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4 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Or. Thuri. Jan. 13, IMS ' sL ' VJDfc IClDS'ItCUlCW - Publish1 Dally incept Sunday by tht 4- 1 ; Newi-Rvievy Company, Inc. ' '"V -lattnl m uu suutf Hr t, int. t u ttftw t SMkrf, OrtfM. m M Muck I. U11 . CHARLBt V. STANTON, Cditor ami Mtntftr - Member of the Associated Press, Orel on Newspaper Publishers V . Aliiclation, tho Audit Bureau of Circulations nilllil WUr.BOLLIPAT CO., INC., Illui 1 N Tuk, Cklctf ftta frueUe, La AkflM itatltt, VtrlUai, OaaTtr VMCUFXION BATla U OftfM r Mil Pr It, 12.M; ill aualka. H H; Unt auatkt, ll.it. Oatilla Oillt-Br SHU In Sll.ti; fix auatki, I.Ms IkrM Maalki, IJ.M. : Br KnrlnM ritUt Ir, I1I.M Uk ) Sua Iku tat nar. -". ontk, I1.JS. - - i TAX REVOLT LOOMS By Charles V. Stanton ' Expansion of facilities for the Roseburg school district is to continue. .Voters approved two bond issues by a nar row margin at Tuesday' special election. ,One issue will be used f or the erection, of a new elementary school. The ' other will complete the Joseph Lane Junior High fechooi. These two projects were urgent. The district would ' have been seriously handicapped had the proposals failer' of passage. v h But the additional facilities authorized at Tuesday's ? election will not spell .the end of the district's construction 'needs. Still more building will be needed. ; . There has been no slowdown of Douglas County's rate of growth. A large proportion of the growth centers in the I Roseburg -area. ., Studies indicate continuing population gains.. These gains will be at , the', same tempo at least,. according 10 alllndications. The rate could be accelerated i by introduction of secondary manufacture of wood products . at. an earlier date than normally expected. ". If also could j gaii..speed by, expansion of the mining industry, the dis f cpvery of oil or gas, or by other natural resource develop . menVcr'r'-':,'vi:i ), " ; ''X.. '' " "' Critical Problem v Raised -. 'In any event the Roseburg school 'district, as well as other school districts throughout the county,' still faces a continuing building program. , The task of educating more children also necessitates the employment, of more teach- . ers, the purchase of more teaching materials - and equip ment, more supplies, more supervision, more custodial service and many other operational and maintenance ex- penses., ;"'. '-:.. ('-,,.-''-'' - In addition to more capital investment, our school dis tricts are faced with the prospect of larger annual budgets. . Many remonstrances are heard "against constantly mounting school costs. The heavy opposition to the two bond issues submitted at' Tuesday's election is indicative. Tax payers are irked by the load of school expense. , Much of the remonstrance, we believe, stems from the , weight of school, tax,' rather than from any dissatisfaction ' with school management. Most thinking people realize the necessity for a strong educational program. They are fully aware of the necessity for providing facilities, teachers, service and tools. A lot-of griping about our school system, its "frills," "marble halls," etc;', is simply a cover-up for the fact that the taxpayer. is .galled by his load and wants relief. Usually when 'the' critic is pinned down and asked to suppy specific examples of extravagance he shows com plete lack of knowledge or understanding of school prob lems. But he's getting dangerously near the point, of balk ing, at taking on any jnort taxes. He wants to shift his burden "whether school keeps or not." . Lead Needs "Handles" Some way, if we are to maintain proper educational standards, we must put "handles" on the tax, load, so it may be more easily carried. .:. ' School costs, except for possible minor economies, can't be materially reduced without impairing educational op portunity for our young people. We will need more, and still more, school buildings. . We must have an additional teacher for each 25 to 30 new students entering our schools. We must provide textbooks, supplies, equipment, light, heat, janitorial materials and services, clerical and supervisory help aiid other expensive items in proportion to the rise ip school enrollment. . We can't close our eyes to future demands. We would be foolish indeed to ignore the outlook for coming years. We must, on the other hand, continue studies into future demand, striving to find some method of providing for our young people the educational service which is one of the foundations of our system of government,. This study must be devoted immediately, we believe, to formulation of method whereby the enormous cost of schools may be better distributed." Some' 'of -the tax load must be taken off real property. One such method now Is proposed in the form of a sales tax, to be used exclusively for school purposes, Perhaps it is not the best method. Maybe some better system can- be devised. - , . But we believe it will become increasingly difficult to finance capital investment and der the existing tax progranv way of financial support for soon, we are in danger of seeing1 our school system critical ly impaired. v r J4a( By SAUL PETT " " -,, For Hal Boyle ' J ,: NEW YORK (m A young man I know has gone througl quite a change recently, 1 1 He used to be strictly a man of action, touirh. virile, fear. less beyond measure, a bold huntor of adventure. Now he appears to be the gay boulevardier, the dapper sophisticate wno nas seen everything and years at his present psce and out old roue. But at 13 Bob hai a little time loft. The change canto auddeniy. Just a (aw weeks ago his life was devoted entirely to football and baseball, to the settlement of disputes on a rield or street or back lot of honor, to roaming tho world on a bike, to th exclusive company of men who were men, . Just before Hie change came, he and his cronies built a club house of lumber ' borrowed from near by coiwtruotlon, project!. It had a two-foot "picture window," a grand entrance through which you crawled and an ''attic1', big enough (or one member to lie down in. without breathing. When the members fell into dis agreement, each would leave with his part of the clubhouse. Thus, on some days, the headqiiaH;rs were bereft of a roof or s door or a whole side wall. But one thins was never-removed the sign on steadily rising budgets un Unless something new in the schools is forthcoming verv ' : dSouie none everything. A few more they'll be calling him a worn- tbe front which said No Girls." . "P:ivatc Suddenly one day Bob told his mother he and his associates would like to throw a party in the basei ment recreation room of Bob's home. It would be aU their own doing and adults were not to inter fere. Besides, there would be GIRLS. Mother agreed One other stipulation: Rob's younger brother was not to show his face anywhere. Agreed, The six joint hosts worked on the party for a week. Each day anouier memoer arrived with an i t m soda, preltels, crackers, records. Thev decorated the room in blue and white crepe paper. The basic motif was not quite clear. On one wall was a large sign saying, "Go Go Go." on another, a larger sicn: "No Smok ing." Without telling anyone, Bob's QgrnOS QuCStlOII Mutual Defense Treaty Wisdom NEW YORK I -'The New York Times aaid Wednesday a private memorandum circulated by the Democratic National Committee luestions the wisdom of Senate ratification of the U. S. mutual de fense treaty with the republic of tmna. The memorandum is being tent to Democratic members of the senate Foreign Relations Commit tee, a Washington dispatch by James Reston to the Timea said, adding:- ' "The memorandum, drafted aft er consultation with some of the most prominent foreign affairs ex perts in the party, does not direct ly urge defeat of the treaty. How ever, it suggests that ratification will do more to embarrass than to aid the United States in protect ing its vital interests in Formosa and the Pescadores." The memorandum was quoted as saying: "It should be stated at the outset that this memorandum does not question (1) the vital im portance to the United States of having Formosa and the Pesca dores remain in friendly hands, or (2) the policy of defending these islands from unprovoked armed at tack." - On this premise, the story said, the memorandum then makes these points: ' 1. Ratification of the treaty, a! ready requested by President Ei senhower, would for the first time constitute a formal recognition of Formosa and the Pescadores as territories of the republic of China 2. Such form-al recognition would "give substance to the claim of th Chinese Communists that an armed attack on these islands is not international aggression os their part but civil war in which the right and purpose of other na tions, forcibly to intervene would De open to serious doubt." 3. The United States, in defense of its interests in peace and in Formosa and the Pescadoies should be working to separate these islands from the China main land, not taking action that would tie them legally. -. Legislative Cost Bill Introduced The House passed. Its first bill and sent it to tie densie Wednes day. It appropriates $500,000 for legislative expenses, and is $100, 000 more than the one two years ago. , Since expenses of the Legislature will run more than that, another such bill will be passed late in the session. .;.-.... The Legislature waa quiet Wed nesday, with only seven bills intro duced. ' Sen.. Monroe Sweetland, Milwau kee Democrat, sponsored a meas ure to provide civil service hear ings tor dismissed slate nollce of ficers. They would get the same right of hearin" as is granted to other stale employes. A bill to give legislators $300 salary advances, on their second year's salaries was introduoed by Rep. r . ki. Dammascn,' Portland. They get $000 a year. . Rep. G. D. Gleason, Portland, Introduced a bill to reauire that officers and directors ' of credit unions shall have been sharehold ers for three years. School di sir Ids would get gaso line tax refunds on their school buses under a bill by Rep. Lloyd E. Haynes, Grants Pass. CONCIKN FOR JAPAN HIROSHIMA', Japan I - Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama said Wednesday he has received a per sonal message from U.S.. Secre tary of State Dulles expressing concern over the future of Japan, Kyodo News Service reported. The Premier refused to disclose de tails of the communication. , mother bought, a couple dozen doughnuts, just in case. ' The men arrived tirst four in charcoal black suits and pink shirts and two in tweeds. The girls properly followed the new, long, flai look. As the girls went down to the basement, one boy was heard to whisper. "Look a,t that low-cut dress!" Her dress opened all the way down to her collar bone. At one point In Uie party, a freckled, red haired young man came up to the kitchen. He no ticed the doughnuts and asked if he might take a few. He could, and took more than a dozen. "Do you happen to have any peanut butter and jelly?" he asked Bob's mother. "Vny. yes. Why?" "We thought we'd make a few hois d'oeuvres." . Hslfwsy through the evening, the six males trooped upstairs to examine Bob's new microscope set. In some circles the fact that they left Uie women alone In the basement might be considered tin chivalrous, but In this set it was all matter of fact. No questions asked, no female recriminations. Later, the red-haired young man came up again. "Hanpen to have any candles around?" he asked. "Yes, why?" "Oh, we thought we'd dsnce a little by candlelight." At the end of the evening, the girls all thanked the host's mother quite properly. The red-haired boy said he had a wonderful time "and what I liked best was that you didn't interfere." , When they were all gone, Bob's father, who had been restless all evening, asked his son what they had done at the party. "Oh, talked." ' , " "What else?" "Danced." "That all?" "Oh, we nlayed a few kissini games. You know, pop, it s kinds fun." And with that Bob picked up a baseball glove which haonened to be under a chair and threw It In the closet, and went up to bed whistling s tune of his own mak- ling. Governor's Tax Proposals More Popular With Demos Than With GOP Legislators By PAUL W. HARVIT JR. SALEM I - Gov. Paul Patter son's tax proposals are in for some rough going in Uie Oregon Legis lature. Strangely, these proposals from a ' Republican governor are .more popular among the Democrats than among tne JtepuDiicans. mat a De cause he opposes a sales tax. While the Republican members warmly praised the governor's message as a whole, they, didn't endorse his tax ideas. The Repub lican tax committee members, who will write the new tax bills, admit off the record that they don't care much for the governor's tax ideas. Gov. Patterson wants a state ; property tax, which the - state wasn t naa since, iimu. ne aiso would not let you deduct federal income tax payments when you figure your state income tax re turn. , - Those two proposals would bal ance the budget. But the tax commitee members say they want to take a long, hard look a those proposals, and that they will consider other forms of hew revenue, too. . That means that a sales tax, among other things, will be con sidered. The Democrats were happy when they heard the governor oppose a sales tax. They like the proposed additional burden on property and income, because that would make a sales tax unnecessary. One Republican policy maker, who won't be quoted because Re publicans don't want to be put in the position ,of opposing their gov ernor, said: . . "Property taxes are too high al ready. So are state income taxes. I'm afraid we'd drive business out Sen. Anderson Rules Out Dixon-Yates Compromise WASHINGTON (l Sen: Ander son (D-NM) ruled out Wednesday any compromise solution of the disputed Dixon-Yates power con-' tract, and Rep. Holifield (D-Calif) reiterated his intention to try to block the project. Anderson, prospective new chair man of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, aaid the group will again look into Dixon-Yates and also will Investigate heretofore noncontroversial contracts between the Atomic Energy Commission (AEO and two private utility groups supplying power to A-plants. Anderson was asked about re ports circulating in Congress that a compromise is Deing sought to settle Uie hot political fight over the Dixon-Yates proposal. "Not a chance, the senator said in an interview. One report was that the Dixon- VqIao ormin th MlrMlo Smith Utilities, Inc., siwf the Southern Co. would bow out of the contract before Feb. 15. The companies are headed, respectively by Edgar H. Dixon and Eugene Yates. The Feb. 15 date Is the date by which either the AEC or the Dixon Yatea group may withdraw from . , . Democrats Call For Senate Probe Of Security Setup WASHINGTON 1 - Sena. Mans field (D-Mont) and Monroney (D Okla) renewed their calls for a Senate inquiry into the Eisen hower administration seourity pro gram despite signs of developing' support for a bipartisan commis sion to study the question. ' Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn) has said he will offer within th next 10 days a proposal to set up s special commission with members to be named by President Eisen hower, Vice President Nixon and House Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex). A companion resolution, it was understood, is being prepared for possible introduction In the House. Humphrey said his proposal, which is reported to have substan tial backing from Senate Demo cratic leaderl, is not intended to interfere with any investigation by a congressional committee. He would have the bipartisan commission make a full report with recommendations' by March IS, 1956. Any information developed by a congressional committee in the meantime, Humphrey said in an interview, would "of course" assist the commission in its task. But Monroney, a member of the Senate Civil Service Committee, said in an interview that group should have the primary respon sibility of seeking weaknesses in tne system and recommending changes "with the definite under standing that the objective is a unanimous report" by Republican and Democratic members. Any thing less, he said, would destroy the value of the investigation. Mansfield last week made a writ ten request to Sen. Olin D. Jonn- sion (DSC), who will head the Civil Service Committee, to deter mine "the exact number of fed eral employes fired as security ri.oks and to make a "public dis closure" of all those fired as sub versives. Many Democrats have said thai reports on the number of federal workers separated from govern ment payrolls as security risks fail to disclose how many have actually heen fired and how many have resigned before final deter- minauon of their cases, CHANGED WITH POISONINO PERPlGNAN, France Mar-1 Sue rite Marty, a village hotel . Barthen, Seattle; Vernon Walters, keeper in the Pyrenees of southern Pullman; S. i. Conner Jr.. Fruit France, went on trial Wednesday land; Courtney Conrad, Wallace, charged with poisoning her pretty Idaho; H. A. Peterson, Vincent cousin. The prosecution charged Davey and Clara Davey, Kellogg, she had become the mistress of Idaho; LaVon W. Long, Sagle. her cousin's husband and wanted , Idaho, and Lorent Stork, Sand him entirely to herself. I point, Idaho. , of Oregon if we increased them." Many other Republicans feel like that. So they'll attempt to come up with a better answer., It's strange to see two parties fighting each other in the Lexis lature. It hasn't happened since 1837, because the Democrats haven't had enough strength to make much noise. Now that they are a strong min ority, the Democrats plan to make a legislative record for ' the 1956 e ecuons. Thev are mad. too. because they got no committee chairmanships in the Senate, and only two in tne House. While the Legislature has been run on nonoartisan lines in the past, the lines now arc strictly drawn. Sen. ' Monroe Sweetland, Mit waukie. Democratic national com. mitteeman. appears to be the Dem ocratic leader in tne senate, so far, the most Influential House Democrat is Rep. Alfred H. Cor bett, Portland. They'll have a hard time coor dinating Democratic policy. Some are conservauves ana some are liberals. The Republicans have the same problem. , This Legislature started off fast. Bills are being introduced quickly, and the committees already are on the job. The lawmakers are de termined to get through as quickly as possible They don't want another long session, like the 100-day session of 1953, and the 118-day marathon of 1951. But the members of those ses sions wanted to go home early; too and this session faces many more problems. the agreement without penalty. Holifield. who serves on 'the Sen ate-House committee, told news men he would press for passage of a resolution expressing congressional-disapproval of the contract. He contended the AEC would have little choice but to comply. The disputed agreement provides for ' construction of a 107-million- dollar private power plant at West Memphis, Ark., which would feed power under contract with the AEC to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Some TVA power now goes to AEC plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. The administration contends it is the best way to replace power gen erated by TVA and used by AEC for defense purposes. Foes of the contract contend it invades tne area served by the TVA and is intended to cripple that agency. ' Staff specialists of the Seourities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recommended Tuesday that the SEC approve the Dixon-Yates( pro posal to invest 5 Vi million dollars of its own funds in the project. The balance would be omained througn long-term private loans. . Civil Service Calls More Examinations The U. S. Civil Service Commis sion has given notice of a host of positions in government service for which examinations will soon be given. Among them are quartermaster, dragtender, second mate b o a t swain and launch operator at the Portland Engineer District Float ing Plant operating on the Willa mette and Columbia Rivers and tributaries and on seagoing hop per dredges in the same area. Ap plications will be received at Port land until further notice. For the same location, examina tions will also be given for fire men - watertender. Marine oiler (steam) and marine oiler (diesel). Meanwhile, the 'field board of JJ. S.. Civil Service examiners an nounces that applications will be accepted for appointment to the position of student trainee (engi neer agricultural and civil), (soil (conservation), (soil science (range conservation). These posi: tions arc located in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii in the em ployment of the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Dept. of Agricul ture, f Anyone interested in securing in formation and application forms may do so be contacting the Com mission's local secretary, Jack Calkins, at the U. S. Post Office in Roseburg. Church To Enter Uranium Business SPOKANE i) The Central Christian Church of Spokane is going into the uranium business. The church announced it has filed application for the lease of mineral land near the Spokane Indian reservation in Stevens , county where a uranium strike has been reported. Karl W. Jasper, president of the church board and also president of Grandview Mines, said the plan is for Grandview to work the. property and pay the church a royalty of production results. The church's application is among more than 200 filed for land adjacent to the reservation. Otto A. Case, state land com missioner, released a list in Olym- pia which included - applications from uoidie teithe, Ertck i.eithe, Dorothy Barthen and William Congress Chat . ly HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C, 4th Orego District The new Mth Congress got going In an atmosphere of goodwill with at least an expressed attitude of cooperation with the President from both Democrats and Republi cans. . The President's "State of the Un ion" message was well accepted by both side?. Interestingly enough I heard comment in the Capitol corridors after the speech by Dem ocrat members who said he had proposed a good Democratic pro gram, and from Republican mem bers that it represented a wide range program for all of the peo ple which is in line with best Re publican tradition and principles. , House Republicans are going to have difficulty in finding commit tee spots for all of the Republican members. We are now the minor ity party of the House which means that Republican member ship is reduced drastically on all committees. The Republican mem bership is only 16 members less than in the 83rd Congress but ;he number, of committee assignments available for Republican members Ls some SO less. This situation will not effect me personally since I have-the good fortune to be high enough in seniority on the Rules Committee to retain my seat there. Our membership on that commit tee is reduced from eight mem bers down to four. - Several times while I was in Oregon this fall people asked me about the procedure for organizing the 84th Congress. I believe there is much interest in the question as to how a new Congress takes over from the previous one . who swears in the members, etc. He"re is the way it is done. Since every member of the House is newly elected each two years the House technically has no membership at the time a new Congress convenes that is no members who have been duly sworn in. The officers of the House Clerk, Doorkeeper, Sergeant at Arms and Postmaster are, however, permanent, em ployees in the sense that they are appointed to serve until successors are named. The newly elected House is called to order bv the Clerk who declares that certifi cates of election of the members have been received and enrolled, The roll of membership is then called by states. The Clerk next calls for the election of a Speak er which is done by a foil call with the members responding with the name of their choice for speak erin the. present case the two candidates were Sam Rayburn of Texas and Joe Martin of Massa chusetts. So Democrat .members answered the roll call by saying "Rayburn" and the ReDublicans said "Martin." Since Democrats die m uie iiiajuiuy mi. ivayuuiu was named Speaker. He was then formally presented to the House by, retiring Speaker Martin, where upon Mr. Rayburn requested Mr. Vinson of Georgia to administer tne oath of office to him, which ' was- done. Speaker Rayburn then ! neing a auly sworn membar, and Speaker, administered the oath "en mass" to', the membership. The House was then declared to be in session and went to work with routine business. - The Speaker, Sam Rayburn, who by the way celebrated his birthday the following day, has served as Speaker of the U. S. House of Rep resentatives longer than any man in our history. He is highly re spected and well liked by the mem bers and is an excellent presiding officer. Langlie Suggests Possible Boost In Tax On Sales OLYMPIA Ifl Gov. Langlie laid Wednesday a boost in the sales or business tax may be the only immediate way to raise an additional 41 million dollars to run state government during the next two years. ite made no specific recom mendation that the excise taxes be increased, but said they would be the simplest and most inexpen sive to administer although a boost would bring Washington even more out, of line with t its neigh bers. .' "It may be the only immediate way if no other possibility can be worked out," he declared in his biennial message to the 34th Leg islature. Looking ahead, the chief execu tive said the lawmakers probably should take steps to let the people vote for or against a net income tax in November of 1956 "if you believe the answer to our financial problem lies in an income tax." His long range suggestion also backed a proposal for reassessing property taxes, declaring "inequi ties in this field now constitute a flagrant injustice perpetrated upon our citizens. The governor said the 41 mil lion dollars in additional tax rev enue is needed for public schools, colleges and the university. He recommended increased ap propriations for various other agencies and department of state government but said they "can be substantially financed from the increase in revenue which we can reasonably expect. . .from ex isting sources," providing rigid economy is practiced and the 1951 boost in the excise tax rate is con tinued. Ceorge Hormtl Acquitted On Marijuana Charges LOS ANGELES A lurv Wednesday found George Hormel II, heir to a meat packing fortune, innocent of charges of marijuana possession. The young scion, asked what his! future plans are, said he has no! plans' te reorganize the night club trio he headed before his arrest. 1 "The trio ended Sept. 19," he said with a grin. That was the date he was arrested after police! said they found marijuana in has car. . Most Serious O&C Timber Salvage Problem Reported In Smith River Drainage G. H. Sharrer, state supervisor for the Bureau of Land Manage i.itn., reports that the most se rious timber salvage problem on O ii C and public domain lands was still in the Smith River Jrain age between Drain and .teedsport. He empnasued that a big ecale effort is bejnj made. to correct the shuation. tie points out a fed eral access road to leach the sal vage is now under construction. Reporting in his year-end round up. Sharrer related that tabula tions of salvage sales in the stale during IBM showed .178 million Uard feet hdd been sold on O tc C lands. This included windtbrown, beetle-killed and fire-killed timber. The total volume of salvage tim ber sold by the BLM during its salvage program covering 1952, 1953 and 1951 is 830,212,000 board feet, returning $16,366,130.65. Douglas County gained another spot of newt for 1954. The out standing sale of the year was re ported at Roseburg In December when the Woolley logging Co. of Drain bough. 1 1,1 . 4 feet for $450,231.50. The Roseburg district of the BLM sold 25.055,000 board feet -during December for $974,294.50. . In public domain forest areas over the state, the BLM sold 25, 896,000 board feet for $586,991.57, an average of $22.67 per thousand board feet: Because, of the favorable weath er, conditions, Sharrer said, the If the American people take their cue from President Eisen hower, they will view the months ahead in this year 1955 with con fidence but without complacency. He told them in his State of the Union message to Congress that they have great reason to look hopefully into the future. For the first time on .ong years, there is no active major battle Held anywhere on earth. And, after a 1954 marred by a business de cline that caused some apprehen sion, the President could 'resort that "business activity now surges with new strength." Mr. Eisenhower obviously want the American people to go about their tasks with renewed cheerful ness, with less tension than has marked their lives in the past dec ade and a half. He believes the facts of 1955 warrant such a mood. But he is not willing to have them forget the menace of Russo Chinese communism which hangs over them, nor ignore some of the shortcomings of their own wav ol living. He reminded us military force is (till the chief reliance of the So viet Union, despite all the cooing words about "coexistence." He added that "their steadily grow ing power includes an increasing strength in nuclear weapons."' Mr. Eisenhower appreciates acutely the - danger inherent - in this i mounting . Russian: atomic President Defends Nixon Against Demo Criticism WASHINGTON UH President Eisenhower defended Vice Presi dent Nixon Wednesday against Democratic criticism of- Nixon's campaign tactics, with the sug gestion that words taken out of context lie back of the complaints. The President told his news con ference he is loathe to believe Nixon has been guilty of any in discretion. Eisenhower said he had as surance from the vice president that: Nixon did not accuse the Democratic Party of being a party of treason. He said he had been assured, too, that there was no sweeping condemnation of any party in the campaign. He added that he is aware that words taken out of context can be the cause for criticism. The President was told by a re porter that Nixon had been cri ticized by Democrats for the man ner in which Nixon attacked the opposition party for its handling of the Communist issue. Eisenhower first replied by ask ing the reporter whether he had actually read Nixon's speeches or what critics had said about them. When told what was desired was comment on the criticism, the President said he personally 'does not consider any party to be a party of treason and he has been assured there was no sweeping condemnation of any party in the last campaign. He said Nixon told him he had talked about certain individual cases and the way they were, handled but had not questioned the loyalty of those who handled the case. The President said he believed in the loyalty and the patriotism of the people making the criticisms and certainly in the loyalty and patriotism of Nixon. Eisenhower's remark in effect backed up a statement in Nixon's praise signed by four Midwestern GOP state chairmen. Oregon 1 On Short End Of Reclamation Funds BOISE I - Washington and Ida ho, in that order, are receiving the largest shares of Bureau of Rec lamation funds being spent in the Pacific Northwest in the current fiscal year, Regional Director Har old T. Nelson reports. . . Expenditures listed in a report Issued Tuesday total $22,035,850 in Washington, $19,634.28 in Idaho. $1,068,835 in Oregon and $834,868 in western Montana for a total of $43,648,550. Over $18,000,000 of the Idaho al lotment is for construction, $1,200, 000 is for operations and mainten ance and some $340,000 for general investigation. - (Sruce 0ioddai (ire prevention precautions taken by logging operators ana uie gen eral public, there were but IS firea on BLM forest areas. They burned only 49 acrea of timber it the slate tsv.lt uamage less tiia'n $2,000. In 1951, more than 30.000 acres of, BLM Forest land was destroyed, resulting in damage of ! several million dollars. . . i o&C i.mh;r ssies led all other activities and exceeded all pre vious marks. The increases per- i tained to volume of timber sold, value of stumpage and the highest ! prices ever paid, for stumpage. For the 1054 year, 519 sales of 1 0 6 C timber were made, totaling 1728,254,000 board feet. Sale orices totaled $15,845,833.04 and averaged $21.76 per thousand board feet. The previous record year was 1953 when 542,344,000 board feet sold for $11,136,573.28. Under federal law, 75 per cent of the receipt tor .the -O .-C Mies, less' appropriations for access road. construction, are paid to the 18 western Oregon counties. Sharrer pointed out , some ur B rising development of. the year, e said that during 1954, oil com panies made a big rush to file applications to drill for gas and oil. It resulted in applications for leasing of 229,000 acres of public domain with an annual rental of $114,499.58. This compares with only 33,000 acres of oublic domain leased in Oregon during the 28 year period beginning in 4920. might, and wishestis all to share his . awareness...ii : i; .'. At the same- time, he offers as surance against . undue alarm, in the shape of a defense program designed to stress 'our . pwn air power and atomic force, at the ex pense of somewhat reduced ground armies. The lawmakers; may quar rel over the details of this plan, but they can hardly contest its aims. The .President'. likewise would puncture- any .smugness we might feel about the upsurging home front. There are too hiany gaps and soft spots for us to View it with complete comfort. He has a pro gram calculated to meet many of these' problems.- : - . . . f . This calls' for federal fid to help meet the grave .shortage of school classrooms, for higher minimum Wages, more public housing, a comprehensive new highway, pro gram, federal health protection, some changes in the Taft-Hartley labor law, an attack on the ju venile delinquency problem, and continuing, attention to the ..eeds of farmers, especially drought suf ferers. As he' prepares to tackle spe cifically the problems involved in assuring the nation's safety and prosperity, Mr. Eisenhower is not unmindful of the difficulty confront ing a Republican President who must deal with a (Democratic Con gress. t M&.y t.i...pi,'.(i..,; With some eloquence and abun dant good humor, be has appealed to his Democratic friends and op ponents on Capitol Hill to approach the tasks of peace and prosperity in a spirit of national harmony and cooperation. No one doubts he will find this spirit at work on all major mat ters of foreign policy and defense. Unity of attack is much less likely on domestic problems, for some where, somehow, the Democrats must make a record in this Con gress that can give' them hope of regaining the White House in 1956. Whatever politics may do to warp and reshape his projects, the President's outlook and program for 1955 appear to have the vir tues of positiveness, sanity and moderation underscored by keen alertness to the continuing peril facing America and all-Tee lands. Coast Lawmakers Solicit Support On Tariff Rates WASHINGTON 11 - Three Pa cific Coast legislators Wednesday announced plans to solicit congres sional support in a fight against proposed reductions in tariff rates on imported canned, fresh and frozen crab meat.. , Rep. Russell V. Mack (R-Wash) said that he, Rep. Norblad (R Ore) and Rep. Scudder (R-Calif) are trying to organize other West Coast members in the effort. Similar committees, he said, are expected to be formed by congress men from Gulf and Atlantic Coast states having shellfish in dustries. The action results from an nouncement by the Committee on Reciprocity Information that low ering of tariffs on crab meat is one of the items to be considered at the Reciprocal Trade Confer ence in Geneva next month. Mack and other members al ready have appealcfl to the com mittee and to the Tariff Commis sion against .any reduction. The congressman said material to sup port this view also will be pre sented to those who will conduct the actual negotiations in Geneva and to the President, who now has authority to reduce an existing ta riff by 50 per cent "Japan supplied about 60 per cent of all canned crab sold in the United States last year while American producers aupoiicd only about 40 per cent," Mack said. "Anv reduction in tha oviotintf tariff on crab meat will wipe out me w per ceni ot tne market that American producers still enjoy and thereby bankrupt the American crabbing industry which employs thousands of people in fishing boat and cannery operations." Mack said he, Norblad and Slid dcr soon will be hosts at a crab meat luncheon in the capitol to discuss the tariff problem with oth er Western representatives and so licit their cooperation "in the fighl to save the American crabbing industry."
