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Page 6 Section 1 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Saturday, January 21, 1956 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 St. Phone 4-68)1 , Full Leased Wirt Service 01 The Auoclatrd Press and Tht United Press. Ihc Associated Press I, exclusively entitled to the use for publication of 11 news dispatches credited to It or otherwise; credited in this paper and also news published there-i SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier: Monthly. 11.35, Su Months 17 JO: One Year. IIS 00 By mall In Orrfon: Monthly. $1.00: Six Months M 00; One Year. SS.OO By mall Out Ida Off ion; Monthly, 11 U: Su Months. 17 50; One Year. Ill 00. Dulles Stirs Up a Furore , John Foster Dulles stirred up both a partisan and an in , tcrnational furore with an article in Life Magazine a few , days ago in which he revealed that the United States was on the brink of war three times during the Eisenhower admin istration when it warned the Communists, "so far and no farther." The incidents referred to were the stalemated negotiations ,. with Red China over Korea in June, 1953, April, 1954, when : Red China was on the point of intervening in Indo-China and " that autumn when Red China appeared to be about to attack Formosa. What did we do? Dulles told India's Nehru that if we couldn't make a truce agreement with Red China we would resume fighting with everything at our command, including A bombs. Warships with these bombs were sent to Indo , China waters, though our allies, Britain and France, refused to stand with us. And we let Red China know we would resist an attack on Formosa. The partisan criticism appears to assume that Dulles cre ated these crises in order to see if he could get us out of them, which of course is not the case. The previous administration had gotten us into war in Korea by telling Russia we did not intend to defend South Korea. Dulles and his boss, President Eisenhower, settled that one and did not get us into any other. They have played a dangerous game, as their critics say, but this was forced upon them. They had no choice. And up to now a strong stand appears to be less risky than a weak one. British criticism stems from the embarrassment of the Eden government over its demonstrated weakness to contrast with . U.S. strength and determination. Probably without meaning to, Dulles made Eden and his cohorts look bad. They are already under fire for weakness on the domestic front and here is an eloquent reminder that they were weak in foreign affairs, too. On one point we can agree with the critics. If the country needed to be told this news so long after it occurred an ex clusive article in a magazine was hardly the proper medium for it. And one of the statements attributed to him in the article, "The ability to get to the verge of war without geting into the war is the necessary art," is not in the best of taste. It encouraged critics to draw the conclusion that he loves crises, which we are sure he doesn't. Way to Speed Court Trials Guy A. Miller, veteran circuit court judge for Detroit, now . retired, who is a firm believer in the jury system, outlines in the New York Times the practice followed in Michigan courts to speed trials. In 1904 it sometimes took eight weeks to get a jury. Since then Wayne county has grown from 300,000 population to 3.000,000 but the circuit court has grown only from six to 18. Judge Miller went on the bench In 1923 when the jury - docket was 49 months behind and the court had 14 judges, '' The docket is now only 14 months behind, due to several in novations created by the court under its rule-making power. He states:- ' "By statute a jury commission was created. This commis ion summons and examines jurors and provides the court with talesmen who are physically, mentally and morally sat isfactory. It gets its talesmen by picking a number each year, say 23, and by summoning number 23 on each registra 'tion book in the county. "By court rule, slightly aided by needed support from the Supreme Court, a pretrial system was established, the first one in the United States. In all cases there is a pretrial hear ing, at which all questions of fact are established if not con tested,' and the taking of testimony thereon is obviated. This saves much trial tmc, and also bring about many settlements and many waivers of jury trials." Trial judges examine the jurors. Attorneys are not per mitted to question them directly, Judge Miller explains. In' the 24 years since this method was adopted, during which he tried many hundreds of contested jury cases, he does not re call the impanelling of a jury to have taken over one hour, and in most cases not much over 20 or 30 minutos. In no case was there a reversal due to error in impanelling a jury. After 55 years' experience, Judge Miller adds: "I am im movably convinced of two things: The jury system is Indis pensable, and its control must rest In the court." G, P. The Two Biggest Issues! .-. . .. . XJWiVilliJK Mm& Canadian Study Shows Steady Rise In Number of Drinkers By GEORGE GALLUP " (Director. American Institute of Public Opinion! PRINCETON. N. J. Our north era neighbors, the Canadians, are drinking to a much larger extent today than they were a dozen years ago. - A study by the affiliated Can adian Institute shows that close to three out of four Canadians say they use liquor, beer, or wine. Back in 1943, only 59 per cent of the people said so. The Increase of consumption among women Is, proportionate ly, considerably larger than among men. Twelve years ago less than half the women of Canada said they drank. Today almost two-thirds do so. These are some of the facts that come -to light in a special study of Canadian drinking h.ibiis. Today's study compares the sit uation with two previous periods each six years apart. This same question was put lo the public eacn time: "Do you ever have occasion to use any alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer, or are you a total abstainer?" The results compared 'vilh sim ilar studies in 1943 and 1919: 1943 1 949 Today Use alcohol ...49 .'. 72 Total abstainers 41 35 2 Checking on what proportion among men and women used alco hol twelve years ago, and today, shows the heavy increase In wom en's consumption. ' The comparison by men and women: 1941 Today Men Worn. Men Wom en en Abstainers 2s U It 3S Ue Alcohol 72 45 M 62 A larger proportion o Canadian men and women in their thirties Capitalism, New Model A demand described as "thunderous" greeted the initial public offering of Ford Motor stock the other dav when the public was given an opportunity to buy a share in America's ihm uig corporation lo remain in a tew hands. Demand for the shares came from all over the world, from people in all walks of life. It is snjri that half a million j people may turn up as owners when all the transactions are completed and brokers said they could have sold several times as many shares as were available. More will probably be offered later'.' Here is an encouraging sign from several -angles. It shows how widespread is the public confidence in the soundness of the American economy, its automobile industry and the Ford Company, which was in serious trouble only a few years ago. And lhat there is a lot of money availnble for in vestment in enterprises that command confidence. It would be interesting if Karl Marx could return and com ment on how capitalism has changed since he pj-nvided a formula for its downfall. Capitalism ns heeknew it prob ably would have been overtaken by the fate he proposed for it and indeed has been supplanted in much of the world. But American capitalism has been largely reformed so It has up to now refused to provide the remains for a funeral he so thoughtfully arranged. , In addition to the Ford stock being sold to the public the public receives the earnings faun the bulk of the remainder, held by the Ford Foundation,, which will soon'dis'ribute half a billion dollars to American colleges and hospitals. Let's Help Flood Victim The Marion County Red fross Thursday launched an emer gency drive for funds to i id victims of the recent floods in Southwest Oregon and Northern California. The amount ought in Marion County is $4,300. 'Pie total that the National Red Cross has already committed exceeds $8,000,000. Our share is small, but vitally needed. Red Cross and United Fund officials met Thursday to seek ways to raise the $4,300. Since nearly all of their monies are already committed, they had lo vote- to seek the funds through an emergency appeal. And this if a true emer gency! People here know something of floods and the devas tation they can wreck. So the destruction of the recent Northern California floods is just little closer to home. $4,300 Isn't much tn raise. should be happy to give lo help those destitute families who we arc sure, would do the same for us were weplaced in their position. A Kcady Alibi Wall Street Journal Is wit a help or drawback to a politician? Mississippi's John Sharp Wil liams, once Democratic leader in the House and occasionally men tioned as a presidential possibility, termed his national reputation as a wit "the curse of my public lite." He told how, when first elect ed to Congress, he was advised by fnmcd Kentucky publisher Henry Vatlcrson, "When you get to Washington, John, strangle "thai wit kill it. But if you find that this cue is too strong for you, if a time arises when ynu feel that you positively can't help saying something funny, then say it with a slight nasal twang o that you may be suspected ol New England ancestry. use alcohol than in any other age group. . . The consumption of beer, wine or liquor is most widespread in the western part of Canada in the Prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and in British Columbia. Here are the results by different areas of the country: Alcohol Abstainers Use Total Maritime Provinces S7 43 Quebec 69 31 Ontario 7t 29 Prairies and B.C. II ' 19 A second question in the study asked Canadians if they normally kept a supply ot alcoholic bever ages in their homes. A majority of those interviewed said they did not as the following figures show: KEEP ALCOHOL IN HOME? Yes 41 N M e answer - 3 FINNS RANK AMERICA FIRST ON 3 COUNTS HELSINKI Although living in the shadow of Soviet Russia, the Finnish people pick the U. S. as the top country on three separate counts education, living condi tions and the position of the work ing class. Russia, on the other hand, re ceives very few votes on any of these three in a survey oy tho rf- filiatcd Suomen Gallup OY The Finnish questions with re sults for the top five count rios- In what country do you think the educational conditions nro highest?" U. S. . 23 KnRland 13 Sweden 12 Knglnnd J Frunce ... 5 "In what country do you Ihink the living conditions are best"" U. S 50 Sweden 2S Finland 5 ussr Switzerland "In what country do you think the working class is better oft'? ' U. S. ,. 4H Sweden 20 Finland 12 USSR ; 7 England I Copyright, 1956, American Institute ot Public Opinion Dullps and Brink Omaha World Herald He Didn't Go Over the Brink Three times in recent years, said the Secretary of State, Amer ica has marched to the brink of war and stopped short. And what a tempest that plain statement caused! In England as well as at home excited pundits rushed to their typewriters or their microphones to aenounce wnat tney called brlnk-of-war diplomacy." They branded Mr. Dulles an "irresponsible." They said he had been gambling with world peace. They said he had distorted history. Ana so on and on. In actuality there was nothing very surprising in what the Secre tary said in his piece in Life mag azine. Any one who has been reading the news during the Eisenhower years knows there were troubled limes in Korea, in Indochina and on Formosa when war might have broken out. But the important (act. the glor ious fact, is war did NOT break out. Somehow, as a result of the ef forts of many good and wise peo ple, the peace was preserved. And near the head of the list of those dedicated striven for peace must be written the name of John Foa- iter Dulles. As Secretary of State, no doubt this man has his shortcomings. But one thing he has shown lor sure. He understands the folly of appeasement. He realizes that peace cannot be bought by always backing down in the face of Com munist insolence. He is aware that in times of crisis a aelf-rc-spccling and peace-loving nation must make a determined stand. His predecessor, Dean Achcson didn't comprehend the .danger of eternal retreat. He tried In pense the Reds in Korea and backed into a bitter and costly war. , As he now relates, Mr. Dulles three times has led his country tn the brink, but he has not plunged II Into war. Let his left-of- center critics ponder on that truth. NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG, Estes Still Hasn't Chance For Democratic Nomination By RAY TUCKER Every Saturday, Ray Tucker answers readers' questions of general Interest on national and international policies and per sonalities. Questions' may be sent to him at 7008 HJUcrest Place, Chevy Chase, Md. WASHINGTON, January 21 "Why are you - so prejudiced against Senator Estes Kefauver?" asks Mrs. L. H.. of Danville, Va. "You write regularly that he has no chance for the presidential nomination, and vou seem to be oi tne opinion mat he does not deserve it." - i Answer: I have no prejudice against the Senator from Tennes see. As a reporter, I have nc feeling toward him one way or the other. 1 have reported what appear to be the facts namely, that no politician of experience gives him a chance to read the ticket. And, in view of his record on Capitol Hill, they do not believe that he is qualified for the tre mendously responsible post of president. POLITICIANS' DISLIKE OF KEFAUVER There Is considerable evidence Salem 53 Yrs. Ago By BEN MAXWELL January tl. ISM Salem Light, Power Traction Co. had considered placing stand ard gauge street cars on the Yew Park and Fairgrounds lines. Polk County Rural Telephone Co. had filed articles of incorpor ation with County Clerk Rowland. City council had heard a special committee describe Salem's Chi natown in block 21 as "filthy" in of the practical politicians' dislike i condition and also heard a propo of Kelauver. whom they regard j sal to condemn and remove build as an opportunist, a lone wolferjings there, and a man bitten by personal am- - bition. Although it is to his credit I Chief of Police 'Doc Gibson the machine bosses have 'never i had urged the council to improve forgiven him for exposing the con- the Interior of city jail and pro- nection between politicians and vide special quarters lor oeien- GOOD AT MANY THINGS Moro County Journal This week we note the' anni versary of Benjamin Franklin who was one of history's great men. He was a convincing writer, a good printer, a capable scien tist, a fine diplomat and one of the sanest of our early politicians. an inventor of many things. Be sides all that he was a humorous and delightful companion- and philosopher. One has to be good at many things to be really great. FIRESIDE PULPIT OLD MAN WINTER Mors County Journal Old John Calvin was one of the early pruteslanls who aided Mar tin Lullfcr establish a different religion. He was a stern man who falhcrW some very strict theories about personal conduct and he is genernlly disregarded in these dnys when the easy life is much preferred over the a u s I e r e one. leVlvin did extend the theory that a man is responsible for his sal vation, the doctrine oi personal responsibility. That is also disre gard ' In these times. . Let there be no complaints about this winter. It has been a complete one, one that pulled out all the stops, brought every kind of winter weather, cold. snow, silver thaw, slick yads, frozen ground, runoffs. There may be some more trick,! in winter's bag but w e w Inner Urjjcs Drive Men to Take Up Ministerial Work By REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT Rector, at. Paul's Episcopal Church "What makes them do it?", a man said to me, as we were look ing at a .picture of a class of young men graduating from a theological seminary. This man was really Impressed as we talked about these young men. "They might have been lawyers, or doc tors, oreoankers, or financiers, but they chose to be pastors!" he said., My friend used the right word when he said "makes." in his question "what makA (hem do it?", because in the case of many young men who turn to the minis try they are really driven into it by inner urges which hound them night and day until the.- surrender i. tk in..;.:kl fu.w...k:..k ...in Parental Example Albany De ,crat Herald The Corvallis paper is running the finest series of articles we have seen in a long time. Reporter Marion Teal is digging into the problem of teen-age trouble-maker by going to the heart of the matter, the teen-ager himself. While interviewing a group of high school leaders she verified that drinking and smoking are common in high school, that both habits are practiced to a limited degree even in the eighth grade, that free use of cars allows many things that could not happen with out a handy means of getting to gether, that police are not helpful and that parental disinterest can be a cause of delinquency. One paragraph in Mrs. Teal s series is especially interesting: The tstudent) council agreed that one reason so many young people are imbibing so freely now is because drinking is so 'socially acceptable.' They see it done by many adults they admire, they see it served in movies and on TV shows, they see numerous and en ticing liquor ads. They've learned to feel there isn't much wrong with drinking." the reporter does lust what she should. She throws these findings out without comment. And the kids are right as far as they go. But the thoughts on par ental disinterest and the example set by movies, TV and ads should be weighed together. In fact, if these two thoughts are combined something like this results: Parental disinterest and bad ex amples from other sources lead to trouble. We think this comes close to the full truth. This is a frank age when we believe in biding as little as possible from our offspring. The theory is that children can learn to weigh facts when given the full picture. And the hope is that if tliey get enough practice early enough, they will be profi cient when adults. , This is a good theory and one we will follow till proven wrong but it doesn't do much by itself. Something( is needed to supple ment it. . The part-nil are that something, inescapably. Psychologists have pretty well abandoned the comfortable old theory that children behave be cause they get goodies If they do and a whop on the scat if they don't. Instead, the authorities be lieve, kids "take roles" as they develop. Normally, a boy ploys the part of his father. If the father's char acter is good, it follows that the son's character will approximate it. If the father's character is a rogue or a weakling, so will the child's be. By extension, if the fa ther's character Is missing from the stage, literally or figuratively, the child must seek another role. Handy alternates, the Corvallis kids point out, can be found by turning the sw!fch. the underworld in his televised Crime Investigation in 1951-52. Kefauver nov heads the Juve nile Delinquency' Subcommittee, a problem which certainly should be explored and remedied, though I question whether it can be achieved by Federal legislation. He had hoped to exploit it as he did his expose of crime, corrup tion and politics. He had asked for 1150,000 to pursue the inquiry. Senate Democrats cut his appro priation to S40.OO0, and they may reduce it further on the floor. Although he led on the first two ballots at the 1992 convention, the third tally showed that Stevenson would be the nominee. During the third roll call, Kefauver tried to interrupt, and to climb aboard the Stevenson bandwagon. Red-faced and angry. Convention Chairman Sam Rayburn blocked Kefauver's belated move, to become "one of the boys." He gaveled down the Tennessean with the ruling that, The roll call will continue." "In all the talk about President Eisenhower running again." writes F. G., of Troy, N.Y., "there seems to be no mention of the fact that he has enjoyed so many hon ors for the last fifteen years that he needs no more. Why hasn't this psychological factor been taken into consideration?" Answer: I think that it has been. As F. G. says, Ike needs no more glory or recognition of his world pre-eminence. In fact, the presi dency may be to him an anticli max after having led the armies which routed the dictators' threat to civilized society, EISENHOWER QUITE UNUSUAL Of recent presidents, he is unique in that respect. Woodrow Wilson was only too glad to quit collegiate for public life. Harding had ben onl an obscure Sena-1 tor. Coolidge had to pinch himself to realize that he was the head ! of the nation. Hoover ached for the job, but never though that he! could be nominated by either par- j ty. r. u. K. always tell that he was destined for the White House. Nevertheless, the power and the prestige, and the opportunity to benefit humanity here and abroad, in view of the influence of an American president today, are both a challenge and an incentive. : Not even an Kisenhower can be immune to that prospect. WOMEN AND SOCIAL SECURITY Numerous readers still ask If the proposal to lower women's age for qualification for Social Securi ty payments has been reduced! from 65 to r2. Answer: The House passed such I a measure at the 1955 session, and . it is now before the Senate, al-j though not yet reported from the committee. 1 will bet whatever po-i litlcal reputaton I have that it will become law at the current! session. In a re-election year, the Legislators dare not antagonize the gals. tion of wayward girls and women. W. F. Ketchum was local agent for Sun typewriters. "An up-to-date machine priced, at only $40." A bill for direct primaries had its appearance in the legislature at '. was recommended for pas sage by the governor as a needed measure of reform. A Smile or Two. Cincinnati Enquirer An old fellow walked into the un employment office and asked for the papers to fill out. Laboriousy he spelled his name: George Washington. The clerk was amused and said: "Were you the one who cut down the cherry tree?" "No sir," the old fellow replied. "I haven't had . any work for moren a year now. BEANS IN POT Moro County Journal What Secretary Dulles was saying was that if you are going to bluff you have to shova some beans In the pot all of 'em if necessary. Yet, he should know that anyone who tries to explain methods must be indefinite, bet ter yet, let everyone learn for himself. CUT A CAPER A Southern gentleman is ar rested at the age of 70 for burglar izing a house. Well, aren't we all supposed to take up some hobby to occupy us in the golden years ot retirement? THROWING SPITWADS Moro County Journal Taking pictures in court is like throwing spitwads in school. It wouldn't be. any fun if it wasn't prohibited. BUY your next cor fINO OUT ABOUT STATl f ARM'S IOW-COST "BANK . PLAN" FINANCING You may save as much as $100 C4 more on the purchase ot a new et used or when you use the State Firm "Bank Plan", You save o financing through your nearby ban) at their low bank rates. This iav Ing, plus your savings on State Farm insurance amounts to real money, And your State Farm Agent ham dies all the arrangements for you, Call today your State Farm Agent il only a phone call away. If fays fe Ktw few ITATI FAtM AOINT aBB " IV "We 1 11.77 Olson Street Ph. 4-2215 would have been miserable and frustrated If they had not. Men who go to theological sem innrlcj ti prepare for the ministry after they have been out of col lege a few years, and in some cases already rave a family, are I otten tne most successful in lhe8, ministry, for obviously they would 1 1 not accept the sacrifice entailed, unless they wer "mde" to do it 'ft Dy some pressure otner than a "bread and butter" onel And if that "pressure" has driven em into it in the first place, it prob ably will not let them alone after they get ordained. So they go on from "strength to strength" in the lei " m -'.1 to the Invisible forces which willlife of service, they cannot and, not lei them go I' is amazing the sacrifices some young men make, after they onder what they coirid be.!h,v m,n 'h,'r decision, to pre-1 of COiination. we find this praver-! e - j themselves. I am acquainted! "Mercifully behold the thy "ser- oi course, wouio not willingly give iv$ up. . . 'f j In. at least, on of th ervlf I S-'.S J Virgil T. Golden TOO MUCH BKER Mora County Journal 0vll some clergymen who hadjvants now called to the Office ot .j ,uT-n irncnrra. lawyers, scirmuiis. priestnood; and so replenish them f i ' who likes St tntlhtv al thm p. il. .w - .L . . ' ...v.. aar-i -nu. ne as. .Mmincw me it- wnn tne trutn or thv Doctrine 'tj we note that a subject in the ceipt of custom, left their workiand adorn them wilh innocency of I? tin county robbery was found and with considerable saceilicel life. that. b.Oh hv wiAl and onv 51 Linn county robbery was found and with considerable sacrifice attrr nd spent all he cot'0 of moved bag and baggage, and the , it on Tieer. Seems like a man ; family, to the Seminary area, and ought to have a heller use fori put in three strenuous years in (money before he steals iU j study. They did it because they life. that. bM. by .! and good example, tney may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory ot thev Name, and the edi- fication of thy Church." , O Serving Salem' and . Vicinity as Funeral Directors for 25 Years . 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