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PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, APRIL28, 194 THE BEND BULLETIN m. . a . . "nd CENTRAL OBEGON PRESS TTi"ini,'al,,V? wlllF) 1W - Th Bend Bulletl. (Dally) Et 19U S. ,EV.,.A"''K,0 Sundar end Certain Holiday by The Uemi Bulletin 78 . 718 Wall Street. Lend, Oregon Entered aa Second Claai Matter. January . 1917, at the PoetoKiee at Bend, Oregon Under Act ol March i, 1879. ROBERT W. SAWYER-Edltor-Manairer HENRY N. FOWLER Aaeoeiete Editor An independent Newauaper Standing for the Square Deal. Clean iJiuineae, Cleaa feiitice and the Beat Intereete of Beud and Central Oregon MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS By Mail By Carrier J?,1" .Tmt, ?-0( One Year 810.00 out Montha ,.14.00 Six Montha 8 6.50 Three Montha 82.60 One Month 8 1.00 All 8ubecriptk.nl are OUR and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Fleaae notify ua of any change of addreaa or failure to receive the paper regularly TOURIST HOST SCHOOL Year after year Bend holds its tourist host school. Once upon a time it was the only one in the state, for Bend was first to try out the idea in Oregon. Other cities observed, found the school to their liking and set up similar annual courses of instruction. Bend liked it, too, and has kept on. The 1948 school will open Monday. Purpose of the session is twofold. First, we would say, it is to promote better public relations between the people of the community and the thousands of visitors who are here for stays of varying lengths in the spring and summer months. Better public relations, as was pointed out by W. R. Thigpen, official of United Air Lines, in an address here Monday, depend on sincerity and true interest in the needs and problems of others. Whether these relations start as a business matter or not, they must presently resolve them selves into individual contact. It is human beings who will do the job if it is done. Some of them, by the very nature of their occupations, will make far more contacts than others and they are the ones for whom the host school is primarily intended. They are the ones most likely to meet our visitors, extend the little courtesies that are the evidence of the com munity's welcome. We rather doubt that this phase requires stressing. The hospitality which has always seemed to come naturally in Bend would probably be more important in this regard than any systematically taught semblance of cordiality. The pro fessional "greeter" unless he is very, very good indeed is likely to be tiresome. Sincerity is much more important. The second function of the school is to qualify individuals especially those who are in daily contact with our guests as sources of information. They should be able to answer end , less questions regarding the country, its resources, its points of interest, its weather, its history. The visitor's curiosity (if given half a chance) is insatiable. The people he meets should be able to satisfy it. If his curiosity has not been aroused, then it is the job of public relations to provide it with a starting point by offering a bit of information. Here is where the tourist host school gets in its best work. It. recognizes that, first of all, the information passed out must be accurate, reliable, that it must be interesting in itself and conveyed in interesting manner. Second, it recognizes that the person relied on to transmit such facts may not possess them. If not, he must be taught. So, class is on. After all these years, you might suggest, it is time that Oregonians should know all about Oregon, that central Ore gonians, in particular, should know all about central Oreiron that residents of Bend should be authorities on the geography. topography, history, natural history, geology and meteorol ogy of their own area. Well, maybe so, but after all the area is a vast one. A few may be really familiar with it. Many more, even some who have lived here all their lives, still have plenty to learn. They would find the tourist host school well worth while. Add to this the fact that in recent years there have been many who have come from other parts of the country to make their home here. Their knowledge of the region is only beginning. Among them are those who are in the service businesses in which the majority of outside contacts are made. They, too, need the tourist host school and, you may be sure, will attend it. It will be useful to all who do. It will be especially useful, we think, to our guests this season and in the seasons to follow. But If we keep running the price up on milk and baby food, we're going to raise a puny lot to run the world." About this time, a pleasant lit tle old lady in a black coat, specks, black hat and lowered dress bumped into the line ol shoppers. She said she was Mrs. Bill Gibson of Washington. She wanted to know what all of the flashbulb shooting was about. Mrs. Douglas told her. Mrs. Gibson adjusted her bon net, gurgled a little and said, lordy, lordy, she wished congress would do something about this high price businows. Mrs. Douglas said that, God and congress willing, she In tended to. The Washington Scene By Hnrman W. Nichols (United Preaa Staff Correapomlent) Washington, April 28 ui Helen Douglas is an experienced shopper. Like your lady and mine. She wants her money's worth. She gives the bananas a squeeze with thumb and fore finger. Same for the tomatoes. And a thumb thump on the melons. The lovely congrcssludy from California hooked a market bas ket on one arm and me on the other and we all went to market. It was part of Mrs. D's fight against the high cost of living. Mrs. Douglas will take the mis ery of the house wife onto the floor of the house this very after noon, along with the basket of stuff she bought. She will hold aloft a couple of pounds of coffee and say that same under OPA, cost (it) cents for two pounds. It was 98 cents last year, and now at the deluxe stores, what do you pay? A dollar and 14 cents. Without cream. "Look at these cucumbers," said Mrs. Douglas, hoisting one in each hand. "A dime a piece." And heavenly days! The price of liver. Calves liver is around $1.20 a pound. "Remember," asked Mrs. Doug las who crrrumuh, is older than your servant, "when your mama Washington Column used to give you a nickel and tell you to run down and get the meat lor supper.' ttnougn liver to feed six people, with some left over for the cat Mrs. Douglas, looking trim in her modest sharkskin suit, with the skirt slit just right to show the old look In legs through the new, moved away from the liver department. Dried prunes a loveiy tusn Thirty-two cents under OPA; 54 cents last year. Ana today anout the same. Some reason lor a sigh, maybe. But take round steak, which Mrs. Douglas decided to take to prove a point. Under OI'A, three pounds set a person back $1.35. Ijtst year the price- was $2.07. Today, in the best stores, you'll kick in $2.f7. And so, on and on. The lowly wiener, around 47 cents a pound. While he were up to our mis chief, Mrs. Douglas stumbled onto the baby food department ami right away went into a speech about the baby popula tion. Rigger than ever before, she said. And the price of baby food, bigger, also. "We're going to reach the point where we have more babies than we have baby food," she cried, waving both hands. "They arc wonderful. Babies and mothers. By Peter Edson (NEA WaMhinirton Correapomlent) Washington, D. C. After four years of involved political infight ing, the senate got around to okaying a long-range housing policy bill. And in so doing it de livered a sound spanking to a freshman senator who got too big for his britches. The story Is a classic example of how some of the most needed and constructive reform meas ures get kicked around in this town. It begins back in 1944 when Sen. Robert A. Taft took chairmanship of a senate postwar planning subcommittee on hous ing. By dint of thorough research, Taft came up with some reaiiy constructive proposals. They were so good the democrats tried to steal them. Senators Robert F. Wagner of New York and Al len J. Ellender of Louisiana rushed to introduce a bill includ ing all of Taft's recommenda tions. Later the trio got together lor joint sponsorship and the bill became known as the Wagner-El-lender-Taft housing bill. wnen tne uuf got control of congress after the 1U46 election it became rightly known as the T-E-W bill. It was passed by the senate last year but the house did nothing. The big light is over public housing government financing of low-rent housing for families unable to pay for decent shelter. One of the reasons given for house failure to act on the T-E-W bill was that this public housing situation needed investigating some more. A joint congressional commit tee on housing was therefore set up to investigate during the past summer. Taft wasn't on it. Sen. Chiirles W. Tolx-y of New Hamp shire was by seniority entitled to head the new group. But by some rast tootwork rouey was jrozen out. Congressman Ralph Gam hie of New York was elected chairman and Sen. Joseph R. Mc Carthy ot Wisconsin vice chair man. e e McCarthy, the freshman sena tor who defeated able young Bob LaKollette in the 1!)4( election, immediately set out to make record for himself with an inde pendent course of action. Re ports from the Joint committee on housing began to now irom van ous subcommittees and individ uals in amazing perplexity and sometimes contradiction. Vice chairman McCarthy put out a general report ot his own He also drew up some new legis lation of hts own. The impres sion was given that the T-E-W bill was now dead. With some caustic comments that McCarthy had now had nough publicity on this issue, Tobey rejected the whole busi ness. Not even Chairman Gam ble would go along with it. Mc Carthy then tried what was de scribed as a filibuster in commit tee. While he was talking, the real report of the committee was oiuught out and passed uround the table. A majoiuy ot the com mittee members present signeu it and then walked out. e e e At this juncture. Sen. Ralph Flanders of Vermont stepped into the picture. He drew uu a series ol amendments intendeu to bring tne original T-E-W bill into line with piusent conditions. Senator Taft accented the Flanueis amendments in toto. When the housing legislation came to the senate lioor recently. however, Senator McCarthy in sisted that his 15 iong amend ments to the old original T-E-W bill be considered. So the senate took them all and approved them all. The strategy was to let Mc Carthy have nis day. As Sena tor Taft explained it, "Since the senator from Wisconsin (Mc Carthy) will not co-operate by working on the committee bill which i, as author of the original bill have agreed to, I am willing lo nave turn amend the original bill all he wants to. He can nave the original Dill. He can rewrite the original bill. But then 1 shall ask the senate to adopt the sub stitute bill. Of course, the eflect of that will be to wipe out all his "amendments." In the end, 'lalt gave McCarthy a couple ol minor amendments. Others Say . . . DULL STATE CAMPAIGN (Coos Bay Times) The Oregon primary campaign is developing very slowly with all the candidates bothered by the fact that thus far voters are apathetic. The problern of the av erage candidate is to attract enough attention to cause voters to remember his name when they enter the ballot booths. From a publicity standpoint, all the ad vantage goes to the incumbent. He can use his office for prolific letters on more or less "public" business. His office and the rou tine affairs of state also afford him an opportunity for news re leases which keep his name be fore the public. The out-of-office candidate has a harder time gen erating news dispatches of real interest and as a consequence much of the propaganda in his be half goes into editorial wastebas kets. Douglas McKay of Salem, who Is vleing with John Hall, incum bent governor, for the republican nomination, made news this week with his criticism of "raids" on the surplus tax moneys in the state treasury. Governor Hall is already out for distributing some portion of this surplus to higher education for a building fund. Mc Kay's position is that the moneys should first be used for supple menting inadequate budgets for state institutions. He hints at the inadequacy for old-age assistance by saying the 1947 budget was cut 54,000,000 on this item thereby implying that the old sters are more entitled to state relief than the university and col leges. But thus far the campaign is very mild and very dull and not only the gubernatorial aspirants Bend's Yesterdays (.from The luuetin Filenj FIFTEEN YEARS AGO (April 28, 1933) Old-time ball players, who commanded an aggregate salary of around $200,000 a year when mey wore major league uniforms. nosed out the Bend Elks, 8 to 7, here yesterday. 1. T. Felts, of Portland, has been transferred to Bend as Cen tral Oregon manager for the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph company. He succeeds William J. Holler, manager here for four years, who has been transferred to Arlington. 1- loyd Brassfield has scheduled a lormal opening of Leedy s Hen dezvous In Cashman hall for to morrow evening. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Banks, charged with the murder of Con stable George Prescott, have been taken from Medford to Eu gene, where they will be tried next week. but those for lesser state offices will need to enliven their respec tive races materially in the forth coming weeks if the public is to be lifted from Its present inertia and lack of interest. One tning that is missed in present day races is the personality of the late President Roosevelt. Wher ever and whenever the name was mentioned there was interest and a debate. No one, supporter or violent foe, could deny that he made people interested and took them to tne pons wnen election day came. MIGHT WASH BEHIND OUR EARS, TOO (Coos Bay Times) A man who wears out a con siderable amount of shoe leather In the course of his frequent busi ness excursions up and down the length of Broadway dropped into The Times office today and said "I am thoroughly ashamed of the lack of interest taken by proper ty owners in the appearance of sidewalks, parking strips and va cant lots on south Broadway." On this man's jaunts up and down this main north-and-south business artery he encounters waste paper, small boxes and cartons, old newspapers, cigaret butts and much other debris, staying in about the same place from day to day. . "I've been noticing one vacant lot for months, and the only change is that more debris is al ways accumulating," our visitor said. City officials have been con tacted in the interests of a clean-up campaign, and are ready to do what they can. ihe pros pects are for the placing of trash cans at strategic points. The city, obviously, cannot as sume the task of cleaning the parking strips and sweeping the littered sidewalks. However, the city can send its street sweeper along to pick up me uaan umi io swept into the gutters. Broadway is the street that carries hundreds of tourists throueh Coos Bay eacn summer. It is the "front" for the city in this respect the means whereby many people win get a ihuhb impression of this community. -.... ,-icitnr bIH when he was young, his mother told him "It doesn t matter, it your ui t ' ELBOW ROOM NEEDED Memphis, Tenn. tU'i When the Roy O. Nash fapiily are at the table to eat, Mrs. Nasli makes sure that her children are seated so that they don't bump elbows. Mrs. Nash and four of her five children are southpaws. The fa ther and one daughter are righthanders. 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