PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1949 THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OKM.ON I'RRSS Trie Hni1 Bulletin tweeklyl lviu-lwl Tn Bend Ugllrtln (Daily) KM. PublMlieil Kvery Allernuon evicevl Humley and Crtin Holiuaye by Th Hend Bulletin 7M-!a Well Blreei Bend, Owm Entered m Serond Clue Matter, January . 191T. at the Poelofftce at Mend. Ornron Under Art u( Marrh . lain. KOHKKT W. BAWYF.Il-r',llt..r.H.i.er 11KNKY N. FOWI.KR -Aa..-iat. Wlt.w An lndeendi-nl Neweiiejier Hundlne for the Stuar Iteel. Cl,n Buninres, Cleen Poliltce and Uia lt,-l Inu-rreU l Bend and L't-ntral Orevon MfcMHKIt AUDIT 1U1HKAU OK L'1111'UI.ATIONS Kir Mail lie Carrier O.i. Year 17.00 Ona Yr Iltl.oo Hit Month 14.00 Six Month! I 6 Ml Three Month ti.it One Month 11.00 All MunacrlidiMia are l)UK and 1'AYAHl.E IN ADVANCE riraae notify ua of any rhanire f aildreM or failure to rrvcive the itaiier reaularly. WASHINGTON COLUMN By OmigltM I-arsi'it (NKA Ktatt Correenondrnll Washington ( NEA I Practical ly every hranch of America fast growini! lolovision industry has boon lorctM to a quick halt, pontl- of the blR fractors tending to hold the Industry back. So far the hearings have only Rotten into the color controversy. Actually, this Is a four-sided dis pute. Involved are CllS. Mil', a Out on the Farm By Hit H, Ornn TRUTH IN EDUCATION We an; indebted to the Houston, Texas, school board for the ; dim-ovory that, until recently, there was an author of a hijrn school text on American civil Rovernnient who had the quaint idea that school children should be kept informed on what is jfoinn on in their country. The Houston school board didn't quite agree and so the author's book was banned. That is how Oregon came to hear of it and Oregon, it is to ue remarked, has especial interest in the fact that the author, until his re tirement, was a member of the faculty of Oregon state college and in the further fact that the text has been used for years in upper division high school work in this state. There is, of course, nothing uncommon in the practice of; periodic revision of school books. This one, "American Gov- , frnment", by Frank Abbott Magruder, was given an annual , overhaul, according to a publisher's note. As the result of one; of these goings over, the following paragraph made its ap-. pearance in the early part of the volume : The United States is called a capitalistic country, but It does not have pure capitalism. It has capitalism subject to increasing governmental control as our manner of living becomes more complex. The country is capitalistic with strong socialistic and even communistic trends. The postal system, power projects and progressive taxes are bits of socialism; and public free education and old age assistance are examples of communism to each according to his need. That was the pay-off, as far as the Texas school directors were concerned. With one faintly dissenting vote they banned the book. The reason for the decision it wouldn't be good for children to read such things ; they might get a hankering after communism or socialism. What the board members forgot, or chose to overlook, was that Magruder was merely telling the truth. America is well ; along the road to socialism (beyond that, communism is only! a matter of degree) ; can we make it less the fact by ignoring' it? Are we to go on the theory that our children cannot stand : the shock which a dose of facts will induce? Are they to grow, ! to become capable of thinking if they are protected from re ality? I Clear thinking, honest thinking, is what this nation needs more than anything else today. It is what the world needs j most and, if it does not stem from here there is little chance' that it will become very noticeable anywhere. That makes the situation pretty desperate, doesn't it? It would be much more so if schools in general were to adopt the view that education may be accomplished by withholding facts instead of impart ing them. buppose the book does say that our public (no, not free) ! education and our public (also very expensive) welfare pro-i grams are socialistic? Hadn't we better recognize it rather j than to say it isn't so and that it can't be so because this is ; America? If the postal system is socialistic (personally wej don't think this too good an example, but let it stand) j shouldn't we be aware of it, and mightn't we as well turn back to article I of the constitution in which the congress is given . power "To establish postoffices and postroads" and console ourselves with the thought that, after all, it is deep in the basic law of the land and not the theory of some wire-haired j political futurist. If public power and progressive taxes (you know, the kind that keep getting higher and higher) are so-: cialistic and they are let's face it, let our children face it. i If this is what we and they truly want, or a danger that must j be opposed at every point, there is at least a chance to arrive at an intelligent decision with all the facts these and others plainly in view. Doled out bit by bit, some revealed and some concealed, there is too much likelihood that they may encourage in the American public a mental tolerance which will presently accept unmoved the dictatorship of top bracket socialism and with it the regimentation of action and of thought. Let's admit that we are on the way. Let us ask ourselves if we are willing to continue on the way until we read the sign which says, "Dead End Road". And so our compliments to Dr. Magruder for his matter of fact, entirely objective introduction into the pages of his book of a bit of latter day reality which should be recognized by all, especially by school children, for the reality that it is. The paragraph we have quoted is not in the earlier edition of the text which we have available and it is therefore that our gratitude goes out to the Houston school board for calling attention to it. Having paid our compliments to the author, we must now withdraw them. The Houston story was hardly in type when a "follow" came over the wire from Corvallis. It seems that the most recent edition of "American Government" drops the naughty words from the paragraph that we thought was so to be commended for its honesty and forthrightness. The ref erence to "strong socialistic and communistic trends" be comes a mush-and-milky, "certain cooperative trends". Then follows the author's explanation, "Some of these trends are so old and so well-established that we seldom think of them as socialistic", somewhat after the Galileo manner. The Corvallis story made no mention of how the altera tions happened to be made. Perhaps Dr. Magruder really changed his mind on the subject or, again, a well wisher may have suggested that possibly he was getting just a bit too defi nite and hadn't he better draw in his horns a little? We can only guess. In some sections sales may be favorably affected, surely in Houston, Texas, where the substitution of soft, non committal words lor those that meant something should guar antee a raising of the ban. We shall go on hoping, however, that there was no expectation of favor back of the author's changes, lextbooks should not be written cither to sell or to please. Their lunction is to tell the truth, not to hide it ine the outcome of hearings held croup of independents with a tllf before the federal comniunica- i feront system, anil important ele-' lions commission. moms in the industry that w ant to It has suddenly become appar-i stick with black and white, at ent that the whole future of the least for a fow more years. The industry depends upon what the color fight alone might last KCC decides within the next few month or two. months. Probably never before There is very little compromise has the commission boon faced which KCC can make. If it post-! with the need to make such im-j pones color for a couple of years i portant decisions so quickly. The or so it will involve the loss of more testimony they hear, the millions of dollars to several com- j clearer it becomes to the eommis-j panics. And it u'lll make the pitib- sinners that they must act sound- loin of obsolete sets enormous In ly and fast. the final decision. If It says color It is obvious that every week of is ready It has to decide on one delay will make it that much hard-1 of the proposed systems. Allowing er for the young Industry to get ' more than one to try to operate h.i.-b tr, tl,. tviit.1 it h:iH s,l hefnre ! -it tlwi .-im,i tint., vvonlil It., Ilii'lllV the hearings started. Most inquir-! impractical. A set which could get tant, the stoppage of all activity jail programs, with several sys-1 is costing everybody money. And 'terns broadcasting, would hardly money is wnat tne industry is; tit in tne average living room, most shy of right now. land would have more controls One year ago the FCC froze all ; than the cockpit of the B-3ti. pending applications for TV j broadcasting licenses, it neoame' apparent that there was more tie mand for them than there w as j broadcasting space in the ether j available. FCC announced then i that it would investigate the possi-; bility of providing more wave lengths on the ether band for tele casting. Whether or not to remove that freeze is another issue now being taken up with the industry. Television May Aid Deaf, Blind Evanston. 111.. Oct. 26 tUt-The blind someday might be made to see with a television "scanner" Still another issue Involved is connected directly to the brain, whether or not to allocate an addi-1 a Northwestern university sclen tional 42 channels in the ultra-Mist said Tuesday, high frequency range. This could Dr. Wendell j. S. Kricg, who either give the industry more has conducted brain experiments room for healthy expansion, as far as the number of stations goes, or lure it into ruinous over expansion. All of these issues also hinge on very technical factors which are so interdependent that they have the industry tied into knots. First of all. perhaps .there is in volved the production of TV sets. The kind of color system the FCC decides upon makes a difference in the kinds of tubes, circuits and cabinets which are required. Nat urally manufacturers aren't going to start making any great num bers of sets until FCC gives its de cisions. What kind of color system is used affects the production of sta tion and studio electronics gear. for the past five years at North western, said the same system might enable the deaf to hear and some paralyzed persons to move. He said "a lot of work" had to be done before the system actu ally could be used, but the basic theories were well established. The blind person would "see" with his brain, not through his eyes, he said. " He described the proposed now theory of sight for the blind in a campus address, and elaborated on it in an interview. Krieg said a plate could be in serted in a blind person's skull with "many" electrodes leading from it to the brain surface, each placed to contact sight nerves in Oct. 2ti One of the nicest things about living in the country is the surprise element. And who doesn't love surprises? For instance, I never know when 1 start to town In the morn ing 11 1 II get there under my own power or If I'll have to hitch hike. When we fell heir to the bright yt'iiuw cnarioi aiit'ciinuairiy call "The Lemon," I thought my troubles were over, (The Chief goes on ahead at the crack of dawn In the blight orange num ber quite naturally called "The Orange.") Tti,-.,'u n lllll.. I,,vl,-,iit,it,,t In the yellow car, as in most cars of my experience, that has several fractions stamped along the side, and a hand that waves up anil down along the scale. This Is call ed a gas gauge. "When the hand gets down near the bottom, you need to get more gasoline," the v niei Keeps telling me. i ve lost faith in all such gadgets, though, because yesterday when I started out. the gauge registered "emp ty." Half way to town the hand indicated the "one-fourth" mark, and when I started back to the farm last night, it saitl "one-half." I thought tiiat by this morning, it would be clear to (he top. That's Just what I thought. When the car sputtered anil fin ally ran out of gas, I left it at the sitle of the road ami caught a ride with a pretty blonde gal In a bright blue truck. Last time I rode on a gravel truck to the end of the line, and then got an other ride from the edge of town. I've met more people that way! (i.U.r. litis KNl.l.ANII London (let 'Jf, III .( Snip nil. proachlng hurricane strength bat tered the British and western Fu- ropean coasts today. At least five ships were hurled nhnn Fni'lfsh ohnnnpl truffle was brought to a standstill anil tlir, hit? Ilmtr Olieen l-'lly.-iltel h vt-IIU slowed to half sxftl as gusts wnippetl up to (u miles an nour. This is holding up the manufac-jthe brain. The plate would be ture of basic television equipment ! plugged in to a television like as well as construction of new sta-, scanner and the patient would tjons see the scene in his brain as re- I corded on television. Even the feverish activity to im- ' A deaf person could be made prove video programs is -lagging. I ea'-. he Si'111- b' replacing he pending the color decision. There ! scanner with sound receiving is a big difference between pro- j equipment and moving the elec ducing color show s and ones that I to- sound nerves in the are only black and white. Color - f shows obvious! v involve morej' elaborate props.'scenerv and cos-! Two out of three pedestrians tumes. This is an important con-1 killed by motor vehicles either sideration because high program-; are violating a traffic law or ming costs so far have been one ! committing an unsafe act. Bend's Yesterdays (From The Bulletin Files) THIKTY YEAHS AGO (October 2G, l!)l!l) The first heavy snow of the sea son occuued last night, covering the ground in Bend to a depth of five inches. Between five and six million eastern brook trout eggs will be taken from Elk lake this winter to be hatched in fie hatchery, l'earl Lynes, superintendent, has announced. D. H. Peoples antl S. E. Roberts returned last night from a two day hunting trip to Slimmer lake. They bagged (il ducks and half a dozen geese. Bend high school defeated Prineville l'A to 12 In a game here Saturday. Broslei lions antl i It'll rich made the Iiend scores. E. O. Logan has opened his candy kitchen in the basement of the Prinze building. TOASTMASTEKS MEET Paul T. Bogcn had the role of master of ceremonies at lasl night's meeting of the Bend Toast masters' club, at a Trailways cof fee shop dinner. Principal speak ers and their subjects were Ar thur May, "The Gatekeeper"; Bob Thomas, "America Needs Its Salesmen"; Vance Covner, "Piggy-Bank Money," and Phil F. Bro gan, "The Detroit Dam." Harold Asplnwall presided at the dinner meeting, with William Niskanen in charge of tabic topics. ' ADMITS KMBEZZI.EMENT San KraneiKr-fi f )r-t 711 illi-..l,,l,r i Bustard, a 30-year-old bank teller : nom Berkeley, Cal.. pledged him-l-self today to repay $5,010 he cm- nrzzieti io play tne races and buy his family a home. Federal Judge George B. Harris placed Bustard on five years' pro bation yesterday and reminded him. "all horse players die broke." SPECIAL 'A PRICE SALE r HORMONE CREAM Scientifically blended lo protect ond sup plement natural skin moisture . . . delightfully effective for extra dry skin ond the "over thirty" complexion. x1 far for fz IMA EcONOMYSgf1 N0Ml YtliQSOZ.TUBBl I ik7.-0 vt" I ALSO THE POPULAR I t tCO "LOIANT SIZE at 43j jXTR" VANCtT. COYNER'S PHONE SO COMMUNICATIONS e,Mttrauttletl,iM are Invited on mit ten tf current end lure.1 Interest, let ter eliuuld not be over tut) wurde lit leiieth, on unly une title ( Uie neper And, If iHieellile, tylewrttlii. letters w RiBmieorlvte eutxnttted fur nublU eatkiu will uut be returned. HOAItD'S ACTION KKSENTHO llontl. Ore. Oct. 2. I!li To the Editor: As a resilient anil land ow ner In the Arnold Irrigation tllslrict, I am vitally tnlcrcslod in the action of the hoard t( tllieelors, who have decided not lo haul water lo the (armors this whiter. I was even more Interested In the explanation of this action as given by George Murphy anil printed in Friday's Bulletin. According to this explanation, the cost of this service has boon shared by all ' landowner, s In the district, whether or not they bene fited by the service, anil the members of the board felt It In equitable for those landowners not using the soi-vitv to Im re quired to share In the expense of it, antl for that reason decided to stop hauling the w ater. This explanation sounds very reasonable to anyone reading It without knowing the fads. It cer tainly gives the Impression that these people paid more last year than they would have, had no water Iteon hauled. Anil Mr. Mur phy also certainly implies that, now that "inequalities" have lieeu removed anil water Is not to lie hauled, these wople w ill pay less than they did. How much will they save by this economy? The answer is. not one cent. They pay -Made ESPECIALLY For KIDDIES' CHEST GOLDS to relieve couiM-ecWnl ikuicIm! IJiinI exactly an much as I hey did bcdire, I in other words, last year every j hotly paltl ami Nome got w ater, and this year everybody pays, and no one gets water. Whv not put It straight Instead of! heating around the hush anil giving a totally false Impression? It has been my understanding that water Is siippoKetl to lie turn oil Into the tlltehes every M) days dining the winter. If this cannot be done, then water ought lo lie hauled, or we shun Id get a refund on the charges we have paid. The wilier will be off this time for .'t'n months at the very least. This Is more than one fourth of a year. How alioul refunding one fntliih ol the $lttT I have paid for my water for a year? It would at least help to Pay for I he tank 1 hail lo buy to haul walcr, Maybe If every nioinlior of this hoard lived In I he district, ami was personally faced with a winter without water, the hoard would u t so glibly vole such an ultima turn. Cau l we have a hoard com posetl only of resident landowner of the tllslrict? We pay the highest water rate of any of the Irrigation districts In central Oregon. Must we also receive the poorest service? It. V. WF.lSKIt. Koutc.'l, ll.ix l.'l ' AIoiit 7 tl per cent of the peo ple In the .United States now are lift years or older. Kll.l-S HUGE MOOSE Lander, Wyo Oi l. '.Ml HI'' - L. ('. Spencer of Casper, Wyo., claimed a new world's record totlav after killing a moose with a !S!I Inch spread ol aiillers. The previous record was for n M Inch antler spread. Gas Almost Choked Him K..I .lit ),'ji.. It'll Sluw ol M.1 lt.ivi St , holm, Im win Itttl j 4 lnltliUt'i, lull ut incut .mi In .if.il id IjiIi.I " Ii.uI lll('Mllll jltml lllt'H lll Mill) .!. I H.I It'tlllllv llttlMll'll ' lull lllll)' H-I .Mitl (Mitt imiMii I tin a il' iik I litt-il 4)1 kuiih M m. . I lil h M .11 Ml A u-.iUs (mil me up Mini' ..iking KAI l Ml Molii tor I i4ii -4 1 lit Jilil willioul iiMi-i ini. "I tt tiitilililv toil tlul lii.il l. t hmt ami uii Hoik )mmI i-m'iv iliy l-i, nut lulik. No mni i- ii j. IiIm1 inn ill", pt II tint i K,M t I'l iimiI.' my Iih.-N nk hbhIji i nil nil Jiul mi tliiv.li I It'll rvi-i)iin.' ni 4ii I v niontt UkiiiN K A I. It Ml X II ruU i linlr ami ili.r o niuilt " KAl.OMIX I 4 lovri Immulj Willi iiHilitin.il hiiirt Itiim ft liint lril li"4l i It-IhihcId, i li'J.1 K-i liitin tlolii Ji II, tti I tH Iui;k'Ii llilrvllliri .mil ui ilmirlir mi k.ilm-t int iiiniiry irlntrinl il wm ic mil .(. Iwlititl .M. r lukmc KAIOMIX lii l 4 Ink i lr li-ihy liniii ymii tliutntltl. Mmii y Hji k iii.itjiilrv Atl . WHY COUGH? I'SK NYALYPTUS I'nr cough, lioameneHN, minor bronchial allinentN when tint' (o colds. exclusive nt City Drug Co. Ttuggtd and Teptncfa6l BRAKE BLOCKS'LININGS FRICTION BLOCKS Molded ond fabrltaled to lath Pwlkukx Uie. CHAMPION FRICTION CO. lUOtM. OetOOH 3 different trucks... 3 different jobs... 3 different owners. but all say: i Cviry IFfI Tir&ndi Lai HQ ITS X?Jffh DUD "Since I've hnd my Ford Picltup, I've been able to fthdvc ull uKmit t hours a cluy on my deliver. t. I ho Million Dollar (.ah is mifthiy com fortable 10 ride in, to net in am) out of. I hardly spend nny money on upkeep una my rord hasn't been laid up une day since I k (,'" If J ! J W'foJUl.Y.-. . J it -mm XZ -at bo"1 "The smooth power of the Vfl engine in our new lord really surprised me. From now on, I'm ?m icily a '(tonus Huilt man ami who wouldn't be with such all round performance! And what a low cost operation 1 figure I save aImiui I hours wage a day and I can really use that extra dough these days!" "Although I use nn P-5 stake job, I like the idea of Ford having over MO models to choose from. I also like the big trade-in allowance I got on my old truck. Most of all, I like the way my new Ford 'I ton us Ituilt truck docs 12 hours work in Hi" i ui BONUS. "SemerMeo orren h addition lo who, Il wuof or ilrlclr due" Webifer .M?r'MrE Ford Trucks Cost Less because Utlng Imtett reglstrmtlon data on 6,106,000 truck, Ilia Inturanct axpartt erova Ford Truck latt tongarl HALBROOK Bond and Minnesota MOTORS Phone 680 FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS By Merrill Blossor AlWIRPINO Time. TWlBPINGr Tirc tr OH .SISTER, CAN YOU T I owe? J 11 Ca jr ft at O J -J'':LM Tvvirp I WHAT ODD CUSTOMS YOU AMERICANS HAVE BUT 1 DO TlJIMK ITS A CORKING OCA HAVING USGlOlS PAY IOR DATES ONCE A YEAR.' 1 Smhh! the boys haicht HEAR YOU.' WE HAtE Tb PRETEND ITS JUST mo , rFPFBATE' T To SHOW we'pe Gooo BPORTS, WE 5HOUU3 PO SOMtTHIMe REALLY GENEROUS,' WHAT DO BOYS LIKE O DO BEST? C cinch I