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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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