Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, January 21, 1952, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextLAN! CMMfl - AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER Alton F. Baker EDITOR William M. Tugman MANAGING EDITOR Alton F. Baker, Jr. SERVICES Full Associated Press, United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Register-Guard's policy is the complete and impartial publication in its news pages of all news and statements on news. On this page the editors of The Register Guard offer 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 con ductive community policy. A newspaper is A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY. ' Entered at the Post Office at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. vPAGE 6 EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1952 What's the Score in Willamalane Parks? t Voters of the Willamalane Park Dis trict, which includes the city of Spring afield, Glenwood and most of the subur ban area within a line from Glenwood i to the McKenzie and from the McKen zie to the Willamette river east of t Springfield, will go to the polls Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Memorial Building to decide the fate of their Sparks and playgrounds program. Specifically the issue is whether to yvote another $85,000 in bonds in addi ction to $285,000 voted in 1948 for swim ming pool and other construction pur poses to cover these items: ? Balance on pool contract $48,054.32 J Repay construction loans from ? Operating Funds 11,310.27 Jf Paving assessment G street 8,000.00 jj Paving parking areas 2,500.00 Windbreak around pool 5,000.00 Water and irrigation system 1,750.00 Maintenance building 4,000.00 & Memorial Building to complete three rooms 7,174.72 TOTAL $84,789.31 Letters to the editor of this paper have raised questions of "mismanage ment". Complete and detailed state ments of finances may be had by any body asking for them at the office in the Memorial Building. Board members are J. Spencer Carlson, chairman, W. E. James, Dr. Melville Jones, Mrs. Caroline Crowe, Edward L. Bennett. They invite questions. So does Superintendent Irene Squires. This is a summary of their po sition: Originally it was Intended to build a recreation building as a wing of the swimming pool, out of the first $285,000 bond issue. Trustees of the partly finished Vete rans Memorial Building offered to deed the Park District that property at 8th and A for payment of about $8,000 in bills which the Vets couldn't raise. It looked like a chance to acquire a property valued at $50,000 as it stood, for $6,000. Architects estimated it would cost only $60,000 to finish the Memorial Building as a recreation center. The architects were wrong; parts of the structure wore excellent; other parts had to be done over; it has cost $100,202 Marquis Child's Delivering the Annual Budget Message to finish the Memorial Building Job. This has made it necessary to dip into operating funds and into funds from the original swimming pool bond issue for construction purposes. These borrowings must be paid back. There is nothing illegal or unusual in the procedure, but if the $85,000 of additional bonds are not voted, operations of all parks and facilities will be severely crip pled next year. It was the Memorial Building deal that put the district in the hole; In effect, the additional bonds are Memorial Building bonds. Present tax levy is 4.1 mills which raises $50,000 a year, of which $24,000 is' allocated to operations, $6,300 to routine capital improvements and $19,750 to sinking fund. At present the sinking fund shows deposits of $29,500, more than enough to meet all Interest and principal payments due on bonds now outstanding. The new issue of $85,000 would be for 10 years, with principal payments defer red during the first two years. Expected interest rate is 2 per cent, same as on previous bonds. Increasing valuations are expected to absorb the additional . debt charges without any increase of tax rate for park purposes. The basic issue, so far as we can de termine, is whether the Memorial Build ing was a good buy. Judging by the tremendous need it has filled we are in clined to say it was a good buy in spite of the fact that it cost much more to fix it up than expected (as bargain buys usually do). There is not the slightest evidence of any "skullduggery" in Park District Management. You can quarjel with judgment, with the "philosophy" of public recreation, if you want to. The only question is: "Do the people of the Springfield area want their parks and playgrounds pro gram to go on, or do they want to ditch it?" If we lived in the district we would support the Park District. We stood on a hilltop in Springfield 10 years ago with some Springfielders who bragged that they were interested in "nothin' but payrolls and smokestacks." We asked 'em why so many people who made their money in Springfield lived in Eugene. That was "dirty pool" but some park planning began right there. Scholarships Needed at University of Oregon Announcement is made of a new scholarship at the University of Ore gon under an endowment provided by Julio W. Silva, Eugene businessman. This scholarship will be open to grad uates of any Lane County high school and the award will be made each year on the basis of scholarship, leadership, character and financial need. It will provide approximately $150 a year, al most enough to cover tuition and fees, which at present total approximately $165. The award will, be for the fresh man year only. This generous gift calls attention to the need for more scholarship en dowments at the University. Lyle Nel son, assistant to President Newburn. tells us: "We have exactly six scholarships worth the equivalent of tuition and fees ($165) which arc available to freshmen. Tills, for an average freshman enrollment of between 1000 and 1200, Is hardly adequate. The State Board provides some state fee scholarships in addition but these pay only the minimum tuition fees, or about $90 a year hardly a drop in the bucket. There seems to be a general Impression that the University, be ing a stale Institution, docs not need schol arships. That very definitely isn't so, and the Office of Student Aftnirs can cite case after case of financial need." For a resident of Oregon the mini mum fees are $55 a term for each of the three terms. This includes $10 as signed to tuition, $20 in laboratory and course fees, $17 in incidental fees cov ering such things as athletic tickets and student activities, and $8 for the build ing fee which helps to pay for new buildings. In addition, the student makes a $5 deposit for breakage which is re fundable at the end of the year if he has luck. Board and room at John Straub Hall will range from $183.50 a term to $210; at the Vet's dorm, from $175.50 to $187.50. The minimum for board and room is $526.20 a year. Not counting clothing, transporta tion and other unavoidable needs, the University estimates the "average low" requirement at $293 a term, or $879 a year, distributed as follows per term: Fees and tuition Books Board and room Incidentals i 55 20 193 25 $293 (For the out of slate student, the Univer sity fees are $115 a term, or $345 a year; otherwise the expense requirements are the same as for Oregon students.) The cost of education has doubled along with everything else. It is safe to say that the average student in the University of Oregon will need $1000 a year, without providing for cars, fra ternities or other luxuries. Same would be true at Oregon State or any other state school. Can the student hope to earn his way through college? , Many do. It has been stated that ap proximately 75 per cent of all students at the University are either totally or partially self-supporting. Most students work during summer vacations but it is the exceptional student who can earn and save as much as $1000 during the vacation period. The University Em ployment Office provides part-time jobs for many during the school year. A vis itor taking a look at the student cars parked around the campus gets an er roneous impression. There are many who have affluent and over-indulgent parents. There are many more for whom it is a bitter struggle. Many still have to drop out of school periodically to work and save enough to complete the course. For some years the GI bill provided opportunity for many who would have otherwise been unable to get a col lege education, There are few eligibles left under that program. We do not agree with those who think that a be nevolent government should provide college education for free to everybody who gets the notion. There is great need for scholarships and financial aids for students who have demonstrated su perior ability. They are the leaven in the mass of mediocre students who come merely to spend a protracted ado lescence in pleasant surroundings. We hope the Silva scholarship will set a pattern. CHILD!" Illinois Governor Said HST's Pick WASHINGTON To some of his closest associates President Truman has now con firmed what has long been his inclination that he will not seek re-election to the White House. What is more, he will use the considerable and perhaps decisive weight which is his as President and head of the party to make Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois the Democratic nominee for president. In the quicksands of politics nothing is final. But the above comes from one who has good reason to know the President's intention at firsthand. Now and then Mr. Truman has shown himself subject to emotional impulse and it may be that he could be goaded into seeking again the high office he holds. But if he follows the course now decided on, he will run not for the presidency but for the Senate from his home state of Missouri. Many Indications, some of them noted in the news and others not, have lately pointed to this resolution of the President's uncertainty. In St. Louis the Democratic national committeeman, John J. Nangle, told the Post-Dispatch that President Truman had served his country well in the White House and if he wanted to retire and re turn to the Senate, he should be permitted to do so. Nangle then said that his choice, if Mr. Truman did step out, was Governor Stevenson, whom he praised in ringing terms. DEMOCRATS FAVORABLE As a politician on the hard-boiled level, Nangle is not the type to make that kind of statement without prompting from higher up. It is believed that he received pretty definite instructions from the White House to send up this preliminary trial balloon. A rather extensive canvass has been made by White House advisers among key Democrats, particularly on Capitol Hill. The reaction to the suggestion of Steven son has been good, and often enthusiastic, among both Northerners and Southerners. More important than any outward evi dence is the fact that the course outlined here fits the President's whole pattern of thinking about his own future. In par ticular, it fits his strong sense of American history. Two of the leading figures in the Tru man pantheon stepped out of the presi dency to return to Congress. John Quincy Adams served in the House in eight suc cessive congresses after his one term as president. He was an extremely useful member. Andrew Johnson was elected to the Senate in 1874, five years after a vindic tive post-Civil War Congress had brought Impeachment proceedings against him, The dictionary of American Biography, of which Mr. Truman is a close student, notes that his appearance in the Senate, signaling his vindication in public life, was one of the most dramatic moments in the history of that body. History has little to do, of course, with the logic behind the choice of Governor Stevenson as the Democratic nominee. That logic is particularly strong if the Republican candidate is General Eisen hower. Stevenson is 52 years old. If he were defeated by an Eisenhower sweep in a campaign in which he honorably upheld a moderate progressivism, he could still have a promising political future ahead of him. More important, Stevenson stands out side the Washington wrangle. The Demo cratic party in Washington, particularly as represented In the Senate, is dividing into smaller and smaller fragments. Some would like to see one senator as a candi date, some another and the jealousies are such that an individual chosen out of that maelstrom would find himself in trouble in his own party. As governor, Stevenson has done a re markable job, in spite of very great handi caps, cleaning up the mess left behind by a notorious Republican machine. This has, above all, been on the side of clean govern ment. He has shown a kind of selflessness that was well illustrated in the statement he made 10 days ago in announcing that he would seek re-election as governor. That statement said: HAD U.N. EXPERIENCE "I invite the Republican Party to nom inate the best man they can find. It is of little importance whether the next gov ernor of Illinois Is Adlai Stevenson. But it is of the utmost importance that he finish what we have started. No matter then who loses, the people will win." During the war Stevenson held a variety of posts, including assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. After 1945 he had a lengthy experience with the United Na tions, ending as United States delegate to the General Assembly in 1946 and '47. This experience in the field of foreign af fairs was followed by his vigorous cam paign for governor and now his four years at Springfield. If he becomes conspicuously the favorite of the President, he can expect the usual quotr of overripe eggs and tomatoes. The candidacy of Senator Estes Kcfauvcr, based on his fame in the crime hearings, is re ported to be gaining support in the coun try and It could conceivably progress to a point at which the President's designa tion of another man would fail to carry decisive influence. But for the present the favor rests with the Governor of the state from which long ago another com paratively unknown lawyer was chosen to lead a nation In crisis. (Copyright 1M2. by Vnltcrt Femur. SyndlrMe, Tncl I 9 r e v"' WsW3. If. C r In the Editor's Mail Bag THE THREE BARES! As I.M.S. walked down Willamette Street What hideous sight did his vision meet, But a dress-shop window wanton ly strewed With mannequins; wooden, femalel Nude!! With horror I. M. to the spot was glued. And then, as our hero with out rage chokes Who comes along, full of banter and jokes, (And probably somewhat the worse for Cokes) But a bunch of university folks; I. M. ITCHES to give them a few good pokes! But listen, I. M., all kidding aside, Wouldn't you much rather view . . the hide Of those wooden dummies, than have to stare At the price tags on most of the things they wear When they're fully clothed instead of bare? And, Instead of us drafting a dras tic law Against displaying those dummies raw, I believe It would be a lot bet ter if The stores would consider the poor working stiff Either by keeping those manne quins bare Or in clothes that his wife can afford to wear! FORMS OF SUICIDE IUMT PROTEST FUGF.NE (To the F.dltorl The EUGENE (To the Editor) subject 'suicide' is taboo; but the fact remains. 22,000 suicides an nually on the average in the U. S. alone. '23 Included 62 physicians, 48 lawyers, 14 ministers, 25 edit ors, 50 clubwomen and over 200 Your editorial of the 15th on pro posed peacetime conscription of all youth for military training was wrong, I think, in one regard at least. You say there is to be "rig orous moral supervision" in the v,,'io.cmDn rh. nr th camps. How about the surround 36,000 traffic deaths ought to be. inss f the camps? It is there that included as "accidents on pur pose" I mean, careless driving. We think we know all about this matter, but we don't. We're Ignor ant of our ignorance of this vital subject. Many of us are suicides and don't even know it. Since sui cide means self-destruction, it takes many different forms such as alcoholism, drug-addiction, sex ual license, temper tantrums, and Indulgence in all sorts of anti social moods and harmful emo tions. Most ot our peptic ulcers, headaches, colitis, etc., trace di rectly to our disordered emotional life. And one explanation for our silly childish crazes, mania, nutti prostitution, gambling and drink ing flourish. And here the presl dent's commission has nothing to offer but good wishes to camp tl . n "nl IS DErcw. MABCOUU,:' many persons o, "1! m,ust b 8l"d to' of prude i.., " !i lished bv T..! tv: Regjster.Gu'ard10(T5l libels everv .i ever lived. ,c(,( f' The letto. ly resultine iT, H 4 the indecency 3 a hint tht ,t. 't notin the show ;, minds of Z"' holders. D"il!j, The question , ,. y answered- Tl ! paicll ;,J n which Mich 1 ? on of Man" n every in,,,"?!-. wm atigmattad" Z ?' voicedbyvou'ow'fe ncer was that . ""! ho U,. t. . "MB "T.ihAl .... deysay,.. Pope caused teJZtf P.ated on man 5tln. Chape a libel on th ',.tI: the 'virginal' v . Jaucauldappli;," ter to thp muji yA did h. "".""". "viv reoulte & hnfnra tl. . . work of another in 1 ' own nasty minded. particularly apt 111,3 PlPwatint, - . , Ie sitting nude and Q name or a swimmii, J s."t"iu: magazint. t Photography (,nd although I trontribuW to the magazine I DIE' this picture). It with six others h being of especialW (a and merit, the mi, choice being fully fcj text. .1 These editors, rspitJ upniiuii oi Amend, iM uamemany clean til would shock to theto., ty-minded person to H elsewhere. Another id picture, In PomilirM of a young wominrl commanders. Thev discuss morall "." " ' safeguards at length, but in the law itself they have nothing to offer. What could they do? ROSS W. ANDERSON MORE! MORE! seek escape. Why? Because we hate the real and the true; we de mand pretense and show. Our radios are turned in on jazz, our ears glued to brutalizing detective-crime stories, our noses de mand rot and trash unfit for human consumption, etc., in brief, we chase after false redeemers. Results: we increase our internal tensions and disorders. Yes. we exist but that Isn't llv- For, no matter how modern and'jng. Very few reach that stage, chic tneir apparel, Oak Street merchant criticize an other Oak Street merchant for parking his car in frdnt of his place of business and putting I nickels in the parking meter all ness about show-going, driving 1 'S fJorJhe convenience of hither and von. diversions in oues- himself and his employes. Let s tionable pl'easures, etc., are but "?ve m.ore critics like this man. vain attempts to find release and . sincerely, NOT take THAT pit nas tnis to say; "On lady. Refinement li necessary other i Is a failure." Any M nes in the model or ft few days ago I overheard one nud. nirttire And nl mannekins are poaitki possible to percelttiJ filth lies every time i opened in unfair tora Yours, EABKKU J. O. DOBSON, Route 2, Eugene, Ore. ADVERTISEMENT HOW TO TAME FIERCE STOMACH ULCER PAINS caused by excess acid! FLORS1 SHOES For MEN and WOf B U R CH 1060 Willi' Most women feel like they're garbed In a barrel When they view on those dum mies the fatal allure Of the latest creations of "haute coutere." And after these window-shopping carouses They often go home and throw pots at their spouses. So in conclusion I wish to say I prefer a nudist window display To crockery showers any day. DAVID J. DORAN P. S. Can you stand one more verse? Go back to Boston, I. M. S.; out here we're not so drastic, And undraped females leave us calm, when made of wood or plastic. But If you get this fussed and flabbergasted when you see em, For heaven's sake don't ever take trips through an art mu seum! D. J. D. r)fn t just RiifTpr agonizing pain, ennntant bum inn o stomach ulcere, indigestion, gas, heart burn caused by excess stomach acid. Plunder's Tablets smrantte amazing quick reiiet ot such misery or money btvkl Formula ot F. H. Pfunrter, Ph.G., contains medically-proved in gredients! Neutralizes excess acid. Hnstj, stem- Millions exist in China, India, fear, enjoy lite again!' Get Plunder'! Tlbletl Russia, etc. because of false inter- toiy. Over 100,000,000 .lrcady ucd. I pretations of life. But multitudes exist in America because of wilfull defiance of the light available a big difference! The U.S.S.R. be guiles her people into believing that slaverey is freedom, oppres sion is justice, death is life, and that hate is love. It is the suicide of a whole people by false propa ganda and economic philosophy. To live we must love and we only live as we love. Our world is going up in flames of hate. Deviate from love by rebellious self-determination and you fall into con flict and discord that is self-de-destruclion. No message could be more timely and fitting than this which gets so little public atten tion. PAUL BRINKMAN Jr. 40 FRIGID All AIR-CONDIMM CHITTOT REFRIGEHATW W. 6th W mm m m (Lift Slirplifru POWER 'To him will pive power." Rev. 2.2t They speak of Power in Holy Writ . . More than of Love or Faith and it. . , , Contains the secret of Suc cess ... By which we win and Heaven will bless . . , There's Power of God and Power of Love . . . The Power that cometh from above ... It dwells in Conscience, firm and strong , , . To give us victory over wrong , , . Let's pray now in this trying hour . . Lord, givs us Thy sustaining power! JULIEN C. 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