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' Published by News-Review Co., Inc., 545 S.E. Main Sr., Roieburg, Or. George Castillo AuiiMnl Editor Charles V. Stanton Editor Addye Wright Builneii Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers . Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation Entered as second class matter May 7, 1920, at the post office at ' Hoseburg, Oregon, under act of March 2, 1873 Subscription Kates on Classified Advertising Page EDITORIAL PAGE 4 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Thuri., June 2, 1960 REORGANIZATION PLANS By Charlet V. Stanton Gov. Hatfield is playing his cards well in seeking to make a program for reorganization of the state govern ment a non-partisan affair. ; Suggesting a switch from our existing form of gov ernment, with its top-heavy agencies, departments, bu reaus and commissions, to a cabinet form, the governor has named a large committee made up of people from both political parties. Consequently . any program placed before the next legislature will have much of the politics wrung from it before it gets into the hopper. A The cabinet form of government is not new. Attorney Paul Geddes of Roseburg, while serving as senator from Douglas County, was a firm advocate of the cabinet sys tem and endeavored to secure revision in much the same form as now proposed by the governor. Geddes efforts were stymied by politics. Hatfield by getting the matter tefore a non-partisan group, which probably will submit ' i i i i i l .-. : i j?i.:A a proposal uaseu on compromise ueuweeii jjuiiutai jawiuna, appears to have a. chance to put across at least a modi fied reorganization proposal. ; i One strong factor is the very apparent demand by vot ers for economy. Economy, I predict, will play an import ant cart in the presidential campaign this year. It will influence votes for federal, state and county, offices. The nearer, home, the greater will be the demand for. econ omy, I feel. . : Spending At Issue ' There is, of course, a strong political faction believ ing that people still will support a spending program.: That is true particularly at the federal level. We find much criticism of the present administration because it holds back on funds for public housing, aid to education, relief of1 retarded areas, the socialist program for medical as sistance to the aged, and many other such issues used to earn voter sunnort. It is quite obvious that efforts are being made to spend more public money, for resource development, extended social security, and various other causes to bring benefit ted people into a winning majority at this year's elections. Obviously people are more inclined to support spending at the federal level than at the local level. Just how far the demand for economy has extended remains to be seen. It is auite definite, however, that people want the strictest economy in local government. They have evi denced a desire for economy in the state government. They demonstrated it quite plainly, I believe, in rejecting increased pay for legislators. Hatfield's move for a tighter state government, with less bureaucracy and smaller payroll, will, I believe, meet with general approval. It is to be expected that politics will enter into -any decision. But I believe the governor will be successfuJUn getting a plan for reorganization be fore the forthcoming session of the legislature. t Whether the proposal will get by the legislature is an other matter. It has been there before. It couldn't mus ter enough strength. The new legislature probably will nave control by the Democrats. Being of the opposition party, they may not feel kindly toward a proposal by a Republican governor. In that respect, I feel that Hatfield js wise in having his proposal go through the non-partisan wringer before it gets to the legislature. County Offices But while the legislature is dealing with state reor ganization, why doesn't it do something about county gov ernments? Will anyone please tell me why we need an assessor, tax collector and treasurer, each duplicating, in part, the work of the other 7 Why should we not have a county finance officer who would embrace the duties of the three, who would elimi nate much duplication, and who could operate with fewer people and less payroll. The three jobs have the advantage of serving as a check, one on the other, it is true. But most counties to day have regular audits which would show up any irreg ularities. ( ; We now elect an assessor who, under the authority given the State. Tax Commission, isn't much more than a supervisor over the bookkeeping system. His powers to Jnake policy have largely been stripped from him. The sheriff is still our tax collector, although I can see no pos sible connection between ability to catch criminals and to operate a highly technical financial system. We also ilect a treasurer who must keep the county's books and handle its funds. ; Yet the whole system could be put into one finance office. The officer could be appointed on a basis of abil ity, rather than being elected because of popularity. The sheriff would be chosen for his ability to work in the crihi-inal-catching department and relieved of the necessity for overseeing tax collections. Then we would vote for only one, rather than three, candidates. Ban On 'Bootleg' Scaffolds Asked ; INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A ban against "bootleg" scaffolds at fu ture 500-mile races was demanded Tuesday night by State Fire Mar shal Jay L. Foster. ', Foster said he will meet with Indianapolis Motor Speedway of ficials this week to insist on a future ban on homemade stands tike the one that collapsed Mon day, killing two fans and injur ing 62. Ally. Gen. Edwin K. Steers Called the makeshift stands "a bootleg operation," violating the law because .they have been erected without permission from the Indiana Administrative Build ing Council. Speedway officials felt enforce ment of the ban would be impos sible. Vice President Joseph K. Clouticr said a strict inspection system will be put into effect to make sure such stands are safe. t Cloutier laid the speedway's liability insurance la sufficient to Cover any suits filed as the re sult of the scaffold collapse. M it. GOP'S Consider New Strength Test Poll SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A group of California Republicans favoring Gov. Nelson A. Rocke feller of New York as presidential nnmtnnn ia nH.iJ.M. . U1 I --......lu ... .umiun a mull opinion poll test of Vice President . i 11 a i u m. IMXOn s voting strength in his home slate of Cal ifornia. Two previous polls financed bv Ihe Rockefeller supporter group have shown Nixon trailing Denu. crats Sens. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Adlai K. Sto venson, William M. Brinton, San rrancisco attorney and group spokesman, said. The timing of the third poll tost will depend on development, said Brmlon, noting that Rockefeller last week had declared himself available for a draft. Chile Airlift Ends PANAMA (AP) A giant ll.S. Air Force airlift to stricken Chile wound up today as the Inst ship ment of relief supplies for earth quake victims was flown to San tiago. More than 900 tons of sup nhes and 7nn rait i....- been airlifted 8.000 miles from the unuea oiaies in six days. In The Day's News : By. FRANK JENKINS This is written on Memorial Day. What is Memorial Day? It is a HOLIDAY. And. . .on holidays. . . we Americans tend to spread out over the country and have a good time. In solemn reality. Memorial Day is a holiday only in the sense that on May 30 we refrain from the or dinary labors involved in making a living. Memorial Day is a day de signed to be devoted to MEMORY to the memory of the American men (and boys) wno died in our tragic War between the States. How many died? The total is a staggering one. In the somewhat more than four years of fratricidal strife, 525,000 American men (ana ooys. . .most soldiers are mere boys) were killed in action or died of wounds, dis ease or starvation. That amounted to 17 PER CENT of the total population of the Unit ed States of America, on both sides of the Mason and Dixon line. In 1860. the population of the U. S. was only 31'4 million. Our present population is about 180 million. Sev enteen per cent of 180 million is in round numbers 30 MIU1UN. Which is to say: A war of similarly catastrophic Eroportions would cost us 30 mil on men and boys. One more grim thought: The War between the States was the unhappy struggle OF A COUN TRY DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF. It stands as a warning to us never again to be divided against our selves. Let's remember that in this up coming political campaign wnicn will be waged against a background of grave national dan ger. How did Memorial Day get start er)' . That too is a sad and solemn story. Memorial Day originated when Southern women scattered spring flowers on the graves of SOL DIERS during the War between the States. NOT just Southern sol diers. The soldiers who died in the War between the States were Amer- n. regardless of whether they wore the blue or wore the gray when death kept its rendezvous with them. In closing This is a peculiarly solemn Me morial Day. As this is written, So viet Defense Minister Rodion Mal- inovskv had lust mouthed the threat that Russian rocket forces will attack ANY BASE ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD FROM WHICH A PLANE TAKES OFF AND INTRUDES UPON SOVIET AIR SPACE. He's probably crazy as a mad dog is crazy. But Whenever any Russian rocket (missile) takes off from any Rus sian base and heads for the U.S. A WE WILL ATTACK RUSSIA WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE-which is quite a lot. This is our rjosition: We have announced (hat we will GIVE RUSSIA THE FIRST BITE. That, under no circumstances, will we bite first with atomic teeth. But- Once Russia bites, we'll go in with everything we have and we nave a lot. Never since tne world began was there a more sporting proposal. Never did a nation come cleaner with the rest of the world. Let Mr. Malinovsky put that in his pipe and smoke it. Hal Boyle She Won Her Day In Court, But Victory Rather Empty OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) She had done her best that she was sure of. The decree had been granted and she was alone in the dark with the two children that should have fleshed her and her husband together but in the end hadn't. He hadn't fought her and she had had her way in court and the victory was all hers, and 'she wished in her dry mouth for the sweet taste of victory, but it had no flavor. Yet the victory was there. The court said it was there. The chil dren were hers, and she had got a good settlement all he had in the bankand lawyers fees, the in surance and a third of his salary. She could thank the judge for that. He has been stern and just. Ho was a family man himself. Ho had done what was right. He had recognized she was a good wife. She had a feeling of relief. "I have done what was right, too," she told herself. She even told herself she held no anger against her husband. It was just life. "I wasn't trying to punish him, but he has his responsibilities," she said, alone. She went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator and made herself a sandwich. As she munched it she thought back about the whole thing. "What else could I do?" she thought. "After all I have my pride." She pulled out a bottle of milk and poured herself a glass. She pushed back the refrigerator door. It slammed shut with a bang. She jumped, startled. Nervously she opened the door again and the light came on. The judge had changed her life for tomorrow, but her refrigerator was stocked for the yesterday she was more familiar with. As if she were from another world she studied its contents the planned meals ahead undeliv ered, the covered leftovers from before, the jars of baby fruits the kids still clung to for dessert, the meat loaf good for a husband's luncn. When she saw the meat loaf. she wanted to cry. That was something the judge hadn t divid ed. It was true of the whole refrie- erator. The iudae hadn't cone into that. It still belonged to the family as it had been. It held the chil dren's frozen home-made fruit pop sticks, her marmalade from last summer, tne bottle of barbecue sauce her husband insisted on making that always had too much garlic in it. Alone- in the kitchen she heard her daughter cry from her bed room, "Mommy, can I have a drink of water?" Comforted by the call of need, she brought the child a drink and the girl sighed and relapsed in sleep. And then her son stirred in his slumber, and murmured. "Daddy Daddv." It wasn't a summons. It was only a statement. "Daddy," her" son murmured again. "Daddy." The mother looked down at her boy in the dark, and her heart was dry - for an answer. What would sne say to mm when he awakened? She went back into the kitchen, opened- the refrigerator, .and pulled out the meat loaf that would have been part of her hus band's lunch. ' She had 'meant only to make another sandwich for herself, but all of a sudden she clasped the cold meat loaf to her warm bos om and wept for the years ahead. Mark Urges Support SALEM (AP)-Gov. Mark Hat field today urged Oregon resi dents to contribute to the Red Cross drive for relief of victims of the earthquakes in Chile. He said two million persons are homeless. James Marlow Political Shots Thus Far Have Been With Pop Guns WASHINGTON (AP) This is the deer season in American pol itics when the would-be presiden tial candidates or most of them cock a gun at every bush that moves. The exception is Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, who is run ning for the Democratic nomina tion like a diplomat trying to crash a full-dress ball in a pair of gym shoes. He's inching in without making much noise in fact, he hasn't even admitted yet he's a candi datewhile talking in the high sounding style of a statesman. He's using a technique brought to a fine art by President Eisen hower: He avoids being nasty to ward either Republicans or lel low Democrats. As a result, he is the least attacked of all those in the race. But it's all been pretty mud and pretty dull so far. Most of the shooting has been done with popguns. Democrats nave. lanen swipes at Democrats, although they team up to bang the Eisenhower ad ministration, with Vice President Richard M. Nixon the main Dunehine bag. And Nixon, no pan ty-waist in politics, is punching bacK. Here are some unexciting sam Dies: Nixon, the . one most likely to get the Republican nomination, has charged that Adlai Stevenson and Sens. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Stuart Sym ington of Missouri have tried to make political hay out of the summit debacle. All three of those Democrats have criticized the administra tion's handling of events leading up to the summit wreckage. All three have slapped back at Nixon. Stevenson: "I don't believe any member of the 'opposition' front today will debase the national ue bate as he (Nixon) did at a cru cial point during the Korean War when he charged President Tru man with having 'lost 600 million people to the Communists.' " Svminaton said he. Kennedy and Stevenson had "forgotten more of what the United States needs for its future than Sir Richard the Nimble will ever find out. Kennedy said "I cannot envision Richard Milhous Nixon as being president of the United States Johnson Promotion Ads Appear In Newspapers NEW YORK (AP) Full-page newspaper advertisements sup porting Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for the Democratic pres idential nomination are appearing in 15 cities across the country. The ads, under the heading "Who Shall Lead Us?" are signed by 181 persons, including Govs. Price Daniel of Texas and Buford Ellington of Tennessee, House Speaker Sam Rayburn; and Louis Johnson, former secretary of De fense. ; A The advertisement indirectly at tacked what it said was the youth and inexperience of Sen. John F, Kennedy of Massachusetts as con trasted with the Senate Democrat ic leader. It called for a nation wide telegraphic and letter appeal to Johnson urging him to become an active candidate for the nomi nation. New Nose Count Boosts Corvallis Population CORVALLIS (AP) Corvallis' population is 816 more than the federal census snows, uity Man ager John Porter said Tuesday. A nose count of newly annexed areas north of the city has boosted the city's total population to 21.- 353, he said. The new figure won't show in the federal books, but it will show in state records, which are used in prorating the state gasoline and liquor revenues. in this, time of danger to the world. Kennedy has gibed at Johnson and Symington for not getting into the primaries as he did to test their popularity in competition. Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon Democrat beaten in his own state's primary by Kennedy, said Congress ought to investigate his opponent's campaign spending. former president Truman, a Symington supporter, criticized Stevenson for his 1956 campaign insistence that H-bomb tests be stopped. Stevenson replied that Truman ought to direct his fire at the Eisenhower administration. Johnson differs from his fellow Democrats in his treatment of Nixon. In his most recent refer ence to the vice president, John son said, "He's a very capable presiding officer in the Senate." Of all the Democratic contend ers Johnson is the.onlv one who hasn't been critical of the admin istration's part in the U2 snv plane episode and the summit collapse. His approach is that "We're all in this together and this is nn time for partisanship." This is the statesmanlike attitude, consistent with the image of himself John son has sought to project: The calm, far-seeing one. He's not doing badly for a man who's running for his party's nom ination but won't say so. Wednes day the Scripps-Howard newspap ers iv oi tnem threw their sup port to Johnson. If the campaign so far hardly seems rougher than a game of pol itical bean-bag, that's probably because it hasn't warmed up yet. Things ought to get rougher after me conventions. Yoncalla Drive Now Completed The Yoncalla Red Cross drive nas neen completed, reports Mrs George RHPS pnrrpvnnnrlant A one still wishing to donate may uoiiidL-i mrs. jean uowan. Mrs. Rosie Johnson of Ventura Calif., is VIRtMntr a! tha Tillin sell home in Scotts Valley. She pians io siay two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Eutsler of manteca, ualu:., are visiting rel atives for a enunlp nf wool Mr. and Mrs. Jim Edin, Jimmy jane ana rerry, ana Mr. and Mrs. Phil Edin spent a recent weekend fishing at Wickiup Reservoir and uavis Laice. Mrs. Ethel .Tnhnetnn hae i-af...... ed home after visiting in Portland turn musuoro. -Friend Visited . Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shiery of yaic visucu inenas over a re cent weekpnH Mrs. Helen Rrnotfot nt 1nvtlnj visited at the Ethel Johnston home recently. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rogers spem a recent weeKend at Dia mond I.akp. Alice Vanderpool of Portland peia a recent weeKend at the nerman scnosso home. Mr. anrf Mrs Hnr nrAH; i children, Kay and Gaylia, of Top penish, Wash., visited at the Per cy Langdon and Fred Lee homes iasi weeK. The Cartoonist Says: "Speak to Me Rocky Rocky! .;. ." SEE YOUR Douglas County Lamb Show And Enjoy the Barbecue Sat.-June4 At The Fairgrounds Union Workers Seek Injunction PORTLAND (AP) - Six strike- idled workers sought an injunc tion here against present opera tions of the Oregon Journal. A circuit court suit said Journal officials had made agreements with non-local interests that vio lated trust provisions left by the late Maria C. Jackson, widow of Sam Jackson, founder of the paper. Th sereements cut into purely local control of the paper, and this violates the will of Mrs. Jackson, the suit said. Spokesmen would not disclose details of the alleged agreements, saying it would come out in the courtroom. The suit also said Journal trust ees are causing the value of the Journal to depreciate in "a man ner threatening retention of own ership and control" on a local basis, as provided in Mrs. Jack son's will. , The suit was filed by rrea Pattle. a stereotvDer: Kenneth Hall, a truck driver; Hart Agan, a mailer;' Hector L. Fox, copy editor; Fred Breckon, printer and J. Vernon Burke, pressman Named as defendants were the trustees of the paper, publisher William L. Knight and banker David L. Davies. Approximately 800 workers have been idled since a strike of stereo typers started last November. Grand Opening Saturday, June 6 Jersey Lilly Your Favorite Beverage On Tap Get In on the FREE PIZZA See opening ad in Friday's paper 370 N. E. Garden Valley Blvd -J-m n IP !p2ilF -I GIVESm) YOUnjj r 4..I ana 1 h.p. compact series! room air conamoner; important! COOLING FEATURES big Capacity from Amana to cool a bigger area, more efficiently. 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