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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1957)
fig'6 SSeclloii I ' Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING (1897-1957) ; Editor ond Publisher, 1953-1957 E. A. BROWN, Publisher GLENN CUSHMAN, Managing Editor GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except lunday at 280 North ChurchSt.. Phone EM-468 II full Leased Wire Service of The Anocleted Press end The United Press. The Auocleted Prcts II exclusively entitled to the use for pub llcetlen of ill news dispatches credited to It or otherwise credited In this peper and alio news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier! Monthly, Jt.251 Six Months. S7..W; One Tear, IIS.no, By mall In Oregon; Monthly, 11.00; Six Months, 15.00; One Year, ID.on. fly mall OuUlda Oretonl Monthly. 11.25: Six Months, 17.50; one Veer, 113.00, Foot in ihe Month Secretary 'of Defense Charles Wilson, the lone member of the Eisenhower team who seems to suffer from chronic Foot-in-Mouth disease, has done it again. This time he has drawn the ire of the politically-powerful National Guard association for his slatement that some young men joined the National Guard to dodge the Draft. Alaj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh, president of the guard association, called Wilson's statement "a damn lie." There were other statements bandied back and forth, but for these two, both men are partly right and partly wrong. In spite of Walsh's further statement that "Not one of those young men who joined the guard was a draft dodger," Wilson's statement is true to a degree. Hundreds of young men, seeing a chance to escape the draft and ones, did join the guard. They might be called to active duty chance of staying home. This wasn't the fault of Ihe the rules of the game. As a matter of fact, the Defense depart menl, along with Ihe National Guard made the rules at a time when national guard and army reserve forces needed to be built up. The fact that a youth between the ages of 17 and WA could join the guard, get away from the clutches of a draft board and possibly stay at home was a terrific selling point for enlistments that hadn t been coining in. And it served its purpose. The guard built up a largo reservoir of manpower, ready for immediate call, at a nominal cost to Uncle Sam. If some draft dodging developed it was a byproduct of some thing set up in Washington. We don't condemn Wilson for his statement on draft dodging. He words, and most people will probably take a holier-than-thou altitude on the matter as General Walsh has done, lie did criti cize training of guardsmen however and intimated that a civil ian army made up of nearly 80 per cent personnel with no prior military experience couldn't po depended upon. There he was way off base. The national guard in the past foiir years has become a pretty fair training ground for future soldiers. Training pro grams which used to be laughed :it are getting so stringent a lot of the old regulars have dropped out. Wo know this is true in Oregon and pr6bably in all the stales. We don't say the Oregon-Washington 41st division is combat-ready right now, but it wouldn't take much of a shake-down program on full time active duty to make it so. No one will question the brave part guardsmen have played In fighting two world wars and the Korean war. Guardsmen generally receive good training at only a fraction of cost to the taxpayers a regular army of comparable size would cost and they'll continue to be a necessary part ot our national defense. High level mlscucs on both sides slam bang that goes with it place Arab King Nation's Guest i e? Mayor Richard F. Wagner Jr., mayor of New York City staged a rude, churlish and boorish performance when as the highest official of the nation s and publicly denounced King as pn ally and Invited guest to Washington to discuss the crisis in the Asian Middle Last. Wagner reflected the racial and religious prejudices capi talized on by the Tammany ward healers and bosses for poli tical power, and even if the mayor's remarks were based on fads, the Arabian King's power is so great that without his friendly support, defeat awaits the Western World if it loses it. Along with It would go the greatest oil reserves In the world, which would flow to the Soviet Union instead of west ward, and might mean the collapse of democracy. Ho is the key to peace in the mideast. King Saud is an absolute monarch, certainly the most power ful now surviving. But he is no more absolute than the Krem lin hierarchy, and more humane. As the Oregonian says: "Ethically llicro is a difference, too, between the type of absolutism practiced by King Saud and that of the Kremlin. He is a product of centuries ot isolated, religious fanaticism which has known no other way ot life. There is hope for a future Arabia closer to our ideals. Communism, on the other hand, is a cold, cynical product of intellectuals which is every bit as fanatical and much more dangerous." President Eisenhower's gracious welcome to the Arabian monarch atones for the shabby brush-off given by Mayor Wag ner. He greeted the king at the Washington airport personally, along with Secretary of State Dulles. Acltn. Arthur A. Hartford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, other high officials and ranking members of the diplomatic corps., plus an honor guard of troops from all the armed services. Fourteen hands lined the route, and a 21 gun salute. The President and the king headed the motorcade to the Blair House, Presidential guest house, across Ihe street from tho While House, where he resides while in Washington. The desert king, in his gold-threaded robe, with his he Jcweled gifts, is the most colorful figure to visit Washington In recent years. (I. P. Nel nil antl V. K. Krishma Mcnon, spokesman for l'rime Minister .lawa haral Nehru of India, in a long speech before the United Na tions, declared that the long disputed Kashmir issue, that India considered the case closed, and that Kashmir is now part of India and will remain so. because India's constitution has been amended to include Kashmir, although the people of Kashmir, who are Moslem, have not been considered, and the mountain kingdom is claimed by adjoining Pakistan. It was Mr. Nehru who originally proposed thai the political disposition of Kashmir ought lo be ik'tcriiiinctl by a free vote of the Kashmiris themselves, winch was reasonable. The Uni ted Nations agreed to it on August 'i, lii.V'l, and aiilliorued a plebiscite and an administer was named. The V. N. reiterated ibis position subsequently and has not repudiated it. but India has, and stands pat on the grab - altlio contrary to the principles of rule bv consent of the governed that freed India itSelf. The fate of Kashmir should lie not with New Delhi nor with Kerachi but decided by Kashmir people who should be given their rights to express their will. Pakistan has suggested that an lnlcrnalion.il police force. Under the United Nations supervise such a plebiscite, and solve the problem of foreign troops in Kashmir, enabling both Indian and Pakistan forces to be withdrawn, making a free vote possible. The sincerity and Integrity of Mr. Nehru arc questioned in tlie light of his efforts to grab a nation without consent of the governed. It is strange that a disciple of Gandhi should thus repudiate his master's avowed principles. As far as Mr. Mcnon is concerned, he is running true to form, for he has always favored the Soviet Union, whcneer possible in speech and action. Kashmir Is a small mountain state north of the Punjab, con taini B2 sq. ml., between Afghanistan, Sinking Province. China and Tibet, population 4 million, 77 percent Moslem. It has long been famous for its shawls and textiles. G. P. possibly stay with their loved also knew full well that they anyway, but there was a fair young men. They didn't make just picked a poor choice of of the fenco and the political both sides in a bad light. greatest city ho refused to greet Saud of Arabia, on his arrival visit President Eisenhower at Ka siiinir NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG Fulbright Repaid England in His Scarinjr Attack on Didles By RAY WASHINGTON When Cecil Ithodes Ictt a vast fortune to finance the education ot American youngsters in British universities, ho never dreamed that it would pay off in a savage and personal attack on an American Secretary of State named John Foster Dulles. Such a return exceeded even the Imperialistic statesman and mining engineer's fondest ex pectations. But Senator J. W. Fulbright, of Arkansas, in his abortive demand for a Congressional investigation of the Administration's Middle Kast policies and hostility toward 10 Downing Street under Anthony Eden's guidance, appears to have repaid the investment on his four years at Oxford University, Eng land. In the opinion of this Ithodes scholar and educator, the Eisen-howcr-Dullcs major failing was their refusal to sanction and sup port the Anglo-French-Israeli in vasion of Egypt, which precipita- cd loday's grave crisis in the Middle East, and seemingly threatened a war between Kussia and the European nations. Denunciation of Dulles Five times in his denunciation, which reddened with anger the faces of Dulles, Admiral Arthur W. Hadford and John H. Hollistor, ICA Director, Fulbright cited the deterioration of relations with our European Allies as the Administra tion's greatest offense. By implication, he defended the Anglo-French-Israeli conspiracy to use force, as well as their refusal to answer Ike's requests for in formation, and their defiance of his warning that the controversy was a matter for solution within the United Nations. llhodes Scholar's Question "I have seen no responsible ex planation," said Fulbright, "of why (ireat Britain and I' ranee, the two greatest beneficiaries of our foreign aid program, should want to deceive us. Surely, the mem bers of this committee should know what motivated this unprece dented action by responsible and Liberal New York Still Far Behind With By DAVID WASHINGTON - News that seems on lis lace to oc connneo to a locality and hence gets little attention nation ally can upon occasion be of far-reaching im portancc in the llfoi of a nation, A, good example is the failure as yet of New York City's Board of Education ( o obey the Su prcme Court of the United Stales in what lately has been emphasized 'as the law of the land. It will be surprising to many people to learn that "integration" in the school system has not been solved in the metropolis of Amer ica where so-called "Liberalism" is. very vocal. There loud voices of accusation recently have been hoard denouncing the South as backward" or as "undermining respect for The Supreme Court" or ns contemptuous of The Con sl it tit ion . Citadel of Civil Rights One can hardly believe that it is in me northern citaoci oi civil Itighls" where public attention is being vividly drawn to the tenden cy of human beings lo segregate ncrording lo color. With a com mendable sense of realism in as sessing the weaknesses of human nature, the "New York Times." in mi edilorial entitled "The Beam In Our Own Kyc," a few days ago spoke out ns follows: r since The Supreme Court in KA concluded that in Ihe Hem of education the doctrine of 'Sep- irate bul Kqual' had no place, and thai racial segregation deprived hildren of a minority group ot equal educational opportunities, New York City tins been re-examining its conscience. A commis sion on integration, with various sub-commissions, lias been at work fur the Hoard of Kducalion. I'rolili-nis not Slime "The hoard did not. (or the most part, havC to deal with tho prob lem found in parts of the South, where there is settled public opin ion against integration. It had to cope Willi the more subtle forms ot segregation that create, ns if hv accident, a sellout almost wholly while, I'uitIii ltican or Negro In Us student beily. Ihe good linen- lion to integrate is not enough. Heal physical difficulties exist, ns , he case of a school drawing Us sludnit body from a residential area iilmosl wholly of one race. liHMlia, some prejudice that must he admitted, and other obstacles leu numerous to recount sland in the way of instant solution, even ginnled Ihe best of goodwill. . "Now the Board of Education stands nt Ihe critical point where im'ie (laying of hp service to fine ,,. s forward, and where ;ibr sacnf.ee, bv which high prm-i ! i.,. , ,,,,;.i ...i u,i i,n nult tie assumed." New In Some People This will come as news to many 'people outside New York, especial ly in tin- Sou'h. For evidently ! there are no "t'itijrns Councils" n New Y ork which have brought ,ilt,ilt 1 K cilll:llinn It Mill A I -- .....F,... l Ik U.M.tk,.rnnpnB In hwmtm-h ,u mi- ,i , ii, learn, however, thai ine proniem cannot soon be sohed "even granted the host ol goodwill" be I cause "obstacles too numerous to recount sland in the way of in islant solution." Maybe one of Ihe I Circuit (onus of Appeals nnd one of the District Courts, ijliich in TUCKER friendly nations before we are asked to express confidence in the conduct of foreign affairs." Dulles had to bite his tongue to keep from answering this amaz ing question. Seeking to repair the diplomatic damage done by the Anglo-rrcnch-Isracll insult to Ike, he did not want to reply that the Ihrec nations deceived Washington, deliberately and prcmeditatcdly, because they anticipated Admini stration opposition. Despite their criticism of Dulles and doubt concerning the economic features of the Eisenhower Middle East Doctrine, even Senator Green of Rhode Island, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, and Senator Russell of Georgia, Armed Serv ices Committee Chairman, refused to support Fulbright's demand lor a full-scale inquiry, or for issuance of a White Paper on the Admini stration's Middle East program in the past. Krltlah Imperialist Cecil Ithodes, who helped to bring on the Boer War to protect his diamond mines and other vast investments In South Africa, was a more swashbuckling imperialist than Itudyard Kipling or Winston Churchill, and was severely criti cized in England lor his expansion ist ideas. Here arc a few ol them, as described by the Encyclopaedia Brilannica: "He saw one of the healthiest countries of the world barely oc cupied (South Africa). He knew the agricultural possibilities of Natal and its mineral wealth. The effect of the combined influence on his mind was profound .... He had found an object to which he proposed to devote his life. It was nothing less than the government of the world by the British race." Ironic though it may seem now, he sought to achieve expansion of tho British empire in his will. He left most of his fortune to found scholarships at Oxford for students from every important British col onv. and "from every state and territory in the United Stales of America. Obviously, the good will he created now stands battered Britain in good stead. Desegregation LAWRENCE recent rulings didn't allow time for "gradual" change will be conscience - stricken to discover that court decisions based on "psychology" do not wipe out cither prejudices or the character istics commonly called human nature." For even in New York City apparently It takes time to find ways to accomplish "integra tion. Struggling Slowly But perhaps the real signif icance of the New York City epi sode is that the persons who arc taking the Supreme Court decision literally do not really understand how much distance they have to go. For if the logic of the high court's decision is really followed, it will become necessary for every school to admit at least a sprink ling of persons of another color in order to remove the "inferiority" complex which the pupils of one race are supposed to develop when there is any race discrimination in the schools. Theoretically, even tho private schools will some day have lo make their contribution to Ihe psychological" millcnium de scribed by The Supreme Court of The United States when in 19.r4 it suddenly decided that "psycho logical" considerations were more controlling than a legal precedent which had stood more than 100 years as "the law of the land." The sympathy of the South doubtless will go out to the peo ple of New York who are struggling so slowly "to obey the Constitution. They Say Today By UNITKD PltHSS WASHINGTON President El senhower replying lo a press con ference question as to" whether he would run for president again if Ihe 22nd (two-term) Amendment were repealed: ' rhev can repeal it H they want to. 1 shall not run again. WASHINGTON- Abdullah Balk hair, Saudi Arabian King Sand's press spokesman, telling reporters the King s ollicial parly visiting the U.S. does not include a royal food taster: Why should he need one here in the United States?' SAN FRANCISCO -Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimili finding it "dif ficult to accept long-range gold- cd missiles nnd intercontinental ballistic missiles as efficient weapons of war "1 am of the opinion that weap ons of mass destruction that can not be pinpointed on military ob jectives can be as harmlul to the user as to the receiver." CHICAGO Police Capt. .lohn Golden commenting on the thell of a briefcase said lo contain val uable government documents from Fletcher C. raddison. Johns "7 I'nivrrHly physicist "" opparcn ly com 1 so"'' d dynamite. VENICK, Haly Maria Montesi, mother of "parly girl" Wilma Montesi. begging a Milan court to believe her daughter was drowned accidentally and not as the result of a sex and drugs orgy: "She was a saint. 1 must do- --.l U'.l.i..- hnnnr acrtincl all tt n-iui innn ,,,-,., .. i legations. BAD JOB Marlene Dietrich Most women set out to try to change a man. and when they hae cnangeo mm, mej no nm j like him. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL A M'W tA iK 1 In. t TO hSjJwHETH :( fci.-ivi"!- hi y. Mt JlxMjmwt ftTO)fl OPEN FORUM Deafness Doesn't Hamper Drivers To the Editor: Recently there appeared an edi torial in the Capital Journal (Wed., Jan. If) entitled "for Safety on the Highways" and I wish to lake exception to the part which has to do with automobile drivers with physical deficiency. I refer particularly to the deaf drivers whose long record of safe and careful driving is one of which we arc justly proud. There arc thousands of deaf drivers, like my- self, in this country today (roughly 200 in Oregon) who have passed their driving tests and have proven over the years their competency in handling motor vehicles. Although the editorial did not ex press in explicit language, it creates an impression that it favors doing away with granting drivers licenses to certain types of the physically handicapped. The Ore gon Association of the Deaf has re peatedly had to watch for discrim inatory legislation prompted by well-inlentioned but misinformed individuals who would denv the licensed deaf driver the right lo drive. Also I challenge the statement. insofar as the deaf driver is con cerned, that "Records show that these drivers are not involved in many accidents, but indirectly thev cause many." Due to the nature of his affliction the deaf driver is, of necessity, more alert, uses his eyes more, thus is able to concen trate on the road, the car in front, and the one behind. It is not Ihe ears per se, but rather what is be tween them that counts. The argu ment I hat loss of hearing con tributes to accidents, indirectly or otherwise, is fallacious in Ihe ex treme. The idea, as suggested hv the editorial, of requiring all drivers to submit lo a lest every two years for renewal of license would be welcome by the deaf driver who would be happy to demonstrate his driving skill to competent exam iners. Generally, examiners are familiar with ability of deaf arivers. It docs seem odd, indeed, that Willi honking horns, dancing bells looting whistles, sirens nnd other sound warning devices, (rivers with their full faculties of hearing, sun run smack into each other: onto the path and sides of trains. On cold days with car windows closed tightly, radios blaring, etc., the ability to hear docs not play such an important part so far as safety on the highways is con ccrned. JOHN G. O ltltll'.N Legislative Comm. Chmn. . Ore. Assn. of the Deaf, 2M N. 18th St., Salem. Lels Slap Taxes On Our Fanners Fditor, The Capital Journal Salem, Oregon Attention: the Oregon Stale Senate and House. Dear Sir: lour paper of Jan. 211th carried a letter from l,ew Wallace regard ing a homestead exemption law. Of course, we realize that the people who can afford a twenty Ihousand dollar house would then not have to pay more taxes on it than he Mho lives in a ten thousand dollar house. The same issue of your paper rrics an Hem regarding tax ex emplion for sororities and fratern - Hies. Obviously those who can af - lord a fraternity arc more abloia """papen childhood in the Mid to pay taxes than those who are working their way through our universities ond colleges. The people who are working for a sales lax are trying to put this uuritrn on the crmin that m.ikrs i barely enough to get by (or they must spend every cent they make and with a sales lax would pay on every cent they spend. Since the farmer produces all that we rat and about Wt- of what we wear and since he is poorly organized 1 feel that wc should put all ol the tax burden on him jit will be t Ions tim before he Knock Is a Boost Ike Places Himself Solidly Behind Actions of Secretary By JAMES MARLOW Associated Press Analyst WASHINGTON OR- Any future criticism of Secretary of State Dulles or his handling of foreign affairs must include President Eisenhower. Eisenhower has tak en equal responsibility for what ever Dulles has done. That's covering a lot of ground Nevertheless, in the midst of the worst attack on Dulles in his four years in office, Eisenhower has not only put his arm around him but has opened his personal um brella over him. Eisenhower was practically forced into it. Vicious Attacks Now In the past few weeks, some Senate Democrats have opened up on Dulles almost violently, even to the point of suggesting he quit Salem 36 Yrs. Ago By BEN MAXWELL Capital Journal Writer Jan. 31, 1919 United Slates supported by Great Britain had submitted a proposal to France for immediate withdraw al of all troops from Russia. Pheasant Northwest Products Co. had opened a new preserving plant in a large structure near the S.P. depot. Capital Journal mentioned that this plant would add vastly to the payrolls of Salem and adver tise the name of the city to the far corners of the globe. A Capital Journal item mention ed that the legislature convened here Jan. 13, lai!) and that the last date of its session would be Feb. 1. The stale constitution provided that the members should not re ceive more than $120 for any one session and that no pay would be allowed tor a session beyond 40 days. Louie's Lunch Counter across from the Oregon Klectric depot (in the Oregon building in case you don't remember) had these prices J years ago: All sandwiches, 10c: ham and eggs, 35c; wienie sand wiches, 5c; plain steak. 30c, two fried or boiled eggs, 25c; coffee and pie, 10c. On this day in 1919 Salem Auto mobile Co., 216 State St., advertis ed Chevrolet model 490. a five pas senger car, for $845. The company also had the agency lor the Scrqips- liooin. 'cripps-Hoolh, in produc tion between 1911 nnd 1922. was called a "gem of luxury and beau ty" by its manufacturer. Its four cylinder engine was a good me chanism and the low lines of Scripps-Booth were pleasing to the eye. The car was priced around it iO.) Felelstein-Director Co. was clos ing out the Spencer hardware stock at 466 Stale St.: warranted cross cut saw, 75c to $1 a foot: single trees. 25c each; lantern globes. 2 for 25c: a steel kitchen range, regular $100 value, for H7.50. Murder Coming Coos Bay Tllllrl Vnless the weather turns warm er soon, we'll just about guarantee that there'll be a murder right downtown in broad daylight. The victim will be one of two types either the cheery one who asks us ' " " enough for u. or the !eu'n n""'0 cheery bird who spent aie nest and slaps his arms against his sides happily and tells us this isn't cold at all compared wuh what he's seen. Just once more and blood will spill. i can get anybody to try to get him ! exempted from paying his fair 'share. All good things come ifynm the soil so let it produce the taxes too. j Yours for bigger city incomes . and more tax exemptions SAM JONKS. Rt. i. Box :a Gervais, Ore. McXiught SpdK.I., 1m. 3Sgg As members of an opposition po litical party they had been almost strangely mild in their criticism for lour years. But American Allies abroad have been blasting Dulles for his handling of problems in the Mid dle Kast. Eisenhower naa tnree choices: get rid of Dulles, back him up, or stay silent. But if he kept quiet, friends and foes at home and abroad could interpret it as a form of Presi dential criticism or. worse lor American foreign policy, wcak aess in the White House. Either way this country's foreign rela tions would suffer. Ike Praised Dulles Eisenhower apparently was bothered bv things being said about Dulles and through Dulles, about the administration's handling of foreign affairs for he went out of his way at a lunch eon with senators luesday to praise his secretary. He was given his chance to elaborate at his news conference yesterday when a reporter minded the President he had once called Dulles the best secretary in our time and asked him if he still felt the same way. Eisenhower said he stood on that. But he then went further, saying Dulles has a "wisdom and experience and knowledge (in for eign affairs) that I think is pos sessed by no man no other man in the world. And he took one more step by telling the world indirectly that any criticism of Dulles should in clude Eisenhower, for he said: Criticism Includes Ike "Secretary Dulles, to the best of my knowledge and belief and I keep, I assure you, very close touch has never taken any action which I have not in ad vance approved." The word "action" in this sense would, it seems, have to include what has often appeared like a lack of action and a change in tactics. For example, Dulles had years to prepare a plan, along with this country's British and French al lies, lo prevent tho Communists from taking over Indochina. But when the collapse of Indo china was imminent, Dulles had no plan and at that last moment went racing off to Europe to see if he could get joint action from the allies. Says Dulles Dawdled When Dulles dawdled on giving Egypt arms -until President Nas ser bought them from Russia, that, too, was an action. It was also an action when Dulles not only refused Nasser money for the Aswan Dam but also unnecessarily belittled the ability of Egypt to pay its bills. Nasser within a week after that seized the Suez Canal and the Middle Kast was in turmoil. It was also an action when, try ing to find a way out of the canal seizure, Dulles talked in terms of a strong plaa called the users association before setting out for Britain. Once there, he toned down his plan until it was mean ingless. And his performance there infuriated Britain and France. The Democrats who have re frained from criticism ol Eisen hower may now- feel free, as they pursue their criticism of Dulles, to start attacking Ihe President. TRICITY f OITLAND INIItl ItlCTtIC COMPANY U I 1 A.. Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January 31, 1957 POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Janitor Awed hy Ability of Young Ladies to INot Agree Bv SAUL For Hal NEW YORK Wl - As the jani-l tor in a small but exclusive so rority house, 1 am continually i awed By me aouuy ui i -ladies to disagree. If it were not that it came as reflex action, one might say that the two young tax exemp tions in our place have raised the business of consistent disagree ment to a fine, art. Why they differ so frequeatly is a puzzlement. Neither is fa vored or compared or made to feel competitive by their charm ing, understanding, intelligent parents. Still, it has been going Writers Prod Guard Remark From Wilson Bv MEllRIMAN SMITH United Press While House Writer WASHINGTON (UP) Back stairs at the White House: When Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson referred to the White House as "not my dunghill" the other day outside President Eisen hower's office, he really had not intended to give an interview on his controversial views concerning the National Guard. He tried every way possible to slick to no comment as he left his meeting with the President, but the reporters were tenacious and followed him out into the rain Wilson apparently did not intend to downgrade' the White House. His famous crack, another in a long series, came in a moment of torment as reporters broadsided him with questions and the news, reel cameras ground away. Wilson maintained that he had not discussed his National Guard views with the chief executive. "Well, what did you talk about if not Ihe National Guard?" he was asked. Waving toward the White House. Wilson said with visible irritation. This is not my dunghill." He went on to add that any White House announcements would have to come from the White House. As Wilson walked away, some one in the crowd complained. "Man is it ever raining cats and dogs." leah, cracked another wet newsman, "cats and kennel dogs. this, of course, in reference to a famous Wilson crack in 1954 ii which he expressed a preference for bird dogs who hunt for food rather man kennel dogs who yell for it. Some felt he was talking about unemployment. Wilson de nied that he was. But the remarks got him a very large pail of hot water. Wilson has a passion about using government transportation for per sonal purposes. He's strictly against it, an attitude in quite some variance to that displayed by some other members ol the administration whose official cars can be seen on occasion parked outside a grocery or department store. Wilson went on a weekend hunt ing trip down South last winter and officials at Washington Na tional Airport were aghast to find him standing patiently in line at the Eastern Airlines ticket count er, holding his shotgun and wait ing patiently with the other pas sengers to pick up his ticket. When he went home for Christ mas, he and Mrs. Wilson went to Union Station, bought their tickets and boarded a train. And during the pre-Christmas period, Jlrs. Wilson refused flatly to use the government limousine at her disposal for gift shopping She walked a good bit from store to store and went home in a cab. GOOD POLICY STILL ' Sherman County Journal It is old-fashioned to think that two and two make four instead of five; also it is unpopular and to some unpatriotic. But it is good arithmetic. OPEN FRIDAY 10 save! rebuilt Kirby vacuum cleaners $39.95 Kirby model C3 cleaners, thoroughly reconditioned and gmfiinteed for one. yH Equipped with the fimoji $P.i-Emptor dull big and evher famoui Kirby fetturei. Wny other mAM b't at reduced priei. ivaif- Mail and phone ur ilcrs. Plus shipping costs to areos outside Our rrfiuV tnttk d& livery routes. VACUUM CtfiAHm PETT Boyle a long lime, even back when Kathy was 3 and Amy 6. 'On My Sand' I remember a week day at a deserted stretch of ocean beach. Nothing but clean, white sand in ithcr direction lor miles, no peo ple except the four of us. And yet, after a tranquil three minutes, suddenly the piercing cry: "Hey, she's on my sand!" This dispute over territorial rights and spheres of influence flourished, of course, while they shared a bedroom but continued even when they got separate rooms. It also prevailed on the road, especially after we had been driving for a long time, like 12 minutes. 'She's on My Side' Suddenly, from the back of the car, came ine mortal scream: She's on my side! Examina tion revealed that Kathy's toe was dangling a full quarter-inch over the invisible frontier. Or perhaps Amy was merely breathing over Ihe border. In such tense mo ments, a hand merely brushing a sister's ankle could be the open ing round of all-out war. Kathy is now 11 and Amy 11, and while the form of their dis agreement has changed, the de gree hasn't. Thus, it was inevit able that if Kathy chose to wor ship Klvis Presley, Amy fell at the feet of Perry Como. Each maintains her nwn shrine lo her singer and neither is allowed to cross tlie corridor on pain ol death. It was also inevitable that when Amy found Stevenson banners In hang on her door during the lest campaign, Kathy came up with Eisenhower signs on her door. It really is a remarkable per formance. About the only II; i-s the ladies agree on is that th-ii parents don't understand th? n. ' Which, of course, is entirely trje. Inaugural Prayer N. Y. Times It was no political address that President Eisenhower made to ,us people and to the world alter he look the oath of office yesterday. II was an Inaugural prayer, lie said these were the "deepest pray ers" of our people. They are worih remembering. May we pursue the right with out self-righteousness. May we know unity without conformity. May we grow in strength with out pride of self. May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. In humility and reverence we can say God grant that his prayer be answered. These are the things of which we have need. These are the goals to which we aspire. This is the base upon which a firm peace can and must be built. We must pursue the-right, in Lincoln's phrase, "as God gives us to see the right," else we are traitors to ourselves. But this pur suit, also, as the President said, must be in full humility, "with out self-rightcousness." We must know unity, not compelled and not blind, and not meaningless con formity. Wc must have strength, but we must be devoid of the false pride that might como from it. And we must serve that justice that is based upon truth in our dealings with all. Peace, said the President, is our goal. But jieacc, he pointed out, must live in the climate ot free dom. We must serve that peace through that freedom, and it will not be easy. In his Inaugural address wc are only by indirection within the world of policy and politics. We have been taken, rather, into the field of philosophy and morals. Here arc no questions in expedien cy. Here arc the basic issues of the things by which wc live. The President has spoken for his country and has spoken prayer fully. Wc join in his prayer, in his aspiration, and in his dedication to pursue that which is right, with out self-rightcousncss. A.M. TO 9 P.M. f, I mm M Ii.- ...... I