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JAYCEE'S ENTRY Bonnie Bellows, sponsored by the Roieburg Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1 was escorted through Roieburg Saturday by these Jeycee members; aiding In her. campaign for the title Queen of the Sutherlin Timber days carnival. The more vote-buttons the girls sell, the better their chances are of ruling over the July I -4 celebration. Each button sold represents one vote cast for the candidate-salesman. (Master Studio picture) Interpret The Constitution Decisions Of Supreme Court By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON -OB When su preme court justices hand down a decision, it's always in writing. And that's all there is. That's the end of it. If a decision doesn't seem quite clear to you, that's your tough luck. You can't go and ask them to explain. They don't explain their written decisions to anyone afterwards. CAR GOT A FEVER? Your automobile may be bubbling over . . . but no toy to you, it a taulty ra diator is the cause. Don't ruin your next trip to the beach or mountains with an unhappy radiator ex perience. Come in now . . for guaranteed radiator service. We'll check your car's "heart" at no obli gotion to. you. A radia tor checkup now, will save you trouble and money later! Open 8 a. m. to S p. m. UNITED RADIATOR SERVICE 250 Garden Valley Reed Phone 131-L Bob Fold (Formerly with Hansen Motor Co.) aW To laymen and often to law yersthe decisions of the court, are not always so clear-cut that any one reading them can say posi tively what is meant. There are two reasons for this: 1. The language the justices use. They don't always write well. Sometimes their language is not only long-winded, involved and clumsy but seems so rubbery it could mean different things to dif ferent people. 2. The justices themselves re peatedly have said they try to give decisions as narrow as possible. That is, they try to say what the constitution means only in some particular case before them. Give Related Decisions So over a period of time they may give a number of related de cisions, while avoiding sweeping in terpretations of the constitution. In other words, they try to move in a cautious way, not a revolu tonary way. There are exceptions to this, of course. And even cases where the interpretation seems narrow may have a wide effect and change a whole pattern of American prac tice or thinking. Take two of the cases whicn the supreme court decided recent ly, but before doing so look briefly at a decision which the court nana ed down in 18. In that year the court decided that states may segregate the races that is, keep Negroes and whites apart, such as in trains or schools or railroad waiting rooms if the two races are provided substantially equal faculties. The court at that time thought its decision did not violate the 14th amendment to the constitu tion which says "no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges . . of citizens of the. United States The Two Cases: The court gave decisions in these two cases: 1. Heman Marion Sweatt, a Ne- ero. wanted to get into the Univer sity of Texas law school. Because he was a Negro,- he was turned down. But there was then no Texas law school for Negroes. To make a long story short, Tex as set up a Negro law school but the court savs. this was much in ferior to the white law school. Fur- Security. Not Journalism, Cause Of Jap Headquarters' Criticism Of London Writer TOKYO, .PVMaj. Gen. E. M. do British policemen only on dan- ther, says the court, this did not provide Texas Negroes with edu cational facilities equal to those of white Texas law students. Therefore, the court said. Sweatt must be allowed into the white Texas law school. But the court didn't overturn the old decision of 1896. Nor did it say Texas must con tinue to let Negroes into the white law school if Texas ever provides Negro law school equal to that of the white one. Yet this decision was limited to the University of Texas law school. It seems to leave iexas free to keep whites and Negroes apart in the rest of the schools in Texas. At the same time, it broke down some of Texas' age-old policy of segregation. At least in this one school. Oklahoma Cast Heard 2. G. W. McLaurin, a Negro in Oklahoma. He applied for admis sion to the University of Okla homa to study to be a teacher. He was rejected because of his race. Oklahoma has a segregation law on schools. But again to make a long story short he was finally admitted aft er going to court. He said the con stitution was violated because ne wasn't given equal opportunity for education with white student;. Yet, when he was admitted, he was segregated: He had to sit apart from white students, eat apart from them, use a separate part of the library. He went to court again and his case reached the supreme court. The court ruled that, by segre- Almond. General MacArthur's chief of stff, said Tuesday "se curity" and not journalism was involved in headquarters criticism of a London Times correspondent, rranlc Hawley. Hawlev informed other news correspondents he was told Mac Arthur's headquarters considered him "persona non grata" (unacceptable). Under existing regulations any foreign correspondent may be banned from Japan by MacArthur for violation of security. But only the secretary of defense can out American newsmen for cause. The British newsman has not been ordered out of Japan nor has his filing privilege been denied. in a statement released inrotigh the public information office of MacArthur s headauarters. Almond denied "as completely misleading and misrepresentative statements which Hawley attributed to him when Hawley discussed the case with other correspondents. Based on Inaccuracy Almond was quoted by the pub lic information officer. Col. M. P. Echols, as saying "the conference with Mr. Hawley was not based upon criticism by him of the oc cupation but was directed entirely at the inaccuracy of statements contained in his dispatch of a nat ure tending to aid, support and en courage subversive elements among the Japanese. The Question involved was one of security not journalism. This was Almond's first direct comment on the case which began on June 8 when Hawley said the British ambassador was informed headquarters considered Hawley "persona non grata." Hawley, in describing his con ference with Almond, said' the chief of staff had specifically men-, tioned as inaccuracies one part of a story which said the Japanese government was violating the con stitution in banning demonstra tions. Hawley said this opinion was supported by Japanese constitu tional lawyers. Deals With Sidearms A second statement which Haw ley said the chief of staff brought up auring ineir conversation was a portion of a Hawley story say ing Japanese police had asked headquarters for permission to turn back their side arms. Hawley said subsequent investigation had shown this was inaccurate and that the police actually wanted per mission to wear their weapons as gerous missions. He said he cor rected this story. Hawley- also said Almond had told -him "no accredited corre spondent should publish any news likely to interfere with MacAr thur's objectives" and that a cor respondent could be considered as a poor security risk, liable to ex pulsion, if he published "umrue information about this command." Others Ask Clarification Other correspondents immediate ly asked MacArthur for a clarifi cation of this. The general prompt ly replied there had been no change in regulations but speci fied that his statement could not be "published in the same story de tailing the Hawley incident. This was taken to mean Mic Arthur did not want to interfere with his chief of staff in the matter. This sun position later was substantiated by an aide to the general. Colonel Echols, the public in formation chief, said MacArthur has authority to 'expell a foreign news correspondent from Japan but only the secretary of defense can exclude an American. Echols said action against an American correspondent may be taken only "for personal conduct of a criminal or moral nature violation of security regulations or membership in or close relation ship and adherence to subversive organizations." He explained further that unlav- orable criticism of the armed forces, boards and offices of the national military establishment or Federal Employee Cuts Not Likely, Official Says WASHINGTON -WP The head of the Civil Service commission says it Isn't likely there will be any large cut soon in the number of federal employes. . Taking note of some of the con gressional clamor for wholesale firings of government workers. Chairman Harry B. Mitchell de clared: "The fact of the matter Is that so long as the present international situation continues there is very little chance of reduction in the defense organizations; and this is where the great increase has taken place since pre-war days. In a speech prepared for a tri state convention of the National League of District Postmasters, Mitchell gave this breakdown on federal workers: April, 1940959,972 federal employes. April, 19501,917,527, not count ing census takers. But here is where the increases have mainly gone, according to Mitchell: The Defense department has gone up from 227,863 to 744,361 and the Veterans administration from 39,681 to 189,722. Many of the increases in other agencies, Mitchell said, have not kept up with increased business. On the other hand, Mitchell said, the departments of Agriculture and Labor have shown decreases. Wad., June 14, 1950 trie News-Review, Roieburg, Or. 1 Boardmon Will Resign As State Parks Supt. SALEM, June 1 CP) Stale parks superintendent Sam H. Boardman, 75, plans to quit his job on July 1. the father of Oregon s system of state parks, Boardman joined Ihe state highway commission, in 1919 as an engineer, ne loon over me state parks system in 1929. Non-Stop Flight Record Posted For Light Planes SAN PEDRO, Calif., June 14 UP) Charles W. Soderstrom is back selling automobiles today after es tablishing a coast-to-coast non-stop flight record for light planes. The 37-year-old airman landed I urday morning at Los Angeles international air port Mondy. He made the re turn trip from La Guardia field, New York, in 19 hours, 23 minutes, 56 seconds. Last week he flew from here to New York in 16 hours, 10 minutes. There is no official record for his type of plane over the routes. SALEM CELEBRATES SALEM (P) This is cherryland week in Salem, and more than 2,000 persons are taking part in the celebration. The highlight will be a pageant of progress, with a cast of 1,500 persons, to be given at the state fairgrounds Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The oig parade will be held Sat- any of its component units or in dividuals, singly or collectively will not be a basis for disaccrcd ation. The matter of security, however, rests with the commander. Foreign correspondents are ac-i credited directly to MacArtnurs command. gating him In the school, the state was interfering with his ability to study. Therefore, the court said, he was not given his constitutional right of equal protection. It or dered the segregation of McLaurin in the school to stop. In that school, the court said, he must receive equal treatment with other students. But the court didn't rule on Oklahoma's lower schools. And the points involved in the McLaurin decision1 are the same as those in the Sweatt case explained above. BUSINESS MEN! Flegel's have the equipment for heavy moving and freighting. We have the special hoists and trucks . for moving your bulky files and safes. Call us when you move your office, and we will give your office furniture the belt of care. Don't Make a Move 'Til You See F L E G EL Transfer and Storage Co. - 900 E. Third Street Phone 935 t . nnoiuicemen Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist . Announces the removal of his offices to 217 N. Main St. Ground Floor Next to The News-Review SIGNAL FIREWORKS AND SPECIALTY CO., INC.1 8404 S. E. 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