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!jj pjgqyena Rggistcr-Guard, Thursday,
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Entered at tba Post OWc at Eugene, Oregon, aa second-
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Tba RegHtar-Ouard'a policy Is the complete and Impartial
publication In Its news pages of all news and statements on
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their opinions on events of the day and matters of Importance
to the community, endeavoring to be candid but lair and
belpful In the development of constructive community policy.
1 Three Year Budget Terms
Under a law adopted by the 1945 legisla
i ture, the "budget committees" which advise
3 county, city, school, and district officials on
budget preparation will not be appointed
from time to time as needed, but for regular
terms. In each jurisdiction, of the three ap-
pointed this year, one will be named to a
three year term, another for a two year term,
another for one year. Thereafter the vacan
l cies will be filled as they occur, and event-
ually each budgeteer will be serving a full
i three years.
! It is a good plan because it will give some
: continuity in budget making, and that is
' wise. The budgeteers do not have any final
authority. They may recommend and their
recommendations usually are followed. The
r;
responsibility still rests with the duly elect
: ed officials, and that is as it should be. But
budget making is an intricate job and to give
really competent advice a committeeman
; really should be in intimate touch with
! budget and tax problems over a period of
i years.
; The new plan should work very well with
the Administrative Council for budget mak
; ing recently set up by county, " city and
! school officials of the Eugene and Spring
field areas. Taking a long look at the enor
mous needs, this Administrative Council
'(composed of the chief executive officers of
each unit) is projecting and scheduling im-
; provements over a period of at least ten
' years.
"Should a public audtiorlum or a park ex
pansion come ahead of city sewers, county
- courthouse, or some of the new schools? What
'projects are so URGENT that they should
.move without delay and what can be set five
or six years ahead? How can all these things
'be done without putting the AGGREGATE tax
;levy out through the roof?"
j The Administrative Council, suggested by
the Central Lane Planning Council had at
i traded state wide attention because it rep-
resents an intelligent effort at voluntary tax
control and efficient spending. The Admin
istrative Council plans periodic meetings be
tween budget seasons and there is no reason
' why members of the various official budget
: committees should not sit in at any of these
discussions.
; , In this area we are virtually debt free as
to county, city and schools and although it
may be necessary to resort to some bond
ing for extreme long range projects such
as the Mill Pace junction and overhead and
off street parking the aim is to keep all
normal improvements on a cash basis and
to prevent forever any such condition as we
confronted in the last depression when the
charges on bonded debt took more than 40
cents out of the aggregate tax dollar.
Budget season is at hand. It is a criti
cal season for this community's future.
Hughson Builds the Builders
To a great many people in Lane county,
O. G. Hughson is so well known that they
may wonder why we take space to mention
again the work that he is doing. But after
all, Mr. Hughson is only one man and his
work is almost state wide, and it has not
been possible for everybody to have the
privilege of knowing this unique "mission
ary." At some risk of indignant protest from
Mr. Hughson, we will say that he is not a
young man (in years). Indeed, he is down
right amazing. Some years ago he told a
group of people in the State Building Con
gress that it would help to solve many prob
lems if somebody could go round to all the
schools and teach youngsters how to build.
. Mr. Hughson did not propose just "to
make something." He proposed to teach
young boys (and girls) how to build real
houses, and barns and anything else useful
by building scale models. All he needed for
a start was some wood out of the scrap pile
and a few tools. '
Mr. Hughson and his boy builders have
been building for years. From time to time
their work has been exhibited widely and
with universal praise. Some of Mr. Hugh
son's boys and girls have grown up and have
built structures of their own to full scale.
Mr. Hughson came in one day not long ago
with a complaint (first we ever .heard him
make) :
"Doggone," said he, "why don't sonic smart
tool manufacturer put out a lino of kid sired
tools. I got all sorts of little kids that want to
do this work, and they can do it Just as good
as anybody only they can't get their hands
around the grownup tools. And 1 don't mean
toys! Doggone, I mean real tools, sharp apd
keen, only just made to kid size."
: Sometime this spring, Mr. Hughson and
some of his youngsters will have another
exhibit up at the big new McKcnzie High
School, and we assure you the show will be
Worth a trip up the river (if anybody needs
ny excuse for a trip up-river). We shall
toy to see that the dates are prominently
March 21, 194ft
announced well in advance. And we hope
Mr. Hughson will be there. Here is a citizen
of Oregon well worth knowing. He will prob
ably 'be in a hurry, as usual, but that is a
characteristic of men with dynamic enthusi
asm and practical ideas.
In estimating your income for next year
we recommend that you let X represent how
old is Ann and Y the angle of inflation;
divide with OPA, subtract WPB and the
rest of the alphabet, and that's it.
Down in Coos Bay they are trying some
guys for selling phoney oyster beds, but
nothing has been done yet about some of
the stuff that passes for oyster soup,
As president of Optimist International
Carl Donaugh, Democrat candidate for gov
ernor, traveled as far -as Puerto Rico but
the trip to Salem will be really rough. -
The Order of the Buggy Eide is not ex
actly agin' progress, but some of the boys
wish that Eugene's only problem was a
few hogs in Willamette street.
READER EDITORIAL
Socialist View of Profit System
EUGENE (To the Editor) The ad appearing
the other day in your paper, by the National Associ-
lltinn nP Manilfflrtlirprft vuuh a anrvl aH if ihtt
"reader likes generalities. It mentioned peace on
me domestic ncld. 'mat is something, while de
sirable, that is impossible under the present eco
nomic system they may work out a truce, but
never a peace.
Under the profit system, every false In pay Is
passed on to the consumer, and since the wage
workers are a good share of the consumers, they
find that the higher pay does not buy more of the
necessities, and are therefore dissatisfied. All of
this is according to the mathematics of the profit
system no amount of denunciation or name-calling
will change it.
The profit system Is a prolongation of feudal
ism. We si ill work under the ni eceot of master
and servant the masters still believe the servants
should be satisfied' with whatever the overlords
wish to allow them to have. There is one point in
favor of present day servants over those of years
ago the present day crowd has the right of politi
cal action; as soon as they are convinced economic
action alone is not solving their problems, they
can get governmental help.
The profit system Is based on the assumption
that one man has the right to grab for himself,
values created by another man, without giving the
other man an equal value in return. In any other
transaction except a business deal, we would call
a deed of that sort larceny, either petty or grand,
according to the amount Involved.
In order to forestall dictatorship, either of the
right or the left, and to get our economic system
onto an honest basis, we will have to produce and
exchange on a cooperative plan the sooner we
start, the belter.
Joseph Mcchr.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By PETER EDSON
Register-Guard Washington Correspondent
Atomic Secrets and Spy Stuff
WASHINGTON, March 21 (NEA) The Cana
dian spy-scare story, in which it is assumed that
the Russian government obtained unspecified
atomic-splitting secrets, has greatly influenced U.
S. legislation to control atomic bomb production
and related subjects. Some of the senators on the
McMahon Committee which has been studying this
subject may not be as sure as they once were about
wanting to share this beautiful secret weapon with
the rest of the world.
What the United States probably needs is a
brand-new espionage law. Nearly everyone agrees
that the anti-spy law now on the books isn't much
good. And atomic bombs aren't the only weapons
that have to be safeguarded today. There are a
lot of top secrets about radar, rockets, guided mis
siles, and other new weapons which also require
protection in the interest of national defense.
The trouble is that it Is almost impossible to stir
up any enthusiasm for a tighter spy law in the
United States. Too many zealous guardians of the
people's rights are afraid such an act would violate
constitutional guarantees of civil liberties, freedom
of speech, and such things.
New Anti-Spy Law Long Needed
The need for better protection against spies In
the United States was demonstrated right after the
eight Nazi saboteurs were caueht In Juno 104"
Under civil law, the only charge on which these
enemy agents could be tried was conspiracy, be
cause the spies had committed no overt act. The
maximum penalty for conspiracy was two years'
imprisonment. So the spies finally had to be tried
unoer me u. &. Articles of War, which permitted
the death penalty. But It took n Sum-eme fnurt
decision to validate this sentence.
To plug this loophole in civil law. Attorney
General Francis Biddle tried to get what he called
a "wartime serccts act" passed by Congress. Some
of the best legal talent in Washington worked on
me nraii ot tins proposed legislation.
The best they could produce and still stay with
in the constitutional guarantees of civil liberty was
a proposal to make It a criminal offense to do" any
thing with "intent" to harm the United States or
to aid an enemy. The death penalty was proposed
for individuals found guilty, and for corporations
fines up to $100,000 would have been assessable.
Biddle's bill was introduced in both House and
Senate and was referred to Judiciary committees.
Even though "intent" is a hard thing for lawyers
to prove and even though the proposed law would
have been effective only in time of war, Congress
had no enthusiasm for the idea, and the bill died
in committee without cor being icported out. Con
gress apparently rates protection of civil liberties
above considerations of national defense.
Committee Must Safeguard Secrets
It Is for tills reason that the McMahon Atomic
tnergy Committee of the Senate is faced with the
problem of trying to write into the new atomic
energy legislation specific safeguards for atomic
bomb secrets. At the same time, the committee is
responsible for seeing to it that the tradiional
rights of freedom of exchange of technical and
scientific information arc not violated.
Tills question ot combining security with free
dom of information extends also into the estab
lishment of controls over patents on atomic energy
processes and products. The Manhattan district en
gineer project which developed the bombs has
taken out patents on many of its discoveries. This
was done to protect the government in case the
same things should be discovered in independent
research later on, and an application filed for
patent rights.
All the Manhattan district patents are now held
In a secret tile by the U. S. Patent Office. The
rights will be transferred to the new atomic energy
commission to be set up by Congress.
The commission will, of course, be given the
right to license its patents j0r bona tide research
and development not violating niilit.irv security.
Hut to give the commission such broad authority
that it could control patents on what Secretary of
Commerce Henry Wallace calls -the overshoes 'and
slepladders developed for use on the atomic bomb
projevt may be soiiuj bit too tw. .
SP Shortening
Its Schedule
To California
A new train to California and
shortening of the schedules of all
passenger trains between Port
land, San Francisco and Los An
geles, beginning April 14, were
announced Thursday by J. A.
Ormandy, general passenger
agent, Southern Pacific, at Port
land. "The Cascade will be reestab
lished as an all-Pullman train
with lounge car and other pre
war facilities furnished," Orm- j
andy said.
'The economy train, the Beav
er, will be reestablished and will
carry tourist sleeping cars, lounge
car, dining car, chair cars and
coaches.
Cascade Schedule
"The Cascade will now leave
Portland at 4:50 p. m. and arrive
in San Francisco at 11:20 a. m.
Coming north, the Cascade will
leave San Francisco at S p. m. and
arrive in Portland at 11:30 a. m.
The Beaver will leave Portland at
5 p. m., arriving in San Francisco
at 11:50 a. m. and coming north
will leave San Francisco at 5 p.
m., arriving in Portland at 11:45
a. m. Both of these traips will
make stops at Salem, Albany and
Eugene. Local ticket agents said
they had not yet received the new
train schedules for Eugene.
'All of the other trains between
Oregon and San Francisco and
Los Angeles are being likewise
expedited. The Klamath will leave
Portland at 8:15 a. m. and arrive
in San r rancisco at 7:50 a. m.,
providing direct connections with
the daylight trains for southern
California. The Oregonian will
leave Portland 10 p. m., arriving
ing San Francisco, at 7:20 p. m.
with evening connections for the
south. The West Coast will leave
Portland at 10:15 p. m. instead of
7 p. m., arriving Los Angeles at
8:45 a. in.
Trains Coming North
"Coming north, the West Coast
will leave Los Angeles at 8:10
p. m., arriving in Portland at 7:40
a.m. The Oregonian will leave
San Francisco at 8 p. m., arriving
in Portland at 3:40 p. m. and the
Klamath will leave San Francisco
at 8:30 p. m., arriving in Portland
at 9:25 p. m.
"The drastic reduction in the
schedules of the Shasta Route
trains is in keeping with the
company's recent announcement
that passenger train schedules
will be reduced and accommoda
tions on the trains improved just
as rapidly as traffic conditions
permit. The Southern Pacific is
still carrying an exceedingly
heavy wartime load including
daily operation of special trains
of military personnel which, of
course, complicates the reconver
sion program. Our management is
intent, however, on providing
railroad, passenger service that
will be faster and better than
prewar service."'
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