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PARK SYSTEM PRAISED
By Charles V. Stonton
Douglas County's unique public parks program has en
tered national politics. It may affect national legislation
dealing with development of recreational facilities on pub
lic lands. At least, Douglas County's plan has been com
mended before Congress.
Forrest E. Cooper, legal counsel for the Interstate As
sociation of Public Land Counties, appearing before congres
sional committees, pointed to Douglas County's public parks
program, the only one of its kind in the area, and urged that
Congress encourage development of recreational facilities on
public lands by making federal aid available to co-operative
counties.
Attorney Cooper appeared in opposition to two current
bills designed to make revenue available from national
forests for recreational development. One bill would author
ize the U. S. Forest Service to earmark 10 per cent of all
. forest revenue to a recreational program. The other would
set up a fee system for use of the forest, similar to charges
made for entrance into national parks.
H.R. 565, the so-called Tackett bill, would permit the
Forest Service to retain 10 per cent of all revenues, amount
ing to approximately $7,000,000 annually, to construct, main
tain and improve recreational facilities. This bill has result
ed in much controversy. It has been given enthusiastic sup
port by many sports groups, such as the Izaak Walton
League and the National Wildlife Federation. It also has
met widespread opposition.
Violates Congressional Policy
;. - The bill is a violation of congressional policy. Congress
controls the nation's purse strings. It insists upon its right
to place safeguards around national expenditures by making
all departments come to it for such money as may be needed.
Giving any department or agency power to collect and spend
funds without congressional approval is held to be a danger
pus policy. .
Congress has been negligent in supplying funds for rec
reational development on public lands. During the days of
the Civilian Conservation Corps many campgrounds, picnic
spots, recreational roads and trails and other such facilities
for public use were built. But no appreciable money has
been spent since CCC days. Facilities built by the CCC have
deteriorated. The Forest Service has been pleading with
out avail for money to rebuild and maintain existing fa
cilities and to extend the program. The Tackett bill was of
fered to meet this request. There also . is much sentiment
in Congress that recreational use of the public domain should
be self-supporting. This sentiment has resulted in H.R.
7000, which proposps to impose a charge upon all people en
tering the forest. The latter bill has resulted in vigorous re
monstrance. ....
Western counties oppose the Tackett bill because of its
effect upon local income. Counties receive 25 per cent of
gross forest revenues. A 10 per cent cut by the Forest Serv
ice would lower the county income slightly.
County Supervision Proposed
Cooper proposod to Congress that it adopt a policy simi
lar to that obtained by cattlemen for range improvement.
An annual appropriation is made for that purpose. He ex
plained Douglas County's public parks program and said
that a congressional policy shouki be set up to encourage
self-reliant counties. "Congress," he said, "should provide
that if the county elects to do so it can take over the entire
rural recreational facilities program upon its national for
ests and that the Forest Service turn over to it each year
the amount of money it would otherwise spend upon such
an activity." He added that: "Any money flowing to such a
county should be paid over in like manner as is the existing
25 per cent lieu tax money with no dictation attached."
Cooper announced that he would submit suggested legis
lation of this type to the Interstate Association's annual con
vention and would endeavor to obtain opinions from other in
terested groups.
We can see many complications in a program such as
Cooper proposes. Putting the load of recreational develop
ment on public lands in the hands of the individual counties
has obvious advantages. On the other hand, it could be dan
gerous unless the counties had definite assurance that Con
gress would provide continuously adequate and proportion
ate appropriations. Otherwise we might find ourselves in a
position of building up facilities only to have appropriations
cut off. Facilities then would deteriorate, as is now the case,
and counties would take the rap.
Playing With Fire?
FromMw,
MEHDIHG
BASKET
The 'Scrap' about shoeing oxen
certainly brought in a reader re
sponse! Both by letter and ver
bally. It was read by "Iwo ex
New Yorkers" who live in Port
land, and they looked me up the
next time they came down this
way with the intention ot bringing
a set ot oxen shoes which an uncle
in New York had sent them. Only
Ihey forgot to pick up the shoes
at the last minute, and said "We'll
stop the next time we are down
this way." We had a good visit
anyhow. (I've wondered i( the un
identified visitors on March 21
could have been they? I vasn1
able to answer the door that .lay,
three rings were neithbors; t lie
fourth is still a mystery. "A man
in a brown suit, and a lady out
in the car")
Last week a Roseburg reader
wrote "By the way, my husband
aays there is a plje of oxen shoes
in Coos Bay, ones that were really
used!" The writer enclosed a let
ter to be forwarded to Mrs. T.
In Long Bench who wanted a cor
respondent in Roseburg who would
answer questions about the area.
Today a letter came from Mrs.
T, saying how delighted she was1
to receive the letter!
Another reader tells how pleas
ed she is with the idea of sending
magazines overseas to help pro
mote world friendship. She had
written the Pasadena Chamber of
Commerce for the stickers and
directions. Says she Is so glad to
have a good use for magaiinrtt
with too much Interest in them to
be burned. She also added: "Your
Mending Basket. . . .is always a
welcome visitor even MY Mr.
Bilwuns reads it!"
(Well, I don't know how I'd ever
get it written sometimes if MY
Mr. Bitwuns didn't help me write
it, said help being entirely IN
voluntaryl) How glad I am when
a reader's letter will contain some
thing I can quote. That doesn't
mean I fail to appreciate the
ones too personal to quote or the
inspiring letters that just tell why
they like the Mending Basket
letters I can't quote without seem
ing to 'blow a trumpet'. . .but
which I treasure in my heart!
On reader wrote she and her
Fulton Lewis Jr.
WASHINGTON I propose to examine the so-called In
dependent voter who is being courted with such fanfare by
the supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In his hands is supposed to rest
the fate ot the Republican Party
and, if you listen to the Eisenhow
er camp followers, the defeat of
Senator Robert A. Taft, should
the Ohioan secure the Republican
nomination.
If you are an independent vot
er you have ' lots of company,
there are supposed to be 5.000,000
in the nation, if you believe the
tipsters, pollsters and political
pundits. And not a single one ot
them has yet made up his mind
whether he will vote for a Demo
crat or a Republican in November
of this year. In fact, if the fiction
is carried to its illogical conclu
sion, no independent voter would
be caught outside after dark with
a political opinion until the GOP
and the Democrats have complet
ed their nominating conventions.
Eisenhower Is alleged to have
great charm for the independent
voter, Taft none. And the reason
is that the independent voter,. a
political hybrid, is supposed to be
a rousing internationalist who
sees nothing but good in the Demo
cratic foreign policy, except that
maybe there's some waste in it,
and nothing but sorrow in any can
didate who opposes same.
In 1948, Republicans lost the na
tional election to Pendergast's
playmate by 2,135.747 votes. The
political pollsters tell us the inde
pendent voters put us in our pres
ent fix by voting Democratic that
year. That's quite a burden to bear,
and the independent voter is wel
come to the blame.
A logical question, that never
seems to get asked, is where was
the independent voter in 1944 and
1948 when Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
ran the "mc-too" GOP campaigns
for the presidency? Dewey en
dorsed the Democratic foreign pol
icy to the disgust of Republicans
everywhere, but few If any in
dependent voters responded as
they are supposed to do.
The Stale of California, natur
ally, is a haven for so-called in
dependent voters. As such, since
Gov. Earl Warren is both a Dewey
and Eisenhower supporter, it
would only be natural for Cali
fornia voters to flock to the gov
ernor's banner. Nobody could ev
er accuse him of sincere objec
tions to Mr. Truman's foreign pol
icies. And Warren is an out-and-out
Eisenhower supporter, which
made his recent race as head of
the California GOP convention del
egation a doubly juicy prize for
the independent voter.
Strangely enough, however, the
independent voter again failed to
respond on schedule. He helped
vote instead a 1.75.0,000 majority
for Senator William Knowland,
who ran far ahead of the governor.
Knowland campaigned on strict
ly anti-Fair Deal foreign and do
mestic issues. In fact he roared
up and down the California coast,
ripping Mr. Truman and his hench
men for the thievery at home and
the give-aways abroad.
There are other examples of the
independent voter failing to re
spond as the pollsters are certain
he will if Eisenhower gets the
nomination on a 'platform ot sup
port for Mr. Truman's foreign pol
icy. Senator Taft either got the in
dependent voter or won without
him by 450.000 votes in Ohio in
1950. Senator Nixon, of California,
did the same, with over a million
votes to spare, in 1950. Senator
Everett Dirksen, Republican of Il
linois, trnmped all over his oppon
ent in the same election year.
Not one of the three senators
endorsed a Truman foreign policy
idea, not a one endorsed his han
dling of a domestic problem. All
three campaigned and won over
whelmingly with loud demands for Taft and he might win the elec
a major nouse cleaning in wa.sn- t nn. The rank and tile voters
the presidential aspirants. Abso
lutely nothing to get excited about.
They excel at slinging mud and
making evasive campaign
speeches.
How about Ike? From his
speeches I have heard enough to
convince me he will be one of
those do-nothing Presidents. H t
does not believe in tampering too
much in government regulations
as the law stands. Hoover was
like that. When his administration
ended in a nationwide depression
Hoover refused to act. Just sat
and twiddled his finders. Ike is
just another dyed-in-the-wool con
servative. And Taft? Absolutely impos
sible! Here Is a man who has
been in power too long, being a
senator for 20 years. I still re
member the hard times and un
employment while his father, Wil
liam Howard Taft, was president.
Robert Taft is the gentleman who
advised cinching up our belts and
eating less meat: that if price con
trol were removed the old law
of siiddIv and demand would low-
er prices of meat. Steak was then
65 cents. Now it Is from 70 cents
to as high as $1.18 per pound.
Senator Taft has voted against
every single piece of legislation
which I considered would De bene,
ficial and desirable.
Among the Republicans, in my
opinion, their best man for Ue
Di esidency is Gov. Warren of Cali
fornia. The next choice would be
enator Wayne Morse of Oregon.
le would poll more votes man
In the Day's News
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path away back in 1912.
Economie note:
Midsummer heat last week re-!
duced the supply of livestock com
ing to the Chicago market to the
lowest numbers since last August,
and pricei reacted HIGHER accordingly.
Supply and demand, you see.
still do have something to do with
pricei In this country. We aren't
COMPLETELY regimented yet
Cost of government note:
The joint congressional commit
tee on reduction of non-essential
federal expenditures (more briefly
tabbed as the Byrd committee)
reports that i civilian employment
in the executive branch of the
government increased by 10.655
during the month of April. The
total number of such civilians -on
April 30, the committee said, was
2,579,71.
That almost twice the total
population of the State of Oregon.
That brings up another thought.
The State TTnemolovment Com
pensation Commission estimates
in Salem that during May 439,700
persons were working at non-farm
jobs in Oregon.
That's 6.000 FEWER than were
similarly employed during April
and 15,900 fewer than were em
ployed in May pf 1951.
Do you reckon there could be a
connection between MORE gov
ernment employes in the city of
Washington and FEWER em
ployes in private Industry in Oregon?
It could be. Every needless
GOVERNMENT employee has to
be carried on the backs of those.
who work in private PRODUC
TIVE industry, for needless gov
ernment employees PRODUCE
NOTHING.
The last figures I saw Indicated
that every five persons employed
in private pkuuuctive indus
try now have to carry on their
back one non productive govern
ment employee (meaning by that
ALL government federal, state,
county, city, etc.)
That's a pretty heavy load to
have to tote while you work.
Another interesting, but far
from comforting, thought:
You must have noted that Presi
dent Truman sent to Congress a
budget calling for federal expen
ditures totaling approximately 85
billion dollars in the next fiscal
year. That's nearly $600 for every
man, woman and child in this
country.
That's good thing to remem
ber when you pay your taxes. It
explains why they are high. It's
also a good thing to remember
when you buy your groceries,
your shoes, your blouses, etc.
Taxes have to be added to the
cost of production, because they
ARE A PART of the cost of pro
duction. So they have to be added
onto the price of whatever you buy
at the store.
Considering the astronomical
height of taxes, it's no wonder
prices are so high.
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ington. They appealed to Ameri
cans fed up with Truman nonsense,
and they won.
Maybe the independent voter
again will vote as he has been vot
ing in California, Ohio, and Illinois
against everything Truman
stands for not just half of it.
Hear Fulton Leivis Daily
On KRNR, 9:15 P.M.
Ultraconservative Not
Wanted For President
ROSEBUKG I am a regis
tered independent voter. Ilow will
I vote in the presidential elec
tion? I will vote either for a Demo
crat, a Republican, or if he is
worthy of presiding over the des
tinies of the United States, I will
vote for a Socialist. What about
Ihe United States have time and
again proven that they prefer a
do-something, liberal, broad-minded
president. Remember Franklin
D. Roosevelt, the unbeatable
champion?
I know little about the Demo
cratic aspirants. Would prefer Ke
fauver to either Ike or Taft; or
would vote for Harriman, if nomi
nated, in preference to the ultra
conservative Republican candi
dates. I am first and last for liberality
and justice. That is why I am an
independent.
An ullraconservative president
cannot possibly represent fairly
the entire population of the United
States. Does a nation like the
U.S. need a rock-bound, narrow
minded, single-track, hard-boiled
individual in the White House?
What is desirable Is someone who
can do something other than
keeping us fed up with cold war
propaganda.
B. AMES
Roseburg, Oregon
BOY ORATOR WINS CASH
LOUISVILLE, Ky. A 12-year-old
Oregon boy, Dan McCall
of Eugene, won the Optimist Inter
national speaking contest at the
group's annual convention here
Saturday.
He received an award of $1,000.
husband were looking forward
prayerfully to the day, soon now,
when their son would be home
from Korea. "He wrote to have the
refrigerator full of Ice cream be
cause he hasn't had any over
then." There must be many moth
ers and fathers. . . .waiting pray
erfully. And Sons counting the
days May His blessing rest on
them all.
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