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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Sales, Oregon
Saturday, December IX
Capital AJournal
An Independent NtwspopwEstoblishad 1888
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'EARTH MOTHER' SUBSTITUTES FOR VENUS
Another acutature of modernistic art has been offered
to Salem for consideration under the will of the late Car
roll Moo res as a memorial to the early Oregon pioneers
for which ha left some S35.000 in trust
The creator is Spanish born Manuel Izquierdo who is
a oroteire of Architect Fietro Belluschl wnose previous
selection for the Moores' memorial, Renoir's Venus
Victorieuse, nude fat lady, was rejected by the people
of Salem.
Izquierdo' plaster model now in the Portland museum
is 6li feet high, woman with a pin-like head and a goose
neck and holds in her massive arms a baby according to
the photograph. The Oregonian quotes the tculptor as
aaying:
It ( hard for mi to describe mv Idea in words." he x
plained. "That's why I made the sculpture, you see.'' He vis
ualizes the mother as "the earth, or aa something very large.
The child then ia lomethlng amall that will develop and grow.
The protective ahawl ii to demonstrate the protective feeling
of the mother lor her child the courage or the motner toward
saving her child from harm."
The Idea of the mother carrying the child "is muoh closer to
human sentiments than It the father had been holding it,
Izquierdo explained.
To the eyes of the average layman, who hasn't the ar
tistic "visualization, the "Earth Mother" is a ridiculous,
crude caricature without even such artistic merits as
Venus may possess, the rejection was her unfitness "as
an Oregon symbol She never was designed for that.
The ghost of Carroll Moores, if it still haunts the earth,
must be exceedingly troubled and wonder why no. real
effort is being made to fulfill his bequest and how many
gargoyles of decadent art will be volunteered to ridicule
the pioneers and make the bequest a travesty.
The popular rejection of the "Earth Mother" will be
even more emphatic than it was of Renoir's Venus. The
people echo the battle cry of General Anthony McAuliffe
to the Nazi commander's demand for surrender at the
Battle of the Bulge, "Nuts to you." G. P.
THE NEW PENAL INSTITUTION
Who was it who said: "Somebody is always taking the
Joy out of life"?
The Board of Control probably feels that, way about
Attorney General Robert Thornton's opinion questioning
the constitutionality of the legislative act for the new
intermediate penitentiary. The Board has already re
ceived bids for providing the state with ground for a
site and is probably about to make a selection and com
plete the purchase. This opinion throws the whole proj
ect into a confusion of legislative doubt and could con
ceivably delay even its commencement until 1955.
Thornton notes that the legislative act did not express
ly authorize the Board of Control to purchase a site, nor
did it spell out which prisoners were to be confined in the
new institution. Probably other details were left to be
worked out by the Board of Control and the prison man
agement which is responsible to the board.
We have no wish to enter into a legal dispute if there
is to be one. But it seems to us that an authorization for
a building project implies authority to purchase ground
for it, also to employ architects and do everything else
necessary to carry out the legislature's instructions. It
was the legislature's intent that a new institution sep
arate and distinct from the present prison be created, so
it could hardly have expected that this would be located
on the present prison property.
But a legal question has been raised and it should be
ruled upon by the supreme court as soon as possible. So
it appears that a friendly suit should be brought at once
in order that a decision can be secured which will permit
the project to proceed with the least possible delay, if the
ruling is favorable. Otherwise a delay until after the
next legislative session seems unavoidable.
GETTING MORE FOR OUR MONEY
Encouraging note for the suffering taxpayer:
AU seven bids on the 12.16-mile grading job on the
Portland-Salem expressway, opened Friday by the State
Highway Commission, were below the engineers' esti
mates and the low bid of J860.694.50 was far below the
1,01S,045 the state had estimated the job would cost.
There has been no reduction in labor costs, and this is
principally a labor job, so the contractors must be sharp
ening their pencils, trimming the profit margins, possibly
close to the vanishing point, for the highway department
is an old hand at estimating costs. This is good news to
the taxpayers, who are going to get more roads for their
money from now on if this trend continues.
Incidentally this highway project is making a splendid
progress. It is now expected that it will be completed
and open to travel from a point on the Tacific highway
near Hubbard by July 1954, almost a year in advance of
the original estimates.
This partial completion will give the motorist a saving
of four of the five miles to be saved between here and
Portland when the entire project is opened in 1955.
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS LIST
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Mother-in-Law's Advice
Brings Success and Wealth
New York WV-Never disdain
the advice of your mother-in-law.
Gerry Coughlan, a stranger
in a strange land, took a tip
from his wife's mother -and
it started him oa the way to
butineas success. -
"It was a good thing I listen
ed to her," recalled Coughlan,
who parlayed hit Irish accent,
his elbow grease, and $ 4,000 of
borrowed money Into a two
million - dollar-a-year business
in household chemicals, i
Coughlan, president of the
East-Aid Co, and one of the
world's top sports fishermen, ia
among America's leading
spokesmen for small business.
He thinks the big frog in the
small puddle not only has fun,
but ia alio smarter, than the
little frog in the big pond.
At If he sailed around the
world as a British merchant
marine cadet He then Joined
the irun army, rose to the rank
y HAL BOYLI
nothing new. So I Just kept
traveling and talking. I expect
ed a customer to say no, so
whenever one said yes, it was
a surprise sometimes to both
of us."
Coughlan added new kitchen
items to his line, systematically
began advertising it When the
second World War cut off his
supply of metals, he switched
to household chemicals and de
veloped a soot-removing com
pound, a silver dip cleaner, an
oven cleaner, a house de-
humidifier, a solvent to keep
paint brushes from hardening.
He still hit the road six
months year, but has found
time to win the outstanding
angling achievement award of
the Miami metropolitan fishing
tournament five years in a row.
Coughlan believes business
success depends more on "bill
ty to deal with personalities
than with figures, and that is
of captain, and then was de-'11' verybody in our execu-
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike's Plan for 'A' Swap
Could Be Break for Britain
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Grumpy Win
ston' Churchill groused and
grumbled backstage over Ike's
atomic-energy speech, because
it emphasized Bermuda do
nothingness. But actually the
speech should be a great break
for England . . . Wl.at England
needs most is cheap power. Her
coal, once the backbone of
British factories, is getting low
Iranian oil has been taken
away. But cheap atomic pow
er could revolutionize British
industry ... England and U
s. A. were ready to swap
atomic secrets again, just be
fore the Harry D. White ex
pose broke. This made Ike shy
away from it. (Bad political
reaction.) However, if Russia
turns down the atomic-energy
pool as expected the United
States and England can go full
steam ahead . . . Australia,
France, Belgium and South Af
rica would also be included in
an atomic pool of raw material
and scientific information op
erating Just as the automobile
companies swap new patents.
Lanky, publicity-minded C.
D. Jackson, the White House
psychological expert, master
minded the U. N. atomic en
ergy speech. The speech was
written and rewritten so many
times, Jackson described it
privately as a "mice nest"
nothing much left of it but
tatters ... He argued first that
It must be delivered, second
that it must be delivered dra
matically, so the entire world
would listen. Hence the idea
of cutting short the Bermuda
conference and the brilliant
idea of flying direct to New
York . . . This also served to
cover up the futility of the
Bermuda meeting which Ike
never wanted In the first place
and which was held only "to
please Winston."
finally accepted
senate activities at Salem, plus
his newspaper and magazine
writings, have made him fam
iliar to people all through Oregon.
Neubrrger has positive and
Candidate
Neuberger?
Astorian-Budget
It appears more and
likely that State Sen. Richard emphatic views and his attitude
K.,,K.ro-,ni . r i.Jn most issues is well known
him, they would know well
what they were voting for.
Neuberger has his handi
caps. His strong opinions and
his constant needling have
senatorial candidate next year,
aeeklng the post now held by
Republican Sen. Guy Cordon.
Columnist Drew Pearson put
the question right up to Neu
berger with a column reporting Mpti make hlm lnithem, 4o
a conversation with Sen. Wayne ,h, Prnnhiir.n. ,..m
benefit from the use of federal
money to the exclusion of oth
ers, caused an order that the
bus service be stopped. The
order to Colonal Galloway
came from the Pentagon.
Within a matter of hours, the
White House stepped in, coun
termanded the Pentagon's or
aers. Colonel Galloway was
told to continue the transpor
tation of Catholic children.
Importance of the incident
lies in the fact that the army
was preparing to cancal all bus
transportation for Catholic
schools at all army posts, part
ly tor economy, also in accord
with earlier court rulings for
separation of church and state.
The New Jersey court rul
ing that a Protestant Bible can
not even be distributed in
schools where parents request
it nas heightened the issue. The
army is passing all queries on
to the White House.
Warren vs. Segregation
Those watching the vital su
preme court debate over seg
regation figure that the death
of Chief Justice Vinson and the
appointment of Earl Warren
may possibly spell the differ
ence one way or the other.
Chief Justice Warren's record
as governor of California shows
that he is likely to vote against
school segregation.
In San Bernardino, Calif.,
when a Catholic priest of Mexi
can ancestry was barred from a
public park, Governor Warren
acted promptly. Writing to U.
S. Appearls Court Judge Wil
liam Denman, he said: "I do
not see how we can carry out
me spirit ol the United Nat ons
if we deny fundamental rights
to our Latin-American neigh
bors." Warren also appointed a Ne
gro, Walter Gordon, as chair
man of the vitallv imixirtant
. . Churchill California parole board. War
thc atomic rent had claveri fnothall nn th
Salem26 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
December 12, 1927
Seattle-Alaska steamer North'
western had (rounded on the
British Columbia coast to be
come a total wreck. Passengers
to the number of 112 hsd been
rescued.
Residents of North Salem
had vigorously opposed the
erection of a garbage incinera
tor in that locality.
Amity high school students
had the pleasure of seeing an
airplane land on their ball
grounds. The landing had been
accomplished to the ruination
of the back-stop and damage to
the plane.
Kafoury Brothers were fea
turing a store sale that had
rayon bloomers, a regular $1.49
grade, in pink, maize and black
for $1.
Hiram U. Ely, Salem con
tractor and builder for 40 years,
had died. Ely had built the
Minto building, the Steusloff
building, two Bishop buildings
and the Willamette sanitarium.
He had charge of remodeling
Reed's opera house when that
building was converted into
merchantlle usage around 1900.
A memorial to Earl Kilpat-
rlck. Red Cross reconstruction
director who had been killed
while directing Mississippi
flood relief, had been designed
for Columbus, Kentucky. Kil
patrick was principal of Salem
high school in 1913.
I
Dr. B. Blatchford. Fred A.
Erixon and George F. Vick had
been nominated for the presi
dency of the Salem Chamber of
Commerce.
This Man Thinks Success
Or Failure Whim of Fate
By REV. GEORGE H.SWIFT
Rtctor, bx. Pftui'a ipueopki cnnrcn
rPHChin,,;1H t An,try -"'n-d on IWS. Column 11
Eden insisted. To please Win- -
portions referring to H-bomb!
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
damage in Europe, or rather he
let Churchill tone it down.
Both Churchill and Premier
Joseph Lanirl called attention
to the fact that American
atomic cannon were already in
Europe and there was no use
scaring Western allies with too
many headlines on the holo
caust of hydrogen warfare.
Arm and School Buses
White House advisers are
walking on eggs since the New
Jersey supreme court handed
down its decision that the pro
testant St. James Bible could
not be distributed in schools
even when parents request In
writing that their children
have it. The court ruled that
this infringed on the separa
tion of church and state.
Reason for White House skit-
GOT SELF ARRESTED
Washington (U.pj Fred
Weems, 53, told police he de
liberately got himself arrested
for vagrancy so he could get in
on the jail's annual Christmas
feast of turkey and all the trim
mings. Judge Leonard P. Walsh
sentenced him yesterday to
stay in jail until Dec. 24, the
day before Christmas.
moted to lieutenant when "the
trouble" with England ended In
Eire's freedom.
"I was the Irish army's all
around athletic champion."
Coughland said, "but the army
was full of comparatively
young colonels and generals,
and I couldn't see where the
hell young lieutenant could
go in it so I got out and
started a physical culture
school."
Gerry, a star middle distance
runner, competed in the 1928
Olympics, then came to Ameri
ca in 1932 to help manage the
3-man Irish Olympic team. He
promptly fell in love with a
New Jersey girl, and decided to
settle in America.
But what should I do?" he
asked his bride's mother, who
was laboriously slicing green
beans in her kitchen.
"Make something to slice
beans," she said.
Coughlan took her at her
word. He borrowed $4,000, then
with the help of machinist
designed a kitchen tool to stem,
string and slice green beans.
put a small factory to work
making the tools and set out
in a car himself to sell them.
"I traveled 85.000 miles the
first year," he said. "It was
1933. the depression was on.
and a lot of people were Jump
ing out windows. But nobody
had told me it was the custom
to meet a depression by Jump
ing out a window.
"In Ireland hard times were
tive set up has to get out on
the road part of trie time and
sell.
"Anybody in successful
small business is more capable
than a man in a similar position
in a large corporation. He has
to be better all-around man
to survive, because he has to
oe able to fill several lobs.
"In a big corporation they
specialize. They have to call in
a committee to get window
closed."
Coughlan feels young college
graduates who choose the se
curity of job with a large
corporation rather than the big
ger gamble and adventure of
a career in small business are
turning their backs on real op
portunity. "Any young man can make
a real success of small busi
ness in this country," he said,
"if he has guts, enthusiasm,
common aense and the competi
tive spirit and isn't looking
for a handout."
OPEN FORUM 1
Thinks Oregon Ui
Harsh in Liquor C
To the Editor: f
I am a newcomer i
gon. I was Justice of tbi
in the midwestern tow.
which I came and oil
someone brought into
for drunken disorder!
duct for which I assess
merited fine. So I t
dined to post myself :
ing the law regarding
here. I have a friend m
lived here many yeans,
will relate his experiem
the law as he told it
Ho informed me that
are now two state
stores in Salem and M
place where hard liq
sold. So the state has
nopoly In the liquor b
which makes it very;
able. S e
This is his experien
dropped into the state
store, bought a quart or
key, took drink, got t
car and started home. O
that a state highway i
man saw him take the
into his car and Jumpe
a motorcycle and cau$
with him, smelled his J
(which is enough, act
to law to brand him as
breaker) and ordered '1
drive to the city Jail wt
was held until he could
a friend to come wltt
bail demanded for his r
He was ordered to app
court at a future date,
realized that the cards
stacked against him, so )
felted his bail, whict
probably expected, mat
in the nature of a fine t
swell the liquor profits,
state. i
The whole procedure
to have been according t
out so different from tin
of any other state in w
have lived, and I have
In several, that I feel it
of comment.
WM. H. HIB1
Salem.
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OPEN FORUM
Who Can Now Doubt
Fluordiation Benefit?
To the Editor:
I was certainly sorry to find
that even after your wonder- i
ful editorial explaining the I
true facts about fluoridated wa
ter, (hat George Graham still
feels his stomach or kidneys
might be upset or in some wsy
poisoned. I
It is really pathetic to me
that anyone would continue to
think such things when such
a large city as San Francisco
has added fluroide to its ws
ter. It is so completely ob-1
vious that no one or any city
would ever add any chemical
to anything without the cor-!
rect amount and proven re
sults. We can and will have j
the correct amount and proven .
beneficial results to all of Sa-1
lem s children, nor just my ;
own, and with harm to no '
one when fluoride ia added to 1
Salem's water. I
BETTY LOU COUGHAN '
Jribute to
Out Scltooi Readier),
Todoy, o$ no time before in history, the
school teacher is recognized as the builder
of tomorrow's America! With juvenile delin
quency increasing apace, and foreign ide
ologies creeping into our school books, it 1$
high time that glowing tribute was paid to
these patient men and women who instruct
our young. Let's remember that teachers
are human beihgs, not machines. Let's
give them the support and confidence they
so richly deserve. Let'$ attend P-T-A meet
ings and contribute something more than
children. This community is fortunote in
having such fine schools and outstanding
educators. We applaud their work ond
their good American achievements!
CAPITAL DRUG STORE
405 State St. at Liberty Phone 331
SoJem, Ore.
We Salute Our Tovii
Morse in which the latter
supposed to have urged Neu
berger to run. Neuberger,
queried by Portland newspa
permen for a statement, said he
would announce his Intentions
in February.
Neuberger has been acting
like a candidate lately. He
has been a busy speechmaker,
all over Oregon.
The Portlander would be a
potent candidate. He is
"'work perhaps harder against I across the Potomac river at
mm than against another can- rort myer. vs., recently,
dldate. He has a faction In his I There, the commanding of-
own party which dislikes him.
VOLUNTEER TRAFFIC COP
Lot Angeles U Municipal
Judge Gerald G. Keeple sug
gested that William Monte, 43.
apply for a job with the police
department if he enjoys direct
ing tralfic. Monte was riven a
his i fve-day tail sentence ilttr
party's best known individual pleading guilty to being drunk
la the state, ana veteran poi-and directing traffic at an in
iticians say that being well , tersection, waving a wine bottle
known is half the battle. His I at motorists.
ficer, CoL Donald Galloway.
has been using government
owned and -operated buses to
transport Catholic children to
local parochial schools. About
100 Catholic children of army
officers and enlistcC men at
Fcrt Myers have been trans
ported dally across the river to
Catholic schools in Washing
ton, or to Arlington. Va
However, defense depart
ment moves, plus belief that
no one religious group should
A friend of mine believes
that he has the key to success
or failure. He says that if fate
decrees that one be born with
a silver spoon In his mouth,
or perchance a rich relative
dies and leaves him a fortune,
or just that "the Lord smiles
on him," he is In luck and
success will be his. He says
that it matters not how he
cuts the cards, he will win the
hand If fate so decrees. He is
prepared to cite several ex
amples to strengthen his the
ory. This man has the same Ides
in regard to spiritual success
as he has to material success.
He compares religion to a slot
machine. "When you pray," he
says, "You don't get results
every time any more than you
get results every time you play
the "one-armed bandit." Re
sults, success or failure, are
determined by the decree of
fate or God, ao he says. Using
a slot-machine to illustrate re
ligious phenomena sounded
blasphemous to me. but the
sincerity of the man made It
seem at least tolerable In his
case.
My friend's thinking of re
ligion in terms of a gambling
device perhaps reflected a lack
of deep-rooted reverence for
sacred things which earlier re
ligious training would have
engendered. And it also re
vealed somewhat, his present
habits and associations. After
all, it Is easier for us to ex
press ourselves in familiar
terms and phrases of everyday
usage when talking about re
ligion. As far as my friend Is
concerned, his esrnestness and
sincerity revealed his desire
to find some way to solve the
problem of an evident empti
ness in his soul.
Of course I did not chide him
for his slot-machine compari
son. What he needed was en
couragement and definite help.
And so It is with all people
who feel like the young ruler
In the Gospel felt when he ap
proached Our Lord, telling
Him of his wealth and power
and asked Him, "What lack I
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