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IMS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IPubUahae Evar Evmin sad Sunday) ' SSma AND PUBUSHZB Alton f. Baket KAWAOINa EDITOB William M. Tutmu ICZWS SXBVICS AKxHd Praia, DnlM Praia firm; . Audit Bureau of Clxeulatloa Inland at tha Pott Otoaa at luiraa, Oregon, at aaooad alaaa aattar. Tha BaflttaMluard'a poll' la tha eomplata and Impartial ubllastloa In lta newi pae of all nawl and atatamanta on awa. On thla paia tha adltori of Tha Raalitar-Guard ofirr ahaor aptnlwni on aranti of tha day and matters of Imoortanea be the anmiminlty. andaavortas to bo oandld but fair and hateful an tha davolopment of eonrtruetlTO community policy. Take Oregon 'Out of Polirix? From prominent Young Democrat in Portland, comes a suggestion that all state and county offices should be made non-parti-san same as the judiciary. We shall ask our Republican acquaintances to refrain from any of the obvious wisecracks based on the recent election returns in this state. After all there is some merit in what the Portland Democrat proposes. His principal arguments are: 1. Most of the duties of state and county officials have little relation to national party politics or policies. 2. Under the Oregon primary system, the political parties are peculiarly Ineffectual. S. The non-partisan ballot for state and county office would give the people a wider choice of able men and women because their party affiliations would no longer be a limita tion. As to county government, we have long advocated a non-partisan selection, same as in our citias. In counties as in cities, the pure ly local nature of government is perfectly evident. The only result of keeping the party labels in county government is to reinforce "the party machine," if any, and in Oregon . such machinery is almost non-existent. When it comes to state government, there is more room for argument." The states, at many points, are in a direct relationship to national government (as for instance on Val ley Authority or social legislation issues), and in this field it may have considerable meaning whether the state government, espe cially its legislature, is Republican or Demo crat, or Socialist. At least, we would be content to proceed to non-partisan government step by step, with the counties as the next step. The real weakness of the political parties In Oregon, we believe, is one of organization and leadership and only incidentally the re mit of our peculiar primary system. In both parties, the weakness is in the precincts and this follows from lack of consistent, day in and day out, year in and year out effort at the top. There are very few leaders as in dustrious or able as Jim Rodman, now the GOP'i state chairman. All leaders are handi capped by the fact that between elections the parties hibernate like bears in the winter season. Neither party has any consistent financial support, or anything resembling an annual budget, or a permanent staff to main tain the precinct contacts and enthusiasm and Interest. "Does either party stand for anything?" That also is a legitimate question. We merely point out that party effort usually consists In some pre-primary fenagling of self-starting candidates, and after the prim ary turning every man loose to shift for him self. Along about September 15, there may be a scramble to "raise funds," These usually are dispersed in perfectly wasteful radio time and newspaper advertising space. Ques tion: "What would happen if either party hired a competent man full time, year in and year out to build up at the grass roots the pre cincts?" Maybe the American Veterans Committee will find here a suggestion for one of its radio forums, when it finds a place for its broadcast. This could make a lively debate. effort, and they get very little of the glory. Very seldom is it their privilege to bring in the big checks, and the total of their division will not be among the impressive totals. Yet, it really takes a lot more pluck to go from door to door, ringing bells only to find that most of the prospects have already earned the red feather than it does to call on Aloysius J. Bigshot for a thumping gift. These dor-to-door people are "the glean ers in the field." They reach many who would not otherwise be reached and many who want to do their share. Perhaps some genius will figure out a better plan some day, but in the meantime we bespeak a cheerful smile and courtesy for these Chest workers. Very gratifying, so far, are the returns from the "unit" giving for the Chest, far above last year's totals, and contrary to the reports from some other cities. The "Units" are the divisions lead by people in employ ment, as distinguished from the "special gifts" division which works on "the bosses." This is good because Lane county may need this worker support, not only to reach the $111,000 goal but to meet the challenges which came in yesterday from a dozen differ- Anf mflac all trio wnv from Rllrlinctrnrt Vpr. mont and Augusta, Georgia to South Bend,state department's striped pants Indiana where Chest drives are m progress. It seems Eugene and Lane county topped the nation a few years back in "percentage over goal," and now these rivals want to bet all kinds of home products from "Vermont tur key" to "Virginia ham" that this community can't do it again. These bets will have to be covered, of course. The news columns will faithfully report the "insults." 4 Have you heard about the gal who ditched her football player boy friend because she heard another girls praise his "wonderful I I.I! J....!,'. ..U I 'Ww' t1" Literal' I I w?y,7 is ARMY JUMPER S-OL Earl F. Thorns, of Fjrt f 'i.P DerttT i Juiptai Jumping team, looks over Two Star (cotter), captured German " J"1"" Veteran, in New York for the National Horae Show at Madlaon Square Garden. Foreign Service Staff Hopes Recent Salary Boosts Remain chop tnem dick wiin its economy boys have entered a new era of bigger diplomatic salaries and expense accounts. But their fin gers are crossed in the hope the new Republican Congress won't passes Thieves in a Kansas town stole a stair way from a new home. Police are now taking steps. "Industrial Buyers Using More Care" headline. And they're not the only ones, brother! WASHINGTON LETTER BY PETER EDSON Register-Guard Washington Correspondent Harry Truman's Credo Women Have The Tough Job When it comes to the house to house sell ing for the Lane County Chest, that falls mostly to the women. It is the toughest job of the lot and the reasons why are easy to see: 1. "My husband did the giving for the fam ily at his p'ace of business." 2. "My husband is back from the war now, and they'll find him downtown." 3. "I work downtown and they got me at the shop." All of these are perfectly proper answers, but it should be kept in mind that the house-to-house solicitation is still necessary there are a great many people in all parts of town who cannot be reached except at their homes men and women who have retired from active occupations, traveling men who have homes but not offices in Eugene (and there are several hundred of them), workers who go out of town on a Job and return at night. This is merely a reminder that the house-to-house visits are necessary and to suggest that these women who do this tough chore be treated courteously. After all, they give their time and strength to this community WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (NEA) There was something almost pathetic about the President's Armistice Day statement, promising and pleading for co-operation with the Republicans. Toward the end of the declaration It was almost an echo ol imil Coue saying, "Every day in every way, I shall strive to do better and better. The President elaborated on this a little. What he wrote on his slate was: "As President of the United States, I am guided by a simple formula: to do in all cases, from day to day, Vvithout regard to narrow political considerations, what seems to me to be best for the welfare of all our people." Naive as It may sound to a cynical sophisticate, that sentence probably came right out of the man from Missouri's soul and gizzard. There probably! never was a man in the White House who wanted j more to do the right thing than Harry Truman. As the President reminded his press conference after reading the statement ever since Aug. 15. 1945, he has been urging an industrial armistice to pro mote full production and save the country from chaos. That date was when he first announced he was calling a labor-management conference to see if the union leaders and the captains of Industry i couldn't put their own house in order without gov ernment policing. The conference failed, and the country went through a series of strikes that let reconversion back by months. This la only one of the disappointments and frustrations Harry Truman has experienced. The things that have happened to him shouldn't happen to a goat. Reality Was A Great Shock When he first went to the White House he made I a great point of wanting to work with his old' friends In Congress. When he realized that most of ; the members of Congress were Interested in them- i selves and that he was the only one trying to think I about the whole country, it was probably the worst I shock he ever got In his life. I He did a little better on securing co-operation! for a bi-partisan, non partisan foreign policy. Con-' gress went along with him on that. But on domestic policies, It has been dog eat dog ever since V-J Day. So, he Is faced with a hostile Congress again a Republican Congress thla time pleading with all the pitiful earnestness he can put into it, for Just a little of the unltv that haa Hn nut IntA 4k' handling of foreign policy, to shape domestic policy. He won't get it, of course. Congress will be opened In January with prayer and pious platitudes to work for the common good. Then the fight will begin. Unity la An Elusive Thing In Peacetime A leading American manufacturer of motor! I." recently made the startling observation that, The only reason I have for believing that democ racy may not in the long run prove to be the best form of government, is that we In this country never seem able to unite In times of peace." That's a crack worth thinking about. The im plication Is that when we get Into a war we can unite and work for a common cause, forgetting completely differences in race, religion, social, econ omic or political backgrounds. Instead of that, how ever, In times of peace the American spirit breaks Into a million bits. Maybe it's the turmoil, this con stant competitive battling in a free economy and a free society, which makes this country great. That's the philosophical way of trying to rationalize it. But couldn't a lot more get done to make the democratic system work in time of peace if the politicians would leave off their squabbling and get behind a united domestic program as they have in the field of foreign affairs? Soil, Irrigation Issues Talked ALBANY M) Second-day sessions of the Oregon Reclama tion Congress turned to study of irrigation and conservation Thurs day. Delegates were told In opening speeches Wednesday that the state's soil conservation districts now embrace projects aggregating 3,895,643 acres of farm land. A. W. McCullough, Irrigation engineer for the SCS, outlined methods for coordination of ir lgation and conservation planning. He said 700,000 acres of Oregon land need leveling before Irriga tion and Arnold Bodtker, field man for the Oregon State Pro duction and Marketing Commit tee, reported that 1,136,000, acres are in need of drainage. He added that 800,000 acres of otherwise non-Irrigable land need overhead sprinkler systems. He said 383,000 acres of non-irrigated land are readily accessible to water. A proposal that restoration of farm lands destroyed by placer mining be required by legislation was referred to the executive committee. All officers were reelected by the conservation section. axe. The occasion was the coming into effect recently of the Foreign Service Expansion Bill, passed with acclaim by the last Congress, Under it, Uncle Sam's ambassa dors will: 1. Get their first raise In near ly 100 years. 2. Not have to fork over much, if anything, out of their own pockets to pay for keeping np appearances abroad. 3. Be able to throw almost as many parties and hire almost as many servants in their em bassies as the British and Rus sians. Numerous changes In the U.S. Foreign service are provided In this important piece of legislation. It would erase the old iiu.uuu ceiling for Foreign Service offl cers' salaries, upping it to $13,500. Top ambassadorial salarles-r-in such places as Moscow, London, and Paris would go up from $17, 500 to $25,000, with a new $25,000 expense account. Existing allow ances total some $15,000. Return to States Officials serving abroad would be brought home every two years to let them get the feel of things here. In addition, the state de partment would be allowed to ex pand the Foreign Service from 11,000 to 17,000 workers. The measure also would do things like buying an entire new summer outfit for an ambassador and his family who have to trans fer from Iceland to Africa and throw away their skis and parkas'. a , Snakes that are most active at night have evolved special struc tures in the eye that enable them to see in dim light. FOR THE GAME SATURDAY 99 OREGON OREGON STATE Chase Gardens 58 East Broadway Phone 4240 6PA Gives Listing Of Available Posts The BowMTille Power Admlnli tatttoa office in Eufent hti an. aounood that tha following posl dene are open within the admln Mrattoa and will be filled en an pea, eeenpeuttvo basis: Clark stenographer, $ai.l, ttasKa section, engineering and onairoetion division, Portland; Jerk typist (two vacancies), 1954k mail and files unit, Port land; clerk typist, $2168.28, stores tenon, Vancouver, wash. Clerk stenographer, $2168,28, assign section, engineering and NtWQicUoa division, Portland; engineering draftsman (two va eincics). $2394, design section, Portland; attorney, $3397.20, Port- iana; lineman (four utility crew vacancies), $1.65 per hour when employees, Vancouver, Wash. Persona interested mav obtain Information and interviews at the bpa office, second floor, post, office building, Eugene. a FUSONIRS GET BREAK BERLIN U.R Gen. Joseph T. McNarney announced Thurs day that 400 German prisoners would be released from Jails un der American control on Dec. 15 so they could Join their families ior unrutmas. McNarney said persons Jailed by German Denazl flcatiott courts would not be affected, Minnis Gets Damages as Kesult of Collision A Jury In circuit eourt Wednes day awarded L. W. Minnis $1641.93 for damages arising from a collision of two trucks Aug. 8 T""th of Cottage Grove. Defend ants In the action were the Los Angeles-Seattle Motor Express and J. Spalsbury, driver of one of the trucks. The amount granted was the ngure lor which Minnis sued. BEETS LIKE HAMS COLUMBUS, O. u.ra C. P. Tigner, Columbus part-time gard ner, grows beets so large "you can slice them like ham." Tigner has displayed one which weiahed IS puuuoa, aa ounce COMPLETE FOOD SERVICE Bakery , Meats Fresh bakery goods daily. . . . Special orders taken for birth day or anniversary parties. Vegetables Complete assortment under refrigeration at all times. Choice cots of meats atsiks, chops, roasts. Groceries packs at the Fancy price. right -x A conveniently lo cated store oiler tag the finest In foods for your din ing pleasure. WANTED BY DEC 1st EXPERIENCED MEAT CUTTER Between ike age ol 30 and 40 years ... to manage neat market en salary and commission basis. A weft. Paying lob for the right man! 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