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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., Feb. 22, 1961
RECREATION PROJECT
By Charles V. Stanton
The multi-million dollar recreational plan to be under
taken jointly between the 0. and C. Counties Association,
Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest
Service is one that should Drove extremely profitable.
The plan proposes to build strips of oil macadam road
alonpr the summit of the Cascade Range, connecting with
existing roads, then to do the same along the Coast Range,
servin? the coastal area. Hieh north-south roads, built en
tirelv through recreational areas, would open a vast play
ground to the local and visiting public. From the recre
ational standpoint it would bring great numbers or vaca
tion seekers into Oregon and, more important, would keep
them in Oregon to spend money on recreation.
Recreation is just beginning to receive some of the
recognition it deserves. The tourist industry is Oregon's
third largest source of revenue. But we are building
roads to speed the tourist through the slate when our best
interests would be served by keeping the tourist longer.
Had each tourist in Oregon last year spent one more day
in the stale, the additional income would have amounted
to more than $40 million.
While we're planning to provide travelers through the
state with faster routes, it is good to know that we're also
planning ways and means of offering them entertainment
designed to keep them longer.
Revenue Increased
Eighteen counties in western Oregon get money from
their 0. and C. lands. These lands originally were given
to the Oregon and California railroad and were to be sold
to settlers. The money was to be used to pay for railroad
construction between Portland and San Francisco.
' The railroad company violated the terms of the con
tract with Congress, whereupon the grant lands were re
vested in the federal government which, in turn, paid the
railroad company at the rate of $2.50 per acre on the land
remaining unsold.
The payment was some $8 million. Then it was spe
cified that, because the railroad company had paid taxes
on these lands to the counties in which they were situated,
the federal government should give, in lieu of taxes, an
amount equal to the taxes paid at the time of reinvest
ment. Revenue from the lands didn't begin to offset the
money spent by the federal government in lieu of taxes,
and that was added to the deficit.
When Roosevelt became President in 1932 he pro
claimed as an economy act that the government would
cease paying in lieu of taxes. Instead, the counties were
to get two-thirds of the revenue which, at that time, was
considerably less than the annual payments. Actually,
however, they were to get only 50 per cent because 25
per cent would be applied to the deficit.
But, with World War II, 0. and C. timber took on
great value. Within a short time the deficit had been re
tired. The 18 land grant counties began getting the full
75 per cent, considerably more than they ever received
in the form of payments in lieu of taxes.
Some government officials, it is said, regretted the ac
tion which gave the counties a share of the revenue. En
vious eyes were cast on the money by have-not congress
men. Counties Co-operating
Several attempts have been made in Congress to amend
the existing formula, but the sentiment has been changed
in part by a willingness on the part of the counties to
share their receipts with federal agencies. They have put
back into the land 25 per cent of their income.
In the past few years some $45 million has been rein
vested in improvement on grant lands.
The investment has more than paid its way.
Most of the money went into roads giving access to
timber. As a result 0. and C. lands have been yielding
their allowable cut. This has increased sales and has act
ually given the participating counties more money from
revenue than they would have received without cooperation.
Now they propose to cooperate further by opening rec
reational areas, building new camp spots, refurbishing ex
isting camps, making all existing roads into the mountain
area tributary to proposed new roads, developing facilities
for recreation, etc.
It is my prediction that these counties and, In fact,
the whole state of Oregon, will find this investment to re
turn indirect revenue many times more than the amount
expended.
Hal Boyle
These Are Letters We'd
Like To Get, But Don't
NEW YORK (An - Exccrpls
from letters we'd like to get but
never do:
'A recheck of your last year's
federal income tax return shows
that, instead of you owing the
government an additional $.14.12,
the government owes you a
$218.67 refund."
"On the basis of your daugh
ter's kindergarten aptitude test,
and particularly the skill she
showed In finger painting, we are
extremely pleased to announce
she has won a four-year tuition
free scholarship to the college of
her choice."
"After thinking it over, my wife
has decided it wouldn't he fair
to sue you because your car
struck her,- while she was travel
ing the wrong way on a one way
street. She concedes it was en
tirely her fault, and if yon will
just send us the bill for your dam
ages we will ."
"1 had planned tn leave my es
tate in trust for Tabilha. the cat
that has been my fsiihful com
panion for 15 years. Hut the poor
dear passed away last week. So,
since you are my only remaining
nephew, lam changing my will to
make you "
"Our laboratory test of the glit
tering rock your young son picked
up on his Boy Scout hike shows
that it lnes contain gold. Based
on this sample, we estimate tha
ore should assay out at ahnul
$4,000 a ton, making it by far the
richest strike we have ever "
"Dad, don't bother about send
ing me any more money. After 1
threw those three touchdowns in
the last game, the university
raised my salary. I'm doing so
well now that if you need anv
Jielp in meeting the mortgage
payments on the nouse, just let
me know."
"The X-rays show the cause ot
your sore gums is that you are
growing a third set of teeth. They
are coming in at a remarkable
rate, and I predict that In an
other three months you should be
able to discard both your upper
and lower plates."
"Unable to reach you by phone
last week, I took the liberty of
putting you down for $.'i00 worth
of shares In Amalgamated Button
hooks, Ltd. As you probably noled
the stock has since tripled in val
ue and will soon spljt.
"As your company doctor, I am
glad to inform you that you
passed your recent physical ex
amination with flying colors. You
are now at liberty to eat as much
as you like, drink as much as you
like, smoke as much as you like.
However, I have informed thr
management you have been work
ins ton hard and should he given
a long vacation at the firm's expense.
By f RANK JENKINS
In Tke Day's News Editorial Comment
In Washington this week, Presi
dent Kennedy sent to the congress
a special message proposing an
educational program that would
authorize five billion, six hundred
million dollars in federal grants
and loans to:
Build public schools.
Boost teachers' salaries.
Increase college opportunities.
Key provisions of the program
proposed in the President's mes
sage would:
1. Authorize federal grants of
$2.3 billion for public construction
and teachers' salaries for the next
three years, with each state decid
ing how much of the money would
go for each function. The money
would equal a minimum of $15 for
every public school student in av
erage daily attendance.
2. Establish a five-year program
of state-administered scholarships
for up to 212,500 TALENTED and
needy college students at an over
overall federal cost of 577' million
dollars. The average scholarship
would be $700. The maximum
would be $1,000. Colleges and uni
versities would get $350 a year ad
ditional for teaching each federal
scholarship student. States would
have to pass out the scholarships
competitively without regard to
sex, race, creed or color.
3. Extend the college housing pro
gram for five years at $250 million
annually, and provide $300 million
a year in loans for five years to
help build college classrooms, lab
oratories, libraries and related ac
ademic figures.
The President, in an effort to
win over lawmakers who are fear
ful of federal control of schools,
said in his message: "Education
must remain a matter of STATE
and LOCAL control, and higher ed
ucation a matter of individual
choice."
These words sound reassuring to
those who want to keep the schools
as close to home as possible, but
we must remember that the HANI)
THAT PAYS THE BILLS wields a
lot of authority.
He added: v
"In accordance with the clear
prohibition of the constitution, no
elementary or secondary school
funds are allocated for construct
ing CHURCH schools or paying
ctiuitwt scnooi leacners.
Comment? i
Let's nut it this wav:
In recent decades, the idea has
grown up that if UNCLE pays for
it. it s KEtS. That isn t true. The
money the federal government
spends comes from TAXES. Taxes
come out of the pockets ot the
people. . .the same pockets from
which come the taxes levied by
state and local governments.
Federal money ISN'T manna
from Heaven.
One other thing to remember:
If the federal government finan
ces the schools, in whole or in
part, the management of the
schools will get farther and farther
from home.
This thought in conclusion:
If the federal government feels
that it MUST do something for the
schools, the scholarship proposal
contained in President Kennedy's
messaee would be the best way.
TALENTED youngsters, both the
needy and the non-needy, are good
citizenship material in these days
when the thought often crosses our
minds that Russia just Mium he
getting ahead of us in scientific
progress.
James Marlou)
Constitution Is Monument
To Man's Doubts Of Man
WASHINGTON fAP) In the
midst of honoring George Wash
ington today, and wishing every
one could be like him, it might
be well to remember that man's
doubts ahout man were just as
real in his time as they are now.
If todav there is chaos in Laos,
massacre in the Congo, and a riot
in the United Nations, this coun
try was in such a developing
mess 174 years aso. Washington
thought America faced anarchy
unless it found some way to con
trol itself. ....
The Constitution wnicn me
Founding Fathers manufactured
in convention in Philadelphia in
1787 is a monument to man's mis
givings about man's good judg
ment and intentions.
Even at the beginning of the
Philadelphia meeting Washington,
nresidinir over it, saw the big
slates trv to work in a gimmick
that would let them dominate the
smaller stales.
There was struggle over mat ai
the very moment those early
Americans were trying to find a
way to avoid struggle. In the end
this, like so much that went into
the document, was finally solved
in compromise.
The result was an arrangement
which did not base its hope for
the future on man's wisdom, gen
erosity, unselfishness or noble
purpose. It just assumed men
would he trying to inch in on
one another for untold genera
tions. So it laid down rules which
spelled out what the three branch
es of government and individuals
could and couldn't do and how
far they could go and couldn't.
But even the Founding Fathers
themselves were fallible.
At the very moment those apos
tles of freedom were mortaring
together the bricks of liberty
within the Constitution they
agreed to let slaves he import
ed for another 20 years.
Washington, after two terms as
president, surely had no illusions
about mankind. His Farewell Ad
dress is a catalogue of warnings
on how the nation and its citi
zens should conduct themselves.
James Madison had no illu
sions, either, about man's endless
struggle with man. He used the
word faction to describe it.
"By a faction, I understand a
number of citizens, whether
amounting to a majority or minor
ity of the whole, who are united
and actuated by some common
impulse of passion, or of interest,
adverse to the rights of other cit
izens, or to the permanent, and
aggregate interests of the commu
nity." Madison said.
"There are two methods of cur
ing the mischiefs of factions: the
one, by removing its causes; the
other, by controlling its efforts."
Thf. Constitution was meant to
be the controller. It isn't any
mote perfect than man, but it has
worked, because it is based on a
realistic view of the- nature of
man. extremely well.
But we still have factions, more
numerous and powerful than in
Washington's time, at homo and
abroad. It's because of factional
disputes, on a world scale now.
that this country is in its present
uenaiy struggle.
ten thousand Veais from now.
when the world may look a Jilt 1c
different, if it's siill here, the
present contest between demo
cratic capitalism and communism
compared with tha struggle going
on then, may seem very small.
mile laclional difference of
opinion.
By that time the earth we live
on. may be in intense interplan
etary dispute with other men, or
maybe monsters, on other worlds.
Even 4hc short time lapse be
tween Washington's day and ours
shows how near-sighted even the
wisest of us can he because at
times we tend to see no further
than the contemporary problems
which beset us.
Washington guessed completely
wrong on mankind's devilish po
tential for wiping, himself out of
existence.
In his Farewell Address he ad
vised isolationism for America.
He seemed to think this country
could survive very nicely by it
self, no matter what happened to
the rest of the world.
NAME PROPOSED
Bend Bulletin
A new federal forest, embracing
parts of the Rogue River, Fremont
and Deschutes National Forest of
the present and having as its nu
cleus former Klamath Indian tim
ber lands, is being proposed for
the Klamath Basin.
It is virtually certain that cre
ation of the new national forest will
be approved by Dr. Richard E.
McArdle, chief of the U. S. Forest
Service. Such action will be rec
ommended by J. Herbert Stone, re
gional forester.
How about a name for the new
forest?
That question is being asked not
only in the Klamath basin, but in
other parts of the state. Several
suggestions have been made. Most
are being discarded, for reasons
that are obvious.
The new 900,633 acre multiple
use area cannot be called the
Klamath National Forest. One by
that name exists in California. Mo
doc National Forest is also a name
already taken. There would be too
much confusion with nearby Crat
er Lake to call it the Crater Lake
National Forest.
Suggestions have been made that
the forest be named for some early
explorers of the region. Of course,
Captain John C. Fremont, the
pathfinder who rode through the
Oregon wilderness in 1843, cannot
be honored: His name has been
given to the adjacent Fremont
woods
Lt-s.R. L. Williamson and H. L.
Abbot had parts in the early-day
exploration of the Klamath basin,
but thev merelv "passed through."
There is hardly any reason they
should be honored. Williamson s
name has been given to a Klamath
basin river.
Some of the conservationists of
recent years might be honored.
One of those would be the late Rob
ert W. Sawyer of Bend. But it
now appears certain that any at
tempt to name the forest after a
white man will meet with failure.
The new forest, it is pointed out,
is being primarily created from
Indian lands, in a region wnicn
for thousands of years was the
home of the Redman. The top
thinking in the Klamath Falls coun
try is that the new federal forest
should be named lor an Indian.
One of the suggestions is that it
be named Winema.
Who was Winema? Not even res
idents of the Klamalh country
know the full story of Winema,
"Woman-of-the-Brave-Heart" who
some day will take her place be
side Sara Winnemucca and Saca
jawea in the annals of the West.
Winema was a lull-Dloodcd mo-
Mothers Defend
School Principal
OREGON CITY (AP) Nine
mothers marched in the rain Mon
day in front of the School District
Administration Building here, urg
ing officials to retain Hugh W. Ed
wards as principal of Jennings
Lodge Elementary School.
"He is highly qualified as a
principal. ... We have asked
what are the charges against him,
and apparently it is just hearsay
and innuendo," said one of the
marchers, Mrs. Roy Smith.
Silence
Neither Edwards nor School
Superintendent Edwin C. Ditto
would disclose details of what the
marchers considered a move to
not renew Edwards' three - year
contract as principal of the school,
which has 315 pupils.
"No recommendations have been
made and no action has been
taken," Ditto said. He added that
Ihe problem is an administrative
one. "I don't choose to discuss
it."
The School Board has until
March 15 to renew contracts for
principals, or not renew them. The
board meets here tonight. There
was a possibility the matter of
Edwards might be discussed.
doc. She was bora in the Indian
village of- Eulalona, located where
Upper Klamath Lake pours its
waters into Link River, adjacent
to Klamath Falls. She wai called
Winema as a child, because of her
bravery. -
Winema served as interpreter
when trouble broke out between
the Modocsand the white residents
of the Kiamath country. She made
every effort to achieve a peaceful
settlement.
Even after ' war flared out in
1872 and bloody battles were being
fought in the Modoc Lava beds,
her devotion to the best interests
of both reds and whites continued.
It was Winema who warned the
government's peace commissioners
that the Indians intended to mas
sacre them. Had they taken her ad
vice, the bloody and costly Modoc
Indian war would have been avoid
ed. - , - .. ,
When the Indians attacked the
commissioners, Winema saved the
life of one of them.
Winema's self-sacrificing courage
has never been fully recognized by
the whites. Now the Great White
Father in Washington D. C. and
his aides have an opportunity to
extend such recognition.
Winema National Forest! It
would be a musical-sounding name
and a fine tribute to the tribesmen
who lived in the Klamath forest
long before whites came into the
basin.
MUST BE BEST MAN
Pendleton East Ortgonian
Gov. Mark Hatfield has in recent
days repeated an earlier announce
ment that he intends to be a candi
date for reelection in 1962. When
asked for his reaction to this, Sen,
Wayne Morse said, "I've been
kidded before."
It has been widely assumed that
Morse, who intends to seek re
flection in 1962, would have Mr.
nauieio as nis opponent.
This assumption has been based
on another assumption that
Mark Hatfiefd will be the only Re
publican who will have a chance
to beat Wayne Morse in 1962 and
because of this will be drafted by
his party for the job.
If not Mr. Hatfield, who? Secre
tary of State Howell Appling prov
ed last year that he is quite a vote
getter. Asked whether he's be in
terested in a race against Sen.
Morse, Mr. Appling gave a flat
NO. Rudy Wilhelm Jr., one of
the most able men the Republi
cans have had. in the state Legis
lature, has been mentioned, as he
is for all top positions. His deci
sion to give up public life for busi
ness still stands, he says. Former
Gov. Elmo Smith has said he
might be interested in taking on
Sen. Morse, but in view of Mr.
Smith's showing against Maurine
Neuberger last year there is some
doubt whether he would be tapped
by his party for a race in 1962.
Wayne Morse is not as strong in
Oregon today as he was in 1956
when he beat the late Doug Mc
Kay. Whether hy 1962 he can re
gain some of the strength he lost
by attacking the late Sen. Richard
Neuberger is anybody's guess.
At any rate, he will not be a
pushover. He is one of the most
capable campaigners this state has
seen. He continues to have the
ability to convince audiences that
black is white.
There is absolutely nothing Ore
gon Republicans desire more than
to defeat this man who was elect
ed to his first term in the Senate
as a member of their party. They
know they can't beat him with
any humpty dumpty. They've got
to send their best man into the
arena against him.
We continue to predict that
Wayne Morse's opponent in 1962
will be Mark Hatfield.
Brentano Returns Home
FRANKFURT, Germany f API
West German Foreign Minister
Heinrich von Bretano returned
home on a West German airliner
today from a visit to Washington
and talks with President Kennedy
and U.S. government officials.
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Reader Opinions
U. S. Education Aid
Said 'Molehill Size
To The Editor: .
i-i... maHAi- nf ferfpral aid lii edil.
cation has been before the public
so long that, like the molehill be-
s mniintnin. it has erown
CUIMUIfi
out of proportion to its importance.
Actualiv, me leueiai guvciiiiucui
has been in education for years.
nr.. Dnint lh Air Fnrri Arad.
emy, Annapolis, every branch of
our armed torces, is in uie educa
tional field. There is not a re-
uin ntfifB in the United States
that does not stress the advantages
of its service in me eaucauonai
field. That each branch of the
..:.. Anna fpar-h snerial Rllh-
jects is true, but the total of these
subjects covers aoout au tilings
considered to be education.
Tha raMffll ffir this effort bV the
federal government in education is
because the graduates of our
schools are graduated with so lit
tle learning in specuic suojects
that service schools must be oper
ated. . .
Our school teachers, products of
schools over which they had no
am nnt In hlama fnt nni-
educational systems. Teachers,
poorly paid, too few in number, in
structing too many pupils in over
crowded classrooms, inadequate
cooperation from the public and-
or school Doaras, cause one to
wonder why they should be in the
profession.
uhothAi- mnro rlp&rppK. ffreafpr
preparation to teach, will help is
a question.
No one can say a first grade
faflohnr rlnpe nnt know the subject
she teaches, but one might ques
tion her aoility to teacn, no matter
how many degrees she has.
A uniintf man rntpnllv f'ripd fnr
a crime in Douglas County, had
gone tnrougn nine graaes oi scnooi,
but he coma neitner reaa nor
write.
Wa chrtiilH hnvD nn fpar nf ac
cepting federal grants for school
facilities and better pay for teachers.
One thing I have noticed is that
a patch of corn, planted too thick,
not given proper care, will pro
duce a few stalks of good corn, but
most nf it will hp nf inferior erade.
no matter how good the seed.
Joseph B. Hulse
Star Rt., Box 14
Winston, Ore.
Snider's Qualifications
For Postmaster Lauded
To The Editor:
Since there has been quite a bit
of comment on the appointment of
a new postmaster in Roseburg, i
would like to say that since the
office has always been filled by
political appointment, whether this
method be right or wrong, tms
method cannot be changed in a
day. I see no wrong in anyone
asking for . this appointment
Uirouon the party of Ms choice
If people object that this office
be filled in this manner they
should have written to their con
gressmen before this. Surely the
majority of postmasters nave been
satisfactory, or it would have been
changed.
I do not believe either political
party would deliberately appoint
anyone to this responsible office
knowing the person was not quail
tied.
Mr. Snider, nominated by the
Democratic Central Committee, is
a very conscientious person, has
a pleasing personality, is intelli
gent, keeps himself well informed
on current events, takes an inter
est in the community and our
schools, has been successful in his
own business, knows bookkeeping,
typing, omce piuceoure, and
would be more interested in doing
well, if he were appointed, than in
the political point of view. There
fore, 1 feel Mr. Snider has very
good qualifications to enable him
to be a good postmaster.
Have people no fatih in the
Democratic Party? I believe u
did pretty well in the last election.
All of the evils of our government
just cannot be bamed on the Dem
ocrats, no matter how much some
people would like to place all
blame unon them. I would be will.
ing to bet that if the Republican
Party were in office today there
would have been no comment at all
on the wrongs of the method of
appointing a postmaster.
Mrs. Jim Booher
428 N. E. Emerald Dr.
Roseburg, Ore. ,
Demo For Postmaster
Defended In New Regime
To The Editor:
Lyle Glenn has figured which
Republican the Democrats should
appoint as Roseburg postmaster.
He implies that we should retain
or appoint Republicans because
ReDublicans are smarter than
Democrats. I agree that Rcpubli-
cans have the most experience.
Democrats never had a chance to
get any.
In the declining years of the GOP
they had only one man from Ore
gon left in the U. S. Congress.
This lonely representative was re
sponsible to Ike for channeling
qualified political feet into the pub
lic trough. Democrats couldn't
qualify under the spoils system Re
publican style.
Mr. Glenn asks disgruntled Re
publicans to write to Democrats
Maurine Neuberger and Edith
Green, in support of his Republican
choice. I suggest that they write
like they voted to Durno and
Nixon.
Edward F. Hulon
547 N. E. Lincoln
Roseburg, Oregon
Rock Hurler
Changes Plea
PENDLETON (AP)-Vernon L.
Stanley of Pendleton decided he
did not want a jury trial after all
and pleaded guilty Tuesday to a
charge of tossing a rock through
a big window at the counly court
house. "Are you doing this voluntar
ily?" District Judge Henry Kay
asked the jobless logger and jani
tor. "Under certain circumstances,
yes, ..." replied Stanley, who
said he would plead guilty if ha
could get welfare aid from tha
county.
"I have no control or authority
to give you any kind of financial
help," the judge said.
"I am guilty of breaking the
window," said Stanley, about 50,
who then was given a suspended
$50 fine with the provision that
he pay the county $46 for the cost
of the window by June 1.
Stanley last week threw a rock
through the window and, when he
gave himself up, said he did it
because the county would give
him no more welfare aid. After
saying that, he then went into
court and pleaded innocent. After
conferences with an attorney, ha
'then changed his plea today.
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