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Higher Fees at State Schools I
The state board of higher education made
very modest increases in fees to be - charged "
students, raises made necessary to supplement
the slate appropriations received. Fees per term
for the university and state college were in
creased to 555'from $44; at Vanport from $38
to$52; at colleges of education from $30 to $40;
at dental school from $116.50 to $140, at the
medical school from $124.50 to $150. Increases
also , were made on special out-of-state fees. The
fees on a per year basis of nine months would
be three times the .term basis. They run very
much less than the tuition and fees charged in
.private colleges which depend more on tuition
income. , , !,
The early idea in state higher education was
t furnish it free or at very low cost. That idea
has continued; but costs have outrun capacity or
wilKngness of legislatures to vote appropria
. tkns, so state schools quite generally have been
increasing their charges to students. b-.
The new rates will hardly keep any qualified
person from enrolling and scholarships are often
available for those specially needy. The time had
come when it was necessary to balance the load
by adding to that borne by students. j ;
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Taxes and Deficits
Governor McKay told the state federation of
labor at Klamath Falls that the state could get
along with cigaret tax money in the current
biennium due to the greater intake from income j
and corporate excise taxes. That certainly is a;
pat on the back" for. labor's effort to refer the j
cigaret tax .bill. But after this biennium the
deluge, for thergovernor warned that in 1953 the (
state would face a deficit of at least $45,000,000.
It is still uncertain whether the state can baU I
ance its budget this biennium without either the j
cigaret tax or a property tax levy. To do so it ;
will use up the balance on hand from income tax j
collections, which was estimated at 31,000,000 1
as of June 30 next but probably will be more; j
The income from -a cigaret tax would at least j
beJp give a cushion for the jolt that comes in j
1953 when otherwise the income cupboard will
be bare.-" '. ' ' i i
Real Victory t
The Christian Science Monitor quotes approv-r
lngly this statement from Trygve Lie, secretary
general of United Nations: '
We must never forget that the objective of 1
the UN forces in Korea is. to win something i
much more important than a war. It is to win j
victory for collective security against future ;
wars everywhere by repelling tbe aggression in j
Korea and restoring peace and security there.
We need to keep this simple statement in
mind. The UN objective was to repel the aggres
sor in Korea and restore peace, not to launch a
crusade against worldwide communism.
The return of Dr. William C Jones to Oregon
will be welcomed. He came to Willamette as
professor of business -and public administration
in 1929, went to the University of Oregon in
JMl as head of the department of political iM
ence. and was president of Whittier college in
California from 1944 to 1951. He had resigned
the latter position to become superintendent of
the Congregational and Christian church for
southern California a few months ago but now
his been elected dean of administration at the
University of Oregon, and has accepted. He has
grown in stature in his profession and will prove
a valuable addition to the university staff and
to leadership in Oregon affairs. '
Painful Effort Toward National Strength
Seen as All-Essential for an Armed Peace
By Stewart Afe
WASHINGTON, June 20
With intense reluctance but aa
unquestioning obedience to high
er -authority in
stilled many
years ago, this
reporter re
cently complied
with a, h e a d
master's re
quest to speak
at the gradua
tion exercises
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of a b o y ' a
school he once
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ingolriously
tended. T h
touie was the
exceedingly general on of The
World Situation."
It appeared likely that boys
between the ages of 12 and 17
might soon begin to throw spit
balls or worse, if subjected to
the sort of rather detailed politi
cal report which usually appears
In thU space. It therefore seem
ed wise, in simple self-defense,
to think again about the world
situation, and to try to reduce it
to its essentials, as in a problem
in first-year algebra.
The results were anything but
startling or original. Yet the ex
perience proved useful, if not
fc the boys, at least to this re
porter. And at any rate it is
interesting to try to state the
problem of national survival in
terms of a problem in a school
examination paper. This can be
done quite concisely. The prob
lem has four main elements.
(A) The first element is a
powerful nation, controlling
much of the population and land
area of the earth, aggressive and
expansionist by its very nature,
unalterably and intensely hostile
to the United States.
(B) This potential enemy will
Quite soon by 1953, if the ac
cetted estimates of Soviet atom
ic production are correct have
the weapons needed to wound
this country most savagely, per
haps almost mortally.
The defense department's budget for military
construction includes $14,285,300 for Camp
White. This surely looks toward its. reactivation
as a training center. Residents in the Camp Ad
air area will feel relieved. They didn't want to
be pushed out again for setting up another train
ing camp, j !
Save Paint or Enforce law
New signal lights and generally - improved
traffic conditions, particularly in the statehouse
area, are worthy of commendation in Salem. But
unless there is a real crack-down on violators
of crosswalk regulations, the city might as well
save its yellow paint. . ,
In recent checks on three such crosswalks, it
was' shown that an average of six cars sped by
.a pedestrian before one stopped to permit com
pletion of a jaunt across intersections. In one in
stance, a pedestrian a quarter of the way across
waited for 13 cars some of which were travel
ling considerably in excess of the speed limit. In
another, a pedestrian , was "stuck" in the middle
of the street while cars went by on both sides.
It's all very well to condemn the younger gen
eration for "squirreling." But it isn't the young
er generation which is usually at fault in cross
walk discourtesy. It's a sober-minded adults
who, without a couple of tons of metal as their
own; private weapon, probably would be half
way! humane.
General MacArthur was wise in declining to
appear again before the senate, committee in
vestigating his firing. He had said his piece, a
return would be anti-climax. The general is go
ing to stay; fired; and the final verdict on the
course he pursued and policies he recommended
willj be written by historians years hence. Now
that! Pat Hurley has had his say (remember, he
gave forth with the Comanche warwhoop when
he landed at General Mao's headquarters), the
hearings should fold up, leaving the senators to
wrestle' with themselves and their consciences
over a report. j
William N. Oatis, AP correspondent in Prague
'who: was summarily arrested by the Czechs two
months ago, is to be given a public trial on
whatever charges, the government has trumped
up on him.; We should be prepared for a "con
fession" after the usual communist style, the
consequence of the physical and mental soften
ing up process described by Robert Vogeler late
ly, released from a Hungarian prison. The time
has j come for our government to resist such
treatment of its nationals by appropriate re
prisals. Aneracan citizenship should be a badge
for safe-conduct anywhere. 1 ' ' ' .
Monroe Sweetland's Oregon Democrat Is tout
ing Lew Wallace for mayor of Portland, hoping
to get a democrat in a top city hall berth (Joe
Carson was the last). Considering the feuding
that has gone on between Sweetland and Wal
lace who fought it out for the party office of
national committeeman in 1948, bne wonders
whether the boosting is due to love of Lew or
hope to keep him out of the 1952 race for state
or congressional office. !
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Portland: voters were stingy with their city
commissioni They turned down a proposal to
raise the mayor s salary from $6000 a year to
$95000 and commissioners from $5000 to $8000.
They did better by the schools, however, giving
teachers a double raise by voting an extra levy
and j approving a serial levy for building pur
poses. I -
(C) The United States has,
and will continue to have, the
capacity to destroy most of the
industrial potential (and a high
proportion of the population) of
the Soviet Union, in case of war.
(D) But in case of war in the
near future, the whole Eurasian
continent will be overrun by , the
Soviets and their satellites, the
ancient civilizations from, which
our own civilization derives will
be most ruthlessly uprooted, and
the war will thus become at least
in a sense a war which cannot
be won. i j
Surely it should be possible
to examine A, B, C, and D, as
a student examines a problem
in ' mathematics, and come i up
with an answer, X. But what is
X? H i
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One X Is surrender and that
is, of course, ruled out. Another
X is embodied in the old rale,
"kill or be killed: destroy your
potential enemy before he has
what is required to destroy you.
There is a certain awful logic
in this response. In some ways,
it seems the kind of answer
which might -be. marked "cor
rect' on a school examination
paper. ' 1
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gen.
Albert Wedemeyer, and others
often seem to be proposing some
thing rather close to this an
swer. And it may indeed be that
future historians, if i there are
any, will write of this era mat
the United States accepted the
clear probability of its own de
struction by failing to force a
war be fore the Soviets could
build a decisive stockpile: of
atomic bombs, ' i
j .
Yet for an! sorts' of reasons.
this particular X has been re
jected. The reasons; are good
reasons. They Include the moral
and political implications of in
itiating a war which would see
most of our allies destroyed; the
fact that an atomic war started
by the United - States would ce
ment the Russian people around
tha Soviet regime and alienate
the rest of the world; and tha
very nature of the American po
litical system.
Another X though it can
hardly be called an "answer"
was officially accepted by the
American government shortly
after the Soviets exploded their
first atomic bomb. This X was
embodied in the now. famous
state paper. NSC 63. Essentially,
NSC 68 calls for such a rapid
build-up of strength by this
country and its allies that a sort
of nervous balance of power can
be maintained, even when tha
2oviets nave acnievea a decisive
stockpile of bombs.
Then, it, is hoped, not peace,
but a terribly precarious yet
lasting truce may .result, fol
lowed in the very long run by
an essential change in the char
acter of the Soviet system. This
involves a hair-raising calculat
ed risk, and it Is certainly not
a very satisfactory "answer" to
the awful problem confronting
the United States.
j .
Yet any school-boy can see
what is involved in this answer.
If the calculated risk is to have
any chance at all of paying off,
it is absolutely essential that the
Soviets should be confronted
with very great strength, not
only in this country but also in
Western Europe, by 1952-53.
And already, especially since the
tactical victories in Korea, there
are renewed signs of the com
pdacency which led President
Truman and Louis Johnson, be
fore the Korean war began; to
scuttle NSC 63 almost as soon
as they had solemnly approved
it ; -
Surely, since the very best the
graduating classes of this and
other years can look forward to
is a frightened world existing in
an intensely insecure armed
truce, it is worth making a se
rious and indeed painful effort to
build the strength wholly neces
sary to achieve even this.
fCooYrirht. 1951.
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PCDOGQCg
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from virgin forests to new
growth, through greater utiliza
tion of timber and through re
stocking and protection from
fire and disease and pests. : 1
How to irrigate the Willamette
valley was discussed. Dean F
. Price of the school of agri
culture reported a new type of
organization would be needed
here for large-scale irrigation.
He pointed to possibilities : of
building dams on small streams
close to the valley floor for US
ligation storage rather than re
lying on the storage in the big
dams of the flood control proj
ect. ; j
Dean Gleason classified ouf
resources as those which are con
tinuous or renewable such as
farm production and timber pro
duction and water run-off; and
those which are exhaustible such
as minerals. He threw a dash of
cold water on the boomers who
talk about boundless resources.
Already the USA is a have-not
nation for many essentials: copf
per, nickel, lead, as well ! as
chrome, tin, manganese. Con-
servation is needed and develop
ment of substitutes for many
uses of these scarce materials.
Allocation of these may coma
(as it already has in this war
emergency). ; j
Dean Gleason referred to the
fact that many of these mater
ials are found in the Pacific bas
in and pointed to the opportui
nity enjoyed by this region to
integrate its economy with that
of the Pacific, becoming the im
porter and processor of many of
these materials. This would call
for an expansion of our facilities,
including ports and shipping;
and certainly a wider orienta
tion ot our thinking. j i
What might have been men
tioned but wasn't was the tre
mendous consumption of stra
tegic materials (copper, lead,
chrome, petroleum) in , war.
There certainly is a place for
conservation of resources. Our
national policy should continue
to be directed toward arriving
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The Safety
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Contributtoiu to thia column should be limited to 300 words. Writ only on
on aid ot paper; live name and full address. Poetry is not accepted.
Traffic Hazards
On Sa. 12th Street
To the Editor ; im
For many' months now we
have been vitally interested in
the traffic hazards and conges
tion on South 12th street and
particularly the South 12th street
hilL Tha continually growing use
of this route by huge trucks and
trailers impedes normal traffic
almost every hour of the day and
night -and we feel that an inex
pensive truck-passing improve
ment (lane) on -4he hill itself
would do much toward relieving
the congestion and cut down 'the
hazards for drivers and pedes
trians who must use this means
of reaching their' homes.
We are presently preparing an
exhibit for the state highway
commission, the county court and
the city council to reach agree
ment on the areas of responsibil
ity and to get them to cooperate
in this undertaking in the very
near future. Much has been said
about the proposed truck by-pass
route further east of Salem, but
we know from experience of the
past few years that South 12th
street , will still carry a heavy
load of local commercial ve
hicles, the. Consolidated lines,
whose warehouse is Just off 12th,
and many others who will find
It necessar ytd make deliveries in
Salem before proceeding south.
Naturally, we are much inter
ested in growth and expansion
for our fair icity, but we also
believe it is' the responsibility
of the various governmental
agencies to make proper and
adequate steps 5 to keep up with
that expansion, especially when
it concerns traffic and the:, at
tendant danger to life and prop
erty. May we take this opportun
ity to urge your readers to sup-
at peace in the Orient and to
ward renewal of normal trade
relations with countries in the
Pacific basin.
Dr. Reene of Montana State
college was a member ot the
president's committee on water
resources policy which filed its
reports last year. His two ad
dresses at Corvallis were of great
importance to residents of the
Columbia basin. I shall report
on those tomorrow.
by Lichtv
relax. Private Sneedby, if Iaa U da
4 k!frr !'
Valve
! i
port our group in the battle for
a truck-passing lane on the South
12th street hilL .
ALVIN WHITLAW.
President, 12th Street Civic
Improvement Club.
War and Christian Belief
To the Editor: 1
It is gratifying to read in your
editorial about AROTC at Wil
lamette University that "there is
no denying the incompatibility of
the Christian gospel and wa
fare." That -is a proposition that
needs to be preached from every
pulpit and shouted from every
housetop. Thus i proclaimed it
would help overcome war- and
revitalize the Christian faith.
What basis is : there, though.
for going on to say that "as long
as war is a fact in the world it
cannot be avoided"? Surely we
do not have to intervene in everr
fracas that comes along. We have
not done so in the past and there
are contacts going on today in
which we are not involved.
If you mean that whenever
war is beinng wagedwe Chris-
. tians must involve ourselves in
it, then, on the ! basis of what
you say about the incompatibil
ity of war and Christianity, you
are saying that I whenever this
un-Christian activity breaks out,
we Christians must engage in it.
Surely Jesus ; did not enunciate
certain principles, exemplify
them, exhort his followers to live
according to them, and then say
that, whenever i violations of
them are taking: place, to join
in ine violations.
You Probably are correct in
your doubt that many Method
ists "would refuse to participate
in war if called: to duty." But
in view of what you have said
about Christianity and war and
in view of official Methodist de
nunciations of war as a sinful
and un-Christian business, why
. should not Methodists refuse to
participate in war? And why
should they not keep instruction
in this admittedly un-Chrisuan
activity out of their schools?
ORVAL ETTER.
Far Western ! Secretary Fel
lowship ! of ! Reconciliation,
Berkeley, Cam.
Bettor English
1. What Is wrong with this
sentence? 1 don't know if she
heard us, but II do know she
didn't do her work proper."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "clothier?"
X. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Courier, coterie,
couragious, consummate.
! S
4. What does the word "ephem
eral" mean? j . ..'
5. What is! a word beginning
with di that means "deeply de
jected; sad?" I . '
. ANSWEXS
1. Say, 1 don't know whether
she heard us, but; I do know she
didn't do her . work properly." 2.
Pronounce kloth-yer, o as in no,
and not kloth-i-erj S. Courageous.
4. Beginning and ending in a day;
hence short-lived. ' (Pronounce
e-fem-er-al, first 'and second es
as in set, third as in her, ac
cent second syllable. 5. Discon
solate, i ! :
Every successful man I have
heard of has done the best he
could with conditions as he found
them and not waited until next
year for better E. W. Bom.
By Jaae Ea4s
WASHINGTON -(A1)- Besides
all the business he had to take
care of in Washington, Horace
xioones nad a ,m,,-
family i reunion f
coming up and!
some shopping ;
to do. I
His son Dav-1
id, 17, wanted!
him to bring
back a guitar. I
Mrs. Holmes'
asked him to !
fill up his suit-l
case withf ; :
cleansing ' tis-
I
sues, and he had to get repair
parts for his record player. -
Tve got to. get-started back
to India soon, though,' he said
in a . crowded-in interview.
"We're : expecting- a big locust
hatch in the desert area. Some of
, our men are bringing in two
C-47s and three Piper Cubs
from Iran.! Ground' forces will
locate the locust masses, and
we'll spray Aldrin or BHC from
the planes."
A chief agriculturist In" the
TJ. S. Department of Agriculture,
Mr. Holmes has been serving as
agricultural' adviser on loan to
the government of India since
1948. One of his many jobs is
to help build an extension serv
ice for India and its' states a
demonstration program carried
on in cooperation with the In
Court Passes
Marion county court Wednesday
gave formal approval to the 1951-
52 county budget of $2,645,290.
Final public hearing on the bud
get was held Wednesday but no
citizens appeared to protest. The
new balanced budget will go into
effect July 1 and compares with
a current budget of $2,486,626.
1 The blueprint-of the county's
spending and revenue program
for the next 1 fiscal year was ap
proved by a six-man budget com
mittee May 9 after three days of
deliberation. i ' :t
Increases in- the new budget
are largely accounted for by sal
ary boosts for ' county , employes
and elective officials, judges and
clerks of election .boards. These
items will cost the county an ad
ditional $43,000 annually.
Another estimated $31,000 ap
propriation was necessary to take
care of costs involved when coun
ty offices must seek new quarters
if a new courthouse is construct
ed. On top - of this jnost county
offices asked for more money on
which to operate, 'although reve
nues from nearly all these offices
also show an increase.
Marion County
On New Budget
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dian government.
"We're providing . our own
technical people to work with
the Indian technicians, carrying
. on pilot demonstrations in typi
cal 1 OO-squ are-mile areas set up
Jn each state,", he told me. In
one pilot area, he says, 10,000
farmers have succeeded in dou
bling grain crops from an aver
age of 13 to 28 bushels per acre
in three years. One man ' aver
ages SX bushels. On he Nepal
eae border, near the present fam-
ine area, tanners have more thn
doubled their potato crops from
119 to 260 bushels per acre. 1
A farmer-merchanfs son of
Newcastle, Term, Mr. Holmes
worked with southern farmers
in agricultural programs - until
1948, when he went to China for
UNRRA. Later, he was appoint
ed by the Chinese government
as an extension consultant Ha
tried to help people on both Na
tionalist and communist sids
"We were making progress,"
he said, "but you cant build a
. country when people are fight
ing. It was heart-breaking. Tha
people worked so hard. All they
wanted was food, clothing and
medical attention." . -
Over a good part of the world
the women do a greater part of
the work ' than the men, Mr.
Holmes said but would go no
furtner. He said the subject of
woman was as dangerous as pol
itics. S:
Bruce Coldblatt
Attends Summer
School at Stanford
Bruce Goldblatt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard B. Goldblatt and
graduate this spring from Salem
hi eh school, is attendi
school at Stanford university.
Goldblatt was one of 150 stu
dents in the United States selected
to start his quarter at Stanford,
where he will major in law. He
lemt Monday for Palo Alto, Calif.
He was among the high five
scholastically in his graduating
class at Salem high. He is a for
mer piano student of Mrs. David
Eason and achieved national recog
nition in music circles, when at
the ages of 12 and 13 he composed
two piano compositions."
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