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4 The News-Review, rtoieburj, Published Daily Except Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. .. (al.r.l u mmU elaji MM Mar 7, lin, at Ika pail erflaa M " buKii, Onin. eaaar aal al Marak a, int. : CHARLES V. STANTON, Editor and Manager Member the Associated Prati, Oregon Nawipapar Publishers i Association, the Audit Buraau of Circulation! artuali r WUT-MOLUDAI CO., INC.. afflaat la Naw Tark, Calaafa. aaa rraaalao. Laa Aafalaa, Baatlla, rartlaai, Daavar BBaORimON BATEa Oraaaa Br Halt Par I aar. IH.Mi Hi Malta, MM, :: 'tba manlai, II.3S. Oalllla Or.l.a Br Mall rar Taar, S1S.MI ill .ath., k .-.MI.aoi Mlraa maatka,' IS.50. ''. Br Nawa-BfTlaw Carrlar 'ar Taar. II3.M (la aaane, Ian Ibaa aaa rtar, ' aar ataatk, ai.ts. J ; .. . ! EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION -. - Charles V. Stanton . Fear of a proposal to provide state financial aid to Central Oregon Junior College at Bend causes the Eugene Register-Guard to speak editorially of, "watering down higher education." ' Eugene and Corvallis naturally are jealous of their favored positions as sites of the State University nnd State College. It is to be expected that they will "view with alarm" any policy'that might weaken either of these fine institutions. ' J The Legislature has before it a bill which would grant to; the Junior College at Bend a yearly sum of $1,000 plus $iO0 annually for each student. The Register-Gtmrd fears that if money from the budget for higher education is made available to junior colleges it will not be long until other communities establish similar schools. This would result, the Eugene newspaper fears, in watering down .the budget to the point that the whole system of higher education would be critically endangered. ,! ' If we are to stand on the premise that the budget for higher education is to remain fairly static, there is good reason for the fear expressed at Eugene. Oregon's rate of growth is creating more and more of an educational problem. It is imperative that more money be. made available, not only for higher education but for local needs as well. Spreading Educational Opportunity : :' If more money must be supplied for higher education', should the increase in funds go entirely toward expansion of the University and College or should educational oppor tunity be' spread but over the state through a system of Junior Colleges? Wehave in Oregon an exceptionally fine University and College. Everything possible should be done to keep these-institutions -at the highest possible level. The -proportion of high school graduates who continue their education; into higher fields of learning constantly is growing. ' On ' the ' other hand, a considerable number of young people do not ' go on to the University or College. Many- of these doubtless would advance their education if local facilities were made available. . But before we can set up a system of Junior Colleges we muSt adequately finance our existing schools.1. We should take care of what we have before expanding our program. It is my belief,' however, that as soon as we can en large our budget for education, establishment of Junior Colleges' should be one of the first steps. Technical Education Needed In addition to Junior Colleges, I believe we need more technical schools.' - The Oregon Technical Institute at Klam ath Falls is constantly under fire. It has a most difficult time obtaining a bare operating budget. It is the orphan of the " '.'hither education system. : Yet is has - an outstand ing record for achievement. - Its graduates are in demand everywhere. ' It boasts that no gradunte is unemployed. For too manv years we have directed our education toward white c6llar professions. But the great demand today is for technically trained men and women. Mech anized production demands skilled labor. A few days ago I was talking with a man who oper ates a plant in which there are many complicated and expensive machines. These chanical supervision. They must be kem in minute ad justment. From time to time they suffer breakage. A man thoroughly skilled in all phases of the machinist trade is a. key employee in this particular plant. This employer, however, has a hard time finding skilled mechanics. Where in Oregon can a young man be schooled as a machinist? Facilities for learning the intricate and de tailed profession of mechanics are few, and all too few students are being trained to meet the needs of mechan ized industry. . Until more money becomes available for enlarging our school system. I can share fears of impairment of exist ing fine institutions bv trying to spread the budget too thin. . But, when the time comes we can make .more mon ey available for education, serious thoueht, I believe, should be given establishment of Junior College and tech nical courses at the local level. BLOOM 1NGTON. Intl. -P Krnie Pyle died on A far Pacific isle 10 years ajto this week, as the war he hated was drawing to an end. He now lies buried in a U. S, military cemetery in Ha waii among the servicemen whose story he told with sim ple eloquence. But in another sense F.rnie duln t stay 1 1 ,, . . 1 1 overseas. He is back home in Indiana university, wnere dreamed of winning newspaper Certainly his spirit is enshrined here. Ernie remains a living sym bol to hundreds of fledgling young newspaper men and women who are bolstered in both heart and hope by the example of his career. Ernie never was graduated bv his alma mater. He quit during his senior year to go to work. Some of the oldtimers here say he left because of a broken romance with a red-haired girl. Others say, "No, it was just because he was Ernie already restless lo be on his way." Once Pyle did leave the campus In January 1923, he stayed away for 21 years. He loved the univer sity but said he wanted to remem ber it as he had known it in his youth, lie came back only once in his lifetime to take an honor ary degree in 1944. A few months lalpr ho was Hlled by a sniper's bullet on lo Shima. But today the personality of the shy,, broodjng farmboy who je cam the groatest battle reporter of ' his generation dominates his old 'school. . A;'J500,000 Journalism building or. t n., mpr. xi, itjj machines need expert me , ; ,. I here forever on the campus 1 111 siiiiicni nays ne nisi fame, has been named In his honor. A 'plaque commemorating his achievements has been set up by Sigma Delta Chi, national profes sional journalistic fraternity. In the lounge of Ernie Pyle Hall are collected a number of me mentoes of the correspondent. They include the entrenching tool he used to dig his own foxholes, a heat-up dress cap he wore in London, his battered portable typewriters, his medals, and one of the last columns he wrote be fore his death. "The student are quite proud of the Pyle tradition," said John E. Stempel, chairman of the journ alism department, who himself was a friend and classmate of Ernie's. "They asked that the building be named after him. "We still have the desk Ernie used when he was editor of ihe paper. It is being reglued right now, so it will last for another 30 or 40 vcars A memorial fund of more than &50.000 raised bv newsDaner arl. mirers has provided some 60 Er - y"3: lytiiS dMyfi In The Day's News (Continued from Page One) ES. Kor the same reason British industrialists haven't been too keen about increasing their pro duction. Britain needs more production in order to be able to sell more goods abroad so as to be able to buy more food and more raw ma terials, which she must have to keep her economy going. For this reason, the Conservative govern ment would doubtless have liked to cut the tax rate much more, but for a rather interesting reason didn't dare to. - The reason is this: ' A cut in taxes means an increase in the spendable income of the British people. If the British peo ple have more money to spend, they will spend it in acquiring for themselves more oT the products of British -Industry such as auto mobiles, refrigerators, washing machines and all the modern gadg ets that go to make life more pleasant. If they do that, they will absorb BRITISH INDUSTRY AT HOME. thus leaving LESS to be exported. If British imports continue over a long period of time to exceed British exports, the British econ omy will go to pot and Uie country will go broke. It's a strange world, isn't it? That brings Up an interesting in cident of the conference of 29 Asi an and African nations that is be ing held in Indonesia. The Japan ese delegate told the conference that the world's most urgent need is a ban on the USE OK FORCE anywhere on the globe. He s-aid: "If the nations do not abolish war. WAR WILL ABOLISH NA TIONS . That's putting it pretty straight. Japan, which went to war in an effort to improve its cconomv. finds Itself as a result of war with a WRECKED economy. Her dele gate at Hie Indonesian conference is speakitvg with the conviction that comes out of hard experience. Linda' Christian Seeks Divorce From Power SANTA MONICA. Calif. I - Linda Christian says she wants a divorce from Tyrone Power be cause of "grievous mental suffer ing." She filed suit for divorce Tues day In Santa Monica while Bri tish actor Edmund Purdom. whose name has been linked with Miss Christian's, was agreeing in, a Los Angeles court to postpone his di-, connecting smog with lung voi ce action for 90 days. , cancer rlimaxes more than four Purdom. 28. is estranged from ; years of experiments with thou his wife. Tita, 27. He has denied 1 san(s of animils under a U.S. any romantic interest in Miss Pultlic Health Service grant." Dr. Christian. j Kotin and his research team con- Linda, 30, asked for a divorce Whirled the experiments at the from Power. 41, on grounds of ex- use medical school and the Us Heme cruelty. Her complaint did Angeles County General Hospital, not detail the cruelty charges. She tIik asks custody of their two daugtt- ttrs. support for herself and them, ann an community propcriy. Her complaint said me couple separated Oct. 12. They were wed ..Ian. 27. 1919 in the ancient .Santa ' Francesco Catholic Church in Rome. , , ,. , , , . tile Pyle journalism scholarships nuring me posi-war yearn, ainny of them went to war veterans, and Stempel said most of the winners have gone on and done well in newspaiierwoi'k. "Krnie himself had a good aca demic record while he was in school." he remarked. Standing before the glass race that holds Ins typewriter, the same typewriter I had so often seen Ernie beat out his copy on dur ino tJm u-ar vpirt I hart a i haunted feeling,' as if the man himseH were invisibily present. Certainly u he could know what has been done here in his name I'm sure Krnie Pyle couldn't ask for a happier memorial He was a man of unceasing small kinc nes in his lifetime. Now 1 decade after his death he remains an inmiratinn ind a : concrete heln to stmvlinp voun-. lert loarninff tha u-rifinL. craft ha 1 himself ennobled. Mine Field Ways, Means Approves Construction Qf Buildings At $14,904,000 By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. SALEM I The Oregon Legis lature's Joint Ways and Means Committee Wednesday approved construction of $14,904,658 worth of state buildings in the next two years. 4 The amount Is the same as recommended by its five-man building subcommittee. The committee took its action after defeating 8-6 a motion to suspend the entire building program if the people refer and defeat the Legislature's tax pro gram. This motion was made by Rep. Henry bemon, Klamath Falls, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. This program will be sent to the floor in five bills, as follows: $10,305,000 for 10 state institution projects, including the beginning of the menial hospital near Portland .and the reformatory north of Salem. $3,975,000 for buildings at the univei-Miy anu siaie colleges. $414,300 for shop building con struction at Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls. SIGO.000 to move the printing department from the Agriculture to the Finance Build i ng in Salem, and to remodel the Agriculture Building. $50,298 for Fish Commission con struction at its Alsea hatchery and Clackamas laboratory. The committee indicated it would sponsor a night caucus of the Legislature to explain the program. A bill establishing the minimum butterfat content of milk at 3.8 per cent was passed by the House and sent to the Senate. There has been no legal minimum since the Smog Is Blamed For Lung Cancer In Animal Tests PASADENA m Smog is the greatest single cause of lung can cer, says a top research scientist in the field of air pollution and its relation to public health. "Atmosphere pollution holds the answer to lung cancer more than any other sinule agent." Dr. Paul Kotin, Univers ty of Southern Cali fornia pathologist, told the Nation al Air Pollution Symposium here. U,owed that smog "has a pro- ! longed accumulative effect'' as a tuirtor inducer "We have no concept of the dos age of smog required." he added. "Bui I feel that the amount en countered during an ordinary seige in many cities may be too much." 1 "is experiments have all been i wMh ,mm,., subjected to artifi- cially created smog. The pollutant which is the irri tant causing the cancer, he ex plained, is at least one type of hydrocarbon in the oxidized state. Hydrocarbons are found in auto exhausts, industrial emissions and in gasoline vapors. His conclusions will be the basis u,r n'w experiments aimed at de- teciing wnicn nyorocaroon is guil ty and what chemical state it is Tn ! "n A does the damage, he .-aid. JUDGE APPOINTED I CORVALLIS .si Appointment hy Gov. Paul Patterson of Kmile K. Larkm as Benton County judge was announced Wednesday. I.arkin, who was county assessor will fill the vacancy left hy the death lost week of George Mc Bee. Larkm, 60. had been employed in the assessor's office 19 years. am iwuiajaaayiijritMaaa am Committee people voted out milk control last November. The Senate sent to the House a resolution directing the Oregon members of the Interstate Co-od- eration Commission to work for two more years on drafting a Columbia Basin Compact. Under this comoact. the states in the basin would plan its devel opment. Legislative action was comDleted by the Senate on the bill to legalize use of radar to catch SDeedinn motorists. Radar now is used by several Oregon cities, but there has been a question as lo whether mis is a violation of the anti-speed trap law. New bills Introduced in the House would reduce personal income tax rates it tne people pass a sales tax. and appropriate $3,000,000 to build school buildings in distressed aisiricts. Disagreement between the Senate and the House over how to increa 'income taxes seemed likely. Editorial Comment From The Oregon Praia WHAT WE OWE OUR CHILDREN Tha Orogon Journal A recent barbershop conversa lion attracted our attention. The man in the next chair, lamenting upon the increased demands for his support, was overheard to r.ay. "I am all through voting addition al tax measures for new schools. They're all over the countrys'd'j he continued, "somebody wants' vear ln one ? cheapest poliU money for something i.ew, e,:- Fa' smear .attemPt f v".y known cially for the kids." i m Oregon 1 was implied that Sec- We had lo agree tha' th- Je-1 rctary of ln. erltfr 1,K,f ,y , Wlth mauds are frequent and .-ome.ime.. 1 me ? 7mplice ' 1 ' gave hcav, but at the same t'me-rwint. "way . ,s0 i ln the Natlonal trJSi, t ?hmapor.iTheCsmea Iffo WthS rreasTlnouih un'musl tti2Xt f.h"?; be recognized, if though' ful people are to provide adequate schools, churches and youth services. The alternatives are many times more expensive. Thousands of hoys and girls in ours and everv other city will grow physically But how they grow menially and spiritually will determine the extent to which they can pay their way in their own time. They will either become responsible, productive workers and consumers, or they will he come dependent upon society ami through government we will pro vide for them institutions of cor rection, unemployment benefit, mental institutions, and bread lines. It takes "a sharp saw to cut a straight line." Modern tools in sharpened condition are essential to craftsmen in any line. The sur geon, the carpenter, the enginer and the businessman all require me best available tools c im ...i.k ou i n-iui uiuac uiuimuubis auu ; grass which win make early ac organiiations whose resoonsibility lion possible on two badly needed it is to work for the education and flood control projects in Linn and character development of our Lane counties, I have devoted most youth. A city s richest resources, 0( mv time and effort to that its boys and girls, certainly de-; serve the best we can provide for; them. 1 inose entrusted wun tne job of know about the so-called "partner guiding these young people into re- ship" plan for the construction of sponsible and productive adult- those Santiam and McKcnrie riv hood, including all thoughtful par- er dams. I am doing my best to ents and citiiens, realize the ur- make the facts available to everv gent need for the kind of tools one. 1 believe the Linn and Lane that are required to help young- countv flood control committees sters "saw a straight line" and are doing likewise, grow into the kind of men and . The partnership plan which Is women who will carry on our re-: approved bv President Eiscnhow- ligious. political, and social tradi lions through their years of respon sibdity. The choice we make is whether , local as well as Federal money we build the facilities and provide ; can be used in their financing. The the leadership by which youngsters Cougar and Green Peter dams are grow, or whether we pay the great-1 relatively small flood control dams er price that will certainly be ex-. which can and should be built as acted if we fail this generation of my bill provides with local parti youth. 1 'cipation. Radford, Robertson Leave On Emergency Formosa Tension Is Hinted WASHINGTON ( Adm. Arth ur E. Radford and Asst. Secre tary of State Walter Robertson took off for Formosa Wednesday on a suddenly ordered trip which the Defense Department said is related to the "tense situation which continues in the area." Newsmen asked Radford if some new crisis had arisen, if the situ ation was more tense than it had been, and if he was "more con-, cerned." To all of that the chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff answered "no" and said: "I think the buildup (of Red power) is a methodical, deter mined omen and points out the Chinese have not deviated from their intentions to take Formosa by force. Radford was asked if he was going on an order of President Eisenhower. "I am going because I have been told to by the secretary of defense," was his answer. Congress Chat By HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C, 4th Oregon District The solution of the troublesome problem of phony or nuisance fil ing of mining claims in the Na tional Forests is m sight at last. I joined several other House Mem bers in introducing a bill which provides that the title to timber and certain surface rights shall be retained by the government on claims filed under the general mining laws. This legislation is long overdue. I became aware of the problem back in 1945 and 1946 when it be came apparent that the increase in the value of timber stumpage was inspiring many people to tile mining claims in heavuy um bered areas obviously in the hope of cashing in on the timber on the. surface of the land rather than on the minerals beneath the sur face. My bill to take care of this problem on the O & C lands was finally passed in 1948. Legislation for the same purpose to apply generally to all public lands in cluding the National Forests has heretofore met with difficulties. 1 think the trouble was that al though all concerned agreed that the mining laws should be changed so as to prevent "timber mining" everyone seemed to have a differ ent idea as to just how it should be done. Last year, for example, two House Committees, Interior and Agriculture, met in a head-on clash each committee 'lad its own version of a mining bill and each objected to the bill approved by the other. At last a bill is before Con'reaj which is approved by the Forest Service, the Bureau 01 Land Man agement, the organized mining in dustry, the American Forestry As sociation and conservation groups. The language was worked out by the two land administering agen cies Forest Service and B. L. M. but I think much credit for lead- ership in the undertaking should go to Ervin L. Peterson, former Director of Agriculture for the State of Oregon, now Assistant Secretary of Agriculture here in Washington. If and when this new bill is en acted into law and I feel certain that it soon will be legitimate mining exploration and discovery will not be hampered. Mining op erations such as (he great Itanna project at Riddle and the Al Sar- ! pna (for "early a ha! "Hun known as the "Buzzard mine in Jackson County) can be developed. The new law will not change the long and expensive procedure to.; hnng a mining claim to patent. During the election campaign last I her mining" activities which had aroused to much public indigna tion and which will be slopped by the new law. The Al Sarena claims were filed more than 50 years ago and are a part of a long establish ed bona fide mining operation. Having complied with the provi sions of the mining laws t h e claimants were entitled to patents. Secretary McKay, if he knew about the matter at all, could not have prevented the operation ol the law. As a matter of fact the money for those patents was paid lo and accepted by Oscar Chap man when he was the Sscretary of the Interior. One week was not nearly enough time in which to do all of the things, go to the places and see the people I wanted to when I was home in Oregon during the Easter Congressional recess. Since May 2 has been set as the date ttf tha haspina nn tmv Kill in fVtn. ; " -T " 1 V w " problem. 1 feel that it is of the utmost importance for the people ai home to know all there is tn - er simply means that greater and - 1 faster development of multiple i purpose projects can be made if Trip To East; Radford said he expected to be away from Washington about 10 days and that while in Formosa he "presumed" that he would meet with Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek. The Pentagon statement said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the State Department's Asian expert will consult with of ficials of the Nationalist govern ment. The talks will be carried out under the terms of the mutual aid treaty with Formosa. The first consultation under the treaty was held March 3 when Secretary of State Dulles went to Taipei with Adm. Robert B. Carn ey, chief of naval operations. Pentagon aides said that Rad ford had been scheduled to go to Europe in a few days to take part in a command exercise organized bv supreme headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization powers. These officials said however, that the situation in the Far East promoted President Eisenhower and the Mate Department to can cel Radford's trip to Europe. Robertson and Radford will stop in Honolulu, where they will con fer with Adm. Felix B. Stump, the Navy's Pacific commander in chief, before proceeding to For mosa. They're due in Taipei about noon Sunday, April 24. 300 Pickets Riot At Lake Success Gyroscope Plant NEW YORK ( About 300 massed pickets rioted Wednesday at the main entrance of the Sper ry Gyroscope plant , at Lake Suc cess. One nonstriker trying to gain entrance to ''he plant collapsed and died of a heart attack. A pol liceman's leg was broken. A strik er broke an arm. Two village policemen on duty with riot guns were afraid to make any arrests, lest they provoke further violence. They sought re inforcements in vain. About 100 automobiles were damaged as the pickets fought to prevent non-strikers from enter ing the plant. The violence broke out on the second day of a strike of CIO Elec trical Workers in a dispute over a new contract. The strike halted production of electronics equip ment for the armed forces. Many pickets formed human chains at the entrances to the plant, jumped on automobiles of supervisory employes reporting for work, rocked the vehicles and in one case picked up a small for eign car with the occupants in.it, and bounced the car on the road. Nine thousand electrical work ers struck at midnight Monday to back their demands for a wage boost of 18 cents an hour. The company had offered 12 cents, spread over three years. Present wages of the strikers average $2 an hour, with an additional four cents in welfare benefits. W. Cerman Treaty Needs British, French Action BONN, Germany Wl The United States and West Germany Wednesday deposited in Bonn the treaties to restore sovereignty to West Germany and to permit Al lied forces to remain on German soil. West Germany will become sov erign, however, only when Bri tain and France the other two occupation powers take the same action. French President Rene Coty so far has hot signed the treaties, pending talks at the end of this month between Premier l.l bllia iiiuiiim utinnu i icniivi Edgar r aure ana wesi uerman Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on the still troublesome Saar issue. In a ceremony at the federal chancellery, U.S. High Commis sioner James B. Conant and Aden auer formally deposited the two treaties signifying their govern ments' completion of the ratifica tion process. OFFICERS BANQUET '55 7 P.M. FRIDAY APRIL 22 PLUS TWO COMPLETE FLOOR SHOWS FEATURING First Floor Show Follows Dinner Second Floor Show At 11:30 P.M. MUSIC AND DANCINC FOR ALL MOOSE MEMBERS 'AND WIVES Proposed Changes In Right-Of-Ways To Be Discussed PORTLAND . 1 Proposed changes in right-of-way regulations for gettinf at Umber on Oregon and California revested lands objects of strong controversy will be discussed at a special meeting here Tuesday. Edward Woozler, director of the Bureau of Land Management, will meet with representatives of the 18 O&C counties and with spokes men for opposing views of tha proposals. Opponents of the changes say the present regulations are better and that the proposals would re duce competition. These opponents include , small operators, the Ore gon State Grange, the CIO Inter national Woodworkers and the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers. Those who favor the change say the BLM found the old regulations unworkable and charge that oppo sition has become an emotional issue. This favoring group includes most of the large timber operators. The State Avisory Board of the BLM drafted the changes which were altered slightly by the BLM and put in the form of an order in February. The regulations are intended to provide for use of timber access roads under rules -.vhich will compensate those who build them yet not impose unreasonable fees or other barriers to those who must move logs over them. f- Dept. Of Defense -Asks Appropriation For Construction WASHINGTON I The De fense Department Wednesday ask ed Congress for authority to spend $2,354,352,300 on construction pro jects. It said $1,305,319,600 would go for construction in the continental United States, $652,697,300 for over seas construction and $396,335,400 for "cassified (secret) and other" projects. Nearly half of the total spend ing would be by the Air Force for which $1,173,790,000 was asked. The Army and Navy shares are $543,365,000 and S5S1.197.300 re spectively. Also included in the total is 56 million dollars for a new head quarters for the Central Intelli gence Agency. The CIA has not yet settled on a site, for the head quarters and this sum includes six minion for purchase of land. The over-all figure includes J329. 983,300 for housing for military personnel and their dependents. WASHINGTON i-Three Oregon locations are listed for $2,637,000 in the Defense Department's construction fund request pre sented to Congress Wednesday. Klamath Falls is slated to get the biggest part of that $1,991. 000. , . Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore) said he was advised that the Klamath Falls breakdown calls for $992,000 wxirth of construction at the airport there, which the Air Force plans to make into a major interceptor base, plus $999,000 for units of housing. Portland International Airport is down for $554,000 worth of work including pavement, utilities, storage facilities and personnel facilities. . The only non-Air Force request for Oregon is the Navy proposal for $92,000 worth of construction at Ihe Tongue Point Naval Station, Astoria. The request to Congress is first for authorization, then for appro priation of money in the fiscal year starting July 1. SUIT THROWN OFF KLAMATH FALLS UB Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg threw out of court Tuesday a damage suit brought against the c 11 n :r: n:t I u.. 1.. .UUWIll II rdtllll IrtIUUdU uy ovnui t. Quinn of Portland. Quinn alleged that on a trip from Oakland to Portland he got off a train in Klamath Falls, missed it when it pulled out, then was man handled when he got aboard the following train.' The judge said he got on the second train without a ticket for it and was not entitled to be there.
