THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, galea, Orefw
Saturday, November 28, 1953
Capital AJournal
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THE SEGREGATION ISSUE
In a 188-page brief filed In the U.S. aupreme court, At
torney General Herbert Brownell, Jr, declared that sep-
' rate achoola for whit and Negro children ahould be
; wiped out as "unconstitutional Ho declared the "pri
' mary and persuasive" purposes of the 14th amendment
, to the constitution was "to secure for Negroes full and
complete equality before the law and to abolish all legal
. distinctions based on race or color."
'- The school segregation issue affects at least 17 states
' and the District of Columbia and in all of them it is bit
' terly opposed. The supreme court will open hearings
on five cases in which the plaintiffs argue that scnool
I segregation is unconstitutional on December 7.
Several southern states already have taken steps to set
np "private" school systems in the event the court rules
that segregation is illegal In state-owned institutions.
' Brownell took a broad view of the 14 th amendment,
which bars any state from making or enforcing any law
that abridges the privileges and immunities granted un
der the constitution to citizens of the United States. The
Truman administration took a similar view.
Southern governors, among them Byrnes of South Car
f olina, Talmadge of Georgia and other leaders in Virginia,
,. Arkansas and other southern states declare that the con-
stitution does not give the federal government any juris-
: diction over educational systems of the state and that
the states alone have the right to exercise such junsdic
. tion. .
They also declare that the power to enact or amend
, laws waa the exclusive right of the legislative depart-
merit and not of the judicial branch of the government
'They point out that congress has consistently refused,
year in and year out to pass laws destroying segregation,
; and that Brownell's brief is wholly political
Dixie law leaders also predict that a ruling against
. segregation by the supreme court would bring about the
, end of the public school system in the south, and also de-
stroy all chance for republicans to carry these states
: again and keep them one party states. G. P.
BRITISH
'BYE' ELECTION
Despite, improved economic conditions in Britain since
' the Conservatives returned to power they have evidently
slipped about two per cent In popularity with the voters,
enough to assure a victory for the Labor party if another
election were held now.
i . The voting district of Holborn filled a vacancy a few
; days ago. The district is regarded as a good cross sec-
tion. It is located in London and includes both good and
; shabby residential sections. It went Labor by a slim mar-
: gin in 1951, .
f The Conservatives were hopeful of carrying it this
, time. Winston Churchill wrote to the Tory candidate:
: "By electing you, Holborn will strike a blow which will
resound through the land and increase our influence the
. world over. It is not often a single constituency can
.' strike such a hefty blow for our island home."
But the hefty blow was struck by the other side. Labor
won, increasing its 1951 margin by two per cent Some
other recent British' electio have shown approximately
the same trend, which nationwide would give Labor a
majority of about 15 seats in the 600-odd member House
of Commons.
This situation is likely to dissuade Churchill and his
colleagues from calling an election soon, as they were'
half expected to do. It is significent that the revolt
: against him on the commercial radio issue petered out
the other aay in tne house of Lords. Conservatives will
' not be likely to revolt against their leader and upset the
government of many of them face the loss of their seats
in a new election.
The situation in Britain may be similar to ours. The
country is prosperous, but not all its people are prosper
ous. They too, are beset by high living costs and taxes,
without early prospect for relief. So they vote against
the "ins."
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Salem36 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL '
NevamWr ZS, HIT
Allied nations had Impressed
Ruatia with their disapproval
of any separate peace now.
Commissioner B. T. Nichols
had expressed deep concern
about the appearance of a new
disease ravaging local prune or
chards. Attendance In city schools.
Superintendent John T. Todd
had announced, was 1779 as
compared with 2851 during Oc
tober of 1916.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Salem butchers, bakers, gro-
cerymen and restauranteurs
had declared their willingness
to aid in food conservation as
a wartime measure.
Thrift stamps were to be on
sal. at the post office within
a week to accommodate those
abl. to sav. but 25 cents at a
time.
Gale & Co. had boys knick-
erbocker suits in latest styles
from $2.98 to $3.45.
Oregon Motor Co. had a
mammoth used car sale featur
ing Mitchells, Sriscoes and
Saxons.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
D. of J. Files Trust Suit
Vs. Interior Man's Concern
AIR FORCE MAKES A WISE DECISION
The Air Force authorities have finally come up with a
wise decision in the case of Lieutenant Milo Radulovich,
who might have become a minor American Dreyfus and
embarrassed the proud U.S.A. no end in foreign countries.
Radulovich was scheduled for discharge from the re
serve officers corps because of his relatives, "guilt by
association." His father had, it seems, read pro-Communist
publications, as most well read people have at some
time or another, and his sister had marched in pro-Communist
demonstrations.
There was no charge against the lieutenant, no evi
dence whatever that he shared his relatives' political
views. If released he would have received an honorable
discharge. There was no basis for any other. The Air
Force was just jittery. i
The Air Force secretary has now thought better of it
and reversed an administrative board finding. It is rec
ognized Radulovich had no choice about who his rela
tives would be and what they would think. Had he been
member of Communist movements or a known associ
ate of them there might have been a basis for "security
risk" suspicion, but there appears to have been none.
So the Air Force keeps a needed officer and the gov
rnment escapes a position that would have been at best
awkward and hard to justify.
BRILLIANT GRIDIRON CLIMAX
. Nowhere in Oregon will there be a better appreciation
than in Salem of the feat performed by the Grants Pass
high school football team in holding the powerful Port
land Central Catholic Rams to a 14-13 score and almost
beating them. With their share of the "breaks" in the
fourth quarter they would have done so. j
; Salem had a mighty good team this year, yet lost to
Central Catholic 20-0 in rain and mud here. On a dry
field local fans thought their team would have done much
better, but few thought it could have defeated the big,
rugged Portla'nders.
Grants Pass, beaten twice and tied twice this year, gave
a marvelous display of what spirit can do in this game of
brawn.
Washington It didn't make
headlines, but the Justice De
partment recently filed a suit
against American Smelting and
Refining and the St. Joseph
Lead Company for violation of
the anti-trust laws.
What makes the case inter
esting Is that the former vice
president of St. Joseph Lead is
Felix Wormser, now assistant
Secretary of the Interior.
Wormser Is in charge of the
Bureau of Mines and Geological
Survey.
St Joseph Lead, 250 Park
Ave, New York City, Is t b e
largest lead-mining company in
the nation, operating in Mis
souri and New York. Worm
ser, now assistant Secretary of
the Interior, was with the com
pany for years, all during the
period it is charged with vio
lating the antitrust laws.
In testimony before the sen
ate interior committee, Worm
ser admitted he had lobbied in
behalf of the Simpson bill to
increase tar ills on lead and
thereby increase the domestic
price. He admitted that in this
case he was not in total accord
with Elsenhower's "Trade Not
Aid" program.
This is in opposition to two
Elsenhower policies, foreign
trade and free competition.
The Juilics Ejti.-i.T.ir.t suit
charges that American Smelt
ing and St. Joseph Lead have
restrained, attempted to mo-
nopoliie, and monopolized In
terstate and foreign trade in
the production and sale of pri
mary lead, and, ever since
1920, have been engaged in a
continuing agreement to sup
press competition in the lead
industry.
The primary lead Industry
of the United States." an
nounced Attorney General
Brownell, "has been so domin
ated by the two defendants that
no new producer has entered
By DREW PEARSON
farmer some free legal advice
and went on with his break
fast. "Vknow,H Johnson told
friends, "that was a lucky en
counter for me. I was a hero
to the democrats from Maine to
California and I felt pretty
proud. But old Jim and his
dog fight reminded me that as
far as the voters in my district
are concerned I'm Just plain
Lester Johnson the guy who's
working for them. That's a
good lesson for a new congress
man and I don t intend to for
get it."
G. I. MAIL
While the Defense Depart
ment is canceling plane and
tank contracts to save money,
It is wasting 88,000 a day on
flying mall to GIs overseas.
This is because they have
spurned the small, unsubsidized
airlines which have offered to
fly mail overseas for 50 cents
per pound. Under an earlier
contract. Seaboard and West
ern already delivered 4,500,000
pounds of GI mail to Tokyo at
this low rate. However, the
defense Department is now ig
noring the SO-cent offer and
is sending the mail via the big
airlines at 91.70 per pound
more than triple the small air
lines' offer.
This is costing the taxpayers
an extra 88,000 per day, or al
most S3,uuo.ooo per year not
counting the big Christmas
mail. It s another example of
what happens when defense of
ficials favor big business over
small business.
The most important small
arms development since World
War II will soon be announced
by the Army. It's a revolution
ary new rifle which will re
place the .45 Colt, the Garand
rille, the carbine and even the
small machine gun.
Perfected by a Belgian man
ufacturer, Fabrique Nationale.
years. In a dynamic society 1 3;00 ' Hl"e have
such as ours, every barrier to ire,ben Purchased and
the entrv of new nroducrs Lth U-S- ready to go in for
light, easy to carry, deadly in
its aim, and easy to manufac
ture. Army experts say it will
decrease the load the GI has
to carry on his back by several
pounds.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Toy departments are "less
warlike" this year, according to
Commerce Department sur
veys, though cowooy and In
dian outfits are it;'' big sel
lers. The big stores are selling
more "space" toys, less "shoot
ing" gadgets, such as tanks.
cannon, and submarines. Nov
elty toys now 'appearing on the
Christmas market far the first
time include a German-made
automobile that has three dif
ferent speeds forward, also goes
backward, and can be steered
by a remote-control apparatus
held in the hand; also, a re
mote controlled helicopter
made in England. An estim
ated 8500,000,000 worth of toys
made by 1,500 American man
ufacturers will be sold during
this Christmas season, accord
ing to the Commerce Depart
ment.
(Coprruht, ISM)
"Feeding th.' Family," a
lately published, book, had pro
mised to rank as a best seller.
Salem public library had or
dered several copies.
Menu for Thanksgiving din
ner at the Home Style restaurant,-262
State street, offered
cream of tomato soup, roast
turkey with dressing, mashed
potatoes, cranberry sauce, Wal
dorf salad, suet pudding, pie
and cotiee for 33 cents.
DRIVING LESSON COSTLY
Columbus, Miss. (UK Two-
year-old Nate Pack's first driv.
ing "lesson" cost his father
8350. Nate's first solo excursion
carried the car against a tree,
through a fence and Into a
neighbor's garage. Nate, left
alone in the car somehow got
the engine started and in gear
and then got down on the floor
board and pressed the accelerator.
N.Y. Men's Stylists Can't
Tell Coast Men What to Wear
GOVERNOR ON TOUR
Pendleton East Oregonlan
Citizens of Umatilla county
will get acquainted with their
governor next month. Gov.
Paul Patterson will speak at a
luncheon meeting of Lions, Ki
wanians and Rotarians in Pen
dleton Dec. 18; to the Kiwan
ians and Rotarians at Hermis-
Loa tuui to Urn Umaulia Lnam
ber of Commerce the follow
ing day.
SHOULD KNOW BETTER
San Francisco UR Police
charged Rupert E. Smith yes
terday with driving the wrong
way on a one-way street and
backing up improperly. Smith
operates a driving school.
New Cork ) Does your
wife take th. spotlight away
from you at a social gathering.
misterr
If she does, it maybe isn't be
cause she's wittier, prettier, or
plays the zither better.
"It's probably because the
wife dresses up and the hus
band dresses down," said Stan
ley Goldman, a style expert.
"Th. American husband has
to wak. up and dress up and
take his share of the spotlight
The single man today is bet
ter dressed because he is still
on the . . . wall ... on the mar
ket Th. married man is too
inclined to say, 'Oh, why dress
up? My wife will take me as
I am.' "
Goldman feels this Is aU
wrong. 'The American man
never was more conscious of
his figure than today, and nev
er was in better shape," he
said. "He is getting taller and
less portly all the time, and
there is no reason why he has
to look sloppy.
It is the average man's sum
mertime uniform moccasins.
un pressed slacks, and three-year-old
sport shirts that de
presses Goldman most.
Men are getting too casual
in their dress," he observed.
"The ordinary husband buys
only seven eighths of a suit a
year, but a white collar worker
needs at least two new suits a
year to look presentable on the
job."
Goldman, style director for
Eagle Clothes, is a student of
geographical differences in
men's clothing, and can tell
what part of the country a
stranger comes from by glanc
ing at his suit.
"In the East they want a
slim, trim look with natural
shoulders, slightly squared, and
the big color right now is char
coal gray," he said.
"In the South they go for a
suit with patch pockets, and
the favorite color is tan. In Chi
cago a suit with square patch
pockets and a fish mouth lapel
is tops.
On the Weal Coast they
want to look bigger, baggier
and shaggier."
A New York style generally
takes shout six months to dai
ly HAL BOYLE
zl Chicago, a year to overawe
th. South, and two full year,
to Invade and conquer the West
Coast
"Nobody really can tell th.
West Coast what to do," re
marked Goldman wryly.
These varying regional tastes
make the men's clothing indus
try something like a roulette
game. Each season you have to
guess th. right number.
Since Goldman is such a stout
advocate of having th. husband
dip deeper into th family
clothing budget I asked him if
he favored men wearing mink.
"It's been tried," h. said.
"But mink shrinks when blend
ed with wool, and doesn't wear
well enough. But wool and bea
ver overcoata for men are
working out well."
Goldman was wearing a nar.
row necktie and a slim trim
dark gray suit J waa inhabit
ing at the moment my favorite
bigger, baggier, and shaggier
tweeds.
Can you guess the price of
a suit by looking at it?" I asked
him.
"Yes." .
"How much did I pay for
mine?" "
"Sixty dollars give or take
five," he said immediately. I
felt crestfallen. Th. auit had
set me bsck exactly $65.
"What do you think of it?"
I asked.
"To change the subject," said
Goldman, "there is no reason
why the American husband
has to dress in a sloppy man
ner."
It that a way to change a
subject? '
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IQCICwOOO H0MFJ
There are times in the life
of anyone when he desperately
wants religion to do something
specific for him. He has a prob
lem that must be solved. He
has lost his wife or child, or
his health has failed, or he has
lost his grip on things. Or he
has become an alcoholic, or he
has lost his faith.
Perhaps he has not paid
much, if any, attention to
spiritual things until now,
when suddenly he realizes he
has no visible place to which
to turn for help, unless per
chance, it might b eh'irch
or a clergyman. But it is real
ly difficult for the person who
has no religion, or a religion
that he has allowed to become
dormant, to get a miracle
passed at a moment's notice.
However, many are thus help
ed. Religion is not only a, shock
absorber for jolts of one kind
By REV. GEORGE H.SWIFT
actar. ai Paal't rpueoptj ennrea
or another; religion Is not only
a help in solving specific prob
lems, and it is not only an
oracle to consult in dire emer
gencies. Religion may be all
of these, but even more so, it
it is a way of day by day liv
ing. There is no occupation or
profession, not even the min
istry, that does not have its
unpleasant chorea to be done.
To do them well, one often
needs a religious sense of a
higher and nobler meaning.
One must understand the un
derlying purpose of it all.
The practice of religion re
quires a first hand apprecia
tion of God's will for us. This
means more than just finding
arguments to prove God exists.
It means taking God s will into
every avenue of life, and mak
Says More Purchasing
Power Is Vital Need
To th. Editor:
We note on. of th. Initial
addresses of John R. Dudley
of the Salem Industrial Devel
opment Council and agree that
with the increase in population
of Salem area that there should
be more industries. This is also
a "must" in several thousand
more centers of the country.
However, we believe these
planners and business execu
tives have overlooked one most
important item and that is in
creased purchasing power.
There is a segment of our
population that now lacks this
purchasing power and tries to
live on a Meagre pittance.
Hundreds' of women In your
area would be glad to purchase
"items made at home" if they
had the money.
There is a plan called "grass
roots money" Issued every 30
days, and it does not cost $100,-
000 but the cost of a single
letter to th. Secretary of Stat,
of Colorado, to find out it has
successfully worked in that
state for years. The Stat, of
Oregon, and every city in it
could do exactly th. same. It
has proved to be a three-way.
road to increased prosperity;
increased purchasing power.
stops bankruptcies and mak.
more revolving dollars. It has
proved to be th. best plan ever
adopted.
Portland.
GOOD DAYS OVER EAST
Pendleton East Oregonlan
No complaints, please, about
such weather as we had her.
last week end. Note what
weather is doing to Oregonians
ing it an integral part of our i west of the mountains and be
every day living. I thankful.
must be eliminated to maintain
our system of free enterprise."
Lester Johnson, the first
democrat ever elected to con
gress from Wisconsin's Ninth
district has suddenly become
a national figure. But he isn't
letting it go to his head.
The morning after election,
as Johnson walked into a lo
cal restaurant for breakfast a
grizzled old farmer hailed him.
"Lester." he said, "I want
you ot help me right away."
What s the problem, Jim?"
asked the new congressman,
thinking the farmer had some
national Issue on his mind.
"Weil, a few days ago I put
my best female hunting dog
down in the bottom of my silo
to protect her from other dogs
in tne neighborhood. And last
night on. of the dogs from the
next farm jumped over th. wall
ot th. silo and I want you to
do something about it."
Johnson, brought back to
earth with a jolt, said there
wasn't much a congressman
could do about th. matter, con-
gressmen a ran I legislate on
such matters.
"Well, you're also th. dis
trict attorney, aren't yon?"
queried th. farmer. "I want
you to sue th. owner of that
other dog and I want you to do
it today."
Johnson explained that this
wss a matter for civil action
and lb. district attorney could
n't sut. But ht gav. th. angry
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