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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1953)
PT I THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Ortfim Saturday, December 19, 195 Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor. 2-2409 FW UmI Iki toila at Ik Imilim (Ma mmt n CMwe mm. Tim Sin,tilt4 Ptm It sclwtvaly wllU4 I, u w In tuhUMtMa ml ma mm 4uifc mama h II m mUimwiM an m ton mm mmm WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE? mm SUBSCRIPTION RATES: s eumn umtuf, iijti an itauu, m oh rw i-.im. bt iu Omu Miitiy. mi en kobiiu, kw oh Tr. n ot. B aua mini om iwut sue aa Mats iti cm Tu. tit.. CHARITY RACKETEERING PROFITABLE A New York legislative committee has been holding public hearings which have exposed a fantastic amount of fraud and racketeering in so-called charity campaigns of fund raising which benefit professional fund raisers far more than they do the sirk or needy or the institu tions in whose names the solicitations are made. It is estimated that such operations prey on American gener osity to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollar annually. The committee hopes to see new laws enacted in New York next year, and possibly other states or on the federal level, to provide ironclad control of the charity racketeers. The recommendations were set forth by representatives of bona fide charity organizations, public welfare officials and the Better Business Bureau at a closing public session of the committee. They included compulsory registration of professional fund raisers with a state or federal agency, filing of annual financial statements by all charity organizations, st standardized accounting system, regular police checks on fund raising activities and a ban on mailing of unso licited merchandise. In four days of hearings the committee heard testi mony indicating that many nationwide and local charity drives ended with professional fund raisers receiving as much as 80 per cent of the collections. The majority of charitable organizations are worthwhile and favor official regulation of solicitation for self protection. Testimony at the hearings included the following re port on financial affairs of some chanties National Kids Day Foundation: raised $3,252,000 in three years period, with only 1302,000 going toward ita stated pur pose of helping underprivileged children. Disabled American Veterans, Inc.: Collected f21.480.000 In three-year period, of which $14,529,000 or 68 per cent went for cost of fund-raising. The DAV used $3,837,000 or 18 per cent of the collections to finance a Washington lobby seeking legislation favorable to veterans, but spent nothing in direct financial aid to disabled veterans. A professional fund-raiser testified that he sometimes Im personated a priest or a police representative. Other witnesses testified about their "boiler rooms" batteries of telephone solictors with the promoters taking most of the harvest, the use of the names of prominent people without their sanction, Including presidents of the U. S., and getting as much as 80 per cent of the collections. One professional admitted raising $630,000 for a mythical hospital, the "National Cancer Hospital of America," but $438,000 of the amount went for expensese of the promoters. Another admitted raising a substantial fund for the "widow of the Unknown Soldier' So gullible are the people that such racketeering flour ishes and protection is necessary, at least in densely populated areas. u. r. A MOVE FOR BETTER EDUCATION Some 60 Oregon educators met in Salem Friday to take stock on a western regional program which promises two important benefits: More and better education in special ized fields at the graduate level, and a cash saving to the suffering taxpayers. The project is called Regional Cooperation in Higher Education. Ita purpo:ie is to secure the maximum develop ment in higher education by having each state select ita fields for development, and to accept students in these fields from neighboring states, these sometimes partially paid for by the states themselves. ' Under an informal ' arrangement of this kind made when Prince L. Campbell was president the University of Oregon became the first institution in the Northwest to offer medical training. It was not until a few years ago that the state of Washington opened a medical school. Oregon now has a dental school too, the only one in the whole region. Meanwhile other states have pioneered in other fields. Washington State and Colorado A. & M. have the only training available for students 'of veterinary medicine. Most Oregon youths go to one or the other. Washington State college has the only school for training police administrators. And so on. It is hoped that the present program, which the Oregon legislature ratified in 1951, will eventually include all 11 western states, Alaska and Hawaii. One major obstacle has been the failure of California and Washington, the two most populous states in the region, to ratify, evi dently on the theory that they can provide their own facilities and need not cooperate with anyone else. This may be true of California, but isn't true of Washington. And California could amply afford a little cooperation with neighbors like Nevada and Arizona, neither of which can afford to maintain many professional schools. The idea has made further headway in the south than elsewhere, and evidently for two reasons. The south is poorer and therefore harder put to provide facilities for professional education and the need for providing facili ties for negroes as well as white students. The south clings for the most part to segregation, therefore finds the burden doubly hard to bear, and is forced to a pooling of its limited resources. But all states, including the most populous, can benefit by such a program, which makes a much larger field of opportunity available to the ambitious student, provides the public with better service later, and keeps educational costs at a figure the public can pay. In some cases the state pays part of the cost of its student's training. Oregon has taken a broadminded attitude toward this program, which costs little and promises much. SLOW KIND OF DEATH Public power agitators are fond of charging that the Eisenhower administration plans to murder the Bonne ville government power system, especially now that Raver 1 to leave for greener pastures up tauie way, Yet we read that Bonneville will let contracts for $11,126,000 worth of new construction within the next year, in addition to millions of dollars worth of work that will continue on the new dams in the northwest. It is clear that the administration has ne thought of abandoning Bonneville to the greedy private interests, r ven of stopping its expansion. The change of policy is that the right of private power to fill an important place in the economy of the region is now recognized tm. Th B-overnment doesn't intend to do it all. - So if Bonneville is dying it will be an extremely slow kind of death. V TO CO A10N5 tyM ( wiTHeittNHowtriM tjr'ZM feH I F-eAce plan, mSiSx I PLAYING l Russian lm'mSmA ROULETTE , 1 M'W WM lES fcEtVMAMNlrJS WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Dean Returns to Warn Ike War in Korea May Resume By DREW PEARSON Washington Inside reason for Arthur Dean's dramatic flight from Korea to Washln ton was to carry an urgent warning to President Eisen hower that the Korean war will erupt wide open again unless some drastic decisions are made by January 22. Dean, who is John Foster Dulles' law partner, abruptly broke off haggling with the communists and flew straight to Washing ton to report to the president. State department expert Kenneth Young was left be hind to keep a foot in the door in case the communists change their minds. Meanwhile, Dean has warned Washington in blunt terms that the Korean truce is threatened by two ominous storm clouds: 1: The communists reported ly will resist with force if the U. S. goes ahead - with Its pledge to release on January 22 to the 22,000 Red prisoners who still refuse to be repatri ated. 2. Stubborn South Korean President Syngman Rhee won't be talked out of launching his own offensive against North Korea if a peace conference hasn't been called by January 22. Dean has based his warning partly on an incident occurring between the communist nd Indian guards. The Reds in formed the Indians they planned to attack if the 22,000 Red prisoners who refuse to go home are released. The communists further offered the Indians safe withdrawal into North Korea. As a result, the alarmed In dians have asked both sides to present written statements on what they intend to do if the prisoner-explanation pro gram Is still bogged down on January 22. No "Gas" to Rhee U. S. commanders have be come to worried that restless, cantankerous 78 - year - old Syngman Rhee may strike across the 38th parallel with ROK troops, that they have ac tually rationed Rhee's gasoline supply. However, Rhee s-rug ged troops can walk to war as easily as ride, and the lmplaca- ble South Korean loader could light the fuse to the Korean powder keg at any moment. Everyone from President Eisenhower on down has pleaded with Rhee. He has in dicated that he would give a peace conference time to op erate once it got started, but he demanded that it get start ed by January 27. Meanwhile, U S -Korean ne gotiations for a peace confer ence are not too far apart Only major stumble-block, Dean reports. Is whether Rus sia shall attend as a neutral or belligerant. So far, the U. S. has flatly refused to allow Russia to play the role of a neutral. Note The Pentagon is alarmed over Intelligence re ports that Russia has moved 58 divisions and most of its tactical air squadrons into Si beria, an ominous move in the direction of Korea. If the Russians openly try to mop up Korea, the Pentagon has dratt ed plans for hitting back with A-bombs. Coco-Cola support When Adlai Stevenson. spoke in Atlanta, home of one-time democrat Bob Woodruff of Coco-Cola fame, he could not be seen by the surrounding crowd, so someone brought out a Coca-Cola case. Adlai stood on the case and delivered his speech, which caused Gov. Herman Talmadge to remark: "That's the most support Bob Woodruff or Coca-Cola has given a democrat for 20 years." O'KONSKI RENTS FROM O'KONSKI Good old Congressman O'Konski of Wisconsin has found a new way to take a little more money from the taxpayers. And it's all proper and legal! He does it by rent ing office space in his own ra dio station and letting Uncle Sam pay for it. Congressmen are permitted $73 from the government to rent office space in their home districts if there's no space available in a federal building. With no federal building space available in his area, the congressman from Wisconsin rented office space in radio sta tion WLIN in Merrill, Wis. And who owns WLIN? None other than Congressman O'Konski. Thus Uncle Sam pays Congressman O'Konski, who in turn pays radio station owner UKonsKi, ana Air. O'Konski is $73 to the good. HEADLINES AND FOOTNOTES CIO leaders tried to drum up a debate between tne cniei economic advisers of the Eis enhower and Truman adminis trations. The CIO invited Dr. Arthur Burns, Ike's top econ omist, to discuss economic is sues with Leon Keyserling, Truman's ex - consultant. Dr. Burns declined. . . . West Ger many is waiting for the go- ahead to launch its own atomic-energy program. For the first time since the war, the Germans will be permitted to mine uranium but only nine tons annually. . . . Senator Mc Carthy is sore about allied trade with Red China. How ever, Japanese firms, with our okay, are now trading, not only with Red China, but also North Korea. . . . Egypt's de posed King Farouk has hired a battery of international law yers to block a $13,000,000 auction of his personal goods in EevDt. including pictures of scantily draped females. Far ouk is buying ads in the world press warning foreign buyers to keep hands off his former possessions or risk legal action. . . . Meanwhile, Egyptian Pre mier Naguib has been bringing pressure upon the Italian gov ernment to declare Farouk persona non grata and force him to leave Italy, in hopes he will get as far sway from Egypt as possible. . . . Gerald L. K. Smith, the apostle of hate, slipped into Washington last week on a mission to help Sen ator McCarthy. He pulled strings to block certain unfav orable information from leak ing out against McCarthy. . . . Smith also held a secret meet ing at the Statler hotel, ad mitting only those who carried OPEN FORUM Fluoridation Easy to Get if You Want it To the Editor: As to fluoridation: All the mothers who want this for the children need do is to go to the drug store and make their pur chase. But, to treat all water for the benefit of one-tenth of one percent of the population is ridiculous and a pure waste of thousands of dollars. Regarding the grid system: I fully agree with the Jason Lee letter. We should be grateful to Founder Willson for his won derful foresight in giving us our wide streets. The grid is bad enough for us local peo ple, but for outsiders it is noth ing short of a nightmare. We should have left good enough alone. Sam J. Harms. 1740 State Street POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Boyle Suggests Books to Read During TV Commercial y HAL BOYLE New York, W) These long winter evening commercials on television have revived the lost art of reading. There is no better time to pick up a good book and set tle , back for a reunion with the printed word than during those cherry interludes on your video screen during which the announcer tells you how you can avoid body ordor and protect your lungs by drinking only filtered beer, packed in a king-sized refrig erator that can be thrown away after using only once, "During one long commer cial I read my way through three feet of Dr. Eliot's old five-foot book shelf," a man bragged recently. "My wife, who has read alt our books, knitted a sweater during an other commercial. So, if you want to do your friends a real favor this Christmas, why not refresh his ears ' by giving him a heart-warming, old fashioned present a book? If he has forgotten how to read, sur prise him with a color pic ture book. To guide you In making the right choice, here is our an nual list of Christmas book suggestions Just in Jest for folks in and out of the pttblic eye: "How to Make Doll Clothes" Marilyn Monroe. "All Done from Memory" Harry S. Truman. "How to Play Your Best Golf all the Time" President Ike. "A Practical Guide to Job Hunting Sen. Joe McCarthy. "The Boy Who Saw Tomor row" Vice President Nixon. 'Our Animal Neighbors" To the family next door. 'The Borrowers" To the other family next door. 'For More than Bread" - To your favorite employer. the boss. You Must Relax" Ditto. 'Brother to the Dragons" The boss's assistant. 'Some Enchanted Evenings" June Lockhart I reached for a Star" Frank Sinatra. Notes Without Music" Johnny Ray. So Noble a Captain" MaJ. Gen. Bill Dean of Korea presented with a salute. "The Truants" Arthur Godfrey. "The Caine Mutiny" Jul ius La Rosa. "A Pail of Oysters" Mil ton Berle. "Kiss Me Again, Stranger" For Penelope, the Bronx zoo's old maid Platypus. "A Mingled Yarn" Que tin Reynolds. "What Can a Man Believe?" Publisher Bennett Cert The Age of Suspicion Marlene Dietrich. "Time and Time Again" Ava Gardner. . v "Ways of Mammals" Tallu lah Bankhead. "Until Victory" Adlai Stevenson. "The Future of Architec tuse" Betty Grable. 4-Meet Me at the Morgue" Premier Malenkov. "Songs for My Supper" i- Guy Lombardo. "Pocket Guide to the Birds' Your favorite politician. "What Time Is It, World?" Winston Churchill. "Live Them Again" Ber nard Baruch. "The Enchanted Cup" Your favorite bartender. "Lord Vanity" Many wives are buying this for their hus band, although I don't know why. Others prefer "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk." The Heart of the Family" Your wife. "A Law for the Lion" Dit to. Flying Saucers from Outer Space" To a butter-fingered waiter. "By the Dawn's Ugly Light" Fine for throwing at alarm clocks. Life is Worth Living" and "The Power of Positive Think ing" Buy 'em for yourself, and give your own mind some fresh air and exercise. THE FIRESIDE PULPIT Christian Attitude Makes The Bumps Easier to Bear By REV. GEORGE H.SWIFT stMtor, si. iturt kpwcopu vnuioa Before another week rolls around we shall be celebrating the Nativity, or the birthday of Jesus Christ. In thousands of churches and millions of homes, miniature stables with mangers and shepherds in papier-mache will attempt to re capture the scene of that first Chritma i-y. The simple dramatization of this holy event should stimulate our minds to see again the under lying meaning of it all, which is of course, that Jesus Christ is "God with us." Besides this, one of the les sons we might learn from the Bethlehem visit is the evidence of cheerfulness and gratitude under trying conditions that prevailed. Think of that young couple in a strange city, with no friends on whom to call tor aid, with the night coming on and no-vacancy signs in ho tels. Then too. the added re alization that a third member of the family is about to have to be provided for, makes a difficult situation more ur gent. There being no room in the inn, they did not stand in the street and curse the keeper of the inn, nor their hard luck. but made the best of whatever solution presented itself at tne time. They sought the warmth and shelter of the nearest barn. They didn't say, "No, we'll never stoop to this," but accepted without hesitation the beckoning comfort of manger filled with straw, and probably praised God for their good fortune. Some people in straitened circumstances are surprisingly letters signed by himself. This column got hold of a letter and sent a representative to the meeting. Smith spent the whole time ranting against Eisenhow er, Jews and Negroes, and praising Senator McCarthy. He wants a new anti-Jewish party, headed by McCarthy. . . . Incidentally, McCarthy's appeal for letters to the presi dent flopped so badly that the White House has lost soma of its fear of McCarthy's politi cal pulling power. IC0P7TU&I 1M) happy because of their attitude toward conditions over which, for the time being, they have no control. Other families, in like circumstances, fret and quarrel, and curse the system under which they live, and would die before they would stoop to take a family to the shelter of a barn. A Clu uiian aitiiude toward I living in general can make a lot of bumps feel easier, (even though the bumps may still be there). Salem 29 Years Ago y BEN MAXWELL December If, 124 Temperature In Salem had dropped to six degrees above Governor Pierce had an. pointed Judge William M Ramsey, McMinnville attorney as circuit Judge of the twelfth Judicial district to succeed Harry Belt of Dallas who ht4 been elected associate Justice of the supreme court. Impressive funeral services had been held for Samuel Com. pers at the Elks club in New York City. A portable school on Wash ington school grounds had bcea closed due to prevailing cold weather. Superintendent Hug of Sa lem's public schools had issued a warning against a threatened epidemic of diphtheria. Victor Talking Machine com pany had expanded its plant by addition of two new factories. Ten gallons of beer or wine and two gallons of other li quors had been established as the maximum quantity a Sas katchewan governor liquor store might sell to any person at one time. Cooley & Pearson, Salem grocers, were selling standard brands of coffee in cans for 57c a pound and fancy hams for 28c a pound. SPIKED CAKE DANGEROUS Baton Rouge. La. U.B The Louisiana Commission on Al coholism warned today that a spiked fruit cake or brandied fruits "can be as harmful as a drink of straight liquor" to alcoholics. hw 3 WE WIU BE OPEN UNTH CHRUTHAS From V WE WIU BE OPEN UNTIL CHRinMAS t From N 9:309, 4 9 Qtldtemalei' for matrimony, these diamond duets In two- part harmony. 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