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Newspaper Page Text3 4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 21, 1945 Capital jUfournal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED 1881 An Independent Newspaper Published Kvery Afternoon Except Sunday i 4 (jnemegeta at. rnones .Business umce don; news HOom 332; eot ety Editor 3573 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AM) THE UNITED PRESS The Associated Prexs Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of 11 news dispatcher credited to It or otherwise credited In this paper, and also local news published herein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: IT CARRIER: Weekly. S.18: Monthly. 1.7 .V One Tear. 19.00. BY MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly. $.60: 6 Months, 3.00: One Year. W.OO. United State Outside Ore Jon: Monthly, $.60; a months, 13.60; Year. $7.20 Ballot Recommendations Of the lour state and city measures on Friday's special election ballot the Capital Journal makes the studied recom mendation that two be approved and two rejected, that 50-50 division of affirmative and negative votes be equally divided between state and city proposals. Because it offers the last opportunity of securing a 43 acre addition to the Bush Pasture site for a municipal park and recreational center in the heart of the city at a reason able price, the proposal that the city of Salem purchase that tract assumes the most pressing importance for voters of the capital city. It provides that the city of Salem shall bond itselt lor $izt,uuu to purcnase we iana adjoining an unue veloped 57 acres and that the remainder of the purchase f price ($25,000) shall be contributed by friends of Willamette i University in exchange for a 10-acre tract for an athletic i field for the university. The consolidated tracts will provide t a 100-acre site for park, recreation and athletic game fa i cilities such as few cities can boast of. ' Those favoring this far-sighted project will mark their ! city ballots 500 X Yes. i The second measure deserving and demanding approval ' appears on the state ballot. It provides funds for a long I delayed and much needed $10 million building program for ' state institutions out of accrued income tax surpluses. Four ! million dollars of that amount will go to the University of ' Oregon, Oregon State College, the U. of O. Medical School i in Portland and the three teacher colleges at Monmouth, Ashland and La Grande for remodeling of old and the con- etruction of new buildings. ! It is in the remaining $6 million that Salemites have the ' greatest personal interest. That sum will be earmarked for long delayed improvements and additions to the state hos- pital, the penitentiary, tuberculosis hospital, Fairview Home, i Hillcrest School for Girls, the Woodburn training school for ! boys and similar institutions at The Dalles and Pendleton. J This money is to be expended under the direction of the state board of control and, besides filling needs of long stand J ing at the institutions, will provide jobs for unemployed in ' the postwar period. 1 To vote for this proposal mark your ballot 300 X Yes. f The state and local measures recommended for defeat are one levying a tax on cigarettes and another granting a special ; franchise to the Salem klectnc co-operative. The objectionable feature about the cigarette tax pro- ! posal, which would impose a levy of two cents per package of j SmOKeS, IS irmi 1L singles uut une cuiiiiuuuilv iui ittAfluuii and therefore constitutes class legislation. It is also objec ; tionable on the grounds that the $2 million in annual revenue would be distributed among me common scnooi districts on Ihe basis of teacher population rather than pupil enrollment. ' We suggest a ballot marking of 303 X No on this measure. ' J Most vicious of the measures is one on the city ballot which would grant an electric power franchise covering 30 blocks i in the heart of downtown Salem to the Salem Electric co- operative also a camouflaged private concern. The dis i advantages which would accrue to the people of Salem out J of such a franchise outweigh any advantages which it might i hold for a few individuals. It has been misrepresented in J the claim that it would bring Bonneville power to Salem, ' -which already enjoys that service through the existing pri ! vate utility. It would also impose unfair competition upon J the private utility serving the entire city by skimming the cream of the power business and preventing the private I company from further reducing rates, already low, of home ' users of electricity. It would set up a duplicate system of ', power distribution to be purchased by the city in the event " it should venture into the field of municipal ownership and t operation. Further, neither the city nor the state would J exercise any supervision or control over co-op rates or prac- tices. Voters having the best interests of the city at heart will mark their city ballot 503 X No. .v0 CI'" X ' I ,. - -pip"- ,, n a ir "h LtEVLE ROOAA- DUO P--S-T VE &E.E MOT I lyTift FRANCO German Tourists 1939 and 1945 ps lor Supper By Don Upjohn ' Slaughter Plants Closing With an abundance of livestock ready for market six Ore- gon slaughter houses were closed today and hundreds more i have been closed throughout the country while meatless days are in effect in most large eastern cities. The Oregon closures included three in Portland together with plants in Salem, Hillsboro and St. Paul. Meat buyers for hospitals and restaurants, retail and wholesale dealers will be affected long with consumers. The Oregon Meat council blames the OPA, non profit cus tom killing price regulation as the cause, and states that while some changes have been made in regulations they are utill "impossible to follow." Oregon cattle producers arc affected by the failure of wholesalers to bid prices up and drops from 50 cents to $1.50 a hundred pounds are reported at the Portland (dockyards. All of which will boom the black market. The closed Salem plant, the Midget Market, states that under the OPA regulations, only 75 percent of beef and 50 percent of pork slaughtered during the corresponding pe riod last year can be slaughtered this year, although sup plies are abundant, which has created an unprecedented demand that cannot be supplied under the present limited quota. Slaughtering restrictions therfore force the closure after 30 years service because our quota has already been slaughtered." Of the OPA handling of the meat situation, Senator Cor don says, "I couldn't conceive of an utter and more miserable failure. The OPA couldn't have done a worse job if it had deliberately attempted sabotage. That. there should be any scarcity, even with a heavy set-aside is without reason." But every bureaucracy must rule the roost and enforce its edicts regardless of the result. Summer got under way today, this being the longest day in the year, and just in case any body wants to be getting ready for it, winter doesn't start un til December 22, this last being just a little public service for our customers thrown in extra, as (hey say on the radio. Spring didn't go out like a lion or lamb but more like a fiery fur nace, summer in turn coming in mild and springlike. Dropped by the city hall ex pansy bed and stopped to con verse a minute with Ellis Hughes, the well known fire laddie. "That are sure good looking tomatoes," remarked Ellis. "Tomatoes, nothing," we said. "Those are marigolds," thinking he was talking about the plants they've put in the former pansy bed. "I didn't mean those," said Ellis, "I was talking about the two who just got on the bus." Higher Kducation Portland, Ore. (U.R The old confidence game of coin-matching cost a mathematician some embarrassment and $120 early today. A man who identified himself as a professor of mathe matics at Oregon State college reported to police that he met a stranger in the central bus depot and went to breakfast with him. On the way, the stranger suggested they match for the breakfasts. When a third man entered the game, the matching continued on a cash basis. The two experts had the victim's $120 before he caught on. What's a college professor do ing running around with $120 in his pocket, anyway? We were always slightly doubtful about the exact pro priety of polecats as pets, any way. Some seem to like 'em and say they can bring them up as ladylike as you pleace with proper treatment. But the ordinary housecat with purr is plenty of house pet with out the extra trimmings. now I am more than satisfied with my electric service here. The lower rates make my power bills lower. I am amazed that the privately-owned power com pany can charge lower rates than the Seattle municipal plant and still contribute substantial taxes and also serve isolated rural areas. Wallace Johnson, E. Center street Casting a couple of ballots in town tomorrow shouldn't take over four minutes, this giving a minute to an X, a little enough time to take out to decide the important issues involved. J.' orum Contribution! to thla column muat be confined to SO0 word and signed by writer. We have sad news from the Magee family of the Waldo Hills. It seems all the five lit tle polecats they saved from what looked like an early fate when they were rescued after their mother was snared in a trap, have up and died. Wheth er it was the food, grieving for their mother, or what, life proved too much for them. And so the hills can rest secure this summer in the aroma of new mown hay and other familiar scents of vegetation without the odoriferous interludes of wild life. j Cities, Counties I To Air Views , City and county officials will J be Invited to air their views on i Oregon's tax problems at the next meeting of the newly cre i ated tax study committee, it was decided at the initial meet i lng of the group here Wednes ! day, J No action was taken by the eommittee relative to the em J ployment of out-of-state experts t as recommended by Governor Snell but Earl Fisher, member i of the state tax commission, was 't Instructed to contact a number of nationally recognized tax ex perts to ascertain if their serv ices are available and at what cost. A sub-committee was ap pointed to investigate the qual ifications of applicants for the post of executive secretary to the committee and report back to the next meeting. This com mittee consists of Chas. V. Gal loway, state tax commissioner. Eugene E. Marsh and Harvey N. Black. It was decided by the commit tee to meet in Salem on the third Monday of each month tor the time being. Some sentiment was expressed In favor of district meetings over the state but no action was taken on the suggestion. $100 a Month forv Life The Golden Years Plan gives you; 1. Definite monthly income for life when you wish 10 retire; 2. Protection for family now; 3. Pars double for accidental death before retirement age. 4. Builds up large cash reserve 3. Pay steady income if you are permanently disabled. Oregon Mutual Life in sun a wrs ro.MP.ixv! CHAS. 9. McELHINNY It Breyman Blrif. LYDIA F. WOOTTEN 410 North Liberty Street To the Editor In my opinion the best argument against grant ing a franchise to Salem Elec tric company is contained in the schedule of comparative rates of other cities which is being ad vertised by Salem Electric. Note that the Seattle munici pal system charges considerably more for power than the Port land General Electric company charges in Salem, in spite of the fact that Seattle City Light has dual advantages of not paying taxes and of serving a concen trated city market. The reason for their higher rates is this: Seattle City Light has to compete with Puget Sound Power and Light com pany and this duplication of service keeps rates higher. H has that same duplication of service that we must avoid in Salem, so the franchise for Sa lem Electric should be defeated in next Friday's election. I used to live in Seattle and To the Editor: We are to vote Friday of this week on sev eral issues and I have been reading in local daily newspa pers the ads and editorials, es pecially those relating to the power franchise. One that concerns me most is the question of having two electric power companies in Sa lem. I formerly Jived in Port land and for some years back, the people there voted to allow a franchise to a second tele phone company and it turned out to be a sorry mess indeed, with result that in order to give decent service the two com panies were forced to consoli date. It appears to me that this proposition is just a scheme by the Reed company to have an opportunity to gouge the PGE company at the expense of the people who are using electricity to cook their meals, wash their clothes and light their homes. . I have a family and a little home, and my power bill has decreased to quite an extent. In fact, I am able to cook cheap er with electricity than with any other fuel. I realize that a second company is not interest ed in me or my problems, but only seeks to obtain the cream of the business, then sell out to the larger company and let the people stand the loss. HENRY HARRISON. North Salem, Ward 5. Osmond, Neb. Nebraskans who believe the seasons are re versing themselves may use the Christmas cactus owned by Mrs. Martha Henzler of Osmond as evidence.- The plant, which normally blooms during the winter holiday season, burst into full bloom in mid-June. rie-War Today An Interpretative analysis of war developments by a fam ous Associated Prew war correspondent By J. M. Roberts, Jr. Foreign Affairs Analyst) The Tokyo radios broadcast ing as though if had some thing new, deviated today from its recent fretting over im minent invasion to record that the United States has started long and complicated prepara tions against Japan. That's not exactly what you would call a military secret. Aside from unconditional sur render, the Japanese have no other future, and there are few signs that is being considered. Tokyo broadcasts on the sub ject are almost identical with those which emanated from Berlin a few months ago. One official broadcast that, for the Japanese people, "There is no choice but to take death." The big question is when we will be able to deliver that death. It can be answered spe cifically only by events. Clean-up operations are pro ceeding throughout the Pacific while the invasion preparations go forward. Important troop contingents, released by the victory in Eu rope, will begin to arrive soon. Another Area Possible From past performances we can expect the staging period to last for several months. Then, because of the distance from Luzon, the only staging area we now have which is capable of suporting millions of men, it may be necessary to choose another staging area, so to speak, In Japan proper. This would involve capture of some outer area which could be fill ed with the necessary strength for the climactic attack against the heart of Honshu. This would be comparable with the estab lishment of the Normandy beachhead and the subsequent breakout toward Germany, ex cept that in the Japanese is lands it might take on more of the aspects of two separate in vasions and therefore require more time. It could work like the Salerno-Anzio hop in Italy, or could involve taking one of the smaller islands before Hon shu is attempted. This is indicated by the fact that Okinawa is hardly large enough to base forces of the size which will be involved. The initial invasion of Japan, for various reasons, is likely to re quire considerably more men than did Normandy. Okinawa seems destined to become one big aircraft carrier, too crowd ed for a large army, although it may prove a big help as a jump-off point for certain short range forces. Novelties hi the News (Br tht Associated Press) Homesick Salt Lake City "I haven't been out IS minutes when I realized I'd made a mistake." Adelbart Budshun, . 22, told Warden John E. Harris of the Utah prison, when he phoned from Ogden, Utah, after his es cape Monday. Budshun volunteered to re turn to prison by himself to save guards a trip. At 4 a. m. he appeared at the prison gates. Indignant San Francisco "Two dol lars" a pretty blonde said when some coolie hats were placed on the block by the posloffice auc,. tioneer who was disposing cm a large accumulation of un deliverable goods. "Three dollars," said a man behind her. The blonde bid again. "Five dollars," said the man, and the auctioneer said "Sold." "You " rasped the blonde as she arose, brought her tight ly rolled auction catalogue down on the man's head and stalked out. Exception Dallas, Tex. "What are you commonly called," an auto graph hunter asked Lt. Audie Murphy, Farmersville, Tex. "A fugitive from the law of averages," the lieutenant wrote. Murphy, wounded three times in France, holds the Congres sional Medal of Honor and al most every other award obtain able by foot soldiers. Better Hearing With Postwar Maico Aid The Shaw Surgical Co. of Port land invites all hard of hearing persons to try the new Maico postwar hearing aid this week in Salem. Have your hearing tested and see the instrument that is giv ing clearer, easier hearing to thousands. Saturday, June 23, 3 to 9 p.m. Marion Hotel. Ask for Mr. Pe terson. -Adv. Cleverly Worded Vote Getting Salem Electric Franchise Ballot Title 1 Oregon Must V FORGE AHEAD Immediate steps needed for Oregon's progressive development are improvements in the higher educational facilities which will enable Oregon to keep her promise to returning service men. State hospitals and houses of correction are in immediate need of remodeling and expansion. The money is on hand and requires only the vote of the citizens to make it available. Voting for this $10,000,000 State Building fund wilt not increase property or income tax rates. Help Oregon keen her pUee In (he' growth of the Pacific ioast ny going to the polls neceesary measure. oa Jwt 22 aad vociag for this VOTE 300 X YES Paid aoV, Vnilfd Ci towel CoM.ttM, )., lUlfk D. Umtm, MaMffar, 2M S. W. Atmh. PartUnJ BCDOCyDOGD Note these "niggers in the woodpile J, It states power to be distributed "ON A NON-PROFIT BASIS" Salem Electric's own advertisements say: "OUR PROFITS", etc They admit there ARE profits! 2, It states "within an area of 30 city blocks." Why are the blocks not specified? Why the Secrecy? 3, It states Salem Electric now has poles in 22 city blocks. We can only find them in 15 blocks. Why does it say 22? 4, It states franchise to be "subject to federal, state and city laws and regulations pertaining thereto." The catch is, what, if any, such laws ARE there "pertaining thereto"? Certainly not any "pertaining" to the most im portant matter of RATES, under which they can be regulated by the state or city. Ask the Public Utility Commissioner of Oregon or any other authority if you doubt the above statement Why that catch phrass in the Ballot Title? Apparently : . . to get votes. DON'T BE CAUGHT NAPPING! P.G.E. Co. Also Distributes Bonneville Power in Salem It VOTE 503 Ui 0 X against the proposed franchise FRIDAY, JUNE 22nd SALEM CITIZENS COMMITTEE CARL E. NELSON Chairman 171 North Front St. J. N. (SAM) CHAMBERS Vice Chairman Salem, Oregon O. K. DeWITT Secretary 1287 Chemekcta St.