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BY BECK Eaves Dropping 4 Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 2.1, 1949 Welfare State Costly ; The Institute of Life Insurance has been makinjr a study -rf official New Zealand budget figures to find the answer to the question of the cost of the "welfare state" to the 'public and to economy at large, for New Zealand is the pace maker in social security and paternalistic experi ments. : Its figures show that the New Zealand social security program took virtually a third of every penny of taxation collected by the government in the 1947-48 fiscal year. The cost of the program has been rising steadily and has more than doubled in the last five years alone. The Insti ' tute says: ,,. "Social experimentation and increasing governmet pateral Ism have been characteristic of New Zealand for more than a generation," the Institute stated. "A decade ago, coverage and benefits under social security legislation were expanded so greatly that New Zealand would appear to have reached the ultimate In government assumption of responsibility for the in dividual and his welfare." The definition of social security in New Zealand goes far "beyond that prevailing in the United States and includes "govemmentally-provided services and benefits, like med Jcal care, that in this country have been traditionally re garded as an area of individual responsibility. . Official figures show that the cost of social services in New Zealand has tripled in the last decade, rising from 20 million pounds in the 1938-39 fiscal year, equivalent to 10 percent of all private income in that period, to 60 mil lion pounds, or 13.2 percent of total private income, in the 1947-48 fiscal year. Social security expenditures repre sent by far the major item in the cost of social services and in the 1947-48 fiscal year alone came to over 40 million pounds. "Compulsory health insurance has been in effect in New rZealand for a decade, and its cost has Jumped every year. In Ihe 1948-49 fiscal year, outlays for the medical plan are offi cially estimated at a new high of over 7'4 million pounds, an increase of close to 50 percent in the last five years and equiva lent to more than a third of the cost of all social services before the war. "Payments to doctors and drugs are the two big factors in the flsing cost of New Zealand's compulsory health insurance. The former has increased from about 1.3 million pounds In the 1944-45 fiscal year to approximately 2.3 million pounds in the fiscal year ended last March 31." !1 New Zealand has a special social security tax of 72 .percent on all income, business as well as individual, and this is levied on top of all other taxes including income taxes. However, the receipts from this tax, though very large, have regularly fallen far short of meeting the cost of the social security program. As a result, the govern ment has had to make up the difference out of general revenues, and these government contributions in the last three year have ranged from a third to a half of the costs of the program. Enactment of the Truman compulsory medical servicee program will invite proportionately greater taxation in the United States adding to the load which has already made the individual tax burden to Americans the highest in the world, some $100 per capita higher than the individual tax burden in New Zealand. A Casualty of War " James V. Forrestal, 57, first American secretary of de fense, who took his own life Sunday in a 13-story plunge .from the skyscraper naval hospital at Bethseda, Md., was as much a war casualty as though he had been killed in action. In recognition of it President Truman has pro claimed a period of national mourning until Forrestal is buried, and ordered the American flag lowered to half staff on all public buildings, naval statues and military in stallations, as a symbol of the nation's loss. . Forrestal had been under treatment for a psycho-neurotic disorder sinre the reluctant acceptance of his resig nation April 2. He was suffering from what the military service calls "occupational fatigue," a mental breakdown, In which he lost a great deal of weight and appeared ex hausted, physically and mentally by his unremitting labors In his burdensome duties during the war, and as the presi dent says, "In the critical years which have followed the end of hostilities a great loss to the people of the United States whom he has served so well and faithfully." Forrestal left .behind his own epitaph, a hand scrawled copy of a quotation from Sopheclcs, the great Greek tragic dramatist (chosen from Axis) : "Comfortless, nameless, hopeless save in the dark prospects of the yawning grave. Better to die and sleep the never-waking sleep than linger on," when reason is lost. Forrestal was lwrn in Beacon, N.Y., in 1892, attended Dartmouth in his freshman year and transferred to Trinceton, where he was a member of the boxing team. He entered World War I as an ordinary seaman, second class, studied flying and rose to the rank of lieutenant in naval aviation. After discharge he joined the firm of William A. Read A. Co.. and became president of Dillon, Read 4 Co., Investment firm, and in 1940 he was appointed tinder-secretary of the navy, serving until his appointment Is secretary of the navy, and in July, 1947, secretary of Jefense. Forrestal did his best to unify the defense forces, army, Javy and airforce. but the law was defective in that it did j ot confer upon him the requisite power necessary to per fect consolidation of the branches against the opposition Ind sabotage of the brass hats of all three branches. But did a fine preliminary job. a Law at Grips With Law J Spokane, May 11 OP1 John Law earn to trips with the law test night and lost. John Law (that's his name), J5, surrendered himself tn he sheriff's office and was charged with third degree assault. Law John Law, that la posted a f 11 hand and was re leased. Judge Pays Up Cincinnati 0J.B Judge Ralph B. Kohnene ot traffic court parked his automobile downtown and failed to get It bark before the no-parking baa from 4 p.m. to f p.m. herame ef fective. A traffic palrnlman put a tlrket on the judge's autn. fudge Kohnene paid (he M fine before ht opened court the )jit day. . i ii - " ..... IN ONE VTOLEMT UJPCH TO A ELUDE THE CLUTCH OF THOSE 4 HI DEOUS OUTSTRETCHED HANDS. J ar-T LILIAN TEETERED ON THE J , yMiSSXS k EDGE OP THE CUFF. AND 4f t$&W&$''1fal THEN WITH ONE WONG, I Jf;!' WAILING SHRIEK VANISHED J rMferftCT ' V . WTO THE INKY ABYSS CL Jf WW2 . '. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Acheson's Instructions For Paris Meet Revealed Br DREW PEARSON Washington Here Is a summary of the general instructions in Secretary of State Acheson's pocket for the most important peace parley since Potsdam. It opens in Paris today. 1. The United States will take the position that we owe the Russians nothing for lifting the Berlin blockade, since this was merely righting B. That allied troops then be stationed on both banks of the Rhine, some ,ln Ger man territory, some in French. C. That a German constabu lary force be carefully trained by allied instruc tors to maintain order in the evacuated part of Germany. The above Joint Chiefs of Staff Droeram has now been BY GUILD Wizard of Odds 1 .L a -s a wrong. 2. The state department i s leaning more and more to the view that Rus sia really wants to play ball with the West ern aemocra-b: cies: we will dot our best in r-n- operate at Paris. 3. The U.S.A. that Russia's Eastern Germany adoDted as official U.S. policy, be amalgamated with the Allies' and is what Secretary Acheron Western Germany in one demo- will propose at Paris if the eratic republic. An election Russians demand the complete would be jointly supervised by evacuation of Germany, the Four Powers. The recent . . Dr. CitrtM will propose MacKENZIE'S COLUMN Support to China Commies By U. S. Not Held Likely ty DeWITT MacKENZIE UP rortlia Affair Analyst! There Is a tendency in some Chinese nationalist circles to find encouragement In Secretary of State Acheson's statement to a sen ate committee that America won't recognize a communist regime 1 n China s o long overwhelming protest vote in the Russian zone makes it ap parent that in any free election, anti-communists would win. Next problem Acheson faces is the position of our French and British allies. The latter are willing to accept the above A6A?NST ( Kj? A .J?.WVIM6E ANY OF HIS (6rf U "N TsUTMBfl SONGS HC0MIH6 V" CS 'frl W'l.HN",0Ff A HIT. fK (fiw )(lA,r '2 OUNCES. Q) A (turn mourn mim .t, il T A i H6i"Yeuesnaiio 1 Ink. When a markiase '"-" n m. COUNSELOR GETS A CLIENT- TO I IT'S cl A WOMAN.' MOST CLIENTS ARE BETWEEN V 20 and 30 Freeze a Sneeze 4 An allied control council chiefs o suff program, but the w.u.o oe esiaDi.snea inside Ger- Frencn are not. rrench Ambas- many to inspect possible arma ment factories. as a na- tionlist govern ment exists. However, 1 1 strikes me as rather grasping at straws for nationalists to try to extract much satisfac tion from such a general re- ,, mark. True, the communist government if it was an established and going con cern. By the same token there's no reason to assume at least as I see it that the United States might not even give sup port to some new government, should such be formed by sub stantial and progressive ele ments and demonstrate that it could pull its weight. That idea, by the way, may not be so far sador Bonnet has made this re peatedly clear to the state de- partment on instructions irom This brings Acheson's instruc- his government. tions down to the most impor tant question of all whether allied troops are to be with drawn from the country, which Liecester, Eng. UP) You can freeze a aneese, but it thaws out. Michael Hippisley learned today. Michael, 14-year-old London schoolboy, has been sneesing with uncomforable regularity for 14 days. Many remedies have been tried, but none has worked. Today he entered an lee company's cold storage room where the temperature was about IS degrees below zero. While inside he had temporary relief. But when he come out he was freezing and still sneesing. in iweniy uriei years lumemeu j-ui two terrible wars. The answer acccpt tne plan withdraw to France, he said, was deter mined to keep troops in Ger many regardless of what Eng- land and the United State. POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER do and would not even to this is not so easy Nevertheless it is certain that Foreign Minister Vishinsky will propose that the troops of all German port cities. Acheson's assistant, Charles 'Chip" Bohlen, is now in Paris f troops ot an , . . ..; countries be withdrawn from ;rm l" .hi. ... icTfr .-ten U in a ii iu icciw ' uermany and go nome ai- Man's Best Friend Is Not The Dog-It's Your Mirror .1.. ih;,.0i. h fetched as might seem. Washington has no intention of Generalissimo Chiang gets recognizing a communist regime ' h's ?"PPrt P- at this time. That in itself must erful warlords. Those warlords be a matter of gratification for m'ht regroup and establish , the Chinese nationalists, since new ?'me- A matter there has been much speculation ?act- Chiang might be smart if whether the United States encouraged 1 just such a move might recognize the Red Chi- in view of the political bank- nese if they dominated the ruPtcy of his own government, countv However, the Generalissimo Still.' it should be noted that Jon,., demonstrated that he Mr. Acheson didn't pledge him- if a fighter He has given no in- .i ,, ... i riirH- dication that he intends to with- ister Schuman to reverse tn stand. It is interesting to note that Bohlen, a cousin of the famous German munition mak- march back into Germany with Kpp .Vn f,"'"","" e.!n ha i...,itli. .Un...k. 4L. ..- iaVOr KCCUIHK "i aimu vv" iiuilllIlK UC31UC9 T ed to. It would also mean that cou"cil. 't.?"? n.h "Jl"?mfnt- ,.t sped inuusiiiai p.nt.w. w...-- vriiai uutrs together. This would mean that Russian troops could withdraw within the Polish border then By HAL BOYLE New York W The poor man's philosopher says: Mankind's best friend isn't the dog. It's the mirror. A mirror is the only thine in life that will give you back it within weeks, probably months all depending on congression al debate. He appears to be pursuing course of watchful waiting. This much seems clear from recent developments: Washing ton has no present intention of rushing to the aid of Generahs- draw from the picture, but ap pears to be exceedingly active in directing the defense against the communist offensive from the north. I hear from a good source that the nationalist may aban- KooL. tirJ ..,,; j state department officials do not give you? It could not return to Germany aree with him ... give8 yu. .back lnose are some oi me juujsct points of a conference which great big won holds the peace of the world in derful you, the To answer this mieatinn the its hands and can, if successful, finest thins state department sent to Ger- set a new tide in the affairs ofyouve ever many George Kennan, head of men. known, what its strateev board. greater gift can Kennan came back with the The democratic high com- the ?world be-counter-proposal that U.S. and mand has decided not to recess , ' . .,. Priti.h irn. ......... ( .h. ... i. u ..j You can judge a civilization embarkation cities of Hamburg the Atlantic pact. Taft-Hartley the. number and quality of dogs either bark at mirrors or and Bremen, with French troops law. and reciprocal trade agree- " "'"" " "f". " . '"' ' ' ",','" -'" ' o returning to the French border. ments-plus whatever else can ' civilzation that rer"lndel he walks on four legs? The Kennan plan was then re- be sandwiched .in. The leaders d'dn have hem "d love And the average dog is too hon- viewed by the Joint Chiefs of estimate this will take until I (ml thing you see In yourself. And that makes the possibilities end less. If anyone ever Invented a mir ror that said. "Oh, yeah?" well, nobody would buy It. Look at the trouble caused by the famous mirror on the wall that answered the question: "Who's the fairest one of all?" Give mirrors voices, and the world would go down In chaos. For the mirror is the "yes man" that every human being needs. Dogs don t feel that way. Most simo Chiang Kai-Shek's refugee in the Projcct. of "'lishlng me cuvniiiiiriii in l uic uik Generalissimo, whose personal !sla"d ToTmm?-t " i,d stock is below par in Washing ton, will have to produce a far Staff who frowned on any eva cuation to Hamburg and Bre men. There was room in these two cities they said, for approxi- July 31. The talk Is that President Tru man will barnstorm the coun try again this summer to get a to have concluded that while Formosa would make an ad- more liberal and progressive u u . ...... form of government before he " w0"'d hbe 00 "ren,ov1 can win much further support lrom tne h"r' ' to This doesn't mean that Uncle make good base for eneral Sam is going to put the stamp PUSe,' , ". Therefore, the nationalist 01 approval on any communist u:u - j -j . . ,',, . j ., ' lt ... high command is said to have government and give lt his sup- . . . . " . w. . .,:. decided to move the government port. We are against commun- w-.t. ,h. ,. " , , ism. However, we recognize J?:' Z ,'ul I P . numerous communist govern- - "";" tives in their capitals. Thus mately 300.000 U.S. and British firsthand look at the state of the troops, insteaa, tney proposed: A. That allied troops be with drawn from the main Ger- them. The ancient Greeks had the legend of Narcissus, the beauti ful boy who saw his reflection in a pool and became enamored of it. He pined away and the est with himself to look at his reflection and muse: "The way that ear falls, isn't it like Clark Gable?" man centers. union and retrain some of his lost Kds in pity turned him into a .trpnslh. Then he will Drobablv lovely flower. A flower that call a special session in October. In our time of modern heart break, when people dwell in great crowds but live so utterly (Copyrllht l4f through all these centuries still alone, the mirror does most to likes to look at itself In the wa- k"P People healthy. It is eheap- AGE OF EXPLORATION . j " . are able to continue their drive ments, and maintain represents- . . . , . live, in th.ir ,.ni..i. Th. "uthward. Chungking would .. , . make a better rallying point, es- theres no reason for anyone to .-i,ii .i. ,fc. "1 w .h.i .h. ii;.j c... pecially since the public asso- assume that the United States clat jt witn vic,ory (WnJlt ,ne wouldn t recognize a Chinese Japanese and In the world war. Historical Caravan Will Be California Freedom Train Gets Sad Surprise Seattle William K. Overdall's over-all view of the future did not foresee himself In county jail overalls. But that will be his garb for the next 90 davs. Ruby De Hart told Justice of the Peace Guv R. Knott she consulted Overdall, a fortune teller, to have her fortune told. Ruby said he told her she was going to get married and be very happy. It happened she's already married. She said he locked the door and made Improper advances. It happens that she's a policewoman. Overdall came here recently from Los Angeles. ---wrfrvi. j.- 1 , 11 San Francisco W.B California has compiled its own version of the Freedom Train which will tour the state during the next two years of the Golden State's three-year centennial celebration. The historical caravan shows actual relics of the story of Cali- and private individuals in vari fornia a chronicle that goes ous parts of the country. back four centuries to the "age of exploration" and spotlights Perhaps attracting the most ty that has escaped the attention the succeeding epochal events attention is the original gold of her friends. that shaped the state s destiny, spike and silver hammer used at The caravan consists of a ceremonies marking completion priceless collection of original of the first transcontinental rail documents and objects that road at Promontory, Utah, in highlight a series of 14 exhibit 18n. er than the psychiatrist's couch, and no spoken word can soothe us like its silent flattery. It keeps us from being alto gether lonely. That is why they put mirrors In bars. A man, how ever beaten, can plunk his foot on the rail and look beyond the rows of bottles into the eyes of the nn. h. Irnnu,. h... w4. h.. men see this face when nt. hi 1 1 '. ui they are alone with a mirror. Kn And almost every woman no And he iook, he kn0WI matter how homely sees there- lnat he wil, aIway, have on, in another face a face of des- ,dmirer left, kindly and forgiv- perate. ruinous beauty, a beau- ot hi, fault, in . wnrlrf . woe and few friends. That Is whv it is had lurk tn That Is the nice thing about break a mirror. You destroy an mirrors. They are such subtle Image of the finest one you ever critics. You can see in them any- knew. ter. Today the average man, yawning at his unshaven face on arising, sees in the bathroom mirror something that looks more like a thorn bush than a flower. Oh, but he loves It Just the same. All sections, each dealing with a specific period in California's history. GREY MARES STRIKE Team Flatcly Refuses to Work Overtime and Bolt-Run Away Washington (URi Old grav mare Maggie and her sorrel pal, Mollie. don't like to work over- time. They expressed their dis like vigorously, the time-telling ability of the Their owner. Wilton Insoe. 0. ,wo old nags. Thev bolted, usually unhitches them at 4 p. lntot ,aiied to ',.,, wj(n m. But this time he was mowing the team headed home. On the a small park near Georgetown wy the mower smashed into University campus. At quitting three automobiles, time there was only a small By the time Insoe rounded up patch left. He decided Maggie the runaway steeds lt was too and Mollie could drag the mow- late to finish the mowing. He Ing machine around Just one led the horses to their stable and more time. derided to stick to the clock Insoe failed to reeokn with hereafter. The historical items, ranging from a brass plate Sir Francis Drake affixed on California's shores in 1579 to the gold spike that linked the first transcon tinental railroad, are being tak en around the state in two spe cially constructed buses. The famous spike is made of mother-lode gold. It represents the last spike to be driven, join ing the rails of the Union Pacific from the east with those of the Central Pacific from the west. Where's the Fire Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Firemen were having a hard time putting out a blaze In George Pappaa' restaurant when a cus tomer walked In after scrambling over the fire hose, sat down at the counter and ordered a bowl of stew. Strawberry Linked to Rose To the Editor: The rose and strawberry are making a bid for much attention in Portland, Salem, Eugene, and other cities of A treasured relic which linked Europe and America over three OPEN FORUM nu nan centuries ago is among the many original items displayed. It ia the brass plate of Sir Francis Drake. Drake The white, blue and gold buses claimed the land within view In are so designed as to form a the name of Queen Elizaheth single display unit when being Another invaluable exhibit Is Oregon in fact, of all Oregon, Just now. viewed by the public. the personal diary of Don Gas- The rose probably is the best An around-the-clock detail of par de Portola, chronicling his loved flower in the world, and to have come from the fact that state police Is assigned the re- famed expedition from southern the favorite berry seems to be lney wefe joun( urKjer ,traw sponsibility of safeguarding the California up the Pacific coast the strawberry. Strangely . j.:. ,.. ' exhibit pieces. in 1769. The parchment pages enough, the strawberry is class- " durln y UmeI; The objects and documents of the manuscript are well pre- ed as "a member of the rose when tall grass was mown and were lent to the commission by served and though it was re- family." le' 'he ground until it dried. more than 20 universities, mus- corded almost two centuries ago. Strawberries grow wild and " worriers wno gainereo. Dog's Fate in Doubt Los Angeles Ji The fate of Congo, a Great Dane dog that attacked his mistress two weeks ago, will be decided by psychoanalysis. The ISO-pound animal will he turned over Monday to Larry Trimble, ring trainer and authority on problem pooches. The county department of animal regulation planned to destroy Congo as an Ill-tempered and unsafe pet after he severely bit his owner, Mrs. Frances MrDermott. But letters and telegrams began pouring tn protesting Congo's death sentence. 80 the department decided to try tha phyeho treatment, Mrs. MrDtrmott agreed yesterday to the plan. Juror Loses Money White Plains. N. Y., Pi Mrs. Mary Olves. a housewife, won't have to sit on a Jury any longer because a Juror gets paid lew than a baby-sllter. Stale Supreme Court Justice Frank H. Coyne released her from further service yesterday after she explained that lor t week rt nad emit f.t a day to hire a sitter for her three hildrea. while ah got eauy II a slay aa a Juror. eums, libraries, official archives the words are clearly readable. Bear Is Army Observer Seattle "There's nothing like a bear to make you bear down!" That was the observation today of First Lieut. Melvln Whitley, after watching one of his rifle squads go through an attack problem at Fort Lawton yesterday. He noticed a large black hear, much taller than an In filtrating ground-bound soldier, was following the group. The hear, he aald, took a position some 19 yards behind the men, and from then on showed considerable curiosity as to how the problem would go. The squad algged. 80 did the bear. The aquad tagged. Likewise Mr. Bruin. After the problem was completed Whatley said he called the squad leader over and asked him If he knew the squad had had a fur-bearing observer. "Heck no!" exclaimed the wide-eyed soldier. "If I had. I would have reached by objective much sooner thaa I did!" we may find them in many j " "' " , " ., ! fields in different parU of our der ""'" Tne P'"nt " ,whlch land. As a boy. I used to locate ThT" gLow. h,ve leM them, now and then, at either side of certain railway tracks. I enjoyed eating them. Wild strawberries are of small size, but they have a fine, sweet flavor. Strawberries have been "tam and berries which are rather close to the ground. Often the grass was cut at a level above that of the wild strawberries. Millions of crates of strawber ries are gathered each year In Europe, North America and ed " that Is, they have been other continents. raised by people for only about 12.1 years. Among the first to be planted were wild Strawberries grow on small plants but both Europe and North America have "straw- Babies to Broadcast Cameron, Mo. olfd Baby's first cry wilt be presented I proud parents now.' The community hospital ha Installed a tape recording machine to catch the first cry of newborn babies. The rry Is transcribed to a phonograph record, with aa aaaeueetnent ai tat haby'i weight tad birth lime, c strawberries found in England, Drry trees." These are ever China, Virginia and Chile. Tn nd, on this continent. These have been crossed with tn'V row along the Pacific one another, also with wild Coast from British Columbia strawberries found In various down to the southern end of part of Canada and the United California. They produce red States. fruit which look something like Today there are manv varie- 't"'b'n'1"' f"d which are ties, and it is hard to tell where f,.t0."J' The "strawberry their ancestors came from. Of I .?' Nor,h America also all the strawberries I have eaten, madronas or sorrel I have enjoyed most the ttraw. !?h. Tf...' Vhe r0W ' berries grown in Oregon. They helfht of "s are of large size, unusually de- Charles T. McPhrrson licious and have a fine, sweet ,98 sw Sixth Avenue flavor. P. O. Box I87J, Zone T The name "strawberry" teem Portland, Ortfoa.