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rcMti Wo ftateres at the poitofflc. at Salem, Ortffon. aa second elsea tnattar under act at sonars March S. trrt. FublUh eaT morning exeept Monday. Business ofttee SU . Commercial. Salem, Oracon. Telephone S-1ML. fae Asdates' Prtts ts eattttea etttasfvetr to the eee far reeueSoetlea af aS a Svertlsla; Bsprsssntatrsea WaraVOrtmOi Ca, Maw fork. Cfciaa. acnrjsxx audit bvxxao or cxxcvlatxom BX Mafl (la la AaViac) Oraeoa flaiwhira ta CSA. One aiwta. Six months- Southern Filibuster Wins Round The issue was a parliamentary technicality but it spelled defeat for the civil rights pro gram at this session of congress and for Presi dent Truman. By virtually settling the filibuster 1 question it does, however, end the stalemate and open the door for the rest of the Truman pro gram to come up for action. Rent control ex tension, for example, has to be voted before the end of the month when the present law expires. The parliamentary tangle was something like this: In the past, bills like anti-lynchlng and anti poll tax measures designed to secure negroes in their civil rights have failed in the senate, us ually because southern senators used the fili buster or threat of a filibuster to kill them off. The move this time was to strengthen. the sen ate's authority to invoke cloture (limit on de bate) by changing the rules. This was moved by Senator Lucas, majority leader, and immedi ately precipitated a filibuster by the southern defenders of white supremacy. To end this, Lucas moved to invoke cloture on the debate on his motion (a senate rule al ready permits invoking cloture in debate on a bill by a two-thirds vote) ; and Vice President Barkley declared the motion in order. Senator Russell of Georgia appealed from this decision of the presiding officer. Lucas then moved to lay Russell's appeal on the table but lost 46 to 41. On the question of appeal from the Barkley ' ruling his ruling was rejected by the same vote, 13 republicans joining with 25 democrats to overturn the administration forces. So the filibuster can go on and on; but with et&er matters pressing for action the adminis tration leaders probably will throw in the towel and postpone the motion for a rule change and with it hopes for civil rights legislation. We are unable to justify the action of the 23 republicans (Senator Cordon was one) who voted with the southern democrats. Republi cans traditionally - have been friendly to the negroes and officially have professed concern over their civil rights. This unnatural alliance la wrong in principle and unwise politically for It further alienate, a. large segment of the vot ing population in northern 'cities. . " The senate ought to be able to run its affairs without submitting to the tyranny of a minor ity. The rule change proposed certainly pre serves ample freedom of discussion, and yet would give a means of ending a talking mara thon designed to put a deadlock on. senate ac tion. In this episode neither party emerges with any claim to credit for-Jts course of conduct. Revise the DP Law A man called the other day to inquire about the admission of displaced persons. We refer red him to Frank. L. Ballard of Oregon State college, chairman of a governor's committee on subject. Under the present law it is easier for a rich man to set into heaven than a DP ta get into the USA. Theoretically, 205,000 persons would be admitted under the 1948 act Actually In the first seven months of its operation only 000 persons squeezed through the crack in the gate at Ellis island. (. The law was purposely drawn to exclude rather than admit. The chairman of the com mission administering it in testimony before a bouse subcommittee showed how the law was discriminatory and unworkable, which was . about the way Senator Re vercomb wanted It. Revercomb is now a displaced person, politi-. Lines (Drawn ; By Ralph Waieeav The lines in the battle , for and against the aged have at last been fairly drawn In the house Into which the long awaited "Joe ' Dunne" or "Eagles" - bill finally has been introduced and in the ways and means e o m m lttee where Adminj strator Loa Howard and the state, wel ee committee are facing the combined on slaughts of the association of county ' judges and commis sioners, of the i physicians, the. Hospital admin istrators and the camp followers who since the inception of old age assistance have been hang ing on the fringes of the bene ficiaries inciting them to discon tent,: - - . . - - The high points of the bill as Introduced in the house, provides for a minimum monthly pension allowance of 150 to all those in the state who have reached the age of 65 years, and who can qualify under state residence and property limitations. To meet the demands of the federal so cial ; security law and its pot of "matching money" the bill is drawn "on the basis of need' but that basis has been liberalized in comparison with the existing statute. Among other things the beneficiary mayown an auto mobile and a home freed of any " final "recoupment' by the state for funds advanced up to- $5,000. This latter provision," rat into 4be : bill . following the public hearing before the corns ttee on fMMSl WH - favor Sways Us, tio Feir Shatt Ftrsi SUkiau, March fj, XSf 1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHINC COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE Editor and Publisher or Tars associates ibsm as ti aa aa At aeva MiMBxai PAcmc coast pmsiost or mmxAg or Six One-roar. tally speaking. His successor, Senator Neely, and Senator McGraph have introduced fa bill to revise the present law and admit some 400,000 persons, the number estimated as our share of the unfortunates cast adrift In Europe. It will take popular pressure, however, to overcome prejudices which succeeded "in the last congress in garroting the displaced persons bill. Not all the Revercombs were displaced. i Thought Control Cisco' Harold W. Dodds made a plea for support of the private universities and colleges. He re marked: "Whan all education becomes responsibla to ; the government, then thought control isn't varj ' far away." i It is true that private institutions can be much mora liberal in the range of thought tolerated than state institutions. . Political and taxpayer influence penetrates campuses where the state puts up the money. Private institutions, how ever, are not free of attempts at thought control through the inflence of wealthy donors or trus tees. J We need Institutions of both types, each ex ercising freedoms in its own way. And the pri vate institution should be maintained without any subsidy from govtrnment so its freedom will; not be subject to political compromise. ; John L. Lewis is on the rampage again, with an order to his coal miners to stop work for two Weeks. The reason given for the action is the presidential's appointment of a man not a coal miner as head of the bureau of mines. The in dustry cites as the real purpose a desire to re duce coal stockpiles for a better bargaining posi tion when the coal contract expires June 30. Coal operators and politicians still have old John L. to reckon with. , f "Spec" Keene is in the midwest scouting for .a football coach to succeed Lon Stiner at OSC. He: interviewed Forrest Evasheski, Michigan State backfield coach, former Michigan star, though his name sounds like one of the Fight ing Irish of Notre Dame. Spec will have to hunt to find a good replacement for Stiner. I If ust when reviving spring business was help fing railroads call men back to work, John L. Lewis shuts down the coal mines for two weeks, which forces the layoff of over 30,000 railroad workers. No corporation president or politician has such absolute power over as many people as Lewis. Saturday's paper ran two oft-repeated sto res, though with new names. A woman who didn't trust banks had. her purse stolen with $10,000 life savings of herself and son. And a bay shot himself accidentally because he didn't know the gun was loaded. The f ormar "lived to learn"; the latter learned by dying. 1 ' a f As the Russian parliament convenes announ- cement is made of the intention to increase mili tary expenditures by 20 per cent? That will prompt us to raise our bid. Rearmament be- comas a sort of auction, without guarantee that the high bidder will win either. After watching the busloads of students from ; schools arrive at the capitol and swarm through j the building with brief stays in the galleries of the legislature our opinion is that; what they get out of It mostly is a day off from school f work. for Sta-ile WeOfere Batile . March as an amendment, runs head - on into House Bill 499, by the ways and means commit tee, which provides specifically that the amount of money paid for assistance shall constitute "a prior claim against the property . or any interest therein belong ing to the estate of any person who at the time of his death was a recipient of old age assistance.' !-! The house bllL as introduced, makes no provisions for finan cing old age assistance or direct relief, the cost of which is not shared by the federal grants but is a direct load upon the counties and the state. How to pay the bill is left, to the devices of the ways and means committee, and how to get sufficient money with ' which to do so is the worry of the tax committees, and finally of course, of the legislature as a whole. 3 - How much that bill is going to be nobody around the state cap itol seems to know, nor does Miss Howard lor the welfare commission. According to the es timates of the i federal security board, based on experience, in other states, the Oregon commis sion can expect ah increase, of approximately 15 per cent or more, at a minimum, in the num ber of beneficiaries on the rolls after the new law become, ef fective. In. January, this year, there were 22,719 receiving as , si stance, as of (March the total has increased to 23,000. It is es timated that this total will jump . to $3,000, which at a $50 mini . mum pension rate would call for approximately $40 million dur- ing the nexti biennlunv The state's share of the budget is set at $30,04213, the total budget "Including federal retching Awe" Auvmmno Oatratl. r CMjr Carrlar grants of $20,051,842 and county allocations of $10,362,970 make an aggregate of $81,584,033 for the biennium. i Around that latter figure the battle is scheduled to rage. The welfare commission, in line with th law and the supreme court, has been compelled to adjust the budget estimates of a majority of the county welfare commissions upwards; which is meeting the massed objection of the organ ized association of County judg es before the ways and means committee. v On the opposite side, the doc tors have served notice on the commission that they cant abide by the scale of fees set by the state commission. The hospital managements have f served no tice that they must have mater ially increased schedules for hos pital service, and they are de scending upon the ways and means committee to press their claims. And the proposed bill provides that any beneficiary can have the service of the-doctor of his own choice, which fur ther complicates the picture. Just how the state is going to finance its share of the burgeon ing load is a major puzzle for the ways and means committee. The attorneygeneral has ruled it can appropriate money with out funds in sight to pay the bills. Just how the counties are going to meet their share of the load without voting special levies has the judges and commissioners back on their heels. And what the doctors and the hospitals are going to do about it is something else again. All of it is what you might call a major Operation. ; Lnj 0COOOO8 Trronnra (Continued from page 1) ized to pay more if needed la Individual cases. Also, the - bill makes specific mention of med ical, nursing and hospital care to be provided where necessary; also provision for furnishing medicines, glasses, crutches, den tures, hearing aid, etc. At pres ent the welfare commission fur nishes medical care and hos pitalization and special devices where needed. However, item izing the list probably will stim ulate demand for these supple mentary aids to health and com fort. Administration of the law is left with the public welfare commissions instead of being turned over to a single admin istrator, as in the Dunne biu. The retention is wise, because the commissions administer oth er welfare programs and this will avoid duplication of depart ments. The social welfare committee had quite a battle over the issue of giving the state a prior claim on estates of old age benefi ciaries. The opposition was so strong the committee omitted the provision, but a ways and means committee bill (HB449) sets up sucn a claim. It was strongly urged by retiring Gov ernor Hall. One amendment would exempt property of value of $5000 or less. This claim is often referred to as a lien, perhaps because in the early days those getting as sistance were required to mort gage or deed their property to the county. But it is not a lien at all. The idea is that when the state and county have provided assistance they should be re imbursed out of estate assets. if there are any. Why. it is ask ed. should property go to heirs who may have neglected their relatives? Out of it all legislation will emerge which will be much more liberal in its treatment of elder' ly persons who are in need. The people have directed that, and the legislature is disposed to Xol low the popular direction. In my opinion it is a mistake to spell out in law all the de tails of old age assistance. Con ditions may change; cost of liv ing may decline; public reve nues may not stretch to -cover all the costs. I favor leaving the law more flexible, giving ' the welfare commission broad lati tude in fixing standards and ap- Dortioninx funds. Society has assumed the obli gation of taking care of its needy aged. Oregon has not been a laggard among the states in this respect; and this legislation will put it well up among the leaders, though still behind its coast neighbors aa it is in many things. The Safety Valve To the Editor: SnDDorti State Claim Concerning the bill under le gislative consideration, under which the state may require lien of our older citizens who are to receive state assistance, it seems that some would argue without the basic facts. It must be known that the people con stitute the state, and pay the tax. either directly or Indirectly There Is no magic funds from which this money can be drawn, as our legislative body now real izes. We must credit most of these taxpayers with attempting to so provide sucn sale-guaros that they, in their non-producing years, will not be in the posi tion of some of our older citizens of today. Their tax not necessari ly direct Is very real. We would not be thought de void of sympathy to any now in need. Many of them are our dearest friends, and we certainly wish them all happiness as they approach the great Unknown. But we cannot see how the lien requirement can detract either from their happiness or their comfort. The state would require nothing of them as they lived. True those of them who own substantial property would not leave the title to such property unimpaired. Perhaps, it may be argued, that the stigma of such an arrangement would be more than we should require of our older people. This surely would be no greater than' the receiving of the pension in itself; they would have the satisfaction of knowing that as far as possible and to the last they were trying to pay their own way. And in the finalty, who would derive the benefit from an unimpaired ti tle? By what course of reason ing must the state hand down to heirs a clear title? How should it be held responsible for doing so? It would seem, in all logic and fairness, that the inheritance with its lien, should be borne by those who inherit. . Give the state and the tax payer a break. . Robert E. Brown 1374 W. Plaza SL West Salem To the Editor: Mr. Fred Thompson of 1575 South Commercial street seems to have been confused again. In our article to which he refers, signed by. Ten GenUement from South Commercial street. We were as the article stated, giving our preference, for the widening of South Commercial street and we did not . mention the Baldock plan. After all we do have a right to prefer, though we may never get our preference. (Signed) The Same Ten Gentlemen By Clayton W. Jones 1145 South Commercial 1 rades Printing for Gardening r New that spring is passing areswd the earner, Chet Baker wffl have mere time te spend with his chryaan thamema and ether flowers at Far he retired today after (Stateaaasa pkte). Chester Baker Retires After 44 Years on Statesman Crete When Chet Baker washed the end of the shift early this morning, for The Statesman Publishing company. Baker, a fixture in The Statesman's composing room. Is retiring to "just take life easy for a while and spend a little more time grow ing chrysanthemums' which has Forty-four years doesn t ac doesn't count for all of Chefs experience around newspapers. From 1924 to 1928 he was employed elsewhere in the printing business. Started at 1$ Chet was 15 years old when he went to work for The Statesman back in July, 1901. He started in as an apprentice, or printer's devil as they were universally called at that time. His pay for a 10-hour day, 6-day week was $3. He re called that he did such jobs as melting lead, sweeping out and dragging the mail bags to the post office. At that time The Statesman was publishing a daily and a twice-weekly newspaper. After Chet had been around for awhile he made up the twice-weekly paper. Four publishers have owned the paper in the nearly half a cen tury Chet has been working for it. The late R. J. Hendricks was the publisher when Chet started his apprenticeship. He stayed on through the tenures of Sheldon Sackett, Earl Brownlee and Charles A. Sprague. Ran Garnet ef Jobs Chet has run the gamut of jobs In the newspaper composing room. He has worked them all from ap prentice to foreman during his long service. Recently he has been making up the classified pages of The Statesman. But now he says he will spend his time reading the paper rather than putting it to gether. And there Is a lot of gardening to do around his home at 1515 Saginaw at. He Is glad hell have more time to spend growing flow Flowers and Plants (Cash and Carry Only) Specials Sunday throuik Tuesday Only (Sunday Hours 10 to 3) Polled Azaleas 1.53 u 2.50 Polled Hyacinths 50c u 2.C3 Col Frcciias . 52c DaOcdils oua. 75c, . 1.25 GARDEN SECTION PailSy PlaClS (GUat strain) des. 50c Caiiago and Leltaco Plants 25c GIsdioIa Dnlij 'FZ'ZLV; 75c You Win Always Find Good Values at THE FLOWER BASKET 1020 Market St. IW PAY When You O Completely Automatic O 5 Year Warranty (on sealed-in- . transmission) Ucsiinghonso Laondromal Trade-in allowance for your old OOtd (DlET washer For Only &ZXfm9& SALEM'S EXCLUSIVE APPLIANCE STORE YEATER APPLIAIICE CO. 255 N. Liberty Street Xf ' .''J V 44 years -as a printer with The printer's ink off his hands at the he concluded 44 years of service long been a hobby. ers, which has long been a hobby for him. At 63 last December was his birthday he wants to take it easy for awhile. Also he hopes to make a trip east with Mrs. Baker some time in the future to visit their daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Baker Newton in Findlay, Ohio, and son Lt. CoL Richard M. Baker, who is with the marine air corps near Chicago. Mixed Prices In Grain Mart CHICAGO, March 12-P) -Grains mostly recovered from an early sell-off today, ending with prices mixed and not much changed from yesterday's final quotations. The late rally was led by the May wheat future, which was aided by small-scale mill buying. Wheat closed V lower to higher, corn was Vt-lVk lower. oats were lower ta yk higher, rye was ltt-l4 lower, soybeans were lower to Y higher and lard was unchanged to 2 cents a hundred pounds lower. Inccno Tax Behxrns PREPARED Elmer VL Amundson Tax Ceasaltaat Experienced Service lku Z-CSS7 r 3-5S11 CSS N. High Phone 2-4802 MORE? Can Havo O Exclusive Water Saver O No Bolting Down O Cleans Itself Sinth it heirloom CLOCKS EES4 Stevens & Son ! 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