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STATECLXAXT' Salem Oregon. TaMday Morning; March 21, 1344
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' From First Statesman. March 28. 1851 i
THE STATES3IAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CTfART.ra a SPRAGUZ, JCditor and Publisher ? , '
Member of the Associated Press
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The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication el iH
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited Is this newspaper.
State School Support
Friend Shoots,: Friend ..' -
i Th 1ea tt ilfl'man tit 9A frarKixif t nTanAO.
Two Years ago the state teachers' association frn J nni vrmmA
initiated a measure providing: that all state lorces reminds on9 f the fatal "charge o the
income tax receipts above an amount approxi- .. H - t bridage- at the battle of Balaklava hi the
mating that which was then being expended
for i general state expenses, oe apporwonea
among the school district to offset property
taxes. There were numerous bugs ini the bill
and It was opposed by the press and by most
everyone who studied it carefully, j
But a majority of the voters, seeing only
that it provided a means of utilizing the sur
plus and promised property tax relief, ap
proved it The teachers' ! association then ad
mitted the measure was jfaulty and promised
to cooperate in its amendment by the legisla
ture The promise was kept and the taxation
committees of the legislature did a good job.
What started as a mistake was turned into good
legislation; and it probably wouldn't have
happened if left to the legislature in the first
place. " '7 . ' : I
The legislature' limited the schools' share of
the surplus to $5,000,000 a year. Now the teach- ,
ers associatioa proposes to "double the ante."
The program presented by its executive sec
retary at last week's meeting of the state board
of higher education proposes . $1 0,000000 of
state support for public schools, the additional
amount to come not necessarily from j income
tax receipts but from sources devised by the
legislature. Of the. additional $5,000,000, not
more than $3,000,000 would offset property
taxes. . . j . j .
Having seen one "bad" school bill turn out
good, one does; not lightly oppose the second
similar measure. However some fundamental
principles are involved. In the first place, the
proposal to "freeze' the program by adopting
it as a constitutional amendment is question
able; ' y
In the second place, the question arise--how
much state support for schools is wise? The
state, according to Dr. Frank Parr, the asso
ciation's executive secretary, now provides 36
per cent of school funds; this bill would raise
the state's share to between 50 and 60 per cent.
Directors of the numerous school districts
govern the expenditures. They are answerable
tofhe .taxpayers in the district not ito the
state. The more the state Contributes, the less
incentive for school dbtrict-economy. In the
past,, many districts have been too niggardly, .
particularly in the matter of teachers salaries.
Some -substantial state support therefore has
'been a good thing. Between that and the man
power' shortage, 'teachers salaries are about up
ia' decent'stahdard.V;f--; ?:-V ','
It is a matter of record 'on the other: hand,
that 'the "property tax offset" has not worked
out . 100 per cent. Necessity for raising -teachers'
salaries, it must be granted, virtually made
that impossible. But the question is how much
farther, if any, should state support go? To
date, the program is not in final form; opinion
as to its merits or lack of merit should; await
the drafting of the proposed measure. But the
key issue is the extent to which school boards
should be provided with funds, for the Expen
diture of which they need not answer jto the
taxpayers who elect them. J ' jj
Meanwhile the questfon of equalization of
school costs goes begging. At any rate, It Is not
clear that this proposal provides any part of
the answer, ii ; i" i
CTrimean war. There into the "jaws of death
rode the six hurtdred. That charge, from which. ;
few returned, was because "someone had blun
dered.- :.. . - i lie. i :x ti.
The shooting down of the allied transport
planes in the invasion of Sicily was a blunder,
but one for which: there is explanation. The
allied planes followed right after enemy planes,
and so ran into the fire of their friends on. the
ground who could 'not distinguish them. There
was assuredly a defect in communications, which
proved costly; and: this experience, like others
in this war, shoulct teach a lesson; and cause a
tightening up of the liaison among elements in
the service. It is a bitter dose to : lose gallant
men to the stupid firing of those on their own.
side. ' ' .:J
There have been other reports of the diffi
culty of distinguishing friend or foe in aerial
combat, particularly at night; and imdoubtedly
damage and losses have resulted from fighting
in ignorance of identity. That is part of the me
lee of combat; but there ought to be full cpor
dination between ground and air forces, not
only to avoid injury to friends hut to combine
strength to do injury to the enenpr. The toc
cess of the western front is going to. depend
on the closeness of coordination of air and
ground forces and the navy. Then all! greater
risk probably will be to ground troops, as they
seek to keep close to the bomb barrage of planes
and artillery. These risks are part of the war
game as now played; and we can only hope they
win call for no heavy cost, as at Gela. ' '
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Lcbking illicad in 7ashington
' . By the Washington Staff of the Aawdated Press
WASHINGTON. March 20 -Wi
Look for an announcement ' that
Lt. Gen. George S.'Fatton, jr,
will lead the biggest command he
has had yeU :
; Whatever; mornflcauon ana in
dignation army big shots may have
felt over the slapping incident in
which "Old, Blood and Guts" was
involved In Sicily, if a a safe bet
that they deem his abilities as a
combat: leader indispensable, and
will give him a more important
job than, any he has: held to date.
The Skj TTriterv
Today's Kadloo IPrregirainni:
News Behind
The News !
By PAUL MALLON
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War News Commentary. I
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-Oft Mirtn and Madnaas.
Interpreting
The War News
i By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
. . Copyricht 1944 by the Associated Preca
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There are startling intimations in the war news
that the German retreat 'into Rumania may be
headed for the Carpathian mountains-Danube del
ta line, virtually abandoning; nazi troops in the
Crime and the Odessa region to their fate.
With the Dniester river 'crossed by Russians on
a wide front in the center and red forces already
firmly gripping positions in the Carpathian foot
hills in southern Poland, there seems no other short,
naturally strong line available for a nazi stand in
thetOUth.' .j- (,;,,
, The Dniester break-through virtually undermines
both the Prut and Siret river positions in Rumania
proper as potential defense fronts t :
Nazi seixures of complete control In all Hungary,
reported from Ankara kndsi color to. this theory.
Budapest la the focal point for1 all rail and road
connections leading, to the passes of the Carpa
thians and of; the Transylvania Alps. Whether
brewing: revolt against nazisra in Hungary ia also
involved or .not, military necessity could well ex
plain, the German move. y.jf ;': r,.. j-
Russian spearheads, in Bessarabia axe closing in
oh Balti Junction through the gap fa Dniester line.
Haiti's fall - would cut the only northern escape
rout for German forces stm in the Dniester-Bug
trap, driving them southward toward Odessa,'
Beyond Balti lies the last Prut crossing f the
Odessa-Tiraspol-Iasi railroad,! the only other west
ward escape hatch from Odessa. Its garrison and
other nazi troops being: herded toward it by Rus
sian pressure from the north and east are all but
',. trapped. j!"-v;--' .-::"; ij:;;-'; l
( There la no reason to expect any better pre
pared nazi defense on the Prut or eves the Siret
than Russia met on the Dniester. The Germans
failed even to blow up Dniester bridges or destroy
Dni ester ferries behind then or to defend the west
ern tarJc of the river. There is no other line of
equal natural strength for defense, fa central- Ru
rnarJs short of the towering Carpathians on the
west Ciz3c of the Siret valley. . v. i ,
? Southward to the Black see. coast of Rumania,
however, the Danube delta offers a strong' barrier
to a cc'tlnued Russian westward sweep.. It is io
warJ i-.rr.e such last-ditch -defense, front for his
' fca-1! shaken eastern Balkan Cank that IE tier's
armies rcut?J from the Ukraine seem to b stag-
. gerirj,'-. , - ' - '. ' - ;. : '., -
T. :.t v. ,-,'J r:n abar.dcr.nent of all eastern
r.ur-.-.-'i f cm Cie relish border to the Black sea
tj C.eT.-'iians, however.. It could mean Russian
er.trc;rr.?Et cf tha' bulk of'; nazi forces .ia,-the
l" rr!' ? tnd ia southeastern Rumania, against the
i::,:i tea la stand ciese Ia Odessa or attempt a
tea borne escape. " ' - i
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8:00 SUrs of Today. -I
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Tho
( Distribution by King Features Syndicate. Inc. Repro
duction in whole or ia part strictly prohibitad.1 i
WASHINGTON, March 20 If anyone tries to
tell you the American schools have not broken
down in Tooth scholarships and' discipline, cite to
them these following facts: . I
The navy found incoming freshmen at the lead
ing universities so far below its educational stand
ards, it had. to institute the V
program. In a test to 4200 fresh
men at 27 leading universities,
68 per cent were unable to pass
the arithmetic test, and 62 per
cent failed the whole test Am
ong the same candidates for na
val reserve of ficer training, on
ly 10 per cent had. taken ele
mentary trigonometry in high
schools, only 23 per cent had
more than s year and a half of
i Paul Manse.. " rnain. . -: - :
But, in order to enroll the number of men needed
by. the navy. Admiral NImitx wrote in letter to
Prof. Bredvold of the University of Michigan, No
vember 21, 1941, that "it was found necessary at
one of the training stations to lower the standards
in 50 per cent of the admissions." . g . - ?. '5
Not half the graduates of the elementary schools
in Tennessee today can read and write weTL The
condition is exposed in an article in the Tennessee
Teacher by School Superintendent Hi: L Callahan,
who says:" . i - i . . t .'i , I M
"The testimony of high school principals and
teachers bears witness to the fact that more than
half the children finishing the eighth, grade in
Tennessee schools are unable to read with ease,
comprehension, and pleasure; that they are very
poor in the elementary mechanics of written Eng
lish involving the simpler phases of capitalization,
punctuation, and paragraphing '1
It is impossible to teach the products of lax elementary-
schools a foreign language in college,
as Dr. T. Braxton Woody, University of Virginia
school of romance languages, says: s
"As the aorry products of progressive education
filter into our classrooms, the problem of what to
do with them becomes more and more acute. It is
really unreasonable to expect them tor learn a for-
failed lamentably . in their efforts to sugar-coat OQlCtV VClVO
tha mill tat larnincr - I . . '
If the parent will sit down with his high school '
child one night, he will find the average cannot .
figure the area of a floor if. the sides are given ia
feet and inches; cannot name three countries in ev
ery continent; they would not know the capitals
of six states, or -five rivers in the United States
or any country. (A Philadelphia teacher name
withheld.) -..' -J': I; r;.v:-:-..3 r y"-..-r,;:
Teachers are required to pass pupils even if they
do not know the work and . mis has created a gen
eration of lazy, spineless boys. (A teacher) ; . i '
"I know a. fine , city superintendent i who was
ousted because he stood for the old fashioned
typ of schooling, and another more "open minded"
was selected to make schooling easier." (Council
Bluffs, Iowa, school superintendent) : . . i
The situation is due to "the educational trust,
or racket, for this is what the public school admin
istrators, together with teachers : college, add up
to testifies Dr. 1 H.f BiUenhouesv Haverford
college. ; . , . . i--r.-- ; : -:.,.';
"The leading educators are interested in en
rollments, surveys, teachers credits, new tangled
subject and textbooks, publishers, palaces of edu
cation." - the neglect of sound disci
plinary and moral training"
"Restrictions are necessary. There la no easy
road to education. 1 President Jenkins, Georgia.
Military college. I I '
Progressive schools do not produce, young men
valuable to the army, since their lack of discipline at
an earlier time produced si frame of mind mat
" called them to look-with resentment upon military
discipline. (Junior College of Connecticut); I
But best summing up is by a department head! of
one of the largest Junior colleges ia California, who
'4 discovered: H; rj'-vysyy.?;-;.!'
, "Only one quality ia which the student brought
up in the new dispensation surpasses his prede
cessors; he has infinite self-assurance, and shybes
' is ahnoef non-existent. But this self-assurance is
often a liability for the teacher cannot crack lus
- v complacency. :'- r y"-:' ;'1f:!;. ': - '-
"Knowing less andi less about more and more
things, he fails . to develop intellectual humility
necessary to learning: and feels certain he already
possesses all the answers. In his ignorance, he is
frequently, arrogant, and he does not understand
the necessity for applying himself to hard tasks
that do not strike his passing fancy.": ;
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4:30 Music
4:40 Golden Gate Quartet.
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5:1S How Do You Do Ztt
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Letters from State smae Readers -
8ATS BATS A FACTO ft ;
To the Editor: ' ' , -
A In your editorial of Satur
day. -Stalemate ia ItaJy", I want
to admit you were right in say
ing that the difference between
the war in Italy and Russia was
mat the Soviets fight on home
ground while we fight far from
our: has. ) v ; .
There are other
earned, ia tinawhether
it or not we must have a full'
fledged- hat Tfq started,
yes; spend miHiona 00 it Ilk -we
have on the salvage Issue.
;Why contina spending money
on campaigns lik this when-
me need for scrap i nearly over t
because aren't, defense factories
that used this scrap closing dowau '
Hate that keeps the reds rol
ling the arrogant nazia back on
their once so steady feet, hate-U
that keep me partisans of Jugo-
slavia almost barehanded pura
meling the nazis left and right, -hatethat
keeps the Chinese ar-
mi after years of retreat fight-:
ing, forward aram, hate I that
must com to the fore which, win
. rock beck and crush Ilk a so v-"
let steam roller attack the : west '
wall once the second front is'
opened. 4
We can't win a war with kM
gloves. We cant listen to peo-
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, 7:30 Studio.
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10 :15 Wartime Women.
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10:45 Orchestra.
11:15 Maaie.
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UJaVSAS ajn. Mutt and N
Hamburger: The ration-enthron
ed hamburger may become demo
cratic again next summer and fall.
The war food r administration
will recommend that OPA desig
nate spare ration stamps for pur
chase of hamburger and other low
grade cuts of beef during the
heavy slaughter envisioned intthe
WTA's plan to encourage "liqui
dation' of low-grade beef cattle
during the coming; six months.
The supply ef low-grade cuts of
beef may . be ' particularly, heavy
during August,. September,, Octo
ber and November, so heavy that
the supply couldn't be disposed of
at present ration, point values.
Boosting the infantry; Combat
correspondents, of the type which
the marines have used to give the
nation tome first-rate first-hand
battle narratives; - are about to
make their appearance In the ar-.
my---: i I ' f : V v ''
t The. reason: To boost the in
fantry. ':. l' I ' ' -V. :.:r'
Some ' of me army's : highest
ranking officers believe th war
has proved the infantry once more
the indispensable combat arm, and
believe, too,: that the foot soldier
hasn't received his fair share of
attention, - j ' .
Two-puov ngntersT: xne ever
increasing range of American
fighter planes may lead to two-
pilot fhrhters. -
Because the- present range is
thought to be about the limit of
one pilot's endurance, a two-pilot
fighter might answer the fatigue
problem, v
But even if the ideas adopted,
such fighter planes wont be buzz.
ing around escorting; bombers in
the near, future. It would, involve
development of entirely new craft
or redesign of an existing:, plane.
Finland: Regardless of w h o
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Mrs r.v C. K. is one of the 3
lucky . gardeners.- She .writes:
"We -tecenCly bought! a little i
place and it has a bit of wood- '
land orL- .ttut edge ot oar small A
lawn. The former residents had
a cowj ia this, but we are- not
planning on this as my husband
works at the wrong time to have-
choresw I plan to make: . Ei2e
wild garden of it It Is too large
to keep up -but I thought perhaps
I 'could plant some shrubs and
bulbs in it What would you suggest?-)
Answer The bulbs. should be.
planted in autumn, and such, as .
snowdrops, grape-byacinthv the
pheasant-eye narcissits truiTijut "
daffodils, scillas, erythroniums,
are all good. The wild native.
flowering currant, Oregon grape,
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acquisition.; If we hold fast to
principles we can, have an easy
conscience, and our moral, posi-
. tion will bet admitted by the rest
. of the world.' In fact for lack of
such, emphasis on our political
aims we have lost strength in
France" and Italy.
While it is true there is . dan
ger in trying to writ but spe
cific war. aims Wilson found
that out when he tried to work
. his 14 points into the peace
treaty; still it. is only, if we
keep faith with moral purpose
that we can justify the war and
attract the support which will
lighten its burden. From this
standpoint it is unfortunate that
we have an election this year,'
which means that the president
. looking for a fourth term has to
keep bis international v politics
in tune with local politicians to
a very considerable degree. We
have to have the ? election of
I course, but it does slow down
and. wet do wn declarations of
national policy in war; though a
clear and challenging; statement
might be the best politics.
If CSmrchQl and Stalin and
Roosevelt meet again I hope
they really accomplish something
in the way of consolidating- their
political as well as their mili-
' tary obiective. and that they
hold fast to high . mternatlonal
principles, which, will give the
world hope for. a peace that will
not be Just another truce.'
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turns down whose terms, and how
often, the realities of the Finnish
Russian peace remain fixed. Fin
land's position is essentially hope
less and she knows it She wants
to explore every possibility of get
ting terms even a little easier.
1; Taxes: Scheduled tax talks by
at least two ranking treasury of
ficials have been canceled at Sec
retary Margenthau's personal di
rection. There'll be no further
revenue requests mis year, and
Henry-the-Morr wants the late
conrgess - administration unpleas
antness forgotten if possible.
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Senate Battle
On Restricting
TVA, Today
! : WASHT2STOIir. Karch 20-JP
Toes of the proposal of Sen. Mc-
Kellar (D-Tenn) to restrict op
erations of the Tennessee valley
authority girded today for a bat
tle oa the senate floor, but Mc
Kellar confidently predicted sen
ate approval.
I Debate on McKellars amend
ment to the $8,537,000)00 inde
pendent offices appropriation bill
was postponed until tomorrow by
protracted controversy today over
the appropriation for the federal
communications commission,
j The amendment would require
TVA to place its revenues of ap
proximately 170,000,000 a year
into the general fund of the trea
sury and require the authority to
obtain direct annual appropria
tions. At present the authority's
revenues go into a special revolv
ing fund from which it carries on
its own operations within broad
authorizations by congress.
I Sen. Hill (O-Ala), who an
nounced he would take the floor
against pt McKellar plan, told a
reporter he was convinced it
would hamper the" activities of the
TVA gnd limit its capacity for
producing, electric power for war
industries. .
j Sen. Bankhead (D-Ala), anoth
er foe of the McKellar proposal,
said it would' thrust upon con
gress the responsibility for tech
nical decisions that should be left
with the TVA board.
, 1 - s.
j As far as the taxpayers are
concerned, there's no difference in
their, (TVA) using their own .funds
or getting the, money out of .the
treasury through direct appropri
ations," Banklwad asserteA
I Reporters mentioned - that ' Ed
Crump, Memphis democratic
leader, had declared his opposition "
teethe McKellar arnehdment,-arfd'
askexi Mcl&nar whetter- wis in
dicated a break between, him and
Crump. :.. "
I "Oh no, I hope not, 'McKellar
replied. '
College of Paget Sound
Eyes Postwar Expansion
jTACOMA March 21-iPost
war plans for expansion of .the
College of Puget- Sound to meet
4 expected 50 to 100 per cent
increase in enrollment include the
construction of a men's dormitory,
to house approximately 100 per
sons, as an immediate project, it
was. announced today by Dr. R.
Franklin Thompson, president
Around Oregon
N Br the Associated Press
jVlron A. I Moore ; was named
superintendent of Parkrose
schools at $4000 a year . . ; . Port
land's'' Swan Island shipyard
launched its 58th tanker, the
Crand Mesa.' for the National
Park of Colorado .... '
Jefferson county led the state
in! the-fourth war loan drive with
219 per cent of its quota, the state
war finance committee reported
. .!'. J Charles F. MlUering. New-
berg; a taxicab driver, waa ar
rested in Portland by Oregon li-;
ouor control - commissi on asenta
onj a charge of violating: the Knox
law.,.,.' - ;'';.?'..";' -
Mayor Earl Riley of Portland
announced he would be a candi
date for reelection this year. " '. "i
' ' Oscar rtrruset, r court-appoint-1
ed receiver, ' delivered, control of
the Portland AFL Boilermakers
nation to- newly Installed local of
ficers . . . Guy Haynes, Carlton, -was
reelected president of the
WDlamerhr Valley Lumbermen's
association at the annual meeting
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ine use e of flameiy throwers
against the Jape are ; inhuman,
.Every American soldier" wants
this war over with after the de
feat of our enemies, and: one
thing win and must do. It: hate
that wins wars and makes more
militant soldiers. ... ;
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The single- White violets the sin
gle blue violets,' forget-me-nots,
are all good too. Avoid double or .
variegated flowers. Da not plant
in any definite forms. Be careful
of uniformity in planting. In oth
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and not been planned.. You
should ezjcy such 'a place's crest
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