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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Balem. Orerm
Monday, December 14. 1953
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ADLAI RETURNS TO THE WARS
Adlai Stevenson, who was very much in the public eye
for several months prior to a certain fateful Tuesday in
November, 1952, and who consumed nearly half of the
time eince on a leisurely trip around the world has re
turned the political wars he had interrupted.
The former Illinois governor, whose admirers think has
the f956 Democratic presidential nomination visually in
the bag, tilted hie lance against the Eisenhower adminis
tration and the Republican party at a speech to 100 a
plate Democratic diners in Philadelphia Saturday night
' at which the clever phrase maker created a new one.
It is a charge that the administration and its party
have supplanted the "four freedom" of FDR. with
"four fears." He describes these as fear of depression,
fear of communism, fear of ourselves and "fear of free-
dom itself."
The first two fears exist, beyond a doubt There is a
possibility of depression as this biggest business year in
the history of the United States closes. Many business
indicators are dropping. There is no despair and no re
sort to the councils of despair in the administration, but
there is a healthy anxiety there and throughout the busi
ness community generally. We suggest that this is a
wholesome sign. Had this attitude existed 25 years ago,
in 1928, what happened in the decade following might
not have happened. There was no anxiety then, and the
blow fell. There is anxiety and firm resolution now to
avoid a debacle. There is no new war in Right to end the
present mild recession, as World War II did the decade of
depression that preceded it, and as the Korean war re
versed the downswing of 1949 and early 1950.
Bear of communism ? Yes, indeed, and we suggest that
there is ample occasion for it in the wake of recent and
earlier disclosures about the two previous administra
tions. But Adlai sees occasion only to fear and resent
those who reveal the facts, no fear of the communists
themselves or what they may do if unhindered. They
are only a few, perhaps no more than there were in
Russia when they seized control of that great country.
Fear of ourselves ? Felt by whom ? Not, assuredly by
the supporters of the Eisenhower administration. Let
Adlat look to those who are unwilling to trust the people
to do for themselves but want a great white father in
Washington to wet nurse them from the cradle to the
grave. , And we suggest that he will find them among
his own political bedfellows.
Fear of freedom? This fear is not felt by the great
mass of Americans. It is as false a tag to tie onto any
thing emanating from the Eisenhower administration as
No. 8 on Adlai's list.
And the "four freedoms" themselves? That inspiring
concept of the former president. If less faith has been
Xelt In them in the recent past it could be because free
dom disappeared for some six
in ientrai Europe ana in China due in large part to mis
takes made by our government during the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations.
How unrealistic Adlai is in his appraisal of current
conditions in the United States may be sensed by the fol
lowing paragraph from his speech :
"The bill of rights is besieged," Stevenson said,
"ancient liberties infringed, reckless words uttered,
vigilante groups are formed, suspicion, mistrust and
fear stalk the land and political partisanship raises
strange and ugly heads. The security of secret files
is violated, and the spectre of a political police
emerges. We begin to resemble the very thing we
dread."
Adlai snpnba an if he had ripen ctptHtut all Via I
tion about the U.S. from the
European journalists ano commentators both behind of
and in front of the iron curtin while on a world tour from !
which he were only now returning.
Political hokum isn't Adlai Stevenson's forte and his
good reputation will suffer badly if his utterances con
tinue on this level.
SCIENCE SOLVES ANCIENT PUZZLES
Two recent announcements, one by the Carnegie Insti
tute annual report and one by the department of anthro
pology at the Milwaukee Public Museum are of irreat in
terest to geologists and anthropologists interested in pre
historic America.
They were the result of modern methods of research
the study of radioactivity and "carbon 14 tests made at
the institute for nuclear studies at the University of Chi
cago which shows approximately the age of rocks and
primitive artifacts and human remains.
The Carnegie Institute report advances new evidence
that parts of the present states of New Mexico, Colorado
and Wyoming were among the first areas of the primi
tive molten planet to cool some 3' billion years ago.
If proof is established, Carnegie scientists said, these
western areas of the United States would rank with parts
of Canada. Africa and Scandinavia as the oldest solid
spots on the globe.
Carnegie researchers (aid it has long been known that Can
ada. Africa and Scandinavia have rocka whose age has been
estimated at well over three billion vcars.
But new Carnegie studies have led to preliminary estimates
that rocks in the CoIorado-WyominsNew Mexico area are
approximately 3j billion years old. which would mske them
a ancient u any on the North American continent. The rocks
were located at Bonneville, Wye, Dixon, N.M., and Ohio city,
Colorado.
The Milwaukee report states that primitive Indians
who fashioned artifacts of copper, a skill long since for
gotten by those who encountered the first white men in
Wisconsin roamed the state more than 5000 years ago.
Human remains found in a burial ground near Oconto,
Wis., last year were those of old copper culture Indians
of about 6,600 years ago, plus or minus 400 years. The
report states:
These were the earliest people known to have lived In Wis
consin and the earliest date established through carbon 14 tests
for human remains found In northeastern North America.
Hadlo active charcoal 14 found with the bones, loses about half
of Its radioactivity every 5000 years.
Besides the bones of about 411 person, copper articles were
found In the Oconto burial around, Including seven awls four
crescents, three clasps, a apear point and a bracelet. The
copper was evidently mined in the Lake Superior region.
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Real Ike Shines Through Again in UN Talk
Washington Random
thoughts Listening to Ike's
atomic speech the other day I
thought of some of the other
great gestures he has made to
move the world forward . . . .
ant how badly the world
needs those gestures today . . .
There was his Guild Hall
speech in London, which lift
ed the British up toward new
goals of Anglo-A m e r 1 c a n
friendship . . . There was his
speech before the newspaper
editors last Spring urging Rus
sia 10 join wun us in world
peace . . . There was his book
burning speech at Dartmouth,
reaffirming the freedom of
literature . . . And his inspir
ing message to Chancellor
Adenauer of Germany offer
ing food to the East German
people . . . There was also
one brief speech, which I
alone heard in Paris in which
Ike outlined his private phil
osophy about God and man
and religion , . . There've been
some of them not ao inspiring,
such as the "If all Americans
want is security they can go
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
1953 Year of Upheaavls,
Big Decisions Postponed
By HAL BOYLE
New York VP) The seers and degh found a new reason to
saget are already weighing a I cry in 1953? Who will remem-
vanishing year, as 19S3 be
comes Just another cobblestone
on the long road of time.
What kind of a year has it
been? How will it be remem
bered? The historians will say it was
a year of political upheavals,
of dark doubts unresolved, of
titanic decisions postponed.
The economists will say the
nation's pockctbook stood the
strain well, hot will warn bus-1
iness could take a turn for the
worse or, on the ether hand,
for the better.
The medical spokesmen will
say the health of America was
never higher, even though more 'il n E 'Ij! h' PU'hing forward, there tnat ,ne Secretary of the In
nnnnl. rnmnl.ninort f . .ir.rf morlK8" on his house and . will be no di-ision in his own : l-rior i ad ud N.tlnn.!
rundown feeling.
Half the politicians (demo-
crats) will view with alarm
what wasn't accomplished in
19S3; half the politicians (re- mav be nothing all his life but
publicans) will point with pride .the tear-stained face of a girl,
at the legislative program for crying in the moonlight be
1954. 1 cause she wouldn't marrv him
But not even the communists
will claim they have a solution j
to the greatest problem of the,
working man under U. S. capi-j
talism. which is 'where can I
find a place to park my car?"
Each pundit will look at the
; diminishing yesr from his own 'the look In the eyes of an old
j viewpoint. And, as did the blind! timer at the office, retiring
men who felt different parts of 'after 35 years, to what?
I tne same elephant and then de -
scribed it variously as like unto
a wall, a tree, or a snake, each
will give his own verdict.
None will make much sense
to the average man. He will re
member 1053, not for Its world
shaking events, but for some-
' thing memorable that happen
ed to him trivial or import
ant. I We look at a single year only
through the perspective of our
own lives, the Impact It made
in some way upon us individ
ually) not the final place it will
have in the long story of the
human race.
Who will ram amber, a decade
from aow, that Premier kloua-
There Must Be A Better Way
- GO - ROUND
By DREW PEARSON
to prison" speech at Galves
ton ., . But whenever Ike sets
his mind to it, the real Eisen
hower shines through, and the
result is the inspiration the
world yearns for today ins
piration the American people
yearned for when they voted
for him overwhelmingly just
a year ago.
Wars are bred when wars
are over people throw their
hats in the air . . . Memories
crowd back to me of an armis
tice day I watched in Phila
delphia in 19 18. Whistles
blew. Crowds cheered. Pretty
girls kissed soldiers Elderly
women kissed soldiers. The
war was over. The mlllenium
was here ... A few months
later people settled down to
enjoy the mlllenium, found it
to be humdrum, unexciting,
no bands playing, taxes high,
business bad, Europe trouble
some ... To heck with Europe.
Lei's paddle our own canoe.
Stay out of the League of Na
tions. Let those birds solve
their own problems . . . Then
came isolation, depression,
ber that it was this year or
another year that Russia an
nounced It had a hydrogen
bomb, and Josef Stalin passed
into a beyond in which he held
no belief?
Who even will remember
1953 as a whole year anyway?
You can not remember 36S
days. You remember fragments
ol time .. . one moment of
emotion ... a day you made
f ,dcci,i'?n that Ranged your
life, such as putting on long on to bigger victories ... As
pants for the first time . . . long as he's pushing forward,
a week in a hospital . . . a the McCarthyites who yam
honeymoon month. Imer at his heels can onlv nio.
io one man ihm win be the ,
iour nours later tne roof fell
the time his dad took him to!? Iorw,r1 lne
see a Wo d Ser h.h.nliem"U "n ca,ch u.p. -
game. To a college student 1953
A housewife mav recall this
year for the last visit her moth- 1 0 0 U necessary . . . Ike's
er paid the familv, hiding a PI,n ,or ,oml; cooperation.
mortal illness throughout her!if he P'"1' It. can bring 50
stay because she was a motherly"" ot P,c Tn U -
who wanted a glad goodby. Or I native within five years
a fellow might remember it fori
j No matter what
scholars:
write In the books about 1953
it won t be what Is engraved
in the average man a memories.
w muitir can nnow wnai lS;ference
written in the calendar of thej ..Who got the more deer,
human heart, for each heartlyou or Godfrey?"
has Its private pages, and noi -n was a draw," replied WU
llfe Is really ever an open .
book.
But most people, toting up
the h u r t a and happiness of
1953, probably would agree
that as years go and my, how
they do cem to go lstelv it
went pretty profitably and rea-j way to shop for someone1 The Secretary of the Inter
sonahly peacefully. ,else In a hurry, here are two lor Is a Chevrolet dealer back
We must remember that we!
are a generation that Uvea, aft-
r au, wiu 11s lingers ,crostea.;pian wun me government
disc ouragement, dissension,
Hitlerism, war.
Dangerous era P e r i o d s
after wars are always difficult.
That's when the seeds of fut
ure wars are sown. War don't
break suddenly when a Hit
ler invades Poland on a Sept
ember morning. They begin
five, sometimes ten years be
fore, with discouragement, de
pression, dissention . . . They
begin when allies fight among
themselves, when American
idealism lapses into lethargy,
when dollars are put ahead of
decent diplomacy, when peo
ple lose hope . . . They also
begin when people grasp at
phony leaders who hold out
new hope, when hate becomes
more important than love,
when tolerance is swamped
by intolerance, when unscrupu
lous men trample on less fort
unate men In their mad grasp
for power.
Ike's chance What impres
sed me about Ike's speech, as
i sat listening, was his bold
move for leadership has been
lagging . . . This is a period
when a nation must move for
ward, not backward. It's also
. tUa ,i . , a country still in a shambles,
!.d-.!nv"f..",iCmelyl'stiU in the shadow of commu-
fj' " . , ' '
IwuLiie or a
president start standing still
they start moving backward.
The tides are too strong . . .
The rush of conflicting cur
rents that carry men and na
tions down are auch that you
have to keep swimming every
minute just to get ahead . . .
You have to work at peace,
for instance, every minute, or
you start drifting Into war.
Ike's drive Alt this is why
Ike has got to kceD moving
forward as he did the other
day at the U. N., as he once
did In. Europe'. He can't afford
to ait behind the hedgerows
at Caen. He has to break thro
ugh as he did with Patton and
Bradley at St. Lo and sweep
They can't throw hin
As long
reDublican armv. As Ion
nut he has to keep pushing
at the expense of golf, health, However, this was not the
everything else. case. Questioned about the re-
Alternative is war Forj port. Secretary McKay said
peace is more than war. And .that he, like Senator Morse,
livea have to be lost in peace had had his horse trailer haul-
war.
LierCNSE DEER HUNTERS
nnuming 10 wasnington
from a two-day hunt in Michl-
Ian with Arthur Godfrey and
other amateur sportsmen, De -
1 fense Secretary Charles Wil -
son was asked at a press con-
"How many apiece?"
"None."
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
If you're harresssed over
' Christmas shopping and want
suggestions:
1. Care has workrd out a
Salem 37 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
December 14, 1911
Peace proposals had caused
a slump in the stock exchange
resulting in 2.500,000 shares
exchanging hand.
Mayor E. Kirkpatrick of Dal
las had been appointed county
Judge of Polk county by Gov
ernor Withycombe to replace
Judge J. B. Teal who had re
signed. -
Twin Beds," successful
brain child of Salem authoress
Margaret Mayo (Lillian Slat
ten) had returned to the Grand
theatre for another engage
ment Twin Beds had appeared
for two years in London.
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naa aireaay oeen piacea in um
new Cherry City bakery at
Broadway and Market streets.
C. Van Patten and Son were
contractors for the new, two
story Willis building on Court
street to be completed by March
1, 1917 (Stiff furniture store
has occupied the premise for
many years).
A. J. Anderson had the con
tract for a one story building
on Liberty street adjoining the
Ye Liberty theater. J. C. Pen
ney company was then (and is
now) the tenant.
' A business card mentioned
that Dr. D. X. Beeehler, dent-,
1st, was located on Portland
road north of the fairgrounds.
Owing to no office expenses his
prices were reasonable.
Capital Journal's fashion col
umn had displayed a model
wearing a smart opera coat
fashioned in somber tones and
created in taupe chiffon velvet
cut with a deep yoke and trim
med with a border Scotch
moleskin. The collar was made
of skunk.
C. O. Thomas, shoe repair
man at 266 Center street, had
men's best half soles for 80c.
children's half soles for 40c and
women's half sole for 60c.
PUNCHES WIFE'S NOSE
Hollywood (U.B Dancer
Victoria VamZandt won $300 a
month temporary alimony and
an order restraining her actor
husband, Philip, from molest
ing her. Mrs. Van Zandt told
the court "he punched me right
in the nose one night because
he said there was no place in
Hollywood for girls of good
character."
whereby an eleven-pound
package of food can be deliv
ered to needy people almost
anyplace in the world for only
$1. The food is surplus Ameri-
can farm produce already
stored overseas, and can be
delivered within a few days
eleven pounds of rice, beef,
sugar, canned milk, etc. Your
name, which goes in the pack
age, will help build people-to-people
friendship, and with
it will build peace.
2. A Virginia lady who pre
fers to remain anonymous has
given me a check for $1,000
for Korean orphans provi
ded a like amount is raised
from other sources. This is for
nist guns, where thousands of
;.u . j -uiu
l "
ing and homeless. You can
help match the $1,000 by ear
marking a contribution to
CARE, New York, or sending
it direct to me.
SEC. MCKAY'S HORSES
It's got to be sort of famil
iar each year for the nation
to see an Oregonian haul his
horses in a trailer from the
West coast to Washington,
D. C. The Oregonian is Sen.
Wayne Morse, who uses his
own car and frequently drives
himself.
Last Spring another horse
loving Oregonian, ex - Gov.
Douglas McKay, now Secre
tary of Interior, also brought
h 1 s horses to Washington.
And later when a National
Parks truck turned up at the
Meadowbrook riding stables,
picked up McKay's trailer and
rarrinH it nff nimnr mnt rnnnri
t,..u .1. 4. v...., .,. u
" the way across the U. S. A.
McKay is bos, of the National
parks Service.
ed by his own private car.
The trailer was driven by a
couple who went on to New
jYork, and this left McKay
with the problem of moving
:hls horser five miles. He tald
he mentioned this to a park
.Police Sergent who frequently
accompanies h i m horseback
riitini Th ;,r.ni h.
1 would take care of the matter
;but didn't say how he planned
t0 do It
This is the one time when a
National Parks truck was
used.
However, Secretary McKay
says he has been careful about
using government cars on
other private matters, even
brought his own car to Wash
ington to be used on private
and social matters.
in Oregon, but for personal
purposes here In Washington
, nes using a Cadillac.
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