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Thnraday, January 14, W54
CI Capital AJournal
An Indandtnt Newspaper Estabttihad '838
MAINWARING, Editor and Publithtr
GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor Emeritus '
Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North
Church St. Phone 22441.
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MORE PUBLICITY FOR MORSE
The senate by a vote of 59 to 26 has again refused to
let urn Senator Wayaa Mors, elected at a republican but
who repudiated hia party awl declared himself an Indepen-
dent to the labor and armed services committees from
which he waa dropped a year ago. This time he did not
have the support of Oregon's senior Senator Guy Cordon
as he then had. Instead Cordon warned the senator that
to do otherwise might lead to "splinter party futility
Morse haa been serving en the public works and District
of Columbia committees, minor posts, since the senate or
ganization last January. Morse then refused to accept
committee assignments from either republican or demo
cratic party conferences but demanded the full vote of the
senate and so lost the seats he bad previously held a
measure of his influence and popularity in th senate.
In the reorganization caused by reshuffling of commit
tee assignments to maintain republican majority in each
committee. Mors revived the issue and 13 senator of
fered an amendment to restore Morse to hia old commit
tees. All of these senators were denccrata exeept Senator
William Langler, republican maverick.
Morse followed up with a fiery indictment of the SMiata
for having given him "a political horsewhipping" last year,
claiming they had an obligation to the history of the sen
ate "not Wayne Morse" to erase the precedent in demot
ing him. He claimed he had a right in law based on hia
eight years seniority and that it was an act of discrimina
tion against the 1,500,000 citizens of Oregon who were
entitled to equal representation, tie sam nouiing aoout
his obligation to the republicans of Oregon who nominated
and elected him.
Cordon in explaining the switching of his vote from a
year ago backing Morse's bid for committee, concluded
If w were tt tones the manership f time two committees at
this time by adding a awmear who dee set belong to either of those
parties, and whe Although eiaetad as a Pj-pubuean has repudiated the
party, we weuld framou the beginning of whet in my judgment might
well lead la the eae to the type ef cUmer party futility which has
plagued (h governments of Euro, aanaot, in good conscience ot
to areata sum a tuieUtsa,''
Ko pity should bo wasted en Moras for the senator's
action will only stimulate and inflate his martyr complex
and Messianis mission that secures hhn more publicity
than all the other IS senators combined gtt in the press,
radio end television. C P.
UTS FREE THE ENEMY F.W.I
Decision of Indian Lt. Gen. K. 8. Thimayya to return to
their captors tha 23,000 anti-Communist Chines and
North Korean and 825 allied war prisoners who refused re
"CORN" BELT
iit.A 'x'zr'u -er f fif& i
THt WORLD TODAY
Note Exchange Shows U. S.
And Russia Still Far Apart .
events at the
WASHINGTON
shews better th,
out three days the lap
the I'mUd Kates and Russia sod
hew dun la the chance tor agree
ment ea their taggest prooiemi.
After many speeches bare and
in Moscow about getting together,
y J AMIS MAtlOW
Nuthmg, ranging the Urae
and place for
U ratal
The three alliee-Unted Stat.
Britain.
otea with Ruaas ance last sum
mer, trying to set up a moating ef
thatr foreign mtnutara.
Agreement at last They'd meet
SiJea 12 Two A;v
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maneuvering
tha two powers reached the pout
at anting dowa la the seme roam
la talk.
Mot talk about what they wanted
to talk about. Just talk about ar-
oorhingas of Botes wending over j ia Berlin. Jaa. 25. But where ia
Berlin? Ia East Berlin, controlled
by Russia Or ia West Bermv
controlled by the Wastara AiUee?
RaprosentaUves of the four pow
ers m Berlin met to eattle the de
taila. All this week they talked.
The Ruauane bald out for half
the talks to be m East Berlin.
This country wanted more than
half Is West Berlin.
Last Bight the four rapraeenta
Uvea gave up. dumped their die
agreement back la the laps of
higher officials.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike Really Kept His Recent
Legislative Talk Secret
ly DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON What goes og atl tuaatsly saw seems settled by the
a White House meeting is always reMOt r Bear
iT.nrf t. h. a imlue' Civil Aeraautics Administrator
the president himself decides to
make it public. However, etcept
during tantedrtip wgrtimei, ao
White Rouss teuisns have beta
cloaked in such secrecy as Ike's
Fred Lee had consistently refused
to certify the Comet, which caused
s storm ef resentment in England.
Pea American Airways has pur
chased three Comets from De Ha?
illand for future delivery, but Lee
hail l.k.. Hu ulllM. tha, th.
recent meetings with cabinet gad Comet had not proved itself suf
capitol leaders on his legislative fleiently for American cenifica-
program. Ition.
The president has personally in-1 Specifically he had doubts about
lured against leaks to the press i the ship's tendency to stall at low
U-. il .. .u. . bmj! , . iMatahllltu in tha
CatriatioB throws this trOUblssom IsSUS back into the lapt Drewnt to keen their line buttoned, air. Two or tbe subsequent seven
of the OOntsndlBC Parties. - ' Thisis necessary, bo explains; be-(crashes, at Karachi and Rome,
According to the armistice provisions these prisoners fT,i'cal,i?" it(.ih niZ.M. JZF. ?h' fFh.
tula.r Zi't... ui-k. r.n,... ee mA -mh lu ra. Is off the cuff, with a free andi lowing this weeks- crash, the
beeosi civilians at midnight, Jsnuar and mun oe r . . mh . .- British srounded an Comets. Sa
leased as such If they hsv continued to refuse to return
to their homelands. India Is dodging its responsibility to
do this by ridding Itself of the prisoners three days in ad
vance of the deadline date.
Thimayya warns both sides that they are obligated to
hold the prisoners until an agreement is reached for their
disposition, which as we ondentand it is contrary to the
term of the armiitjcs.
The U.N. fortes, which means the United States win b
confronted with a decision as to whether to hold these 22,
000 men indefinitely while the Communists continue to
stajl off an agreement or to release them January 23.
From this distance it looks as if we should free them and
let the Communists fume. They will anyway.
The Indian decision means that the 21 Americans will
ho turned over to the Communists next Wednesday unless
they claim release sooner and that their, fate will then
rest solely with our enemies. But they have received
every opportunity to reverse a trairlc decision and they can
be charrred off by the United States with rejrret but with
the comforting knowledge that we did all we reasonably
coum to save tnem.
We cannot feel the same satisfaction in ' the cane of
Americans still held unwilling captives hy Russia and
China, whom we have not been able to release and msy
never be without the threat of grim reprisals which would
lead to war if threatened and refused.
amnions
sometimes controversial subjects' despite questions in the house of
that might be misinterpreted if an. I commons, it looks ss if Fred Lee
peering in the press. i had been right.
Naturally there will be differ, j Cade the Demo
trices ia opinion regarding the More private quotes on Ike's
legislative docket for congress, tie' state of the onino message: Ohio's
Cssident points out, adding that j statesque Sen. John Bncker. after
wants to be free to speak his' applauding enthusiastically in front
mind wlUT complete candor and of TV cameras, snorted privately
that Others at the meetings were to Sen. Andy Schoeppel of Kansas:
entitled to tbe same priylene. ! "I don't know what I'm doing
At one session, right after Eisen- j around here. This is no place for
hower had finished his little speech ms If that Is republican policy."
on secrecy. GOP Congressman 1 . . . Schoeppel nodded in agree
Charley Halleck of Indiana caused ment. . . . John Butler of
gales of laughter. i Maryland to Sen. Hugh Butler of
roe snow. ' ne said, "I never
have say trouble keeping a secret.
No Good Reason
To Cut Vote Ag?
Ry RAYMOND HOUY
The President's proposal to
lower the voting age to II tot s
good many headlines, but It ap
parently failed to excite the eea
gressmea whe ware listening to
the message. Perhaps most of
those gentlemen and ladies were
thinking about how they had
enough to worry about this fell,
what with all the votes shove SI
that they must entice. They are
pot eager to enlarge the terri
tory of their campaigning,
A rough estimate of tha num
ber who would be newly eligible
under the change is about all
that the census figures permit.
and that ia 6.000,000. By the
1960's. however, the relative nrn-
. portion will be much larger be
cause or tne net that the second
World War babies will he arriv
ing at what the President be
lieves to be political maturity.
The increase In eligible voters
now by such a chance would be
something like six per cent That
percentage will rise to ten or
more in a decade or two.
While we are ea this matter
of percentage and without wish
ing to prejudice the issue of
resnonsihility, the "World Al
manac" indicates that, while at
this time these people within
the 18-20 inclusive range would
constitute only six per cent at
Picking i Building
Boise Statesman
Nowhere has the low ebb te
which relations between Russia
and the western powers have fail,
ea been revealed more clearly than
in the preliminary mcetuuis to
make housekeeping arraogaineats
for the scheduled conference of
the Big Four foreign ministers ia
Berlin late this month. A secood
meeting on Saturday waa described
as "exuding cordiality.'' but when
it was over the choice of s building
ia which to bold the conference
bad sot yet been made.
The problem is not to find a
physically suitable building. The
problem is to get the four powers
to agree as to whose sail will be
selected as the exact site.
The relations smong the four
leading nations ef the world have
reached a sorry state when each is
so distrustful ef the others that
after a city and date have been
chosen for a conference the selec
tion of tbe building is so delicate
a matter that the whole conference
conceivably might be wrecked on
it In the historical perspective of
a future era, this deep and serious
debate as to whose bouse the for
eign ministers shall gather in is
bound Is leek Sow aright silly.
Donald kt Nelson, saw war pro
Oucttai boss bad sota Army, navy
and OPM that be waa ready to
shake up the entire defense sst-ap
a asrmsry te Uck Hitler sad the
Jape. ' ;
Japanese were elaiminf a score
ef two successful torpedo sua upon
the United States aircraft carrier
Lexington.
T. J. Armetarout. Portland auto-
ears for years, bad started seU-
mg bicycles from his display roam.
Motor vehicle use stamps were te
be placed sa sale January Is. A
tax stamp payable not later than
February L was S3. OS for five
A aaw type ef stren that had con
sideratioo far city blackout warn
ings snd was te be installed an tbe
Reinheldt ft Lewis building oa
South Cownienjal street.
at en wbe had hopes ef obtaining
But even tf ate preliminaries are : occupational deferment from the
lUled. the United states and Euis-I draft were required te prove thatr
WICKED SENSE OF BTMOB
BOSTON, UP Mrs. Raymond
Gionest won a divorce aa the
Founds her husband had a wick
ed sense of burs or.
"Re told me ka was nine- to
play aa April Foal trick an me
sne told Probate Judge John V.
Mahoney yesterday. "He said.
your shoe is untied, dear,' and
when I looked down he hit me on
the ehin."
were as competent
lieved they
as men.
We have no way of judging the
wisdom of voting relative to age
groups. How people vote is a
matter of opinion. Whether thev
vote Is g matter of fact On that
we have a few figures which cast
no luster on the present sense of
responsibility of 20-year-olds. In
1952. "McCall's" magazine pub
lished tbe results ef a poll of first
voters oa the -question whether
they Intended te vote in that
Presidential year. Ot the men,
VIA per cent said yes, 31.1 per
cent said no, and 11.5 per cent
dlrint know. Of the women, the
three corresponding figures were
393. 29.2, and 31.3. This means
in all probability that consider
ably less than the "yes" figures
actually voted. For Intentions do
not always materialise.
The outstanding scandal in
American life ia the immense
ia complete dleaxreernent
a their major European problem:
bermany. .
The United States wants East
snd West Germany united, no
r. ... Impounded tat
the Russians, would rejoice in Jin-p""" - "
ing up with the West Germans ss , r,td white crews.
jobs as being absolutely i
ia the civilian economy or i
sery ia the wsr production program.
About 100S Japanese fishing boats
i the waters of British
the
this
It's the people I tell it to who can't
keep their mouths shut."
King Cotton Debate
Mother Nature has had most to
United States allies.
What would this mesa to
United States? Secretary ef
Dunes made clear la a
Monday night what hopes
country has for Germany.
He outlined America s new mil.
itary strategy, baaed on West Eu
ropean defense against Russian at
tack, backed up by this country's
potential for "massive" retaliation.
Ha said Europe cannot be de
fended unless Germany is allowed
to rearm. He said It can't de so
under the present srmistlee sgree
menta. although oould Join a
unified European army if France
agreed te go along.
But the last thins Russia wants
is a rearmed Germany. It spent
the past year, by many devices,
trying to avoid just that
Dulles could hardly settle with
the Buulans at Berlin for a die.
armed Germany. And Russia oould
hardly yield ta him.
President Eisenhower and Rus
sia a Premier Malankov made
speeches during I Mi on relational
between the two countries. In De-1
cember Eisenhower suggested:
They sit down snd talk shout I
pooling some of their atomic ma-1
terials (or peace. If that succeeds, !
he indicated, maybe they could go ;
en to talk about getting rid of the i
atom bomb.
Russia responded with tha eom-
plaint that banning the bomb
should eome first, and reserved
the right to talk about that if the
two powers sit dowa to discuss
peseafui use of the atom.
This week Dulles, and tha Rus
sian ambassador began talks on
arranging American-Russian talks
on the atom, aa Eisenhower sug
gested. But in his Monday night talk ea
this country s new military strate- j
Dulles said this country no,
nger will depend en huge armed 1
forces, matching man for man,
with the Communists in the field, .
but will try to prevent any attack
this way:
Standing ready to blast the at
tacker with "means of Ka own'
choosing." What means? Dulles
didn't say. There's no doubt he1
meant atomic weapons.
Dulles, therefore, eeuldn t very
Headuarters for the Oregon Na
tional Guard had bees moved te
Portland.
Chinese were claiming that Jap
anese had dropped burbooic plague
germs en Changteh. ,
O. t. iMosei' Psjrnatasr had
been elected president of Salem
Federated Patriotic orders.
CARELESS HUNTERS
ATLANTA. 0a, I up) - State
wildlife officials ssid today they
have dosed the alligator hunting
season In Southern Georgia be
cause the hunters were killing
more deer than alligators.
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TEXACO
percentage of eligible non-voters.
Even in Presidential elections ! well agree on banning the bomb.
only about 88 per cent of eligi-; ;
Nebraska: "1 guess we didn't vote i the eligible voters, they aggregate nlM TOM- 10 mner lec"nns ,,ne ; .
for a change after all." . . . Its 'nine per cent of the drivers in- percentsge Is considerably less MILWAUKEE, UP Elmar Con
no secret that McCarthy was once I volved in fatal motor vehicle , ,hn OI,e-.half- . . ,. torn, executive secretary of the
TViaea tm eut mocah la luliaiia wmri 1 ft i S i l.aui.U.-
a naming new dealer and bitterly ' scridents. - rm,uiiui.mciiii,
anti-Herbert Hoover. When McCar- A lot of other standards might that "Ration would be im-.aaid tndsy the bet wsy to meet
thy went ta work for s republican hsve to be revised. Or would pr.ov?d by ''n"ln mnn young! rising coffee prices was to stop
mi, tni tixas ceaese
do with knocking congressional lawyer in Wisconsin, the Waupaca
heads together regarding the big-; County Post commented oa Feb.
gert farm battle between the east . iwn: "We carefully padded
and west cotton ountas. (McCarthy's) brief case with a
Last summer. California and the couple copies of the new masses,
come-lately cotton areas of Ari- a recent edition of the Dally Work
rona and New Mexico were at log-' er. and a vest pocket slsed Das
gerhesda with old plantation states Kapital." . . . This was a Joking
of Misslsslooi. Geomia. and the reference to the fact that Mo
they? For example, in 41 states ,
It is necessary for men. or shall
we say bovs. to be 21 to get
married without the consent of
parents. Girls, or shall we say
women, are legislatively regard
ed as more responsible in mat
ters of marriage, for in 39 states
they can marry, without consent
-inking coffee.
"Y " -:. Ca,ih. a lrt.wini.r and his of oarents. at 18. In Minnesota,
Altogether Korea represents a frustrating, disgusting; iw M. .... ,i new reoublican boss miaht notitht fieure for boys Is 18: for
iiuauun mr wincn mere in ni prospect oi a sntisinctnry per cent, while the far west was snow aooui ii.
solution, even if we fought an all-out war for one, which , n for a sa per cent cotton redue
most of n aoTM wouldn't he worth a fraction of what it ' nest.
i m meam a loss oi snout also,
flm ono to the great central valley
of California and was almost sure
to bring economic setbacks. For
the west started to become a
really big cotton-producing area
only recently, and the cotton- everything from eld Mexican war
acreage quotas are based en the' saddle and oyster forks to World
yesrs 194740 and 19S1-A2. Thus! War n cannon and fighter planes.
the older cottca states get the And what Adams has to decide is
preference.
Last summer, senators tried to or the general services admims-
work out a compromise readjust- ( tration will dispose of how much
ment of these quota without sue-, surplus equipment. This may sound
wrjulcj cost.
TO RUN OR NOT TO RUN
Back in an earlier, simpler day the question was "to he
or not to be." Now it has become with a good many Oregon
IsTiS "to run or not to run," as the filing deadline for the
May primaries begins to loom on the not too distant hor
izon. Wo have many potential statesmen communing with
themselves these days, the most prominent of which are
Senator Guy ( ordon who has admitted doubts as to
eirls. Id.
Mere War SarsJos ism n i susiwr .
Assistant President Sherman statutoir provisions which use
Adama has been asked to referee 1h",,itioni' J1.
a knock-down battle over how to ! borderline. Thousand, of wills
dispose of Il0,00o.ono.on of surplus r drwn w'.,h 21 "vl
property now bulging out of mil,-1 whln PnP,e a Ji;lloW"
: : ' u " ed to have their inheritance.
,L:ZZrZ. Kii.-. can hardly be said that the
laci ma wiji in 10 .- ,..-.-
ed and exposed to the danger of;
death ia sufficient reason for'
changing the voting age. If I
arsiied for lowering the draft
! jie. the reason was that boys i
vrhether he will seek re-election, and State Senator Dirk i
Ketiberger who reportedly has his eyes fixed on either
Cordon's senatorship, or the governorship. He has: been :
Widely discussed in connection with both 6ffices.
Wo are particularly interested in one angle of Neuber
wer's "to run or not to run" dilemma. The Portlsnd solon
is In politics as an avocation or at most a part time job.
H makes his living as a writer, s field in which he is possi
pljr Oregon's top man. He breaks into national magazines
repeatedly.
Neuberger makes politics pay an Indirect but none the
less lucrative dividend. He makes his experiences the sub
ject of Interesting, presumably well recompensed articles
Jn the magazines. They have without a doubt added to
giis staturs as a magazine writer.
Now it Is revealed that Neuberger has contracted to
arrito book on any campaign he may make this year for
fjeeator or governor, but he insists it does not commit him
to make the campaign. This I still optional.
But if a ma must write to live snd must campaign in
rarder io have material for hia forthcoming book, doesn't
this virtually commit him to campaign? And In order to
fisvo tlmt to write the book and do a decent job with it,
sva timet ha unsuccessful in his campaign. It would be ter
rible if ho had to write a book following election as gover
nor, for Instance. And a new senator probably doesn't
pa much tin on me oauaus nuw,
cess. Congress adjourned. Still no 'easy, but its one of the toughest'"' ,hat M Z" PiT-
sasisei i it " asng artlniawssm I nev
en to be
vmnj. vis one ut I lit? lUaI1wx .
decision, new hanging over the JT'SSLE1' ISS.
the general? and admirals say.
easv to train. That was appar
ently decided on the hssis of
their espacity to perform s spe
cific duty or office ia their coun
try's service.
Voting is slso sn office. It is
ant a xeward or a right. The
Rut with th opening of congress ' While House.
last week, revised cotton quotas For H too much surplus is dump
were made the No. 1 Item of dts-; ed en the market it may depress
russion. and there's now a good prices, even wreck some indus
prospect of agreement. tries. On the ether hand, it's cost.
Reason: The planUng season 1 ing the government millions each
starts soon. If quotas aren't fixed 1 year for storage.
" " t-Mi.i. nyea. oeptny secretary at . ,,(.. fune.
won t wait ! defense, inn, that the Pentagon JLZJTm wvert
NOTE The new eottoa hiD win'ahitnM h. i lion in th process of govern-
Increase quota about .0O.ani Job since th property belongs to
acres. Actually, th motive ia pott-' th military.
tics and nothing else. Th Increase' But G S Administrator Ed
win ease in pniiuciu anuauoa au murM M insure claim, hw ageacy
rishl MMIallv In th lay ,e .hiu.M am.. I ak. j :
.her. C.,,fo7ni. &tSrs Trnl 1.111' JW S
ing mad But with a carryover of brushes, desks and rags. etc. Ma- """"'"'" X,
l.oM.om bales from th lass e a f aura K.. -..4 ZZ .1 TV Bee. We should do that when
ment. just as a Justice of the
pear, a sheriff, or a doe-pound
keeper perform a statutory of
fice. Whea we fix th qualifica
tion, for sn office we consider:
end an additional 1.714.00) bales of i White Hons that his agency has
the 1S1 crw probably unmarketed. ! the personnel and nwr t
this mrreas may cause trouble handle th Job; that th Pant,
later. F.spert. beurr we will bare goo recover, as average of only
cotton running aut f our ears stS per cent of the value of its
the end of 194. I surplus goods, and if the pro-
Bratsk Ceaset seam is controlled by the military,
A stgnitic.nt, anmetlmea acrid with ll its complex chain ef corn
argument has been taking place j mand. it will be aa open invitation
between the British and I'. S , to confusion and rnmmtm Alan
we extend the ag of voting
was never impressed by tne ;
claims of women befor th com- j
Ing of women's suffrage that they
had a right to vote. I fsvored'
their admission because I he-
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chairs. The GSA. a. the house-
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