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The Capital journal, Salem,' Oregon
Monday, April 21, 1941
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The Politicians Conspire
Talk is already being heard of the possibility of a special
session of the legislature late this fall or early next year to
overhaul Oregon's tax structure along lines to be recom
mended by a special interim committee set up by the law
makers before they adjourned scarcely more than a month
ago.
Significantly, the agitation is confined so far to profes
sional politicians and their camp followers whose conniving
would be the principal end served by such a session and who
could be depended upon to use such a gathering as a spring
and sounding board for launching and promoting candidates
in the 1942 elections. The public got a good sample of that
during the recent regular session, when most of the effort
of certain of the members was devoted to the promotion of
their own political stock.
Aside from the fact that its deliberations could not be
confined to tax matters, a special session such as is proposed
would early develop into a political convention into the hands
of which it would be folly to .entrust the formulation of a
comprehensive tax program. Dominated by potential seek
ers for favor in the eyes of organized minorities, such a
gathering would be a farce and a menace to the state's wel
fare. The need of Oregon at this critical time is not for new
taxes or increased levies. It is for drastic economy in the
conduct of state and local government to ease the burden of
multiplied federal taxes that must accompany the defense
program. By the time the 1943 regular session rolls around
the interim committee on tax revision may have some idea
of what can be done through state legislation to lighten the
aggregate load and distribute it more equitably. But until
that time the committee would be only shooting in the dark
witn its recommendations.
Criminal Strikes
William S. Knudsen, director of the office of production
management for defense, has denounced strikes called to
take advantage of the defense situation as "criminal," and
jurisdictional strikes as "plain stupid." Strikes he defined
as railing into three classes, jurisdictional, for organization
purposes and for wages, and working conditions. He con
tinued:
in organization strike makes a nastv problem. T am nn tin.
happy to make the statement there Is no doubt whatever that the biggest
maun lies witn some oi tne more radical looal unions lor taking advan
tage of the defense program In trying to get a fundamental advantage
In a contract, such as closed shops, union shops or the like. Also It can
be definitely stated that strikes have been pulled without waiting for
labor board action or representation, with the result that the orderly
collective bargaining procedure which should be had In an orderly way
. uuB-ugra witn neitner aide Being willing to cooperate.
A good percentage of recent strikes were nurelv nut! our trivu r. ..-
thing not allowed in the contract and merely an attempt by the local to
"" """"uung. An example is tne aluminum strike where 7000 men were
jum a wcea oecause one man would not Join the union.
The president has set up a lot of machinery to handle
uu prevent xnese striKes, the labor department's concilia,
tion service, the OPM's mediation effort. nri 4-Via Tiaitrlir.
appointed federal mediation board, but every settlement made
is the signal for still bigger strikes. Soft coal miners are
still out, crippling defense production for lack of fuel, and a
strike has been called in General Motors company.
' Most of these strikes are caused by the CIO, many of
TijTTim Miinmunisis intent on sabotaging defense
u uu aiumn. nanaiing tnis subversive element with
Am gloves, as tne president does, gets nowhere. It is time
ciea. is uniair to draft 14,000,000 young men
lor the army at $21 a month when unions refuse to let their
....UiuB worn at e or fiu a day to outfit and arm them,
Josiah Stamp
Lord Josiah Stamp, who with his wife was killed in the
5?.?. 1? Jalr,blit.zkrieg on London, was one of the most
distinguished of his countrvmnn. Ho nn
economist, statistician, author, scientist, lecturer, director
Things to Worry About
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A I GOT A MUNITIONS llttr GOVERNMENT i y", -i7
V JOB N YOOB fiSCTORY. llffV JUST SAVE MB A'
? YOU 0 RK3MT OUT Jm TWENTY-FOUR Ylj'
H 7 and Hrajv wurstostep LLlI I LJj
oh unnoir
By Don Upjohn
r.t U Tl..l. Tn . . , , . . "-"""y,
H...V;T.iT a ,n 5n'ian of railway and many In
dustrial boards, and a leading figure in defense effort.
. Ty ".' Wltn aq,,are shoulders and a jutting jaw,
SnnTI8"!!6!1'61-', StP Inspired coV
vi i t men Bna ffovernment officials. His
AtlZrrnJTn' T -d 1nd f0"Wed on both Bides ' the
fhinM, "L .V""- . H! "! '"9"nt trips to
j " . , nu Australia, lie held honorary
' p""1 ny Americn universities as well as those
Lord Fllnnilt Xt-nm lincH f T7 i. i . . .
. r 7;-'t "'i in ium, in iobu. At 16 he won a
clerkship in the revenue service and for 23 years was the
foremost authority on taxation. His entry into Alness
was at the conclusion of the World war. whL ho rZ.8
V"rL H? British member of
;,"' " Y'""l",llee' nntl neipecl draft the Dawes and
loung plans and the bank for international settlements
In the early days of the new deal, Lord Stamp saw much
f 1 of c,rmHdcd ,nthe PrKram- bt by 1935 he waTdoub
fill of its wisdom. He said American. ihnnut Zt u uuu
tics"emptionanyinSteadaoft&
Knicnrprf anrt In lOOO .. , . " viiuco
" ' " raiBeq to tne peerage.
Measles Take Toll
At Hazel Green
naiei Qreen Clinton Wampler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wampler
and a freshman at Oregon 8tate
e, recuperating at the fam
ily home In thla community follow
ing an attack of measles. Clinton
was among the pledges of Delta
Tan Delta initiated at the recent
eprlng service at the Delta house.
Mrs. Ocraldlne imper, principal of
.utm gmae scnool, has resumed
her duties after a weeks absence
due to an attack of measles.
Miss Harriett Dunnlgan, daughter
of Ui Maurice Dunnlgans, has re
sumed her position as bookkeeper
at Dr. Doughertys office after an
-uocutn aue io measles.
Student Hobby Show
Opened to Public
Evergreen The
aliow In the school auditorium Fri
day afternoon was well attended.
The public was admitted for a pro
gram of varied readlncru onrf m.i.i
numbers. In a memorial rnr.m,.
a willow tree was planted on the
grounds In honor of a pupil of the
school, Clarence Kuerul, who died
during Uie past year. i
Jack Kennedy, county rural school
supervisor working out of the office
of Mrs. Agnes Booth, county super.
lntendent, makes the rounds of the
county schools two or three times
a year and Is conceded to be
good driver, one of the best. Yet,
pratlced as he is in the art of
saftey driving, which is among the
arts he Impresses on all rural
scholars, Jack pulled a rather flan.
rant piece of hit end run driving
on me way nome irom Mt. Angel
the other night and left his victim
dead on the highway. Yeah, he
figured the victim was dead, at any
raw, out ne took no steps what.
ever to find out. Jack and his wife
were driving home from a school
meeting and as they rounded a curve
the lights on his car picked up
small striped figure in the middle
Novelties
In the News
(Br thf Aasoclatta Press)
Menagerie
Petersburg, Inl For three davs
uarageman Charles Carlisle, helping
put up a fence on his farm, had
been carrying around a seven-foot
iron casing to measure post holes.
somebody asked him what he had
in the casing. He took It off his
shoulder and looked Inside and
there was a snake five and a hnlf
feet long, alive and hissing. Carlisle
Kiuea li.
Clipped
Bucyrus, Kas. A Jar sent a loan
of heavy sheet steel sollnterinir
uirougn uie sides of a Missouri Pa.
clflo gondola car.
Seventeen miles and 7.00u worth
or aamnged trackslde signal equip
ment later, a station agent flagged
down the train.
Fatal Wager
creve Coeur, III. Carl Leslie
Stalllngs bet $3 with his friend,
Lyle Hyneman, that he could swim
across the Illinois river.
Hyneman, accented the wafer
stood on the bank and WBtched
Stalllngs plunge in. Half way across
he sank. Hyneman was one of those
who aided In the hunt for his
inena s body.
Program Given PTA
Butteville The Buttevllle PTA
met at the echoolhouse. The pro
gram was In charge of Betty Den
tel, Elisabeth Stubblefield, Mary
Yergen and Wayne Dcntel. who pre
sented numbers from Canby union
high school. Refreshments were
served by the school board, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Dentel, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam aoodlng, Irvin Carter and Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Rscette.
of the pavement. Jack swerved to
one side, but as he swerved the car
uie small striped animal started
across the road In the same direction
and ran under the wheel of Jack's
car. For 200 yards, reports Jack,
ne thought all would be well. Then
an aroma enveloped the car, Jack
and Jack's wife, which almost over
powered him. When asked If he
went back to see whether the skunk
was badly hurt Jack freely con
fessed he did not. Jack had to
leave some papers in the superin
tendent's office when he got home
that night. And. as a net result of
the accident, the Kennedy clothes
went to the cleaners; the Kennedy
car went to the wash rack and the
force in the superintendent's office
have been burning Incense therein.
The grand Jury is In session but
nothing is expected to come of the
hit and run driving. They prob
ably wouldn't want Jack around as
a witness, anyway. Andv Burk
would probably reject him as a
prisoner and the courts wouldn't
want him either.
Kelly Says:
Rocky Mountains
May Get Naval Bast
Price Fixing for
Pulp, Paper Delayed
Perkins Disputes
Red Influence Charge
By John W. Kelly
From all reports something of a
record was set over the week-end
for more fishermen and fewer fish,
Without Even a Fish Thrown.
(Medford Mall-Tribune)
The Black Tornado track team
scrunched Salem Friday eve. After.
wards the athletes went to the high
scnool caieteria and ate sandwiches,
and sneaking out without washing
uie aisnes.
County Comm. Ralph Qirod was
looiung at a current issue of Col
liers with a gleam of pride In his
eye. Investigation revealed an ar
ticle therein devoted to Julius Olrod.
Ralph's cousin, who Is In charge of
matters horticultural at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, and had
charge of the plantings at Treasure
island. Ralph had a right to a little
pride. The picture revealed that
Julius la a good looking guy, too.
Doe Voigt showed up early this
a. m. with a report that burglars had
Wlea to Invade his dental offices.
probably after gold, and had bust
ed off a key In the Yale lock on the
door. Doc was all excited unUl he
maae a second trial at It, and found
Instead of a key being busted off In
the lock he'd tried to open the lock
with the wrong key. The agitation
then subsided.
Lodge Celebrates
Its 68th Birthday
Independence Valley lodge No.
4J, I.O.O.F., will celebrate its 68th
anniversary and also observe the
133nd anniversary of the grand
lodge Thursday evening. Clyde
Wunder. Thomas Rite hey and
Wayne McGowan, the committee in
charge of the program, announce
that dinner will be served starting
at 7 o'clock, and will be followed
by a program and social evening.
Safem Sketches By Will Danch
Tm going to have Dr. Fred W. Lange. the vet, look mv piggy
bank over to find out why It doesnt put on any weightl"
Washington, April 31 Col. Frank
Knox, secretary of the navy, Is be
ing urged to establish a navy base
at the edge of the Rocky Moun
tains, between 700 and 800 miles
from the Pacific ocean, and only
a few miles from Yellowstone na
tional park. The proposition is be
ing submitted In ail seriousness and
has the support, of course, of the
Idaho delegation in congress.
For the navy base it is proposed
that American Falls be utilized and
that a seaplane training station be
installed. American Falls are now
tamed by a dam and power plant
and there is a broad lake result
ing from the dam as the waters of
Snake river are backed up to the
east: an Ideal place for learning
to operate amphibians and with a
smooth water surface unlike the
rough waters of the ocean. With
the lake and the hydroelectric pow
er, a navy station can be construct
ed at a minimum of expense to the
government.
Location Strategic
Argument Is made that as a mat
ter of national defense American
Falls should be used by naval fliers
in sweeping across the continent
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
No naval aviators have ever made
such a trip, but there is no reason
why they can not or may have to
with the navy destined to play such
an Important role; a cross country
flight would be much quicker than
following the coastline.
American Falls Is In the region
where Captain Bonneville, the Hud
son Bay trappers and other fur
hunters roamed; It was on the Old
Oregon Trail and there are vast
stretches of sagebrush desert In all
directions. Suggestion of such a
place for a training station for the
navy caused the bushy eyebrows
or secretary Knox to lift. In ad
dltlon to Knox, the CAA Is being
urged to place the lake on Its air
plane map.
If the idea goes over with Secre
tary Knox the dammed waters of
the Columbia at Grand Coulee may
De proposed for a naval station,
and the Owyhee dam. Boulder dam,
Shasta dam, and the waters of the
Willamette and Its tributaries
formed by the flood control pro
ject. .
For Indian Security
Nevada is circularizing the con
gressional delegations of western
states proposing that social secur
ity benefits for Indians be paid en
tirely by the federal government.
as Indians are wards of the govern
ment. Of such sum, Nevada con
tends 10 per cent of the total
amount should be given to the
states for administration purposes
by the state welfare departments.
None of the delegations from the
Pacific northwest has taken up the
matter yet, although the Indian
populations In Washington, Oregon
and Idaho are substantial. Oregon,
for example, has the Klamaths,
Warm Springe, Umatlllas, Cayuses
and a few survivors of the coast
tribes. Washington has the Kllcki
tats and a half dozen other tribes;
Idaho the Nei Perces, Shoshones
and a few hundred various tribes
men.
Pulp and paper industry, an im
portant factor in Washington and
Oregon, will escape price fixing by
tne government for some time at
least. Representatives of many
leading concerns have held a con.
ference with Leon Henderson, who
has the task of sitting on the lid
when prices soar, and have given
assurances- that the Industry faces
no shortage. Over estimated con.
sumption In the United States and
Canada for 1941 there will be
surplus of approximately 8,193,000
tons. The surplus will exist In all
but a few unimportant grades of
paper.
Pulp Mills Line Up
Without fanfare, the war depart.
ment has arranged with several
pulp and paper companies in
northwest states to expand their
facilities to make an element es
sential to smokeless powder and
TNT. The department considers It
better to have existing mills ex-
pand than to build a government
plant, such a ahss been discussed
Four pulp mills have come to an
understanding with the war de.
partment, three in Washington and
one in Oregon, and expansion will
soon be under way.
According to Sidney Hlllman,
Boeing Aircraft company In Seat
tle has hired all available trained
men from Washington and Ore
gon and about WO aircraft sheet
metal workers alone are needed as
plant expansion progresses. To
meet this demand courses have been
set up to train men, organized by
company personnel experts, local
union leaders and vocational school
authorities . . . Labor division of
OPM believes the new master con
tract for the west coast shipyards
will prevent workers migrating
irom yard to yard, which has been
one of the worries with those who
have contracts . . . Madame Perkins
announces there Is no communistic
influence in strikes. Mr. Roosevelt
said there was some; Vice-President
Wallace also charges the reds with
being trouble makers.
The number of beauty parlors in
creased 35.4 per cent from 1935 to
18o 01,353 to S3.071. while the
number of barber shops decreased
from 131.000 to 118,000, according
to the census.
1 a
P R O T E S T To her moneyed
relatives, Zara du Font (above)
Is "Miss Kick" because she
usually backs up vocal protest
with action. She marches with
strikers, pickets utility plants,
belongs to 63 progressive or
educational organisations.
Farmer Union Hears
Agricultural Talk
Liberty The Liberty local Farm
ers' Union met at Liberty hall with
very good attendance. Robert Rle
der, acting county agent, spoke on
the care of walnut and cherry trees,
after which there was a round table
discussion led by Rieder on the
problems of Insect control on small
fruits and shrubbery.
Ernest Werner, county president.
and Walter Baker of Bethel spoke
briefly on Farmers' Union activities.
John Crabtree gave a fine report of
the Marlon county convention held
at Gervals AprU 8. Several musical
numbers by Cloyd Lawrence and his
eleven piece orchestra was enjoyed
by the audience.
Mrs. Roy Farrand, Mr. and Mrs.
Lou Shuttlewaite and John Crab-
tree served refreshments.
Mrs. Sloper Named
Society President
Independence The country
home of Mrs. Coral Collins was the
setting for the gathering of the
Needlecraft society of the Calvary
Presbyterian church Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Blanche Kir
kcndall as co-hostess. Newly elect
ed officers for the ensuing year
were installed as follows: Mrs. C,
O. Sloper, president; Mrs. George
C. Knott, vice-president, and Mrs.
T. D. Pomeroy, secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. W. B. Mahon gave the in
vocation which was followed by a
short business session.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. C. Moore assisted
by Mrs. Hariett Imbler.
Present were Mrs. Knott. Mrs,
N. Versteeg, Mrs. Stella Calbreath,
Mrs. Joe Oberson, Mrs. A. L. Hard
ing, Mrs. J. Hlltlbrand, Mrs. H. N.
Mattison, Mrs. T. D. Pomeroy, Mrs.
Glen Smith, Mrs. E. Fluke, Mrs. H.
Imbler, Mrs. Walter Smith, Mrs. J.
Robbie, Mrs. Etta Welch, Miss Myra
Montgomery, Mrs. O. A. Fratzke,
Mrs. Sloper, Mrs. Al L. Thomas,
Mrs. C. Moore, Mrs. J. F. Cooper,
Mrs. Clarence Moyer, Mrs. Mahon,
Mrs. O. Byers, Mrs. E. Lenhard and
the hostesses.
Monmouth Host
To Educators
Monmouth The annual educa
tional conference at the Oregon
College of Education will be held
Saturday, April 26. The conference
begins at 9 o'clock. The general
theme is "Education for Complete
Living".
Among the conference speakers
are Dr. Alonzo F. Myers, School of
Education, New York university
Dr. Edward O. Slsson, formerly of
Reed college, Portland; Mrs. Alon
to F. Myers, New York; Superln
tendent Rex Putnam of the State
Department of Education, Salem,
Oregon; Miss Dorothea Jackson of
the State Department of Education,
Olympla, Wash.; Miss Maud Gar
nett, music department, University
of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.; Dr. Ed
ward Bernhart, Department of Psy
chology, Reed college, Portland,
Ore. Other educators will partici
pate in various sections of the pro
gram.
Discussion meetings have been
arranged for the following groups
Primary, Intermediate, art. music
and administration.
A feature of this year's conference
Is a general forum at which six
educational leaders will speak brief
ly on the general theme of the
conference, after which the forum
is open for questions and discussion.
For the convenience of our visi
tors the placement offices of the
University of Oregon and Oregon
State college, as well as the Oregon
College of Education, will have
representatives present.
A number of exhibits have been
arranged. These are available to
all visitors at the conference.
Luncheons at the noon hour have
been arranged for the primary
teachers and the Intermediate
t e a o h e r's organizations. Every
teacher is welcome to attend either
of these luncheons. A banquet for
the members of the Phi Delta Kap
pa organization will be held at Jes
sica Todd hall at 6 o'clock in the
evening. Alumni of the Oregon
College of Education will have
buffet supper at 8:00 p.m. that
evening In the Physical Education
building. The conference closes with
a dance from 8:30 to 12 in the
evening In the Recreation build
ing. All visitors are welcome.
Friday, April 25, in the afternoon
at 4 o'clock supervisors of elemen
tary schools in Oregon will meet
in the administration for an organ
ization and business meeting. Fri
day evening at 6 o'clock, the same
group will banquet together at Jes
sica Todd hall. After the banquet
a discussion group will continue the
meeting. Dr. and Mrs. Alonzo F.
Myers will be present at the ban
quet and discussion meeting.
rrmay nignt, at 8 o'clock, the
Crimson O Players will present a
group of plays. Visitors who ar
rive in Monmouth Friday are In
vited to attend.
Dr. Arne S. Jensen, conference
chairman, has served In this capac
ity ten years.
Rebekah Assembly
Officers Visitors
Independence Cloverleaf Re
bekah lodge No. 56 met in regular
session this week with Mrs. Ver
nishia Newby of Amity, president
of the Rebekah assembly of Ore
gon, as an honored guest on her
oniciai visit to the lode. Mm.
Madeline Rosner, warden of th
Rebekah assembly of Oregon from
Dayton and Mrs. Droves, publicity
chairman for the state from Sa
lem, were also distinguished guests
present,
Mrs. Angle Bradway, noble grand,
presided during the evening when
the work of the order was exem
plified for Mrs. Newby. Three can
didates, Mrs. Francis Holt, Mrs.
Frank Cooper and E. C. Tandy, re
ceived the Initiatory degree of the
lodge and were welcomed as new
members. Mrs. Robert White, In
behalf of the lodge, presented Mrs.
Newby with a gift.
The dining room was in charge
of a committee composed of Mrs.
Stella Calbreath, Mrs. W. 9, Kern
and Lon Travis.
THtSPMTOF
by JOHN CLINTON
From now oa
you can call
me S hook
Proof John.
I've seen
everything!
Because the
other morning
when I was driving past the
Union Oil station on the comer
I almost fell out of my Hispano
Plymouth at what I saw.
There, drawn grandly u to tfw
pumpt wu a hen and waganl
"Thli, I gotta !" says I, ami
turned back. And when I re
turned I got Hi 2nd shock, for
what da yea think th hay
burner was dolngt
Well sir. the
driver had put
. four old auto
wheels on his
wagon, and he
was having,
the tires filled
with airl While
he was doing it, one of the boys
had put a bucket of water down
for Dobbin to drink! It was th
most unusual sight I've seen for
yearsi
.
And while th situation was, to
say th loatt amusing, th boys
at th station wore doing their
tuff with perfectly straight
facet. I'm not sure uit what th
entire significance of this llttl
drama was, but It certainly
proves that th Union OH boys
or gentlemen from way backl
So, in addition
to inviting you
to drive your
car Into a .
Union Oil sta
tion for serv
ice, I'm now
in a nosition
(o invite all horse-and-wagon
operators to do likewise. It's
really too bad that Union can't
think up some way for horses to
use 76, or Triton Motor Oil, be
cause somehow I think Ufa
would be more picturesque (if -less
convenient) if we had more
horses galloping by. Don't youP
UNION OIL COMPANY
oooo Facts That Concern You
No. 37 of a Serlet
WlM.v SOUR NOTE...
but it's a great orchestra nevertheless
Even a great orchestra wfll make a
musical mistake once in a while. And
once in a while ... out of the thousands
of decent, law-abiding beer retailers In
Oregon... youU come across on or
two who operate disreputable estab
lishments. These "black sheep" retailers con
stitute a tiny minority. Yet they tend
to drag down th good name of beer.
By arousing pu,bic indignation, such
undesirable retailers endanger four
right to enjoy good beer. They also en
danger the benefits to the public that
beer has made possible.
For example, In Oregon beer has cre
ated 13,238 new Jobs with an annual
payroll of $11,541,550 and paid
$617,020.86 in taxes last year.
The brewing Industry wants "black
sheep" retailers eliminated entirely. You
can help us by patronizing only the
reputable, legal places where beer is
sold. And by reporting irregularities to
the duly constituted law enforcement
authorities.
BEER. ..a beverage of moderation
c.e ir
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