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4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, May 31, 1949
BY BECK
Popular People
Haste Needed for Reform
Both houses of congress have approved and sent to con
ference to adjust differences bills giving: the president
authority to make reorganizations within the executive
.branch of government in the interest of economy and effi
ciency along lines recommended by the Hoover commis
sion. . Under the senate bill either branch of congress could
block a presidential reorganization plan by voting disap
proval within 60 days after its submission to congress.
Under the house bill the vote of both house and senate
would be required to block a reorganization plan.
The senate bill would make it more difficult for any re
form as it gives congress a double veto on presidential
action, and reflects the obstructive influence of intrenched
"bureaucracy against economy and efficiency as well as
congressional opposition to curtailment of patronage.
The Hoover commission clearly stated that the initia
tive in executive branch reorganization can only be taken
by the executive branch itself, though it is essential that
congress should reserve the right of review and pass judg
ment. But each action should not be subject to double
veto.
It is to be hoped that conferees will quickly adopt the
.house version so as to enable the president to submit his
first plans at the present session, for there is a 60-day
.clause attached. There is no excuse for delay in bringing
order out of the existing chaos, especially as the national
budget shows a deficiency.
A Visitor's Impression
What impression does a traveler get of a city?
" Nowadays, most travelers get around by automobile, so
the highway entrance to a city is the first thing that gets
attention. With this in mind, Eugene, for instance, is
.planning to give some beauty to the highway entrance to
the city to the south.
Three groups are concentrating on offering a favorable
"first impression" to the visitor to Eugene. In on the
planning are the state highway department, the Eugene
city council, and the Eugene Gateways association. Their
plans call for landscaping and "screen planting" of both
sides of the highway forming the Judkins Point gateway.
Since Salem is getting its traffic plans settled for the
.present and future, the city now could well give some
thought toward seeing that the gateways to the capital
were in keeping with the beauty and importance of Salem.
This entrance landscaping would, of course, be tied in with
the general beautification of the city itself.
A traveler in the middle west notes the effectiveness
'of a landscaped entrance to a city. More attention to such
marks of beauty seem to be given to gateways there than
In other parts of the country.
' The logical group to give attention to such a matter
In Salem is the park advisory board, which could coordinate
efforts with the state highway department.
How Socialism Works in England
An Associated Press dispatch from Selarnthy, England,
tells of the joy of life under the socialistis regime of the
British labor party, whose endless red tape on trivialities
is reminiscent of our own OPA control during war time.
The clerk of Sommerset parish had for a hundred years
or more tacked election notices uion a church door and
adjacent trees. The owner of the property turned it over
to the government as a national trust. This followed:
The government said the parish clerk had to quit nailing
notices on government trees. The law snld he had to have five
bulletin boards for that purpose. The clerk got permission to
up the tax rates a penny to pay for the boards. Then he ap
plied, in triplicate, for an allotment of rationed lumber to
make the boards.
Next, he mailed the national trust a copy of a lease. In tripli
cate, covering erection of the boards. Then he applied, In quin
tupllcate, for permission from the county planning committee
to erect the boards. The board sent the applications back, said
they'd have to have applications in triplicate for each of the
five boards 15 in all with a diagram of the proposed bulletin
.board on each.
At that moment, something in Tom's soul died. He quit.
This is typical of all socialistic planned economy states
where red tape bureaucracy rules, and a large percentage
of producers are withdrawn from production to supervise
and regiment the balance of the people.
( THE CRUST OF FRED NEHER KEEPING KfflMr DINNER'S
OUR GUESTS GABBING THERE. HE M'M ALL
KNOWS THEY'RE COMINSji7NVl READY FOR
a THEREFORPINNER9M HALFAN
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Airing of Plane Contracts
Called Healthy for U. S.
By DREW PEARSON
Washington The house armed services committee's probe of
the B-36 and airplane contracts opening today will make some
people cringe but will be healthy for the nation.
However, the public should take a good luck at both sides before
It does too much condemning.
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
Here are
some of the con
fusing and dif
ficult facts in
the case:
1. Congress
man Jimmy
Van Z a n d t,
P e n n sylvania
republican, who
charges politics
In B-38 con- S '
tracts, is a naval sfei-
Xii-J
$16,000; 1943, $30,000; 1944,
$27,669.68; 1945, $6,000; 1946,
$6,000; 1947, $6,000.
Most of the big money to See.
Johnson was paid when Victor
Emmanuel controlled Consoli
dated Vultee. Incidentally Vic
tor Emmanuel also paid a re
tainer to George Allen, ex
White House Jester, and made
him a director of Consolidated
Vultee. Odium took over con
trol in 1947.
reserve captain
with a great yen to become an
admiral. He is spearheading Despite this circumstantial
the navy's bitter, sub rosa smear evidence of political pressure,
campaign against Secretary of however, this columnist is con
Defense Louis Johnson and the vinced that political 'pressure
air forces. had nothing to do with B-36 con-
2. On the other hand, Floyd tracts.
Odium, head of Consolidated Real fact is that the air force
Vultee which makes the B-36, definitely decided to switch
was one of the heavy contrib- from the B-50 and the B-54 to
ulors to the Truman campaign the B-36 last July. Even earlier
and helped finance the famous around May of 1948, one year
Truman train which made every ago the house appropriations
"whistle stop." committee was Informed this
By DON UPJOHN Officially, Odium's campaign change might be in the works.
Fnr some easv bouffht thrills, narrow escanes and anme hlnnri contribution was listed as only Coneressman Eneel of Michiean.
curdling experiences one doesn't have to go further than to drive $3'5u0 to the democratic na- like Van Zandt a republican,
one's car along Marion street which was fashioned into a through tional committee. But five ex- and considered the watchdog of
ON MOST "FAIR" SLOT MACHINES
THF nDOC ARE AS HI6H AS 1.000
TO I A6AINST HITTING THE JACKPOT.
(YOU WIH YOU BIT, CHiRUS
tomrA,ai.)
S X
VI 'x I
it CROOKED I ! U
SLOT MACHINE CO
fT fUR
you
WON'T FOLLOW
THE DOCTOR'S
ORDERS AND TAKE ALL
YOUR MEDICINE.
DRUGGISTS MAINTAIN
THE ODDS ARE 5 TO I
AdAINST IT.
IF
YOU'RE A
TRAPPER. THE ODDS ARE
6 TO I YOU'LL TRAP MUSKRAT
RATHER THAN ANY OTHER AN
IMAL. 0PP0SSUMS ARE NEXT.
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Thrills Aplenty
street temporar
ily recently to
accomodate
traffic while a
detour was es
tablished to take
care of the tun
nel digging op
erations at t h e
state capitol.
Evidently a lot
of folk have to
get in the habit
of stopping a t
newly created stop streets rath-
Don Upjohn
er than Just watching for stop world's top nations meeting to
ecutives who take orders from ihet armftri rvipp i familiar
who for so many years was him aIs0 Put UP $25,000, and with this fact.
known as Cornelia Mervin, state tnelnntriUti??S " "C' Finallv in January and again
librarian. !n fact, our feliclta- IXTZXl ' S
tion. to both of them a. the Pollan, vice president of United thT funds be diverted
twilight gathers and they can which is controlled by from tne B.50 and B.M t0 the
find Joy and solace in their in- "ms,,AtLas r?,P S1a ZeT B-36. The March recommenda-
tellectual and other pursuits. A and John A Werner SlenHi ! tion was okehed by the late Se
couple who both played a large cXe
part in the progress and ad- contributions on the same day white House
vancement of their state. November 30 In other words, ' actually
they were "Wednesday demo- lne 0 , ,, wa, not aclua"y
rrats"aftm- the Tr,, i- made public, however, until
The ton riinlnmnts nf fhB .
tory.
April 5, just a few days after
o t i t. ,. .inhnsnn nprame secretary 01 ne-
signs. In face, If one wishes to effect a decision as to Germany who collected thhi inonev fnr fense which, on the surface,
maintain his life, liberty and wmcn may in turn either ef- the Truman campaign and now makes it look bad for him.
pursuit of happiness while driv- f"tuae- or not- wr'd P 0kehs airplane contracts as sec- The current Investigation will
ing a ong Marion street he' do a"d hrmony, seen, , to be mak- retary of nationa, defe waj heaUh however, not oniy
well to stop at the intersections e usual Progress toward als0 a director and att0rney for to clear up undercover Innuendo
himself instead of depending on anse"'e"1ce"t' wh'ch. as far a Consolidated Vultee, the air- but because the big aviation
north and south seeing the stop be ascertained is no prog- plane company controlled by companies have done plenty of
signs Yea, this street might reM "' Odium which makese the B-36. lobbying In the past and this
provide some good openings for Secretary Johnson's income probe will put them on notice
a first aid station, surgical clin- We wonder if they wouldn't from this company for the last for the future. It will also be
ic, hospital and even a mortu- Bet further just calling in their six years for which securities healthy to have the complete
ary unless drivers get their eyes wives and turning the job over and exchange commission re- background of Investment-Ty-more
accustomed to the stop t0 them. oorts are available wast- 1040 mnn Flovd nrtlnm hrnuaht into
alalia.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
From Knight to Barkeep
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
W) Foreign Attain Analjitt-
The very considerable socialist losses to conservatives in recent
county council elections in Britain have given rise to widespread
debate as to the reasons for these setbacks to the nation's ruling
party.
ly under the very heavy taxa
tion. Death duties are so terrific
that frequently an heir has to
sell much of his property in or
der to meet taxes. When it hap
pens, as I have seen It in Eng
land, that property changed
hands twice within a year or so
because of deaths, then the es
tate may be virtually wiped out,
both ready money and real es
tate. Pritixh rhanreltnr nf the n.
don't necessarily reflect the chequer Sir Stafford Cripps re
views of the voters on national centIy stated during a speech
matters. jn commons that the number of
That is, the same districts net incomes over 5,000 pounds
might give an entirely differ- Stirling ($20,000), after taxation,
ent vote in a national election had dropped from a pre-war flg-
if y
UiA
Thus far no!
explanation
which is widely
satisfactory has
been evolved,
even in England.
In general, itr
seems to be
agreed that such I
elections often
are governed by 0eW kMJl
d u r e 1 y local
conditions and sentiment, and
such as is due next year.
ure of 11,000 to 250 now.
It really is amazing to find
that Britain can produce only
250 people with net Incomes
the full light of day.
County employes wear' their
wrist watches set to daylight
savings time, while their office
clocks are set to standard time
However, there is an observ
ant school which feels the con- $20,000.
DC! VOUVD wvm. - WWW
vote does In considerable degree .
reflect the opposition of those Apropose of this situation, th
classes of society which are rs . of Burke's peerage
4K MAuit.f r.mc,r0 which lists royalty and folk with
LI I CV-CI1 bl J A CUl 1CU VllQt
DlfflCUlt tO Believe Public memory Is short.
eb"ug.h' . y" -e nt of lavender may Burdette I STJSlto
nationalization.
.... they had lost track of 13 baron
Many conservatives feel ' Th. vieM. ,hn
(rightly or wrongly) that this ',,, . '
program is aimed at the de- sjnce th,f announcement
tiuurvs mc aei 10 aianuaru nine rnPnn enmonna ini,Aiu uM 4 . , , . , " ' ouraeiie wrigni, vice -jibsiucui Kiugmm 10 anu - c nr. this announcement a.
-leading a sort of double life, M?o!e?to of Curtiss-Wright Aviation com- struction of private initiative C0Z ot the ZS" men
a, it were. to tt. wlffiSSi. ' " nm th8t " COp Pa" conducted such an astute and the levelling off of indi- haUvftuedthuep, ISL.T
viauai incomes.
bids the engineers would like
to have posted and given pub
licly for opening on June 14.
They are asking for bids on a
shopping center, barber shop
and hold everything a beauty
shop. When they get these fin
As Best Weapon of Peace
PniUn... 1 ' .. ... and successful lobby In Wash-
Incidentally, County Clerk used to the station. ' ais,nIeclant ington that he was accused by
Harlan Judd has received notlfi- a six-font 1PB twinnd ,..i u. . , some air generals of getting the
catioY, from the army engineer, ask him about it Fairlamb says women army to accept airplanes with a
up Walla Walla way showing ..T don't think 'they believe me," he says, despairingly shorter Crulsing "diUS-
that great steps are being tak- ' aesPalngiy. A ew years after that Doug.
en toward building of the new IimtwMiiwjieiM8 jag Aircraft, not Curtiss, was
McNary lock and dam. This is considered the army's chief pet.
in the shape of invitation for SCOFFS AT AID FDPrP ri AlkAC And the marriage between Don-
n,A,,U 111,. " - "-l-mHJ -- "I" , . j
aiu J-rougias uautjiiin niiu 1110
'Bull' Halsev Rates Carrier Arnold was believed helpful to
. I " h- nf nrHern that turned
the wheels at the Douglas plant.
Thla mav have neen S 1 1 n -
Washington P Fleet Admiral William F. Halsev MnnH. fair- am the current PhflrVeB
Ished, especially the latter, prob- cautioned the nation against pinning its defense on "improved hurled against Louie Johnson;
ably the dirt throwing will be weapons." . which is why lt., healthy to have
on in earnest. But there may be He declared the aircraft car- But the retired "Bull" of the these charges aired by congress,
dirt thrown to 1 Wbe'rThnn ""ier is "the most potential pre- paclfic Sea roared ,nto the where LouU Johnson really
orr.ibeaur,0yW"hop.a ,hP f..0' 'n 0Ur b8g ' controversy over the air force', comes in for criticism o , the
tricKs. flvi pj o i other hand, Is to his selection of
n, , r i, ,77, '. ur ,. In an addre ' Memorial hh-flytag B-36 long range Curtis Cald head o Electrlc
Our felicitations to Walter M. Day progranli Halrey dld not bomber. Bond and share to ,ecretary
Pierce, former governor, on his mention directly the defense de- Halsey declared he has seen of the army.
88th birthday which he observes partment's recent order halt- navy jet fighters zoom from a Calder is nothins more nor
Monday In their Eola Hills Eden ing work on the navy's proposed carrer deck jn ..a matter of less than an Odium executive.
minutes" to the 40,000-foot alti- And making him secretary ot
. . , . , . .. ' the army would be equivalent
tude at which th B-36 oper- to putUn'g Tyc00n odYum into
ates. He said he was "amazed" this vital spot. More will be
at claims the bomber is "invul- published about Tycoon Odium
nerable to fighter interception." tomorrow.
Sir Nnrman Hamiltnn Prin-
Be that as may, it's true that gie , serving drinks at a ho-
incomes in Britain are fast be- tel in Worcester. He laughing-
ing leveled off, though in all iy explains that he has the idea
fairness it must be recorded that 0l getting a job as manager of
the leveling off process was go- a COUntry hotel, and took his
ing on under conservative rule present job to get experience.
long before the socialists took sir John Henry Dunn, son of
over. a former lord mayor of Lon-
As this column previously has don, was found checking coal
pointed out, the so-called land- trucks as they came from an
ed-gentry is disappearing rapid- open pit mine near Barnsley.
with his most estimable wife super-carrier.
NO FLAMBOYANT BLONDE
Veteran Hat-Check Girl
Acts as Censor of Morals
Modern Lady Godiva
Inglrwood. Calif. (UR A modern Lady Godiva who tins been
di ling around the I-oi Angr.les area in hrr sedan made two
appearances here today and sharp-eyed police dropped other
tasks to search for her.
The uninhibited nature girl drcve up to a corner in her
battered car, shed her full length coat and was left clothed In
only shoes and knee-length stockings, shocked witnesses re
ported. Forty-five minutes later, she repeated the performance
at another corner. Thrre witnesses noticed that the comely
woman also wore excessive makeup.
Earlier this week, a nude woman between 20 and 30 years
old, was reported driving around Long Reach where she
would occasionally stop to walk around her car In the
raw.
By VIRGINIA MocPHERSON
Hollywood (U.R) Not all of Hollywood's hat check girls are
flamboyant blondes with a special smile for movie bachelors.
The veteran of them all is a prim little lady who checks their
morals along with their overcoats.
Her name is Bernice Kinzel
"There is no cheap and easy
way to win wars, and we can
not place too much reliance up-
PILLS FOR CONGRESS
The president of the Louisiana
I. SI : "snUnl Uill
112 viiamto pals' foTVorn-ou.
blushes.
the Arrow.' Those
senators and congressmen.
He is Dudley J LeBlanc, who
(copTTitnt mi)
the Fleet Reserve association,
"Your navy, your army, and
your air force will all be neces- t ni l. nro!Hent nrn tern nf
'Also "The Sling and sary. the state senate but also happens
were too we must Drotect our time- to head the Le Blanc comoration
.,.., J'..n oirf timer nnlv be racy and dozcn of people ask' tested weapons against the over- which produces Hadacol vita-
J "Zrbeen .M ; f or eigh ed for 'Hecate County.' But if zealou, utterances of the so- mins.
cause shes been at it lor eigni 1M .. ... b . , ,.,1(i hv. ....
years. Few others stick it out gone to jail"
that long. . .
If they don't snag a boy she ha, , terrible time mak- 'BIG BOY' AND HIS MASTER
friend or a movie contract in a jng ,iei to people like Jimmy
year or so, they marry the boy Stewart and Spencer Tracy, she
back home or desert the night ty,. They don't read much. But
spots for better-paying Jobs. plenty of other stars do and
But Bernice, who's blue-eyed they go mostly for biographies
and blonde, and pretty as a lot and adventure tales.
of her customers' companions,
Wouldn't you rather
drink Four Roses?
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iSSA
&
Sightless Man Gets New Try with
Dog Being Trained for Begging
Two for One Auto Sale
Denver (11.19 A Denver auto dealer who advertised usrd
cars for one rent each with the purchase of another car at
the regular price was swamped with business today as Colo
rado anglers flocked to his lot to buy the "fishermen's spe
cials." Elwood Edwards got th Idea from the one cent sales
long conducted by drug and cosmetic manufacturers. He
said he believes he If the nation's first auto dealer to try
the plan.
Gardening Permitted
Dei Moines (P) Boyd Smith cannot 10 Into the Smith
home, hut he ean tend the garden.
Mrs. Phyllis Smith obtained a restraining order to keep
her husband out of the house pending disposition of a pe
tition for divorce.
Yesterday Judge t.oy Ladd entered an order which allows
Smith to tend the garden and get the garden tools out of the
basement The garden tending, according to the order, must
be between 7 ajn. and t p.m.
Atlanta. Mav 31 (U.R) Sightless V. C. Knight was given an-
"The most rjnnular books riaht other chance today to keep the dog he is trying to train to lead
Is something of a fixture at Cha- now," Bernice says, "are 'Beau mm on pegging iour.
sen s, the swankiest eaterie James' by Gene Fowler, 'Legend Police Court Judge A. W. Cal- told Callaway that the society
around these parts. of a Lady' by Robert Hardy An- laway gave Knight a suspended would give up Big Boy again.
drews, and 'To Hell and Back' $12 fine for drunkenness and Knight was arrested last week
She's been there so long she by Audie Murphy." told him the Humane Society on charges of starving the ani-
has a side-line: She peddles She sold a lot of copies of would let him have Big Boy, mal, but got a suspended sen-
books "The Naked and the Dead," too a German shepard, once more, fence and a $30 pot collected
And many's the movie star but she warned everybody the Callaway opened the hearing at the Judge's bench,
who comes in for a New York language In that one barely with a demand as to whether He was arrested again Satur-
cut and ambles out with a book passed her censorship tests. Knight wanted to lose his dog jay night.
Bernice thinks he should read. "Lota of times the author will and "keep on drinking." Lln(, aI0 reported that Big
But she refuses to stock spicy be having dinner inside while "No, sir, I don't want to lose Boyi tak,n t0 the ociety's ken
novels even If they wind up I'm selling his book out here," him," Knight replied. "And I'm when Knight was picked
on the "best seller" lists. She Bernice added. "So I take lt over going to leave it alone." up the KeonA tim.i had de.
says they're not good for her and get him to autograph It. Knight was represented by veioped a cough but would re
clients' morals. Last night Mr. Andrews was so W. T. Bethany, an attorney who cover hli health if he continues
"I censor every book before I busy signing 'Legend of a Lady' volunteered his services. the mfat diet made p0SSbie Dy
put it on mv shelf." she explain- his roast beef got cdld." Bethany said he had ar- jhe can donati0ns
ed. "If It's trashy I won't handle Producers are getting so ranged with an uncle of Knight, r.iw.v had ,n.nM
It." they'll buy a book and then ask J. A. Aughtman of Atlanta, to After Calloway had suspended
And, if the movie heroes uk Bernice if she thinks lt d make take care of him. Unless the sentence he shoved across
for it anyhow, she tells them a good movie. Lots of her re- Knight straightens out, Bethany his desk a dollar bill which had
she doesn't think it's fit for them commendations, she says, have said, he will be sent back to his come to him through the malls
to read. wound up on the screen. home In Macon. Ga. from someone who read of
"I did a lot of lecturing on But the only bonus she ever Marshall Llnd, manager of Knight's earlier troubles with
'Forever Amber'," Bernlee got was her usual tip. the Atlanta Humane Society, the law.
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