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PAGE TWO Mayor Follows Up on Granges Committee Will Be Named 7 to Study System for Salem "(Continued from Pfe D ell meeting he had encountered almost unanimous support among cltltens with. whom ho haa talked for some sort of modernisation of city government. While the mayor haa not reach ed definite conclusion on the type ot government that might best be substituted for Salem's unwetldy system, styled a "three ring circus" lecently by a visiting speaker. Till tors to His Honor's office in recent weeks hare ob ' erred atop bis otherwise orderly desk a number of books, pamph lets, reports and charts indicating that he was giving close study to the council-manager ..plan. Manager-Conacil . Compromise Studied While the selection of a: system will be left up to the committee to be appointed in case the coun cil approves, the mayor has been studying the possibility of a setup which would involve the essentials of the manager plan whOe retain ing some features of the present system. ' Priniclpal objection to the ex 1 feting setup pointed out by stu dents ot municipal government, is lis division of authority and re sponsibility which makes apt the "three-ring circus" description. Every function of city govern ment is administered either by an independently-elected official, Sen as the treasurer or reorder, or by a council committee which makes reports to the council as a whole, whose only control Is financial. Orr-Koa City System tine Example , la contrast with this the mun 1.4 pal government of Oregon City, one of the best-managed of cities in this state, is remarkably com pact. The voters elect a three man commission, one ot whom is mayor for ceremonial purposes oily. The commission appoints toe recorder-municipal Judge, the library board and the boxing com mission. The city commission es tablishes policies but leaves ad ministration of all remaining functions to the city manager, whom it also appoints. 'The city manager is responsible to the commission for the opera tion ot fire and police depart ments, streets, sewer, Jarks and engineering service all in one de partment, elevator, health, ceme tery, treasurer, city attorney and the water department. IA an official paid to do so, the city mansger actually super vises all of these departments and sees to it that they cooperate. Though the reason may or may ntt be apparent from this brief description, Oregon City's busi ness is efficently conducted and its financial record since the sys tem's adoption has been outstand ingly gratifying to its cltixens. lit would be possible to go on. sad tell about Astoria, Bend and the other cities that have the man ager plan. But enough is enough tat one time Salem citizens are going to hear a lot about munici pal government in the next four months. Morningside Road ji Job Is Continued The county court yesterday continued the petition of T. L. Davidson and others for a new road In the Morulnrside district sosith of Salem until a future meeting. Its action was prompted by Davidson's forced absence be cause oV sickness and also by a wish to continue Investigation Into the general subject of suburban county roads which the Morning sl petition has prompted. When Davidson's request was submitted to the court in Decem tf Its members agreed to inves tigate the circumstances under which roads built in suburban districts could be accepted as county roads for malnttenance, or whether the county would better build the roads at the outset as wU aa accept them for maintaln aqoa following completion. .Information received by the court haa shown that cost of sub- rban roads Is about 11000 per mile. Should the county adopt a policy ot accepting roads already built for future malntalnance, it would probably Issue specifica tions for width and gravel which might change such cost. Rites Set Monday For Siletz Woman ij Franke. to. of Sileti. died Thursday at Toledo. She Is ssrvived by the widower, Mllo W. Franke; daughter. Loretta May; mother. Mm Frank Dorm an of Beaverton; two slaters. Mrs. Ida Worley ot Turner and Mrs. Helen Green of Beaverton, and a broth er, Fred BJgga of Sclo. Funeral services will be Mon day. January J, at 1:10 p. m., at the Evangelistic Tabernacle in Salem. Arrangements are in charge of the Toledo funeral heme. Why Suffer liny Longer? will oTBsxa raxLi CklMM mi i Si . Astasias SCO- lliHN f si Hi. Astasias ICO CESS for ft 000 jsars ta CHI A. Be Manor wms wfest alia Tm ArrUCTED UmHUn, at MaUia. kwrt, . hue. Uw. kiten, MmMl, fu, MastipatUa. Blears, dlafcatis, rhassBMisas, (sU aae laMsr. lever ssta, isntaw ataiata , CbniIieCIiaii Chinese Herb Co, i a. a. reef, OffUe v Mra f ta n, sm- ; I teas Realty B4 i Waaaasaay, ss,w lt W. CawT Bt- BBiasB, Ora. 1 - f Troops Embark i : . . r-,i :-i Si a i - 'ilT UY ' .,. ' - : .:. Infantrymen from Washington and Montana are shown boarding the army transport Republic at Tacoma, Wash., enroute soatb for mock "attack" on the California roast In the largest peacetime army-navy war games in the nation's history. Over 7000 men com prising the "black" enemy will attack defending "bine" troop somewhere between Saa Francisco and Santa Barbara. Gilbert Explains Bank Difficulties Too Much, not Enough US Regulation Equally Undesirable Banking by government agen cies and private banking without government regulation have prov en equally unsatisfactory in the United States. It was observed by Tinkham Gilbert of the Ladd ft Bush bank who addressed mem bers of the Salem Realty board at their regular luncheon meet ing Friday. Private banking with reasonable supervision has been .he successful formula, but banks and other business must guard against government's Inevitable tendency to expand and to extend regulation, he added. . Since this encroachment and limitation of business Is general, different types of business would be wise to resist It cooperatively, the speaker declared. He said it was a widespread fallacy that government is always right, that government officials' Judgment Is better than that of persons in private life. Because the reverse Is true, Gilbert said multiple su pervision of various functions of banking was preferable to a sin gle control. Briefly sketching the history of banking in America, Gilbert said unfortunate experience with state-owned banks had resulted In most western states prohibit ing such ventures by constitution al provision. Recently created government lending agencies are subject to the same dangers state banks encountered, he warned. Friday's Realty board luncheon was the first presided over by William Bliven ss president. He announced C. V. Johnson, E. A. Miller and J. D. Sears as the membership committee and Dor een Baker as chairman of the program committee. Sheet Withstands 12 Years' Usage Twelve years' wear and yet as good as new is the unusual record of a sheet on display at J. C. Pen ney store. While the sheet has not actually been In use IX years, the extra-hard test-use to which it has been put is eetimated to equal II years' wear in a home, according to Ed Biasell, assistant manager of Fenney's. In January 1938 the sheet was tacked to the floor in front of the main door at the store and left there two weeks while over 11, 000 persons walked over it. It was then sent to a laundry where it was sent through the rag wash and bleached. In June A. N. Bayly, manager of the Hotel Salem, agreed to as sist in the experiment. The sheet was marked and used at the ho tel. It waa sent to the laundry fonr timet a week, a total of 212 times during the period. Trustees Review Memorial Works Improvements made daring the past year were reviewed by the trnsteea ot Turner Memorial home at the annual meeting this v wk. Two cottages have been completely remodeled, the main building haa been partly reroofed and repainted and much work haa been done on the grounds, it was reported. Trustees elected at the meeting are Dr. H. C Epley, president; Curtis C. Cole, vice-president; Henry Leep, secretary; Morris J. Reasonor. assistant secretary; Elmore J. Gils trap, superintend ent Other committees Include the ulal committee, composed of resident pastors of the Chris tian churches ot Marlon county, snd the finance committee, of which Fred E. Bates Is secretary. Affairs of the various trusts v , j reported upon. One of. these, the Darla estate trust, ahows an Inventory of over $100,100, most ly In real estate. lor War Games 4 Road Jobs Okehed By County Court Blanket Projects With WPA to Cost $100,000; new Plan Is Different The county court, after con ferences with H. F. Merrill. WPA ordinator, yesterday decided to approve two new blanket pro jects which together will permit expenditure of over 2100,000 on county roads and other undertak ings during the next year. Of this sum, the county will provide about 140,000. The projects as approved differ materially from previous arrange ments for federal assistance on public works projects in that the WPA will allow an expenditure ot 8 per man month of labor for materials and equipment, whereas in previous projects the appropriation for materials and equipment has been much less. During the pa,st year a blanket appropriation ot about 2500,000 for local projects allowed expen diture of only about 23000 for materials and equipment. The new plan w uld permit 26000 to be spent for such supplies each month for every 1000 men work ing. Court members yesterday Indi cated that such an arrangement would permit more county money to go into new construction and other road projects not under taken by the federal workers. Hearing Set for Cut in Oil Rates Hearing on a rate schedule promulgated by the Union Pacific Railroad company November 3, involving reduced rail charges on petroleum and petroleum prod ucts shipped from Portland. WU1 bridge and Linn ton to other Ore gon points, has been set for Janu ary 29 in Portland, State Utili ties Commissioner Ormond R. Bean announced Friday. At the time the new rate schedule was filed it was pro tested by truck operators on the ground that it would put them out of business. Commissioner Bean later suspended operation of the new tariff pending an investi gation and hearing. Bean said the proposed reduced rates particularly affected eastern Oregon. He said the hearing would require several days. Hood River PUD Gets Court Test HOOD RIVER. Jan. kHTwo suits testing the validity of the Hood River people's utility dis trict will be heard Monday by Circuit Judge Tred W. Wilson. The district asked the court to validate last June's election and the board of directors. A group of taxpayers challenged the dis trict's legality and charged elec tion Irregularities. They also as serted the board was illegal be cause several members did not live In the district Singer, Socialite, Opera Star Gladys Swarthowt and Mrs. Walter' Hoving, New York social regis! erite, were two of the women who met recently with former President Herbert Hoover to discuss plans for bringing the women of the conn try into the campaign for. the Finnish relief fnnd, of which Mr. Hoover is chairman. Ths OREGON STATESMAN, Salem House-Senate Group Sought FDR Believed in Favor of Independent Organization (Continued from Page 1) budget, a volume the approximate size of a large city telephone di rectory. McNary answered reporters' questions while Senator Tan den berg (R-Mlch), surrounded by photographers, made a typewrit ten copy of the resolution from MeNary'a scribbled notes. It said: MeXary Resolution Asks Joint Committee "Agreed that the conference ap proves the Harrison proposal for a Joint congressional committee to investigate and report u p o n budgetary matters including both appropriations and revenues and that the conference requests an extension of this procedure through the creation of an addi tional similar Joint congressional committee to deal with national defense and appropriations there for. Including an examination ot last expenditures and the ade quacy of results therefrom and a survey of national military pol icy." Questioned on taxes, McNary said it was felt that there was no need for new revenue legislation at this session, that the same re sult could be achieved by further reducing expenditures. Questioned about the McNary proposal. Senator Harrison said that "naturally" the committee he proposed would go Into na tional defense questions. He would have no objection to hav ing the military and naval com mittees represented, he said, but it would be "too cumbersome" to accord them representation by resolution. Byrd Approves Increase In New Taxes In an interview, meanwhile. Senator Byrd (D-Va) a leading expert of economy, approved the 2460,000,000 increase in taxes re quested by the president and cuts in Individual appropriation items made in the presidential budget. But he objected to procedure under which 2700,900,000 excess capital to be recaptured from gov ernment corporations would be deducted from the expected defi cit. Instead, he said, it should be used to reduce the national debt. Payroll Tax Will Double February 1 Employers Get Advantage of Lower Rate Paying by January 31 Unemployment compensation commission officials Friday warn ed that nearly double tax for un employment insurance is faced by corporations and individuals employing eight or more persons unless payments on their 1939 payrolls are made this month. The three per cent federal tax may be offset up to the 2.7 per cent contributed to the state un employment compensation fund. If the state payment is not com pleted and a certificate filed un der title IX of the federal act before January 30, 1940, the em ployer becomes liable for both taxes of a total of 5.7 per cent, officials said. Penalties and in terest also are chargeable against dellquents. Those employing from four to seven persons must pay the state unemployment tax of 2.7 per cent but are not subject to the fed eral social security act. "Many contributors already are completing state reports for 1939 so as to qualify early for the 90 per cent offset." Administrator Silas Galser declared. Gaiser said the unemployment compensation commission would be glad to furnish employers any information desired regarding the social security laws. Norway, Sweden Warned by Nazis (Continued from Page 1) and Sweden in war against Ger many. The nasi viewpoint is that al lied aid to Finland could be trans ported only through the two Scandinavian countries. This, Ber lin officials assert, can have but one meaning a British-French foothold there against Germany. Nazis say that Norway and Swe den are being promised league aid if they become embroiled In war as a result of assisting Fin land. With such a development, they added, the western powers then would establish themselves under the cloak of the league. The German press also sees the allies as trying to prevent Ger many from obtaining Scandinav ian iron ores and southeastern Europe's oiL Aid Campaign Oregon, Saturday Mommy, January o, x?v Oldtime Mat King in Comeback 11' Sz v ' V ' y , r . v Five time holder of the world's heavyweight wrestling title, Ed "Strangler" Lewis is pictured ns he opened a conditioning cam paign recently in Los Angeles for n mat comeback. Lewis, now 280 pounds, has as his objective a match with Jimmy Londos, pres ent heavyweight king, whom he beat 15 times straight some years go. Lewis believes it possible he can edge into championship ranks ygJn He is shown demonstrating one of his famed strangle holds on Photographer Ben White. Food Stajnp Plan, in Effect now in Multnomah County, May Be Extended To Rest of Oregon, if Successful By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. Associated Press Writer Multnomah county's food stamp plan, which Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace says may be extended to 90 or 100 cities throughout the nation, may bring a measure of prosperity to Oregon farmers and retailers, as well as give persons on relief 50 per cent more food. Jack Luihn, state public welfare commission chairman, says the plan would result In $1,-0 : 250.000 of additional retail bus iness in Oregon this year. Between 60,000 and 75,000 persons are el igible to benefit from the plan. which may be made statewide .if things work out as expected. The plan, which went into ef fect in Multnomah county three days ago, permits each member of a relief family to spend at least 11.50 for food, instead of the $1 which was spent before ' food stamps were available. The extra 50 cents is used to purchase sur plus commodities. There is little opposition to the plan, which has been tested in several other cities. It has been criticized, however, because it gives NO help to low income fam ilies who don't make enough to have adequate food but yet who have sufficient incomes to keep off relief. Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins said in his annual report that 40,000,000 Americans are members of families earning $5 a week or less, and these families have only five cents a meal per person for food. He thought what a fine thing it would be for all of America if these families could earn nly a little more. Of the stamp plan, Hopkins said it is "significant. NOT mere ly as a technique for the solution of a critical problem, but as a demonstration of the benefits de rived by all parts of the economy from an adjustment to a higher level of consumption. Secretary Wallace, whose de partment administers the plan, said this about the program: "In addition to providing a wider market for the farmer and supplementing the diet of needy families, the operations of the stamp plan program help all bus iness by bringing about an in creased flow ot foodstuffs through the normal channels of trade." f He said, however, it will take a long time to determine definitely the complete economic effect of the program. States which have trade bar riers had better be careful, be cause the federal government wUl get them if they don't watch out. Federal officials are going right down the line against re striction which states have placed against each other. Some states try to keep out agricultural com modities of other s'ates, while most states have methods of pen alizing out-of-state motor traffic. First the US public roads ad ministration threaten ed that states which have these barriers won't get any federal road mon ey. Then Secretary ot Interior Ickes and other cabinet officers Joined the parade. The most recent threat came from Secretary ot the Interior Hopkins, who said this week: "While primary responsibility rests upon the states, the depart ment of commerce must be Inter ested because of the restrictive effect of these regulations on in terstate trade. The department plans, therefore, to take an active part ia a concerted program by all interested parties to reduce such barriers to a minimum." The railroad men probably are well aware of it, but most people probably don't realize what tre mendous strides have been taken la the past few years by Oregon's motor freight and passenger in dustry. The state public utilities com missioner reported that his motor fnnd receipts, comprising fees paid by motor freight and passen ger operators, set a new high mark of 11,203, 531 in 1939, of which $979,116 was turned over to the highway commission. The total was about $400,000 more than In 1938, and more than donble that of 1934. The commissioner said the gain was caused exclusively by increased business. Engineers Honored PORTLAND, Jan. 6--Lt membership certificates in the American Society of Civil Engi neers were presented William O. Brown and . John H. Lewis, Port land, tonight. Scots to Honor Burns' Birthday Salem : Scots will celebrate the IS 1st birthday anniversary of Robert Burns January 25 with a gathering at 8 p. m. at the Cherry City Bakery hall. The Salem Cale donian club is sponsoring the event. Dr. D. J. Ferguson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Albany, will give the main ad dress. Other program numbers wUl include solos by Mrs. Will lam Tschopp, James P. Smart, William Dunville, William Hage dorn and Robert Hutcheons and pipe selections by W. R. Tomison of Silverton. William McGilchrlst will be toastmaster. 313 YEARS AGO A Little Dutchman Created A Great Public Service Throughout the civilized world today these people who rent and sell are enjoying the benefit of a dependable method of doing business which was started in the 17th century. an In 1626, a Dutch printer put into type the first Want Ad; little did he dream that 300 years later Want Ads would lie a great source of profit to private individuals in every highly civilized country are time-tested, reliable and economical result producers. Telephone 9101 TO CHARGE YOUR WANT AD Taft Tells FR Budget Scheme Presidential Candidate of COP Answers Challenge ' of President (Continued trom Page 1) ral public works; red ace fed eral public works; redncn snb aldiea. "Fifth: Piny no favorites; subject army and navy esti mates to critical analysis." If these fire things are done, Taft said, "the budget can be balanced at a figure of approxi mately 17,000,000,000, without abandoning n reasonable allow ance for relief, old age pensions, housing and soil conservation. If prosperity returns, our present tax system should provide that amount of money." It it failed to do so, the sena tor added, "we Till have to in crease taxes, undesirable as that is, for the alternative is worse." Taft said his authority for bud get balancing proposal and "the figure at which it can be balanced is no, was Franklin D. Roose velt." The republican senator said the offer of President Roosevelt to award him a handsome prize if he could show how to balance the budget was an admission "that he (Roosevelt) la unable to get the government or the coun try back to normal." Unless the federal government makes both ends meet, Taft warned. Inflation wUl result such as that in Germany when a pair of shoes cost $1000 to 1100,000. Taft constantly assailed the ad ministration" policy of deficit spending and "pump priming" as "a policy which wiU destroy all the good that may come from the reforms he (Roosevelt) has ini tiated." Opening his address, he said the president's recent budget message to congress "moves very gingerly in the right direction." but "a good deal more wiU have to be done." "There is no serious evidence that the president wants to stop spending," he said. Taft said the president should have used his veto power on con gressional appropriations, saying "he has not vetoed a single spend ing bill since the bonus bill of 1935." Tot reduction of 'government bureaus, he suggested that a small committee of "men with practical experience in business and In government" should "plan the government's housekeeping in detail for several years to come in the light of what the people are willing to pay their housekeeper." Petitions Out ST. HELENS. Jan. 5-(iiP)-PetI-tions were circulated here today to form a Columbia county peo ple's utility district embracing the area from the Multnomah county line to the Alstine store near Clatskanie. Incorporated cities would not be included. Soviet Planes Strike Again Smashing Victory by Finns Is Reported Unofficially (Continued trom Page 1) northeast ot Lake Ladoga, the Finns reported the Red army beaten back with the loss of IS killed. A second soviet drive at Shuomussalmi was said to hare been repulsed at an enemy cost of 250 dead and 40 prisoners. Finnish commanders reported that the Russians failed In anoth er attack at Aittojokl but made no mention ot casualties. The Finns remained tight-lipped abouttheir activities behind the Russian lines but It was known they hare been active both by air and land. Informed sources discounted frequently heard reports that the Murmansk railroad had been "cut to pieces" but they acknowledged that it "probably had beeu at tacked." Meanwhile, bitter cold settled down over the country, the tem perature reaching eight below in Helsinki and 30 to 40 below in the north and east. Thin Man' Takes Hollywood Bride William Powell's Marriage to Young Starlet Is Colony Surprise HOLLYWOOD, Jan. t-i&y-William Powell, 47, snare and debonair film star, and Diana Lewis, 21, pretty, auburn-haired actress, were married today be neath a bower ot flowers on a Nevada dude ranch, climaxing a three-weeks' romance. Hollywood heard the news with open-mouthed surprise. Few knew they were acquainted and almost none suspected their friendship was more than casual. Since Powell's well-publicised romance with the late Jean Har low they were engaged when she died he had consistently side stepped such attachments. He re turned to the screen only recent ly after a year's serious illness. Best known for his dapper de tective roles such as "The Thia Man" s e r 1 e s he had been . married twice before, the last time to Actress Carole Lombard, now Mrs. Clark Gable. He has been in pictures for nearly 20 years. In contrast, his bride Is a ris ing young starlet. She has ap peared in a few films, notably "She Couldn't Say No," and will return Monday to take the femin ine lead in "Forty Little Moth ers." She is five feet tall and weighs 100 pounds, and Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis of Asbury Park, NJ., vet erans of vaudeville.
