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REOPENING PANDORA'S BOX
Acceptance of the Russian proposal for a Biff Four
meeting at Berlin it reported to have been agreed on by
President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Churchill and
French Premier Laneil at their Biff Three conference in
Bermuda at their first session. It is an endorsement of
Churchill's demand that the West should seek every op
portunity to open up contacts with the new rulers of
Russia.
Another principal issue
agenda is enlarging and perfecting Western unity and a
better understanding of the West s various disagree
ments inspired by the Kremlin's devious policy of divide
and conquer.
More complex and more important is the problem of
Building a strong defense in Western Europe which has
been hampered by French fears and distrust of a rearmed
Germany. The UJS. and British governments insist that
an effective anti-communist defense system cannot be
built arose the heart of Europe without participation by
West Uermany.
The French themselves
this should be accomplished
munty which would give France and four other West Eur
opean nations a voice over Germany's future military
policies. But successive French governments have failed
to have the EDC approved by the National Assembly.
The Big Three may discuss various alternatives, such
as remarmament of Germany independent of any new
defense grouping, or a new defense strategy based 'on
peripheral military bases such as the British Isles, Spain
and Italy.
Other topics on the conference agenda are the Trieste
dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia, the Anglo-Iranian
oil dispute, the British-Egyptian clash over Suez, the In
dochinese war and Korean peace.
A meeting with Malenkov has been opposed by both
Eisenhower and Dulles on the ground that it should be
held only after the Kremlin demonstrates sincerity of
purpose which it has not yet shown.
The Big Four meet may reopen Pandora's box as they
did at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam letting loose all the
evils that flesh is heir to to afflict humanity. G. P.
STRONGER HAND ON REIN?
We have already commented on Eisenhower's reaction
to Senator McCarthy's criticism of his administration,
expressed by Secretary of State Dulles with the presi
dent's full approval. The president left no doubt that he
and his aides will talk and fight back if the senator con
tinues his sniping tactics.
We think this reaction has a further significance, far
beyond McCarthy. We think it means that the president
is determined to play a stronger role when congress
meets in January. It is not secret that his original plan
was to leave congress largely to formulate its own poli
cies. But congress divides and bickers, accomplishing
r.if.e under tins white house policy. The last session
is a fair sample.
Congress is going to require vigorous, determined
White House leadership if a legislative program is to be
put through at the coming session. The Republicans
have only a nominal majority and they are not united.
Most Democrats there are united in an effort to make
the G.O.P. look bad and thereby lose the 1954 election.
This calls for strong leadership by President Eisen
hower to mould the Republicans into a winning team that
can enact a forward looking, constructive program of
legislation upon which to face the country. The vigorous
Eisenhower attitude in the McCarthy matter raises the
hope that he sees this need and is prepared to meet it.
PRISON'S NOT THE ANSWER
A Forum letter on this page yesterday generously
voiced a sympathy for the unfortunate woman who at
tempted to rob a Woodburn hank, which is widely felt
in this locality.
The woman was driven half crazy by the necessity of
providing for four young children. The family had been
deserted by the husband and father, who is believed to
He In jail in California. She demanded money in writing
from a bank teller, but was unarmed and went away
when he refused it
In releasing her the federal authorities in Portland
Indicate that they do not intend to send her to prison,
which is good, for she is probably no criminal at all. But
as the letter writer suggests: What now? What is to
be done to keep this family together? Or can it be kept
together, since she probably cannot provide for the sup
port of four?
We do not have the answer to this or manv other fam
ily tragedies to be found all about us, which only occa
sionally burst onto the public consciousness in this dra
matic fashion. But we are quite sure the answer isn't
prison for the mother, or that she must be left to bear
alone a burden which is almost sure to be bevond her
strength.
PORTLAND LOOKS AHEAD
Portland's Mayor Peterson has what we suspect some
taxpayers down (or up) there will think is quite a gran
diose scheme in city planning. It is for a $2,838,000 addi
tion and renovation program for the present police sta
tion, which we presume includes the municipal clink, or
hoosegow.
It seems clear that Portland's more forward looking
leaders expect this phase of city government to enjov a
steady increase in patronage all through the years ahead.
And while it seems a heck of a lot of money we're far
from thinking them wrong. Portland may lag in some
respects but her crime may be expected to keep pace or
more than pace with her growth.
Luctna Weber Wins
Albany Speech Til!
Albany-Speaking to warn certificate. A tape recording
United States cttiiens of the of her speech will be made by
threat to democracy's life. Lu- KWIL and will be sent lo Sa
clna Weber. Albany Union ilem for statewide competition,
high school junior. Wednesday Miss Weber won out over
tint place in the Albany
'
said to be on the Biff Three
proposed two years ago that
by a European Defense Com-
"Voice of Democracy" contest,
sponsored by the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
For her winning effort, Miss
Weber won a table model ra-
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three other local contestants.
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Hoover Denies Study of
Public Power to Be Biased
By DREW
Washington You might
have thought the secret of the
H-bomb was to be revealed,
judging by the way ex-President
Herbert Hoover pledged
everyone to secrecy at a recent
meeting ot the commission to
investigate government waste
and operations.
However, this writer is able
to report what went on inside
the closed-door meeting. One
important subject, which the
public is certainly entitled to
know about is Hoover's plan to
investigate the government's
public power program,
This question is of such vital
interest to private and public
power groups, as well aa to the
general public, that one mem
ber of Hoover s commission.
Congressman Chet Hollfield of
California, demanded to know
why someone with a public
power background wasn't ap
pointed to the 26-man "task
force" which rrill investigate
government power projects.
It stirkes me as most unus
ual that not a single member
of the task force is represen
tative of the public power pro
gram," Holifield told Hoover
during the secret seccion. "On
the other hand, there are a
number of anti-public power
spokesmen on the task force.
How can the investigation be
objective with that kind of
a setup?"
Hoover stoutly denied that
the task force was stacked one
way or the other. He insisted
that no member was directly
connected with public or prij
vate power.
"We endeavored to select
people of ability and integrity
who would be completely ob
jective." said the ex-president.
"Well, let's consider a few of
them," shot back Holifield.
"One of the members is Brack
en Lee, Governor of Utah, who
is against Hell's canyon and
who has a viicorous record ofipiacrd at the top of the Ber-
opposilion to the public power
program.
Holifield also cited Harry
Polk, former president of the
national reclamation associa-
lion, who wrote a news article
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also Robert W. Sawyer. Oregon
newspaper editor, who has con
sistently opposed federal de
velopment of low-cost electric
ity. "The integrity of those men
cannot be questioned," bristled
Hoover.
"I do not question their in
tegrity." countered the Cali
fornia congressman, "but I do I
question the qualification of
men to sit in judgment on the
government s public power i
program, when they have pre
ordained views against it. And
I tntrnd to discuss the matter
openly In the ner' session of
congress.
Mrs. Warren's Birds
imci justice tan Warren
was chatting about things non
legal with Mrs. Henry Schults
during the recent anti-drfama-tion
league dinner honoring
President Eisenhower. They
were talking about hobbies,
"Mrs. Schultz," said the
chief justice of the United
States, "my wife once had a
hobby that almost drove me
crazy. She collected tome love
ly canaries and finches. At one
time, we actually had fifty
canaries and finches around
our house. When I (ot home at
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night I found I couldn't even
open my mouth without fear of
having one of those finches fly
right into it."
Peace Pact with Russia?
Hottest items on the Big
Three agenda as the Bermuda
conference got under way was
a non-aggression pact with
Soviet Russia.
Discussion of the proposed
past was not publicized In ad
vance, and most observers
have rated the top Bermuda
topic as the coming four-power
conference of foreign minis
ters. However, before President
Eisenhower left Washington,
the state department received
a confidential memo from the
British that they would like to
discuss offering Russia a non-
aggression pact in order to ease
her fear of the united Europe
an army. ''.
Subsequently, the state de
partment queried other inter
ested government bureaus to
get their reaction and to pre
pare the president In advance
of his trip.
The British and some state
department officials have felt
that a non-aggression pact
might have certain useful
benefits.
1. It would take the curse
off Moscow's continual harping
on trie idea that the United
States is war-mongering and
that the United European army
is for the purpose of attacking
Russia.
2. It might conceivably per
suade the Russians to relax
their military might, lift some
parts of the iron curtain and
re-establish a certain amount
of cultural exchange between
East and West
On the other hand, some ad
visers inside the administration
fear that a non-aggression
pact would merely lull the
Western world to sleep.
This is the inn problem
muda agenda.
Note Also on the Bermuda
agenda is a question so secret
there will be no announcement
future strategy regarding
the atom and hydrogen bombs.
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Brownell's Perfect Timing
Evidence has just come to
light that Attorney General
Brownell had been sitting on
the Harry Dexter White case
since last August and careful
ly timed it just after GOP de
tents in New Jersey, New York
and Wisconsin.
It is now learned that
Brownell discussed the secret
FBI memo mentioning White's
name with editors of U. S.
News and World Report as
early as last August.
The attorney general was in
terviewed by editors for the
September edition of itheir
magazine. He was careful not
to mention the FBI memo in
the official interview, but off-the-record
he confided that' he
had an FBI memo dated No
vember 5, 1945, which identi
fied 37 government employees
as communist suspects, includ
ing the names of Alges Hiss
and Harry Dexter White.
In other words, Brownell
had the political ammunition
to set off his blast at least three
months ago, but held his fire
for the sake of political tim
ing. Incidentally, Brownell has
dozens of other secret FBI
memos loaded with accusations
embarrassing to both demo
crats and republicans. Unlike
White, however, most of the
accused are still living, so
Brownell cannot make the FBI
charges public until he is pre
pared to back them up in court
That's why some of the names
will come out through the
Jenner committee.
(Oprrimi. Itll)
Students to Russia
Eight U.S. college editors
are going to get a chance to
visit Russia. Presumably the
Russian government, consider
ing these visitors young and
impressionable, will put forth
extratordinary efforts to show
communism at its best and. If
possible, make a few converts
or at least friendly observers.
However, the U.S. college edi
tors may be a little smarter
than the Russians think. It is
doubtful if the best efforts the
reds can make will have any
effect in converting these lads.
If they keep their eyes and
ears open, they will be able to
see behind the elaborate front
the reds will put up for them.
& LOMB
Salem 59 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
December (. MM
Count Ferdinand de Les
sepps, engineer for the Sues
canal, had Men reported sen
ously UL
-Football." said a Capital
Journal editorial, "is not to be
classed with prize fighting. The
former can be conducted by
gentlemen. The latter, never.
Dr. J. C. Smith, formerly of
the Red Front Drug store, had
been elected mayor of Jeffer-
Two Syrian camels and two
donkeys had been offered to
the city by the Turkish com
pany of Portland for 1150.
Councilman Klein moved that
the city invest and the coun
cil adjourned amid greet hi'
larity.
Board of school directors for
Salem had increased the
monthly salary of Mrs. Sheri
dan, janitor of Central school,
by $2 a month by reason of care
required for an additional
room. In the future she was to
receive til a month for her
janitorial services at Central
school.
A new Willamette steamer
had been under construction
at Newberg for some time.
Placing engines and a boiler
from the hull ot the Anetia
would complete the steamer.
Gray Eagle was a 110 foot boat
with a 20 foot beam. When
built she was owned by Cap
tain Carey and Engineer Kemp
of Corvallis. (For many years
she served as C. K. Spauld
ing'a towboat on the Willam
ette.) First painted rooftop and
highway markers for air tra
vel were set up between In
dianapolis, Ind., and Dayton,
Ohio. . ,
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Much of the Best Comes
To Us From the Long Ago
By REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
km mi. at, nor
When attending theological
seminary, we had a professor,
a grand old man with a long
white beard who was nearing
70 years of age. He was a pro
found scholar and an excellent
teacher of Greek. The new
dean of the seminary, who had
just arrived, and who planned
to make some sweeping chan
ges, was anxious to retire the
venerable professor.
At a dinner given to the
senior class, which was attend
ed by the faculty, the dean
called upon several men to
make short speeches. Then, at
the close of the program, he
suggested that the occasion
would not be complete without
a few w o r d a from "our an
tique." This brought the
learned scholar and distin
guished Greek professor to his
feet. He heatedly shouted that
while he might be referred to
by the young dean as sn "an
tique," that he would remind
him that the wise men of the
ages consulted the elder states
men, and the antiques on the
library shelves.
In these days when people
listen with profound interest to
the latest words spoken, pro
viding some celebrity ssys
them, it might profit us to
pause and consult some of the
"antiques" on the subject.
Aristotle once said, "Let us re
member that we should not
disregard the wisdom of the
ages."
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
New Yorkers Find Their Daily
Newspaper Can't Be Replaced
By HAL
New York CV What is the
power of the press?
Empty newsstands this week
taught the world's greatest
city the answer.
Millions of New Yorkers
learned that their favorite
newspaper, like their favorite
wife, waa something they had
taken for granted some thing
they now really appreciated
for the first time because It
was no longer there for them
to depend on.
They missed the daily ren
dezvous with their daily news
paper, and nothing could quite
Uke its place. A strike that
silenced every major paper In
the city for the first time in
its history left holes, large or
small in every life. Even
blind men, for whom a news
paper is still window to an
unseen world, complained,
People discovered anew the
Importance of the printed word
the daily printed word. Tele
vision and radio . reporters
worked overtime to tell, the
news, but the -spoken word
didn't fill the gap left by the
silent presses. Nothing could
do all the things a daily news
paper does.
The first day of the strike
my wife, Frances, remarked
cheerfully:
"WelL it s nice to see your
face at breakfast again alter
all these years. had forgotten
what you looked like across
a scrambled egg."
"To tell you the truth X miss
the advertising more than the;
news, she said the second day.
It a rather nice not to know
all the terrible things that are
happening in the world."
'Oh, I guess I can put off
my Christmas shopping until
cpimopu cdva
One of the antiques whose
wisdom is as sound today as it
was when first recorded .y ears
ago is the Holy Scriptures. The
Ten Commandments and .the
Sermon on the Mount found
therein are still good founda
tion stones upon which to con
struct sound character. Millions
of people are daily inspired,
uplifted and helped, to a more
perfect way of living, through
the study of the Scriptures.
It is true the Bible has lit
tle to say about our superficial
problems, but much to say
about our ideals, our way of
life, and our realization of
God. The Bible wiU speak with
as much authority a thousand
years from now as it did a
thousand years ago. The Bible
is indeed a venerable antique
which no younger book can
supplant. Read the incompar
able Psalms. It is true they
give us no Information about
modern economic theories, or
vitamins, or calories, but they
do satisfy the yearnings of the
soul. How many have been
comforted by these words,
"Lord, thou hast been our re
fuge from one generation to
another; before the mountains
were brought forth or ever the
earth and the world were
made, Thou art God from ever
lasting." "The Lord is my light
and my salvationwhom then
shall I fear the Lord is the
strength of my life, of whom
then ahall I be afraid?"
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Saturday, December S. 1851
BOYLE
this strike Is settled,1' she said
the third day. "You waste so
much time shopping 11 you
don't know what the stores are
featuring."
But the fourth day aha was
hit by news hunger:
Tell me what is happening.
I want to know what is really
going on. Even if most of the
news is bad, I guess I want to
know it It makes ma restless
when there isn't a newspaper
In the house."
I suppose this experience
was typical in thousands of
homes. The feeling ot uneasi
ness deepened with each day
of the strike. A newspaper is
a mirror that reflects and ful
fills many needs, and who likes
to go day after day without
looking in a mirror .
As a newspaperman. I found
it odd to listen to the com
ments of readers on how the
strike affected their personal
lives.
"Gee, wouldn't you hate to
get married now?" one girl
asked another. "You couldn't
even get your name in the
Sunday paper, and I don't
know how else I'll ever do it"
"My worst enemy could drop
dead and I wouldn't know it,"
mourned a confirmed reader of
the obituary page.
"How can I find out what
my competitors are doing?"
grumbled a businessman. "And
what's going to happen to my
Christmas business if I can't
place an ad?"
The cross-word puzzle ad
dicts complained crossly they
didn't know what to do with
their hands and brains on the
way to work.
The children missed the
comics almost as much as the
adults. -
The letters - to - the editor
writers had no forum for their
gripes. Housewives didn't like
doing without their beauty
hints, or the lovelorn editor's
advance on how to deal with a
middle-aged wayward hus
band. Joe, who had quarreled
with Maisie, had no place to
put a personal ad saying, M.
It's all my fault. Please an
swer my phone calls. Very im
portant. Joe.
The folks who dote on high
society were unable to find
whom was being seen with
whom, or what prominent
playboy had thrown cham
pagne in what prominent play
girl's face. The pundits had no
platform. The civil leaders held
up announcements. Broadway
gossip was better known in
Dubuque than it was on Broad
way. Some 65,000 metropolitan
press agent were either in
semi-hysteria, or telling uncon
vinced clients, "I had your
picture lined up for every front
page in town, just before the
papers shut down."
Everybody from the horse
player to the stockbroker was
seeking to find new avenues
to the daily information he
wanted.
There was a great void in the
daily voice of the city. Each
missed something of the power
of the press its many-faceted
power to inform, advise, en
lighten, and entertain lta mil
lions of readers in a compli
cated world which nothing can
explain so well as the daily
newspaper.
This would be a hell of a
time," said one reader, "for
anybody to start a really bad
rumor.
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