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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
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IOITOB AND PUBLISHES Alton T. Basal
MANAGINO EDITOR . William M. Tufmao
WEWS FERVICI . Aoelit) Praaa, United Praaa
MEMBER Audit Buraau 1 ClKulallos
Enured at tha Poat Offlea it Eufana. Oraion. aa aaeon.
alaia niattar.
Tht Raflatar-Ouard'a policy If tho comp'aU and Impartial
publication In Ita ntwi pafea of all nawi and atatamanU on
nawa. On thla pafa tha adltori at Tha Baflatar-Ouard offar
thalr opinion! on avanu of Oia day and mattara of taportanej
to Uia communltji andtavorlns to ba candid but fair and
halpful In tha davalopmont of conjunctiva comrounlty policy.
Years Overtake P. Waldo Davis
Last time we gaw P. Waldo Davis was just a
a few weeks ago when the Lane County Pio
neers were meeting at the fairgrounds. Mr.
Davis played the organ and his old friend,
Rev. Frank Cook, sang "Oh Pioneers." Mr.
Davis was recovering from an Illness, and he
did not bring his bells with him. But when
Lester Hulin called for the music, P. Waldo
was just as "peart" as ever, and somehow
we recalled the quip he made the first time
we ever saw him which was many years ago
when he came bursting into the office with
some meeting notices. Somebody remarked
that it would "take a trained sprinter to
keep up with him," and Mr. Davis said:
"Only thing that can ever catch up with
me lj the yearn and I figure to outrun them
for a long time."
Mr. Davis was always a favorite with the
reporters of the RG, and if you will notice
the obituary story in Wednesday's paper you
will find it has that "little extra something"
which newswrilers give to people of whom
they are fond. They were telling last night
about an incident which happened when
Paul Deutschmann (now wtih the Denver
Post) was our city editor. P. Waldo had
brought in a parcel of announcements and
he was arguing with Paul:
"Why," said Mr. Davis, "I'm the best re
porter on your staff. Do I Have to wait till
J'm gone to make Page ONE?"
The death of such a personality is in
deed Page One copy. It is difficult to think
of any person in our time in Lane County
who has been more widely known or more
sincerely liked. He brought pleasure to thou
sands of people with his performances on
the bells, and more than that he had the
unusual gift of creating the atmojphere of
happiness wherever he went. If he had any
of the "dark moods" to which most of us are
subject, they were never exhibited in public.
It is interesting to note that P. Waldo Da
vis was graduated from the University of
Oregon in 1894 (about the time when Cal
Young was coaching the first football teams)
and that he spent many years as a profes
sional on the Chatauqua and vaudeville cir
cuits, and that he had been wheat rancher
in Eastern Oregon and a farmer and a busi
ness man. Perhaps It is from this wide va
riety of interests and occupations he derived
his "spice." He demonstrated that It is pos
sible to have many "careers" the most im
' portant being to get all the joy possible out
of being alive.
We cannot improve on the tribute which
has been paid to this man by our staff in
adopting him as one of their "favorites," out
of all the hundreds and hundreds of people
who come In and out with messages and
missions. He leaves gay memories. Some
where in his travels P. Waldo Davis must
have drunk from the legendary fountain of
youth,
Root Out the '5 PereenftrV
When President Truman's aide, Major
General Harry Vaughan, in an unguarded
moment, stated recently that he could "name
at last 300 contract agents" in Washington, he
was probably guilty of nothing but under
statement. The term "5 percenters" is new
and catchy. It would surprise us if these
go-betweens worked for any such small per
centage as 9 per cent. Washington has been
lousy with these gents for many years.
How far the Army and Navy and Air
Corps have been infected is another story.
The present scandal affecting two high rank
ing generals In the purchasing departments
of the Army is not the first scandal. Kerv
tucky's former Congressman Mays is still
doing time for his involvement In wartime
graft, as is one former Air Corps general.
It is high time that the whole mess is aired
out.
However, it should not be assumed that
because a few high rankers have been taint
ed that the whole military has been corrupt
ed, because we believe that the evidence
will show that this is not true.
The prime suckers for the "5 percenters"
have been the business men seeking contracts.
Lost in the mazes of Washington, many of
them are easy prey for the "guys in the
know" (and the list would include many
lame duck 'congressmen). Many a business
man has paid a commission to get contracts
which he would have had anyhow without
paying anybody a cent.
Apparently the military purchasing needs
the same sort of overhauling which Lane
county's purchasing methods need. Where
there is open competitive bidding on public
ly advertised specifications no seller needs
to pay for "pull." Uncle Sam's business is
only a little more complex than Lane
county's. The "5 percenter" and the moocher
gets in his bite only where unbusinesslike
methods are retained.
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the Times-Herald.
The brief announcement said:
"The executors of the estate of
Eleanor Patterson announce the
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Music is like medicine, says a doctor.
We'll agree that some of it is hard to take.
If you break diet and gain several pounds,
don't complain. The weight of the trans
gressor is hard.
A lawyer can keep himself pretty well
dressed on two or three suits a week.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By Peter Bason
NEA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
'And the Band Played On'
It has been suggested that Eugene's new
Concert Band (formerly Municipal) should
adopt a thptne song and that the song should
be that old familiar:
"Casey would walti with a strawberry blonde
And the band played on . . ."
The band will not be disbanded for lack
of support out of city funds. By tapping the
reserve (record) fund of the Musicians Un
ion, by enlisting the Active Club to take enre
of incidental arrangements, and with the
rnnlinimrl Ipnriarcrtm ft Tnliw Qlnlt, '
have a program of four more park concerts
this summer . . .
"And after that, next year Is another year."
Before another year It should be possible
to find an effective sponsoring group to
maintain the band program. If It is not pos
sible or advisable for the city government
to use tux funds and act as sponsor, the city
can still buy a schedule, of concerts within
the limits of available funds.
Much of the credit for saving the band
from dissolution belongs to Maxwell Morse
who presents the rare combination of be
ing a merchant and employer along with be
ing a musician and president of the local
Musicians Union. The Informal agreements
under which the band will continue to serve
the community are a tribute to his skillful
and persistent leadership.
You know, in other cities they often ask
this question about Eugene:
"How rome you people In Eugene have
civic orgimiiatloni which seem to go on and
nn forever whereas In most towns they (tart
and stop and never seem to find a firm foot
ing" We have never been able to frame any
properly logical or modest answers to this
question. Eugene is just that kind of place.
For years it was Frank Gilstrnp and a little
Croup of old timers who kept the hand from
withering away. Now conies a younger
group Max Morse and the Actives and the
Musicians Union. The formula will be
changed, but the Eugene Concert Band will
piny on . . . and on! The theme song would
be appropriate.
'Billions for Defense' Must
Be Balanced, Says Noorse
WASHINGTON (NEA) Efforts to hack a blV
lion dollars off the $15,000,000,000 U. S. defense
budget, together with congressional reluctance to
take up the $1,800,000,000 program of military
assistance for Europe, raise an old question. It is
how much the United States can afford to spend
on preparedness in time of peace.
Chairman Edwin G. Nourse of the President's
Council of Economic Advisers analyzed this ques
tion during a recent Joint Armed Services Orienta
tion Course for civilian Industrial leaders and tha
press. What he tried to do was define the balance
between military and civilian points of view.
Military planners sometimes trunk that the
armed services should have first call on all U. S.
resources. Civilian economists think principally of
providing customers with the greatest possible
volume of goods and services. To them military
security is secondary.
The old Idea that an army travels on its stomach
must now be expanded, says Dr. Nourse. It must
now include the idea that the armed services
travel on the national economic machine.
After V-J Day, everyone looked for peace and
reduced spending for war. But in March, 1948,
President Truman gave Congress the bad news
that $3,000,000,000 more would be needed to bolster
national defense. The result was that a downward
trend in prices was Immediately reversed. It be
came a new burst of inflation. By early fill it hid
carried wholesale and retail prices to new peaks
of inflation.
Saw New Controls Necessary
. Dr. Nourse says he then came to the conclusion
that this extra defense effort would so aggravate
scarcities of both materials and manpower that
new inflationary controls would be necessary. And,
since this was a cold war instead of a hot one,
there was some doubt whether more controls would
be acceptable to the American people.
In making up the 1350 military budget, it there
fore became necessary to set limits on military ex
penditures. As the late Secretary of Defense James
V. Forrestal put it, undue enlargement of military
spending would weaken the national economy. The
President decided to hold military spending down
to $15,000,000,000, even though this might involve
some risK.
Since that time, a new recession has set In. Dr.
Nourse says II is still too early to tell whether this
decline will continue to further depression, whether
It will level off. or whether it will lead to new ex
pansion. But while this recession is on, there is
Ernie Pyle Rests in Quiet
Beside Heros He Described
HONOLULU (U.R) Ernie
Pyle and one of the unknown sol
diers he depicted in his writings
rest side by side in a new ceme
tery overlooking the Pacific.
Both were laid to rest with three
other heroes in ceremonies open
ing the National Memorial Ceme
tery of the Pacific, where 2000
dead of World War II will be
buried In days to come.
2000 Present
More than 2000 persons watched
as the former Scripps-Howard and
United Feature Syndicate war cor
respondent and author, killed by
Japanese macmnegun fire on Ie
Shlma in 1945, was laid to rest.
His eternal burial place was the
majestic green setting of Punch
bowl Cemetery on the side of an
ancient crater overlooking Dia
mond Head.
In adjacent graves were placed
the remains of two Marine pri
vates, An Army lieutenant and the
unknown soldier of the Pacific.
Others Burled
With Pyle's remains were those
of Marine Pfc. Francis A. Riese,
son of Edward C. Riese, Massillon,
O.; Army 1st Lt. William A. Syl
vester, of Bakersfield, Cal.; and
Marine Private Eruce A .Mitchell,
son of Mrs. Isabelle Westgarth,
Seattle.
Among the wreaths and flower-
ad plaques that banked the graves
was a flowered quill fashioned
from orchids and yellow roses pre
sented by Bert Buchwach, presi
dent of the Honolulu Press Club.
Ernie was a GI's reporter and
died reporting the GI's story of
the war," Buchwach said in trib
ute to Pyle.
"There was no better soldier
than he. Ernie sweated and suf
fered with infantryman and more
than anyone else helped America'
understand the heroism and sac-l
rifices of its fighting men. !
"He was a little guy who loved
the little guy and he brought the
front to the front door of every
American home. '
"His name lies above all in the
Integrity of what he wrote his!
byline meant truth and he had noi
regard for safety and comfort in1
getting it." 1
Edwin C. Heinke, assistant
managing editor of the IndianaD-
olis Times, represented Pvle's
father, William, and his aunt,)
Mary Bales, al the graveside.!
Heinke presented bouquets of or-1
chlds and red roses for the fam-l
ily and the Scripps-Howard news- i
papers.
Other floral pieces came from!
Pyle's alma mater, the University
of Indiana, and his fraternities
formerly of the United Press;
Webley Edwards, formerly of Co
lumbia Broadcasting System; and
Leif Erickson, of the Associated
Press.
Prayers for the five hero s wera
read by Protestant Chaplain Maj.
Albert F. Click, Greenville, "Tex.;
Catholic Chaplain Eugene L. A.
Fischer, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Rab
Walnuf Aphids Seen
NEWBERG (P) An out
break of aphids on walnuts is re
ported by Lloyd Baron, manager
of Oregon Nut Growers Inc.
Baron said a check last Sunday
showed two types of the aphids:
one on the underside of leaves;
the other on the leaf rib. The Ore
gon State College Extension Serv
ice recommends a 4 per cent nico
tine dust against both species.
Some growers believe that
aphids may be contributed to the
poor quality of nuts in the last
bi Emmanuel Kumin, Honolulu, year's harvest, Baron said.
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Four wartime Pacific corre
spondents were among the honor
ary pallbearers. They were Dan
McGuire and Joe James Custer,
some pressure to increase military evnenditiirea.
Th- idea is to restore business confidence and'",ere Sigma Alpha Epsilon (aca
mu-Inin prosperity till the middle of 1950. idemics) and Sigma Delta Ch
ur. nourse admits there is some validity to this
theory, but It requires qualifications. If military
expenditures were cut at this time, it might pro
duce a serious recession. On the other hand, it
cannot be argued that Increased military expendi
tures would be an unmitigated good for the country.
During the war many domestic expenditures
had to be cut. School construction was retarded.
Streets and highways were neglected. Houses were
not built as fast as new families were formed.
"Brownouts" In many areas showed electric power
production needed expansion.
Draws Striking Comparison
As a basis for comparison. Dr. Nourse points
out that $15,000,000,000 a year military budget
means spending at the rate of $300,000,000 a week.
Three hundred million dollars is about what the
President proposes to spend next not Just
for a week on housing, aid to education, and
rural electrification. All the money that can safely
be spared from armament, says Dr. Nourse. can
therefor be naed to raisa tha livlns tanUiia n
ma.lor segments of the V. S. population. If VflU IlKtoll ft Befnrn llllv lid
Military preparedness must therefore fee baLi M 1 " W'0rB JUI' 3i
anced with economic and financial preparedness. ' to la uowi i,-,
he concludes. That is why the Marshall Plan, the JL 7'! w'
President's program for economic assistance to un- rwva-v Ior winter before the
derdeveloped countries, the North Atlantic Pact and rush. And get the famous Cole-
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Who can remember when you used to be
ab'e to tell if the motor was running by
watching tht tail lifht ahaite?
military assistance for Europe mint be considered
pari oi an integrated national poller. Thev are not
lust parts of a separate. International policy. Thev
are intended to enable the United State to buy
maximum national security for each dollar spent.
Coming from the chairman of the President's
Council of Economic Advisers, this presentation
by Dr. Nourse gives a revealing exposition of some
of the thinking that has gone into preparation ot
the administration's program.
final decisions on all these Issues are now be
ing made by appropriations committees and the
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