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cnamoer oz commerce.
Plans were made and March 29
set for the silver tea. Mrs. Laur
ence Walworth, Mrs, George Clip
fell and Mrs. Floyd Bassett were
appointed the program commit
tee. Mrs. Roy Huber, chairman of
the fancy work committee, asked
each member to bring po holders
at the next meeting.
Present for the afternoon were
Mesdames Albert Ring, Eugene
Roye, George Huffman, Floyd
Bassett, George CllpfeU, Wallace
Power, Albert Julian, Glen Jul
ian, Oral Toland, Robert Fether
ston, Roy Huber, Alex Bodeker,
Art Boltzer, Loren Chamberlain,
Mrs. Anna Johnson, Mrs. May
Swank, Mrs. Daisy Johnston, Mrs.
Catherine Julian, Mrs. Minnie
Smith, Mrs. Saafleld, Rev. Quirin
and Mrs. Cookuigham.
Sam Hall was chosen chairman
I at a recent meeting, but comple
tion of organization was delayed.
Hall, who will be out of town on
business next week, has appointed
Ervin Potter acting chairman to
conduct the election of a vice
chairman, secretary, treasurer
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Agriculture Reorganization
The public in general and farmers in parti
cular will be interested in the recommendations
of the Hoorer commission for reorganizing the
department of agriculture. It is now, as the re
port states, "a loose confederation of independ
ent bureaus and agencies." The commission pro
poses a regrouping into eight different services
wHlch' would report directly to the secretary,
fcliey would be:
Research, extension, agricultural resources
conservation, commodity adjustment, regular
ity, agricultural credit, rural electrification and
a secretarial staff to handle departmental house
keeping. A recommended reshuffle of functions might
end a feud of long standing between the de-
partmenti of agriculture and the interior. The
commission would transfer the interior depart
ment's work in land, forestry and soil saving
activities to agriculture, but combine in the in
terior water development activities. This seems
sensible. Here we have the federal forest service
under -the department of agriculture and the
forestry division of the interior department
handling O & C lands and forests on public
domain. The duplication is costly and unneces
sary. Farmers will be specially interested in what
the commission recommends regarding local
federal farm activities. It would make the state
and county production and marketing (AAA)
committees ad yisory. only, leaving administra
tion to an employed staff.
Also reorganized would be the soil conserva
tion service. Conservation payments would not
fee used as "income supplements in disguise' as
they were at the origin of the program. Farmers
would get benefits on adoption of a complete
and balanced conservation program which
would terminate with completion of the pro
gram. The recommendations would result in savings
g $80,000,000 a year, it is estimated, and give
more efficiency in operation.
There is need for this reorganization of the
department which has expanded greatly in the
past 20 years, its employes increasing in number
from 22,000 to 82,000. Changes of administra
tion, fresh laws, swings of ideas about agricul
ture and federal aid have made it quite a jungle
of bureaus. It will take a major operation to ac
complish integration and consolidation which
are needed.
, Farmers and farm organizations should begin
at the grass roots to insist on a reorganization,
because if is in their own interest and that of
the country as a whole.
places surfacing Is gone and deep chuckholes
abound. Slides have taken away- sections of
highway or piled earth, rock and trees over the
roadway. Road crews are at work everywhere
to open up roads to use and do emergency re
pairs. While the damage is common knowledge the
extent of it is not. It seems premature then to
rush through legislation for state aid. A one
cent gas tax would yield about $4,000,000 in a
year. Counties now get from the state about
$5,000,000 a year. It Is doubtful if they would
be able nearly to double their expenditures and
get good value for their money. They do not
have the engineering and construction crews
and equipment for the doubled load.
The legislative committees on highways have
before them the report of the interim commit
tee. That is a mine of valuable data, with nu
merous valuable recommendations. It affords a
chart to go by in planning legislation for the
road program. The county special need should
be considered; perhaps some emergency relief
can be provided. But it all should be made part
of a big, constructive program. Money even for
roads will not come too easy; its spending should
be guarded so It will give maximum returns to
highway users.
Feeling Their Oats
Repairing County Roads
A bill to levy an extra one-cent gas tax for
one year, the proceeds to go to the counties as
extra money for repairing roads damaged in the
late severe winter has been in circulation at the
sUdehouse. So far it has not been introduced.
If it is it should be scrutinized carefully by the
legislature.
It is matter of common knowledge that
county roads have been seriously damaged by
the rains, frost and ice in recent weeks. In many
There is no doubt in the current legislative
assembly that democrats are feeling their oats.
One doesn't have to glance over the list of
legislation to prove that point, albeit no one
can deny the democrats have jumped on the
popular bandwagon for a good many issues. But
it is apparent otherwise, too.
Except for periodic blasts by Sen. Thomas
Mahoney, who Was never a man to hide his voice
under a bushel, and for less effective harangues
by former Sen. Lew Wallace, republicans have
lived in comparative peace for many a session.
Rep. Henry Semon, Klamath Falls democrat,
never was prone to rouse the partisan ire, and
but for his admitted ability there is a good
chance the more so-called progressive elements
of his party would have disowned him. The same
went for the late able Sen W. H. Strayer of
Baker. And other democrats haven't seen fit to
do much challenging of late years.
But 1949 is different.
The note seems to be struck, and fairly well
maintained, by fledging Rep. Howard Morgan of
Portland who many a time in recent weeks has
alluded to "the majority party" and the "minor
ity party," thereby attempting to draw a de
finite party line on every piece of legislation to
which it possibly could apply.
Not that there isn't an over-lapping of in
terests many bills have both republican and
democratic sponsors. And there are the usual
conservative democrats and progressive repub
licans, to give them the understood labels. But
it would be in error to say that politics are not
playing a big part in the 1949 legislature big
ger than in many a year.
Joseph Freck SfilD Molding 17 Safes
By Xalpk Watson
After the new liquor control commission sets through worrying
over its budget and the legislature has adjourned and things get back
to normal so that the raveled ends of the commission's business can
be combed out, - after an that has happened maybe Joe Freck may
get his 17 safes off his hands.
The story of former commissioner Frock's IT safes begins way
back around October somewhere
when It was decided by the 11
qour commission that it ought to
buy safes for 17 of its stores in
which to store
money pending
deposit time in
the banks. In
that connection
it received a
letter from then
Governor John
Hall telling It
te boy the
safes, on com
petitlve bids
and through the
state board of
control.
The directive was somewhat
surprising to the liquor commis
sion, or some, of it, because al
ways theretofore it had made its
own purchases and under com
petitive bids, except in cases of
small or emergency materials.
However the liquor commission
as directed from above asked the
board of control's purchasing de
partment to ' advertise for bids .
and ultimately bids were recei
ved from several firms, the low
bid being by the Freck Station
ery company offering Henring
Hall safes at $84.50 each.
The next low bid was by the
Needham Book store of Salem,
which offered to furnish 17 Mei
link safes for $66.70. The latter
carried the fire underwriters la
bet and a "reloelring device."
The Freck safe had no relocking
device, carried the manufactur
er' labeL Both were to be at
tached to the automatic burglar
alarm system.
When the Hall -Freck war
started the safe purchase stop
ped, Aintil finally on December S
the board of contrel instructed
the liquor commission to buy the
HUink safes.
, Prior to that time however. It
is the understanding that Freck,
relying on the fact that his firm
had put in the low bid, had con
tracted for the 17 safes and had
them on hand ready for deliv
ery. He still has them.
And la the meantime the IT
stores do not have the safes
which the insurance companies
covering the commission have
been Insisting upon. Between De
cember S and the change in ad
ministration the old and some
what fragmentary commission
did not feel that It had pep en
ough to handle 17 safes weighing
some 300 pounds each.
So there the matter rests, in
the lap of the commission, with
Joe stul loaded up with 17 safes,
the "basis of discussion' and a
margin of $41-60 dividing the set
tlement of the issue.
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(Continued from page 1)
contribution to the fund. Under
social security worker and em
ployer have both contributed for
over a dozen years.
The fund is big enough to per
mit an increase hi payments.
Present receipts amount to a
billion and three quarters in a
year but the outgo is only a
third of that It is figured that
if benefits were doubled and
the rates not increased, if pay
rolls remain high the balance
on hand would be as large at
the end of 10 years as it is now.
The special committee named
to investigate the old age an
nuity program urged that bene
fits under it be at least as high
as under the assistance programs,
and concludes:
"Unless the insurance system
is expanded and improved so
that it in fact offers baste se
curity to retired persons and
survivors there will be contin
ual and nearly irresistible pres
sure for putting more and more
federal funds into the less con
structive programs.'
When relief and social secur
ity programs were instituted the
idea was that social security fin
anced through deductions from
payrolls and paychecks would
make unnecessary eventually the
relief grants for aged, except
for special classes. Actually the
latter have grown while social
security has remained almost
static except for additions in
numbers.
The self - financing plan Is
better, better for the people, bet
ter for the governmnt. We
ought to revise our social se
curity program to include more
people under it who will be
contributing to their old age an
annulties and to pay larger an
nuities both because the pre
sent allowances are not realis
tic and because the money is in '
Mayor Lauds
Contributions
For Red Cross
Calling on all Salem citizens to
do their part in assisting the an
nual fund campaign of the Amer
ican Red Cross, which starts
March 1, Mayor Robert L. Elf
trom has issued the following
statement:
"The American Red Cross has
been a consistently good neighbor.
Wherever disaster strikes, there
you will find Red Cross giving
assistance to the suffering victims.
Members of the armed forces have
learned to turn to Red Cross for
friendly guidance and counsel in
personal problems. Veterans, their
dependents, as well as disabled
veterans still in the nation's ho
pita Is, know that Red Cross caters
to their needs, acting as the agent
for a generous public in supply
ing those needs.
"The Marion county chapter of
the American Red Cross is asking
the public for $32,165 this year to
continue its work for the next
year. As mayor of Salem, I urge
each of you to participate in this
campaign by giving as generous
ly as possible. Your contributions
determine the extent of the as
sistance which may be given dis
aster sufferers, members of the
armed forces and veterans.
"Let's all assist with this vital
work through our contributions to
Red Cross."
Young GOPs to
Elect Officers
Election of officers and consid
eration of a program of activities
will feature a Marion County
Young Republican club meeting
lis
STEVEIIS
The Signature of
Prestige
in diamonds.
Our diamonds reflect bril
liance, superb cutting and
jtxotk beauty . . , yes, and
much morel There k our
cherished rtputarJoo as the
House oi Integrity, guaran
teeing you value and tatisac
tioo, regardless oi how little
you spend here.
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hand to pay larger benefits.
One provision of the bill not
needed now is that reducing the
4 age for women to get benefits
from 69 to 60. We can't take on
added burdens such as this too
fast.
If congress will extend the
coverage of social security and
increase monthly benefits under
it that Is aU it needs to do now,
We can do this without burden
ing the producing mechanism of
the country. "Home relief" and
other wrinkles of generosity
should be shelved.
Literary Guidepost
Tflne SalFefty Ma Ave
By W. Q. Forbes .
FROM THX CITY, FROM
TOT PLOUGH, by Alexander
Baron (Ives Washburn; $2.73).
How to get across the chan
nel from England to France . .
how to prepare for the trip,
what to take, how to get ac
quainted with traveling com
panions, what to do when sea
sick, how to behave- in a for
eign land . . . that's the story
told in this novel about the jour
ney made in the teeth of nazl
Germany's opposition in August,
1944, by the Fifth Battalion of
the Wessex Regiment.
Lieut. CoL Henry Pothecary
is commanding officer, and MaJ.
Noel Norman is his second, but
this is not a book about brass
but about brass tacks, about
Corp. Shuttleworth whose wife
has deserted him, about Sergt.
Ferrissey and his way with wo
men, Charlie Venable who takes
Dutch leave and Dickie Craw
ford who wangles a pass, Alfie
Bradley -and Floss, Mulrooney
and Scannock, Barnicoat, Smith,
Meadows, Warne, Blair, Rich
ardson. With hundreds of other war
novels read and forgotten, the
public cannot be interested in
a new book unless it's some-
thing extra special. This is
something extra special, made
in England. By turns funny and
moving, honest, real and told
by an expert, it's the prose ver
sion of Mauldin's cartoons of
the common man in uniform.
TO THE SWIFT, by Anne
Hawkins (Harper; $2.75).
There was a time when the
average boy's ambition was to
grow up to be a pony express
rider wh,o carrying the mails
for the last 2,000 miles west
ward to the Pacific, fought
storms in the mountains, or
flooded rivers, or bears, or bad
white men and redmen. But it
took a woman, it seems, to turn
those exciting days into a na
vel with a little love, a lot of
bloodshed and plenty of adven
ture. Started in 1860 by Russell -Majors
- WaddelL It lasted on
ly until telegraph lines were
strung over plains and moun
tains. It carried less than two
tons of mail in all, says Miss
Hawkins, but it was important
mail. It's a job managed, in her
story, by Bol Roberts and Sier
ra Dave Wagenet astride such
tireless, tough steeds as Clip
per, Surveyor, Cinnabar and
Fool-Killer.
Favors Jenlor College fat Pertland
To the Editor:
Whenever talk is heard of a
junior college in Portland, or
whenever the legislature holds
hearing on the subject there ema
nates from the offices of the
chancellor of the state system of
higher education. Dr. Packer, as
surances that "expansion of ex
isting institutions is preferable
to establishment of a new insti
tution at Portland." Apparently
these are mere assertions since
no data, reasons or arguments
ever accompany them. HB 213
would make an existing institu
tion, Vanport college, permanent.
It remains to be seen whether'
Dr. Packer will issue a statement
opposing that too.
There is real danger involved
in this frequent issuing of state
ments in that the people tend to
let officials think for them. Soon
the statement alone comes to
carry much weight in and of
itself. Voting citizens should de- '
mand not only that Dr. Packer
demonstrate just why it is not
a good idea to have a junior
college in Portland, they should
demand that all public official'
give an accounting of the reasons
behind their statements. Repi
tion of assertions is a favorit
propaganda device.
Amid cries that we must prac
tice stringent economy in gov
ernment the opponents of a Jun
ior college in Portland are Ignor
ing two very pertinent facts.
First, about 65 per cent of the
students who enter college go
only the first two years. Second,
experiences in Oregon and Cali
fornia indicate that the cost per
student per year is about half
as great for junior colleges as
it is for four year colleges.
Typical figures are, for the
school year 1946-47, Vanport col
lege $242, University of Oregon
$502, Oregon State $474. In Cali
fornia, where junior colleges are
permanent, the official estima
tion of cost per student for the
school year 1947-48 was $278 for
junior colleges and $666 for the
University of California. Statis
tics from other sources and states
indicate about the same thing.
These figures are operating costs,
not what the student pays.
Sources of above statistics will
be furnished to anyone inter
ested. . Having studied this problem
for two years and written an
article published in the Sunday
Oregonian, Feb. 1, 1948 in sup
port of a college in Portland I
have reasons behind my conten
tion. As the author of HB 213
I will welcome debate, written
or oral, anytime with anyone
who cares to publicly oppose the
proposition of a junior college in
Portland or Multnomah county.
Thank you,
John Hakanson
980 Locust St
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