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4 Tht News-Review, Reseburs., Ore. Mon., May K, 194 Publiihtd Dally Exotpt Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. latere. .. second ci. .ue- .r i. ":'" " Beieburf, lltlin, ender Mi el " 1, ins CHARLES V. STANTON E0Wu.hJi?AP' Editor "rfur Manager Member of tha Associated Praia, Oragon Newspaper Publisher Association, tha Audit Bureau of Clroulatlene HmnUI , WSST-BOLLIDAT CO, IMC, elileos 1; New Terk, Ceioafe, """ I, r raolsco, in Angeles, ", fettle... Si. le.le. tVB CBIMIOM ATBS-I. Ore,0.-Br M.ll-Fer Tear ate M tke e4.. l.o.tha three months I2.". INTERIM STUDIES By CHARLES V. STANTON Interim legislative: studies covering 11 specific subjects will be made during- the ensuing two years. Major investigations will embrace highway development, taxes, revision of legislative procedure, feasibility of a de partment of natural resources, public welfare, schools, and streamlining state government. Other committees will study proposed consolidation of City of Portland and Multnomah County governments, feasibility of establishing a junior college, animal cruelty, feasibility of a state botanical garden. Interim committee studies in past years have had records both good and bad. Particularly outstanding in the interim preceding the last legislative session was the work of the committee on high- ways, which conducted most exhaustive study, including expert engineering, and developed recommendations for long-term highway system improvement. Recognizing the excellent results from this study, the legislature has authorized continuation of the committee during the coming two years with substantial appropriation for financing. Another committee which made an exceptionally fine start, and then permitted conflicts between personalities to wreck much of its effectiveness, was the interim group which studied fish and game management and policies. This committee, after conducting hearings throughout the state, and obtaining recommendations from Dr. Ira Gabrielson, internationally famed conservation expert, began to squabble over recommendations, experienced personality conflicts and, as a result, brought in majority and minority opinions des troying the effectiveness of what started out as a very promising program. . It is our opinion that well-organized and efficient interim work could greatly simplify legislative sessions. The committees studying reorganization at state govern ment and revision of legislative procedure should, we be lieve, take into consideration the opportunity for shortening regular sessions of the legislature by doing much prelimin ary work through interim activities. Heretofore it has been the practice of interim committees to bring in reports but to leave preparation of actual bills, executing recommendations contained in those reports, until after the legislature is in session. We believe these committees after reaching conclusions, based on their studies, should have bills prepared by the Attorney General to carry out recommendations and policies agreed upon. The legislature, of course, would not be ex pected to pass the bills without careful study, public hearings and committee action. But, by having the bills prepared in advance, the legislature would have plenty of work at the start of the session instead of having to wait until late in the period before major legislation began to appear, as is now th usual condition. The recent session furnishes a good example. Although exhaustive studies were made by the two interim committees previously mentioned, the bills to put their recommendations in effect did not get before the legislature until the session was half over. One requisite to more extensive use of the interim com mittee plan, however, is that legislators be placed on salary rather than per diem compensation. Given a fixed amount for their services, they could be engaged in studies and in vestigations at intervals throughout their entire terms, with the only additional cost covering actual expenses incurred in travel, meals and hotel accommodations while employed in committee work. If the committees then prepared reports on their studies, and introduced with reports proposed implementing legisla tion, sessions could proceed with little loss of time while waiting for major bills. Subjects proposed for interim study are very Important to the state as a whole, particularly those on reorganization of government and revision of legislative procedure, taxes, schools and welfare. It is to be hoped that each committee accepts its assignment seriously. Gentlemen, Be Seated! I Redwood Forest Land Purchase By Federal Government Recommended v4m By Viahnett S. Martin If jf f ' Shanghai Fears Ruthless 'Defenders' More Than Red Forces At Outskirts By TOM LAMBERT HONGKONG, May 16.-0T Shanghai today Is a city ruled by guns. Iti nearly 6,000,000 resident art more fearful of their trigger happy Nationalist defenders than of the Chinese Communists prod ding at Its outskirts. Harsh and bloody measures taken by the Shanghai garrison are converting from contempt to anger the feeling residents nave for the men assigned to defend that greatest Asiatic city. Military edict, enforced by arms, is now the law for Shang hai. Legal looting by soldiers who never were distinguished for their respect for other people' property now goes under the alius of "requisitioning." Through a tightening censor ship the garrison decides what Shanghai and tne worm win know about the war and about conditions in that city. The garrison is following un swervingly the military patterns of Pelping, Tientsin, Suchow and Nanking, all of which have fallen to the Reds. With "volunteer" laborers, the army Is gouging out trenches, erecting pillboxes, uprooting vij, luges and burning down houses on tht outskirts of the city. Tht military and those political figures who art allowed to speak all prattle solemnly about a "last ditch" stand and boast that Shanghai's defenses are like Stalingrad's. Yet nrohahlv no more than a handful of Shanghai residents be lieves the garrison will even try to defend the city. They expect that ns the Heds appear, as many of Shanghai's remaining defend ers as possible will scramble to follow those who already have departed. Shanghai may be In for hard time when the Reds do come and no one doubts that they are coming but Shanghai will not soon forget its last days under tht nationalists. "Gruesome murder set com plete, 3 cents with approvals, sat isfaction guaranteed . . ." What under the sun would you guess that advertiser Is offering? I Just read it in a twice-a-wcek newspaper, the only one of Its kind in the world, that goes to "over 34,350 subscribers," all of whom without a doubt know just what the advertisers mean. "Western Stamp Collector" is published right here In Oregon Albany, to be specific. I hope we can stop in next time we go through there on 99. (By the way, "99" has an attractive fold er, too, but I can't see any ad dress on It other than the local Chamber of Commerce. I'm glad so many of you wrote In for the "101" folder! It does make the way so much more interesting, doesn't It!) Well, Ye Editor, William Wylie, certainly sticks to the point, even if this columnist doesn't. I could not find word In the copies he sent me by request that didn't relate strictly to stamps. Every real philatelist must have a close touch on world events through their stamp work! Someone writes In that the "radiant sun" is' no longer on Chinese stamps is that signifi cant? Thinking back from two months later, I can well believe it was, can't you? There Is a most interesting article about Finland's fight to keep her own stamps! She did not wish to have her postal Issues submerged into the Russian even if her monetary system was. So, Intensely nationalistic, the Finns protested by issuance, by private enterprise, of what was called a "mourning stamp." In August, 1900, says the writer in Western Stamp Collector, "these labels were affixed to most letters mailed abroad or to Russia. (Im agine! to Russia, too!) "On a background of intense black the coat of arms of Finland is shown In red and yellow ... the label is usually affixed to the face of the envelope with the stamps paying postage stuck on the back." I remember two small stamp collectors who would have said happily, "That's telling 'em!" I know nothing of philately. But oh, I do remember how much good comes to children from even a short-time craze for "collecting stamps!" Roseburg Choral Society Holds Final Dress Rehearsal For Tuesday Night's Program Final dress rehearsal will be held tonight by the Roseburg Choral Society In preparation for its first concert Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. in the Junior High School Auditorium. The 50 singing mem bers will wear white robes for tht program. Under the direction of C. A. Rlcketts, the Choral Society was organized last fall and has been holding weekly rehearsals. Fea tured soloists include Hershel Scott and Dorcas Johnson, vocal ists, and Mrs. W. Sherman Plymp ton, pianist. Officers Include Eugene A. Springer, president; Llsille Mar tin, vice-president: Vena M. Scott, treasurer, and Amy M. Robin son, secretary. The roster of singing mem bers Includes: Sopranos, Leslie Ellen Brown, Frances Brown, Dorothy Dlmlck, Hetty S. Ed wards, Roberta B. Erlikson, Lois Fltzglhbons, Cecllc Gardner, Bet ty Jean Grady, Henrietta S. Greenlee, Helen Hanford, Inez Hitchman, Dorcas Johnson, Bar bara Lamb, Jackie Lamb, Jonn Lashua, Emma McClellan, Elsille Martin, Ethel Nielsen, Lois rink erton, Edith Radabaugh, Amv M. Robinson, Rachel Root. Zolda Sanders, Verna Taylor, Bonnie Tvrcr, Charlotte Wallin and Fayc Vhlte. Altos, Cynthia C. Balmer, Ruth Benecke, Fern Bruland, Freda Daugherty, Ruth M. Gibbons, Vera Gee, Yvonne Hlatt. Jean Jossc, Thora Lelken, Lillian Msrsters, Dorothv A. Moore, Maud Pat- tlson, Martha Jane Plimpton, Kalherlne M. Robertson, Vena Scott and Corinne Graves Wood-ard. Tenors, Rav Bentson, W. Thom as Coates, Harold (.ox, Wendell A. Johnson, Willis F. Erickson, Norman D. Root and Earl C. Steward. Bass, Rov W. Barnhart, James R. Daugherty. Elwyn E. Jones, George W. Loeper, Wally Over- were unavailable. ton, Edward B. Row, Hershel D. Scott, Eugene A. Springer and Franklin Voyt. PROGRAM I 0 Lovely Hurt Floberton Dirk Water James 1 Thought That Love Had Bean a Boy Bjttd One Little Hour Dlrhmont P" Curran Curran Mr. Scott HI Hear My Prayer. O Lord SVholln All In the April Evenlna Ronerton IV Intermlaalon Partita In B-Ftat Prelude Saraband. lue Deux Arabesques .... Debuiay Mra. Plimpton V Now Let Heaven and Earth Adore Thee Bach We Thank Thee, Lord Bnrlnlansky-Tkarh VI On Wln of iont Mendeluohn KaMhhnlrl Love Song .Woodforde-Finden My Hero Suausa Mra. Johnson VII JuMlee Smith I.cxmI Newe Smith Mary Had a Little Lamb Murrav The Glory Tram Cain .. Bach Three Loggers Drown At Boat Upsets in Rapids LEWISTON, Idaho, May 16. (.VV Three members of a log drive crew apparently drowned late yesterday when their 16-foot row-boat capsized in the Clearwa ter River rapitls at Lenore. Idaho, 23 miles east of Lewiston. Believed dead are I.eonard Chase. 2S. Orofino; Walter An derson. 42. I'ierce; and Ray Fit ting, 3-'. Stltes. Four others In the boat grab bed an overhanging tree and clung there for two hours before other crewmen were able to res cue them. Tom Klskella and Ben Larson were two of the men who were saved. Names of the others In the Day s Hews (Continued from Page One) Communists always seem to be well provided with. A WASHINGTON dispatch sums up the latest details of the af fair and adds: "Except for the principle of the thing, the Government could save quite a lot of money by just Ig noring Elsler's flight.' That is certainly true. We're well rid of him, and if he'll just stay away we'll be happy. STILL, you can't Just ignore the principle of the thing. If we let the Idea get around that troublesome offenders against our laws can get rid of trouble by skipping out when the going be gins to get bad, we'll have more offenders. We used to shoo bums and minor criminals from one city to another to escape the cost of punishing them, and it never seemed to do much good. It would be likely to work the same way with Communists. WASHINGTON, May 16. UP) rne fubiic Anairs institute pro posed Thursday that the Recon structlon Finance Corporation fi nance the purchase of up to 2, 100,000 acres of redwood forest land in Northern California. The Institute, a private re search organization, recommend ed that Congress and the Cali fornia Legislature pass concur rent legislation to set up a Na tional Redwood Forest, extend ing 250 miles from the Oregon border to the San Francisco area." It said the redwoods are threat ened with destruction. California, the Institute pro posed, would pay the Redwood corporation 525,000,000 lor 124, 000 acres of "the very best old reciwooa areas to De used as parks. "This wpuld give California a redwood park system many times larger than the present one and would preserve forever the finest stands of Sequoias," the Institute said. It proposed that the U. S. For est Service operate the forest sec tion of the lands on a sustained yield basis, and that the four California counties Involved Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino and Sonoma receive a total of $1,000,000 a year "in lieu of taxes normally collected from the for est operations a sum substan tially more than the average of tax receipts from these sources will be if the forest remains In private hands." The Institute's plan was pre sented by Dr. Dewey Anderson, L,os Altos, (Jalii., executive di rector, at a conservation con- Body of Boy Found As Search Made for Grandson LEWISTON, Idaho, May 16. UP) The body of a boy about 14 years old was recovered from the Snake river near Central Ferry Saturday by a Clarkston, Wash., man searching for his grandson. ine Doay iuuiiu mis morning by William Jones was tentatively identified by Lewiston and Pom eroy, Wash., officials as that of Pat McLendon, 14, an Orofino, Idaho, youth who drowned with his 17-year-old brother Bob m April. Jones was searching the river banks for the body ol his grand son, Monty Jones, a Clarkston high school senior, who was De lieved to have lost his life in the Snake when a boat capsized last week. ly used that a typhoid epidemic might hit Portland. In that case, the city would be merely jump ing out of the financial frying pan into the financial fire. A LL this, of course, is specula- stretched pretty thin, at that. Our only excuse for dealing with it is that it does call attention to the tax crisis that is rapidly approach ing in this country. Especially the municipal tax crisis. One reason why our munici palities are in financial hot wa ter is that we pay so much money in federal taxes that we haven't enough left to run our towns and our counties and our schools. P 1ORTLAND, whose financial troubles are more pressing than those of the smaller towns merely because Portland Is bigger and needs more money, has been considering a scheme to finance itself by quadrupling water rates. (Portland owns Its water system, and it Is argued that nearly every body uses water, and so by in creasing water rates everybody would be tapped for the addi tional money needed to run the town). Commissioner Bean objects on principle. He says the city charter didn't contemplate use of water sales to raise revenue to run the city and adds that only a vote of the peo ple could authorize such a sbarp Increase In water rates. "Besides," he says: "The unfair and inequitable distribution of the tax burden would more than offset Its value as a revenue raiser." T HAT is to say, people would would start looking around for ways to beat It. Somebody, for ex ample, might dig a well in his back yard and thus escape his share of the water rates tax bur den. Let's pursue that thought a lit tle farther: The water In the well might be come polluted, and the users of it might get typhoid. It Isn't im possible that the neighbors might try to escape their share of the water tax by making arrange ments to use the well. .In that case, typhoid might spread. Water from wells, or creeks, or what have you might be so wide- Phone 100 If you do not receive your News-Review' by 6:15 P. M. oall Mr. Waters before 7:00 P. M. Phone 100 Talking About a Home? So many people do noth ing but talk obout it! But it you really want to own your home, consult me now. Personal attention. Economical terms. RALPH L. RUSSELL Loans and Insurance Loan Representative Equitable Savings & Loan Assn. 112 W. Cass Phone 913 I YOU CAN COMPLETE, HIGH SC HOOL Nw At Bern Law fsmtnti AH B.tii rrnlh4 N CIihh DIPLOMA AWARDED If Tea Art tl mr 0tr Writ far Frra Bk1el AMERICAN SCHOOL Dept. RO-5-16, 1440 Broadway, Oakland 12, Calif. " - Al Street Aeereal "He Slate ference here. Anderson estimated It would cost $125,000,000 to buy the de sired lands. 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