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Page 8, Register-Guard, Eugene, Org., gun., AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published Every Evening and Sunday) EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Alloy F.Baltal managing EDITOR Wlllla.n M. Tuiman ZrZZSaocMM Frets, United p.m MEMBER Audit Bureau ol Circulation Entered at the Port Olflca at Eugene. Oregon, aa aacond 'lTneBReg'i8tr-Ouard,B policy la the complete and Impartial ubllcatlon In Ita new! pagea of all newa and atatemenla on newa. On this page the editors of Thu Register-Guard otter their opinions on events of the day and matters of Importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid but fair and helpful in the development of constructive community policy. Mr. Truman Passes By There will be at least one vote in Eugene for Harry Truman in addition to those ol normal, habitual, unreconstructed Demo crats and that will be the vote of one woman who viewed the performance Friday evening when the presidential train stopped at the depot. Her reaction: "Oh, he's just such a nice, normal, average sort ol person, and I like the way he brought his wife and daughter Into the picture." Others may disagree as to the importance cf this argument, but we believe it will be admitted generally that President Truman . was at his most attractive in his brief ap pearance in Eugene. He displayed kindli ness, courtesy, good humor. The villainous Ajax McGurk was moved to quote that familiar line: "The condemned man laughed and joked with his friends before starting on the death march." There has been much criticism of the President on this trip, beginning with its billing as "non-political" (which we under stand was done so that the train could be paid for by Uncle Sam and not the depleted Democratic party treasury). Obviously the trip has been anything but non-political, and Mr. Truman has not strengthened that illu sion by his savage attacks on Congress and at other political opponents. His outburst at Spokane (against newspapers) seems to in dicate strain, frustration. Harry Truman inherited one of the most difficult situations ever confronted by any President the post-war, with all of its com plicated problems at home and abroad. It has been his misfortune to follow one of the most brilliant and magnetic performers ever to grace the publio stage. He has displayed great courage in some situations as in his stand for civil rights despite the murderous opposition of the South and in some phases of his labor policy but more often he has appeared bewildered, uncertain, unable to match the exploits of the Great Improviser whom he succeeded. History may give him much more credit than he gets now. There is a CGi-tain pathos in this effort to "show himself to the . country." We noted a Wallacite lurking in the crowd, and we asked him his impression: "It's like a sandlotter trying to bat for DiMaggio." President Truman said something to the crowd about: "Uncle Joe is a pretty good fellow, and we eould get along with him, but he's a prisoner of the Politburo." Well, to some extent our Presidents are prisoners of the political parties which they represent. That long presidential train car ries a small army of guards and secretaries and advisers and managers (as well as press and radio reporters who critique every per formance). Pushing through the crowd we hear an irreverent railroader say: "Back that way! They keep the seals in the last car!" We have an idea that President Truman and his gracious wife and daughter would have joined heartily in the chuckle at that remark. Performers is what they are, rather tired but still good natured performers, ter ribly anxious to please, and responding warmly when they feel they have pleased, as they did in Eugene Friday night. As the train was pulling out, some kid tossed a new baseball to the President for his autograph. He pawed his pockets fof a pen, borrowed one, scribbled on the ball and tossed it back carefully. We wish our photog rapher, Mr. Schillios, could have been "set" to catch this last touch. It was a good "exit." And Now You Are "Educoted" This year's crop of graduates is "bumper," although Adrian Fuddle thinks we should amend that and say "bumper to bumper." Be that as it may, we are haunted by the old line which the Prexy always mumbles as he dishes out the degrees: " back'lor . . . blarps ... and entitled to all the honors, privileges and prerequisites thereto pertaining . . . c'gratulate vou . , . line will proceed from left ..." No doubt we shall be corrected by some of the old hands at giving andor receiving degrees, but we are fairly sure of the gen eral idea, and we have been moved to won der just what are the "honors, privileges and prerequisites" pertaining to the degree. In our time we have written our share of solemn advice to graduates how it's called "commencement" because now you Editor's Mail Bag Patrol Association In a matter of an hour or more began to dispatch, combat units from Headquarters, just as fast as fires were report ed. I was a member of a party of four. The leader of the group drove the patrol car, as close as possible to the flra that was al ready burning. ORGANIZATION EUGENE (To the Editor) last Sunday afternoon all the folks were finishing up a pleasant quiet day in their own way at one or more of our resorts. Then thunder was heard and a perfect demonstration of a well This voune mm organized crew under the manage- Dt "re fighters ment of one man gave a good ' organization and uampie oi wny leadership is im parative. We are in the manager age. cod omiin wno is a young, ! smoke, tmiviuub, capaoia ana aus iriarf Aa Marir, At darkness la share ol East Lane iWoould the Are June 13, 1941 really commence; how the purpose of edu cation is two fold, to help one to live as well as to make a living; how education never really ends; how it merely leads out of the wilderness of ignorance to the paths of learning. Viewing the world into which the young emerge, we are sometimes moved to wonder: "Is it a privilege to understand? Is it an ad vantage to be too dog-goned intelligent?" Ah, but we must have informed and re sponsible citizens. And we must have lead ers! How true! It is presumed to be among the pivileges of the college trained mind to understand the horrors of atomic fission, the ultimate significance of political change in Outer Mongolia, and the day-by-day fluctua tions of the cost-of-living index in the light of the historical development and decay of civilizations. The educated man is not always "econ omic man;" he may end up tending a filling station for wages, but at least he is supposed to be able to brighten these dull labors by reading snatches of poetry between cus tomers. The educated women's babies are subject to the same colics as anybody's and her biscuits ' (untended) will burn just as readily but she should be able to sooth the impatient husband with a few melodies from Brahms or Beethoven and perhaps help him cope with a few of the unfeeling Boss' idio cyncrasies." One of the saddest aspects of "civiliza tion" is the appalling increase of "neuroses." (If you haven't got one you really should see your doctor right 'away.) As McGurk says, you can look at the sta tistics and prove that (thanks to science), the human race is healthier but nuttier than ever. Of course, it's "the pace" at which we all live; it's because millions of us are cooped up in cities when we'd be much healthier digging for roots than depending on the miracles of can opener (and bottle opener). That eminently successful quack, Dale Carnegie, has written a new best seller en titled "How To Stop Worrying And Start Living." (Mr. Puddle says he's going to recommend it to graduates-especially to some of the young men who have just come through the ordeal of Orlando's Law School.) To those who are receiving degrees "with all the honors, privileges and prerequisites, pertaining thereto," we can say only: "Don't let a little knowledge get you down. The sheepskin, the cap and gown, even the fraternity pin leave you practically 'nekkid' to the storms of the world. But from Ghengis Khan and Tamerlaine to Hitler we have struggled on. -Grass still grows green and every now and then somebody laughs." Mr. Carnegie's book is said to devote one whole chapter to "How To Cure Melan choly In 14 Days." Pft! I education has "took" you won't need the book. A Reproach to Lane County Not long ago we had a visit from Major Snyder, master of Franklin Grange, and he suggested that we publish some appeal for the preservation of that public park which the Franklin Grange is developing on the Perkins Peninsula at Fern Ridge (their pro ject in a national Grange competition for public service). But here comes a news re port from Mrs. Lindsey Duval, our Alvadore correspondent before we can get ideas to paper: "It is with great disappointment that volun teers who worked so hard to build two sturdy and serviceable fireplaces at the public picnic area on Perkins Peninsula on Fern Ridge Lake, return to find them virtually destroyed by vandals. Someone tried to dismantle one, even going so far as to completely remove rocks and firebricks which were stationed with mortar. Both fireplaces were runitd by negligent persons who built fires in them be- for the mortar was dry. "It probably can be called the 'meanest man in town' trick that someone has hauled off cord wood cut by many volunteer workers for use in the fireplaces. "Stakes were set at two o'clock one after-" noon for the road to be graded. The next morning, guess what, the stakes were not only pulled up but were carried off." This complaint goes right along with one we had the other day from the Boy Scouts. Somebody (presumably a party of fisher men) has wrecked some of the buildings at Lucky Boy camp on Blue River broken down doors, smashed up tables for firewood. They say: "Every spring we have to go through this trouble. Why can't something be done about it?" The only ultimate answer will be perm anent caretakers, with deputy sheriff badges and authority to arrest or shoot. That will require more money than Franklin Grange or the Boy Scouts can now afford. In the meantime we suggest "a council of war" with the sheriff and state police. A few arrests, fines and jail sentences with full publicity would do a lot of good. Most people are decent. The "ornery few" needs to be "drug up." a mile or more away. Around mid night I made several attempts to call Headquarters without satis factory results. I grew up to be a young man In Nebraska and Up and until last Sunday night or early Monday morning I had never seen real lightning. The Californian may stay out of Ore- i m h gon in winter or attempt to live In Mr. Smith's Dl uimner jac. nut leaving the car hai ' not. been 'or Plenty water some where between Donna and'Sunriay nignt ,n the ri8ht Place walterville, immediately struck ol -unry tows would out directly toward the fire and nave been ,n ,or Plnty trouble Monday at daybreak. .4i.i j Yours, Uncle John IjCJL IMT High burning tafchtlri In The Editor's Mailbag POOR LIL' HOUSE! BELLFOUNTAIN (To the Editor Today is Tuesday and we have just received the Register Guard with the picture of the poor frightened little house out In the big bad old thunder-storm of Sun day night. Have others noiiced the fright ened look of the little house? The windows are eyes wide with ex citement; and what appears to be a chair on the small porch looks like a small mouth open to scream! The dark roof is a little hat! And so we see a frightened little house in a storm with a streak of lightening buzzing around the top knet (chimney) of it's little hat. When I showed the picture to my family they said, "Oh Mom. you have too much imagination sometimes." But can't someone else see the frightened look of the cute little house? If you can please write me. I know my eyes are misty but that little house is afraid! Sincerely, Mrs. Flossie Stanturf, BeUfountain, Rt 1, Monroe, Ore. millions of political dollars being spent to dam up water, dredges were kept at work twenty-four hours per day, 365 days each year, keeping the channels Nature has chosen, to Nature's required depth, floods and surplus water would take a Natural course to the ocean And then, once more, when a dam gets full of water, is It proposed that an army of people Carry off the over-flow in tea-cups And if you wish to get the Dirty Low Down below-the-belt, facts about Vanport, let me suggest you read an editorial written' by Carl Crow and printed in his Pa cific Coast Lumber Digest of June 3rd. That boy tells the whole truth even if he hits below the belt sometimes. O. A. Prince HOUSING SHORTAGE Oh dear O me, Oh dear O my! where can we go, What will we do, It's worse then heck, It's worse then awful. We can't go there, here. Can't thumb a ride, lawful. 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