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Capital AJournal AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN I HI Bernard Mainwsring (1897-1957) Editor and Publisher 1953-1957 E. A. Brown, Publisher , Glenn Cushman, Managing Edilor George Putnam,Editor Emeritus fuMlllwd vry ymlng (txttpt Sunday by tha Capital Joutnal Co., Mrl. Jannia I. Malnwarlng full leaied Wire Servica of Tha Auocialed Praii and Tha United Pran. Tha Auoclatad frail li exclusively to the ute lor publication of all newt diipefchei credited to It or otherwiie credited In thii paper and el: . puoutnea merein, SUBSCRIPTION RATES ly Cirri.,, Monthly, $1.15; Si Monlhi, S7.50; One Yair, SI 5. 00. By Mail In Oregon: Monthly, $1.00; Sia $5.00; One Year $.00. By Mail Ouliid. Oregom Monthly, I.JJ; Sis Monlhi, $7.le; One Year, $15.00 entitled 10 newi Eugene Aiming High Eugene, which is claiming a few dozen " nore people than Salem, enough to rate it ;'is Oregon's second city in size, proposes to . )ut on a clincher by annexing two districts hat would add 15,000 to its population. If its City Counil passes the necessary ordi nances the annexations will go to a vote of the ' people in May. Eugene is shooting for 60,000 in time for the 1960 census. Salem too has its annexation possibilities Kcizer, Four Corners, the South Salem dis trict, to name a few. But so far they haven't got past casual conversation at the coffee counters. There is no actual move toward their merger with the city. It wouldn't be well, merely to gain popula tion, for a rash of annexations to break out in either Salem or Eugene. It would add to taxes, which is justified only if the annexa tion is beneficial both to the annexed districts and to the city. Unwise expansion could lead to financial difficulties. In municipal govern ment, as elsewhere, you don't get something for nothing. The principal of mutual benefit has been recognized by Salem in its past an - ncxations. Well-advised annexation has many advan tages, especially in the extension of utility i services and the control and orderly develop- mcnt of residential and Industrial areas. This I is more apparent now than ever before, be '.cause of settlement and growth in the fringe districts, creating problems that are getting attention locally in Oregon communities- and in the Legislature as well. Perhaps it isn't as much of a worry in Eugene as in Salem, for Eugene has the advantage of county zon ing. Since the people of Marion County have three times rejected county zoning the com munity has to meet the threat of chaotic growth by other means. This is the purpose of the Mid-Willamette Valley Planning Coun cil now being organized to work in an advis ory way with planning commissions and other agencies. Bills pending in the Legislature - should be beneficial. .- The Eugene City Council is, of course, aware of all arguments for and against annex ation, and Isn't acting on impulse. The re quired petitions have been received from the .districts. Whether they represent a majority j of the people remains to be seen. The conn ; cil attempted to use precedence whereby it would act lor the people ot the city after public hearings, which Is legal, and ordinarily not objectionable. But this was blocked by cautious Councilman Larry Watson who de manded that the alternate method bo used, .an election by the people of tho city on the "same day that the districts voto on tho ques tion. Annexation of tho two big areas would ,'cost city taxpayers "lots of money for a ntim ; bcr of years," Watson told them. ; No annexation need be ill-advised. Thinking it through, by the officials before they put It on the ballot, and by the people before they go to the polls, should bring the right de cision, whether for or against. DR. WILLIAM BRADY Don't Look Now Strangely Silent Senators The unwonted hush that has enveloped Oregon's two oratorical senators over the ex posure of Teamster Union racketeering, has Idrawn comment in the nation's capital as well ;as in Oregon. Under the caption "strange silence" the Washington weekly Human ;Events remarks in its issue of March 2.1: - "Oregon's two Democratic Senators, Wayne, Morse and Richard Neubcrgor. arc normally talk ative, even garrulous, individuals. Both champion the. cause of labor unions on every occasion. Both have had the staunch support of the Teamsters Union in their successful Senate races. "All of which heightens the awed hut bemused fascination of Capita! observers at the slony silence, tin the part of both as regards the prnhc of Oregon racketeering involving Teamsters Union nfliei.ds, as welt as the eyebrow-raising financial practices of that union and its officers. . "Morse-Ncuherger comments to date, from the Inception ot Ihe prohe last year: n one-hour ap pearance by Ncuberger on the Investigating Com mittee's witness stand, devoted primarily to ex tolling the merits of the city of Portland and its "ethical, responsible and law-abiding inhabitants": a briefer eulogy by Morso to llto same effect on the Senate floor. "Cloakroom qtiestion: Why Ihe silence?" Exposures of union racketeering must be quite embarrassing to their staunch Demo cratic defenders in the Senate hut what can they say to refute the record of their racket eering supporters? Heck's Teamsters along with other labor unions, have been generous contributors to their political campaign funds in their prolonged romance of slush funds and eloquence. Do the sad. silent statesmen secrctcly fear that their valiant labor hero. Have Heck, has given them the Kiss of Death and that their fate is to "kiss the dust" politically? (1. P. Twining From Oregon Oregon justly lays claim to den Nathan F. Twining, one ot the nation's great soldiers who has been appointed by President Eisen hower as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And, like many another good soldier, he is a product, to a considerable degree, of the Oregon National Guard. ; Though a native of Wisconsin. General ; Twining lived in Oregon as a young man. and his first military experience was in the Mex ican border incident of 1916 as a corporal in Company H, Third Oregon Infantry. ' In 1917 he won appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point lie chose the Air Force as a career. By the time World War II came he had won high recognition, and in 1943 was made commanding general of the 1.1th Air Force, with headquarters in the South Pacific. A few months later, made commander of air craft on the Solomon Islands, he was in tacti cal control of all Army, Navy, Marine and Allied Air Forces id the South Pacific area. He directed the air operations before and during the occupations of the Treasury Islands and Bougainville. Sent to Italy as commander of the 15th Air Force, he was promoted from Major Gen eral to Lieutenant General. When the fighting in Europe ended he took command of the 20lh Air Force, based on Guam, where he re mained until Japan's defeat. Other important assignments followed. One of his rougher experiences was not with the enemy, but with the sea. He was on a combat mission in a heavy bomber that ran into storms and was forced to crash land at sea. For six days and nights he and his party were tossed about the ocean in a small life raft, their only sustenance one chocolate bar, a small can of sardines and half a canteen of water. General Twining has won many decorations and honors. Among them King George VI made him an Honorary Knight Commander of the military division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. RAY TUCKER No Change of Heart For U.S. Commies WASHINGTON "Is it true," asks Mrs. L. J. of Haverhill, Mass., "that the American Communist Party has reformed, as its recent announcement said? What evidence is there of any change of heart? And is J. Edgar Hoover correct when he says that their breast-beating is 'baloney'?" Answer: J. Edgar Hoover is undoubtedly correct, and the New York convention's announcement was of course, designed to win some public interest, or support, which Communists everywhere have lost even among the impres sionable, because of Moscow s ray tuckfk brutal behavior in Hungary and in other sat ellite countries. 11 was also hoped to Influence pending Federal Court decisions on whether the American branch is an "agent and tool of Moscow." The case is now before tho Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. That Ited Constitution A study of the' American Communist parly's constitution exposes their hypocrisy. Tho 1940 constitution, framed long beforo Hitler's attack on Russia, set up certain stan dards for the discharge of members. They provided for expulsion only for misbehavior that brought public criticism of the organiza tion. They did not say anything about actions critical of or threatening to the democratic form of government to the United Stales, that is. It was apparently okay to try to change it to a dictatorship by force or peace ful means. The 1948 constitution of these Reds, which was revised at a time when American Com mies were under fire because of Russia's aggression and conspiracies, included a new reason for expulsion. It condemned any Parly member who sought to change or over throw our form of government. It was a fare-saving provision. Feigned "Change of Heart" The 1957 Constitution adopted by the Commies, and which contains the same clause that was written into the 194B document, is advertised as evidence that the party has got religion. For some reason, newspaper re ports of the so-called reform suggested that this warning against antigovernment propa ganda and activity was something new, and evidence of a "change of heart." But the Department of Justice, the Sub versive Activities Control Board and, I pre dict that American Communists owe and give their first allegiance to our enemies in the Kremlin. "Will you please explain." wriles G. L. of Lima. ()., "all this excitement over foreign ownership of slock in American corporations. How extensive it is? And why is it a threat to us? Don't Americans own securities of foreign firms?" Answer: Commerce Department spokes men have told Congressional committees that foreigners hold about $26 billion of stocks and bonds in American firms. Such a holding may be entirely innocent, and evidence of their faith in our system of private enter prise. It may be merely an effort to obtain a good and safe return on their investment, which they cannot get at home. No Theat In V. S. It Is not a definite threat to us because the foreign investment, it is believed by the experts in this field, is farly well scattered. They do not enjoy control, s-iy, of any firm essential to our peacetime or wartime econ omy. However, we would like to know who owns what. A concerted sale of these securities might have an adverse effect on stock market values, or even on a firm's security and pres tige. Just as a person needs to know who holds Ihe mortgage on his house, we would like to know who owns American industry. Switzer land is the principal offender and beneficiary of these operations, and the Swiss Govern ment has built a Chinese wall of secrecy around fticse security dealings. ists'n i " imp Rheumatiz Not Same as Rheumatism I do hope some readers now know that when I say rheumatiz I don't mean rheumatism. When 1 say rheumatiz I mean physical degeneration of joint tissues, which in most cases of insidious chronic joint disability is due to nutri tional deficiency through the years from childhood jfup to the pres ent. Dr. Osier, whom I never saw, died in 1919 about the time foundations of! the science of nutrition were built. If Osier were living to- ? it day. I am confi Dn. braby dent he would not lightly dismiss the concept that joint disability whicn comes on in- s diously and continues inaetiime ly is, in most instances, degenera tion of ;oint tissues ana noi inttam mation. Didn't Characterize It For that matter, Osier described degeneration of joint tissues, al though he didn't characterize it so he called it the morbid anato my or pathology of chronic rneu malism: "The synovial membranes are injected, but there is usually not much effusion. The capsule and ligaments of the joints are thick ened, and the sheaths of the ten dons in the neighborhood under go similar alterations, so that the free play of the joints is greatly impaired . . . cartilages also undergo changes, and may show erosions . . . important changes take place in the mus cles and nerves . . . muscular atrophy . . . peripheral neuri tis . . ." Nothing Ahoiti Prevention Not a word about prevention ex cept, perhaps, the typical Oslerian comment that "chronic rheuma tism is most common among those whose occupation exposes them to cold and damp." In the treatment of chronic rheu matism, Dr. Osier had little to of fer: "Internal remedies are of lit tle service . . . maintain the di gestive functions and keep the gen eral health at a high standard. Residence in Southern California rich patients should always winter in the South and in this way avoid the cold, damp weather." One conies upon Osier's psychro- pnoDin and hygrophobia i morbid fear of cold and damp I frcuuent- ly in his Practice and in Cushing's Life of Sir Wm. Osier. Of Ihe onset of Ihe respiratory infection which was to cause his death, Osier wrote: "At the College Club dinner, sat In a draft and got chilled and all week felt as if a cold had come on . . . began to cough and had a high fever . . ," JS AiV GETTING THE ' W4 - ; ) GUAMER OF AN I I JJ ( i&ErAmia..w AMN IT V BECOfAE AIM AREA JL - OF AGGr-FAAFNT. A It 1 XO- V III 1 XUySif lUKPcm, A 3Tt im&jKt Am mi. 4 Fmms ?r WASHINGTON No law passed by Congress under Ihe present provisions of the Constitution can take care of the REN MAXWELL DAVID LAWRENCE AG Says That Amendment to Constitution Needed to Replace Disabled President situation that would ensue if president of the United States became disabled. It really rc quires an amendment to the Constltu - tion to deal with the problem. This is the D. Lawrence conclusion reached by the Alloc nev General and is the basis tor the message which President Ei senhower shortly will send to Con gress asking that a Constitutional amendment covering the subject be adopted and submitted to the states for ratification. The legal mess that would result if, as a consequence of an act of Congress, a commission should try to determine whether or not a president was disabled mentally, for example, can well be ima gined. Lawsuits would emerge be cause laws signed by an "acting president" would be challenged in the courts as invalid. Article Two Not Clear Article Two of Ihe Constitution isn't ot all clear. It says: "In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resig nation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Con gress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, regisna tion or inability, both of the Presi dent and Vice President, declar ing what officer shall then act as president, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disabil ity be removed, or a president shall be elected." The trouble with this Article is that it doesn't define "inability." Nor does it give Congress any power lo fix presidential succes sion except when both the Presi dent and Vice President die or both not just one arc disabled. Commission Not Probable The idea has been advanced that Congress could pass a law provid the oath as President, it must be crystal-clear whether he is to serve for the remainder of a pres ident's term or only for a period undetermined at the outset but which is left to a commission to determine definitely as the condi tion of a president develops one way or the other. A Really Flexible Way In many English-speaking coun tries, of course, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England in fact, wherever they have a parliamentary form of government the national legislative body can remove the prime minister at any time by a majority vote or leave it to the people to decide in a spe cial election whether he shall re main or be replaced. This is the really flexible way History in The Making Mar. 30, MI0 On this day 17 years ago a gale raged over Salem that twisted the steeple of the American Lutheran cnurcii on Church street and peeled off the roof of the Guy building at Dallas. Open house had been held at the $30,000 George E. Waters' baseball park on South 25th street. Seating capacity was said to be 9000. lrl McSherry, gecnral chairman lor me salom Centennial, had announced a prize of $7.50 for the best design of a Centennial button. Whiskcr ino club had of fered a $5 prize for Ihe h c s t three word slo g a n containing the name, "Whi- skcrino." iSa- nr.N maxwell loin's centennial brought forth i diversity of beards, all happily I ing for a commission consisting of shaved away within hours, if not ' a bipartisan group of officials from days, after Ihe Centennial was: the executive and legislative over. 1 he event is now reterred to branches of the government, with as Ihe season of the big itch. their respective fields and at the same time were religious men. bringing to us a Christian view of the atomic crisis, ot Ihe problems of labor and management, and of education. Can't Stop Atomic Age Dr, William C. Pollard. Execu tive Director of the Institute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge, Ten nessee, was the main speaker on nuclear matters. Dr. Pollard has quite recently taken Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church and is Rector while continuing his work as a scientist. Dr. Pollard, after explaining in understandable terms the atomic energy processes, (old us that a Christian "cannot shut himself out of the world, or make terrible powers in the hands of men disappear, by wishing them away." We can no more stop the atomic age, than people before us were able to stop the stone age, the Ihe chief justice included. The j bronze age, the steam age. or Ihnnn. line l,n.n that cnoh a rnm. the Ploetric SCP. nor Ho WP Want Salem building permits f o r lmssi'on woud be required by law to. In defence of scientists making March. 19-12, were 82 in number. t0 sec competent medical advice J atomic bombs. Pollard pointed out and aggregated $79,807. Rut hjs js an jn whjch g that the decision to make bombs Salem Centennial committee had i 'orm of political discretion is !n- wa,s n,0' ,hc decision of scientists v """""" . j 'j . rr .tan, but of the government. It is not announced Hint whiskers would be 1011 cd and, when Congress starts . . . . " , ,,,:,,, . j n..i;..l . it ...... to ppislnte in thai area without I uiuaiuu vi alll,",-,w 1 f ccrncd. However, the committee 'express authorization by Ihe Con had no objections if the Whisker-! stitution. there can be plenty of icgai onsiacics inierposea wntcn might cause serious delays, if not a big crisis, some day in the op erations of the whole government. to deal not only with the mental or physical ill-health or disability of a president but also with any po litical ill-health he may encounter in the course of the term for which he was originally elected. In an atomic age, it would seem sen sible to give two-thirds of both houses of Congress the right to select a president at any time he fails to win a vote of confidence or else to submit the issue to die people to decide in an election called immediately for that pur pose. A modification of the parliamen tary system to conform to Ameri can political habits would, if adopted now, probably solve a lot of the questions that the people will have to face in the amend ment dealing with presidential "inability." THE OPEN FORUM Reader Asks, Do We Really Want to Reform the Rackets? The odious stench rising out of Portland's political sewers is noth ing unique. The same sort of mor al decay is at this moment eouns at the foundations of dozens of places in this nation. It just hap pened to be Portland's bad luck to be caught in the SLIME LIGHT, which has now shifted to a fatter target. . The thing to realize, is that civ ilization has never been a chaste liiu Avar re and ust are ano nave henn fh malieious bacteria of hu man sloth and stupidity. Few of us can declare possession 01 per fect moral health. Hence, we have REV. GEORGE SWIFT Men Must Be Trained in Use Of God-Given Super Power For three days this week T listened to addresses and panel discussions in the field of nuclear sciences, labor and industry, and education. This Congress on Christ ian Life and Work on the Uni versity of Washington Campus in Seattle brought together a faculty senting management was William M. Allen, president of the Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle. For labor, the outstanding representative was Michael Budzanoski, a top official of the United Mine Workers from Pennsylvania. In brief. Allen and Budzanoski. both Christian men. of men who were authorities hijgavc us high level information on their problems Both Sides Have Helped Allen said that improved rela tions between management and labor "have not come about solely through Ihe thinking of American businessmen nor solely through the efforts of organized labor." "This has been a gradual process and in many cases a painful one" and Allen added "I express the hope that both have grown 'matured' is perhaps Ihe better word by reason of the experience." Budzanoski concluded "I believe that today labor and management arc on a more amicable plane than ever before" and added "Christian industrialists are dis playing more concern for their fellowmen in the conduct of their companies." "Christianity" he said, "was responsible for the in dustrial peace." Nerd Constitutional Amendment The decision has been wisely ino Club wistied to fine members who violated its pledge by not cul tivating a beard. On this day 17 years ago the Capital Journal published a story about the acquisition of l.add it Bush bank by the l S. National readied, therefore, by Mr. Kisen bank and pointed oul lhat the hower and his legal advisers that transaction had been consummated .the best thing to do is to get some on the 71st birthday of Ihe l.add tt kind ot specified powers from the Bush hank, tt.adtl ft.- Hush bank people through a Constitutional opened Mar. 3. IRtiil with assets ! amendment. There w-ill be no riif- totalling $.M.4S; S23..1M. !M being in ' ficully in setting up a system of cash. Four first day deposilors succession, where there is a clear placed $M") on deposit. Nine loans elimination of the executive, such were made at an interest rale of , as in the case of death, resigna- 12 percent, l.add & Hush was Sa-1 tion or removal through impeach- lem's lirst ba.ikt. tnent. Eut how can the word "in ability" be defined If it is left to a commission to determine, who shall be the members? This is something that must be provided in Ihe wording of the Constitutional the bombs, but of the government. Mustn't Stifle Research It was pointed out that scientific research carmot and should not be stifled for fear someone might make a wrong use of its findings. Christians should work to change the hearts of people everywhere so that the threat of diabolical uses of God-given power would be Harry Dorsn't Give a 'Dniiim' for President NEW YORK HV-Former Presi dent Harry S. Truman said yes terday "I just don't give a damn" about strained relations between him and President Eisenhower. Truman made the comment as he arrived at Pennsylvania Sta tion in answer to a newsman's" query if he had any plans to make up with Eisenhower. "It's all on one side. It's not on my part. I just don't give a damn about the situation." said Tru man. The former President was ac companied by his wife. They are lessened or obliterated altogether. here to see their daughter. Mar- miiuiig me inuuMriausis reprc- garei, now .Mrs. union Uamel. -Vgrifiiltiirc Department Savs Farm Prices Up WASHINGTON LTi The Aori. culture Department says farmers amendment itself received 1 per cent more for their t It is most important to find a products between mid-February I way lo validate the official action and mid-March, partially olfset- taken by an .acting president ting a 2 per cent decline in the who senes only "until the disabil previous month. jity be removed," so there can be The department also announced j no legal doubts raised as to any yesterday that average farm pro-1 bills he might sign or any othr duction and liine costs advanced ' acts he may perform in the inter about one third ot I per cent, seim of a president's disability. For Ung a new record. (when an "acuns president" takes, mm One Dozen Glad Bulbs With Any Purchase FREE KITES FOR KIDS WITH ADULTS At OUR OPEN HOUSE NOW THROUGH SUNDAY A. PLANT GREENHOUSE & FLORISTS 1298 S.I 3th ST. Objects to Statement On Teacher's Lobby To the Editor: The oracle of the South, the Al bany paper, is concerned about "the Teachers Lobby , in saiem. Amone other things, the writer is perturbed about teachers . being over-expert and protectors ot their own salaries". When vou generalize (A journal ist should know this.) by labeling teachers lobbyists, you lose all objectivity. Many teachers are coerced to join the N.E.A. and the O.E.A. The amendment to the F.E.P. law should eliminate this. Further, the Albany Editor ap parently fears that teachers will become dictators in school affairs. School boards still hire and fire. Some simple analogies re. sal aries: 1. Bricklayers and plumbers, after 2-4 years of being paid while learning, in 9 months can make $5000. Teachers with equal pre paration at no pay can begin at $1,500 a year less. We are willing to pay more for building houses than for building character? 2. At $2000 a year for college and $4,000 a year "lost" wages. have, after 6 years, an initial in vestment in your child of $36,000. No businessman would invest this amount for a "profit" of $4,000 per year. 3. Medical doctors after 8 years of preparation, at current fees, should net about $10,000 a year, minimum. After equal time in pre paration a teacher might make $6,000. There is a cliche' about building strong minds in strong bodies. The assistant doorman in the House of representatives gets $12,000, in Wash., D. C. Perhaps we should federalize education. 4. Industry must have efficient workers for good products. Teach ers who are forced to take a sec ond job are not efficient and your child, not the "taxpayer" suffers. 5. There has been much "to-do" about underpaid college prof's. In many instances less preparation and NO certification is required. The starting salary is $5,000, for them. Although we may be somewhat altruistic, we arc also interested in that mundane medium, money, be cause: 1. We are required to keep up professional standards and train ing. 2. We are expected to keep a "professional" appearance. 3. Being at least sub-human, we have a common weakness, we like to cat, regular. A profession is judged by how the members continue to improve it. The inference from the Albany article is: Be a good dog. lie down and take the crumbs that the "powers that would-be" toss you and you are a good "public ser vant". Begin making noises like organized labor and you arc an up start. A passel of Democrat teachers assisted Mr. Holmes into office. Once there was a little mar. from Independence, Mo.; when he opened his mouth, he stuck his foot in it. Since the U. S. spends more on alcohol and recreation, what is all the hue and cry about? I do not belong to any of the al leged lobbying groups, except, O.S.E.A. Granted that the N.E.A. is a "pressure" group; usually most teachers organizations are "pussyfooting" with not much real intestinal fortitude. DEAN1 SPITZNOGLE 1327 Franklin, Salem crooks, racketeers and malevolent people in all movements of social development. Thus, it will con tinue. Those people considered suspect by The Congressional Investigating Committee are so because we per mitted it. No bad person can set up shop in any social group that refuses to tolerate a bad person. It is right and proper that these conditions be corrected, but it's going to be hard to break habits that are today a part of our na tional behavior patterns. Prior to the 18th amendment, breaking the law was not a Na tional Pastime. But during its ten ure we learned to ignore and defy the law and law enforcement. We permitted and gloried in the bold ness of violent hoodlums. Making a fast buck by dishonest means was considered smart. Crooked dealing reached every level of na tional society. Expose after ex pose came to naught once it be gan to touch the untouchables. Today, mere is only one unpar donable crime. Failure to report one's income, so that the Treasury may share in the wealth no mat ter how evilly obtained. The pres ent suspects in the current head lines will rue the day should they be found guilty of this. Otherwise they have little to fear. Read. "When Lawyers Plot The Crime" in Readers Digest for April 1957, and you will get the point. Can we go back? Can We reform? The a swer is yes, but the question id doubt is, Do we as a Nation really want to? Theodore H. Roguski 1460 Bellevue St. Salem, Oregon REWARDS OF SPRING Basketball, with its tall and angular players, is about done and baseball and its agile athletes will take its place, one of the rewards for living through a long, cold winter. Sherman County Journal Angry Because Probe May Halt T-H Change To the Editor: One of the probable unfortunate or worse effects of the pres ent "probe" of "labor rackets" will be to delay or prevent the repeal or revision of that vicious Taft-Hitler law. One of the obvious purposes of this iniquitous T-H law is to bleed unions to death by useless and senseless litigation. While not as seriously affected as some others my own union has not escaped. Although not implicated in the dis pute my union was involved along with others in an action by an anti-union employer. Some months and several hundred dollars law yer fees later the court decided that since the firm was not en gaged in inter-state commerce the T-H law did not apply. Soon after Ihe employer who had started the action signed an agreement with the union. What gripes me is that if this recalcitrant employer and his shyster lawyer or lawyers had not had that legislative monstrosity to horse around with my union would have had those hundreds of dollars to be put to better use. We might have been able to postpone a raise in dues. A raise in dues i about as popular with union mem bers as an increase in taxes is with people in general. run use of this investigation" as a smoke screen will no rinnhi be made by business interests including some segments of the "one party press" to cover their own dirty work not onlv al the. crossroads but all along the line. une tning tnis "labor rackets" investigation has made clear is - that if the Taft-Hitler act has not aiaea and abetted the growth of labor rackets it has mnsi certainly failed to prevent such racKCls. H. M. Stryker Salem. Oregon MISSING WARDROBE PATERSON. N.I d!Pi Thieves put a crease in a boxer's wardrobe Sunday. Canadian heavyweight James J. Parker told police eight suits, nine sports jackets and 12 pairs of slacks had been stolen from his car. PURELY TEMPORARY Any similarity between the Ore gonian and the magazine Confiden tial is, we hope, purely temporary. Sherman County Journal VENETIAN BLIND LAUNDRY COMPIETI IENOVATION Niw Sl.ti-Tip.i-Crd Pick-Up and D.l Fraa Eillmitu Elmer TheBUndMan 170 Clnt., EM 1-7321 r fi 30 SEE OUR SPECIAL CENTENNIAL SALE SECTION in this paper today! SECTION It, PACES 1 TO 24 1