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Salem Schools a Big Enterprise
Salem schools arc indeed big business. They
have increased in every respect particularly
In the past few years. The number of pupils
has increased. Consolidation has expanded tha
size of the district. New schoolhouses and addi
tions have had to be built. Costs have risen.
So the whole enterprise Is on of large pro
portions. To give the voters a batter understanding
of the business side of SO 24's affairs we hava
gotten certain statistics from the school clerk.
Here for example are figures on the costs for
the past five year, with tha estimate for tha
coming year:
Capital
Oatley
f 43.286
74.835
233.81
347.WS
154,905
238,798
For the same years assessed valuations, tax
rates and costs per pupil hava risen as follows:
1944-43
1J45-48
l4-47
1347-48
1944-49
1949-50
Operation
$ 608,351
723,080
812,651
1.269,030
1.465,943
1.673,174
Debt
Service
I 83,384
61.702
59.987
87.907
103.732
111,137
Total
$ 715,002
859,619
1,126435
1.674,938
1.724,382
2.043.127
Assessed Tax rata Coat
ValaatUa la settle Bar avail
194413 $18494,720 21.9 116.08
18,743468 23 8 136.94
1944-47 20,730.083 28.1 146.20
197-4 23.839,958 29.7 181.99
194-19 27438.833 36 0 207.
l9-50(est) 31.800,000 41.7 223.
With mora children to be cared for in the
Immediate future tha prospect of any reduc-,
tion in the total coit is slim indeed. However
costs may level off and tha rise in valuation
h-lp to hold down the millage. The school,
administration and the school board must be
obrvant of economic conditions and do their;
utmost to "temper the wind to the shorn lamb" :
(the taxpayer).
Slem people want good schools and are will- .
Ing to pay for them. But costs being what they;
are conservative policies are called for in tha;
yars ahead, lest in some period of tight pinch;
the voters reject tha budget and put tha schools
In a difficult situation.
i with this warning that The Statesman
la willing to recommend that the voters in SD
24 vote to approve the budjet at the school;
election next Friday, with its levy of $717,475
In excess of the six per cent limitation.
Civil Rights in Oregon
The prediction by Portland's Urban League
that putting fair employment practice principles:
Into action in Oregon will not be too difficult
appears to be borne out by a recent report on
discrimination called "How Secure These
Rights'' by Ruth G. Weintraub.
Oregon's law to lessen discrimination against
minority groups was passed by tha 1949 legis
lator? and will go into effect in July. and. if
the data in the Weintraub book la any indica
tion, the transition ought to be painless. This
la one of tha states commended by tha Anti
Defamation League of B'nal B'rith, publishers
of the report, for its progress toward equal
riht for individuals, regardless of race or
Elimination of all potentially discriminating
q'i--itions from the joint application blank used
for admission to Oregon colleges is cited as
an example of anti-discriminatory action. How
tver, Oregon is listed in tha appendix as ona
a the states which still haa unfair questions
en application blanks for admission to tha
practice of certain professions.
In the number of organizations dedicated to
rabble-rousing, Oregon rates low. Tha report
In's the Anglo-Saxon Christian association in
Portland ai the only bigoted group active in
th- state. The "Free Press! of Redmond is
given as tha only anti-semi tic publication in
Oregon.
The book doas not discuss tha status of dis
crimination in bousing, public accomodations,
credit associations and insurance companies in
Oregon, although it cites instances of flagrant
injustice in many other states. There are, for
instance, 43 organizations which carry on out
right anti-semi tic or anti-negro propaganda
throughout tha United States. Restrictive cov
enants are still widely used by resorts and real
estate groups. It's still hard for a Jew or a
negro to get a college education, enter the pro
fessions, join a fraternal group or get proper
insurance coverage in some parts of the country.
On the other hand, the balance sheet for
1948 show that great strides against discrim
ination were made. The United Nations de
claration on human rights, the president's com
mittee on civil rights report, supreme court
decisions on restrictive covenants and college
admissions are all milestones of progress. In
crease of states with FEPC laws, widespread
publicity for intergroup tolerance, the state
ments on human and civil rights by the fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ In America
and the United Council of Church Women are
evidence that people are taking democracy
mora seriously.
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Stretching Freedom of Speech
The supreme court, all of whose members
but one. Chief Justice Vinson, were appointed
by I President Roosevelt, turned in another of
its no-frequent five-to-four decisions Monday.
The court radicals supported Justice Douglas's
opinion that the fine imposed by a Chicago
court on a Gerald Smith type of rabble-rouser
was void because the ordinance was invalid.
The ordinance forebade speech stirring the
public to anger an unrest or creating a dis
turbance. A minority of four hsd three separata
dissenting opinions.
The ordinance may have been too Inclusive,
but the kind of speech the defendant was mak
ing was certainly ona to inflame tha publia
and create disorder, a typical anti-Semitic,
anti-Russian diatribe. Douglas wrote that "a
function of free speech under our system of
government is to Invite dispute." That may
be- true; but hardly to Invite disorder. Tha
government itself is trying communists in New
Ydrk on charges of conspiracy to incite revolu
tion (dispute?).
Justice Jackson said the opinion laid down
a ''dogma of absolute freedom for irresponsible
and provocative utterance." He added:
"There la danger that If th court does not
temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practi
cal wisdom it will convert the constitutional
bill of rights into a suicide pact."
Previously Justice Holmes had written that
the guarantee of free speech doesn't give any
one the right to crp '"Fire" in a crowded
theatre. The Douglas opinion comes perilously
close to overruling the Holmes interpretation,
Like the Murphy opinion giving carte blanche
to all picketing as a form of free speech this
goes too far. We can drown In our own free
doms. Organised society has tha fundamental
right to maintain order and freedom of speech
must come within the limits of order.
;Ix -Governor Mon Wallgren can give all his
time to shooting billiards now. President Tru
man haa withdrawn his nomination for a $14.
000 federal post. Another setback for govern-ment-by-erony.
Roeeburg city oouneil has voted to follow
Eugene's lead on DST. Chain reaction Port
land to Salem to Albany to ... .
Would Wood
Mako a Diet?
Mac Says No
By Heaty TsfeLemere
DAYTONA BEACH Not
since I looked la a mirror and
saw myself In the first overcoat
issued to me
by the army,
has anything so
upset me as the
recent predic
tions of Profes
sor Eugene G.
R o e h o w off
Harvard.
The good pro
fessor, taking a
long squint into
the future, said
that there will
come a time
when there will
be no such things as meat and
eggs on man's diet his chief
food will be derived from trees.
Also, that man' clothe will
eventually be made of synthe
tic materials which can be turn
ed into sugar and eaten.
Ha prophesied, did the profes
sor, that In the not too distant
future a man would get up in
the morning and breakfast off
his psjsmas.
I hope I sm not sround when
Professor Rochow's predictions
come true, because if I am, I am.
surely going to be hungry. You
see, I sm whst is known as a
half pa Jama wearer. I sleep in
the bottoms only. That means
111 hare to go te work half
starved. Not only that, but In
cold weather I am a nightgown
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Better English
German Vote Rebukoo Soviet Ticket
Br J. M. Roberts. Jr.
AP ToTifn A fairs Analyst
A lot of Germsns in tha Soviet
occupation zone apparently have
learned the Communist definit
ions for unity and justice and
want no part of them.
Trying to rush through a
"p-oples congress" for an "all
Grmin government" to counter
tha western German government
; nored by the Allies, the
Cmmunlsts called an election,
handpicked a list of delegates
f c a single ticket, labeled it "for
the unity of Germany and a J wet
wt - treaty" and asked a yea or
V'te.
e e
aTh-r bragged that at least 19.-
.M.fVK) of the 12.000 POO eligible
w.iul i vote yes. and handed back
tf-e riiht to vote to former Nirii
In .wcier to take advantage of
ait the available German natltMt
eii.t wn lament- They used the
elcti-n tricks which have m
of en giten the dictator 90 per
c- or more of the vote. FWIm
di.pa'ihes said that invalidated
b''-ts had been i-ounted "yea
Announcement of the returns,
af first scatterings showed
th- Communists were in trouble,
held up for 20 hours, an old
P"'"al trick which allows for
ronv adjustments."
S;'i 33 per cent of the Ger
mrr. were shown to have said
"n "
Taken in connection with Uve
n'M'ommunirt sentiment dis
puted by the -Germans in the
-t?r n sone since the war, the
vo'e just about scuttled any
R'jmiiii Idea that they could pro
duce a regime in the east which
would obtain any serious con
si it ion as sn "all-German"
g vet nment. On-the-spot inter
pretation was that they might
be compelled to scrap their rare
fiy planned strategy for the
Lnegn ministers meeting La
Paris next week, ji
A few hours before the returns
were announced ! the national
democratic party paper, repre
senting the Nazis whose aid had
been recruited by; the Commu
nists came out jj with victory
claims. But Soon the Soviet san
itary press changed the tune to
cries of "doublecf-oea" directed
at splinter parties' who refused
to go along- "Ly'ng propaganda"
from the west also was cited as
a reason.
These alibis are not likely e
prove of much help to the Ger
man Communists who failed to
produce.' even though they did
get a majority. If usual practice
la followed, there will be a purge
of Communist officials In Ger
many and a reorganization of
the Social Unity party, formed
under Communist compulsion
soon after the war.
By D. C. Williams
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "Everyone haa their
faults."
2. What la the correct pro
nunciation of "xylophone"?
S. Which one of these words is
misspelled ? Backteria, backgam
mon, baptism, bauble.
4. What does the word "per
il" meant
9. What Is a word beginning
with com that aseans "to call to
remembrancer
ANSWB-XS
1. Say, "Every one has his
faults." 1. Pronounce si-lo-fon,
t as la Ice. both o's as in no. ac
cent first syllable. S. Bacteria.
4. Act of reading carefully. "He
made a perusal of many bio
graphies." I. Commemorate.
man, and the professor doeent
even so much as hint that nlght-
fowns are going to be edible.
11 drop to a living skeleton 1st
the winter months.
And what about the ladies?
Most of them (so I hear from
friends) sleep in nightgowns.
Professor, do you mean that in
the world to come our women
folk will have to go hungry un
til noontime when they will be
able to get a little nourishment
from their boudoir caps, cami
soles, and petticoats?
While the professor was mak
ing his predictions it seems to
me that he might have told us
what to serve with pajamas.
Are they best with strawberries
and cream, or should they be
toasted for a few minutes to
bring out their full flavor? And
is there as much nourishment
in flannel pajamas ss in a pair
of silk or broadcloth ones?
It will seem strange to go to
a ball game and Instead or or
dering a hot dog about the sixth
inning, to ask for a pa jama
sleeve with plenty of mustard
but no onions.
Eating trees is something else
again. Heads of homes will not
be known as bread-winners but
as tree-winners. Children of the
rich will brag that they had red
wood or mahogany two or three
times a week, while the children
of the less fortunate will have
to admit that they have red
wood only on Thanksgiving and
Christmas, and are lucky to hsve
scrub oak once a week.
I can see the menu of "11"
la Mew York when the profs
eor'a predictions come true.
There will be teak wood soup,
hearts of cypress, ebony steaks.
spruce pstties, hemlock ham
burgers, birch biscuits, poplar
popovers. hickory hash, and
persimmon pie.
There is bound to come a
change in our table manners.
Knives and forks will be dis
carded for hatchets and axes,
and servants will not announce
dinner but will walk into the
drawing room and yell "Tim
ber!"
There will be no more bread
lines. In yesrs of depression a
man will be able to est the man
telpiece. the chair rungs, and
the garden gate.
I wont really believe that
such a diet for man has arrived
until I see Prof. Rochow, com
fortably stretched out under a
Hsrvard elm, gnawing on a pa
Jama sandwich and chasing it
down with a swallow or two of
baseball bat.
MrNaua-ht Iradlaata. Ine.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
Guidepost
Br W. 0. ;;Eegers
DICKENS: HIS CHAaLACTXl,
COMEDY AND' C A it EE, by
Hesketa Pearse4 (Harder; $4)
At work and play. Dickens was
able, says Pearson "to give more
pleasure to h morf people than
anybody else in history That
seems like a stupendous amount
of pleasure. i evetij for a writer
whose "outstanding virtue" was
his comedy. But his account of
his life,. significantly enough, will
give more pleasure to more peo
ple than most biographies, and
perhaps thefond author's claim
is justified, ii ;!
Dickens' childhood wss sny
thing but pleasurable. His im
provident father; taught him
what a debtors prison was like;
his formal schooling ended in his
15th year: the jobs he had to take
should hava bru tallied him In
stead of shaping and refining a
comic spirit. Finally, he learned
shorthand, made his wsy success
fully as a reporter, and "Box"
appeared in print for the first
time at the age of 21. Married,
and with a' surtfj hit in "Pick
wick." he was Isimched upon a
spectacular career.
As a writer it was apparently
impossible for him to fail. But
a big part of his equipment as a
writer lay in his phenomenal
ability to see and hear. He was
V I
a sort of sublimated copycat; his
friends, acquaintances, enemies,
family, loves and the girls who
didn't love him. too, were all
caught on the wing and pinned
to his pages. He himself was
there: a daughter heard him
mumble speeches before he wrote
them down, and saw him jump
up to grimmace in the mirror
to study the expressions needed
for his fiction.
Thanks to his talent for mim
icry, and also to his acting abil
ity, his good looks, his weakness
for practical jokes, his bolster
ousness snd joviality, he was the
life of the party. His interest
In a stage career led in the final
years to those readings in both
England and America which
were the platform sensation of
the century, with mobs storming
tha doors, women fainting,
crowds ; cheering themselves
hoarse. It was this, says "earson
which helped to shorten his life:
in one reading of the murder of
Nancy, from "Oliver Twist." his
pulse could jump from 73 to 124.
In a wsy he was his own best
book. Lovable, generous, forgiv
ing, independent, individualistic,
he was a Dickens of a man, a
superb subject for a biographer,
and Pearson makes the most
af It.
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each ether ... aew wa hardly realise the ether exists '
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Senator Tom Mahoney for presi
dent of the stete senate, come
1991. It Is also recalled that at
the party Mike De Clcco gave to
democrat legislators to honor
Treasurer Pearson. Mahoney was
Eut forward as the democratic
id for president of the next
senate.
Republicans do well not to be
sucked into sny bipartisan alli
ance or any by-psrtying, either.
Mae Epley reports In the Klam
ath rails Herald & Newa that
Monroe Sweetland, democratic
national committeeman, breezed
into KF predicting victory for
his party in state elections next
year. Bav listed . m . possibilities
for governor Judge Donald Long,
Sen. Austin FlegeL Sen. Richard
I Neuberger, Treasurer Walter
J. Pearson of Portland. Sen.
Orval Thompson of Albany and
Editor Ed B. Aldricn of Pen
dleton. ! Flegel was a white hope of a
considerable group of democrat
legislators, but they are afraid
now be Is hexed as chairman of
the subcommittee which reported
Out HB 436, the bill for old sge
assistance. This is the bill which
Pearson, in a political play, call
ed on McKay to veto.
! To this observer It looks as
though Johnny Hall had both
Pearson and Newbry "on their
marks" ready to start whichever
one gives better promise of beat
ing Governor McKay.
xiiui-jiu. aaay i ( (Arj
An eight-month-old girl waa beinar
flown 3.000 miles across the Pa
cific today to Honolulu's Tripler
hospital for treatment of a b&od
vessel ailment. The infant. Janice
Spina, was stricken aboard the
transport Gen. E. D. Patrick as it
was en route from Guam to Ha-walL
But what I havent found out
yet Is what payroll Monroe
Sweetland Is on. He turned over
the Newport paper which he
was publishing to Bud Forres
ter, came to Salem for the legis
lature and has been devoting all
his time to politics - democratic
politics thst is.
Is he on the federal govern
ment payroll? Or on the payrool
of the democratic national com
mittee? Or on the payroll of
CIO-PAC?
The public ought to know.
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