4 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, April 23, 1947
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Who Moved the Goal?
A year ago when the Capital Journal wag asked (for the
sixth or seventh time) to give its support to a modified plan
of a city manager form of government for Salem it did so
in the belief and on assurances from sponsors of the move
ment that the change would result in simplified and more
efficient administration of the city's business, as well as in
financial economies which might be reflected in a lowering
of taxes for municipal purposes.
Economy was the keynote of those backing the move, and
of the campaigns staged in its behalf and for the slate of
councilmen selected for the job of inaugurating the new set
up. Whatever other ideas the active champions of the city
manager plan had in mind, and whatever else the individual
candidates for mayor and aldermen, the thing that won
its approval by the voters was the belief that it would save
money and straighten out the tangled mess into which the
city's business had degenerated. The people were seeking
an end to high taxes.
The new machine has been in operation less than four
months and, therefore, has not had a fair opportunity to
demonstrate what it can do. In most respects it has been
viewed with tolerance and with a general attitude of satis
faction with its indicated progress. In its handling of the
parking meter tangle and one
have appeared to lalter and J umble a bit, but not suuiciently
to seriously impair public confidence in the system.
Its approach to the important function of budget making
is less assuring, however. The council and the manager
seem to be imbued with the
all budget makers that their job is not to see how much they
can save, but to discover how much they can find to spend.
That, at least, is the interpretation which must be placed
upon the recent action of the mayor and city manager in
asking that the entire city council be appointed as a special
committee to investigate and determine what additional
taxes are to be needed to tide the city over the next fiscal
year and where they are to come from. As a suggested
source of new revenue they mentioned the possibilities ex
isting in the application of an occupational tax. The assump
tion behind the recommendation that more money will be
needed for city purposes during the coming year, based upon
the increased demands which are already making themselves
evident, is highly presumptuous until a more complete sur
vey of probable revenues is available.
It may well be that with the increase in fees, fines and
licenses, coupled with $50 or $60 thousand of new money
from parking meters, the city can get by without disturbing
such potential fountains of new revenue as those to be tapped
by an occupational or business tax. In this connection it will
be recalled that two years ago after the budget had been com
pleted and was ready for final action, there was discovered a
small item of $125,000 of which no mention nor accounting
had been made. It is also pertinent to recall that the salaries
of all city employes were raised to levels of the present emreg
ency only last year and should require only minor adjust
ments in the new budget.
The only recommendation we have heard outside of the
council for the inauguration at this time of a city occupa
tional or business tax is that offered by the "bureau of muni
cipal research and service" of the League of Oregon Cities,
the principal business of which seems to be that of devising
new methods of complicating and elaborating at public ex
pense freak innovations in government to be tried out with
the cities of the state acting as guinea pigs and their citizens
as goats.
School Secret Societies and the Law
Back in 100!) the legislature enacted a ban against secret
societies in public schools and providing penalties for viola
tion. The law has since been part of the school code and can be
found in Oregon Compiled Laws Annotated, Vol. 8, No.
111-3004-5, page 2G5. It roads:
Secret Societies: Prohibition Secret societies of every kind
and character, incliiclinn fraternities and sororities, so called,
which now or hereafter exist ninnnif the pupils of any of the public
schools of this state, including high schools, either local or county,
are hereby declared unlawful.
Suppression: Suspension or Expulsion of Members. It is hereby
made the duty of each school board within the slate, to examine
from time to time, into the condition of all schools under its charge
and to suppress all secret societies therein, and for this purpose
such boards arc hereby authorized to suspend or expel from
school, in their discretion, all pupils who engage in the organiza
tion or maintenance of such societies.
The act is expressly stated inapplicable to colleges and uni
versities. It was passed in response to popular demand be
cause of the abuses geneated in the school fraternities and
sororities, promotion of caste and snobbishness, persecution
terriorism and sometimes fatal hazing and hoodlumism
among irresponsible youths. Instead of complying with the
law, the societies clandestinely defied it by going under
ground. For this sympathetic parents and alumni cannot
escape a measure of responsibility.
During the past 30 years the Capital Journal has fre
quently exposed the excesses of these societies and various
school boards have spasmodically tried to enforce the law
and suppress them. There have been occasional expulsions
and suspensions and even loss of letters and credits by those
involved. The lessons have not been heeded.
The Salem school board has been faced with another
recrudescence of secret societies and acted promptly by ex
pelling 13 and suspending seven violators of the law last
week. Early in the school year the members of the frater
nities and their parents gave assurance to the school board
that the clubs would comply with the law and disband, but
within 30 days initiations were underway againr a lack of
good faith exhibited throughout the years by those who
place like the adult communists do, loyalty to a secret or
ganization above the school or the law of the. land.
The school board deserves commendation for its vigorous
efforts to eradicate a vicious influence in school life and in
enforcing the law will find the public solidly backing them
up. They are speaking the only language that irresponsible
club members, alumni and some parents can understand and
when the latter realize they are indirectly responsible for
interrupting the educational program of the youths, may
decide to cooperate and cease their subversive efforts for
all time. i
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Actions You Regret
By Beck
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By Don
The Salem Senators who last
year started off the season
bravely by winning the first 14
games in a row dropped it down
to the first four in a row this
year before being soundly drub
bed on their first invasion of a
foreign country. Maybe they
were just adhering to the good
neighbor policy.
While on the topic of base
ball, the other evening at the
local ball park the announcer
kept reminding the fans, "Turn
in your bottles, bottles are short
this year." After he had remin
ded the customers several times
that "bottles are short this
year," Howard Maple piped up
quernlously from the stands,
"and they aren't very big
around, either."
Novelties
Commissioner Plus
Portland, Ore., April 23 (IP)
City Commissioner Fred L. Pe
terson believes he has the
answer to complaints of exces
sive public "necking" in down
town Plaza park after dark.
Cupid took a quiet exit after
the city installed new mercury
vapor lighting which turns lip
stick and face makeup to ghost
ly hues.
Minor Event
Chicago, April 23 (IP) Doug
las Maurer, , fell off his bicy
cle on the Rock Island railroad
tracks last night and scampered
to safety just before a train
crushed the vehicle.
"My dad'll get me a new
bike," he assured police, as
though more concerned about
that than his narrow escape.
Annual Dance Set
For Young People
Woodburn The young people
of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints will hold their
annual semi-formal Gold and
Green ball Friday night at the
Woodburn armory. Dancing
will be from 9 to 12 with the
coronation of Queen Juanita
Fobcrt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. Workman, at 10 o'clock,
followed by a floor show.
The queen and her court with
their escorts will lead the grand
march immediately following
the floor show. Music will be
furnished by Mikkelson's or
chestra. Patrons and1 patron
esses will be Mr. and Mrs. T.
L. Workman, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph DuRette and Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Beach. The public is
invited.
Summer State Camp
Girls Are Chosen
Dallas Mary Dornhecker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
C. Dornhecker, and Luella Nel
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy P. Nelson, have been select
ed by the faculty of the high
school and the members of Carl
B. Fentor post, Legion aux
iliary, to attend Girls' State at
Silver Creek Falls park from
June 8 to 15. Selection is made
on the basis of leadership, char
acter, courage, honesty, schol
arship and cooperation.
Girls' Nation will be inaugu
rated at Washington, D. C, by
the American Legion auxiliary
this year and the two local girls
are eligible to compete for this
honor by their participation in
Girls' Statt. One girl' will be
selected for attendance at Girls'
Nation during the one week
camp period.
The jarrah tree of western
Australia is so fire-resistant that
it has been used in place of brick
or stone in chimney and fire
olaces. It also is used under
conditions where steel would
ouckle because of heat.
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'Give Us Underbill 1959, Please'
San Francisco U.PJ A beauti
ful brunette career girl today
advertised her housing problem
to the whole city of San Fran
cisco. Because she couldn't find
an apartment through ordinary
means. Miss Kay Daly, account
executive formerly of Chicago,
took over a full-sized billboard
on downtown Van Ness avenue.
In a classified ad 10 feet high
complete with king sized por
trait of the fulsome Miss Daly
she advertised: "Wanted! An
apartment, small unf. with view.
Young advertising woman with
top references. Up to $80." And
at the end (in letters a foot
high) her phone number: Un
derbill 1959.
The Stayton Mail comments
editorially that at a meeting in
that town soon three school
superintendents will speak,
Bennett (Linn), Bennett, (Sa
lem), and Booth, (Marion).
Says the Mail "Quite an assemb
lage of Brains for one meeting."
And Editor Spraker may be as
sured of a fair share of Bull to
go along with same.
It's a nice thing the Kiwan
ians are doing in installing 100
gum bail machines around town
from which they will extract
a percentage to be used in set
ting up a child welfare fund.
Inasmuch it's a safe bet most of
the pennies put in will be put
in by children, this sets up a sort
of revolving fund, as it were,
with the children financing
their own welfare.
Some complaint by motorists
that they are getting short
changed on time by some of the
parking meters and are only
getting 50 minutes for an hour,
at least a couple told us today
they'd been so treated. Maybe
the city manager will have to
get out his stop watch.
Banker Outlines
Financial Plan
Seven essentials for an indi
vidual's financial success were
outlined for the Salem Business
and Professional Women's club
program meeting Tuesday eve
ning by Ralph Thorn, assistant
manager of the Bank of Cali
fornia, Portland.
Terming himself an "evange
list" on the subject of helping
individuals to handle their fi
nances satisfactorily, Thorn list
ed the essentials as follows:
Take out savings first in di
viding up the pay check: sec
ondly, choose a suitable stand
ard of living and keep to it
until a better one can be sup
ported: thirdly, make savings
multiply on a sound basis: guard
savings from loss; own your
own home; insure future income
by present payments: lastly, see
that there is family cooperation
to plan together. It is not the
amount you make but the way
you care for it that measures the
difference between success and
failure. Thorn said.
Seventy-five attended the din
ner held at Nohlgren's restau
rant. Mrs. Anna Morgan, club
finance chairman, introduced th
speaker.
Educational Session
Slated at Monmouth
Oregon College of Education.
Monmouth The 22nd annual
educational conference at Ore
gon College of Education will
be held on Saturday. Educators,
teachers, supervisors, and other
persons interested in elemen
tary education have been invited
to attend. County and city
superintendents in all parts of
Oregon have been asked to ex
tend an Invitation to each ele
mentary educator in the sys
tem. Dr. Francis F., Powers, dean
of the school of education. Uni
versity of Washington, will be
the guest speaker. Dr. C. A.
Howard. OCE president, John
Barr, director of teached train
ing, and Miss Emma Henkle.
associate professor of education,
have planned the conference.
By DeWitt MacKenzie
(AP ForeliD Ailatrt Analyst)
Secretary of State Marshall
has cabled from Moscow that he
regards the Greco-Turkish aid
program as indispensable and
urgent, but thus far he hasn't
explained publicly what he fig
ures will happen if these two
Balkan states aren't given assist
ance to safeguard themselves
against communist aggression.
To a good many people the po
sition apparently presents a pic
ture of huge red armies rolling
out of the north against Greece
and Turkey.
The fact that Mar
shall is credited with be
ing the greatest military expert
of our time may tend to en
courage this martial thought.
However, the immediate threat
doesn't strike me as presenting
any such contingency.
No War in Sight
These two countries are in the
path of the communist advance
all right and are in danger. But
there isn't the slightest sign that
Russia plans to intervene mili
tarily. To do so would be to pre
cipitate another world war, and
that's the last thing which Mos
cow wants at this time. That's
true for several reasons but one
is enough the Soviet Union is
too exhausted from the late war
to embark on another now.
Where then lies the danger to
Greece and Turkey? Well, it's
an old saying but nevertheless
true, that there's' more than one
way to skin a cat. Communism
works in two ways by direct ac
tion and by indirection. It s
largely the latter method which
is being used against the two
Balkan states, especially in the
more vulnerable Greece.
Communism is boring from
within in Greece, trying to cre
ate a rebellion which will over
throw the monarchy and per
mit establishment of a Soviet re
public. The Greek government
charges that rebellion is being
fostered and aided by neighbor
ing Albania, Bulgaria, and Yu
goslavia, all satellites of Mos
cow. The United Nations secur
ity council has a commission on
the northern frontiers of Greece
watching this explosive situa
tion. The aid which America pro
poses to give Athens is to enable
the Greek government to defend
itself against . this aggressive
communism. And where does
Turkey come into the picture?
The answer is one which this
column has given before: Greece
is the strategic bastion that
guards the Turkish flank, in
cluding that all-important Dar
danelles strait. If Greece should
fall, then Turkey would be
trebly vulnerable.
Now of course such a situa
tion might produce a war. That
is, a conflict among the Balkan
states. However, one would ex
pect Russia to keep her little
satellites sufficiently in leash to
prevent the present maneuvers
from causing another war.
And surely if a Balkan con
flict should break out Moscow
would do everything possible to
avoid becoming militarily in
volved, because that would again
set all the mills of the war gods
to grinding for another global
upheaval.
U. S. Aid Essential
So, to repeat, American aid
would be calculated to equip
Greece and Turkey so that they
could stand off communism by
themselves, without active help
from outside. That will be a
hard fight, for communism will
continue its fifth-column activi
ties from within and its pres
sure from the red countries on
the north. There will be no
quarter.
Naturally Turkey and the
Dardanelles are what Moscow
has its eye on. Control there
would give Russia the land
bridge between Europe and Asia
and the waterway from the in
land Black Sea into the Mediter
ranean an aim of the czars for
generations.
But the Soviet won't go to war
now to gain this position.
The point which Washington
has made in urging the aid to
Greece and Turkey is that the se
curity of the western world
would be endangered at some
distant date if these strategic
countries came under the domi
nation of Russia.
More than two million Amer
ican service men and women
were in Australia during some
part of World War II.
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Treatment for
Malarial Vets
Those Oregon veterans of
World War II, who suffered
from malaria at the time of
their discharge, are being re
minded by George E. Sandy, di
rector of the Oregon department
of veterans' affairs, to present
medical evidence that the con
dition still exists to prevent loss
of their compensation for this
disability.
Recent VA regulations, ac
cording to a late issue of the
"Oregon Veterans News Letter"
give the malarie victim only 80
days after notice of termination
of his compensation to present
his medical evidence. The no
tice is sent to the veteran one
year after his discharge. The
letter asserts that at the time of
discharge the veterans was told
that he would have an oppor
tunity to appear before the VA
rating board a year later with
lay evidence showing that his
malaria condition still exists.
In most cases, according to
the publication, the veteran did
not go to a doctor because he
learned to treat himself, and be
cause he also was led to believe
that medical evidence was not
required.
In order to re-establish his
compensation the veteran is
advised:
1. When he has an attack to
see his doctor and get a state
ment of treatment, indicating
that the attack was malarial.
2. Get a blood smear, if pos
sible. 3. Gather affidavits from per
sons who saw him suffer the at
tacks. 4. Submit this evidence as
soon as possible to the veterans
administration at 1019 S. W.
10th avenue, Portland.
Payment for the doctor's ex
amination and treatment for
veterans outside of Portland
will be made by the VA pro
vided approval is given by the
VA's chief medical officer.
Chairman Alone
At Board Meet
Portland, Ore., April 23 U.R-
Attendance at today's session of
the state highway commission
was expected to be doubled after
the august body held a one-man
meeting yesterday.
The only commissioner pres
ent at the opening session was
Chairman T. H. Banfield of
Portland. Commissioner Arthur
Schaupp of Klamath Falls was
reported to have got his dates
mixed up and to have gone fish
ing. He planned to sit in on to
day's session. Commissioner
Ben Chandler went to Europe
to see his daughter.
Merle R. Chessman of Astoria
was reappointed to the advisory
committee on travel matters.
Pappel Wrecks Auto
Buena Vista Bill Pappel
wrecked his car returning from
Independence. Driving fast he
lost control and it turned over
three times landing in Withrow's
gravel pit. He was thrown out
of the car the second time it
turned over, but was not injur
ed, one hub cap flew off and hit
a Ford pickup, breaking the
windshield. Mrs. C. Hultman
was driving the pickup.
The most important coal for
ming fltfp trip "Pnnculuania
period," lasted at least 35 mil
lion years.
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Greek-Turkish Aid Bill
In House with Foreign Relief
Washington, April 23 UP) Under attack as a "blank check,"
the administration's $350,000,000 foreign relief bill hit the house
floor today less than 24 hours after the senate sealed its approval
on an historic $400,000,000 pro-'
gram to help Greece and Turkey
curb communism.
Debate on the relief bill first
and the sharply-pared interior
department appropriation next
probably will delay house action
on the Greek-Turkish aid pro
gram until some time next week.
The senate passed that meas
ure late yesterday by the top
heavy vote of 67 to 23 after
weeks of debate in which op
ponents assailed it as a step to
ward war with Russia and its
supporters claimed it will help
preserve peace.
As outlined by President Tru
man in a dramatic personal ap
pearance before the lawmakers
March 12 to outline a moment
ous new American foreign pol
icy, the measure permits a $400,-
000,000 expenditure before July
l, l48, in gifts, loans or other
advances to Greece and Turkey
Mr. Truman told congress,
without referring to Russia, that
the aid program is needed to
help the two countries maintain
their "national integrity."
Senator Connally (D-Tex),
former chairman of the foreign
relations committee, was more
blunt when he told his col
leagues at the height of senate
debate:
There is no denial that one
of the cardinal purposes of this
bill is to enable Greece and
Turkey to resist the encroach
ments of Soviet Russia and her
satellite states."
But, Connally insisted, "This
a bill for peace and not for
war."
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