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4 The Stat man; Salem, Oregon. TuMdaj. Pocembor 21,' 1941 11 MWMMS (Ml "No Favor Stoay Us, NolFear Shall Aw" Frees First Statesman. March 28, 1881 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher (InUred at the postofflce at Salem. Orefon. aa aecond ctasa matter under art of confreac March S, 1M. yubliahea every morning except Monday. Business office 115 S. Commercial. Salem, Oregon. Telephone 1-3441. MCMBCJt OF THS ASSOCIATED PRESS Tae AseedateS Fresa la tatUleS exelaslrely te the se for rrpukUraUom af an the leeaJ iiwi ruue4 la this aewaaeaer, a well aa all AP newt aicpatehea. MEMBER PACITIC COAST DIVISION Of BUREAU OT ADVERTISING Advertising Representative Ward -Griffith Co.. New York. Chicago. San Francisco. Detroit. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Br Mail (la Advisee) By CMy Carrier uregon asewnere in U.5.A. On month Six month... On year .7S . 4.00 , . S.M. ... 1.00 OS ..11.S0 One month.. Six months . One year . IjM (.M jxte Take Milk Control from Ag Dept. The state board ol agriculture recommends that the administration of the milk control law be divorced from the state department of agri culture. Its reason is that such work interferes with the other duties of the director and the department to such a degree that they suffer. The board's resolution is strictly in accord with the position held by this newspaper since 1943 when the change from a separate milk conr trol board to the department of agriculture was made. Experience has proven that administering the milk control act is so time-consuming, so Involved, so exposed to group pressures and criticism that it should not be saddled onto the director of agriculture. This is not a criticism of Director Peterson who has done on the whole a good job of ad ministration. He should be freed so he can ap ply his full time to directing the other functions v of the department. They are important, being largely regulatory yet vital to the success of Oregon agriculture. Few really understand the scope of work of the state department of agriculture. It occupies field distinct in itself. Education and experi mentation in agricultural science belongs to the State college. The federal department of agricul ture has a wide variety of functions, and in some f them there is correlation with the state de partment. The work of the latter is handled in -several major divisions: Division of plant industry. This has charge of inspection of orchards, nurseries, gardens for detection and fight against pests and diseases; promulgates plant quarantines; determines standards for containers; enforce apiary, seed, vegetable peddlers' laws; inspect fruits for grade. Division of animal industry: in charge of dis ease control and eradication; establish animal quarantines; enforce laws to combat stealing of livestock; regulate livestock auction markets; supervise county veterinarians. Division of foods and dairies and weights and measures: administer food laws; prevent adult eration and misbranding of "foods; administer laws regarding butter standards, bakery prod ucts, food lockers; inspect creameries, dairies; check scales in use to see that they are accurate. Division of grain inspection: grading and Weighing grain and hay. Oregon state fair: full control of this annual xhibition and management of state f air (rounds. The details listed for the divisions are by no means complete. They deal very intimately with the business of agriculture and livestock prod uction, giving protection to the consuming pub lic and maintaining standards among producers. The laws and regulations are often highly tech nical, so the division head and the director must be competent to give prompt and intelligent an swers to the multitude of questions that arise. ; Oregon's laws have contributed much toward widening the market for Oregon products through establishment of standard grades. If these are relaxed the state suffers. , It should be evident from this recital that the director of agriculture has a full load of duty without having to administer the highly conten tious milk control law. They Dress for the Weather When the Astorian-Budget printed comments frbm certain out-of-staters critical of the dress of Oregon women in general and Astorians in particular, the fair sex of that city raised a pro test. 'T ain't so, they said; we don't either dress like Eskimos. They dress, so they said, to meet the weather, which admittedly is pretty rugged in wintertime at the mouth of the Columbia. We have stylish clothing and shoes underneath our slickers and galoshes, and our scarves keep our hair dry. The clinching argument, however, is that the men like the women and are satisfied with the way they dress a rule that holds good in any climate, among Eskimos too, it is presumed. Those who live west of the Cascade summit will sympathize with the sisters down in As toria. If the country's ten best-dressed women had to get out on the streets when a drenching so'wester is blowing the Pacific ocean in their faces, they'd quickly revert to the local style of outer garments. In Minnesota there isn't much beauty in fur-lined boots, but they're warm, and that's what counts in that climate. Israel Makes Progress The UN security council refused to admit Is rael to membership in United Nations. The neg ative vote, however, really means only a post ponement of favorite action. For the new stats of the Jews in Palestine is making rapid prog ress toward establishing itself as an effective self-governing unit. It has been markedly suc cessful in a military way, increasing the area over its original allotment in partition during the clash with the Arabs. It is raising the frame work of government on foundations of a con stitution; and its economic life is thriving. Israel thus becomes a fact, regardless of at titudes toward its rights and ambitions. Arab opposition ramains, but that is fractured by the late assumption of jurisdiction over Arab Pales tine by King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. And on-the-ground truce was developed over Jeru salem and for the Christians' holiday season. There is ground for belief that a settlement will be made covering the whole Palestine division. That done Israel could hardly be denied de jure recognition by the United States and other pow ers and admittance to United Nations. Capt. "Matt" Peasley, sea captain of Peter B. Kyne's "Cappy Ricks" tales, is dead over on Grays Harbor, age 83. He was a salty character whom Kyne raised to literary fame. We wonder if the diesel tugs and barges will produce the men that sail and steam did. Maybe we're carrying this business - district face-lifting too far. Some of the new show win dows don't have enough of a ledge left for any one to sit on. 'Socialist' Steel Setup Being Studied I ."TV Pi f ; By Joseph and Stewart AIsop WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -P)-A proposal which involves high ly explosive issues is now be ing anxiously debated in the White House. It is proposed that President Truman recommend to congress legisla tion to permit the government to construct, own and oper ate steel plants in order to overcome, the desperate steel shortage. Most sensible e o p 1 e have ong since writ ten off the word JMrp AUttu l "socialistic" as r r meaningless nonsense, simply be cause conservatives in this coun ' try have for so long been in the habit of using the word to des cribe any measure which they disliked. But the plain fact is that if Truman approves this propos al, the criers of "wolf, wolf" will actually have a real wolf to cry about, if only a very young and rather toothless wolf. For, quito aside from its faults or merits, legislation permitting the govern ment ownership and operation of t plants in the most basic sec tor of the econ omy does actu ally have genu i n e 1 y socialist overtones. The chief sparkplug b e hind the move is young Assis tant Secretary of the Interior , ' jon, who has been fighting s running battle with the great steel companies. Davidson has the backing of .his bom, Julius Krug, and the enthusiastic, all-out support of the United Automobile Workers Walter Reuther and the do's Philip Murray. The line-up with-in the ad rr: '-tration has not yet jelled. Davidson's natural allies would I be the president's most influen tial liberal advisers, his counsel, Clark Clifford, and Leon Keyser ling, vice chairman of the council of economic advisers. Both these men have been considering and debating the proposal, but they have not yet fully made up their minds. Neither has President Truman. Davidson and his allies defend the measure on strictly practical rather than ideological grounds. The steel men, in Davidson's words, "live in constant dread of a depression," and are therefore refusing to expand steel capacity sufficiently to meet the needs of defense and a full employment economy, and to head off further inflation. The steel shortage is ten million tons a year, and the much-advertised expansion pro gram of the steel industry, ac cording to its government critics, only provides for an increased ca pacity of a totally inadequate mil lion tons a year. The Davidson group is there fore pressing the White House to ask congress for authorization to take the following steps: First, the steel men would be told how much steel the country needs. Then the steel corporations would be offered reconstruction finance corporation loans to build the necessary plants. And finally, if the steel men refuse to go along (which most of the major corpor ations almost certainly would) the government would be per mitted to build and operate the plants itself. ? Clearly, in strictly ideological terms, this proposal is s good many degrees to the left of any thing ever submitted to congress In peace time by any president. Yet the fact Is that some such drastic action to deal with the steel shortage has a good deal of support, not only in the admin istration, but in congress and even among some business men. a Congressional support derives particularly from those who have been listening to the bitter wails of the small business men who cannot get enough steel to operate their plants. Even Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, republican chairman of the senate small business com mittee, whose convictions are hardly Marxist, is known to have uttered harsh words about the policies of the big steel compan ies. Wherry could hardly be ex pected to go along with anything so drastic as the measure spon sored by Davidson. But Sen. James E. Murray of Montana, who will replace Wherry as chairman if the committee is con tinued by the eighty-first con gress, is known to favor some such legislation. So does Con gressman Wright Patman, of Tex as, a senior member of the house banking and currency committee. As for the business men, any business man would normally re coil in instinctive horror from the sort of government action now being discussed. But Davidson has actually received a number of letters from big and little busi ness men warmly commending his stand against the steel com panies, simply because many bus inesses are in desperate straits for lack of steel. The chances are that in the end President Truman, essentially a ... middle-of-the-roader, will not go as far as Davidson and his labor backers want. It is more likely that Truman will ask for manda tory allocation powers, and some sort of incentive device to in crease steel production under pri vate ownership and management Yet the fact that so far-reaching a proposal it now being ser iously discussed in the White House is in itself deeply signifi cant It is a measure, for one thing, of the new influence in the administration of labor and the left More fundamentally, it is a measure of the extent to which the concept of the public interest Overriding private property rights has been accepted by the leader ship of the democratic party. Undoubtedly the steel men have a case. Clearly, they will be called before congress to make their case, and it will have to be a very convincing case. fCopyricht. 1S4S, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) I THE BEARDED LADY f Yl I .aLaTataieafl 4.? - SfeT I Work Begins On Top Floor of State Building Erection of forms for the fifth and last story of the new state office building was begun Mon day morning, as the construction superintendent said all outside walls, the floors and roof would probably be poured by late Janu ary. Setting of the marble exte rior finish is to begin in early January. By Monday night one-half of the fourth-story walls and the fifth floor had been - poured, as well as the parapet at the south end of the building. The top story is to be set back from the Sum mer street front of the structure as well as frm the north and south extremities, according to Floyd Garrett, superintendent for Sound Construction and Engineer ing company. Down in the heart of the build ing, the finish concrete flooring has covered the plumbing and electrical and telephone conduits in the basement, and a portion of the finish has been placed in the first story. Heating pipes are being Installed along the ceiling in the ground story. Erection of masonry walls in the Interior has been halted temporarily due to the weather. same (Continued from page 1) we get on a common plateau? If so, then it might be said we will establish a communist state with out the pain of revolution or the invoking of police state methods. There is probably little reason to anticipate such a development. While the force for equalizing of incomes is strong, there are other pressures for different iatioa Thus, when the group on the top rung of the ladder finds others clambering up and getting their feet on it they will call for an extension and proceed to step ahead themselves. Parity for them means to preserve their differen tial. In a fluid economy covering thousands of occupations and services, there is bound to be great diversity. The only way you would get absolute parity would be in the police state; and even Russia had to give up the idea of equal distribution ("to each according to his needs"). I wouldn't advise the state em ployes to press too hard for wage parity with industry they might get it to their hurt. It is true in periods of inflation, such as have prevailed for several years, sal aries of those in public office do not move ahead as fast as those in unregulated industry. When the cycle turns, however, public employes are better off, for wage cuts are delayed with them. There is one important point to remember also, and that is that neither individuals nor groups can be wholly immune to the slings of ill fortune. Social se curity depends on general econ omic health. When that is im paired suffering is general VFW Families To Have Party Members of Marion post 661, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and their children will participate in an extended Christmas party to day. The children's events will begin at 3 p. m. in the VFW hall. Santa Claus will conduct the program and gift distribution, which is in charge of Mrs. M. E. Clemens. The post's party will begin at 8 p. m. with Mrs. Genevieve Ol son in charge. Program will in clude the "midget twins" of West Salem, electric guitar selections and a community sing. Gifts will be exchanged, followed by a luncheon prepared by the auxil iary, in charge of Mrs. Marie Hansen. Production of Silver Foxes Will Continue Continuation of the luxury tax and increased importations from Russia have cut into the market for silver fox furs, but John A. Gardner of the Keizer district be lieves enough in their future popu larity to plan still further im provement of his fox farm prod uct, he said Monday. Gardner last week received a new silver fox sire from Utah and said he would continue maximum production from his 25 females throughout 1949. Silver fox pelts have accumu lated in warehouses considerably the last few months, Gardner said, but current sales of the new crop in Seattle are expected to reduce stocks. The Gardner fox farm produced more than 100 pelts in 1948. Appropriate retail value of the pelts is $10 to $30. Two years ago the price ranged from $30 to $80. Robin Hunters Given Suspended Sentence Two Jefferson boysjwere hailed into Marion county district court Monday on charges of shooting robins. After cautioning the 15-year-olds against repeating the act, District Judge Joseph B. Felton suspended imposition of sentence for six months. The boys were arrested by state police Saturday near Sidney armed with a .22 rifle.. GuarcT to Present T Operation Films 1 Companies B and O of the Ore gon national guard will present1 two programs today, in Turner high school at 10 sjn. and In Four Corners Community hall at 8 pjn. Included will be several reels; of motion pictures showing jjways ; in which the national guards op erate and Its organizations.) The same program will be presented at Keizer community hall December 28 at 7:30 pjn. if Pillows Woodry Furniture Co. 474 So. Commercial 2 I Gervais Missionary Re-elects Officers GERVAIS Mrs. Sam H. Brown was re-elected president of Clara Jones Missionary society as were the other officers including Mrs. Buford Brown, vice president; Mrs. C Lb Jorgensen, secretary and Mrs. Robert Harper, treasurer. Members met at Mrs. Frank Hol oubeks Wednesday, December 15. Guests were Mrs. O. C. Zastrow and Mrs. M. A. Phillips of Brooks and Mrs. J. H. Trussell of Ger vais. Devotionals were led by Mrs. Donald B. DuRette and Mrs. Ken neth Brown presented the topic. Plans were made to provide a Christmas box for a needy family in the community. The annual Christmas gift exchange and party followed the business meeting. Mrs. Robert Harper assisted. 1 'lust Before. V 4 fx Christmas- . VK liAKIi AIiN ' Electric Mixers Vince's Electric 157 S. Liberty Ph. 3-9239 7. er o J, Diary of a Sidewalk Y WEYNWOH MH Se m Lots of nsrw buUdlnrj going on In Salem right now but the on that Interests mo most Is the- now Stevens and Son Jewelry Store go ing up In tho placo wo used to call Tho First National Bank Building. I stopped by today (always eager to help the fellows along) and talked to the men who are putting iip that shiny black glass looking material. Found out that Al and Harry Erickson are handling this along with Burl Wright Art Cramer 1 and Walt Parker. They tell me those shiny slabs are made out of a new material called Vltrolite. Each one Is set by hand and when the scaffolding comes down well know j how good a building can look. On the front side (State Street) and on the .liberty Street side ItH be a solid shiny black wall all the way up to tho ledge. It's a lot of work but It's worth Itl IH sleep good tonight thinking about how I gave those boys a hand. Stevens and Son ought to thank me too Sennoside Glen Weaver, state supervisor of occupational, infor mation and guidance, will tell of his recent trip to Japan at the Red Hill Agricultural club at 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 21, at Sunnyside school house. The pub lic is invited to attend to hear Weaver. Tele-fun by Warren Goodrich ; mm "I'm holding this down somebody didn't hang up tho phono correctly." Unless you hang the telephone op right, your line is "busy." The Pacific Telephone sod Telegraph Company. BUY HEn A COMPACT FOB XJIAS ' If v The All Aluminum VACUUM CLEAIIER Phone 2-1549, Salem Laisure Electric For Free Home Demonstration No Obligation I ZzZam HELP it YOU SEW FASTER, EASIER, BETTER I. AUTOMATIC sottiri WtNOfl j ,;L THESE yrtiati-A l4'Vl:Vy- "'Sol? 0 SX - A MESSUtf RfllASI 3 D,AlTINONCONT.Ol T j U V.rffitt- t ft L . . ' . I XT VGH I. ' I I Iff II I l.MINGID MISSIS POOT. 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