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FAR EAST CONFERENCE UNLIKELY
The question of convening a Far Eastern conference
which is under discussion among the Big Four conference
and advocated by Russia's Molotov is said to be opposed
by Secretary of State Dulles and reports that it will be
rejected by the unitca oiaies are aireaay current in vvasn
ington. The futility of agreeing with Russia on anything
vital has been amply shown ever since the end of World
War II. including1 the failure
The apparent purpose of the
Is to split allied solidarity and Western policy toward
Red China, Russia's main objective. It has been amply
demonstrated that communists have no intention of con
cluding a peace agreement
with countries representing
Burma and Indonesia would
ferences among the Western
toward Red China, some like
appeasement policy to secure
sire to delay restoration of
clear the way for Red atrirression.
At a Far Eastern conference the Russians can bargain
for a settlement of the fighting in Indochina,' and perhaps
for agreement on Korea, i return for recognition of Red
China and admission to the United Nations of the Peiping
regime.
There is also the capitalization of the old colonization
policy of the European nations as a scarecrow to arouse
the natives and foment discord, and of the opposition in
Japan to rearmament, not by the Japanese government.
Also there is the hope to neutralize any effort to create an
alignment of the far Eastern nations, as proposed by
President Syngman Rhee of South Korea.
The Eisenhower administration realizes the futility of
Red appeasement, and that you can't do business with the
Kremlin something that the New Deal and Fair Deal
governments never seemed to
G. P.
MAKING HELLS CANYON AN ISSUE
Albert C. Ullman, president and chief Eastern Oregon
tub thumper for Hells Canyon, has announced his candi
dacy on the Democratic ticket for the second district con
gressional seat now held by Sam Coon, Republican. Both
men are of Baker county.
Ullman will make Hells Canyon his principal issue. This
will make the coming congressional election there some
thing of a referendum on public power in its extreme
forms. For Coon is favorable to the construction of other
government dams in the Pacific Northwest and we have
not noted that he has even taken a position on Hells Can
you. But he is a Republican and a supporter of the Eisen
hower administration, hence a fair target in the eyes of
the "give away" cult which regards any encouragement of
private enterprise a deadly sin.
Fro.m this safe distance in an adjoining district we wel
come the Ullman candidacy as we will welcome the candi
dacy of socialistically minded persons in our own district.
For socialism is the great issue of the era in America and
throughout the world. No opponent should shy away
from submitting it to the sovereign test of the ballot box.
For we have little fear once it is fully and fairly presented.
The worst danger is that we will get socialism by piece
meal, one item at a time and wake up some morning to the
bitter fact that we have(gone too far to turn back, when
this wasn't the destination we sought at all.
Voters in Eastern Oregon and elsewhere in this state
need to keep one big fact in mind, however, when they
vote on candidates.urging construction of a federal dam in
Hells Canyon. Congress, not Oregon, will eventually de
cide the issue because it is the nation as a whole and not
only Oregon which is being asked to provide the money.
RUSSIA SAYS NO ON AUSTRIA
Considerable hopes were held by the Big Four powers
that even if Russia refused to grant the union of Germany
the Kremlin might agree to
which would end the foreign occupation of that helpless
little country. It was recognized that Germany's potential
strength could make Russia
grip on the eastern zone. But Austria held no such impor
tant place in Europe.
However, Friday's discussion of the Austrian question
produced a deadlock there seems little hope of breaking.
Molotov flatly said that Russian troops will remain in
Austria until a German peace
has refused to let the Germans hold free elections to do
termine their course, which dooms any German settlement.
In order to make sure the western powers understood
there was to be no Austrian treaty Molotov introduced the
touchy Trieste issue, demanding that Britain and America
leave Trexte. He knew full well the western powers want
to do this very thing, but dare not leave now, for fear of a
war between Italy and Yugoslavia.
The Berlin conference may drag on for many or for a
few more days, but its doom is already sealed by Russian
refusal to permit German unification except as a Russian
satellite, which is equally unacceptable to Germans or the
Big Four.
But the conference has been worth while, li has shown
. all those who wanted to talk to Russia aaiii that while
we can talk and talk it will avail nothing until there is a
fundamental change in Russian attitude.
RENOUNCING U. S. CITIZENSHIP
Mrs. Charles S. Chaplin has now followed the example
of her husband, who refused during his lung residence in
this country to become an American citizen. She has re
nounced her U.S. citizenship and will become a British
citizen.
It will be remembered that our immigration service
placed bars in the wav of Chaplin's return to this country
when he last went abroad. His record gave the govern
ment agency every justification for taking this attitude
and most Americans welcomed it.
Whether Chaplin would have remained in Europe any
way we do not know. He has always turned up his nose
at the country that was so good to him and pretended not
to care when he was banned from here as an undesirable
alien. , ,
Now that his wife has become a Briton we may safely
assume that the U.S. is through with the Chaplins and
there will be few regrets on this side of the Atlantic.
MORE TEACHER PAY
PORTLAND W - A new aaliry
schedule waa announced Friday for
teachers In Multnomah County
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of all peace efforts at Berlin
proposed Far East meeting
on Korea, and a conference
neutralism, such as India,
bring into the open the dif
democracies in a joint policy
Britain having followed an
trade. There is also the de
Japan's defense strength, to
have realized only belatedly.
a peace treaty with Austria
reluctant to loosen her. iron
treaty is written. And he
outside Portland. Annual uage in
creases rnnging from J.'no in juii
were granted. They will h in artdi
lion to the regular increments.
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Fear of Warren's Vote on
Segregation Behind Moves
By DREW
WASHINGTON Inside reason
(or the icqucst (or an FBI re
port on ex-Gov. Earl Warren o(
California before he :s confirmed
as chief justice if complaints in
spired by the ex-Attorney Gen
eral of California, Fred Howser,
and opposition by Sen. Jim East
land of Mississippi, who ii afraid
Warren will vote for ending
segregation in schools below the
Mason-Dixon line.
All of this is why senate judi
ciary chairman "Wild Bill' Ling
er of North Dakota has bluntly
notified the -justice department
that his committee will hold up
Warrens confirmation until it
gets a lull FBI report on him.
Meanwhile. Langer has sent
his own investigator) to the west
coast to check into 87 compplaints
that the judiciary committee has
received against the distinguish
ed and much revered ex-governor
of California. Many of these com
plaints appear to be from cranks.
It was at the prodding of Sen
ator Eastland that Langer re
quested an FBI report several
weeks ago. When it failed to ar
rive, Langer phoned Deputy
Attorney General Bill Rogers and
repeated his demand.
"But Earl Warren is one of
the most distinguished men in
this country. He has been elect
ed governor of his state three
times,' protested Rogers.
"Well, he's going to be treated
just like everyone else who
comes before our committee,"
snorted the North Dakotan.
Langer then made it clear
that Warren wont' he conformed
to the nations highest judicial
post unu' in FBI investigation
has been made.
Four Congressmen Convicted
We though you would be in
terested in the (act that iin al
most 20 years only five congress
men have received crlmlinal con
victions, and (our of them were
the direct result of Drew Pear
ion's diligent digging for cor
ruption in Washington.
Three of the congressmen
whom Pearson helped to con
vict, culminating with Ernest
llramblrtl of California, are as
follows:
Rep. J. rarncll Thomas of New
Jersey, convicted of taking
kickbacks from hn office staff.
Pearson first exposed Thomas's
kickbacks in a series of columns,
beginning Aug. 4, 1B4H. He then
turned the evidence. Including
photostats of cancelled checks,
over to. the justice department.
Thomas pled guilty on Dee. 0,
IP IP, and was given (I In II
months in Jail.
Rrp. Walter K. Brehm of Ohio,
republican, was also rnnvlctfd of
taking payments from his office
staff for his political compaign. ;
Pesrson first wrote the Brehm Tragedy of Humptv-Duniplv." Mv '"ncrs may ne
story on Sept. 26. 1030. Brehm i first reaction was', what a silk J ",,,(eemcd. Christ did not come tn
was convicted on April 30, 1951, i subject for a sermon. Ncvcrthe-!?pc! 8,1 h,s ,lme ttllh ,ne un
and given a suspended sentence, less. I thnunht about it again and i, n .r "goa,i " 1,0
Hep. Ernest Br.mlett of Call- i again. I did not hear the sermon, I 1 'm,,n,?1 c"m0 ,n, c,1; ,n; rin;
forma, republican, was convicted'of course, hut I assume the trage- '"s' '. s"lni'"; to repentance.'
of making false statements in'tly of Humpty-Dumpty was, that w',h repentance comes for
connection with salary kickbacks, having cracked uj. Just once, he I '"""'. ,lh wregiveness
Pearson wrote his first storv on could never be put together .!.,, ,K a! "" . .
Pramletls kickbacks on Nov. 1. 'again. Ji h""M ,"
1MB. and followed with various, It.it people are not like eggs ! "'i. 'nh, ""."wr"
other stories, exposes and de- in that respect, unless they will I ZZh nowr if Hrfl
tails which he gave the justice to be. People who have "gone to SJ? f, ' "."nerd J"1
department. Hramhlett sued Pear- pieces" can be put back together nii h s lil &
son for .ibel. also called him again. Suicide Is more often than 1 g.,1 ,nn,p'a ffn, h.nrf ,r J-nl'
liar. Bramhlett w. convicted on not. the result of despair stem-' f,. ?,.W!l ' . ", rrovocable.
February 0. I
Thc fourth rase was that of ;
Rep. Andrew May. democrat, of ;
Kentucky, who was convicted on !
July 3. m,.tT receiving money ;
from the (..r.son Brother. In
connection with a war contract, i
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem, Oregon
SASSY VALENTINES
- GO - ROUND
PEARSON
Pearson wrote about the May
matter briefly on Nov. 2,2 1045,
and later secured an affidavit
from a stenographer working for
the Garsson Brothers, indicating
that she had seen money pass
between the Garssor.s and May.
Pearson was not willing to risk
a libel suit by publishing the
affidavit at that time, but turned
it over to the justice department
The only other congressman
to be convicted in the last 19
years was James M. Curdy of
Boston, who was sentenced in
1944 on a charge of using the
mails to defraud.
Washington Whirl
Secretary of Defense Wilson
has a bent for tidiness. At the
GOP box dinner, he gnawed on
a chicken leg for photographers,
who littered the floor with used
flashbulbs. After the camera
boys left, Wilson carefully swept
aside their discarded flashbulbs,
remarkiing: "Somebody could be
seriously hurt by these' . . .
Just before President Eisenhow
ers 'triumphant c try, Vice
President Nixon did some ha.ty
janitor work, picking up papers
and straightenting the speakers'
platform . . . The senate internal
security subcommittee stopped
all work for two weeks and as
signed its investigators to make
arrangements for the gala, $7,50-pcr-plate
dinner for outgoing
Chief Counsel Robert Morris,
who is to become a city magis
trate in New York ... At the
dinner, all celebrities were in
troduced except Mary'.ands' GOP
Sen. John Marshall Butler. Slight
ed at the oversight, his dinner
companion scribbled a note to the
master of cermonies, calling at
tention to the fact that Butler
was a celehrily, too. Upon real
ing the note, the M.C. obligingly
introduced Butler to the bored
crowd.
THERE'S STILL HONESTY
PORTLAND LP Sha-des of
honest Abe Lincoln.
Portland Tolice Chief James
Purcell, Jr., yesterday received
an anonymous letter that read:
"Dears Sirs:
"Enclosed is one dollar for
overtime parking. I did not re
ceive a ticket, but was entitled
to one. Thank you."
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Unlike Humpty-Dumpty, We
Can Be Put Together Again
By REV. GEORGE H. SWin
R-rtor. pi. ru:'l KplwerO Churth
I siw a sermon topic on a 1 At least a part of the "good news"
church bulletin hoard sometime
tltn which interested me. The!!110". " P"'"1 hy every
topic of the sermon was "The Cnr!s,ll!,n church throughout the
mlng from a lack of faith in Di-1 un,c '"he Z , Kmf"-
v.ne power to reassemble nn.V'V
broken spirit and start anew. jn jrj, hl h"
Our relicion assures u of the r.i ,i,a. -,,i.. 1
power nf the Holy Spirit to g;.tb
er together the pieces of , hrnk -
an lift and mike it livt agam -
OPEN FORUM
Best Qualified People
Backing Fluoridation
To the Editor:
I have been a casual onlooker
in this discussion on fluorida
tion in your Open Forum column.
I've tried, for my own personal
satisfaction, to weigh the pros
and cons that have appeared'
I first became, interested in
this subject when our family den
tist highly recommended fluor
idation in answer to my questions
on our daughter's poor teeth.
Then, as the articles were writ
ten in your paper, I began to
read them all.
The one thing I have noticed
is that the persons who write
against fluoridation quote only
single persons, or vaguely quote
"a Texas scientist," not mention
ing any name. On the other
hand, those advocating fluorida
tion are backed up by such rep
utable organizations as the Amer
ican Medical and Dental Societies
as well as the State Health Dept.
This one vital fact alone teems
decidedly in favor of those who
arc advocating fluoridation, in
my opinion, because organiza
tions such as the above three just
mentioned do not put their ap
proval on anything until the facts
on the subject are established
and the proposal proven harm
ful to no one.
MARCEIL SMITH,
1320 Market Street.
Getting Tiresome
Astorian-Bodget
There is such a thing as over
doing the business of belaboring
the Democratic parly because of
communist infiltration that oc
curred during the Truman ad
ministration. Sens. McCarthy and Jcnncr
seem to be overdoing it.
The fact that the Truman ad
ministration was neglectful of its
duty to protect government
against red borers has been wjll
established. It was a major fac
tor in causing the voters to repudi
ate the Democratic party at the
polls last year. Now a new party
is in power, the eradication of
reds from the government has
been undertaken, and the problem
no longer is one of the more im
portant issues before the nation.
It is somewhat silly to keep on
creaming that the Dccomratic
party is guilty of "betrayal" and
such accusations, as McCarthy and
Jcnncr are doing.
the Gospel of Jesus Christ-
re.semhle the human wreck and
iiivr him faith, hone and courage
i - even salvation ttselfl K
Troubles of U.S.
Watch Makers
By RAYMOND MOLEY
Last week the American Watch
Manufacturer! Association con
sisting of Elgin National, Hamil
ton, and Waltham, presented
their case for additional protec
tion from the flood of Swiss com
petition. The loss they have sustained
in the American market has been
very serious indeed. In 1930,
Swiss imports of watch move
ments had 65 per cent of the
American market. Now they have
86 per cent. Meanwhile, employ
ment has been (ailing rapidly in
the. American industry.
The greatest loss was during
the second World War, when the
American government required
the American makers to turn to
war work. Meanwhile, tke thrifty
Swiss moved ever more vigorous
ly into the gap thus created: . If
this continues, the American in
dustry, as far as movements are
concerned, will be gone with the
cigar-store Indian, the horse car,
and the hoop skirt.
But this is not all. The loss of
the American market to the
American industry has been a
continuing one, keeping ' pace
with two major develpoments
over the past two decades. The
first of these has been steady tar
iff reductions under the guidance
of an internationally minded
State Department. The other has
been the vast upsu.ge of the la
bor movement. With these handi
caps at home, it is impossible for
Americans to compete with the
government sponsorship and
cheaper labor that characterizes
Swiss competition-
Those who favor free trade
have a habit of advising the
American watchmakers to go
into some other business. Char
acteristic of this is the minority
statement of David J. McDonald
of the United Steel Workers in
the recently released Randall re
port. He suggests that industries
injured by lowering of tariffs be
brought under the downy wing
of government paternalism. He
suggested an "Adjustment As
sistance Program." Workers
thrown out of jobs Jn which they
nave devoted their lives to the
acquisition of fine skills would
receive a "counseling and place
ment" program. They would,
while finding new employment,
cot "special training allowances."
Those too old to be restrained
and rehabilitated would be re
tired with government insurance.
The amazing thing about this
paternalistic chatter is that it
comes from a labor leader. There
were American labor leaders 1n
earlier days who would have dis
dained such welfare-state ar
rangements. But seemingly the
CIO has gone the socialist wav
of British labor.
Aside from the argument on
the basis of the freedom of
Americans to follow their own.
Inclinations as to what they shall
make and sell and what profes
sions and trades they shall
-hoose to enter, there is the se
curity case.
During the second World War,
when the Swiss remained neu
tral, Hamilton could not sell a
watch. While the Swiss made fur
ther inroads Into the American
watch market, Hamilton turned
out timing devices for weapons,
watches, chronometers, and tinv.
igational timepieces for the mil-J
itary.
In any future war, it would
be essential to have such an in
dustry within our borders. Tes
timony of the military establish
ment has tnade this ail too clear.
The watch and clock industries
of the British were destroyed be
fore World War II, since the Ger
mans deliberately put into effect
procedures that ruined them.
Fred Lux, of the Lux Clock Man
ufacturing Company, has pointed
out: "If it were not for the tariff
protection which permitted the
American clock industry to re
main strong, there would have
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
She's Not Made of Plastic,
Pat Tells Her Questioners
By HAL
NEW YORK fAP)-Twenty-iive
men a day ask pretty Pat Matte
son this question:
"Are you made of plastic?"
"No, I'm sorry to say," replies
Pat, gallantly smiling in an effort
to make each man think he has
said something terribly funny.
Pat, who is 25 and comes from
Chicago, is getting to be tops in
new kind of professional model
ing. Girls used to model hats,
clothes, or as they grew older,
corsets. Today they also help sell
new models of machinery any
thing from the better mousetrap
to the finer steamshovel and
they have to do more than mere
ly look lovely. They have to know
what they're talking about, so
they can explain it to the public.
This week, for example, Pat has
been answering 500 questions a
day at the International Motor
Sports here. She is demonstrating
the Kaiser Darrin auto, one of the
tirst plastic American sports car
put into assembly line production.
Cars with plastic bodies are
still a mystery to most motorists.
They want to know if the plastic
will dent if people lean on it,
whether snow will melt the plas
tic, whether hot water will make a
hole in it,, or whether insects will
What of the Future!
Reedsport Courier
Stewart Holbrook, speaking be
fore the Drain chamber of com
merce last week, nredirtert that
laminated wood will become so im
portant in the next few years that
sawmills as we know them today
mnv hncninp n (hint nf th tind
Machines are being perfected, he
saiu, mac win tear tne logs apart,
rearrange the fibers and press
them into a nroduet as strong as
steel and absolutely fireproof.
When that happens, he predicted
that the lumber industry will be
come merely a bv-nroduct of the
plastic fibre industry.
Having seen the tail end of the
horse and buggy days and one of
the first flirnlanes tn sail fhrnimh
space we will not deny anything
for the future. Just about any
thing unpredictable could happen.
However, we think it will be some
time before the use of lumber is
obsolete. Plalic fibres may more
and more be used as substitutes
but the transition will be gradual
and it is likelv thai thu laroor
mills will incorporate a fibre mak
ing department along with their
present operations. The plywood
age has not rcD aced hnarrls fi-nm
the sawmill but has extended the
lurtner use of limbec products.
We hesitate to suggest that saw
mills should immediately disband
in order to make way (or the fibre
Plastic WOOd nroductl Thn mnro
extensive uses that can be found
for the products of the forest, the
sironger ana more lasting will be
that creat resourre of tho omutin
Northwest country and our South
western uregon nienc.
ONLY COMPARISON
WE HAVE
Alexander Pope
At present we can only reason
of the divine justice from what
been no source in the world for
Great Britain initially and our
own Armed Forces ultimately,
from which to procure the vital
ly necessary timing devices re
quired" In 1952, although the Tariff
Commission recommended great
er protection for the American
producers of watches, Harry
Truman saw fit to ignore it. In
the interest of national security
the present Tariff Commission
should arrive at much the same
conclusions as its predecessor.
This time, an administration
may aci wim greater wisdom.
Saturday, February 13, 1954
RfYYLE
become permanently embedded In '
' -
"No ... no ... no ... no,
says Pat. , , ' .
"But a motorist can repair a
fender dent in the same way he'd
natch a tire. And he can fix it so
it doesn't show.
"If a lady wants to change the .
color of the plastic body to match
her hat, gloves or a new dress,
she can do so by spraying pn
new paint with a vacuum clean
er. But it would take her three
hours." ... t ,
There is a growing Interest in
sports cars. In the first few days
of the show here sales passed the
million idollar mark. Since the car
Pat is demonstrating sells in the
$3,750-$4,0OO class, and foreign
cars are priced up to $17,000, ob.
viously the market isn't among
teenage hot rodders.
"It is older people who can af
ford them who show the most in
terest," she said.
One elderly man, after explor
ing the potentialities of the plastic
car asked Pat if she would conr
sider a proposal of marriage.
Turning on her most plastic smile,
Pat responded with feigned eager-
ness, "Consider it? Why"
The man left in a hurry.
"But you'd be surprised how
few serious wolves there are,"
said Pat, who feels she is a typi
cal Middle West girl, even though
she does like to wear plastic sil
ver fingernail polish.
Her versatile modeling ability
enables hST to travel and earn the
kind of money stenographers
dream about. She has modeled
hats, appeared on television, and
demonstrated cigarettes, home fur
nishings, and a new magnetic
starter motor for the General
Electric people.
It was her skill at putting to
gether, taking apart and explain
ing the mechanism of the mag
netic starter motor that won Pat
her job of demonstrating the plas
tic sports car.
"It is really interesting work,"
she said. "Next week I'll be with
the frozen foods show. I believe '
I'm to put whipped cream on
cookies."
And she is already thinking up
polite answers to questions like,
"And whose little cookie are you,
my dear?" In her iob a cirl has
to keep a plastic mind.
Salem 25 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
February 13, 1929
Salem had a crew of men with
picks and shovels attacking ice
and snow on city streets. Wagons
were hauling away the debris as
fast as it could be pried loose
after two weeks of solidifying
under most continuous freezing.
Average farm income for a fam
ily of five in Oregon had been
found to be but half the amount
necessary to maintain a whole
some standard of living.
Wednesday had been named
"hello day" at Salem high school
to better enable 140 freshmen to
become acquainted with their as
sociates. When asked about his engage
ment to Anne Spencer Morrow
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh had
given newsmen i cold, icy stare.
Don Upjohn, in Capital Jour
nal's Sips for Supper had writ
ten: A legislative appropriation
for a $600 picture of Walter
Pierce had his approval. "The
$600 won't make the deficit he
(Pierce) created much larger
and will afford the younger gen
eration a good oxample."
Union Airlines had announced an
extension of service to Ketchikan
and Juneau, Alaska.