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Page 4 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Orefoa CapitalikjJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketo St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Wont Ads. 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409 m Lmm. Win Srn liwrilM rml Mi Tt Vn4 vtwm. Th. AWOCltUS Pr.U U tlClOMVlIf MttM It IH NM IN pllUttlO W All .. AlipiuhM crt!u u a Sf UMflM tr4IM4 la lb 9f tm4 ftlM Mil ubub4 Ibmla. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: f CirrMrl MnUU. SlJli Sis Moatbl V Ml Oa. Star. IIIM. HUI OrMoa: tlaauuf. ttoi til IImIes, tt.Mt Oal Twr. II M. Br litl) OiUMs Othm: Meatus, n ui au iioau it mi oh mi. iii k IKE ASSERTS PARTY LEADERSHIP President Eisenhower'! series of day-long conferences with party leaders last week is generally accepted as suc cessful and as finally fusing administration policies into major objectives and an assumption of leadership he has been accused of nt electing in the initial year or ms ad ministration. At any rate it is conceded that he "roughly outlined the shape of things to come." There is some criticism that he failed to consult demo cratic leaders. That will probably come later as he is a persuasive conciliator. The first step was to. unite the divided republican support of the program he deems essential to the welfare of the entire nation and the other free nations. That he has gone far in his objective is shown in the fact that there have been no bolts and blasts of contro versy after the White House conferences. And there appears since his assumption of leadership in thi atomic energy program, that the conferees left with new regard for their leader. There wil be of course, troubles and dis cord ahead, but a good start has been made even if somewhat late, due to Ike's ignorance of and dislike of politics. As a military man, Eisenhower was used to strict disci pline, but party responsibility is the substitute for disci pline in politics. And the White House meetings were designed to lay the foundation for party responsibility, which depeads to some extent on compromise, which the president indicated he was willing to yield to some ex tent. What Eisenhower said was that the principles of his legislative program have been fixed but that he would accept modifications. He also added that the program being formulated was for all the people of the United states. It is reported that in his state of the union message the president will forecast continued prosperity for the nation, outline the defense plans against possible reces sion and submit the report of his economic advisers on the stabilization program. The stabilization program is reported to call for four main antidepression steps, ranging from federal action to encourage maintenance of high production and em ployment to a federal public works program that would be called into play only in a dire economic emergency. If the public works project are needed, officials say, only those that would contribute to the country's long range productivity and economic growth would be built. G. P. LOST IN THE WOODS i ,i P WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND A GREAT MAN OF SCIENCE Americans often argue about the Identity of their great greatest men and women, for such a country as ours has many of them in a multitude of areas of endea vor. But few would deny Dr. Robert A. Millikan of Pasa dena, Calif., a place among the 100 foremost Americans of the first half of the twentieth century. Dr. Millikan has just died aged 85 and he was very active until quite recently. Dr. Millikan was a native of Illinois, one of six children of a Congregational minister. His academic career cov ered half a century spent with two famous Institutions, 25 years at the University of Chicago, 24 years as execu tive head of the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena prior to 1945 when he reduced his activities lightly. He was America's most famous physicist, holder of 25 honorary degrees, seven from foreign universities, author of 18 books on physics which were studied by mil lions of students. It is said that he knew as much as any man in the world of cosmic rays for a period of 20 years. He was constantly In the forefront of research into his field of science. But Dr. Millikan played a big role In the rise of Cal Tech, where he was known as the "billion volt sparkplug." a lew years ago this writer had an opportunity to read Ike's Legislative Program Held 'Surprisingly Liberal' By DREW PEARSON Washington President Eis-,or sliding-scale anile. They enhower held , two emergency favor rigid price support, cabinet meetings plus a regu- Aid to Education Some Ike lar cabinet meeting to Whip , advisers definitely favor fed his legislative program intojeral aid to education, in order shape before he sat down last to alleviate the desperate prob week with GOP congressional lem of overcrowded schools. leaders. 1 Final nutr-nme will H pnenri An The program his cabinet congressional leaders. came up with in the end was I Trade and Tariffs This will The Yule Fool Los Angeles Mirror The holiday season and its twin, the traffic death peak season, are practically breath ing down our necks. So the National Safety Council is advising you: "Don't Be a Yule Food!" A Yule Fool is the boy who gets loaded at the Christmas office party and then weaves home at the wheel of a two ton automobile. A Yule Fool is the celebrat ing lad or lass who wan- Divided Parties By Fraeh Jenkins la Klamath Herald-News Adlal 8tevenjoo, addressing a meeting of the Democratic advisory council In Philadel phia last night,' offered this sage bit of advice to the advia- tors: "Our party's biggest job," he said, "is the healing of the tn-tra-party disputes, such as exist between the North and the South." And He might have added Between the radicals and the conservatives, the government ownershippen and the private enterprisers, the apostles of something for nothing and the disciples of the doctrine ' that "in the sweat of thy brow shslt thou earn thy bread." And so on. To that crack, let's add: The GOP is in the same boat. But The GOP Is navigating more difficult waters. It is IN. The Democrats are OUT. When your party is in, the power that its factions struggle for is real. The battle is for blood. It's war to the knife and the knife to the hilt. The Democrats have a much easier job. They're out. When you're out and want to get back in, you can get together. In the back of your mind is always the realistic thought that un less you do get together you'll never get back In. So, I imagine, the Democrats will be able to patch up their quarrels. They'll have to if they're ever to get back in. Whether or not the GOP will be able to smooth over its dif ferences. I wouldn't know. But, If it doesn't, it will be out. In unity there is strength. Without unity, there is no strength. Monday; December Ji, jjj, POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Real Joy of Christmas Shines in Child's Eyes By HAL BOYLE V) What Is New York Christmas? It began with the worship of an infant, and even today you miss the sparkle of Christmas unless you see it by the candles of joy in a child's eyes. Christmas is the one holiday of the yenr that adults can never take away from the kids to they might as well quit trying. From the dawn's early light until the twilight Jowexa to the music of a tired, sleepy band beating on an already broken drum, Christmas is properly the property of child hood. We grownups try to get into the act, but our real role is that of appreciative audience. There is no fun on Christmas greater than watching a kid have fun. And bow could there be? For only in such a manner can we ever truly bathe in the lirnrlltn.lv linernl R n m . .. - .11 - . l wo m " J ' " ... - uut uii uiuii auer me nan- j... , . . said it was more like the New hii ,nmmi..in. i ."" ""'"n dall commission March. Labor Program Revision of the Taft-Hartley act will be rennrtjt in ueai man wnai me nepuDii can party stood for, and this was the chief reason for the clash with old guard GOP proposed, but will not go near ieaacr'' ly far enough to please labor However, the program is leaders, flexible and Ike advisers went ADVICE TO IKE into the closed-door sessions President Eisenhower will prepared to give. battle hard for his legislative Here is a rough summary of .program in the next Cnnirre.. what the administration pro-. but he won't use the big stick on GOP congressmen from circumstances which won't Defense Budget Secretary ; closely contested districts if menace vour life or that nt of Defense Wilson has finally! they don't support him all thelaomeone else. nmHllfH ft 4 Y Faa.lraae nrnnrnm limp i . ."I" "I " ..; . .v.. ,.... Don't be a Yule Fool. Be a ur triiiiuiing aown aexense spending. It calls for the re duction of the Army-Navy by autoists to hit him In short, a Yule Fool is the person who mixes too much alcohol with traffic. More than twice as many lives are lost In traffic in the week between Christmas and New Year's day than in any other single week. So take your spot of good cheer these holidays under WHEN STRONG MEN MEET Pendleton East Oregonlan It is becoming evident that Secretary of Defense Wilson has grabbed the ball from the admirals and generals who have long operated on the "bal anced forces" theory. When the cut in manpower of the various forces was announced it was significant that the air force suffered no cut. This does not mean, however, that Secretary Wilson can make it stick. Stouter men than he have succumbed to the political power of the Big Brass. THAT'S TELLING 'EM Bend Bulletin The city of Sandy, Oregon, has the best traffic warning sign we've yet seen in nearly a quarter of a million miles of driving the West's highways. "Take it easy," it says, "our new hospital Isn't finished yet." OVERPAID $100,000 Detroit W.Rl Empee, Inc., a New York firm, mailed a check for $100,000.74 to the Wayne County treasurer here to cover payment of taxes. County Treasurer Harold E. Salem 30 Years Ago By BEN MAXWELL December 21, 1923 Charles G. Dawes had been offered the presidency of the rep 'nations committee which had been appointed to examine the financial condition of Ger many. Leviathan, queen ship of the American merchant marine, had grounded upon Robert's reef inside New York harbor. A large, evengreen Christ mas tree had been set up in Marion hotel, an annual cus tom to provide Christmas cheer for guests. Religious modernists had won their first victory in the se ries of debates between Rev. Charles Francis Potter, pastor of the West Side Unitarian church of New York City and Dr. John Roach Stratton, pas tor of the New York Cavalry Baptist church. Shipley!' had all "mama" dolls at prices between $1.98 and $3.98. Paving laid by the county for the city on North Front street had proven unsatisfac tory. Criticism of the job heard in the city council had caused the county to refuse to con sider doing another paving job for Salem. Otto J. Wilson. 358 North Commercial street, had a 1920 model Dort touring car for sale for $230. (Dort, a four cylla der car, was manufactured be tween 1915 and 1923. It en. Joyed mild popularity in the medium price field. The motor was rated at 35 horsepower in the box-like sedan of 1921.) in Smelt had reached Salem "I realize that those fellows! Yuu wi,VMn .ni ,i Hve!Stoll said he would send back markets and were selling for the marginal districts have ;",., e M " ,nQ lay a"Velthe check. The company owes U 5c a pound. Fancy turkeys a tough time getting elected,' 300,000 men next year and by Ike told GOP Congressman 300,000 men during the three- William H. Ayres, who him year period. The Navy will self comes from the marginal lose 80 ships, including two district of Akron, Ohio. "They battleships, but no airplane '. have to follow a middle-of-the- carriers. The Air Force, which ! road policy most of the time, was cut year, will be given seven new; left, if they want to remain in groups but not to be com- Congress next November. I PUN OF THE WEEK Albany Democrat-Herald Eric Allen. Jr.. of the Med- only 74 cents. WOODCUTTER KILLED Portland W) A 78-year-old woodcutter was found Friday intured fatallv beside a tree he ford Mail Tribune comes up. had chopped down near Oswe- too drastically last without veering to the right or "Z Z ,17 w.. '""' ,.T,T: It 1 1 . . . . ivnu uu,i . ic " ' . ".- ine UUQY Its VT 111IHII1 ddtK ing from the University of; son Cokran. Oswego, was dis- nleted hrfnre .T.ine 1 1 0S7 understand their nrohlem. .nri i jur...n. coverea oy r rea nr,mm, uswe- were available at 35c a pound and Christmas candy for the children from 18c to 35c a pound. ONE PLANE ENOUGH San Antonio, Tex. u.B Even 47 years ago Congress was squabbling over how much the nation should spend on its air farce. Maj. Gen. Clement This will make a total of 137. plan to be sympathetic." ul'"-ru l, wr wnora wsrin wn cnop. , nenuuen recauea loaay mat , , . .... .. . 1,..,.' flictriot KA "ut M'.mc a nuf ai Slll, IIS" UHlg WUUU. Itrillllil WCIll UUl IU COnKrCSman COmpiaineQ v,. n0vT .ii IVo oon nnn carried by 22.000 vote, n "uipped: "N'CW. riptinn of look after Cokran s wife had , bitterly in 19U8: "Why all the j infant Jesus really looked like. uti k. i . ,.... H.I.; it I" inr.7. . j. .XX' I IBM i one nf th. mn.t "-ln5ey: ne ior wnom inc nouued mm ner nusDano qiq i xuss aDout airplanes the but oon l we all feel we sm lea a lonp letter he wrote a young Idahoan, offering him a!?00 of expenditures or $33,-"?z- belles tnld " I not return home on time. 1 Armv has one. doesn't It'" Ion His birthd.V fountain of youth, and ki. again the morning deliihuTiI somehow lose along the i. Some adults feel hurt If tL don t get more Christmas euZ than they send out-. ITS Christmas were a popuUri contest, and they had loin? Others worry if they do m mas were a matching conta that the rule, of a cW? jungle require to com. ij! even. Still other alults set eretly or audi.bly milled they get a wrong present-,, If Christmas were Uon between pocketbooks. it is these so-called grownun who most often comm.i. Christmas has become a rack et, and ai far as thev r. ... cerned they are quite right Tt ...w.. . lavsci oecause ton have approached it in th.t i. It. Childbirth would be a rack et, too, if a mother had a babt only to seU It to th. highest All such spiritually barrea folk should have their hearts. If not their heads, examined and be given a massive dost of the world's . ldest wonder drus the elixir of loving-kindnen. What makes a child lov. Christmas? Wonder and sur prise. The Immortal ecstacy of opening package and finding something new inside. The vl. ue of a gift means nothing to him. And what difference does It make if the child breaks his gift five minutes after he opens the package? He has liven m a reward that will last as long as memory the wonderful look of happiness when he first saw his gift, his face sweet is me spring sun and his voic. like a glad bird's cry. If someone deeded you th earth and threw in the moon - ....., ivuiu jruu Bum mon up such utter appreciation? There are some who say that there is too much emphasis on giving presents to children at Christmas and too little em phasis on religion too much of Santa Claus, too little of Christ. But I recall reading that ine inree wise men brought gifts to the infant Jesus in tha manger, and I don't recall read ing that he grew up a spoiled child. Someone told me a story th. other day of a little boy who surprised his mother with a present for her birthday. It was a big, awkwardly tied package. As the mother pulled more and more wrapping out of the box without finding anything, she began to suspect a trick. "Why, I don't believe there's any present inside at all," sh. exclaimed, pretending diisp. pointment. "Yes, there is, tool" "What Is It?" asked the moth er. "It's me!" said her little son, jumping up and down with glee. There is a French maxim that says, "Zest Is the last gift of the Gods." What Is Christmas but rest the zest of seeing a happy child, and kindling through remem brance the zest you knew your self as a child on Christmas morning? None of us know what th. place on the Cal Tech staff, coinir intn rnnirteroKlo Ht il 200.000.000 of aDDroDriatcd saU"d in lhe country, and is about Where he could board and room and nthor mmli. money. The difference is ac sometimes called 'Little Amer ttons he would find if he joined the institution. He had his fingers tightly on the practical details of running a college, even while his great mind wrestled with the weighty problems of the universe. One of our intellectual giants is gone, at 85. Fortu nately we had him a long time and he served his fellow men till the last. He'll be enshrined with science's immortals. counted for tav monev left over 'ca. the Ohioan told Ike from the previous year. y oo.uuu constituents ln- Thls cut is drastic, but not as c,uae w mu mcmDers 01 or- drastlc as those ordered by ganized labor. 37 organized na Loucy Johnson. Unfortunate- tionality groups of various ly. Undersecretary of Defense 1Innlc origins, ju.uuu negroes Roger Kyes failed in his at- and 3.00 farmers." reported tempt to revamp the defense Avr- " They can't all get to establishment along 'modern. sce ou. but they want me to atomic lines. Instead the three act ,s ,hcir aKcnt in express services sliced a little, but bas- lhcir vicws to 'u. One ically stuck to conventional thln! 1 c3n ,a.v confidently is weapons such as warships and that ,hpy wanl Congress to en-fnot-soldlers. ,act 'our legislative program." UNBALANCED BUDGET "n be constructive Budget Balancing The bud- Program, aimed at doing the get will not be balanced next most Kod 'or th nation as a year. Reluctantly, Secretary of whole." replied the President, the Treasury Humphrey hasl"Th",', ,he kind Congress bowed to the inevitability of shu'd enact, without catering an eight to nine billion-dollar to anv Pressure groups. I am deficit. He still thinks the pro-1 'or constructive revision of posed new budget is too high 'ine Taft-Hartley law, but we and doesn't seen how he's Ko-;can l scuttle the entire law to ing to raise the money. appease some labor leaders. Taxes The tax cuts sched ! "Th' same objectivity must uled to go into effect in Janu- "PP1 t0 thc 'arm Program, ary will be made. No effort We ""' 8 overboard for will be made to atop them. 'arm subsidies at the expense thouih that Is the nnK- a.v of harming consumers." the budget enn be balanced.! Ares said he felt confident proposes to cut ln" ,nc nFX session or lon- excise taxes about 50 per cent: r" would support Eisenhow. in social security. There will lns" " Congress doesn t sup- be no attempt to put across . P0'4 you, it s cooking its own sales tax in the form of a.00' manufacturers' sales tax. i Anti-Recession Program I Ike's economic advisers have 1 Qt'ICK RESULTS set up a public-works program I p,1 Alt0' c,llf- Mrs not unlike the New Deal dys.Dori Bun got faster results in case the business economy'"1"1 he expected when she turns sour. j appeared on a radio show and Farn Program Price sup-1 offered purebred collie pups to atill mvsterioua wnv th. Ru..i.n h.v. nf rnnver.in,, . rXt continue automatically Persons who would give them PART OF THE valley community BERIA'S TRIAL COMING SHORTLY For a long time the rest of the world has been wondcr inf what kind of monkey shines the Russians were up to with Beria, the long time head of the dreaded secret police, under arrest for several months, whether dead or alive few outside the Kremlin knew. It now appears that Beria is alive, though he probably won't be for long. He is going to face one of those notor ious Russian spy trials which always result the same way and with the same punishment for the accused. For a long time it looked as if the Kremlin wanted Beria for gotten, but now it appears that he is looked upon as a juicy propaganda morsel. He'll be tried in style, with all the radio and T-V trimmings. Moscow solemnly announces that Beria was a foreign capitalistic agent for 34 vears. without offorintr a nriz for anybody stupid enough to believe the Communist Thee present loaders were so obtuse as to let that en nn for in Inn tr I : . - , . , , . " ' - - w uiAta iuuui prr cent;.- . . t-r- - . 1' ioi!btfu! if anybody in Russia, let alone anywhere 'also wants to drop the Increase rr legislative proposals, add cisc. win inn ior sucn an obvious falsehood. Or what good it would do the Kremlin if they did. Maybe the trinl, with its public humiliation of a man who long struck terror in millions of his countrymen, is aimed only at sadistic revenge. Or it may seek to terror ize any potential "enemies of the state," of which Russia doubtless contains many. Whatever the hidden motive, the trial will be an Inter esting study of official Russian mentality, and it will give the free world's scientists a new opportunity to study the ICoerrkM mil SALEM CHURCHES Strength for today . . . courage to meet the days ahead .... More than 60 churches in Salem help people of every race, creed and color develop spiritual values, confirm faith, find guidance for everyday living. drrrrS frfrHtZ . .1",. . HtAO OFFICII 1M0 tni PART OF TH! Volley Community rn.Si td ' T J 1 I i . . T ' ' TVillsV - aT wNivissm manchi ine once strong mind into a ventriloquist's dummy. FOUNDER OP RAINBOW GTKLS DIES McAlester, Okla. UP) w. Mars Season, It, founder of the International Order Rainbow Girls, died here short ly before midnight Sunday aft er aa extended Illness. year. Agriculture Secretary Benson; Returning home, she found proposes flexible price supports I one of the pups missing and of differing according to dif-Is note tacked on her front icrent commodities and much: door reading: "Heard you on more effort to sell farm pro-ltbr radio. Loved your dogs dure abroad. Congressional Took one for my boys in Los leader, don't like the flexible! Angeles. sTunks." I The staff of Salem's Independent home ownld bank extends to one ond oil a friend ly ond neighborly greeting: "Merry Christmas to oil." HIADOF'KI l0 hlrarevii 14 UNIVtlSITY MA.NCH 1310 State Street
