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Friday, December 23, 195S
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Portland 'U.R; A blue-oated
Santa Claus, with a badge in
stead of a beard, will try to
brighten the Christmas of five
young children whose father has
been arrested for a bomb-extortion
plot.
Chief of Police James Purcell
Jr., organized a collection cam
paign among officers yesterday
for gifts for the children of
William Clarence Peddicord. the
blind Portland man accused of
bombing the Meier and Frank
store last April.
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American Political Conservatism
Appears To Be Abandoned Issue
Lyle C. Wilson
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington UP.) The time
has come to write the obituary
of the conservative political
m o v ement in
the United
States.
It was repre
sented by the
Republi can
party of Mark
Hanna, Boise
P e n r ose and
such. There
isn't anymore.
That party is
dead although
surviving millions of conserva
tive voters may not realize u.
They are learning the hard way,
however, as presidential elec
tions roll around, that no one
has been nominated for them.
The rug was yanked from un
der American conservatives by
an action of the 1936 Democrat
is National convention which
was little noted in that precise
light at the time. That was the
convention which nominated
FDR for a second term.
But it was not that nomina
tion which quenched the con
servative party yeast. It was the
convention's action in throwing
out the party's 104-year-old two
thirds rule. That action deprived
the Southern Democratic minor
ity riot only of control, but of
almost all influence, in Demo
cratic national conventions. It
opened the way for the Demo
cratic party to move steadily
and rapidly to the left.
The Republican party has fol
lowed, carrying millions of con
tented voters with it, but leav
ing other millions of conserva-
ti 3 anc yurs in the li-
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tives in the lurch. ,
South Had Power
The abandoned rule required
that a two-thirds majority was'
necessary to nominate. William
Jennings Bryan slipped by it
three times with his free silver
and currency inflation heresies.
But the rule served normally to
give the conservative South a
real voice in the nomination of
Democratic presidential candi
dates. FDR could and did move the
Democratic Party far to the left.
But his successors could not con
sistently keep it there if the
two-thirds hurdle had to be
cleared each time. As it stands
now, left of center is about as
conservative as a Democratic
hopeful dare be if he wants
serious consideration from a
Democratic convention.
When Adlai E. Stevenson re
cently plumped for political
moderation, he was rebuked in
stantly by such party figures as
Gov. G. Mennen Williams, Mich
igan, and Gov. Averell Harri
man, New York. Harriman said
there was no place for modera
tion in the Democratic Party.
FDR and former President
Truman "found political gold in
the left of center line, Mr. Tru
man being considerably more
left than Mr. Roosevelt. Repub
licans saw what was going on
and began in 1940 with the late
Wendell L. Willkie to mine the
same gold field.
Struck It Rich
But it was left for General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, finally,
to strike it rich by becoming the
first Republican president elect
ed in 24 years. Mr. Eisenhower
was not exactly left of center,
but he. was a long way from the
Republican Party principles of
1918 or, even, 1928 when Her
bert Hoover won.
Mr. Eisenhower broke with
the New Deal -Fair Deal tradi
tions in several ways, including
the type of men who should sit
in a cabinet. But old line Re
publicans in Congress often com
plained that Mr. Eisenhower was
demanding that they 'support
policies which they consistently
had opposed through the Roose
velt and Truman regimes.
Most of the congressional Re
publican conservatives have
folded by now to chant: We
Want Ike. There remains a hard
core of storm troopers, little else.
But, dead as it seems to be,
American conservatism might
revive if the right leader came
along and the conservatives of
the South were released from
one-party captivity.
Manslaughter Charge
Brings 10-Year Term
Portland U.R) Quinton R.
Gault, 53, was sentenced to 10
years in the penitentiary yester
day after pleading guilty to a
manslaughter charge.
Gault, a former Vancouver,
Wash., chef, appeared before
Circuit Judge James R. Bain.
Judge Bain reduced the charge
from first degree murder on a
motion by Deputy District At
torney Robert Christ, who said
there was insufficient evidence
to support such a charge.
Gault was accused of the fatal
stabbing of Mary Mark, 49, in
her apartment last October.
Argentina, Australia and New
Zealand people eat more meat
than Americans, according to
commodity tables.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Paris Pierre Mendes-France in a challenge to three of his
political opponents Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay, former Premier-Georges
Bidault and Communist boss Jacques Duclos to
appear at a Radical Socialist party rally and debate with him:
"It seemed useful to me to ask you to be there and, if you wish,
to contradict the speech I shall make."
1 Tjn i . . .
nouywooa actress Mamie van uoren, who Is expecting a
child, on turning down a one-day Chicago appearance for $10,000:
"Ray Anthony and I decided we would rather spend Christmas
Eve together making plans about the baby than making money."
United Nations, N.Y. Security Council President Sir Leslie
Knox Munro of New Zealand after a bitter, undiplomatic exchange
between Israel and Syria:
"This council is entitled to expect, and does expect, that peace
will be preserved in the whole area with which we are concerned.
We are particularly justified in expecting a state of peace with
the advent of Christmas and the New Year."
the
Washington Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower on whether David,
presidential grandson, believes in Santa Claus:
"If he doesn't he certainly puts on a good show."
Hollywood Otto Preminger in defense of his banned picture,
"The Man With the Golden Arm," which deals with the problem
of narcotics addiction:
"A. veil of secrecy makes anything more attractive to young
people. The exposure of something in the movies, on the stage and
over the air can only help the problem."
Atlanta Nap Rucker, old-time spitball pitcher for the Dodgers
asking for new baseball rules to give the pitcher a break:
"They've taken everything away from the pitcher. They made
the ball livelier and they mashed down the seams until there's no
friction left. These modern day hitters are all right, but if you
give them he stuff we were allowed to use, they would have lo
turn loose the end of that bat."
Warrant Issued
At Request of
Attorney General
Bonn. Germany (U.R) Dr.
Otto John, the double turncoat
security c h i e f who fled to
Communist East Germany and
back again, was arrested today
on a charge of treason, govern
ment sources said.
John's position in the West
German government was rough
Iv equivalent to that of J. Edgar
Hoover in Washington when he
sought political asylum in
Communist Germany. He was
informed of his arrest 12 days
after his return to the West.
Held Incommunicado'
The arrest warrant was issued
at the request of Dr. Curt
Wiechmann, the West German
government's attorney general,
by an examining magistrate in
Wiesbaden. John had -been held
incommunicado through the long
days of questioning, but until to
day he was not technically
under arrest.
Officials d i d not know
whether John would be trans
ferred at once to Karlsruhe, seat
of the federal Supreme Court,
but Wiechmann indicated he
would make an official an
nouncement about the man who
told the world he went to East
Germany July 20, 1954, to seek
political asylum.
He returned to West Germany
Dec. 12 after 17 months among
the Communists and several
trips to Moscow. He has been
held in Wiesbaden since then at
the headquarters of the federal
criminal police.
Supplementary Charge
Authoritative official sources
said John also would face a sup
plementary charge of covering
up his illegal activities. There
was no immediate explanation of
what the "illegal activities
were though they presumably
would be covered by a big trea
son charge.
John's round-trip defection
was one of the major sensations
of the cold war. His flight to
East Berlin caused consternation
at Bonn and a government crisis.
His return evoked smiles from
Chancellor" Konrad Adenauer
who did not seem the least, bit
surprised.
The government, sources said
court action against John would
not begin until early in the new
year but that he would face
Christmas in jail. His wife, in
Cologne, was informed Thurs
day that "certain steps" were
about to be taken against him.
Political Unstable
Mrs. John, six years his senior,
whom he married in , Britain
during the war when he worked
for British intelligence, hoped
to meet her husband either in
Karlsruhe, seat of the Supreme
Court, or in Wiesbaden.
John, 53, was regarded as ex
tremely political unstable when
he served in his high post and
there were reports the govern
ment was preparing to' replace
him at the time of his flight. He
told a Communist-sponsored
press conference he had gone
there because of the rise of form
er Nazis in the Bonn govern
ment. ,
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Interesting news in these
days when the politicians are
going all out to make farmers
feel sorry for themselves:
In the first ten months of 1955,
Oregon's over - all agricultural
revenue was $309,956,000. This
compares with over-all agricul
tural revenue of $305,381,000 for
the corresponding period of 1954.
That is a gain of $4,575,000.
HPHE figures were announced
this morning by the U. S. de
partment of agriculture. The an
nouncement adds that 17 other
states showed a gain in over-all
agricultural revenue.
isn't available at the moment)
their gross total yield was
around 1140 bushels from an
acre of ground. It was a world
record.
T IS true that in 1955 farm
.prices have slipped off in
Oregon and elsewhere. But in
Oregon and 17 other states gross
total yield has been increased
enough to bring in more gross j
total income.
How come?
There are many reasons. Ma- j
chinery is one of them. Modern j
machinery enables the farmer
to increase his total production. ;
Fertilizer is another reason. In- j
telligent use of fertilizer enables
the farmer to increase his total j
production.
So do better farming methods,
better crop varieties, etc. i
REDUCING sacks to bushels,
Paul Fairclo's 1940 yield
was about 1040 bushels or just
under the world record estab
lished in a non-commercial ex
periment designed to achieve
maximum production at' any
cost. Paul used strictly commer
cial method s, with standard
width of rows, standard use of
fertilizer, water,, etc.
Among other things, his rec
ord is a tribute to the richness
of southern Oregon soil. But he
must have been considerably
helped by a good growing year.
AT ANY rate, Oregon and 17
other states have apparently
had a good growing season this
year and with the help of a good
growing year they have been
able to increase their gross, agri
cultural income over last year.
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It appears from the depart
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1955 has been what we call a
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a whole has almost equalled the
all-time record made in 1948. It
is considerably above the yields
of any of the last six years.
That is to say, growing con
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favorable.
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tion, that is highly important.
Let's cite an example:
In the 20 years of the Klam
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contest over across the moun
tain, AVERAGE gross produc
tion by the winners has been
439.8 sacks per acre. But in 1940
Paul Fairclo of Henley soared
up to a fabulous gross total yield
of 625 SACKS PER ACRE
nearly 200 sacks above the 20
year average.
He employed skill and good
methods in growing his crop, of
course. But he must have been
aided by good growing condi
tions. My memory of that year
fails me, but it MUST have
been a good growing year to
produce a crop that far above
the average.
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the year, but it is well ahead of
1940. As I recall it, Zuckerman
Bros, conducted an experiment
down in the San Joaquin delta
whose purpose was to find out
how large a tonnage of potatoes
could be grown on an acre of
rich ground.
They narrowed the interval
between rows, in order to get
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