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n i i i AThe Cesnvm, Salem. Oreqron. Saturday April 21, 1931 , Wo Tavor Sxoay$ U. No Fear Shall AistT . From first Statesman, fllsrcb ZS. 1851! THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher FabOxbed every morulas. Business office 215 8. Commercial. Salem, Oregon. Telephone Z-2441. Entered at the postoffict at Salem, Oregon, as second clasa matter under act of congress March 3. 187 Taxes in Britain While Britain has greatly improved its econ omic position, thanks to the US loan' and Mar-j hall plan aid, life for Britishers remains aus-r tere. The burden of rearmament bears down on already hard-pressed British taxpayers. The new chancellor of the exchequer who lately turned In the. new budget reported an increase of 940 million pounds in the total, spending. On balance a deficiency of 150 million pounds remained. To avoid cutting the welfare and educational services dear to the Labor government's heart the chancellor, Hugh Gaitskell, called for an increase in taxes. Already taxes in Britain are just about the highest of any western nations; and while they just about strip the wealthy of most all their income they also burden the poor man. For ex ample on net incomes before exemptions of $2500 the US income tax is only $20 while the British at the new rates will be $354. At $10,000 incomes the levies are $1,592 US and $4,217 GB. These comparisons may not be wholly ac curate however, for state and local taxes in this country may exceed those in Britain. The Bri tish get mora in social services but less in edu cational opportunities. It is clear however that the citizen of Britain carries a heavy load of taxation, and that rearmament puts an added strain on the economy. Grange and DST The state supreme court refused to take ori ginal jurisdiction in a case brought by the state grange and farmers' union attacking Governor McKay's proclamation for daylight saving time; The normal nrocedure is for cases to start in the circuit court and reach the supreme court on appeal. The supreme court refused to depart from this rule. Its reasons were valid because it is essentially an appellate not a trial court. , As a matter of fact we are not sure that the' protesting -farm groups could get the circuit court to assume jurisdiction. It isn't easy for a: citizen to bring a case in court against a state official. He has. to establish his cause of action,' such as, that he is seriously damaged by the of ficiai's decision. In this case the grange and farmers union are really out on a limb because the legislation under which the governor acted was what they supported two years ago and fought for on re-; ferendum last year. The governor is giving them what he thinks the law tells him to; but certain ly not what they thought they were geting. History Already Required Supt. Rex Putnam assures that one .year of American history and government already is required of high school students for graduation,? and has been for years. This is for the third year of high school. In the fourth year a course In social and economic problems is required. In addition, states the superintendent of public in struction, all through the grades instruction is. given in our country's history. - - o..i i : .1 i : . .jititi roe would seem to be unnecessary. The object is merely to give a year's instruction in our his-? tory and government to students during their, course in high school. Tjruman and History President Truman has kept out of sight for a , week. Maybe he is at Blair house reading of Lincoln's troubles with McClellan or how the; partisans of Gen. John C. Fremont raged at Lin- - Logical Chain of Korean Events Hold More Control on Future Than Truman, MacArthur By Stewart Alsop "WASHINGTON, Apr. 20 Both President Truman and Gen. Mac Arthur sometimes seem like ac ton in a play, who have learn ed their lines well, but who - can have no real Influence on the outcome of the drama. Certain ly, ever since the Korean ag gression, each - event has had an inner logic ox . 414 at own, leading ftaexorabljr to the next event, ir iesoective of the views or wishes ftf presidents or generals. What has been true of the past may : well be true of the future. Consider how logical, even in retrospect inevitable, has been the progression of events leading up to our present situation: . 1. The United States withdraws lta troops from Korea, and the government adopts the policy that South Korea is neither mili tarily defensible nor strategical ly essential. Given the nature of the American state, it was in evitable mat this policy should Iwcsme known in detail to the Kremlin. Given the nature of the Soviet state, which demands the expansion of Soviet power wherever the risk does not ap pear too great, the Korean ag xression was then also inevitable. 2. Faced with the reality of ag gression, rather than an imagina- ry contingency, the American government instantly and inevit ably recognized that successful regression in Korea would lead , vtraight to disaster. With almost ttnanimous national support, Tru Joun committed American pow er to Korea. S. Smmt or later, American power was sure to destroy tne ; . The story of i Willamette university as the "oldest university in the west" is the feature article in the March 31 issue of "School and Society." The article is by Prof. Kenneth V. Lottick of the university faculty and tells brief ly the story of the founding of what grew into the present university, from a meeting at the "old Mission House" in Salem, Feb. 1, 1842. The institution was not chartered until 1853, but had long been operating as a school, for the legis lature which -granted the charter was meeting in the building of Oregon Institute whose name was changed to Willamette university. Over a century old, the, university is growing "from strength to strength." President Kennedy of the brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, put it in trainmen's lan gage: "With respect -to our policy in Korea it has finally been determined that you simply cannot have two conductors in charge of the same train." Editorial Comment WORK AFTER 65 Evidence of the undesirability of automatically laying off employees at the age 65 regardless of their ability continues to develop. The Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors? Insurance finds that most people work as long as they can and retire only be cause they are forced to do so. Generally they need the money. The Social Security Bulletin cites studies of the retirements' of the beneficiaries of the gov ernment's insurance showing that only about -5 per cent left their jobs of their own accord, in good health, to enjoy leisure. Many fortunately manage to locate other work. The United States Census Bureau reports that in February of this year 768,000 men and women of 65 years and over -were employed. They make a big and invaluable contribution to production. Several desirable policies are indicated by these facts. First is retention by management of the em ployee who at 65 still gives first-class performance. Second is a program for better shaping of job con ditions by industry and retraining to enable quali fied older workers to continue producing. Third, the state may furnish a specialized counseling and placement service to locate suitable job openings and connect older people with the opportunities. Christian Science Monitor power of the North Koreans. On ce this was done, the militarily meaningless line of the thirty eighth parallel was sure to be crossed. j 4. Given both the fears and the ambitions which communist doctrine engenders, it was then at least logical that the Chinese communists . should intervene. It was logical that : surprise and numerical superiority should give the Chinese initially a great mi litary advantage. And it was lo gical also that mobility, fire pow er, and air domination, all of which the Chinese lacked, should then swing the military advant age against the communists. 5. It was then logical that .the Soviets should; try to make up these deficiencies, ! by supplying the missing components for a successful offensive transport, heavy weapons and offensive air power r- to their Chinese satel lites. This the Soviets have now apparently done, and an offen sive is in prospect, - This is where we stand now. : Fortunately for the sanity of the human race, the future is un knowable. But consider the steps which could logically derive from the present situation, whatever President Truman! or Gen. Mac Arthur may- propose or desire: . f. The use I of j offensive air power for the j first time behind ' our lines could have the most se rious consequences, as Gen. Stra- ' temeyer has hinted. If the conse quences threaten to be sufficient ly serious, the Manchurian air bases will certainly be attacked, as both Truman and MacArthur well know. . - 7. Having once i extended the war to Chinese territory,'- it will . then be logical to hit Chinese supply lines and even ' cities; to blockade the China coast; to sup port the nationalists, and to take all the other steps which Mac Arthur favors. Again, as Truman and MacArthur know elaborate , I i s l; aftsmati coin when the latter revoked a political order of Fremont's in the border states during the civil war. Perhaps he is reading how Theodore Roo sevelt recalled Gen. Arthur Mac Arthur, father of Douglas, from: the Philippines and how Taft (William H. not) Robert) passed over General A. MacA. in appointing a chief of staff. Perhaps he is reading how the friends of Gen. Leonard Wood stormed when Pres. Wilson denied him the opportunity of heading an army overseas in the first world war. Undoubtedly Truman will find more consolation in such reading than in much of the current newspaper comment or the telegrams that come to: the White House. It is equally certain that Truman is counting a ver dict of history to sustain him. Cottage Grovei is dedicating a new 32-bed hospital. It was a community undertaking, over $200,000 being raised locally. A federal grant of $103,000 was obtained to help pay for the build ing. One local citizen, a lumberman, W. A. Woodward, contributed $25,000 to the project. To publicize the community achievement the Cottage Grove Sentinel put out a splendid 32 page issue, in itself quite as notable an under taking for a country printing office as the hos pital was for the community. Congratulations go to Cottage Grove and to the Sentinel. plans; for doing all these things If it becomes necessary have al ready; been made. ; 8. This will be the great turn ing point But judging from the Chinese precedent, the Russians will then logically intervene, whether openly or in some thin disguise. This will lead to a third World War. : It is President Truman's posi tion that somewhere between five and six, or at least between six and seven, this deadly chain of logic can be broken. But he does not say at all how this is to be done. It is Gen. MacArthur's position that six and seven can be undertaken with decisive ef fect, and without bringing on eight. But he gives no convincing reasons for believing either that the effect will be decisive, or that the Russians will not intervene. : But what Is clear from the foregoing is that events, rather than the views of MacArthur or Truman, will determine our fu ture course. The fact is that the United States alone cannot break the chain, simply because the United States cannot and will not adopt a policy of appeasement or Surrender. Yet the chain may yet be broken. Events are sure to force I some sort of showdown, probably soon. When it comes, the showdown must be with the real . masters of the situation the men In the Kremlin, rather than their satraps in Pciping. - 1 ' f Those best qualified to judge I still believe that the Soviet rul ers do not want war, if only be cause j atomic war would surely destroy their regime. Thus if it j Is made crystal clear that the dis missal of MacArthur is not the prelude to appeasement; that a reasonable Korean, settlement i which, does not reward aggression is nevertheless possible; and that 1 the ultimate alternative Is a third ' World, War, there is still t chance for peace. It may even be a good chance. t mrw Tork Bwri4-TribDt) I tcoprrichs lau. ! i ' tfrV 'grin mtitetitw . . .'Savings'? . . I thought we and non-essentials ..." Safety Valve Japanese Yiew On MacArthur To the Editor: r I have just received a letter from a 22-year-old student at the Waseda University in Tokyo, written last Saturday. As Wa seda has several thousand stu dents it is quite possible that he speaks for most of Japan. He wrote: "An atmosphere of great shock now spreads through not only Tokyo but the whole of Japan. Of course, it is General MacArthur's removal. It is the biggest affair we have experi enced since the war is over. "All Japanese are much shocked and when we heard of that, we could not say anything for a while. Our people's respect and faith for General MacAr thur are too big for words. Some of our people are crying at hear ing of his removal. As for me, their heartache is my heartache. I shall not forget the name, MacArthur, through my whole life. He was literally God and Savior for us Japanese. "I can well understand the reason for his removal. To be frank with you, it is the chief reason, I believe, that he was too God-like, too Savior-like for us. Also. I can understand Tru-' man's reason for his replace ment. However, I'm thinking if there would be a better counter measure or not? At any rale, our people, except the commu nists, are disappointed and los ing some kind of energy. "At the present, we are not interested in new Commander Ridgway's personality. Under such situation, I think, United Nations forces will be defeated in all Korean field, for they, the communists, are very cunning. "I want to know your opinion about MacArthur's matter." WALTER JONES, President International Rela tions Club, Willamette Uni versity. DIP 033JJO8 PCD ODDS (Continued from page 1) which go chiefly to the counties. On the other hand the counties are quite willing to have these capital outlays borne by pro ceeds of sales of timber. What the counties will settle for is an assured 50 per cent of gross re ceipts. While the government bodies are arguing over the .percentage cut they need to be alert to changes In administrative policy which may greatly reduce the amount to be divided. Pressures are being exerted against the bureau's access road program which is designed to hold the door open for competitive bid ding on timber. If these prevail then private owners of inter mingled lands may have a virt- uai monopoly on purcnase 01 u Se C timber. The New York Times so far is the only news paper which has given a report on this vitally important subject, Lawrence Da vies, its west coast reporter having covered the sub ject in a series of four articles early in April. The public interest extends not only to a fair division of pro ceeds, but to the proper manage ment of these rich land .and timber resources for the benefit of all, at present and for the in definite future. In another decision the house appropriations committee turned down the request of the reclama tion bureau for $1,700,000 to start building the Columbia river-California : electric tie-in transmission line. The commit tee rapped the knuckles of the bureau and called on Secretary Chapman of the interior depart ment to report on how come the bureau had spent money on pre liminary - work ' on : at project whose authorization had been refused last year. This action clips the wings of the ambitious plans of the bureau for connec tions with west coast federal power projects. miitttiiii were roin to cut oat all the frills MacArthur Saga Unlikely For Russians By J. M. Roberts, Jr. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Europe has been quick to see in tne MacArthur row some thing that Americans, long ac customed to it, have been prone to over look in the heat Yet it is fX: n m a hirxr ii-. J mi which typifies as well as any thing the very attitude of life which is funda mental in the conflict with all - covering communism. It is the spectacle of a gen eral, so badly on the outs with his commander In chief that he had to be busted, yet able to use the world's greatest forum of government a joint session of the congress with complete liberty to reiterate his views and his criticisms. It is the spectacle of millions of people, disagreeing with the edict of their president for One part and paying tribute to the untarnishable record of a hero for another ' part, lining the streets to cheer the 'government's opponent, under the protection rather than the Clubbing of po lice. - ' European editors have been quick to point their fingers at Russia and say "it couldn t hap pen there. These are the same editors who have criticized MacArthur's actions and the policies he has proposed. But they have seen the pres ident of the United . States can' cei a speech and advance a press conference so as' not to divert any part of the spotlight from MacArthur s day in Wash ington. They have heard the sec retary of defense and the chair man of the joint chiefs of staff decline to appear before con gressional committees before MacArthur has had his chance. - - - The London Times, for in stance, foresees a great deal of trouble for the administration growing out of the general's Washington speech, even though it thinks his dismissal was nec essary. But it uses the whole thing to contrast the workings of democracy with totalitarian ism. Berlin's Der Tag foes like wise. "In Moscow, a stubborn general would have been silenc ed. In Washington he was called on to speak." A New York policeman with whom I have a train-waiting ac quaintance had the idea too. I remarked that his department must have been put to a great deal of trouble, not only to po lice the gathering of seven mil lion people on the city streets to welcome the general, but also to see that no untoward incident affected him. un, noDoay wouia take a crack at him, even if they think he's wrong. Tis a grand land, you mow." Qgggs Better English 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "No less than ten peo ple asked where his headquar ters was." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "paraffin'? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Ransom, rational ize, rathskellar,. rapacious. 4. What does the word "mere tricious" mean? 5. What is a word beginning witn tnat means "makinga loud outcry"? ANSWERS 0 1." Say, "No fewer than ten people asked where his head - quarters' : were." 2. Pronounce . last syllable as flat, not as teeaw Rathskeller. 4. Alluring by ; false ; show.- "People are often deceived by meretricious dis i plays,w 3. Vociferous;' - Bill to Expand Authority Of liquor Board Backed r The senate alcoholic traffic com-1 fffiittee Friday recommended pass- ( State Property Unit Cut Proposed Abolishment of the so-called state surplus property division' op erated as a part of the state educa tional department was urged by Senator Angus Gibson, Junction City, at a meeting of the legislative joint ways and means committee here Friday. t Gibson said the division is pay ing $600 a month, rent for a ware house in Salem, has nine regular employes, and is being used by the state board of control to exact a toll of 10 per cent on surplus pro perty allocations to state activities. Discussion of Gibson's proposal de veloped in connection with a re quest of the division for a defic iency appropriation of $80,000 and an appropriation of $363,000; for the 1931-53 bienniunv Action on appropriation requests of the Oregon Historical Society in the amount of $50,000 and the Ore gon Trail association, $10,000, was deferred pending determination of whether the proposed Oregon Trail association appropriation could be absorbed by the state highway; de partment. It was suggested that $5000 be lopped of the historical society as sociation request and be allocated to the Old Oregon Trail associa tion. A bill carrying an appropriation of $189,755 for expenses of the statute revision council caused Senator Dean Walker to remark that the total cost of this council's operations might exceed $1,000,000 as against an original estimate of $100,000. The council is engaged in recodifying the Oregon laws. Walker added that the money probably was being spent for a worthy cause. A new tithing proposal, which would increase general fund rev enues from $262,750 to $583,944.96 a biennium, was placed before the committee for investigation. The proposed new - tithing program would include several additional state activities and increase in some instances the tithing per centage based on appropriations and other revenues. Transfer of Surplus Vet j Fund Opposed A proposal of the legislative joint ways and means committee to transfer approximately $2,500,- 000 of the $7,500,000 surplus in the world war veterans sinking ae count to the state's general fund was opposed vigorously at a meet ing of the senate military affairs committee Friday. Members of the advisory com mittee of the .veterans affairs de partment said they had worjeed diligently to administer the home and farm loan law efficiently and that the $7,500,000 realized from the project should remain in: the sinking fund as a protection against any decline in the state's economy. Speakers said loans now aggregate approximately $8,000,000 a year with a total bond issue of $26,000, 000. "If we permit this transfer? we may find ourselves In financial trouble, speakers opposing ;the proposal said. . 1 Deputy State Treasurer Fred Paul us said he thought the sinking fund should be reduced but made it plain he was neither .opposing or favoring passage of the bill. A motion to place the bill on the table failed to receive a second and no definite action was taken.! The committee reported out with a "do pass" recommendation a bill exempting employes of the veterans division to administer the bonus payment from regulations of the state civil service commission and the state retirement act. Duster Pilots Liable Under Bill in Senate i Pilots who dust crops and spray for spruce budworm infestation in forests would be held responsible for damage they do to surrounding crops under a bill passed in the senate Friday and sent to , the house. Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction City, explained that large-scale dusting and spraying operations in recent years have caused damage to crops in neighboring areas, f The bill provides that operators of dusting planes must be bonded up to $10,000 to insure that they can pay for damage they might cause. Reactivation of Conciliation Unit Backed in Senate A bill to reactivate the state I board of conciliation to settle Ore gon's labor disputes was introduc ed m the senate Friday by the sen- I ate labor and industries commit tee, -v.-- I, The governor would appoint two members of the board, one each from management and labor.; The two would then select a third mem ber. , - r:r- The board has been - inactive since the late 1930. . commission . authority : to reject beer license applications of per sons with criminal records and of unfit moral character. ' The same committee also ap proved a measure to create a five- man legislative interim commit- tee to study Oregon liquor laws and conditions during the next -. two P Keapportionment Han On Long -Range Basis Passes i n H 6 use Vote Start Writer, The Statesman ' J A long-range reapportionment plan which could not tak .ffw until 1955 sped through the house Friday with only 11 dissenting votes and virtually no debate.' j The measure, a proposed constitutional amendment introduced by Rep. E. H. Mann, Medford, would have to be approved at the next It would increase the size of the senate from 30 to 35 members and of the house from 60 to 09 repre sentatives. Senators would be elected on a population basis. One representa tive would be elected from each county with the remaining 33 to be named according to population. Marion county's 1 reDresentation would be unchanged. Only Rep. G. D. Gleason, Port land, lashed out against the meas ure. "The legislature has voted to continue operating unconstitution ally, so let's be consistent. This is just an attempt to make legal, what has been illegal in the past," he said. Gleason referred to the fact that the legislature has not reappor tioned for 40 years, although the constitution specifically requires such action after each federal cen sus. ' Representatives earlier this week overwhelmingly rejected the Young Republican club's reappor tionment proposal which would have divided both houses on a po pulation basis, as required by the constitution. Mann's plan is expected to face a stiff fight in the senate which. under his proposal, could be con trolled by the votes of four Wil lamette valley counties Marion, Lane, Clackamas and Multnomah. These counties would have 18 of the 35 senators. Multnomah, and Lane counties would get the biggest increase in representation under the Mann proposal. Multnomah would have 11 senators and 17 representatives. 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Lancaster at 4 Corners ...... rs I two representatives, would get its own senator and keep its house strength. . Yamhill county would: keep its one, senator and two representa tives. Clackamas county would have its senate delegation boosted from one to two and would keep its three house positions: L The 11 representatives who vot ed against the constitutional amendment were Mark:! Hatfield and Lee Ohmart, both, of Salem; Pat: Lonergan, Maurine 1 Neuber ger, G. D. Gleason and Kenneth Kraemer, all of Portland; Orval Eaton, Astoria; Frank Farmer, Rickreall; E. J. Ireland, Molalla; J. O. Johnson, Tigard, and Robert Klemsen, St. Helens. - i ; Air Pollution Control Cains House Bacldrig A senate-passed bill designed to prevent and control air pollution in Oregon was approved for pass age Friday by the house : aviation and commerce committee; The measure, requested by Gov. Douglas McKay and approved: un animously in the senate, would' have the governor appoint a five man air pollution board with the state sanitary engineers as sec retary. '1 a. ouara cuuxa require indus trial plants to correct conditions causing air pollution, which is most frequent in the Portland area; A $90,000 appropriation is : in cluded in the measure. f In othAr srtinn th mmm Hm buried Rep. David Baum's bill to license all rainmakers. 'Members said they would introduce a resolution-for an interim committee to study the problem and report to the 1953 legislature. j . The measure would permit rain making; such as cloud seeding, only by state license. , , c. U . - S1C0.C0 51G2.50 Must Be Seen in Action To Be Appreciated f! 4 Write or Call Herbert Hansen 575 Se. 25th Street Salem, Oregon ! . PHONE 2S71S ' wfE--i PL-.. . -: J : $2.95 gr hW f IBJ I n I far lata i r2 , Cvl'
