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An Old Helper Arrives
Siiould the World Almanac ever cease publication and
here's hoping it will not the day will be an unfortunate one
for the American newspaperman.
Of all periodicals that come to the editor's desk none is re
ceived with as much interest and acclaim from the staff, or
given as much initial examination, as the World Almanac. It
is accorded a convenient, though not very secure, spot in the
office library, for both editor and news writer want it easily
accessible. And by the end of the year, because it is much used,
it Is much dog-eared and quite askew, but by then its successor
;Vj;as arrived.
Progressively, for the 72 years of its publication, the World
I. !;Almanac has grown in informative value chock full of world
11 : facts, well classified, carefully edited throughout. The Alma
. nac for 1957 is here, with a letter from its editor, Harry Han-
sen, to whom congratulations are given from this office..
The book nominates as top news of 19S6 "foreign and do
mestic events," quoting Editor Hansen, "that will affect the
welfare of the United States for many years to come," and
ahead of all puts the Suez Canal action. The subject is well
covered.
To mention some of the highlights very sketchily there is a
comprehensive survey of the 1956 election returns, and impor
tant political and economic issues before the American people.
Historical tables,1 article,'! and biographies afo there, and, based
on official documents, the story of the United States in defense
and foreign aid. " .
And of course there are hundreds of other subjects to
mention just a few samples, commerce, aviation, atomic en
ergy, projects of various kinds, labor, a new section of social
security, insurance, sports, and scientific subjects.
V The World Almanac is greeted again as an established staff
member of this newspaper.
Labor Union Sincerity Test
The AFL-CLO executive council at its annual meeting at
Miami Beach has adopted rules designed to kick out suspected
gangsters and Communists without waiting for them to be
brought to trial. If this rule is really enforced, many of the
labor bosses who voted for it, "commonly known to he corrupt,"
. would promptly lose their jobs. They must have had their
tongues in their checks, feeling immune to any purge. But
- a trade union "need not wait upon a criminal conviction to bar
from office corrupt, Communist or Fascist influence," the lead
ers of 18 million American union workers decreed.
The responsibility "is not placed upon unions by law but by the
"AFL-CIO constitution and hy Ihe moral principles that govern
the trade union movement," The cotineil said.
, The labor group said those who support any totalitarian agency
er those who are knowa to be racketeers shall not be permitted to
hold membership in the AFL-CIO or its member unions.
The report was ono of three approved by the AFL-CIO Executive
: Council. The reports, presented by llio group's ethical practices
, committee, were aimed at cleaning up member unions.
, The code dealing with safeguarding welfare funds liars union
, ' etttclats from receiving extra fees and salaries from welfare funds,
, ; requires ouster of officials accepting fees or bribes and calls for
regular audits and public accounlings of union members' trust
funds.
The union council also protested President Eisenhower's
Welcome of King Saud of Arabia, charging Sand is a slave
owner, tortures his subjects and barred American military aid
civilian personnel Jews from his country. They must want the
Arabs to join the Communist bloc with Arabian oil.
Dave Beck, boss of the biggest union of them all,1 the Toam
ters, was not present at the AFL-CIO council meet. Will the
other labor bosses dare to' purge him along with his goons to
prove their sincerity, now they "don't have to wait for a crim
inal conviction"? (J. P.
Power and !lie Lrjri.slnlure
House members will be called upon to vole curly next week
on a joint memorial liming Congress to provide funds wilh
.which to construct a high dam In Hell's Canyon.
Passage of this resolution Is being urged by six Democratic
members of 1 lie house slate and federal affairs committee
and is opposed by llirco Republican members of the commit
tee. The Idaho Power company is now constructing Brownloc
dam in Hells Canyon, the first of thrco dams contemplated by
the company. License to construct the three dams was given
bv the Federal Power Commission after more than a year's
study and hearings held both in Washington, I). C. and in
Oregon.
Bused on court decisions upholding the decisions of the Fed
eral Power Commission the privale power company had con
tracted for $14 millions In construction work on Brownlce,
scheduled to be completed next year.
I Officials of the company testified at the bouse hearing the
Brownlec dam will produce 3(iO,40(J kilowatts of power avail
able next year. Al (Irani, Baker attorney and former member
of the legislature, appearing before the committee said, "You
boys are being placed in an awkward position of saying that
you know more about the Hells Canyon situation than does the
Federal Power Commission and the courts?".
The northwest faces a serious power shortage in 10(10, The
recent cold .spell brought about a curtailment of power to
some of Oregon anil Washington induslnc. Inasmuch as ('mi
cro:., which has refused lime lifter lime to approve a Hells
Canyon bill. Is not likelv In be moved into action hy any mem
orial adopted hy the Oregon legislature. II seems useless to
adopt it. Power in the hand next year certainly is better than
federal power thai can't possibly be available for seven years,
if Congress should authorize construction of (lie high dam.
Mid KhsI Policy 1 Volte
Two Senate Committees, Ihe combined Aimed Services and
end Foreign Relations, which are considering President Risen-!
bower's proposed Middle Fast doctrine lo provide economic aid
and if necessary, military force lo that region, have voted 20 to
0 for a sweeping review of t'nited Sntes policy in that region
over the past 10 yeais.
The State Department revealed that it would "welcome"
such a study if it does not "breach the confidence of oilier
friendly governments." President Eisenhower has also agreed
to such a review, stated longicsslonal leaders, at n Whlto
House conference.
The department's position was outlined in n letter from Sec
retary of State John Foster Dulles to Chairman Theodore Fran
cis Green (D-R.I.) ot the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
It was not disclosed until alter the vole when Green rend Ihe
letter.
The unanimous vote come on a resolution by Sen. J. William
Fflbrisi1:!. D-Ark., along with Wayne Morse. !..(.. who have
(lTsislentlv attacked Secret try Dulles .since this new emigres
s onal session opened, in what seems a woli-planned political
drive to make Dulles the political whipping hoy of the GUI'
Administration.
' Just how fair and impartial the review l tho Middle East
policy will he remains to be seen It may do more harm than
pmd by antagonizing the susim-ious and erratic m-tinns of the
Middle East and thus play into Russia's hands. G. V.
United States Not to Blame
For Blunders
By DAVID
WASHINGTON Did Adlai Ste
venson really win Ihe last election
alter all? Judging by the speeches
mat ' Mow being madl!
W; f J these days by
ffr : & 1 certain Demo
f ' J b cratic senators.
parroting almost
exactly the line
o f argument
offered by
the Democratic
pres i den
tial nominee In
t h c last cam
paign, one could
get Ihe impression that the Ameri
can people did not approve by an
overwhelming vote the peace po-
! limine nf President Kisenhower.
No more bitterly partisan
speeches and statcmenls have
been made in many a day in the
United Stales Senate and in the
hearings before the Senate com
mittees than those which boldly
seek to blame the administration
for the precipitate action taken by
the British and French govern-
OPEN FORUM
Says Lets Take
Care Here First
Dear Sir:
First let me say that, realizing
I am just another ignorant Amer
ican, I don't expect these views
to get any farther than the near
est waste basket. Secondly, let
me assure you, 1 am not one of
the ignorant Americans who feel
guilty over the wealth and pros
perity of our U.S.A.
In case you haven't guessed by
now, I am referring to the "Hun
garian refugee plan."-
After l...aring the news today I
am boiling over. It seems Presi
dent Elsenhower has submitted or
plans to submit a bill to Congress
to hereafter admit 65,000 refugees
per year to the U.S.A.
To look at the jobless in our
own country, plus tho way we care
for our needy, our slums, our gen
eral welfare plan, etc., one would
never know we live in such an
abundant land.
Wc do not, or if we do, why do
these conditions exist?
Why do wc have 55,000 jobless
in Oregon? Why did an old man
cemmit murder in Klnmnlh Falls?
Why is it one can drive through
nearly any town in Ihe U. S. and
sec little children so poorly clothed
your heart bleeds lor them? i May
be yours doesn't, but mine docsl.
The answer to that why is pretty
obvious. Why must wc put on
such a big tront or our foreign
neighbors? Undoubtedly we arc the
laughing slock of the world.
It there arc 55,000 jobless in Ore
gon, why were there available jobs
lor refugees? The rumors as to
where those jobs come from were
squelched in short order, We
mustn't believe them because wc
were told not to. We weren't pre
sented Willi any facts of course.
We, the public, are too ignorant to
undersland those things. If we are
to be convinced, give us some
facts. I'd suggest a talk with the
ex-employees in preference to the
employer.'
It could be very true (hat these
rclugees arc highly skilled but why
enn't some of our surplus wealth
that is being spent to import these
refugees be used to educate our
own people for skilled jobs?
I d be quite a heel to run down
to I ho next block to help a needy
neighbor if my own family were
ing next door in need. 01 course
it might make me a big wheel wilh
Hie neighbors hut would it he the
right thing to do? ()( course not.
So won't somebody please letl
mo why we can't take cure uf our
own family next door and then
II we have surplus funds most cer
tainly help our neighbors.
Angry and Bewildered.
BON NIK J. HANSON,
455 McNary St.,
Salem, Ore.
They Say Today
Quotes From The News
(Reg. U.S. Pal. 0(1.1
Hy UNITED PRESS
WASHINGTON
Saudi Arabia, speaking nt his'odj t,t only in results, and. it a
tTj" 'r PnMnA K,""l' ' has been prevented and
bower:
"A man who Is farsighled,
v.ise-minded nnd worthy ol every
appreciation."
TOLEDO, Ohio Credit Vnion
Treasurer and Manager Allien
Gnlttriend, explaining why he did
not onen tire nt bandits who held
on li,v ,irri,.n l,Vulii--
"I iiutt a chance 'to shoot (hem
a hall dozen times. But I saw thev
were nervous and 1 didn't want to
he a hero and get any employes
hurt."
WASHINGTON Sen. Allen J.
Ellender iD-La. commenting on
the proposed visits ol Yugoslav I sians. They (the Russians', he
Premier Marshal Tito and Soviet ; said, had conducted classes in
lenders Nikolai A. Bulganin and guerrilla warfare and eventu
Nikila S. Khruschev: t ally the knowledge and skills thus
"Tito Is not going to contain- taught to Hungarian youngsters
mate anybody dial doesn i want
to he contaminated. 1 don't be-
liovc their presence would con -
laminate the American people.
WASHINGTON - Budget Direc-
or I'orcivll r Brundage forecast.
Ink a tax cut In i three lo five years
i -si "".various governments and regimes
ntion will improve: I overseas
iii!!.'?"!,"'!"'!;..?1:::'.0.!! When'and II another real war
rn finding It rilffirnll tn W,..-n ,,'n
their military production . . . and '
also lo produce consumer goods
A Smile or Two
After a car h.iil smaia. into
tf!o;raph pole, a pi'htTm.m mhc!
lo I It
"Mow ' ci'il it tutnprn'" the of
ficrr nsrd ttc dared man S'ttinu
behind the vhrrl.
The man kCt-)i thumb to
w.iril the lurk se.il. ''(e fell
a.sli'ep," hf.ind
Ottawa Journal.
in Middle-East
LAWRENCE
mcnts when, without consulting
America, they landed troops in the
Suez area. But most of the speech
making is usually accompanied by
pious professions of nonpartisan
ship followed by captious criticism
based on picayunish points.
Not A Public Crime
Thus, for example, what sort of
public crime is , it that news
about the Eisenhower doctrine ap
peared in the press before the
committees in Congress were
formally advised of it? One re
porter got a "scoop" by putting
two and two together after reading
a very meaningful dispatch from
London. Me ferreted out the news
of the new policy. Thereupon, the
administration decided that, rather
than let the case be presented in
piecemeal fashion, it . would be
better to outline in general the
proposed policy to some members
of the press. Promptly, too, -as
soon as Ihcy could be brought to
gether In a conference, the Demo
cratic leaders, - Speaker Rayburn
and Senator Lyndon Johnson, were
given anv-o'utlinc of the plan by
the Secretary, of State. Rcpresenta
tivc Martin and Senator Knowland,
Republican leaders iin the House
and Senate, were present at the
conference. .'.'.: :
' No Blunder Commuted
But if one reads he speeches
of criticism, the idea is conveyed
that the administration somehow
ignored Congress and that, be
cause it didn't happen to have all
the details ready for immediate
submission to committees indeed,
the committees in the new Con
gress were not yet organized at
that time a gigantic blunder of
some kind was committed.
Senator Mansfield of Montana,
an able Democrat, who doesn't
think he is partisan but who be
trays his partisanship in 'a subtle
way and sometimes in ways not
so subtle, made a lengthy speech
in the Senate on Tuesday, in which
he said:
"I know of no senator on this
side of the aisle who does not
believe the country would be bet
ter off under a Democratic Presi
dent." .
Such a statement Is not con
sistent with the lukewarm support
given by a certain group of Demo
cratic senators to the Stevenson
Kclattver ticket. But Ihe mere pro
nouncement ot such a view in
m-illc-s el eravo con-:
"Sn Mij if vXi
speech on mat
crn n fore:
tion of Ihe true partisanship which
dominates many ol Ihe Democrats.
Danger Arose Earlier
The American people heard dur
ing the campaign every argument
and every point of criticism that
now is being leveled at the admin
istration. Senator Mansfield says
he doesn't see the "urgency" in
the Middle East situation and adds
that the danger now referred to
by the testimony of the Secretary
ot state is-discovered by the ad
ministration'' only a- short time
after the election results are in
and a few days before the new
Congress is scheduled to convene."
But a quick look at the files of
the newspapers will show that the
danger arose in the last week of
the election campaign, when the
British and French actually land
ed troops in the Suez area. All
this happened before the election,
and the American people chose to
give the Elsenhower administra
tion a striking vote of confidence
nt the polls.
Senator Mnnslield says America
isn't using her influence wisely
when we permit dangerous and
largely unnecessary divisions lo
disrupt our relations with Western
Europe. But by what power could
Messrs. Eisenhower and Dulles
have compelled the British a n d
French cabinets not to intervene
in the Suez last October. The
word "permit" assumes an auth
ority over Ihe British and French
governments which the U.S. does
n't possess.
Ike Has Kept Peaee .
The Democrats In the House are
not so partisan. Approximately 81
per cent voted for the President's
resolution, and 84 per cent ol the:.i t.-rih.rmr,ri iio low snc.
Republicans did likewise.
The American people want
to keep the peace. The voters arc
fll'illl- I llltllllUMIIl-U, 111.' tUll-l.-l II,
lii.iR will again support the admin
istration on this issue at Ihe polls.
(Copyright. I!)S7, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
On Whose
Side?
i Similnr llm-v.-itli. n 10-veiir-nlil
Siuidor
Hungarian .freedom fighter and
I refugee who arrived in Omaha laslueu enarges against ai fumon,
1 week, told something about t h c
Hungarian revolt which should con-
I vey a lesson and a warning to the
American taxpayers.
Most of Ihe freedom lighters, he
said, had been trained by the Rus
were turned against their teachers
And how dees this nn V to the
, United States? .' .
Wp Aincricans probaby are not
organitlng classes in street-light-
upon bmion, 0, M, worlh ot
; lnc (inM, mlM,ary cql,ipri,cnt to
''"'Ilk Ollt, Will that COStly equip-
iment, paid lor by American taxes,
be used on America's side, or ill
it be used to kill America's young
men?
j Your guess, dear reader, is as
1 good as any one's. And It can be
n er.lv a cuess. Fnr in world pihlH-s
no inc know trim, onr C;ir lo
tie n?x! who is on whose siv!e
(he Soviet Kr.Is disrovered to
!hclr Mr row and chairin in Hun
nary.
cMWStAtiK (,F TFM'HFRS
Yofi'nni:M as well know it:
there will always be a shortage of
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
FIRESIDE PULPIT
Children Should Be Treated
As Members
By REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
Kefttor, et. Paul's episcopal Church
A final solution to the so-called
problem of juvenile delinquency
may not yet be found, but a sug
gestion in the right direction
comes from a wriier who must
have children of his own. Probably
achelr dlil1 psychology
would have thought nf it.
The suggestion I refer lo comes
from a man named Day. who
writes articles from time to time
in religious papers. He says,
"Children have a. great many con
tributions to make to the health
and welfare of the adult world.
With proper management, they
can be trained to do the dishes,
shovel snow, get firewood, hold a
pinochle hand, and even kiss you
when you come In the door. Their
toys offer many hours of amuse
ment to an unspoiled parent, es
pecially If the parent is careful to
buy some toy too complicated for
the child to play wilh alone.
Stale Controversy
Aslorlan Budget
Most people down this way no
doubt view the Gov. Holmcs-Bag-nor
Johnson controversy with
mixed emotions.
Both men are from Clatsop
county, both arc well known and
favorably known here and both
have many friends in Ibis area.
All will regret that controversy
and hard feelings linve arisen bc
Iween them.
There is no doubt that Gov.
Holmes has the power In remove
Johnson from Ihe post of real es
tate commissioner.
The power to appoint an admin
istrative ollicer carries with it as
a logical sequel the power to re
move and replace that official. Ef
ficient administration ' of govern
ment requires that an executive be
empowered to have men of his
own choice, devoted to his own
policies, in key administrative
i -in.,' ih. onvernor has Ihe rieht
to remove appointees of himself
nr n m-ci'inil oni'm-lini
j ,ohnslm hn5 conducted his office
l" ' THne hi, , '".
VjrptaU 7 in
efficiently nnd well, so far as we
ears ten-
inefficiency
or incompetency has been laid
against him.
There seems little doubt that
purely political considerations dic
tated his removal.
Democratic axes have be -n shar
pened lor Johnson ever since Ihe
w)(,n
l!i.4 political campaign?
Johnson, newly appointed to the
i real es'.atc commissioner's post.
Democratic candidnte lor eastern
Oregon's congressional post.
The charges were based on an
action which had lak place some
years before. Democrats were con
vinced that the charges were tiled
from political motivation. lTlman!lhe PfoP1 second. Good case in
lost (he race-he subsequently ran
again and won in 1956-and Demo-
crat, blamed Johnson.
The long memories of resentful
Democrats made it virtually in
"""""1 """'' ""'"'
" '""V' w0"" adminis-
,ra " ."I"' ,. :.,,,,'
. r.," h. Hm(r. .a rnMri
can teel svmpalhy wilh him
k., nVmitci hni
mn
; ?'
i tills svmpalhy Is tempered by an
1 .. ... . .. .
awareness that those who live by
the political sword "can expect to
die by It.
SOFT-HEARTED SAM
Rulers of other nations come lo
Wnshinclnn for monrv. pressure
. .... j ' u-.u:-, A.
III Hill' aVIIII llll ll IU M tlMIIIIkll'li
. . .. ' . . .
ior more menev. ine government
ol Ihe t'nited Stairs is the so(tet
touch tiie worsJ has ever known
f.,r
hh (ori-irapi. nnH n-iii-i
ti,p Qiptmn is- Will we elect a
I11in tiro-ir rnoiKh to iv 0
County Journal.
teachers a. lone
teachers are
tn conlrol of qiiiil.f cition.s
j Sherman County Journal,
Zoo Parade
of the Family
"In the field of religkm, child
ren are a great help too. In many
cases they make the parents get
up Sunday mornings so that the
I whole family gets lo church
Sunday School. In some instances,
the children get Dad to say Grace
before meals. Thev become "Ma
ma's and Papa's little helpers' in
matters religious, as well as in
the daily chores."
It might be profitable lo take
cognizance of the suggestions, in
principle, if not in the actual
things mentioned, in the above
paragraph. We may have been
running around getting experts to
tell us how to do this and how to
do that for our children, when as
a matter of fact, our grandparents
knew all the time that the child
should just be included in, and
integrated into the family life.
The child should not be handled
as a special boarder who requires,
special treatment in an unnatural
atmosphere, but rather should be
thought of as being as much a
part of the family as the father
or the mother is. whose rights, in
terests, privileges, responsibili
ties, duties, frustrations and as
pirations have to fit in with every
body else's. Our grandparents
were brought up that way before
Ihe term "juvenile delinquency"
came into common use. if it were
even coined then and made a
commendable conlrihulinn to so
ciety without running afoul of the
law.
Return of Politics
McMlnnvllle News Register
Early activities of Oregon's new
Governor Robert Holmes certainly
have cleared the air about return
of two-party politics to the Oregon
scene. And, perhaps it's a good
thing.
We think the GOP. long in the
saddle in slate government, had
gotten a little soft. Many Repuh
lican voters, so accustomed to
seeing a sweep of state and na
tionnl olliees local elections in
Oregon don't seem to carry the
party flavor ol those at other
levels even seemed em
barrassed once in awhile to admit
they were "fully" on the winning
team. They hunted for a Demo
crat or two lo vote for at each
election.
But. Holmes has changed all
that. Oregon executives, at least in
; recent years, seemed to look for
the man and tint the party in mak
ing appointments. Changes in ad
ministration, although they were
within the GOP, found men in high
service offices generally left alone
unless incompetent.
Thai's changed now! With
Holmes and his Demo advisors its
party first, Ihe man. tho job anl
Pln' 15 "r,nK m "regon s real
commissioner The s ates
I""1 """ PP10.' 'hrn":h ,hcir
,. P'J .- "
iThey have been highly pleased at
the moves Johnson made to extend
; ,,: piiiiii i nnhli hnedl
hKmff 'brou(,ht f(lvor.
able publicity to their work.
The governor removed thai.
""""'er. He cast shadows on the
department and on the activities
; ' ""y reauor in uregon. rtiier
IVin II i-J trim' atlnilr hara muc Kn
the Holmes' attack there must be
a tinge of doubt In the mind of
every citizen on just how much he
can trust his real estate people.
No wonder they're mad!
Governor Holmes Is supposed lo
be a keen politician. He mav by
I hiii-ini fun firms rwnnli
such
" . 1 i
! . h,. Ul,sn.4..I .annina nf t at
; " '""" .-n,,
Police Superintendent Maison,
htch caused so much public re-
action he h.id lo nb.inuen ihe idea
monienlarilv but making folks
mad doesn't make votes. He mav
take credit lor re-establishment of
! spoils system in Oregon govern-1
mem. However, ann waicn un ;
enjoyment the exodus of Demos
ioul of office with him
couple ,
years Irem now
mmm
Golden Skyway
Albany offers a perfect study of
highway progress down through
the years.
The old Pacific highway still
jogs through town.
The state's first bypass still
handles a heavy volume of traffic
well, but shows how a bypass can
become more a city boulevard
than a highway when access isn't
prntecled,
There arc stakes east of town
, . ., . , . , , .,
showing the nsht - of - way of the
! w
j romPa smMar ?n"l P1
I And while this transformation
has been taking place, the Battle
of the Bypass bas been fought in
Oregon (with much bitterness! and
the engineers have won. When
the freeway is complete not a
Single town between Portland and
California will be on the highway
except Medford.
The State Highway commission
announced this week that it will
put the freeway straight through
the heart of Medford. It
wilt stretch through the city park
and then jump, on stilts, for three
quarters of a mile over the top of
the business district.
Is Medford happy to keep its
highway in town? No. Mcdfordites
(at least the vocal ones) want a
bypass. Everyone else has one and
they teel left out. Engineers have
won their battle too completely.
More seriously, Medtord people
fear the mony-laned expressway
will cut their town in two right
down the middle. They see the
possibility of two business districts
and the isolation of services.
The commission had a lough
problem, much worse than faced
anywhere else in the state. Mcd-
forl is surrounded by hills and
pear orchards. Land acquisition,
and construction costs would be ;
extremely mgu on any oypass
route.
But so is city land. And high
ways on stills would bankrupt Ibn
Saud,
Wc presume the highway com
mission has a case, and we'd like
to hear it.
PAYING OFF DEBT
Congress might well consider
paying off some of the debt before
starting a lot of new and expen
sive projects. Sherman County
Journal.
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Virgil T. Golden
605 S. Commrcial St.
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday, February 2, 1957 '
NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG
Third Term Presidential Bar
Will Probably Be Continued
By RAY
Every Saturday, Ray Tucker
answers readers' questions of
general Interest on national and
international policies and person
alities. Questions may be sent to
htm at 7008 llillcrest Place,
Chevy Chase, Md.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - "Is
there any chance that Congress
will start a movement for repeal
of the Constitutional Amendment
which bars a third term for a
President?" asks M.H., ot Pas
saic, N.J.
Answer: Although many resolu
tions to that effect have been in
troduced, I doubt if they will ever
be submitted to the states for rati
fication. The bipartisan majority
which supported the amendment
in the first instance, and largely
because of their experience with
Franklin D. Roosevelt, would not
want to admit that they had been
wrong, or that their action had
Salem 14 Yrs. Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
Capital Journal Writer -
Feb. 2, 1943
War Manpower Commissioner
Paul V. McNutt had told the
house military affairs committee
that by the end of 1943 10 out of
every 14 able bodied men between
18 and 38 would be in the armed
forces.
Jack rabbits, press reports had
said, would soon join the buffalo,
elk and horse to alleviate a meat
shortage in Portland. About 5000
rabbits in the Silver Lake country
a cross between the snowshoe
and jack rabbit were now eood
and fat for Portland markets as the experience of F.D.R., War
where they would retail for about ren Harding and Woodrow Wilson,
35 cents a pound.
A Capital Journal editorial had
commented relative to the legisla
tive session: "The obvious is being
ignored, lost in the shuffle of intri
cate and complicated programs
contemplating revision of the
whole tax structure. Solution of
the puzzle awaits a leader . . . .
Without such leadership the session
may be prolonged indefinitely
Gouging the people does not con-
i-;k..i i- h, r .
i it tuuiu iu me icuac ui viuiuiy. uui
I docs i( conform m,b,if.-s
should achieve."
Walter M. Pierce, who had re
turned to Oregon alter represent
ing the eastern section of the state
in congress for 10 years, had an
nounced that he would live at his
wife's country home at Eola.
Pierce had a record for 57 years
in public life including a term as
Oregon's governor.
Don Upjohn, Capital Journal's
Sips for Supper, had written: "Roll
call at the city council meetings,
arranged alphabetically, has one
funny little quirk in it. When the
councilmanic names are called off i
nn-31.- IHU Hit' 111 iiiui-i un me IISl,
"French" and "Fry." Some pota
toes, those councilmen."
Bus business In Salem was good
in 1043 according to criticism
levelled at Oregon Motor States
by Alderman Tom Armstrong.
Armstrong had told the council
cal 'he bus line was transporting
00 passengers in a bus with seat
ing capacity for 24,
BLAST IS TIMELY
The political blast at the Oregon
With th icgislalur 'meeting and
so congress it is a good time for
(hp cri,M . sound ... ,
people judge. At budget making
time Oregon had over Sill million
dollars available for unemployed
and the fund has been growing
b?lng $74 million at the previous
session. Sherman County Journal
WHAT IS HE?
Every lime we see that picture
of that unhappy looking individual
between Eisenhower and Warren
at the inauguration we wonder if
he isn't a Democrat. Sherman
Lountv Journal.
BaKaaaBsanaa(ifjMBSSBaiBa
Virgil T. Golden
Serving Salem and
Vicinity as Funeral
Directors for 25 Years
Convenient I o t a 1 1 o n-S. Commercial
Srret-on i but lina direct rtnte to cam-eleries-no
cross traffic to hinder servi
ces Salem's most modern funeral horn
with seating capacity for 300. Servios
within your means, always.
FUNERAL SERVICE
TUCKER
been motivated by spite toward
the late President. '
That Two-Term Limit
I doubt, too, if it would be rati
fied. Recent Supreme Court de
cisions overriding the power and
sovereignty of the states, as re
cently listed in this column, have
sharpened the legislatures' fear nt
the growing centralization of au
thority at Washington. President
Elsenhower's acceptance of the
"welfare state" philosophy, with
its tremendous costs, may also in
cline the states to suspect any
attempt to aggrandize the man
any man in the White House.
Reason Against Repeal
But there is another reason
against repeal which may be even
more basic. So long as a Presi
dent cannot seek a third term, he
has lost a great deal of power to
Congress during his second term.
He has no political or patronage
whip lo hold over them and to
force them into lino for his poli
cies. " '
For years, Presidents and Con
gresses have been engaged in a
struggle for supremacy, or for
equality. With a strong Chief
Executive like Jackson, Wilson,
the two Rooscvclts and a few
others, the pendulum has swung
to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, at
least temporarily. Weak Presidents
mean strong Congresses.
Other Barriers
All but a few members, In my
opinion, are satisfied with the two
term, system, So, there are bar
riers against such a movement at
Washington and at the State Capi
tals. Finally, Ike's illnesses, as well
raise Ihe question of whether even
the strongest man s health can en
dure more than eight years in the
White House in these years of
crises at home and abroad.
"Do you think that the United
States will use the atom -and H
bombs in future wars, such as in
the Middle East?" inquires Mrs.
T.G. of Salem, Wis. - ;
Answer: I believe that this is
our policy and strategy unless
prospective enemies agree in a
treaty wo can trust Id abstain
from atomic warfare, as thev re-
from the use of gas or
bacteriological germs in World
War II. But such an acrccment
with the Russians seems out of
the question.
Statements on Nuclear Weapons
I could not understand the ex
citement in official circles, es
pecially at the Pentagon, when (he
Commandant of Marines recently
admitted that we were prepared
to use atomic weapons. The same
statement had been made previ
ously by.. Donald Quarles, .Air
Force Secretary, General Alfred
M. Grucnther, then head of
SHAPE, and by Admiral Arthur
! W. Badford, Chairman of the Joint
chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower himself admitted it
indirectly at a recent press con
ference. While he did not commit
himself lo the use of bombs which
devastate a whole city or country
side, as at Hiroshima and Naga
saki, he did envisage the firing of
tactical atomic ammunition
against military targets. I doubt,
however, if we would be able lo
limit these weapons as he sug
gests, especially in a showdown
struggle with the unpredictable
nnd unreliable B u s s i a n s or
Chinese.
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