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-(Sec. 1)-Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Fri., Jan. 21, 19S5 Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North Church 5t. Phone 4-681 1. Foil Ltntd Wire Serried at rb. Assoelsttd Press and mil UniUd Press. Tha Assoclsted Press U excluslvly entitled to the use tor publication ot all newf dispatches credited to It or otherwise credited In this paper and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES r Oarrleri Month! Il lSi an wootm. 17. Ml One Tsar, 111 00. Br rasU 1 onion: Uonlhlj. 11.00; Bis Months. 15.00.' One Tear, . Br mall Outside Ortion: atoatolr, tl.Jli Sti Mentha, IT.Mi One Tear, 111 00. Ike Consul Is Congress on Formosa President Eisenhower is reported to be considering asking congress for special authority to use U.S. naval and airpower to help evacuate Chinese Nationalist troops from some islands along the Red China coast if necessary. These troops would then be deployed elsewhere for the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores which the United States is committed to help Chiang Kai-Shek hold against the Communists. The Chinese Reds have assaulted and claimed the complete capture of the long island of Kikiangshan and are menacing the Tachen islands, 200 miles north of Formosa. But what islands would be possibly evacuated would probably be deter mined by military developments. Secretary of State Dulles is reported to have told congressional leaders that the adminis tration would like to have the evacuation authority. Key congressional Democrats are quoted as saying that it Is up to Presdient Eisenhower and not to congress to decide on the use of U.S. air and seapower to defend Formosa and its outposts. They say that as commander-in-chief he has all the authority he needs to make the decision. These Democrats recall that President Truman took all the responsibility for going into Korea in 1950 and did not consult congress or its leaders, except to report his action. While objecting to the proposal, they made it clear they will give their approval to the president if he asks for it, Mr. Eisenhower apparently wants to make it doubly sure he has clear legal and congressional authority and approval before committing American ships and planes in emergency action. He probably wants to avoid the bitter and carping criticism Mr. Truman evoked by assuming the authority that brought on U.S. participation in the Korean war. Mr. Eisenhower, it is also stated, thinks that his legal author ity to use the U.S. Seventh Fleet becomes questionable follow ing the conclusion of the Korean armistice. When the United States entered the Korean war, Mr. Truman simultaneously ordered the fleet to protect Formosa. He also asked the Na tionalist government to stop attacking the mainland. This latter provision was removed by the Eisenhower administra tion but recently restored. The mutual defense treaty signed by Secretary Dulles last year with Formosa, would authorize the president to use armed forces. Dulles says this authority "originally derived from the Korean war, may be tending to become obsolete from the lapse and passage of time, and the conclusion of the armistice in Korea." The treaty is awaiting senate approval. It is evident the president wants bi-partisan approval Dy congress of any intervention in Asia to avoid creating discord in the handling of foreign affairs and creating an issue for opponents to capitalize. G. P. This One Shouldn't Pass JOB FOR A TWO-GUN MAN 1 T rXlN "'5r W THEM WHEM HE Sg f 4 move, you WATE POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Coca Cola Runs Into New Obstacle in Competition By PRESTON CROVER (For Hal Boyle) CASABLANCA, French Morocco Ifl This is the sad story of Coca Cola in Morocco and how a pig got into the picture. Coca-Cola sent specialists in Mo rocco soon after the war to get the soft drink business going. The eight million thirsty Moroccans, barred as Moslems from drinking alcoholic beverages, looked like eood Drosnects. Bottling plants were sold to operators in a half dozen cities. By 1951 the operators were in a fair way to make real money cut of the deal. Then a paper in Casablanca, Al Alham, with but a thousand cir- A bill to make the office of attorney general appointive in stead of elective is being prepared by Senator Gill of Linn County. This promises to touch off quite a contest, which we hope the "antis" win. Senator Gill denies that the measure is aimed at Attorney General Robert Thornton, and in a way tt isn t, for it won't take effect if it becomes law.' until the end of Thornton's term. But we susDect its backeround includes the fact that tors in the life of the United Oretron has a Democratic attornev eeneral in m otherwise Bp- States Senate, have undergone a Jolt to Seniority Boston Globe Tradition and seniority, two of the most jealously preserved lac- SEARCH CALLED OFF DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (UP) Sheriff D. A. Wennerstrom called off his search today for Harold Ryen wanted for abandonment. Wennerstrom discovered that his wife had let Ryen into the county jail because he was tired and hungry and wanted a place to rest. publican state administration, to which he has occasionally been an irritant. Here we open one of those "long stories" in which there is much to be said on both sides. We know this because it has been said, and we imagine much more will be said, with Thornton's request for a Multnomah County grand jury inves tigation of the Liquor Commission situ pending. We express no opjnion on the merits of these controversies, for they need have no bearing on the reaction of the citizen who has no in terest in the personalities involved but wants the best possible job of governing done. The reason we do not want the attorney general appointed by the governor is that we do not want him under the control of the governor or the state administration. It will be better if he is responsible to the people. Then if he finds anything wrong, which it stands to reason he will occasionally, lie will be free to challenge it without fear of removal. We do not think the present governor would abuse his privilege if he were to appoint an attorney general, but we have had gov ernors in the past who would have done so, and we probably will again. Let's keep the attorney general independent of the other state officials. Senator Gill said in support of his bill that "the governor should be permitted to hire his own lawyer," and we would agree with this, if he needs one the year around. But we don't think the attorney general is the governor's lawyer. He is the people's lawyer and should remain directly responsible to them. A Splendid Choice There Is always more than one man in a citv of our si?p u-hn could properly be chosen for the community service award of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, or the senior award to be made in a few days. We aren't and never will be a "one man town" or a hundred man town in community service. But we venture to observe that seldom has an award been made that will be more universally accepted as the right one as that of Mark Hatfield Thursday night. A brier recital of his activiles before his name was announced covered an aston- iMiniR range, i nev were so numerous one was hound uuiiurr now ne comet gel any work done out at Will; University where be makes his living must of the year High point to date m a career tha' will contain many was Mark's election as slate senator h.-re in November, ii tno uckoi. lie is the yoiitiecst member severe jolt. By naming tormcr Vice-President Alben Barkley to the Foreign Relations and Fi nance Committees, Senator Jo seph O'Mahoney to the Interior and Judiciary Committees and Independent Senator Wayne Morse to Foreign Relations and Banking, the controlling Demo cratic forces have stood prece dent on its head. Theoretically, the first two De mocratic Senators are "fresh men," having been absent for some years from the Senate; and freshmen they would have to begin all over again to build seniority, resting content with assignments to the lowliest and least important Senate commit tees. The previous Legislative rec ords of both, and the onetime Wen's" prominence, apparently made adherence to seniority rules awkward. These appointments are never theless, refreshing. They signify victory for experience and abi lities already proven over dead routine. All too often seniority n the Senate means a sort of mediocrity's progress" toward the top in committee assign ments. The assignments of Senator Morse emphasize the precedent shattering mood of the Democra tic command. Senator Morse en joys favor for quite understand able reasons. His vote enabled the Democrats to organize the Senate; his aid gave Oregon its first Democratic Senator in dec ades; and last, but not least his attitude spurs the Democratic leaders to hopes for his ultimate conversion. to incite TOM Tl'RNS PROPHET By THOMAS E. DEWEY I am firmlv conviccd that it more (;) Kisenhower - Nixon slate) ldint; , m iiiihl win Imp tump nvprwbelm- llf the Sl'n:ili" rnwl l.iflw i ..in l,n il ,1.. I : u.. -1 jiiiif,- iiil . mull ih -ijvwi mot ink uy on pievious worn m the house will be on. ot the most , in ISM. im.s I my im iWsl Known ol so many ii-(.f wholesome things lie has done for the community and its I'"- - jouinat is pieasea to add its contuatula atti uie uuicis. a, ions Chamltrr and Council Merrr Boarci of both the Salem Chamber of Commerce and Salem Industrial Development Council have both approved the latter Wednesday merger of the two organizations, effective April 1. Ballots on the move were mailed to the 1.1). C. mem bers the same day. The merger will undoubtedly be approved and certainly should be. The industrial development is a proper Chamber of Commerce feature and one of its most important. It can surely be handled effectively within such an organization, with the help of a large, vigorous committee such as has been created by the I D C. We would be less sure of the w isdom of Uirninii iiulustri.il development over to the Chamber were it not for the cam paign for more members and more financial support that is to be conducted for the Chamber in April. The Salem Chamber is woefully undernourished financially and has been for years. Salem, ahead of the civic procession in so many things, has lagged badly here and must catch up, with a strong, healthy Chamber able to do the many community tasks only such an organization can do. culation, carried a small story about Coca-Cola. This American beverage, the paper said, was fla vored with pig's blood. Now to a Moslem there is noth ing more abhorrent than a pig. He wouldn't wear pigskin gloves, let alone eat pork. The report, utterly false, spread like wlltlflowcr. The circulation of the little paper mounted. It's advertising increased. Other soft drink dispensers began buying space in the paper to show how their beverage could ' be drunk by all gct.u Moslems. As the news spread through Mo rocco, Coca-Cola dealers began hauling their unsold bottles back. Bottlers had to bu them all back, ind sales dropped almost to noth ing, i The wildest kind of stories were circulated. The company waited, postponing a denial, hoping the story would die down. But in Mo- PRINCETON, N.J. Fear of an rocco there is a saying that what is not denied must be true. So the story continued to spread. Finally, a venerable and well known pilgrim who had made his journey to Mecca consented to write a story about how delightful it was that he could buy Coca Cola along the hot route across North Africa. He could buy it in Cairo, a great Moslem center, he said, and even in Mecca. That began to help. Then the sul tan's son, Moulay Hassan, allowed himself to be quoted at a bicycle tournament as saying he would like a drink of Coca-Cola. Sales began slowly to climb. But the end was not yet. Na tionalists moved in. They declared a boycott against any beverage which used sugar, because sugar Morocco is a French monop oly. The nationalists were eager to do anything to harass the French. Terrorists backed up the boycott by burning stores and shooting merchants who sold to bacco and sugar products. Down went sales again. This reporter talked to one bot tling plant owner who said annual sales of S00.II00 cases had been as sured him but sales in 19a4 were about 30.000 cases. With sales of .10.000 cases a year a man can't support a factory able to bottle 500.000 cases. Some are taking in side lines of beer and fruit juice. The reporter toured around in the bazaars of several cities and tried to buy Ccoa-Cola. The signs were still up, glossy and red, but the drink was hard to come by. THEY LEARN FROM US FAST Omaha World-Herald "0 My, Otomi-San" is a very popular song in Japan although the words make no sense and everybody hates the tune. These people are becoming Americanized at a frightening rate. WHERE WE ARE WEAK Methodist Bishop Arthur Moore If there be weakness in the modern church, it has come not because we have denied the teach ing concerning the Holy Spirit, but because we ignore it Those twit's Contracts Omaha World-Herald A foexhall coaching vacancy at the University of Tennessee has set off the usual chain reaction of coaches breaking their con tracts. Such contracts generally pro vide no protection tor the school. If a coach want? lo go. he goes. WOSST POMBIS IK WD Y Tului World Waging a preventive war would! Of course if a school wants to get be somewhat comparable to a rid of a coach w ho has a contract. Iran's nullins out his hair to kcn-p that s another matter, lie it from falling out. IOAI1 A1IKAIVS UKTTW1 v EZRA BENSON I am convinced that for gri culture the road ahead will be smoother than the one we have been traveling. CHANCED THE WEATBFg MEMPHIS. Tenn. tl'Pi-l'cggy Joyce Meriwether decided a change in the weather was all uclit with her. S ami George D. Merriweather took out a marriage license. make it pay through the nose. Why don't the colleges get to gether through one of their va rious organizations and end this nonsense? They could do so by agreeing not to give contracts of any sort to coaches, hut to hire them on a year-to-year basis as faculty members are hired, per haps with whatever faculty "ten ure" provisions are in force. This might not end the bidding for coaches, hut it would put a stop to the immorality of free style contract breaking. IS THIS A SLY DIG? Sherman County Journal Never mind, Oregonians. We may not get much legislation but we'll get more than our share of fire, the Congressional Record. U. S. Willing to Give Some Isles By JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON (Al The United States apparently is ready to kiss off some of the islands held by its ally the Nationalist Chinese of Chiang Kai-shek and let the Com munists have them without Ameri can opposition. The United States is committed In defendine Chiane's main forces on Formosa and the nearby Pes cadores Islands. Until now the ad ministration has been vague on what it would do if the Reds slammed at Chiang-held islands nearer the mainland. The answer now seems to be: nothing. This week President El senhower and Secretary of State Dulles described as unessential to Formosa's defense the Tachen Is lands, held by Chiang but now un der Red assault, and Yikiangshan Island, just captured by the communists. The Reds proceeded with their attack on both. They alone know whether they will be satisfied with the Tachens and Yikiangshan or will use them as stepping stones for attack on Formosa. They have expressed determination to take Formosa. The present shooting was re flects a change in events, wliich Eisenhower probably could not foresee two years ago, and a change in his administrations mood. One of his Crst official acts after takine office in January 1953 wasi to announce he was cnanging tne orders of the U.S. 7th Fleet, an act widely interpreted at the time as opening the door tor cniang to attack the mainland. The statement was a world sen sation. But very little happened. Chiane made some raids on the mainland. But he did not have the strength then to invade the main land and now seems to lack the strength to hold his outlying is lands. . When Chiane fled to Formosa, after the Reds chased him from the mainland in 1949, President Truman said this country would not defend Formosa. He changed his mind after the Korean War started. Then he assigned the 7th Fleet both to prevent attack on Formosa and prevent Chiang from attacking the mainland. Defense of Formosa has Deen American policy ever since. But Chiang seems so unable to cope with the Red assault on the outly ine islands that Eisenhower is re ported considering asking Congress for authority to use naval ana air forces to evacuate Chiang's men from the islands near the mainland if that is necessarv. Until now the United States has been playing it alone in defense of Formosa. Now it seems tne Ei senhower administration would like to get the United Nations into the dispute, if only as a peacemaker, between Chiang and the Reds. This week Eisenhower said he would like to see the U.N. seek a cease-fire by both sides, although expressing skepticism that either would accept U.N. intervention. If the U.N. stepped in, by agree ment on both sides, and assumed the obligation of preserving a cease both sides would be practi- NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG Power to Investigate Now A Big Democratic Weapon WASHINGTON The musical chairs Speakers of the House of Representatives, Representatives Sam Rayburn of Texas and Jos eph W. Martin, Jr, of Massachu setts, swapped more than gavels and other prerequisites when the democrats assumed control of the 84th congress. They exchang ed the most politically dangerous weapon at Washington namely, the power of unchecked investi gation of the executive branch of the government. "Joe" may now regret his witty remark after the republicans won a majority on Capitol Hill in the 1!)46 elections. He said then that "We will begin each session with a prayer and conclude it with an investigation." "Mister Sam" and his demo cratic pals now echo that state ment with the exception that they may forget to say their prayers in the attempt to dis credit the Eisenhower administra tion and to reinstate their party in the White House in 1956. Democrats' Careful Plan The democrats' program of in vestigation has been worked out with mathematical precision. It will not be the haphazard, hit-or-miss methods which the GOP em ployed when they merely toyed with this blunderbuss. The areas By RAY TUCKER Salem 26 Years Ago By BEN MAXWELL , January 21, 1929 Lady of the Fountain, for 25 years a landmark on the Oregon State College campus, had been demolished by vandals using sledge hammers. The "pro-shaker," one who goes to peoples homes and mixes doz ens of different kinds of cocktails upon notice, had lately become an aspect of London's social life. Dr. David Starr Jordan, now 78 and chancellor emeritus of Stan ford university, had stated that he noticed no difference at all between students of 1916 and those of 1929. Minimum temperature in Salem this day 26 years ago had been 16 degrees. Ically admitting they were separate Fear of War Reaches Lowest Point in 7 Yrs., Poll Finds By GEORGE GALLUP (Director, American Institute of Public Opinion) other world war has shown a sharp' decline in the United States as the number of American voters who today foresee an arm ed conflict in the near future i s the lowest it has been in seven years. Only about one person in every 10, or 11 per cent, sees the Unit ed States on the brink of war today. In 1948, an identical survey by the Institute found nearly three limes as many (32 per cent) be lieving that a major war was im minent. Two years ago in Janu ary, the figure stood at 21 per cent almost twice as many as today. At periodic intervals the Insti tute has put this question to a cross-section of adults in all walks of life: "Do you think the United States will find itself in another world war within, say, the next year? The following table shows the 7-vear trend: War in One Year? May, 1950 57 Nov., 1950 56 August, 1951 ..58 Jan., 1953 48 Today .48 24 18 20 25 30 19 26 22 27 22 Vick Brothers, 2S0 North High street, were advertising the new Pontiac car f.o.b. the factory for $745. "How Swimming Grew Up" was explained in a pageant presented by a group of Salem girls in the YMCA swimming pool. IT'S PRETTY BAD St. Louis Globe-Democrat World tensions are getting so bad even the earth quakes. countries and their fight was not a civil war. That would freeze them. It would about ruin Chiang's hopes, and any American hopes, that he might someday retake China. And it would just about finish any hopes his followers on the mainland might have for liberation from the Reds. of Eisenhower operations have been mapped out carefully and tactically in oii-tne-recorrj plan- ning. In their Inquiries into Ike's first two years, the opposition has two main purposes, it seeks to repudiate for all time the McCar thy cnarge mat me democrat" were the "Party of Treason." and the recorded Nixon indictment that F.D.R. and Harry S. Truman were "soft, vacillating and incon sistent" in their attitude toward communists at home and abroad. Pursuing historic policy, the democrats will seek to recreate the impression that Presidr.ni Eisenhower and his "millionaire caDinet, as wen as ms wealthy friends and associates, have been unduly friendly toward "Big Bus. iness," and neglectful of Henry A. Wallace's "common man" anil Truman's "little fellows." Unfounded Charge Democratic hammering at the McCarthy-Nixon allegations has already forced a republican state department official to admit that the senator's 1950 charge that there were 205 fellow travelers in the diplomatic service, was com pletely unfounded. Ike himself has conceded that only the com. munist party should be listed ,as "disloyal." The Senate Civil Service Com mission, now headed by Senatot Olin D. Johnston of South Caro lina, will attack administratiri reports that Ike has routed out "security risks" retained by Tru man. Johnson expects to show that many of the ousted person, nel were hired by the republi cans, and that the majority were discharged for indiscretions or aberrations that unfitted them for public employment. Oddly, Eisenhower himself ap. pears eager to eliminate this ir sue from the realm of politics. Defense Appropriations Cut Weighed Two of the ablest democrats on Capitol Hill will scrutinize a field where Ike may be extremely vul nerable, in view of his military background. Representative Carl Vinson ami Senator Richard B. Russell ol Georgia, who, head respectively, the Armed Forces committees it the house and senate, will ascer tain whether cuts in defense ap propriations have not weakened instead of strengthened the Army-Navy-Air Forces. They are born skeptics on this question. Senator J. William Fulbright ol Arkansas will place under review the overlong "bull market" in Wall Street, while Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois will try to determine whether Treasury Fed eral Reserve money management has favored great banking inter ests. Similar studies will seek tc show that a few friendly corpor ations have obtained an unfaii share of war profits. The Dixon-Yates, TVA-AEC contract, as well as Interior's gen eral conservation program, will be depicted as a deliberate effort to hand over power, timber and mineral resources to "trusts" owned and managed by GOP in terests. In short, there will be grim, no-holds-barred infighting on this front. No Opin 14To 11 Yo College 4"c High School 9 Grade School 17 FEARLESS WISCONSIN M.wvwnv u-i ii'pi.i K.n in HIE Onir.K Wilt " " abolish the Wisconsin "naval mill. Omaha World-Herald I tin" was introduced in the Legis- We're ahtavs disappointed that-lature Tuesday. The authors of the the papers don'l carry a picture of bill said they didn't fmure Wis- ... I- ti. .. IO K.xst. 1 ISVWin u-mil.l tut QttnL.,a lr.m dressed women, eating lunch out -either Lake Michigan or Lake ol paper sacks. Superior. Yes No August, 194832 54 Mac, 1949 15 74 Mav, 1950 (before Korea) 22 70 8 Nov., 1950 29 55 16 August 1951 ...26 64 10 Jan., 1953 21 67 12 Today -11 ' 78 11 A significant feature of today's poll is that -voters with the most education are the most optimistic about maintaining peace. Here is the vote by education levels on the likelihood of war within the next year: No No Opin. 91 i, m 11 ts 1 The importance M a survey like today's lies in the relation between fear of war and th pub lic's attitudes toward suck ismwi as defense spending, taxss, mili tary training and freig policy questions. While Americans have genurr ally been on the optimistic side as far as chances of avoiding an immediate war are concerned, it is interesting to note that they have been considerably more pes simistic on the question of war within longer period of time. A trend of Jfntiment since 1950 has likewise been kept by the In stitute on the question of war within the next five years: War in Five Years? No Yes No Opin. March, 1930 -41 42 17 Prior to 1950, the survey asked about the possibility of war in 10 or 25 years. An August, 1947, poll found 73 per cent believing there wuold be war within 25 years. In the past, the American pub lic has taken a much more pessi mistic view than the British about the chances of another major war. During 1950 and 1951, majori ties as high as 58 per cent in this country said they expected war within 5 years. At about the same time, the affiliated British Gallup Poll found only 27 'per cent believing there was much danger of war and only 16 per cent of the 27 per cent said war would come within 5 years. The rest either named a long er period of time or said they couldn't make an estimate. In September, 1948, an interna tional Gallup Poll found the peo ple of Italy, United States, Can ada, Norway, Holland, Denmark and Sweden all more pessimistic than the British and Finnish peoples that there would be an-i other big war within the next 10 ' years. 1 Free PARKING OFF THE STREET 46 CARS-Paved, Curbed, Lined 9 FAMILY CARS Under Roof Finest Parking for Funerals in Salem Our Last 1,000 Funerals: Under $250 .... $251-$350 . . $35. -$500 . . $501-$650 . . $651-Over . . 138 276 468 99 19 I CLOUGH zJ&Ml Church t Ferry Sts. FUNERAL HOME ' Phone 3-913 BANKING is EASY iHiiSSSsSt 190 Fairgrounds I WhH TWII llHk nt Willamette VullVv Dank Alflplf psrhiHg Splice is available always to uomtrs of the Willamette Valley Bank. AaT from conesn4 downtown traffic areas, both banking oflicsjs provide fast and efticicic service ror :J0 to 5:30 6 days i week. Banking rrrn n: 10:00-3:00. Sidewalk Teller Window Service: 8:30 10 10:0O;3:00 to 5:30. MAX! 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