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IT AIN'T BEING DONE
By CHARLES V. STANTON
We listened Tuesday to a man with old-fashioned ideas
about tovernment.
Giles French, state representative from Sherman county,
and one of the state's foremost authorities on taxation,
made a plea for "simple" government, as he spoke to the
Rosebure Kiwanis club.
Why, Giles, "simple government" is strictly paise in these
days of agencies, bureaus, departments, administrations,
boards, services, authorities, etc. and etc.!
Representative French even spoke of people "providing
security by their own industry.
See what we mean by old-fashioned!
The Sherman county Representative is preparing to cam
paign for reapportionment of the state legislature through
an amendment to the State Constitution, which would pro
vide for the election of one senator from each county, re
gardless of population, with representatives apportioned
according to the population of each county as shown by
the 1950 census. He proposes, in other words, to follow the
pattern by which Congress is organized.
Under such setup, Senators represent geographical AREA
while Representatives represent PEOPLE.
This system is supposed to protect minorities through
equal representation in one legislative department, while
majorities have their Influence in the other.
Oregon's existing system, in which both Senators and
Representatives are supposedly apportioned according to
population, provides no minority protection, which is the
principal reason why reapportionment, as required by the
Constitution, has failed at session after session of the legis
lature. To apportion according to existing constitutional re
quirements would place the entire state at the mercy of
Multnomah county.
Representative French also urges more taxes at the local
level and fewer at higher levels.
Of course, Giles comes from a small town in a sparsely
settled county, and even though he is an editor, is not to be
criticized for being so completely out of date.
Modern fashion, Giles, is to tell the people that you are
"soaking the rich," gather in the crowds and then pick
pockets.
By accumulating corporation taxes, excise taxes, with
holding taxes, luxury taxes etc., then telling the people
that it's the rich who are being soaked, it becomes possible
to rob the poor dupes while they applaud. When the sucker
buys a new automobile, paying 25 per cent of the purchase
price in pyramided taxes, he blames the manufacturer for
high prices instead of venting his spleen on government.
Letting people know about taxes Is entirely outmoded.
It's much smarter to withhold at the source. Then the boss
has to boost ths "take-home" pay and the employee doesn't
realize how much tax he is paying. But he can beat his gums
about the high cost of living, when the employer has to pass
on the tax charge by increasing the sale price of his mer
chandise. Of course, Giles, back In the wheat country you wouldn't
know about these more "refined" methods of government.
And Mr. French spoke of the fact that "people are not
interested in government, "
Certainly not!
Why should anyone be interested in government when the
Great Father back in Washington is so paternally interested
in the welfare of the "peepul?"
When we can get paid for not working, get money for not
growing wheat, have cheap housing, subsidized "vittles,"
free schools, socialized medicine, etc., why worry about gov.
ernment? The Great Father will provide he says so if
only an obstreperous Congress will let him.
It certainly is old-fashioned to be talking about simple
government, earned security, tax economy and responsible
citizenship in these days. It just ain't being done. It dates
one!
Barfcley Romanes Builds Laughs At Democratic Meet
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26-.P
Vice-President Barkley kept
alive today the romantic specula
tion linking his name with a pret
ty St. Louia widow.
And he took obvious delight In
being Introduced aa "the squire
of Paducah and the new spirit of
St. Louis."
It all happened before several
hundred Democrats Wednesday
night In the Hotel Mayflower ball
room when the genial "Veep"
spoke at a dinner of the national
committee.
The widow. 37 -year -old Mr?.
Carleton Hadley, wasn't present.
Her name was not even men
tioned. But she was very much
in everybody's mind when retir
ing national chairman J. Howard
McGrath introduced the 71-year.
old Barklev.
The "Veep" threw back his
head and laughed as heartily as
anyone In the room at McGrath's
reference to St. Louis.
"This." B a r k 1 e y responded
when quiet had been restored,
"is the hour I long have sought
and mourned because I found it
not."
He told the crowd he had "rail
ed up Missouri on the longdis
tance telephone and she asked
me to give you her personal re
gards." He went on to say that "there
has always been an Inseparable
connection between Kentucky
and Missouri" and "It looks like
It's going to continue." He add
ed: "That's what I hope."
Somehow We're Sort of Losing Interest in Buying
In the Day's News
(Continued From Page One)
Olof Erlckson, still In his teens,
took passage in a small boat ply
ing the Washington coast, carry
ing on hia back everything he
considered necessary to establish
himself In his wilderness home.
He had never seen the 160 acres
which he had just acquired, in
1888, but he lost no time in set
ting out. There would be days on
foot through unknown wilderness
Inhabited only by Indians, not al.
ways, by report, friendly Indians.
When he left the boat at dusk
one evening he went only as far
as a big spruce, and slept on the
bare ground under it. Next day
carrying his heavy pack he set
out. Since he was a sailor he had
in hia pockets a knife, a compass
and a chart. But the line on the
chart was easier to follow than
the river! At times he waded
shoulder-deep In the middle of
the stream, because the brush
was well-nigh impenetrable.
Often he slipped and fell into
deep holes.
In his pack an axe, a file,
shovel, pick, blanket, extra pair
of overalls, frying pan, tin plate,
tin mug, fork, spoon, fishhooks
and a line, box of matches, five
pounds of bread, five of flour,
five of bacon, one small can of
pepper and two pounds of salt.
In time he conquered the defi
nitely unfriendly Indians by fair
play, tact, and a genuine desire
to have them trust him. That was
how he became, in the Qulllayute
tongue, "Barth Ar-Kell." white
bear. Eventually he was given
honors by the people of his own
race, too, and now is a prominent
business man in Port Angeles.
When Svante Lofgren, who
lives on Stuart island, wrote an
article for the American Swedish
Historical Year Book, somehow
he left out the name of Olof
Erlckson, and was promptly told
about it by that gentleman. Said
Svante Lofgren, "I'll write a
whole book about you!" So he
did.
So this year the Publications
Press of Seattle published "Barth
Ar.Kell" by Svante Lofgren, the
story of that stout hearted youth,
Olof Erlckson, who ran away
from his Swedish home at the
age of 12 to sea, of course! but
also to "dig for gold!" and ar
rived in 1881 at Seattle by way
of Australia and New Zealand
and England.
I found the author-graphed
copy my friend Mrs. F. H. lent
me Interesting indeed. It is an
adult book but it could be a book
for the boy in his teens, too! And
It's true.
federal tax laws, but under OPA,
the Wage and Hours Administra
tion and other federal agencies,
thousands of dollars have been
assessed and collected WITHOUT
SEMBLANCE OF DUE PROC
ESS? tWe could name an indi
vidual who found his place of
business padlockea and heavy
penalties assessed because Ills
lax return was late, not through
any fault of his own but through
a mistake in Uncle Sam's post
office). On the whole we approve of
income taxes and of the with
holding method ol collection de
spite the burdens placed on em
ployers, but we do NOT subscribe
to Ihe Increasingly high handed
tactics of federal agents charged
with enforcement. We believe Ad
ministrative Law to be highly
necessary in this modern age, but
it MUST be equipped with the
safeguards of due process in con
venient courts.
(Oregon's Supreme Court Jus
tice Rossman is on a special com
mitlee of the American Bar As
sociation which is seeking to cor
rect grave abuses which have
grown up).
Miss Kellems has her faults
but in this case she is waging a
patriotic fight. Oregon born, she
has inherited a lot of pioneer
spunk.
Editorial Comment
From Tha Oregon Press
Military Payroll Reduction Ordered By Truman
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-.D
President Truman Thursday de
scribed payroll cuts as part of an
economy move under government
reorganization.
He told a news conference that
Secretary of Defense Johnson or
dered dismissal of 135.000 civilian
employe under direct instruc
tions from him. -
Mr. Truman added that he
would not be detenwj by pro
testa from some members of Con
gress from going through with
the curtailment.
With a smile, he said that In
Congress It's a solid rule that
economy should be In the other
fellow's district, not In mine.
When he was a senator, he
said, he was always careful to
see that Missouri didn't get gyp
ped on government projects.
Animal husbandry and farm
ing are each believed to have be
gun aoout 10.000 years ago
around the eastern end of the
Mediterranean.
OR"-GONIANS PROVIDENT
(Medford Mall Tribune)
The amount of money distrib
uted among life Insurance hen-
eficariea in Oregon this year w ill
reacn a surprising new nich total.
according lo figures supplied by
the Institute of Life Insurance.
A total of $5,892,000 In the shape
of death benefit payments went
to lamines in this slate during
the first half of 1349.
Reflecting the growing use of
life insurance by Ihe American
people to establish their family
security plans, it is pointed out
that tne above total compares
wllh $.,49.000 in the corres
ponding period of last year and
fcU72,00O in the first half of
1941.
For the nation as a whole the
mortalily among policyholders Is
at or near a record low rate, but
despite this, death benefits paid
in the tirst halt of this year are
48 per cent greater than in the
same period of 1941.
me institutes report shows
many more people are now pr
lected by insurance and thixe
who are insured own, on the
average, considerably more to
day. The past IS months have
seen an unprecedented expansion
in me insurance, the institute
reports. Whether this Insurance
demand is due to better eco
nomic conditions, fear of bad
times to come, a desire for sate
Investment or better salesman
ship on the part of the lite In
surance salesman, the institute
does not attempt to say.
MISS KELLEMS HAS A CAUSE !
(Eugene Register-Guard
On August 1, an agent of the
V. S. Collector of Internal Rev-!
enue came to the Kellems Com
nam' at Stoningtnn. Connecticut
and demanded Sti.l.ll.SO which he
sais was a PENALTY for Ihe ,-e-fusal
of the company to withhold
a like amount from the pay of
their employes for the individual
Income taxes during the last
three quarters of 1948. He was
told that the taxes had been paid
In full bv the Individuals. This
made no difference.
The federal agent then proceed
ed to the Mystic River National
Bank and clapped a lien on the
company's funds in the amount
of S6.KO.80. That fiery former
Eugenean, Vivien Kellems then
wrote to John J. Flt.patrlck, Col
lector of Internal Revenue at
Hartford and asked:
"Since all taxes for 1948 were
paid In full and there Is no ques
tion of delinquency why do you
now assess a penally? Since this
is in effect a FINE, when and
where was our TRIAL held?"
Mr. Fitpatrick replied:
"The records of this office do
not disclose payment of any with
holding taxes' BY THE KEL
LEMS COMPANY for the last
three quarters of 1948. . .1 do not
know that any trial was held or
that one Is necessary to assess
this penally. The jeopardy as
sessment was made in accord
ance with Sections 2707 (a l and
UfcivS (2) of the Internal Revenue
Cone. . .
Now there are many people
who Ihlnk Miss Kellems is mere
ly a publicity seeker and that her
fight "agin' the gov'ment" is ri
diculous and that she deserves
whatever punishment she may
get. We do not take that view -and
we do not indorse some of
the lady's more rabid notions
about government. In THIS
CASE, she has raised a point
which is of utmost concern to all
of us, and we will stale It this
way:
"How far can our constitution
al guarantees of Pt'BLIC TRIAL
IN OPEN COl KT be set aside
in the expansion of w hat is known
as Administrative Law?"
To be sure. Miss Kellems can
now tiring suit to recover her
money, and she may win. but it
will 'probably cost her many
times the amount Involved, and -that
is exactly why the abuses of
Administrative Law are creep
ing up on all of us fast because
the average victim CANNOT AF
FORD TO FIUHT!
Did you know that right here
In Eugene, not only under the
OREGON'S GREAT
FOREST INDUSTRY
(Oregon City Enterprise)
How important It is to use ev
ery means to protect from forest
fires, ruthless cutting and blights
the forest industry of Oregon was
revealed this week.
Forest Engineer W. D. Hagen
stein told the Institute of North
west Resources meeting in Cor
vallis at Oregon State college the
Sl.5OO.0O0.0O0 worth of forest
products manufactured in 1948 by
Oregon and Washington is 50 per
cent more than the income
brought into the two states by
agriculture. Mr. Hagenstein em
phasized: 1. That 80 percent of the aver
age Oregon-Washington ocean
cargo and 55 percent of rail
freight is lumber;
2. The average hourlv wage in
the forest product industry now
is the highest of any heavy In
dustry in the world;
3. That today there are nearly
250,000 wage earners directly af
fected by forest products manu
facture: and
4. That Oregon continues No.
1 in ttie nation as a lumber pro
ducer, a position it has held since
1938 when Washington slipped to
second.
This brief but potent statement
by Mr. Hagenstein gives quick
understanding also to the expen
sive work now being done by
large forest product Industries,
including paper mills, in devel
oping tree farms and using the
sustained yield plan of forest har
vesting. To maintain the forest
growth of Oregon could easily be
considered the No. 1 industrial
responsibility of its citizens. By
the year. 2000, as the forest en
gineers of the Crown Zellerbach
corporation have pointed out, we
shall know how successful our
tree planting and sustained yield
cutting program is. Mr. Hagen
siein's figures should make an.
indelible impression on the pub
lic, particularly upon many
voung people as the forest re
source is their main heritage.
SHOULD do is to "weed out soft
snaps, flunky positions and baby
sitters."
Senator Pepper, of Florida,
shakes his head In disapproval
and comments: "Not only are
135,000 breadwinners losing their
jobs, but the grocery store on the
corner, the landlords and the
merchants will be affected too."
. aaa
GLOOMY predictions of the terri
ble things that will happen to
us n a result of this move to
spend less came from many sena
tors and representatives, Repub
licans and Democrats alike. From
the communities where the af
fected installations are located
there will come howls like those
of a wounded wolf. v
Everybody will want the
savings to be made SOME
WHERE ELSE.
aaa
PERSONALLY, I'm pleased. I
feel as strongly as I can feel
about anything that unless our
government quits spending more
than it takes in, so that we can
begin to reduce our national debt
Instead of Increasing it steadily
year after year, we will go broke.
We must keep this straight In
our minds: Nothing else that can
happen to us can be as bad as
national bankruptcy.
How do you feel about It?
a a
HERE is a suggestion:
If you feel, as I do, that we
simply MUST reduce the cost of
government even if It does result
in some temporary dislocations
and readjustments, sit down and
write to your congressman and
your senators about it. Tell them
In simple, plain language how
you feel. Make it clear to them
that you have been worried by
all this spending which keeps us
going farther every day into debt.
The good Lord knows they will
need all the encouragement of
this sort they can get. From
chambers of commerce, from
service clubs, from civil organiza
tions of all sorts there will come
protests of the strongest kind. To
thousands of good (but short
sighted) people In places where
there are military Installation
that will be affected, It will seem
that a terrible calamity is being,
precipitated.
The members of Congress will
be under the strongest kind of
pressure to go on spending. If
you truly believe that the dan
gers of continued government
spending for things that can be
done without far outweigh any
possible, temporary benefits that
are involved, don't fail to write
your congressman and your
senators.
They will need your backing.
NEW POLIO CASES
PORTLAND, Aug. 26 -f-'r
Seven new cases of infantile pa
ralysis were reported in Oregon
last week, the State Board of
Health announced.
-r u ati-tfltfin nprsons
an 8-year-old girl living in Mult
nomah county aiTO. uimB"'pi
Oregon's polio death toll for the
year to seven. So far this year 81
cases have been reported.
Four of the seven cases re
corded last week were in Lane
county.
Pearls are sometimes formed
around worms.
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Non-Support Charge Hits
Quadruplets' Father
PORTLAND. Aug. 26 .
L D. Tigner, father of Portland's
3 -year -old quadruplets, was
boun-l over to the grand Jury
Thursday on a charge of non-support.
His wife had signed the com
plaint. The quads themselves
have an independent income
from advertising, but she said
Tigner failed to maintain the oth
er children.
Tigner. who replied that he
could find a job. was released on
his own recognizance.
Bank With
A Douglas County Institution
Home Owned Home Operated
Member Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.
Douglas County State Bank
waupapers5 QflA III
"Fountain Pen" Proves
Tear Gas; Damages Asked
DALLAS, Ore., Aug. 26 UP)
Cecil E. Jayne borrowed a pen
to write a check at a service sta
tion and he wants $10,000 for
what happened.
He says, in a circuit court com
plaint against Kenneth Blatch
ley, ttation operator, that last
May 14 he asked for a pen so lie
could pay a tire-changing bill.
The operator, he says, told him
to get it out of the cash register.
He did, and what he picked up
at a fountain pen turned out to
be a tear gas gun. It went off.
Jayne says vision of his left
eye was damaged.
Young eels are so transparent
that printed matter could be read
through their bodies.
How ijou. Know!
Th n!iwri to ?vrvdjr
insurance problems
By KEN BAILEY
Ql'ESTION: Is there any kind
of insurance which covers par
ents' legal liability for damage
caused by a boy while riding
his bicycle? A little neighbor
boy rode out of his driveway
and ran into a woman who was
passing by. The boy's parents
offered to pay the minor medi
cal bills but the injured wo
man, whose nephew is an at
torney, has brought suit for
large damages.
ANSWER: This case is another
in which Comprehensive Per
sonal Liability insurance would
give full protection. Not only
would the insurance company
cover the insured's legal lia
bility up to the face amount of
the policy, It would also defend
the suit against him. saving
him great expense. The small
premium for this type of in
surance is well spent.
If you'll address your own
Insurance questions to this of
fice, we'll try to give you the
correct answers and there will
be no charge or obligation of
any kind.
atf you'll address ?our own lnur
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INSURANCE AGENCY
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