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BY BECK
Actions for Regret
4
Salem. Oregon, Saturday, June 11, 1949
Bringing Police Allotments Up to Firemen's
A difference in pension systems for Salem firemen and
policemen will force the city budget committee into a de
cision Monday night. The question: Will the police be
granted a $20 a month pay increase to offset a similar
amount of money now going into the firemen's pension
plan, or will present differences continue?
A look at the 1949-1950 city budget shows the reason
for this $20 question mark before the committee.
A $33,340 annual figure is proposed for the firemen's
retirement fund, while a $9096 figure is for the police
men. In the firemen's case, theirs is a local pension
program, adopted by the voters years ago. Because of a
high schedule of benefits, the yearly contribution to the
fund is higher.
The police pension system is tied in with the state plan.
The force is under the state retirement fund. A proposal
to establish a local plan for the police was defeated at the
polls, despite the fact the previous firemen's plan had
passed. Because the police benefits are not as extensive
as the firemen's, the cost is not so great.
Individually, the firemen's plan costs the city $422 a
year per man. The police plan costs $162.42 per man. The
difference in plans amounts to $259.58 per man per year
dhort for the police. Figured down to a monthly basis that
difference is $21.63 per man on the force.
Seeking a round figure, the budget committee hit on the
$20 a month proposal for the police. Instead of this
amount going into a pension program, as in the case of the
firemen, the $20 difference would go into the policemen's
pockets for them to use ag they might see fit to care for
their needs.
The firemen say this is discrimination against them
unless they, too, would get a $20 a month pay increase. On
the contrary, it would seem that the budget committee
was correcting a monetary discrimination against the
police.
If the firemen want a certain amount of money given
them to go into a local pension fund, that is their business.
It doesn't seem fair to the policemen, however, for those
on the force to receive a total pay figure, including pen
sion allotments, that is $20 a month less than the fire
men's. Therefore, the provision for the "extra" $20 a month
for the police in the city budget seems reasonable. If and
when the pension systems of both firemen and policemen
are equalized in some manner, then the total figure of
payment going to the men in both services would be.
the same. Action on equalizing the gross amount for
each man now seems definitely in order. N
Words Replacing Action for World Peace
President Truman in his Little Rock address at cere
monies dedicating a World War memorial park, warned
that the world "is still threatened" by communism despite
progress made by the United States toward world peace
and freedom, and that the country is only "midway" in
carrying out its policy of building world peace.
Because of this, Mr. Truman strongly opposes current
efforts in the senate to slash funds for the second year of
the European recovery plans, which he regards as "the
worst kind of false economy." He continued:
"It would cancel the hopes and plans of the western European
nations. It would be a great Rain for communism. I am con
fident we shall not make this mistake. A lasting peace pro
gram's prime condition it a 'strong and prosperous' United
States. This must be supported by similar conditions In other
free nations, and creation of machinery capable of adjusting
international differences and maintaining peace. America's
efforts for peace are succeeding in the face of troubled condi
tions and against communist pressures. It is a prime belief of
the communist philosophy that our kind of economy is doomed
to failure, that our prosperity will collapse bringing the rest
of the free world down with it. But they are wrong as wrong
as they can be."
Fointing out that the United Slates has assumed finan
burdens without parallel in history to establish world
peace, he declared the goal "is worth the price." despite the
voices, similar to those that "misled us in the 1920's
that is tiring of the effort, hut "we must not falter now and
defeat our efforts by doing only half the job." He pledged
again support or the United Nations and the North At
lantic treaty and the parallel arms program.
What is difficult to understand is why with the all
important European aid program before the senate, the
president consented to its being side-tracked in congress
for the effort to repeal the Taft-Hartley Inbor law and
other political issues, especially at the time the Paris Big
4 conference on Berlin has ended in a stalemate.
All Europe awaits anxiously the financing of the Mar
shall plan, the ratification of the Atlantic pact and assist
ance in defensive rearming. The democrats are putting
partisan politics ahead of world peace just as the republi
cans did after World War I.
Wheat Control Production Looms
The agricultural department estimates this year's wheat
crop at 1.836.976.00& bushels, the second largest of record.
Added to estimated reserves of 300 million bushels, it
means a total supply of 1,636 million bushels, a supply
greatly in excess of market demands.
This makes probable a return to pre-war production
controls for the 1950 crop of wheat. Secretary Rrannon
recently said that if the supply was in excess of 1,600 mil
lion bushels, it might be necessary to proclaim rigid mar
keting quotas to keep wheat storks from becoming ex
cessive. Crop control laws make proclamation of quotas
mandatory when supplies reach a certain level above mar
ket demands. Final decision will be made within a week.
Quotas are already in force in peanuts and major types of
tobacco.
Marketing restrictions could not be effective unless ap-
firoved by two-thirds of the nation's wheat producers vot
ng in a nation-wide referendum. The department has al
ready notified its field offices that if quotas are proclaim
ed the referendum will be held July 23. If the quotas are
then voted down by the farmers, the government's sup
port price for wheat would be drastically reduced for all
producers for the i960 crops.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Douglas in Deal with British
To Recognize Chinese Reds
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Doing Business with Communists Despite one
bad eye Ambassador Lew Douglas has concluded a long wrangle
with the British for joint American recognition of the Chinese
communists.
It won't be admitted officially, but the British wanted to rec
ognize the com-
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
IF FLOWERS
ARE BLOOMING
IN YOUR
6ARDEN, ODDS
ARE 7 TO
I vniio FIOWFU
SEEDS WERE GROWN IN CALIFORNIA.
munists within
two weeks after
taking Shanghai.
. Mot I v e : To
save Hong Kong.
Ambassa d o Td
Douglas, how-1
ever, acting on I
direct orders!
from Secretary
Acheson, oppos
ed and has suc
ceeded in persuading the Brit-
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III.)
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
We May Progress Industrially,
But Do We in Spirit, Character?
By REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
FUetor St Pur SpiMopfti etiuren
The press reported that the commencement speaker for the
high school graduating class stated that the day of the self
made man was about over.
I hope that
statement is as
erroneous as the ,
gloomy one I f
heard nearly
forty years ago.
It was also made
to a graduating
zlass. The speak
er said progress
in the scientific,
industrial1
living and spiritual satisfaction
are the same in every age.
Our domestic problems, get
ting along with our wives or
husbands, bringing up families
in tranquility and peace, will be
much the same, whether we live
in the steam "age, the electric
age or the atomic age.
Matters of patience, forbear
ance, fidelity, understanding and
love are spiritual qualities
which have to be considered if
General Vaughan's Bauble
The congress still seems to
take a dim view of giving for
eign medals to poor Gen. Harry
Vaughan. In fact, they are now
blocking foreign medals to any
body. Ever since George Washing
ton's healthy precedent, Amer
icans have been discouraged
from accepting foreign medals
until quite recently. During the
war, however, it takes an act
of congress before an American
ish to delay recognition until citizen can actually accept a
after the fall of Canton. The foreign decoration.
British have agreed to wait Recently the army tried to
with this proviso: They will slip through a bill, granting
be allowed to recognize the Vaughan and others permission
Chinese communist regime a t wear foreian medals. But
day or two ahead of the United when Vaughan's name was dis- non ii A M'C DUII riCOOUCD
States. covered in the list, the house POOR MAN S PHILOSOPHER
and armed services committee
Ku Klux Klan Minutes dropped the medals like hot pen-
Klavern No. 1, Atlanta, meets nies.
at 198 '4 Whitehall St., Atlan- The other day. as a trial bal
ta, in the headquarters of the loon, a bill came before the
Plumbers union. scientists to accept some British By HAL BOYLE
At a recent meeting, Klans- awards. This time they were Hamm, Luxembourg, June 11 W There is a grave here big
man Ira Jett, an organizer of civilians. But the debate lasted enough for a man, but too small to hold a legend,
the American Bilbo club which exactly two minutes. General In the grave lies Gen. George S. Palton, Jr., and it holds him
goes even further than the Klan Vaughan's name ended It all. securely. But his legend reach-
in race hatred, got Irate against Senator Millard Tydings of es across the miles and years to world's unknown adventure.
Grand Dragon Green, wanted Maryland, chairman of the sen- all those who aspire to what he Whether peace is good or bad
yOUR PHONE RINGING FROM N 1 saojJ
MIDNIGHT UNTIL EIGHT A.M. ARE 27 TO I. ggjeS
A Grave Holds Pattern,
But Not His Legends
and
fields had about ,,. a,m, swift
reacneo uie urn- we are to enjoy the material
for young people was to work 1 ......
doubly as hard, for there were The many wealthy families
no new world, to conquer. Since and the """V educated families
then, the airplane, automobile, which break up are convincing
transcontinental highways, ex- evidence that real happiness and
tension of electric power, mov- complete satisfaction with life
ing pictures, radio and thous- "ot attained through material
ands of other new things have wealth, professional success or
created almost a new world. higher education alone.
Due to atomic research, it is There must be foundation
probable that the next 40 years stones of character values and
will bring even more industrial spiritual values, high motives,
and scientific progress than the right attitudes, consideration,
last 40 years. It is even pos- forb e a r a n c e, understanding,
sible that there is enough left kindness and gentleness; also
of the spirit which made Amer- faith, hope and charity, if we
ica great to still produce a few are to make happy homes and
so-called self-made men. to bring genuine peace of mind
However much we may pro- and soul into our everyday liv
gress industrially and scientifi- ing. Otherwise, so-called suc
cally, the problems pertaining cess is an empty and meaningless
to real happiness, day-by-day thing.
Drunk as a Skunk in Realty
Corslcana, Tex. " There's a drunk skunk in the Trinity
river bottoms. What's more, he Imbibed freely as a trio of
officers looked on.
Sheriff David Castles, liquor board inspector R. T. Bailey
and deputy R. E. Jones were destroying a homebrew still.
The bushy-tailed fellow with the distinctive odor toddled up
and began helping himself.
The ofticera gathered up their evidence and left. The way
that skunk was drinking, they figured, he'd be skunk-drunk
In a few minutes.
him to give an accounting of ate armed services committee, lived by, and
Klan funds. , had stood up to explain the bill, that was lead-
Klan members have no know- "Congress," I e droned, "pass- ership.
ledge of how much money is ed a special act, applying only They didn't
being taken in by the Klan or during the length of the war, bury "Georgie"
being spent, Klansman Jett and which permitted military and here, they just
other rebellious members other decorations during the put him under
claimed, war. But since that act has ground. But no
The Gra d Dragon's friends expired, it becomes necessary in body shoveled
squelched the rebellion, but ten- each ease- mlllt"r' or civilian, earth on what
aion between the anti-Green to have Pecial legislation. he stood fori
and the pro-Green factions sim- Is the war ,ov"7 . 0? r anyone
mers beneath the surface. out Ohio s Senator Robert Taft a! long men
, ,-. j , j "I should say some phases of their faith
The Grand Dragon already u. s Put lne,r Ia ln
. i .u x. u-m " lo oe in valor.
has been through one rebellion
when the original southern
Klans broke away from him,
setting up headquarters in Co
lumbus. Ga. . . . (Green now
calls them: "A bunch of Bolsheviks.")
for the human race has never
been fully determined because,
always since the Garden of Ed
en, this race, facing life with
more vanity than the insects but
with four fewer legs, has ex
pressed its frustrations in a
sterile pattern of weary vio
lence. In individual cases, these out
breaks are classified as homi
cide, a kind of crime. In the
cases of nation against nation
there is the softer word, war,
a kind of polite and collective
creased intensity re.oriea lya- perh the word ig glory. murder. Under this surprising
ings wun a saraonic gr... c f u$e(, tht word often. mora, 0 c(m -
i hn ii onnLXri whEfhe H likcd the ound of " nd he ed lor ""ling a man you have a
Wh t T House "" asked New believed in it. personal grievance against or
Hampshire's Senator Charles To- He didn't fight the system un- can be rewarded with . medal
" der which mankind has dwell- for killing 25 strangers you
r. u doe, not.. snapped ed in worry and wonder since don t know.
British Depression Tydings. "It has nothing to do Cain killed Abel. Georgie Patton took mankind
Averell Harriman. Marshall with any military personnel." He took it as it has been. He as it is and as it always has
Plan administrator for Europe, But although Vaughan's med- a'd it would probably continue been. His real monument was a
has been instructed to see what ai was not on the list, a motion and he believed and lived and ru hless. personal honesty. He
he can do to head off the Brit- bv Republican Leader Kenneth died in that belief that man is believed that people, being what
ish financial crisis, now jeop- Wherry of Nebraska set the bill born to warfare and that since they are, made war inevitable,
ardizing European recovery. aside "temporarily." Mean- his heritage is struggle those not just once but over and over.
Harriman has orders to get while, the state department, as who struggled with the firmest Because his courage came out
the British to devaluate the temporary custodian of all these courage are the people who face of his mouth as well as his
pound, and to get tough if nec- medals, is turning into a glori- life in the finest way. heart, because he spoke as
fied hock shop. mere is prouauiy Draveiy ana straightly as he
(coprrum iu above war called peace the acted, he was sometimes in hot
water witn tne American peo-
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Welcome Joe
BY DON UPJOHN
Word comes to us through the vast labyrinth of underground
operatives we have working in connection with the FT i BA that
nobody else but our old friend, Joe Gallagher, manager of the
Salem plant for
the nutgrowers
cooperative is
dallying with
the idea of be
coming a full
fledged member
of our organiza
tion. We may
say that such a
calamity could
n't fall to the
lot of a nicer
guy or one with
Cherrian float used in the Rose
festival will be on display we'll
answer 'em all in one fell swoop
by saying it is at the courthouse
grounds this afternoon and eve
ning for all and sundry to look
at and survey but not to ex
amine with dirty hands or other
wise. As usual, in our opinion,
the judges may have known
what they were talking about in
not giving our float first place
in the parade at Portland but
essary.
Sir Stafford Cripps Is dead set
against devaluation, feels it is
a mere temporary stopgap, in
the end will raise prices for
British consumers. But Secre
tary of the Treasury John Sny
der seems anxious to guide'
British finances from this side
of the Atlantic.
Note: John is right about one
thing. The 1830 slump first
started in England.
Mr. Truman Worships
President Truman's pastor,
Rev. Edward H. Pruden, was a
little worried about a recent
story in this column about Mr.
Tmmnn'. nAt lilrln.. - lt n a
do In church was meant to the c o m m o
mean such to-do existed In the wealth and em-
First BaMist church, where the Pre. For
President frequently worships.
Such is not the case. Serv
ices are routine when the Presi
pie.
Splendor and Pomp Get
Backing in Socialist England
By DeWITT MacKENZIL
ion rorcisD Aiiur uiw
' He was more honest with
them than they were with him.
They compromised and quib
bled. He acted. He did what
they wanted done.
Georgie was smart enough to
know that a bold general spends
men's lives to save other men's
lives. He hated foxholes because
he really believed that digging
in was wasted energy, that in
attacking again and again lay
ed t h r oughout
the
first time since
the outbreak ot
war in '39 Lon-
dent worships and most of the " " , . "t
congregation doesn't know whe- '"fi.?"
,, n . . .. ping of the col- -
the very end, when Rev. Pru
den asks that all remain seated
Thi. an odd. though likable, old world of ours.
Socialist-governed England paid homage to its King-Emperor
Thursday amidst the splendor ana pomp ot oy-gone aays.
The occasion was the celebra- August IS, 1947, announced that success and few losses.
tion of his majesty's 53rd it intended to oecome a repub- And when the army needed
birthday an event observ- lie. As a republic, it couldn't be a tough man to do a tough job.
a member of the British com- t n e r e was Georgie, tough
monwealth of nations because enough to order one man to his
they recognized the English death to keep two other men
king as their king. - alive.
This posed a momentous prob- he had a courage above mili-
lem. The commonwealth didn't tary politics,
want to lose India, and India Today he lies at the head of
didn't want to leave, but repub- his troops, silent roster of
lies don't have kings. However, some 5200 men. There are four
in the commonwealth confer- gold stars on the simple white
ence in London at the end of cross above him.
April someone had a brain- No general who died in Eu-
wave, and India agreed to ac- rope in the second World war
ors one of
the most stir-
until the President has departed. Jul of Britaln', "" "' cept the crown as "the symbol wears this rank over his grave
" association 01 me but him. They had to set Geor-
Then he escorts Mr. Truman
down the center aisle to the door
of the church.
any more on the ball and if he we 11 never oe convincea. we
does decide to come in no doubt had the orettlest gals, anyhow.
it will be no time at all before
he advances through the chairs I'nniM Aren't Peanuts
to the office of grand clacker. (Independence Enterprise)
However, we wish to sav in Jus- Harry Day of the Mountain
tic to Joe and the nutgrowers S'" Power company. Is on the
cooperative that anv idea which ,ob ot ,h flre call in
might arise from the fact that Independence to take care of
last vear there was a lot of ,h Pwr Frequently he
trouble with the nut crop with lnd P""'" ln the place of fuse
the result that a big percentage P1"" ln ,hf ,u" bxes. At the
of it had to be cracked for meats " 'or . ,h ,,re department
instead of being sold in the Monday he found two pennies
shell doesn't have anvthlng to in,,n ,u" ba Hfrry doM not
do with Joe s possibilitv of need- belong to the local fire depart
ing new clackers. Joe is just the m'nt. "nd he dof' not rw,v
guy who. if he had to and facill- W ,rom !h ci,y ,he ,ire
ties weren't available, would get . but he gets to keep the
In and crack the few hundred PnnlM he collects.
tons of nuts that had to be Language oMtats
cracked and do It with his teeth London (Pi A man gives
to save the customers. But there's himself awav by the set of hit
plenty of facilities out there to hat. the trade Journal. "Men s
take the Job off his hands and Wear" said todav. It provided
if he did use his clackers for these clues: "A hat dead straight
that purpose It was only on those on the head shows lack of 1m
he cracked for his personal use. agination. Too much on the
' back of the head suggests the
To do our share In answering yokel. Too much over the nose,
the 62.18 inquiries we received a prig. Too much on one side
during the morning from folks suggests a character with rather
about town as to where the too much bounce."
since 1941, though It is
more crowded since Mr,
man became president.
pageants.
King George, uniformed in
The First Baptist church has fcaAlel "n , "co"e Dy. "oust commonwealth,
ine nrsi captisi cnurcn nas ho,d cavairy rode through
. ."- "" cheering lines of his subjects to
" the parade ground for the cere
Tru" mony. There he took the salute
of the royal guards in their scar
let and blue uniforms and tall
Money to Franco? bearskin headdress.
Generalissimo Franco of Spain Well, now. Just how does all
is getting set to apply for a big this imperial display fit in with
American loan all over again. socialism or does it? Do we
For some strange reason the have an anomaly here, or don't
American embassy in Madrid we? Why this reverence of the
has convinced Franco the ex- king?
port-import bank really didn't I Put the question to an Eng
mean it when it turned down lishman in New York, and for
Spain's request a couple of minute had him stopped,
weeks ago. So Franco has or- "Why," he said. "I never
dered his financial experts to thought of it like that before. I
dust off the application and to u" lt' because the king is the
try again same to us as your flag is to
The man behind this move Is yf,u' "e ,,and' fof, the ,olidfr-
Paul Culbertson. U. S. charge y .f V,r . c10nstL,.u"
i- . u tion. for liberty, for civil rights,
d affaires in Madrid, who ,.Th. ,,, , .
seemed almost as crushed as
Inde pendent commonwealth gie apart in death, as he set
and, as such, the head of the himself apart in Life, because
so many people come to see him.
Welcome to Coach
Hastings. Minn A high curving foul sailed off someone'
bat during Hastings high school baseball practice.
The ball earomed Into the highway and broke the window
ot a passing ear.
Th driver was John Ksrbo. Minneapolis, on his way to
the Hastings high school to tpply for the Job as athletic di
rector and baseball coach.
men personality plays a
. Vi.. f I - 111 1 I
h. il. ?h . t ""I , V And h h' irand family.
.L. T.rTa1 5"" "And' ' this rov.l
InlrTn. ,h..' t . m 2 PTy is a fine '.how.' It fill,
nouncing that he is dead set , .entlmental gap. 1 think you
ag. nat any American loan to nave t0 ,ump ,, ,
Dictator Franco. together to understand why we
like our monarchy."
Crisis In Czechoslovakia We recently were given an-
Secretary Acheson has sum- other reason whv the kln fills
moned Joseph E. Jacobs. U. 8. . useful pl.ee in the affairs of
ambassador to Czechoslovakia, the British state,
back home for consultations on The great dominion of India,
the crttic.l situation In Czechs- which received Its independence
siovama.
Prediction: Jacobs will be re
placed by Ellis O. Briggs. U. S.
ambassador to Urugu.v, .
tough-t.lker who has battled
aganist Peron In South Amer
ica More trouble Is expected
In Ciecho.lov.lua toon.
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