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4 Th Stfrtmnm'. 8oJm, Oregon. Tu dcrr Norwnlxr f.'lf4S TBE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHAJH-K A RPR AGUE. Editor and Publisher ! - , A t 4 ' ' j - . . j . . am a .J A - - l a naiim MttMth 9 HMrN at IN yotwiMt si stales, uregvn u scceaa cum miwr " rablWhed every Mnbi. BmImm offloe tU 1. Commercial. Sttom Repealing the Six Per Cent Tk PanH I a trim Tflfl HrattfAnien with the six per cent limitation on taxing power, and calls it bottleneck that hampers all of the tax levying bodies in the state." As an alternate It suggests limitation on the tax levy (the millage). Then as valuations In creased more revenues from the same millage ! a A. 1 L1! A a J wvtuvi ajrwu sw Ni atarr The E-0 things the six per cent limitation on the amount of the levy is retained because the legislature is run by .a few lobbyists who are "in the service of their clients and not the state." ' : Our tax problem is not as simple as that There -is more powerful representation from tax spenders than of tax conservers. The most ffm legislature could do on the six per cent lim itation would be to submit a constitutional -' amendment; and that could be initiated directly if any group wanted to and could get enough signers. Limitation by way of a millage maximum would not solve the financial needs of rapidly growing communities. Washington state has that, but in a variety of ways the millage has been moved beyond the 40-mill limit, and a sales tax is imposed. Washington has a much higher per capita tax than Oregon, yet the state faces a $60,000,000 deficiency this biennium. The six per cent limitation has plenty of 'A J - 1 A J t.A 1 1 M At t lairw uiAi 1 1 n nniir inin t. rm r in in t lauus;' dui we uouoi very rautn u ui ptopu would repeal it they rejected a modification of it at the last election. The major trouble is limply that demands on we puDiic treasury are greater man present taxing systems, federal or state or local, seem 'able to produce (with exceptions of course). And people insist on some limitation lest they K vmnlf imi 7H hv tha tar or11wtnr Coat Mountain Road N In the county news occasionally mention ap pears of the road from Gates over the mountain ridge to the Elkhorn road in the Little North teek valley. - Its improvement has been urged to provide an additional outlet for folk jn this valley. Over the weekend this writer made jthet trip "over the mountain" to see what we could see. . The mountain is well named "Goat moun tain"; and a goat must have laid out the road. It is steep, narrow, crooked but not dangerous.' The chief risk is getting mired down. At best It is just a fair weather road and will probably remain just that for many years. To make it a year-round road would be a costly undertaking. It is however kept open on the south side where there are some families livingand some logging operations ":" : . . . ... . . - r W . m ' many municipal selections lodayf Portland's experience with Mayor Dorothy Lee and her insistence on the straight and har row path and with former Sheriff Mike Elliott and his easy-going ways is not unique. It is part of: what a Christian Science Monitor reporter calls. "the greatest civic revival in American history" a municipal self-searching that lias , already wrought changes in Jersey City, Kansas City, Los Angeles and other communities. Today at least three mor cities "still in the grip of dictatorial, spoils-ridden or incompet ent and wasteful political machines" must choose between the status quo and a revolution. November t Is election day in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and at least nine other sizeable In Boston, the unsavory Mayor James; M. Curley, an ex-convict who has managed to keep Welfare State Plan Involves Unions ; Br Joseph and Stewart Alsop WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 With customary ability, John L. Lewis may duck under the wire. But it Is still an im- portant fact that v President Tru man has been prepared to use the Taft-Hartley act against the United Mine Workers' leader, from the Very begin n 1 n g of the present steel . LJu AW eriencyV Thus far, throughout an In dustrial crisis which has already caused the American production t Index to drop twelve points, the White House has maintained tve appearance of super natural calm. This calm has, however, masked a coolly calculated , strategy which says a great deal about the state of our la bor laws, the " state of our pol itics, and the state of Mr " Truman. In effect, this White House strike strategy has been based on a sharp distinction between the politically friendly Phillp Mufray and his steelworkers, and the politically hostile John. L. Lewis and his mineworkers. .The whole federal mediation ef fort has beenexclusively ' con- i centra ted on securing the accord lntht steel Strike which now : seems te brnder way. And the intention has been to remove Philip Murray from the line of fire, and then, if necessary, turn all 61 the government's big guns on John Lewis. t . , e . Even the right moment to turn the guns on Lewis has been se lected In advance. It has been ma -Ml, L fever Sweya tfs, Wo fta SHU AisV First 8UIMHUU BUreft U. Limitation lei Hiticriiefawl in office with only 40 pef cent or slew f the votes, is up for judgement again. , If his op ponents can combine their votes the old city can rid itself of his minority rule, j I - Newspaper exposes of political corruption, investigations, indictments and trials have en livened the pre-election campaigns in Philadel phia but the machine in control there has held on for generations because of voter indifference. Once sufficiently aroused, Philadelphians could clean up their city hall. 1 In Yonkers, N. Y. a bipartisan political alli ance that has kept a tight rule over municipal affairs faces the ballot-box test again. Once a machine is firmly entrenched it takes a tremendous amount of indignation, enlight enment and hard work . to .move it out of city government. But it has been done-whenthe citizens make clear their desires for good gov ernment and clean government. That's ' why fori many U. S. communities, November 8 is a crucial date. '! " ran wi i rw u Achievement Via the Four ITi In Salem, everywhere in the valley in all of the state's 36 counties, 28,000 4-H club members and their leaders are reorganizing and starting new clubs as the new 4-H season begins. And if the records made during the put year, are , any indication, 4-Hers have a lot of work and. a lot of fun ahead of them. j It's been that way for more than SO years, since the 4-H movement was originated by the U. IS. department of agriculture extension serv ice; and the land grant colleges. Today, nearly 2,000,000 boys and girls in 80.0Q0 clubs in the U. S., territories and a dozen foreign countries, belong to this outstanding character-building agency. i H The purposes and accomplishments of the 4-H movement are reasons enough lor the sup port it has received from unrelated organiza tions (service clubs, schools, manufacturers) and businessmen. $ .1 The results in this area certainly justify their support. Salem became the first "small" city in th United States to have a full-time extension agent to handle 4-H club work by action of the city council this year. Nearly 2,500 Marion county boys and girls won a badge of distinction for completed projects during 1948-49. projects completed by the 9 to 21 -year-old Oregon 4-H members included caring for 8,200 heiitd of livestock, cooking 140,000 dishes, serv ing 39,000 "tneals, making 30,000: articles of clothing, owning 24,000 head of poultry and rabbits, enrolling 485 acres of land in crop pro-' jects, preserving 75,000 quarts of food. That i record is truly commendable but it's small compared to what could be done. Only 20 per cent of the young people eligible for 4-H club membership are enrolled and girls outnum ber the fellows three to two. Enrollment this year increased by 2,000 overlast; let's hope thousands more will take advantage of the Head-Heart-Health-Hands program before next Achievement Week (Nov. 5-13) rolls around. IThe new waterlevel highway up the Columbia, built according to standard specifications,' free of sharp curves or heavy grades, already is con tributing to the accident toll. Five autos were wirecked in one 20-minute period Sunday. In some sections accidents occurred every 15 feet. iThe only thing wrong with the -road is that it is "too good." The balmy Sunday Ptempted big crowds of motorists, who proceeded to get balmy with their driving. .For safety maybe traffic should be routed via the corkscrew original Columbia river highway. foreseen that soon after a steel settlement, want of coal will cause the American industrial machine to grind r to a second halt. And this, it has been cal culated. Will provide the right psychological atmosphere for un limbering the heavy artillery. Lewis, who is no fool, evident ly fathomed the jjWhite House strategy rather eatly. This, one suspects, was the! origin of his surprise attempt to clasp both -AFL and CIO to his bosom, in united support of the steel strike. If the other labor leaders had not eluded Lewis' embrace, they would then have been duty, bound to support the coal strike too. I j I r As it is, Lewis; remains . iso lated. The White House shrewd ly calculates ;that the rest of or ganized labor win not reaUy resent the use of the "slave labor law" to drive the naverick into line. And Lewis evidently agrees, judging by his sudden attempt to secure an accord with the -oal-owners which may be announced -simultaneously with an accord in the steel strike. At the moment, it looks as thought the mere , im plied threat of the White House strategy will spare-the President the embarrassment of using the powers which he has asked the congress to do away. with. The first point to note about this strategy, which may work automaticallyJ without ever being unveiled,: Is its political astute ness. The embarrassment of us ing Taft-Hartley was frankly ac cepted. In a realistic manner, as less grave than fthe economic damage that could be done by In action. But the sincere labor al lies of the White House were to be spared, while an enemy was to be made to suffer. Such careful calculation, such adroit planning, illustrate . the very high political value f the President places fipon his labor support. IThe men who did the stafiwork were Secretary of La bor Maurice Tobia, White House Oregon. Teleph e S-mL Counsel Clark Clifford, and one or two others. But the ; work they did is strongly symtomatie of their chiefs Interest in the -political future. In short, this white House labor strategy, like the recognition of James Roose velt in California, ls another, straw in the win pointing to wards President Truman's can didacy to succeed himself. Second, even if the President is able in the end to avoid using Taft-Hartley (as I he certainly fervently hopes he may), there is significance in the mere fact that the White House recognized the possible necessity.! Secretary of Labor Tobin's testimony against Taft-Hartley's national emerg ency clauses never carried much conviction, since the President had already used these clauses no less than seven times. As a re sult of the present crisis, the White House now seems: to be moving towards a : more realistic position. The national emergency clauses of Taft-Hartley are still In disfavor, bat some positive substitute for them Is now de sired. ! A remarkable new scheme Is therefore being discussed in the Truman inner circle. Under this scheme, certain basic Industries steel, coal, the railroads, prob ably oil, and possibly atomic en ergy would be classified as es sential to the general welfare. Workers in such industries would be required to forego the right to strike. But in return for ac cepting compulsory arbitration, workers in "essential' industries" would also be guaranteed a privileged status,! with pension and wage benefits going beyond tle prevailing In non-essential industries. h t Whether such a scheme can be sold to the labor organizations remains to be seen. But the mere fact that a scheme of this sort is even being considered at ,the White House, says much about Truman's attitude towards the evolution of the welfare state. (Copyright, 1MB, New York Herald Tribune , Small Points Of Etiquette Still Unsolved By Henry MeLemere DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Nov. 7 Books of etiquette are all right as far as they go, but like the dollar of. today they dont go far enough. : None I have ever seen furn ishes a m a n with a good working know ledge of how to handle grace ; fully hundreds of maddening aspects of mod ern life. The books of behavior: now available are in valuable if all a fellow wants to know is such things as whether to wear black or white gloves when shooting pool, with a dow ager, how to carve a kangaroo, whether a master plumber takes irecedence over an antique furn ture salesman when entering a dining room, and if it is fitting and proper for a father to pawn his daughter's engagement ring to be able to play a good thing at Belmont But what about information on more vital things such as, for in stance, how to get a man out of a phone booth when he is in the only phone booth available, and has been In there long enough to have grown a beard? . Just what are you supposed to do when the man in the booth hangs up and you are saying to yourself, 'Thank heavens be is coming out at last," he yanks out another coin and drops it in the slot? You can't shoot him, because a silly law would get you in the hoosegow for such an action. And you can't open the door and bop him on the nose, being as most men who stay in phone . booths for hours are always big, brawny, blue-whiskered cusses or such has been my experience. I do wish that Miss Post or some other authority on be havior would provide an answer. And what about those wash room faucets which you have to hold to keep the water flowing and which Richard Armour has a little Jingle about in the cur rent Saturday Evening Post? Too many experiences with them will run a man crazy. Confronted by one of these taps, is it correct to go out in the hall and summon help someone to hold the fool thing while you lather your hands and then go out in the hall again all soaped up and get another helper to hold the" tap while you get the soap off your hands? Or is it best just to tear your hair, scream and rant and jump up and down until an alarmed management promises to , put in more sensible devices? I also would like to know just how to behave and what to say when elevator operators (and this is especially true of depart ment store operators, all of whom must be inbred from sar dine canneries) jam so many rid ers in the elevator that a normal and necessary function such as breathing becomes an Impossi bility. I don't know how many times I have suffocated between -women's lingerie and bicycle parts, and furniture covers and alumni um ware. And I am sure everyone who ever wrote a column would like an answer to this one: What do you say to a man, woman or child who asks why you don't write ten or fifteen columns in one day and then have two weeks of nothing to do? I have been asked this a thousand times, and I know my behavior has not been too nice. I Just kick the ques tioner in the shins and break into big, heaving sobs. (Distributed by McNaugbt Syndicate. Inc.) NEVES TOO LATE LOS ANGELES-(INS Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Raymond C. Scollln, ret, is working toward a college degree at' Loyola Univer sity pf Business Administration. The 44-year-old general joined the Marines at 14, rose to com mand the corps airmen during world war II. Scientists have kept accurate records of suns pots since 1749. fcRDi AND BEAR H..I.IH i i ii. :i. jmii I IT im. V . - "Cesorades, ear civil liberties feasible ie Jams Prize Valley Mums Take Show Awards By Mrs. Margaret Karth SUUtmiut Newt Service SALEM HEIGHTS Prize chry santhemums grown in and around Salem's air conditioned" climate went on display Saturday morn ing at the Salem Heights commun ity hall in a two-day show spon sored by the Little Garden Club of Salem Heights. Northwest "Oregon, from the Cascade mountains to the sea, is regarded by horticulturists as one of the best locations in the world fori growing of chrysanthemums. All mums in the show were grown outdoors without the aid of arti ficial heat or glass, it was reported by Mrs. Virgil Sexton, show chair man, and Mrs. Ed. A. jCarleton, how co-chairman. Show winners were sweepstake winner in horticulture division, Mr. E. A. Linden, Jr., 2775 Linden Lane, Salem. Sweepstake winner In artistic arrangement Mrs. A. W. Coons, 2395 S. 12th St Other results: Artistic arrangement sec.; 1. garden clubs displaying song themes, 1; Labish Garden club, 2; Salem Garden club, 3; Friendly Neighbors Garden! club. Individual artistic arrangements, Sec. 2. class A, high over 15 in ches, white 1. Mrs. A. W. Coon. 2. Carolyn Wilkes, t. Mrs. William Sanders, pink, 1. Mrs. AW. Coon, 2. Mrs. Joe Homey, I. Mrs. Ed A. Carleton, yellow, l..Mrs. Joe Hen ny, 2. Mrs. A. W. Coon, 1. Carolyn Wilkes, autumn, 1. Mrs. W. C Thomas, 2. Mrs. Virgil Sexton, . Mrs. Joe VanCieave, purple, 1. Roy Brdwn, S. Mrs. R. H. Parks, 1. Mrs. Virgil Sexton; High com binations of color 1. Mrs. Joe Van Cleave, 2. Mrs. J. W. Douglas, 1. Joe VanCieave, class' B, Low 15 inches or under, jink, I. Mrs. J. W. Douglas, 2. Carolyn Wilkes, 2. Joe VanCieave; Low autumn, 1. Carolyn Wildes, 2. Mrs. A. A. Lar son, 2. Mrs. Daryl Colgan, low yellow, 1. Joe VanCieave, 2. Mrs. Letty Genre, 3. Mrs. L. L Bem mett; low white, 1. Mrs. Joe Van Cleave, 2. Mrs. J. W. Douglas, 3. I jura, nown iuwuiu. , Class C, mass arrangements--L By Lichty threatened!.. . . It aiat evea anymore MR. INSIDE AND MR. Joe VanCieave, 2. Mrs. William Sanders, S. Mrs. W. C. Thomas; class D. small arrangements 9 inches overall, 1. Mrs. Virgil Sex ton, 2. Joe VanCieave, 3. Mrs. G. A. Carlson; class E, Cup and saucer arrangement, 1. Carolyn Wilkes, 2. Mrs. Lewis Judson, 3. Mrs. Lyle Bayne; class F, artistic arrangements using other flowers, 1. Mrs. A. W. Coon, 2. Mrs. J. W. Douglas, 3. Mrs. William Sanders; class G. berried shrub arrange ment, 1. Mrs. R. H. Parks, 2. Mrs. Letty Genre, 2. Carolyn Wilkes; class H. dried arrangements 1. Mrs. Lewis Judson, 2. Mrs. Letty Genre, 3. Joe VanCieave; class I. Thanksgiving arrangements, 1. Mrs Letty Genre, Z. Mrs. Lewis Judson, 3. Mrs. A. A. Larson; cImsb J. Juvenile nursery rhymes, 1. Jeanne tie Sprong, 2. Sandra Lee Cords, S. Rosemary Sprong. More than 200 entries were made into the show and the house was packed with visitors Sunday afternoon until the arrangements were moved out The artistic arrangements judges were Mrs. Allen Hennin,- gan, Mrs. Norman Baker, and Mrs. Claude Housington, of Dal las. The horticulture judges were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Halvorsen of Silverton. Rent Hearing To Continue PORTLAND, Nov. T -(- The rent decontrol hearing here win be continued Thursday night at the Civic auditorium. A session last friday ran all day and Into the night hours. It was continued to allow other wit nesses to appear.. The Oregon Apartment House association has asked an end to controls on rental property in the city. The next total eclipse of the sun, visible in New York, will come on Oct 20 in the year 2144. DIAMONDS RESET WHILE YOU WAIT IN OUR OWN SHOP Terms If Desired Yonr Diamond deserves a r7 1 Pi OUTSIDE Many Inquiries Received on Timber Bids Numerous inquiries have been received on the timber offered for sale by oral auction bidding Wed nesday by the Salem district of fice of the bureau of land manage ment, according to' District For ester A. P. Collins, who will con duct the sale. - 1 Eight parcels of timber with a total estimated volume of about 17,000,000 board feet and valued at approximately $147,000, are in cluded. These tracts lie in Clack amas, Yamhill, Polk and Linn counties. The timber stands on revested Oregon and California grant lands. Land grant counties, including Marion, receive 50 per cent of the gross proceeds from timber sales on O Ac C lands, Collins said. Better English By D. CL Wdlams 1. What is wrong with this sen tence? "I'm Reeling kind of poor ly today." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of ainlcat4e7 S. Which one of these words is misspelled? nomination, domin eerier, domlsile, domino. 4. What does the word "stoic" mean? S. What is a word beginning with 1 that means to feign; or Imitate"? 1 ANSWERS 1. Says, "I'm feeling rather ill (or, sick) today." 2. Pronounce am-i-ka-bX first a as in aam, 1 as in it, second a unstressed, accent first syllable. 3. Domicile. 4. A person not easily excited; one apparently . indifferent to pleas ure or ' pain. "A stole of the woods, a man without a tear." CasapbeTL g. Simulate. f 3 JEWELERS AND 1 S SecAcheson j Leaves for Big 3 Confab WASHINGTON. Nov. 7 -(ffj-With a personal sendoff from President Truman, Secretary Of State Achesoa left by plane early tordeht for a meeting of the west ern Big Three foreign ministers at Paris. . j He will discuss with foreign Ministers Bevin of Britain and Schuman of France problems aris ing from the east-west division of Germany, and the question of - uni fication of Europe. President Truman drove to the airport with Acheson. After wish ing Acheeon good Journey, the president chatted briefly with re porters. Asked if he had given any good advice to his secretary of state, he said: "No. I've got him to give me advice." Leaves ta Stntoerolser Acheson and 11 aides left in a giant 60-passenger Stratocrulser airliner, chartered for the trip. This plane was substituted late in the day when a smaller craft originally assigned to the mission developed engine trouble. Acheson is due in Paris about noon tocnor- Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vlshinsky called on .Acheson this arternoon ana was closeted with him for 14 minutes. Vtshlnakr ex plained that he came to "pay his respects"; that he was In Wash ington to attend a celebration at the Soviet embassy tonight of the anniversary of' the communist revolution In Russia. Whether the Acheson-Vishinsky talk dealt with the east-west cold war was not stated. Plans Conferences Acheson will have time for .con ferences with Ambassador Lewis Douglas, U. S. envoy , to Britain; John J. McCloy, high commission er for Germany, and other top American representatives in Eur ope before the opening Wednesday of the latest series of Big Three: talks. These are scheduled to continue for two days, but officials said Acheson, Bevin and Schumann might keep their meeting going a third day. 1 , Germany is generally expected to be the principal subject up for discussion, but American officials look for Acheson to press for action by the other western powers toward unity in ; western Europe. The opening gun already has been fired by EGA Administrator Paul G. Hoffman 6 an American campaign to prevail on all the European beneficiaries of Mar shall plan-aid to speed the process' of breaking down economic and political barriers among them selves. . .: The Paris meeting, the state de partment said,! was arranged at Bevin 'a sureestlon and will h cerned with problems of Germany. European unity ana me flelense of the west under the North Atlantis treaty. NOW A PRIVATE WASHINGTON -(INS)-Robert Bishop, now a Marine private, served during the war with the British Commandoes in Africa and at Salerno, was a member of Marshal Tito's bodyguard eaUL later served as a major 1st the Canadian army. FOX ; I uisiom savkiqs SB Hrrt Fedcrcl First Current Dividend TA st Federal Sovfcjj end lean Ass'o, 142 Se, liberty ' fit ' It costs so little to give your lovefy diamond e new look. Bring it in today. Well chow you e variety of handsome mountings end help you choose the one that wiU dramatize" YOUR precious gem. SILVERSMITHS Xireslcy Banding Eial S-Z22J