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age 2 Sectjction I Salem, Ore., Friday, January 4, 1957 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL d ii ii i I .'a Capital AJournal h An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 "' BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritui Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North Church St. Phone EM-4681 Pull Leased Wlrr Srrvtrc of Thr Associated PrcM and The United Preu- The Associated Pre is 11 exclusively entitled to the use for pub licition of ill news dupatchen credited to It or otherwiie credited la thu paper and alto news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ly Carrier: Monthly, 11.15; Six Mnnlhi, Sl.30; on Year, f 15.00. By mill a orefon: Monthly. (1.00; Six Months, $5 on; one Year, 19.00. By mall lutifde Oregon: Monthly, ft .25; Six Months, 11.50; On Year, S1S.M, (ireal Lakes Water Issue Because of the long dry spell in the middle west, the U. S. Supreme Court permitted the emergency opening of the Chi cago Sanitary and Ship canal at Chicago diverting 8000 cubic feet a second of Lake Michigan water down the Illinois River to the Mississippi to float dozens of stranded barges over the lock at Alton, Illinois. Great Lakes interests fear lake water is contemplated which will lower the water in the Great Lakes and seriously ailed A clash between the Mississippi and Great Lakes interests, has loomed since work started on the new St. Lawrence water way which wil provide a water short cut for international com merce. Lowering the water of the lakes and rivers in the vast area means that vessels cannot be I irdc'J as deeply. It is estimated that each inch of lessened draft or loading depth on the Great Lakes means the loss of 1,500,000 tons of cargo in a single shipping season. In the 1956 season some 45 vessels in the lake fleet were not able to load to capacity be cause of inadequate water depth. On the rivers the loss is greater. River Interests appealed to the army and were referred to the court which had set the Chicago diversion at 1500 cubic feet per second. An appeal to the court brought on Dec. 7 an order increasing the diversion of another 7,000 cubic feet a second to a total of 8,500 for 46 clays, until Jan. 31, with the result that there is now more water than any time since August. But the increased flow has made the current too swift and forced a cut in barges by tow boats. The Chicago diversion has already lowered lake water in Lakes Michigan and Huron a quarter of an inch and if con tinued will affect long term trends in these lakes. Chicago wants more water diverted and so do Mississippi river Interests clear to New Orleans, bothered by salt water from the Gulf of Mexico. The Great Lakes interests, led by Milwaukee are preparing for a showdown fight in the present session of Congress and before the Supreme Court and sident hisenhatier. It is alleged order the diversion, winch is contrary to the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 with Canada. G.P. Again: Who A Salem reporter, in his 20s, the other day relerred to a local woman ol 51 as "elderly" In a story. The expected happened. The "elderly" woman, hcking Ihe re straint of great age, called the reporter's boss and told him with youthful vigor just what she thought of such treatment. The paper's Monday issue notes that the reporter "will be chided." We're sure that'll an understatement and that the reporter already has need quite a bit himself. Albany Democrat-Herald An indignant lady, who admitted the mature age ot 50, called the cily desk to protest the item referred to above, which appeared, we are happy to be able to report, "in another Salem newspaper." "Who do you think is elderly? 1 don't feel the least bit elder ly," she said. The city editor patiently explained that the Capi tal Journal didn't print the offending item and that further more it doesn't consider anyone elderly. Well, not unlil they reach a place in life's span ils younger reporters would consi der aged plus. We're very chary about calling anybody elderly, for we've also had "episodes" on this point in the past. The person one I calls elderly may have a robust reaction to the word, suggest-1 ing that he is by no means as old in his thinking as his age might suggest. Who is old? is an ageold question. Everyone whp even looks lorwara to neing eineriy can ninK i acn ann nmc now . ,.,.. lecnng aDotit age nas cnangen as u nas crept up on mm. upon ?. , , ' ' , reaching middle-wel. say 50-he doesn't look upon anyone -as as far advanced as he did a senior when he was himself a naI)nsl Elder C. 11. Mntoon, May! freshman. 6, 185D.) Rest definition of who is old we've noled was by an English - ! Ui If k ..! f 1I uuK. ill line I (i vi. d in ruled: "A person at least 10 years older than the one who iShiros Ii(.cnS(H, in 0,.ogon during1 spcaKing. Ann an ot us nau ncsi application audibly. Demoerals Orjranizf The Democrats organized threat of an adverse vote hv l.ausche of Ohio failing to mater- lalize. Lausche voted with the should have. But he kept his fellow partisans on Ihe anxious seat tn the last. The Republicans lost one of their own votes. Javitz of New York has tn remain on the job as attorney general until Jan uary 0 when the legislative session begins so the legislature, not the Democratic governor, can fill the vacancy his resigna tion will create. New York has a peculiar law that the governor fills slate office vacancies except when the legislature is in ses sion. Then the legislature does, and the legislature has a Re publican majority. So Javitz will show up in Washington to take the oath about January 10 and all his Republican appointees at Albany will retain their jobs. On such weighty questions do historic deci- Millie uiirii till it . nut nit mini Javiu shown up, 49-47 instead not lose the Texas vote of Senator Daniels, elected governor of Texas November fi. as they feared they might. Kveryone who believes in responsible government should rejoice that no flops changed Senate organization. The Demo erals had elected 49, a majority, and were entitled to organize. Had they elected only 48 the Republicans would have organ ized, for I hey have the vice president, who breaks Senate ties. Any state that eleclcd a Democrat in 1952, 1954 or 1956 can truthfully sav that it changed the partv control. Oregon did so twice, in 1954 and 1956. Idaho in 19o8. 'Nig' The sudden death at Walla leske, for years one of the top comes as a shock. While he and 10 years he was so vigorous appearance that one could only years ahead of him. Borleske went from his home College 50 years ago, and soon became a football sensation in the Northwest as a member of Ihe best football teams that college ever produced. Resides being a great athlete Borleske was an excellent student. Afler his college days Borleske successfully coached high school football in Portland and Seattle for several years, then returned to Whitman as coach, years when he might have had better coaching jobs elsewhere burins his coaching years Whitman, like some other small col leges, didn't have the football material it had In Borleske's stu dent days. Althougn ne was rated a great coacn ne wasn i al ways in the winning column. He coached baseball too, and pro duced a college chimpjon team for several years. After his coaching career he served several terms as mayor of Willi Willi. Then cime" the management of the Marcus Whitman Hotel, i position he held at the time of his death. Borleske visited Salem mmy times, when his learns met Wil lamette, and is i regional governor of the Rotary Club. He was 1 clrin-living, ictive citizen as well s i great athlete. cin that the release of much more lake traffic of the vast area. appeal has been taken to I're- that the court has no power to Is Elderly? r, .,..., anH ... nlnrtf win I iw-i.im nu vi.t now ...... nc c.iruiui auuuv maniug me the II. S. Senate the United States Senate, the party that elected him. as he tnnu n.ivtr ut'cii tnc niiuit: iiiiu of 49-4R. The Hemncrnls did and Washington both did so Korlcskc Walla of Raymond V. (Nigl Ror sports figures of the Northwest had almost reached three score and active and so rugged in think of him as having many city of Spokane to Whitman remaining there nearlv 30 Rayburn Promptly Agrees Ike Should Have Power Asked For By DAVID WASHINGTON The statesman - ship of speaker Sam Rayburn, Democrat, is responsible for the unity with which leaders in con gress have greeted President Ei senhower's request for a joint resolution authorizing the executive to utilize the armed forces of the United States in certain contin- gencies In the nit i resiuem s I .. i sum men ana mere 10 nis coi- i leagues that, when inuii ui me ' military background of Mr. Eisen- howcr felt that such authority was necessary, it was up to congress to grant him that power. This is the very spirit of cooperation Salem i'i Yrs. Ago ' By BEN MAXWELL Jan. 4. 1914 The Asahel Hush estate with an estimated value of $2,000,000. the largest yet to come under the slate inheritance law, would pay a tax of fM.mm if the estimated value was sustained. (Asahel Hush, an outstanding Oregon pio neer, founded the Oregon States man in 1851 . the I.add & Hush bank in 1868. He died Dec. 23, 1913). "There ain't gonna be no widows' pension" the Marion county budget indicated and county authorities churned there were no funds to follow out the strict letter of the widows' pension law passed by the last legislature. The court had already turned down 65 legal ap plications for the pension and the budget carried only the usual $1200 for families in distress and 114.000 tor maintenance of the poor fnrm. Miss Hobbs. Governor West's special representative five feet three in her regular boots stood on ttie little depot platform at Copperfield and read the gover nor's proclamation declaring Cop perfield to be under martial law. She was flanked hy Lieutenant Colonel l.awson of the Oreogn National Guard and five members of the coast artillery with rifles loaded and ready. The proclama tion demanded that ail saloons be closed immediately and that all of ficers of the town who were liquor dealers resign immediately. (This event that attained status of a na tional sensation arose when Haker county authorities refused to clean up the booming railroad town of Copperfield by Christmas, 1913. As a consequence of Miss Fern Hobbs' declaration of martial law the sa loons and dives were closed in r 'vi minutes and Miss llobbs returned i could legally be ratified by con to Salcin. The military remained J gross. to mop up.) Mr. Eisenhower in his campaign v..i. tii.TZr,.. i i .'speeches in 1952 referred to the ..,.,.,, , . lull ir n.ni im-UKCU $300 toward the building of a com munity church and a lot had been donated upon which edifice could be built. 'The church was not built ,,fact. Kola alreadv had a j .... . " a, j ".. .v i .Ji.uc i-ai'ii ii.ki ir ported Ihe number of motor i0 Dc 13.975 For the first time In the history of Marion county Ihe treasurer would begin the cnlleclion of coun ty laes early in the year. In fact nisi as sunn as the 1913 tax roll. lamest in history, reached Treas urer Moore A Smile or 'IVo l.os AnKrles Times Story making the financial rounds Is about a broker who in formed a customer the slock he had bought at 15 was now 80. "What should I do?" the customer asked. "Huy more," urged the broker enthusiastically. "It looks cheaper at 80 than it did at 15. Mer ' ',ong nlsli .,, wish rd waited." WK NEVER DID I.IKE PI N'S Horn! Rulletin Even Ihe most rabid OSC fan probably will admit today that Iowa was just too Ploen good for the Heavers, THEY GO TOGETHER Brnjamln Franklin Laziness traels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it INott's on "Ever since perfprm!" ,Vrr rm I Danny ftrve'i villi thtr ripcct atl of ns to J O LAWRENCE , which is so essential these days to the successful evolution of American policy in world affairs. it is an example of leadership which cannot but help the rest of the world understand that all political parties in this country are willing to see great sacrifices made to prevent another global war from breaking out. in the lengthy discussion between Middle East. tle president and congressional Mr. Rayburn leaders on New Year's day at the took a broad ! White House there were some in vlew of the prob- tciesting questions asked and an Jems facing swered. One of them related to America in the u,e suggestion that Die president Middle East and, already has the power to act. An after listening to other comment was that, when the emergency arose, the president cmiia come 10 congress ana nrnmni v t .nii;.n r . i moritv. But Mr. Eisenhower disposed of notn points very effectively. He declared that he had the utmost respect for the constitutional pre rogatives of congress in relation to the use of the armed force and that he believes it would be better if the executive were given ex plicitly the authority to act in stantly In an emergency. Mr. Eisenhower furthermore pointed out that the object of the present move was to let the world know exactly what the United Slates would do In certain circum stances and that it was important to proclaim the fact that congress and the executive both had author ized the use of American armed forces to ward off aggression in the Middle East. Any other course could involve doubt as to what congress might or might not do, and it could conceivably lead to a miscalculation by an aggressor as to the nature of American policy, a has happened before. As for the argument that the president already has the authority to use the armed forces of the United States and could act in an emergency and then ask for ratifi cation by congress, if necessary, this is an oft-debated point. There ore precedents which have oc curred in the hist 100 years under which the chief executive has ordered American armed forces used in foreign countries, but pri marily these have been confined to the landing of marines or the sending of warshins to norls where Ampriran livps nnri nrrmprtv hatm ! been threatened by local disturb-! cords a vote of 7-to-5 among vot ances. . ers wno are familiar with the ine most important precedent in 1 which presidential action occurred in a large military undertaking without a resolution of authority oeing requested from congress was in June 1950. Then, in pursuance of a decision by the security coun cil of the United Nations, president Truman ordered american troops into action in Korea. At no time thereafter was a resolution re quested so that the step taken f . nroi,nil nl jl volving nmericans in a war which is the third largest in the world in the last 35 years, was taken tcSSnJwifh a few congressional leaders in ad- v.-.ncc but there wasn't time for Mr. Truman to get a resolution of authority passed. This, however. doesn't explain the unwillingness of the Truman administration to ak congress for a resolution of ratification after the Korean war began which is what president Wilson did in 1914 immediately alter he ordered american marines at four o'clock one morning to land in Vera Cruz. Mr. Kiscnhowcr, In brief, wants Ihe world to know now that Ameri ca will interpose her military strength against communist ag gression in the Middle East, and he believes an overwhelming vote in congress on that subject will have a deterrent influence, just as the adoption of the same type of resolution has helped to prevent another war in and around For mosa. There was some comment at the meeting of the congressional lead ers about the fact that the news of the new plan was "leaked" to reporters in Washington before chairmen of congressional commit tees knew about it. The answer is that the news "leaked" first from Kurope. This often happens when the United States endeavors to elicit informal expressions of ' he served three venrs as a deputv, opinion on forthcoming policy from :was in the research and book work diplomats abroad. When it does so essential to the presentation of occur, the state department feels cases in court, the necessity of giving promptly) The appointment of Randall R. a background explanation to thejKester, a 40-year-old Portland at american press in order to pre-ltorncy, to the supreme court posi vent fragmentary or erroneous tion opened bv the death of Jus- interpretations contained in Euro-nice pean news dispatches from being widely accepted in this country. the News v & 1 irT yf1 Voters in All South Favor Filibuster Curb By GEORGE GALLUP (Director AniLTiran (tumuu of Public Opinion t PRINCETON, N. J If the cur rent bi-partisan effort in the Sen ate to change the present rule permitting "filibustering" suc ceeds, it will have had considcr- able support from the public for ncarly eight years. Th l.itoct I net it i ltd curvrnv rn. term "filibuster' favor of amending present Senate rules in order that a simple majority could cut off debate on any subject. The rules now in effect call for a two-thirds majority. The one section of the country which does not support the plan Is the South. . This was also the case nearly eight years ago when in March, 194 after President Truman first proposed the plan the Institute found the vote in favor of amend ing the rule somewhat higher than today with the South again the exception. Sen. Irving M. Ives, R., N.Y., and Sen. Paul II. Douglas, D., 111., told a news conference recently that they and a dozen other sup porters of a modified filibuster role will do battle in the Senate "until we settle it," either by forc ing a change or by going down to defeat. Roth said that failure would rule out any "meaningful" civil rights legislation. Institute interviewers from Maine to California and from Flor ida to Washington asked a repre sentative cross-section of persons across the country the following question in determining public opinion on filibustering. "It has been suggested that the Senate change lis rules so that a simple majority can call The New Judges Kugene Register-Guard In his last days in office Gov. Khno Smith has continued his sc ries of excellent appointments. Des ignation of Edward Lcavy as dis trict judge to replace Kenneth Poole who resigned conforms to the wishes of the local bar, which voted for him overwhelmingly, and gratifies persons who fed judicial positions should not be reserved for grnybcards. Mr. Lcavy, 2ti, has nn excellent reputation as a stu dent of the law. His specialty in th( dislrirt nttnrnrv's nffirn whnrp Walter Tooze has also been! received well as prohatuy the youngest man ever to sit on Ore-1 gons highest court. Mr. Hester! although the size talked of now is brings with him IS years of top-;biccer than before. ! tugni legal experience and a rcpu- Hcrc are some dates that give tation that is without stain. Repu-'the backg.ound: table attorneys to whom we have; - v k me r..it u talked have been unanimous in nows conference the United their - approval of this appointment.. Statos very distinctly" had the While we have never met Mr. I initiative in the MiddIe East say., Hester, wc hope to soon. Wed like jn(,. to know this man who is a fine; ,. bclicve what we nre doing legal scholar, a moun uneer aijn th(? of forpi w t th skier, a water spprts enthusiast, a Mil1dle E t j of iBComparably , i ' ' r uiiui-i Miinu, a giuitH i'in w vi some ability. The KeMor appointment noes well with Governor Smith's earlier appointment of William C. McAl- iisii'i .in uunu. nun it''iiiii'i the bte Justice Karl C. Latouretlc. , These three men, as far as we know, are Republicans, as is Gov ernor Smith. Vet. there is nothing 'to indicate that the goernor ap pointed any of them because of partv or because thev were de- serving " Thev were appointed be- cause the governor believed thev would be excellent additions to the judiciary of Oregon. i We suBsest that wh kisWri.-e review the 11 months thu l'iti Smith sat in the governess rtaar. thv will nffrrP thai h, flrtfirinl Appointments were among his out-i Ist.iorfing acts as governor. The Thin Man Sections But for an end to discussion Instead of a two-thirds majority as Is now the case. Do you approve or disapprove of this?" Here is today's vote among adults who know what a filibus- ter is and that of a comparable group in a survey early in 1949; Today 1949 Approve 49 547o Disapprove 35 35 No opinion 16 11 Today's yote by regions of the country shows the greatest sup port for the plan coming from the Midwest. In the South, sentiment among those who are familiar with a filibuster runs against the pro posal: Here is the vote by regions: Ap- Dlsap- No prove prove Opin. East 46 34 20 Midwest 55 28 17 South 40 46 14 Far West 51 39 10 Ike Seeks Troop Authority And Funds for Middle East 1 By JAMES MAULOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON Wl The Eisen hower administration's State De partment has been doing a selling job on what has been described ns a new program for the Middle East, although only part ot it could be considered basically new. The department, headed by Sec retary Dulles, has been getting headlines since Friday by a par-celing-out method: first "leaking" the story to one reporter and then calling in a selected group of newsmen for a private briefing. This served a double purpose: preparing public and congression al opinion before President Eisen hower made any announcement: and finding out whether the re action to the announcement might be good or sour. In judging the program and what is and isn't in it, some memory is needed for statements Dulles has made over the past 13 months. The President is expected to ask Congress shortly for: 1. Standby authority consent beforehand to use American armed forces if necessary to stop Soviet military aggression in the Middle East. This could be con sidered basically new for that area, although similar action re specting Formosa was taken two years ago. 2. Four hundred million dollars aid for the Middle East. eluding Arab nations and Israel, Neither the dea nor the eivine of aid for the Middle Fast is new. i grcrter significance than grerter significance than these tentative proposals the Soviets are making. (This was after the Russian leaders Premier Bulganin and Communist p.irty boss Khrush chevhad visited Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia and Prime Minister Nehru in India and promised eco nomic help to South Asia and the Middle East.) But Dulles said this country as not going to be drawn into an lt,mP o match every sffer g ' economic aid the Soviets may , I n1ali 10 lhe Mlrf" East or Asm. J lon attar warde hj firted jvraau rrccci h 0 Ow. S. 15, fc TJ " favv Ox Mbttutrttat S 'rtintt'd tt fcirfQ ITS It ajd tft th 3S Middle East. a8rii1t ht ta,i '"we need nol,cees, raichj'' V With the battle In the Senate over the changed cloture rule likely to be mainly between Northern and Southern Democrats, it is interest ing to note that among the rank-and-file of both the Republican and Democratic party there is a sub stantially greater number who ap prove than disapprove of the plan as the following figures show: Ap- Disap- No prove prove Opin. Republicans .... . 50 31 19 Democrats 50 36 14 Independents . .. 47 38 15 In 1947, after Southern senators had used the filibuster in the fight to seat Sen. Theodore Bilbo of Mis-: sissippi at the opening of the Eightieth Congress, a group of sen-1 ators introduced bills to curb thej practice. I Public reaction at the time was tested by the Institute, which found that 78 per cent of those familiar with the issue thought Congress ought to do something about fili busters, with the weight of senti ment in favor of ending debate by majority vote. Copyright, 1957, American Institute of Public Opinion because of Russia's promises. This was less than two weeks before Congress came back to work with the amount of foreign aid, then as now, one of the prob lems before it. On Jan. S, 1956, in his State of the Union message to Congress, Eisenhower said he wanted to set up a foreign aid program includ ing provisions to authorize some long-range projects for as long as 10 years. Dulles followed this up Jan. 11 when, with Eisenhower's approval he called on the nation to "wake up" to all the implications facing the nation in this struggle by means of economic help, to keep the backward countries from turn ing to Russia. Thus the country, which has to depend on Dulles and Eisenhower for the facts, had seen Dulles within a little more than a month shift from complacency to alarm about American progress with backward countries. But on Feb. 25, 1956, Dulles was feeling better about Russia. He said its post-Stalin leaders were scrapping 30 years of Soviet policy based on violence and in tolerance. Their previous policies had failed, he said. rWWWIMlJIWIIIiWIMiilllIila A il li cfr "SAVE where saving PAYS" Current Rate 3 per annum B S staasiW1 POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Try Radioactivity on Your Sprouting Spuds and Roses STANLEY For Hal ROME 1B Your potatoes sprouting too much down in the cellar this winter? Douse them with a little radioactivity. Want to grow roses on a spruce tree? Try radioactive isotope P32. The peaceful outcrop of the atom can stiffen the stalks of barley and make for quicker and easier harvesting. It can keep green bananas in storage longer before they ripen, tell the sclent' ist why some sheep need more food than others and aid the farmer in hundreds of different ways. Throughout the world the search goes on unceasingly for ways and means of using the atom for bringing cheaper, better foods to the market and getting them there fresher and free of germs. The food and Agricultural Or ganization -of the United Nations (FAO) has set up a new commit tee to correlate and exchange in formation on ways the atom can help in European agriculture. It is known as the "European con tact group on uses of isotopes and radiation in agricultural re search." Recently it completed its first meeting at Wageningen, in the Netherlands. Delegates from 16 European na tions attended, along with observ ers from the United States and Soviet Russia, and eight interna tional organizations. Their findings and recommen dations are being studied and catalogued at FAO headquarters here. So much research is coins on that the group asked member na tions to list only the outstanding experiments in reporting for the master index to avoid clogging up the files. The group broke up Ihe experi ments under way into four main groups crop production, soil pre- Ike Feels 'Now's the Time To Strike a By DONALD J. GONZALES United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP)-The "Ei senhower Doctrine" sprang from a sudden top-level administration decision that now is the time to strike a blow for peace in the Mid dle East. No emergency promoted the new policy, officials said, but a com bination of international and dom estic factors suddenly indicated action was necessary even though the broad outlines of the policy had been discussed for months. Final decisions came so quickly. in fact, that the President did not discuss the military aspect of the new policy with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who was a White House visitor just two weeks ago. Officials said the military-economic plan had not "crys tallized" at the time of Nehru's visit. The key to the plan is a gamble that it will bring about peace rather than war. The main aim is to warn Russia from moving into the Middle Eastern region so that moves can be made by the United States to help stabilize conditions in the Middle East. This would be done by warning Russia that the United States would counter with armed force any Soviet attack on the Middle East. Coupled with this would be a program of economic assistance to the Middle East countries. No Emergency Administration officials denied that any new emergency prompted President's plan but conceded the Mr. Eisenhower is disturbed by rising Soviet influence in Syria and Egypt. These officials said the Presi dent's decision to act now was inspired by these factors: The British-French attack on Egypt meant the end of British French influence in the Middle East. This created a power vac uum which might be filled by the Soviet Union. British and French troop with drawals from Egypt made it pos sible for the United States to come out with a program of its own to stabilize the Middle East. Israeli withdrawals, which are eagerly awaited here, will further stabilize the area. Russia is off balance in East sy to open 3 x Easy to "add to" ? Easy to use vl Better earnings j Insured safety up to $10,000 first federal savings ?o And Loon 'Association1 MWWMTprr DOWNTOWN LOCATION 129 N. 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The delegates agreed, however, likely to replace normal heat sterilization for foodstuffs where it is now used, or the preservation of meat and fish by antibiotic- Rather .they agreed, it should be developed as an "accessory" f treatment along with such meth ods as refrigerat'on, or salting. One possibility now being in vestigated is to give lightly salt ed bacon a radiation exposure to increase its life in storage. But perhaps the first wide use of radiation will be with potatoes. Experiments have been under way for several years in many Euro pean nations to inhibit sprouting in stored potatoes By subjecting them to light bombardment by isotopes. The group agreed that another full-scale meeting would' not be necessary for prtbably another three years, but that special meetings would be carried on all the time to promote the exchange of Information in the various fields of research. Blow for Peace' ern Europe because of the Hun garian and Polish defections. This may give the United States the jump on filling the power vac uum. Action Needed Action is needed now to en courage anti-Communist elements in Egypt, Syria and other Arab countries. A display of American interest in the area would offset the pitch Moscow has been making to leaders of Arab nationalism. The serious economic conse quences resulting from Egypt's closure of the Suez Canal empha sizes the dependence of Western Europe on the Middle East. U.S. action in the Middle East will con tribute to the economic stability of its allies in Western Europe. Administration legislative ex perls decided that the opening days of the new Congress mark the best time to submit the new plan. The timing dramatizes the importance the President attaches to the Middle Eastern strategy. And it is believed action will come quick if the plan gets in ahead of civil rights, foreign aid and other measures which are sure to stir angry debates. They Say Today Quotes From The News By UNITED PRESS HOLLYWOOD Actor Michael O'Shea pointing to his target as evidence he did not intend bodily i ,harm when ne shot at a neighbor s tractor: "I can shoot straight two shots, two tires. WAUKESHA. Wis. Elliot A. Johnson, president of the Weber Brewing Co. announcing produc tion of "beer" in three flavors cola, punch and Collins: "Confirmed beer drinkers do not care for a beverage of this type, so it won't bother the beer indus try one bit." ' LONDON Moviemaker Mi chael Todd turning aside questions about his rumored plans to marry Eiizabeth Taylor when she di vorces Michael Wilding: "Sometimes I just don't hear too good." j O