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, Iron ITrst Statrmary March 23, ItSt I
: THE STATESSIAN PUBLISHING CO. - .
. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher - , '.
- Member of The Associated Press . . -
The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for publication of an
news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Closed Meetings
- Eugene Allen, who campaigned for the
Portland school board on a platform of open
. board ; meetings, ' introduced the ; resolution,
which the board adopted providing for closed
meetings when the board consider the election
of a city superintendent' Now some of the pa
pers are panning him and the board for shutting
out the; press.-: -V.; -r;:;y : ' '
The papers are wrong. They are- making a
fetish of "open covenants openly arrived at." .
On matters as intimate as personalities of can
didates the board members will not speak free
ly if reporters are on hand to set down every
worow It may be dandruff on one applicant's
coat collar, or halitosis in. another, or a silly wife
in the case of a third. Trivialities, yes; but fac- "
tors that are taken into account. The bigger the
job, the more impeccable must be the man who
is chosen. . ;
The rule for business only at open board
meetings may work to make private deals more
secretive 'than in closed board -meetings. The
way is open for the clever or designing to build
up a following which can rush through 'a deal
when the board does meet. A telephone call, a
.luncheon, a private session in an office or hotel
room there are many dark alleys for commun
ication. -.;.:.
. "When the board meets privately the whole
field can be canvassed and members can speak
their minds freely.' The interchange of opinion -'
is more, natural, and hence more healthy. There
are sure to be leaks, but the information hits no
headlines, and causes no injury. 1 ' . '" f
All of Oregon has an interest in : the choice
of the Portland school board, because the city
superintendent of Portland becomes, by virtue .
of his position, one of the leaders in education
th the ; state. Upstate is therefore interested
that a man of ability and high character be chos
en who will be a source of strength in the 'cause
of public education in Oregon; and we don't
care how many closed meetings the- board holds
if it finds the right man for the job.;
Peace Brokers
There is buzzing at every corner grocery
or shall we say bazaar? in the neutral Medit
erranean world. Ankara, Istanbul, Madrid,
Spanish Morocco become listening j posts and
trading posts; to say nothing of Berne and far
off Stockholm. The diplomatic fixers become
active; and the whisperers in chancelleries, the
buttonholers in corridors, the gentry . on the
fringes of power who swarm like bees when
the seats of the mighty are Overturned. Every
one wants now to become the broker in the deal
between bankrupt Italy and the triumDhant
George It. Hyslop
The fact that the angel of death-overtook
George R. Hyslop when he was out in the state
- working for Oregon agriculture will : occasion
no surprise. For George Hyslop has been doing
jtfst that since he came to Oregon in 1908, a
young man to became instructor in agronomy
at Oregon State college. He went on to become
professor of farm crops and since. 1933 head of
the department of plant :. industries. But his
-was no academic chair in the. ivy towers of a
college. His field was the state. With unlimit
ed energy and a vision always held within the
limits of the practical George Hyslop . crossed
and crisscrossed the state, sowing the seed of
diversification. The gospel he spread bore fruit
to the great profit of the state and its farmers.
What a change there is in Oregon farm crop
ping from 1908 when the chief emphasis was on
grain and hay with fruit and hops as specialty
crops; or even with conditions 15 years ago.
Growing of flax, of small seeds, of sugar beet
seed, of grasses, of potatoes, and certification
of products to obtain the best markets have been
in large measure the result of the encourage
ment of George Hyslop. Recently he urged the 1
growing of highly; specialized crops for drug
or other uses, formerly imported. - .
There is not a farm community of any size
"which George Hyslop did not know, and no,,
group of Oregon farmers, scarcely, who did not
know him and depend on his advice. That is
why there is from Dead-ox flat in Malheur
county to Clatsop plains on the coast a great
sense of loss and of personal grief over his
passing. . " ; : Y '. Y- ;
In some way a memorial to George Hyslop
should be established, preserving the name and
fame of one who quietly yet efficiently labored
to help Oregon agriculture. ; '
The raid on Wake island was just enough to
wake up the Japs now in possession. We hope
it will not be long until our navy puts them to '
sleep for good. -
Editorial Comment
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A PLANNING LIST
Speaking again of planning we call attention to
a check-list for post-war ' planners prepared by
Fred A. Cuthbert, Mr. Cuthbert was formerly a
member of the faculty of the University of Oregon
and planning consultant for .the league of Oregon
, cities. Now, as those who have kept in touch with
local housing programs will remember, he is with
the national housing agency and is known to many :
in Bend for the assistance he has been giving in
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vajiced rapidly an til they control all bat the northeastern tip of the island. The front line (broken)
is traced as of July 25; It has been poshed back farther since that date. AT TelemaL
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United Nations and each expects the broker's the promotion of new housing developments here.
, fee.
Volunteer negotiators and cafe gossips buzz
with a fresh air of importance or mask their
laces in a disguise of self-importance. Rumors
of peace fly as thick as rumors of war, most "of
' them born of the wind and borne on the wind.
The world has seen the death of an era
Italian fascism; but the estate remains to be ad
i ministered. Its debU exceed its assets; but the
assets are considerable. And Italy wants to"
continue as a going business; wants quickly to
hang up the sign: "Open for business under new
management." The clerks and flunkeys want to
stay; so they grope for new patrons and cast off
the labels of past affiliations.
We are suspicious of all the go-betweens
and in-betweens. Too often they serve them
selves as they seek to serve' the principals, one
or both.! The best suggestion noted is that ne
gotiations be left with General Eisenhower. If
conditional surrender" is the gateway to
peace, let the Italian king or premier address
his plea for a truce to the general. Then it will
be known as a surrender to military power, not
a "negotiated peace" with the victor traded out
of his gains.
' The foreign section of OWI failed to shift
gears fast enough, so Pres. Roosevelt gives it a
- rap for referring to the king of Italy as a "mor
j onic little king." But OWI wasn't far off the
beam. He is an insignificant individual, with no
force of character, commanding respect only be
cause of his title. Temporarily he serves as a
constitutional symbol of government, but that
is all. He may be useful in preserving order in
Italy now; but with any strong and representa
tive government he would be merely a decora
tion, and not very pretty at that.
The state highway commission suspended
for ten days the log-hauling permits of 12 truck-
ers who were guilty of overloading. The crack
down is timely for such offenses have been fre
quent and flagrant If we are going to keep our
roads in decent condition during the remainder
: of the war this overloading will have to stop.
About the best repair job the highway depart
ment can do now is to enforce the weight laws.
Sicilian wine, .says the guidebook issued to
the invading Yanks, is more potent than it
seems to the taste, and goes to the head and
the feet; We hope the wine of Suick' success in
Sicily will not go to the heads of Americans,
making them think the job is as- good as over,
nor to their feet so they slow down or stagger.
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Doris Duke Cromwell, richest woman in the
world, has gone to Reno "to see the scenery and
I enjoy the sunshine," she says. After six weeks
j sli5 can leave with a suntan, some picture post- -i
cards and a fresh divorce.
f This country ought to have the best govern
ment in the-world it has the most people in
the business of telling officials how it ought
to be run. v L -
Here Is Mr. Cuthberfs list:
-1. Land Planning- ,
su Parks and parkways.
b. Replatting unbuilt land and blighted areas
' into neighborhoods for better living.
c. Centralized parking.
d. Airport development
e. New streets, arterial, by-passes.
2. Pnblie Bonding Planning
a. City hall., r ,1 ' i ,:
b. Fire stations. i !
c. Police stations.
d. Library. -
e. Auditorium. , J
f. Schools. . -
g. Community buildings.
h. Jail.
. Commercial Development
a. Transportation terminal facilities.
b. Hotels.
c. Amusement centers.
d. Hospitals. ; f
e. Store groupings and market centers.
4- Industrial Development Repaired Eeaeareh '
a. Locality resources: climatic, agricultural,
timber, mineral, power.
b. Transportation facilities traffic studies.
. c. Potential labor supply.
d. Housing facilities. -5 -S.
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a. Civic ornament J ;
b. Street tree plantings. ,
- c Clean-up, paint-up.
dr Street lighting. '
e. Removal of poles and signs.
C. Pabllc Utnitles and racniUes Extensions aad
improyemeato
- Transportation facilities. -
b. Light, power and heat
c. Water supply. ;
d. Sewer system.
e. Sewage and garbage disposal.
t. uenem Improvements and Kepsdr
a. Sidewalks.
b. Street paving.
c. Recreation equipment
d. Street grading and drainage.
e. Street widening.
f. Street intersection improvements,
t. City Planning nd ZonJns; '-
a. Preparation or restudy of master plan.
b. Preparation or restudy of zoning ordln
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c. Preparation or restudy of building code.
d. Consideration of urban, rural fringe prob-lems.-
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e. Study' and detailed plans for parks, school
grounds, street Improvements, and park-
- fag facilities. . ;
f. Study of housing problems,
t Badg-et Planning '
a. Estimates of costs of future developments
and repair. . ' - .,...
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The War Weivs
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON AP War Anslyist for Tho Statesmaa
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An Italy completely purged of
fascism and on its way back to
"constitutional normality, but
with its ties with nasi Germany
'as yet unbroken,vwas pictured to
the;, world yesterday in Borne
. broadcasts, -, . '
Not only has the author of fas
cism, Banito Mussolini, gone
' down, unwept-unhonored and
unsung, but the whole one-party,
totalitarian structure he reared
has been dissolved by Premier
Marshal Pietro Badoglio and his
council of ministers within three
days of n race's falL Thus the
first if not the most urgent allied
demand on Italy voiced by Prime
r Minister Churchill as the price
'of escape from new allied at
tacks has been met Yet a rev
olutionary situation Is reported
developing in Milan and else
where in Italy against .the new
Rome regime because it Is not
- moving fast enough to get out of
a fascist-made war the Italian
people did not want "
If an armistice with the allies
on surrender terms sternly
sketched to parliament by Chur
chill is the objective of the Ital
ian king and Marshal Badgolio,
the time is ripe for overtures to
London and Washington.
?K Not weeks, ; but days, even '
hours." must see the Badoglio
ministry reveal . Its; intentions.
both to the Italian people and to .
b. Methods of financing plans and develop-: allied leadership or take the con-
The radio announcers make Orel sound -a
little like oriole; but the Russians are making it
sound like the word it ought to rhyme with.
Ins:
Best crack on final Ilitler-Mussolini meet--Heil
end rareweU." " '
ments and reoair.
b. Methods of financing plans and develop
ment work.
c. Budgeting of funds for planning and pro
posed projects. ...
The list is an extensive one. In it, we believe,
virtually every project that a city might undertake
in a program of municipal improvement is to be
found. If the compilation has a fault it Is in the In
clusion of projects that should be undertaken by
private enterprise and the failure to develop a bet
ter classification of projects as between , construc
tion and study. These are only mechanical faults,
however, and easily cured by a rearrangement Ef
ficiency and clarity do demand that the rearrange
ment be made. . . ,
; We recommend a study of the list by everybody
interested in the progress of this community. -Bend
Bulletin.
sequences that could see it also
collapse under public pressure
for peace in Italy. -
Another major allied stroke Is
close at hand . in Sicily, General
Iisenhewers ABC army (Amer
ican, British-Canadian) is pos
ing for a death blow to axis re
sistance there. American and Ca-1
nadiah forces In the center of the
long, looping allied line from sea
to sea. across the neck of the Mes
sina peninsula seem slated to
deal it : -
- With American capture of Ce-
f alu, officially confirmed. Gen
eral Patton's fast-moving army
is already knocking at the gates
of S. Stefano El Camastra, a vi
tal communications : junction of
axis defense lines, i
Southward, American forces, at
shoulder touch with Canadians
on the Bcttisb, left flank, have
stormed through half a dozen
towns : on, the Termini-Nicosia
highway, with the Canadians
. pressing, in on Agira; from- the
southwest iy- fT-r, ?..Tt':( .y'.
, The fall of any of these towns,
S. Stefano, Nicosia or Agira, but
particularly Nicosia, would crack
, the center of the axis - defense
front ringing the inshore base of
towering Mount Etna from Cat
anaia to S. Stefano.
General Montgomery's power
ful British Eighth army, held up
for days' south of Catania, is de
liberately marking time. It is
pinning powerful a n d ' highly
mobile axis armored forces to
that flank by patrol operations,
.while Patton's lunging American
Seventh army storms down the
north coast route to a like mis
sion and the American nd Cana
. dian troops in " the, vital center
move up to deliver knockout
blows. -
At the rate American forces
have been pushing forward both
along the coast and the inshore
Terniihi-Nlcosia lateral, the final
test cannot, be long delayed and
the fate of all axis forces rallied
along the. inshore slopes of Mount
Etna must soon be decided. -
Unless German forces are far
more numerous in Sicily than in
dicated from any ; source,' their
plight seems desperate. Their -Italian
allies are far from depen
dable, and rumors of German
withdrawals on the Italian main
land to form behind the Po river
in the far north, giving up the -whole
Italian "boo t," if true,
would leave nazi elements in Si
cily doomed to sacrifice In any
case. It Is also clear in that event
however, that the bulk of the It
alian mainland itself is to be sac
rificed by the nazis, and that
should do more to force Rome to
surrender on allied terms with
out delay than any other known
circumstance.
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. Chapter t, ConUanel'
.Xrtaialy.,,..IIf casae toward
me. "Excuse me, please, Turva."
1 "But but what's the matter?
she demanded.
I v almost despaired of her
; feminine curiosity, but I had
my hand on Eudd's arm, fairly
" pulling' him away. After a few I
- steps I blurted out in a whisper:
I "Delmar Delmar is out on
" my hoat dead!;'
He stopped short. I - couldn't '
decipher the expression on his '
r face, but he was shocked, that
was certain. He said, "Are you"
" - sure?" r -"'yi : c
"My -Lord, yesf I even got .
' down in my Ice . locker ' where
: he'd been dumped, to make
sure. He was stabbed to death.
Murdered, I -tell you!"
- j "No, no, - Mr. Hoyt,". he re
monstrated, "that can't be. Not :
her -;1r'': vr":' K
1 "Come and see for yourself. I
pulled him on down the path.
"He must have gone out to my
sampan while I was at the
Wests'. He rumbled to my cabin
and stole, my whiskey. Somebody T
followed him . and stabbed him
from behind and threw him Into
my ice locker.
."Stabbed?" Budd askecL still
in an unbelieving tone. "With a
; knife?" " '
"No, a fish spear "I stopped,
realizing too late that I had
made a bad break, since I had
1 removed the spear. v "
"Yes?" he questioned, bring-
Ing his face closer to mine. "A
spear in his back? v : - i i
i "We-eU, I temporized, "the
hole had four edgesv. It looked
as if it might have been made
- by a fish spear one with four
cutting flanges.
: "I see," h said, with some
thing like relief In his voice.
"Mr. Hoyt, I can smell the liquor
- on your breath. That explains
everything. . ,
"What do you mean?' . i '
' "I'm not against drinking,
mind, y oil" he said leniently.
"But on top of that blow on
- the head, I don't think it was
. wise." . . .. 'i,
;, "Are are you saying I d-did
it?" I stuttered, quick anger trip
ping my tongue.
r "No, no, , my friend. I think
you've been seeing things, that's
alL But IU be glad to go out r
With you."
t. - We had arrived at my dinghy.
I said emphatically, "I want you
to get him off my boat as soon
as possible."
if "Yes, of course ;I
i "Look there!" I whispered
hoarsely. I was pointing a shak
ing finger at the shadowy out
line of a canoe Just leaving the
side of my sampan. "Maybe it's
the killer!" I pulled Budd down
behind the dinghy and doused
the light -
"Try not to get excited, Mr.
Hoyt," he advised. "Well soon
see who it is. Look, he's heed- -lng
directly in here."
While we waited, motionless,
something happened which Mr.
Budd could not charge to my al
leged drinking or excitability. A
long-drawn groan came from
one of the beached canoes near
by. .
"Good Lord!" Budd started up
but Z yanked him back.
" "He's tried to kill someone
else," I said grimly. "Don't make
a racket now we've got to find
out who's in that canoe!"
"rd better see," he insisted,
getting to his fett in spite of me
and taking a step or two. Then
suddenly he was crouching be
side me again, clutching my
shoulder. "Listen!" he whis
pered. From behind us in the palm
grove came an ominous sound
in the darkness. Someone hid
ing there had stepped on the
dry midrib of a fallen nalm .
frond. It snapped loudly, then
there was a long alow rustle of
its crackling side ribs as the foot
was cautiously removed.
There was no time to find out
who was moving under th
palm trees , behind us, or who
was groaning somewhere there
in the dark, for the small out
rigger canoe nosed in and
bumped the sand almost in front '
of us. Budd wrenched his arm
from my grasp and rose. -
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Today's Gordon
: By LJLLTE L. MADS EN
' Question i Will you please re
peat the remedy for the spotted
leaves on rose bushes and also
if camellias : require barnyard
fertilizer? Mrs. B.
Answer: J, Sulphur dust will
take care of the blackspot on -.
roses. Be sure that all portions
of the roses are reached. .There
are also a number of good com
mercial sprays and dusts which
'will care for this. You will have
.to Inquire at the seed stores as
several remedies which can be
had are now off the-market for
the duration or), at least for the
time being. '
Camellias appreciate some
well-decayed barnyard fertilizer '
placed beneath the bushes as a -mulch.
. E. T. P. sends - a sample ' of
an undeveloped bunch of grapes
but gives little description of
bow the bush Is affected. If he -would
call at the county, agent's
office at his local post office, he
would receive reliable advice.
' The first requisite in controll
ing all "grape- diseases la the es
tablishment of the vines in a
location favorable to grape
growing. The rows should be ,
sufficiently far apart to permit '
air circulation. Healthy stock
should be procured f roar in
spected nurseries. The plants
should be sprayed carefully with
bordeaux during their dormant
season. Just before the foliage
begins, and dusted with sulphur
as they begin to bloom. Your
county agent has a grape bulle
tin which will be of use to you.
to take proper care of the extra
thousands of workers and their
families who have crowded into
the metropolitan area. Tempor
ary makeshifts are employed
flimsy housing, cheap busses,
slow ferries, congested school -h
o uses. The newcomers are
strangers, unassimilated, and
welcomed chiefly for their
spending. The boom is a 'war
phenomenon; and it ought to
end when the war ends.' !
A "quick freeze" would send
thousands of these : workers bark
where they came from, back
where they belong, back where
they are needed. Their draw
from the unemployment fund
will tide them over the transl
. tion period. Post-war develoo
ment ought to be: extended all
over the country and not con
centrated in the few war-congested
areas. -
We may Just as well face real
ities as build air castles. There Is
not In Multnomah county any
prospect of full employment of .
all the war 'workers In. peace
time production. A survey of the
Portland chamber of commerce
shows there are only 107 indus
tries employing 50 or more
workers apiece. Leaving out the
five in the top bracket of 4300
and over, there are only 102
firms with a total number of
employes of only 28,056. Ship
yards would be Included in the
top group; and no one antici
pates continuance of shipbuild
ing in the Portland area on any
such scale as at present
I do not mean that when the
war orders stop, employers
should shut up shop and forget
about their employes. They
ought to endeavor to make a
healthy readjustment and pro
vide as much employment as
possible, but they should at the
same time' encourage many of
the migrant workers to return
to their home communities.
It is expected that there will
be a, great deal more employ
ment In this state than there was
before the war, and without
doubt there wfll be many who
will want to remain here. But It
Is of prime importance that we
effect a readjustment of popula
tion with resulting : betterment
of conditions all over the coun
try. Portland and - Vancouver
wfll be better places to live In
when their growth occurs In
more orderly manner, when
community facilities can be ex
tended to keep pace with popu
lation. !
Salem has been most fortu
nate. It has had no boompits
industries are running steadily;
Its houses are all occupied and
it has no "housing projects"
which are the embryos of future
blighted areas.
When It comes to post-war
planning the minus communities
have more incentive to promote
projects that will provide em
ployment than the plus com
munities. I hope they get busy
so the. redistribution of popula- ,
tion can come as quickly and
with as little distress as possible.
KOAC TBTJRSDAT 55 K.
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It -15 The Homemas:erB Hour.
11:00 Musle of tho Masters. '
IS AO News
18:15 Farm Hour. - : .
1:00 Artists in Recital.
1:15 War Commentary.'
. 120 Music. , '
8:30 Memory Book of Musis
8 AO News.
8 J 5 Voice of tho Army. '
838 Concert HaiL , .
4.-00 Lest We Forget.
4:15 Songs from the Hills.
4 30 Stories f or Boys and Girls.
8 AO Swinging Down the Lane. -
830 Vespers.
8:45 "It's Oregon War." ?
4$ :1 5 News.
X Farm Bowr.
70 Timber 'wolf Show. -
Music
t :SJ Music -.
30 News.
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Diamond values have withstood the
ravages of many wars. The high
Elacc they occupy as an investment
i exceeded only by their own high
status as a gem of unmatchable beau
ty. Never, was. their magnificence so
personified ' as when mounted in a
Stevens setting. To see is to believe.
Remember!
Sept 18 Final Mailing Date
for Overseas Christmas Gifts