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JdARQUlS CHIWS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 0 W ALTON F. BAKER Publisher 0 ALTON F. BAKER J. Editor ROBERT B. r'SAZIER Assiate Editor SERVICES Full Associated Press, United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulations. Tho Rcgister-Cuard's policy is the complete and impartial publication in its news pages of all new 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, ndeavoAig to be candid but fai and helpful in the development of con structive community policy. A newspaper is A CIT4ZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY. Entered at the Post Office at Eugene, Oregon, as sccond-cljss matter. 8A EUGENE, .Those Higher College Tuition Cdsts Tuition increases at the University of fltcgon and the state-supported colleges are pwJiaps warranted because of rising costs and a shortage of state -funds. It is dflubtful if the $10 a term ($30 a year) increase for Oregon residents will keep away many who might otherwise have attended. But 'if it keeps away a single one, the increase amounts to a major tragedy in the life of some high school graduate. While we deplore the fact that the charges had to be increased, we are more concerned about the manner in which they were increased, and about the product the educators must give in return for these higher charges. A sub committee of the Joint Legislative Com mittee on Ways and Means pointed a pistol at the state board of higher edu cation and ordered that the fees be raised. The committee's recommenda tion has no force in law. But it carries great weight, since the same men will doubtless (barring a miracle that is loo much to hope for) be back on the same committee in future years. The commit tee's recommendation plainly carried with it an "or else" implication. In our view such action amounts to legislative encroachment into an admin istrative area. Legislators are respon sible for the legal framework within which administrators work. They arc not responsible for setting administra tive policy. We think it too bad that students must pay more money for a product which the Legislature has worked to cheapen. A Ways and Means directive ordered the institutions to cut down on foreign scholarships, thus reducing the number of foreign students on the cam puses and depriving Oregon students of important social contacts. Teaching sal aries remain too low. In the long run .this must mean that superior professors I ft ft of .fPeace' Talk : With an Austrian peace treaty virtu ally settled, the Russians arc moving fast in their newest "peace offensive" with apparent intent of gaining a neutral Germany in Europe. With Big Four talks "at the summit" in the offing, the Communist propaganda machine never misses a bet. On Wednesday, Russia an nounced a grand plan for world peace which in our view is a direct result of final approval of tho Paris agreements that rearm West Germany and place the Bonn Republic in tho North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It 'appears the Russians realize that their efforts to split the Western allies , have failed. In their desire to keep the world on tenterhooks, they 'mouth a grandiose sthenic for world peace that will have its desired effects, especially on some of the Asian countries that have maintained an attitude of "neutral ity" in the cold war. In their plans, which the Soviets say they have submitted to a U.N. subcom mittee on disarmament, there are some peculiar provisions. 1. Cut armament budgets lurk to a level equal to December, 1954. While the U.S. was cutting total armed forces expenditures dur ing that period, the Soviets were tipping their military expenditures. It this Here done, it would give the Soviets a mounting edge ye.ir by year. 2. Withdrawing immediately all "Ion-inn" troops from East and West Germany would leave the Russian-trained mul indoctrinated East German "police" In a dominant position because there is yet no West Herman army. 3. The Soviets call for the "liquidation" (a good Communist word) of any military .bases now held on the territory of a foreign state. Thjs is iiiniod at Hie ring of air liases hld by the U.S. in Kurope and Africa that point at the heart of the Soviet empire. These bases of the strategic air command arc prob ably the main detorreiy to Soviet aggression in Europe. , On the surface, the proposals sound fine, which.is the Sovjet intent The ob ject, asiJe'rom jls proiwganda effect, is a continued effect to woo the West , Lermans into neutrality and it has . towigful appeal to the Germans, who want their country untried. While they ' expound peace the Russians arcofflinu i) economic prejsui-Ogn West Berlin and have severed their "friendship ties" with Brilai and Franc With tljis two-o faced attitude it is dilfieult to antici- ate any ccrcto results. UNI (Mill MM OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY ft Inhale? Mixt'l i: ,.,,,.,., 13, 195a will go elsewhere. The "student-teacher ratio" must be increased resulting in larger classes. And top-level professors, who should spend their time with senior and graduate students, njust act as in structors in freshifian and sophomore courses. Other implications are also disturb ing. The tuition increase affects not only the student and his parents. It also af fects the scholarship programs of philan thropic individuals, firms and trusts. Where $165 once paid a student's tuition for a year, $195 is now required. This means that the scholarships will be only partial scholarships, or that more money must be put into them to bring them up to the new standard. It wasn't until the closing days of the Legislature that the institutions knew how' much money, if any, they would have to hire new professors. It was May before they could go into the profes sorial hiring halls in quest of staff. Meanwhile other institutions, dependent upon private funds or speedier legisla tures, had picked over the availables. Oregon, already at a disadvantage be cause of the salary scale, is at a double disadvantage if it must shop only among those who were picked over in Febru ary, March and April. This is one of the several ill effects of the long legislative sessions we permit ourselves. Crisis and poverty are not new to higher education in Oregon. The institu tions have weathered some real storms. They'll weather this little one, too. How ever the legislators and the public should be thinking of 1960 when the "war babies" become freshmen. The needs then will be much greater than they are now. But we should not wait until the rush is on before we start strengthening the schools, shoring up weak spots, and building a university and colleges of which the state can be proud. ft Airing Elections In Britain the election campaign for a new Parliament will last only 20 days and during that time Britishers will hear only 5 hours and 15 minutes of radio and TV broadcasting by leading figures in the three major parties. There will be 3 hours of 20-niinute radio broad casts and only 2 hours and fifteen min utes of TV broadcasting. The allocations of time arc made by the British Broadcasting Corp. which is state owned. There is no commercial TV or radio in Britain. The parties them selves decide how the time allotted will be split. In this election, the Labor and Conservative parties will each have four radio broadcasts of 20 minutes each and one 30-minute and two 15-minutc TV broadcasts. The Liberal party will have one broadcast in each medium. This system has its merits, and some people will say what a relief it would be if it were used in this country. It would cut out a lot of the "fluff" and haranguing that belts tho poor voter who is trying to decide which way to vote. However, we'll still stick by the wide open, "no holds barred," freely competi tive American way. It may be less digni fied and wealing on the nerves of the candidates and the public, but it is one of the most American of all our traditions. The Big Issues Although it is almost 18 months until the presidential election, an Illinois newspaper has determined that the "big campaign issues" are already thoroughly established. The Decatur Herald believes the burning questions of the 1956 cam paign will be tile First Lady's sniffles, the squiiirels on the White ilouse.lawn, anj Franklin D. Hiis,-velt. : . the qtews are itena about ..l ..J :. .... -o i'v.il- 1'i.ui.s o'nu ems auoui smoking beig 0again on the ing iSse 8fU- thejungocajiccr sVs of last year. Vi.-c inclined to agree g ilj the anon$ mou0lndian chicf0who observed ')ts ofjjfhito ron no1te pipe of peace, only nobody want to inhale' O o o 0. o rate tor B J . . J IN THE Personal Affair EUGENE (To the Editor) Being a daily reader of our Register-Guard I've been having some "long tho'ts" regarding our individual attitudes. We seem to he in need of lessons in ETHI CAL SALESMANSHIP. We could gain a proper balance by noting advertising methods of reliable firms and standard (hrands. They point up the QUALITY and SPE CIAL APPEALS of divers com modities; take care to advise PO TENTIAL CUSTOMERS what it is they HAVE and WHY it is de sirable. Never do we read or hear of them denouncing a compcti to. Rather, they concentrate on WHAT, in their estimation, THEY THEMSELVES HAVE THAT IS GOOD, and we are left free to ponder and choose. . From my observation, some of our citizens and organizations have the belief that in order to "sell" their ideas and convictions they must abuse and disparage any who think or act differently. It reminds me of an acquaintance of mine. She was unduly excited over a difference of opinion ex pressed by a mutual friend and exclaimed, "If there's anything I can't tolerate, it is intolerance." I had difficulty keeping my Irish grin from showing. We mouth about tolerance but I believe the true definition of tolerance does not penetrate when we are dominated by sel fishness and uncharitableness. If anyone chooses to be atheist, ag nostic or Christian, it is his personal affair. It does not fol low that they have the right to IMPOSE their convictions on others. God's gift of free will lakes Aire of that. Even under tyranny and persecution no one can ACTUALLY control the thoughts and conclusions of a healthy, adult mind. If we have a sincere desire to share what we consider a true and comforting conviction all well and good but let us deter mine first whether we are prompted by love, or HATE. All nature ADJUSTS to the constant plan of life. Human nature being superior by its power of reason ing, has adjustments to make in order to survive. THAT we can't deny! The GENERAL pattern is definitely and thor'ly prescribed. In this pattern we CAN weave a golden thread and design mutual respect and an HONEST toler ance. MRS. JOHN KILEY 2023 Onyx Slrect Controversy EUGENE (To the Editor) As a rule I do not like to enter into a religious controversy un less I can promote the happiness of others. The churches are do ing a pretty good job in handling all grades of intelligence but oc casionally we hear a sermon or read a pamphlet written by some moron or visionary on eternal hell (ire that must have a terri ble effect itn sensitive minds and especially on little children. If we all believed in such a.place we would have' to build, ainither insane vluin, but we ar'e short on money as it is .1 recently he;iVl.a sermon on hell fire by a local pastor that sounded pretty toun for l;oni$ consitmplion, so.I of-red to use tlJ!ible "knofk the bottom out 'f rial and do it like geimemcn." But thej, wi-uld not accept my gorrous otter. I thought thryOQtght My liTpo horray.Ggotne ritht in and ci iC hut tl't Jid nCti So let look into the Siatler carefullyoTherc arc four words $ie Bible t t were tO!elr(lranslaiL in: "hell." $ic first Sheol mani tinie iieiitioncd in $'iO.T. The Jews had no la A n nor T.cll , O EDITOR'S MAILBAG fSJr.,dStu?,7 y ""'"! Accepts Change and slept with their fathers" in ' r sheol (the grave). In the N.T. Jesus "brought life and immor tality to light." The next is "hades" where the rich man and Lazarus went, t but they had no business there because "hades" was the Greek heaven. (Perhaps Jesus was talking to the Greeks.) Abraham and Lazarus should have remained asleep in sheol. The next hell mentioned is Gehenna, the old garbage dump near Jerusalem. It is a very ob scure text and no one was ever likely to be cast into Gehenna because they did not cut off their hand or foot. The Hebrews were forbidden to peek into the next world, but the Greeks were more advanced and crossed the river Styx both ways and gossiped over the oracle at Delphus. But they also furnished a real big Hell from which the Bible writ ers borrowed. That hell was Tar tarus in Greek mythology. Typhus, tho young god while hauling the sun across the sky in a chariot let the horses run away and almost collided with the earth and so was cast into Tar tarus and a mountain set on top of him. When he kicked and struggled there was a volcanic eruption. Peter borrowed that hell from the Greeks and forgot to say thank you. The other hells mentioned in the New Testament we doubtless borrowed from the Greeks because the Hebrews had none. They lived in a nice "sleepy hollow" called "Sheol." I have known many fine Chris tians who were trembling on the -., brink of an imaginary hell be- imitations cause they were not sure if they were "saved." A man once told me that the reason he went to church was to keep from going to hell. That man needed a doc tor. It is high time that religion be taken out of the mythology of the past and placed on a scien tific basis. The Golden Rule, the good Samaritan, and other fine parables that Jesus taught should be taught more and the horrible things stolen from the Greeks and Romans should be ignored if they have a tendency to degrade us. DORV1N DUDECK, lit. 5 S1DEGLANCES trj v. & Fit cn. O'Jimsjwill knWw IgwfteiJhan to married a few weeks-mwait xv 4U-.. kAkku n rt.Uinri nr)tkA Mart'" U....U. EUGENE (To the Editor) It is with great interest that I daily read this portion of the news paper. For several days now I have waited with anticipation for some body to answer Mr. Chaney's letter of April 27Ui. Then today, May 3rd, I once again read "In the Editor's Mailbag." I then de cided it was time for me to accept my great American heritage of freedom of speech freedom of press and answer both Mr. Chan cy and Mr. Smith. Speaking of our American heri tage I wonder if Mr. Smith is aware of the fact that our coun try was founded because a group of people had been restrained from tjieir separate religious be; liefs. History tells us that one of the first tilings they did upon leaching this new land was to bow and thank God for His blessings. Whenever a person or group of people begin to leave God out of their individual lives we see the results in men and their ideas, such as: Hitler and his super human race; Lenin and Stalin and their Godless form of government. If you gentlemen are trying to say that God is not interested in the individual and that he did not plan for men to have religious organizations, then I am con vinced that you have not met God. Sincerely, DANIEL LeLaCHEUR 2598 Emerald St. SPRINGFIELD (To the Editor) I think neighbor Chartey docs not see the Bible reading in the same light as I do. I am not look ing for discussion but I would like to make a suggestion. Get peo ple interested in doing Bible read ing. I have made some experi ments on this. Have your neigh bor read the following passages: Matlhew: 12:40; 4:17; 10:23; 10:28; 24:14-34. Luke: 21:32; Mark: 1:15; 13:29-30; John: 5: 28-29. JIM OGLETREE 1134 Main Street problems were bigger. Well, de manded Rep. Charles R. Jonas (R- By Galbraith NC) was 1,0 familiar wi,h the 3 traveling tomatoes? o cajhome at xogn after he's till sa runs Tiim $agget for f.-gfv.w,, .... 1 UlClgfel VAt . ToP.wt Teaclntb Words (EDITnmS NOT. - Marqum fhilds is on an eenad Eur pCO VISIt 10 COIIT le nniim Council meetings nnd the Brit ish election and t report on the prospects for peace m ugr as seen from Western Europe..) r PAR1S-A Peace confrfcnce of e heads of state of the big the four powers to b held perhaps as early as July and probably in Switzerland is taken as. a .cer tainty by the for eign ministers who - participated in what all have agreed is the most-remarkable meeting in the history of the North Atlantic! Treaty Organiza tion. Tho fomnf ntinn is to regard this chllds as a kind of great divide between the cold war, with all its nerve racking tensions, and a new era in which the "world will move toward peace and stability. But as speaker after speaker dis cussed the prospect in the closed sessions of the NATO Council everyone hesitated to put into words tho hope that was in so many minds. This was that Soviet Russia may at last want a genuine peace. That hope has so often been dashed in the past that each speaker skirted it with an almost-superstitious fear. As one foreign minister put it at the end of a lively discussion cover ing not only Europe, but Asia: "We all knew what was in one another's minds but no one quite dared to express it." FALSE HOPE Tha Turkish representative, deputy premier Fatin R. Zorlu, felt it necessary to warn the council against what he said was the false hope that the Soviet Union has actually altered its in tentions and was sincerely search ing for peace. What the world was seeing, Zorlu warned, was merely another shift in tactics rather than a change in funda mental direction. The facts of a conference "at the summit" which would assign long-disputed issues, such as Ger man reunification and disarma ment, to working groups at the foreign minister and lesser diplo matic levels is no guarantee that these issues will be resolved. In proof one has only to look at the United Nations Disarmament Commission, which for many fu tile weeks in Lone", -i has met stubborn Russian resistance to all realistic proposals for guaran teeing peace through an inspec tion system. Yet, word reached the foreign ministers that on this front, too, the Russian position had shifted and that whereas the Disarma ment Commission seemed about FREDERICK C. OTHMAN Committee Shifts Attention From 'Burgers to Tomatoes WASHINGTON The congress men did their best to get the facts about the military's multitudin ous hamburgers, but somehow the subject got around to the case of the perambulating tomatoes and the mystery of the vanishing warehouse in New Orleans. You've read about the Hoover Commission charging the Navy with keeping a 60-year supply of canned hamburger in stock; you may even have smiled over the admirals' anguished comment thereon. So Congress, of course, is still investigating. The Hoover people insisted their facts were correct. That was last week. Now the military was having its say and Thomas P. Pike, the assistant secretary of defense, was doing the explain ing. He didn't know much about hamburgers, said he, because his MUCH TRAVELED The charge is that the Army shipped 800,000 pounds of canned tomatoes from the west coast to the cast coast. On the same day the Navy shipped 775,000 pounds of east coast tomatoes to the west coast. Secretary Pike said that wasn't many tomatoes, the way the fight ing men consume them. But back in 1951 such a two-way shipment did occur. He said this was a mistake. Rep. Jonas said it surely was. The gentleman from North Carolina wondered was it tnie that instead of ordering its staple foods from a nearby Army ware--housp. the Navy insisted upon opening its own supply depot in New Orleans last year. Secretary Pikf jmiled. as if loaded for bear! He said he'd had. wis cgarge investigated ann ne ,had been inforaicd trial the Na"vy . oioni even nave a suppiv. depot in T rtiiitina Tin cnirl ikn' . 4. JC,i, g. This caused Ren. fin Brftvn (R-fll.i)stn.thumt) through o mc iwovcr.repon and aric how come today lly Navy held in its0 New OiTean he.idoiBripr Gum a - nounos oi cannm cnPKcn. or a 72-year supply at the presc rate W as this ghostly c.ki ffcQil in j mirage? And what al&ut to abandon its efforts, there now. was a prospect it uia jonunue with renej d hope for agree- mont. i When tfccs signs and portfnts are addd to the fact that the .Austrian treaty will be signed. it is confidently expeefcd, Vienna on Sunday the undfr- fa m gur. . . naDDemne nrising. So mucn is nappening that had beet considered beyoni the bounds of possibility. GOOD IMPRESSION . Secretary of State Dulles "at this historie NATO session on the whole has made a good impres sion. In his contribution to the fr-ranging discussions cftvering Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Dulles in the closed sessions developed a theme to which he gives ever-greater importance the contrast between the Russian Communists and the Chinese Communists. The former, in Dulles' view, are now prepared to work toward a stabilizing peace, which conceivably the West might accept. But the Chin ese Communists are still fanatical . revolutionaries who menace the pecce of Asia by their recurring threats to take Formosa and by the air buildup on the mainland aimed at the Nationalist Chinese stronghold. While the lone o his remarks on Formosa and the offshore islands was calm, with the real ization that none of the western allies believes in a war for Quemoy and Matsu, Dulles was nevertheless challenged on Ameri can policy and attitudes with re spect to China. But even in this sphere where Europe has been so deeply wor ried there is a new optimism. Lester Pearson, Canadian minis ter of external affairs, who a month ago gave blunt warning that Canada would not be with the United States in a war over Quemoy and Matsu, now believes that the danger of war in the Formosa strait may have passed. This view is shared by other foreign ministers. WISHFUL THINKING This speculation gets into the kind of wishful thinking that the 1 West has from time to time in dulged in. It goes along with the reports that the big four con ference may become a big five meeting including Communist China and a discussion of Asian as well as European problems and tensions. There ms no magic in meeting at the summit. In fact, the disillusion which might follow the failure of such a meeting could even add to the danger of conflict. And yet, as the departing delegates tell them selves, the very fact of an agree ment to talk means at least a short step away from war and . one toward peace. (Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) 9.999 pounds of canned hot dogs in the New Orleans naval estab lishment, w here nobody'd eaten a hot dog in the last six months? Rep. Brown mentioned the 1.458 pounds of chile con came in New Orleans and the 14,508 pounds of canned apricots. Were these phantom foods in a spectral gro cery? Secretary Pike said (and he wasn't smiling now) that maybe he'd been misinformed by one of his underlings. Hep. William L. Dawson (DIM) said he'd better investigate 'cm before he received misinformation o n something more important. Rep. Brown in sisted on getting back to ham burgers. Secretary Pike said the Navy needed lots of hamburgers, in case of war. "I find it difficult to believe we're going to fight any war on hamburgers," said Rep. Brown. "Why do we need a 60-year sup ply of them?" "I haven't studied . . ." began the secretary. "Does it make sense to you?" interrupted Rep. Brown. NOT FOR 60 YEARS Pike said in case of hostilities, all those hamburgers wouldn't last for 60 years. Then, demanded Rep. Brown why didn't the Navy have a 60 year store of corned beef? He said he understood this was a substantial food, which had fed many warriors in times gone by and how come the Navy onlv had enouch of that to last two years ' The secretary said he didn't know. The Congressman retorted that he.oiiKht to know. And 1 have a sneaking idea that soon our -sailors will be eating ham burgers under orders three times a day mil they reduce the meek. Mf::,i;Ror "tlaa" Jtf" Primm uu herb, ro...,. . "D A0K" wuob r,.Z .. a.. "nor ---I ui. ;u ri, ......... EDWI-KM. BAKtR flnew Mnnasei urn. n fiffl,.. m m e-$-u.N. jr. Jd(;or 3 O
