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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Satea, OrtffM
til a radar. December 10, 1953
Capital AJournal
An Independent Newspaper Established 1888
BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus
Published every afternoon except Sundoy at 444 Che
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A STRIKE AGAINST PUBLIC WELFARE
The strike of 400 photoengravers that shut down the
seven daily newspapers In New York City, with a circu
lation of 6,500,000 daily and 8,500,000 Sunday, has been
temporarily settled a truce rather than a settlement
by the acceptance by both publishers and unions of a
formula offered by federal mediators of submitting tha
issues to a fact-finding; board which can only make rec
ommendations. Becauje this other unions refused to
eross the picket line, the 20,000 other newspaper em
ployes were idled.
! Under the agreement, the 400 photoengravers Involved will
get a $3 weekly wage increase, plus 75 cents worth of other
benefit, the same package which tha publishers stood on all
long even while proposing arbitration which the union twice
rejected. The fact-finding board can recommend additional
mounts. . , , ,
The union had sought originally a $15 package; but scaled
this down to 17.59. Wages are now 1120 a week for day
work, f 131 for night, the highest in history.
The publishers estimated that the $3.75 package, ex
tended industrywide in New York would cost them more
than $3.75 million a year. Any added grant by the fact
finders would figure out at a million dollars a year indus
trywide for every weekly dollar gained by the engravers.
Publishers are taking the industrywide view since eight
other unions, Including the CIO American Newspaper
Guild and affiliates of the AFL Printing Trades Council,
have contract negotiatiins or wage reopenings fending
or due to come up soon. Editorial, business and some
other employes are represented by the guild. .
All these anions are going to want shorter hours, more
holidays and higher pay. They get six 'paid holidays and
want 10. The engravers have been working S6 hours
a week and demand a 82-hour week. They want more
fringe privileges. They seem intent on killing the goose
that lays the golden egg and their policy which has al
ready forced the suspension of many newspapers and
the merger of others, will force a decrease in the num
ber of men employed.
Such a strike as that staged in New York City is plainly
against public welfare. It deprives the public of news,
the stores of sales and industry, agriculture and transpor
tation of markets and the strikers of wages. It empha
sizes the need of amending the Taft-Hartley law to cover
such abuse Of monopoly by labor unions.
The worst feature, however, is the open repudiation of
contracts by labor unions to continue work' during the
period covered by contract A labor union contract has
become, like a communist contract, only a scrap of paper
to be torn up at will against the employer who furnishes
tha payroll as enemy Number One to be penalized for
providing jobs. G. P.
FRANCE TO ELECT A PRESIDENT
France is about to elect a president, but quietly, in con
trast with all the flubdub the American electorate is sub
jected to J r more than a year before it happens.
The presidency of France is a different kind of an of
fice, which better resembles the English kingship than
its American counterpart. France's president is head of
the state socially, but the premier is the head man of
the government. Our president is both.
The French president how possesses some authority.
He presides over cabinet meetings and he names the
premier-designate in political crises. Thus he sometimes
decides who is to be premier, and once in a while which
party Is to form the government. So he cannot be en
tirely discounted aa a force in French affairs.
The office is filled not by a general election as in the
U.S. but by the two houses of the French parliament, by
secret ballot. Hence there is a lot of inside maneuvering,
little pijblic campaigning. The tradition is that one must
never be openly a candidate. .
It is aa important not to have too many enemies aa to
have many loyal friends, for the French do not want
their president to be a controversial man. He is ex
pec ted to command the affection of all the people as the
English sovereign does. Therefore the tendency is to
elect rather mild Individuals, though Raymond Poincare
of World War I was not of this type.
The job is a good one, a seven-year term at about $125,
000 a year in terms of our money. The vote is scheduled
for December 17.
RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL STILL PRECIOUS
Reversal of conviction in a sordid Douglas county mur
der case by the Oregon supreme court comes as an elo
quent reminder that the ancient Anglo-Saxon precept
that everyone, rich or poor, high, low or intermediate,
is entitled to a scrupulously fair trial is still in full force
and effect In this state.
ine nign court, in an opinion by justice looze, con
cluded that certain prejudicial information was allowed
to reach the jury, and that the jury was not informed by
the judge that it could return a verdict of life imprison
ment as well as death.
I he opinion concluded that palpable errors were
.committed, "to which this court cannot close its eyes
without violating its firm duty to see that the constitu
tional rights of an accused person are ever protected and
preserved.
This is America in the mid-twentieth century, an era
in which such rights are disappearing for millions who
once had them and are not even a hope for hundreds of
millions more.
It's a bright light Americans had better keep shining.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike's Advisors Now Agree
'Can't Appease McCarthy'
By DREW PEARSON
Washington White House
advisers, previously split as to
whether the president should
crack back at Senator McCar
thy, are now less divided. The
McCarthy strategy of swamp
ing the White House with tele
grams, plus his charge that the
White House was concealing
Western Union figures, plus
earlier McCarthy criticism, has
made even General "Slick
Persons realize that Ike can't
appease McCarthy
General Persons, with Vice
President Nixon, has been the
most persuasive of the Ike-
advisers who believe the pres
ident must get along with Mc
Carthy, not oppose him.
But now it's the belief of
almost everyone who tries to
counsel an idealistic but politi
cally Inexperienced president
that the senator from Wiscon
sin has used the Eisenhower
administration to build him
self a rabid following which
can't be dissipated overnight.
In effect, the administration
has supplied the steppingstones
by which the man who now de
fies It has risen to power.
Here arc some of the ttep-
olngstones the administration
has Inadvertently handed its
chief Republican critic:
Stepplngstone No. I Car
bon copies of all Eisenhower
administration investigations
automatically given Mc-
OPEN FORUM
GOP Not Unanimous
In "Barb" at Morse
To the Editor:
I refer to the article on page
one of your December 9 jtsue
headlined "Young Republi
cans of Two Counties Praise
Ike," which discusses a reso
lution passed by the Marlon
Polk Young Republicans. The
main point of that resolution
was, of course, its censurt of
Senstor McCarthy, which ec-
tion was taken by the group
In response to a talk by one
of its members which discuss
ed only tha methods and mo
tives ot Senator McCarthy,
and hla moat recent attack
upon the administration's for
eign policy.
However, any inference
that the group also unani-
mously Intended to direct, ai
the article puts it, "a pointed
barb at Senator Morse Is in
correct. I for one specifically
stated that I did not accept
the resolution on that basis.
and there are indications that
I was not alone. Further, I
believe that the majority of
the members were interested
solely in stating their opinion
on the actions of Senator Mc
Carthy and not In gratuitously
insulting others.
HAL ADAMS,
Salem,
Carthy. That was how he knew
the army was probing the sig
nal corps at Fort Monmouth,
N. J. The army had been
working on this for months.
and after McCarthy obtained
copies of army reports, it was
a simple matter for him to call
witnesses, usurp the headlines.
8teppingstona No. t At
torney General Brownell
whitewashed the aenate inves
tigatihg committee's report on
McCarthy: also let the statute
of limitations expire on the
senRte probe of the Maryland
election and McCarthy's part
In It. A aenate committee had
submitted a unanimous report,
including amazing photostate
ot McCarthy's concealed finan
cial operations. Yet Brownell
announced that the matter was
being dropped.
Stepplngstone No. I The
administration appointed two
McCarthy men to the federal
communications com mission.
This is one reason the big radio
and TV networks have leaned
over backward to give McCar
thy free time. The White
House even appointed to the
FCC. Robert E. Lee. the Mc
Carthy henchman who, accord
ing to a senate report, handled
some of the money in the Mary
land election. Lee's extremely
limited knowledge of radio or
TV came as a moderator for
the McCarthy-Hunt TV pro
gram, "Facta Forum."
Stepplngstone No. 4 The
administration gave McCar
thy's chief financial angel, H
L. Hunt, and other financial
backers, a tax reduction on
contributions to his TV pro
gram, "Facta Forum." In other
words, the administration
which has suffered from Mc
Carthy 'a attacks helped build
him up by ruling that those
who finance McCarthy s TV
program get a tax deduction of
20 per cent for Individuals snd
5 per cent for corporations on
the amounts they contribute.
McCarthy Network
This TV program gives sig
nificant insight into the Mc
Carthy propaganda network.
If the Republican party tried
to get away with the same tax
deductions it has given McCar
thy's followers, it would be
laughed out of court. How
ever, "Facts Forum," though
touted as educational. Is ac
tually an effective propaganda
vehicle for the philosophy of
America Firsters Isolationists
and the Fascist fringe.
On its advisory committee
are Gen. Robert E. Wood, for
mer head of the American First
committee, which vigorously
opposed war with Hitler; also
Gen. Hanford McNlder, an ac
tive leader in the same group.
Yet President Eisenhowers
policies are the exact opposite.
He commanded the chief of
fensive against Hitler, later ad
vocated international coopera
tion as head of NATO in Paris.
A typical "Facts Forum" lee-
turer is Allan Zoll, whose
American Patriots organization
was put on the attorney gen
eral's list as subversive and
fascist. Among the books and
literature which "Facts Forum'
urges TV viewers to buy are
those WTitten by Merwyn K.
Hart, who Justice. Jackson de
scribed as "Well known for
his pro-fascist leanings."
President Eisenhower, of
course, has taken exactly the
opposite stand from these Mc
Carthy followers, has made
public pleas for tolerance and
understanding. Yet his treas
ury department gives fax ben
efits to an organization fight
ing his policies under the guise
of education.
Facts Forum" urges TV
viewers and radio listeners to
participate in the "Facts Forum
book plan," of which the most
widely promoted book is Mc
Carthy's "The Fight for Amer
ica.' . This contains a diitnbe
'gainst Eisenhower's close
friend, Gen. George Marshall.
now in Stockholm receiving the
Nobel Peace prize; also accuses
such publications as the Chris
tian Science Monitor, Time and
Life magazines, Washington
Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Portland Oregonian and the
Milwaukee Journal of follow
ing the communist line.
McCarthy'a Angel
"Facts Forum" angel. Texas
oil millionaire H. L. Hunt, is
also in a favored tax position,
due to the 27 V per cent oil
depletion allowance. Hunt it a
man of rather eitreme ideas
as to who is or in not a com
munist, as illustrated by a con
versation with Clare Bnothe
Luce, now ambassador to ttaly.
Mrs. Luce, visiting in Dallas,
invited Hunt to visit her and
her husband when he came to
New York.
"Who is your husband?"
asked Hunt.
"Henry Luce, publisher of
Time. Life and Fortune."
"What," exclaimed Hunt,
"that communist!"
Hunt's and McCarthy's po
tent backing have put "Facts
Forum" on about 200 radio
and 40 TV stations, not count
ing the ABC network, accord
ing to its publicity claims. Per-
Sal em 20 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
December 14, 193$
Temperature In Salem st
7:30 a.m. 25 years ago had
dropped to five degrees below
zero.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
No Baby Makes a Fool of Itself
Unless an Adult Sets Example
By HAL BOYLI
Salem had reverted to old
time "moonlight" night Under
a plan to effect a saving of
$3000 a year in the city's light
budget all street lights, except
downtown clusters, were
turned off between 7 p.m. and
4 or S a.m. on clear nights
when the moon Is half full or
better and when tha aky is not
obscured by clouds or fog. a
Congress, facing desperate
economic problems, had been
told the Postmaster General
Brown had obtained a $3,900
sedan for official use and then
had the government buy him
another because the first car's
roof was so low he could not
wear his top hat in it
New York Some people
have been spreading ugly ru
mors about babies.
They ssy babies are little
animals that make you get up
at S e m, to feed them. They
say babies often get cross for
no reason and cry merely for
exercise. They ssy babies get
spoiled quicker than any other
known protein.
It Is a good thing babies
don't know the adult half
truths and plain perjuries that
are told about them, or they
might all get colic
Some four months ago a
young lady named Tracy Ann,
who will be half year old on
Christmas eve, came into our
home snd adopted my wife and
me after a brief trial. The first
thing I learned about her was
that all I had ever heard before
about babies was absolutely
wrong.
This Isn't mere parental
pride. It is pure fact You sim
ply nave to have a baby
around to realize how much
more common sense one has
than the average grownup,
A grownup will weep, rail
at the world, indulge in ex
cesses, or feel sorry for him
self for almost any reason, and
often for- no real reason at
all. He needs no excuse to be
come intemperate or to indulge
in self-pity, the most wide
spread of human vices.
But a baby is born temper
ate and reasonable. I have a
theory that no baby makes
fool of itself until some grown
up sets It bad example.
Tracy Ann, for example, has
already worked out a simple
four-rule formula of life that
has kept her healthy and hap
py, and might profitably be
followed by many an adult.
These are her rules for suc
cessful living:
1. Eat three balanced meals
a day with no snacks in be
tween, and be sure to get rid
of burps promptly. .
2. Sleep when you re sleepy.
3. Keep your diaper dry, or
arrange to have it changed
promptly if it isn't.
4. Avoid loud noises. They
are hard on the nervous system.
In the four months since
Tracy Ann adopted us there
has been no such thing as a
2 a.m. feeding. She has cried
a total of exactly four times
once when a burp got lost in
her and we had a hard time
getting it out, once when we
kept her up too late, once when
we failed to recognize her dia
per emergency alarm signal,
and once when a playful visi
tor bellowed Imitation baby
talk in her startled face.
The Important thing was
she never shed a tear except
when one of the rules that
keep her happy was broken.
And she never breaks the rules
herself.
"Walt ifbtil she gets bored
snd you have to entertain her,"
friends say. But so far Tracy
Ann doesn't need to be enter
tained, snd I suspect few hap
py babies do. They entertain
you.
Tracy Ann recently dis
covered her toes, a meeting that
can be compared historically
only with that between Stan
ley and Dr. Livingston.
. She also has ner music les
sons to keep her occupied. I
certainly don't Intend to brag
on her, but do you know any
other baby who, can play Bee
thoven's Fifth Symphony with
her feet?
Her musical instrument Is
her first toy, a rubber cat with
a whistle in it. She likes to
thump it with her feet and
play the famous first four notes
of the Beethoven symphony
"Boom-tl-ti-boom! Boom-ti-ti-boom!"
I doubt if the cat will
rest of the scare. It's whistle
is getting a bit hoarse.
Tracy Ann is also doing well
in mathematics. I let her play
with my high school algebra
book, and tha minute I turned
my back she was trying to ab
sorb the tab! of contents and
tha first four problems.
That Is the way with ba- -
bles. They have an Insatiable
curiosity and self-confidence.
They are sure they could di
gest the universe itself it they
could Just get It in their mouth.
I suppose that Is wny some
adults go around spreading
those ugly rumors about ba
bies. They are Just downright
envious of the infant wonder
and eagerness to know every
thing about the world that they
themselves have somehow lost
somewhere back along the trail
of time a rainbow beauty they
are now blind to, a vision of
the heart they yearn to find
again if they but knew how.
FREE DRINKS IF
Baltimore " Tavern oper
ators in Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and the
District of Columbia have
agreed to offer free drinks to
their customers during the holi
day season, under one condl-
tion.
Bar patrona will be given a
free one "for the road," pro
vided they surrender their car
keys first.
Texas has 254 counties, Ken
tucky 120, Georgia 159, Mis
souri 114, Kansas 105, Illinois
102 snd North Carolina an even
100 while at the other extreme
RhnH T.tanrt which is not di-
hold up until she learns the vided into counties.
A new monetary system for
the world based on the value
ot wheat silver and gold, had
been presented to financiers In
America by Frank O'Hearn,
former vice president of the
standard stock exchange.
No. 2 white wheat-in Salem
had a price ot 43 He a bushel,
top steers 3c a pound, hens 6c,
medium eggs 19c, local cheese
12 He and butter cubes 29c a
pound.
Independence city council
had received and filed a per
mit to sell malt liquors in event
sale is legalized by congres
sional action.
Zaso Pitts, screen comedi
enne, bad been critically iu
following an abdominal operation.
WE WILL BE OPEN !
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Brings fh Wonders of Scienc to a Lwxvrlovs Shlrtl
The bill repealing Oregon's
prohibition law had carried by
a majority of 67,844 in the re
cent general election.
DISRUPTER OF PEACE
Boise Statesman
Premier Chou En-lal of
Communist China, in a state
ment denouncing the charges
ot Communist atrocities in
Korea, accused the United
States of attempting to disrupt
peace in Asia.
Wonder what "peace" he's
talking about?
Rev. Jedidiah Morse, whose
school geographies were im
portant in early-day U. S. edu
cation, was the father of Sam
uel F. B. Morse, Inventor ot the
telegraph.
haps one reason for Its success
is the Eisenhower appointment
of "Facts Forum" moderator
Lee to the federal communica
tions commission, which reg-;
ulates all radio and TV sta
tions. I
Merry-Go-Round
Secretary of agriculture Ben
son's plan to get rid of Ameri-!
can farm surpluses in Europe i
has been given a setback by'
little Denmark. The Danes flat-1
ly turned down an offer of j
four to six million dollars 1
worth of farm surpluses. They
grow a lot themselves . . .
President Qulrino had to be
talked out of issuing a blast
at the United States after los
ing the Philippine elections.
He had a statement all drawn
up, charging American Inter
ference, but his adviser per-
suaded him to tear it up. (Qul
rino is right. His rival. Pres-i
ident-Efect Msgsa.vsay, receiv-;
ed contributions from severs
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