eye key ys more yndyspenablt
to hym than hys own hand. He
becomes lyke a plate ot han
and eggs on whych there ys
no ham. He ys tongue-tyed.
Me yntended today to wryte
an artycle on the vyrtue of
never losyng one's temper.
Eye was goyng to prayse th
man who meets ' all trouble
wyth a smyle . , . smyle . . .
smyle. But now my heart ys '
no longer yn tnys subject. Any
man who can smyle when the
eye key on hys typewryter ys a
broken would break out lnuoh-
yng at hys own funeral, and
thus scandalyze the mynyster.
No, now eye wysh eye was a
Spanyard lyke a trend ot
myne once met yn Spane. The
Spanysh are sayd by all trav.
elers to be the most artful oath
utterers yn the cyvylyzed
world. They begyn young and
study hard all theyr lyfe long.
Thys partycular Spanyard
was middle-aged and at the
peak of hys cursyng power. Ht
was a cahuffeur and he was
dryvying my friend across
Spane when he had a flat tyre.
The Spanyard was very
vexed. Flat tyres annoy Span
yards more than they do Am
erycans, because you get more
flat tyres yn Spane because
the roads are bad. Thys Span
yard got out hys tools to fyx
the culpryt tyre. But before
reparying yt, he spoke of yt as
yf yt were a human beyng, as
follows:
"O, tyre."
Then for fyfteen full myn
utes he delyvered an eloquent
hystory on the flat tyre yn
Spane. He denounced them alL
Then he got down to the evyl
nature of the partycular flat
tyre before him. He questioned
yts ancestory and projected
doubts about the charter of
yts offspryng. He called yt by
all the bad names ever known,
and spontaneously ynvented
new and more terryble oaths
upon the spot.
"Eye was struck dumb by
the pure poetical magnyfy
cence of thys symple man's
rage at an ynanymate object
that had done him wrong,"
my fryend recalled. "When the
Spanyard had fynally fynished,
he bent down and fyxed the
tyre and we drove on, both re
freshed." Eye wysh eye was that sym
ble Spanyard.
"Oh eye key on my typre
wryter " he would say, and
then go on from there. But me
am helpless. Even yf me knew
Spanysh which me don't
me could not tell thys type
wryter what me really thiynk
of it untyl thys blasted eye
key ys repayred.
A columnyst with a broken
eye key ys a lonely man wyth
lyttle left to say, so me wyll
conclude with thys thought:
"Sylence ys golden."