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Jhm OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. February 21, 1948
"No Favor Sway$ V$; No Fear Shall Awe
From Firt Statesman. March 28, 1IS1
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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Member of the Associated Press ;, ,
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper.
tiiitryIiinlrl
Mayor Earl Riley of Portland says the interim
Communion investigating taxes is not rity
mmdrd so his city council lias authorized ap
point fTit of a commission which reflects the
urban viewpoint. The Portland mayor says the
state gesfmost of the tax money, leaving the
cities ouj Jin the cold.
There is truth in what the mayor complains
of The state legislature is generally country
minded. Our antiquated representative system
makes it more so, because upstate, on a popula
tion basis, ha larger representation. Both coun
ties and school districts have fared better at the
hands of the legislature in tapping the state
treasury than have the cities.
On the other hand cities have been spared
one huge source of expense. They have had no
obligation to pay the costs of public assistance
general relief, old age grants, aid to blind,
etc. Thee costs fall on the counties, the state
and the federal government. The majority of
persons on astiMance rolls are city residents;
and if the cities had to contribute to their sup
port they would find the burden extremely
heavy.
The real reason for city distress is the re
liance almost exclusively on the property tax.
The state gets the income tax, the gas and high
way use taxes, liquor revenues which have
bn-n the expanding source of revenue. Held
to n property tax and that fenced in by the
sis per cent limitation, the cities have had a
tight squeeze to get by.
Tr growth in demands forf public service!
has also proved embarrassing to citiem. Paved
strft. sewers, parks, playgrounds, libraries,
better fire and police protection. all theseJcost
mor.ev and property is too narrow a base to
use for financing all these costs. City financing
Is a major problem in public finance, not only
In Or ton but across the nation.
In California the cities ganged up in the
present H- i I session of the legislature and
raided the Mate treasury's surplus of $350,000.
000 (demi-ri chiefly from th sales tax) to the
amount of $80 000.000 for a Santa Claus dis
tribution to cities (lovernor Karl Warren vetoed
the bill but it was repassed over his veto. This
sporadic foray in not the answer to the problem
of the cities. Oregon ought to work out a better
solution. The tate commission should give heed
to the need and the recommendations of the
Cities if t is going to solve" our tax problems.
Siirprirril at Hiiia?
We See no special reason for surprise at the
Canadian arrest of a number of persons sus
pected of currying on espionage on behalf of
the Russians
It is politic to be worried about the affair,
and to be thankful that the Canadian author
ities assisted by dur own have been sufficiently
astute as to break up whatever- network was
operating. But to be amazed that this should
to forward in time of peace, and at the behest
of a fur-mer ally and present fellow-member of
the United Nations Organization, is to be for
getful of home of the facts of international life
which we karned to our cost during the recent
war.
It m, regrettably, a fact that the United Na
tion Organization, although full of hope, has
not yet forrrn-d itself into an international gov
ernment of Any sort. It Is still an organization
of nation, united, but still nations. Although
it seems inevitable and desirable, that some
sovereignty of each nation be ceded to the
UNO in the future to achieve real international
gover nmi r,t, this has not yet been done.
Vet the recent war showed, notably at Pearl
Haitxx. thM no nation which must rely merely
upon it own strength to withstand the shock
of rriM tan possibly be without the best pos
sible information on what .is going on in.
other pail of the world. Moreover, this In
formation must cover what is really going on,i
riot what appears to be happening. In the day
of the perte-t1 V-2. which our own army says
may shortly he improved to strike any target
in the entire world from launching places in
the L' S , this is more than ever necessary.
Hu .i.ik obviously, felt this to be true, and
adopted under ground means to complement the
informal ion on atomic energy which she must
Certainly b asM-mblmg from every open source
on which h can possibly lay her hands. The
fact that rh used the technique of espionage,
and apparent ly got caught at it, is a serious
bio to ICusMan assurances of friendliness, hut
is oolv ucother illustration of the immense im
port am e which . all governments in 1946 as
cribe to beinj' minutely informed.
A to the ethics of the matter, espionage has
been a fairly highly developed western custom
since the fifteenth century, and will probably
continue in use for some time to come. Upon
that idea, at least, seems to be founded our
own recently announced National Intelligence
Authority, so the Russians are not the only
ones in the field.
Building; Coal
During the war the state couldn't build be
cause of restrictions on labor and materials.
Now it ecma it can't build because of excessive
costs At lefat the state board of higher educa
tion Tuesday rejected bid! on dormitories for
OSC5 and the college at La Grande; and the
board of cor trol deferred until today action on
bid for a oormitory at Cottage farm, operated
by the state hospital. The costs run so much
higher thr ct-timates that the $10,000,000 voted
in the special levy plus available appropriations
will not begin to provide the construction which
was contemplated a year ago,
" It does not seem possible that a breakdown
of material costs wovid show increases of 100
per cent; and wage rate have not gone up that
much. The explanation for the doubled quota-'
tions must lie in the current uncertainties and
in the delays and low efficiency in operations.
The contractor feels he has to increase his
cushion in self-protection. It may be true too
that the contractor feels he is entitled to a
higher profit margin now after living on lean
fare through the 1930s. We do not know.
Apparently the only hope for lower costs in
the immediate future is in the stabilizing of
conditions so materials and labor are available
and working efficiency increased. The state
can hardly defer essential buildings much long
er, and may have to go ahead in spite of the
high costs.
The power company has trouble In summer
when the wind blows farmers' haycocks across
power lines, causing short circuit. Now the
telephone company has a complaint. A farmer
south of Albany broke the covering on the
underground telephone cable when he blasted
a ditch. ! 1
it -JL wKyooM..i''.w J lPJsr ones that might I
Hk The W mri Stat
Aiming to I'lca
Dean Packard of OSC says we should have
a seismograph in Oregon. If the prediction of
Prof. Hodge, noted geologist at OSC, is fulfilled
of more earthquakes and bigger ones maybe
we should send in a rush order. j
Behind the News
By PAUL MAIXON
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Re
production In whole or in part strictly prohibited.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.An outside man who
knows as much as anyone of the inside of the
unions is telling his friends:
"When the strike debacle of this nation is over,
there will be only one union. It will be the AFL.
and it will be under control of John L. Lewis."
This objective prophet aasumes existing leader
ship is getting beyond its depth. He thinks Inept
and wild directorship is weakening the setup of
the unions, causing shrinkage of coffers,, loss of
power and dissatisfaction within.
Mr. Lewis, original CIO organizer,
importer of the sit-down strike
technique, rich mine union chief
tain, now returned to the execu
tive council of AFL, has a large
respect in the rank and file on
all union sides, where he is rather
generally conceded to be the
, smartest man in the union movement.
Whether : one big union under
raul Mmilea Lewis would furnish any improve
ment is not the decisive point of the' matter. Cer
tainly one union would present greater power than
the now divided house. Furthermore, Lewis has
established, in hi career, a national respect as
a trustworthy man. He might be able to establish
union responsibility. The personality of any man
with leadership powers can be a greater influence
than legislation.
But the call for a change must arise, not front
these circumstances, but frorn the union member
ship, if it Is to be effective. Developments at hand
will determine the satisfaction or disMatisfactlon
of the men with the current course of events.
The development of the striking power to atomic
proportions has inspired excited inner suggestions,
meanwhile.
Ask Truman Impeached f
Two separate persons have asked me if Mr.
Truman could be impeached. They thought him re
sponsible for the current condition, on this ground;
.His former economic stabilizer was quoted as
Tho Literary
Guidopost
By BOB MICE
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' MB. LINCOLN'S CAMERA MAN)
MATHRW H. BRADY, by Key Mtr
lth, Scrlbaer'i; 91M),
The American Civil war was
the first time that people on the
home front had anything like an
accurate Idea what the boys on
the battle front were doing and
enduring. That was due to one
man, Mathew B. Brady, and his
photographs.
Brady was the best known
photographer in the nation even
before the 'war. His galleries in
New York and in Washington
were showplacex, his portraits
had won prizes in New York and
Loudon; in one year, 30,000 per
sons had come to him for Da
guerreotypes. Brady's cameras were heavy
and cumbersome. He worked on
the battlefield with portable
darkrooms, mounted on wagons
under canvas. But his pictures
could be claimed with pride by
any photographer today.
Unfortunately, the book is not
all that it could, or should be.
Textually, it is little more than
a series of anecdotes strung to
gether on a thin wire of history
interesting, of course, but re
vealing nothing of the personal
ity of Brady. Indeed, the bet
and most intimate closeup of
Brady in all the 263 pages of
text is a quote from a book of
fiction.
The writing is amateurish and
hot through with irritating er
rors. Anyone with more than a
cursory knowledge of the war
will sfxjt the erroneous switch
in timing that puts the surrender
at Harpers Ferry ahead of the
finding of Lee's famous Lost Or
der in the Antietam campaign.
The reference to "feeble resist
ance" of Union troops on the
first day at Gettysburg finds
refutation in such casualty fig
ures as the 24th Michigan's 363
dead, wounded or missing out of
498 engaged. There are others,
like these, unimportant in them
selves1 but detracting from the
soundness of the work.
Another marked lack is the
absence of an adequate explana
tion of Brady's technique, pro
cesses and equipment.
The Brady pictures around
350 of them are splendid. No
book with Brndy photographs
could be without merit; it is re
grettable only that the whole
project does not measure up to
tbe same standard.
OCT
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(Continued from page 1)
saving before the strike wave started, that wages
could be increased 90 per cent without a price in
crease which was an invitation to the unions to
make excelve demands. His initial wage increase
program is supposed to have called for a 20 pef
cent increase in wages, but he eliminated the
figure from his speech, upon the objections by
economic advisors at the last moment. However, the
unions knew the figure had been In the speech
and acted accordingly.
My answer to these inquiries was that Mr. Tru
man could be Impeached but will not be. The
constitution does not prescribe Impeachment for
mistakes (if the wage policy was a mistake.) but
for malfeasance and corruption, neither of which
la suggested br anyone. Furthermore, the house is
under edmirustration control Impeachment would GRIN AND BEAR IT
be possible only after a breakdown of government
and demoeratic party leadership.
But some democratic politico, below the Wash
ington plane, are beginning to speak of creation
of a new party. They want to break away from
CIO PAC control over the party, do not like re
publican leadership, and are thinking along the
lines of an Independent political movement under
aggressive, popular progressive leadership.
Third Party Unlikely
If anything happens along; this line, it will be
the other way around. The state laws and organb
ration arrangement are such that It Is practically.
impossible to start a new Dart r in this country.
Many millions of dollars and more than five years ?
of effort would be required to get one going, once
the popular ground was laid for it. If the CIO
captures complete control of the democratic party,
and a considerable portion of democrat do not
like it, they will be forced to go fishing or vote
for a republican whom they do not consider satis
factory. At present, a majority of democrats in congress
are holding out against union control but unable
to effectuate any affirmative legislative action. It
they asserted leadership they could hold the poliU
cal activities of the unions within their grasp, and
establish their own political control.
What has happened in the last few Week i
that the unions have displayed j their development
of the "strike weapon to atomic proportion. By
strikes against food, fuel and public service, they
have shown a power of destruction of life as
thorough as the atomic bomb. A long as any agent
has such power, he will naturally some day be
expected to use It. No power ever long exists
unused. People are frightened. They were so fright
ened of the atomic bomb they wished to outlaw
it into international control. They will not long
allow the power of economic destruction to remain
over them without similarly outlawing or control
ling it. This is the simp problem to be met.
will not be attempted In many
cases unless fertilizer is avail
able. Cover crops in orchards
need nitrates to stimulate growth;
pasturage is much more valu
able if it can be fertilized. Many
growers of hops and berries and
mint have lands which require
commercial fertilizer to make
tji em productive. A report from
California says that potato grow
ers in Kern county are cancel
ling orders for seed potatoes, be
ing unwilling to plant unless
they can get 130 lbs. of nitro
gen and 700 lbs. of ammonium
sulphate per acre.
The information shows how
important commercial fertilizers
are, not only for the prosperity
of the farmer but also for the
food production which is urg
ently needed in 1940. Art King
of the college extension service
who has been working on the
problem estimates that the value
of farm crops will be increased
$3,000,000 if farmers can get
6000 tons more of ammonium
sulphate this season.
The Salem alumina plant is
able to produce ammonium sul
phate and the management is
willing to do so. Ammonium sul
phate is required in the process
of reducing clay -to alumina,- so
the production of this fertilizer
Is just one step in its operation.
The plant is just at the testing
stage a far as alumina process
ing is concerned, and the ammo
nium sulphate can be manufac
tured with little or no interfer
ence with the testing.
Immediately required are ap
proval by RFC of manufacture
of ammonium sulphate at the
plant, at the new price, and ap
proval of the price by OPA. The
department of agriculture ought
to lend a hand to help get this
fertilizer out in time for use this
spring. Local people want to
have a thorough trial made of
the process of extracting alumina
from day; but we want also to
sustain our agriculture and can
welt back up the efforts of the
extension service to employ the
plant this spring in the making
of ammonium sulphate for farm
use.
By Liclity
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"I don't pcepose a pension fee ALL congressmen just for those
who axe unselfishly devoting tbe reat of their eareers to tbe Pearl
Barber InveattgaUenf
Soroptimists
Hear Director
Of Red Cross
Salem and Marion county have
not provided for transient veterans
as have many other less populated
cities and counties, Virginia Stev
ens, director of home service for
the American Red Crons. told Sa
lem Soroptimists as she addressed
their Wednesday noon luncheon
meeting at the Golden Pheasant.
Homeless and sometimes family
less, this group needs cooperation
from the community Jut at much
as do the men and women who
formerly lived here, she declared,
The period of adjustment between
discharge -and employment or re
celpt of the emergency unemploy
ment comiiensation is expecially
difficult for men coming here from
other parts of the country, Mrs
Stevens said.
The Red Cross is principal
agency now attempUng to serve
transient veterans; last month it
loaned in small sums 1393.60 to
such persons in Marion county.
It is the organization which most
often serves where others are
prohibited because of technicali
ties, Mrs. Stevens Indicated, tell
ing of the advisory service offered
families of servicemen and veter
ans, widows or other surviving de
pendents of those who died in the
service.
Four girls from Hillcrest school
were special guest of the organization.
New Social Club Completes
Plans for First Dance Friday
Completed plans for the Washington Birthday dance which
is to inaugurate the new city social and recreation club's pro
gram designed to better acquaint veterans and newcomers to
Salem, were announced Wednesday by the club co-chairmen,
Carl Greider and Mrs. Elizabeth MacDowell.
The dance at VFW hall Friday at 8:30 p. m. will be tho
first of a series of such dances I 1
Red Cross to
Open Campaign
Headquarters
Headquarters for the American
Red Cross fund campaign in
Marion county opened Wednesday
at the Valley Motor company, 373
Center st. The campaign begins
March 1 to continue through the
month, but the headquarters are
opened before that in order to
get out supplies snd line up the
campaign plans
Blanche Allen Is in charge of
the office, assisted by Mrs.
George Roth. A telephone num
ber for the office will be an
nounced later. This is the third
Posters. Elinor DanieUon, Bird- ' driv th,t th VIlejr Moto com
headquarters for the Red Cross.
All rural district chairmen for
the Marlon county campaign are
being contacted by Olive D. By
non. chapter execuUve manager,
and F. A. Doerfler, rural division
chairman for the drive, this con
tact work to be concluded thi
week. Members of the motor
corps have been taking the two
scheduled for the fourth Friday
each month. Music for this Fri
day's affair will be provided by
Claude Bird's orchestra and the
Willamette freshman trio which
includes A 1 dene Gould, Jo Ann
Palleske and Carol Dimond.
Hospitality Committee
Members of the hospitality
committee are Justice and Mis.
James T. Brand, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Burr Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Kent. Aubrey Thompson, Lucille
Satter, Robert E. Gangware,
Birdie Hebel, Bill Bailey and
Betty Dotaon.
Other committees: Program and
ms 1 1 group activity, Don Douris;
special dances, Esther Miller, Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Anderson; re
freshments, Burton Crary; deco
rating, Mrs. Charles Pripce. Mrs.
Carl Halvorson, Mrs. Paul Bran
don, Mrs. John H. Slagle and
Carolyn Brady.
Foster Committee
ie Hebel, Betty Dot son, Betty
Bird, Bonnie Daugherty and Rob
ert Boaniman; publicity, Betty
Dotson; prizes, Mrs. Albert J.
Walker, Elinor Daniel son and Don
Douris.
The club's board of trustees.
recently selected, includes Mrs. 1
Esther Little of the YWCA. Mr !
Albert J. Walker of Salem Coun- j
cil of Women's Organizations, C.
A. Kells of the YMCA and Rob
ert Board man of the USO
Tickets for the dance may be
obtained at the YM or YW or
from Aubrery Thompson at the
Montgomery Ward tore and Eli-
officials to visit the various dis
tricts.
nor Danieiaon
estate office.
at! the Pirha real
Rotary District
Head Speaks at
'Ladies Niirht'
Career (iirls Urged
rr & 1 TV Tne ar,nul ladies' night of the
lO MllUV INlirfllllg j Rotary club was held last night
at the Msrion hotel. The mirror
Girls interested in careers are ; room was filled with members and
being urged to consider nursing i their wives with guests present
as a profession by Henrietta j from clubs of Portland. Albany,
Doltz, director of the department j McMmnville, Corvallis, Woodburn
of nursing at the University of and Silverton
Oregon Medical School in Port- ' Joseph Gabriel, district gover
land She pointed out this week nor of Rotary, of Hollister. Cal.,
that 63.668 vacancies are now : was the speaker of the evening,
open to college trained nurse I He emphasized the cardinal points
Better opportunities exist today, ; f the Rotary creed: service, tnter
according to Miss Doltz, than ever . national understanding and good
before in the higher ranks. Need I ethics in business. He noted the
for nurses In public health, vet- growth of Rotary in 41 years from
erans administration, teaching
positions In schools, and In the
field of psychiatry have readied
an unprecedented peak.
Irrigation Survey
To Slart Soon
Survey of the proposed irriga
tion project, involving approxi
mately 5000 acre of orchard
lands in The Dalles vicinity, will
get under way by a federal agency
within a few weeks. Senator Guy
Cordon Wednesday advised John
W. Kelly, secretary of the Oregon
poKtwar development and read
justment commission,
It is proposed to obtain the bulk
of water required for the project
from the Columbia river. Spon
sors of the project declared that
unless irrigation was provided
many outstanding orchards in The
Dalles district would become lea
productive witmn a few years.
a single club in Chicago to 5800
clubs in AO nations.
At the San Francisco confer
ence, said Gabriel, Ruia was tlis
only nation represented which had
no Rotary organization. Germany's
Rotary club were abolished by
Hitler but efforts have been made
to revive them. Gabriel expressed
the hope that Rotary could 'even-
Valley Welders of Salem soon : tually be established in both these
will be housed in a new build- lands.
ing. it was disclosed Wednesday J Robert L. Eifstrom, president of
when Gustave Klempel took out i the . local club, wa toastmaster.
a city building permit authotiz- ! Dr. George Peavy of Corvallis. dis
ing construction of a $O0O welt- j trn-1 governor of this district, til
ing shop building at 340 market troduced the speaker. Vocal num-
Valley Welder lo
Erect Buildiim
at.
Other permits issued by the
city engineer Wednesday went to
E. B. Houser for a $5200 house at
1885 N. Liberty st., W. R. Porter
for a $5800 house at 1520 Madi
son st., and Earl Mootry for u
$1200 storage and heating build
ing at 1999 N. Capitol st.
bers were rendered by Mrs Jose
phine Albert Spaulding and Judge
Arthur Hay led the company in
group singing
Mi ii inter Tells of
Nip Prison Life
American prisoner of the Jap
anese at Santo Tom prison
camp on Luzon existed on a diet
containing only 650 calories a day
during their last six months of
imprlstinmerit, the Rev. Herbert
J Riley told Willamette univer
sity students Wednesday in a
chapel address.
The Rev. Riley, his wife and
two children, were imprisoned
there three years. He tlana to re
turn to the Philippines to resume
his missionary work soon.
Elilon Campbell to Talk
On Broadcasting
"The American System of
Broadcasting" will be the subject
of El don CampbeiT address to
night at the weekly meeting of
the radio class which meets ev
ery Thursday in the basement
room of the crty library. The
meeting is open to the. public.
Campbell is program manager
for radio station KEX in Portland
and has had a wide experience in
presenting programs for the ra
dio audienoa.
MAY RAISE HAIRCUTS
PORTLAND. Feb. 20 -(&)- A
boost in the price of haircuts to
$1 was in prospect here today
following last night's recommen
dation of the raise by the barber'
local No. 75. Talks are scheduled
with master barbers, the employ
ers, and the Increase proposal will
gain be before the local at its
March meeting.
Boy Seoul Troop 8
A(I(Ih MeinberHhip
Fight new members of Boy
Scout troop I this week became
tenderfoot scouts, receiving their
first scouting badges at a candle
light court of honor In the First
Presbyterian church Monday.
The boys are David Boone,
Richard Howard, Eugene Bart
let t. Dennis Shepard, Robert
Young, Bruce Burns, Nicky Shep
ard and Richard Short. Second
Class Scout -Robert Gordon re
ceived merit badges In personal
health and reading.
Silverton Couple
Found Not (siiiltv
Mr and Mrs. Charles Davis of
Silverton were found not guilty
of assault and battery in a jury
trial at Justice Joseph B. Felton's
court Wednesday.
The trial grew out of an alleged
alienation after a Silverton high
iichool banket ball game, said to
involve a IS year old boy student
of the school, Mrs. Davis, who is
a teacher there, and her husband.
RKTI'KNS HOME
FOUR CORNERS Oliver
Rickman, who recently underwent
an operation at a local hospital,
was taken to hi home on Elma
avenue where he is recuperating.
Hill Nrlflon Initiated
Bv Pharmacy Society
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Feb. 20-(Special) -Bill NeUon.
Salem senior, ha been recently
initiated by Kappa Psi. men a
pharmacy honor society. This or
ganization promotes Interest in
professional and ethical pharma
cy through discussions in phar
maceutical and allied fields
Nelson is also a member of Sig
ma Alpha Epsiion fraternity.
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