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Tttt I, gqrene Kerrster-Ggsrel, Encene, Ore.. Monday, April 81. 194T AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published Every BvttUsv im Sunaay) SrrOR AND PUBUEHZB Alton t- Bakes UANAOINQ EDITOR Wl M. TugM KEWS SERVICE . itad Press. United Audit Bureau of Circulation Entered at the Post Otflce at Euf tat, Orel on, as seeonoj. alaas matter. The Reelster-Quard'a polio li the complete and Impartial ublicatlon In Its newa pasee of all nam and statements on news. On this pal the editors of The Ret tar-Guard otter their opinions on event of the day and matters of Importance la the community, endeavor g to be candid but fair and hateful la the development of eons tructlTe community policy. Suburban Blight Proof that unplanned developments, either in cities or suburban areas, are ex pensive in the end, is contained in the news that Montclair, N. J., a suburb of Newark, is planning a big program of redevelopment. Montclair, apparently, is making an early attack on threatened blight but even so the program is expected to cost $7 million. Blight generally is thought of as a big city problem and a major reason why people move to the suburbs, but eventually it at tacks the suburbs themselves. White Plains and Rye, N. Y. are other, communities launching programs to elimi nate and prevent blight. All three are com posed mainly, of commuters and their fam ilies. They work in the cities but prefer to live in the suburbs, just as thousands who work in Eugene and Springfield prefer to live outside in an attempt to escape city problems. East of the Willamette River is a residential area already as large or larger than Astoria. . Of the $7 million to be spent at Montclair, $4 million would be devoted exclusively to blocking blight by urban redevelopment. This would be coupled with planning educa tion carried on through neighborhood associ ations, organized to protect and improve local property. To further stabilize property values, Montclair planning board recommends in creased capital investment in schools, recre ation facilities and off-street parking lots. More stringent zoning regulations also are proposed. Increased capital investment in schools is an effective means of helping to assure a high type development in new areas. Such schools as the Eugene district's new Colin Kelly Junior High School always attract a high type of residents to their neighborhoods. But a good school itself is no guarantee that developments which cause blight will not move in, too. Taxpayers of Eugene have a considerable investment in the Kelly school an invest ment which needs protection from develop ments of the type which destroy values. Thus Eugene taxpayers have a financial interest in the orderly development of the region around this fine new school, even though it is outside the city. Now that the State Legislature has adopted the county zoning bill, residents of rural areas can set up machinery for zoning to protect their property values and invest ments. Fortunately this measure was enacted before blight. had bitten very deeply into such fringe regions as the one around the Kelly school. But it is not difficult to find spots in the Eugene-Springfield area where blight already has attacked, with consequent destruction of values. By prompt action, suburban areas of Lane County can insure themselves against such financial loss as has occurred in communities like Montclair, where they are planning to spend $7 million to restore values which might have been preserved by proper plan ning and more stringent zoning. A dietitian says breakfast should be eaten in silence. Meaning before the kids get up? WASHINGTON LETTER By PETER EDSON NBA Washington Correspondent SOCIETY. WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS By ANN CONN ELL - How Much Should Prices Be Cut? WASHINGTON, April 21 (NBA) Revived White House concern over high prices Is something of i paradox. Six months later you may find people worrying because prices are too low. Economic prophets are a dime dozen now. They are about the only thing on the market which is cheap. Their predictions run all the way from continuing boom, through varying stages of tempor ary recession, to inevitable bust. The reader can take hi nick. Probable truth of the matter is that nobody really knows what's ahead and there isn't much that anybody could do about it it ne aia. Even the President has admitted that all he can use to help force prices down is moral suasion. It's never very effective. Right after price control were taken off last June, there was a lot of loose chatter about how the good housewife would force prices down by her moral suasion. The theory was that if housewives refused to pay high prices, sellers would be forced to cut prices. As every customer and his cats and dogs well know, it hasn't worked that way. Prices kept going right on up. . Today's real problem is to keej! prices from going any higher. The higher prices go the greater the danger because price changes always tend to overshoot themselves. When rising, they go too high. When falling, they go through the bottom. Wanted: Magic Wand With Instructions The trick that business must perform today in avoiding disaster is to reduce prices so gradually that the country can absorb a little deflation with- j out a crash. As the president said, they've got free ! enterprise now let's see if they can make it work. If someone around the White House had a magic wand to wave over prices and force them down, he would be hard put to know Just how much waving to do. Theer is no one price index that takes in all farm, factory, and business activity in the U. S. Based on 1939 prices as being 100, the consumers' price index today stands at 153. Wholesale prices are 176. Industrial production is 188. Construction activity it 254. Cash farm income is 266. Factory payrolls are 320. Freight car loadings are 150, and department store sales are 260. Averaging them doesn't mean a thing, even when the figures are "weighted" to give each its proper proportion in the economy. But take the Bureau of Labor Statistics consum ers' price Index as the most familiar figure of the lot. It shows prices of consumers' cost of living items for moderate income families in the larger cities to be 53 per cent higher than they were in 1939. There is general agreement that the prices mak ing up this index aren't going to come down until there is more than enough of everything food, furniture, housing, clothing, and so on to go around. Job Ahead for Free Enterprise If maximum employment and production are maintained, there can be an increase of supplies for consumers, and there will be enough purchasing power to soak it up. Say that a 10 per cent increase in production would do this trick. The question then would become: How much should prices be dropped so as to absorb this extra production and still maintain a stable economy, without a crash and without even a recession? A few economists who have worked on this problem have come up with an answer of from 7 to 8 per cent. In other words, if the consumers' price index cguld be dropped from 10 to 13 points down to 140 or 143, it would be a healthy thing for the whole economy. This was where the index stood last Julv. That was Just after the first round of postwar strikes and wage increases was over. Wage adjustments maae up to mat time were supposed to cover the increases in the cost of living up to that time. Things were supposed to be on an even keel.. If the country hadn't been so anxious to get out from under price controls and if Congress hadn't killed them off, the index might have stayed around 140. The job still ahead of the free enterprise system to to get prices back to that level with a minimum of disturbance. If it doesn't, well as Harry Truman says another round of wage Increases would be justified. Wiltshire enfravlnc MISS 81XIJMAN The engagement of M1m Jo anna Marie SllUman to Frank S. Lesiak, Jr., hes been told. Their wedding Is to take plaee In June. : Salem Club Invites Obsidians to Party Obsidians have been invited by the Chemekatans of Salem to at tend a picture party April 24 at 8 pjn. in Englewood School audi torium, Nineteenth and Nebraska on., saiem. TCnrlnhrAme sn On... from all parte of Oregon will be shown. A small admission will be charged. COLLEGE CREST CLUB PLANS PARTY - Collect Crpst rVwnm Will be held Thnrsrfflv vn1na the clubhouse. This is to be a cov ered dish dinner, for entire fam .ilies, and will be served at seven o'clock. A program will follow the dinner, and games will be played later. All families in the com munity are welcome. MEETING POSTPONE) Annual meeting of the Ellen Hawkins Club, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon has been postponed until April 30. Meeting place will be announced later. Curtain cleaned In Sanitone. Electrlo Cleaners, 1210 Willamette Si 9x12 Rugs Cleaned. Electric Cleaners, 1210 Willamette St SEWING CLASSES START TUESDAY A new class in the making of draperies, bed spreads and other home accessories will begin at Eugene Vocational School April a. The class will meet from one to four o'clock each Tuesday after noon for six weeks. It will be on the "workshop" basis, each student bringing her own materials. A new class in home decorating will open April 23, to meet from seven to nine-thirty o'clock Wed nesday evenings for six weeks, Persons interested in enrolling may sign up at the school. Fourth and Madison Streets. o BOARD TO MEET F.YPlli1vJk Ttftirfl A rantl Presbyterian Women's Union will meet in fellowship wall Tuesday, at two o ciock. GETCHELL CLUB pf Royal Neighbors of America will meet Thursday afternoon at one thirty o'clock for dessert with Mrs. C. E. Smith, 445 Nine teenth Avenue West. Mrs. W. E. Barker will assist. AUXILIARY to Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will meet for its social afternoon meeting Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Max Powers for a one o'clock dessert. Assisting the hostess will be Mrs. Joe Nicholson and Mrs. Frank Porter. NEEDLE CLUB of the Wom en's Relief Corps is to meet with Mrs. Howard Finner, 1091 Eleventh Avenue West, Wednes day afternoon it two o'clock. SELBY ABCB PRESERVES SHOES Exclusively at . iujmirs 106P Willamette NEW HOMES GALE M. ROBERTS CONTRACTOR 694 East 13tb Phone 831 DAMES CLUB MEETING ON CAMPUS TUESDAY University of Oregon . Dames Club will meet Tuesday evening at eiehl o'clock at th vwre. Bungalow on the campus. The topic ior discussion this week will be "Home Decoration," led by Miss Valliere Decker of the. Home Economics department. All wiVM nf nnlvietfo hiA.l. are invited to attend and to join in the discussion. HELMETTA CLUB of Py thian Sisters will meet Wed nesday at the home of Mrs. J. M. Spurgin, 365 Seventeenth Avenue West for a six-thirty potluck dinner. The committee in charge is Mrs. Spurgin, Mrs. Ralph Ward, Mrs. Francis Shrode, Mrs. R. M. Bedortha, Mrs. David Ward and Mrs. T. T. Parker. The evening will be spent playing games. Mrs. Lewis Myers, 1775 Eleventh Avenue West, will be hostess for the War Relief Sew ing Group of Helmetta Temple Monday evening at seven-thirty o'clock. 1 FRIENDLY BIBLE CLASS will meet with Mrs. R. P. Sut ton, 745 Nineteenth Avenue East, Friday afternon at twelve thirty o'clock. The monthly Sunday School party is planned. WOMEN'S UNION of Fair mount Presbyterian Church will meet at the church Thursday af ternoon at two o'clock. Mrs.. H. S. Wingard and Mrs. Ralph Pat terson are hostesses. VFW Auxiliary Installs Officers Before more than two hundred members of Willamette Post, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, the Auxili ary and guests from Drain, Cot tage Grove, Creswell, Marcola, Springfield and Junction City, Mrs. Eldon Olin was installed as president of the local auxiliary for the coming year, Thursday evening. Serving with her will be senior vice-president, Mrs. Bess Harnden; junior vice-president, Mrs. Leonard Jensen; secretary, Mrs. Charles Humphrey, treasurer, Mrs. Walter Burkhardt; chaplain, Mrs. William Wise; conductress, Mrs. Robert Hill; assistant con ductress, Mrs. W. L. Cameron; guard, Mrs. L. L. Overton; three year trustee, Mrs. William White; color bearers, Mrs. Allen D. Jes sen, Mrs. Thomas W. Keiss, Mrs. Robert E. Wiltshire and Mrs. F. D. Witbeck. flag bearer, Mrs. Maxine Walls; banner bearer, Mrs. George Heddinger; historian, Mrs. Thomas Wil'' ims; patriotic Instructor, Mrs. Thomas E. Morarity, and mu sician, Mrs. William D. Elkins. Mrs. Lester Hill, department junior vice-president was install ing officer. She was assisted by six past presidents of the auxili ary, Mrs. Louisa Conner, conduc tress; assistant conductress, Mrs. Arthur Schneider; color bearers, Mrs. Ross Beeson, Mrs. Bessie Marshall, Mrs. Frank Clark and Mrs. Leory Peterson. With the exception of Mrs. Harnden, who is a World War II mother, Mrs. Burkhardt, Mrs. Wise and Mrs. White, all of the offi cers of Willamette Auxiliary for the coming year are wives of World War II veterans. Mrs. Olin appointed the follow ing committee chairmen: ways and means, Mrs. Archie Matlock; Red Cross, Mrs. Ross Beeson. pop py chairman, Mrs. Arthur Lind strum; rehabilitation, Mrs. H. M. Davenport; hospitality, Mrs. Will iam White; membership, Mrs. Leonard Jensen; hospital and service officer, Mrs. Lee Moore; Americanization, Mrs. Bess Harn den; legislative, Mrs. Arthur Schneider, cards and flowers, Mrs. David Petersen; publicity, Mrs. Ross Beeson. Refreshments were served fol lowing the Installation, SOCIAL CLUB of Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Minnie Furman, 248 Fifth Avenue West, at two o'clock. Mrs. Myra Coombs will be as sistant hostess. Operatic Program To Be Presented By Music Students Selections from "La Traviata" and "Der Rosenkavelier" will be Included In a program of vocal music to be presented Thursday evening in the University of Ore gon's music school auditorium un der the direction of German Gel hausen, associate professor of voice. ' A scene from act two of Verdi's popular opera, "La Traviata," will be offered by Clair Lewis, Camas, Wash., in the role of Violetta, and William Putnam, Albany, as Germont. They will be accom panied by Johnette King of North Bend- . j The trio and duet from Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavelier" will be sung by Virginia Walker, Portland, as Marschallin; Ann Revee Whitaker, Seattle, as So phie; and Mary Louise Stone, Creswell, as Octavian. Mary Mar garet Dundore, Portland, will be accompanist. Bach's "The Coffee Cantata" will be presented by Helen Tims, Portland as Lieschen; James bc Mullen, Junction City, as Sphlendrlan: and Lowell Chase, Eugene, as the Narrator. The uni versity a-capella chorus, under the direction of Donald W. Allton, assistant professor in the music school, will assist, and Patricia Metcalf Chase, Eugene, will be accompanist. Six love songs, by Jonannea Brahms, will be sung by Helen Thorburn and Phillip Green, bom of Portland; Eleanor Culver, Mar garet McAdams, Lowell Chase, and Jack Naff, all of Eugene. Elizabeth Nelson, Salem; and William O'Leary, Grants Pass. Accompanists will be Mrs. Chase and Mary Nash, Dash Point, Wash. duh (alendt MARINE WOMEN PLAN MEETING The new women's auxiliary to Gerald Dwain Herbert detach ment, U. S. Marine- Corps, will meet Monday evening at eight o'clock at the Armory. Mrs. Helen Strong is president Wiltshire enfravlns. MR.. MRS. WALKER A wedding of late March la Portland was that of Mr. and Mn. EJden G. Walker of Port land, the bride (Doris Craig) formerly of Drain. Garden Club Plans Meeting "District meeting of the Oregon Federation of Garden Club will be held in Eugene, Tuesday, April 22 with Eugene Garden Club en tertaining clubs of the Willamette district. Mrs. George P. Saunders vice-president of this district, an nounces that registration will take place at the Osburn Hotel meeting room, at ten o'clock. The all day session will be held at this hotel with a no-host luncheon also served there. Mrs. C. A. Wilhclm, state presi dent of the Oregon federation will be the featured speaker for the program. ' State officers from Portland, Corvallis and Albany are also expected to be present. Mrs, Dudley Holland and Mrs. John Kalkhoven of the Eugene Club will serve at chairman of the hos pitality committee. Mrs. J. Ern est Brunton, president of the Eu. gene club is general chairman. CARD PARTY HMr. Auxiltar, to 2L mercial Traveler, C Party Thursday .1" hvt Osburn Hotel t even-thirtv yiUb.i ........ j l . DU .e. to De proirmt ,-""nl GARDEN lolf Ph. 1M0IAV CO. CLEARANCE SALE! WONDERFUL VALUES pn THE JUNIOR MISS AND MOTHERS SLIPS white, tearose, black 1.98 to 3.98 BRASS. ERS For Juniors 50c ROBES Jersey, cotton and Rayons 3.98 to 7.98 PANTIK White, team., vu , 3 for $1f 59c, 1,50 BROADClotl? PAJAMAS 2.98 GOWNS crape, shear., and cotton 1-98 to 191 SLACKS assorted colors and sites 3.98 to RK QUILTED BED JACKETS Sport Jackets blue & fuschla 4.98 Bsnealene Lourtfing Pajamas Assorted colors fc Sizes 12.95 Sport Shirrs "Mortal coU 6.98 EUGENE G0SSARD SHOF! lit East Broadway VL L. Brown, Owner) nous j.i j ar Tuesday Graduate Regents of Women of the Moose, with Mrs. Claud Allumbaugh, 8 p. m. Willamette Women's Post of American Legion, Armory, eve ning. Circles of Women's Society of Christian Service, First Metho dist Church, 1:15 p. m. American Legion Auxiliary, River Road Women's clubhouse, evening. Eagles Auxiliary, Eagles Hall, 8 p. m. First Division of St. Mary's Catholic Altar Society, with Mrs. Sam Watson, 2 p.m. Letter Csivic-r's Auxiliary, with Mrs. Wayne Lewis, 7:80 p. m. j McKenzle River Masons and Blue River Chapter, OES, Joint potluck, 6:30 p. m. Y's Wives, Community Center, 2:30 p. m. Credit Women's Breakfast Club's Intra-City club break fast, Osburn Hotel, 7:30 a. m. AAUW CONVENTION IN 1949 AT SEATTLE Seattle will be host to the Am erican Association of University Women at their next biennial con vention in 1949. Selection of the Pacific North west city featured closing sessions of this year's convention at Dallas, Texas last week. Dr. Altnea Kratz Hottel of Philadelphia was named association president and Mrs. Enc Allen Johnston of Spokane, Wash., North Pacific regional vice presi. dent. ALUMNAE TO MEET Alpha Phi alumna will meet Monday evening for a work ses sion in the clothing laboratory of Chapman Hall. Plans will be dis cussed for installation of the Ore gon State College chapter of the sorority at Corvallis, In May. Baxruttful Horn lt Oft Faimeiat BIts. eTerleeklnf tke ettr. Bxeollent teeeUon. let ne holld rear bene new. rer Information re take at 58 West lth, Phone UT7-W. Concrete Mixers Sfuffimmt Cental Co. 1901 Vt W. 6th Ph. 4026 J DO YOU OWN , A STOMACH that torments you because of ax cess acid and oaa? Fastest relief with TEBSIN TABLETS or mon ey back. Non habit formlnpj No Soda No Laxative. Ask Your DruHiit for TIISIN! Keni-Tone Miracle One-Coat Wal Finish Johnson Furniture Co. 649 Willamette Ph. 2893 TO TOP IT OFF wonderful sport coats, tailored In the intmltabl Kalles mannerl 4 Suits and coats tailored to your individual r Quirements. Kailes APPAREL 1044 Will. VHGRE'S PE.ACG E.ICIG Hr.lll! (That go for Ford Servk, too!) 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