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4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, October 21, 1948
I Two Bills on the Ballot to Be Beaten
' There are two groups that repeatedly get vicious initia
tive bills on the ballot despite repeated rejections by the
people. One is the Townsend group seeking bigger and bet
ter pensions for women over 60 and men over 65 years of
age. The other the liquor, night club, hotels and beer hall SIPS FOR SUPPER
and barkeepers union interests seeking amendments to the
Knox state liquor control law that would virtually restore
the saloon and eventually bring back the tragedies of the
prohibition era.
The Townsend bill appears on the ballot as the second
of the initiative bills. Its ballot title reads:
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The Ultimate
OREGON OLD AGE PENSION ACT Purpose: Directing Ore
gon legislature to provide funds by continuing appropriations
and enact all necessary legislation to provide for and pay each
needy female citizen of Oregon, 60 years of age, and each needy
male citizen, 65 years of age, a minimum monthly pension of
$50, to feed, clothe, house, and provide hospital, medical, dental
and other needed care, and provide decent burials for such
needy citizens. Governor to appoint a commissioner to adminis
ter act; authorizing state board of control to issue certificates of
indebtedness; state public welfare commission to administer
during interim; limiting cost of admnistration to one percentum
of income. Vote YES or NO
In 1946 Oregon voters rejected the Townsend pension
$100-at-60 3 percent transaction tax by No 244,960 to Yes
86,374, and believed the era of crack-pot business stifling
bootstrap-lifting pension plans was over, but financial ex
ploitation of misinformed but earnest "senior citizens" was
too profitable to abandon after three defeats, the others
being in 1938, and 1944.
The bill is erroneous in procedure and defiant of econo
.mics and probably unconstitutional as well.
The old people are now taken care of by the present federal-state-county
assistance system which it proposes to
supplement. It directs the legislature to enact legislation
and rob other state funds to finance pensions and directs
courts to uphold unconstitutional legislation and contradic
tory and confusing in its provisions.
The cost would depend on an Interpretation of the bill's pro
visions. The OREGON VOTER estimates that there might be
85,000 men and women over 65 and 60 who have other income
less than $50 a month. On that basis the cost would be in excess
of $4,250,000 a month or $50,000,000 a year, with no money in
sight.
One of the results would be the withdrawal of federal
security aid which now amounts to $30 of each $50 old
age pension paid in the state. One fourth of the needy
aged now receive pensions of $50 a month and the average
is about $46. Medical, hospital and funeral benefits are
provided in addition. It would be those who do not need
pensions who would benefit if funds could be found. Vote
811 X No.
The liquor by the drink bill has the ballot title :
OREGON LIQUOR DISPENSING LICENSING ACT Purpose:
Authorizing Oregon Liquor Control Commission to issue dis
pensing licenses to its licensed hotels, restaurants, clubs and
common carriers of passengers for hire, permitting mixing,
serving and selling of alcoholic liquor with or without food or
meals on such conditions as prescribed by the commission. Re
quiring annual license fee of $500, performance bond of $5,000,
and in addition to purchase price of liquor, a tax of 25c per
container of 32 ounces, and lc per ounce for each ounce over
S2. Making provisions of Oregon liquor control act, rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, applicable to licenses.
Vote YES or NO
It might better be called, what it is, a bill to promote and
Increase drunkenness through elaborate cocktail bars, and
weaken control, and the experience of California In permit-
ting selling by the drink is reflected in statistics which
show that California leads all the states in arrests for in
toxication. Vote 317 X No.
Why a Stab in the Dark?
The North Cnpitol street parking problem comes before
the city council next Monday. It will be in the form of a
resolution to ban parking north from Court street through
the Hollywood district to the underpass.
Such a ban at this time does not appear to hold the so
lution to the traffic problem on that heavily traveled
thoroughfare. A reckless move on the part of the city
council could offer no more than a slab in the dark at
Improving a complex problem.
At the same time, however, it must be admitted by all
concerned, whether in the Hollywood district or not, that
some move toward easing the traffic problem there and
elsewhere in the city must be taken.
The Hollywood district is nnt the only one faced with
a creeping paralysis that traffic congestion can cause.
There are other sections of the city, including the down
town area, that are similarly on the spot.
It is only a natural result of a growing citv and area.
The solution, therefore, should be one for the entire sec
tion and not any one district, such as the Hollywood dis
trict. The threatened ban, however, should come as a warning"
that only through the concerted effort of the district peo
ple and the city itself can a satisfactory solution be possi-
The stale highway department must be considered as a
direct partner In the solution, since Highway 99E is in
volved north and south and the state highway carrying
traffic along Center street across the Salem-Vi'est Salem
bridge east and west.
Some solution must be found. There can be little argu
ment about that, l'erhaps, it will be a combination of off
street parking with street widening. In any event, passage
of a ban for North Capitol street Monday night would do
more harm than good at this time.
'Cold Treatment' From Landlord
Lot Angeles When Mrs. Itabel Cotton thought hrr
landlords wera giving her tht eold treatment, she not plrnty
steamed up enough to tilt a $11,000 damage suit against
Faul and Ida Tresser.
The Tremrrs, ahe charged, tried to drive her out of the
house by cutting down tht heat In hrr room, disconnecting
all heat In the bathroom, nailing the bathroom windows
open, and removing the bathroom shades.
Mrs. Colton said she suffered bronchitis. Insomnia, and
fall bladder trouble from the resulting chill and embarrass
ment The defendants, denying the charges, said they gave Mrs.
Cotton an eviction notice becaust their own lease had expired.
By 00.4 UPJOHN
We've read and heard a thousand stories in re penurious Scotch
men, have seen thrift tested in most every form, but w think we
ran across the payoff this a.m
statement returned to the sher
iff's office. The taxpayer on re
ceiving the statement in the
open window
type envelope
used wrote
Same was in the shape of a tax
Dob fjpjohs
check for his
taxes, stuffed it
and the state
ment back into
the envelope in
which it was
rece i v e d , but
merely turned
over the state'
ment to hide
the address.
sealed the envelope with Scotch
tape and dropped it In a mail
box. It came back to the sher
iff's office with a three-cent due
stamp attached. But really what
worries is how he could have
wasted all that Scotch tape? If
the same procedure was follow
ed on each of the 40,000 state
ments sent out it would cost the
county a tidy $1200, but the
taxes would be paid.
er the fact that it's the first time
in 16 years they've had a "home
of their own." Ruth Versteeg,
publicity manager, says al
though at present their group is
rather small, now they have
their own little theater they
hope to enlarge into a really
important civic organization.
,( And which no doubt they will.
Their first play is "Listen to
Leon" and they hope lots of Sa
lemites will be listenin.
Note the secretary of state has
figured out that there's one car
in Oregon to every 3.4 people.
We can guess where Clarence
Byrd is counted in on this.
Our little comment of last
evening on the squirrels not
being smart enough to detect an
off-grade walnut is belied by
our compatriot Fred Zimmer
man who says out his way he
has encountered any number of
nuts with a slight hole gnawed
in them and apparently reject
ed by the discriminating squir
rel. That may be Just Fred's way
of Indicating to us even the
squirrels are smarter out in his
end of town.
Venison De Luxe
Hermiston, Ore. IIP) Mrs. F.
L. Beaver can never say that
her husband failed "to bring
home the bacon" this hunting
season. And he didn't have to
stop at the butcher shop, either.
"The meat's hanging on the
porch," Beaver told his wife af
ter he and a group of friends
had returned from a hard day
In the woods. Eager, Mrs. Beav
er dashed out to take a look.
Yes. she found a carcass, all
right. One dressed jackrabbit.
When cigarettes were two
packs for 31 cents there were
always pennies for the parking
meter, what with four cents
change on every transaction.
Now they're reduced to two for
29 there's only a penny back in
change and motorists are shy of
pennies for the parking meters
and have to drop in nickels in-
Salem Civic Players who op
en their 1048-49 season Friday
evening at 155 S. Liberty street, stead. A case of where they sav-
r leeang preiiy peppea up ov- ed money by spending more.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
German View: Battle for Berlin
Is the Battle for Europe
By REIMAN MORIN
(S1tltatlnii for Drum M.rkrntlr, AP N.wa Anllyit)
"If you give up Berlin, you give up Europe," the German said.
"It is as simple as that."
He is a Berliner, a member of that group of newspapermen
wno nave oeen in me United
ly
Rtlman Mortn
States studying American news
papers and their methods.
Quite prob
ably, his opin
ions are weight
ed on the side
of A m e r 1 can
policy in Ger
many, since he
lives under the
protection of
American arms
and practices
his profession
by virtue of an
A m rl c an li
cense.
However, he Is no yes-man.
He Is quietly critical of some
phases of American policy, but
not as It relates to Berlin.
His reasoning, I think, is
worth reporting, as a counter
poise to the arguments of many
Americans who believe we have
blundered terribly by clinging
to our perilous toehold In Ber
lin. They say we should have
pulled out, because
1. Berlin is untenable, strate
gically. The airlift can be
stopped Just as the trains were
stopped.
2. By staying, we have per
mitted the Importance of the
city to be ballooned to such pro
portions (hat we cannot afford
to quit Berlin, and the Russians
cannot afford to let us stay
there.
3. Thus, the Americans In
Berlin are, In fact, at the mercy
of the Russian army, and the
United States, as a whole, may
be dragged into war by "the
action of any trigger-happy cor
poral," and over an issue that
Is Intrinsically unimportant to
America.
So goes the line of criticism
against the position tins govern
ment has taken on Berlin.
Now comes the answer of the
German editor. (He speaks ex
cellent English, by the way.)
"In the first place, it you get
out of nerlln suppose you
withdraw to the Anglo-Ameri
can zones of occupation in the
west then you merely transfer
the point of friction.
But, he said, i result of vastly
greater consequence would ac
crue If the Americans pulled
back.
He estimated that less than
one per cent of the German peo
ple, even those who live in the
Russian zones, are communists
or even communistically in
clined, at this point.
"It is not dttficiult to picture
the fate of these people if all
Germany comes under Russian
control."
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Dewey, as President, Would
Need Fair-Minded Senate
By DREW PEARSON .
Washington The record of congret during recent years Is not
unlike the present garbled politics of the country.
Party lines have been cut. Republicans sometimes voted with
democrats: some democrats lined up with republicans.
This will probably continue.
It will prob
ably also be
true that Dew
ey will get as
much support
from certain W
he will from
some republi
cans. On interna
tional issues
now probably
the most Im
portant before congress it is
certain that most democratic
senators will give him more
backing than such Isolationists
as Brooks of Illinois, Dworshak
of Idaho, or Robertson of Wy-
Sequel to Speeding-Fine Story
Los Angeles MWWunlclpal Judge O. Benton Worley iruch
prefers $15 American money over $1,000,000 In Chinese
greenbacks. , . ,
This became evident when his honor refused to accept
that amount In Chinese notes to pay s $15 speeding fine. The
million dollars, Chinese, are worth only two bucks, Ameri-
'"judge Worley ordered the money returned to Francis G.
Gorman, now In Shanghai, and said If $15 In American
money is not forthcoming shortly, he will Issue a warrant
for Gorman's arrest when he returns to this country.
The Judge declined the offer of two deputies to serve the
warrant on Gorman In the Orient.
mini,
In fact, the irrepressible, lov- , u" proo-
personality, Ferguson won't
stand up under fire. He has lost
11 chance of being Dewey's at
torney general the lob he so tM'.tsw". -" ; ,t .."
ardently coveted.
Ed Johnson, democrat. Colo- pQOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
knows his legislative onions,
Johnson does a good job for his
state and his voting record
usually represents the folks
back home. He is a competent
public servant.
James Murray, democrat,
Montana Though a million
aire, Murray has spent all his
years in the senate battling for
the underdog. No tenator on
either side of the aisle has a
better record. On iniernational
A Difference in Few Years
By HAL BOYLE
Washington W-Five years ago next month Hans-Norbert
Finkel came to the United States as a German war prisoner.
He had been captured in Tunisia with Field Marshal Rommel s
Afrika korps.
Finkel, now 28, is back in
America again. This time he is
stances. He is
one of 25 Ger
man editors
able Congressman John Taber le " health and housing, he and publishers
has already served notice that "Pp0I' P6"!?' ,ar b?t,er ' ' ' " d V.
man iiib uur cuueague zrom ociiuiiai wi
Montana. American Press
Edward V. Robertson, repub- Institute at Co-
lican. Wvomine Manager nf lumbla umver-
guest under different circum-
the G.O.P. isolationists are plan
ning to give brother Dewey a
rough time on two issues
economy and international co
operation. Electing the right kind of
senate, therefore, is second only
to the election of president.
With this in mind, here is the
Merry-Go-Round roll-call of U.
S. Senators up for election next
month:
Joseph Ball, republican, Min
nesota a mixed-up personality
who gets tangled in his own
emotions. A former news-
the Coe ranch, owned by his
brother-in-law, the senator has
been the undying friend of the
big sheep and cattle men, but
voted against most measures
for labor and the little fellow.
Born in England, he married the
daughter of H. H. Rogers, part-
Ral Borl
man, Ball came to the senate and chauffeur on the govern'
determined to do right, but ment payroll.
when he swung to Roosevelt in
1044 he was so ostracized by his
own republicans that, to win
back their favor, he swung to
the reactionary extreme. Joe
sity.
These visitors
from Europe's
uneasy fulcrum
attended a cou
ple of news conferences here.
They were impressed by the
informality and freedom with
ner of old John D. Rockefeller which reporters quesuonea gov- cation and information. Our pa
Robertson has usually voted rnment officials, and said such pers are much more influential
isolationist nH r h ,, a h . conierences wouia nave ei
wealthy man. has had his
nnier.
They
things
"In Germany we try first to
find the theory underlying the
idea. The German is bound to
ask, 'What lies behind it?' And
this is true of all Europeans."
Finkel said he thought one
sign of superficiality here was
the way the average American
read his newspaper.
"There are usually four post
sibilities," he smiled. "The
rnnrinr will lnnk first for thf
comics, the baseball results, the
the headlines. Only the fifth
man will first read the news
stories.
"The German has a different
approach to his newspaper. He
looks to it first for advice, edu-
t no ugh a - "-.
Chapman Revercomb, repub
lican. West Virginia Hand
some smooth-talking, likable
Chappie tangled with Dewey
over the displaced persons bill
also said some
about America.
nice
But
politically than those here.
But they were more interest
ed in discussing the world po
litical situation than compar
ing journalistic methods. They
guests usually say nice things. had nothing but praise for the
' ' allied airlift.
Since Finkel, now political "It was for us the first posi-
editor of Dena, American-li- tive evidence that you would
has now been on so many dlf- and was even criticized hv his censed German news agency, perform what you promised,"
ferent sides of so many dif
ferent fences that he has lost
his usefulness.
Styles Bridges, republican,
New Hampshire a tough forth
right scrapper who has usually
voted against his isolationist
G.O.P. colleagues. He watches
pennies, raises cain over too
much spending and frequently
votes against the G.O.P. re
actionaries. Bridges is an asset
to the senate.
"Curley" Brooks, republican,
Illinois Brooks has been op
posed to almost all of Dewey's
New York record. A likable
person with a charming wife.
Brooks is wholly controlled by
the Chicago Tribune and is al
most proud of It. If re-elected,
he will be in Dewey's hair on
many issues.
Henry Dworshak, republican,
Idaho A long with Curley
Brooks, he is the most dyed-in-the
wool isolationist in the sen
ate. Dworshak permitted his
mailing list to be used by a
Hitler propagandist, was glad
to have the support of Gerald
L. K. Smith, and is one of the
few western senators who didn't
fight hard for reclamation. His
mediocre senate record Includes
trying to get an honorable dis
charge for an American soldier
convicted of rape, murder and
running a boy down with a mo
torcycle. Dworshak will be no
asset to Dewey.
Homer Ferguson, republican,
Michigan Came to the senate
with a record for graft cleanup
and as long as the democrats
controlled the senate, Fergu
son had a healthy knack of
keeping them on their toes.
Once he got Into power, how
ever, Ferguson lost that knack.
He made a fool of himself in
the Howard Hughes investiga
tion and was bluffed out of his
probe of Senator Thomas of Ok
lahoma when Thomas threat
ened to go after Ferguson. Fi
nally, he dropped the Tucker
auto investigation for reasons
best known to himself, but after
the GOP national committee
woman from Michigan was paid
$17,850. A homey, congenial
own church (Presbyterian) for
religious discrimination in con
nection with this bill. Chappie
has consistently voted with the
big business interests of his
state.
Other senatorial candidates
will be covered in future col
umns. fCopyrlBht 1948)
had looked at the United States
from both sides of the table, I
asked him what he found most
disappointing in this country.
"This spirit of superficiality,"
he said, "and 1 don't mean just
politically.
"Here, If you get an idea, you
try to do something with It fast
give it a practical application.
You say, 'Let's try it.'
said Finkel.
I thought afterward what an
odd conversation it had been.
Four years ago Finkel was a
war prisoner in the American
midwest, and I was with the
U. S. First army trying to reach
and cross the Rhine to link up
with the Russian forces. It was
a reunion of fighting men hoped
would bring peace forever.
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