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Pae 4 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Oregon Thursday. March 4. 1954 Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1883 B ERNARD MA I NWAR I NG, Editor ond Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sundoy at 280 North Church St. Phone 2-2406. . rill Lm4 WIm Itrflet ! Ui AiMtUIH Frt.i in Tb UmIi.i rrm, Tnt Auocliltl Prcu It eiclutlvrlf tnmlt4 to Iht ut (of publication f l nti dlpld -rrdUM u It or ctbt'flu tttiuti lo IhW ip SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Br rirrlu: HonlMj II II: sti Uobim. II JO. On Tr. IISM Mill t Orfcoo Uonmir Ut. su Uontbi. 11 so. On. Tot. 19 M Bj kill OuuW. Ori MebloU. 1111 fci Uanth. II. M; On. T(r. lit 00 THE STORY OF FLUORINE "At a few rare moments in the history of a scientific problem, understanding takes a long leap forward and so it is at this moment in that most basic of all sciences, the evolution of man." These are the opening- words of a recently published book entitled "Man. Time and Fossils, The Story of Evo lution," profusely illustrated, published by Knopf, New York. t The author is Ruth Moore, a well-known newspaper writer of science features stories which have brought her in close touch with scientists in many fields. The book traces the theory of evolution from its beginning down to date and the development of a working hypothesis and the age of the human race. She is a brilliant writer and has produced a readable nontechnical story of the lives ana discoveries they brought. It is a book worth reading and invaluable to those inter, ested in the subjects it covers. The author has a chapter on fluorine as a bone and teeth preservative that should interest a community debating its use in city water. The following is gleaned from statements in this book : "An Italian chemist named Morichini detected fluorine in Hie tooth of a fossil elephant found near Rome, and deemed it a clue to a possi ble change in the bone. Other scientists held that the "fluoric acid" had probably been absorbed by the animal during its life time. Tests wan new ivory ana tooth enamel showed there was no fluorine jn them "which indicated that the fluoric acid exists in the earth and that during the long continuance of those ivories in the earth, they combine with fluoric acid." Later tests showed that fluorine Is absorbed by teeth during life, but that bone buried in earth is likely to absorb still more fluorine if exposed to fluorine bearing water. An English chemist, James Mid dleton, in 1H44 found that fossil bones contain fluorine content in pro portion to their antiquity. Half a century later A. Carnot. French mineralogist, analyzed number of fossil bones, from Paleonzoic age to recent and worked out a table indicating the fluorine content to be expected in various geological ages. As the amount of fluorine in ground waters varies widely his discovery was discounted. Carnot himself understood this and used fluorine dating to establish ine reiauve, not me aosoiute age ot Human' Dones. GET IN STEP! .vvsM.it4- ... vv jaaki. man THK WORLD TODAY This was overlooked until during World War II. Brit ain'a geological survey made a survey of the phosphorous resources of the country and also a study of the effect of fluoridated water in reducing tooth decay in children, Dr. Kenneth Page Oakley, a young geologist and anthropologist, was assigned to the survey from the British museum and first used it for sorting bones of different ages that might have been mixed to gether in the same deposit. If the bones showed the same fluorine content, It might be assumed that they had been in the ground for approximately the same time, or if their fluorine content dilfercd. they had not come there simul taneously, and he thus arrived at new and more definite age estimates lor tne numan remains. Thus it was possible to determine the relative age of numan skull fragments and teeth, of fluorine tested with aninial bono and teeth from the safne site, providing na tural conditions did not produce extremely rapid and vari able mineralization. Fluorine tests were used to prove that the famous Galley Hill skele ton skull was comparatively recent in comparison with the bones of the prehistoric animals in the same deposit. Galley Hill man bones contained an average of 0.4 percent, while the bones of animals from the Middle Plcistine period averaged fiom 1.7 to 2.8 percent of fluorine, upper Plcistine fossils ranged from 0.D to 1.4 percent and those of Holoccne irecent) from 0.1 to 0.3 percent. So the fluorine test has given science a long sought measure as a time tool for at least partially dating the past. The use of fluorides to determine the relative time and age of boney remains has a solid base in chemistry, has settled many archaelogical questions and man is now pictured not as an ancient of a million years ago but a late comer of the last 50,000 years. Commenting upon the preservative effect of fluorine the author says: Joe's Confidence Increases Again By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON W4 Like Antaeus, the mythological giant who re newed his strengtli every time he touched the earth, Sen. McCarthy seems to gain added confidence af ter each encounter with the Eisen hower administration. So far, the comparison ends there. For, while Hercules at last held Antaeus in the air and crushed him, President Eisenhow er has shown no eagerness to rush into a decisive, parly - splitting struggle with the Wisconsin Re publican. Even his statement yesterday on the way he wants McCarthy to treat generals billed in advance by his aides as something to watch for was far milder than McCar thy' fast reply on what he'd do with generals when he sees fit. Ash Wednesday may be remem bered as the day when Eisenhower and McCarthy issued a kind of manifesto to each other. But it was merely a day of talk. What they do In the future remains to be seen. If McCarthy follows his usual pattern, he will do nothing for a while which might prod Eisenhow er into a full-scale break. Then, after an interval, he'll run hcadon Into the administration again down some new avenue. He has had number of such collisions in the past year. Each was followed by a brief period of comparative quiet. Then, and al ways Irom a fresh direction, Mc Carthy crashed against the admin istration again, but harder. It's difficult to believe this ran continue Indefinitely without Mi nn explosion or Ui a crushing humil iation for Eisenhower or the sen ator. It's possible that in a con test with Eisenhower McCarthy may overreach himself. tie s a nnrd in-lighter hut, nrv- WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Unknown Woman 1st Woolworth Customer , ".VASH1NGTCN i.Ti ' Rusk was gathering aft a gray and chilly afternoon on eb. 22, 1879. On a tide street ! Utica, N. Y., a freshly painted sign over a small Italian Visitor Tells What Politics Can Do to an Army WASHINGTON ficer of the Italian armv was sitting with a group of senators when the question of Secretary Stevens', capitulation to Senator .McCarthy came up. McCarthy had been quoted as saying: "If you want a commission in the army I can fix it up for you." "1 doubt if you Americans real ize what politics can do to an army," the Italian said. "I was a young captain in the Italian By DREW PEARSON Aformer of-,215-1, no one is admitted to-the provost marshall school without two years' service, without at taining the rank of corporal or higher, and without being in a class 1 or class 2 physical condi tion. Schine is in class 3, has been in the army only four months, and is a private. Despite this, Senator McCar thy arranged for his ex-staff member to ride roughshod over army regulations and transfer J" rhJni 'i!C FaSCLS'? ""Im- K ' from Fort nix hasie ninB to oyer, and I know what politics t tne provost marsnal., 5cnoo, Reg. EISENHOWER AND McCARTHY "Fluorine In the -form nf fluorides occurs In most ground waters that pass through sedimentary formations. When the fluorine ions come in contact with the crystalline mineral matter in teeth or bones, they are locked In. One by mie, the submicroscopic units of hydroxy apatite that make up the teeth are converted Into flunrapnlitc. a rel atively stable mineral, much less soluble and more resistant to weathering than the original mnterial nf teeth and hones. It prohahy is , erlhrlcss. yesterday he showed he for the same reason that it is elfcctive in protecting living teeth can he needled into going further against decay." G. P. than he seemed In intend, that he can be pushed off balance. This was a side of him not seen quite this way before. It could happen again. President. Kismihou'nr snirl whnt needed 4n he mri1 nn the McCarthy-IVres-Zvicler-Ktcvens affair Wednesday. ! dfnt,ha(l "s"44 an Bon-wnrd slate- le said i ,t with his usual restraint but forcefully enough ; s.a.cmeoi to satisfy all but those who demanded a quart of blood with his own. containing this sentence: their morning coffee. ! "Apparently the President and I The president admitted that the Armv was at fault in "ow a?",r ,h' ncr"M,,.' ot its handling of the case of the New York dentist who was ' 'ncicCarTZd made a ca- raiico into active service despite nis reiusai to answer ine , rcer of Communist hunting, this question about Communist membership and was then could only mean McCarthy thought liven an honorable discharge. did. "It creeps in very subtly be fore anyone realizes it. An in ferior officer who's a lieutenant is promoted to be a captain, sim ply because he's a friend of the Fascist regime. Or again, I re member I once ordered a lieuten ant to take over a work detail and he refused. He said he was busy making out reports on the army for the Fascist party. "Some people have criticized the Italian army for caving in during the war," continued the former officer. "Politics was the reason. An army doesn't fight when it's run on political lines." Senator Fulhright of Arkansas, who was listening, remarked: "I just received a telegram from a friend calling attention to the fart that the Egyptian army had kicked out its premier, the Syrian prmy had kicked out its presi dent, and McCarthy had driven a political wedge in the Ameri can Army all in the same day." "It may seem farfetched to you. concluded the Italian ex- hut ular army channels objected. But the transfer was ordered by Sec retary of the Army Stevens him self. And when the commander nf the provost marshal school ob jected, he was transferred. No wonder McCarthy boasted to friends: "If you want a com mission in the army I can fix it up for you. Reds Fight Our Law Enforcement By J. EDGAR HOOVER A cardinal fact which should not be overlooked in the twist ing line taken by the Communist party is that the destruction of democratic law enforcement is one of its primary objectives. This aim is a key point in the plan for eventual revolution and dictatorship and it has been fol lowed without noticeable devia tion from the very beginning of the conspiracy up to the present time. Although the vilest abuse has been directed principally at the FBI, the courts, prosecutors and other law enforcement agen cies receive 1 the same treat ment whenever their enforce ment of the law places a restraint on illegal Communist maneuvers. The tactic is not to destroy all law enforcement, but only that which functions under a system in which the superior authority is one of laws, not men, and the law enforcement officer is the servant of the public rather. than its master. The Communists have raised no audible objection to a system in which the whims of each new tyrant and his hier archy become the "law" of the land the citizen who survives the torture chambers, "brain-washers" and firing squads is con signed to a slower death in slave labor camps. In the sardonic and misshapen lexicon of the Com munist conspiracy, this system is called "the people's police." Communist hatred of demo cratic law enforcement is rooted in the fact that our system is a strong bastion against violent revolution by a minority of po litical gangsters. Because it is such a barrier, it must be de stroyed, just as religion is marked for destruction because the moral and ethical codes which it teaches are not condu cive to setting man against man and producing those chaotic con ditions nn which the Communist can capitalize in his leap for power. The Communist campaign for destruction of democratic law enforcement begins in the early stages of the revolutionary proc ess. The new recruit is told, in the words of Marx and Kneels, 1 lint from the "nrolot.-irinn" view-i nninl law. mnralilv and relininn the are only "so many bourgeois prejudices." These "prejudices" mav be tolerated while they serve a - temporary Communist purpose but they must not be permitted to bap the road to eventual revolution and dictator shin. The nnen part nf the campaign is an attempt to erode police nrestige and resnert in the pub lic eve bv hurling wave after BY ED CREAGH Tot HAL BOYLE shop front proclaimed it to be the 'Great 5c Flore.' "Behind the store's paper-cov- ered windows, F. W. Woolworth, proprietor, busied himself with list-minute prepara ions before opening for, business. "A knot erne at the door. Woolworth answered it. A lady, now unfortum .el unidentified, held a copy o'. an advertising circular which the merchant had distributed that morning. "She pointeu to the item 'fire shovels' at 5C each. Woolworth invited her in and wrapped up the shovel. The customer paid him 5c in the fractional paper currency of the day, and he promptly put it into the till." As it turned out, Frank Win field Woolwjrth, a rags-to-riches self-made man if ever there was one, put quite a few pieces of folding money into the till be fore he was through. And the F. W. Woolworth Co. is cheerily relating the story in an official history of itself and its founder to mark the 75th anniversary of the five-and-dime institution. One thing bothers Woolworth's: Who was that first customer? Why did she point to the item she wanted instead of asking for it? You have the feeling Wool worth's would like to do some thing for the old girl maybe give her a scoop of coal for her "fire shovel," or something even handsomer if she were around today. Chances are, though, she passed away without knowing she had touched off a business venture which was destined to turn American bt ying and sell ing upside down and to pro duce, among countless other things, the Woolworth building and Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. Old F. W. himself had his doubts at times that he'd amount to much. The Utica store failed. Poor location. So he borrowed more money, transferred opera tions to Lancaster, Pa., and on the whole did pretty well for himself in yeirs to -ome: Today there are 1,800 Wool worth stores in this country alone, 170 more in Canada. 800 some in the British Isles, 8 in Cuba and bet you didn't know this 50 in Western Germany. Net sales of bonbons, bohbie pins, baby pants and the like: Upward of 700 million dollars a year. Woolworth did wonders for store business. He intro duced the fiexd price system no targainl 4 with the man be hind the counter. He put goods where you could see and handle them. He outlawed buying on credit, though that ran has since been relaxed. Today a French Canadian customer can buy a doll on the "plan budgetaire," or lay-away system. Some minor accomplishments of the Woolworth empire hold their own fascination. It was this outfit which popularized ice cream in Cuba, to say nothing of hot 'ogs and turkey dinners. All told, the Woolworth's of today is a pretty impressive monument to a Watertown. N. Y., lad who started his business career at nothing a week. He hired out as a stockroom boy on a trial basis. The first three months were on the cuff his cuff. When he'r proved him self the boss put him on the pay roll at $3.50 a week. This wasn't much, jut then i was only an 84-hour work week. ACORNS FROM THE WITH OtL MILNE V HE'S A PERFECTIONIST . . Phil, our chief cook down in the Oak Room, that is. He gets your order, whatever it may be, cuts the meat just for you, puts it on the charcoal, and watches it from start to finish so you get it done exactly the way you want it every time! If you want to go in and watch him work you're more than wel come. .And as part of our progressive policy we've hired a couple of additional helpers for Phil so we're sure he won't ever have to leave your meat. Found out the helpers speeded up service, too. Oak Room trade was getting too big for the crew we had. Guess that's what perfectionism does, Phil so keep up the good work! Remember in Salem it's the HOTEL MARION rhnnr 3-4123 Remarked Senator Carl Ilaydcn W!,vc4of charecs against law en of Arizona appropos of the way the four Republican senators got Secretary Stevens to surrender: "They've been watching these communists so closely th.it they have learned how to brain-wash." . . . Col. Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune amazed Washington by publishing a front page editorial at the height of the Stevens-McCarthy contro versy telling McCarthy to lay forcement officers. Every oppor tunity is seized to scream that the courts are unfair, the prose cutors are persecuting innocent victims, and the FBI and other a"enries are guilty of brutnlitv. violation of civil rights and all forms of diabolical evil. The big ger the lie and the more often it is repeated, the more it will be believed bv some oerticularlv if u is ri'nned into their ears hv a off the army. McCormick and enncealed Communist not public McCarthy are old friends and I )y i;nmvn f0; vh.it he is. the Chicago Tribune is one of Tnc communist camnaisn to Joe's stanchrst backers, but first , (i(,slrm. aw. enforcement hv lies and last "the colonel" is an army j ,,nrt vilification is danerous. It man ... It was because Senator , . ,-, part nf a eon- "4J "' '-V" I l.anplrr vnled u- th the Demo. , . fU- k,ir leader begins to dominate an 4 . v, 4 ,V" , 44 , i "'"' 1 ... ....j.... ..... ........v g eeniurv nns cinc i" immiihihi- er than hold a night session that a nre part f th world and has Majority Leader Knnwland pro- i vj-t,,-iv s(-.mned nut la mo posed th.-.t the committee chair-1 r-iji- and rclicinn those man no longer be picked hy '-(.-.uenis preiudices" in 'he seniority. He was aiming nf prpr, under its control. That course at linger,. . . Know-1 nme c-rninaiin can be success land seemed to resent l.angcr's ; fi hp-c if it is not cK-irl'' rec vote against a night session more nnTed as another fruidulent than Langer's investigation of cnsn4rntnria1 device, and l-Med Chief Justice Earl Warren . . . j as ?rh wherever it is used. His colleagues say that Senator i Dirksen of Illinois who did the ! chief job of sweet t.ilking Secre- i ti.rv Stevens into surrender, is such a good salesman he could j ci.l privileges for McCarthy4, ex- i " ""l oul , Senator Lyndon Johnson of army the line between free gov ernment and a totalitarian gov ernment becomes very thin in deed." All MY POLITICS Judging' from current resent ment against McCarthy in the armv there should be no early Within one hour after the Presi-! danger oi nis taxing oyer. im- ever, ouicers rccnuco mv with how Mai. Gen. Cornelius Ryan, commander of the 11th infantry at Fort Dix had phoned Secre tr.rv of the Armv Stevens to com plain that McCarthy's oftice had ! been bombarding him to get spe- i Costume Jewelry New Spring Colors Now On Display $1.20 Large Selection Incl. Tax 5-iorn 77 Vparj A no aide. Gerald David Schine. "General," replied Secretary Stevens, "this is one you've got N'n iuw.it inn nf mil innul I Kisenhnwrr wasn't acainst Com hucurity whk involved in the ltiiuiolintP chp, hut official I ' ' .1; , .T , nnw 4 , , "' . ., reealled list ' democratic history. Colleagues rarelCMllPM whs revvnlcl. ! Mc( ,"mv nMtti week that when Col. Frances i "R'h.-it while it isnt always Mcf.Hrthy whs utility of gross impropriety in calling . that with such an implication he Kreidel, commander of the pro- r"-'u " rr""'nl smooin By BFN MAXWELL Mar. 4. 1927 Governor Patterson has signed Texas has developed one' of the ! house bill No. 58. sponsored by smoothest machines in recent the Marion county delegation, Mithori7inc construction nf a new, S'iOO.000 office building in Srtlem. Gideon Stolz who has started busi- Id- fac- an olliccr who had been decorated for irallantrv in action nad K"ne 100 ' He sent word vost marshal school at tamp iior- 4,,.",4 V.,. a small vineear and cider unfit to wear his uniform becmi.se he refused to draw con- lal" ,hl kind ?f interpretation don, Ca., had protested again j ress here in 1879. is now the n rl...j..n. .Imi.t hi. ,nrlr- l,.. ,,ni inn,i Ki. M..r . I being put on his language and Srhine's transfer to his school ""V"" . .7.." ,o rr' C 1 est name among Salem manuf iZ V... f I 7 iw I iV he wnn,,,d 10 ri(,c,c lhc word without sufficient qualifications, .OT r... un . n no , ( continuous production, thy. r urthcr. it was typical of the way Mc( nrthy hnndlcs I Kreidel was suddenly transferred n"M sessions on the Hricker;' . . . ...14 ............ I.'I .. ....I.. ...... .'. k.nn...ul. ..I I ' A I .. ....I I .... . . I . imnntlmiinl Vi'An. Dnniu..! k.d wiuirenrn. r,wiiiim-i n nin.im iwiu ui.trrgni (i ion lie naa never hern tinder quite to Tokvo. 1 V J j Marion Auto Co. 235 South fair play" hit the nail riirht on the hi'itd. : the same kind of high-placed pres. i tinder army regulations 815- " h' sfal al lh' r'h' momrnt c.mmercial street, had a used. and voting, except for two wm. 'i i i il. . i.. ....... ... .. 'sure before heraiise Kispnhnuer't llin piT.HIIMW l MHICI mill IK 111 II Sir I VP mailers aCO , , , ,t , . . . . , . , , u Svminelnn nf linnri uhn u. . . ...nil, ,L. .... .,; . , ., xi i- .i. ..statement, the result of series talked about lair plav, said he mingion oi .Missouri, wno was an() not Within the province of a senator .even a McCarthy, anil , ,n motjnn hv M(..;d,dn4t want government employes " Kuropr. and MrCarran of Ne- ;o,,rl ,nl iiim iiit-sc win cunuiiur n in- iinniiii'u uy uir proper oni-.ianny nimsell. was being awaited mistreated by congressional com rialn who-are and will remain responsible tn the president, i on luo continents : millees. He never said precisely 1P24 Rirkrnharhrr roadster for Flint 5544 !f25 or SHOO. (Both cars have long been orphans'. not. In members of cnnirress. He further rvnreiil the The events started with McCar- wiah that contrressional committees, nil under Republican VK '"""'""-'"R rig. Gen. , ...j.l ii.,.,i,i; i.(:... ...mi I . ii 'Ralph Zwirker about an honorable Limn in .'il mm ihi jii:)miuiii nn iiiiijwi n n-.-., hi iiriu an witnesses with fairness in the future. This they have not done in the past tinder cither party's control. British paper howl that Kisenhowcr's -statement was "weak." they act as if they think he should have armed ; himself with a six shooter and K"nc after the senator in the western movie thriller manner, which is probably a jrood many EnRliahmen's concept of life in America. But this is not Eisenhower'4 way and we do not think he suffers in the public eye here by reason of his moderation. McCarthy retorted in his usual manner, lie is by no means cowed, will resume his attacks at the first oppor tunity, lie remains a major (i.O I'. headache and will prob ably turn out to be a first rate vole maker for the emo what he d dn if they were. Nevertheless, this was the r!o est he had come tn an open chal- discharge given Mai. Irving Peress ! lensc to McCarthy. McCarthy's a dentist. MrCnrthy called Peress . quick reply was much less reticent j erything else, hut the older sen a "Kilth Amendment Communist," i about whom he was talking to nndiators can't be here at night. Sen vada. who was sick Johnson had cone around to almost all Democrats and said: j A( Sehae(er4s drug store. 135 -I dont think Us fair tn hold , Nor(n cnmmercial street, choco nichl sessions so early in the , b, rnulrt bo had for 32c a session. v e ve cnoprraien on ev pound. Vmilh" a J t TVnnfu- adri.i. iiiuitfc , nt-ss u-iiim-(i sneer aooui. lie nicnuoneu ine i tcmiic-ih. "i iau i m-i i"" . nl,u , lisement had asserted, "is ex- nonsense " Kisenhower praised Urn. Zick-I think we ll just have to ask j prf5Sed perfectly in our sports Secretary of the Army Hubert er. Hut McCarthy showed what he: the Republicans to get their coili5 gw-agger tweed" i. ou-vens accused imcc army oi inougnt oi mis. leaving il up lo woric uone in ine tiayuine. abusing .wicker. McCarthy dis-llhe President to like it or lump puled that. Their disagreement at- it, with the toughest reply he's traded wide attention. There was I ever given Kisenhower: editorial demand for Kisenhower j "If a stupid, arrogant or witless to t;ike a stnnd. man in a Hilion of power ap- Kisenhowor, who hadn't inter-. wars before our committee and veiled wncn Mccnrlny quized olh Johnson held no caucus, though Bricklavers had resumed work a rsucus is customary. He hasn't on new Leslie Junior High School held a single caucus this year. n south Salem after some 4000 paruy nccausc ne s airain some ; ,ncks had been removed because of his Democratic opponents, of : 0f faulty construction, which he has plenty, will take I ... him over the hurdles. Instead of ; Expansion of Oreuon trunk l,n. Iinind an ini? lite Communist I er employes nf the government, party, he will he exposed. The fact , caucusing, he goes around to see ! into the Klamath Kails region had ;in-i Mii-.i in say somcuiing j mm ne nugnt ne a general places earn senator personally, u s , not oeen barred hy a recent de- - , . k'..k. m ,,,., ,u . . f . ; iiwi.riiKii i.u imiik sinirmrni nun in no special ciass as lar as more worn, oui you rani gei e son oi me mrr-statr commerce craU next ovnlb'.;or,.m,'re l,rol'le Rre cominif fed Nearly as pointed at McCarthy.!, am concerned." around the fact that the gentle-! commission ,n the CcntrTore up With his tactics all tne lime. I h never mentioned his name. Hei Next move? It s up to McCarthy. I man Irom Texas is efficient. Igon railroad case. Necklace $12, tarring, $9, pin jg, Bracelet $18 Prices Include Federal Tax BY TRIFARI - IN THEIR RUE ROYALE JEWELRY Golden Triformim siar-dusicd wuh mock rubies, emeralds or sapphires. Choose the jewel color that will harmonize with her Esitcr outfit. Prices include Federal tax Dial 4-2224 OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS UNTIl 9 P. M. During Downtown Merchants Spring Festivsl