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SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1948
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FEDERAL SCHOOL AID BILL
The national education association, it seems to us. must be
rated second to its state counterpart in Oregon when it comes
to lobbyirfg and political promotion. The comparison is made
; on tne oasis of results. Home years ago the Oregon associa
tion got state aid for public schools, since then has success'
fully sponsored substantial additions to the measure of aid so
provided. The national association, on the other hand, is still
laboring to put through a bill for federal aid which is already
a veteran of several sessions of congress.
Just now the association is putting on the heat, as is evi
denced by publicity releases which are making their appear
ance. The approach strikes us as inferior. The appraisal of
education, as it is given to the reading public, is expressed
almost entirely in terms of dollars. We know well that schools
cannot be operated without money, but the assumption ap
parent in the releases based on an association survey is that
tne amount of money expended is an index to tne standards
of education. Sometimes this may be true, sometimes it is not.
Actually the one inescapable conclusion to be drawn from
higher expenditures for education is higher cost of education.
standards can be the same or they can be higher or lower.
Even extravagance is a possible connotation.
In all fairness it should be pointed out that the featured
purpose of the bill itself is not a bad one. It would provide
45300,000,000 for distribution to the states according to a plan
which would make greater allowances per pupil in low in
come districts than for those in higher income districts. To
this extent it is good as it recognizes the general social obliga
tion to provide for education that has long been recognized in
the .system of property levies by which districts require all
taxable property to share in the cost of all education. Less
desirable is that part which would introduce federal control
over state policies. After the fourth year of the operation of
the act state and district expenditures for schools would have
to be two per cent of income or $120 per pupil (whichever is
the less amount) if federal aid were to be continued. Before
that time any expenditure less than 2.5 per cent of income
would be penalized by proportionate reduction of federal
assistance. Here may be seen the principle of matching funds,
one of the most effective tax increasing factors of recent years.
Another means of compulsion is found in the section setting
forth that only .those local districts that continue to pay
average monthly teacher salaries not less than the average
they paid as of February 1, 1947, shall be eligible to receive
federal funds under the act. The district pays as it is told to
pay or else.
There can be no reasonable objection to adequate salaries
for teachers. However, in these days of uncertain cost levels
and fluctuating currency, it would be rash to assume that what
is fair (to the district as well as the teacher) at one time, will
continue to be fair indefinitely. In a period of recession, when
the district would especially need aid, the average of early
1947 could represent a sharp Increase in pay. It might be
continued only with the utmost difficulty. Perhaps it could
not be continued. But if it were not this federal legislation
would make the situation just that much tougher by denying
further assistance. The provision is a dangerous one.
The bill needs amending to remove compulsive sections, to
eliminate federal interference in local affairs, to withdraw
its assumption of omniscience as to economic and fiscal sta
bility of the future. Lacking such changes it does not merit
passage.
It was an unexpected but friendly reference that President
Truman made to Theodore Roosevelt in concluding his Jefferson-Jackson
day dinner speech Thursday evening and Repub
licans appreciate it. At another spot in the speech, when
Truman said that George Washington was not the first presi
dent to have trouble in his cabinet, he was obviously confused.
That, however, seems to be his natural state.
The Washington Scene
By Hftrnian V. Nichols
(United Frees Staff Correspondent)
Washington. Feb. 21 tin There
was a flutter, not to mention an
Inch or so of eyebrow lilting up
front.
Mr. William McDonald Whocler,
freshman congressman from the
peach and peanut state ot Geor
gia, had Just mentioned casually
that down his way a man can
build a house for $1,000. A pretty
darn good house, too, he said.
The house veterans committee
was hearing witnesses on HI14IS8,
known as the Homestead bill. It
would provide homes for veterans
through veterans' homestead as
sociations. Mr. Wheeler answered the eye
brow flicking of his colleagues
by saying that he didn't know how
the Gawgla folks did it, but they
did. Labor and materials arc a
little cheaper around his home
town of Alma, Ga he said. Maybe
that was It. But what Impi-esseci
the congressman most was that
the houses held together and
looked pretty, to boot.
Mr. Edward A. Mitchell ot In
diana, another yearling in con
gress, choked and sputtered on
the last part.
By golly, he said, the houses In
his state refused to hold together.
And worse or almost worse
they cost a couple times more
than $1,000.
Mr. Mitchell said he had made
a personal Investigation among
his GI buddies back home In In
diana and found the situation leav
ing an awful ,lot of nice things to
be desired. He got pink around the
cars Just thinking about It. He
said that in his book the contrac
tors were to blame. A lot of them,
anyhow. He described some of
them as "jack-leg carpenters who
had become contractors over
night leaving their tools behind
them."
The Indiana congressman said
it was a fine thing for a veteran
to flnd'hlmself strapped to a fi
nance company or a bank for 30
years on a house that falls in on
him In a short time!
Some of (he new ones are so bad
already quoting Mr. Mitchell
word for wont that you can
throw a baseball under the front
door.
The Indiana frosh went on from
there, rubbing one hand through
his blond hair and fingering his
notes with the other: House as full
of holes as Swiss cheese. Weather
stripping so rough It needs a
shave, floors sagging. Water
gushing up through kitchen anil
living room floors because the
contractors used concrete two
Inches thick In the basement In
stead of four inches.
And then he lit Into the apprais
ers, the guys who look over a
property and value it before a GI
gets a loan. Some of them attempt
to Insnrvt 15 or i!0 houses a day,
Mr. Mitchell allowed.
"They don't have time to do
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much more than go past the plae-
and wave at whoever is in the
window," he shouted, getting pink
1 over again.
He said it was getting so bad In
Indiana that a GI can't get a loan
from the banks once he is turned
down other places. You can't
Ing a bank too often, he said.
Mr. Mitchell finished and a
hush fell on plushy room 356 of
the old house office building, with
the blue drapes and red carpets.
Mrs. Edith Nourse Koeers ot
Massachusetts, chairman of the
committee, said for the record
was sure the congress would
pass some kind of legislation to
help the GI find decent housing.
Within his means, and maybe
even vine-covered. ;
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
FIFTEEN YEAItS AGO
(February 21, 1933)
A pine tree toppled over by a
southwest wind practically de
molished the garage of Willard
lggins, 1707 West 1'lrst street,
lis morning shortly after Hig
Ins had taken his car out.
Plans are under way to move
headquarters of the La pine dis-
rict ot the Deschutes national
est fronuLaplne to Bend.
Construction of a new service
station, at the corner of Hill and,
Greenwood, was started yester
day by E. W. Williamson. He
was the operator of Eddie's Super
service station at the corner of
Bond and Iranklln, until last Oc
tober, when he sold his Interests.
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
(February 21, 1018)
A letter received from Clarence
Orr, of Bend, now at Cavite in
the Philippine islands, states, that
the weather Is very warm In that
part of the world. ,
Tonight the final game of the
Central Oregon high school
season will lie played in Bend be
tween the I'rinevllle and jucmi
teams. Clarno and Smith will
play guards for Bend, with Coy
ner at center and Norcott and
Sanders as forwards. The game
will decide the Central Oregon
championship.
FORTY YEARS AGO
(February 21, 1908)
Five farmers, Charles Spaugh,
Gene Wimer, G. W. Snyder, L. 1 1.
Hoot and Frank Swisher, of the
Tumalo community, have dug
wells and have been fortunate
enough to find water ut a depth
of 10 feet.
f J. II. Masten has completed ar
rangements to start his sawmill
near Rosland.
The Ladies Library club has
been organized with Mrs. Charley
D. Rowe as president, Mrs. F. F.
Smith as vice president and Miss
Colernand as secretary-treasurer.
Purpose of the club is to assist
the Bend Library association.
Joseph H. Shearer, who for
many years ran a stopping place
at Shearers' bridge on the lower
Deschutes, died on February 11.
He came to Oregon In 1852.
Science At Work
Ry Paul F. Ellis
(United Vri-ua Science Writer)
New York UP) The average
man thinks of the world as a near
ly perfect ball, about 8,000 miles
thick and some 25,000 miles round.
But is it?
The question may be answered
by tests taken during the May 9
eclipse of the sun. The eclipse will
not be visible in the United States.
The National Geographic soci
ety, the U. S. army, navy, air
force, bureau of standards, Coast
and Geodetic survey, are in train
ing for the event. They Intend to
"shoot" the eclipse as it moves in
a sweeping arc of 5,320 miles from
southeast Asia to the western tip
of North America.
Objectives Simple
The mathematical formulas in
volved in extracting vital informa
tion from the eclipse are Intricate.
It is to measure with high accu
racy not only the precise distance
between two given points on the
earth's surface, but also to locate
the exact position of those two
points on the globe.
Scientists of the Geographic so
ciety recall the past efforts to de
termine the earth's size and shape
have produced results which fall
short of the desired accuracy.
If their data were used, it was
pointed, out, the relative location
of many points on the surface of
the earth would be fixed erron
eously at anywhere from several
hundred feet to as much as a mile
from their true position.
To Pin-Point Positions .
So, for this eclipse, the scien
tists hope to make observations
that will enable relative positions
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on the earth's surface to be pin
pointed within 150 feet or less.
Such an error is negligible, and
the results should be a boon to
highly accurate map making.
Observation sites have been. se
lected In Burma, Siam, China, Ko
rea, Japan and the Aleutians. The
first observations will be from
the expedition sites in Asia, May
9. Since the eclipse moves east
ward across the international date
line, the date at the Aleutian sta
tions will be May 8 for the West
ern Hemisphere.
The scientific teams assigned to
Burma, Siam and other parts of
Asia will have to keep one eye
turned toward something beside
the eclipse. They will be sections
where poisonous snakes and big
game animals live. The most haz
ardous spot probably win oe mer
gut, Burma. It has cobras, and
the appearance of tigers and ele
phants Is not uncommon.
County Realtors
Hold Meeting
The Deschutes County Realtors
association held a luncheon meet
ing Feb. 19 at the Trailway Cof
fee shop.
Items of business transacted in
cluded a review of various legis
lative proposals pertinent to real
estate which are now pending in
Washington, D. C. Plans for the
state real estate convention to be
held in Bend in September were
considered.
RITE RATE SALES RING
Consign your livestock to us.
We have buyers for all types
of cattle. Can get you good
prices for your pigs. We have
a good line of farm machine
ry. Also have some new four
wheeled trailers, Ideal for
farm wagons.
Bring In your horses, high
est prices paid.
Livestock sale Thursday at
1:0(1 p.m. Merchandise at
7:00 p.m.
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Washington
Column
By Peter Edson
(NEA Waehinirton Correspondent)
Washington, D. C. Whoopee!
Building of a roof garden on top
of the White House, instead of
that balcony on the south portion,
has been proposed In all serious
ness by Harold R. Sleeper, presi
dent of the New York chapter of
the American Institute of Achi
tects. "For relaxation and comfort far
from the public gaze," says Mr.
Sleeper, "a roof garden, invisible
except from the sky, would fur
nish all the amenities. Such a
device would leave unaltered
those Important elements which
constitute the integrity of the
building."
This is the payoff of the whole
balcony dispute. It is also nuts.
The roof would be too hot for
daytime occupancy, Washington
summers being what they are.
So it would have to be a night
spot. Names that might be ap
plied to It are suggested by Mr.
Sleeper's own remarks, above. It
would never do to call it just
'Harry's Place." So call it, "Club
Amenities and Integrity." Sounds
Frenchy.
The decor should not include
any of this "ham and egg art' the
president has paid his respects to.
There would be a piano, of course,
and a stock ticker in the men's1
lounge, so Dr. Graham, Ed Pauley
and other big shot guests could
keep abreast ot the market.
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There should be a real slick
dance floor, with a connecting
chute to the ground floor. This
would be for facilitating the exit
of Marriner Eccles, James M.
Landis, Henry Wallace and other
unwanted characters, when given
the bounce".
Staffing the spot should be no
extra burden on the taxpayers.
For entertainment and comedy
numbers, what more fun could
you ask for than that very model
of a modern major general, Har
ry Vaughan. Anyone who has
never seen the general put his
foot in his mouth has really never
laughed.
Mr. Sleeper appears to be a lit
tle confused about the Washing
ton skyline. The White House
roof isn't as "invisible except
from the sky" as he thinks. The
Treasury and Old State building
upper floors look down on the
White House roof.
The great fuss kicked up by
President Truman's proposal to
build the second-story balcony
culminating with this crazy roof
garden idea entirely overlooked
the real reasons for its need. The
general Idea that the White House
should be kept as the president's
private residence is a good one
in theory, but It isn't even ap-
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The way the place is run now,
the president and his family are
virtually prisoners, confined to a
flat on the second floor. The
Trumans today actually have less
privacy than they did when Mr.
T. was V. P. and they lived in an
apartment out Connecticut ave
nue way.
There are offices all over the
White House east and west wings.
Tourists are admitted through the
east wing. Every morning the
rubberneck wagons line up and
unload their hundreds of visitors
who gawk through the blue, red
and other rooms on the main
floor.
As if this wasn't enough, there
are now several offices Li the
residence part of the White
House. The head usher, the
housekeeper, and Brig. Gen. Wal
lace Graham all have offices
there.
The swimming pool, movie
theater, broadcasting and televi
sion room must be included in
the inventory. And, shortly after
the war ended, the north grounds
were all torn up to build a big
new subterranean extension stor
age room to hold chairs and extra
furniture.
No wonder thr president wants
a balcony. Some little place off
his second floor flat where he can
get away from all this hullabaloo
and the protection of the secret
service, to relax by himself. Let
the poor guy have it. But not
the roof garden, Mr. Sleeper,
please.
Wyoming, Home of Horse,
Becoming Air-Minded .
Cheyenne, Wyo. till Wyoming
where the faithful horse was
the transportation mainstay not
so long ago is being criss-crossed
with air lines.
One new airline moved Into the
state within the last year and is
broadening out. Many small towns
are preparing their airports for
service.
Construction work is to go
ahead at nine Wyoming airports
this spring at a cost of some $290,-000.
We welcome the privilege of
catering to the discriminating
whether they dine leisurely
or In haste. To tempt them,
to delight them, we have gath
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every fertile nook In the na
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MEAGER MUNIFICENCE
. isaiem statesman)
Americans are renowned f
their generous support of char?
able enterprises but figures
leased by the Golden Rule f!.
rl.-itinn show that thin ,i.u "un-
largess is, in reality, rather gaum I
last year, less than 2 per cenui
the national Income. In the ecorS
mic slough of the last depressio,
charities garnered about 5 nf
cent. M
Americans drink (beer ant) lb.
uor), smoke and bet on horses at
annual $15.6 billions more tha.
they give to their feUow mert
And yet, 80 per cent of all low,,
bracket income taxpayers data
10 per cent deductions for chan
ity. If that money actually
given to charity it would amoum
to an annual $9 billion boost Ljf.
magazine estimated that
everybody gave the full 15
cent contemplated by law, mm?
butions would be 10 times what
thev are." '
With the wide variety of worth
causes undertaking the alleviation
of some of the want and OsmL
and desperation surrounding ui
there Is ample opportunity for,
Americans to practice their renu.
tation for generosity. Many are
to be commended for what the,
have given, but as the world',
best-off people we can well affort
to live up to the statements on
our income tax forms, at least
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