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' LEGISLATIVE SALARIES
' ' . By Charles V. Stanton
Proposition No. 1 on your general election ballot is
a proposed amendment to the Oregon - Constitution. It
would give the state legislature power to fix salaries of
its own members. . , '
In the "Good 01' Days" legislators were paid $3 per
dav for 40 days. If the legislature remained in session
longer than 40 days, members received no compensation
in excess of the $120 maximum allowed for the .limited
"""An amendment in 1942 raised the pay to $8 per day
and set the limit for the compensable session at 50 days.
vnr later, in 1850. the salary was boosted to
$600 per year and the limitation on length of session was
whick voters will pass at the com
ing election would permit the legislature to fix by law
the rate of pay for its members. t ,
tu nvapf;nn immprliat.pl v is heard that the rate or
pay would be boosted out of all reason.
But it is pointed out on the other side of the issue that
the right to fix compensaion has been held by Congress
- throughout our national history, and the privilege has not
been abused.
People Would Retain Control
It is characteristic of politicians to wat reelection.
Representatives to the legislature are chosen every two
years. Senators serve for four years. If legislators
should boost pay higher than approved by the public, the
public would show its disapproval at elections. This m
ate desire for public approbation would, we believe, as
sure a rate of pay within reasonable limits. Members of
the legislature would be reluctant to seek more than jus
tified compensation. .
When a session of the legislature runs for more than
three months, as was the case in 1953, members must
rent houses, apartments, hotel rooms, motel cabins, or
other lodgings, while paying for meals and other ex
penses incurred away from home. The $1200 now provid
ed for the two years of service fails to meet actual ex
penses in most cases. A Legislator draws travel pay for
only one trip to and from the capital. He normally, how
ever, must return home several times during the session.
Some members are called upon lor speaKing engagements
in various parts of the state. . Many also serve on in
terim committees with no extra pay, other than expens
es. Altogether, the majority of the members must take
money out of their own pockets in return' for the honor of
being nublic servants. .
Despite Oregon's tow rate of compensation for Its leor-
isltttors, however, we have maintained an .Assembly of ex
ceptionally high calibre. Oregon has many patriotic cit-
izens willing to serve in the legislature and give their serv
ices even though it costs them money.
Danger In High Pay
Douglas County, for instance, is represented by men
of the highest integrity. State Senator Paul GqrJdeg and
Representatives V. T. Jackson and John Amacher are
men deserving of complete public confidence. The same
is true in nearly every other county.
A few members of our state legislature are subsidized.
They represent special interests. But they are very few
in number. . ,
We believe our Oregon legislature will compare very
. favorably in the calibre of its members with any other
state in the Union.
There is danger in making the rate of pay too high.
If the position were to be made profitable, it might cease
to attract as many public spirited members and would
draw more hack politicians.
It is our opinion that a sympathetic public is more
apt to boost legislative pay over the danger point than
would legislators themselves. Legislators, constantly
sensitive to criticism, would we believe, strive to keep com
pensation consistent with actual express. The experience
with congressional pay provides a good example.
The amendment as it now stands is inflexible. Legis
lative demands, however, are constantly changing. If
legislators were permitted to set their own rate of com
pensation. they could adjust it to meet changing require
ments. The people would be spared having to vote on the
matter every few years. At the same time they wo'i'd
retain control through their ability to refuse . election to
any legislator advocating compensation failing of public
acceptance. , .
Cordon Chairmanships
Forecast Better Cains ,
EUGENE Guy Cordon, for
many years past, has had morn
influence than any other senator
in getting the usually too inade
quate initial appropriations as re
ported Dy me (louse Appropria
tions Committees raised to the
point that Northwest power dams
ana transmission lines coma oe
kept on construction schedules
Through ability and seniority he open meetings
County Zoning Likened
To Camel, Arab Story
MYRTLE CREEK The mat
ter of county zoning deserves more
publicity than it has so far i
ceived. It seems the subject is be
ing explained by speakers to se
lpct audiences Frances, cham-
fbera of commerce, etc. Many vot
ers do not belong to such organ
izations,, nor is it always conveni
ent or even possible to attend their
is now chairman of two import
ant committees, the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs, and
the Sub-committee on Interior AP'
propria lions, both vital to the
Northwest.
It is imperative to retain the
services of this man who holds
sound economic ' views and knows
intimately all phases of timber.
reclamation, power, and other na
tural resources' law.
On the "promise of past per
formance" we can expect even
greater results through his new
chairmanships, and close relation
ships with the Administration, the
Departments ot Agriculture and
Interior, the Army Engineers, and
the Bonneville Power Administra
tion. - '
F. FORiD NORTHROP
Eugene, Ore.
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Appreciation Expressed
By Jehovah's Witnesses
EUREKA (To The Editor)
ln behalf of more than 1.000
Jehovah's witnesses assembled
here for their semi-annual Circuit
Assembly, I want' to express our
appreciation for the fine articles
printed regarding our convention,
as well as the feature article by
Mr. Castillo. ...
This service has certainly help
ed the public because in calling
personally on the householders
many of them said that they ap
preciated the information.
We also want to thank all the
pcop'.e of Rosoburg for the many
rourtesies extended us and look
forward to the time when we can
vi;it you again.
C. W. FISHER
Eureka, Calif.
Progress Made
On Disarmament
There never has been a slogan,
"As Alaska Goes, So Goes the Na
tion." But apparently there might
well have beep, for. Alaska's elec
tion results have for 20 years ac
curately reflected trends in the
continental United States.
This fact, like the September
outcome in Maine, can hardly
bring comfort to the Republican
Party at this juncture in the 1954
battle for control of Congress.
The Democrats have just won a
smashing victory in Alaska.
The returns indicate the Demo
crats have captured solid control
of the Alaska legislature, and that
the Democratic choice for delegate
to the U. S. House has beaten the
Republican by a margin of almost
three to one. Two years ago the
winning Democrat got just 56 per
cent of the vote for delegate.
The Democratic score on the
territorial legislature, however,
was more than just a change in
percentage. Two years ago the
Republicans swept the boards,
winning 20 out of 24 House seats
and 11 out of 16 Senate posts.
Republican leaders in Washing
ton are saying publicly that the
Alaska outcome is not to be taken
harbinger of things to come.
that the issues in the territorial
campaign had nothing whatsoever
to do with national issues govern
ing , the congressional contests
across the country. .
It would be a great surprise if
they should be overheard saying
the same thing privately. For the
signs that the Democrats may
gain substantial strength in the
V. b. House and enough to take
the Senate reins as well, are
mounting steadily. A reversal in
such a bellwether area as Alaska
cannot help but be disturbing.
If there are any strong indica
tions of a contrary movement to
ward the Republicans, the host of
analysts, pollsters and doorbell
ringers now combing the Ameri
can landscape have so far failed
to find them.
That does not mean some mav
not exist. We must always remem
ber 1948. when all the signs seem
ed to point toward the election of
Governor Dewey of New York as
President but Harry S. Truman I ritory.
beat him out by two million votes.
Nevertheless, no prudent politi
cian who had read the aigns to
date would go blithely about nuk
ing rash assumptions of 'victory
on Nov. 2. If the Republicans now
go on to hold control oi con
gress, or even just the Senate,
they will have to be credited with
confounding most of the experts
and the grass-roots investigators.
Fighting Chamber
Gives Premier
Confidence Vote
ROME lifl A brawling chamb
er of deputies gave Premier Mario
Scelba a 295-265 vote of confidence
Wednesday on Italy's agreement
with Yugoslavia for the division
of the Trieste territory.
Fights between Communists and
Scelba's coalition government sup
porters broke up the session twice
and it was nearly dawn before
the vote was taken. Six deputies
and five ushers were injured in
the fighting.
The fisticuffs started when
Christian Democrat Deputy
Giusenoe Togm accused the Com
munists of "serving another na
tion nther than Italv " and of hav
ing among their number "a lot of
former Fascist spies." The Com
munist members charged from
their benches and grappled with
ushers in an effort to reach Togni.
With Scelba reportedly insisting
on completion of the debate and
the vote of confidence "if it takes
all night," Gronchi reconvened the
chamber after a 5 W hour delay.
The session remained noisy but
the ballot finally was taken.
The vote of confidence approved
the agreement reached on the bit
terly disputed area between Italy
and Yugoslavia at the head of the
Adriatic Sea. The agreement, in
itialed Oct. 5, gives Italy the British-American
occupied Zone A,
including the port city of Trieste.
Zone B goes to Yugoslavia. It
has-been under Yugoslav occupa
tion since the 1947 Italian peace
treaty which created a tree ter-
U. S. spokesman says the Rut
sians have been notified of th
desertion. .
I certainly hope we don't aend
him back. After the shooting war
ended in 1945 we sent back thous
ands of Russians who had surren
dered to our aide, to get away
from communism, and the record
indicates that when the commie
got hold of them they either shot
them against a wall or aent them
to slave labor camps.
Speaking of war aftermaths: .
Officials of the United States
and Japan gather at the big Amer
ican naval base at Charleston,
South Carolina, for a ceremony in
which we turn over two American
destroyers to the Japs to be add
ed to their new navy.
The destroyers are- the Ellyson
and the McComb both of which
fought against the Japanese in the
Pacific. When we took them out of
the mothballs to turn them over
they were heavily decorated with
symbols of their prowess in: bat
tles with the Japanese ,navy. ,
We thought it best to paint these
symbols put before giving tha
ships to the Nipponese, and did ao.
War is strange business.
With the Russians as our allies,
we fought the Japs and the Ger
mans to a bloody standstill. Now
the Russians are our enemies, and
the Japanese and the Germans
look like the staunchest friends w
have in the world.
Such is life.
r
Over in Utah, they've just has
an interesting political experience.
A demagogue by the name of
Stringfellow was running for con
gress on the Republican ticket. He
dramatized himself as a war hero,
and did quite a lot of chest-beating
about his exploits.
A few days ago it turned out
that his much - publicized ac
counts of his heroic conduct were
all moonshine just a hoax to
get himself elected.
The heat was turned on him
and he resigned from the cam
paign. A college president has
just been named to run in his
place. You have to admire these
Utah people. They take their pol
itics seriously.
NEW YORK W If all goes well, Claire Mann will re
duce the supply of American womanhood by 125 tons by the
end of this year.
"it isn't very much, is it?" sighed Miss' Mann, founder
of "Overweights Anonymous," and pointed out there are
seme 18 million women in this country who have eaten
rnemseives out of shape.
Her goal is to get all these
plump ladies to lose an average of
six pounds each, or a total of 54.
000 tons of feminine fat. If loaded
on the battleship Missouri, this
weight would Drobablv link her.
Converted into tallow, It could he
made into a candle big enough to
light a city. Might be a good idea.
splendid monument
too. Make a
to the sex.
Claire, who has a daily woman's
show on station WABD-TV. atarted
"Overweight Anonymous" three
ycart ago, frankly patterned It
after "Alcoholics Anonymous" In
many ways.
"Overweight and alcoholism,
after all. spring from the same
emotional causes," she said. "The
problem is psychological, n o t
physiolog.'.al."
The main theory behind OA Is
is that obese people who are un
able to solve their problem on an
individual basis often are able to
do so when they attack it by group
therapy. t
"Sometimes you haw to identify
yourself with other people'a prob
lems In order to realize your
own," said Miss Mann. "Over
weight people simply have substi
tuted the love of food for the love
of life. By recognizing this, they
can help each other to learn to do
the reverse."
The motto of OA is "Don't put
off for tomorrow what you can
take off today."
la three years the organization
has grown to 100,000 members.
There are no dues. The members
meet at each other's homes in
groups of S to 10 twice a month,
and Miss Mann distributes free
diets and exercises at her own
expense.
But OA differs from AA In one
important respect. If a member
feels an overwhelming urge to in
dulge in a chocolate eclair, she
can't telephone a fellow member
to come racing through the mgnt
to save her from temptation.
"As a matter of fact, if a mem
ber scales down her poundage,
she must maintain the weight lots
for at least aix months or be
dropped from the rolls," said
Claire firmly.
Those who do reduce lo the
weight they desire are encouraged
to be more active in community
and charily work to give them an
outlet for their new energy.
Ninety -nine per cent ot OA
are women, but a male member
holds the weight loss champion
ship. He Is an engineer who n
three years dropped from 29.5
pounds to 17S a loss of 122
pounds, Just one more proof of
the old truth that a good man
cait beat a woman at anything.
Miss Mann, a former ballet
dancer and pianist, became inter
ested in therapy as the result of
an accident. The accident was a
collision in which she suffered a
broken back. She was told she
would never be able to dance
again, might not be able to walk.
After six months in a hospital,
she set out to rehabilitate herself.
She went to Vienna and studied
psychology and anatomy, worked
out her own system of exercises
to rebuild her wasted muscles.
Her stubborn will worked a mir
acle. She recovered completely,
then opened a studio to help other
people with physical and mental
problems. She was among the
first to recognize the therapeutic
value of music and dancing. She
is married to a psychiatrist, has
made a fresh career for herself
in television.
"If it weren't for my accident.
I'd have been only a second-rate
dancer or pianist," she said. "It
enabled me to do something new."
An attractive green-eyed blonde.
Miss Mann weighed 1S8 pounds
as a dancer, now weighs 112.
"The diet in my case," she said
wryly, "wai pam."
From what ideas I have been
able to gather so far, it reminds
me of a story:-
Once an Arab had a willing and
dutitui servant in the form of a
camel. One time when the, Arab
pitched his tent the camel pushed
in nis iHj5e: or course, very nouie-
ly and humbly asking permission.
The Arab was quite willing, as the
camel's soft nose would take ud
little space. Indeed, the Arab was
almost pleased for this much
company.
Soon the camel asked leave
almost politely to enter his head
(and ears). The Arab still gave
permission, although not quite so
happily as before. Everyone knows
how the camel later pushed in his
tormidaoie hump and rump
without any politeness I and tha
Arab was forced out.
Some twelve or fourteen years
ago, many of us were deluded into
a sort of ' iliare the Wealth" meas
ure in regard to our schools. We
should have recognized it for what
it. was the first "soft nose" ot
state dictatorship over our schools.
Too many of us didn't.
The schools were to remain un
der local management, with a
state board to allocate the equalized
i funds and "advise" districts as to
building programs, teacher load,
and other conditions. But in only
these few short years the formid
able "hump and rump" of the ad
visory (?) board have pushed in;
and I ask you taxpayers , how
much local control you have left.
If we refuse to raise more money
locally for their expensive plans,
they threaten to withhold the stale
basic money our money which
we nave paid into the common
fund in one way or another.
Some of your children are be
ing loaded on buses as early as
7 a.m. a man s working day is
eight hours. What is the length of
day for these chhildren some of
them only six and seven years
old? And what do you parents
nave to say or do about it?
In Uiis county, at least,' the few
districts which have dared try to
maintain their local sattis in he
innepeniieni American way are
being slowly boycotted into sub
mission. Our schools had always
a measure of state and county su
pervision, out no woip.
Now we are being asked to vote
on some sort of zoning plan for
our homes in certain districts.
wiui anouier advisory (?) board
Is this another soft camel "nose?'
Will the "hump and runup" of
this advisory board appear a few
years hence to push all of us
about? Will it spread until all Our
homes, like our schools, are cen
tralized, equalized and standard
ized until our American way of
life is jeopardized and all we can
do is live where we are told, build
where and as we are told, raise
crops and animals when and where
we are told, and pay and pay?
Mcthinks that Arab would have
done well to have slapped the
camel's nose and put that servant
In its place, no matter how polite,
humble, and submissive it ap
peared. Advisory boards can serve ui
well, so long as we keep them ad
visory. keep them our servants
not allowing them to enter their
"noses" and later become our
masters. For thus is life lived in
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Iff! -
British Delegate Selwyn Llovd
said Wednesday progress has been
made on disarmament, but agree
ment still must be reached on es
sential points of a worldwide dis
armament program.
Lloyd, who was to leave later
Wednesday for London to take up
a new post as minister of supply,
told the U.N. assembly's Politi
cal Committee that East and West
have achieved something togeth.
er and have put themselves in po
sition to discuss the problem.
He said the Russians have tried
to meet Western views in certain
ways. He said the Russians no
longer insist on. a ban on atomic
and hydrogen bombs before any
thing else is done on disarma
ment and also have accepted the
principle of disarmament by stag-
Umatilla County Will
Build New Courthouse
PENDLETON Wl - Award of a
main contract of $575,680 for con
struction of the new county court
house here was announced Wednes
day by the Umatilla County Court.
Successful bidder was the V. W.
McCormack Construction Co., Pen
dleton. The Otis Elevator Co. got
another contract, for $13,899.
The total cost, $.589,569, was well
under the engineers' estimated cost
of $648,860. The balance will go
mio me county general tund to off
set property taxes.
George Buckler and Co. of Port
land will start Nov. g demolishing
the old courthouse on a $10,010
contract. McCormack wiU- begin
construction Jan. 1 and oompletion
is scheduled before the end of 1955.
Stringfellow Commended
For Making Confession
ROSEBURG Am wrilimi
about the young congressman from
tun wno got up before a TV and
radio audience and admitted that
he had deliberately misrepresent
ed his war service.
If he did it voluntarily, not un
der pressure of anticipation of ex
posure, it was an act of the finest
and took the highest courage. It
was evidently a sincere and pain
ful confession.
Politics is a queer thing. It looks
like the hard Dressed ReDublirans
might well have used this man to
save them in the coming election.
Under a different but very diffi
cult position, Richard Nixon vin
dicated himself and definitely turn
ed the political tables on his vily
tying opponents.
Christ the Great Comforter while
on mis eartn taugnt that it we
confessed and repented our sins
we would be saved. Not knowing
n me tacis, Din wnat an oppop
tunity was presented to the State
Republican Committee of Utah,
and what a chance all of our
statesmen had, including our own
Senator Cordon and Congressman
Ellsworth, to rally to this young
man s siae.
It seems to me as though every
thing nowadays is governed by
appeasement and expediency.
There is not near enough fight for
downright principles. Like when
Patrick Henry said "Give me lib
erty or give me death."
The young congressman Is not
to be condoned but neither should
he be condemned. You ask any old
soldier who served during the last
two wars if he hasn't misrepra
sente his activities in some is
stances. The writer pleads moat
guiltyl
MARK W. DUNHAM
Roseburg, Ore.
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