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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."