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4 Tho S tort man, Salom, Oregon. Wodnoeday, Juno 18, 1947 a& (fe&on&tatesraau "No Favor Swayi V, No Fear Shall Awt" From First Statesman, March tS, 1131 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member ef the Assoc late The Aseeetate rrees U entitled exelusiyely to the sm for repabfl- eatioa of all the local news printed la this newspaper, as well as all AT stwt olspatebee, Til Lesion nans Celebration On July 4, 5, 6 Auto races, stage show, dance and fireworks will ' feature the three-day celebration beginning July 4 at the state fairgrounds under - the auspices of Capitol post 9, American Legion. An annual event prior to the war. this Years celebration will Morse and His Constituents be sponsored in cooperation with Senator Morse's declaration that ht would votajagairat fn Pot 138. The auto races the conference report on the labor bill and vote to sustain a " r 'h "u '"3.Y: presidential veto even if every voter in Oregon favored the bill ract -h occupy the afternoon of has provoked a great deal of discussion in his home state. The l July S. A production variety-act Medford Mail-Tribune regrets Morse's voluble outspokenness, ahow, now being assembled, is quae umm.CTMw.jr uciia.n . v r-- 4 and 5 in front of the race-track weakness or the senator s wun a similar tendency o speaa. grandstand bluntly by Governor Charles it. Martin, "tn greatest governor Oregon ever had." The Oregonian thinks that under represen tative democracy an elected representative must listen to his constituents and says of Senator Morse: Senator Morse is quite justified in refusing to be influenced by temporary waves of feeling at home. But if he ever gets into the hypothetical situation set forth by himself, where everyone would be against him, we hope he will not go into the senate and vote but will go back to the office and write his resignation. We still have considerable faith in democracy where the will of the oeoDle is that complete. It may be well to hear from Morse on the point, lor ne has a different interpretation of a senator's responsibility un der our form of government: On the other hand, as I read the constitutional debates on the basis of which this government came into being it was not contemplated that under a representative form of government a man in the senate of the United States should vote in accord ance with the dictate of a- majority as determined by a Gallup poll or some other method of determining a temporary majority opinion. Rather, the basic theory of a representative government requires a senator to assume the solemn obligation, intended by the founding fathers, and vote for legislation which he believes to be in the public interest, even though he knows that as of that moment a majority of his constituents would vote contrary to pis judgment. Then it is his obligation of political leadership to ttasd up and tell his constituents why he took the action which he did. If his reasons are not satisfactory to them then it is their opportunity and privilege to remove him from his seat at the next election. I think the people of my state want me to represent them by exercising an honest independence of judgment on the merits of issues as I find them back here. They want me to weigh the views of those constituents who write and wire me, but .cast my votes free of political pressures and unmoved by threats of loss of political support if I do not do the bidding of some pressure groups. This debate, is by no means new. It has proceeded ever since delegation of authority began. Shall a man vote his con victions; or shall he vote as he thinks his people at home want him to vote? It surely is the natural inclination of every elected senator or congressman or assemblyman to "represent" his con st i turrits, to see that their needs and their will are properly presented in the larger councils of the state. Btthera come times when one's conscience collides with what majr'be the majority opinion in a district or state. Then the individual must decide what his course of action must be. It is the opinion of The Statesman that in matters of clear and definite con viction the representative should vote as Ms mind and con science dictate.. To quote Shakespeare: To thine own self be true, And it mutt follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. As a general rule, people have mora respect for a man . who out of principle opposes them than for the timid soul who puts his finger to the breeze to test sentiment on every issue Nor is it necessary for a senator or representative to resign ,r,RiN Ar ji:ar it A gala fireworks display, first since tne beginning or tne war. will be staged on the night of the Fourth following tht stage show. On the nights of July 4 and 9 a dance is slated with music sup plied by George Bums' orches tra which recently entertained at the Portland Rose festival. In addition to the planned af fairs there will be concessions and rides and races for children. Police Nab 4 i Jaywalkers Four more charges of jaywalk ing were made by city police Tuesday, and those three, plus five of the seven charged on Mon day, appeared in the station to I post bail. Those cited Tuesday were . Smith, 388 E. Lincoln it., and Merwyn Palmer, Beaverton, each of whom paid $2.50 bail; Reda Vice, 241 N. Liberty it, who paid $1 bail, and Mary Nordrlft, 220 E. Meyers st, who has not ap peared. Bail of 12.50 was also posted by James Jordan, 822 N. Com mercial st.: Willie Thomas. 727 S. 12th st; Mrs. Taylor, 100 Che- meketa st; Lucille Hodges, 3720 Brooks ave and Zella Stuart 1417 N. Liberty st I Army Shows Movie to Club The Plan for Peace," a film, was shown by two members of the army signal corps at Salem Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday. Pfc. Jack Gordon, 18, explained how he will be able to have a full college education under the GI bill when he Is discharged, an education which he could not af ford himself. The picture was referred to as "one of the plans" for peace un der which boys from 18 to 20 A By Lichtv Justicc Warns Against Loss Of Resources "We of the nt are systematic ally killing the u rt bjr spertding our natural mnurm Vto fast." State Supreme Court JuUre Ar thur Hay told member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, meeting for the first time in the Marine room of the Marlon ho tel. Tuesday noon. "If we had had someone wraUh- Ing over our resource during the la it 50 or 60 year we would be better off." the jurist stated. He cited as instance of waste in the northwest the destruction of top soil occasioned by certain types of gold mining, the erosion caused by flood which are in turn caused by the destruction of large stands of timber, and the threat to the fishing Industry which has been brought about by the development of the north west s power dam system. tature and the state f.h rommU- fx. The action ti f Jed by fkstrtrt Attorner Miller Harden. Urma county. Itaytlen ronlrrxled that tn serving In the dual cap ay Hill at vtolatirg the state conUlu Un. Circuit Judge Gewge Dun- ran. Ms nun rnunlv. rrrkuir held against If ill aSerrurmn he I 'pes led to the supreme rourt. Similar rase were filed against State Senator Uerle Chessman. Astoria, then a member of the state highway cummusion. and the la I William !L Stray. Baker, member of the UW board of geology and mineral trdatrte. Chessman later resigned flora the highway cummlasion. High Court Dcnica Damaca to Widow The state sutene court T dajr affirmed Crrut Jwdce Ji VT. Crawford. Mult ty. In a twit tn hb Mr. Cecelia A. Gallagher. 71-j ear 44 fNsrt- land eetued damages frxwn the Portland TnsrUaai Ca pen. Mr. CatlagWr awed far tSjMSt on the ground that ahe was tn lured tn the defer! r mim pany'a bus stacked ouddety e4 t caused her te fall. The mifrvmm court said there h rt-Msenre to show thst she was tar4 tule a pa eager mm the bus. "I had bo ldear the hired ansa was on strike till I saw the lrj lay! over there!" Court Hears Dual-Job Suit The state supreme court Tues day heard arguments of attorneys in the suit brought agairut State Rep. Earl Hill. Cushman. Lane county, to restrain him from set-ring both as a member of the lerfs- The Oregon Bob 150 If Smart If. New ITa Mad For You! Mad Formansmta t-S3 trp Wo Also Hare Macbineteaa and Cold Permanent Wares BXALTT SBOP 7. fctmee SLmiUtm Oeeaee fterrte Otrl turret Eatraure rv ISM inLLEH'S DEEP E C00LEEAT0E HOME AND FARM FREEZERS Start freetiag yoor trsdta vegetable n m 9330000 years old will receive universal if he finds himself at odds with his constituency. He was elected training but will not bo in the for a fixed term and is entitled to serve it out. Then tho peopl X iHhe mr pe""r"""J may decide whether to return him to office or not. Also, a I noaer Johnson was the chair- aenator has to vote on many measures. He can't .well hold a man in charge of tho program. referendum on each one. Because on one he finds himself out : HT" of step with his home people he should not toss in the towel, pjy et .LaVS ne miuuiu w maue ui sicrner biuh mail uiai. ii iic ia vuii- inced he is right then he must also have confidence that sooner or later his constituency wilt recognize that his posi- won was touna. Twenty new Ute laws effecting The Medford editor was correct in saying that Mors was operations of the veterans affairs In Pamphlet unduly provocative -in his statement. His truculence invited gripes at home. In contrast one might refer to Senator McNary. Although Oregon voted regularly for Franklin . D. Roosevelt, Senator McNary voted against many of the new deal measures the Wagner labor relations act among them yet he brought down no reprisals on his head. Senator Fred Steiwer voted against nearly all the Roosevelt measures, including the famous 15 per cent economy act of 1933 without getting the folk at home excited over his opposition We are sure that many of Morse's critics would vote their convictions too if they were serving in the senate or house. Their present attitude is conditioned not on Morse's defiance but on the way he proposes to vote. Yet many of these -men, when the country was strong as horseradish for the new deal had high praise for the lone guard of republicans who held fast to their principles and resisted the advance of government paternalism and extravagance. They suffer now from a short memory. ..-. We art neither disturbed nor surprised at the position Morse takes on the obligations of his office. We are not sur prised at his stand on the labor bill, for fundamentally his sympathies are on the worker sidg of modern industrial con troversy. We credit him with honest intention in this contro ersy as well as the courage of. his conviction both virtues een too rarely among public men department have been published in pamphlet form and will be ready for distribution sometime this week, W. P. Caarenstrom, new director, announced Tuesday. Most important are amendments to the state veterans' loan act for the purchase of farms and homes which provides a $6,000 maximum loan, and to tho state educational act which give Oregon veterans not already studying under the G-I bill of rights a maximum of $33 a month up to - 36 months while studying in academic or vo cational schools. Valley Briefs Detroit Harold Whit cam Saturday and will be with the forest service near here this summer. Four Corners Rickey Gar den club meets Wednesday at 8 pjn. at Mrs. E. D. Andersons on Lancaster drive, with Mrs. Charles (Continued from page 1) offered has been largely negative. Our administrators have been pretty much absorbed in stopping communism that they have given the Russians the Initiative. Hauser does not think it is too late to preserve or extend the democratic idea In western Eu rope but he is dubious of present! methods: ! "The Truman doctrine, designed ! to hold the line with dollars, j bread and guns, may delay the advancing tide. It wont stop it. Some of us who were in Greece this spring felt that the president's move looked suspiciously like the act of a man who realizes he has missed the bus and decides to take a plane. Would not his program of assistance to the Greek govern ment remain an Imperfect match for the living heartbeat, the ideo logical conviction, of Greek guer rilla captains? "Ideas will have to be fought with ideas. It Is hard to convey to Americans that the people of Europe are more starved for ideas than for bread, but It is never theless true "The little people of Europe all Eu rope are eagerly and des perately waiting for word from uncle Sam. Before they can go alOng with the policy of the United States, they want to see it imple merited with ideas. If we can con vince them that we are on their side, if we can give them some thing to hope for and believe in again, if we can make them feel that they are still masters of their fate rather than helpless flotsam. wo might plant a new fortitude In their hearts." Alas, in the whole American establishments at home and abroad there seems little compre hension of Ideas as munitions of peace. We think In terms of "stop ping" communism rather than of spreading the concepts of freedom under order. We build a Maginot line of American dollars and bomb rather than launch a poli tical offensive for the rejuvenation of Europe. To put it in ordinary terms of business: If we spent more time improving our own product and really selling it and less time denouncing the "compe tition" we would reach our goal faster. No one in authority seems to have the necessary imagination and drive. Interest 'Mild' in Anderson as assistant hostess. I a i o 1 Election of officers will be held. UHlip AlIaiT Sale Rirlrman nrMirlent Mn HarHia tjrfvernor sneil has declared July 5th a holiday. It s a Sat- Phillips, vice president: Mrs. W. urday, and with such an extension of Saturday closing or 'half- Pederson, secretary, and Mrs. day closing the Dublic will nrobablv sav. "mieht as well." News- wao Miner, treasurer. paper folk don't go much for holidays however. They still have to put out tho paper, and can't collect much news for it save auto accidents and catastrophes. They are more inclined to favor a holiday from holidays. Maybe if the Salem Senators could read Bremerton out of the WIL they'd , get over that resurgent defeatist complex. From Our Contemporaries Editorial Comment THE DEMOCRATIC METHOD This newspaper has supported the Taft-Hartley Labor Manage ment Relations Act, in the form in which it has now passed the House by a four-to-one majority and the Senate by a three-to-one majority. We believe that it protects the essential rights of labor unions to organize; to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; to set up union shoDs by contract of a ma jority of the workers with the employer; and, except in the case of Government employes, to go on strike. The limitations set on former union privileges have seemed to us to be a needed protection of the rirhts of management, the individual worker and the general public. These points need not be argued. Even a Presidential veto could not be expected to prevent this new experiment in regulated inausinai relations rrom being tried. dui inouier poini was wen empnasizea Dy senator lves on rnoay. This bill "is not the end product" Senator Ives himself promised that "if anything shows that it is harmful to the trade union movement" he would be "among tho first" to do his "utmost to see that it is corrected." The Wagner Act was passed in an effort to correet aammea souses. The right to organize and bargain col lectively, recognised in the present law. was not until then univers. ally recognized. When tho Wagner Act itself gave rise to abuses the current movement to correct them arose. When the Hartlev Bill Idanha The three children of the Richard Farrows and a daugh ter of the 'Charles Jacobs were baptized Sunday at the 3 p.nu ser vices held in the theatre here. The Rev. S. L. Almlic of Sil- verton was in' charge of the Lutheran services. Receiving bap tism were Frederick Roy Farrow and his twin brother and sister, tl!V,..J T I T-! Jk Dorothy Lerose Jacobs. More than in l eniieniiarV s ttAt s4 as4 Kaa m as- I k1 A 1 I J ww anvi iucu wio BvlTlVCI stasia ass connection with the baptisms. Tho latest sale of surplus build ings at Camp Adair is occasion ing only "mild interest" on the part of prospective buyers, the war assets administration an nounced in Portland Tuesday. The office reminded that bids will be received until Monday night and that a WAA represen tative at Camp Adair will show the buildings and supply detailed information there. 'Goshen Gunman' Cloverdale Mrs. Wesley Good- lander, who has been ill at her home for the past three months. has been taken to the Deaconess hospital where she will remain Indefinitely. Tho Safety Valvo LETTEK3 FKOU STATESMAN EXADEES WHATISIT? To the Editor: What is that Foolkiller Thing we, in Rural Parts, see of a night Leo Higgins. 15-year old "Go shen gunman." who twice escaped from the Eugene jail, was received at th state penitentiary Monday night. Eugene officials advised prison officials that the boy would bear watching as he probably would attempt to escape. He is under a five-year sentence. Prison Warden George Alexander said the youth would be employed within the prison walls. Funeral Services for Burned Girl Friday MT. ANGEL. June 17 Fun eral services for Hilda Dodd. 14. who was fatally injured Monday in a lire which destroyed her fa toward Salem? Is it a patent elec went too far there was a swing back toward the milder terms of haver to cut whiskers from j mily's home, will be held Friday at 2:30 p. m. in the Howell-Ed wards chapel. Salem. Burial will the Taft Bill. It is not easy to arrive at a balanced society in which every one at all times enjoys all his rights and every one at all times fulfills all his obligation. The democratic method Is to keen on trv. tng. If the Taft-Hartley Bill wer really "slave labor legislation it would not last a year. It could not even be enforced. Exneriene Senator lves says .may suggest changes. What is fair and workable Man in the Moon? or is it a searchlight to see if Gabriel has paid his income tax? It alarms the elders and sets all the dogs to barking! - Inquiringly, Florence Matthes, be at Be lc rest Memorial park The girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. 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