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4 (Sec. 1) Statesman, Sodom. Or Sunday. Nor. 28, 1954 WE DIDNT THINK HE HAD ONE 3$e "A'o Faror Sways Vs. No Fear Shall Awe" - From First Statesman, March 1, 1851 Statesman Publishing Company : CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Published every morning. Business office 280 Worth Church St., Salem. Ore, Telephone 4-S811 ' Zutered at the postofflce at iltra, Ore, as second class matter under act of Congress March 1 1878. : Member Associated Press The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all local news printed in this newspaper. t 'Education Campaign' . The last issue of Oregon Education, publi cation of the Oregon Education Association carried as a banner headline: "OEA Launches $15,000 Education Campaign." But the Edu cation Association is -not attempting directly to promote instruction in the Three-Rs or in mathematics or the humanities. The subhead explains the nature of the campaign: "Public Understanding, and Action on Tax Matters Is Aim ofMajor Information Effort." ! Now what could that be? The text of the article says that the trus tees of the association have authorized the t appointment for two months or more of a director to supervise the campaign. The first step will be to collect the necessary data on Oregon's tax problems. This information will be boiled down and the material in popularized form will be distributed to the public. To quote: "It was expected that the public informa tion program would bring to the public a complete picture of state, county and local governmental financing and the relationship of school finance to the whole picture." Since the schools absorb the lion's share of public expenditures the public does need full information about their requirements and about the state and local tax structure. -The OEA has a dual interest, as protagonist for' the public schools to safeguard the wel fare of those whose lives are dedicated to employment in education. We hope, how ever, that the new campaign does not develop merely into propaganda for more school taxes. The public is fully committed in the support of education, has responded quite generously to appeals for finances for new buildings and for operating expenses. The immediate concern is how to maintain the system in the style to which we have become accustomed, in the face of shrinking income tax receipts- and mounting property tax levies. x If the OEA can somehow smite a rock and make rivers of fresh revenue pour forth with a minimum of pain then we shall bless it for its spending of $15,000. But the Legis ' lature is going to want revenues, not just a statement of new demands. Winners and Sportsmen It is seldom given to a community to have a football' team like South Salem High not only a winner but also held in the high est regard by friends and opponents alike for character, team spirit and clean play. Its thrilling tie with stalwart Marshf ield 1 High in the state title game ; was a grand finish to a grand season. Regardless of home-townloyalties, it must be said that it would have been a shame for either of those teams to lose. Fine sportsmen themselves, the Marshf ield grid sters fought back from behind twice to stay in the running, and even though the Saxons outgained' and out first-downed them it can hardly be denied they earned their place in the sun. Conversely, veven had We not been all-out for the Saxons otherwise we could not have helped developing a very warm spot for a team which chose to battle it out for a much- -needed two yards rather than play it safe with a fourth-down kick. There was an era some years ago when, justifiably or not, Salem teams were not held in' the high regard they are today. But it's been a long time now since any serious accu sation could be made against thm. North Salem High, heretofore this city's only repre sentative in prep school circles, has built a fine reputation itself. And certainly its 1954 grid team, too, made no mean record. In inter-high school athletics, Salem is off to a fine start. , There is no doubt that rivalry will grow between the two schools as the years go by. We hope it remains keen and friendly. They are both fine schools with fine staffs and assuredly it is to no discredit of North Salem that we hail the auspicious start with which its newer counterpart has been launched. The Saxons and their coaches have made their home-town mighty proud of them. lira mora j (Continued from page 1.) The board of the big Dairy Cooperative voted to join with an organization of milk producers to ask for a preliminary survey on setting up a federal milk marketing order for the Portland region.1 They added though if the milk market can be stabilized at the present level, that would be preferable to a federal order. That seems quite sensible. The producer groups are pretty well organ ized now, and in pretty good position to hold the producer price line. They will need, however, the support of distributors. If that is furnished the milk industry will continue on a profitable basis and free from the red tape of government controls. It's worth a trial. v County Offices Nonpartisan? The Oregon Voter quotes with approval the recommendation of Forrest E. Cooper, attorney for the Association of Counties in eleven western states, that all county officers be elected on a nonpartisan basis. This is true now of the judiciary and the school superintendent, also of schoolboards and usually of municipalities. Why should party label be determining in choosing an admin istrative county official? We might apply the same rule to state officials and the state legislature, for as far as -Oregon is concerned party politics has had little to do with the functioning of these officials. However, if we erase the party at local levels how can party organization be main tained at higher levels? In former times county offices provided apprenticeship train ing for those who moved up the ladder in politics. The direct primary has largely eliminated that now. - As postmasterships go more and more to civil service status parties lose these offices for use as incentives to political activity. We can see good reasons for nonpartisan elections for county offices; but we can also see that such a move would weaken parties 'right at the grass roots. The real signifi cance of the political party in the political system of the United States seems to be fading as it is. . - "-IT- -in" " 1 hMt HEAl?TXrWCK Time Flies Home economists make quite a thing out of recipes lor what to -do with left-over turkey. For ourselves, we've never found any trouble along that line it's good just as it is. The two-year no-strike no-lockout agree ment between longshoremen and employers on the New York waterfront is one of the most encouraging signs in years of better ing industrial relations in this country. The New York area has been hard-hit several times recently by work stoppages and vio lence on .the docks. Such interruptions affect the economy in many other parts of the coun try, too. The new agreement appears as a major accomplishment. Stevenson's Political Fortunes Involved in Meeting to Choose Demo National Chairman ifv Mi Jrtrpli AIop n By JOSEPH AND STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON For a number of reasons, the meeting of the Democratic National Committee in New Orleans on Dec. 3 should prove interest ing. The meeting is to choose- a new chairman of the committee,, to replace Step hen Mitchell, who was appoint ed by Adlai Stevenson- in 1952. In several ways. whether he likes it or not, Steven son's political fortunes are involv ' ed in the New Orleans meeting. Specifically involved are the re lations between Stevenson and former P r e s k dent Harry S. . Truman. Tru man still has a great deal of power in the Democratic par ty. Indeed, in a way, be becomes more powerful as time passes and old wounds heal. The ill-organized but large anti Stevenson underground in the Democratic party would like nothing better than to see an open break between Truman and Stevenson or, failing that, sore feelings and ruffled feathers. To a large extent, the anti-Stevenson underground has pinned its . hopes at the very least its hope for ruffled feathers on the New Orleans meeting. If Truman and Stevenson agree on a man to take Mitchell's place, , his election in New Orleans will . be strictly a formality. If they cannot agree, there may be a fight. And as: of the moment of writing, they have not agreed. . For a time, some days ago, it seemed that they had their man. Former Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter seemed a perfect choice, since he is very :Stcwarl Ala close to both Truman and Steven son, and since he would lend a real distinction, which that post has not always enjoyed, to the national chairmanship. With Stevenson's fore -knowledge, Truman personally arged Finletter to take the post But Finletter flatly refused. It Is re ported that he hopes to be Secre tary of Defense ia the Stevenson Cabinet, and that purely political post of national chairman, im portant though it Is, may aot have teemed to him a good step ping stone to that Job. With Finletter out of the run ning, the possibility of friction is naturally very greatly increas . ed. Mitchell, who of course has a good deal to say about the identity of his own successor, has long wanted National, commit-, teeman Paul Butler of Indiana, a close pefsonal friend, to have the job. It is not only the key political job in the Democratic party, it is a valuable job in other ways, since it pays $20,000 a year and gives all sorts of opportunities for exceedingly use ful political contacts. Mitchell has made something close to a promise to Butler, and when Finletter bowed oat, Mit chell weat back to work, for his friend. Not long ago, he received a telephone call from the ex President. Truman told him. la a friendly hat exceedingly firm fashion, that Batler was -acceptable" to him. It teems that Batler is accounted a political enemy of his fellow Indlanlam, Frank McKlnney. McKinney was Truman's national chairman, and he was oasted by Stevenson ia - 1S52, which by bo means pleased Trnmas. ' ' ' . -; . I -p : But Mitchell is still 1 pushing Butler at least so the Truman ites darkly suspect. Stevenson has been attempting to remain above the battle, but . he is of coarse closely identified in all political minds with his . ap pointee. Mitchell. Thus among the anti-Stevenson- underground hopes are rising for some sort of Stevenson-Truman trouble.1 A possible compromise is James Finnegan, Democratic leader of Philadelphia. Former Sea. Frank . Meyers has been the chief Finne-gan-booster with Trunin, and Mayor Joseph Clark of Philadel phia has been talking Finnegan with Stevenson. Finnegan is an able man, 'and neither Stevenson nor Truman has any serious objection to him. But he has been ill And there is also a good deal of feeling, said to be shared by Stevenson, that the national chairman should be a more or less non-political figure with a national reputation, like Finletter. , There are literally dozens of other aspirants to the post. Form er Price Administrator Mike DU Salla is an active candidate. Ha has some Westers sapport, and Tramaa has passed the word that he would take him. But he is not accoapted a serious candidate. Neither is Washington's district commissioner Jiggs Donahue. ' A more serious possibility is Sen. Earle Clements of Kentucky. Clements. is not committed against Stevenson But he has the backing of the anti-Stevenson underground notably including Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas and his election would be hailed as a defeat for Stevenson. The fact is that plenty of Demo . crats who have not 1 opposed Stevenson openly will kail tat election of almost anyone to the chief party post as a defeat for Stevenson. When Stevensoa ap pears in New Orleans to address the National Committee, more over, they will be looking for any slip, any siga of weakness, and any practical way to combine effectively against him. This is. Indeed, always the fate of the front runner. And this is why it is still a great deal too early. despite all the signs, to say that Adlai Stevenson has the Demo erntie nomination in the bag: (Copyright, ISM. Htm York Herald T rib an, nej SALEM The first of the DS's (Displaced Smoggers) reached Salem late last week, grimy of hand and bloodshot of eye. w t ova wwt ... i n n tt tzZtmm ne A lwomDiey amyine. ne is one a few darm smog-belt inhabitants who Southern California. ""You people living here in free, pure air have no idea what life is like behind the iron-dioxide curtain," said Smythe during a press interview. "The initials L.A. no longer stand for Los Angeles," he sighed. "They now mean Legal Asphyxiation." ' The dense murky mixture of fog-smoke-soot gases which holds the city in a perpetual semi-darkness has wrought a lot of weird changes in ordinary living there, Smythe said. "Yoa hardly know who yon are talking to when yon meet somebody en the street," he said. "Citizens art learning to recognize their friends by their voices.'' - Several days ago, said Smythe, at a fashionable wedding, everything was so mnrky that the minister married the bride's mother to a church usher. o The smog has hit the bars hard, be said. Few people -behind the curtain drink spirits any more.' The big thing now is fresh air, bootlegged in from Oregon in bottles and cans. One sniff of pore air, Smythe says, an you're of f on an oxygen binge. Even the police fugitive bulletins, now read, . . , V V, 102 pounds, brown hair, bloodshot eyes .... " Smythe said the situation was not without its own grim humor, however. "My wife bawled me out for two hours, once," he said, "only to find out she was talking to a total stranger. He added that women were in great demand as traffic directors, fire-watchers and rescue leaders because their voices, after years of practice in normal" times, have developed that shrill, carrying quality that most males' voices don't have. Smythe told about the time his wife fainted on the street Because of the intense thickness of the smog that day, she -was held upright for a half-hour before passersby laid her down.' ' O - o . o '- Many people, said Smythe, are taking up braille. And an almost-forgotten entertainment medium called radio is coming back. -Most sports contests in the area have been cancelled, he said.1 Baseball managers were complaining, for .instance, that because the gloom was so heavy, spectators were con stantly showing up in the batting lineups. A humorous incident occurred at a high school football game recently. ' A befuddled halfback, tackled his biology teacher in the grandstand. '. Smythe said he was seeking asylum with-Oregon authori ties. He says he will fight with every weapon at his sooty fingertips before he lets anybody ship him back to his dreaded smogland. Literary Guidepost FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago Nov. 28, 1544 Pacific Northwest Associated Press members' meeting at Ta coma Wash., adopted a resolution pledging support to AP executive director Kent Cooper's program for postwar freedom of the press. Wooded frames for navy huts to go overseas were built in Mc Miimville by the Spauldiug Log ging company on an $805,000 con tract, manager Howard Ander son said. The project to last six months. Articles of incorporation was filed in the county clerk's office by Oregon Mounted Posse, Inc., with Lee U. Eyerly, Fred Ellis, George Arbuckle and Walter H. Zosel as incorporators. 25 Years Ago Not. 2S, 1129 Salem folk gave thanks as cus tom observed, with many fami lies garnering for Thanksgiving dinner. Church services were held and many found there way to the Willamette football field. The tune of "Oh I like to get up in the morning,' was sung . when two dozen men about town gathered at the Gray-Belle for the second annual session of the breakfast club. Clifford Moyni han served as toastmaster. Reports from Commander Rich ard E. Byrd's expedition, announ ced that Commander Byrd had safely returned to his base. Little America, after a successful flight cross the south pole in which he surveyed much adjacent terri tory. The flight was without mis hap. I 40 Years Ago ( ! Nov. 28, 1914 CoL B. K. Lowson. superinten dent of the State Penitentiary, was given permission to contract for wood on the stump and cut it during the winter to supply the State Institutions in the vicinity of Salem at a large saving to the 6tate. King George decorated many soldiers while visiting the battle front in France with the Prince of Wales and General French, commaDder-in-chkf of the Brit ish forces. The decorations given were the medal for valor, and the Distinguished Service Order med al, i : City Superintendent1 of Schools O. M. Elliott principal J. C. Nel son and Merritt Davis of, the romrnercial department of the High school were among the speakers' on the program at the meeting of the Oregon State Teachers' association m Zugene. dominate the landscape round " them with a. magnificent self assurance." The Lambs of course had their country house. Brocket Hall, but Melbourne House was its London strong hold. The age was one of dissolute morals when even a king (George IV) sought divorce from his 'queen, Caroline of Brunswick, on ground of infi delity, though he himself had ' been quite a rake in his time. Lady Melbourne was not with out her paramours (her hus band was a sot), but so long as the moral deviations were done with a measure of decorum the social penalties seem not to have been severe. . Eton and then Cambridge gave William Lamb his educa tion and bis first outside con tacts. Though not a scholar he remained through life a reader with a wide range oLinterests. While not a dilettante he was never overwhelmed by the seri ous side of life. Though he later entered Parliament and served as Prime Minister, to many Americans he is known perhaps only as the husband of the Car oline Lamb who had such an in fatuation with Lord Byron. And what a crush that was. Young er than William, an acquaint ance from childhood at Holland House, she matured into "the most dynamic personality that had appeared in London society for a generation." They became deeply in love, were married; but she lived in the illusion of becoming a romantic heroine, and sought to play the role to the hilt In spite of all the scan dal Lamp clung to her, and even when papers of divorce were prepared her ' appeals stayed the signatures. Long after love had flown he ministered to her whims even in the disrepute and obscurity into which she had fallen. Melbourne has his own claim to fame, as cabinet minister and Prime Minister, 1834-41, covering the last years of the reign of William IV and the first of the young Queen Vic toria, -i Essentially conservative, having none of the instincts of reform, he nonetheless was prac tical politician enough to join in the Reform bill abolishing the "rotten borough" system of electing members to parliament He fended off the repeal of the Corn Laws, mainly out of fear of change, leaving that for his successor and Tory oppo nent, Sir Robert PeeL He was a man of wisdom and some wit OfiMacaulay whom he took into his cabinet he re marked: "I wish I was as cock sure about anything as Maciul ay is about everything." He criticized a speech shown 'him by a colleague who was attack ing propaganda for repeal of the Corn Laws: , ? "I should not consider it very conciliatory. It is reproyal and condemnation, and there is in it a good deal of sarcasm. The middle and lower orders are very touchy and, above all things, hate to be sneered at" (This is still sound advice to politicians in this age of uni versal suffrage), s The biography dwells partic ularly on his relations with the young Queen. He became her fatherly mentor, constant in his devotion, wise in his advice. Niece f the late King, Vic toria at age 18 was ill-prepared to ascend the throne as ruler of Britannia, Her mother offended her, so she turned to the ven-, erable Melbourne, and, until her marriage to Prince Albert of Coburg and until the fall of the Melbourne government she leaned heavily on her Prime Minister for counsel. Melbourne's government was weak, he spent most of his time shoring it up to keep it afloat It had little policy other th?n to preserve order with a mini mum of change. He grew b-sent-minded, indifferent to the wrangles over issues such as , tariffs. After a prolonged argu ment on one occasion the cab inet came to an agreement: ' "As they went downstairs they heard the Prime Minister's voice calling to them. Looking up. they saw him leaning over the banisters. 'Stop a bit' he said. What did we decide? Is it to lower the price of bread, or isn't it? It doesn't matter which, but we must all say the same thing!" , That was Melbourne in his de cline. In his maturity he might have been indifferent to the de- ' cision but he would always have been alert to what it was. In many respects . Melbourne was the typical Englishman of his time, a time now a century past ..m.-f Better English By D. C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I differ from you on that point; we shall not divide up the money," 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "usury"? . 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Marriagable, movable, tangible, illimitable. 4. What does the word "poten tial" (adjective) mean? 5. 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