Sweetland Tells
Power of State
Democrat Party
Oregon is not the solid Republi
can state that it is reputed to be,
said Monroe Sweetland, candidate
for Democratic national commit
teeman for Oregon, in a speech to
the Young Democrats last night.
Byron Carney, state chairman of
the Democrats was also a guest at
the meeting.
Although only one Democratic
governor has been elected in Ore
gon since shortly after the first
world war, and even though most
of the state offices are at present
held by Republicans, Democratic
followers in Oregon are many,
said Sweetland. The late Frank
lin D. Roosevelt consistantly car
ries Oregon in the primaries, em
phasized Sweetland, and on the
1946 registry Democratic numbers
tagged close behind Republican
figures. There were 304,000 regis
tered Republicans to 281,000 Dem
ocrats. “He who says Oregon is a
one party state misses the true
facts,” said Sweetland.
Organization Needed
Only organization will sceure the
future in Oregon, said Sweetland.
It is needed to persuade Oregon
ians tending toward the Democrat
ic party to register and vote, he
said. Polling must be made easy.
Therefore, Organization funds,
and a ticket filled with candidates
should be the objectives of Demo
cratic leaders in Oregon, declared
Sweetland.
Reform Needed
Sweetland believed that, with
the new racial strains in Oregon,
the labor groups, and consistantly
progressive farmers, Oregon Dem
ocrats must keep a progressive
rather than conservative outlook;
to best represent these people. j
Problems Discussed
Racial discrimination, exploita
tion of natural resources agitation
for a sales tax, and insufficient
funds for state institutions were
problems credited to the present
administration by Sweetland. He
discussed these at some length,
citing examples.
Reform, continued Sweetland,
must come from the Democratic
party and not from within the Re
forms have been futile in the
publican party, for such inner re
past. Wayne L. Morse, Theodore
Roosevelt, Robert LaFollette Sr.,
and Wendell Wilkie were given by
Sweetland as outstanding men who
failed in reform attempts from
within the Republican party.
Byron Carney announced that
Oregon Democrats are meeting
this week to formulate a platform
by which candidates running on
the Democratic ticket will be ask
ed to stand.
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Flake Explains Needs
Of Foreign Service
By WALLY BERNING
Wilson C. Flake, inspector in
the foreign service, spoke in Fen
ton hall Wednesday afternoon on
the opportunities and the qualif
ications of the service.
He explained that the foreign
service is a parallel of the civil
service, but foreign service offic
ers are not under the authority of
the civil service as it is some
times believed.
Personnel is divided into three
groups, Flake explained, adding
that the foreign service officer
does executive work, the foreign
service reserve officer is assigned
abroad only when needed, and the
staff service personnel are res
ponsible for clerical work.
He emphasized that no special
curricula is recommended, for for
eign service officers, although a
working knowledge of political
science is an advantage. The lec
turer said that the only thing use
ful immediately is a language for
interpretting is a constant prob
lem. He explained that French is
the most important language in
the higher levels for it is the of
ficial language in those countries
such as Arabia and countries of
the Orient whose language is not
generally known.
The lecturer emphasized that all
officer candidates must pass a
strict physical exam in addition
to meeting the mental qualifica
tions.
Flake said that the staff ser
vice which is under the United
States Civil Service has lower
physical qualifications and that a
language is not a requirement for
these positions.
The speaker said that salaries
have been increased recently to in
sure that the foreign service can
keep high caliber men. Entering
salary for an officer is $4500 a
year when allowances are includ
ed and top salary is about $16,000.
Although no stipulations are
made the inspector explained the
government likes to have married
men to fill positions as foreign
service officers, and extra salary
allowances are made for a family.
Staff service personnel may be
married or single.
Appointment as an ambassador
is the top rung in foreign service
continued Flake, adding that out
of the 65 American ambassadors
and ministers, 56 are career men.
No longer are these positions a
political plum, he declared, but
the government has finally realiz
ed the advantage of awarding
these appointments on merit alone.
Library To Play
Recordings Daily
Record concerts will be held in
! the browsing room from 12:15 to
12:45 p.m. Monday through Friday,
beginning next Monday, according
to Don Hunter, head of the audio
visual department of the Univer
sity.
Concerts will be composed of rec
ords from the Douglass room of the
library and recordings made of stu
dent and faculty concerts given on
the campus.
Hear Dr. Wm. Ward Ayer
NIGHTLY AT 7:30 THRU FEB. 22nd
SUNDAY
11 a. m.—“Churchianity or Christianity?”
Broadcast over HASH
3 p. m.—“Will the Arab or Jew Get
Palestine ?”
7:30 p. m.—“Life’s Choices”
Norman Nelson — Soloist and Song Leader
First Baptist Church
Bdwy. at High
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G. E. Gaylord, president of the
Eugene Civic Music association,
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aDd townspeople will have an op
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contralto, on February 23 in Mc
Arthur court. Miss Heidt, famous
as an American “Carmen,” is ths
fifth artist sponsored by the asso
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Weidenreich Lectures
Feb. 18,19 Cancelled '
There will be no Condon lectures
this month. Dr. Franz Weidenreich,
authority on human evolution, whc
was scheduled to speak February
I 188 and 19, has been forced to can
cel his lecture tour due to illness
The lecture was to have been the
fourth in the series.
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