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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Oregon Thursday, February 11, 1 954 Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday ot 280 North Church St. Phone 2-2406. rill liHd Win HrrlM ! lb, AiMclilcl Fmi id! Ih, VuKil rim. Tht Associated Preu U txcluilvtlr antttlul to ih, ut tor publication of all newa dlspttchu oredlted to It or othf lr credited In thl4 pepet tod Abo newi publUbod therein, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: r Cirrltr: Uoothli, II. Ht tit Uonthi, il.toi Oct Ytr, llt.M. Br Mill Oregon: Monthly, IOC! III Uonthi. It.Mi Onl Teer, 11.00. Bj Uill Ouuldt oresn Moalhlj, 11.31; 61 1 Uonthi, 17. SO; Onl Tcir. llf OO. SENTRY OF THE NEAR EAST IKE REBUKES RABID PARTISANSHIP President Eisenhower in his Wednesday press confer ence in effect rebuked some of his own party leaders by expressing disapproval of sharp partisan attacks on the Democrats by Republican orators, linking their party with communism. He would have them quit calling Democrats sadists and similar epithets. The president told the newsmen that he was not much of a partisan himself and he thought any great display of political partisanship was out of line in times like these, Besides because of the slim democratic majority he needs Democratic votes to get his program through congress in which both parties are faction split. Mr. Eisenhower told the press that he expected his own official family to show a tolerance for Democrats and added he had no control of congress. He also said it would be untrue, foolish and politically unwise to charge that Democrats were tinged, with treason rnd were all security risks. Mr. Eisenhower's attitude will vin popular approval be cause he senses the fact that he is president of all the people, Democrats as well as Republicans, was elected by a majority of the voters, a majority his party failed to attain in congress. He is the first president since the advent of the New Deal neither a rabid partisan nor a poli tician in the orthodox sense whose stock in trade is abuse of the opposition and exaltations of his own party. He is too sincere and honest for that. Ike's remarks were a sharp rebuke oi the poison pens of GOP who were emulating the campaign the Democrats waged under the direction of the late Charles Michelson, director of publicity for the Democratic National Commit tee in the Koo.sevelt-Hoover 32 campaign, who admitted he was short on ethics himself, but; out to win for the party by fair or foul means. Michelson in his memoirs, published in 1944, outlined his tactics as follows: "Nobody has ever been able to formulate a political code of ethics, despite the fine altruistic language of party platforms, the habit has always been to smite the opposition regardless of Marquis of Queens bury rules, whenever and however tho opportunity offers." G. P. V-.,- f's8&t!a$3m m a w . i.. .1.. w ... i wish we HAD MORE FRIENDS A9 FEARLESS ANt Staunch as he is Was?; - : ' US' McKmcht Smdicite, Inc. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND FCC Files Reveal Pulling Of Wires by Cowles Bros. FACT VERSUS CLAIM Stephen A. Mitchell, whom for the 99 percent who do not know, is the current Democratic national chairman, breezed into Portland the other day with this blast: "The present Republican administration doesn't know where Oregon is all they know is that they've got McKay and that he is a liability." Mitchell probably wouldn't know about this even if it were true. We've a pretty good idea who told him to say it, and so he did. It sounds quite catching, unless one looks beyond to the facts. On the same day Mitchell made his statement the Capital Journal carried a front page story of Eisenhow er's endorsement of a plan for U.S. and city of Eugene co operation in building the Cougar dam on the McKenzie river there. The U.S. will supply funds for the flood con trol feature of the dam, while thet city will provide the power facilities, which it needs. Secretary McKay has been actively supporting this project, for which bills have been introduced by Senator Cordon and Congressman Ells worth, both Oregon Republicans. The day before Mitchell spoke Secretary McKay was' able to announce that his department has effected salary savings amounting to ?18,000,000 a year since McKay took office a little more than a year ago. Savings like this through the administration are making the tax reduc tions possible. Mitchell would probably consider this bad politics, an outright violation of the tax and spend, elect and elect principle of government to which were subjected for 20 years prior to Eisenhower's election. But we very much doubt that he will find a majority of Oregonians to agree with him, or to think Doug McKay is a liability to anyone except the opposition. ANOTHER 'KICKBACK' CASE We welcome the conviction of California Republican Congressman Ernest K. Rramhlett by a federal court jury in Washington, I). C, on a charge of defrauding the gov ernment in a "kickback" case. The evidence showed that the congressman had placed a woman on his office payroll and kept her there for seven months, during which time she performed no duties and returned to the congressman most of the money she drew, The maximum penalty is five years imprisonment and flO.OOO fine. It is to be assumed that a prison sen tence will be imposed, as in the case of Congressman Thomas of New Jersey. The case will tie appealed, linimb lett says, so final disposition will be delayed but probably not altered. Guilt, as has, been often and truly observed, is no re-1 upectcr of party lines. It is to be noted that in this instance j the defendant is a Republican, member of the party which controls the justice department that prosecuted him. The case seems to have been handled soon after the facts came ; to the attention of the prosecuting agency, and the reVults : apeak for themselves. If this is something new and differ-j ent from what had become the custom at Washington it j is verv. verv much to the uood. I The present administration cannot expect that all Re-1 ,'"-m "" TV m. '"i" publicans will set the Democrats a pertect example of exemplary conduct, but it can and should proceed vigor ously against them when they get off base. This is the way to uphold standards in public office and in the na tional life generally. WASHINGTON Buried in the dull and prosaic files of the Fed eral Communications Commission is an interesting story of how wires can be pulled in Washing ton in this case by powerful GOP publishers. If the FCC rec ord had been made, two days be fore, it's possible that Senator McCarthy's man on the FCC, Robert E. Lee, might not have been confirmed. For the ,'ccord illustrates ex actly what Sci ator Monroncy of Oklahoma talked ahnut when he led the fight against Lee's con firmation. In this case, the Washington lobbyist r the Cowles brothers, publisher.- of Look Magazine, the Des Moines Register and Tribune and the Alinneapolis Star-Journal, tried to buy off a rival ap plicant for a TV station. Simul taneous!) he was warned that he didn't have a chance because of Eisenhower's friendship for the Cowles brothers. "The Cowles have done a lot for Ike," 'James Milloy, vice pres ident of the Cowles publications, was quoted as saying, according to the official FCC record. "The Cowles arc in Ike's book. John has just been called to ttc White House and is going hack to Min neapolis to try to persuade Doc tor Charlie Mayo to run against Humphrey. Ike Helps Friends By DREW PEARSON also applying for the same channel. THE WORLD TODAY Bear Also Clumsy In Role of Fox By JAMES MARLOVV WASHINGTON lB-The Western foreign ministers have been waltz ing in circles with the Russian hear. It has hppn a Hull rianpp t Milloy, the Cowles vice prcsi-1 Suddenly Kussia tries to quicken! Newspaper Help Not Too Important Grants Past Courier The editor of the Medford Mail Tribune expresses bewilderment over the fact that Democratic reg istration exceeds Republican throughout the Pacific Coast and still Republican candidates con sistent win. The editor asserts that the Dem ocrats have practically no news paper representation, which may or may not be influencing the re sults. Has it ever occurred to the M-T editor that multiple thousands of registered Democrats may not be Socialists, five-percenters. Commu nist coddlers for political pur poses or world federalists'!! ' We personally know many regis tered Democrats who have fought the New Deal actively for years. They have no time for the one time Socialist who holds the high est office in the Democratic party in Oregon, the national committee man. As to "newspaper representa tion," the New Dealers through the years have had the most news space in the newspapers of the Pacific Coast as they have had throughout the nation for the simple reason that Democratic Administrations have been mak ing the news for 20 years until January of last year." New s p a p e r representation means little unless that represen tation squares with what the average American citizen believes to be fact. For instance, the Medford Mail- Tribune certainly has been "news paper representation" for the New Dealers for many years. Vet, its support of candidates for state and national offices has availed those candidates nothing. Jackson, county registered Democrats, in large numbers, have continued to cast their ballots directly in op position to Mail -Tribune recommendations. No newspaper publisher or edi tor should get inflated ideas as to the effectiveness of "newspa per representation. The average voter cares little for editorial recommendation in political matters unless he has confidence in the human being making those recommendations, which also must square with what the voter believes to be the facts. POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Smart Girl, Even at Six Has Learned to Keep One Secret dent, who admonished Murphy that he didn't have a chance, is the same operator who arrang I with the Eisenhower administra tion to appoint Fleur Cowles, wife of Mike Cowles, editor of Look, as special ambassador to Queen Elizabeth's inauguration. Shortly thereafter, a feature story, building up Vice President Nixon, appeared in Look. ' Stubborn Young .Man During th FCC hearings fur channel 8 in Des Moines, young Murphy obviously made the bet ter showing. Li the middle of the hearings, he got z. phone message from Milloy at his hotel asking to see him, and later Mil loy took him aside for a long talk in which he offered Murphy around $150,000 if he would with draw his application leaving the field clear t Cowles. Milloy held ut various induce ments, such as the glamor of liv ing in Nc York and working for Look, plus the prospects of advancement in the Cowles or ganization. the music to a foxtrot, with the bear playing the fox. But this fox is as clumsy as the bear. For almost three weeks Russia's Foreign Minister Molotov has been meeting in Berlin with the three Western ministers: the United States' Dulles. Britain's Eden, France's Bidault. There was no progress, nothing new. The four ministers acted like men reciting lines they had long since memorized, as they had. Roth sides took their positions years ago. They restated them at Berlin. Then suddenly, in a change of pace, Molotov unveiled a new plan, .Russian-style, which was the old plan really, but in fresh dressing: a plan for European peace. Rpnnrls from Berlin said at one ! point Molotov himself had to laugh ?"! one-half under the old shar- at what he was saying. ing-pian won i.inn couniy. some This was his plan: f the Eastern Oregon areas lose The United States would have to ; representation and the action clear out of Europe. And her allies now pending originates with Rcp in The Atlantic Fact would have j resentative Dave Baum of La to give it up. ! Grande who is threatened with Russia had been trying for ' the loss of his seat). .Many people are asking how it is possible for Representative Baum, or anybody else, to ques tion the validity of a constitu- Reapportionment Eugene Register-Guard Up and down the State of Ore gon, dozens of candidacies de pend on the Supreme Court's de cision in the case challenging the validity of the constitutional amendment which the people adopted in November, 1952, and which changed the method of legislative reapportionment in this state. The Supreme Court has heard the arguments and it has promised a ruling on this important matter well in advance of the filing deadline for the May primaries. (In Lane County, for instance, we will send five representatives to the House instead of three, and two Senators, instead of one l used to live in New ork years to get the United States out and don't particularly like it,": of Eurone. And for vcars it had young Murphy replied. "I pre-. been trying to break up the Atlan- fi Des Moines." i tic Pact under which the Allies "Some of the executives at the I pledge to help each other if Russia ton of the Cowles organization are ; attacks one of them. getting old," Millov argued. "Lu ther Hill (editor of the Des Moines Register) is 65. There tional amendment voted by the people. The answer to that ques tion is simple: 'Under our theory of law, any "Things have change"1 at thejare opportunities at the top." mmissmn -the FCC) recently." j Wc )aV(, wnrk(,(, hir(, (m Ty , com boasted the owles vice presi dent. "A new commissioner, Mr. Lrc, is now on the commission. Larry Fly (former FCC chair man, now attorney for the rival Des Moines applicant), has an ideology that is no longer applic able. Fly thinks things arc the same now as they were a few years ago, hut things have chang ed. The old philosophy doesn't hold. "You know that Mike Cowles is about to leave on a Point 4 trip for Ike in the Middle F.ast. All this stuff about Ike being pure is all right, but you know that when nu are in the army, you learn politics," continued the testimony given in the FCC rec ord. "You dont' get to go from a lieutenant to a colonel and then to president without knowing about politics. Ike won't lot the (owles get hurt He wont let young Murphy replied, "we in tend to run a good TV station in Des Monies and your proposal of $150,0(1(1 to get out is only a pay off which 1 don't approve of." "But there are terrific oppor tunities in Des Moines." argued Milloy. "And it's important for Luther Hill to get a young crew to take over from the older men." Milloy went on to talk about a merger, in which the Murphy interests would own about 12 per cent or even 15 per cent of the 1 station. Young Murphy With the Atlantic Fact out of the way. all the European countries would make a pact of their own, citizen can challenge the validity pledging in help one anntlier in of any law any time, or he can case ot attack on any of them. I sue or Tiring a criminal charge But this would leave Russia and ' of any nature. .It is one thing to her satellites the military masters j file a complaint and it's another of the continent. The rest of Eu- thing to prove it. The filing is an rope couidn t stop an attain witn-1 inalienable privilege. By HAL NEW YORK (AP) The last time I saw my six-year-old god daughter, Nina, she was in pa jamas and bathrobe on her way to bed, her blonde hair brushed long around her face, her blue eyes languid with postponed sleep. She came running to give me a speciak good night kiss. Then she asked impulsively, "Hal, can I tell you a secret?" Climbing up in my lap, she put her arms around my neck, and whispered in my car very softly "I'm in love." She told me this strictly in con fidence, but you know how women are. I always figure when they tell you a secret they are 50 per cent hoping you'll spread the word for them, and 75 per cent trying it out for effect to see whether or not it is really a worthwhile secret. Nina caught me off guard. I won't say I was jealous. But I had that half-empty feeling any proud godfather gets when a gal who holds a special niche in his heart suddenly says she is in love and means someone else. "His name is Charles, and he is wonderful," she said. "He is the best reader in the first grade." That can be pretty important to a lady at six, a lady who enjoys nothing more herself than to curl up with a good solid book of nur sery rhymes. When I asked Nina if Charles liked her, she went com pletely feminine. "Well, he says he doesn't," she said, and both dimples came into view, "but I think he really does." After Nina had gone to bed, I began cautiously asking about Charles and her father and mother immediately laughed aloud. Nina had whispered sepa rately into their ears, too, how she felt about Charles. Six or 60 I thought, women haven't learned the secret of keeping any secret, particularly on the subject of love. Nina's mother approved of the romance, saying it was just right for the first grade, based on her own first-grade memories. She had never met Charles, but understood he was a young man of high char acter and principle, although sub ject to head colas in winter. Nina's father said the only time he'd known Nina to falter in this very serious business of "being in love" was right after Christmas. Sighing deeply, she had told him confidentially, "You know, daddy, I was so excited about Santa j Claus that I almost forgot about Charles." It troubled her that this ; was so. Next morning when Nina awoke j I asked her a little more about j Charles. She likes to talk about ; him. But was he the only boy in her class that she liked? She thought that over carefully : before she said, "Well, no. Some- j times I'm in love with Glenn. But mostly I'm in love with Charles." "Which one are you going to marry?" I asked her. I didn't feel the question was unfair. Nina has always been determined that 1hc only career she wants is to be a mother like her mommy. "Oh, neither of them," she said, : as if shocked I knew so little about , hpr hpnrt "I'm niinn tn m,rii- ' Jody." "Who is Jocly? I felt I was get ting more lost every moment. "Why Jody is the boy I knew when we lived in Rome. He lives in California now. But I've alwavs BOYLE been going to marry Jody ever since I was three years old!" That ended that. Now I'm a lit tle confused myself, but then wo men in love always did confuse me.- Somehow I felt sure that neither Charles nor Glenn knew about Jody, or were likely to anytime soon. I guess, even at six, a smart girl has learned always to hold one secret in reserve or how else would women have managed to puzzle mankind since time began? Salem 34 Years Ago By BEN MAXWELL February 11, 1920 Work of excavating had started for the new $50,000 Deaconess hospital (now Memorial hospital) near the site of an existing struc ture. A committee of four local bank ers had started to secure 100 sub scriptions of $100 each for the Com mercial club publicity fund. Lunches for pupils at Highland school had been approved by the school board and provisions were being made for feeding 60 pupils. Barnes Cash store had 300 pairs of sox at 30c each and triangle lin en collars for 20c apiece. Girls dormitory at Eugene Bible Institute had been found to be a veritable fire trap with the build ing locked at nights and a matron in another building possessing the keys. A Capital Journal classified ad had this listing: "Studebaker bug tn trade for team nr pmiitv in o house." (Rebuilt cars called "bugs" were, perhaps, inspired by creations of Ettore Bugalti. build, er of world famed sports cars at Molsheim in Alsace). rvr j em ACORNS FROM THE WITH DEL MILNE THIS IS A CRUSADE A one-man crusade. Since I have alwoys rued the loss of romanticism between' couples once the nuptial knot' has been tied, I have decided to do something about it. I have added giant candles to our dining room .tables to lend that soft romantic glow to your faces and that spe cial atmosphere to your hearts. Of course, I realize in some instances it will toke more than o glow ... or a atmos phere. However, it is a start! So come on in and see how you like my candles. Con I come home now, Jerri? Remember in Salem it's the HOTEL MARION Phone 3-4123 nwvjnu its llfk I out United Slates help if Russia broke the new pact. In fact the West Europeans, without help from the United States couldn't even arm themselves well enough to stop a Russian attack now. The grounds of Mr. Baum's complaint are rather interesting, among them being: It is beyond the power of eith er the Legislature or the peopl by initiative to break down the division of government into three ANNIVERSARY This was a pretty thin plan. But ; scparatc departments legisla Molotov cut it thinnert He would ve. executive and judicial. It is beyond the power of the Legislature, or the people, to delegate the duties of reappor let East and West Germany unite, but in such a way that the German Communists coulc take over. lucre was mure, but that Rives ; ,;,. . .hn .Wrpi.irv of replied that if there was going a general idea of the plan Molo- i state as provided in the recent ttiv tiuuipcti on ine coniercnue amendment table. Dulles, Kdcn and Bidault j ThP arKumrnt follows the line picneci n up aim nanoeci u Dacx ; ,. .. ..,.: ,..,: nf ,h Unit. ed States guarantees to all states "a republican form of govern WHY THE 'PETTY' OFFICER We suspect most everyone who ever wns in the Navy or even looked at a ship from ashore must have wntulered at nom time or another why the omtremely useful non commissioned personnel of the Navy are called "pctlv of ficers." Yet not until the other day have we noted any disposi tion by anyone to do anything about this misnomer. A Florida Democratic congressman told the House of Kepre aentatives the other day that the Navy men do not like the term and that he has written Defense Secretary .Wilson about a chanjre. Ordinarily we don't warm much to proposed changes of old names but we go for this one. The petty officer isn't petty at all and neither is his job. It is common knowledge aboard ship that the petty officers could run the boat if all the commisioned personnel dropped dead at once. The chief petty officers, or "chiefs" as they arc called, are a particularly vigorous, aelf-reliant, competent corps. The petty officer oiiftht to have a name more in keep ing: with his importance. We hope Congressman Billy Matthcwg gels action from his letter. Moines I knm how the wheel: turn in Washington, and you don't h.nr one chance in ten." News Monopolies The man to whom lobbyist Jim Milloy gave this warning was Kinksley II. Murphy, Jr., 23-ycar-old head of the Murphy Broad casting company in Des Moines Murphy's father hail once owned the Minncapolu Tribune but was forced to sell out to the Cowles brothers, who now have a mo nopoly of all newspapers in Min neapolis anil also in Des Moines. In addition, the Cowles brothers own a television station .n Sioux City, Iowa, Kl'TV, and two ra dio stations. :v: in i ankton, j seat 8. I). unci KRNT, the CHS sta-i,ng tion in Des Moints. At one time Gardner Cowles, Sr., foun 'er of the newspaper empire, i.dvised his sons against owning radio stations. He felt that to monopolize all mediums of news in a city was unhealthy to be a merger, the Cowles Broth ers would have to take the 15 per cent. Mulloy didn't like this at all. "The Cowles." he said, "have too much at stake to take a mi nority interest, though a man agement contract might be worked out." finally, when the Cowles lob byist was able to gel nowhere he threw out his veiled threat that the Federal Communications Commission had changed, was now subject to pressure, and that Ike. who understood poli tics, would never let the Cowles brothers "lose out on television in Pes Moines. " 390 STATE to Mini. Although there has been no prog ress m me conierence mere nasi , ,,, i ,i,m. ) selves have violated this guaran tee. It's an interesting argument Portland Candidates which may seem tn some a sign that over a long time maybe the two sides will get closer together, j There is another view: if both sides appear a little relaxed it's because hot., know precisely what they want and, being strong, sec no reason for yielding an inch, since an inch today may be the falal margio tomorrow. Germany is a good example, t'n dcr the Russian plan for reuniting Germany. Communists could take over both Kastern and Western Jones. With Germany a Russian satel- and it will be interesting to see whether the Supreme Court fol lows the ruling of Circuit Judge Rex Kimmell in Salem that the will of the people is supreme and that no constitutional rights or guarantees have been violated. Further comment on our part would be prejudical possibly and we merely offer this explanation of what it s all about. People in Kastcrn Oregon are disturbed tftr fear they will become a hope less minority in the Legislature. IVndlelnn Kasl Orrsnnian ' . r'.i.mco. ,,,,, , ., M.r.n n, r- there d be no lorce in western , i , .. Kuril pe strong enough to w is and dm announcer and former news- ,, , . , .. ,. ,,, . i i ii that combined power. So the A ics ! ' ' ' , I ', , ,, wiiii t buv that. he a candidate for the Oregon v, ,i,.. i, ,i, ..-, in Congress held by Homer ' ,., ,,, ,, (;(T. II. Mr. Angell. who will , ' , ,, , . seek ic eleilion. docs not give his ,; (, nmj rea'rmed 'c.er- .tKe .o oei in "U M'ii s not. imm. nrd ,,,, Wcs( mh or in the ( nngrcsstona Directory. ,,,, ' thcl.c(oro pkiv wa,ng older. McCall is 40 We believe Mc Thp Communists tried military can wouiu sere nis oisinci wen. fri.P in Kllro;1 hu, ucrp htcK-kcd lie may nave sumciem support and mav not irv ih.n in kur,. and created ill will. However, within the Republican party to tut Russia can depend on local the Russians too It's up to the the two boys, departing from that beat Angell in the primary. We Communist parties to trv to dis-1 West to see that these things don't riliry, r now applying for TV doubt that he could take him in a integrate Western Kurnpe hv tak- happen while it waits for Corn channel 8 in Pes Moines, with general election because Angell ing over from within. In Itaiv, for nv.imst ctackups or a Communis young Murphy, whose family consist.mtly enjoys solid support instance. ' -change of heart about settling they bought out in Minneapolis, I from orsanized labor. j A world depression would, help down and making peace. ONK-SIDKD CONTRACTS Pendleton Knsl Oregnnlan "Hear" Hrvant has resigned as head football coach at Kentucky to lake a similar position at Texas AJtM. Most of the contracts be tween colleges and football coach es seem to protect only one party. Coaches with long term contracts resign without notice hut any col lege that wants to tear up one of those contracts must pay the coach off A Tribute -- To Abraham Xhcch! Now when America, indeed when all the civ- ilized world pays homcge to the memory of Lincoln the President and Lincoln the humble rail-splitter, we think of his greatness in terms of true Americanism. Here was o man who was revered because of his simplicity and hon esty ... the toll, gangling man whose charm radiated friendliness. He would have been one of the Immortals hod he done nothing but be merely himself. But he did much more: he wrote his Gettysburg Address to give new hope to the world then . . . ond now! Capital Drug Store 40S Store Street Corner of Liberty WE GIVE GREEN STAMPS We Salute Our Town!