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l-($ec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fit, May 2, '58
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"No Fawr Sways Vs. So Fear Shall Awe."
Frees rTrst SUtamM, March 28. 1851
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor & Publisher
WENDELL WEBB, Managing Editor
Entered it tha poet offlce at Salem, Or... as sscond
claaa matter under act ol Consress, March J, 1871.
' PubUahtd erverT morning. Burinesa office HO
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this newspaper.
Approval Urged
On School Bjudgets
Yesterday The Statesman discussed elec
tion of school director for the Salem school
district No. 24CJ, and for the Marion County
rural school district Also to be voted on are
budgets for both the local school district and
the county rural school district; and where
th'ere are union high school districts an ad
ditional election will be held for them. Since
first-class districts are now included in the
rural school district, city voters, as Iri Salem,
will vote on the RSD budget, too. We shall
attempt an explanation of the budget situ
ation. a
First, the budget for Salem School District
24CJ:
This budget has been worked out by the
budget committee, Burr Miller, chairman.
Right off it was confronted with the problem
of staffing and operating two new Junior high
schools. The complement of teachers for the
whole system Is increased by 46, and that will
cost around $200,000. The operating costs of
the added units is estimated at around $165,
000. Then the budget committee authorized
an across-the-board increase of $180 for each
teacher, in addition to the increment of $180
earned through added experience under the
established scale. This will cost an additional
$180,000. Debt service calls for an 'increase
of $185,000. The budget estimate of total in
crease over the budget for the current year
is $734,000. However, thanks to the tax off
set feature of the state basic school fund an
estimated $190,000 additional state money
will he received, bringing the 'net increase
for SD2.4 CJ down to $543,000, equivalent to
an increase in tax levy of around 7.8 mills.
As was brought out at the budget hearings
the per pupil cost in the Salem system is rel
atively low. Its salary scale is medium only
among the 50 city school systems of the state.
One teacher group sought an increase of $360
in the basic wage, but the budget committee
granted only one-half of that.
The issue comes down, pretty much to this:
Do you have confidence in the budget com-,
mittee, and inJLh..scliool board and the ad
ministration qbUTffttm'' Statesman entartam
that confidence and so recommends approval
of the budget and of the tax levy required in
excess of the. six per cent limitation.
Now wl come to the budget for the Marion
County jural school district. The school
board ef this district has computed the
amount on the legal formula of one-half of
the total of all school district levies for op
erating purposes, plus its own small operat
ing budget This then becomes an equalized
levy raised by a county-wide tax.' The over
all budget is $2,270,000 of which $2,234,000
would become a tax offset to the individual
districts, if the budget is approved at the
school election, including the levy in excess
of the six per cent limitation.
What this means is simply this: the dis- A
tricts decide on their own school district
budgets. Then., if the budget of the county
district is approved, 'the local district tax will
be reduced and the county tax increased. If
the county district levy over the six per cent
limitation is voted down, then the amount to
be distributed from the county levy will be
only the amount within the six per cent lim
itation. The county superintendent's office
figures that under the rural school district
budget 32 school districts will pay more than
they get back, 15 will pay less and three will
not be affected much either way.
The Statesman regrets that the first-class
districts were thrown into the county district
for budget and equalization purposes. At the
same time it feels there is some virtue in the
limited equalization it provides. Therefore
it recommends approval of the rural school
district budget.. It happens that the Salem
district will benefit slightly by the adoption
of the pounty budget about three-tenths of
a mill; but the principle is good regardless.
In this connection it should be mentioned
that the city of Salem has been very gener
ous in taking in outside territory, thus help
ing fringe districts in carrying school bur
dens that were becoming very heavy.
To conclude: The Statesman recommends
that the voters in the Salem school district
approve the school budget in their own dis
trict, including the necessary levy in excess
of the six per cent limitation; and that the
voters of Marion County approve the county
rural school budget with its levy in excess
of the six per cent limitation. The election
will be next Monday at the usual hours and
voting places.
Human Limitation
For Pilots, Too
Public outrage has subsided over the airliner-jet
fighter collision near Las Vegas last
week which killed 49 persons; but the threat
of similar mishaps in our crowded skyways
continues to grow.
It's easy to place blame on the pilots in
volved "and perhaps they weren't looking
around as much as they should have been.
However, when today's planes move at speeds
of 10 miles a minute and up, the pilot's
physical senses that is, his eyes aren't
enough to guard against mid-air collisions.
Even with near-perfect vision, a pilot con
siders himself lucky to see another plane 10
miles away. If both are moving headon at
the 10-mile-a-minute rate, it's easy to figure
there's only 30 seconds to act to avoid col
lision. That is if the approaching plane is
seen at its maximum distance. Any . flier
knows it's impossible to clear all the air
around him in 30 seconds even without
attending to all the gadgets, switches and.
dials in the cockpit
It boils down to the fact that the only hope
for avoiding mid-air collision lies in the elec
tronic field. This is true not only with warn
ing devices but also with control systems
which will take over control of an airplane
to turn it off a collision course. Expense and
weight will be big factors but increased
safety would far outweigh those drawbacks.
Pilot error has been the cause ; of many
aircraft accidents. But increasingly a pilot's
biggest "error" will be the fact -that he is
human with human limitations. (V.E.)
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1 Final arguments were offered Tuesday In
the case brought to restore passenger sera
ice on the Southern Pacific south of Eugene)
to Ashland. The service was dropped two
years ago, and the SP lawyers declared it
would cost the company a million dollars a
year to restore such service. Public Utilities
Commissioner Howard Morgan will have to
decide whether he has authority to order res
toration of the service and if so, whether he
should do so. Curtailment of rail passenger
service is nationwide. Over the last weekend
Batlimore & Ohio railroad halted its service
between Washington and New York, leaving
that to the Pennsylvania. The latter has
dropped its passenger service between Wash
ington and Chicago, leaving that to the B 4 O.
The suspension stirred emotions of regret,
but' motorcars and planes have pretty well
displaced railroad trains for hauling pas
, sengers.
BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEPM
i
Walter Reuther accuses CMC with "taking
advantage of the recession" for its moves in
the current bargaining negotiations. Per
haps; but didn't Walter wring all the advan
tage he could out of the 1955 prosperity?
Nasser's Foes in Middle East
; Disturbed by US. Policy Shift
By JOSEPH ALSOP
WASHINGTON - Behind the
scenes, an intensely serious de
bate about our future course In
is now going- on STkx.
a m o n f the!, T
American pol- f I
uuxy acojn raui-
er remote, but
in reality it is
about at remote L-4
" as a time-bomb I I
under the bed. I I
are worth exam- f Jotepli Alsovj
Two main issues are being
debated. Tne first it whether to
encourage Camille Chaumoun In
'his intention to seek amendment
of the Lebanese constitution, to
that he can secure another term
as President of the Lebanon. The
, second issue is how far to go on
the new State Department line of
making friends again with
Egypt's Carnal Abdul Nasser.
The two issues can both be
summed up in a single question;,
"Whose side are we on?" for
Nasser is Chaumoun'! unrelenting
enemy, precisely because the
Lebanese President is a stout
friend of the West. Thus encour
aging Chaumoun to try for an
other term inevitably means re
newed conflict with Nasser.
MaUag pellte and' (fiend I y
noises to Nasser ,Vpj the same
token. Inevitably Impairs Chan
noun's chaace for re-election. Ia
fact, grave damage has already
i la Beirut oy toe aouet
blocked In the United States as
soon as Nasser makes a settle
ment with the former stockhold
ers of the Sues Canal Company.
The thing doei aot end there,
either. The new Jink In American
policy, towards greater amiabili
ty to Nasser, has also 1 greatly
upset the other Middle Eastern '
leaders who are under constant
attack by Nasser because they
are friends of the West. King
Hussein In Jordan, old Nurl
Paaha In Iraq, are both Intensely
disturbed.
Again, the outcome in Lebanon
. is being watched with anxious at
tention, not just in Jordan and
Iraq, but also in Turkey, Iran
and Pakistan. In all these places,
Camille Chaumoun is frankly re
garded as a test case. Justly or -unjustly,
the United States will
surely be blamed for deserting
Chaumoun if the Lebanese con
stitution ' is not successfully
amended, and Chaumoun there
fore fails to secure another term.
Every other pro-Western leader
in the whole area will thereupon
begin asking himself when his
turn will come to be deserted in
the same . manner. ,
Worn still) the replacement of
Chaumoun by a more neutral and
therefore less controversial can
didate can lead ta quite directly
to a new challenge to King Hui
sela in Jordan. Jordan's belea
guered pro-Westerners watched
with horrified attention while Nas
er's furious attach forced- King
Hussein's "elder brother,"' King
Saud of Sandl Arabia, to hand
over most of his authority to
Saudi Arabia's crows Prince Faisal.
to Department has made
k the 1 week, about mfreet-
laf she EgypUaa funds bow The pattern of defeat for a stout
friend of the West, and his re
placement by a neutral, was
clearly set in the Saudi Arabian
crisis. Let the same pattern be ro-i
posted in the Lebanon. Then the
time will be ripe in Jordan for
Hussein to fall victim to Nas
ser's pressure. After that it will
be about time to give up the life-and-death
game for the Middle
East.
Such are the stakes In the pres
ent behind-the-scenes debate 1
Washington. Unfortunately, a
good many offlolals of the Duties
State Department do not consider
the stakes being played for. They
only consider the ease of play.
Obviously, it is much - easier '
and pleasanter to have outwardly
amiable relations with such a for
midable figure as Gamal Abdul
Nasser. Obviously, It will be
much easier and pleasanter If
there Is no violent crisis in Leba
nonand there will surely be a
very violent crisis, If Camille
Chaumoun adheres to his inten
tion to seek another term as
President.
But avoiding unpleasantness is
not policy-making. There are, in
deed, only two possible Middle
Eastern policies now open to the
American government. Either we
stick by the West's Middle East
ern friends, treat their enemies
as . our enemies, and accept the
unpleasantness this course will
produce. Or we pay the unpleas
antly enormous price of making a
fundamental : adjustment in the
Western attitude toward the new
Arab nationalism that Nasser rep
resents. We cannot have it both
ways, as we are trying to do.
(Copyrlftit 19SS,
New York Herald-Tribunt, Inc.)
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gave its approval of the bill by
a unanimous vote. This was a
.notable achievement for Neu
berger. It lends hope that the
Senate will pass the bill and
that the House will follow with
its approval. The bipartisan ef
fort paid off. Neuberger worked
on his colleagues of both parties,
and had the full support of Sen.
Arthur Watkins. R-Utah. Hat-,
field Chilson, Under-Secretary of
the Interior, also was active in
support of the bill.
If this measure becomes law
the Klamath Indians will receive
full appraised Value for their
.assets. Management under a
sustained yield program will pre
vent a rush to cut and market
the fine pine timber, on the reser
vation, which would have glutteV
the market and in the end left
a timber barren over the old
.reservation:' From a resource
standpoint as well as from that
, of fair dealing with the Indians,
this is one of the most important
local measures to come before
this session of the Congress.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce was holding its 46th
annual convention in Washington
where it has its headquarters.
The topic for the Tuesday gen
eral session which I attended was
"People and Politics," In which
the businessman's responsibility
in politics was stressed. Leading
off as speaker was Theodore R.
Iserman, New York attorney,
who discussed "the growing pow
er of unions. 'As prelude there
was flashed on the screen pic
tures of the labor temples that
have been erected or are under
construction in Washington: the
AFL-CIO headquarters, and head
quarters buildings for various
unions; teamsters, operating en
gineers, bakers, hodcarriers,
electrical workers a sharp way
of pointing out the rise in wealth
and power of organized labor and
of its determination to have a
seat at the center of political
.power.
' Iserman's talk was followed by
one from' Sen. Barry Goldwater
of Arizona, one of Walter Reu
ther'a top antagonists. He re
lated some of the experiences on
the McClellan committee, and,
condemned the refusal of the'
Senate to accept the amendments
offered: by Knowland to a pen
sion regulation measure. Major
ity Leader Johnson had maneu
vered so that the Knowland
amendments were shunted aside,
though with some assurance that
the proposals would receive con
sideration later probably too
late for action. In this election
year members are . unwilling to
invite retaliation from the large
body of union workers. It will
be regrettable however if the
findings of the McClellan investi
gation bear no fruit in measures
to prevent the recurrence of
racketeering by and within
unions.
A frankly partisan debate be
tween Sen. Humphrey, D-Minne-sota,
and Sen. Karl Mundt, R
North Dakota, followed. The for
mer "viewed with alarm" and
the latter "pointed with pride"
in typical partisan' style. Asked
by the moderator Who would be
their party's choice for president
in 1960, Humphrey dodged by
saying the Democrats had many
fine candidates. Mundt sparred,
with the comment that as usual,
the Democrats were "long on
quantity and short on quality."
For Republicans he offered the
single name of Richard Nixon,
as the one "best-prepared" for
the office in all our history.
Arthur H. Motley, publisher of
.Parade magazine wound up the
session with a rousing talk to
encourage active participation
by businessmen in politics to in
sure clean and efficient government.
Under "Mission 66' the Parks I
bervice Has added better flood
lighting for Washington monu
ment. 'Current attractions id
Washington are the Mayflower II,
now docked in the tidal basin
and open for visitors, and a col
lection of the paintings of Sir
Winston Churchill on exhibit at
the Smithsonian Institution. We
saw them both the Mayflower
was of special interest to Me
hitabel because one of her an
cestors came on the first May
flower. The Churchill paintings
may not be "art," as the Chi
cago Art Museum decided in
denying them exhibition, but
they are quite satisfying to view.
Nothing abstract about them
mostly outdoor scenes and a few
of still life.
Better
By D. C.
English
WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this sen
tence? "He acts like he would
be willing to help us out."
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of ' monarchlal 7
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Demurrage, , democ
racy, dependence, depracatory.
Answers
J. Say, "He acts AS IF," and
omit "out." 2. Pronounce mahn-ahr-ki-al,
accent on second syl
lable. 3. Deprecatory.
GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty
"Pretty strong evidence of economic caution "... not a
speck of food left on the plates of these, political fund
u ragtag dinners!....
Safety
Valve
Contrlkntl.u so Ik Safety
VIt mast bt sif ned by the con
tributor, firing also bit s44rcss.
Asks Soifie Questions
To the Editor:
Candidate Jason Lee's wife and
a couple of his other supporters,
in letters to the Salem newspa
pers, have unfailingly and uni
versally referred. to his having
been "given command of his
ship in the Pacific Theater."
' in the best tradition of "name
, droppers," this vague reference
is no doubt intended to conjure
Aip a mental image of Mr. Lee
on the bridge of at least a heavy
cruiser, his heroic and granite
pose reflecting a "damn the tor
pedoes, full speed ahead!" ,sort
of thing.
Mr. Lee's supporters have me
a little curious. Would they
kindly explain how this particu
lar accomplishment qualifies him
to sit on the Oregon Supreme
Court, and specifically say what
kind of ship Mr. Lee command
ed? Was it indeed a heavy cruiser,
a destroyer, a PT Boat, an LSM
or, perchance, a garbage scow?
JOSEPH VOEGTLTN
P.O. Box 571
10 Years Ago
t May t, IMS
Junior Chamber of Com
merce members ia annual state
convention at Portland, voted
thcpUbany chapter the project-of-the-year
award for work on
the Albany Timber Carnival.
Nine cats that comforted an
elderly Philadelphia spinster in
v the. last years of her life were
named beneficiaries of her
trust fund estimated, at $75,
000, i5 Years Ago
Mayt, 1933
Dr. Verden E. Hockett, presi
dent of 'Fraternis Club, named
an officer nominating commit
tee of William J. Braun, John
Heltzel ind Walter Fuhrer.
The U. 8. Frigate Constitu
tion, passed the Yaquina Bay
entrance. The historic "Old
Ironsides" is on a tour of Pa
cific Coast ports.
40 Years Ago
May 1, 1918
Fred Mangls of Mangis Bro
thers returned here, after sev
eral weeks on the Atlantic
Coast and as tar south as New
Orleans. Fred is first lieuten
ant of Company E.
After June 1 all names for
passenger trains will be elimin
ated throughout the whole coun
try and trains will be known
' only by numbers, according to
information at Union Pacific
headquarters. Fancy names are
said to be advertising.
Stamp to Honor
State Centennial
WASHINGTON ( - Oregon will
have a commemorative postage
stamp in honor of Its 100th anni
versary next year, Rep. Norblad
(R-Ore) said Thursday.
Postmaster General Summer
field has signed an order for the
stamp, Norblad said.
It first will be sold at Astoria
on Feb. 14, 1959, exactly a century
from the day Oregon entered the
Union. Astoria was the site of the
state's first post office.
Norblad said no design for the
stamp has been chosen.
Mortgage
Loans
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conducted' 15 runs at 13 'Gs,' tome
lasting as long as lour mingtes.
This meant that without the
weight-absorbing : effect 61 water,
the force exerted on the subjects
under acceleration would have
been 13 times their normal weight.
The experiments set' a hew re
cord, since the previous , high of
12 gravity forces for4 14 minuteiif
had been considered a ihan's en
durance limit. " '
Acceleration Fore e s
Noticeable If Man in
WASHINGTON -r The Air
Force said Thursday it has learned
that a man. jfimersed in water
can withstand unusual amounts of
acceleration .or gravity forces,
known to airmen as G forces.
The Air Research and Develop
ment Command discovered this in
experiments at the Wright Air
Development Center, Dayton, Ohio.
Experiments- there were aimed
at solving launching and, re-entry
problems that will be encountered
in manned flights into space.
Researchers followed out a prin
ciple expounded In the third cen
tury B. C. by Archimedes, ancient
Greek mathematician.
Archimedes Principle
Archimedes learned' that when
a solid is immersed in fluid it
loses, part of its weight and this
part is equal to the weight of the
fluid it displaces.
Scientists at Dayton reasoned
that putting a man in water might
help counter the G forces of rapid
acceleration or deceleration. Xo
test the idea they put volunteers
in skin diving masks in a tank
of water mounted on a centrifuge.
By experiment they learned there
is least discomfort, and the man's
body is completely mobile, if the
tank is filled only a foot above the
subject and his torso and head are
tilted upward at the hips to a 35
degree angle.
The scientists said tney naa
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ater
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