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BY BECK
Animal Life
4
Salem, Oregon, Friday, May 6, 1949
They'll
Do It Every Time
Thoucrh the cost of livinK. the usual excuse of labor
union strikes for higher wages is daily falling and wages
are the highest ever paid, the steel unions have demanded
a fourth-round pay boost plus social benefits. Similar
demands loom from the other three of America's "big
four" unions of industrial production, coal, auto and elec
trical. At the same time the ClO-United Auto Workers union
has called a strike of 65,000 workers at the Ford plants
at Detroit, not for higher wages, but for less production.
The dispute is over an alleged speed-up of assembly lines
at the Rouge and Lincoln-Mercury plants. If the walkout
continues 147,000 workers in Ford plants in 33 United
States cities and Windsor, Canada, will be out of work
within three weeks. The union is preparing for a long
strike, which will react on small supply and assembly
plants throughout the nation.
' The union charged that Ford was running assembly
lines too fast. The company denied the speed-up charge
and said the strike violated the Ford contract with the
UAW.
The strike cut off production of 600 Ford and Mercury
cars a day at River Rouge, and 120 cars daily at the Lin
coln plant. It was costing the strikers an estimated $900,-
000 in wages daily, and, if prolonged, will halt production
of 5,300 cars and trucks daily throughout the nation. Ford
produces more than 1,000,000 cars and trucks a year.
Also hit hard by a lengthy strike would be 3,500 com
panies which sell $1,000,000,000 worth of supplies to Ford
annually.
Outside the heavy losses to the Ford company and the
strikers themselves in lost wages, the chief losers will be
the general public, as is usual in all long strikes. The auto
users, the transportation lines, the auto dealers, the mer
chants will all be penalized.
., There is nothing comparable to a big and long industrial
strike for knocking over the apple-cart of prosperity in
the midst of plenty.
A Try at Finding the Answer
Off-street parking lots are a recognized need for Salem.
Studies have been made on such lots during the past few
years, especially by the long-range planning commission.
It is Mayor Elfstrom, however, who promises to transform
ideas on parking lots into action. His special committee
studying ways to meet the need will have the results of
previous surveys.
. .The plan is to utilize vacant lots and lots on which stand
obsolete buildings to meet the space requirements. In the
latter case, the obsolete buildings would be removed to
the benefit of the appearance of the city; the cleared lot
then would be used for parking.
Wisely enough, the committee plans to consider its
problem as one for all districts of the city, not only the
downtown section. Efforts, therefore, will be tied in with
development of the entire community. As an area grows
find the demand for more parking spaces becomes more
pressing, the committee can act to handle the need. That
could be in the university addition, the Hollywood area,
South Salem, or any other part of the city, including, of
course, the central business section.
1 In facing the question of more parking for an area, the
committee might as well try to work out a plan for the
encouragement of parking facilities with large-scale, new
construction. Then new business firm locations will be
tied in with parking requirements.
i The basic working program of this off-street parking
committee is really all that is known definitely at present.
While the committee tries to work out the specific details,
the members deserve the assistance of all persons in the
community, especially the businessmen,
i It is better that the coiperation be given now so that,
iwhen a specific program is announced, criticism will not
be so disturbing as to offer a block to the carrying out of
he original aim. An instance in point is the Raldnck plan,
yhich was worked out at the request of the city, but,
when details were known, criticism was enough to delay
action on it.
Federal School Aid Bill
! The senate has passed, by a vote of 58 to 15, a bill
authorizing federal grants of $300,000,000 a year to help
states pay teachers' salaries and other school operating
expenses. The measure will receive bi-partisan support in
the house.
! The declared purpose of the bill is to aid in financing
A minimum educational program in elementary and secon
dary schools, and to reduce inequalities of educational
opportunities. Allotments to states would be $5 to $29 a
pupil figured on a formula taking into account the annual
income payments in each state. The poorer states would
get a larger share.
i Under terms of the bill, each state would share in the
$300,000,000 yearly federal grant on the basis of its wealth
and school population. Poorer states, mostly in the south,
would receive a proportionately larger share of the aid
than wealthy states.
; The bill's sponsors estimated that, under the measure's
eomplicated formula, the yearly allotment would range
from the minimum $5 per school child in wealthy states to
as much as $29.18 per child in Mississippi.
' The bill if passed is probably only a starter and will, if
ft follows the precedent of other federal aid to states
measures, increase annually in appropriations. It has the
merit of state control of expenditures, but the federal
bureaucrats may find a way for eventually through red
tape of establishing federal control of education, the orig.
inal aim of its proponents.
Hoarded His Pay Envelopes
Went Chester, Pa. U When 70-yrar-old Harry O. I.am
nnrn died, unopened weekly pay envelopes dating bark to
1944 and containing a total of $6,J91, were found In hit
ne-room apartment,
' ttmbnrn, a former factory worker, hoarded th envelopes 1
m a paper box.
His will, written on a scrap of wrapping paper, left St, 500
f his estate to Mrs. Mary A. Mrl.rar, his landlady. Attorneys
Mid the residue probably will be divided among l.amborn'i
Bine first cousins.
TmmutWKm bother us theYI
" V- ijimf!ml& WAY HE DOES.
-J?2mM??l BE ALIVE tr
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Pearson Suggests Invite
Russ Students to See U. S.
By DREW PEARSON
Jacksonville, Ala. The average Washington newspaperman
gets his eyes so riveted on what's going on in the capital that he
aometimes forgets what's going on in the rest of the nation. I
know I do.
by GUILD
Wizard of Odds
That's why, every so often,
skuldug g e r y -rooting
and see
what the rest of
the U.S.A. is do
ing. Down here in
norlhea stern
Alabama where
the hard rock
of the Alle-
ghenies tap e r s i
off into the softfV"
limoetnno nt the.
black belt, I
found a surprising monument to
people-to-people friendship.
mm
Dr.at P,ar,BP
I try to take a vacation from
comes they, not the diplomats,
have to do the fighting. So now
they are willing to do the work
ing for peace.
So thanks to this people-to-people
friendship, we have vast
ly strengthened our ties with
France, Italy, Norway, Denmark
in fact, all of Europe this side
of the Iron Curtain.
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Just Too Easy
But the problem of penetrat
ing eastern Europe and Russia
still remains.
No matter what was done
about the Berlin blockade, no
This is about the last place matter what is aoreed nn at the
in the world you would expect United Nations, the danger of
to find such a thing. Arid if it war continues as long as 14 men
hadn't been for Harry Ayers, in the Kremlin can declare war
publisher of the Anniston, Ala., overnight with no senate, no
Star, who is as much a crusader presSi n0 church, no radio, no
for the public as he is a pub- public opinion to put the brake
lisher, I wouldn't have found it. on them.
In New York and Philadelphia obviously these 14 men in the
and New Orleans you're not sur- politburo aren't going to lift the
prised at finding international iron Curtain and let Americans
student houses. But not at rela- jnt0 their country at least for
tively obscure Jacksonville State the time being. But there's an
Teachers college in the foothills other way of pryj.ng the Iron
of Alabama. Curtain nartlv nnen and at least
However, thanks to the tire- putting them on the spot. That
Incidentally we got something less devotion of one man, Prof. js to invite 1 000 Russian stu-
H. Jones, Jacksonville deni. to come to this countrv.
At first blush a lot of people
WHEN VOUR 6IN RUMMY
PARTNER SHOWS YOU PERFECT
HAND ON THE DRAW, TELL HIM
HE BEAT ODDS OF 13.629 ,
T01-0R STACKED
THE DECK,
JT V, V THE DECK. ySJI;
HOW ABOUT THIS. UJ fiTwn,
men? Surveys reveal )T"X wCM
ODDS ARE EVEN YOUR fh Y I JvVa-, SkISR
MARRIA6E WASN'T IN" A LI pff . f,VVl Bpl
SPIRED BY LOVE. OR TSA
i WW A
r I
CENTLEMEN DON'T PREFER
BLONDES.' ITS EVEN ODDS
THEr PREFER BRUNETTES. 12
TO 1 THEY D0NT LIKE REDHEADS,
3 TO 1 A6AINST BLONDES.
(mavricc zoLorow. mwYornt,
N Y. CAMl THRU WITH THIS)
By DON UPJOHN
Walter Winslow, well known atty-at-law and lately a judge
of the supreme court, now has his gripe about traffic matters
growing out of Marion street being converted into a stop street to
help take care
of the tunnel fSFTZZT?
work at the slatel ' JgTTV 1 sticking in our craw when we James
c a p i tol group. I f "" ?"! read a letter today to County last week dedicated an interna-
He says additional p , 11 Clerk Harlan Judd from June tional house just as fine in its wjij hold up their hands in hor
of these itopf ' '2j H. Sullivan, assistant professor way as anything in the great ror and claim that we might be
signs still leaves! S3 Cm m. economics, at Oregon state cities of the north. contaminated by communism. If
two streets op-1 J aje'ff i college. She sent along a bot- Professor Jones is what you We take that point of view, how
en, Union ind 11-!tl I tie and asked Harlan to fill it might call a true servant of ever, we have something of an
Chemeketa, that I W ai with water from hereabouts and brotherhood. He not only raised iron Curtain ourselves,
don't have stop! I return it to her. She says she's the money to build international Furthermore, our system is
signs between! .QoiV I examined about 1000 children house, but passed the hat to plenty strong to withstand con
his home at 775"m" the past year in a study of the bring a group of students all the tact with a few Russians, and
N. Church and " effect of food, soil type, climate way from France, and send an- the smartest thing the National
office at the Masonic temple and and composition of drinking wat- other group from Alabama over Association of Manufacturers
he can sail right through these er on the condition of teeth, to France. The cash for this eVer did was to invite Russian
without stopping, unless for oth- She's getting a sample of water student exchange was raised not composer Shostakovich to tour
er traffic. "If the boys would from every county seat to anal- in Wall Street or Washington, the U.S.A.
only tuck some stop signs there, yze for its flourine content and but right here in Jacksonville Almost every Russian who has
total hardness. What s sticking ana Anniston ana rieamom ana visited this country goes back
in our craw is that this looks the other neighboring commu- flabbergasted at our wealth, our
like a deal which eventually may nities. freedom and our culture. Many
undermine our FT & BA and When it came to building in- become so entranced that they
make it only a memory. If she ternational house, all the home never want to go back at all.
can figure out just what's need- ioik contributed. A Jackson- When Andre Picard of the
ed to keep teeth from going hay- ville Plumber donated the bath- French gratitude train visited
luiw. ouiucuiic cae xne r iresione ruDDer plant at
refrigerator. A local Akron. O.. and saw the tiled
lumber dealer helped with lum- swimming pool for workers, he
Send your "Odds" questions on any subject to "The Wizrd
of Odds," care of the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Problem of One's Hands
By HAL BOYLE
New York VP) What to do with the human hand is cizilization's
biggest unsolved problem.
You probably never thought of your hands as being much of
f JL -IV
then I could stop at every street
between home and downtown,"
said Walt. "It's too simple now."
By coincidence, when Walt
was remarking about aforemen
tioned condition he said he had
fuineuiiiiK sucfwug in ins craw. c " -.- ;,tm
mL wiro inct urhprp will nnr FjiIsp OOm fixtures.
ine coincidence coming wnen ,,
we heard at least three other ",w""uu" uimh
. .. . . ... ,.,lnrl .,n avnont mavhtt fid An V lUIHD
soetYr eaca SK moVr n'd begh to ?f 'P'! remarked:
a man s me worx wasnea out in
a bunch of bottles of water from
the county seats, but
comes to worst maybe we'll have
to bow to progress and let it
go as it looks.
his craw." It looks as though
there might be an opening
this town for a specialist i n
craws. Hardly a day goes by
but we encounter somebody in
this condition and maybe a good
man with a pair of forceps, or
or cash or something else, with "if Stalin could see this, he
the result that a beautiful, would understand whv he can
if worst thouSh modestly appointed in- never communize the United
icrnaiiuiiai siuueni t;emer fiuw states.
stands on the Jacksonville cam- of course, the comrades in the
pus. Politburo, being smart, prob-
Fnllnuinff the ripHiratinn nf aklv na.,AH w 1 nnn
Beautiful weather these days International house, the irre- f. , ., -th. k.i.
something, could work up quite makes one think the world can pressible Champ Pickens woke citizens come to this country,
a business at cleaning out stuck be nothing but a grand old place me up at 5 a. m. by long-distance But the point is to invite them
up craws. From the varied sort to live in, until one begins to telephone in order to make sure anyway.
of things that are sticking i n think of the approach of time i got to my next stop, Montgom- If a committee of down-to-
craws he could get a real collec- for prickly heat, hives, poison ery, in time for breakfast. earth Americans not the state
tion of oddities. oak, et cetera. And on that 120-mile drive I department or the Henry Wal-
had a chance to do a little think- laceites invited 1,000 Russians
fcs?'': ing about the way thousands of to visit this country, it would
communities nave responaea to cause consternation and near-
Curfew Was Too Noisy
Monrovia, Calif. (P) Curfew will not sound tonight or any
night from now on.
The 9 o'clock whistle has been silenced on order of the
eity council. Too many residents complained it woke them up.
people-to-people friendship. chaos behind the brick walls of
Without any prompting from the Kremlin.' The Politburo
their government, the American wouldn't know what to do about
people have put across friend- it.
ship trains, democracy letters to In the first place, the voice
Italy, exchange of students, of America would broadcast the
adopted European cities, wel- invitation direct to the Russian
corned the gratitude train and people, and the mere fact that
put across scores of other the Soviet government said "no"
things. would cause thousands of Rus-
In brief, the American people sians to question their govern-
are anxious and itching to do rnent and wonder why their own
anything and everything to win leaders were against the people-
the peace. They are tired of to-people friendship which the
To the Editor: I read wilh keen interest your fine editorial writing to congressmen. They Moscow radio pretended to
in the Capital Journal of April 29 on mv race for democratic state do not altogether trust ambas- champion.
chairman. A copy of your editorial was prominently displayed at sadors. They know that if war
the meeting of the state com-
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
problem- to V"
you. But they ;
are. Hands are
a problem to
everybody.
They are a
problem because .
nobody knows
what to do with j
them.
Hands, afterl
all, aren't what I
they used to be.
Modern society
has reduced their value.
In the old jungle days, when
our ancestors were still unde
cided whether to remain apes
or become human beings, the
hand was a much more im
portant part of the anatomy.
The primeval ape man swung
through the trees by his hands.
He used his paws to grub for
food, fight his enemy and to
court his lady ape friend.
Then, as now, he had to live
by his wits but his hands were
the tools of his wit. He learn
ed through his sense of touch.
Watch any toddling child to
day. It still has the ape mem
ory in its hands. It wants to
seize or touch everything in
reach. Every finger is alive with
curiosity.
Remember when you were in
school and a class finished its
work a few minutes before the
period ended? And the teach
er said blithely:
"Everyone fold his hands on
the desk and sit quietly until
the bell rings."
And remember the torture of
it, the agony of just sitting there
in motionless silence waiting for
the bell to free you from pur
gatory? For nothing is more difficult
for a child than to hold his
hands still. The monkey past
Is still too strong in him. But
is it almost as difficult for
grownups, too.
The monkey has a simple so
lution. If there is nothing else
for him to do with his hands,
he just sits and scratches him
self thoughfully. He is happy
and completely at ease.
In most human societies to
day, however, scratching in pub
lic is more or less frowned on.
But with this completely nor
mal outlet blocked, what can
people do with their hands?
Well, whole industries have
risen to try to solve the frus
tration of civilized people who
have no natural way to keep
their hands busy.
Among them are the liquor
industry, the tobacco industry,
the cross-word puzzle industry,
and the 1.001-page historical
novel industry. Millions of peo
ple over-eat, over-drink, over
smoke, and over-read because
they are nervous and in doing
these things they can occupy
their hands.
When they said, "I'm at loose
ends, I don't know what to do
with myself," they really mean,
"I don't know what to do with
my hands."
Women have the most sensible
outlet. They can crochet. It is
said that a woman in Dublin
once stitched the entire history
of Ireland's long fight for free
dom in needlepoint. You cer
tainly have to hand it to her!
I used to have this problem
of what to do with my hands
Then I found a perfect solution.
I bought a yo-yo. Civilization
isn't going to make a monkey
out of me.
OPfV FORUM
Josslin and Democratic Party
(Rdll.r'i Netti rnntrlbatlon. u Ihl. c.latBB mil
k. .online U 100 w.roi nnd .tfn.4 wrltrr.)
mittee in Portland Saturday,
April 30, and it undoubtedly
contributed to my victory.
I am very grateful that my
race aroused the friendly inter
est of . . . the Capital-Journal . . .
I think that the democratic
party must assume the full re
sponsibility of its position as one
of the two major parties in Ore
gon. It must nominate candi
dates of merit and present an
intelligent program for the de
velopment of this state, other
wise it is not doing its job.
I think the people of Oregon
are much more interested in
principles than in party allegi
ance, and that they desire com
petence and integrity in their
public officials far more than
they seek the victory of any
particular party. When the
democratic party deserves to
win, It wins . . .
WILLIAM L. JOSSLIN,
Chairman, Democratic
State Central Committee.
'Back Pact or Face War'
The invitation should come
from a mixed group of real
Americans farmers, veterans,
Chambers of Commerce, labor
unions, the NAM a true cross
section of the country.
It could be made so repre
sentative and so genuine that
the Kremlin would have an aw-
By OeWITT MocKENZIE
4 Por.l.n Affair. Analy.tl
John Foster Dulles told the senate foreign relations committee fully hard time turning It down
Wednesday that "war is highly probable" if the United states mougn in me ena it prorjaoiy
doesn't ratify the North Atlantic treaty. would do so. But the turndown
nuutu c iiuiscu IUUUI, uui uniy
this column discussed long ago. 'n Russia but throughout the
This is that if Russia should world and would create adverse
be able to establish communism propaganda everywhere,
across western Europe to the Of course, organizing such a
English channel another world project would be a lot of work,
war would be inevitable. But so is war a lot of work
America and Britain then work and bIood nd death,
would stand alone among the The trouble with peace here
great powers against the Bol- tofore is that too many people
shevist drive. too't " 'or granted, weren't will-
Now they re
T h
mighty blunt
s t a t e m ent to
come from the
American dele
Bate to the
United Nations
It chal 1 e n g e s
analysis.
Why would
war be highly
probable?
Without try
ing to read Mr.
Dulles'
JjK jLm
to a hypothetical situation which
Henry, Who 'Looked Like
Tramp Leaves Fortune to
Winchester, Va. (UK The 398 youngsters In John Kerr pri
mary school did their best to keep their eyes on the blackboard
today but their minds were In the clouds.
They were thinking about all the bubble gum, the licorice
sticks and the Ice cream cones they could buy with their share
of the income from $100,000. The money was left to them by
Charles H. Henry, a fruit peddler, who died here recently at
the age of 80.
The townsfolk said Henry "looked like a tramp." But he
knew how to make a dollar and how to hang onto It. Since
the death of his only daughter some 30 years ago, he carried
in his heart one consuming passion an affection for little chil
dren. John Kerr, a three grade school, was the only alma maler
Henry ever had and he vowed long ago that whatever money
he saved would go to its children.
That promise was carried out in his will which was filed
for probate here Wednesday.
Under its terma unless the will is broken a bank officer
will come to the school twice a year and divide the income
from the $100,000 equally among the children. Each youngster'i
share should run about $10. half before the Easter vacation and
the other halt before the Christmas holidays.
nu- 11--.. 4- UI. I wuir. ai ii.
thetical situation is that, if it is "" P
to be avoided, the communist J'f t"m0ny;u.Y.0U 5?" '
mind, I believe we can offensive must be held on the "L"1 " ,"'"
get our answer by going back ne which It now occupies . ,f 'h. ATmi,ti
inrougn central Europe, ine ; w a
only thing which will hold It Vothverv Sav
there is a strong and united w"k .? bot,h ry dtay:
western Europe. .We,"' 1 ?
, . about the South, and got ude
Since time is of the essence, tracked. I'll be back with more
that unity and strength can be on tne South , ,nothCT column,
provided only through some icorrmnt
such alliance as the Atlantic " " - - '-'
pact. Berlin blockade
Kids
and counter
That would be my explana- blockade measures. They furth-
tion. er agreed to resume meetings of
Mr. Dulles told the committee the lon drmnt big four for.
It is dealing with a totally dif- ei"n ministers council,
ferent world situation now than Tne blockades are expected to
it was a year ago. Then the li,,ed Mav 12 nd h foreign
pact was only being discussed ministers are scheduled to as-
but now it has been formally "m,b'e, MfY J5' , . ,
signed. To repudiate it now, he Wnile thl in ltlf do"n
said, would Indicate a change me,n ei,h'r P,c on rth
in America s viewpoint and this good wiU toward men, still lt'
would make other countries move ln tne rlht direction,
change their plans. In making this concession the
"Out of th..." Du..e, added. tl7ZrZ-
"would come a war." , , , Xhev nlve come up ,f linlt
' ' a defense which they can't pene-
While this testimony was be- ' nd are being hurt;
Ing given, Russia and the three , (.2) T,l)eyKm"'' ,hi.fi to ,eXhfT
tactics if the Red offensive in
western powers P h lB Euro ,,., t0 die whtrt
New York and agreed to lift the icwrruin uui
JF 3r
M OTHER S DAY
Mother baked two days a week
In the good old days of yore.
Then she found fresh Master
Bread.
Today she bakes no more.
At your Grocer's