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CSE THE NATIONAL PATTERN
Growth of Oregon's population, from 1,089,684 in 1940 to
1,639,000, mentioned here Friday as the department of com
merce estimate for 1948, brings to mind the constitutional
provisions for reapportionment of legislative representation
every 10 years on the basis of population. The reapportion
ment is an obligation of the legislature itself but the legisla
ture has not been meeting it. Now and then there have been
some slight changes in the way of redistricting. Others have
been attempted and defeated. Such changes, however, have
been made (or proposed) largely on a local basis; the method
which the constitution sets forth has been studiously ignored.
Recognition of the population distribution for what it is,
with recognition, too, of the political implications of change
in apportionment carrying out the constitutional mandate
is probably to blame for this virtual nullification of the plan
laid down in the basic law. The number of senators and repre
sentatives to which each county or district is entitled is re
quired to be determined on the ratio which the population of
the county in question bears to the total population of the
state. Fractional right to a representative or senator pre
sents a question which is intended to be solved by combining
counties of small population to share in the election of a leg
islator. Manifestly this plan, if carried out today, would result in
a-few heavily populated counties (especially Multnomah)
electing a large majority of the members of each of the leg
islative houses; population is the required basis for alloca
tion of senators as well as representatives. Because the legis
lature is not now so apportioned and because lawmakers fre
quently like to remain in office, while their constituents object
to any lessening in the weight of representation which their
counties or districts enjoy, any move toward readjustment
encounters a passive but effective resistance as well as an
active opposition.
It is to be observed that the Oregon plan differs markedly
from that carried out in the national constitution. Each of the
United States, of course, has senate strength equal to that of
any other state. Population counts only in the apportionment
of representatives. The plan recognizes, as it was intended" to
recognize, the equality of the states as well as the right of the
people to proportionate representation. A parallel plan, with
in the state, would recognize the equality of counties on the
one hand and the need for representation according to popu
' lation on the other.
This plan, we learn, is being advocated by one of Oregon's
veteran lawmakers, Giles French, able, clear thinking repre
sentative from the district embracing Gilliam, Wheeler,
Sherman and Morrow counties. According to his suggestion,
with which we agree, each county would have one senator.
According to population it might have one or several rep
resentatives or share with a varying, number of others in
electing a single one. - j. iis'l.
' The idea is eminently sound. If "Has Been proved nationally
since the colonies became states and the states became the
nucleus of the greatest country in the world. It has provided
fair representation of people and fair representation of
states, a vehicle for the will of the majority and protection
against the overriding of the needs and interests of minori
ties. Oregon would look far for
apportionment problem.
We hope that it may be followed and we share with Repre
sentative French the feeling that it should be accepted
through constitutional amendment in time to reflect (in the
lower house of the legislature) the figures which will be dis
closed in the 1950 census.
Out on the Farm
By Ila S. Grant
Sept. 3 Now that September's
here, thoughts turn to fall clothes,
even though everyone knows that
in this climate cottons will be
comfortable lor daytime well into
October. But when the sun goes
down, warmer clothes are in or
der even now.
With corduroy enjoying more
popularity than ever before, it's
a safe bet that this sturdy ma
terial will be used for all sorts
of active outdoor clothes. One of
the style-conscious farm women
In our neighborhood wears cordu
roy slacks and a plaid cotton shirt
for gardening and other outdoor
activities; and when it gets cool,
she adds a good-looking corduroy
jacket. She has a skirt of the
same material, for shopping in
town.
' News that the skirts will be
slightly shorter this fall is wel
come lo some of us who still have
things from the short-dress era,
unusable last year. Maybe this
year it will be worth while to let
down the hems.
VOLCANO ERUPTS
Tokyo, Sept. 3 IP Mt. Asama,
an active volcano 100 miles north
west of Tokyo, erupted with ex
plosive force early today and sent
up a column of smoke and ashes.
There were no reports on casu
alties -
Kyodo news agency reported
that a stream of lava started
down the mountain slope shortly
before noon, but the report could
not be confirmed.
The 8.000-foot peak erupts al
most annually. Units of the first
U. S. cavalry division and two
occupation force rest hotels are
located within seven miles of the
mountain base.
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2 Children Hurt
By Shotgun Blast
Dallas, Ore.. Sept. 3 ilPiTwo
youngsters were recovering from
shotgun injuries today after be
ing wounded by a 15-year-old boy
in the course of play here Fri
day.
Courtney Rowell, 5, and his
sister, Loretta, 7. received flesh
wounds in the legs and feet when
the 16-guage shotgun went off.
The injuries were not considered
serious.
The name of the negligent boy
was withheld and no charges
were pressed against him. Police
reported that his gun was taken
away from him, however, and his
hunting license revoked.
The accidenf occurred while the
parents of the injured, Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Rowell, of Dallas,
were working in a bean field near
where the children were playing.
CONDITION CRITICAL
York, Me., Sept. 3 HP) A slight
improvement in the condition of
Supreme court justice Wiley B.
Rutledge was reported today at
York hospital where he is criti
cally ill with a cardiac condition.
"Justice Rutledge is still in a
coma but his general condition is
somewhat improved," the morn
ing bulletin read.
Hospital authorities still re
garded Jhe 55-year-old justice's
condition as "very grave." Rut
ledge suffered a cerebral hemor
rhage yesterday and lapsed into
a coma.
Only the female mosquito needs
blood as food. They get it not
only from human beings but
from wild animals and birds.
When such blood 4s not avail
able they letd on plant juices.
Labor Leaders Back Private
Enterprise, in Statemenfs
Washington. Sept. 3 til' Tne
following Labor ilny statements
were issued by the heads of the
two leading unions:
By William Gretm. A.F.L.
The keynote of all our Labor
day celebrations this year must
be a call to action action to pre
serve the free American way of
life from the threat of domestic
fascism and world communism.
Both on the national and Inter
national fronts. America is in
volved in a cold war. In our own
country, reactionary forces are at
tempting to turn the clock back
ward and are gambling upon a
depression to return them to pow
er over the nation's economic and
political life. On the world front,
the leaders of the kremlln also
are gambling upon a depression
to weaken American resistance
and to enable them to gain domin
ion over all of Europe and Asia.
We must not allowhat depres
sion to take place. Our govern
ment must make every effort to
prevent it. And the trade union
movement must milltantly mam-
tain and defend its standards so
that mass purchasing power, the
nourishing force of our economic
life, can keep the wheels of indus
try rolling.
During the past year, for the
first time since pre-war days, un
employment began to swell. It has
not as yet reached alarming pro
portions, nor is it likely to do so.
But it is a dangerous symptom
and prompt measures must be
taken to correct it before it is too
late. Labor favors the prepara
tion of a huge shelf of public
works projects, ready to be set in
motion if the need develops to
create new jobs.
At the same time, the trend
toward high wage rates has suf
fered its most stubborn resistance
in many years. While business
continues to derive huge profits,
employers throughout the coun
try, as though by a given signal,
have tightened up their wage pol
icy, using the pretexts of declin
ing prices and fears of future
production cutbacks as a justifi
cation.
It is true that some prices have
fallen, but the cost of living to
the nation's workers has not de
clined appreciably and in some
cases has risen, because other
prices have gone up sharply in
the past year, especially rents.
The unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor
have fought courageously and are
still fighting for reasonable in
creases in pay for their workers
and in most cases they have been
able to win modest successes.
All this time, in the midst of
distressing and threatening de
velopments, tne - trade union
movement has been handicapped
and repressed by the grim impedi
ments of the Taft-Hartley act. No
other single factor during the
year has hurt labor more.
tragically, the drive to reneal
the Taft-Hartley act during the
nrsi session or the 8lst conere!
fell short of success by a small
margin. Despite the overwhelm
ing repudiation of the reactionary
policies of the 80th congress by
the voters in the 1948 elections
and despite the campaign pledges
of President Truman, the new
congress was hogtied by a coali
tion of tory republicans and dixie
crats. The whole program of pro
gressive legislation, except for
the public housing bill, fell vic
tim to the coalition's axe.
This was a severe setback for
labor, but not a permanent defeat.
The reactionaries will find that
out in 1950. I am confident thai
the workers of this country will
turn out to the polls in unprece
dented numbers in the 1950 con
gressional elections and break the
hated coalition by defeating its
members for re-election. Labor's
League for Political Action, the ,
aggressive political arm of. the
American Federation of Labor, is !
going to redouble its efforts to
help bring about this major objec
tive. On the world front, commun
ism suffered a crucial blow by
the disintegration of the so-called j
world federation of trade unions !
by the decision of the free, demo-1
cratic trade union organizations
in more than 50 nations to estab-!
lUh a new world labor body free
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ot any communist num. 10 my
mind, this notion will go a long
way toward preventing any fur
ther spread of soviet territorial
aggrandizement through internal
revolutions in Europe. Thus the
leadership of free labor is helping
actively and materially to keep
the world free.
By Philip Murry, C.I.O.
Continued recession or econ
omic progress?
Unemployment, with Its attend
ant suffering find distress or
Jobs for all Americans?
A weakening of our moral pres
tige among the democratic na
tions or strengthening ot our
leadership among the free peo
ples, and the people who long for
freedom, throughout the entire
world ?
These questions, of staggering
importance to every one of us.
face the citizens of the United
States on this Labor, day 1949.
We must ,as a nation, quickly find
the answers the right answers.
We cannot afford to drift.
It is gratifying that the Con
gress of Industrial Organizations
has. striven constantly to Improve
the' well-being of the American
citizenry and enhance our demo
cratic leadership in the family of
nations.
The American people have
clearly shown their fafth In the
future of liberal government, and
their deep-seated contempt for
do-nothing reaction. We arc proud
of the role of our political action
committee in helping advance the
cause of government for the peo
ple in the 1948 election. Our po
litical action win be even more
successful in 19n0.
Labor in America stands by Its
legislative program a fair deal
program to benefit not only the
workers but the farmers, the pro
fessional men. the small business
people of our land. We resolve to
secure the adoption of that pro
gram to repeal the Infamous
Taft-Hartley act, to left minimum
wages, to adopt a modern and ef
fective social welfare proeram. to
strengthen our civil liberties, to
combat the s courage unemploy
ment. We are equally determined that
there shall be greater, not smaller
buying power in the hands of the
great mass of workers and con
sumers. We are convinced that
wages and the buying power of
wages must be sharply Increased.
To stand still or to go backward
from our present standards Is to
court the dlsnsipr of depression
and despair. Effective action by
government, together with im
proved economic conditions at
tained throwih free collective
bargaining these nre the stens
that will lead us from recession
to full employment and full pro
duction. We. as a nation, dare not fall In
this endeavor, for the eyes of the
world are focused. Intently and
hopefully, upon our actions In the
year ahead. At a time when dicta
torships, both communist and fas
cist, are deriding our way of life,
we must demonstrate forth
rightly that our democratic sys
tem can easily provide the great
est good for the greatest number.
For our own sake, and for the
cause of freedom everywhere, we
must show that free collective
bargaining works in behalf of all
the people; that we can avert
mass unemployment and In fact,
constantly raise our living stand
ards; that our government acts
vigorously, at all l:mes and in all
places, to avert hardship and dis
tress, while buttressing our civil
liberties and our economic rights.
The CIO is committed to these
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Honolulu, 'T.H.. Sept. 3 '"-i
CU) longshore leader Hurry
Bridges today threatened a world
wide tieup of every "scub loaded"
ship sailing in defiance of Hawai
ian picket lines.
Bridges, testifying yesterday In
federal court, said ships "loaded
and sailed by scalis" would be
lied up all over the world by the
recently-formed left-wing World
Maritime federation which he
heads.
"I am president of the new
World Maritime federation and
that is something we can cut our
teeth on," he said.
The left-wing longshore leader
was to complete his testimony
today in the union's suit to stop
the territory from operating the
stevedoring Industry, seized un
der a recently enacted emergency
strike law.
Meanwhile tne employers and
the union chose up sides for ne
gotiations which nre to open in
New York on September 7.
The employers named a negoti
ating committee of seven men.
headed by Russell W. Starr of
the Castle and Cook terminals.
Other members include J. B.
Guard, Howard C. Babllt, Ralph
A. Van Orsdel, John Murphy and
Dwlght Steele. All are stevedor
ing company executives.
Bridges will head the union
committee, supported by Louis
Goldblatt, union secretary trens
urer, and William Glazier, the
union's Washington representative.
JKT FLANK CKASIIKS
Buffalo. N Y Sept. 3 'U-v An
experimental Jet plane crashed
and burned Friday, killing the
pilot.
The plane crashed In a fie'd
In the suburban town of Am
herst. Police said the pilot, who
was not identified, was killed
Instantly.
According to witnesses, the
plane appeared to "explode" In
the air before diving lo the ,
ground. I
Amherst police Identified the!
craft as an experimental plane
from the Cornell laboratory
which Is located ,at the Buffalo
airport. However, spokesmen at
the laboratory refused to Iden
tify the plane. Its pilot or com-;
ment on the crash.
goals, and determined that they
shall quickly be achieved. Work
ers in America are devoted to the '
preservation and strengthening of
our democratic way of life against
the attacks of ail totalitarian.
We will fight, and fight hard,
against all who seek to under
mine our liberties or encroach
upon our standards of living.
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Mother. Stops
Fight by Sons,
Hit by Train
Milwaukee, Sept. 3 W Two
brothers blamed themselves to
day for the death of their mother
who stood with bowed head in
the path of a switch engine after
breaking up a fight between
them.
Mrs. Christiana ncnedek, 57, of
the town of Lake, was killed after
she ducked under a barricade and
stepped in front of tho engine,
which whs going only 12 to 13
miles an hour.
The sons, John, 'J9, and Alex,
34. told their story lo sheriff's of
ficers today in a private con
ference. They said they left a tavern to
gether for home and got Into n
fight In their front yard. Their
mother came out and made the in
stop.
John sulci he returned to the
tavern.
James .Benedek, father of tho
two, told deputies his wife went
after John to bring him home.
"She didn't lake her own life."
he was quoted as' saying. "She
was upset maybe, and disturbed
because the boys were fighting."
The riiflroud crossing Is about
three blocks from the Benedek
home and a block from the tav
ern. John told authorities that on
his way home again, 30 minutes
after her death, lie saw his moth
er's body. Ho recognized her
shoes and stockings and realized
what had hnp'HMied.
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Iliad waited at the crossing until
the engine approached. They
said she stepped into Its path and
bowed her head as the engine
bore down.
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said to be the largest single moun
tain on earth, und Canada's high
est peak.
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Monday at Salem
Salem, Sept. 3 Everything
....... u in,- r.ir Hi,, vriiiwi oiten-
ing of the '81th minimi Oregon
stale fair here Monday with Hie
heaviest crowds In History ex
pected. Regular schedule, Sep'emlior S
to 11:
8 a.m. Gates open.
9 a.m. Exhibits open.
10 a.m. Military own.
11 a.m. Midway show.
VI noon - Guard mount.
I p.m. - Horse races.
3 p.m. Midway show,
ti p.m.- Hand concert.
8 p.m. -Entertainment rovuo.
8 p.m. 1 lorso show.
10 p.m. Dance,
Midnight Gates close.
Special features: Tuesday -Flying
fanners. Jet planes, farm
organlzallons day; Wednesday
Army C4ti planes: Thursday
Governor's day and Mayor's day;
Friday Junior livestock miction.
10 a. m.; Saturday Children's
day. Future Farmers of America
livestock Judging. 9 a.m.: milking
shorthorn sale, 10 a.m.: Sunday
Auto races, 1:30 p.m.; horse show,
2 p.m.
Admission: 50 cents; children
under 12 fret1.
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ocean IcelxTgs are never seen.
Most bergs are "lxrn" along the
western coast of Greenland and
are found In near-by waters.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 194?
Portlander Shoots
At State Troopor
RnwliUig. Sepl. 3 Mil -J ClicKier
William Clark, ."mi, I'm llnml, wan
held In I ho 1'oiiKlan couiiiy j,,H
today dim tied with ulioollug ul a
stall) tiooH'i- who tiled lo hull
hla iiutoinohllo.
Sergeant Lyle llarrvll siild
Clark was a former Folsom prison
mid Oregon penitentiary liihiule.
Ho ii Ul Clark flrtd at him oncti
with a .45 caliber automatic pit.
tol, missed and drove on until his
cur struck an obstacle.
Hiirrell said ho fired several
shot Into the automobile and
look Clark Into custody. Cliirlt
allegedly had bene driving
through Yoncalla, Intoxicated.
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ml (iOKI)ON II. It AMI ALL
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qi KSTION: We've carried a
tire Insurance policy on our
home and fiirnllure for many
years. The policy must soon
be renewed and we think some
changes should be made In It.
Sumo of the Insured property
has become almost worthless
while some of the things. In
eluding the home Itself, have
greatly Increased in value,
what should we do to strive
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praisal of the house, then
make a complcto Inventory of
your furnishings and personal
effects. Be very thorough. You
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long or be no arduous as you
think. That Inventory and the
Insurance policy, afier It tuts
been Issued, should, If Ksllle,
be kept In a ssfo deposit box.
Then, If you over have a fire,
you can check against the in
ventory awd dclcrmlne your
exact loss. . . ,
If you'll addles your own
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