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Capital AJournal AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN ll t Bernard Mainwaring (1897-1957) Editor and Publisher 1953-1957 E. A. Brown, Publisher Glenn Cushman, Managing Editor George Putnam,Editor Emeritus Fubliihed every evening (except Sunday by the Capital Journal Ce Mn. Jannla L. Mainwaring Ml Luted Win Sarvlct of The Aitoclalad Preu and The United Preii. The AnooJitd Pren It exclutively entitled to the ute (or publication of all newt ditpatchat credited to it or olherwiie credited in Ihit paper and alto newt publithed therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES y Carrleri Monthly, $1.15; Si Monlht, $7 JO; One Year, $13.00. By Mail In Oregom Monthly, $1.00,- Six Monlhl, $5.00t One rear $.", By Mall Oultido Oregant Monthly, Six Monlht, $7.50; One Year, $15.00 JAMES MARLOW Venezuela's Progress Of all the oil rich nations of the world, Venezuela under its president Perez Jimenez ccems to have made, and is now making, by far the most progress culturally, industrially and educationally of any country, perhaps including Texas. It has stable, progressive government and the cooperation of the big oil companies in development and welfare programs. Probably foreign developers of oil regions of the mideast pay as much or more revenue to their Arab chieftains as they pay to Venez uela, but the money is largely squandered and public welfare neglected, as it always is by feudal dictators. The United Nations recently published an eco nomic survey of Venezuela for the year 1955. It shows not only the increase in oil production but that the industrial production index has been higher than any other Latin American country since 1951. The indices of industrial production have increased from 119 in 1931 to 187 in 1955. Argen tine's 1955 index in the latter year 110, Brazil 139, Colombia 142, Ecuador 134, Guatemala 105, Mexico 134, Latin America 128. The survey adds: "Venezuela was the country with the highest rate of growth for Industrial production during 1955. The . intensive process of industrialization which began in 1950 did not slacken during 1955; the expansion of plants already installed and the creation of new Industries continued unabated. The most spectacu lar industrial increase in Venezuela occurred in foodstuffs and beverages, tobacco products, textiles, cement, and rubber manufactures." In Venezuela's admirable conservation policy the oil companies have fully cooperat ed on the conviction of the government that only in this way can a healthy oil industry flourish. The Venezuela government claims thqt the first 22 of more than 1000 new housing pro jects, each 15 stories high, have been opened in Caracas and other cities, adding 2683 apartments to the 30,000 already built to clear slum areas at low rentals, with schools, playgrounds, church, and theater and even gas stations. Other new housing projects have been completed in various states. Agricultural colleges are instructing the farmers in new farm and livestock production methods, a vast highway program is being' built and, in brief, Venezuela has a point-four program of its own. Venezuela has modern 14-slory skyscraper hotels with all conveniences completed in five cities and Is planning many more all under government management, to attract world tourists to its picturesque scenic won ders, some on high mountains, and others on the cattle plains. ' Brazil and Argentine have twice the area for development, probably each as rich In oil or melals, but neither country wants de velopment by foreigners and hasn't the know how or capacity to do it themselves. G.P. was universal approval of the proposal to permit the Public Welfare Department to enter into the adoption field. There is a real need for such services by the commis sion to make adoption a resource for many children who need permanent care." The committee found that many children are placed in foster homes by the welfare commission where they may receive the best of care and grow to college age, but never be adopted because of lack of legal provi sion. This provision is one of the good things passage of the two bills would 'accomplish.. By lack of this legislation Oregon is behind the times, for it is one of only eight stales in which state and county welfare departments do not have the authority of adoption, yet when a recent survey was made 1581 chil dren in Oregon were found receiving fosler care from county public welfare departments. Of these 339 were available for adoption, but adoption was not available to them. Some children placed in fosler homes by the welfare commissions may be adopted by their fosler parents by first committing them to a private agency. But this is an unwieldy and unnecessary provision of law. It would be much easier and more satisfactory for all concerned for the adoptions to be handled by the welfare commission. Anyway, the pri vate agencies have lots of babies on their own hands in whose care they are inlerested. There is no fight between the State WeL fare Commission and the private agencies. The agencies are doing an excellent work. The two bills would expand the adoption pro gram. They are solely in the interest of children of adoption age, that they may de velop into useful, happy adults. -af IT Mm An Important Month This month is outstanding in the history of the Western Hemisphere. There are those who say it may be one of the most important dates in that history. The reason is that this week the 21 Amer ican republics are observing the 87th anni versary of the founding of the Pan-American movement, while, also this month, their pres idential representatives are holding the final session to chart the future course of a co operative program in the Western Hemis phere. Their decisions, il is said, are almost certain to affect the lives of 340,000 Ameri cans for a long period of time. While the Pan-American Union, out of which has come the Organization of American Slates, seems to have been effective in out lawing war in the Americas through its peace machinery, it has not been able to prevent occasional internal uprisinus and attempts at communist infiltration. It is, however, aimed against those evils. High on the agenda for action by the com mittee of presidential representatives in Washington is the peaceful use of atomic energy to speed the development of member countries. Out of it also should come direc tives lo promote international trade, eradi cation of disease, reduction of illiteracy, (stimulation of agriculture and Industry, bel ter housing among the people, and completion of the Inter-American highway system. The actual anniversary date of the Pan American Union is April 14. The international organization is controlled by a governing board composed of the Secretary of State of the United States and the diplomatic repre sentatives In Washington of (he 20 other American nations, administered by a director general and assistant chosen by the board. Its newly-elected director general is Dr. Jose A. Mora of Uruguay. For Happier Children A fina social and humanitarian purpose would be served by two bills pending in the Oregon Legislature since February 4. but they are yet to he acted on by both houses, and, if passed, must of course go to the Gov ernor for his approval or rejection, if they pass House and Senate there is little or no doubt that Governor Holmes will approve them. The measures are House Bills 378 and 370, which would give the State Public Welfare Commission the same authority to accept and place children for adoption as now held only by licensed private child-caring agencies. A public hearing was held on the bills last week, but they are still with the judiciary commitlea where Ihey have been since tha earlv days of the session. Th bills result from a study made during the last two years by the Public Welfare In terim Committee of the 1055 Legislature, which recommends them. They are endorsed by official welfare workers and by the Joint Council for Social Welfare Legislation. In its recommendation the Interim com mitlea jiyss "Tha committee found that there RAY TUCKER Limit May Be Put On Federal Taxes WASHINGTON A sensationally upsetting factor has been injected inlo the controversy over cutting the budget and taxes. The required number of states 32 has now ratified a resolution calling upon Con gress lo order a convention w fur fixing a ceiling on the ; amount of money that Uncle' Sam may collect in taxes from individuals. Under Ar ticle V of the Constitution,! this convention may propose amendments that shall be come effective when ratified by three-fourths of the stales. This method and machinery ot amending I lie constitution hay xuukkb has never been used. The sponsors of this movement, who In clude influential lawyers, economists, Indus trialists and lobbying organizations, propose that the Government shall not be permitted to take more than 25 to 35 per cent of an in dividual's income in peacetime. It would be come inopcralive in war or a national emer gency. Idea Opposed by President The favorable response by 32 stales, in addition to other evidence ot a taxpayers' re volt, encourages the economy-minded promo ters to believe that they can force Congress lo fix a maximum on the Federal Revenue derived from personal income taxes. But they face many obstacles, largely because this field for revision has never been explor ed. President Kisenhower and Treasury Sec retary Humphrey oppose the idea on the ground that it would cut the Government's receipts by about $15 billion annually. Organized labor is bitterly antagonistic. It brands the scheme as a "rich man's amend ment." Their .spokesmen insist that the only beneficiaries would be people earning $25, 000 a year and up, for lower brackcleers do not have to fork over 25 to 35 per cent of income. They fear that Ihe lost revenue would have lo come from small wage earn ers. Congressional Group's Proposition A small group in Congress, led hy Hcpre scnlative Paul A. Finn of New York City, propose to make up for the drop in revenue with a legalized, national lottery. They esti mate that it would not at least $10 billion, as against the annual $30 billion lake of gang sters in the numbers racket. Hut the so called "bliioniisers" shudder at this sugges tion. The unusual amendment formula may mean that the Supreme Court, not Congress, will decide how much Uncle Sam may ex tract from the taxpayers' pocket. For if Congress does not set in motion the machin ery provided in Article V, now thai the re quired number of states have acted favorably, the promoters will take their case to tlie courts. But the sponsors of a mandatory maxi mum, in view of their success so far, Intend lo force a showdown at this session. They want to strike while the iron and the voters are "hot." ( Smile or Tivo A pastor returning late one night from a sick call noticed one of his parishioners stag gering down the street. "Let me help you to the door." said the minister, guiding Ihe inebriated member of his flock gently home. At the door the besotted man pleaded with his pastor to come into t he house with him. Hut the man of the cloth demurred on the grounds that it was too late. "Pleash, Rev'ren'," the man heseeched him. ".lusht for a minute. 1 want the wife lo see who I heen out with tonight." Automotive Service Digest- 1 Book of the Month What Was Aeeomplished At Bermuda? WASHINGTON MV-Within less than a week after the Bermuda conference between President Kisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan Americans and British, are saw : disagreeing on w h a U t h e y agreed to. If this keeps up, the Bermu- Ta -A da meeting will W look like a farce which may have done more dam age than it was intended to repair. To the Rcpub- JAMei mari.ow licans two of the dirtiest words in the language are "secret agree ments." They made as much political hay as they could out of denouncing President Roose velt's Yalta agreements with Stalin. The last thing they want wrapped around their necks is a charge that kisenhower and Mac millan reached secret agreements. When Kisenhower flew home Sunday, Macmillan and his party remained in Bermuda. Denied Secret Agreements On Monday and again yesterday American correspondents who also remained at Bermuda have writ ten stories based on information given them by the British that Kisenhower and Macmillan reached accord on documents de scribed variously as directives. agreements and protocols, more than 25 of them in writing. hour tunes now in those two days the Kisenhower administra- tion has denied there were any secret agreements. 'Ihe primary purpose of the Bermuda meeting was to mend the split due to a loss of confi dence between the United States and Britain. The split occurred last fall when Britain, joining France and Israel, attacked Egypt. British Wanted Action The British did so without con sulting this country, in whose handling of Egyptian President Nasser it had lost confidence. The British were for direct action. The isenhower administration want ed to go easy. Before iMsenhowcr and Mac millan parted Sunday they issued a public slulement on what lltcy discussed and agreed to. It was full of trite opinions and showed the two men hadn't agreed on much ol specific import. After Kisenhower left, Macmil lun held a press conference where he said he and Kisenhower had agreed on the policies the United States and Britain must take to obtain interim and long-term set tlements in the Middle East. 1 Not on Middle Eaat The public statement had said no such thing. Yesterday at his news conference Secretary of State Dulles said there had been no agreements on the Middle East, Dulles also said there had been no written understandings not made public, except one. He said there was a "proced ural" understanding for "review ing the intelligence arrangements which we have concerning alerts." On Monday at his white House conference with congressional leaders to tell them what had happened at Bermuda Eisen hower reportedly said there had been no secret agreements. His While House press secre- ary, James Hagerty, repeated that statement later Monday. Yesterday again Hagerty said Eisenhower and Macmillan had made no secret agreements. tw , DAVID LAWRENCE Poor Dave Beck: Had He Been a Communist, He'd Probably Have Plenty of Supporters WASHINGTON Poor Dave Beck! He's being maligned from one end of the country to the other, and his defend ers are scarce if, indeed, there be any. Yet if he only had some taint mm lion itrd. dav have nianv eloquent apolo gists. The defenders would have been i.awiihnck legion who would have denounced anyone for even suggesting that taking the fifth amendment under those circumstances implies guilt, From the pens of the editorial writers of at least three leading newspapers in the east, there would have flowed indignant words REN MAXWELL Histo ry in The Making April 10, 1939 Salem merchants and business nouses were being theratened with boycott by residents of the Sil- verton area who were hostile be cause the state h i g hway de- decided lo im prove the Sa lem end of the Silverton road rather than their own. Al Nye. mail clerk at the vapitol, had re tired after more than 33 iikn maxwki.l years in state service. When Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Richard were married April 8. 1SW9, it was allowed that the contagion of scarlet fever would soon be determined. The bride groom already had Ihe affliction and the wedding was hurried lest he become worse. The Rev. Os wald Taylor stood 15 feet from Ihe pair in performing the cere mony and their marriage license had been signed in red ink since none other was available. Follow ing the Portland ceremony the pair hastened to Brooks to spend their honeymoon in quarantine at the home of Richard's parents. Social security board had re ported total wages of 237.147 Ore gon workers and determined that the annual wage for each aver aged 7!M. Cecil Edwards, governor's sec retary and parole board member, had announced that convicts at the penitentiarv would no longer be paroled unless they had jobs awaiting there. "Every convict.' said Edwards, "has about a doren persons interested in hun and most nf the time Ihry obtain work for mm. art of com- Jf ,WI r li nislic connec-i,;, I I in his roc-s it rm. I 8 . he would JV nesses can be cross-examined, the teamster chief has been con demned by his fellow1 union lead ers as well as by many of the reading public. What Has Happened? What has suddenly happened, therefore, to the sacred principles of justice that are so emphatically proclaimed when there s a Com munist sympathizer involved? Why is no such mercy shown a mere union leader who happens to have gotten into a mixup on the hand ling of the funds of his own union? He says even now that the union won't lose anything in the end. Maybe he should have spent it all for "political contributions," and then nothing more would have been heard about it. HAL BOYLE One-Armed Navy Vet Has Just Finished Third Home t- lanMiintf li.c ln.Vr)!ii. INDEPENDENCE. Kan. W - r ne , has a JOD ne ""e," I J when nirlr Oliver ur.ni, in finish in a real hurry the first thing ho docs is take off his left arm. Although Dick is grateful to the government for buying him Ihe arm, he explain- eu. "I can work faster without it." He can, too. The one-armed, a fj. 38-year-old Navy. tf oaloran hat lllSt A I IlltVI.t-. completed building his third home! "I don't know of anything a tel. sinTe-handed. !" ' -" he rcM wants Dick, a construction clerk here to. for the Universal Alias Cement "The mam thing is for an em. Co., a subsidiary of U. S. Steel, I ployer to give a man a little time can also answer the phone, type to work out his own technique ot 65 words a minute. He drives his handling a job. Then it will work own car, buttons his clothing, ties, out all right, his shoes and neckties, and is an "But it is the employer-tha expert marksman with cither rifle man who gives the handicapped or shotgun. chance to show what ha Can Do With On. ! credit "Anything a man can do with j who bunt his j22,000. three two hands I can do with one, bcdroom two-bathroom home in he said stoutly. 'hnnt a 'vcar. figures he saved The story of Dick Oliver is tne about sg;m jn abor costs by hall rateher. "That is a little hard to do with only one hand," he admitted. Here is how he feels about "handicaps" in life: "It isn't a joke to lose an arm or leg, but if anyone who dos will get over his sonsltlvVij and learn to treat it as a joke, he'll get along better. Doesn't Need Sympathy "People should soft-pedal sym. pathv and never oficr help lo a handicapped person except when he actually needs it. story of a man who refused to be handicapped by a handicap. In 1939, white? on leave from the naval base at Pearl Harbor, he doing his own work. In one way he feels having only one arm speeded up the job. , r nn,.np haH In wnrrv nHnnf was playfully jostling with sme hj a (in2er driving ' naiiSl" buddies on a railway platform at . . .d rinnine ). WILLIAM BRADY Natural Childbirth Can Be Successful in Some Cases An actress interviewed on a TV program told how she and her hus- bnnd, upon learning they were to , i .I -ii j i iive a uauy. nut uniy siuaiea 10- that a man was being pi or.ed gether bookV about childbirth but without being tried in a court of Together did the daily exercise de- The cry would have been raised that here is a Senate investigating committee which is trying to do what the courts are supposed to do. There would have been point ed complaint that this was "assas sination hy insinuation," that the charges had not been proved in n court of law and hence no judg ment should be made thereon at least not on the word merely of a Senate investigating commit tee whose "innuendoes" were not a substitute for "due process of law." Mistake In Handling Fundi Dave Beck made the mistake of handling his union's funds in ways that have brought condemnation but they seemed to him to he right and, if they weren't, well, he intended to pay back any sums borrowed or appropriated. He says there are undisclosed details. This is a serious 'scribed and lustrated in Hel en Ilcardman's handbook A Way .o Natural Childbirth. So far it sound- g , l-N, y ed like an ideal Sf .CW '! t preparation for the miracle. But, darn it, an interruption ' occurred here, !' Y and next we DB- heard the actress saying it was ail a joyous experience except (1) ! changes her mind at any stage trial they strapped her on the de- ol the game. livery table and 12) right after the Let no, smart Alice ask how baby was born Ihe doctor insisted many babies I have had. All I know on giving an anesthetic, for they about natural childbirth is what I had to nut in some stitches. i read in books and current medical 6 Topeka. He slipped, fell, and a passing train cut off his left arm above Ihe elbow. "It was on my 21st birthday and some present," he recalled. "At first I felt lost and useless to myself. But after (he first shock wore off I realized I was no dif ferent from anyone else. I still had a living to moke." Felt Odd Compulsion . Dick went back and finished high school, perfected his skill at typing with only one hand. But he felt an odd compulsion to prove that, despite the accident, he could do anything he turned his mind to. He went to the Pacific North west and became a lumberman, felling the big trees. He worked in the farm equipment field, with an auto supply firm, even did a turn at radio announcing. "Oh, I've done just about every thing." he said. "Once I find 1 can do a thing well I get rest less. I want to move on and try something new. Studies Civil Engineering "Right now I'm studying civil engineering, and I think I'll stay with it. Engineering is something that has a "hanging problem every day." , . Dick, happily settled in his new home with his pretty wife, Lo- CON'VINCING EVIDENCE OMAHA, Nebr. Wl A motorist charged with driving while his li cense was suspended and leaving the scene of a property-damage accident brought a 10 pound alibi to traffic court and won dismissal of his case. He pleaded he was rushing his wife to a hospital when his car struck another. Offered as an ex. hibit lo substantiate the alibi wus' a new daughter, born a few hours after the the accident. Judge James O'Brien cleared tha motorist of the charges, saying tha dismissal was a gift to the mother. fWe Were Astonished : to know that so much ; service entered into the : conducting of a funeral. : Howell-Edwards j Funeral Home j 545 N. Capitol (Opp. Sears) : took care of everything." she's going to have her baby at home. Expectant parents may acquire some practical knowledge of pre natal care and maternity and child birth by studying together the primer Preparing for Maternity for j which send me 35c and stamped, self-addressed envelope. An excellent little book Child birth by Carl H. Davis, M.D., and Domta Ferguson, answers most of the questions expectant' parents ask. Anesthetic Always Ready In natural childbirth an anesthe tic is always ready and the patient mav have it whenever she wishes, usually she doesn't want it but anyway there it is, in case she Next Time at Home The poor soul said, somewhat journals and what women who have borne children in the natural way tell me about it. I have never apologetically, that they have regu-' ?"aea . 'a? w "T" . a"eS' matter, of ! lations in the hospital and vou have 1 ...v,J nf -nv.rA i h..t If fWlr hri nnlv n , . .. ..... v. ..re Fi:.M. ucm. , im. v.o, .. " ..vvj1D aoiae uy mem, Dut next time it. uri'n a iiit'iuiur vi n loiiiiihiiiisi cell, he would be defended today just someone who committed 'youthful indiscretion" or a mis take of the emotions due to "eco nomic conditions." and so forth. Wrong Kind of Mistake Poor Dave Beck! He made the wrong kind of mistake. If he had helped the enemies of his country by preaching their side of the case, he would have been able to take the first amendment as welt as the fifth. A mere matter of "treason" isn't so serious, it would appear, and, after all. "free speech" is not to be inhibited by any form of "thought control" sought to be imposed by "MeCar thyism" whatever that is. Millions of words have been poured out in a spirited defense of persons who were asked by congressional committees or se curity boards to explain their curi ous presence at "Communist front" meetings or their continu ance of financial contributions to such causes even after the Soviet Union joined Hitler in the early stages of the last war. Judging hy the tenor of "liberal" doctrine in recent years, Americans who have been criticized for being on the Communist side have been "un justly treated" by congressional committees. Might Have Been Different But Dave Beck is unfortunate. Had he been even a lukewarm ad vocate of Communist causes, he would have had on his side todav a senator or two demanding thM the investigating committee itself be investigated No court of law has yet pro nounced Dave Beck guilty of any crime. For the last several years much stress has been laid on the tact that a man is "innocent until proved guilty" in a court of law. 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