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Home Owned, Controlled, Edited iEftttflrial pagJ? Of 11)0 (Unblttt? Oakland, Oct. 15, 1953 WRITTEN IN THE SAND Letters Readers Write To The Tribune Forum "H-feRES OUR AG-RrMEMT RIGHT THERE I Vital Need for Cost Study of Bay Crossings Shown by State Report The preliminary report by G. T. McCoy, whom reside in Alameda and Contra Costa chief of the State Division of Highways, on Counties. the provisions of the Dolwig Act and the The official expressions by Eastbay lead-Army Street southern crossing, which is ers have in no way raised anv objection to discussed in detail in the news columns of a southern crossing.

Eut the indicated cost today's Tribune, clearly substantiates the of this particular crossing the Army Street position of Eastbav leaders. route presages an intolerably heavy bur- They have emphasized as major obstacles den on the people of this area, to the Dolwig proposal, its extremely high It is certain that justified objections will cost and its lack of adequate engineering be made, not only to the toll increase, but studies. to the provision in the Dolwig Act, as noted The State report definitely shows that by McCoy, that will prevent Bay crossings approaches authorized by the Act are com- from ever becoming free from tolls. Letters should be addressed to The Forum. The Tribune disclaims responsibility for statements expressed and reserves the riffht to investigate the authenticity of letter.

Names n.ust be signed and accompanied by addresses, which vill be withheld if reqnested. Tribute Sail On Editor: The last column written bv Ad. Schuster, which was thoughtfully published for us to keep who remember him as 11 real friend to this area who poured out his best for our enjoyment, makes us sad and silent for it is so prophetic and poignant. He says therein in it is our 'idea to sail on hi I i i i ir rv a si i i Editor: Never have I born so deeply and sincerely sorry to and as anyone who has sung for hear of the death of a person many years that wonderful sea whom I did net. know personally rhanty, a sailor never, never ho ONLY sail as I was when I read of the sud I awav This is in violation of the definite made bv the Federal Government when pletely unsatisfactory, both to San Francisco officials and in the Eastbav.

This is shall ever think of Mr. Schuster sailing on on in command of his craft, healthier than ever, happier, too, going ashore at last unbuffeted. relaxed, thinking his thoughts, hustling them out to us. still "on vacation," vacation that ends not, eyes still sranning waysides for purposes profound, learning eternal opinions about all things that truly count. Instead of poles pacing bv, souls; taking his place with those who gather at the last Station to watch celestial things unseen by human eye.

How really remarkable he could so easily retire. What more could we want for our friend going on a little ahead of ns EDNA K. BARKER, Alameda. Vital Importance Editor: Now is the peoples opportunity: let's act. The Public Utilities Commission has set Friday, October 16th at 9:30 a.m.

in the Oakland City Hall to hear den death of Ad Schuster. I always turned to his column first. His insight, wit, poetry and command of words were, without a doubt, superb. Something will really be missing from my daily life. No more puns and no more rhymes.

No more prose of the good old times. No more typos, no more puns. No more cringing under deadline guns. May the Lord bless him and keep him. CHRISTINA SMITH.

Oakland. Selfless Spirit Editor: A.s a long-time contributor of verse to. the "Other Fellow Column," and as one of the many who received a start there toward writing for national publications, may I pay. tribute to the memory of Ad Schuster in the name of all con obviously because authors of the Act pro- the present bridge was built, and is counter eecded without the engineering investiga- to the amendment to Federal law approved tion that the Ac itself recognizes as by Congress at the last session. Bridge users essential.

have the right to expect that they will be If detailed engineering studies confirm relieved of tolls after they have paid for the cost estimates listed in the report re- the bridges. quiring a bond issue of $.300,000,000 the The Eastbay position is. and has consis-Army Street crossing has been priced out tcntly been, that a complete study must be of serious consideration. It should be noted made of the southern crossing problem, that the estimates by the State engineers Only then can a crossing be designed that correspond closelv to those made by such can be financed within reasonable limits, independent organizations as the San Fran- and offer expectation that another span can cico Bay Area Council. be built in the vicinity of the existing San It is apparent that the indicated cost Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge where relief would necessitate an increase in tolls on from traffic congestion would be provided, both the new crossing and the present Bar No commitment of any kind should be Bridge tn at 'east double the amount now made in the southern crossing program paid.

Trar.sbav commuters would be re- until qualified engineers have completed quired to pay 50 or 60 cents for each trip their studies and the cost of the project has across the Bay. been definitely established by competent To impose such a toil increase, with traf- authorities. experts acknowledging that little relief If the Army Street crossing studies de-from congestion would be provided, is un- termine that a 100 per cent increase in tolls thinkable. It would unquestionably be would be necessary for that project, then strenuouslv resisted bv users of the Bav additional studies should be made of other Bridge, the overwhelming majority of proposed southern crossing routes. opinions on the subject, "Raise MATTER OF FACT Communist China, a Slave State By Joseph Alsop Poetry Day tributors to his column through of Key System rates." This is of the years, by expressing our vital importance to everyone so heartfelt gratitude for his hav- either be present at the meeting ing offered us such a wonderful or write to the Public Utilities avenue for expression.

Commission, State Building, The Annual Poets' Banquet, Civic Center, San Francisco 2, instituted by Ad Schuster, with San Francisco, so they may hav its many prizes as an incentive the people's opinion, to poets of all ages, will long be After our recent experience treasured in the memories of the of no transportation it is our hundreds who attended year duty to see this settled fairly after year. None of us will ever for all concerned and this can-forget the joyous and selfless not be done until the Transpor-spirit of Ad Schuster. We pav tation Company shows books so tribute to his spirit of Eternal the Public Utilities Commission Youth. can come to a just settlement. OTHELIA LILLY.

A. J. LOHSE. Berkeley. Oakland.

HONG KONG, Oct. 15. The strictly transitional. The honey- industrial great power out of an news from China pours into this moon, when the communists ancient agrarian society, city in a turgid flood. were welcomed as a new force These four parts of the story Strength and weakness, fam- bringing order to a strife-weary that are already discernible ine and military buildup, bril- land, is definitely over.

This is give an uncomfortable hint as to liant successes in construction the time of preliminary military" the possible fifth and failures in industry, silly buildup and iron consolidation Southeast Asia has everything propaganda gestures, -bold, am- of the new government's power, that China needs. The rice, the bitious plans, oppression, Both efforts are proceeding rubber, the minerals, timber and Germans who were forcibly returned to the Russians after the last war, declare they would rather die than go back to their former masters. The situation in Korea is so touchy that some of the anti-red Chinese may even resist efforts to remove them from the stockades to the "explanation" booths. i Pi', 'r' J. jtuJ mr.t tj it i ri lit "Trihtrrr rf jn f.

t'r( Potlr; f)ay ft A i 5 fft jnJ pitmn if f-rt.) This which has been the home or sojourning place of many of those who established a poetic era in California naturally bespeaks for the writers of verse achievement, folly and ruthless- with conspicuous success. petroleum of Indo-China, Burma, Tim all thpsr themes are turn- ncc nr ct'Pp'ipt Siam and Malav must eleam be- A 4jWOCV0V'VJ. Ana Since the Indians Who are acting as bled together in this news from Second the familiar eommu- fore the eyes of the Peking gov custodians under the Neutral Nations Re- China in a pattern so strange njst pr0cess of grinding the success in th Turkey's Revolution seems mean- masses to mincemeat in order to eir project to establish the patriation Commission have been acting 11 scimetimes ernment as the golden solution. With these resources under their control, the Chinere communists would be able to accomplish mold a new nation is utterly tat' anH tbo nation' firt annua 1 Prvetrv ingless. 1 contrary to tne neutral spirit expected from All the Western specialists ai.enatine the Chinese oeonle.

By William H. Stoneman Day on Uc.ober in. And tnis newspaper, in urnpjreSi it is typical that the prisoners have who gather here to read the Chi- But the regime unquestionably without severe strain the gigan- rhlcaio DIIt Niwi Foreign Srvlr ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 15 American technical assistant whose paces quite a number of poets have heen ordered to attend the "evnlanatinnc nese riddle are faithful students commands the loyalty of the fa- tic task that may otherwise prove beyond their strength. of the Peking "Peoples Daily, Vored groups the party cadres, which has something of the au- the vouth.

the police and the Turkev's postwar economic rev- nave Decn USPft a massive and xemuren 10 discovery ana aryinB measures Thev have no choice At thp collective ses Kr-ilUlnf rvffrs, i 1 rannv 'run lame, is r.appv sions it mav bp difficult to intimidate the thority of Pravda." Yet here is srrn'v. The security forces have FUTURE UNCERTAIN It is foolish, at this time, to conclude that the communist high command is already plan to ask how anvone. ThTe rr.sv bo snn reluctant nrisnners hut if the rnmmiccinn lne 'P't u.mummK successfully stamped out ail ac olution continues to pound along production all the way along at full blast to the amazement yinr of the whole outside world. The Turks themselves havi What has happened to the taken good advice and used their the very odd things that can permits individual sessions we may expect happ-n when a vast, ill-trained that they will turn out to be typical "brain- bureaucracy is struggling to ning an onslaught upon South- lorce ine nugc nnu ancifni iutts tive centers of disaffection. No one would expect a spontaneous popular rising to free China now or in the future.

Third, this will continue to be true, even though pretty terrible times now loom ahead. The Chinese have been relieved of the strain of the Korean war, but save th.c.sr who have the magic in their pens, may celebrate properly a Poetry Day; what the uninitiated in meter and license may do tn Of course, as a last resort, these persons cuM read a poem' We have in mind that Ina Coolbrith was librarian here; that Edwin Markham taught east Asia, and has disentangled onetime "sick man of Europe heads. the Chinese armies from Korea since 1945 haj changed the Some of the fantastic result for this, but it is wrong to ig- whole political and economic are as follows: nore this possibility. And it is pattern of the Middle East. Cereal production has fx- very foolish to forget the To date it has fully justified panded from an averaee of 6.5 sures and temptations to which the expectations of the United million tons between 194I and of China into the fold of a slave state: "The disorder in th' party work in the field of statistical compilation in the rural districts washings." There also appears the possibility that the reds can interview an individual prisoner more than once, perhaps several times.

Most of the Americans on the scene are tne luture win expose xne ni- states wnicn nas poured i4u 1949 to 13 '4 million in 1953 has developed to an unbearable this strain is now to be replaced nese communists. If present tendencies continue. Southeast Asia will still be soft extent! Without consideration of the perhaps more severe the actual conditions in the rural strain of intensive national de- school in midst, and that George Steil- convinced that some of the procedures are ir.g was or.ee a voung businessman. And unfair and are conducive to duress. The million in economic aid, $1 billion worth of defense assistance, and a wealth of technical as-.

sistar.ee into this country since the Truman doctrine was enunciated in 1947. rom being a net importer of cereals up to 1951 Turkey is now the world's fourth largest exporter with 2.7 million tons available for export this year. Cotton production ha; in- districts, some returns require velopment. China, that always and yirtuallv undefended two didn't Stevenson stop here with the Casco evidence and the attitude of the Indians data of an extremely ridiculous imported lood in tne past, and vears frorn now. Within this nature.

lived always on the narrow Qhnrt imp moanwhile mc-ored the Bav and didn't the mathe- lends support to this view. For it was a verge of misery, is now to pay nist China will have built up It has baffled and blocked the creased from 65,000 tons in 1945- FOOLISH STATISTICS "In compiling statistics of mules and bees, the data are Dr. Derrick Lohmer. write stirrine Ditter blow to the communists to discover graceful poms as well as record that three-fourths of the Chinese prisoners a a hllsds a military power that may still be rather primitive, but will cer- Soviet Union by promising a 49 to 170.000 tons in 1952 and better life for this country's 21 more this vear and prcsoj-ve the music of Indian Tribes? did not want to go home. After all.

they required to give the number of for an immense program of industrialization out of a reduced national income. China, with far fewer resources, is to" do what Russia did and at what cost tn the Russian people! MILITARY BUILDUP ti r- i .1 male mules and female mule; were siinrnsed tn ho 1 1 oorc u-r-o nmnnc 1 'he number of male bees and Allied observers will be on hand to wit- thP numbor 0f female bees. In iar.s. wa a port as was Rowland Sill and tainly be immeasurably greater million backward people with- Livestock numbers have in- than any other military power out the wear and terror of vio- creased from 55 million in 1945- in this area. In this same e- revolution.

49 to 62.4 millions in 1953 riod also, the cruel difficulties Today Turkey is still far from Agricultural crop acreage has of the task they have under- the end of the road. Rut it has a increased from 22 million acres takon will no doubt come to nead start on tne way to per- jn 1945-49 to 28 million acres loom ever larger in the eyes of manent security and to a bril- the number of tractor, from Bret Harte whose "Heathen Chinee" is at- ness anv coercion. We trust there will be compiling statistics of the catch- Fourth, there Is no question ing of mosquitoes, flies and lice, the data are required to give the whatever about the chilly, un- the Peking leadership. weight in catty of insects caught, yielding determination of the as well as the number." Chinese communist leaders to 2000 in 1947 to 37,000 at present, the number of combines from Unchallengeable Chinese mili- tached to his name even as the purple cow no violence or killing of these men, as there is fore, er associated with Gelett Burgess, has been in the past, for they are entitled We knew them all in Oakland, and Charles to a free choice. It is the duty of the U.N.

Warren Stoddard, John Rollin Ridge and command to see that they get it. best of all the stalwart who lived in our hills and became known to the world. Joa- Old St. Mary liant self-sufficient future. BIG DEFENSE SPENDING The present difficulties include a deficit in Turkey's balance of payments which will 200 in 1948 to 3500 in 1953.

PROGRAMS UNDER WAY The indignation of the "Pen- transform their country into a tary poweS; an acutely painful pie's Daily" is altogether under- military-industrial great power problem irfChina; a wonderfully standable. But speaking seri- at any cost. There is a good easy solution of that problem ously, this sometimes ludicrous deal of doubt, however, about across undefended borders and more often grim news from their ability to do the job with such is likely to be an explosive China begins, after a while, to the resources now available to combination in Asia in the At this moment Turkish and amount to about $200 million for American authorities are con-1953. There is also a chronic ducting a gigantic program for budget deficit of between $15 the improvement of Turkish tell a rather clear story to any- them. Even with large scale aid rather near future.

Any Ameri from Russia, even if the people can oolicv that fails to take and $50 million a year. A whop- livestock through treatment of One hundred years ago a handful of people met in the chapel of a home in Oakland for Mass. With that ceremony- was established a parish which extended from Oakland north to Pinole, east to Livermore er. Poetrv Dav concerns us all perhaps more than we It is in the best of literature whether it be in its own form or in prose. It is in the Bible and it can be found one who studies it carefully.

It is a story that comes in four parts, none of them pleasing. First, the present phase of th are driven or starved to death these converging trends into achy the tens of millions. China count does not deserve the name mav still lack the margin that nf national nolicv. and south to Mission San Jose. A few weeks Chinese communist regime is" is needed to make a military Ooprrlrht.

19.V?. for Tkf Trlhan ping cetense ouoget wnicn xaKcs disease and improvement in 40 per cent of the total and the breeding and feeding methods, need to spend about $65 million Because there is a glut in the a year in foreign exchange for wheat market there is also go-defense needs make the problem ng to be a switch to the prn-almost impossible to handle, duction of coarse grains some When Turkey's air force is com- of which wil! be used for live-pletely equipped with jets the stock feeding. U.S. -Spain Agreements By Doris Flecson later the parish was named St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception.

Sunday Old St. Mary's Church will celebrate that beginning with a Centennial in life itself. Poetrv that will live has been written in our state: is being written today. There is proof the area carries on the tradition in the fact that an unusually larg number of national awards have been won bv the of this favored area. MADRID Oct 15 -The con- hammered out between the two plans for a great Naval base at ct tfe Development on the industrial trnviai Amer.ean agreements nations, subiect to the views of Cadiz which would relieve them egn exchange needs by front has been secondary to the sidi cictv j-viucin-aii another $10 mil ion or more.

air r-u 1 Mass. The history of the parish and church uisiui ui me poiuii umiui wjth franco Spain have now the White House, uepan- or ine necessity 01 reiving upon rn al -1 ul has paralleled that of the Citv of Oakland been signed a historic foreign ment and the Congressional ap- the British at the western end a anriromnlPtPlv a in itc.H artinrt n.l-l.r firct nolicv steo which both coun- propriations committees, the of the Mediterranean, the Straits abjsma.ly low and completely hght industnes that could not itself, starting as it did when Oakland first delaUed Lguage was deliberately gen- of Gibraltar. jllTr, Mwith outside world. ether NATO countries. The Turk But it Red Threat to POWs began to grow.

The first priest came as a Republicans achieved eral and inclusive. What the Air Force wants are has practically doubled miinnorv anrl of Kic TTit Qtstoe GeorrranTw mmnrises the refueling bases to which thev om' gets lobU calories da coal production since 1933 when KUvri ,1. r- comnared to 3160 the United it The FJsenhower administra- principal defense of the agree- can retreat 11 need De. 1 ne Army traveling through the brushy slopes of the States. Industrial workers get tons.

Pig iron production has gone up from 77,000 tons to 000 tons in the same period. tion is thus politically liable for ments here. Like Turkey, Spain will play little part as far as the wisdom or unwisdom of the owns strategic real estate valu- their own troops are concerned step. It can be expected to de- able in the defense of the West but they have a big order in fend its vested interest in it'bv against communist imperialism, modernizing the Spanish army generous appropriations which The diplomats speak of the both as. to training and weap- in this period of budget-balanc- "realism" of the new move.

The ons. wild Eastbay to visit his parishioners. eight years later came the first resident pastor to build the first church. Then came Reverend Michael Aloysius King who in as little as $1 a day in the cities. In the provinces many only earn 35 cents a day.

The peasants live on a medieval level. There is a strong inflationary trend. The retail price index has nearlv 40 vears of serving the parish was ing may have profound reper- military planners are frankly NEW MODEL WAR oono nn from 1 V) in Tannaru Crude steel production has risen from practically nothing to tons a year. MARKETS SOUGHT One of Turkey's big problems today is to find markets for its grain and other produce. Due to American guidance it may to Knild tn nrt rVmrrr- heir, start Oalc- cussions among the North At- happy It is appreciated in Europe 1Qr0 toVirrr lontir- treatv nations ST1RTFI1 BV ar.ri MATO norhsnc mnro During the long and tortuous armistice negotiations the United States insisted on the principle of voluntary repatriation of war prisoners It was the one stumbling block to agreement and.

since the fighting went on during these final negotiations thousands of Americans shed blood for that principle. The process of "'explanation (the communist word for it) has begun. The reds will try to coax 14.500 Chinese and 7800 North Koreans back to communist territory These are the prisoners who said they did not want to return but, as a result of the compromise reached during the Panmunjom talks, they are now to undergo interviews with communists specially appointed to induce them to change their original land first high school and shepherd Old n0 figures are mentioned in a Pentagon planner, in fact at home, that the Americans Anvivrr Marv's through its formative vears. From the agreements. Informed the late Admiral Forrest P.

possess at this point the greatest AGRICLLTLRE ADVANCE his hands has come the church which plays wbelieve Snerman, then chief of naval op- combat force in the world Its Or 1 the credit side Turkey can able to shift production when United States has committed it- erations set the negotiations in far-flung experience in World point to accomplishments com- necessary and to develop new an active role today the affairs of this seif to about $1,000,000,000 to motion several years ago when War II has now been reinforced parable to those of the Soviet products. One great hope is that community. be spent over a period of three no responsible politicians would in Korea. In all services. Ameri- Union in the 1930's.

Because large oil fields may be discov- years. touch them because of the po- cans are the latest to fight and good sense has reigned Turkey ered and exploited within tht VALUABLE REAL ESTATE litical dictatorship here. Admiral to direct the 1953 model war. has succeeded in some places next two or three yoars. Truman says he doesn expect to be- The lengthy agreements them- Sherman won the approval of Others may speculate but Amer- where the Soviet Union has Provided Turkey continues to Come a college professor." Press report, selves are said frankly by the joint chiefs of staff and came icans know what the West is up failed.

receive adequate aid for the One wonders if the grapes aren't slightly acidulous. Color-printing is so nearly perfect thaj American negotiators to rep- here personally to set things in against xoaay. aouna aavice rrnm ine nmcn- next five years, roughly esti-resent principally an agreement motion. His untimely death at So far as their opposite num- cans has kept Turkey "on the mated at $100 million a year into agree. They reminded one of Naples occurred only a few bers in the military are con- rails." It has been responsible eluding foreign investments, it them of George Ade's famous days afterward.

cerned, therefore, they don't for a concentration on the im- js believed that the development apology: "Pardon the long let- The military are reserved get much argument when they provement of Turkish agricul- may carry on to the point at ter, I didn't have time to write about naming bases. Naval or say what must be done. Their ture, which provides about 90 which Turkey will be self suf-a short one. Since it is receg- Air, either as to location or principal problem is the politi- percent of Turkey's foreign ex- ficient. Where it will go after nized, he said, that all details number.

It is believed however cal, social tnd economic reali- change earnings. that is anybody's guess. An atmosphere of potential violence pre- vails. Previous riots in the prison camps yesterday before he realized what he was indicates the a nti -communist attitudes of doing, a person ate a page advertisement must most riinst4irurly that th Navy has handrsm ties 01 the rest ei tne American economic aia ana c.prntht. ism, chi-f.

D.ny rr.anv cf prisoner. Some, like the of ic cream.