Ijfge 4 Section 1 j Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1885 BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GtQRGt PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon exceDt Sunday of 280 North !i Church St. Phone 4-6811 ' ' : IS!" V"ca wl't Service 01 The Associated prm mil Tne United Press. v The Associated Press li exclusively entitled to the use for publication of ill news dlsnatchi's credited to it or otherwise credited In this piper and -also news published therein SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Carrier: Uonthlr, tut; bis Months. I7.ft0i one year, eia.oe. Br saall la Orcaoa: ifentblr, S1.00; SIX Sifintbs, $1.00; One Tsar. 11-09. Br mall Outside aieeon; Mininlr. 11.11; llx Uontbi. ST. lei Ons Tear. 111.00. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Thursday, October 11, 1S56 NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG How Did Magnuson Get Radio Stock: Issue in Washington v RAY TUCKER WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 A (range "conflict of interest" is sue involving Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington has been injected into his campaign for re-election against Governor Arthur B. I.anglie, Eisenhower entry and keynoter at the Repub lican national convention- Ike Is so anxious for a I-anglie victory at Magnusqn's generally unknown "ousiness interests. The gover nor has made public his sources of income, and has challenged his opponent 10 ao likewise. Magnu son has offered to let the voters examine his books, but so far he has not made them publicly avail- ame, according to the opposition. Magnuson Owns Stock in Radio Station What Langlie hopes to show is that Magnuson, although chair man of the powerful Senate Inter state and Commerce committee, owns stock in Radio Station KIRO at Seattle, which current ly seeks a television license for Channel 7 from the Federal Com munications commission. Magnu son's committee has exclusive jurisdiction over all radio-television legislation, as well as over rcc appointments. In short. Magnuson is actually a "federal czar" in this field. Estes Made a Speech in 1948 Alas, the poor candidate who used to say what e thought, not realizing that the time would come when it would be nec essary for him to say the opposite. Estes Kefauver is the lat est to come to our attention. ' The Congressional Record of June 29. 1948 contains a sonnr-h by the then Congressman Kefauver who was a candidate for U.S. Senator, apparently not delivered but printed at the con gressman's request as an "extension of remarks,' he had pre pared for the Record. Kefauver claimed both parties were making the south a "whipping boy" on its treatment of the negroes. He attacked President Truman's civil rights program in which he said the negroes ot the south were not interested. "1 have always opposed and will continue to vigorously oppose the F.E.P.C., the antilynch bill and any nonscgregation provisions," this gallant champion of the old south declared, adding the F.E.P.C. is "a dangerous step toward regimentation. It is of doubtful constitutionality and it certainly violates the rights of the employers of our nation. It simply would not work, especially in the south. An antilynch bill would be an unjustified encroachment of the rights of the states." Kefauver also declaimed like a Republican on living costs and credit controls, saying: . ;"The high cost of livine is coins to destrov the economic status of the middle and lower class of the people unless prices are stabilized. I do not think we need price control and ra tioning., These should only be tried as a last resort. Requir ing larger reserves for bank loans, curbing consumer credit, regulating the commodity exchange, allocation of steel and some other measures would help greatly, and, I think, would get our economy in order." Thus the then congressman, present vice presidential candi date is on record as favoring the very measures he now con demns, in addition to defending racial segregation which he now condemns. If Estes were put on the spot and forced to explain the con tradiction he might say: "Well, I was running in Tennessee then, but I'm running in the whole country now. I could afford to say what I thought then. Now I can't," The Hells Canyoiiites Lose Again Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals In Washington unanimously upheld the Federal Power commission in the Hells Canyon case Tuesday, as most people familiar with it were sure they would. ; These judges did not pass on the wisdom. of the F.P.C.'s de cision, which congress had empowered the F.P.C. to make, only with whether it had abused Its authority, been obviously delinquent in meeting its responsibility. It hadn't been. It had listened to 'both sides present their testimony and argu ments month after month. The public power people had not only their "day In court" but their months in court. There was an abundance ot testimony to justify the F.P.C. decision and no reason to overturn it, The case will doubtless be annealed to the Sunreme Court. for the public powerites are leaving no stone unturned. But tneir cnances are dim there, too. The court has a six to three Democratic majority, but it is extremely unlikely to render a party line decision on a question where the law is clear. Con gress entrusted the Federal Power commission with the author ity to decide such cases, as It had a right to do. The com mission did its job after ample "due process." There Is a slim chance to slop construction of the Idaho Power Co. dams if Stevenson is elected president, with a Demo cratic congress, congress could if it wished vote to stop this worn, dui wan me present Democratic Senate 84-42 against a ieaerai neiis canyon dam, voting under election year pressure, such a vote is unlikely after election, with the political pressure off, Meanwhile the Idaho'Power company will push construc tion unless it is thus stopped. ;lf congress did stop Idaho Power's work the canyon would probably remain idle for years, since Democratic congresses have never been willing to appropriate money to build a dam there. The best vote the Hells Canyonitcs. could hope for would be to prevent the Idaho Power building dams. Beck Raps Union Political Dictation Dave Beck, boss of the huge Teamsters Union, the largest of; them all, has taken another punch at union officials who are DacKing me Democratic ticket from Adlai Stevenson down p r e c I net cap- i rvayne morse. uccK nas long Been at odds with his col- tains and the leagues in the A.F.L.-C.I.O. labor monopoly on political mat-1 political m a n ters and voted against endorsement of Stevenson arfd Kefauver! 'm ,loarn bfc the executive council last August. campaign can- JBeck declares the policy of the Teamsters Union Is "hands ! h0U,V fomis v, mien ii tunics hi partisan political matters. He said there is a com irr an editorial in tne last issue of The Teamster, official maga zine of the 1,500,000 union members: "It would be presump tuous for anyone to think he can dictate to our members how they should vote." He continued: "Partisan politics is fraught with danger for labor. It is danger ous because experience shows that in the long run, economic rather titan political action is the best way to win union gains. Bv stress ing this course, we are guaranteeing that th! labor movement will remain a free movement, not tied to the political fortunes of any party. We should not allow ourselves to be tied to any poll tifal party now and in the future." ' 1 I Presumptuous or not, that Is what the A.F.L.-C.I.O. executive council and many of its union officials arc doing and in addition trying to raise a $15 million slush fund to elect Stevenson and Kefauver, and Wayne Morse In Oregon, along with oilier Democrats. James Carey's Electrical Workers Union and Wal ter Reuthcr's Auto Workers are perhaps the most active in backing the Democratic ticket. President Georgo Mcany of (lie A.F.L.-C.I.O.. savs the S il L council's backing of the Stcvcnson-Kcfauver ticket ! heavy suhjects-and what the pen- uiT u muiiiuuis to voir me ucmocratic ticket pie are talking about among them- blit the combined group Is not lying Itself to the parly and 'selves, which Is mainly the cle each individual union may do as it sees fit In politics Bull mental things ol life. unionists know from sad experience, what it means to defy' Tnu- " mn' ,ccn1 surprising, the edicts of their bosses. Ci. P. j hut the vicepresidency isn't the issue that so many observers thought it would be a few months back. This correspondent tried a The world's series went the full seven names and ih i little experiment ol his own dur- that lost the first two emerged as the final winner as we sus- lnK " weckcnd in New York cilv pect most fans expected before it began. For those' YnU r"'!"1 laxicab drivers, waiters are-wen almost-invincible, particularly when the chips are i'perso casS down. Technically the Dodgers should have been the favor- .versations on trains and street ites, for they were the defending champions, but they became ears to say who is running (or SO only after they had won the first two contests, and then vwe President on the Democratic only briefly ticket. For everv one who knows, theT"rallhrn..e,Ha,in,y 1,8(1 !he,d,Y,f in,S"i,C of!!!"'rtc;i!c:tcked.?nNixo:Si,,(,a the "rabbit ball that goes so far when It is hit hard enough.! little better known but seven out On two consecutive days the scores were 2 0 and 1-0. Four I of ten don't even know the name pitchers clearly deserved to win, but only two did and one of jof the Republican vice-presidential these pitched a no-hittor in which only 27 men faced him. The , nomin- Trv 11 ou( yourseli-you uodgcrs scored only one run in the last three games, which "" J" , " ",mc percent who then owned KIRO, asked Haas to use his influence Washington in connection with Thomson's tax difficulties. There was also talk about sett ne better wave band" for KIRO Then, according to Thomson, and Haas noes not dispute the testi mony. Haas said 1 can do all. these things for I that he plans a special trio to you in the wav of eettine the Northwest on his behalf, and have many influential friends at to aio uougias McKay in his bat- wasnington, senators and 1 can tie with senator Wayne L. Morse ; get all these things for your sta ol Oregon. tion. But, naturally, I have to Langlie has been hitting hard, have an interest in your compa No Law Violation It is no violation of law for Magnuson to occupy this dual po sition. Many congressmen, gover nors, state legislators and public officials have a financial stake in radio and television. But his opponents do charge that "Mag- Eie." as he is affectionately .known on Capitol Hill, is offside ethically, In this instance. The official FCC recdrd in KIRO s television application dis closes interesting information on the use and advantages' of "poli tical mnuence at local and na tional levels. Although favorable action on KIRO's television re quest was recommended by Ex aminer Thomas H. Donahue, the commission and the head of its broadcasting bureau took excep tion to nis report, and has or dered a full rehearing. Two other Seattle radio stations- KXA and the Puget Sound Broadcasting Company have applied for the same TV license. Magnuson owns 3.24 per cent of KIRO's stqek. Principal stock holder is bain naas, an Import ant Seattle politician, who owns ib per cent, witn so others hold ing small amounts. How Haas ac quired KIRO, as well as his al leged pro-communist sympathies when he owned a Seattle labor newspaper many years ago, is the subject of FCCs current reor dered investigation of his quail flcations. e e Influential New Dealer Haas was U.S.' Collector of Customs at Seattle from 1933 to 1B4S, and an influential new dealer. In 1933. according to FCC testimony, a Charles Thompson, ny, if 1 am going to do these things, particularly lor the broad casting company. Shares Offered at Par When Thomson offered to sell Haas SOU shares at $10 par value Haas protested that the figure was too high. Thomson then sold Haas 500 shares at 51 a share. In March. 1934. Haas phoned inomson as loiiows: "I have some good friends at Washington that I have to take care ol, and 1 want another two hundred shares at one dollar, a share." Haas got what he wanted to ' take care of his good friends at Washington." Eventually, his In sistent demands to purchase KIRO led Thomson to sell it to Haas in 1933 for $24,200. In view ot beattles great expansion dur ing and since World War II. KIRO is an extremely valuable property, it will become a "gold mine," if Haas and Magnuson ob tain the television franchise. Examiner's Strange Recommen dation Here is the amazing recommen dation, and one which puzzles FCC commissioners, made' by Examiner Donahue on Haas' ap plication for a TV outlet: "The charge that Haas used a public position of public 'trust for private gain is at least borne out in part by the record . . . What Haas did on the night that Thomson describes so vividly was to 'peddle influence,' a course of conduct ethically and morally indefensible, and of du bious legality when engaged in by one who held the high gov ernment position Haas occupied at tne time tne 'neat occurred, "However, the incident a curred 20 years ago. Man is not perfect . . . This single instance ot wrongdoing was the only blem- isn on Haas' character that was established . . . In the light of these factors, to disqualify him here on the ground of a single instance of wrongdoing is unius- tifiablc. His lack of candor in dealing with the incident on the record, though deplored, merits excuse lor tne same reason.' Season Pass i - , wMitKi.iaa POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Quickest Way to Wealth Is To Better Some Simple Thing By HAL BOYLl OPEN FORUM Challenged by FCC Members This amazing conclusion, of course, has been challenged bv the FCC members and by the. head of its broadcasting bureau. FCC records do not show when senator Magnuson acquired his niitu stocic. wn en is now verv valuable. He was elected to the House in 1938, and to the Senate in 11)44. (Released by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Most Voters Don't Know Who Is Running for Vice President By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON. Oct. 10 -What do 60.000,00(1 voters think about Where Does the Rest Of the Cow Money Go ? To the Editor: We just sold a big old cow and got three cents a pound for it. How many of the people of Salem can buy hamburger (a great part of the meat will go for that) for 15 cents. I have been told that half ol the cow is waste. The difference between six cents and 15 cents a pound would give wholesalers and retailers a good profit. What price iiamDurger. Anomer f armers wife. Mrs.-Faul Pietrok - Stayton, Route One This C-J Editorial Was 'Bunch of Bull' To the Editor: I seldom read your editorial col umn, but noticed a piece this eve ning entitled "Sent to be Slauoh tered!" What a bunch of bull. In my estimation no one has done more harm to the American work ing class than your own beloved lilve away Doug. , . Evert Pederson, j v. 3010 Lansing. ', when they decide how to vote in presidential election? From what they say to friends and neigh bors before they Jjr' kff-1 "t vole, and from Wi' " I what the parly tl$Lm$ I V I workers, the S mon denomina tor which, in one form or another, runs through all the .comments. It is whether times are good or times arc bad. Political managers pri vately concede this point. Candidates may be popular and able but, it times are bad, the personality o a mental genius or a spellbinder doesn't win an elec tion. Conversely, if the candidate has made a good record and there is no urge to change things or to lake the risks ot a change, the party in power usually wins. In the present election cam paign the most striking thing is the contrast between what the candidates are emphnsiiing in their speeches their debate on The Yankees Deserved It The possible loss of Republican seals this year, again due to the (arm recession, makes the con gress outlook doubtful for the Re publicans in certain areas, but it isn't because of anything intrinsi- ' rally wrong with the Republican I party or something intrinsically Thft mnttni. fif a nurni l.nit.n .....11 1 hr-npfiri.lt nhnil! th. rtltmrwrali ,.c aiu i:rn nu mat tin: wniiii r nuuiu tie nunny. Known ann well adveriised Ions . Py. it is simpiy tne workings ! worth taking, or whether the voter iiiiiiiiiun. mis uie rtcw l nrK lanKecs arc. ukc cm or noi. i " auvam-e is oasic in political " "lr "hh-si iai-ur in American ; prefers to let things go on as And old Casey Stengel is still the mighty Casey, who does 'eampaigns. In 19.12 Stevenson was ; poljtics-whether times are goodly ,rc. That's the crux of the means that the Yankee pitchers were plenty good, also that M; 7,rTC Dodger batting was not what a world's champion should pro-n nuce. er three and a half years in the White House. But, while the people get to know something about the personality of a president, they are far more familiar with the historic names, "Republican" and "Democrat." It was the depression on the 19.10's which sent a lot of Republicans over In the Democratic party, and many have stayed in, it since. When talk is heard about "revital iiing" Ihe Republican party, on the theory that It is "obsolete" and needs new leadership, such com-, ments are reminiscent of what the Democratc1 used to sav about themselves in the 1920's. But the Democratic parly split wide open through its southern conservative wing hasn't been "revitalized" in the last ten years, As for its "leadership," It has none to boast about. Yet It has succeeded in winning converts since 1952 be cause Ihe economic well-being of many voters was affected by the recession in 1954, especially in the farm bell. Today the Republican party Is probably stronger in ninny areas than most observers are willing to concede. The fashion is to say the Republican parly Isn't as strong as is President Eisenhower and that the congressional outlook for the Republicans is unfavorable. But what is overlooked is that for the last several decades the vote lor congress has always run be hind Ihe vote for the top of the ticket in every election, Irrespec tive of party, except once. This was in November. 1948. when Ihe Democratic candidates for con gress generally ran ahead of PreS- Salem 28 Yrs. Ago By BEN MAXWELL . Oct. II, 1928 . ' Salem's American Legion Drum corps had taken second place in the national competition at San Antonio, Tex., and plans for a celebration were in the making. Brownsville Woolen Mill store with Miller's in Salem was offer ing all wool fabric overcoats for men at $25. George Poulus, local shoe shine artist who had left Salem during iviarcn oi i28 lor Greece to claim a bride, had returned after a round the world honeymoon. A night shift of 90 men had been added to the Willamette Valley Lumber Co. mill at Dal las. Capacity of the mill had been increased to 40,000 board feet for each eight hour shift. A Capital Journal editorial on "The Woman's Party'' had con cluded, "To be consistent the Woman's Party should also cen sure the Lord Almighty for cre ating variations between the sexes." At Kafoury Bros., 4B6 Stale St., silk chiffon hose for miladv had a price of $1.95 with pointed or square heel. , j . Right Place for Him Rend Bulletin Bob Holmes, the candidate for governor, is running around the stale telling anyone - who will listen that he was a better state senator than :the .incumbent gov ernor. Lots of people are believins nis story. jo many, in fact, that the voters on November 6, will probabaly let Holmes keep his holdover seat in the state senate. They Say Today Quolei From The Neva By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK: Righthander John ny KuckS after pitching the Yanks to a 9-0 win over the Dodgers in tne deciding game of the World Series: "No matter what, it's going to last me a long, long time." HIGGINSVILLE, Mo.: Agricul ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson on the progress of farm income: "For the first time in over five years, 'the prices of farm products are lodking up. . .with the prospect of getting better (instead of worse.)" i MILWAUKEE: A spokesman for the Milwaukee Pops Orchestra re plying to temperance advocates who popped off about stuff strong er than pop being served at con certs: "We do not expect anyone will get drunk." ENROUTE WITH NIXON. Vice President Nixon praising Adlai NEW YORK HI The quickest way to wealth is to improve some simple object millions of people buy or use every day. Example: The man who first thought of putting a crinkle in the old-fashioned wire hairpin so it would stay in better made a million dollars. "When you think of the hundreds of millions, of human beings who lived and died trying to nave an original idea, it seems odd that none thought of improving tne or dinary comb, isn't it?" asked Eric L. H. Cosby. But no one reallv had a new idea in combs for the last 6,000 years. . No one, that Is, until Cosby bent his brow to the task. Cosby is managing director of Kent Inc., a firm whose fine brushes have served the crowned heads of Europe since 1777, when George III was trying to give his American 'colonies a quick mili tary brusholf. An inventor since boyhood, Cos by became interested in combs during a visit to the British Mu seum. He noted that combs found in ancient Egyptian pyramids var ied hardly at all from combs in present day use. Although the hu man skull even among teen agers with crew cuts is ordi narily rounded, the combs ap peared designed for fiat-heads. Why should they be? Cosbv orooaeo. So he designed a new-tvne comb. It is a flexible comb, fitted into a plastic shell, and bends to fit the shape of the head. "With each stroke it covers five Stevenson as a man with "rare ability with words to get across an idea": "I may disagree violently with his ideas. But since I am such a plain talker, I admire a fellow who can use good words." WALPOLE. Mass.: Deoutv Warden Perley Vance of the state prison here on the eight Brinks' bandits who will serve their life sentences under him: I knew most of them at the old Charlestown State Prison. They'll be all right. They're real pros, not punks." times the area of the old-type comb, said Cosby, "and it gives the scalp a gentle massage., "It is particularly helpful to men with thinning hair a it glides over the bald spot without scratching. Balding men are phy sically as well, as emotionally sen sitive." ' , "It's the only comb in the world with false teeth," sqid a loyal confrere of Cosby. A look of genteel pain spread over Cosby's fine British face, and ' he murmured in rebuttal: "I wouldn't really call them false teeth, old boy. But when the teeth wear out, you can buy a refill set to fit into the plastic shell." Cosby Is full of quaint tidbit of comb-lore. "Cavemen used rude combs made from animal horns," he said. "Cleopatra's comb came from an elephant tusk. Queen Vie-. toria preferred an ivory comb, too. But ivory is going out. Cen tral hearing is hard on it." At 14 Cosby invented a nonskld hard rubber auto tire., but some body outran him to the Patent Office. His biggest coup, however, was the development of a brush that dripped perfume Into the hair. He's sold a million of them. ' his nrm markets a ladvY brush of wild Siberian ' boar's hair set in satinwood that carries a $750 price tag, a man's shaving brush of badger hair (get your wife to give you one for Christmas) that goes for a piddling $500. But his new comb is priced at a buck. until now we've 'catered onlv to the carriage trade," he said. out now we re aicer Mrs. Shop ping Basket." Cosby has a free beautv tin for American women. Use more wa ter, fewer glamor skin creams. on their faces. 'There is no substitute for wa ter," he said. "Many men hsve better complexions than women because they don't cover their faces with makeup. They use a shaving brush and soap and water to stimulate the skin. "Why do Irish girls have the most beautiful complexions in the world? Simply because there is so much soft rain in their coun try." than those where times are not sn good. That s because, in individual statewide elections, it's the total ident Truman. People don't alwavs'.T! ' "'"' coun!s lor vote for members of congress I Lh eI'",ral "llcRe' whc"s when they vote for president be cause It's a separate ballot and many at the polls don't know a thing out either congressional candidate, so Ihey, don't vote for any one on that ballot. In Ohio in 19-ta, for example, ol those who voted lor president 91.000 did not vote for any congressional candidate. many House seats can go either way depending on the economic situation in the Individual district. It's in the senate that the state wide votes in some of the admit tedly doubtful states will hurt the Republicans. Are times good or bad. and where? The Republican party will win wherever the economic status is good and will lose where the people are discontented either be cause of lowered incomes or unem ployment. Emotional issues will play a part, as they always have as. for Instance. 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