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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
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n which Mich 1 ?
on of Man"
n every in,,,"?!-.
wm atigmattad" Z ?'
voicedbyvou'ow'fe
ncer was that . ""!
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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
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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.
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'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
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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!
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