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Rail Wage Settlement
The railroads are running. Their workers are getting the
same pay as they did last week. The government is in nominal
charge but the service is the same. Now the problem is how
to get the roads back into private control. The workers cer
tainly will not want to go on indefinitely without a wage in
crease; the railway managers will not be willing to raise the
ante over the 15 He increase.
And when this controversy is settled, as presumably it will,
how long will it be before another deadlock occurs and the
formula of government seizure and operation will have to be
repeated?
The Coos Bay Times offers a logical statement of the need
for a more permanent solution to these recurring crises in rail
transportation. We quote, with approval:
The government seizure in 1946 was not Implemented by
a court injunction. As a result there were two days when railroad
sen, ice was sketchy and it was not until President Truman went
to the congress to ask legislation to "draft" men to work on the
railroads and to put the army on the trains that the rail unions
capitulated and the strike was called off. This time, union lead
ers, fearing the power of the court to levy a fine for contempt,
K have passed the word on to the membership that the government's
order must be obeyed.
All these processes, only temporize on the main issue. That
issue is who shall determine the wage rate received by railroad
workers and in the instant case what shall these rates be? Media
tion has not settled the issue. The moral weight of the president's
supposedly impartial fact-finding committee has been ignored.
Unless Mr. Truman and any succeeding president who finds
the railroad wage situation in a snarl chooses personally to
make a compromise settlement, the railroad wage problem
seems destined to end in recurrent national crises. We see no
better ultimate solution than to impose to a neutral, national
body the setting of railroad wages. Such a step is a long stride
towards railroad socialization but so was compulsory setting of
railroad tariffs under which the interstate commerce has final
power to determine ranroaa rates, in a puonc uumy as vasi
and as all-important as railroad transportation, private rights
must be subordinate to the public weal. That being the case, it
seems to us that compulsory arbitration with the results bind
ing on the companies and the employees, offers the only al
ternative to recurrent threats of strike and the fiction of "govern
ment operation".
Review Domestic Laws
Last fall this column approved activities of a group of women
attorneys who have been urging national uniform divorce laws.
The recent Oregon supreme court decision that Nevada di-
vorces are invalid in this state points up the need for action on
this matter.
This week, the traditionally conservative American Bar
association backed a proposal to the National Conference on
Family Life that the president appoint a commission to re-examine
state laws preparatory to setting-up a uniform marriage
and divorce code to be administred by family and juvenile courts.
The purpose of ths plan, a Christian Science Monitor reporter
writes, is to substitute for the old theory of "guilt and punish
ment" the new philosophv of "diagnosis and treatment" with a
view to affecting reconciliation and preserving the family.
An executive of the conference has declared that 95 per cent
of the nation's lawyers condemn the present methods of divorce
procedure: the other 5 per cent are shysters for "easy money,"
he said. The ABA report dephores present procedures as full
of ' ineffable ineptitude" and sympathizes with honest judges
bound by the antedeluvian machinery the law forces them to
employ.
The Conference urges compatible marriage and divorce laws
applicable to all state, extension of low-cost legal aid offices,
and establishment of family and juvenile courts presided over
by Judges who specialize in the domestic relations fields. These
courts would be staffed with marriage counselors, physchologists
and other trained personnel who will work to check the deter
iorating influence of the "American home's greatest single
enemy" divorce.
The case for uniform national divorce and marriage laws
m seems to be all on the affirmative. The brief for divorce-mills
and Gretna Greena and ruthless lawyers just doesn't hold water
when the welfare of children and maintenance of decent family
living is given priority.
Congress is now considering bills to provide adequate hous
ing and vastly expanded public health programs in behalf the
American' family. Thea are unquestionably important to the
nation's well-being.
But the strength and integrity
less material factors than double-constructed walls and free
tooth extractions. That Is where
the entire complex problem.
license and too often end with the
If the government is going
It should and It has then it
mentals, the laws which make
The Lat Word
Representative Gearhart of California, chairman of the House
ways and means committee, defended his decision to hold secret
hearings on the reciprocal trade agreements act. He especially
didn t want any woman's groups
Said he, "I can't see that any useful purpose would be served
by listening to spokesmen for a bunch of ladies' sewing so
cieties reading statement? . . . that had been prepared by the
state department."
Well, the ladies snapped back with a Joint statement from
leaders of the American Association of University Women, the
Young Women's Christian Association, the League of Women
"Voters, the National Council of Jewish Women, the National
Woman's Trade Union League, the Women's Action Committee
for Lasting Peace, and the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom.
Said the women, "We deplore
hope it does not represent the
party (republican). We do not
wish to remind you that women
the nation's consumer goods . . . furnish the manpower with
which to win wars . . . and vote." And so on.
The tariff issue, they said, is too important to be hidden be
hind closed doors. And so on.
Representative Gearhart should have known better, shouldn't
he?
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According to The Dalles Chronicle the June crest of the Co
lumbia river will be the highest in many years. Heavy rains
over the week end caused floods in the Walla Walla area and
the rise from rains will be augmented by runoff of melting
now in the' mountains. The worst flood danger from the . Co
lumbia la on the lower rivtfr. There high water floods the
lowlands and washes away banks and revetments. Less violent
than the ol' Missiasip' the Columbia can cause trouble when it
Is in angry mood.
Noting that republican presidential candidates have prom
ised cabinet positions to the west the Portland Oregonian offers
the name of Sen. Guy Cordon for secretary of the interior. That's
a tine suggestion. Now whom does the Ogn recommend for
governor of Oregon ... or mayor of Portland?
So Ftar Shall Aict"
of a family often depends on
marriage and divorce laws enter
Families begin with the oivic
divorce court's decree.
to enter the problem at all
must also consider the funda
families possible.
horning in.
the statement and certainly
viewpoint of the rest of your
deny that women sew. We do
buy at least 80 per cent of
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situations with very satisfactory
results. The Jay treaty with
Great Britain in the Washington
administration was sharply criti
cised at home, but it did settle
dispute over boundaries that had
hung over from the revolutionary
war. Our diplomats made a real
bargain when they bought Louis-
ana from Napoleon. After Gen
eral Jackson's unauthorized in
vasion or i pa rush riortda our
diplomats secured the cession of
Florida and settlement of the
northwest boundary with the
Spanish possessions. Diplomats
settled the Oregon question in
1848; they made a settlement in
the Alabama claims dispute
which arose in the Civil war. It
was hardly the failure of our
diplomats but the war fever of
Americans which led to the wars
with Mexico and Spain. With
Japan diplomacy failed because
of the expansionist policies of the
ruling party in Tokyo.
While the impasse that has
developed between the United
States and Russia looks tough
the desire seems sincere on both
sides to avoid war. A settlement
through a conference between our
president and Generalissimo Sta
lin is highly improbable. There
remains the communication be
tween governments through dip
lomatic channels supplemented
now by the agencies and the per
sonalities of the United Nations
Maybe our state department
should pick up Moscow's over
tures for diplomatic conversa
tions.
Hall Orders
Prosecution of
Fisherman
Gov. John. H Hall Wednesday
Issued an order directing Attorney
General George Neuner to move
into Lincoln county and take over
the prosecution of Winaford
Thompson, charged with Illegal
fishing.
The governor's action was taken
under a 1947 law creating the Ore
gon department of justice.
Governor Hall said he was ad
vised that the case against Thomp
son, a for-hire boat operator on
the Salmon river, has been drag
glng along for nearly a year and
the district attorney of Lincoln
county apparently has failed to act.
State police, according to Gov
ernor Hall, also complained they
had been unable to get any action
Trial of the case has been set
for May 19 In Lincoln county.
"It also has reached my at
tention," Governor Hall declared
that Thompson has bragged to
friends that the officials could not
halt him from illegal fishing." Hall
said Thompson had been accused
by state police of setting nets in
the river and selling fish on the
highway.
The Salmon river was closed to
commercial fishing by the last
legislature.
Tax Surplus
Case to Start
Trial arguments in the suit re
garding the state's use of surpluses
from income and corporate excise
taxes will be heard Friday after
noon In Marion county circuit
court by Circuit Judge George
Duncan, beginning at 1 :30.
The suit seeks to enjoin the state
tax commission from using the
surplus as part of the state gen
erai luna. int test suit was
brought by former governor
Charles A. Sprague.
It is contended in the complaint
that these surplus funds, now esti
mated between $20,000,000 and
$33,000,000, are earmarked as an
offset against property taxes and
cannot be used for any other pur
pose.
The test case grew out of At
torney General George Neuner's
recent opinion that the surplus
could be included In the general
fund as miscellaneous receipts and
subject to transfer.
Club to Discuss
Spring Plants
Discussions of a variety of
spring flowering plants will oc
cupy Salem Men's Garden club
at Thursday night's meeting In
the YMCA.
Also featured will be a report
on the recent national convention
in Atlanta, Ga., of the Men's Gar
den Clubs of America, by Mark
Taylor, who attended and was re
elected secretary of the organiza
tion. He Is a former president of
the Salem club.'
Other speakers will be P. H
Brydon on rhododendrons, Albert
Beckman on chrysanthemums and
B. F. Schreiner on iris.
CAP Officers
Win Promotion
Staff officers of Salem's civil
air patrol were all promoted one
rank in an order received Wed
nesday from CAP headquarters
In Portland.
James Cannon, Salem command
er, was promoted from first lieu
tenant to captain and C. R. Lind-
strom and Wade Dickinson from
second to first lieutenants. FJdon
Mcintosh, a new member, was ap
pointed a second lieutenant.
Cannon and the officers will go
to Portland Saturday for the an
nual CAP state-wide banquet and
formal dance at the Benson hoteL
Sunday they will attend a two-
hour staff meeting,.
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keep telllo' me you want me to hare the advantages yen didn't haver
Highway Tax
Plan 'Difficult
To Formulate'
The legislative interim commit
tee on highways, meeting in Salem
Wednesday, was advised it will
be difficult to evolve a tax pro
gram for proposed highway ex
pansion until highway needs are
determined.
The advice came from George
St. Clair, Washington, D. C pub
lic roads administration official.
who came to Salem to confer
with the committee. Also attend
ing the meeting were members of
the state tax advisory committee.
Rep. Ralph Moore of Coos Bay
is highway committee ' chairman.
AH agreed that the cost of
future highway expansion should
be determined as soon as possi
ble. Moore said the most popular
method to raise highway funds,
suggested in recent highway hear
ings throughout the state, is a
two-cent a gallon increase In
gasoline taxes and the doubling
of auto licenses from $5 to $10.
This would raise approximately
$10,000,000 annually, committee
members said.
Toastmistress
To Nominate
Genevieve Morgan, Mrs.. L. O.
Arens and Mrs. James Hartley
were elected to the nominating
committee of Salem Toastmistress
club at the dinner meeting in
Nohlgren's restaurant. Election of
officers for the next term will be
held at the first meeting In June.
Miss Morgan who is on the staff
of the state department of agri
culture, was the principal speak
er at the program, talking on
Grades as applied to foods. Mrs.
Hal Reeves was toastmistress and
others taking part In the program
were Jean Spaulding. Maris Bosch,
Mrs. Herbert Simpson, Mrs. Mae
Wilder and Marguerite Gleeson.
Mrs. Marie Ling was table topics
chairman.
The Oregon state speech contest
will be held following the banquet
at Oregon council meeting of
Toastmistress Friday night at Al
bany, it was announced. Amanda
Anderson is the local contestant.
Silence Reigns in
Boonimen's Strike
Despite Reports
A local employer of union boom-
men said Wednesday "he had
heard of no negotiations" between
employers and striking boommen
which reportedly took place In
Salem on Tuesday.
An Associated Press dispatch
from Portland Tuesday night said
that negoUatlons in the four
weeks old strike of boommen had
taken place here.
Edgar A. Linden, superintendent
of Oregon Pulp and Paper com
pany in Salem, said he did not
believe "any of our group con
ducted negotiations with the un
ion." Between 30 and 40 boommen
from this area are on strike for
wage increase which Includes
boommen in the northwest states.
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SILVERTON, May 12 -(Special)
Eighty-three seniors will be gradu
ated at Silverton high school's
commencement exercises June 2, 1
it was announced Thursday.
Dr. Harry Dillin, president of
Lan field college, McMinnville, will
be the principal speaker.
Valedictorian is Alice Miller and
salutatorian, Edith Holland.
Keizer Food
Locker Plant to
Open Saturday
A new meat market and cold
storage plant with over 1,000 fro
zen food lockers will open Satur
day at Keizer under ownership
and operation of B. E. Edwards
and William C. Drakeley.
The 50 by 70 foot pumice stone
building will be open at 8 a. m.
and will serve refreshments at 10
a. m. and 2 p. m. It Is located on
the west side of North River road
one block south of Keizer school.
On hand for opening festivities
will be Garfield Voget of Hub
bard, whose ham and bacon cur
ing won grand championship at a
recent frozen food locker men's
1 1 -state meeting. His hams will be
featured.
Retail market and meat cutting
room are in the front part of the
building. In the rear is the two-
deck arrangement of food lockers
of 8-, 10-, and 20-cubie foot ca
pacity, some of which are still
available for rent, Edwards said.
Mink Farming
Talk Subject
Problems of mink fur farming
were outlined to members of the
Salem Exchange club Wednesday
by Victor Gibson, Salem mink
farmer.
Gibson said the brown mink of
the original stock on his farm has
been altered by breeding to pro
duce various blue varieties which
bring a higher price on today's
market.
His platinum mink, he said, were
rated the best in the nation in
1947, selling well over the pre
vailing auction prices. He outlined
the tedious process by which the
animals are raised to produce top
pelts, stressing that diet and pen
conditions are of vital Importance.
Marines Pick
Sharpshooters
Salem's marine corps reserve
unit is now selecting sharpshooters
for both rifle and pistol teams to
compete with other reserve teams
in the 13th naval district cham
pionship contest this year. Ma).
Leonard Hicks, unit commandant,
announced Wednesday.
The rifle team is coached by Sgt.
Herman Doney and will have eight
members. The seven-man pistol
team is coached by Sgt. William
Unruh. The squads are practicing
at the state prison range. Time and
place for the nine-team contest
has not yet been set, hicks said.
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County Court to
Contest Ruling
On Cattle Test
Marion County Judge Grant
Murphy took issue with the state
agriculture department Wednes
day on the law regarding com
pulsory testing of cattle for Bang's
disease.
The Judge took exception in a
letter to be mailed today to M. E.
Knickerbocker, chief of the di
vision of animal Industry in the
department of agriculture, with his
recent interpretation that certain
sections of a county cannot be ex
empted from complying with the
testing law except- by petition of
a majority of county cattle own
ers. Judge Murphy contends that the
Bang's testing program can be
applied to "the whole or part of
a county on petition of 100 stock
owners." The judge based his
claim on Oregon law involved,
asserting that the section relative
to a majority of stockmen applies
only when an area contains fewer
than 100 cattle owners.
He added that the Marion coun
ty court chooses to stand on this
basis until an opinion from the at
torney general changes it or un
til it Is tested in the courts.
Meanwhile the court Wednes
day signed the order declaring that
beef as well as dairy cattle shall
be Included ih the county's Bang's
disease testing program. The order
will take effect July 1 in all the
county except an isolated moun
tainous section rn the Abiqua ba
sin. Adult Scouters,
Wives to Visit
Seattle Meet
Seventeen adult scouters and
their wives from the Cascade area
Boy Scout council will attend the
38th annual national scout coun
cil meeting in Seattle May 19 and
20.
Hollis Smith of Dallas, council
president, and William L. Phillips
of Salem, member of the regional
executive committee, are the coun
cil's representatives. They will
take part and vote in .all official
convention actions, resolutions and
motions.
Others who are going from Sa
lem Tuesday include Scout Ex
ecutive Gordon Gilmore, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter J. Scott, Mr. and
Mrs. Gardner Knapp, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Bowers and Mrs. Phillips.
Also planning to attend are Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Michelsen of Al
bany. Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Philips of Albany, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Lantz of Wood burn and !
Mrs. Smith of Dallas.
Gilmore said that more than
2,000 scout officials are expected
to be present at the convention
first one to be held In Pacific
northwest. At the same time re-
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