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.Page 4 Section 1 Capital AJou'rnal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING (1897-1957) Editor and Publisher, 1953-1957 E. A. BROWN, Publisher GLENN CUSHMAN, Managing Editor GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every otternoon except Sunday at 280 North Church St. Phone EM-46811 rull Leased Wire Service of The Associated Press and The United Press. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for pub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited In thla paper and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Cirrler: Mon'hly, Six Munihi, $7.S0j One Ynr, 115.00. By mall in urccon; mummy, i.uu; nix itipnun, auu; une year, iw.ou. ny mail Outildi Oregon: Monthly fl.25; Six Monthi, 7.30; Om Year, flS.Oit. Beck Defies Labor Purifiers The A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s 29-man executive commitlec at the open ing session of the winter meeting at Miani Beach, ordered from office any officials or member unions using the fifth Amendment to the Constitution "for personal protection" to avoid testifying on union affairs at Congressional inquiries. This new union policy was the result of the refusal to testify before a Senate investigation at Seattle of two of President Dave Beck's top officials of the Teamsters uidon refusing to answer a Senate operations committee invcsligaling labor union racketeering, and pleaded, like Communisls, immunity under Section 5 of the Bill of nights "for personal protection" to avoid testifying. The Teamsters union has the largest membership of any union In the A.F.L.-C.l.O., the strongest with 1.8 million mem bers. H comprises such diverse organzations as chauffeurs, teamsters, truck drivers, brewery workers, warehousemen, lumber and mill workers, stenographers, egg-handlers and many other non-related workers. Dave Beck, Teamsters union president, has issued a defiant statement, saying his union would continue its policy of allow ing "any official or member of our organization to have the same right as any other American citizen to invoke the priv ileges of the Bill of Rights without subjecting himself auto matically to trial or disciplinary action by the union." George Meany, AF.L.-C.I.O. president, said he personally drafted the policy stalcmcnt when lie first heard of union of ficials taking the Fifth Amendment to dodge testifying at re cent preliminary Senate hearings. Congressional investigation of labor racketeering has been long overdue. Oregon offered an opportunity in the middle 1930's, when Beck's Teamsters union goons staged a reign of terror in the state, finally suppressed by Governor Charles E. Martin, whose special prosecutor, the late Ralph E. Moody, convicted and sent to prison two score of goons, including Beck's top union official in Oregon. Last spring the Portland Orcgonian made an expose, backed by radio transcript of graft and corruption in Portland's muni cipal affairs, which involved Beck's lop Oregon official. De fective indictments have delayed the trial of those indicted, forcing a new grand jury hearing. Only Beck, among the A.F.L.-C.I.O. council members, voted against Meany's proposal. Two other council members, Presi dents William McFetridge of the building service employes union, and Maurice Ilutcheson, of the carpenters, reportedly abstained. Two others were absent. But the final vote was 22-1. Meany made it clear expulsion from the A.F.L.-C.I.O. will be the ultimate penalty for a union refusing to oust its officers when they decline to co-operate or give testimony in a public inquiry into union affairs. 11 will be interesting to watch. the outcome, but it seems likely that It will turn out that the purification of labor unions is like that of politics an "iridescent dream." G.P. NAM Has interesting Report' The National Association of Manufacturers, which the' De mocrats call "big business" in every political campaign, and set up as a target to gull the voters, comes out with a bulletin containing interesting statistics about the national economy. Citing a recent economic report, it says the total economic activity of this country reached a new high during the third quarter of 1956, about 4 per the previous year. During July, August and September this total economic ac tivity reached an annual rate of $-114 billion, says the NAM. It uses eight key factors which go together to determine how the country is doing economically. These factors, with com parisons for 1956 and 1955, arc: Total economic activity (third quarter), at an annual rale of $414 billion, up 4 per cent from 1955. Manufacturers' sales (October), at $28 billion, 8 per cent higher than previous year. Physical production of industry (November), l 147 on the Federal Reserve Index, -1 per cent higher. Hourly wages in manufacturing (Novcmlwr) averaged 42.03 per hour, 10 cents above the previous year. Industrial prices (November), 4 per cent higher than No vember, 1955. Total personal income (October), at an annual rate of $1)32.5 billion, up 7 per font from the same period in 1955. Total employment (November), at 65.3 million, 1.4 per cent above November, 1955. Bank loans, up 12 per cent from previous year. Apparently the NAM doesn't lake too seriously the attacks by politicians, for it makes an estimate "that plant and equip ment expenditures are expected to rise lo a new high annutil rate of $38 billion in the first quarter of 195716 per cent greater than the same period in lfhV!.". TV SjmiiMois Musi Share Blame A recent article in Time says that in 195(1 sponsoring con cerns dropped some 50 television network programs "because the ratings fell so low that the price of reaching a given num ber of viewers rose correspondingly loo high." The show producers complain that Iho several rating agen cies, on which the sponsors depend, get contradictory results, some rating high and others low. This suggests two things that might improve the situation for both sponsors and shows. One is that Ihe sponsors, who are themselves mainly to blame, change the kind of advertising they offer. The other is that someone ought lo devise a rating ttystcin so sensitive that it would gauge the reiction of the' national audience to both commercials and shows. As it Is now, too many viewers sit transfixed by the suspense of a good show, but at too frequent intervals ate bored and repelled by the commercials. Dignity lias a place In advertising. Who is lined lo spend money for admittedly good industrial products by a lot of doggerel song, exaggerated exhortations from otherwise em ployed or unemployed actors, and cartoons that appeal only to childish minds? The 'television audience Isn't moronic. And when t)iestar himself leaves the show to assume the role of salesman, he puts himself in a class with the medicine show spieler at the county fair or Ihc street pitchman of an earlier day. It cheapens tho performance immeasurably. By and large TV commercials are about tho silliest spectacle on the American scene. liy Ilrcnd Alone A Capital Journal editor, no mean culinary expert him self, is afraid our housewlfc-cooks are going to pot. He claims there is too much emphasis being placed on pre cooked foods, which milady has only to warm before serving. As a matter ot tan, a nouscwnc can nu o i'j " at being a cooking "expert" nowadays with a quick trip to the grocery store, a flurry of activity In the kitchen, and a good hot oven. , , , . , All Is not lost, however. There are probably hundreds ot newly-wed husbands who are silently thankful for tho coming of pre-cooked whole meals. cent above the "same period of NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG Benson Under Savage Attack For Statements 'on Congress By RAY WASHINGTON, January 29 Ezra TaH Benson has suddenly found himself under savage attack nn Capitol Hill (or casting asper sions on the political integrity and private lives of Members of Con gress. To the mild Mormon church man from Utah, who docs not smoke or drink or give offense to his fcllowman, it is a painful experience. His troubles began when he agreed to sponsor a campaign hook, entitled "Farmers at t h e Crossroads." As told to Carlisle Bargcron, well known public rela tions expert at Washington and Republican ghost, writer. It ex pressed Benson's views for a long range solution of the farmers' price, overproduction and surplus problems. ironically, although thousands of copies were distributed by the Constitution and Free Enter prise Foundation, they reached the hinterland too late in the cam paign to have much political ef fect. But sensitive Senators, both Republicans and Democrats, may vent their wounded feelings and pride by making hash of Benson's J5 billion farm program. First Irritating Assertion The very first paragraph in the foreword of the Bcnson-Bargcron book riles the men on Capitol Hill, for it questions their devotion to the public interests and intimates that playing politics is their prin cipal pastime. It says: "When President - elect Kison. hower offered Ezra Taft Benson the post of Secretary of Agricul ture in November 10.12, he de murred. He explained that he was a clergyman, and doubted whether he could- engage in politics, where expediency is often the rule." "Benson, Tough Polltlclnn" Afler recalling the so - called "cheese" and "grain bin" scan dals in Agriculture, Senator Hubert II. Humphrey of Minnesota added: Ike Needs More Authority to Help Stop Future Flarenps By DAVID WASIIINOTON, -Did Secretary of State Dulles "Direct" Nasser to seize the Suez Canal, and did he "Direct" the British and French troops lo go into there action ; Inst autumn? Thus a casual reading of the statement made to tho Senate Foreign 11 e 1 a- tions committee by Senator Fill bright of Arkan sas, Democrat, gives the impres sion that Mr. Dulles is responsible for everything bad that has hap pened In The Middle Ensl. For Mr. Fulbright soys; "ll.is disastrous and remarkable collapse of our relations wild out closest allies has taken place under the direction of tho present secretary of stale, and apparently during Iho relatively short space of a few months." Asks About Nasser Mr. Ftilhright wants to know "about the course of our relations with Colonel Nasser: How and why we became involved in the Aswan Dam project, and what led to the secretary's abrupt withdrawal of the offer Just as it was being ac cepted by Colonel Nasser, a pro cedure calculated to give the greatest possible offense." Senator Fulbright is a conscien tious man. anil he and I lie country are indeed entitled to know what happened, but if all the facts were put out in n "white paper," as he suggested, it might place certain members of congress themselves the embarrassing position of having been to no small extent responsible for the debacle by re fusing lo give Ihe President the discretionary powers he hod asked fur on Foreign aid. The less governments say pub licly, moreover, in" criticism o f each oilier in "white papers," the easier it is to conduct diplomatic relations. But newsmen can gather the fads from a variety of reli able sources in London, Paris and Washington, and publish them. Aswan limn Reviewed This correspondent presents to day a brief summary of what hap pened on the inside with refer ence to tile .so-called' abrupt termination of the Aswan Dam negotiations: I. In November, 15. the I'niled States government, the British (iovernment and the world bank rarried on at Washington a nego tiation with the Egyptian Minister of Finance, and an agreement was worked out to help finance the building of the Aswan Dam. 2. An agreement was acceler ated because Egypt had made an arms deal tor Hussion arms to be supplied through Czechoslovak - ia. The World Hank had been working (or three vears on thc Aswan Dam problem. .1 I . iiereemenl nro itleil that . the United Stales would grant $r6 ow.oun. tli-rat Britain JI4.Dnn.ooo ami The World Bank about J'.'oo.- ooumm, making n total of $2.0, ttW,(XXi Nasser Hain't l ike II 4. The lerms were taken back to Cairo fin: Nasser to approve. The I-A'vnti.-in President didn't like i the ngi ci'iiient. particularly thc! onditions of repayment laid down I by The World Bank. So. In Feb ruary l!i.r6. Nasser invited Eugene Black, president of Thc World Bank to come to Cairo to discuss it. During a two-week visit. Mr. Black urged Nasser to accept Ihe agreement as being very liberal indeed, but Nasser said he wasn't satisfied. One of the things that worried him was that the J270. 000,000 left him about JnO.OuO.ooO short ot Ihe J400.0P0.ouo he needed m foreign exchange. He wanted a commitment for that $130,000,000. TUCKER 'I do not know whether he would include expediency as one of the criteria or credentials for a politi cian. But I may say that Mr. Benson is a good politician, and he is rough and tough. He plays for keeps." Humphrey and Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri also charged that Benson's policies have been influenced by "political expediency." In their opinion, he has distributed soil bank and drought relief money largely in states where it will do the most good to the Republicans. Further Offensive Statement But the bitterest Congressional animosity against Benson is di rected toward a passage in the book which questions their extra curricular behavior. It says: "Secretary Benson neither smokes nor drinks, nor do any of the rest of his family. And when he goes to gatherings where there is drinking, as is necessitated by his official position, he doesn't hold a glass of ginger ale to give the appearance of having a highball. "Although he adheres to his standards, he does not impose them on others. U is perfectly all right to drink in his presence, but somehow very few people do." Still Another Thrust As if this suggestion that Wash ington is another Babylon were not sufficiently offensive, another passage wounded the men on Capi tol Hill even more grievously. It explained that Benson originally refused to come to Washington as lobbyist for a national farm co operative "until given assurance that it did net entail plying Sen ators and Congressmen with cock tails." Thus, although in a reverse and negative way, liquor may he the undoing of Benson and his elabo rate farm program. (Releases! by MeClurc Newswncr Syndicate) LAWRBMCB 5. Word was transmitted to the United Slates and British govern ments, and they promptly said they would give "sympathetic con sideration" to his request. But at in.-ii nine tiie loreign-aid Dill was pending in congress. Although rresiuent luscnhowor and Secre tary Dulles couldn't say so, they wanted the broad power or so called "blank check" nulhorily for "long range" aid primarily to handle a situation like this. I t would have taken 111 yeau to build the Aswan Dam and a long-range commitment couldn't be given witnoui the consent o congress. Against Long Planning 6. At this lime (here was a de cided sentiment in congress against long-range commitments, the administration's foreign-a i d bill was in trouble and several southern senators feared competi tion from Egyptian cotton with American cotton if this country, in effect, relieved Egvnt of some of her obligations in the foreign exchange markets of the world. 7. In July, 1!I58, Nasser accent ed the original conditions of The World Bank hut still wanted to get a change in the terms of the grants by Ihe American and Brit ish .governments. 'The Egyptian ambassador at Washington, after a trip to Cairo, told Mr. Dulles that Nasser now was prepared to go ahead. Hut between Eeh runrv nml Inly, lli.itl, Nasser had involved himself more deeply with the Hus sions and had mortgaged more and more of his cotton to pay for Ihe arms from the Com munists. Likewise the British felt Nasser had been instrumental in expelling lieneral Glulib from Jordan. Ihe French felt Nasser was instigating much of the trou ble In Algeria and supplying nrms to the rebels, and many members of congress were alienated because Nasser deliberately rccogniaud Communist China the first U.N. member to do this since the Ko rean War. All this, together wilh the attitude of southern senators on the cotton question, caused the collapse of the Aswan Dam nego tiations. Ilinlerl at Seizure S. Nasser hinted in a statement long belore the Aswan Dam ne gotiations (ailed that ,ho w o u I d seize the Sued Canal at any time he wished. Britain and France be came so exasperated over Nas ser's behavior in the negotiations with ami alter the seizure of the canal Ihat. though urged by Sec retary Dulles not lo use military force, they did so anyhow. If congress had been willing to let Mr. Dulles make a pledge of J130.tNHi.otH) more back in Febru ary lti.sti. would there have been crisis in The Middle East? Would it have made any differ- ! ". s'n'. w,ls 'l'rating I J'"'" "", '"'. 1 '""munists and ! P'1"';, !' :' .". a"sl i"'1' " '" 1,1 " ' hilerestuig to ' l 1 ' n va , .... world might have been averted if members of congress who like lo blame the secretary of state had been willing to give the administra tion discretionary powers over Inns-rant foreign aid. The Presidiw Is asking ngaln for some of the same kind of broad authority to deal with nn ever changing situation in The Middle h ast. Will he gel it will congress block It again? MAN FITS THR HAT Sherman County Journal The present style In men's hats is an extension of the style that started wilh straw hats and has now graduated to wool. The hat is W)l. narrow brimmed and Is worn without dent or crease. It seems to fit men with sqnealy little voices and a nuncinj walk THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Tough Salem 11 Yrs. Ago By BEN MAXWELL Capital Journal Writer Jan. 29, 1946 Federal housing authority has allocated 90 housing units lo Sa lem for veteran usage, 60 to the city, 30 to Willamette universiy. The allocation called for removal of units from Vancouver barracks. (Last of Salem's temporary vet eran's housing was razed late in 1955). Representative of four flax co operatives had appealed to the stae board of control to remain in the flax business. Willamette Flax Fiber association wanted the slate to gel out of flax. A group of Salem physicians headed by Dr. Charles Campbell and Dr. Robert F. Wulk had pur chased properly a' the southwest corner of Center and 13th streets for location, of a medical building. Thc writer believes this was the first of Salem's many clinic struc tures 1. Only 83,702 automobiles had been built during 1945. Strikes continued to harass the industry. Photo supplies were scarce on this day 11 years ago. Shortage of roll film was attributed to the de mand for x-ray film by the mili tary about Ihe husiness of terminal examinations for service men. War department had advised army engineers to turn Salem air port over to Ihe city of Salem for immediate entry. War adjustment board had ap proved wage increases for about 10.000 Portland area construction workers: carpenters from $1.37 to SI. 55 an hour: building workers from 95 cents to $1.15: steel work ers from $1.65 to $1.75 an hour. Movie Diagnosis Eugene Register-Cunrd Every so often somebody comes up w ith a new "reason" why Hoi lywood, Ihc never-never-land of only a decade ago, seems to be on the skids. Television usually gets the blame. We have felt that leevee has been maligned in this regard and that perhaps the movie industry contributed . considerably lo its own illness. Now we find nn ally in Robert I MIAMI BEACH. Fla. Waller Ardrey. a screen wriier I "Three i Rent her, commenting on a state Musketeers," "Madame Bovary"! i ment by Ihe Executive Council of who tells "What Happened to Itol-'the merged AFL-CIO that union of lywoeii" in the Jan. 2 Reporter. I ficials should speak up "freely and mt. rtrurey, who has been around Hollywood since the Jean Harlow era. suggests that the movie in dustry fell into the rap of "pro viding a replaceable form of en ertninmeiit." The legitimate thea ter, on Ihe other hand, continues to provide a form of entertain ment Ihat its would-be executioner 'the movie i cannot match. But most of the Hollywood fare is so Ihin that teevee can do as well or better on the soap opera sort f thing that appeals principally to a public which holds a "star" in hither regard than it holds acting. Good movies will continue to be made. But thev will not nim.vit in such volume to" a public which now! has teevee as a passable retre.it from boredom. To be successful now a movie will have to be good. It will have lo be something that teevee cannot match. And the movie makers will hate to recon cile themselves to snwller audi ences, to the production of fewer pictures 11 0 1 1 y w ood. in other words, has not been killed. It has just been cut to size. A Smile or Two A pale, shaky customer ap proached a bartender on Ihe nfter nctd) of New Year's Day. "Was I here last night" he asked. "You sure were." the bartender said. "You ordered drinks for everybody at the bar. time and again, like you owned the joint. '-u paid up with a one hundred dollar bill left big lip." The customer looked relieved. "I'm so glad." he said with a suh t t-J lMt i nn;. Jauici in Cincinnati Enquirer. Kid Barring the Way Solons Plan to East Moves By JAMES MAKLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON Wi Senators appear ready to review per haps investigate handling of Middle East problems by both the Eisenhower and Truman adminis trations. Neither is going to come out of this looking brilliant. Both have pumped aid into the area. Both have done some piece meal planning. Both played by ear. Neither can be said to have had a real Middle East policy. The new Eisenhower program judging from the vagueness ofi President Eisenhower and Scerc-! tary of State Dulles on what will do and how seems less a Dolicv than an appearance of ac tion until a policy can be worked out. Involve American Failures The reason for Middle East turmoil and lack of planning for long-range solutions by both ad ministrations have roots that are complex and deep. They go far back and involve some American failures. For example: Both administra tions have failed to live up to the 1950 U.S.-Brilish-t'rench agreement that the three allies would take "immediate action" to stop viola tion of frontiers or armistice lines by Arabs or Israelis. Those vio lations have beea committed con stantly by Jews and Arabs. Neither Gained Solution Neither administration came close to working out a solution for the resettlement of the 900.000 Arab refugees from the Arab Israeli war of 1948. They are still homeless, scattered in Arab coun tries around Israel's borders. Most of the 70 million Arabs They Say Today Quotes Front The News llv UNITED CHESS LONDON Great Britain's Home Secretary R. A. Butler, represent ing Prime Minister Harold Mac- inillan in Parliament and support ing Ihc U.S. policy of stationing American servicemen in Britain: "Thc purpose of this policy, far from provoking war, is to prevent it. Thc U.S. forces id the United Kingdom are put of the deterrent against war." 1 wiuioui rcservauen ueiuie n vun- gressional investigation of labor racketeering: "It is an important historical step to rid the labor movement of a small minority of crooked, cor rupt leaders." , NEW YORK Charles Van Dor en. deciding not to pocket his win nings of $122,000 but to continue answering questions on a televi sion quiz show: "I hate to quit. It takes more guts to quit than to go on." SAN FRANCISCO -Henry Ford II. president of Ford Motor Co.. suggesting the withholding of aid from Soviet satellites is not "our own best interests : "1 think we need to he realistic and decide whether our tradc-and aid policies toward such satellite areas as Poland, Hungary. Fast Germany and even Red China are really in our ewn best interests." RUBBER STAMPS NOT ART CORrOfiAU SEALS I nu'lp tn in1rr tn our shop i CMXt . . surfitts 46S STATE ST. PHONI EH 2 2185 Review Mid- by Both Parties live under wretched conditions.! oause enough for unrest. But their ruiors, suspicious 01 one anomer, are unitea only in neir natrea o "L"hW: ioVp e ' . . .. Arab intellectuals and students are discontented. They recognize Hie cuuumuii u uu-ir people, uie o,.oC.. u. .y.uuuiia, o..u un. oi opportunity and securuy lor Arabs in general and themselves : in particular. The West's need for oil is one reason it can't afford to let eom- it;inunism have the Middle East. ; But little wealth trickles down to the masses from the fortunes in revenues handed over yearly by the oil companies to the ruling dynasties. Need Long Planning Most Middle East observers will probably agree the best hope for a solution is in long-range long - range commitments and f.f c f ht cost ,h?1m. ,,n7 neither the Truman nor Eisen- " f' vhcn shots are avallaole t0 hower administration has bucked a ' Congress on this. The schools and the doctors have Even if thev did, the lack of'tric(! ' se" thc Parcnts on " stability in Middle East eovern- ments would be a primary stum bling block to giving long-term aid. If this dilemma can be solved, it will be an international miracle. That's the economic background. Meanwhile, Arab rulers like Egypt's President Nasser use a "TJ ,a ' 01 VCcor?' political device to divert their and nav!n8 a"ed it. if it is people's attention from the failure ! 'ncomP,clc' mp etc the course, of the leadership to improve their bea ,n that 11,0 las' shot condition or give them a sense ofjmus,t. be s,at'('d scvm months af" security lrr 11,0 sreond. j ., , ,. . j,."! Pah" can be largely beaten with IhJLa1, ' :,SCa A 'tl! " already V hand if the J UlXr- J hr. r nVi dices against thc Jews of Israel. But thc nationalist and anti coloniaj themes would be invali dated if they didn't have strong foundations in fact and memory. Remember WWI The Arabs don't have to remem- l,nf nnv fiir-thar hn,-l.- Ihnn Ihn vears after World War I when thc Teen-ager, writing home from British and French sought to con-!hoard,nS school: "Please send trol and dominate the Middle 'ood packages ... All they serve East, and did for a good while. hcrp ls breakfast, lunch and din So long as this country's two ner." Bay State. allies were a forceful influence in the area it could afford to sit I A man was quarreling with his back and not worry about the i wife. After a particularly biting approach of communism. To push 1 remark, she burst into tears and into thc Middle East then might I said. "How can you treat me like luce jeopardized Ihc Western al-; 'his when I've given you the seven linnce. best years of my life" ,IlJrT !hL"P h" replied her compet'ed even to avoid criticiz " V.j Yj ing the colonialism of its allies for fear of alienating them. But the failure to do so, in the eyes of many Arabs, could only help identify the United States as a supporter of colonialism if not outright colonialist. But the fiasco of the British French attack on Egypt, the new hatred it engendered for the West and the new good will it brought to Russia shocked this country into realizing it needed to act or (ace disaster. FOR MEN . . . ttio prefer distinctive styles in llnmiLi of Quality where Quality and Service is never sacrificed! Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, January 29, 1967 rflo"M PHILOSOPHER Answer Man in Runs Super Duper uiz hhow . . . linn i By R ELM AN For iiai readsol hls.time in the fnswer box of a kind of super quiz show. His task, in part, m -r "u .i, information f a member of "he President's staff should hap pen to ask "Is it okay for the secretary of the treasury to own a yacht . Answer: No. An old law scs him apart trom tne r ui ... this respect. The intent of it was. apparently, to keep the man who . .. .l- -,;nn'c mnnoV Ironi handles tne ni" - -- , goofing off on sunny summer all- ernoons. 'Does the whole cabinet have to be renominated when a presi dent starts his new term? Answer: Only the postmaster general His tenure has a specific expiration date, so he must go through the farms again. And so on, six days a week, sometimes on Sunday. Th mnn who sets these queries and most arc infinitely morejjve gnost nown as the "intent" complicated is A. Wayne Hawks, o( tne iaw As ijme passeSi a chief of the office of records statute m.-.y come to assume the White House, tie i ""' sharp eyed, a former sportswriter and telegraph operator, two pro fessions Ihat help a man in almost any job. He came to the White House shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor when, naturally, the Pros- Pa mi Is Are Lazy SI. I.ouis Globe-Democral During the current March of Dimes drive, the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis pleads that the battle against polio is far from won. In this statement, they are quite correct. The same issues of the news naiwrs which carried their appeal also carried pictures of thousands unnn thousands of Salk vaccine shots languishing on the shelves of j warohouscs, distributors and doc-1 i jors' offices. . u thous. Unds of children who might be subiect lo polio have had only one or tw0 shots or perhaps no shots Lt alli tatner than the tree prc. j scribed by tle Salk process. . ,rH. th imi9hlle.. - - ,1 unifi vin-t: v I thousands ot parents in seeing!? ' V it their children have proper protection from polio is one of Ihe I great contributing factors lo the yet unwon battle against this dread disease. "Vhat is required to awaken par ents so that they will take advan tage, for their children, o( the pre vention of this disease which is virtually at hand. It is a perfectly shocking thing that so relatively small a percentage of children have real protection against a dis- "e 10r a complete course oi j shots. Because of the considerable time lag between the three, par ents simply forget. This season, when so much pub licity is being poured out for polio, it would be well if each parent examined Ins or her own clul I SMS afC SIVCn btmC SUIT! mer. Parents will be doing a creat service not only to their children bL to the community at large, in completing thc basic program. A Smile or Two nusuil. were those your besf" Montreal Star. FUNERAL "Salem's Pioneer Funeral Home" Established 1878 Need for Eeonensv Will Never Deprive Anyone of the Dignity ond Sacred Simplicity oi Our Services Salem t Largest Funerol Parking Facilities Adv once Inquiry Invited EM 3-9139 205 S. CHURCH AT FERRY White House MORIN nujie ident's communications ballooned lo fantastic proportions. Later Hawks came into his present as! signment. To a considerable degree Hawks' office mirrors the incred ible complexitily of the Presi dent's many-sided task. Thousands of papers relating to virtually the whole business of big government come across his desk. He files complete copies of some, keeps only the gist of oth ers. Even so, his files long ago spilled from the White House to the attic of the old State Depart ment building. It lakes 18 books of appoint ments, alone, to contain the dif ference qualifications for differ ent offices. For instance, it is much simpler to nominate a man for a cabinet post than for some obscure body. Apart from these myriad de tails, he has to be a kind of com bined lawyer and historian. Hawks is lorevcr poring over j,lctt, rrnrfte rhasinfJ that ol,.B. forms wholly unlike the aims of Congress when the law was passed. He also has saturated himself, from necessity, with the back ground of a famous running dis pute the actions of different Presidents with respect to deny ing information to congressional committees. Remember the Army-McCarthy hearings of several years back? "You hove to remember anoth er thing," Hawks said, "from the date this administration took of fice, the staff began studying ways of relieving the President of un necessary paper work. I suppose I see as much of the picture as anybody. Plenty of dead wood is gone." With respect lo history, back ground information, legal opinions and so on, why not simply so lo the Department' of Justice, the Li brary of Congress, or whatever department was primarily in volved? "We do, sometimes, Hawks said. Then he added, like a hall mark of Washington today "But mostly it s a question of time. There's so much to do you minnti u-herevor I have a NEW place to. hang ray hat! 945 S. Commercial Yes, I'm mighty proud of ray " ww office. 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