I V ) S5 2:' . - . . . . . 1 ft-The EksmSoJemV DThuraflt; SepUmfrerl; ' tsw?..fe? "Ne Few Sway U. No FeatiSkaU Aim Frees Tint Stain. March r. ItSl i HE STATESMAN PUBUSHDVC COMPANY ! CH A SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher rmtrmA it the BMtofflcc at Sales, Ore en, as nci4 class matter ander act of eenrrese March 3, l7Si latere ai Ht potioiiiee " """v ... - ..i.i a .i. rvl... T.r.nh.i 1.U11 VI I IV ;vwiinunii wrem vin- ...-r- - Pablbhed every insrnlng. News from France. When Russell Brocks, now retired from the consular service, left Salem for Bordeaux, - Trsnce, where he and Mrs. Brooks are residing,, 'he said he would send ois occasional reports on tiis observations of conditions in Europe. His first letter arrived a few days ago, and we pub lish extracts from it herewith. A trained ob server, with many connections in France, Brooks should be able tor give quite Sfc accurate report on political and economic conditions on . the continent. Our readers will find his letter a of interest: , Conditions In France are not too good in spite of government assurances to the contrary. Policy la very evidently one of wait and see a tactic beloved of the Radical Socialists. Unfortunately tvh an attitude while it had a value in the past is hot suited to conditions of today when a decision, on ; one side or the 'other, must be taken. There is large stagnation in commercial matters, due, It. Is said, to the fact that the government takes not only surplus revenue but actual capital in the form of of taxes. So far has this been carried that many articles of common consumption are no longer pur chased for example clgarets, a sUte monopoly. In other words, too high taxes kill Ux receipts. Present government may have a very limited life wthen' the Assembly meets again, ixoie wi gorSrnment's troubles come from within and are caused almost In their v entirety by the Socialists; Who will not sacrifice their ideologies In the slight est degree In general Interest. -with $92 raised country. Louisiana is on by the .state per capita. This would not tell the! whole tax story be cause it does not include local taxes or taxes paid the federal government. Oregon imay col lect a larger proportion in local taxation than its two sister states. Taxpayers should brace themselves for considerably heavier taxes on their statements this November, due principally, to increases in school costs. it used to be considered a virtue to have low tax rates and low per capita taxes. Now the promoters of the welfare state point to tax collections, which may be relatively low, as something to be ashamed bf. Pile a few more t f t 1 tit e":i A Congo; Hank 1 Wants to Stay Br Htary MtLfiri LE OPOLDVIL LE, Belgian Congo, . Aug. 31 You might as well clear your throat, get in good voice, and start singing with t me. 1 : Ever since I walked out on my hotel room balcony, overlooking tne Congo River, I have been -singing ; that fool song, Bon?o, ' Bongo, Bongo, I Don't Want? to Leave the Cbn go. Jean is so sick and. tired . of hearing iiw sing the thing that, she has changed it a, tri fle and she sings, "Congo, Congo, Congo, I Don't Want to :iJrri'fc!.,f .ti'v NEW TREE SURGEO.-w'ftSSlSTANT a--7? 0 Leave the Bon go - Between us we're going slight- sticks on the patient donkey's back, they say. - y batty. I don't know whether I am in tpe Celgian Bongo or the Belgian Congo. Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, have I been so confused. Leopold ville, known all over Africa as Leo, is the capital of the 'Belgian Congo, and one of the most surprising cities this foot-loose correspondent has ever visited. Frankly,, I expected to find a Jungle town, with a pygmy for mayor, perhaps, and a head-hunter as president of the local junior chamber of com merce. - Instead, our Clipper landed at a large, modern airport, and we were driven to our hotel over a broad, paved highway,' and we If California can do it, why not OregonT West! Side-Not All Around the Town The west side of Portland gets the new state office building a logical, choice in view of the fact that the west 'side Is the Center of business, professional and: commercial activity. The Statesman urged this selection months ago when the East Side Commercial club promoted an east side location. . - Governor McKay and Secretary of State Newbry got together on .that decision. Both are upstate residents who looked at the matter, from a detached viewpoint State Treasurer Pearson, a, Portland resident, followed the re- i . M I .11 Growing fear of Germany also reuectea in u - L'tnet1r ,n v.r, ? .7' Euronean countries, tiecuons mere vpuuwu -"-- wuu iwwm uw to right and trend towards nauonai- wnicn lavorea ine east siae. ; : Loose federation of German States. i Too bad Portland' doesn't have a real civic 1 other. Western Indicate move ism. . Remedy Atlantic Pact with its concurrent Arms Pact meet, with many reservations on part of Western Europe. Fear of too late entry of US into any conflict and fact that small powers must again sac rifice themselves 4o afford eventual battleground Erevalent US policy regarded as one of opportun-i rn. (I am trying to give you the feeling of the 1 ' DeoDle. not necessarily my own). Marshall Plan' will continue long after the date set for its termination. Europe is being strangled by overproduction which cannot find' a market -and we can't take it alL England is perhaps the weakest point In the chain but contrary to world opinion nationalization are not the principal cause of its position. At any rate, count on continuation of Plan until well as long as we can maintain the present status quo or the American people will consent to pay. . We are somewhat in the place of Great Britain during the Napoleonic wars when the British were obliged to "subsidize" Europe. Are we sufficiently politically developed to realize this? -. . ,, . . In all, outlook for immediate and long term . future involves continued aid to Europe and for an indefinite period. We should now allow our selves to be caught unawares and to find a public Unprepared for additional sacrifices. :' I feel that .we' should make our peace with Spain. , Only a small section of American opinion Is against it, although it is of course ' the most vociferous. And finally, don't let us forget that the tail, must not war the dog, or, the small or ganized minority murt not decide policies in its own selfish interest alone. There has never been . a "popular revolution," in which a majority of the fieople took part and yet -there have been many Umovers of governments and economies. Opinion indifferent to European Federation air though it offers only possible manner of insuring continuation of capitalistic system, of economy. Futur of world peace lies in success of Strasbourg congress. .Unfortunately, national interests threat en, and there Is little realization 'that . federation means the sacrifice of certain souvreign rights, of, if there is, few if any are willing to do this. center, but the hew state office buildihg will be In close proximity to the City hall and Mult nomah county courthouse ' ' " .. Danger Period of Year mm jfc m m, as a s ; , As far as fires ara concerned, particularly .for- . wlie.re during the whole trip. Our hotel. which Is smack on the banks Of the Bongo I mean the Congo -Is as comfortable and as well ap pointed as any in New York. The rnaitre d 'hotel of the vast dininjj terrace was formerly ( at the Sa voy in London, and the food and service couldn't be excelled any- est fires, this is the danger. period of the yearf The long drouth has parched the woods. Given' a strong east wind and a few sparks, serious fires jnight result Some of our worst fires have occurred in late August or even in late Sept ember:: (Bandon was one).! v ' - Stay out of the woods unless you have busi ness there (forests are closed to entry now any way, except on permit), j Don't throw lighted cigarets from cars. Build camp -fires only at established places, and put it out te i the last spark when you leavf.- I Idaho and Montana have suffered severely from forest fires, Oregon hasn't, a combination of good fortune; public heed tf warnings and vigilance. Keep up that watchfulness until heavy rains really soak down the forests. Ashland is, relaxing after its Shakespearean festival which proved a great success, ! not only artistically but financially. The credit for the festival goes chiefly to Angus Bowmer, who ori ginated it some years ago and has been its pro ducing director. The fame of the festival ha spread so that it attracts: performers" from vart- headquarters were there. ous parts of the country and draws its audience When the traffic of the town froma steadily widening circle- Plans are now Isqulet one can hear the roar of being laid for a gala tenth anniversary program -S ""St up tt thi fQcii inn I v s - nver- These rapids have never of thj festival for 1950. I , , been negotiated by anynan. -'There is i marker on ,the river If you happen to drink . and smoke two ugly habits I have never formed youH be delight ed with Leo. American cigarettes are cheaper than they are . at home, and Scotch whisky Is about $2 a fifth. As for American spirits of the very best sort, you may have your choice at $1 a quart, being as the people here don't like the taste of the stuff. The Bongo I mean the Congo is about four miles wide be tween here and Brazzaville, cap-, ital of French Equatorial Africa. Haven't been over there yet, but I know I am going to have to make the trip whether I want to or not, because word has reach ed Jean's ears that ''Shalima and "Christmas Night" and other expensive smells are cheaper there than anywhere else in the world. , The chief landmark -of Brazza ville is an imposing palace-like house on, a' high hill. It, was in this house, which he had built for himself, that General De Gaulle roughed It when the Free French - ttyu ; f v w .tCif asV -u : h-r : 033DDDS PCDCDJCB Vour Health Wrtttea by Dr. Herman M. -BAdensn. BLD. Five per center. James all he got from General i-V. Hunt testified that Vaughaiv were tickets Low Per CapitaYTax . Oregon ranks Wwest of the three Pacific coast states in its state tax per capita. Here it b $63.45 per yea if. while In California it is $83.41 and In Washington $90.07 'This Yf of the year ending June 30th last: y Washington's' rate is second highestjn the to( the Army-Navy football game. That puts him in a class with' Oregon's late Joe Singer, the perennial sergeant-at-arms, who, also wangled-pickets for himself at the big game. That feat really does take talent. it If an assassin, does jbump off Marshal -Tito only one guess would be needed to name the apceAsory before the fa cjt. i f IVJissouri Past Roils 1 r. , u i i I ' v Br Joseph and Stewart Alsep . WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 The Climax of the five-percenter in vestigation raises a simple ques tion. How has the Trumart ad x ministration got into ths mess? The answer seems to be that the Missouri fiast of President larry S. Truman Is reaching out to. give his adminis tration its Tjdor , of court house . . creeping medio- Joph AIsop crlty. ' The way his past affects Tru man's present - is sur res ted by the fart that, in the thirties, the JV """v -lthree Missouri . wm Artillery Reserve ' Iregiments were spectlVely, by Colorel Harry Vauthan, Colo nel' Jchn Snyder,' nV CyCn, Colonel Pf IHarry Truman. t I lTh Tct9 now ) being played In General Robert Hannegan, the Missouri politician who made Truman's 'nomination for the vice presidency possible In 1944. Hannegan has long since left the government, "but;! his influ ence lives ifter him fin the re cent appointment to the su ' preme court of former Attor ney General Tom Clark,' Clark was a lobbyist "in ithe Texas. legislature tor a number of big bank near the rapids where Henry M. . Stanley put ashore after a dozen or more of his leading boats had been swept Into the rapids of the then un charted Congo. Right near the marker is the favorite parking place of the Americans in Leo. They go there in. the evening, not to hold hands or ,to view the turbulent rapids, but to listen to the baseball and footbalrfgames frort the -States. They have found &t this par ticular spot affords the best, re ception. ftr oar Stations. During the last! , Wofld Series parking marA wba of n nraminm , (Continued from page one) spending. Lacking that, he could spend only an eighth of the bienni urn's appropriation la a quarter year. ) Fourth, The emergency board apparently is given power to re duce the spending of depart ments of institutions, -even though legislative appropriations are available, j Here is the lang uage in Section 3: "The budget director shall call, to the attention of the emergency board at each of Its regular meetings any significant upward or downward trend of prices, , particularly those Which affect general, operating and maint enance expenditures . and the emergency beard asay at Its dis cretion curtail the excessive ex ; penditures of any state activity supported by appropriation or in excess of the budget approved , by the legislative assembly or it may, in case of,, emergency, authorize increased expenditures where necessary." (Emphasis supplied).' Fifth, The state, emergency board now is given authority to examine, approve jw revise bud gets of new state activities for which legislative, appropriation has been made, thus overriding the power of' the state budget - was rv. tKa Chewing not only prepares food for the stomach but the stomach for food. In other words, the chewing of palatable food stim ulates the flow in the stomach of these Juices necessary to diges tion.; In addition, ef course, the teeth break up the food so that It is more easily taken care of by the stomach and bowel. Hence, It goes without saying, that it Is important to chew food well. . Poorly-fitting dentures or false teeth are one of the chief causes of inadequate chewing. Even nor mal people vary In the degree of ' biting strength which . they can exert but those with false-teeth are often unconsciously reluctant to use their full biting power for fear that chewing will be painful Persons with low biting power must necessarily limit, their choice of foods. This is especially true of those who have poorly fitting dentures or those whd .have .severe disorders affecting gums or supporting tissues of the teethi '' Many of the Important parts of the modern' diet, such as fruits and; vegetables, present difficul ties, in chewing" for those who do not use enough biting force. In for the diet This frequently leads to poor nutrition, especially among elderly persons. Thus it is Important for all persons, and 'es pecially the elderly, to visit the dentist regularly so' that the teeth may be put In the beat' possible condition. If a denture ineces sary, it should be properly fitted so mat chewing can be carried on effectively. see' Bear in mind that if a person cannot chew his food as he should because of pain or even the fear' ythat chewing will cause pain, he , Is likely to suffer froi malnutri tion due to the lack of all the nec cessary foods. Furthermore, the swallowing of large lumps of food may lead to irritation of the stom ach and digestive upsets. , QUESTIONS AND ANSWEJtS F; C: Is there any treatment or operation which .would help a per son who Is tongue-tied? Answer: Tongue-tie is an un usual disorder. However, If the . band which connects the tongue to the floor- of the mouth is short, ' the condition can be relieved by cutting this structure ? tCopyrtsht. lSW.lBg features) ffltollywood On Pardae By Gestt Haadsaker i HOLLYWOOD I finally j gave up trying ton Interview? -Gloria De Haven and turnecT'to; her 3 ft -year-old daughter. Lit- f tie Kathy stole the show, any-! way. Kathy is pert, brown-hair-1 ' ed. and brown-eyed. Her mother! Is pert, brown-haired (after a long interval as artificial blonde), f and blue-eyed. Kathy was pleas-1 ed when Gloria went back to al- most her natural brunette shades' "Now we're alike," Kathy cooed. I Gloria, whd has I sung and danced in several musical mov- i ies, has a dramatic role in! "Bodies and Souls". She'd spent J the entire previous day doing! her first weeping for the cam- era. "Much more tiring than anyl dance routine I ever did," Gloria! reported. "A different tiredness,! though. It's inside, i emotional. ; leaves you tied up in knots. Ij swear I dont understand, how Bette Davis and some of these', other. Npeople can keep doing those emotional, crying scenes."! "See my mercurochrome?"' Kathy piped proudly. She ex-', hibited one chubby, antiseptic- stained, and slightly scratched knee, "I had a accident and fell down. My dog pushed me. He's a jcollie named Sandy." f After several separations and! reconciliations. Gloria and her husband. John Payne, are ktpa-i rated again. She plans to seek aJ divorce, she said, when she gets the time.-The "trouble started over two- careers in the family; but. became "a personal matter.") They're still "the best of friends i "I live in Bebberly HUls, Kathy announced. j Since the latest separation Gloria said, "I'm trying to work? like a beaver. I think it's the best thing." In August she's slated for "Summer Stock", an-; other "musical, with June Ally-" son. After, that Gloria goes back to drama In "Right Cross." a fight picture, with Rlcardo Man talban. "I'm going to. sing" Kathy said. She obliged with a partial rendition of "Buttons and Bdws,' at our luncheon table, that! was approximately on the melodie , beam. Kathy joined in the ap-i plause and performed "Mary Had ' A Little Lamb" and "She'll B4 , Comln Round the Mountain" ai encores. I askefc Gloria whether sht plarmed to put Kathy into pic tures. "Not if I can help It, Gloria; said. "When she's old enough, she can : decide for herself." ' T love you," Kathy. told her mother. Better English By D. C WUIIaaae National and local government such instances, attempts are made office-holders in Great Britain to offset the difficulty by swal- w totf1.?;1i?A000- Ten yer" B lowing larger or coarser 'food. masses or by choosing softer foods the .legislative poorer. If It is performing administrative, duties again it is unconstitutional be cause legislators cannot hold ad ministrative offices.'' The vislue has never been before the courts; but an opinion of the attorney general defining the type of the board's function is In point House booster, but In fact he probably had far less Influence than he .imagined, j , On the other hand. Vaughan's fellow-ex-colonel, John Snyder, has certainly had a ; great deal to do with building a strong conservative and' obstructionist axis a fine heart of a sunnoMvllv progressive administration. Sny- 1 producing culture- pearls. aer was responsible sor the ap, ooui ouj per cenx oi we,: oysters pointment of rlimmerce Secre- Finch have been operated upon "Thus the truth of my initial statement becomes clear that a The climate here right now Is fourth department of government In 1937 Attorney General L delightful, tlje people are friend- Is arising in Oregon the legis- H. Van winkle write: xj, uvuig is gracious, ana, well, lauire nas set up an agnrcj which Is invading the execuuve department as established under the constitution. maybe that jnan' who wrote the song that is running me crazy ha something after all. (Distributed by MeNiught I Syndicate. Inc.) I wish now to discuss the con stitutionality of the state emer gency board as presently com posed. If th. board Is attempt-; ing to' perform legislative duties oil companies' before ;he became itry' Charles JSawyer, whtf -'U i If Produce pearls, but only about five It Is tuiconstitutional because lstrative matter. S ,a Hannegaii protegeBis "spon- anything rather more cautiously per cent of these are marketable, "the legislature cannot djejegate .involves npact of uikivuvc uian onyaer turn sorship by Hainnei?an. and the fact that the president likes him, are his dnly visible qualifications : for the supreme fourt bench.' Another crony frprh Truman's davs of political apprenticeship is William Boyle, the-new chair man of the democratic party, who has knownl Truman since boyhood, and who was a lieuten ant in the Missouri Artillery Re serve when Vaughan," Snyder and 'Truman were colonels. Like Hannegan and Truman himself, Boyle was schooled io Missouri's rough-and-ready ; politics. Hefc therefore I believes iq a ktough ' partisan approach', and his influence at the White House has resulted in a growing partisanship- in appointments, like that of Navy Secretary Francis Matthews. Matthews Is no doubt able enough. But his only stated qualifications for the crucial de fense job have been the fact that he is a good democrat and the further fact that he b a good - Irish Catholic.: ; More ser ious than this sort of thing "Is that partisanship in appoint ments has tended to break down the bi-partisan approach to for eign policy and national secur ity. I : . ; e e . The egregious - VaUghan him self has been loudly Interested in been- affected by those men, appointments.. He is known to especially the Mifscuriani, who believe that he had a great deal -knew Marry when.' For the to do with the selection or umus Is Mewart ?1nels V aughan and Snyder suggest the extent to which Truman holds to his rule that any man who has been politically loyal and a personal friend Is capable ef holding any post in the government. I This rule led to two public setbacks when Truman tried un- successfully to appoint his old crony Mon C Wallrren and his political angel Edwin. Pauley to Important posts. But it is not .ceneraUy realized the extent to which the administration process of government by crony does not end with the appoint ment of any particular crony e Id Truman friend, for ex ample?" is former Postmaster Johnson to succeed James For restal as defense secretary. It is true that Vaughan i Was Forres tal's loudest White I House en emy; and Johnson's chief White self, and Snyder and Sawyer fRtTU A 1VTI have joined .hands 1 with Tru- l-11 r J ;man's side and old friend John Steelman to make up aypower ful ihteal conservative bloc. J " " 'f'i t This suggests one lot the most curious! aspectsof this whole ad ministration. There is no doubt at all that Truman Sincerely de tests the kind of shady finagling which has emerged from the five percenter investigation: A long time ago he issued angry orders forbidding 'John Maragon from ever again darkening the White House doors. Yet he knew that his old) crony Vaughan was also Maragon's crony, and he kept Vaughan in the White House. In the same way, there is no doubt at all that Truman is per fectly Mncere about the fair deal program. Yet he allows his oony Snyder, who quite openly dis likes Virtually everything the fair deal stands for, to build an anti-fair deal axis at the cen ter of j power. It is not surpris ing that the fair deal has got ; nowhere. , j . This administration has some major accomplishments to its credit, and it has some very able men, including Mlssourians, . working-for it But it is now in clear dancer, ef getting stalled at dead center, and this danger arises in large part from the president's evident . conviction that anyone he knew In the old days, especially in Missouri, is capable of ; nizming -the Ameri can government. (Copy risbt. IMS. few York Bermld- Trwtiae. nc) Licirty; BEAR IT V r ., t . : - - - sake a teaaa we caa be 'proa ef. Ceerar . . . er wCl wm "Win they have te "The function of said board clearly is administrative. The appropriation , of an amount to constitute an emergency fund or appropriation from .which emer gency expenses may be paid is made by the legislature in the usual way, and the statute pro vides for its allocation by. the emergency board as Kan admin- Such allocation legislation. If it did, the board, could not per form it becauseCft cannot exer- vdse the powers nor perform the f duties of the legislature, The, constitution provides how- laws may be enacted by the legisla ture, and acting by . an appoint ive board or committee & not Included in such prescribed snethodl" (Opinions Atty. Gen. 1938-38, p. 180) ' If .Mr. Van Winkle was 'cor rect, and I believe be was, the emergency board is performing administrative functions, . al though its members are not eligible to do so. The case of State ex rel Harden v. Earl Hill (181 Ore. 583) certainly settled the question of legislators try ing to hold positions on admin lstrative boards. The attorney general, appearing for the de fendant didn't even attenrot to Justify the holding of position in separate branches of govern ment, but relied on the theory that in accepting one office the defendant had automatically va cated the other. This theory was rejected by the supreme court So lone as the emercencr board was performing its j orig inal duties to provide for emer gency; defidences,' its Invasion of the executive arm was not very important. As it warn ventures farther into details of fiscal a ministration the time has (come to challenge its authority through ; court action. 7y - Tomorrow X shall discuss the provisions of Chapters 318 and 538, Laws of 1948 from the standpoint of public policy. it was 1,385,000. s4. hat is wrong with this sen fence? "She has a bad .cold ", f z. What is the correct prpnun4 Ciation of "irrevocable"? ' j 3. Which one of these words Is misspelled? Proof, reproove, groove. - I ! - i 4. What does the word "fa,-; cade" mean? ) 3. What is a wprd beginning 1. with pa that meaCs "not active ' 11 , ANSWERS I 1. She has a severe cold" Is preferable. 2. Pronounce i-rev-o-ka-b'l, 1 as in it, e as in let, a -unstressed, accent second syl- j Jable. 3.' Reprove. 4.' 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