'4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Mar 21, 1946
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Smoothing the Way
Because of clerical carelessness, and parliamentary bung
ling on the part of the council when amending and revising
the special committee's charter revision measure, it will be
necessary, or at least advisable to have the courts construe
and interpret some of the ambiguous and conflicting provis
ions of the instrument for changing Salem's form of city
government. As approved by the voters last Friday, the
charter amendment is in some respects clear as mud.
: While it is not believed that singly or collectively the
errors are sufficiently serious to invalidate the amendment,
they are sufficiently numerous and in seeming conflict to
make it desirable to take the matter into the courts so that
the amendments may be construed officially and the pro
cedure for setting up the new form of government be legally
established.
The most flagrant errors so far discovered have to do with
filling the elective offices in the new setup the mayor,
members of the council, treasurer and municipal judge. In
one section the amendment calls for the election of seven
councilmen, one from each ward, all to be nominated by
petition and elected next November to take office immed
iately alter their election. It provides that the mayor shall
also be elected, but does not specify when or by what pro
cedure.
In order to remove any doubt concerning his right to the
office it will probably be advisable for R. L. Elfstrom,
elected mayor last Friday under the old charter, to go
through the procedure of being elected again in November.
Most serious of the errors uncovered is that concerning
the office of municipal judge. Under the present system the
city recorder, an elected official, also acts as judge. Under
the new charter these two offices are separated, that of
recorder being made appointive by the city administrator,
the judge elected by the people. There is, however, no ma
chinery provided for his election. While it is probable that
the courts would hold that all the elected officers are to be
chosen in the same manner and at the same time as mem
bers of the council, it is imperative that the procedure be
legally determined in advance.
In the original draft of the charter amendment as pre
pared by the special committee it was provided that there
should be six councilmen and a mayor elected at large. In
revising this setup the council stipulated that there should
be an alderman elected from each of the seven wards who,
with the mayor, should constitute the legislative branch of
the city government. In one section this correction was
made, but another section of the printed amendment ne
glected to note the change and still calls for the election of
only six aldermen.
All of these errors and deficiencies must be corrected
and supplied before the new system can start to function. To
guard against further bungling we suggest that the mayor
appoint a committee of at least five members, including two
competent attorneys, to determine what must be done and
how it is to be done to legally establish the new form of
government next January 1.
No End to Labor Turmoil
Perhaps by June 15 the railroad and coal strikes, will
have been settled, just in time for the nation to face the
strike voted by the left wing maritime workers to paralyze
the shipping industry of the country. Under the leadership
of Harry Bridges, president of the West Coast International
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union and Joseph Cur
ran, president of the National Maritime union of the east
coast, both CIO, a "unity convention" was held May 13 at
San Francisco, with representatives of five other unions.
A merger was engineered for the establishment of a single
union embracing 214,000 waterfront and maritime workers
and the strike program adopted.
All of these unions have either communists or fellow
travelers in their leadersip and communists supporters of
the strike proclaim it as much political as economic in pur
pose. Many of them were attempting to sabotage American
defense efforts and picketing the president until Germany
attacked Russia. The strike call must be ratified by the
seven unions involved but their verdict is not in doubt.
The Sunday Worker, official organ of the communist
party, printed in New York, had this to say concerning the
strike program on May 19:
"The convention emphasized the character of the coming
struggle as one not merely for economic demands but as directed
against imperialism itself. For shipowners arc imperialists, linked
not only with monopoly capital in the United States but also with
foreign shipping companies and foreign monopoly capital . . .
The imperialists, hell bent to get World War III started, know
that the unions stand in the way."
And this despite the fact that the only imperialistic
power sabotaging the United Nations and stymying world
peace is Soviet Russia which under the smoke screen of
"security" is grabbing the Balkans and Baltics, after the
Dardanelles and North Africa as well as vast areas in the
near and far East. Trobably this is not the only strike Mos
cow has had a hand in.
On the day the maritime strike call was issued, which
stipulated that all ships would be struck with the exception
of troopships and relief ships provided agreement is reached
either with the government or private owners for operation
"under fair and equitable conditions," a presidential fact
finding board awarded Bridges' union a 22 cents an hour
basic wage increase. The union had demanded 35 cents in
crease. Even if accepted the longshoremen have bound them
selves to strike unless the other partner unions get wage
increases.
Yet the labor strike policy of demoralization and sabotage
seems to have administration approval for last Friday Sec
retary of Labor Schwellenbach speaking at Atlantic City
at the CIO Stcelworkcrs convention urged the CIO group
to expand its political activities as "a duty and responsibil
ity" despite the economic anarchy threatening the nation.
There will be no end to strikes as long as the political alliance
of the administration with special privilege groups continues.
Linn County Fire
Now Under Control
Fircflghting crews were mop
ping up today the fire in the
Thomas creek section of Linn
county, which broke out Satur
day and burned 800 acres of cut
over land, State Forester N. S
Kogers said today.
The fire destroyed about 1,
000,000 feet of felled and bucked
timber. It was fought by 200
loggers from the Roaring River
and Snow Peak logging compan
ies. The fire, largest in the state
this year, is seven miles west of
Scio.
Rogers said the fire is the
only one in the state, and that
the break in the weather greatly
lessened fire danger.
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By Don Upjohn
Fears are now being express
ed that the shortage of flour will
cut down the shortcake in
strawberry shortcake during the
season now just about to come
through the front door and that
a shortage of money to pay the
price for strawberries will cut
down on the strawberries, or
those that are left by the robins.
Then there is also the matter of
sugar.
Today is the birthday of
County Commissioner Roy J.
Rice but we don't know which
one. If he has as many years
as he has hairs on his head he's
still got quite a ways to live to
a ripe old age. By coincidence
today is also Mrs. Rice's birth
day which makes it easy to swap
gifts.
The Last Stand
(Press Dispatch)
"Hammond, Ind. VFI A resl-
Novelties
In the News
Scared Pair
Auburn, N. Y., May 21 (VP)
An Auburn-Watertown border
baseball league game wasn't de
layed long when a frightened
dog ran across the diamond.
Twelve hundred fans sat goggle-eyed
as they watched the
pooch being chased by a rabbit,
also frightened.
Double Exposure
Tacoma, May 21 Ml This Is
Bob Firch's fish story:
He saw two catfish threshing
about in shallow water. He dip
ped his hook beneath one; snag
ged it by the jaw, and when he
jerked the line:
The other fish came out, too;
caught in the mouth of the first.
Thieves Miss Sugar
Springfield. III.. May 21 )
Burglars broke into the OPA of
fice and drilled the combination
locks off two steel doors to the
vault in an apparent attempt
to obtain sugar stamps. But
officials said the rationing
stamps for sugar are kept in a
bank.
The thieves, however nasspH
up 100 pounds of sugar in a
potato sack which is being
held for evidence in a nendinu
court case.
dent of nearby East Chicago
sent the following classified ad
to a Hammond newspaper: "At
tention, democrats: If I don't get
an apartment soon, I'll vote re
publican, so help me."
But we have one to chalk off
against foregoing press dis
patch. Bob Wyatt, the bus
magnate, is a hidebound demo
crat. But when he walked into
the polls the other day in some
manner he was slipped a re
publican ballot by mistake. So
he started to put his "X's" down
along the line until he came to
the name of Bill Chadwick. He
knew Bill is a republican and
he began to look the ballot
over and discovered the error.
"O well, what the heck?" he
said to himself and proceeded
to finish it out without appar
ently making any difference in
the final tally.
Our friend the working girl
who complained about the
housewives getting all the ny
lons is at our elbow npnin anrf
this time she directs one at the
merchants in general. She
opines if the stores are to be
closed at 5:30 in the afternoon
a double shift of clerks should
De put on during the noon hour
so she'll have a chance to get
her shopping done which she
now does after 5 o'clock. She
can probably cat her noon lunch
out of a sack while she's shopping.
Ed Rogers, the new county
commissioner, used to ride
range down Oklahoma way in
the same general terrain as that
used by the Dalton boys. Bill
Tilliehman and a nnmhnr or
other outlaws for considerable
ot their operations and has a
recollection of some of their
pals and offshoots. As a result
in talking with Ed every time
he makes a sudden dive in his
pocket for a cigarette we kinda
duck not knowing what he may
be coming up with.
Mffixm I
The Russo-Iranian kettle of
trouble suddenly has got hot
again, giving cause for grave
worry that it may boil over.
With the United Nations se
curity council due to take up
again Wednesday the question
of whether Moscow has fulfilled
its pledge to withdraw Soviet
troops from the Iranian province
of Azerbaijan by May 6. the
Iranian ambassador to the Unit
ed States, Hussein Ala, has ren
dered the council this highly
disturbing report:
"Such information as Is avail
able to me ... is to the effect
that as a consequence of the in
ter ferences previously com
plained of. the Iranian govern
ment is still being prevented
from exercising any effective
authority in the province of
Azerbaijan and that Soviet in
terference in the internal affairs
of Iran has not ceased."
That's bad enough, but It's
not all. The mystery of the mo
ment and it's a highly import
ant mystery is whether civil
war Is raging in the Iranian
"separatist" province of Azer
baijan, which lines up against
the southern frontiers of the
Soviet Union republics of Azer
baijan and Armenia.
You wouldn't think a war
could be concealed these days
and maybe it can't. The fact re
mains, however, that the self
designated autonomous govern
ment of Azerbaijan at Tabriz
has reported that Iranian cen
tral government troops have at
tacked the Azerbaijan town of
Sainkalen. The central govern
ment at Tehran at first denied
reports of fighting ,and then ad
mitted there had been clashes
but that they were unimportant.
The question of just what is
happening is a matter of mo
ment to the world at large, for
a civil war in Azerbaijan could
be the spark to set off a mighty
explosion. This province is the
territory in which the Russians
had the troops about which the
Iranian central government pro
tested to the security council.
Ambassador Hussein Ala has
had this to say to the council
regarding the situation:
"If the reports of armed con
flict in this strategically critical
area are true, obviously the dan
ger to the international peace is
both serious and imminent."
Ala said the Tehran govern
ment hadn't been able to inves
tigate reports that Soviet sol
diers have been left in the pro
vince of Azerbaijan in civilian
clothes and that military equip
ment has been placed at the dis
posal of the provincial govern
ment. This separatist govern
ment was formed last Novem
ber while Russian troops were in
the province, and Premier Jafar
Pishevari said Monday:
"We want to do away with
federal rule and the poverty
yoked on us. We seized the op
portunity to strike for freedom
while the Red army was here.
Now we have it and we will not
give it up."
That's the unhappy situation
the security council faces. To
add fuel to the fire, the Soviet
delegate to the council, Andrei
A. Gromyko, has indicated that
he intends to boycott the discus
sion again Wednesday.
Bike License
Penalty Killed.
The city council Monday
night enacted an ordinance
amending the bicycle license by
repealing the penalty provision
whereby the regular fee of 50
cents was doubled after January
10 of each year.
From the Albany Timber car
nival came a petition for per
mission to drop advertising
leaflets on Salem by airplane
the afternoon of June 29. It
was referred for a later recom
mendation. Letters came from the Salem
Culinary Alliance and the me
chanics' union asking that sal
aries of fire and policemen be
increased and were referred to
the salary sub-committee of the
city budget committee.
City Recorder Alfred Mundt
was directed to write the state
highway commission to route
heavy bus traffic via South 12th
street instead of South Com
mercial, and a study of routes
for logging trucks was ordered.
City Engineer J. H. Davis was
authorized to have yellow lines
painted on each side of the Ore
gon Electric tracks on Front
street to prevent automobiles
parking dangerously near the
tracks.
On recommendation of the
utilities committee, the Port
land General Electric company
was advised to bring private
suit against Salem Electric co
operative to contest its right to
make extensions without au
thoriy from the city. The basis
of the recommendation was that
the city has no authority to
grant an exclusive franchise.
The repor of Walter E.
Nickels recommending improve
ments in fire control by instal
lation of a fire alarm system,
added personnel to the fire de
partment, firemen training pro
gram and more hydrants was
received and filed. Much of the
report has been embodied in the
fire committee's estimates in
the city budget.
On motion of Alderman Tom
Armstrong a study will be made
of traffic conditions on 17th,
18th and Ferry streets where,
he said, congestion has created
hazards.
A resolution was adopted to
replace head-in parking with
parallel parking on both sides
SALEM RESTAURANT
MEN TO ORGANIZE
So that a more effective front
may be made in dealings with
the OPA, Salem restaurant op
erators will meet Tuesday night
at the Chamber of Commerce for
an organization meeting.
The organization is sponsored
by the state association of res
taurant owners. The meeting is
called for 8 o'clock.
of Center street between Front
and Church, and another resolu
tion will prohibit parking en
tirely on the east side of Front
from a point 100 feet north of
South street to the Oregon Elec
ric tracks, which is in the area
of the Producers' Cooperative
cannery.
An ordinance bill was intro
duced for adoption of the
building code of the Pacific
Coast Building Officials' confer
ence. The council authorized City
Recorder Mundt to add to his
office force on account of in
creased work, due among other
things, to the coming annexa
tion elections.
As late as 1880, two-thirds of
U.S. homes were heated with
wood.
Mrs. Booth Is
School Speaker 1
Mrs. Agnes C. Booth, county
school superintendent, will speak
at graduation exercises for the
Butteville school Thursday eve
ning. The program includes se
lections by the upper grade chor
us accompanied by Patricia
Beard; salutatory, Lawrence
Weinert; valedictory, Charles
Burgess and Richard Johnson;
readings, Carol Carr and Charles
Burgess; piano solo, Clarence
Kuns; trumpet solo, Charles
Burgess; class will and song by
eighth grade. Diplomas and aw
ards will be presented by Wil
liam Gooding, board chairman.
Members of the graduating
class are Clarence Kuns, Thom
as Watson, Hugh Sterling, Irene
Munson, Richard Johnson, Law
rence Weinert and Charles Bur
gess. The seventh grade entertained
the eighth grade with a party
at the schoolhouse Saturday eve
ning. A community basket lunch
will be served Friday in connec
tion with picnic day at the school
grounds. Butteville and Aurora
grade schools will meet in a soft-
ball game.
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NEVER A WEEK GOES BY!
But one or two persons come in our office with a letter
from the State Financial Responsibility Department saying
they will lose their drivers license and auto plates, unless
they file Auto Liability Insurance right now. They have
been involved in an auto accident without Auto Liability
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