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The OSEGOn STATE3MAXT, SaLexau Oregon. Tuesday Massing, January 16, 1315
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The Associated Press
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited
Cost of German 'Victory'
- Von Rundstedt is pullmghis armies back
from their penetration of 50 miles into Belgium,
back to the Siegfried line. That is, he is pull-
. ing.back all he can. Some thousands of his
troops are not returningcasualties"bf war; and
hundreds of his tanks and j trucks are burned
and riddled scrap by the roadsides. Yet the
Berlin radio claims the counter-offensive was a
t great success. It reasons that it weakened the
American armies and gave Germany the ini
tiative. . - ' ; --
There is no doubt that the thrust unbalanced
the allied armies and definitely destroyed their
hoDes of a decision this winter.
cess gave a fresh lift to German
cient probably to carry Germans
in the field over the winter. But the time
which the nazis have been striving for, what
good; will it be to them? None at all unless
there develop divisions among the allies permit
ting a negotiated peace. And that seems quite
improbable.
Just now the Russians are driving again
across Poland, after ' pause of six months; and j
they I have won the battles about Budapest,
clinching their hold in Hungary. As the giant
presses "of the several armies confronting the
nazis apply their steady pressures Von Rund
stedt may long for his picked panzer divisions
which he threw so recklessly into the western
front. The Germans may think their drive was
' a success, but the flush of victory will quickly
' fade. Surely the commanders realize now that
their armies attained only their minimum ob
jective: blunting the allied offensive. When
they count the cost in lives and materiel that
success will seem too expensive. As for Ger
. man morale, nothing is so disheartening as the
raising of false hopes. When they know that
their soldiers are back where they started from, strict discipline
less those who are not coming
feel that their i last hope is gone.
The parallel 'With the German offensive of
1918 has previously been noted
seem to be repeating itself..
break-through was probably
German, military might in this
Stalin's Turn to Travel
For obvious reasons no announcement is
made of the time or place for
Churchill, Stalin and
Roosevelt, in a recent press
would be "anon" rather than
marked something about a 30
which would of course solve thej place question.
It is evident that Churchill and Roosevelt en
counter some difficulty in- arranging meetings
with Marshal Stalin. Churchill has been to
Moscow twice; the three met once at Teheran.
Why shouldn't Stalinr come to Washington or .
London for the next conference? Because of
his physical disability it is not easy for Roose
velt to travel. Churchill has done his full share
of journeying by sea and by air. Stalin has left
his country but once, to go to Teheran.
The reason advanced for Stalin's not going
is that he is a commander-in-chief who works
at his job. But Russia's war situation is relaxed
enough now to permit him to take his hand off
the jthrottle for a few days, and a plane can
bring him to; Washington in a matter of hours.
It I really might strengthen Stalin's standing
With the western powers for him to show him--self
j in Paris or London or Washington. His
Polish policy has cost him a lot of friendly in
teres which a personal call might offset. Sta-
' lin and Russia may think themselves secure;
but times change.. No person, no nation ever
has too many friends when a crisis comes. And
. returning calls is elgmenjtal in good etiquette.
Pqrtland's drunk tank is rivaling the Oregon
sfatej hospital for unfavorable publicity. Its
death list now numbers 22. The real blame
seems to rest on old King Alcohol, however, and
not on the mayor and chief of police.
. I . ' ' .
France is; anxious to have General de Gaulle
sit with the big three. France needs to work its
passage for a time. with some first class fight
ing, and not just get to the peace table by the
path' of penitence;-
Editorial Comment
v HOW ABOUT IT, BOL BYRNES? ; ( " V
Hardly has the whisky distilling industry entered
upon Jits second 30-day holiday from the production
of wir alcohol than the rumor Is spread that an
other; vacation is in prospect for April. This is un
believable, almost fantastic, in the face of the situ
ation; repeatedly described by ' War Mobilizer
Byrnes. Are manpower, materials, and transpor
tation facilities to be diverted from the war effort
' for the manufacture of a non-essential?
During the present month, the distilleries plan
the production of 40,000,000 gallons of spiritous
liquors. . Hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain
which might much better have gone into the pro
duction of more meat for a sharply rationed rivfl-
7 Ian population are to be poured into the mash tubs.
To transport this grain to the distilleries takes hun-
dreda of freight cars and the efforts of essential
railroad workers. Their labor is wasted.
The liquor industry says that unless it is allowed
these holidays there will be shortages of whisky.
Of the so-called potable spirits now distilled, part
, goes into storage for use after aging. The rest- .
' raw alcohol, called "neutral spirits" Is mixed with
whisky for immediate use. This calls for the em-
ployment of . many hands, mostly . women, in the
bottling houses, who could serve, their country bet- "
ter, and make mors money, in war plants.
. . One of the chief materials used in the marketing .
of whisky is kraft paper for cartons. Cartons are
vitally; needed for the packaging of munitions. The
naUon'Is Saving paper for -this purpose. Is 'the
government to allot paper "cartons for the whisky -people
; to waste ?V And what of the corks, labels,
bottles, and the labor diverted for their manufac-
ture? " :. ; -; . : .
What if there Is a whisky shortage? Butter, ba- -con,
bef a score of food articles as well as cloth
ing, are scare and the nation manages to survive. .
Has the whisky business 'a government priority?
Is it a sacred cow? Must the war effort suffer for
the sake of tipplers' appetites and distillers' prof-
its? Christian Science Monitor. . -
? "Wo Faoor Strays Us; Wo Fear Shall Ave
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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Member of the Associated Press I '
Is exclusively entitled to the use
praise of the
Its initial suc-
morale, suffi- heard much abou
at home and
of misconduct,
back, they will
Fortunately
History does
The December
the last flash of
war.
the meeting of
Rooseyelt. President
conference, said
'soon," and re
nt capital city
interpret
The War Nevc
Narew above Warsaw.
menaced.
ins
only important
L 3
for publication of all
In this newspaper.
Soldier Conduct JAbroadj J
; Americans are ; pleased when! they get "good
conduct" reports about their j boys overseas.
From -Australia I came many .testimonials in
men -of the 41st division, which
made the home folks of the northwest swell
with pride. 1.1 I f
But not always: is the conduct of the Ameri
can soldier above reproach. We have found that
true at home,' in the vicinity of (training camps.
The Dalles Chronicle;' for instance, relates inci
dents regarding ipen of the engineers camp at
Ruf us where they are studying river-crossing
problem, of violation bf local laws, chiefly from
drunkenness. : InCEngland, though we have not
it, there have also been cases
sometimes of serious character.
As might be expected, many are sex cases, as
sault, etc. : j. ;. - j .
The worst l ease wis the killing of British
diplomat, Sir .Eric Teichman, on! his own estate,
by poachers. Hearing guns shot on his prop
erty Sir Erie! went out to investigate, did not
return. Later hi body was found with a bul
let hole through tie head, and some yards away
blank shells from jkn American army rifle. For
this offense Pvt. George E. Smith of Pittsburgh
has been found guilty and sentenced to death by
hanging, by a courtmartial of 12 "American of
ficers. Of Smith an army psychiatrist testified
he was "a mentally defective homicidal degen
erate. His army) record , showed -he had been
courtmartialed eight times. . I f
It is-not enough torpass offenses off by merely
saying the army is a. Cross-section of America,
the worst with the bst. The army f has a re
sponsibility of screening out those with signs of
being "mentally defective homicidal degener
ates" like Private! Smith. And Jarmy officers.
especially abroad,! have the duty to maintain
even among men on passes. '
the, record as a whole is good.
and the excesses are more than overweighed by
the open-heartedness of the American soldier,
especially where children are concerned. The
kiddies soon learn the doughboy s the?r friend,
and of course they pester him for handouts of
gum and candy, with which he ijs quite gener-;
ous. We hear about this side of soldier deport-,
ment. It is well that we know there is another
and less favorable, side, regrettable as the fact;
may be. - ; J - I ' J. ' ; ! I
A senator in California introduced, a bill to j
abolish that state's personal income tax. The :
author Is quoted as saying "Our state income
tax only brings h $45,500,000 annuilly," and
that isn't "sufficient money to warrant the ex
treme annoyance to the individual." Just Cali
fornia chickenfeedj so to speak; but enough to
make Oregon's mouth water. j
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Turkey is now permitting supply ships to pass
through the Dardanelles; but Turkey waited
until the war barometer showed clear skies for
years ahead before.' doing anything, like poli
ticians clambering if or he bandwagon, Franco's
gesture to democracy and Turkey's concession
at the straits show! clearly who is not going to
win the war.': u ; , . if- i
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By KIRKE U SIMPSON I
ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR ANALYST
German reports. o a vast Red arjny winter of
fensive in progress from the Danube to East Prus
sia "aimed at ending the war" in Europe lack full
Russian confirmation!. j' -i I
But they were too circumstantial for doubt that a
supreme military crisis is developing in nazidom,
caught In a gigantic Russian-Allied vice. .... fi
Enemy broadcasts painted an even darker picture s
than any published Allied, or Russian estimate of
the situation. : . . ; . ""'vj ? w -; 't
!, The Nazi home front thus could hive no reason
able douht that battles of decision were shaping tip
or had been already fought and lost; east and west
like. ;: ; - v- : . ;V;h
4- That could be sensed in Belgium where , the coun
ter bulge created in Allied lines by the German De
cember attack was fast crumbling away. The Ger
man retreat was still far short of a complete- rout
but it was verging that way Just as ;th full strain
of the massive Russian main attack f elf, upon the
foe in Poland. ; J I
; It hardly needed Moscow's formal announcement
to confirm the German Report of- White Russian
armies on the move in the northern las well as the
southern Vistula bridgeheads and alio west of the
In the first broad fronted Russian thrust to ex-
pand the upper Visfila bridgehead fkrakow was
xiua ; uiouiary o uie Vistula, ins
water' hazard or other natural mil
itary barrier guarding the old Polish capital on. the
east, had been crossed by the Russians oh a wide
front northeast of the city. - j : 8
? The main attack appeared driving due; west on
a 30-mile wide front taidway between Krakow and
Kielce, rear anchorages of the whole south flank
of the German defense line in Poland north of the
Carpathians. It seemed aimed at by-passing both
the Krakow and Kielce bastions to strike directly
at the concentrated hub of Nazi war Industries in
the southeast, tb GIeiwlU-KatoWie city group
only 80 miles or less beyond Russian advance ele
ments. But instead of by-passing Kielce, the Rus
sians captured it. f 1 s 5- I
Red forces were already astride the main rail
and road communications between, the Warsaw and
Krakow flanks of th German front: They were
Virtually split apart by the Russian drive beyond
the Nida with an implication that thf German de
fense deployment! had been caught off guard, ex
pecting the Russian thrust to swing northward
down the west bank of the Vistula rather man to
strike westward, f . j .;. - - - --: . -
The expanding upper Vistula saliieht has now
been driven more than Similes deep beyond the
original Russian crossngs.M 't
As far as it am be traced on the maps that main
Russian bridgehead beyond the Vistula begins to
shape up as the northern arm of a huge Red army
pincer attempt to storm simultaneously the Galician
gateway to central Germany, the Danube gap and
the Danzig corridor. Russian capture of Losonc,r
northeast of tottering Budapest, is a potential threat
to the upper Oder valley, far to the northw est '
.! ; ipfiM
Too Bad He Already Owes It to Himself '
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erary.
"ANYTHING CAM HAPPEN , ay
Gerga and Helea Walt PmpaskTUr
(Harper; SZ). j ;
George Papashvily, j born in
Georgia, Russia;! came steerage
to America; worked as dishwash
er, mechanic, movie extra, res
taurant owner, inventor; married,
bought a farm, buried an old
.friend -.'V
That's all that happens in
V Anything Can Happen, yet this
story, ; the husband's autobiog
raphy as set down by his Ameri
can wife, has spots by turn hilari
ous, witty, courageous, poignant.
Even before George j left the
ship he. was done out of hisTfine
silver-lamb hat by a sharper. He
was arrested when friends, over
his protests, stripped a tree; In
New York's Van Cortlandt park
of its blossoms. He had! a funny
experience carrying a piece of
dough I which,1 in! a) hot trolley,
kept swelling out of the paper
wrapping. He hunted and hunted
for a man who spoke Georgian
and found one who then heard
it for the first time in to years.,
This i Russian, who has grown
so fond of American ways, trav-
eled over much of this
New York, Pittsburgh,
San Francisco. He visi
country:
Detroit,
;ed Vir-
ginia and South; Carolina and
moved
lto the ! Country near
Bethlehe
Pa. Mrs, Papashvily
now ow:
and runi an Allen-
town
shop, i i j '
There
poetical
some phrases with
George is "full
pf prano
f the tree in the park
t o inking over with white
blossoms;? the earshot the two
Georgians! talking: their I beloved
jnative language are "full of hearing.-.
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At its best the story lis vry
fine, has intimations of Saroyan
and sounds naive, honest arid
real. But there are occasional
lapses to a more common leveL
The story does not become dis
honest, certainly, but it ceases to
be naive 'and turns; into some
thing manufactured, from the
head rather than the heart
Maybe the text is strained in
an effort j to prove, by some of
George's adventures, 'that this is
a grand country to adopt Maybe
in the attempt to show how good
George actually li the effect has
been to make him look j goody
1 goody. ; J 1 -'- i-i
GUIDEPOST
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,TTht wind's
News Behind the News
! - By PAUL MALLON. J - VI j : ; ! '
(Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction la whole
H' '" t v-or in part strictly prohibited.) ; t f !
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 Ex-i
cerpts 'from I a recent talk of
m i n e J The Revolution in
Values.f ! r
Ours I is a I capitalistic system
which irepends for its strength
and power
. upon I sound
ness not on
ly in finance,
taxation, prices,
and .such eco
nomic matters.
but also politi
cal soundness
built upon the
confidence of
its people . .
In rfd ink, ' Msnoa ;
we must write on our books the
greatest debt In history, eventu-!
ally to be 300 billions of dollars.!
We must service and pay this
debt, carry it as our war .bur--
- den, for: we financed this war,
not only our part of it, but that
of everyone else, including Rus
sia to some extent. But Russia
will have no such burden. She
j has fori herself destroyed our
concept lot" financial values , . .
At thf heart core of this war
Is the revolution in values which
started long before the war and
will continue long after. I have
spoken only of the corruption of
financial values, or one phase of
them which destroyed the mor
ality of money.
This war indeed is only a su
perficial ; phase of the revolution
in all values, the decline of
morality fin politics, internation
al diplomacy; education, and,
indeed, the individual lives of
men. v-'M:' - '.- ' :- ":
Consider politics. The prom
ised word no longer has popular
- value. You seldom hear the
word "honor"! any more. It is
considered Victorian to be"" hon
orable, i ; , .
; The people have come, to ac
! cept the doctrine of immediacy,
of doing!: what' sounds best at a
given moment; They scorn tra
ditional Values as restraints and
Inhibitions. They themselves are
'no more! tied to soundness than,
the money of the world.
Take international diplomacy..
Repudiations of treaties before
ink-is dry represents the same
departure . . from soundness In
values, as mat of the political
- leader from the promised word,
and that of money from the sha
dow of substance., The doctrine
of Immediacy Is what guides na
tions. Their own desires ot the
moment rule their conduct and
; make the world.
in his favorrj
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In education there has been
; the same corruption of realistic
values which we have noted in
money, politics, and internation
al relations me doctrine that
children should be raised also
! according to their own desires.
Education is to be a sightseeing
affair. They, even taught the
philosophy of following j desire
'in sex, which hardly seemed to
me a matter to require teaching.
There is no phase of existence
which has not been touched by
the revolution in values, the
erection of ideals of immediacy.
In the end, ill the world must
come back to values. But Is it to
come back to the realization qf
soundness only after thoroughly
exploring and suffering the coi
lapse of the fabulous foolishness
of immediate desire as a! guide
to life? . .;"K:. J;
Will we have to go completely
through the revolution to the
bottom and let each man' know
the falsity of these indulgent ficl
tions before all can grasp the
solid fact and truth? Or wU the
resurgence of reason I founded
upon the experience of the war
catch definite hold now and lead
our people on to realism and
common sense?
I do not know. My judgment
is that revolutions generally run
the course of extremity before
they settle down Into sense.
First, there must arise a power
ful leadership for good before
there can be good. !
Above all, ino matter what the
immediate future course.
there
must be no compromise of ideals.
L Those who know j the j true
values of life' also know! that one
; day these will be restored to
! popular acceptance. That, too, Is
inevitable. I ;; , Kf
Therefore, it is the duty of
those who, believe in soundness
. to stand steadfast in this wan
dering drifting condition. It is
their duty to nurture thej light
In darkness for the future time
; when it will again lighten the
fires in every home and (bring
! warming comfort to future peo
Iple. :- liF f-;:-'
i Of the realization of simple
, substances must sound know
; ledge and sound value F eventu- ('
I ally come. Money will be Worth
i only what circumstance or; some
future authority declares f it to
jbe worth, -. Our international
safety will be only such as our
- ingenuity and constant alertness .
can prescribe. - -:. V. ' !.: I
There is no safety i in num-i
bers, "even in modern ! weapons, '
because these . become ! obsolete :
overnight Planes in which we
trusted at the outset of this war ,
can hardly be used af trainers
today. Time is fast So Is obso
lescence. Only alertness' can en
' dure. - i ",l j
Wages, hours, prices, ; aU .the
other economic V factors have
suffered the same swift deterior
ation of their values ':' as the
. planes in the past three years.
A wage! is no better than the
goods it;wiU:buy. v-; ';'-.
By such considerations should
values bejruly measured, not in
the hih talk you hear jsoj fre
quently today, in the search for
artifices, magic formulas, eco
nomic contrivances and devices
. to bring us all ease, luxury,
heaven on earth, but which are
only cheating our reason of the
lesson of arithmetic.
. These are the ? factors off Che
world : today. These . problems
must be met and solved. They
are critical. They need not be
fataL They demand the1 earnest
' energy and utmost effort of
those who know the truth among
- the people.' - ,
We must restore morality In
values. We must do this . In- re
lation to money and peace trea
ties as .well as to Juvenile ! de
linquency. We must promote a
, new' moral order In relation to
C,. . w t
:AtXtiFnONTi
I
WITH THE AEF ON THK
BELGIAN FRONT, Jan. 15-iT)-They
call him Doc Wardand
don't put . any quotation marks
a r A ii fi A that
Doc, because it
isn't a slang
term and it Is- ?
' n't a gag. f
, It's part of a
living legend V
which you hear
up nere. The ; ,
voices of dough- f
-4
Si
boys freezing in
' their foxholes
warmer and
softer with pride as they tell
about Mm.
He Isn't a doctor. He's a med- -leal
aid sergeant and his right
name is Robert E. Ward. He's
27 and he comes from Prince
vflle, HL, where his mother now
lives.
But he is Doc Ward to the en
tire 334th regiment. And his leg
end has spread until the whole
84th division claims him.
"He has personally saved th
lives of at least a hundred men,
said Capt James V. Johnston of
Portland, Ore., his current com
mander. But that Is not the complete
total, even in his own division
where he has roamed two regd-
The
Safety Valve
LETTERS FKOM STATESMAN
READERS -a --r .
CITY COUNCDL PROCEDURES
. The lead front page local news
caption in the Wednesday, Jan.
3, Statesman reads "Salem Coun
cil Turns Over New Leaf and .
Refuses to Backtrack on Past Ac
tion". ' Paragraph three states
"33 per cent of council meeting
time was devoted (in 1944) to
'unmaking resolutions and ordi-"
nances".
Isn't it time' that the council
did more than decide to stand
pat? Where such an amount of
work needs to be done over the
procedure of business must need
to be changed. There may be
more than one fault in the pres
ent procedure.
One defect, at least, is flagrant
A little over a month ago a group
of applications for beer licenses
for 1945 were to be presented to
the Council. Included was one
for Tom Hill and his new partner
for the confectionery near Par
rish junior high school. Having
known of this before the applica
tion, not after, Isabel, some in-.
(Continued on page 7)
Your Federal
Income Tax
Ne. It
Farmer's Leases '
Losses incurred in the oper
ation of farms as business en
terprises are deductible from
gross income. If farm products
are held for favorable" markets,
no deduction on account- of
shrinkage in weight or physical
value, or by reason of deteriora
tion in storage, is allowed, ex
cept as such shrinkage may be
reflected in an inventory if used
in determining profits.
The destruction by frost,
storm,or fire of a prospective
crop is not a deductible loss in
computing income since it rep
resents the loss of anticipated
profits which have never been
reported as income. Likewise, a
farmer, engaged in raising and
selling livestock, such as cattle,
sheep, and hogs, is not entitled
to claim as a loss the value of
animals that perish from among,
those animals that were raised
on the farm, except as such loss
is reflected in an inventory, If
used. If livestock has been pur
chased for any purpose, and af
terward dies from disease, ex
posure, or injury, or Is killed by
order of the authorities ot a State
or the United States, the actual
purchase price of such livestock,
less : any depreciation allowable
as a deduction in respect of such
perished livestock, may be de-
ducted as a loss if the loss is not
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nations and political Issues as
well as to people. We must fur
ther it in every ; way ; possible
before this : confused world can
become sound.
Credit
If
Desired
You choose with con
fidence when you
make your selection at
Stevens & Son! .
DUmonfs
Ee-set .
While Tea
Walt
STEvEHS
Fearless U. S. Medio
'Always Shows Up
Where Needed Most
ments caring jf or wounded and
carrying then out to safety.
- Doughboys of the 103rd infantry
and Tommies lot British units
have seen his 'tall, heavy frame
standing over j them when they
i lay wounded and writhing in
paid. ' - j .
They have, seen his sad, quiet
face bend down and then things
got easier. N4 matter how hot
the fighting was, Doc carried
them out j.
He worked with those outfits
when his own company was rest
ing or in reserve for Doc can't
seem to rest .';. V v -
He lives jwithT a broken
heart" said the battalion chap
lain one day. f He has had too
many men die In his arms." -
Maybe that's it There is noth
ing in his background out of the
ordinary. He had no medical
training other jthan what the
army gave him. He went to high
school and theq got a half-year
of business college training. Then
ha helped with payrolls and an
swered the telephone and did
things like that, for "the Public
Service company in Peoria.
That's his background. That
and- something which has given
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quite inequitablej For while there
there is an annual limit to the
amounts given to specific shows,
: the excess all goes to the coun
ties for fair purposes. The dis
tribution is as follows
Oregon state ( fair 31 per
"cent; limit $35,000; Pacific In
ternational, sarnie as state fair;
Pendleton Roundup, S per cent;
limit 15000; Eastern Oregon
Livestock show, same as
Roundup; N-Wj Turkey show,
1 per cent (limit $1200
' County Fairs, 25 per cent AND
ANNUAL SURPLUS.
Now just to how how the
county fairs have hit the jack
pot here are th figures on their
portion: 1939, $28,577; 1940, $28,
220; 1941, $32,299; 1942, $43,099;
; 1943, $112,600; 1H4, $217,500.
Or on a per county basis the
distribution has risen from $738
in 1939 to $8041 in 1944.
In most of the counties the
annual fairs have! been cancelled
or. -curtailed to 4-H. or Future
Farmer activities j since the out
break of war, so they have had
little or no use of the money.
The 1943 legislature put the
shares of the shows - receiving
limited amounts fin escrow" to
be used only for repairs and
maintenance of- physical plants;
but the surplus goipg to the coun
ties was not disturbed.
Now I am not! opposing the
participation of county fairs In
state revenues frbm the racing
meets. I am supporting the prin
ciple that monies should go Into
the general fundi and then be
appropriated by Qie legislature.
Certainly no ' legislature would
have increased the money going
to county fairs jfrom $738 to
$8041 In five years when the
fairs were closed or curtailed.
Hence, the governor's bill
.should be broadened to include
the full three per (cent from the
race meets. I realize this is aca
demic this year, because the race
meets are called off, so the rev
enues -will not accrue. But this
order may turn out like the dis
tillery shutdowns: subject to
change.r Anyway the principle is
sound and now ii a good time
to put it Into effect
I am fully awsre of the un
holy alliance'V which . has been
used to perpetuate! the pari mu
tuel licensing in Oregon, fright
ening the poor county fairs Into
supporting the toleration. But
some day, when, the state goes
puritan and abolishes pari mu
tuels, the county jfalrs, hst-in-hand
will come begging for di
rect appropriation They ought
to be put under budgeting by
the state now. - i
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HWELKY
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