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i The OZIXSOn CTAnnUUt Cc!sa Ongoa. VTcdaMdor I-Ionsla Josmory 13. !Si3 TAG2FGU3 'No Favor Sway Vt; No rear Shall Aice From first Statesman, March 23, 1851 scaea alee as sarailea imhUti st iflee, s. Ajby va. j imihiii ara eee THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. President - Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited tn this newspaper. Lieutenant-Goyernor Issue 1 - -"Maybe it wouldn't happen again for years sis of the Oregon' legislature's functioning oc casioned by the senate presidency deadlock has revived the old issue of creating, by consti tutional amendment, the office of lieutenant governor, one of whose duties would be to pre side over the senate. Grange leaders in Oregon are reported sponsoring such a program. 1 That would without doubt prevent a' re currence of what is happening just now. And from the standpoint of logic, it would seem more appropriate to provide by election for the succession to the governor's office, rather than to install in that, the commonwealth's highest office, a person in whose election only the citi-. zens of one senatorial district had participated. Some other states' experience do-not how ever suggest that this change is advisable.' The nffir nf lieutenant-eovernor is too generally -regarded .as a minor office; therefore it does not alwavs attract highly capable candidates. And since voters likewise consider At a minor office, more an honorif any than a serious public office,1 they are not so careful in casting ballots. They are likely to choose the more popular .candidate rather than the one better qualified.. - The voters of Washington state took a long gamble when they elected bandleader Vic Mey ers to the office. To date their gamble has been a winning one, for contrary to expectations Vic has taken the job seriously and performed his parliamentary role capable as lieutenant governor. 'Twas averred that Washington's Governor Martin never dared leave the state for more than a day or so, for fear of what Vic would do while acting as governor; and one serious crisis over the calling of a special legis lative session, was caught just in time. The proposal to create such an office in Ore gon should be viewed cautiously. Deadlocks over the senate presidency seem to occur only once every 38 years but a poorly-chosen lieutenant-governor would like the poor be "always with us" for at least four years. War Service and Legislature J The three state senators and one representa tive who were appointed by county courts to "serve "dto tern" as substitutes for elected leeis- lators who are in the armed services, have been seated in the legislature, and the manner in which it was done may not seem of practical importance. Upon analysis however, this fact stands out: The senate in effect ruled, by adopting its credentials committee's report, that men in the armed services are ineligible, not only to serve tn that body but to hold the office in any sense. Douglas McKay and Allan Carson, for example, can have no claim upon the offices to which they were elected. The legislature enacted a law in 1941 per mitting public officers in Oregon to take leave of absence while in the armed . services. Pre sumably with respect to all but legislative offices that law is constitutional. ' It is at any rate being observed in many instances. But, because the constitution forbids the holding of a legislative office in addition to any other lucrative public office, that law does not apply to senators. Yet, because each house is the judge of its own members' eligibility, the house of representatives seem to have ruled to the contrary. . As for the discrepancy, it is "just one of those things." The senate's decision may have only this practical effect, that two-year successors to the appointed senators must be elected in 1944, even though the elected senators leave . army service before that time. For the rest, it is not likely that, recent history will be soon repeated. It was a painful decision for the senate to make but the constitution is the constitution 9 e e a e ' ana mere is mucn logic Demna uus uiterpreta - tion. There may be need for further interpre tation as to just what constitutes a 'lucrative position otherwise there may be a question as to whether reserve officers not on active duty, or national guardsmen in peacetime, may serve. They Brought It on Themselves j "Practically every promising young leading man in the (movie) industry is now in the service," declares Kyle Crichton, Collier's mag azine Hollywood reporter. To his mind it's no less than a national calamity. The movies are just about sunk and they are the .nation's No. 1 morale builder at home and good will builder .abroad. - v : , That movie stars collected thousands of dol lars a week, now earn from -$50 a month up in the service is, Crichton insists, not of the slight est concern to him; nor are the financial losses of T the industry as a whole. But the movies threatened inability to perform their customary function is, he affirms, a matter of critical con cern to the nation. On ihat point we will agree if it's as bad as he thinks. On the other hand, it's our opinion that "they brought it on themselves. The movie industry has built up a handful of "stars his list of "promising leading men" now in the service numbers only twenty. If the filmoguls had been f oresighted enough to give more actors a "break they would not be in this plight. And with that same' thought in mind, we're riot so sure they are sunk. Somewhere in this broad land there are more than twenty young men with- sufficient good looks and poise and externally-evident vivacity and charm, to fill the bilL As for acting well, the public never has given movie "actors' credit for much of that anyway, and the directors haven't ' been "drafted. . ' f . If they'll just make up their minds to it, the movie producers can find enough young fellows jr. ho are near-sighted, whose tickers are a bit weak, or who are otherwise disqualified 1 from military service in ways that don't show, to - fill out its casts. Besides, such fellows as Herb ert Marshall and; William Powell are still get ting by as leading men despite their years. And if all else fails, let us have more plays like The Women" requiring no males. In war time we can't be too choosy. Throughout much of Monday and part of Tuesday, "war correspondents' in the senate chamber had quite un-strenuous jobs. The rou tine consisted of glancing down a prepared ballot sheet just to make sure no senator "switched over"; though alertness in this re spect waned and then at the end of the roll call, marking down a number indicating which -ballot had just been taken. mm Paul KtUM Administration bills will be eyed askance by this new congress, a columnist wrote the other day when news was slack. It's so obvious it hardly deserved mention. But we wonder who will the administration get to introduce its bills, so they won't be born under a cloud of suspicion? News Behind the News By PAUL MALLON - (Distribution by Kins Features Syndicate, Inc. Repro duction in whole or la part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 If the Henderson suc cessor, Prentiss Brown, seriously undertakes to find a solution of the fuel oil rationing mess, he will come upon two basic things wrong at the core of the problem. These are indicated by reader correspondence I have received from consum ers and- rationing board ' offi cials (with a single exception) in various eastern and central sections of the country, and are confirmed by my personal ex perience and observation. First: Not enough coupons were allowed a great many people. Second: Dealers are getting insufficient oil to meet exist ing coupon requirements con tinuously. The first fault could be cor rected, if Mr. Brown orders the rationing boards to give wholehearted reconsidera tion to the needs of those who did not get enough. The federal formula erroneously based allotments on square footage of floor space instead of cubie footage of heating space. The government can and should correct this primary mistake. Then, after every home owner has enough cou pons, there must be a reapportionment of available supplies to enable him to get oil continuously. How the problem happened to get into its pres ent confused condition is not entirely clear. Gov ernment calculators must have made a colossal mistake, or a number of them, to misgauge so far the necessities and supplies. But we are in the mess now, and the only solu tion possible is to accept the condition confronting us and make the best to fit it. Homes and business offices should come first. Their heating must be maintained. If it is necessary to meet their requirements, Mr. Brown will have to start closing the least essential large fuel con sumers recreation centers, night clubs, theatres, public schools and even churches, locally or na tionally, as required. These institutions need to be kept open in war time more than any other. In every war up to this one, all military men considered that the maintenance of national morale required the normal emotional outlets for the population in entertainment, education and re ligion. That nation which least discommoded the lives of its people was considered to be winning the war. It kept confidence alive behind the front. But, in this war, for the first time in our history, the opposite view has been stressed at times. It is a view which, unfortunately, has been borrowed, along with centralized government controls, from the Hitler (fascist-communist) idea. This is total war, they say, and they . think It requires total suffering whereas all it really re quired was total preparation of oil supplies, for instance. The liberals in this country very shortsightedly borrowed too much from Hitler, because he was efficient in certain respects. He was efficient for Germany, a bankrupt nation (which had no oil, incidentally) and, having nothing, he created some .efficiency by equally distributing hardships in a very small nation accustomed to them. That system has proved itself unpopular and In efficient In a rich country, richer in oil than any other, and accustomed to a much higher standard of living. Here is the cause of our whole rationing trouble. " j Centralized controls were worked out moderately in the early days of the new deal to the satisfaction of a majority (but a decreasing majority when government was playing out to the people, making awards through WPA, AAA, and otherwise to blocs and groups. . ? ? But now that the paying out has stopped, a more objective lesson about total government at home has been learned by the people who must now share scarcities under broad national rules which work individual injustices and hardships. ' Everyone can now 'see that a centralized gov ernment, undertaking a managed national economy, must also assume the responsibility for ample sup plies and equitable distribution in a rich nation. If central control does not provide, it Is a failure. : - The result of this experience will no doubt cause this country to return to a respect of true democracy and the rights of individuals and states, as opposed to the strong federal controls total government. The liberals win no doubt return, as a result of our current experiences, to their former true Jef fersonian principles. Thus, the government mistakes - we are encoua. taring will probably push this country backs upon the right track from which it wandered during the ascendent influence of totalitarian controls in -l-Europe and Asia. - V - .v : But, for the present, it seems impossible that our -centralized controls in the case of oil can' furnish us with enough fuel. Apparently, it is too. late to build enough pipe lines or tankers or. tank cars to us the oil which nature endowed us. But if Mr. Brown! brings to bis new office the fair-minded zeal which is attributed to him, he an yet find a solution, possibly not the one offered above, but the best possible under the circum stances to which the errors of centralized control '' have reached .us. -i ------ - r . -r - ehaaees eaaee taw staUsee wtta mmt eettcs te tats aewseeaes. Ail rale ststteee aaay few set traaa Che air at aay ttaee fee taw fesserescs f stattoaat defease. 1 StOPt CBa-WIDHIIBST-W SU. 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S 30 Mews. 85 What's New. 9 AO Boake Carter. 9:15 Woman's Side of the Nev ' 9 JO This St That 10 AO New 10:15 Curtain Calls 1030 News. 10 JS Strictly Personal 105 Buyers Parade. 11 AO Cedric Foster. 11 :15 Baron Elliott Orch. -11:30 Concert Gems. 11:45 Luncheon Concert 1335 On the Farm Front 13 JO News 135 Shady Valley Folks. 4. 1 AO Tom. Dick and Harry i JO Tom. dick and starry 2 AO Sheila Carter. 2:15 Texas Rangers 2:45 Northwest News SAO Phillip Key ne -Gordon Orch. S JO Hello Again 3:45 Bill Hay. Bible. 4 AO Fulton Lewis, jr. 4:15 Johnson Family. 430 News i 45 Echoes of the Opera ' 9:15 Superman 5-30 Melody Hall. AO Gabriel H carter. 8:15 Movie Parade 30 California Melodies, t AO John B Hughes. Continued on page 9 Your Federal Income Tax No. Head of Family Exemption A single person, or a married person not living with husband or wife, is entitled to a person al exemption of $1,200 for the year if he can qualify as head of a family. A head of family is "an individual who actually supports and maintains in one household one or more individ uals who are closely connected with him by blood relationship, relationship by marriage or by adoption, and whose right to ex ercise family control and pro vide for these dependent indi viduals is based upon some moral or legal obligation." Examples of head of family status would be a widower or widow who maintained a home for a dependent child, or a son who supported and maintained a household for a dependent fa ther or mother. In order to meet the test of actual support and maintenance as head of a fam ily, the benefactor must furnish more than one-half of the sup port and maintenance. The term "in one household" ordinarily means under one roof, but if a father i absent on business or a child or other dependent is away at school, or on a visit, the common home be ing still maintained, the head of fansuy exemption would still apply. Where a parent is obliged to maintain his dependent chil dren with relatives or in a boarding house while he lives elsewhere, the additional ex emption may still apply. If, however, without necessity, the dependent , continuously - rnaVee his heme elsewhere, his bene factor is not the head 6t a fam ily irrespective of the question Of support. ' '! The term "closely connected by blood relationship applies to a person's progenitors and lineal descendants, to his broth ers or sisters, whether by the whole or half blood, and to his uncles, aunts, nephews, and nie ces. Irrespective of any legal ob ligation of the taxpayer to sup port such dependent relatives, a moral obligation to do so ex ists, and if the individual is act ually supporting and maintain ing in one household relatives of this degree he is entitled to head of family exemption. A taxpayer Is considered to be "closely connected by mar riage' with his stepsisters and step-brothers, but whether his right to exercise family control and provide for these individ uals is based upon some moral or legal obligation must be de cided upon the facts in the par ticular case. The same consid erations apply to the status of a taxpayer because of ' support furnished to his father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. First cousins . by blood, and cousins of lesser degree, are not regarded as so closely connected by blood re lationship as to give rise to a head of family exemption. .'A legal guardian who may rrint?n and support la his home a dependent ward is not entitled to the personal exemp tion as head of a family tf the ward was not connected with turn by relationship of blood, marriage, or adoption; nor, is a taxpayer entitled to exemption as head of a family by virtue of maintenance and support oft a child not legally adopted. Interpreting tho WarWoivb By KUtKE L. SIMPSON 1 r Wide World War Analyst for The Statesman : Weather prospects in northern Tunisia for the' next few! weeks make any! decisive ground action unlikely but southward a new phase of Anglo-American air attack is developing. This tends to support the view of the Brit ish air ministry that Hitler faces his 1943 ' campaigns with "the key of air supremacy wrenched from his grasp, on all fronts. ". r-Ttr supplement' AngloAincrx can 'air attacks on axis forces in Tripolitania from the east, planes from Eisenhower forces to the west sue lashing, at nasi com munications east of Tripoli. An aerial : squeeze play j to harass Sommel's rearguard facing the British Eghuvarmy ii indicated. Whether K o m m e 1 ; intends to complete ' a! further 500-mfle westward retreat, abandoning Tripolitania entirely - to man French-bunt defenses "aearrtha Libyan-Ttmisian border, oar stand and Ugh! again eastward of that position still is uncer tain. " The east-west allied air raids . vividly 1 1 1 u t r a t ; Ronunel'a plight and. they also lend; color to the general summary by Brit ish, authorities of the allied-axis air relativitiee.S. The "inescapable and ominous fact for Hitler, that British re view said, was that his ! plane production had reached or pass ed its senim whfle ttiat lof the allies was not yet at Its peak. Less than SO per cent of the luft- . waffe remained in Russia and it was outmatched by Russian plane production alone, without benefit of British-American ships delivered to Russia, it was said. j v ' . II- The remainder of nasi air pow er is scattered in western Europe and the Mediterranean theatre according to that British esti mate, and has been so reduced in Norway to' meet allied air at tacks from all sides that an "ef fective offensive" against Rus- . sian-bound convoys and Mur mansk and Archangel is impos sible. - I "The axis air force is being forced more and more to the de fensive, the British review said. There can be only one end to such a situation." By CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELI AMT Chapter 15 (Continued - 1 wouldn't say friend," the detective replied, "unless they like to play rough." s "Let s " see'm," . ordered the lieutenant, In came Clyde Fairish, hair mussed more untidily than 'Us ual, and a man, somewhat larg er, who seemed to have passed through an 1 unpleasant physical experience. "Am' I live and breathe Per kins!" exclaimed the lieutenant in spurious astonishment. "Where'd you glom onto him, ' ?rrW ;r; T ; h; :' "He dropped Lin on me," Far rish saidV "I was rummaging. He : came to rummage, too. He didnt expect to find me there." v i"So you rassled some, ett "He wanted to go away again when he found me there, ex plained Clyde. "I urged him 'to Stay. --.'r::lr'r. "You were I rummaging, you say?" A-K--yy "Industriously. For what?" - .:-M: "For what Perkins came , to 'rummage fottL" f "Did you flndf it?" "In an old safe without a lock, rd forgotten it was there. The rpri I bought the studio from left it there. It got snowed un der. He never came back .for it X tried it as a forlorn hope. "And found vhat?" Photographs," answered Clyde, "and a document." "Pictures of what?" . A. wedding." "And this document?" "It looked to me," said Clyde, like a marriage certificate." "Go on! Go on!" : - The pictures were of Gone, yonder, and Elaine Sanson. The certificate guaranteed his mar riage' to one Elaine piper, which J guess is Mrs. Sanson's maiden name." s"I do declare!" stressed the lieutenant. "And can It be pos sible they were not subsequently divorced?. If that is so, Elaine has committed Just a trace of bigamy which cuts off that in come from Chico Sanson. Mr. Lacey Gorse can't marry the la dy with all the money. Any ob servations, Gorse?" "I haven't beard anything yet that ties me up with an illegal act" ' .-.4'' ' "Wait till you hear Perkins," said Clyde. . One noint mterrupted the lieutenant "If Gorse procured Perkins to steal that coat and bring: it to hinv how did he know the coat was there, and how did he have time to plan the busi ness?" : ' T - . ' (To Be Continued) Ann JVlb The people who live in the cities, towns and villages along Southern Pacific's lines in the West have just provided a fine example of war-time cooperation We dunk this xxperarioa deserves ncognition fuxl we want to say; "thank you" . . . since Southern Pacific was primarily concerned. And we're quite sure the many thousands of men in uniform who benefitted too, would also like to join us in this expression of appreciation. Early in December we were faced with the problem of providing trans portation during the holidays for a very; large number of men in the armed services who were to be given holiday frttloughs. Because of tho pressure of wax traffic on our equipment . . . cars and locomotives . . . we knew that we could not provide trampbrtation for all these service men and the normal number of civilian holiday travelers too. So we arranged a somewhat drastic and extensive program requiring coach reservations for virtually all trains, and set aside a major portion of both Pullman and coach space for the service men. Then we ran ad vertising telling people what our problem was, and why we could not take care of everyone who would like to travel during the holidays. We asked people not to "Try the Train".' - . " ! ) .( .. j '. - ' - As a result many people gave up holiday trips they very much wanted to make. The amount of civilian travel, compared with December, 1941 was considerably, reduced and we took care of the service men in good shape. There; was comparatively little congestion, and all r,ti) travel was acromnaodated. ' if - 1 I :- Vs ! i;-- -ff,; .. :-,-::'f v-f:4- ;' 7:,. So we know that people generally have cooperated . . . and we give you all a hearty "thank you." - t , j We hope you will continue to confine your trips. In 1943, to firtal travel. ! I '' - - -i 'C'f -" f May we also express our appreciation at this time for your considerate and understanding attitude towards Southern Pacific and its service during the last twelve mcitl? Because of tte . . . amg troops, eqmpnsent, war freight, vi inattrials and food . . and the decreased amount of eoniptnenrfor passenger use, our pass enger service has been below peace-time, standards. Trains have been crowded, and trains have been late. Because of the pressure for equip ment, we have had to use many old cars, and we haven't been able to dean and refurbish ecralpment as well as we would tike. 7e cannot obtain additional, dining cars, sud the coitioa car operation these days are ertremely difficile We Vve tried to grve the f at the same time trying to do the very be transportation Jb we nnderdiedrcuinstaa been most encouraging to us. You have shown a friendliness under war timc travel cood hicxis that is hean-warmin to us railroaders. I , , 'A T. 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