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I rage 4 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Orecon Monday, February 22, 1954 Capital iLJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North Church St. Phone 2-2406. Fall Lcawd Wilt Scrvlc l Ihi AaMrlale Fra.a an Tha UolMd Frtaa. Tna Aaaorlated Prea 1, exeluatve)' cnlltlad to tht uia lor publication of all nrwe diipatchM credited to H or olhrlit credited tA thta pap, and alio news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Br Carrier: Monthlr. II. Hi an uootna. J7.0i Ooa year, 111.00 Br Mall Oregon Uontnlr. loe: an Mom hi. lift One Year. If 00 Br Mall OuUlda Oreioo Monthlr il IS: Mi Uonltu I? SO: One Year. IIS 00 'ISOLATIONIST' DREAM? SUPREME COURT SPEED-UP Chief Justice Karl C. Latourette has divided the state supreme court into two departments as the means of ex- pediting the business of the court, dispose of the backlog of cases and return no a current basis. This same system wag' in vogue for a number of years up to 1943, when it was abandoned. Sinoe that time, par ticularly during the last two years, appeals liled have been on the increase, with the result that the court is about one year behind in disposition of cases. The 1953 legislature conferred broader powers upon the Chief Justice and extended in a most deluute manner, authority of the Chief Justice over circuij courts of the mate. In courts where the Chief Justice found a backlog of tin disposed cases, a pro tern judge was named to aid in break ing the jam. At present 12 Oregon attorneys are sitting on the bench in various circuit courts of the state as judges pro tempore. When Chief Justice Latourette first began assignment of pro tern judges, disapproval came from some circuit judges. However, since the plan has been in torce in a wider area, many of these judges have appealed for aid, giving excellent cooperation to the Chief Justice. With more cases heard and disposed of, the appeals to the high court have increased. Justice Latourette review ing the situation, decided that with the lower courts mak ing strides in catching up on cases, something should be done to expedite the work of the Supreme Court. The two department plan was the result. It is not surprising that Chief Justice Latourette has taken this step, because as a circuit judge in Clackamas county for many years, he established a record for keep ing his docket up to date. Taking into consideration the hardships resulting from long drawn out court cases, Chief Justice Latourette is to be congratulated not only for his efforts in speeding up the work of the circuit courts in the state but also for taking a step that is hoped will materially reduce the backlog of cases now awaiting hearing on appeal to the supreme court J. D. O. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY George Washington, our first president and chief or the founding fathers who set up the United States govern ment, was born 222 years ago today, an interesting com bination of numbers to mark an always interesting event. This annual reflection upon the father of our country never fails to remind the thoughtful person of the tremen dous change 'in political styles that has occurred since his day. Washington, for instance, never heralded his own vir tues, never promised his followers much more than the "blood, toil, tears and sweat" so eloquently phrased by another great leader long afterward. He never wanted the highest office or any other. It is not recorded that he ever slapped anyone s back or allowed his own to be slap ped. He was not "one of the boys," had few "personal contacts among politicians or public. On top of all that he .was a rich man w ho lived in a man sion and owned slaves, if you want any more, he pow dered his hair on occasion. Yet he was twice elected pres ident by unanimous vote in the electoral college. What do you make of it? One is forced to wonder if people had more shrewdness in sizing up their leaders before the days of the mass pub licity and propaganda techniques. Or they may have had more character and hence demanded it of their top men. Whatever the cause, which can never be surely known, reminiscence backward to Washington and his times, like that to Lincoln a few days ago, brings the sobering con clusion that all has not been pure, unadulterated progress in the United Slates since its earlier eras. Particularly in the political field. We have no Washington mill Lincoln today and if we had they would not rise in our politics. They wouldn't even try. knowing full well they were licked before they oven started. temr GENERAL WASHINGTON, do you SUPPOSE OUR. NEW NATION rMY SOMEDAY CROW BlC AND STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP FROA BEING DRAGGED INTO EUROPE'S QUARRELS? is- i j r&zs Manion Affair By RAYMOND MOLKV Once more, it seems I hat the White House team has performed in a awkward fashion. And it seems further that the chief ner- former has been presidential as sistant Sherman Adams. The former governor of New Hampshire, after somebody In the know had signalled the uctioTt to favorite newspapermen, abruptly asked for the resignation uf Clar ence Manion, former dean of the notre Dame law school, as chair man of the Commission on Inter governmental Kelations. T li a t Lincoln's birthday should have been selected for this was just one of those awkward coinci dences. '1'he plot is muddied fur ther by the fact that to take such action at this time certainly would Rive friends of the Bricker amend ment reason to claim that Man ion's advocacy of that measure was the reason behind the action. The whole thing suggests the com edy of errors that surrounded the lost- presidential message on Taft-Hartley and the resignation of Durkin. Manion, however. Is net without blame in the matter. The great importance of the commission of which he was the head should have tr.""cenled the need that he ex r i his views on the Bricker .idinent. Also, the fact that one of the major problems of his commission would he the future of the TV A should have prevented his making premature statements on that subject. There also has POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Hal Witnesses 'Agony' Program, Never Felt Worse NEW YORK-Out of a clinical curiosity, I went to an "agony" television program recently and everything went according to plan; I never felt worse. The show was "Strike It Hich," which gives away about SiiO.uou a year to people who till their troubles belore the cameras. For that kind of dough, you can buy a lot of trouble. The audience involved mostly women and some servicemen who seemed to have wandered in out of bordom. On the stage there were many boxes of a wash de tergent and pasteboard hearts since this is "the original show with a heart" and the soap pays for the heart. A few minutes before air-time. a cheerful, tall man came out and introduced "the man with the really big heart," who turned out to be Waller Kramer, the show's producer. Kramer, a short man with heavy glasses and a nervous sot smile, introduced the man who had introduced him. Then Kramer made a little speech which I took to be an an swer to recent criticism o( the show on the grounds that it at- By SAUL PETT For HAL BOYLE bad, but never one to miss a sil ver lining, he added: ."That'll go a long way in Korea." The last guest was a public health nurse who wanted tu win money for a hospital bed for her patients but just then the pro gram ran out of time. There were only a few seconds left to announce "heart-line" calls in behalf of the sick gill in Hart ford. These donations included $50 from a meat-market, which (was named. Later, I went backstage where prospective contestants were being interviewed for future shows. They included a preg nant woman and her husband, two vonicn with small children, two soldiers and one young lady, somewhat hishevclled in a long coat and saddle shoes, who was crying quite visibly; "I'm so nervous," she sobbed. "I'm get ling married next month. 1 want a tractor for mv farm." WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND THE WORLD TODAY Would Washington Rhee Offered to Fight in change Ideas! Korea to Save Inodchina By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Here is a con-, "All right, then well say June densation of the inside story of what we are doing or not doing regarding Indo-China. , It is a slnrv nf Prpnph KiKnirinn enunlpd with American indecision, and the The Air Force was not consulted, net result is likely to be loss of the cabinet was not consulted, the the richest tin and rubber area in ! French were not consulted. All the world to communism. i General Persons did was phone IS " hp concluded. Thus, in a completely casual manner, it was decided to bring the mechanics home on June is, A lot of Americans walked be cause rubber was scarce in World War II, and a lot of others col lected old cans and toothpaste tubes because tin was scarce. Now the vital area which supplies these essentials is in just as much jeop ardy as during the days when Japan occupied Singapore. Here are some of the chapters in the story: Syngman Rhee offers to renew war President Syngman Rhee's offer to send one South Korean di vision to fight in Indo-China was only part of the message which Gen. John E. Hull brought to the White House. Most important part of the message was that Ko rea wanted to resume the war in order to divert the Chinese mili tary from th Indo-Chinese border. Rhee proposed to Ike, through General Hull, that South Korean troops do all the ground fighting if war was resumed. What he wanted was help from the U.S. air force and Navy. Rhee argued that seven Chinese divisions had been taken out of Korea, so he could easily crack the new cement-and-steel communist defense line. Originally Rhee proposed going direct to the French with his idea, but General Hull persuaded him to wait until Eisenhower himself the Pentagon and give orders for the mechanics to come home by June 15. French Recalcitrance Part of the administration's troubles in Indo-China, however, stems from French suspicion and reluctance. The French are worried sick that too much American cooperation will give the Chinese an excuse to pour troops across the border by the hundreds of thousands, as in Korea. So far, communist inter vention has been confined chiefly to munitions and supplies. That is why up until last week the French refused to let the United States participate in train ing native troops. U.S. military men have done a terrific job train ing Greek and later South Korean troops; have repeatedly urged the French to let us help them in Indo China. But the French repeatedly turned us down. Chiang Kai-Shek has also offer ed to send his army to Indo-China, hut again the French say no. Nor do they want South Korean troops, for the same reason. They fear Red Chinese intervention. The French have not even been willing to permit U.S. observers to check American military equip ment at the front, where U.S. of ficials suspect a certain amount is sold on the black market or of Salem 48 Years Ago wants is to start the Korean war over again. It is recognized that the end of the Korean war made it possible for the Chinese to divert tremendous amounts of supplies to Indo-China, but Ike just docsn t want to get mixed up in Korea again anyway. Mechanics to Indo-China One trouble with U.S. policy regarding Indo-China is lack of coordination. One branch of the government doesn't know what the others are doing. Admiral Radford, for instance, slipped in to sec President Eisen hower by himself and arranged for the sending of 250 airplane me chanics to help the French. This was a vitally important decision. Yet the cabinet didn't know about it. the National Security Council didn't know about it, and the Joint Chiels of Stalf, who are supposed to correlate these things, didn't know about it. Finally, Secretary of Defense Wilson, who is suppos ed to run the defense department, didn't know about it. It was even a surprise to Gen. Nate Twining of the Air Force, who had to supply the 25u air plane mechanics for Indo-China. Hit-and-Miss Policy This free-and-easy method of making deci sions regarding the most vital bat tle area in the world continued after congress began to raise Cain about the 250 mechanics. Senator Saltonstall, chairman of the senate armed services com mittee, phoned the White House and got Gn. "Slick" Persons on the phone. had a chance to consider it. President Eisenhower was not I fjn(s jts way into the hands eiunusiasuc. ine last ming ne i the enemv. American Troops At meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ad miral Radford has gone so far as to suggest sending American troops, but Gen. Matthew Ridg way, army chief of staff, has ar gued that the army doesn't have enough troops to spare for Indo China under present budget restrictions. Admiral Radford is also plug-i ging for his pet scheme of a naval blockade of the China coast to force the Reds to come to terms. The navy has been so hopeful that Kadlurd would be able to sell this idea to the White House that orders have actually been issued holding up the names of the 50 vessels supposed to be moth-balled. Word has been pass ed out among the admirals that these will be needed for the blockade. These are some of the different desultory moves, none of them very well coordinated, none of them considered too seriously regarding the wealthiest area in all Asia. Undependable Survey By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON If-If Gjeorge) Washington could hear his Fare well Address read in Congress to day, would he make any changes in the advice he gave the nation in 1796? It was advice which the nation has always honored but hasn't al ways followed. Washington might revise his thinking about political parties, about which he had deep misgiv ings. "There is an opinion," he said, "that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the adminis tration of government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty." He said he thought this was probably true "within certain lim its" and he mentioned monarchies as an example, but he added that in a government like this party spirit "is a spirit not to be en courageu." At the time he wrote there was only one party, the Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton and representing the monied and com mercial interests of the East. It wasn't iong afterwards that the Republicans, under Thomas Jeffer son, rose up, smashed the Federal ists, and set the two-party system in motion. These Republicans were the forerunner of the present Dem ocratic party. It was the rise of political par ties which, by keeping any class or faction from controlling too long, probably was the main force in preserving the democratic American society which Washing- ton wanted preserved. Washington's advice to this coun try to stay out of entangling foreign alliances made his Farewell Ad dress a hymn book for American Isolationists. And for more than 100 years his advice was followed. "Europe," he said, "has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in fre quent controversies, the causes nf which are essentially foreign to our concern." But he didn't lay down isolation ism as a blanket rule. He foresaw the time when this country might have to make alliances: "Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establish ments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordi nary emergencies." What is an extraordinary emer gency? This country thought it saw one in World Wars I and II, when it made alliances, and after World War II when it joined the Atlantic Pact with Western Europe against Russia, although it might be ar gued the Atlantic Pact is hardly temporary. Rut Washington's advice was dis regarded when this country joined the l'nited Nations after World War II to try to preserve peace and stop aggression anywhere on earth. And what would Washington think of Secretary of State Dulles' notice that the Communists would be paid back with massive rctalia- By BEN MAXWELL February 22, lflOfi Charles O. Cosper, city mail carrier for the past 10 years, had eracy is to shake loose the Fcd- Icral government's hold on tax sources which luriuerly ami prop- nu , .... ! , , i . in-iongou io toe sjairs. ror lhe lmsteiy surrounding the long delay in report inn I two or three decades the federal THE WARREN AFFAIR I iiti.is ihl.ij jn.-ie'- in .sew i ui been criticism of the commission 1 wno ended up on relief and that because it has been so slow in 1 """"" oau uiste in parading rcsjRn0( t0 move to California getting organized. j "' " '".scry in puoiic. aremlnt of njs wifc's heai,h. It is a tragedy that this upset I Wl" re running a welfare should have taken place. For the ! 'Partment." Kramer said. "Just Klmer Miller. Dave Miller, purpose of the commission goes to j a ll,,lc 'I1'"- name, which is basic- l,lnv,l Farmer, Ercel Kav, W'al- the very heart nf the basic proh- ! '"' Ior enieruiinmem ami also , din Alfred, I.eona Graham, Mar lem ol government in the United s""e inspiration." : g.iret Klein, Marie Hofer, Louise States. The only way through I t , i,lncl; concluded by telling us t'ronisc. Murah Hatch and Edgar which we can escape rule by a i "c wan ' asking us to applaud Sherman had been elected mem- huge. overgrown Federal bureau-1 1,111 '"' 11 appreciate it if we did bers of Salem high school Diog- when he raised Ins hands thus and enes society. so and. besides, there would he ' . prizes later lor those who np- i II. D. and Cooke Patton had plauded the most. 1 presented Auburn shcnol district As the show got under wav. with a beautiful. 24-foot flag. Albany Democrat-Herald That Better Homes and Gar dens survey indicating that at ,ion f thcy attacked anywhere? least 90 per cent of the high! ln(,rc is nothing isolationist in school students in Nassau coun-'nnl ty, New York, drink alcoholic' , 'iut w'''n Washington wrote his beverages leaves us about as f Karowell Address the threat of dubious as did that report by a world communism wasn't even a Dr. Kinsey, now a little hazy s'cam ir. the eye of any Russian in memory, making some sliehtU- nr Chinese alive then. If Washine- "Therc ought to be a cut-otf , startling disclosures about err. l(,n were alive now he mieht con tain other habits of adult men siacr 11 necessary as Presidents and women. , Roosevelt, Truman and EiscnrW- This latest survey, according , er did to have foreign allies, to the published news story, "was 1 Maybe he wouldn't. And. since evidently based on interviews history isn't all written yet, maybe with the students themselves." nc was right all the time. No doubt this report will bring - - - forth a lot of sad-eyed shaking Tsh. tsh! and all that '1 'aT. Cl'l0r,ly.. hei.!'S. in alJ Wo11' in nur "Pinion, 'at this the 48 stales and the District of distance, either that's a prcttv Columbia. You k n o w - this unrepresentative county or some younger 'generation, already far i waggish teen-agers are chuck along the road to the dogs and ling over a bit At unsuspected going at an accelerated speed, i leg-pulling. 1 dale for these mechanics in Indo- China." he said, explaining he wauled to assure senators that a date was fixed for the mechanics' return to the United States. "Maybe you're right."- replied Persons, who handles White House liaison with Capitol Hill. "What date would you suggest?" he ask ed. Senator Saltonstall said he thought June might he a good cut-off date. General Persons agreed. out the name of Karl Warren fur confirmation as chief 1 government has been seizing those ranur was very busy, running! :. c u.. r - t. , i . n , - - .1 , . . . . ,.i ..l i , jusiih: oi toe iiou'ti .-.tales is nratiuaiiy tiisiipprarine: anil it all stems from one eccentric individual, Senator William l.angvr of North Dakota, whom the seniority system of the senate has projected into the chairmanship of the judici ary committee. sources with one hand and has around checking camera angles. "Way Down East" had been been giving back a part of the lout ! watching the clock, leading ap- recent attraction at Grand Opera In the stales in the form of grants- I piatise and several tunes darting House. m aid. - DacKsiage to announce "heartlinc It was unfortunate that when ' calls." which presumably come I ilio Mini, in I 'iinin.ii'.i.ii. ...... nn 1 fl'illll m,in!ii unl.-lim, -it It. .it,.. .1. 1..UH1I vim, iieiiijett ii'poriiiig aft'cit nut 1 1 II , pointed us iiini'linn was anni.unc- me nrsi contestants were puniic senumeni anil other senators lotced him to do so ;,s an attack upon "duphca- ! iiayor Pomimck .1 icltnco of Salem Woolen Mill store had a i splendid variety of umbrellas fori men ranging in price from $1 to S2. sources will be an immense ji.b. It will require vast research, pa tient negotiation and. later, per sistent pressure for legislation An excellent report on this sub ject was written., by j task lore 1 hen he caused to he iiiililii-iy.-.l tut ,,f ..1...1 1 "- Mi, ,,.,,., -i.,.un ..v.:..r : . '. - - It is not "dutiluMtion !(. p. iiw.-it , in, ! niiuioi , it h i pears, is a u c'ii ve ironi ,., ,i ,,i , ,,.. ,, ' , ,, ., justice, hence, one imagines, no admirer o." courts or I matte,'! M is t-"propl u'it i. .n ty the jiiii.,.i, leder.it government. It was Lunger also who took the unprecedented step nf I ""t w"ik out the details nf lliti(.'in): the K.P..I. into the liicture for an invest iir-,ti !a nrw apportionment of tax though everything nlmut Warren has heen known to the public for years. Only I.anger opposed Warren's con firmation in the subcommittee. A violent row with the other members preceded the vote there. So far as the record shows. I.anger has nothing what ever airainst Warren personally or as a l'mlce. Hut he has heen fijriitinjr the Kisenhower administration, which has retaliatetl by nominatine; four North Dakota postmasters without previously consulting I.anger. The senator has since filed "personal objections" to their coiih-i.,t ;.', which if the senate follows precedent will liln. L- ib..;, i preliminary survey. It remains fit-million. Hut the senate mav he diseuste.l en,,,,..,, !l"r 11,0 (.'""!n!'SM"" "n '"lergov .aneer riirht now to overi-1,1,. bis ..l,i....,; " cnmcniai heial,ns to take iip Anyway. Lancer ,s playing peanut politics with the arren rase, something which ought to be evtrenielv un usual in the handlinv; of major questions in cong'tess but which we suspect isn't. llartlord and Lionel Hampton, the of Fed- "anil leader. Alter a few qui I n r " iii izi zz zz. zz zz. zz zz '"j" j- 1 zf - i z J rr 7ir Kami,, is 15-ton Willamette turns, thev won SMn for a girl in ""'iconic nan men sohi by Oro llartford. "who is sn k-vcrv sick i K"n lr"n illul s"'(1 company to a just lo prove how sick she is, 1 """ wnn w"m" Present it to Chessman of Astoria Heads Press Group EUGENE (IP) Robert B. ; the Erie Chessman, publisher of the. As-' Fund. tonnn Evening Budget, is new! president of the Oregon Press : Conference. He succeeds Tom H. ! HATIIEHS III Vt nv. Puicell. publisher of the Gresh-1 LIVE 0K Ha am Outlook. niers for W Allen Mrniorj.il Also elected at the meeting of Oregon newsmen here Saturday was Vrrn McKinney of the Hills boro Argus w ho was named press conference representative at large on the board of trustees of IT'-Stt lin ear have favored the Swnee river here for bathing. Yesterday. County Commissioner. Thomas Musgnup caught and killed a 12-foot. Rnopund alliga tor in the stream. her weight has gone liom Hi! to 7.1 '" I also thought it was nice of Warren Hull, the host, lo bring flit lhe fact thai the mayor owns a restaurant in Hartford, which bears his name, and thai Hamp ton's next theater date will i,r at 01 lite nrsi Hoover I omnnssion in the Apollo in Harlem. I'll'' Il pointed out in some i!e- Alter a singing commercial and tail the sources appropriate for i nine (or a i,,on. i,m,-n , stale taxation and those appro-. Bia.vhair.il. ihtwhm woman tried j Rsiein & Greenh .om "or - ""f ... mi on,- .,uu .sues or in ine worn , .-m., t., i ,, 1 .1.. . mic sews lor a living and "they Koods for K.V a van), took away my old machine. I'm . J back in the rent and my lights have been turned ml." Having ditticully with several questions, the woman won only m lltii al the last second. Kra mer's "heart-line" voice announc ed thai ' Sinke II Rich" had just arranged with a .ert.un company. v. huh he named, for hrr to get a sewing machine tree as well as i the si.il in i ah "Ah, bov!" Hull sighed. "That fur- was to the rescue all right " the Next came two oure' h.mitv. and is tno.-iiet s u !;o vv.,,,:--,! to i m ntitit."-. giving a tisi'ii ear tree vvitn e.ich or a Korean orphan l,v whom conn purchase of a Telvii..n set the husband ha.! on. e helriem ed i Mgiucii mat ti titev could , in Korea lee l..u those Hoover suggestions, spell them out, and gel congress and the slates to consider Ihem That is more impoilant than the fate of Manion. Adams, or lhe president himself Kor il imohes lhe future of republican government. I SI I) ( AltS WITH TV HOISE. Idaho if,-A lloise niture dealer has reversed held on the auto industry ural History in New- York Cilv. In order to give people of Sa lem an opportunity to see the beautiful country immediately! south of the city Citi7cn's Light and Traction company had hourly . excursions over their new rleclnc street car line to rock iiu.irry , souih of Odd Fellows cemetery. JI ST A I ITII K mistxhi: TU.SA. Okl.i. .F (;io F. ! Spiva protested to police who awakened him from his snoorr ' tha, "it was all a his mistake" . The officers were summoned by Charles Lindsay, who -aid there was a strange man asleep in his bed. Spiva, L'fl. told police he h:id lived at that house six months ago and had just m.tile a mistake. He was led to jail to finish his r.ap there en a drunkenness I TPin r With a cold H it" -V'-Xii fowl's i" '',mT( 'jt1)!", V&tsV ii-T-.- r -vf f r give 1 sets with cars, 1 could reverse it.", said Mel luster as he announced his oneweek oolv promotion. I he cars arc IP-Mi older. we were told, ' was hungry, cold, had in .sullicieiit clothing and Ins hones were swollen " The couple had trouble idmti. ', models or fv.ng coe,i.Kc;s ,,n, n only SPF CAN I'HOVK IT, TOO MIAMI 'IT'- Mrs. Hlaiiche I Morse sued lo divorce Hcnncih C. Morse, an employe ol Pan Ameri can Airlines S:ie charged her ntisnane ii.in a girl in every air 15-U Hull thought tii.H was too I port. She named tin in. i i. dfch rrrrii I'i I i ! I 1 M That "littlr. cold" ii nothing to trifle with. If you have cold symp toms, go to bed and call your doctor. Profession al advice may mean the difference between fast recovery and lingering illness. Don't trifle with cold . . call your doc tor for fust relief. li .i.' t vt ; 1 4: -J alW ' ',ma r j i, -.: CAPITAL DRUG STORE 405 S'ale 51. (Corner of Liberty) We Give Zy: Green Sfnmns t ! 4 4s..? r-SJ'.rVtf'l