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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Altao T. Baker
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their opinions on events of the oar ana mailers 01 unponanca
to the community, endmrorlne" ta he candid but fair and
helpfuMnhelewlerre,
Oregon Democrats on March
Running all through the news and com
mentaries on the present session of the
Oregon legislature are signs that the Demo
crats In Oregon are on the march. They are
atlU in the minority In the Legislature but
they are looking forward to taking Oregon
In 1952.
Much of the delay in the legislature Is at
tributed, by the Republicans, to the gyrations
of Dick Neuberger and his Demo colleagues
who are accused of trynig to make the 1949
Oregon Legislature look like the late
lamented 80th Congress.
"This Is the most 'political' session in Oregon
history," one old timer told us on a recent
visit to Salem. "The Democrats have Intro
duced all kinds of social legislation and they
are forever making speeches and they do
everything but show us what to use for
money to carry out some of their fancy
schemes."
At this time and at this distance, it is not
possible to judge which side is getting the
better of the "play to the galleries." The
FEPC bill adopted by the Legislature was
pledged by the Republicans long before Neu
berger and his crowd attempted to snatch
the credit (with an eye to Portland's in
creasing negro vote).
The Legislature is not likely to adopt any
Memorial on CVA, even the amended and
appeasing revision which was under discus
sion last week and for the very good rea
son that nobody has yet seen the bill which
will be introduced into Congress at President
Truman's request. But the Democrats are
counting heavily on using CVA to create an
tagonism to the Republicans in the next
campaign.
The Democrats have proposed that legisla
tors be paid $1200 a year using the specious
plea that with a liberal salary a "poor man
could afford to be elected" and "ambitious
young men trained for future leadership in
the nation." But they blithely ignore (as do
the Republicans) the fundamental difficulty
In Oregon legislation which is that 1949 busi
ness cannot be handled on an 1859 setup.
The Democrats have carefully avoided
TAXES and other such unpleasant but vital
measures. They are friendly to everybody's
wants, but eontent to let the Republicans
figure out how to pay the bills. One observer
tells uat
"It the Portland papers had stayed closed
down we might have been able to wind up this
session. Now It looks as if we might be here
weeks."
The "fine eye-talian hand" of National
Committeeman Monroe Sweetland seems to
be In the Democratlo strategy, although Neu
berger gets more publicity. To say that the
Republicans are annoyed by all this demon
strating is to utter one 'of this year's greatest
understatements.
It will be a good thing for Oregon, in our
opinion, to have an aggressive and enterpris
ing Democratlo Party, but their legislative
tactics may not be as smart as they think.
Somewhere at the end of the. session must
come a summing up of accomplishments and
the Democrats will be on the spot to show
what If anything they have actually con
tributed to accomplishment. In terms of ac
complishment their record is not likely to
be impressive. And the people of Oregon
are not too easily fooled.
When 1952 rolls around, there will also be
the $64 question for all parties:
"What can you show us in the way of MEN
and WOMEN for candidates?"
Oregon has remained "a Republican state"
for years not because of the strength of the
Republican party as such, but because of the
fact that the Democrats have seldom had
candidates who could command confidence.
Martin won in 1934 when the Republicans
"defaulted" in terms of talent.
We would make this observation. The new !
crop of Democrats is definitely "organization
minded." They will be building from the
precincts up, using even the tiniest county or
state office to strengthen organization. Re
publicans won't laugh them off.
some extent a psychiatrist, but there are
great many cases for which the ordinary
physician or surgeon hesitates to prescribe.
Everywhere in the country there is a short
age of competent specialists in this field, and
as a result all kinds of quacks and pretenders
have reaped a golden harvest and done un
told harm.
"Did you see Olivia DeHaviland in 'Snake
Pit'?"
It was not only a superb picture but a re
markable contribution to mental health edu
cation. But it will take a great deal more
than one motion picture to overcome the old
superstitions about mental disorders, es
pecially the perfectly unnecessary "sense of
shame" which is felt by patients and often by
their families. There Is no good reason either
for shame or despair in most cases. On the
contrary there is great reason for HOPE.
Dillehunt used to say:
"If we spent half a much on clinics and
proper diagnosis and treatment as we do on
building and running asylums, we might
eventually reduce asylum costs to a very small
sum."
Good health, either mental or physical, is
largely a matter of plain common sense and
ordinary decency in living. That is where
the Mental Health Association comes in,
trying to strip away some of the mystery
from "mental diseases," seeking to get a
little more Intelligent handling of actual
cases in clinics and hospitals.
It is a paradox that civilization should
drives so many people "nuts," isn't it?
Okay, Hold It!
Proposed Measure
Before The Legislature
Mental Health in Lane County
What we are pleased to call modern civili
zation seems to work much harm to mental
health. People crack up under the strains
and frustrations and worries to which they
are subjected and from a wide variety of
physical causes. But there is a new approach
to what the late Dean Dillehunt. of the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical School used to
call "the Dark Continent of the Mind."
"This 'dark continent' of mental diseases
and disorders is being explored and one of
the most important agencies in this work is
the National Mental Health Association for
which Harold Barton is field representative
in this area. Professor Paul Eiserer is presi
dent of the Lane County chapter, and he is
making plans for Mental Health Week which
President Truman has designated for April
24 to 30.
"Most mental disorders are not only curable
but preventnble, If taken in time," says Pro
fessor Eiserer. "Therefore we emphasize men
tal health education, community clinics, al
though we do not omit legislation and in
stitutional needs."
Doctors in Lane County and elsewhere are
burdened with cases which are complicated
ftitb Mma&ial angle. " Every doctor U to
A BILL
For an act relating to and providing for the regula
tion of certain elections in counties and
other taxing districts.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any existing pro
visions of law, no county, municipal corporation or
taxing district having the power to levy a tax
upon property and which shall be in existence on
January 1, of any year, shall on and after January
1, 1950 cause to be submitted to the voters of such
county, municipal corporation or taxing district
during such year any question relating to fiscal
affairs or tax levies, by law required to be sub
mitted to such voters, except as in this act pro
vided. This act shall not apply to the state of
Oregon.
Section 2. Whenever it is necessary to submit
to the voters of any county, municipal corporation
or taxing district a question pertaining to the fiscal
affairs or tax levies of such taxing body, the di
rector or officials discharging the legislative
function or the managing board charged with the
power and duty of levying taxes for such taxing
body shall make and enter an order for a special
election to be held on a date as hereinafter pro
vided and shall certify to the county clerk that
such special election is necessary, stating the rea
sons therefor. Such certificate shall be made not
less than seventy (70) days before the date of
such election. Thereupon the county clerk shall, not
less than thirty (80) days before said date of elec
tion, issue and mail to the respective judges and
clerks of election in tha respective election pre
cincts in his county election notices prepared in
the same form and manner as for a regular gen.
eral election, stating thereon that the question so
certified to him will be voted upon at such elec
tion, and include therein a copy of such certificate
of the levying body as aforesaid, and thereafter
such election shall be held in the manner provided
in the general election laws and the vote cast there
on shall be given, counted, returned and canvassed
in the same manner as votes for candidates for
county officers.
The date of the special election to be contained
in the order providing therefor shall be either the
third Friday in May or the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, as the case may
be. In any year: provided that if any election is
to be held throughout the county on said date, the
election provided for herein shall be held at the
same time and place, and in connection with said
regular county elections; provided further, that if
in any odd year prior to the time for making a
certificate a statewide special election is directed
to be held at a date other than as herein specified,
such date may be substituted for the date herein
specified.
Nothing contained in this section shall be con
strued to prohibit any county, municipal corpora
tion or taxing district from ordering elections to
be held on both dates, provided herein for elec
tions, in the same year.
Section 3. In any year when a regular election
is to be held throughout the state or any special
election la to be held throughout the state or any
county for any other purpose, on the third Friday
in May or on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, the notices of election here
in provided to be given by the county clerk of
each county may be included In the general notice
of such election.
Section 4. The question certified as herein
provided, when submitted to the vote of the peo
ple, shall be stated on the ballot by Including In
such (Yiestlon the statement of the reasons made
by the levying body or board of the county,
municipal corporation or taxing district upon
whose certificate such election is called and held,
and the votes of the people shall be given upon
the answers "yes" and "no" in the usual manner
of submitting questions to vote of the people; pro
vided that any special provisions of law or munic
ipal charter relating to the form of ballot to be
used by a particular taxing bodv shall be complied
with Insofar as they do not conflict with the pro
visions of this act.
Section 5. Whenever in the opinion of the of
ficials charged with the power and duty of levying
taxes for any county, municipal corporation or tax
ing district an emergency exlsta whereby It is
necessary to reter to the voters of such taxing
body a question pertaining to fiscal affairs or tax
levies, at an election other than that provided for
herein, such officials shall make and enter an
order for a special election on said question and
shall spt forth a date therefor and shall certify
to the county court or board of countv commis
sioners or tne county In which such district Is
located or in case of the county bv entering a
resolution on its records, that such special election
Is necessary, stating the reasons therefor. Such
certificate or resolution shall be made not less than
sixty (HO) days before the date of such election.
If the county court or board of countv commission
ers shall, in the exercise of Its sound discretion.
declare that such emergency does In fact exist. It
shall make an order directing that such election
proceed according to the certificate presented to
ii or rcsmmion execuipd and filed bv It.
Upon such order of the countv court or board
of county commissioners, and not otherwise, such
eiccuon snail proceed and he conducted in the
manner provided for in the existing laws relating
to sucn county, municipal corporation or taxing
ror tne purpose of this act an emercencv )
necmpd to exist when some unforseen disaster
crises or similar unusual event occurs which serl
oiislv Impairs the operations and primary functions
1,1 " cmmiy. municipal corporation or taxing dl-
"on wnirn calls for Immediate action
remedy.
Section p.. Nothing In this act shall be con-
nuuro m prevent ine submission to the voters of
r num,v. municipal corporation or taxing dis
trict at the elections and on th k..iii ...:j.j
for herein, any question not relating to fisrnl f-
inm. or iBt levies wnicn would ordinarllv be sub
mltted to such voters under existing law.'
Editor's Mailbag
PENSIONS
EUGENE (To the Editor )
It's just too bad that the people
of Oregon have put their Legisla
ture in such an embarrassing po
sition as they have with the old
age pension proposition! It is even
worse than it is for the old folks
to have to ask for "subsistence
and have to swear that their chil
dren are not able to keep them!
Do you old folks remember
hearing the children declaim at
some school entertainment the
poem, "Over the Hills to the Poor
House," and trying to wink the
tears from your eyes as you vis
ioned it? You never thought you
would come to that. Did you?
Most of the old folks over sev
enty have been paying taxes some
fifty years, and they started help
ing pay the Civil War Veterans
and their wives pensions and kept
it up as long as they lived and
considered they were honoring
them.
They have helped pay the pen
sions of Civil service worners,
Spanish War Veterans, Veterans
of the First World War and the
Second World War, as well as
helping pay the cost of the wars.
They have helped pay Teacher's
Pensions, Preachers and even Pres-1
idents. They nave neipea pay ior
all our public institutions, high
ways, bridges and all civic im
provements. They were not asked
if they could aflord it, they just
worked harder and gave up lux
uries sugar, lard, white flour,
etc., at times.
They are fortunate if they have
saved their homes, the unpreci
dented conditions have used up
their savings; the high cost of la
bor prohibits their carrying on
ttieir usual businesses and
for the Red Cross or other projects
and register the names, age and
the approximate taxes they have
paid, and any public unpaid ser
are without the pale of "Social hvoocrisv and fear-
Security." Must they be a burden The only time that he's polite to
to even their own children? I all his fellow creatures.
Would it not be possible to make Is when he knows that if he aint
a canvas of the State as it done ' they'll rearrange his features.
vices they have given during their
life time and grant them an hon-est-to-goodness
"pension" as a re
ward of merit for services well
done?
Criminals, the disloyal or those
already having pensions being dis
qualified naturally.
Would it not be worth while to
have them feel, in their declining
years, that their lives had not been
in vain?
Mary H. Hudson
He feels it's safe to be his ugly
self out on the highway.
He ought to be compelled to walk,
and would if I had my way.
WYNCHA LOOKWERYA GOAN?
By David J. Doran
AN ODE
As I rattle down the highway in
my '36 sedan,
I do quite a little wondering about
my fellow man;
About the guy who's meek and
shy when walking down the
street,
But a rowdy and a bully when
he's in the driver's seat.
Afoot he's quite a social light, his
manners are superb,
But he doesn't take 'em with him
when he pulls out from the curb.
2
When he's not in his car a nicer
fellow never breathed,
His eye is bright his step is light,
his face with smiles is wreathed.
He's a model of deportment and
a gentleman clear through.
An inspiration to our youth and
to their elders, too.
But when he slides behind the
wheel an awful change takes;
place,
And he becomes the enemy of all
the human race.
3
The way he acts out on the road
soon makes it nrettv clear
they j That all his lovely manners are
ROAD HOGS
SPRINGFIELD (To the Edi-
Itor) Perhaps Spring isn't here
yet, or even close, but it's close
enough for us stump-lot Shelleys
to reload our trusty Parkers, burn
a little incense at Clio's altar, and
spoil some poor linotyper's day
with a couple hundred lines of
lurching doggerel. This quaint old
custom is probably a modifica
tion of an early American sport
called "Hoss-whipping the Editor."
In view of the fact that the Register-Guard
has been very kind to
me, I have limited my annual
outburst to a mere three stanzas,
and will now suspend' operations
in this line until next Spring.
DAVID J. DORAN
325 17th St.
More Planes
Join Search
Two additional aimlanM
being dispatched from Hamilton
Air Base, California, to Eugen.
Monday to aid to the serch for
missing pilot Frank Hulme
T T)rtnnM T 1
"yuuaver, A r chars r.
Force officer in charge of opera- as .S
tions. announced th a .""Wis.'
boost the total Air Force light '' toal
planes to two L-13s and th?e 'l BZ 2
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chart.
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icos, in addition to two PBYs
Which have taken part in the
search. Several private nlano.
also have taken part.
Meanwhile the air and
search entered the third week
Monday, with negative results v.
ported to date. Hulme, a private
flyer from Menlo Park, California,
wan ciuuuw bu oauramenio from
Kelso, Washington, when his sur
plus BT-13 training plane was re
ported low on fuel near Eugene
March 1. Copenhaver said the
search has totaled more than 220
flying hours, and will continue
several days more.
Murray Says T-H Act.
Is 'Loaded' Weapon
WASHINGTON (U.PJ CIO
President Philip Murray told the
House LaDor committee Monday
that the Taft-Hartley Labor Act
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MtHTen.
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itnecesu,,,
saw fmv:lV':i
mjn in 1
is a "deadly weapon, loaded npene:tlniiifc
against labor." j and B
In a letter to the committee, ! la' et
Murray said that the "vast Retain" bltl
majority 01 people or good Will in i nart iv
this land have no use for the lawi of a ? ,N
aim nave cumt iu recognize Its more comriafcTl
dangerous effects." uses a VTu?
A House labor subcommittee isi ter ty ttwi
considering repeal of the Taft
Hartley Law and re-enactment of
the Wagner Labor Relations Act
with certain "improvements." The
Senate Labor Committee already
has approved the measure.
James Wolfe, the conqueror of
Quebec, was made a brigadier
general in the British Army at 31.
A year later, when he was killed
in battle, he was a major-general.
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So you're driving
to California
We hope you have a pleasant trip, with a minimum of
slippery highways, road hogi, and unsolicited advice
from the hack sat on how to drive, where to stop for
meals, and where to spend the night
Of course, you might b a bit more comfortable If you
went by train and let the engineer do the work. You'd
arrive rested, instead of tired out. And you'd avoid those
persiatent "Next time, try tha train" bill boards which
(we warn you) will make yon wish you'd taken their
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