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PAGE Q EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1952
'What Does a Owernor Use for Time?'
- Not long ago we were talking with
Oregon's Governor Douglas McKay. It
Jwas about nine o'clock in the evening.
He chanced to remark that the next
day he would be in Denver but would
return in time for an important meeting
in Portland the day. after that. He re
marked that he would have to pass up
several very attractive "public gath
erings" in the meantime. That led us to
;ask
U "Just when does the chief executive of a
great state find time to get his chief exe
cuting done?"
The Governor laughed and said that
'it took a combination of sheer will
power and a great deal of tact to
squeeze out even a minimum of free
time. That led us to ask the Governor
if he would be willing to have us pub
lish just a few sample sheets from his
-date book possibly the dates for the
.first and last weeks of any month.
That has been done. The Governor's
.efficient secretary, Peggy Phillips, has
."sent us the listings for the first and last
weeks of April, June, October and No
vember of 1951. Now we're stuck! Even
in skeleton form the darn thing is much
,too long for this column, but we will
? compromise and give you April and
. Ootober.
Bun., April 1 Declined three out-of-town
meetings.
Moo,. April 2 Declined three out-of town
meetings. Conference with representa
tives of Izaak Walton League. Conference
-.- with Warden of State Penitentiary. Ap-
pointment with legislative committee.
Appointment with Mayor of Southern
Oregon city. Five other miscellaneous
appointments.
Tuee., April 3 Declined one out-o(-town in
vitation for evening meeting. Board meet
' '"' lngs throughout morning met with
Senate Committee on Institutions fol
lowing regular session. Attended Salem
i: luncheon meeting and Salem dinner. Met
with representatives of Yamhill County
Grange. Two other office appointments
( in afternoon.
Wed,, April 4 Declined two out of town
meetings. Board of Control met with
Ways and Means Committee. Board of
Control met with state institution offi
cials. In Portland In afternoon for con-
; ferenoe with District Attorney. Attended
banquet at Corvallls.
Ttaurl. April 5 Declined one out-of-state
meeting. Met with Fair Board. Met with
. Air Defense officer and state civil de
fense official. Conference with Liquor
Commission division head. Seven mis
cellaneous appointments.
Fri., April 6 Declined three out-of-town
meetings. Attended Portland Newsboys
Banquet In evening. Met with State
Health Officer. Met with State Dept. of
Education officials. Met with member of
State Game Commission. Met with mem
ber of Oregon Committee on Children
and Youth. Seven miscellaneous appoint
ments. tat, April 7 Declined two out-of-town
meetings. Spent day in office working.
Bun. April 22 Declined dinner Invitation on
account of work.
Mon., April 23 Declined four out-of-town
f meetings. Attended Salem C. of C. lunch-
eon and dinner meeting with visiting in
dustrialists from east and California.
Attended legislative program sponsored
by fourth district members. Met with In
dustrial Accident Commissioner. Met
with Stale Tax Commissioner. Met with
Airlines Offirlal. Conference In afternoon
with visiting Industrialists nt Capitol.
Ten miscellaneous appointments.
Tues., April 1M Slate Hoard of Control and
. I Mind Hoard In morning. State Forestry
Hoard In afternoon. Met with member of
Industrial Development Committee.
Three miscellaneous appointments.
Wed., April 25 Met wllh Industrial Accident
Commission In morning. Met with Adju
tant General. Six miscellaneous appoint
ments, legislative affair In evening.
Thurs., April 26 Declined five out-of-town
meetings. Attended banquet In Portland
in evening. Met with Department of Vet
erans' Affairs officials. Six miscellaneous
appointments.
FrI., April 27 Declined 7 out-of-town meet
ings. Attended Federal Reserve Bank
dedication dinner, Portland. Attended
luncheon for designing architect of State
Capitol from New York. Made radio
broadcast. Met with member State
Board of Agriculture. Eight miscellan
eous appointments.
Sat., April 28 Declined 3 out-of-town invi
tations. Met with Board of Control divi
sion head. Four miscellaneous appoint
ments and spent day in office.
In addition to above legislature was in ses
sion and many incidental appointments
with members and conferences with leg."
islative committee were not listed in
the date book.
First Week in October attended Governors'
Conference In Tennessee and met with
Charles Wilson, Defense Mobilization
Director in Washington, D. C, and with
Oregon Congressional Delegation.
During this week had to decline 12 other
out-of-town Invitations for meetings,
Sunday, Oct. 21 Declined 3 invitations for
out-of-town meetings.
Monday, Oct. 22 Declined 2 invitations for
out-of-town meetings. Attended Salem
Chamber of Commerce ' luncheon. Met
with group of European businessmen
touring Oregon industrial plants and vis
iting state offices under sponsorship In
dustrial Accident Commission and U. S.
State Department. Held meeting of Ore
gon Statutory Committee group created
by legislature to handle placement of
statues in Halls of Congress. Meeting
with Fair Board representatives. Ap
pointment with U. S. Department of In
terior representatives. Appointment with
member of Dental School Advisory Coun
cil. Appointment with Attorney Gen
eral. Three other appointments.
Tuesday, Oct. 23 Declined 4 out-of-town
meetings. Attended Oregon City Cham
ber of Commerce-Service Club Joint an
nual luncheon. Conference in morning
with Industrial representative from
Southern Oregon. Left Portland 5:30 p.m.
for Boise, Idaho, by train.
Wednesday, Oct, 24 Attended meeting of
Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Commit
tee in Boise, Idaho. Declined three other
out-of-town invitations for meetings, Re
turned from Boise by train In evening.
Thursday, Oct. 25 Arrived in Portland 7:30
a.m. from Boise, Idaho. Conference in
Salem on Pelton Dam at 11:00 a.m. Left
Salem 1:30 p.m. for Prlnevllle and Bend.
Met with road dedication group at Prlne
vllle 5:30 p.m. Attended U. S. Savings
Bond Award program at Redmond in
evening. Drove to Bend for night. De
clined a Salem meeting for evening.
Friday, October 2(1 Attended meeting Gov
ernor's natural resources committee,
Bend and returned to Salem in evening.
Saturday, Oct. 27 Declined 2 out-of-town
meetings. Attended dinner In Portland
for members of U. S. House of Repre
sentatives Public Works Committee.
Much has been said about the enor
mous demands on the time of our pub
lic men. This skeleton of engagements
doesn't really tell the story. It omits
the hundreds of casual visitors who
"must speak to the Governer." The
public expects to see its Governor, in
person, at every major cornerstone lay
ing and fish fry. It also expects him to
run the state with a firm hand.
"What's the answer?"
An executive assistant to do the day
to day chores of supervising depart
ments and relieving the Governor of
burdensome details.
McKay had a dandy in young Doug
las McCall until private business offered
. more than the state could pay. It takes
time to break in a new man. The Gov
ernor isn't complaining. He likes the
job; he asked for it. It was our notion,
not his, to present this situation as a
problem.
Academic Freedom
Ike Runs 'Em Ragged in Minnesota
It is human nature to love a boss
race and Ike Eisenhower seems to be
the best all-weather performer since
Man o'War. Although not officially en
tered in the Minnesota primary, his
name was written in by approximately
100,000 men and women who wanted
to show that they "liked Ike" one of
the most remarkable demonstrations in
American political history.
Eisenhower came near beating the
favorite son Stnssen whoso name was
on the ballot. He polled better than four-to-one
in the write-in race with Taft.
All over the country political observers
are saying:
"The Republican managers are going to
have to 'think fast, Mr. MoM'."
In terms of nominating delegates to
the Republican convention, Eisenhower
Is still very weak. He has the little
group from New Hampshire but the
Minnesota delegates will be pledged to
Stassen and will be available to Eisen
hower only on a convention switch
(which should not be too hard to work
out).
The net effect of the New Hampshire
and Minnesota campaigns is to pile up
a tremendous enthusiasm for Eisen
hower elsewhere. The big question is:
"Can any candidate win on psychological
rather than delegate strength?"
The situation is not unlike that
which attended the nomination of
Willkie in 1940, Willkie went into the
Philadelphia convention of that year
with far less strength than Sentor Taft
but he was carried to the nomination
mainly by the enthusiasm of his back
ers. Of course, Willkie was present in
the country and campaigning actively.
Only one thing is certain to this date.
The people of the United States in their
voting show a great hunger for change.
Howard Describes
Effect in School
EDITOR'S NOTE: This Is the last
of a series in uihtch the Register-Guard
will reprint the address of Professor
Charles G. Howard, of the Law School
Faculty, to the tniuersity of Oregon
Chapter of the American. Association of
tnluersity Professors stattno the his
torical concepts of academic freedom,
the leaal and constitutional battles that
have been fought to preserve the free
dom of teachers. -
The Triumph of Brains Over Brawn
By CHARLES G. HOWARD
jrrafsior f taw, UnWertur of Orften
Freedom of inquiry, criticism and dis
sent have been guaranteed in State and
Federal Constitutions for over 150 years.'
Although these freedoms have been spell
ed out in the law of the land, each gener
ation seems to find it necessary to vin
dicate them.
Our generation has and is living
through two assaults on academic free
dom by way of the Loyalty Oath. Little
minds that apparently never heard of
Milton, John Stuart Mill, Rousseau, Tom
Paine and Jefferson, or studied the Ren
aissance, the Reformation and United
States history, become obsessed by fear,
find it necessary to seek safety by perse
cuting others.
Today 24 states and the Dlst. of Co
lumbia require loyalty oaths. The most
recent loyalty oath episode is that at the
University of California.
Max Radin, in writing about the Uni
versity of California debacle states:
"Great mischief has already been done.
In the minds of the Faculty a feeling of
profound resentment has been engendered.
It is an affront to the personal dignity of
a self-respecting man to be told pre-emp-torily:
'Swear you are not a liar and a po
tential traitor or go' . . .
"The integrity of the University is in
jured when intellectual freedom is thus
threatened. What is required is an atmos
phere where there is no fear or constraint,
no shadow of a komissari When men en
gaged In intellecual pursuits, who have,
never given any one the slightest reason
for doubting their loyalty as citizens are
told EACH YEAR they may not go about
their tasks until they have made public
protestation of their loyalty, the atmos
phere is poisoned and full Intellectual
freedom ends!"
According to a report of a faculty com
mittee from the University of California
N.Y.T., Mar. 25, '51, "More than 127 schol
ars have been lost by ejection, resignation
or refusal of appointment, among . them
some of the illustrious minds of our gen
eration. ... A great university has in
the space of six months been reduced
to a point where it is condemned by lead
ing scholars and learned societies as a
place unfit for scholars to Inhabit."
To find out the effect of Loyalty Oaths
upon the minds of the U. of Cal. faculty
members, Mr. Stewart, in his book "The
Year of the Loyalty Oath," relates how the
faculty committee prepared a letter and
sent it to every fourth name in the faculty
directory. ,
The following is an abstract of a let
ter from an Associate Professor with 14
years service:
"When the content of the oath was an
nounced, Mr. B became indignant and did
not want to sign If he could avoid it. His
Indignation at the oath as a political test
caused him the most disturbance, but in
August he became even angrier than be
fore at not getting his contract, and be
came very angry at the president and the
regents. Being worried also, he went to
the President's Office and the Regent's Of
fice and could not find out whether he
would be paid or not, but the implication
was that he would not be. He became
frightened. (Mr. B has heavy family re
sponsibilities and is making payments on
a house.) Believing that he would prob
ably not be paid, he signed on September
29th.
"He has felt steadily 'madder' and has
felt an increasing desire to fight, but also
an increasing futility. He finds himself
always explaining why he had to sign,
and feels guilty. He notices the same re
action in other signers and the sense of in
security among his friends, particularly
among those who are non-signers.
"He thinks that the University business
office Is keeping tab on faculty members'
activities, both within and without the
University,
"He is gloomy for the future, thinks the
worst Is yet to come. The University's rep
utation will be bad and It will be hard
to bring able people to the faculty. Thinks
It would be a good idea to try to get an
offer elsewhere. He would rather be here,
but this all makes him think of getting
away.
The California Oath in a suit by 38
non-signers has been held unconstitutional
in the recent case of Tolman v. 229 P.
2d 447 (1951).
This oath was held in violation of the
Constitution on two counts.
1. Fortunately the California consti
tution states "No other oath, declaration
or test shall be required as a qualifica
tion for any office or trust."
2. "To require a test in addition to
the constitutional affirmative oath would
be antithetical to our fundamental con
cept of freedom."
CAN IT HAPPEN HERE? Yes.
This is the way it begins:
Steward in "The Year of the Oath"
tells this incident of a German professor
on the California faculty, a non-signer
who in speaking before the faculty said:
"This is the way it begins. The first
oath is so gentle than one can scarcely
notice anything at which to take excep
tion. The next oath is stronger. The time
to resist is at the beginning, the oath to
refuse is the first one."
Under the Nazi regime the first oath was
a little one required by professors on Dec.
2, 1933. It read: "I swear I will keep faith
to Volk and Vaterland, honor the consti
tution and fulfill my official duties."
Eight months later came another oath
by which the oath-taker must declare
allegiance to Adolf Hitler Fuhrer des deut
schen Reiches und Volk."
1935 came another. Denial of Jewish
blood. Failure to deny was an offense
against the service oath.
The same pattern was repeated In
Italy.
Kite Handlers
Get Warning
Not attempetinB to v. L.
but hopineth.t.?b?kin-l
in flying kite, doTnH
selves, power 1! 4s
spring ,eVm? i3
to repeat warning,"
strings and power lL. ul 3
when he let a k T, '4
an 11,000-volt lin. V. m
him luekv t i.'.,?'Wnift-J
string contained ,
a Derfeet T.. c tkJ
ity. "or f lir
But not only metallic '-J
and wires are dan-.
high-Tension lines
string, will carry hJgN
f they c0me ln " ''.,
In The Editor's Mailbng
HARD TO GET 'EM!
EUGENE (To the Editor) I
thought you also might be inter
ested in having on file a list of the
men whom we have invited to
represent the viewpoint of man
agement on our assembly series.
Certainly no one can take a careful
look at this list and stlU feel that
we have not tried to present the
conservative management point of
view.
1. Fred Crawford, President of
Thompson Products, Cleveland,
Ohio. A past President of the Na
tional Association of Manufactur
ers and highly recommended by
Chamber of Commerce and indus
trial groups.
2. Benjamin Fairless, President
of United States Steel Company.
Mr. Fairless is too well known to
need further comment.
3. Charles R. Hook, Chairman
of the Board of American Rolling
Mills, Middletown, Ohio. Mr. Hook
is one of the men who has been
active In Junior Achievemeents
and have a very fine record in the
Industrial Relations area.
4. Paul Hoffman, now Head of
the Ford Foundation. Mr. Hoffman
as you know, was former President
of Studebaker Corporation, and
has had t wide background of ex
perience in the labor-management
area.
5. T. S. Petersen, President of
Standard Oil Company of Califor
nia. I think Mr. Petersen's record
also is well known locally.
9. Eric Johnston, President, Mo
tion Picture Association of Amer
ica, Mr. Johnston, as you know, is
former President of the U. S
Chamber of Commerce.
7. William Mullendore, Presi
dent of Southern California Edison
Electric. Mr. Mullendore is known
to have a very conservative view
point on the labor-management
problem.
8. Clarence B. Randall, Presi
dent of Inland Steel Company of
cmcago, Mr. Randall Is a Vice
President of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers and has
written and talked a great deal
around the country concerning
management's problems.
All of these, with the exception
of Mr. Randall, have declined our
invitation. As you know, we had
an acceptance from Eric Johnston
but have just recently been in
formed that he will be unable to
come. We are currently attempting
to persuade Mr. Randall to come
here for this series.
I thought you might like to have
this information in case there is
any more question concerning our
attempt to provide an effective
spokesman on the other side from
Mr. Reuther.
Sincerely,
LYLE M. NELSON,
Director of Public Services
and had no business being over
there in the first place because he
wouldn't click his heel, at the
right moment.
Our local paper prints only
'hot" lines,
Urging
parents to
their youngsters' kitin.Tfl
them well away fromlo "
Eus?ene' uin..
Eugene's Water k
Thursday also JL..!" N
taken to keep HtT
Office, Church
Permits Issued
Two sizeable building permits
were filed at Eugene's Building
and Safety Office Thursday. A
$28,000 construction okay was is.
what it wants us to know and we sued to Congregation Beth Israel
lor a new synogogue io oe ereciea
at 2550 Portland St. The wood
frame and masonry building, 80
by 83 feet, will be constructed by
Hardie and Son.
A $17,000 permit for an office
building at 1180-90 Olive St. was
Issued to Lane Enterprise and
listed John Milligan as the build
ing contractor. This structure will
be 54 by 56 feet, of wood frame
and masonry construction.
Students Foci
Liquor Chni
T,., in "1
Oregon students and , S
old girl from Vernonia, 0ra
picked up by Eugene polls
a.m. Friday and JhZZn.
Illegal possession of alcoholic J
Officers reported that fow
wr0 way on one-w, j
Ave The boy,, WllUamlUl,,
oiiu uuh oarai uremeel, mn J
leased on their own monta
April 4. The g r wa, JL
the company of a police m
to the home she has been m
in Eugene.
Friday a letter was dispatd
iiumt neaaquarteri to I
girls parents, Informing thtt
the incident.
don't agree with the editorials.
Wish we knew how to run him
out of business.
But today Junior came from
school with a very distinguished
looking black eye derived from a
heated difference of opinion with
member of his class.
How lucky he i, to have that
privilege of an opinion. And how
lucky his mother, to be able to
purchase that slab of red meat to
nurture further the freedom of
thought, speech and action.
Thank the Lord for bellyaches,
both physical and mental.
Pamela Brooks
Riots in Tunis
Flare up Again
TUNIS, Tunisia (JF) New riots
took another life in restless
Tunisia Thursday night,
One man was killed and several
others injured by a motorcycle
policeman who fired Into a stone
throwing mob which heaved rocks
at streetcars.
Police and soldiers made 180
arrests in the Arab section of
Tunis.
The Tunisians are demanding
more independence from France,
which rules the country under a
protectorate. Nearly 100 persons
have been killed in rioting since
mid-January, when the Tunisians
began to use violence to enforce
their demands.
Worker Gives
Air-Tight Alibi
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. U.R A
51-year-old foundry worker ar
rested by police as a suspect in the
case of San Antonio's "laughing
maniac" was a free man Thurs
day. Police reported they let the
foundryman convince them he was
not the man who had ripped the
clothes from two women while he
laughed wildly.
"I make $60 a week and I have
five children to support," he told
officers. "I don't have anything
to laugh about."
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WURRA, VtURRA!
EUGENE (to the Editor) There
is a great deal of dissatisfaction in
this country today that might well
be chalked up to an old fashion
belly ache. Most especially in
March, around the fifteenth, in
election year.
Our standard of living, may be
the highest In the world but it is
also the fastest. Note the line-up
of patients at your own doctor's
office, our growing need for psy
chiatrists to treat our tortoise
minds that our bodies have run
away from in their race for hu
man survival. Our minds tell us
we're sick, our stomachs ache, our
spouses are ogres in disguise, our
youngsters demons that must
have been switched at birth in the
hospital.
President Truman Is fishing In
Florida when he should be home
working as we are. The state de
partment Is a nest of spies toler
ated by our congressmen. Our In
come tax is too high and the
teachers hired to teach our young
sters are a pack of renegades,
probably Communists!
Korea Is a land of the free. It
only happens there is an incident
going on there and actual facts
about it are none of our business.
MacArthur it now a has-been;
Western Thrift Drugs
Friday and
Saturday,
March 21 &22
Come Help Us Clean House!
Colorful Plastic
TRAVEL BAGS
$T5 Now $130
$295 Now $200
Raincoats
were $2.95
NOW I
Umbrellas
Vi Off!
Bath Sets
were $1.95
$-30
Now
'A." Electrical Suonlioe O (nr Pr'.ra nf 2
Paints and Lacquers NOW 13 off !
Cosmetic Supplies A Grab Bag for Children
And Many Other
Western Thrift Drugs
856 Willamette St,
Phone