Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 11, 1954, Page 4, Image 4

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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Orefna
Monday. January 11,' 154 "
Capital AJournal
An Independent Newjpoper Estobiithtd 1888
BERNARD MAINWARING. Editor ond Publisher
GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor Emeritus
'Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North
Church St. Phone 22441.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
WASHINGTON Republi
can leaden have taken an
amazing itep regarding theft
of about $5,000,000 worth of
grain, cotton and beam from
government warehouaef.
They have "terminated" the
agriculture department offi
cial! who convicted the crimi
nals, held up collection of mo
ney from those who illegally
By DREW PEARSON
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS ABROAD
The New York Time has just ianued biff gupplement
on economic conditions in foreign countries, written real
istically, which shows a remarkable eommnauon oi gooo.
and bad news that cannot fail to affect conditions here in
the coming year. .
Am An it th hriehter srjota are Britain, where conditions
are id to be improving generally, India, where better
crops have reduced the need for food imports; Austria,
West Germany, whose foreign trade is booming and whose
production ii etill increasing; Spain, which is now receiv
ing U.S. aid under a recently contracted agreement; Bel
gium, where production techniques are improving and liv
ing standards rising; Holland, bravely recovering from the
flood disaster of last February with orthodox practices;
Switzerland, with a substantial increase in export of
watches and parts in the face of heavy competition; Hong
Vonov huildine local industries to offset loss of China
trade; North Ireland, whose textile mills have boosted out-
pu; New Zealand, whose tnree oig exports, woui, meau aim
dairy product continued to find a good sale. Italy was
troubled by a fiscal deficit but her industrial production
was the heaviest in her history.
But other countries are beset with troubles. France
was beset with both economic and political troubles and
got nowhere in 1963. Japan is having a hard time selling
her products abroad for enough exchange for the purchase
of needed food and raw materials. Japan is still dependent
on U.S. aid. Malaya is full of troubles, due to weakness in
the rubber market, and so is Indonesia.
. Norway and Finland are both suffering from an eco
nomic rMainn. South Africa report urgent need of
foreign capital, which is reluctant to go there on account
of the policies 01 the Boer government, uenmaric naa a
good year, but unfavorable developments appeared before
its tnd. Sweden's economy was relatively stable, but
many of her ships were idle in the later months. Israel
embarked in a deflationary policy which was forcing liv
ing standards down. -
Thia is merely "hitting the high spots." But it shows
that the rest of the world is beset by the same ailments as
we are. Foreign counties influence us and we influence
them. Right now the picture is sufficiently mixed to make
confident predictions difficult.
ARTIFICIALLY STIMULATED DEPRESSION
Union labor leaders are evidently launching an all. out
drive to get the administration and congress to halt rising
unemployment. This conclusion is drawn from the step
ped up demands for government action to boost employ
ment" One thing the labor bosses can do is end the wildcat and
other strikes that increase the numlwr of the jobless, and
4h Mannnaihilit V thnt niiwar imnllPK. And CPAftp
i : Vu-v .1 A .1. ?.!. nl nr.i;t;ion. , purchased the atolen farm pro
.V "LS SZ:.: "( K Nebraska, republican, ha. In-
traduced a billawhich would
prevent collecting money from
the purchasers.
The theft of this grain,
beans, etc., was one of the
most brazen in the history of
government farm price sup
ports. Under the support law,
the commodity credit corpor
ation, a subsidiary of the agri
culture department, loans mo
ney to the farmer after he
stores his crop In a warehouse.
If he defaults on his loan, then
the crop automatically reverts
to the government. Every ele-
v a t o r , warehouseman and
grain dealer knows this. Yet
in Texas and the midwest, sev
eral deliberately sold govern
ment grain, and certain grain
dealers bought it with their
eyes wide open.
Roll Call or Convictions
As a result, William F. Far
rell, Dallas representative of
the solicitor of the agriculture
department, moved in vigor
ously, under direct orders
from Secretary Charlie Bran
nan to prosecute. He secured
the following convictions:
C. M. Henderson, Farwell,
Tex. Four years in jail and
$1,000 fine, with $1,086,000
still to be collected for the
federal government.
Tenner's Inc., Cortei, Col.
Harold Tenner, 18 months;
Halworth Tenner, three
years suspended sentence; R.
R. Wilson, IS months and
$10,000 fine. Total to be
repaid the government: $1,
108.000 Herman Dawson, Fort
Worth, Tex Six years in
prison and $13,000 fine,
with $434,000 to be repaid
to the government.
O. L. Shannon. Sudan.
Tex. Five years in prison
and $13,000 fine, with $1.
043.000 to be repaid the
government.
In other parts of the conn.
try, Francis Sprllman of Ro-
111, was given five
L aaJJL S'lV-ia' - PCS- - ?:a-iT, I
WHEN THE STORM
RAGES -WHEN THE LIGHTS
FLICKER.-ORTHE PHONE
- ' GOEi DEAD THINK OF THI4
"ORDiNARy OTfZEN UP A POLE
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
l'iii-. . I THE NIGHT
Ag. Officials Who Punished
Grain Thieves Terminated'
sion, a transition period following a war stimulated boom,
and thus return to power.
As Frank A. Kent of the Baltimpre, Sun says in his
syndicated eoinrnn; r,-- '
"A well organlied attempt to talk the country Into a depression fore
casts rubor. aU uw democratic national commnie propaganoa ami
few democratic members of congress ever make a speech without
attesting the dreadful prospect of a business collapse and a vast army
of unemployed.
"Two of the most Insistent of the depression prophets are Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Walter Reuther. Both are members of the
ac-called Americans for Democratic Action, whose publicity experts
are spreading the depression doctrine far and wide. Others, including
some of the mora conspicuous Truman "economic advisers." are doing
what they can to promote the idea that a collapse of our economic sys
tem ,1s Just around the corner."
CIO Vice-President Emil Rieve called on congress and
the administration last week to-"move promptly on the
tax, social security unemployment compensation, farm,
public works, housing and minimum wage fronts to head
off the spreading recession."
AFL President George Mt-any urged congress to do
something about the sharp increue" in unemp'oyment.
He said the situation is serious enough to emphasize the
need for policies designed to encourage economic stability."
The Reuther and ADA proposals all call for lowering
government revenues and increasing government costs,
spend more, take in less, the basic formula of New and
Fait Deal political philosophy which ends only in National
bankruptcy, all to promote the fortunes of political dem
agogues. It is a return to the formula of Harry Hopkins,
"tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect."
These peddlers of gloom, among whom is Oregon's Sena
tor Wayne Morse, are ably assisted by communist propa
ganda all over the world, to convince the nations that the
United States is on the verge of bankruptcy. G. P,
IKE RETAINS POPULARITY
" President Eisenhower still enjoys the approval of 68
percent of the American people, according to the latest
Gallup poll, issued January 3. This is the same ratio that
gave him its O.K. 12 months ago.
However, there has been a change. In January, 1953,
only seven percent disapproved, while 25 percent said they
had "no opinion." Now those without opinions have
shrunk to 10 percent, while the objectors have increased to
22 percent.
Two factors have to be kept in mind. First, the Gallup
poll is reasonably accurate, but only reasonably so. There
is a percentage of error that may range up to five though
It usually doesn't. Second, many of those who say they
like and approve of Eisenhower would not vote for him.
A Democrat may "like Ike' but still vote his own ticket
whenever an election Is held. Many did in 1952 and will
in 1954.
fcisenhnwcr s popularity is remarkable. He polled mil.
hold up claims to collect this
money.
The letter read In part: "Al
though you should continue
preparation of cases Involving
third-party purchasers, you
should not take any affirma
tive steps toward the Institu
tion of new suits against third
party purchasers or the mak
ing ot additional demands for
payment upon them until fur
ther advice is received from
this office."
I As of today nine months
later no further advice has
been received.
Note Farrell, however,
turned his cases over to the
Justice department and It's re
ported that some officials at
the Justice department dis
agree with the new agriculture
department and are endeavor
ing to prosecute the claims
anyway.
DALLAS OFFICE PURGED
Meanwhile, Farrell, who se
cured most of the convictions,
and who has been In the gov
ernment for 25 years, has been
dropped. He received orders
to close up the Dallas office
entirely allegedly as an
economy wave and combine
it with the Little Rock, Ark.,
office
The snow flake fell lilt the
wandering hands of a child, heal
ing old hurts without knowing how.
This is the greatest city la the
world, a cfty of many small cir
cles and many a close-knit : ilgh-
borhood and many a wondering
loyalty. It Is a city swept by
storm and turbulence of living and
the wind of voice. -
But the mow Is filling, and
New York City is beautiful. . . .
And, oh, I wish you could see It
now. . . . From the Bronx to the
Battery . . . and Brooklyn. . . And
here in the mist . . A ride to
Staten Island. , . Now look at your
Statute of Liberty, lifting her Im
perial torch against the everlast
ing snow.
'It's a great place to visit, but
I'd sure hate to live here." many
a tourist says. . . . But really you
have to live with New York City
lor many years to know when is
the right time to see her best . . .
And I say, "now!" . . . Come all
ye people. ... Sea the tallest
towers of our time in a cloak of
snow, and th highest civilized ici
cles in the whole wide world.
Come now. . . . Come now. . . .
See how the snowflakes. one after
another, none like the other, bring
out and stir to new life the myriad
Kinsey Fallacies
Raise Questions
By RAMOND MOLEY
This column Is Interested in
the notorious Kinsey report for
only one reason. The immense
popular concern in its findings
and the devastating criticism of
its scientific pretensions may
awaken people to the dangers in
such pseudo-scientific researches
in political and economic affairs.
ror tne same sort ot nonsense
has been peddled to a gullible
public in matters less sensational
than sex.
There is in the news at the
moment a scathing criticism of
Kinsey. his facts and his "conclu
sions moretrom by two men
whose training and achievements
entitle them to be heard. They
are Edmund Bergler, M.D., a psy
choanalytic psychiatrist, and Wil
liam S. Kroger, M.D., a gynecolo
gist Their book is called "Kin
sey'i Myth of Female Sexuality."
Most of what the authors sav
in the book is irrelevant to the
point that I want to make and,
in fact seems to wander into
the same never-never-land of
murk which Kinsey inhabits. But
these doctors are sufficiently fa
miliar with science and statistics
to make a few points which in
my judgment explode the entire
pretention of science in the Kin
sey report.
The following is the most sie-
nificant passage in the Herder-
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
First Snowfall of Year Makes
New York Wonderland for All
y HAL I0YLI
New York UV-Snow fell os New children of the city, ens after ao-
York City Monday and made it the other, none like each other, and
wonderland everybody would like all art stirred and all ar melting.
to liv in. And son Know wny.
It is a storm that nature is hurl
ing at the city, and all storms
harvest navoc. . . ror ajvery
laugh in this world there must be
a cry. and often two. ... On Park
avenue a girl in a mink coat sticks
out her tongue and tries to catch
a snowfUke. ... On the Bowery
a walking bum looks lor a way
to escapa not on but a thousand
flakes. ... To him they are noth
ing but life's wet drum beats.
He's seen other snows in other
towns in other years before, and
wants a plac out of the wind's
way.
But in, Times Square, th river
of light when no neon sign I
over really lonely, the snow tousles
a girl's head that should be ruf
fled, and a hand rubs in th snow
trier and thaws it and laughter
nncs in two hearts and knits them
against a time when snowfalls are
forgotten and the miserable ice
forms.
Snow slows th pace of New
York. ... It puts a shovel and a
Job in the hand that needs help.
. It lifts people out of them
selves. .... It sews them into
unity.
Like mischief-minded elves they
like to see the snow tie up their
city. . . . Knot It in massive traf
fic jams. . . . Wrap it Into a hope
less, happy Jumble. . . . And may
he stay that way until the first
robin arrives and rescues the city
by bending down and with one
reck of his beak unbend the bow
that holds it all in one.
Well, maybe I do make too mi eh
of it But this is th first real
snowfall we have had this year
and snow does excite us here in
the world capital of concrete hist
as the rain does when it is a'lcw-
ed, come spring.
Tell me, truly. Wouldn't you
like to go ice skating in Wall
street! Why not now. . . 1 The
perfect time. . . . With the wind
blowing, th snow falling and the
brokers broking. . . . And oh, if
you have never seen New York
when it is snowing, well, maybe it
U, snowing in your town now. . . .
And you feel in your heat at this
moment you wouldn't want to be
anywhere else in the world.
To catch a snowflake is to seize
a falling star and feel a coolness
in your hand. And wherever you
live, and whatever age you are,
that is how it should be.
Salem 52 Years Ago
y SEN MAXWELL ' '
Jaaaary II, ltd -
Professor Lombard of Am
Arbor, Instructor In physiolo
gy at Uw University of Michi
gan, believed he had located
the dwelling place of th soul
la th spinal column. t
Browny and Angel choco
lates were for sale at the Spa.
Padre, big medicine ' man
for the Yuma Indians, had
been offered as a sacrifice to
the spirit in accordance with
tribal custom and had, there
by expiated for sin of the,
tribe held responsible for a'
recent epidemic of smallpox.
Reader Asks Why No
Baby Derby in Salem?
To the Editor:
The sportsmanship among the
businessmen in Salem must be
lagging behind.
While all the small towns
around Salem are having Baby
Derbies and a hard time getting
th baby to fill th place. Salem
has the second baby in the val
ley and forgets all about "it this
year.
E. B RIALS.
THEY'LL ADJUST
WASHINGTON 0J.B House
Republican Leader Charles A.
Halleck said last night Congress
may make "some adjustments"
in excise taxes this year despite
President Eisenhower's request
that they be extended.
Slot machines la 47 varieties
were advertised in in is 92-
year-old issue of t h Capital
Journal.
Death of Mrs. Brewer, a.
former Salem woman was re
ported from Trinidad, Colo,
She was preparing cakes for
breakfast on a steel range
when frozen pipes, leading
the stove to the hot water
tank, exploded. The rang
was completely wrecked and
flying fragments from th
shattered stove caused Mrs.
Brewer's death.
Charles H. Hinges, watch
maker and jeweler at 2S6
Commercial street had adver
tised to clean watches for 75c
and replace broken main
springs for the same price.
Salem had a Push club
(Commercial club) and s
sauerkraut factory, this Issu
of the Capital Journal proclaimed.
Salem Flouring mills were
advertising Wild Rose flour
and offered free samples to
ladies who wanted enough to
try for a batch of bread,
h
POST FOR ROMULO
MANILA, P.I. U.B President
Ramon Magsaysay will be glad to
give Carlos P. Romulo the post of
ambassador to the United States
if the diminutive soldier states
man wants the job, it was report
ed today.
Kmu. V,w.L. . ..All . t. 1 .
However. Farrell and his hi" LZZZL
staff of 17, many of them war f.,cts are complicated and made
more formidable by the
composition of Kinsey's
only a
veterans, were not permitted I even
to compete with members of I faultv
the Little Rock office to see
which had the best civic serv
ice ratings and let the highest
men continue
material. ... To name
few proofs of faulty representa
tion:
"a. Seventy-five oer cent of his
In brief. Farrell and staff ' ,emale volunteers have attended
appear to have been dcliber-lcollfgf; in reality, only 7.5 per
ately discriminated against. rc!,,, Am,rican women S to
Meanwhile, here is some of j ,.VS . , .
the wire-pulling which went , b- 0u' ' ?J v""nn in
k.-l, i- .,.,. 'tervicwed. 3,313 had never mar-
"S""'r "c. '" K,on' ned. That is 58 per cent of the
total sample. This makes three
inr icxas (..rain Dealers as
sociation has been busy be
hind the scenes, also the Na
tional Grain Dealers associa
tion. During these huddles,
agriculture department offi
cials suggested to the grain
dealers that they sponsor leg
times as many spinsters oer hun
dred as are actually found in the
female population of the United
States.
"c. Around 80 per cent of these
interviewed belonged (at least
tangent lally) to the upper white-
lions more votes than did the Republican candidates for i Che'ile
rnneressinnal enu in tk.t v i. : '
v niiuuuto nn; nan in ,,. " i yearn in prison, tnougn laier
much more popular than his party, as he was in 1952. He revised downward; while C.
retains this hold despite all the disappointments and frus- f L. Bert of Clarion and Calt,
trations that afflict every national administration. i Iowa, was given two years.
Here is not only a Republican asset, but a national asset The above companies owed
as well. The people as a whole love Dwight 1). Eisenhower i government $313,000 and
as they did Franklin D. Roosevelt, And they will go 8.ooo respectively,
through trials and tribulations If necessary with a leader 1 And wlth ""o ' the vtr
they love, while they will quickly turn angrily on one they hous"nen In Jail, the former
go not love. An iur instance. th AH nn HArhapf u.v,, .,- ui..,,ii.
and later on Harry S. Truman.
Someone Drowns Out
Radios on So. High
i The noise la uauallv heard lat al
"There Is a troublesome noise night or early in the morning and
on the radio la the vicinity ot , it virtually drowns out every sta
High and Leslie streets," Charles tinn on the radios. He suggested
H. Fowler, 750 South High, re- j that residents of the area cheek
ported today. He added that Port- and tee H they have th trouble
land General Electric it checking, some Bniw tnsker.
islation to hold up collection !.o lar. nd Professional groups:
ot the $5,000 000 But the ' . nM forresPond at all
er.in dealer. .hieH to actual populaUon groupings.
,.,.,, ,. d. Devout religious groups
Meanwhile the Benson boys, ,bth Catholics and JewishV were
wrote the letter of March 30 not sufficiently represented; their
"""""I UF pro.-ccuuon oi sexual attitudes would have con
cintms.
The letter was signed by Ed
ward Shtilman. assistant soli
cltnr of the agriculture depart
ment. a career official It was
learned he was acting on or
ders from higher-ups. His im
mediate superior is solicitor
Karl D. Loos, a former Wash
Ington attorney and close
friend of Secretary Benson remarkable book. "Social Prob
when Benson was Washington hms and Sclentism." 1 mention
lobbyist for the Natfnnal ed in a recent column, attacks
Council for Farmer Coonera- Kinsey conclusions in a
tives. Loos was appointed last '"R" lierent way:
i"n"r.;.n l??u" bchivtV
"a n"a ""; lemphssiied in the Kinsey report
ed vigorous prosecution of!,re ,0 b lcc,ptr(li Mm', ,her
both the grain-theft cases and I conclusions which are derived
the civil claims resulting from ; from projecting its simple to the
them. jtotal male population must also
. be accepted. If the public is to
CK1 t MCOWa'aT 'owr!., r imrwui rmracT CUIKIIt-
HONOLULU iu Terry Moore
wi I wear ner controve.ial ermine ,,,f or jrwlsh m.n jB y,, Umted
mi nine uu Kin, oui inr ooyi StatfS
in ivorri wnuinn I rtvouniT it k r...... . a
ture department a special de- The Petit, actress said yesterday men in the t'nitedSt .tTs between
M.,, H-iu-r amen maiixn ou, ; tne was aninf 10 convert the ih nf -n .-j an
,19M. was sent to William Far- brief two-piece bathing suit into ! widowed or divorced:
fell in Dallas, ordering him to I a fur muff. c Scvcc ?r cent of aU turn-1
administration of
the agriculture department
had moved to collect more
than . AAA Ann mm lha r.in
Fowler said It was thought i .k. n, k..H ih. n.
InnuM. ! Ik. ri.m,l, -, k. . K
, .ire wic i legal
grain with their eyes:
wide open.
However, shortly after Eiraj
Benson took over the agrirul-
j siderably changed Kinsey's sta
i tistics.
"e. Regional representation
was also faulty only 10 states
were included in the sampling.
Mnsey s basic procedure con
tains, therefore, a methodolociral
error of the first magnitude,
which automatically cancels out
: all his conclusions."
Professor A. H. Hobhs. whose
fully occupied males are engaged
in prostitution, i.e., that there
are some 2,000,000 male prosti
tutes in the United States!"
This disposes of Kinsey and,
by the same method of attack, a
lot of other nonsense published
in the name of social science can
easily be disproved.
TALLMAN
PIANO STORES
395 S. 12th. Solam
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Toys, and all serts al
household articles to , . .
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Phone 4-224, for Tuesday
pickups in West Salem and
South of Center St.; Fridays
North of Center.
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