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VOTE SCHOOL BUDGET!
Charles V. Stanton
Elsewhere on this page today are letters both for and
apsinst the budget which comes before voters of the r.o?e
burr school district at tomorrow's special election.
We find disturbing some of the opinions expressed :n
the letters opposing the budget; disturbing because of the
emotional appeal and unrealistic appraisal of facts and con-
Just because the old one-room school, with its rough- j
hewn seats and benches, its common drinking cup, poor light-1
jng ana venmauon, wim ucai num -w, -----
stove, produced educated people for their day and age, how
many parent would want their children to attend such
schools today? How many qualified teachers could we em
ploy for S35 or $40 a month?
But S55 or ?40 per month in the times referred to by
the writer was a salary comparable with that received by
other workers.
The reader should also keep in mind that the average
worker in those days had no automobile, no radio, no re
frigerator, no washing machine, no electric or gas range,
nor other of the comforts considered essential in the modern
home. A person could buv for $12 a suit of clothes compar
able with a $75 suit today. Can we expect today's schools
at yesterday's costs?
Fieri Versus Emotion,
The writer endorsing the budget proposal urges people
who have honest questions about the budget to seek facts,
It has been the effort of this newspaper to bring to the vot-
- - .
ers of the district the tacts as outlined try me sciiuui uoiu
budget committee, citizens advisory committee and school ,
officials. We know ot no more quaiuiea source ior sucn
4fnrtnn
jnformation. ...... j ;i
.Memoers OI me scnoui iwaru aic men aim "
ling to accept election to a tnansiess joo oecauye m uicn in- .m scnuc me ;wi5ri n.gojy oi are assured two veari iroai now
terest in the welfare of our schools. They are taxpayers. . the turapike-toU road pattern yet : The speed of tnf; work, the grej:
5?Hk,.-w l.mL i. ,hLen frnm nmonir reDreentative bu:', m A-7"r'c- " meia nw- extent of it (fro tie eastera se.;
The budget committee is choen from among : reprentative ,ons1s ross tlsten Jom ( T,oTidl Jad we .
and cmc-minded citiiens wnlhng to adi?e with the school , SUtes wOl thereafter have a choics , 10 the olams nrf n. mi .
board in the preparation of the budget They are taxpayers
The adx-isory committee is composed of many citizens select-
ed for their knowledge of the various factors entering into
the financing and administration of a school district. They
im t-ucnavers.
rS&nl this larefrouD of dedicated men and women.
. . " !::,
vrno nave nmue iiiiiuiAic uu.'
vrno nave maae lminiaie iuuy ui miwi uciii.'1 ,
because thev pav taxes, are equally interested in economy. ',
are entitled" to a vote of appreciation from the residents of
5 diS rather than th.V.ticism that has been heaped
upon them. ,
W hrlieve that these men and women who bave care-
fultv examined into the school situation men and women
of hitrhest integrity and who.
the DlHS, are more quaniiea to
i,.n rt.A. mtnAr nt lht
.. ...
taxes PT St. .
,, j a, n
Tnest NOT Good Oi Days
, . .. ,
II we are to oe practical,
todar
consideration of the school budset, we must realize that, lUft 1 pay to get roads to match tne ' AH this brings up the subject of adequate stjdics of no:h thee such a position. I imagine the
as a modern home costs from three to five times as much to ; "Wetiy of their ears. ; the gallant oM battleship Oregon, problem. tikMtdmMstTtMt could wast
T .,, i. . - - r . . VniUirKr nrt jears ago, Pennsylvania waica went rolling and wa'.iow- The bImti-oo on coastal s'ream 0:1 their fingers the number of us
build as was the case a few years ago. a school building co-ts ; CBished M!e!Ki;nt iu p,onr ; ,ng down to Manua wn.n Lhe Spar- dwure tore the f f.shing i!SuT- o have made the effort to ar-
in the same proporuon. ; route 327 miles across the state. i-h war broke out in that period try cac aEam to f,ght for its r;v 41 jn honest aDpraisal of
With salaries three to five times hieher than before in- i and New Jersey had come in wits' pf our history that has come '0 seur:tv from enemies within i'.s -'chool affairs by attending a meet-
flatton, we can't expect to employ qualified Iteacher .and su , i &Tl'X& Tntv,, has had .i'SS.K
pemsors at yesterday's wa?es- Nor can we expect to hire j point near Wilmington, Del Tie osively in the destruction oT the ra Jfhiai : in isuj has had a . fcoae5t inlerest e th(f5t
Qualified instructors at less than thev can obtain elsewhere. ( fever was on. . Spanish Eeet in Mamia Bay. mar'ind : ,r"" olv Ulem- However, we stand on
Just as evertthinp we buy for the home costs far more ! f' -21 be aVe; When the grand old iady sen-. nstanUv defend I bVfo'the ! ,!leir ? de-cisJons they; mu.t
: J.'J - tm ,.Aa . .r. ;t m mnrA r.-.w Amn- ' . ----- vi luiiiuc v, u uic luu s ,uuie-.ea . , iwi u. a s po.iDie we
man il uiu icn iwis ixis 11 1-10 iniu v mn ,c fmm vAu. -.i- .-1. 1 - . -t...r.. 1 vync its luut w ... . . , , . - , .
ment, supplies, furniture, textbooks and everything enter-;
ing into tfte operation 01 our
- 6 ... r .
we can yearn ior tne - pooa 01 nays out e aouoi ;
many people would really want
now.
And so it is with our schools. If we want schools meet- '
? the demand, of today, we
prices for education.
We must decide tomorrow whether we want efficient
schools or whether our school system is to be so badly crip
pled that it will take many years for recovery. We should '
face this issue squarely on a bM? of fact and not emotion.
We believe the advice piven us by men and women in
whom we have the utmost trust that we can"t maintain ef
ficiency in our schools with less money than aked for in the
budget. It seems the proof of thst claim is to he found in th
very fart that we will have more children in school and.
therefore, will need more monev than last year. Surely we
can't expect to educate more children with less money.
Honest appraisal of school
compel even- person havinp
of our school system to support the budget at tomorrow's
election.
J4at Boyle
NEW YORK t.F "It i. a rather pleasant experience to
be alone in a hank at nigh."
Now who would say a thing I ke that? Well, as a mutter
of fact. Willie Sutton, the notorious bank bandit, tossed off
the remark while philosophiiirjr on the rewards of a career
that has kept him behind prison bars most of his life.
It is one of several thousand qao-
tetioBi coUected by Jim Stmcoa tv. .u a resilt their volume prom- 'IT Bradley,
and Ann Cdtis. the spricht-y iady L., mtBU, Ut ' J'The 8.y aortBat and classic
who bosses NBC's "Who Saii meat past more accurate- V.fil Pso"
That?", the most durable of all than a formal h.stort 'If a man is vain, fafer If
av panel quia proSi.m,
Feehnj that B.rtlett did , ,d
job for his day but that someone
ought to also preserve the antic w.i
and fildcd wisdom o( the current
e Deration. S.mpson and Miss G
s are bundling together for book
pablication the quotations they feel
Most books of quotations
1. -
fc...t r.r. nr.-c anH laf,!:!!.
aw , . r , r v
Clans. MiJJ iiiuia ana orr tv-s-
er have a more cosmopoJtan an- vanelat BUIt Grar.am.
proach. They see no reasew why. Pontics the diversioa of tri-
a reaUy witty observation by atv,al men whs. when they succeed
fangster or a reousewifiw
ibouldn't be preserved by posten -
Of. Tut t. July 13, 1954
1
- , , , , , i i
v,,t .. WK I
nwi wv.i.n...--, . . ,
like the rest or us, must pay
aavise us man are inue ra
-hool but who simDlv cnDMe
: . l : .
rainer man eiiiuwuiK,!. in .ui ,
scnooi?.
, . .f
to live under those conditions
t-xcitea turnp.se planners are
must expect to pay today's
needs, in our opinion, should
a real interest in thp welfare
C.m Hi.Mht,
K(f .ot?.f ff , f(
eT, ;rc.m the.r collection hich
s.iojd he ge posterity some
k.nd of it.ght or, the k nd of bu-
msn be.nss ! dwelt in the
middle of we Ida centum
"A comntittte U grotip that
le- I T.
ii: V. '-.
"VI... ,k. I ..j ..... ....
7.". 'ia t? tosj irai
nvor.te ber.eict.oa of
(at it. bet( important m the etei
1 of more tr.nl met; -George Jeaa
(Janice
nnrji sitfteiTior ieey saippea
When Governor Dewey snipped
ribyn us
miles of the New York State Thru-
,. moisten m. oc sa.-a
I to hav come of age. ,
?7 "e cose to loo ;
"-imes ot this t'J-mue route wul be
;ot two magn:t:cent systems. ta.s
i ,
I anlry priwiyF i
i The ach:evement compares with i
i iayins Ibe Jnit raU :
Xl' -!piM.uJ!fi
r?,J"s.i". i""
are on ine way to me ouncing
of the first truly modern highway :
Bei!rk,?hi" 0XOT. ? iex '.
e&Vi&TO Jcffei
mtV wrj n ;ue jj 10 ice oucing
ifast, n
by
was not meant to be bo-!l TL. f,, . ;ciues of shrunken Alaska salmon Ibe school directors can make of
by stoplights, local biuincj IH nB UuV S N6WS ' runs and partiy to study the disap-; the public's wLthes in this direc
c, narrow city and lowj , ' pearance of the aibacore tuna runs tion. -.th the expression of inter-
traffic
streets, and the innumerable real
sioe distractions which muddy
j -r uem m ifanscomineotai irav-
. .
; iae original iw-mLe section 01
i the Pennsylvania pike, opened ia
I J40- the experiment that'
.touched off the new era. In.
! smashing success as a toil rod
aowea anvers were willing :o
tnrough Pennsy'.van a or acro-i
'5" so irom Boston :a
f.;fi?n mnit ej th i
tiSn, jaiin? uth to "r". .
'V:n? out or siarting to build a
S; m""
r.na
in the roak.ns. and liere appears
jic 10 oe a uetro.t-.jiicago rou'e.
ano.r.er irom Laicaao
Mmne-'
a pons, poisib.v
possibly oi.ie.-s from Chi
cago to S: Louis and Chicago -o
the Iowa l.r.e
Oklahoma. Kansas and T.-xjs
are under way with definite plans
that can l.nk into ss'.ems or.:-
naung ,n Cmra20. loi v.
braska air draw she network' at
.eat as far west as Omaha
ou:r.em stales are
com:.-,; in'o
N'athan.
.You can
he ravih.:ig at
iirm.Lg a:
0. r 2 ir.-estibie" M a d m
Ciac. French perfumer
"ttehc'sj :hP tare,: He makes
Pcgre-s on.t when h.s reck is
cut -James B. Conant, former
pressiert of Harvard.
'Washington rs a place where
hi if tr.e people are waiting to be
d cot ered and the ;her half are
afravd ihev w.'.l be" Rep Hugh
scott of p-nsvlt m a
Owl Calf Btatt Head
"A gxd ejcation i harmful to
a eV-xer. gol calf is better
"iaa a good head " ,Ajne DeM .:
"The war for the armed forces
to win as atomic wa- a to mane
ceria n it cettr starj ' Gen
timid, flatter If bOarfu;, flatter.
In all history, too much flattery
reter lot a tent'eT.n"--Kii:n-r'B
Cravens, aatbor of ' Pi.-uit
of Gentlemen "
"I haven't soid bibles al mv
life Fran Coste:.o
called me out of bed at all hours
u -via, was ui,t met mey
i.i . r,k, " .
" ' u r
1. ."I."" .V. .i"'
Auntaj. va iiciuut uc onice oi
president of France.
, -American scsdiers hare taught
me better than I could have
: learned in anv other ay what
, Amer.ca means to me'-Franc.s
, Cardinal Speliman.
Well, It's One Solution
(BioSiat
tie picture, and northeast areas
sre tiding spurs and co tweeny
links to fatten oia the iurnp.ke
.-iein.
Most of Ibis construction r'.l
matenaUie bv 18. and the k.
eiements ia the east-west oar.e.-a
i h imi tti'iii ru4 thai n
ity of the emueering an combine
LUf
parts of e u s h Vhw.v
m(sb are saciv deficient But at
1(Jst ' can be thankful that, no
r ?. !Sun"
e lines ot tne cnticajr usetul
vimpike system are bejie
ijiwiti fua awareneis of the depe:
hn seeo-iati need.
(Continued from Page Osej
"
ke
, t it toiotuiivs they can max,
ueir peace wun use commies.
At any rate, its a mess and
what I hop it that we KEEP
OUT OT IT.
-y in the waters of the Willamette
in tne ron.ano nareor. mere she
ran.. r.. i i j i.
'v.'" - "ii", i. ' ".
w inT- snrt deslVrite td T.f
iron and s'.eei that she wa s'rio.
ped of her gjns. turreis, masts.
.IU
jpo!.es of war ar.d sent as a
barse to Guam, where :t is now
restinj and rusting.'
There sre patriotic suggestions
that she be brc;T-ht back to Ore
Son, refitted and replaced in Port
land r.irb.v as a nrc-.i nstoricv
relic But it is estimated that ::
wou'd cost some 25 m.llien deb
enough shape to br.ng '.-,er back
ars to put her :n seawort.it
ind the oats when
countrv
could afford to spend li million i
dollars for iaudabie pa-..-.c;ic ge,- j
tares '.ike that are ur.iortunately
,or,e wnere tr.e woodb.re twine't
What to do w.th the old Ore-jo-? find more than one person cn a
T:e Portland Oregon. an supjests small parr who does a creditable
that we tow her out into the deep. ix. Tne i.-;er. metropolitan pa
Jeep waters that lie off the Phil.p pers mairta.n rejular fleets of ed
pmes. stand figuratively at rig ! itonal wr tens, each of them con
attention. ith fiags flying and cerned a special fieid or
the guns roaring in alute. ant fields, a I t iry which the smaUer
then orten her seacocks and sei.i papers c-;rt afford
... .......... ...
in the waters where sae mane her
jTeat name.
I'm for it
After all. e mLst remembe.
that the grand old Oregon is a
rel c of an era tht e d best fir
get tne era o! o.ir .ll starrH
:hventure INTO COLONIAL 111-
PESlUJSM IN ASI.
We saw the British and the
French and the Dutch p'.avir.i
that game down there and when
tne Spanish war came a,ocg anj
we took the Phi pomes as a pan
of it we jut eou-dn't res.st jet-
tmg into the taaer.alist game or-
se.ves.
rnfiinil,', hi.l tV ff.v..
sense eventually 10 rte the Phil.?-
p.nea oaca 101.' r . ip.nos.
T ' ' c l-i.M it IA A tla-t it
farther part : tae rasty pjsmei
vw.unn. w.... nc.c
tan our nil w h.
. t ' " ""':? ' " " " ' " "r
oid Uregoa. ioe treron;an su
7et ,,( there ,n the deeo wit.
ers wft the Pailipomes. as a s.n
that we're through for good w..n
the nnorofitab'e bus.ness o! trr
to RVN OTHER PEOPLE S
LIVES FOR THEM.
Editorial
Comment
GOOD NEWS AND BAD
AstorMn Budget
TVre was good news and bad
news for toe fisting iadacr? Fri"
day.
The ansouncement that Presi
dent Eisenhower had s:;ned a bill
making S3 million a ear more
mocey from the agriculture do-pa.-oient
avaiiabie for the fish
and wkdlife service's research
program was certaiay good news.
k,- . n.u-c
sponsors of a petiUon for a Novem- cd 1 a dangerous degree. It is our i
ber election on closure of coastal ' business to do something about
streams to cmmercial fishi.T hsd,H,il- t0- bu! not at a school e!ec-(
succeeded in gett.ng enouga sig a umess we can afford to for-;
natures. This presents a serious : Sooa education for such a pnn-
threat to the production of salmon
in the state.
The t'niied Press reoorts that
the S3 million for research will be
used partly to delve into the
,!rom the .Pacific coast. Bom of
these are phases of needed fish -
ery research of direct importance
to th.s community. We have suf-
fered from the vanishing of the
.from the Pacific coast. Both of
hr. - -. nL,uf w n-jritul r-.'n.
ita fr.n ih vimshmr
aibacore schools as well as from
reduced fisti catches in Alaska
where Astona fishing interests are
involved, itone- has ivas been
needed badiy to make possible
T1" fishjnS industry has been
v...:,rvY
md the Deotxe in most cases in
,. ,( n ch.M h.
bo:iSbfd. but "the'at . 1, all
' W"e taa consianuy oeing
implemented by such attacks as
this one.
S.ich a nonsensical and misiead
ir.g title as "save our salmon "
emploved by the sponsors of this
measure, is calculated to de
cf.ve the people into think, ng
they are toting for conservation
w.icn sucn . not trie case. It is up
to the iwistry to try to explain
10 me to-.e.-j wriat true conserta-
u 1S-
THE GUARD'S MAN
Stnd fiullenn
Writing i.-.oria'.s is hard work.
Ask she -in who wnte 'em.
For tha . reason it s seldom too
u 5 Deer, icieresting to Jtrt the
editorials .a tr.e EXicene Re-cu-
ter-Guard curing the past few
neeks, d-nnc which Editor Bill
.i.,u on 10 atteco ms Class
reunion at Harvard and presum-
ar.y Kr some sice trips.
For trie editorials hate demon
strated cei.-it- ihat the Rejister
Guard his another man on the
. u S. 1 - . . l - . . ... .
out eood inrfmi. ih.v,.-..f,ii
nop.,), j,,' la ev,reaney
hard job xi'Mi adequatelv.
The man actr temporarily fifing
Tuerjn s slices oa the rews-
paper is Franer a radiate
the r.ews-wrting school can-
il icted b-rre at Tne BJilet n bv our
it.r t , " .
years. Kramer as one of
toungsters wno. before the war
came tap to fiii m o summer
J ... . .
For the past few tears Friri-
nj ort-u considered one Of tie
o-jtstano ng vounc newsmen in
aemnsirv.el
tten he mas chosen to spend a
v.r t ti,-. . ,t.
coveted :eman FeiismhJa
Now h s shown us another 'A
k ibil ars .s..' .,'.t
He s doin a jond x of filling a
b pair of shoes.
School Election Not ;
Timt To" Chang Budget
ROSEBURG Recent action!
and lack of action of our citiiens j
prompt this letter.
The timewora phrase, "the pub-;
iic'a business is everybody's busi
ness and nobody's business" wou.d ;
seem to apply to us locally. He
are a fine eiamp'e of the value :
we place on ourselves and our Jh '
dividual vote on public affairs.
Let's remind ourselves now of one ,
side of the picture. j
We cannot discredit "the little i
red scboolbouse" which cradled
our public education. Americans ;
value and recogniie it as a pre- i
ciout heritage, but one too easiiyj
tanen ior grantea, as are uei
many good things of our land and '
the American life. Good schoo l j
do not just happen. People first :
have to take enough interest to j
care. ,
It also seems logical that we 1
should occasionally realize our,
human tendency to glorify the past i
especially in our feelings re- i
garding school curricula. Win
doubts that the world is changinj
at a rap:d pace We must face the I
issue of the adequacy of this gold
en legend of our past to suffice ,
entirely as the only tools today's j
children need, whose responsibi.-1
ities as citizens must extend be-
yond the boundaries of the United j
Slates. As future citizens of th.s i
world, whose myriad problems j
they will inherit because of our '
frailties and inadequacies to meet !
changes, can we afford to handi
cap them because of our relue-
tance to face up to our present sit-1
uation honestly? For, let us say.
the cost to an average home owner j
of two dollars a year? j
Why are we apathetic about ourj
most vital "industry," schools?
Why are we willing to decide an
important budget vote on distort-
ed "information. " passed from I
friend to stranger? As parents, i
why are we too busy to express i
an opinion at the polls? If we
have questions, the logical and .
fair procedure would be to go to !
the source for a trie understand-1
m; and an answer based on fact. '
We become aroused, no douot i
about that. But what sensible thing!
do we do about it? We childishly!
biame our protests on "frills, ni- i
mors, personalities." This should
not enter into the question of
whether this school district main
tains its standards. Aren't these
separate problems? i
Certaimy. 1 would agree witb
other writers that property is tax
clP-e-
" we academic program e
ave seems unrealistic to us ia
oepartment, we can remem-
ber ;t i the closest interpretation
t and construcure criticism at
: the low P-h it hat ctnl t ho c
. consirucuve criticism at
J the low ebb it has stood these
i many years. Citizens must ai??
take the credit for the ejection of
calibre of men who serve us.
without pay. as our school direc-
tors. In most cases, it takes a
1 iarser amount of public spiriten-
ness than you and 1 possess to
snow willingness to give time
ca;ej. and often maligned, educat
ors aca n;re:tors.
: . ...
nnfTI wf iwaxea to the im-
portance of wir heritage in rela
tion to fhe world we live in. we
will make an honest attempt 'o
face the problems in our exoand
ing community, to seek fa-s di
rectly and weigh both sides nf
public questions. How long en
we confuse our patriotism with
small issues? It s our right to dis
agree, and a. so to grumble, bit
at this crucial time in city and
school affairs, shouldn't we take a
look i the mirror? I believe our
cihiensnip is showing!
MRS. J.VCK CH.PKAN"
Rosettirg, Ore.
I
Viefminh Mortars Shell
French Army Quarters
HANOI. Indochina i Vietmioh
mortars shelled French army head,
quarters at Son Tay. 25- miles
northwest of Hanoi, last night and
sniper warfare rang through the
streets of the defense outpost town
of ir-.
A French army spokesman said
civ. inns were moving out of Son
Tay as rebel pressure built up in
that sector and across the northern
Red River delta defense area.
faUed and 17 captured in various
actions during the night. There was
no announcement of French losses.
Betneea Son Tay and Hanoi Viet
minh guerrlas attacked a French
higsway giard patrol, but were
dr.ten off by a tank squadrrm that
rjxbied out of Soo Tay to the
rescue. Twenty Vietmioh were
k.Ked and seven capvired ia the
roadside f,gb-
Chicago Tribune Leaves
Cordon Without A State
WASHINGTON r Sea Cor Joo.
Orejoa RepjDl.taa. qaaped Kr.
da a a ietter 10 the Coieno Tr.b-
' r,i-i,.ti un mjr
a.-n statess
In a map o the es.. knaticg
the Tjesciy Nevada eartso.ane
ir.e ir.osiov caa .aiuorDia acia
iit Washington. Orei'jo as t'x.
Tr..s. Coroco suztested. as tte
real story Oreios had be-
rwaiJowed 'ia tie titiait
coav-aUioa."
Taxpayer Ncerif Relief,
Sayi 83-Year-Old-Man
MYRTLE CREEK I would:
like to express my views on the ! menl Mt to be a witness against
hot issue of high taxes. himself.
I was born ia Kansas 83 years , Sidney Sarner, identified as the
ago. 1 have always wanted to see .builder of a Lmwood Park, Ice
cniidren educated. However. I do j apartment project, declined
not think they should be forced , answer any questions at all
out of their homes along with their j Rut his attorney, George JUr-Ms
parents. ' of Hackensack, N.J., criticized the
Wno is to blame for the high Senate Banking Committee and ac
taxes? Who says the six-year-olds eused its members of "shooting
cannot go to school because we off" their mouths. He shouted at
want a little economy? Who thinks Sen. Capehart R-Ind, committee
the superintendent should be paid i chairman: "We did nothing
$10,000 a year and the teacners 1 wrong."
up to 18.000 a year and that the I The Banking Committee is in the
mill children should roam the I midst of a probe of all federal
;lreels? Are the school teachers
and the high school students of to
day too nice to dean up the dirty
mess thev make, or must the
little children suffer and the jan
itor work go undone in order to
keep the school tax from going
over 80 to 90 per cent of our Ux
burden?
It did not cost as much fur the
president's education. It seems to
be the idea of some people that the
more it costs for instructors and
the more students are pampered,
the smarter they'll be. However,
many boys who worked all day
and studied their books at night,
with only four to six months each
year in a country school, taught
by a teacher who got a salary of
$35 to $40 a month, are our best
and most honest citizens today.
One of them lives in Roseburg
Through his own efforts he has be
come the lumber inspector over
all lumber inspectors on the Pa
cific Coast. I was a school direc
tor in the district where he attend
ed school of winters. He, worked
on the farm all the time be was
not in school.
I think it is that dass of boys
wbo become good honest leaders
in our state and federal govern
ment. Not the boys that are too
good to work.
Do you know that some of these
pampered youths will sweat to pay
off these bonds that their parents
are voting? As much money is
spent for non-essentials as for ed
ucation. Do you think we have reached
the place where the wealthy can
not oav their taxe and that we
with no income will have to eat
from garbage cans? Do you thick
the unemployment law helps the
rlomeitie or nart.tim. wnrkir' Or
does it heio the steady worker'
ho draws a big salary', when
. . '
hen he
u.
is out ot work a snort ume
ne uave vo.tu ine saiea lax
down by a large majority several
umes and we can do it again. The
wealthy and the waitl-coUared
class have spent a lot of their
s? .na
tryiDg to get a tales tax in Ore
gon. However, we all know that
. the more money we give a state,
county, city or school district, the
: more they will spend on non-essentials,
and still ask for more. If a
i w
i wedge. Then th. legislature would i B,ve hJrt be"h
keep adding mora items and soon ACCOrd'ns to Highwav Deoit
there would be a la tax on ev-: . " ' " 1J "ep.n
.ervthinc and for .v.rvthin. r.h
those least able to. pay going on
: the relief rolls. Ia the iong rur
there would be no relief for the
taxpayers.
E. M. MORG.VV
Myrtle Creek, Ore.
Argumentt On Budget
Called Unconvincine
PORTL.XD A letter pre
ROSEBURG The school budg- dieting that ,"the big smear" will
et question is very important in ibe used against Richard L. Neu
this week's thinking. I have before berger in an effort to re-elect Sen.
me and have studied the six a.-ti- Guy Cordon (R-Ore) has been sen
cies in Tne N'ews-Reviw and the to ail Oregon AFL unions,
arguments set forth are so uncon- Toe letter, signed bv James T.
vincmg and controversial as to be Marr, state AFL secfetarv. as
worthless. read at the Portland Central' Labor
ine urst anicie reveals that 1
man with a S3.0CO assessment must
pay $12.75 a month in 1953 and in
1S5S wouid pay $18.25 a month n
the same valuauon. But we ar ; Marr forecast that the Cordon
toid valuations will go up. so up campaign "will rely almost entire
go taxes still more. ly on a vicious perytnal smear'' of
Tnose who propose a sales tax N'euberger. trying to portray him
are so undemocratic as not to be. " dreamer and a radical,
lieve in majority rule, inasmuch e said the attempt wtL be made
as it has been voted down so 10 "ing attention from Cordon s
many times. Sales tases do not Senjte record which Marr de
replace property taxes. Ask anv- scribed as "against the welfa.e of
one from Washington. Let tha average man an-i woman on
dead lay bur.ed. neariy every bill."
ed a budget that can operate un -
isn't that badget made pjbitc? Our
budget sponsors seent to be like
the headstrong ch.ld that needs
the woodshed treatment to realue
there are other and, perhaps, wis
er heads.
In the founh article we are ap
praised of the wonderful, coo tin
Led growrh of population and busi
ness. In the last year four machine
snop, have closed and gone, gro -
cenes save closed, chain saw
hate romh-.nt'.t r.f,..K.i"
one paper last week there
ere advertised 25 rooms for.rent.
,.-r,-:, . k... ..J
l apanznenis and housas. and
tnree a nerent mo'.eis have cabins
for rent by week or month. One
year ago rooms could hardly be
rsted in a hotel for steady living
Where have ail ttiese p e 0 0 1 e
fooe. iney are not in Roseburg
Arguments shouid suck to facts
to be conv.acing.
Tne school can operate on the
six per cent tax. if a few contro
versial subjects are omitted, frills
L'i? Ci,:1?rT hvm? !"
blocks trim school required to
wait etc.
I agree with C. E. Young of
GieBdaie that the men i nd wom
en educated in the ancient, anu
qua ted school built a pretty goonl
ra-wa. i on sot oeiiete tnere are
many peop.e that do not want ehar.-es. hut i board of r,t ,e lat
gxd. cSic.ent. fundamental edu- ,r set as.de all of the find.r.is of
" ,,"t u'lr cHH that relating to a
caat s-asd the cost of the cireui s,n4;f offense.
parade extravagance ,
Let s try the per cent Ni.iset FINALIST
and give our wildly dissipating as- LOflSVIt.LF. jf - Nincv Stuart,
seu a chance to catch up w,ih Salem, Ore., wts a finalist m the
vir taxes. Mt taxes are up over Internalional Toastmtstress Club'
per cent now siteeeh contest her. Monday aitV-
o f D BOsnV K K Thl contest was won bv Mr-.
i u',',3. T1,om,on' llSJn Bf,c'-
Housing Scandal
Witness Hides
Behind 'Rights'
WASHINGTON A Tenafiy
N.J., builder Monday refused to
testify before senators probing
multi million dollar "windfall''
profits in FHA-insured apartment
construction. He claimed hn
rights" under the fifth amend-
1 housing programs. Right now it is
concentrating on an expired pout-
war apartment program under
which builders could get loans in
sured by the FHA up to 90 per
cent of the estimated cost of the
project.
Sarner was the third witness
but the first builder, to take the
fifth amendment in the course of
the hearings. The other two were
ousted FHA officials Clyde L.
Powell, former assistant commit
sioner in charge of rental hous
ing projects, and Andrew Frost
former assistant state director pro
jects. and Andrew Frost, former
assistant state director of the
FHA in New Mexico.
Hugt Profit Confessed
Another witness. Gustave M.
Berne of Great Neck. Long Island,
tesufied it was a "common un
derstanding" in the FHA that
builders of the projects "would be
likely to end up" with windfall
profits.
Berne said he netted ; profit
of $1,370,000 on construction of the
Rockway Creast Apartments he
built in Far Rockway, N.Y., and
an additional one million dollars in
increased land values. He still
owns the project, built between .
1949 and 195a with FHA-insured
loans totaling $14,436,000.
Oregon's Tourist
Trade Holding Up
; Despite Weather
PORTLAND iti Oregon's
! ia, JSP1 tr.,de 15 nolding u
j '.S'h "i' '
! 'i1? ?ani vacation period.
- r L ."Ow manager nf th
I tra&nn vtgta ua a
Oregon State Motor Assn's travel
deDsrment, said that, in fact. t
eaer hasn't cut tourist travel
: . .n
i H 'p, tJ.j
?e"i "e".v
r'",? XL ,1 "?on M?1,r
i:sa.:d., el- Wntors
i s-i; s ;ith,rtta 5 o;
him last week the weather cut the
June volume.
V. A McNeil, the Portland
Chamber of Commerce's visitors
service manlier, said indication
are tourist!! are here in im-mii
a:thou?h toreeasts-ofW
: " r0JnIf- 'here was
"er cent less travel in Mar thaT
the same montn in 1J and 8 ?
ess m June than in list month
'ast year. But these figures do not
'how how manv were tourists.
That count is made in August.
Union Head" Charges
i Bi' Smear To Be Used
Council meeting Monday night.
.teuoerger is the Democratic
: nominee against Cordon. He has
'labor endorsement.
1 udge To Help Robinton
Discontinue Drinking
LOS ANGELES -H "I want to
slop drinking but I can't,"' Edward
G. Robinson Jr. told the Domestic
Relations Court Monday.
"I've had some experience in
those matters." replied Superior
Judge Elmer D. Doyle. "I'll show
you how."
' 1 -
to set aside his lunch each day
for 'o eks to talk to the actor J
1-year-old son, who has been r-
LT," V,r". ,um,-, . m r""
months for intoxicauon.
Young Robinson's wife Frances,
with whom he recently was recon
ciled, promised to help the jufice.
"I hope it works." he said. "It
must work."
Appeals Court Orders
New Trial For Voorhaes
WASHINGTON
-f - The t' S-
Court of Militar
Appeals Friday
"tiered a new heaniig for I.t.' Col-
Melna B. Voorhees of Seattle, who
ai convicted bya court martial
as the result uf his wntings about
his experiences in Korea.
Voorhees, a reserve officer and
former Tacoma. Wash. nesP
er editor, was convicted on fit