alem Can Be Better City,
MacNaughton Says in Speech
By Marian Lowry Fischer
Referring to Salem as "one of the best cities in all the U.S.A."
a place enriched by agriculture, manufacturing, dairying, a state
payroll, educational facilities, etc. E. B. MacNaughton, presi
dent of the First National bank
of Portland, in addressing the
public affairs dinner of the Sa
lem Business and Professional
Women's club Thursday eve-,
ning, pointed out, however, that
there are some things to con
sider in making the city even a
better place. His talk was in
keeping with the club's theme
of "Let's Work Together for
Bettor Communities."
"problem. "We fought the park
ing meters in Portland. Now we
wouldn't do withoutthem,"Mac
Naughton said. He commented
"If you don't solve this prob
lem you are running the risk of
'encouraging decentralization in
the business area."
Need of Bridge Seen
For another suggestion he said
"careful thinking" must bo giv
en to the need for another
bridge across the river here.
As other suggestions he men
tioned an active unit of the His
torical society because Salem
and surrounding country are
rich in historical background;
and he pointed out the city
slyjuld avoid "messed up build
ordinances" and "bad liv
ing conditions."
Swinging into a listing of
some of the problems common
to the state, the visiting bank
executive declared the schools
are one of the most pressing
problems of the state. "We have
better communities because we
have better people living in
them, and that means also that
we have better sqhools," he
commented, pointing out "we
have been starving our schools."
Saying he expected to vote
for the basic school support
measure on the November bal
lot, MacNaughton urged the
group assembled to give it seri
ous thought, even though its
fundamental principle may
cause question.
The proposed Townsend bill,
he said "will not work." If the
measure passes the cost of liv
ing is going up beyond imagina
tion, he said, adding "We'll all bo
on relief, and that is no joke. To
vote no is not enough, however,
we must study the situation that
has caused this measure to come
before the voters." He called on
the group to consider generally
the "hodgepodge" taxes of the
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state and urged them to give
careful thought as to what can
be done to build a better tax
structure. He asked the group
to study a forthcoming report
from the state interim commit
tee studying the tax situation
He said he probably was "stick
ing out his neck" when he said
a sales tax might be one an
swer, and cited what might
have happened had Oregon had
a sales tax on which to build up
a reserve during the boom of
war days as California and
Washington did.
Publio Hurt by Strife
Broadening his topic to other
state matters, the speaker brief
ly discussed some of the chan
ges in basic industries forestry
and food products, especially
then touched upon some nation
al problems common to all
communities. Referring to the
problems of strife between capi
tal and labor, the banker said
the time has come when there
must be an intelligent public
interest, when an intelligent
public voice must speak out
the public has suffered too long
with leaders in capital and la-
Dor saying to the public: "You
$35 Million for
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Budget Director James E. Webb
announced today the ceiling on
just keep still while we slug
this out." A sensible attitude
has to be taken by both capital
and labor and an informed pub
lic must have, its say, too, he
said.
In his concluding remarks,
MacNaughton urged courage
and said that better times are
coming. "It may take time, but
if wo have courage, are willing
to work on our problems, and
are willing to learn to work
with the world, we will have
better limes," he said.
Mrs. Carmalite Weddlc, club
president, presided at the din
ner and introduced a large
number of guests from other
service clubs of the city and
from Silverton and Albany.
Mayor I. M. Doughton gave
the response from the visiting
delegations.
army flood control expenditures
for 1947 has been raised by
$35,000,000, making $130,000,
000 available for that purpose.
Webb said determination that
the expenditure maximum
would have to be lifted was
made by Reconversion Director
John R. Steelman and himself
on the basis of a joint survey.
Ho indicated that a further
raise in flood control expendi
tures will be forthcoming.
This further boost was au
thorized by the president for
"new projects of urgent neces
sity which might bo started
after approval on a project-by-
project basis"
Webb said.
by Steelman, Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, Oct. 18, 19463
Secretary of War Patterson is
being instructed to have the
army chief of engineers "sub
mit a list of those selected proj
ects which he considers espe
cially urgent and non-deferrable
Webb said.
Webb also said he and Steel
man soon will decide on pro
posed upward revision of the
present $85,000,000 reclamation
program.
Rivers and harbors, now held
under a $1)0.000,000 expenditure
ceiling, wore not mentioned in
Webb's statement, and officials
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