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EUROPEAN POLITICAL TROUBLES
Think the UJ3. has political troubles? We've "McCar
. thylam," Trumanism." "steals," "sellouts," "giveaways"
and all else our nimbleminded politicians can throw into
the constantly steaming caldron.
But Europe has its troubles too, and right now, for
the first time in years, the two principal West European
governments are threatened
the same tune. We refer to
The fall of French governments comes often and usu
ally attracts little attention
enf in that the vote of confidence in Premier Laniel's
government will be a vote on whether France should join
the European army plan.
doualy important to the free world. And it seemingly
hangs in the balance. The
a vote today.
For the first time since he became "the king's first
minister" in 1940, Winston Churchill's government is
threatened by dissension in hia own party. He is being
sharply criticized by Conservatives as well as Laborites.
Two issues stir feelings over there. The government
. wants to inaugurate commercial television in the hope
that advertising revenues will help provide better pro-
grama. A large element in both parties hotly opposes
this, regarding the United Sttaes as horrible example
of what commercialism does to debase both radio and
television. '
The government is also opposing a move to increase
the pensions of retired British officers, which are very
email by our standards, and has provoked an uprising
which is bipartisan. Churchill will probably struggle
. through, but an unfavorable vote in the house of com
mons could force a new national election.
The political situation in both countries is affected by
. Russia, which is now proposing a Big Four conference
on Germany to be held in Berlin. Whether Russia means
business this time or is only trying to weaken Lsniel on
the vote of confidence issue cannot be known to a cer
tainty, but it Is well timed to unseat a government which
is trying to arm western Europe.
Meanwhile France and Germany dispute over the Saar,
the communists become bolder in Italy, large elements
11 over, western Europe succumb to the shrewd commu
nist "hate America" propaganda. Altogether it's a con
fusing, frustrating picture, which however, should make
an American little more tolerant of the divisions in his
own country.
INSECTICIDE DDT Oft TRIAL r
The current Issue of the American' Journal of Digestive
Diseases contains charges by Dr. Morton S. Biskind of
Westport, Conn., backed by a mass of evidence that the
insecticide DDT, and its poisonous chemical cousins are
to blame for many of the evils now affecting man and
oeasi, unknown Deiore its discovery and use. ,JT
.' Dr. Biskind has been investigating DDT and its 're
sults since 1948 and presents 119 citations of scientific
findings since it came into general use in 1945. Since
then he states:
"There have been a number of curious changes in the Inci
dence of certain ailments and the development of new syn
dromes, groups of symptoms, which spell out diseases never
before observed. A most significant feature of this situation
is that both man and all his domestic animals have simultane
ously been affected." .
- Among the ailments tested as stimulated for humans
by Dr. Biskind as due to DDT are hepatitis, which is in
flamation of the liverj polio, cancer and unusual forma of
rnwmonia.
For beasts he included an increased incidence of hoof
and mouth disease; vesicular examthemata of hogs;
"blue- tongue," "scrapie" and over-eating disease" of
aheep.
This coincidence causes the suspicion, the doctor states,
that "something that is common with both the human
and domestic animals has been operating in their environ
ment during the period these changes have occurred."
This factor he believes is DDT and iU family. He con
tinues: v "IVh,a DDT WV for general use an Impressive
background of toxicologic investigations had already shown
i0?; l0UDt "' nui compound was dangerous for all ani
mal life from insects to mammals. But it was released lust
ttS!nl,.;?",?,t ,dvic of investigators.
4t. . a m '""knowledge the series of catastrophic events
that followed the most Intensive campaign of mass poisoning
perte" W n b"ton'i should not hsve surprised the ex
It will be interesting to watch the reaction among phy
sicians who examine the evidence and may result in dis
continuance of DDT use. G. P.
ENDING SEGREGATION IN D.C.
Though the new deal-fair deal made a heavy play to
the colored voters of the country, and received the con
sistent support of most of them it never got around to
attacking racial segregation right on its own doorstep,
in the District of Columbia,
This the Eisenhower administration has just done,
with an order for integration of the employes of the dis
trict government with the exception of the fire depart
ment, which is described as "not quite ready," but it is
to follow shortly. The district employs 8405 white per
aons and 4709 negroes. Twenty-three municipal agencies
are affected. Still to be integrated are the schools and
public recreation agency, which are under separate con
trot. Here is a highly important move in the long struggle
of the negroes for fair treatment It is bound to be fol
low.ed by orders affecting those agencies in the district
not yet affected, and to be felt throughout the south,
where segregation is clearly on the way out, though con
aiderable time will yet be required.
Stayton
SUyton Grand Junior War
den George B. Howard, state
official, was a special guest at
the IOOF meeting Nov. 18. Mr
Howard extended greetings
from the grand encampment
and was speaker of the eve
ning. Election of officers for 1954
was held. Verne Thomas was
elected chief patriarch; Otto
. Limbeck, senior warden; Carl
Shower, Junior warden; Ralph
Harold, high priest, and D.
with a tumble at precisely
France and Britain.
here. But this-one is "differ-
This decision will be tremen
chamber waa scheduled for
George Cole, scribe. Ben Schae
fer was reelected treasurer.
A social period of games and
refreshments followed the
meeting. Nine visitors were
present from Sllvertoon and
one from Canby.
The regular November tire
drill of the SUyton volunteer
tire department has beea relay
ed into December. This excep
tion was provided In order to
conduct a Joint drill with the
newly organized fire depart
ment of SUyton Union high
school students, Dec I.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
. Pearson Offers Two Ideas
j To Ease Political Feuding
By DREW
Washington Thanksgiving
being a period when we are
supposed to do some thinking
about our country and its
blessings and how we can keep
those blessings, I would like to
put forward. at this time two
ideas which may help to end
confusion and bitterness en
gendered over the Brownell
spy exposes. Here they are:
Idea No. 1 Appoint a bi
partisan commission of ex
Judgca or men of unimpeach
able integrity to sift these
charges and tell the American
people the real truth.
This is what President Roos
evelt did when mistakes were
made- at Pearl Harbor. Owen
D. Roberta, a republican mem
ber of the supreme court, was
appointed to review the Pearl
Harbor errors. Calvin Ceolldge
did the same thing during the
Teapot Dome scandal, when he
appointed Owen D. Roberts
and ex-Sen. Atlee Pomerene of
Ohio, democrat, to sift Teapot
Dome guilt. Woodrow Wilson
followed the same practice
during charges of airplane
scandal in World War I in
volving the present secretary
of the air force. Harold Tal
bott. Wilson appointed the re
publican who ran against him
for president, Charles Evans
Hughes, to probe the whole
matter.
FOLLOW CATHOLIC
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Idea No. 2 Adopt a system
not unlike the practice of the
Catholic church whereby those
who honestly sinned In regard
to Communism and have hon
estly repented, may be forgiv
en. The Catholics, who have liv
en haven to a great many ex
CommunisU in recent years,
have shown the greatest wis
dom and compassion in this
respect They recognize that
there is no way for repentant
Communists to leave the party
tnese days, because the shame
is too great Instead, they must
remain in the party, unwilling
prisoners, driven underground.
It Is' important that spies
who deliberately betrayed
their country be prosecuted.
However, little people who
were duped into embracing
Communism should be en
couraged to desert the party,
not forced to remain prison
ers. Unfortunately, one wav
Communists keep their party
together these days is by
threatening prospective de
serters that they will squeal to
McCarthy or Vclde if they do
desert.
I LOVE Ll'CT
Unfortunately, also the house
committee on un-American ac
tivities has set up a double
standard for dealing with
Communists. Lucille Ball, top
rated television actress and star
of "I Love Lucy." was exon
erated by limelight-loving con
gressmen even though the re
cord shows she was a member
of the Communist SUte Cen
tral Committee, the top gov
erning body of the Communist
party in southern California.
The potent barking of Philip
Morris and the Columbia
Broadcasting System, however,
was such that Congressman
Jackson of California and oth
er members of the un-American
Activities Committee fell
alt over themselves explaining
that Miss Ball, as a young girt
had merely acquiesced to
grandpa's wishes by attending
FOUNDATION OF NATIONAL
PEARSON
Communist meetings.
In contrast, the same un
American Activities Commit
tee hauled 22 obscure teachers
before the TV cameras in Phil
adelphia and pilloried them for
once having been members of
the Communist party. Both
they and Miss Ball were pretty
much in the same boat as far
as Communism was concerned,
except that Miss Ball waa high
er up in Communist ranks and
reaches a good many million
people every week. In contrast,
the Philadelphia school teach
ers reach only a few hundred.
Yet they were fired. Miss Ball
is still entertaining on televi
sion. She changed her mind
about Communism and waa
given a break. Most people. I
think, are delighted that she
was forgiven.
The 22 Philadelphia teach
ers, on the other hand, were
not forgiven. Certainly they
should not be teaching if they
are still Communists. But if
they also repented and changed
their philosophies, there's no
reason why they shouldn't be
come useful members of the
community perhaps even
more useful because they now
understand the pitfalls of Com
munism. MORE TOLERANCE
What the nation needs today
is more tolerance, not more
TV headlines for congressmen.
It needs more forgiveness and
a safe way to ascertain wheth
er a man has genuinely em
barked on a new life. The doc
trine of the Catholic church
regarding confession and for
giveness is one which we might
well apply also to our national
way of life.
Unfortunately, the best way
for a congressman to get elect
ed these days is to make head
lines, and the easiest way to
make Deadlines Is by an inves
tigation. Investigations have an
important place in our politi
cal picture and should not be
abandoned. But when such im
portant questions as loyalty
and national safety are con
cerned, they should be nonpar
tisan. The present head of the sen
ate security committee. Wil
liam Jenner of Indiana, is any
thing but nonpartisan. He is
the same man who, from the
safety of the senate floor, cas
tigated the patriotism and loy
alty of Gen. George Marshall,
best friend of President Eisen
hower and the man who gave
Ike promotion during the war.
His counterpart, Harold
Velde of Illinois, chairman of
the Un - American Activities
Committee, is a morning tipp
ler whose judgment is not im
proved thereby. His subpoena
slaped on Harry Truman was
not good Judgment and accord
ing to the sUtement of his own
committee counsel, was moti
vated chiefly by a desire to
get into the act
On the other hand, the re
tired Judgea of the federal
bench are required under the
pension plan to give their serv
ices to the country when need
ed. Such outstanding and im
partial Jurists as Learned Hand,
Owen D. Roberts, Augustus
Hand all republicans are
not only subject to call but
would be delighted to help
their fellow citizens cut
through the present fog of
charge and countercharge to
ascertain the truth.
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SECURITY
Not for Engineers
Boise SUtesman
In trying to find new footing
for his sagging position on the
Hells Canyon issue. Sen. Wayne
Morse of Oregon has gone about
as far out on a limb as it is pos
sible to go. He warned the
National Hells Canyon associa
tion to beware of a proposal to
leave the Hells Canyon ques
tion to engineers. A commis
sion of engineers, he said, could
be "packed" to rule in favor of
three relatively low dams in
stead of one high dam.
In a way he U right. Any
commission of engineers who
know anything about river de
velopment in general and the
Snake river situation in par
ticular would certainly rule
against the high dam proposal,
and in favor of the smaller
dams, in that particular stretch
of the river. Viewed from the
standpoint of power potential-
lues of the middle Snake, and
the water control problems of
the lower Snake and the Co
lumbia basin, the high dam pro
posal Just doesn t make engin
eering sense, and Senator
Morse knows it.
Probably the senator would
prefer to have the decision
made by socialist-minded poli
ticians, who can be depended
on to rule in favor of govern
ment ownership in any kind of
situation. For the only cred
ible argument by the support
erg of the high Hells Canyon
dam is that it would be built
if at alt by the federal govern
ment and therefore would pre
vent private development of the
middle Snake.
The pUnning and building of
a dam, whether for power,
steam control or both, is an en
gineering project from start to
finish. In declaring the engin
eers should not be allowed to
make the Hells Canyon decis
ion, Senator Morse betrays his
awareness of the absurdity of
his position on the issue. It is
like advising that the kitchen
be kept out of the hands of the
cooks.
THE FOLK BIT BUCK
SUyton Mall
"Have you been looking for
a buck that'd be worth $25 in
the Oregonian s contest?" said
one SUytonite to a neighbor.
H no! he replied. "I have
n't found one that's worth even
a dollar!"
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Politics and Power
By RAYMOND MOLEY
A practical and necessary
plan to develop mors electric
power from the great resourc
es at Niagara Falls seems to
be stymied by conflicting pol
itical ambitions. After years
of labor and planning, a num
ber of private electric com
panies developed blueprinU in
which it is shown how, at the
expense of some $400,000,000,
it would be possible to devel
op an immense addition to
present generating capacity
on the American side of the
Niagara river without impair
ing Ui scenic aud recreational
value of that great natural re
source There are three bills before
congress to authorize this plan
of development -
The - first is the Capehart
Miller bill, which would auth
orize the development by pri
vate companies. This bill has
passed the House and is now
before the Senate Public
Works committee.
The second is the Ives- Cole
bill, which , would permit the
development by the SUte of
New York through iU power
authority. This is a plan creat
ed and sponsored by Gover
nor Dewey.
The third Is the Roosevelt-
Lehman bill, which would
have the federal government
build and operate the project
The projection of the SUte
of New York and the federal
government into this plan can
hardly be attributed to any
purpose other than politics,
The political motivation In
both cases is very understand
able. The alleged evils of pri
vate power companies has
been thoroughly exploited in
New York for a generation.
Year after year, Governors
Smith, Roosevelt and Lehman
gathered votes on the plea
that they were saving the
people from the unholy clut
ches of greedy power mono
poly. Dewey, at this critical
sUte in his career, cannot
well abandon th people to a
private power project which
nas been so thoroughly built
up into a monster. Hence, his
power authority, which up to
now has been largely a paper
organization, must be given
something to do.
senator Herbert Lehman
and RepresenUtive Franklin
D. Roqeevelt, Jr.. represent
the Alpha and Omega in the
Democratic party of New
York. The former is a fading
luminary; the Utter, a bright
new nope. Together, they
have one purpose- -to- elect
Junior governor next year.
in the cases of the sUU and
the federal bills, the cost will
be loaded on the Uxnsvera.
There is little to choose be
tween them,, unless you pre
fer socialism by the sUte to
socialism by the federal gov
ernment Both of these public
ownership plans are based up
on the research and exper
ience of private companies.
And so far the cost of Dower
to the consumer is concerned,
a fair price should be guaran
teed oy sUte and federal regu
lation.
There is, however, a new
ar.d jis&cr ass'. to VuU fed
eral effort to get the well-
known nose under the tent
It has been abundantly adjudi
cated that the federal govern
ment cannot go Into the power
business except in connection
with some other recognized
and legitimate power. That is
the constitutional sltustion.
Flood control and naviga
tion are the more common
means of Justifying federal
hydro projecU. But the Lehman-Roosevelt
project cer
tainly cannot be associated
with either of those, for this
is a straight power project
Perhaps the old and much
abused "general welfare"
clause will be invoked. But
the only welfare that is visi
ble is that of Junior's politi
cal career. -
I venture to suggest that
the existence of a treaty with
Canada will be invoked if by
any chance the federal bill
should be passed and brought
before the courts. For, as we
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
'Cease Fire' Film Is 3-D Story
Of Real Battle Front Fighting
ly HAL
New York. V-Hollywood
has finally made a bold at
tempt to give the home front
public a three-dimensional
picture of war, actual war.
The result is "Cease Fire."
the story of an Infantry patrol
on iU last battle action Just
before the truce went into ef
fect in Korea.
Paramount Pictures went to
s lot of trouble to make it aa
honest authentic simple film
that shows combat as it actu
ally is.
It shot the movie in Kores
battle ' areas and used real
doughboys members of a sin
gle platoon, instead of trained
actors. The sounds snd sights
of wsr are realistic, and a
great deal of the feeling, is
there.
But war has a fourth dimen
sion, smell, and you can't film
the smells of smoke snd dust
and death and fatigue and
blood, the integral odors of
war.
There are many things
right about "Cease Fire." It
shows the terrible hardship of
nui lighting. It shows some
of war's immoral, deadly but
fascinating beauty, such as
napalm bombs bursting and
lacing the land In patterns of
flame snd smoke.
You get a clear and accur
ate idea of how complicated
and delicately responsible a
thing a modern fighting army
is, a step by step account of
how in a few minutes it can
bring the firepower of- Unks,
artillery and land and carrier
based aircraft to the rescue of
a group of outnumbered in
fantrymen. You also get a worm's-eye
view of a soldier tensely prob
ing with a bayonet for a bur
led foot mine in his path. A
misUke of an inch, just a
touch against the three tiny
prongs sticking out, and death
will explode among the group.
All these scenes are portray
ed expertly by fighting men
using the tools of their Job.
It Is only when the real sol
diers have to talk like real
soldiers that they begin to
sound like Hollywood actors.
For some reason soldiers don't
talk like themselves when
they know a microphone Is
Uking it down. The dialogue
becomes stilted and sounds
unnatural.
But "Cease Fire" is certain
ly the year's noblest experi
ment in war pictures. It cap
tures tome of the heart-breaking
loveliness and mind-
cracking sordidness of Korea
for those who 'never fought
there, and will recall it for
those who did fight there and
left part of their youth behind
them forever. "
At iU premiere here this
week retired Gen. Mark Clark,
lormer j-ar cast commander,
and other top brass praised
the -film for iU realistic por
trayal of the sacrifices of the
U.S. fighting man in Korea.
Radio and TV Commentator
Tex McCrary observed that
instead of being called "Cease
Fire" the picture might, de
pending on events, more aptly
be titled, 'To Be Continued."
Eight of the all-GI cast were
flown here for the premiere.
A ninth man, Pfc. Rlcardo
Carrasco of El Paso, Tex.,
couldn't make it.
Pfc. Carrasco, the only
member of the patrol "killed"
in the movie volunteered four
have seen in the case of Mis
souri vs. Holland, a treaty
can-, practically wipe out the
constitutional limitations on
federal power. That is why
the enactment of the Bricker
Amendment is so necessary.
I0YLE
days after completing his film
role to go on a real mission,
A mortar bomb took his life.
His buddies at the premiere
said they missed him, and
would not forget him.
Salem 16 Years Ago
y IEN MAXWELL -November
27, 1J7
Efforts of C. H. Gram, sUte
labor commissioner, to settle
the differences between the Sa
lem association of restaurant
owners snd the culinary work
ers union had resulted in a
sUlemate.
Dexter Fellows, dean of cir
cus ballyhoo men, had died
after following the "big tops"
around the country for 40
years.
R. Kenneth Evans had an ar
ticle published in the Capltel
Journal saying that the Salem
brewery was one of the sUte's
more important industries con
tributing to economic stability.
Greyhound lines had filed
nine suits in federal courts
asking $7,500,000 in damages
from the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen and 20 officials
and members.
Irene Dunn and Cary Grant
were appearing at the Grand
theater in the "Awful Truth."
Government labor and busi
ness were promoting a build
ing boom with "build a home
to rent" for their slogan.
Gold Beach had 26.27 Inches
of rainfall during 26 days in
November. On November 9,
there had been 4.SS inches of
rainfall during 24 hours.
Agricultural department of
ficials had said the principal
aim of the crop control pro
gram was to assure farmers
"fair" incomes.
It Can Be Done
Medford Mail-Tribune
Are Klamath county folk
more generous than those In
other parts of the state, or do
they just have more money to
donate?
Newspapers reaching the
Mail Tribune's exchange desk
from other cities' reveal vary
ing degrees of success, mostly
poor, in this year's fund drives.
Not so with Klamath county,
however. There the United
Fund-Red Cross campaign just
ended not only reached the
$109,363 goal but In a final
one-night push went some
$3,000 beyond.
As a result of the successful
effort in the sister county across
the mountains, all beneficiary
agencies will receive their full
share of the money and will be
able to carry on at maximum
efficiency during the coming
year.
The success of the Klamath
campaign should serve not only
to inspire fun raisers In other
parte of the state but to prove
that goals can be reached.
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