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4 Tha Nw-vlew, Roiebura, Or Tun., July 29, 1951 ' ...I.U.L.J nll lunl tanirnt kl th Nawi-Revicw Company, Inc. hukI '.. ei.ii Miur iii . in. V,',""" " CHARLIS V. STANTON IDWIN L KNAF Idlter Mg.r Mtnktr of th AtcMi ft-, Onf NwipM' fHlihtn Ausclaticn, the Avdit CIkhUHm nBICIITION BATES ! Ol.f..-Bj "U-1'.r I.M. IJ .Hi "'."; Una ki. Il.1t. Bf Ntwt-Blw lrrlir Fr Yr. '' " :.). I... Vk." ... F..r. . ...... I M OUUM. i Or.io-By K.U- r.e Tr. III.M. ill UM Ikf.. Ikfc I'M. WORTHY OF COMMENDATION By Charles V. Stanton The Oregon State Sanitary Authority is becoming in creasingly stern with municipalities dilatory in anti-pollution procedure. At the same time, the Authority has been tolerant with those communities exhibiting a coop erative spirit. But, after a belated start, the Authority has made exceptional progress toward a clean-up of Ore iron waters. Now it is exerting official pressure on pro crastinating communities. It recently called officials of 10 Oregon towns on the carpet to demand an accounting for failure to cooperate in the clean-up program. i The Sanitary Authority was created by a vote of people at the November election in 1938. The initiative measure was approved by a vote of almost four to one. The de partment was started with a very small appropriation. Considerable time was taken in preliminary studies and mapping out a course of action. The Authority had barely opened its program when World War II complicated its work. The state entered upon a period of boom growth. Industries moved in. Ma terials were scarce. . Manpower was short. It was no time to enforce a clcan-up campaign. The state lost much ground in its fight against stream pollution. Cooperation Extended During the war period the Authority carried on an edu cational campaign, . It worked with industries and munic ipalities to prepare for the time when materials and man power would be available. It encouraged creation of sinking funds or other financial reserves. Simultaneously it gave warning that action would be demanded. No com munity can say that it lacked ample notification or oppor tunity for advice. Oregon municipalities, as a whole, auacKeti trie proo lem. Many still have not built sewage disposal plants or other facilities to eliminate pollution. But, with few ex ceptions, they have adopted programs toward which they are working. They are accumulating money which even tually will be used for sanitary sewage disposal. ' The few who have procrastinated have been made to feel the weight of the Authority's hand. Much patience has been shown with the cooperative communities. They are being gently prodded. They are not permitted to lag. But they are not being crowded if demonstrating a proper spirit of com pliance. - v TMitiinfMir flu iirrl 1 nrl n ( Pi kaf Cnm A n rrrrfm (r n Wl ex a little defiant. Some seemed to think they were too big to be disciplined. But the understaffed, underfinanced Authority refused to be bluffed. It was willing to give necessary time, but it demanded some assurance that removed from the state's streams. It threatened court action and industry knew it meant business. So industry began cleaning in the past few days reports have appeared showing that the Willamette River is cleaner than in many years; that there exists a much higher degree of oxygen content than the river has known for a long time. Will Save Millions Much work remains to be done. The Willamette River still resembles an open sewer. But offending industries have furnished the Authority with plans for improvement as rapidly as funds are available. Towns are building sew age disposal plants or have partially -completed stage. Ten towns, which have pro crastinated, were recently given orders to comply or else. Removing pollution from a stream is an expensive job. It costs money to build sewers, intercepting lines, pump ing stations and treatment plants. It costs money for fa cilities to dispose of industrial wastes. But the dollars we , spend today are but a small fraction of the cost that would be incurred by delay. We have only to look at some of the eastern states to see how expensive it becomes to clean up a stream that has reached the maximum of filth, riv ers so foul that the acid water erodes steel hulls of ves sels; rivers from which the very stench produces illness. Such streams can be cleaned. It is being done. But th cost is tremendous. . Prevention is far cheaper. Oregon is a state of beautiful streams. It is possible t for us to have clean water. That water can be used for domestic, agricultural and industrial purposes while still serving for recreation and the production of fish life. The Sanitary Authority has let it bo known that it in- , tends to stop pollution practices. It shows a gentle but firm hand. It has produced exceptionally good results in the few years it has had actual opportunity to work at the job. It still lacks adequate personnel and finance, but it is not lacking in determination. The Sanitary Authority is deserving of commenda tion from every Oregon resident interested in keeping our waterways clean. im vou. ido. rememncr a i me little things about a trip and find them "conversation pieces" long after? We still laugh at the way we followed we couldn't do any thing else: For many miles a green DcSoto with a California li cense driven by a woman south of Bandon. She was close behind a log truck, and obviously fretting. She was on the yellow line most of the time, swinging out Into the louth bound lane until she would give up the idea of passing and werve back inlo the proper lane, still close to the log truck. She thowed she didn't intend letting anyone go by her! At the time we did not know there were SIX log trucks ahead! At the time we had glimpses of two. Finally, after passing up tev- industrial wastes were to be up its pollution mess. With projects in the formative or ENDING BASKET jr.i ra.iiv arA i. . I ahead of the "truck, the lailv swung i-iiar over lino ine sou hhounrf lane, crossing TWO while lines in do it, and somehow or other found a place between truck no. 5 and No. 6. In due time we' passed truck No. 6, and were once more watch ing the green DeSoto in its errat ic weaving, in-and-out course. Near the top of a hill, once more what DID she think the white lines were for? away she went, across WHITE lines, but thanks to the cooperation of all concern ed, she did it safely! She missed a south bound car and that was all! Well, when we had passed four Ing trucks (son from sight was the DeSoto!) w ner entertained Public Apathy Is Held Responsible For Inferior Quality Of Teachers By WADE JONES To those well aware of the national shortage of public schools, a recent report of the National Education Associa tion will come as doubly unpleasant news. The report shows that c.ule.l-'s and universities are turning out this year only 32.433 elementary school teachers to meet a demand (or at least 160,000. And that's not all. Of the 1C0. 000 total, .70.000 nearly halt . are needed to . replace teacher so "wo;''ly undertrained" that they should not be promoted beyond their present positions. Thus, it becomes all too clear not only that we don't have enough elementary school teachers, but that a surprisingly lai'ze number ot what we do have are of such poor quality they should be re placed. A further reflection on teaching quality is seen in the extent tu which qualifications of elementary school teachers vary in. different parts of the country. For instance, in at least one state 98 per cent of all elementary school teachers hold college degrees, But in at least one other slate the percent age plunges to nine. One valid and apparent reason for the situation as a whole is that the number of children under 12 is increasing so fast. In the 11 years ending in 1351, the total number of children under 12 in creased almost 10 million. And where the total elementary school Details Given On New Gl Bill For Vets Of Korean Conflict The new G.I. Bill for veterans who have served in the armed forc es since the start of the Korean conflict on Juno 27, 1950, provides five benefits to assist them in their return to civilian life, according to a detailed analysis of the law just released by the Veterans Adminis tration, The new law, signed last week by Ihe President, includes these bene (its: . . Education and training, guaran teed or insured loans for homes, farms and businesses, unemploy ment compensation, musteringout pay and job-finding help. The education and training pro visions allow a veteran one and one half days of training for each day in service after the out-break of the Korean fighting regardless of where the service was performed up to a maximum of 36 months. However, veterans who have pre viously trained under earlier vet erans' training law the World War II G. 1. Bill or Public Laws 16 or 894 for the disabled may get up to 48 months, minus whatever time ih k.,-. .ir..ri .,,nni in irainino under those earlier programs . - , X veteran may train in school or college, on-the-job or onthe-farm, so long as the school or training es tablishment has been approved by an appropriate state approving bv the two log trucks ahead run-i The new O.I. Bill places a $310-a-ning neck and neck at times, one month ceiling on job training, rc: in each lane, as No. 2 was going gardless of dependency status, lo get by No. 1 or else. . , Should a veteran's training allow- My stars, that was something . ance plus his earnings as a train to watch! No. 2 would keep eas- ee exceed this amount. VA will re ing out into the south bound lane, ' duce the allowance accordingly, and if it looked like he had a j There's no ceiling however, on chance, he would step on the gas ! what he may earn, and make a thunderous effort to I A veteran will et his monthly 1- get by the lead truck. Then south - bound traffic would force him back ; behind the lead truck asain. Thisi went on and on . . . We were in i the outskirts of Bandon before the : the veteran and his school or performance paused at least long ! training eslahlishment, that he enough for us to get by. We - was enrolled in and pursuing his passed with a feeling of real re- course during that period, lief. No. 2 did observe the white I The new method ot payment dit lines, however, hut otherwise he 1 fers from procedures followed un followed the De Soto's pattern. The der previous veterans' training sight of two log trucks running j laws. Under earlier laws, the VA neck and neck well, it was really i paid tuition and other costs direct something. Drivers of Ing trucks I ly to schools, and also paid rlig ara usually so considerate and ; ible veterans a monthly suhsist eourteous. Was it fun or fury ence allowance. No training allow- that made the second race that way? Hatardousl Toll "in "the Saddle population was 20 million in 1946, it will be 30 million in 19)8. Also, the labor mark?, is tight and many people who 'otherwise might go into teaching .'in J "he lure of better-paying jobs else where, irresistible. But back of tho whole tning lias been the public attitude towards elementary school education.. We just haven't made teiching a well enough paying job to attract tha best people into it. To btcome a really finr grade school teacher requires a selflessness and devo tion to an ideal that can hardly sur vive the economic ha.ard attend ant on that kind of a job. And if we won't nay what the job calls for we can't blame any one but ourselves if what we get for our money , isn't always what we would like. What seems to be called for here is a cold dollars-an'l-cents ap praisal of what kind .if education we want our children to have and how much we are willing to pay for it. Tut that way, it's an un usual parent who won't decide to dij down a little deeper to pro vide good teachers in sufficient numbers to shape the futures of the country's children in. their most impressionable years. agency and meets other qualifica tions of the law. Only one change of course will be allowed, except under certain conditions deter mined by the VA. Veterans in G. I. Bill training will receive an education and training allowance each month from the government, to meet part of the expenses of their training andliv- ing costs. Tuition, fees, books. supplies and equipment will not be paid by the government; in stead, they will have to be paid out of the monthly allowance. Rates for veterans In full-time training in schools and colleges are $110 a month, if they have no de pendents; $135 if they have one de pendent, and $160 If they have more than one dependent. Those in train ing less than full time will receive lower monthly rates. Top monthly amounts for on-the-job trainees are $70 without depen dents; $85 with one dependent, and $105 w ith moro than one dependent. The maximums for institutional on farms trainees are $95, $110 and $130, respectively. The law i quires that on-job and on farm rjln rales be reduced, at four-month intervals, as the training progres ses and the Veteran's own. earn ings increase. The law also specifies that vet erans taking institutional on-farm training must devote full time to their program. 1 lowance some time after the end of each montn or training completed, Before the VA canpay him the law requires a certification from both ' anees may be paid for any period prior to August 20. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) the great landlords had held too much power in too few hands. Then came the Perohs Thev concentrated power inlo a STI1.L SMALLER NUMBER OF HANDS. That isn't the answer. For the second time in a week, air force radar screens have pick ed up flying saucers over the na tion's capital. This time, jet fight ers were sent up to chase them. One pilot reported getting within ten miles of a mysterious white light which played tag with him for a whiile, then put on speed and vanished. An air fore spokesman says this morning: "We have no evidence they are flying saucers. On the other hand, we have no evidence they are NOT flying saucers. We don't know what they arc." A few years ago we'd have laughed and gone on with our busi ness with the healthy conclusion that too many people are seeing too many things that aren't there. . But now radar, which works by hitting something TANGIBLE and bouncing back,, says something IS there. And the navy admits it has an experimental plane that has hit a top speed of 1238 miles per hour a little better than 20 miles per SECOND. Hardly a day passes without new talk of the imminent possibility of inter planetary travel through space. So we don't know what to think. If we can at some not too distant date send a rocket ship to some other planet, maybe some other planet is a few years or a few generations ahead of us and is sending inter planetary ships here to look us over. We don't know what to believe. Personally, I shall do no worry ing on that score. I'll go back to the comforting line of reasoning that an atom bomb can kill me no deader than a well-directed bullet from i .22 rifle. The same goes for a possibly hostile flying saucer. By the way, an engineer has come up with a pocket-size calcu lator which, the dispatches say, will tell in a matter of seconds on what day of the week Christmas, say, will fall in the year 2,000. Or for that matter, in the year 20, 000. That also leaves me cold. I just don't CARE what day of the week Christmas will fall on In say the year 20,000. For one thing, I don't do my Christmas shopping that far ahead. Another outfit is working on a fancy new calendar that would start every new year and every new season on a Sunday, with every date coming out the same day of the week every year. That would make it possible for us to have all of our holidays on week ends. It would be nice, of course, but what I'd like to see. right now is a system that would keep the clocks on the same schedule WHEREVER YOU GO. As it is, we get brain fag every time we leave home trying to find out what time it really is, anyhow. CITY UPROOTS MARIJUANA NEW YORK W-Sanitation De partment crews recenlly uprooted 25 pounds of marijuana growing in a vacant lot In the Bronx. Authorities said growth of the weed In the city is encouraged by birds spreading the seed, or y criminals deliberately planting it in out-of-the-way places for an il legal harvest. A pound of marijuana, from which about 100 cigarctes are made, will bring more than $100 on the illegal market. Tragedy Marred By ROGER F. LAN! SPRINGFIELD. III. I In choosing Adlai Ewing Stevenson. Democrats gave their presidential nomination to a man some polit ical prophets have seen all along as a kind of prairie Roosevelt, a man of destiny. It's primarily his personality that evokes comparison with the late FDn. He has statesmanlike qualities combined with political sex appeal this man of the rich, intimate voice tinged with an Ivy League accent. The biggest single Impetus for Stevenson's sudden rise was his 1948 election as Illinois' governor by a margin ot 572,000 votes, a state record. But back of that was an Impres sive trouble shooting career in fed eral appointive posts. Stevenson was born in California but reared in Illinois, one of two children of well-to-do parents. He had one sister, Elizabeth, two years older. Tragedy In Boyhood Young Stevenson had minor troubles, and one tragic incident, in boyhood. Among the minor Incident were kid fights that broke his nose three times, It's still out of alignment. The tragic episode marred his boyhood in his 13th year. A rifle he held discharged un expectedly, fatally wounding a cousin by marriage, Ruth Mary Merwin, on December 30, 1912. The death was ruled accidental at a coroner's inquest the next day. This is what happened. A teen-age party was arranged for friends of Adlai's older sister, Elizabeth. Adlai was given an early supper but permitted to join the guests afterwards. Meantime, IRISH EXCAVATION DUBLIN I Excavation on the historic Hill of Tara, in County Meath, where once stood the pal-i ace of the Kings of Ireland, got underway recently when Premier Eamon de Valera cut the first sod. Work is under direction of Scan T. O'Riordan, professor of archae ology at the National University of Ireland. It is expected to take about 25 years. In pre-Christian days Tara was the capital of Ire land and the center for art and politics. FAMILY BUNCHES BIRTHDAYS MANSFIELD, O. ( When the middle of May rolls around each year the Tryon family has to buy five birthday cakes. The recent arrival of Deborah Sue Tryon marks the fifth birth day in four days. She was born born May 19. The next day is the birthday of Bobby, 9, followed by the birihd.iys of the twin girls. Marlene and Charlcne, 10, and Bar tiara, 20. Deborah Sue is 40-year-old Mrs. Tryon' 16th child. 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On of the guest was a stu dent at military academy home for tha Christina holiday. Adlai wai ent to get out a .22 caliber rifle, and the academy youth pro ceeded to entertain the other by demonstrating the manual of arms after examining the weapon to make sure the magazine and chamber were empty. Th inspec tion proved faulty. When Adlai (ought later to du- filicate the manual of arms rou ine, the rifle fired and the bullet pierced the Merwin girl' fort head. Investigation afterwards indica ted that a cartridge in the maga zine, unobserved, had chambered, perhaps when the butt of the rifle banged the floor in handling. It fired when the weapon was jolted a second time. Last winter, Stevenson told a re porter the incident hadn't been mentioned to him, and that he had spoken of it to no one in the 39 years that had then elapsed. He was asked to relate the story; and did so. Enters Federal Strvlc The ascent of Franklin D. Roose velt to the presidency in 1933 brought Stevenson his first call to Washington, D. C. Adlai joined the Agricultural Ad justment Administration as a legal aide. He was given the title "spe cial counsel." His duties have been described as those of a nationwide county agent. Stevenson toured the coun try holding hearings and advising farmers, ranchers, orchardists and dairymen about obligations and privileges under the act. , In less than a year, Stevenson Let's Go America ... For Christian Youth ! Write for Information: Cqnyonville Bible Academy Canyonville, Oregon Blyth 8, Co., Inc. 777 PACIFIC IUIIDINO, PORTLAND Ttlophon AT wot 33 Of m ttwmttttJ ij Jttttt firtnif trrttl plot itftd m without oblation yewr Anolym ' Of Stevenson switched to the law staff of tha federal Alcohol Control Adminis tration. He spent eight months at thi work, quit and rejoined the law firm in Chicago. H rose to a partnership in the firm of Sidley, McPherson, Austin and Burgess and stayed for nearly seven years, next appearing on the Washington scene shortly before the outbreak of World War II in 1941. Adlai attended high school In Normal, 111., Princeton University and Harvard Law School. Later he entered Northwestern University Law School and earned hi degree. After a trip abroad, the young attorney joined one of Chicago' oldest law firms in 1827. He began to move in wealthy society circles on Chicago' North Shore and toward the end of 1928 married Ellen Borden, socially prominent daughter ot an explorer and big game hunter. Three sons were born of th mar riage, which broke up 21 year later. They were Adlai HI, now 22, Borden 19, and John Fell, 16. IAN PtAHCnCtt UH ANCIIM ttATTU TOKANI of Th Coliforma Of toon Poww C J eWt-Vvl I I ' it$t4 by I 1 I fcllMpMM J 2-3631 twM
