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A "NO" VOTE ON DAYLIGHT SAVING
Your state ballot contains an initiative measure to estab
lish daylight saving time throughout all of Oregon except
Malheur County and a small area in Baker County which
already have Mountain time, between 2 a.m. the last Sunday
In April and 2 p.m. the last Sunday in September.
Oregon has been arguing over daylight saving for a good
many years. Most of the people in Portland are said to favor
it, most of the people outside, including nearly all the farmers
are said to oppose. This measure should decide the question
as it should be, by majority rule. If a majority votes "yes"
we'll have statewide daylight saving except for the areas re
ferred to, which already have it. If the "no" votes prevail
the agitation should cease, for a time at least.
This writer may have a "peculiar" attitude on daylight sav
ing. He enjoys an extra hour of daylight in summer as much
as anyone. Western Idaho where he lived 15 years before
cominc back to Oregon had year-round oayiignt saving
through Mountain time, which was fine in summer, not so
good in winter.
But he dislikes daylight saving and intends to vote against
it November 2. Why? It seems impossible to impose it
upon everyone, hence it leads to endless confusion. If one
makes an eastern trip he finds some cities have it, others
don't, so it's always a question as to what the time will be
in the next place one is to visit.
Out here in the west some places have it, some don't. The
trains and buses will stay on regular time. Some businesses
will observe it and others won't. If you're going to attend
something in another town you are in doubt which time will
be used. Newspapers have a particularly disagreeable experi
ence with daylight saving.
Maybe a "yes" vote would make daylight saving general
over Oregon, but we doubt it. Rather we think the rural com
munities would generally ignore it, while the cities would
observe it and we'd have two kinds of time, fast and slow. All
through World War II a strip of country between Nampa,
Idaho and Huntington, Oregon flouted national daylight sav
ing and had a time all its own. It was an awful nuisance for
those who lived at the edge of this belt, as the writer did.
Any organization can have daylight saving by simply ad
vancing its hours during the summer, as a good many do. This
will work and does not seriously inconvenience the public. We
don't believe the daylight saving initiative will be approved
and if it is we don't think it will he universally observed,
which will be a headache for everyone.
So we recommend a "no" vote, but if you want daylight
saving and are willing to take a chance on "confusion worse
confounded" go ahead. We'll suffer through it somehow.
BRITAIN'S PARALYZING DOCK STRIKE
The British "wildcat" dock strike is giving British Commu
nist appeasers a foretaste of what they will probably experi
ence on a much large scale if they are successful in their
efforts to admit Red China to the United Nations. The tie-up
has paralyzed British major seaports, depriving the nation
ot vital food and other supplies.
There seems little question
political move, just as the strikes in France and Italy are, a
test of strength for a total tie -
Though the British luborites
ned the Reds, the radical fnclion ignores the action, as shown
by the 18-dny dock stoppage, involving more than 43,000 men
who are violating their union
The walkout is loudly backed by the British Communists
and stems from a demand by dockers for the right to reject
overtime work, and picket all the docks, and few of the unions
back them.
'The still-growing stoppage hold 2!)8 ships idle in London,
Liverpool, Birkenhead, Hull, Southampton, Gars ton and Roch
ester. Fewer than 33,000 of the nation's 76,000 cargo handlers
were working.
Export shipments, worth more than $224 million are piled
up on the wharfs. Food reserves, especially of imported eggs,
butter and bacon, are dwindling rapidly.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill's government gives no
sign ot any immediate intention to use troops for unloading
essential supplies, as has been done in previous major dock
tie-ups.
A government board of inquiry, which began investigating
the dispute yesterday, is expected to continue hcirings until
Saturday.' The government likely will wait until the inquiry
ends before ordering out troops.
Britain evidently faces another era of "austerity" and rigid
food controls. IVrhaps this will finally awaken the British
to a realization of what communism means and convince even
those so greedy for a bribe of Hed markets for manufacturers,
that they are willing to take the chance by coddling the Com
munists, of losing their liberties and becoming eventually
citizens of a Red satellite O. P.
THE DIXON-YATES POWER CONTRACT
A big hue and cry is being made about a contract negoti
ated by the Atomic Energy Commission for erection of a steam
power plant in Arkansas to provide electrical energy for A. E C.
installations in the south.
Tublic power people are attacking it because it is with a
private company, insisting that the government build the
plant itself. A tax exempt power plant could produce the
energy cheaper than one that pays taxes, it is contended, and
rightly. But on this line of reasoning nothing in this coun
try should be done by taxpayers. All should be done by tax
exempt government enterprises. But the Eisenhower adminis
tration wasn't elected on this line of thinking.
However, we are seriously concerned about another criticism
that appears to be legitimate. H is claimed that the contract
allows the Dixon-Yates interests a nine percent return on
their investment after taxes. This is unreasonable, unless
there is some risk involved that he has not been mentioned
in anything we've read.
If this contract does call for such a return it should he can
celled, as congress has a right to do after investigation. Much
we favor private enterprise we prefer to have the govern
ment build a tax exempt plant than to see it pay private en
terprise an unreasonable profit.
CHURCHILL SHAKES 'EM UP
Kvidently Winston Churchill, now ncinog R0 and ailing
more or less all the time, isn't planning an early retirement, as
most everybody hoped. For he has just made a drastic shake
up of his cabinet, changing 24 large and smaller portions,
as if digging in for a prolonged stay at No. in Downing St!
Most important change was Harold MacMillan. a hook
publisher who is said to be a personal friend of President
Eiseuhewer, rut in charge of national defense, replacing Vis
cxt Alexander, who as one of Britain's most successful
ebwrtanderi during the war, wio has.wished to retire.
Some American observers suggest that old Winnie is greas
ing tht skids for his retirement in favi of Anthony Eden, but
this doesn't look like it to us. His ropo.itodly postpone.! re-
tltrarad rewind us of
wrevvaotp irctvt tin But
that the strike is a communist
up in case of war.
in their annual convention ban
contract.
trfr !io is going to go on the
not now.
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OPEN FORUM
Sodium Fluoride a Rat
Poison, Writer Chimin
To the Editor:
This coming election the people
of Salem are going to vote on
fluoridation. I wonder how manv
have taken the trouble to find
out what effect sodium fluoride
has on one's system?
Fluoridation, sodium floride, an
artifical product is a bi-produpt
of aluminum.
Sodium fluoride is a rat poison
and is used to kill rats. You must
have a prescription if you want
to buy it in a drug store. Do you
want to drink water that has
fluoridation? I don't and I won't
buy any canned goods that use
water that has sodium fluoride in
it, if I know it."
Some towns have voted it in be
cause people didn't know that
sodium fluoride is a poison.
Seattle and Albany, Oregon,
voted it out as well as lots of
other towns. Lots of medical doc
tors and dentists are against its
use.
Water that has sodium fluoride
in It increases in strength when
it is boiled.
This sodium floride they arc
trying to put in our drinking
water is an artifical product and
not nature's natural flnrirl.it ion.
Someone is doing a good inh
of trying to find s market for a
hi-product of aluminum. It is
claimed that it only helps chil
dren till they are nine or ten
years old.
It has been proven when Ihcv
have tested fluoridation water on
rats and monkeys that they have
developed ki
brittle bones. Do we want to
penalize the old people with
fluorides? What about the people
that have had false teeth lor 20
years or more? Do you think
they want poison in their system?
I have lots of literature con
demning this poison and I am
surprised that the people of
Salem hasn't risen up in arms
against fluoridation.
Vote 54 NO. against fluorirta.
tinn.
rJlVR,iI'.S m FOWLKR,
7.10 Smith Hiph,
Fluorine Fnunil Fhi.i1
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1 o Uuncliilla Kablnts
To the Editor. i
Hello, Test Animals . . . Thin,
chillas? or You and Your Grand- i
children?" h- W. ft Cox of Ores-1
ham, Oregon is a 1R0 pace hook fil-1
ini who local color ami IS rasv
reading.
M . Cox tells his exienences in
the chinchilla business. Ihs little
animals becan to die at the rate '
of one daily. He look dead animal
after dead animal to Dr. S. V.
Crynes of tin Physicans Medical
l-ahoratory in Portland for auton-
Mnst reports came hack mark
"Nn apparent cause of death '
.lust the 5ime ll.e little chinchillas
were dc.-nl.
At last Or. P. I, Richardson.
assistant profess.- of pathology at
the University of Oregon Medical
School took over the chinchilla
case. An experiment was estab
V hed at the school. R. K. Maters.
toxicoloUa' chemis of Portland
did the chemical analysis in the
experiment. It was found the earlv
animal death and the later steril
ity of the females ua due to a
toxic suhstance called fluorine
These are the things Mr. Cnx
learned fhhrne did to his lillle
chinchillas. J. The fluorine was ac
cumulative in the animals' vital
organs. 2. No antxiote or treat
ment was found alter they know
what was killinc the fur animals.
3. The hair fell out. 4 The ani
mals became sterile and could
not reproduce any longer. 5.
Fluorine prevented
proper
crowin. o. lut the animals
life in half. They had lived
to ace 8 or 9 years hut fluo.
nne cut this time to 3 vears. 7 '
Babie were born with fluorine 0)
THE CAPITAL JOTONAL, Salem, Ortenn
WASHINGTON MERRY
Pearson Notes Doug McKay
Called Him Liar, Retorts
By DREW
WASHINGTON G e n e r o u s
Doug McKay, the likable secre
tary of the interior, let loose a
blast at me the other day for
describing him as generous in
selling part of the Rogue River
National Forest to a private
mining company and for consid
ering the releasing of the navy's
and interior department's oil re
serve in Alaska to private oil
company exploitation.
This is the first time I have
been called a liar by a member
of the Eisenhower cabinet an
"honor" frequently bestowed up
on me during the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations. The fact
that the Eisenhower administra
tion has been so mild-mannered
has caused my wife to insinuate
that perhaps the old man was
slipping.
Of course, generous Doug Mc
Kay was a little more adroit with
his language- than some of his
Democratic predecessors. They
fired blunderbuss broadsides of
earthy words not to be found in
the dictionary. Secretary McKay,
on the ("her hand, reached into
Websters and pulled out such
choice, highfalntin terms as "ca
lumnies of this columnist" and
"sinister innuendo."
Now the fact is all kidding
a.-Mue mai i nave enjoyeo me
respite from name-calling under
am supposed to be. actually I ! ' , a "'r W-
don't relish having his tvpe o j " !fnt,"e medal at li
bouquet hurled in my direction. Z . 1" I T"m,va manc"v
And though 1 am convinced that ! Sh h, ars.e'oan m ,h
Secretary McKav has been far ton ' cd Sla,cs' Aerward. con
generous wHh The"1 puMic" d" I 1 ST VS
and will illustrale hi in. ..... i
thcr and more conclusively later, i S i)Z S" con,idera
I still don't relish being called ' "Ji "?r "'"T"'"?' Smnl!
names by such , nice guy as Doug j n S 3
..; . . Maragon, and gelling building ma-
Thc Liar Scoreboard I Irnals for (he Tanforan r,0e.
I Siinnnen hntimnr (hit tU;. i Irark at a lim. .,.!. ....
is inevitable. For any newspaper-1
man worth his salt in Washine-i
ton necessarily must step on peo-1
r .- una, hit uil.-t ui nim pen pi I
A"" w"en np does, naturally they
, mad ind hur, Dith...
Clinton McKinnon. nuhlisher of
the I.ns Anpele. N'ow. osl-oH m
the other dav what the score wa i
on the name-eallins business, and :
here is part of the ynu're-a-liar" :
tahil ation.
Con cress man Bramblett nf Cali
fornia hurled the liar charce and
also sued for libel to tne tune
of Sl.oon.OOO when this writer
accused him of taking kickbacks. '
A jury convicted him criminally j
just the same.
Attorney General Fred N Ho
srr ot California also tucd the ,
liir charce and sued for $3.10.000 j
when this writer charged him
ith takinc money from a Tone .
Heach uamhler. A jurv found
that I h.id told the truth.
Sen. Kimer Thomas of Okla-j
honia called me a liar when I
reported th.it he had been specu-
their
vital
or sans.
In the same
the mother's
proportion
bndv.
The question is. "If these things
be true of t,n r.tls. cuinm pins.
ha.rn.Mcrs. rahhits. and chinchillas
in the experiment, why isn't it
true of human bensa who drink
artificial fluoridate-l c)ty water'"
Ttirre have hem many people liv
ing and pasMnc awov'in the cities
bavins cxnerineniAl fluoridation, i
-":- ifrn mv nr
more autopsies done to determine
what happens to humans ririnkins
artificial fluoridated water I'ntit t
there is an answer tn these import-
ant questions. Salem better play
safe and keep the water pure and
avoid more fvpermentation
J. A. ROMROIGH N' P
SALEM
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PEARSON
lating on the cotton market from
his privileged position of chair
man of the senate agriculture
committee. Two years later the
agriculture department officially
confirmed this, and Senator
Thomas was defeated by the peo
ple of Oklahoma.
Senator McCarthy of Wiscon
sin called me a liar and all sorts
of other names from the safety
of the Senate floor after I report
ed that he received a $10,000 fee
from I.ustron for a brief housing
pamphlet. Since then, a senate
committee passing on McCarthy's
record has confirmed this up to
the hilt.
Congressman Parncll Thomas
of New Jersey denied kickbacks
and called me a liar, hut went
to jail because of those kickbacks.
John Maragon. the influence
peddler, also called me a liar for
exposing his operations, but end
ed in jail as a result of that ex
pose. Tanforan racetrack officials
called me a liar and threatened a
libel suit when their violation of
housing regulations (in connvance
with Maragon and Gen. Harry
Vaughan) was exposed. They went
lo jail.
Harry Had a Name for It.
President Truman gave a new
twist to the liar charge alter I
criticized his friend and military
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NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG
Wilson Reminds Us Business
Men Often Not Politicians
By RAY
WASHINGTON It did not re
nuire Charles E. Wilson's doggish
flight of speech to prove that the
nation's biggest and most success
ful businessmen do not make the
smartest politicians.
In a misery-lovea-company cho
rus since the Defense Secretary's
seminar on human and canine lazi
ness, the majority of his Cabinet
associates agree that they, too,
are innocents abroad in a Wash
ington wilderness of words.
Long before the Wilson faux
oas. if such it was. business and
industrial executives have been
questioned on their experiences as i
national figures, and on their re-1
action to the transformation from .
Mister to Mister Secretary. Most j
of them admit frankly that they do
not enjoy public life, and that they j
accepted appointment only be-1
cause they considered it a civic
duty.
When they backed away from
Cabinet assignments, Ike retorted:
"You fellows have always com
plained that the government was
being run and ruined by the poli
ticians! Now, it is up to you to
take over, and to demonstrate that
you can do a better job!"
Sacrificed Salaries Almost
every Cabinet member in fact,
all but one took a steep cut in
salary. They also abandoned czar
istic control of small or large
corporations for service in a gold
fishbowl organization. They gave
up many personal comforts and
solaces which they enjoyed as
highly-paid, private citizens. As
one asked me in a bitter tone:
"How many men and women,
with a sufficient income and as
sured security in private industry,
would swap those blessings to be
a Mayor or a City Commissioner,
when low pay and brickbats are
the order of the day?
Anyhow, they came fn Washing
ton for one reason or another. But
they find that their experience.
background and training handicap
them severely in the pro bono pub
lico business. Here are, in brief,
their own explanations.
Politically Inarticulate For
one thing, they are accustomed to
tuning their thoughts and utter
ances to a passionate, partisan
multitude. They are not politically
articulate. They forget that their
audience is a nation of 160.000,000
people instead of a sympathetic
board of directors. Wilson's Gen
eral Motors associates would have
been wowed by his up-to-date
Aesop's Fable. Labor was not!
Ike's Cabinet members do not
possess the rolling and ready
tongue of (heir fioospvclt-Truman
predecessors, who were drawn
from the lists of politicians, pro
fessors and lawyers. They were
master-performers in p i t c h i n g
Uicir appeals lo public , mobs,
classrooms and juries. They doted
on political sex insfoad of logics
or economics. F.D.R. was their
tutor.
There arc only two lawyers, one
politician and no professors in
Ike's Cabinet. Tho two lawyers
Secretary of State Jchn Foster
Dulles and Attorney-General Herb
ert Browncll are debarred by
their judicial and diplomatic
duties from public politicking. The
politician, Browncll, is keeping his
head down.
"Summer Boarders" Rut there
are even more weighty liabilities
to the businessmen turned politi
cians. They cannot hire and fire
on the basis of efficiency, retain
ing the busy bees and .shooing out
the drones. Civil Service prevents
that.
Too many Federal employees at
Washington regard themselves as
"summer boarders." sure of their
jobs and retirement pensions.
Their bosses do not have such as
surance. Defense Secretary Wilson, as
head of General Motors, could huv
materials from the lowest bidder
it mtm
downtown Sil.m, the W. T.
n', cmeteri... Throughout tht y.n, .v.rv ,ff.7 i.
I.l.m. PHONI 3J17J. " '
TUCKER
not no! Even though it costs
ST nV many millions of
dollars, and produces a
able product, he must, for politi
cal reasons, award oiiii
the basis of politics and votes. He
must, when possible, give prefer
ence to "distress areas,' where
unemployment is high.
.i a manv mhpr rea-
son,", r including their awkwardness !
and inexperience in dealing with :
newspaper reporters. Wilson and
l. i r;..nhnulDr enmnatriots I
' ,,' ... ,., the old-
: fashjone mHhnis are "a hell of
i way to run a government.
THIS SHOl'LD BE GOOD
Pendleton East Oregonian
Rfhflll fans will own and oper
ate the Portland Beavers in the
Pacific Ciast league next season.
Some tun can be anticipated when
a $10 stockholder decides mj n
the manager how to run the ball
club.
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Thiirsrlsj', OdnW 21, 1951
Salem 22 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
October II, 1931
Registration of Dr. Arnold Ben
nett Hall, president of the Uni
versity of Oregon, had been ac
cepted by the board of higher edu
cation. Keeper of Salem's
h,; rv! Hail.
100 meals were being served daily
to jobless men.
"Are these men public enemies?
Obviously they are not" had been
the reply of Patriotic League for
Better Business made in its ap-
pea. to voters ; in ehalf of the
democratic platform,
trmtHh annual hich school .nrin-
.:r. nf.ronre had hen set fni-
tnU weekend in Salem 22 years
a,!0'
Dollar state lines were advertis
ing a round trip to Portland for
$1.30.
a
Louis Lachmund, Salem business
man recently returned from New
York, had said that odds were 11
to S on Roosevelt with no Hoover
money being offered -
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