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From First Statesman. March it, 151
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Country Turns to New Leadership
There is no suspense over the result of the
- presidential election. Life magazine disregards
the amenities and labels a picture of Governor
and Mrs. Dewey: "The next president travels
by ferry boat." Not since 1936 has there been
such a unanimity in forecasting the result of
the polL Only President Truman. stands by his
aWt-repeated declaration that the democratic
ticket will win.
One characteristic of this campaign has been
very peculiar: "The incumbent has- been the
challenger. Usually the one occupying office
holds to the defensive here. Truman, evidently
figuring that the best defense is attack, has been
pit the aggressive, hammering the record of the
80th congress, biting' at Dewey's plea for "un
ity,"' and trying to rally the old FDR alliance
under the banner of the new deal. Dewey, who
four years ago was the challenger, has con
demned the administration as old, tired, fumbl
ing; but his tone has been patronizing, assum
ing his own victory and the democrats defeat.
Others besides Truman have criticized De
wey for dealing in-? generalities and failing to
get in and fight with brass knuckles. But the
Dewey strategy has been carefully thought out.
Confident of victory he has tried" to avoid stir
ring up bitterness. Recognizing the perils that
lie ahead for the nation he has been sincere in
appeals for unity, for joini effort in tackling
our problems both domestic and foreign. As far
as commitments on particular issues are con
cerned he is stronger politically to be free from
mortgages given in advance. Franklin Roose
velt, it is recalled, made many promises in 1932
rto balance the budget, reduce boards and
commissions, maintain the gold standard
which he proceeded to violate after he obtained
office. Dewey may find that after all he has
made too many promises as it is, for his own
comfort and the country's welfare.
Truman must be credited with being a dough
ty scrapper. Facing defection from the extreme
right (the Dixiecrats) and from the extreme
left (the Wallace progressives), with many
prominent democrats sitting on their hands in
this campaign, with a thin campaign purse, he
has fought pretty much of a lone fight. His
chief organized support has come from political
action groups of organized labor. No president
has undertaken so heavy a traveling and speak
ing schedule.
His speeches at times have been demagogic,
and his tirades of abuse have seemed undigni
fied for a president of the United States. He
will poll an impressive vote, however, much
larger than seemed possible last summer when
bis fortunes were at very low ebb.
Dewey in his campaign trips this year has
cultivated more friends. The Oregon campaign
broke down his reserve and showed he was just
a human being. The big campaign is more form
al, but he has been more cordial, less formal.
xoaThe result is that much of the personal dislike
to the ambitious Dewey has been washed away,
though enough remains to give rise to friction
when he works with congress.
Of this we are sure: Dewey is ambitious as
FDR was to prove himself a great, president.
He is aware of the difficult problems that face
the country but he has confidence in himself
and in the group who constitute his "team."; He
has, too, a background of political experience
as governor of the largest state in the union
where he has dealt with affairs of large mo
ment. This apprenticeship will serve, him well
in the much larger task of president.
The time for a change in Washington is at
hand. Truman is quite unable to direct affairs
in these times. High cabinet officers and firm
hand is needed to grasp the tiller, and bring
fresh vision and fresh stamina in the direction
of American affairs. It is evident the people are
turning now to Thomas E. Dewey and to the
republicans, entrusting them with the respon
sibilities of power. Tuesday will merely record
the now obvious mandate.
sympathizers in this country, for instance, will
no doubt try to smuggle guns and planes to the
Israeli as they have succeeded in doing in the
past.
Economic sanctions used alone appear to be
a shaky measure because the war in Palestine
is so much more complex than the war in Eth
iopia. The latter was clearly a case of aggres
sion by an imperialistic nation and the League,
as an organization, was a third party to the
dispute even though the combatants were mem
bers. In Palestine, both Israel and the Arabs
have a certain amount of justification for their
claims to the territory in question, and United
Nations, having set the boundaries, is already
involved up to its neck.
Perhaps just the threat of sanctions will give
the fighters pause. It depends to some extent
on how well they are set up to carry on the
war. But the United .Nations, with its reputa
tion for effectiveness already precarious, should
be careful about applying sanctions to enforce
its request for truce unless U.N. is able to en
force the sanctions, too.
Unfortunately, effective and permanent en
forcement of its own decisions has not been
one of U.N.'s strong points ... a fact which adds
to the arguments for early establishment of an
international police force. If peace must be co
erced, the coercer must be stronger than those
he forces to abandon use of force.
Sanctions for Peace
For the second time in, recent history, econ
omic sanctions are bemr proposed as a means
t) end war. Britain and China asked the, Un
ited Nations Thursday to force the fracas in
.Palestine to a halt by cutting off trade with the
disputants.
If past experience still holds, economic sanc-
tions work about like Prohibition: the bootleg
gers and rum-runners undertake to supply the
demand.
The last time economic sanctions were ap
plied by an international body was in 1933
when Italy invaded Ethiopia. The League of
Nations Covenant provided that, if any League
member resorted to war, all other members
were to stop all commerce with it. Both Italy
and Ethiopia were League members and the
other member-nations did apply some sanctions.
But oil, a vital war material, was still sold to
Italy, enabling her to smash the primitive Eth
iopians. -
Italy's brazen victory turned the economic
sanctions penalty into a farce and the episode
served only to weaken the League by showing
how powerless it was to enorce its own deci
. sions.
If the economic sanctions fiasco were to be
repeated in the' Palestine dispute. United Na
tions would suffer a similar loss of face. And
chances are good that both Palesti and F-ot
fdhvould get 'bootlegged arms from various in
terested parties, just as Italy sot oiL Jewish
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The Handcuff King
A Good Administration
West Salem has a particularly important is
sue to decide at the election Tuesday whether
to give continued support to the administration
of Mayor Walter Musgrave. -
It is our conviction that such support is war
ranted, and that it wduld not be to the best in
terests of the city if the administration were
repudiated.
Musgrave has fitted admirably into the nec
essary program of cooperation between Salem
and West Salem. His views on an ultimata
merger of the two are very much in accord with
the policy of this newspaper as a matter of
mutual benefit. But even disregarding thosa
views, which are not at public issue at this time,
the time and effort; his group has put into pro
moting and welfare of his city are well worth
recognition.
Wa have no quarrel with his opponents, ac
cepting the fact that opposition is based solely
on honest differences of opinion, but wa would
regret exceedingly if Musgrave wera not ac
corded the support he has earned.
Public discussions of West Salem issues have
been hampered by a semi-boycott of meetings
on the persons opposed to ultimate merger. It
is too bad this issue has beclouded the situation.
The administration of Mayor Walter Mus
grave should be given a vote of confidence at
Tuesday's polls.
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is of mora importance. Ho was
assigned to the second district
(Benton, Polk, Yamhill and
Washington counties) and while
sittingin the first district after
Chief Justice Bryant quit the ter
ritory he presided at the trial of
five Cay-use Indians who wera
convicted of the murder of Dr.
Marcus Whitman.
When the court was fully con
stituted, political partisanship
entered, since Pratt was a strong
democrat while the new appoint
ees, Thomas Nelson and William
Strong, wera Whigs. The court
really fell apart over the location
of the territorial capital. The leg
islature had passed a law fixing
the location of the capital and
certain state institutions. Nelson
and Strong ruled that the meas
ure was invalid because it con
flicted with the organic act pass
ad by congress in covering more
than one subject. Pratt sided
with thm strong "Salem Clique"
of 'democrats who wanted the
capital located here. He declared
the Nelson-Strong decision was
invalid because they were not
sitting at the seat of government.
The legislature, strongly demo
cratic, continued to meet in
Salem. Later, congress passed a
law fixing the capital at Salem.
When Pratt's term expired ha
was not reappointed.
Pratt practiced law in the ter
ritory until 1856 when he re
moved to San Francisco where
ho entered law practice, served
a term as judge, acquired largo
land holdings, figured in a di
vorce scandal, died in 1891.
Teiser says he left little per
manent impress on Oregon's his
tory, cultivated only a few fast
friends, and "while pompous
and given to a showing of the
appearance of erudition, funda
mentally he had a good knowl
edge of the law. His prejudices,
however, affected his judg
ments." May bo Salem should remem
ber him because of his help to
Salem democrats in keeping the
capital here; but there la little
evidence that his opinion in the
controversy was decisive George
H. Williams and Matthew P.
Deady who later came to the'
territorial court were men of
greater capacity and superior
judicial temperament who help
ed give a strong character to the
infant 'Judicial system of Ore-gon.
The Statesman
Recommends-
State Measures
Constitutional amendment to permit
voters to establish new and higher tax
base on which to compute the six per
cent annual increase.
301 X NO
Constitutional amendment authoriz
ing issuance of -bonds for state refor
estation purposes.
302 X TES
111 establishing; state boys camp
near Timber. Ore.
305 X NO
BOI amending hydroclectrle law.
30T X NO
Constitutional amendment removinc
taxpayer qualification for voters la
school district tax elections.
SOS X TES v
Bill requiring the state to par SB
monthly pensions to all elderly people
who lac tnat amount in net income.
311 X NO
Bill Increasing Income tax exemp
tions.-
31J X NO
Bill permitting sale of hard liquors
by me (lass in noteis. restaurants.
duos ana awing cars.
3li X NO
Measures at Issue Nov., 2
Amending constitution to provide for
bonus for veterans of second world
wsr.
31T X NO
BUI prohibiting salmon fishing with
fixed gear and seines. .
IIS X YES
Two Sides to the Picture
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Oregon need not be ashamed of its schools.
Reports earlier this month told of a number of
sub-standard rural schools whose lack of in
door plumbing or other physical deficiencies
keep them from getting, state school support
funds. Now another survey, this by Pathfinder
magazine, brings out another set of facts: in the
nationwide scale Oregon ranks first in money
spent per pupil, first in high school teacher
training requirements, fourth in capital outlay
per pupil (for buildings, equiment, "etc.) and
second in the per cent of high school enroll
ment to total enrollment.
Steelhammer for Representative
John T. Steelhammer edged into the nomin
ation for representative by only one vote in the
primaries. He ought to place higher in the fi
nals. The Marion county house delegation was
short of effective floor leaders, and Steelham
mer is able in that field. John is aware of soma
his past faults and Is altering his course ac
cordingly. He also has outlined a definite pro
gram of measures he favors. We believe he
should be given another chance in the legisla
ture. I
TAX TO COVER DEFICIT
Tea 32. Na 321
Transfer of funds from Income
tax receipts surplus to cover
Oregon's general fund deficit for
the 1947-49 biennium, amounting
to $6,430,069.10, is up to the elec
torate in this measure. The vote
was authorized by the 1947 legis
lative session to assure that the
state government would not end
up the fiscal period in the red.
Approval of the measure will
not result in any added tax bills
against property, since income
tax receipts are designated to
offset property levies.
The deficit is occurring be
cause of rapidly increasing costs
of operation for state offices and
institutions and the cost of serv
ing a growing population. Since
the constitution allows only a 6
per cent increase above property
tax levies for the previous period,
the legislature could not author
ize the added levy without a vote
of the people.
A legislative committee sup
porting the bill m the Voters'
Pamphlet reminds that three me
thods existed for meeting the de
ficit - - transfer of surplus in
come and excise tax receipts,
which the Oregon supreme court
recently held was not lefal; a
new source of revenue, which in
the form of a sales tax the voters
rejected a year ago; a levy in
creased above the 6 per cent lim
it by popular vote.
The proposed plan merely le
galizes the use of already-available
funds to pay state bills.
The committee comprised Sen.
Ernest R. Fatland of Condon and
Reps. H. H. Chindgren of Molal-
la and Paul Hendricks of Salem.
Reference to people for authority to
levy tax to cover deficit in -state gen
eral fund for the biennium. Amount
would be covered by income tax re
ceipts.
320 X TES
County Measure
Extra levy for veterans organiza
tions Duuaings or naiis.
' 323 X NO
City Measures
Charter amendment to reduoe fire
men's hours snd authorize tax levy
up to three mills.
Ml X NO
Charter amendment to set up
mission form of government.
SOS X NO
Franchise for Salem Electrie,
SOS X NO
Annexations to Salem.
VOTE TES
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
County Sheriff
The sheriffs race is warming up some. Den-
ver Young, republican, is the incumbent Snd is
standing for re-election. Andy Burk, his pred
ecessor, is riding what he. hopes is a come-back
trail. The votes of the countjMmow them both
and the kind of administration each. has given.
The Statesman supports Young who has done
a pretty good job both in the law enforcement
and tax collection division of his office.
A Russian delegate at a UN committee brand
ed use of "new methods of warfare" as an in
ternational crime "punishable by death. This
must mean that Russia doesn't have the atom
bomb yet. It also means the United States does
n't dare lose the next war.
Oregon republicans use as a slogan: Vote for
the best man. They are quite safe in using that
in this state. But it isn't adapted for export
everywhere, Illinois for instance.
The world series is out of the way, the elec
tion will be over Tuesday. Then we can settle
down and really enjoy the football season.
i
aiUlii !1TiiCa.
"Tea better forget that throw the rascals out' staff In yomr preas
statement. Senator ... Yoa happen ta be one of the rascals..
DockWalkout
Pact Ratified
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 30 - VP)
The Pacific American Shipowners'
association have ratified a contract
with the CIO Marine Engineers'
union and opened the door for pos
sible discussions with . the unaf
filiated marine firemen.
It was a major' development in
the 58-day-old west coast long
shore and shipping tie-up involv
ing five unions.
The San Francisco local of the
marine engineers ratified the con
tract last night, 230 to $6. Seattle
ratified it today. Other west coast
locals were taking action today.
-We will meet with ,the fire
men's committee just as soon as
mutually satisfactory arrange
ments can be made, said PASA
President J. B. Bryan. He added
the employers were "studying the
possibilities' of resuming negotia
tions with, radio officers.
Reds Admit Increase
In German Police Force
BERLIN, Oct. SO-Pr-The Sov
iet military administration said last
night the armed "police force of
the Soviet -cone was recently in
creased by 10,000 men."
The Russian occupation officials
did not give the previous size of
the police force but denied reports
of between 200.000 and 400.000 is
being built up.
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Safety Valve
Chareh Favors 8 E Franchise
To the Editor: . .
In Thursday's Statesman my
old friend Dave Pugh says he is
against letting Salem Electric
reach the thousands of people
who want it. This was to be ex
pected, as Dave is always wrong
on all such questions. He was
against the municipal water Idea,
and after- the Jbonds were voted
he ceased being, an electrical ex-
. pert, declared himself a hydro
engineer, and fought for wells as
the best source of water for
Salem, which would have meant
thousands of dollars to the PGE
company for pumping 10,000V
000 gallons a day. Dave says'
Salem Electric hasn't the neces
sary equipment. It has adequate
equipment for its present busi
ness and will quickly add what
ever Is needed if given permis
sion to extend under the pro
posed ordinance. And Dave harps
on the old mildewed tax theme,
and figures that Salem receives
$43,933.28 net in PGE taxes.
There are about 48,000 people
in Salem, so it may, be said that
the average citizen' gains about
a dollar a year in taxes on ac
count of PGE. So if Dave is an
average citizen he pays about a
dollar a year less taxes on that
account. Now if he will subtract
from his annual PGE electric bill
Ereclf fc foY " tlii ' lifrfa "service;
that dollar will look, very puny.
Yes, PGE gives him a dollar a
year and charges him -approximately
$25 for it Wouldn't he be
better off to pay the dollar and
keep the other $24? And he wor
ries about the alleys being lit
tered with two sets of poles.
Oregon has a law requiring dual'
use of poles when practicable,
the second user being required to
pay rental to the owner of the
pole but every time Salem Elec- .
. trie sends its check for pole
rental to PGE, the latter returns
the Check and tears down? the
Salem Electric wires. .
A. M. Church.
Grover Hillmari to
Attend Convention
Grover Hillman, manager of
Cherry City Baking company in
Salem, has left. for Chicago to at
tend the 51st annual convention
of the American Bakers associa
tion from November 4 through' C.
He is district governor of the
association and will be a key par- -ticipant
in the three-day meeting.
More than 2,000 baking officials,
representing the nation's 30,000
bakeries, will attend.
PROGRESSIVES TO PARADE
PORTLAND, Oct 30 -(P-The
Progressive party of Henry A.
Wallace win be permitted to hold
a parade here on election eve. But
the city council has forbidden use
of sound trucks in the downtown
the amount he would pay Salem area.
) o gorgeous new pattern in J
Silver Services
The Ascot Service is sow design fat Go sanity Silrer Services
atbentieally 18th Ceatary . . . inspired by a lovely Sheffield
Plate design of that period. Characteristic shell, scroll and leaf
motifs are combined in the richly carved borders. Carving spouts
mad handles flow harmoniously into the beantifally shaped body
OTt)"e. Ascot is truly a masterpiece of reproduction, even to the
fine line mi lines inr on the bodv rjortioo. fcacu lordy pteee snows
the naiiis ta kin skill of Community Craft si tm in the shapti
representing the rich beauty of
shaping ana
la and sea the lovely
hoOowware designs. We Invito 70a So
paces we nays on display.
COMPLETE SET AND TRAY
Including Fed. Tax
300.00
Tei
STEVEIIS & son
JEWELERS
339 Canrt Street
Do Ton Enow Thai
Sjilen Firemen
Work an 84 Honr
Week?
WHY
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Should Salem Firefighters be re-
quired to work 34 hours per 'week ia
order te make a living, when It Is
nationally recognised and agreed
thai no one should bo required ta
work ever 4S hours a week? The
hour week la new a reality.
YOUR SALEM
FIREFIGHTERS -RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST
A 63 HOUR WEEK
-'Vote 508 X
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Firefighierx' 63
Honr 'Week
Pd. Adv. by Captain F. Barrett, Clin
toa Bart. C K. Bockhelta, Salens
Firefighters' 3 Beer Week Com
mittee, SaJeaa, Oregon.
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