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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1956)
Page 4 Section Capital Journal 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 4-6811 Full Leased Wire Service 01 Tne Associated Press and The United Preu. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the me for publication of 1) news dispatches credited to it or ouierwut credited In this paper and also newa published therein 91,300,000 In TJirce Years Enactment of the administration's huge highway program now seems to be as certain as anything ever is in government until the president actually signs. So it is in order to take a quick look at what Oregon is to receive. During the next three years of a 16 year program our state is earmarked for $91,300,000, which is a lot of money, even by present day standards. Of this $69,900,000 will be for interstate roads, which in Oregon means two, our own Pacific highway, U. S. 99, and the Old Oregon Trail, U. S. 30 from Portland to the Snake river. These are already good roads which have received a tre mendous amount of improvement since many of us can remember. But they have not been brought up to present, to say nothing of future needs, over their entire distance. U. S. 99, for instance, has been four laned part of the way, needs it all the way, and needs rerouting to miss the cities over much of its route. Of most interest to us are two needs, the reroute between here and Springfield, missing several towns, and the new route into Portland on the Portland-Salem freeway. Much rebuilding is also needed south of Springfield. The Old Oregon Trail seems marvelous to those of us who traveled the old road so many years, but it ought to be widened between Portland and The Dalles as soon as possible. The cutoff between Ontario and Huntington should be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, and we can think of two overpasses in the Blue mountains that ought to be rebuilt. But thjs road is closer to the public's needs than U. S. 99 because travel on it is lighter. Our neighbor states are not to be neglected in the new program. Washington is slated for $105,500,000 of which $75,500,000 is for interstate roads. Idaho is to get $65,700,000 of which $47,500,000 will go to interstate roads, principally the Old Oregon Trail which Oregon people use on their trips east. California naturally receives the biggest western cut, $376,500,000 of which $268,000,000 will be for interstate roads. This program may well be one of the Eisenhower admin istration's chief claims to enduring memory, for its effects will be as permanent as the roads in Europe for which ancient Rome is still remembered with appreciation. Two-Story Passenger Trains Railroads are making strenuous efforts to improve passen ger business and installing personal service rivaling that of air lines, among them experimental two-story trains, luxurious and roomy. The Santa Fe is spending $12 million for 47 new Hi-Level cars to re-equip its El Capitan train for July travel. It has had two high-level cars in experimental service for over a year with a consequent increase in passenger traffic and is confi dent that increased comfort at the right fares will bring back people to the railroads. The radical Hi-Level train is built by the General Motors Corp., ACF Industries, Inc., Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co. and Budd Co. So far this year they have Introduced four light-weight trains that are lower and cheaper to build than conventional cars and are intended for short distance (300 miles) runs. The Hi-Level costs like the Santa Fe's 2224 miles between Chicago and Los Angeles. Other designs are of cars of light weight, 85 feet long, the same as conventional cars, for medium distance runs; also a light-weight Flying Cloud train for the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and two new Denver Zephyr trains for the Chicago, Burlington cV Quincy, with new sleeping type accommodations or coach passengers. They will be in service within months. Last Saturday the Santa Fe demonstrated its new train for 100 newspaper, TV and radio reporters and they will be on public display in eastern and midwestern cities before going into regular service. -The Hi-Level cars- stand 15'i feet, higher than Pullmans and a little higher than dome cars but are too high to fit into some city terminals and tunnels. But the height makes possible two floors with good views from the top floor. There is less noise. ' The Hi-Level chair cars on the upper level will seat 68 to 72 passengers. Passengers will not carry llicir baggage into the upper seating level. It will be stored in t lie lower levfl. Thre are also lounges and restrooms on the lower level. A stairway is in the center of each chair car. The lounge cars art most elaborate. G.P. He Made .Newspaper History A man named Samuel llorvitz died in Cleveland, Ohio the other day, little known outside of Ohio. Vet he was responsible for a very important decision court which for t lie fust tmio o( newspapers subject to federal control despite the first amendment to the constitution. Horvitz was a newspaperman only by accident and indirec tion. He was a fiesty highway building contractor who got into lots of fights, found himself criticism. A man of direct action, lie bought two Ohio dailies, at Lorain and Mansfield, about 25 years ago so he would have the means of talking back to his critics and enemies, lie did plenty of it from then on. Horvitz conducted the newspaper business as he had the paving business. A radio station was competing with his Lorain newspaper. He fought back by 1 SPrs wno USPfl ine ratlin, sometimes re lKim thpir i-nnv n her times hiking the rates to their disadvantage. The advertisers! took him to court and the case eventually went to the nation's highest court. Horvitz insisted that he was protected by the first amendment to the constitution, guaranteeing freedom of the press. j The Supreme Court by a vote of seven to none upheld the lower court in its ruling that involved, tnat a newspaper could not manipulate Us adver tising policies to interfere with linn (hat is In linln nun rnnrern This was the farthest the federal courts have ever gone' Y'""" "' cooperate, they . 'h this new sotl.-r approach. , . , , ... , , , i saut it is natural khrushi-hrv would he and It took an extreme provocation to make them go that far. j .-,.,, Uo s,,,s have agrPcJ i willing for other Communists out Horvitz provided this, which may be his one claim to enduring ihal Hie (on-aom cooperation I side Hussia to raise some quos- fame or notoriety in a calling back to folks he was mad at. Furore Over Drinking Quite a furore has been kicked up in Washington over charges that Robert B. McLoaish, Farmers Home Adiuinistra- lion chief, drank too much and was too familiar with the young ladies at office parties. McLeaish protests that his drinking has been exaggerated, that he didn't do it on the job. "1 can handle four or five drinks," he told a congressional sub-committee, and hell have plenty of time in which resigned, apparently on pointed suggestion of Secretary Agriculture Benson, his superior. An ironic angle is thai McLcaish's assistant was fired mm lor too much drinking. MCL.eai.sn at xne nenring, asserting mat ivirueaisn uranK daily and was drunk every night after work. . We welcome this cleanup, with its attendant publicity. and; wish there could be a lot more that nffirtal ririnlrinff in VaI.incftnn ic fat- frnm rnnfinrrf in w-t -t.i ........ AicLeaisn ana nis assistant. more, but is for long hauls, by the United States Supreme made the advertising practices the victim of frequent press discriminating against adver freedom of the press was not : normal commercial compcti - l llm oviixntn nf :imilli.r be entered so he could talk: with some of his colleagues to handle them no he has of bv He reversed the charges on of it. For we are quite sure 6 Steel Strike of More Seen 50 By DAVID WASHINGTON, June 20 There's fifty - fifty chance of a slcel strike beginning June 30. It may last as long as two months. 1 he fact that a strike is in the offing is conced ed among steel men, and most of the discussion now relates to how long it will last. Some .say a month and others say two months, and there are some observers fnmiliar with the inside of the negotiations who would not be surprised at an even longer strike. , At the moment the possible lm pact of the steel controversy on the country as a whole is not gen erally realized. Because most of the big disputes have been settled by negotiation, it is being taken for granted by the public that this one will be adjusted before the deadline of June 30. Hut the summary way the In dustry's offer was rejected in the last few days is regarded as a sign that David MacUonald, presi dent of the steelworkers' union, thinks he can get better terms by holding out. It is true, of course. m Communism Has New Line, Thev Criticize By JAMES MAKLOW AsNoelnled Press News Analyst WASHINGTON Ui-World Com munists will now follow a line tin heard of in Stalin's day: They'll criticize one another. This could wreck international communism if carried too far. I'ntil that day comes the criti cism can be taken with a grain nl salt. It is simply following the program outlined by Communist party boss Nikita Khrushchev in Ins speech revealing the crimes of Stalin. The purpose is simple: A Com munist party in a ihint'onuminist country may gam more mass sup port by appearing to operate as a nationalist parly instead of, as in Stalin's day, part of a Russian conspiracy. Since Stalin never let them open their mouths, the problem tor the Hed leaders everywhere now is .how to criticize one an other without causing splits or damage. This was clearlv explained hut in Communist doublet alk by the American Communist party lead-! ership to its central committee make some concessions anil cre two months ago That was two ate friendliness instead of hate, months after Khrushchev made! It is no wonder Khrushchev set his speech. out. shortly after Stalin's dvath. That some self-criticism Is the j to win Tito back as a friend if new line lor ( ominumst parties everywhere wa made plain yes terd.iv in the declaration signed ; '1" Moscow by Klirushrhrv and i Marshal Tito of uwslnvia. I should lie hascd on complete free- dom of will and equality, on iriendiy criticism and on com radely character of exchange of views on disputes between their parties." t.ivtn some vears in the prac- tice nl criticism, it is possible Communist parties will de that velop internal antagonisms and break off into sects and factions. Il that happens, tlu-n all else that 1'resident Truman did to try to .stop communism mav seem in- significant beside his simple, deci- lil iiu h.'tn t.. Tit. uln ,T.i.. broke awav from subsen i-! nee to Stalin. Stalin had maintained absolute C()ntni of Communist parlies , r ery here until l!4H when Tito shook loose, Two years later, whe'n the Bed ! Chinese got control of all China Cxcpnl rorm.. lv M sumrd some n d some indei-i ncf 'though they In The Foreels- 2 Months or - 50 Possibility LAWRENCE that in negotiations of this kind neither side shows its hand till the very last minute. There is some expectation of a modification of positions on both sides, but it may not be enough to avert the strike, Basically the steel industry is in a position where it cannot give the concessions it is promising in its latest offer without advancing steel prices. When prices start up ward in such a fundamental seg ment of the economy as steel, it is bound to influence an upward spiral of prices in other lines, America has been enjoying a per iod of relative stability for many months but lately there has been a tendency to move prices upward in certain major fields. While the cost-of-living index has remained about the same, the price of many things that are made of steel, es pecially automobiles, may have to go up considerably. Then emerges the risk of a buyers' strike, with all the dire consequences that come with factory shutdowns and uncm ployment. The strategy of the steel union is aimed at dividing the steel com panies. At the moment, the V. S. Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Steel Company and Itepublic Steel Com panythe largest of the ten com panies involved are standing firm, and there is said to be no chance of pulling any one of them away One Another in. They were, after ell, leading a population twice that of Hussia. Stalin himself must have under stood his absolutism would begin to disappear when the Bed Chi nese giit control of China. His treatment of them for 30 years was an on-agnin-off-again affair. When Tito broke away, he pro vided the West with the first ex ample of a Bed leader who was a thorough Communist hut had the nerve to tell Slalin off. If he could be kepi alive, he would be an inducement to others to do the same. Truman helped him with American aid. Tito kept his back turned to Hussia until Stalin died. But when Khrushchev and his friends succeeded Stalin, they in herited an ugly fact: They had to make the best of a bad situa tion. The absolute Kussian con trol over world communism, en joyed by Stalin most of his life, was gone. More Hed countries might as sert independence and grow fat on American help. The best way to prevent it or so it may hae seemed to the Kremlin was to not as a servant. Ana lie succeed ed. But in making concessions to Tito, he showed other Ked lead- ers how badly Hussia them not to bolt. wanted lions about the Kremlin from time to time, provided they didn't go too far. G1VKS I S YKKSATH 1TY 0mr W1n Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our per sonalities. NOT A M ATTF.lt OK YFAHS Justice Holmes To be 70 years young is some times far more cheerful than to be w c" s nui THE NOHI.K CHAR ACTKR George Hcni;, rd Shavv Self sacrifice enables us to sac rifice oilier people without blush ing. ' 4 I.Al'NOFRKn. TOO A govrrnmr; bureau is when THE CAPITAL JOURNAL In a separate deal. A solid front is also being presented by the other seven in the negotiations Youngs town Sheet and Tube, Pittsburgh Steel, Jones and Laughlin, Inland Steel, Wheeling Steel, Allegheny Ludhim and American Hulling M ill Company. Even companies which are not participating in the parleys are known to have given the assurance that they will hold the line. The proposal of the steel com panies that a five-year contract be agreed upon and that certain wage increases be granted does not mean that, in the event of a "na tional emergency," there couldn't be a withdrawal of either side. Certainly if war is threatened and wartime controls are imposed, there would have to be a reexami nation. This is to be specified in the contract. The industry, more over, in order to get some assur ance of wage stability for the next five years, has included an esca lator clause so as automatically to provide wage increases within that five-year period whenever the cost of-living index rises. This plan was first embodied in the General Motors contracts with the auto workers' union when Charles E. Wilson, the present secretary of defense, was president of that automobile company. The prospect of a strike has caused discussion as to what the ultimate effect might be on steel production for many years. If it be considered that there is today an overproduction and that inven tories are too large, the strike will help to melt away those inventories and redound to the benefit of the industry in one sense, but it must, inevitably hold back some of the. $39-billion capital-goods expansion which is in process this year and which, so far as plans are con cerned, has been expected to be the same size next year. A steel strike, therefore, will raise havoc with the industrial position of the nation and yet, if the steel executives five in to the wage demands they face, the coun try will have to pay higher prices for steel and many other products. It's a difficult situation for the nation either wav. i Oil ME&Y . ' . Will Ct-tl... . $ 9.00 $12.59 $19.30 tMah. $18.00 $25.08 $38.60 M . $27.oo $37.67 $57.90 'CtlcvtaM ttl m rM, iMlrianl.al Wn, lex ' un lnflm. OIL HEAT IS THE NUMBER ONE FUEL IN SALEM You love money every month with economical oil heot. A new oil furnace can be InitalUd in your home in just a few houn time and on easy budget terms. And with oil heat you are the boss . . . you control your own fuel sup ply . . . no monopoly to deal with ... no demand meters, no minimum charges, and your first gallon costs no more than the last. Oil is healthier, too! NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG Decision Makes It Easier to Be a Part Time Congressman By RAY WASHINGTON, June 21 Mem bers of Congress will find it easier to earn money on the side with out violating the law under a recent decision jn a federal court in New York. The ruling also weakens the Democrats' case against Murray M. Chotiner, Los Angeles lawyer and Vice President Nixon's friend, for it holds that the line dividing legal from politi cal activity is thin, shadowy and difficult to define. Before discussing the New York case and its implications, it is helpful to report on congressmen's outside operations. Relatively few live on their congressional salary or devote full time to law making, although they can afford to do so under their increased salary and the new pension system. A majority are lawyers, practic ing part-time. Others are officers or directors in large corporations and small enterprises. Many are in the real-estate business, farming and the retail field. Outside Advantage Of Being A Congressman No matter what their profession or occupation may be, it is a ma terial advantage for a man to be an M.C., or for a firm to have the name of an "Honorable" on its window or letterhead. It lends a man capable of winning elections must be a popular fellow around town. It is a definite asset to a lawyer and his partners, as Capi tol Hill legal lights concede. It is interesting, and possibly significant, that Representative Emanuel Celler of Brooklyn, chair man of the House Judiciary com mittee, saw fit to publish this particular decision jn the Congres sional Record. Celler described It as an "im portant opinion." for it was the first prosecution under the low for bidding a congressman to receive compensation for services rendered by him or his partners in federal matters, provided that he had full knowledge of the source and reas ons for the fees. It was designed to prevent members of congress from profiting from direct or proxy use of "influence." Federal Court Trial Ex - Representative T. Vincent Quinn of Queens, New York City, became a member of the law firm of Schwaeber, Quinn and Saver in August, 1948. He was elected to congress the following November and served one term. Under the partnership agreement, each mem ber had a $20fl-a-week drawing ac count, and shared in the firm's profits. It was conceded by the three defendants, for the two partners were Indicted for aiding and abetting Quinn s alleged offenses that Quinn did no work for the firm no legal work, that is. He showed up for a few hours some Kridays not every Friday and then saw constituents or wrote letters connected with his political JOD. The firm specializd in tax law, with particular emphasis on negoti ating with Bureau of Internal of ficials rather than appearing ir courtroom litigation. In one in come tax case, the indictment charged that Quinn shared in a $7,500 fee. However, all fees went into a "common fund," with no indication of the specific cases on which they were earned, and they were deposited in a joint bank ac count. Other Charges In Indictment The indictment also charged that Quinn received money with the knowledge that It was for services performed in government matters by his partners while he was a congressman. Quinn listed income from the law firm s earnings for liMfl, 1950 and 1951. The evidence showed that in one Here's Proof I Yev'll bi warmer ill year ten, mi fr Uts money, toe, with rftptndablo oil hoot. dhOPy , IN SALEM . MORI PEOPLE CHOOSE OIL HCAT THAN ALL OTHER FUELS COMNMII CHEAPER, SAFER, MORE DVEMAOI TUCKER matter specified In the indictment, Quinn telephoned an Internal Rev enue agent. In the January-March period, 1949. after he entered Con gress, he made three inquiries of regional New York! counsel on the status of a case, without dis cussing its merits. Judge Dismisses Case Holding that there was "not a scintilla of evidence that he i Quinn) took any part, direct or indirect, in his firm's work," Fed eral District Judge Weinfield dis missed the case without permitting it to go to the jury. Chotiner is not a member of congress. He has the right of every lawyer to practice before govern ment departments. And if he did not get a friendly welcome because he had managed campaigns for Nixon, Chief Justice Karl Warren and Senator Knowland, conditions of political noblesse oblige prevail ing at the Capital since George Washington's day have changed. Chotiner may cite the Quinn de cision in his next appearance be fore the McClellan committee. POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Cancer of. the Mind Dread Affliction of Middle Age By HAL BOYLL NEW YORK OB Curbstone comments of a pavement Plato: There is a disease in middle age that cripples more people than heart attacks. It exacts a greater toll than the motor car, accidents, and pneumonia or so I believe. This disease is cancer of the mind. Its symptoms are an un reasoning discontent with life, a feeling of futility that sears the souls of so many people in their middle years. Recently a man I have known for years came up and spoke with me. In the midst of a casual con versation he suddenly blurted out: "Tell me, what do you do when you know for sure you aren't go ing to go any further? What has a guy got left?" My friend was deeply depressed. He was suffering from his first onset of "middle age sickenss," one sign of which is that a man gets tired of himself and starts thinking he is a human failure. For the life of me, 1 couldn't see why, and I told him so. To begin with he was wrong. His job fu ture didn't lie in the past. He hadn't reached his limit of promo tion in his field, and his fears that he had gone about as far as he could go were strictly premature. But even if he had at nearly 50 achieved the top job and Income of which he was capable, was that much a disaster? This man owned his own home and his own car. He had kept his family comfortably fed, sheltered and clothed, and all were healthy. He had educated his two children, and both had turned out well. Neither was a cop fighter or a poolroom shark. By any sensible standard this man was a real success. He had done far better than most men throughout mankind's troubled his- Da(so ' A FISHER IN THE 100 Formulated Fume Proof EXTRA! For an Additional r A four inch ell purpose IkwIi valued W 2.M will eae grvtn w4acm awWg a tjaftow ejr ifuwo eff (his Brryei Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 21, 1956 Salem 35 Yrs. Ago By BEN MAXWELL June Jl. 1921 Cooperation of Rotary. Kiwanis and Y.MCA had been solicited for establishment of a public play grounds for Salem children during the months of July and August. U-Pick strawberries had a price U-riCR llionuv.'"- - of 2 cents a pound at the luiip farm on Wallace roaa. Contractor Oscar Holmes and his crew were engaged in re-building Gail hotel at Dallas, recently dam aged by fire. United Confederate Veterans had adopted a report asserting that the war between the stales was deliberately and personally con- hv Abraham Lincoln and that he was personally responsible for forcing the war upon the South. Lyons Glace Fruit Co. of San Franrisen had nurchased 400 tons I of cherries in this locality to be barreled here and shipped to Cali fornia for processing. City Recorder Mark Poulsen had issued a permit to Eyerly, Burgess and Rhoades for construction of a $500 service station at 167 South Liberty street. tory, which has been a long search for safety, a full stomach, and a warm place out of the cold to dream in for a while. Why should it make him either a better or happier man if he should now go on and pile up enough money to become the richest fellow in his part of the cemetery? What if he doesn't ever get a bigger job? Should that make him feel living has lost its luster? For some, reason, although middle age has been in the world for quite some time, it catches most people by surprise and too often with a deep dismay. The middle-aged wife, whose child, en are grown and flown, is inclined to brood that she has ful filled her purpose in life and is no longer needed. The middle-aged husband, recognizing it is now highly unlikely he can ever realize the grandiose dreams of his youth, feels himself a rut-bound prisoner of time. This "middle age sickenss" turns some people crabbed and sour. As any doctor knows, it leads to all sorts of maladies in others. Many even lose all zest for life and shrivel to death, like a flower caught by a late frost. We laugh in this country at eld er lands that still practice ancest or worship. But older lands than ours laugh at us for two of our commonest religions success wor ship and youth worship. A dream is a great thing to live with, but a poor thing to be killed by. It is refreshing to the spirit to admre the stars on a summer night; but only a child weeps be cause he cannot clutch them in his hand. We are doing a lot of "educa tion for living" nowadays. Why doesn't some philanthropic found ation start a project to teach adults that middle age isn't the OUTSIDE WHITE CI THORSEN PRODUCT MADE WEST FOR WESTERN USE Covers Easily Self Cleaning An Outside Paint That Lasts ROYAL OUTSIDE PAINT COMPARES WITH OTHER BRANDS SELLING AT 6.65 Now Only Open Monday and Friday Nights 'til 9 Penny Savers They Say Today (Reg. U.S. Pal. Off.) Bv UNITED FKtSS WASHINGTON Robert B. Mc Leaish, recently-resigned Farmers Home administrator, on charges he carried on a kissing game with married women at a Montana party in 1954: "1 simply don't believe in that. even it i werewun. OXFORD, England Former President Truman, in his first out spoken comment on foreign policy since starling his two-month tour of Europe: "As things stand, our only guar antee of peace in the world is the power of the free world to strike back. But this is a poor way of doing business. . ." ' ESTES PARK, Colo. Elmer W. Rvr,i. 0n how it felt to be swept 173" trt 0Vl.r Chasm Falls west of Estes park: "1 remember being in the water at the top of the falls. But I must have hit my head on a rock in the first few feet. I don t remember anything else." NEW YORK A steel Industry spokesman, on chances of settling the wage dispute between the steel workers union and the steel com panies: there win nave 10 ue some real old-fashioned horse trading in the joint negotiations if a strike is to be averted." POINT PLEASANT, N.J. Gus Butehlo, who saw the Venezuelan airliner that crashed into the ocean with 74 persons aboard as "a fiery light in the sky:" "Suddenly the flare burst into a huge, burning, sun-like orb before dropping slowly into the sea." IN A NICE WAY Two women talking. One said: "My husband Is a safety expert in a large company." The other said: "Safety expert? What does he do?" "Well," said the first, "if women did it, they'd call it nagging." critical point of no return In life, but merely another bend in the road and not a bad place to pause and have a picnic? OOX OFFICE O ARABIAN HORSE SHOW June 23 & 24 PENTACLE THEATRE Bell, Book and Candl ST. PAUL RODEO AND DANCE July 1 thm 4 MOLLALA BUCKEROO July 1 thru 4 WILLAMETTE CONCERT SERIES 1956-57 Season For Reservation! Dial 4-2224 For Yea rs 236 N. Commercial 141 Alice Aveooe ticketsN ( now on sale ) nth Stal-jthe taxpayer s shirt is k$' o o o K.-B s ;v.-