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BY BECK
A Dog's Life
4
Salem, Orejton, Monday, November 11, 1949
Over $10 Billion Payroll Hikes
President Yiuman in his "frive 'em hell" campaign for
re-election devoted a (treat deal of time to damning the re
publican 80th congress as the worst or second worst in
history, but the record shows that the democratic 81st
confrress more deserves that title.
The 80th confrres at any rate balanced the budget for
the first time since the advent of the New Deal and passed
a labor relations law to curb strikes affecting national
welfare. The 81st congress has done nothing in the way
of strike curbing, and the president refused to use the
labor law and permitted major disastrous strikes, and in
stead of balancing the budget, created a deficit of from $5
to $8 billion for the current year. If it had passed the
president's 'Tair Deal" bill the deficit would have been
at least double that.
The 81st congress made little attempt to economize any
where, neither did the president. It not only raised its
own salaries, those of the president and other top officials,
but those of practically everyone working for the govern
ment. An Associated Press survey reveals- that salary raises
granted by the government boosted the federal payroll to
$10.2 billion plus for the fiscal year ending next June 30,
which figures out $227 for each federal income taxpayer.
Government records disclose the pay roll includes $3,574,
000,000 in pay and allowances for uninformed members of the
armed forces, and $6,640,000,000 for Uncle Sam's civilian
workers.
The portion of the total pay roll representing military ex
pense actually runs up to 62 percent of the total, because the
armed forces employ 925,000 or 47 percent of all "civilian
workers."
The $10,200 000,000-plus the government is paying its 3,692,
000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and direct civilian employes ac
counts for a little less than one fourth of its $43,500,000,000
budget spending total.
This makes the federal government the biggest single
employer in the nation, with 6 out of each 100 employed
workers, and $8 out of every $100 paid out in salary or
wages. And costs will go even higher in fiscal 1951, as
the current year was nearly a third gone before the wage
boost was granted. Congressional directions were to "ab
sorb" part of the booty by economies which can only be
met by cutting down the number of workers.
The military departments were ordered to "absorb" all
of $330 million increased pay voted for the uniformed
personnel such as releasing draftees. Only a small part
of the $170 million raise granted to civilian workers, who
got a $500 million increase last year requires "absorbing."
The president has ordered departments and agencies to
absorb the $1 25 billion raise given 250 top executives un
less they can prove it would damage efficiency.
Most other added civilian costs are rated "technical ad
justments,"' rather than raises, which applies to the $77
million extra money to go to the 480,000 postal employes,
and $90 million to other civilian workers.
The Hoover reports and recommendations for economy
and efficiency seem to have been lost sight of by congress
and the president, who pay lip service, while continuing
the orgy of deficit spending toward a goal of bankruptcy.
University of Oregon to Change 'Rushing'
The University of Oregon is growing up. But that's
probably not the opinion of some of the "old alums" who
never grow up and don't like a new ruling regarding "rush
ing." '
President Ncwburn has announced that beginning in Sep
tember, 1950, all freshmen students there must live in
dormitories. This means that "rushing" by fraternities
and sororities will be deferred. In other words, the green
freshman will be permitted to get settled on the campus
before he or she is tossed into the mad, hazardous adven
ture of "rushing."
As it is now, the freshman is bewildered by the antics of
the various fraternities and sororities during the "rush"
period as soon as he hits the campus. The new arrange
ment will permit him to have a breathing spell. He will
have a chance to look over the various organizations to
see whether or not he wants to join one of them. Also
he or she will be able to find out whether or not the individ
ual can make the grades to stay in college.
The freshman year is a difficult enough adjustment for
the youth without adding the perils of "rushing" before
the ncwcomei really knows anything about the campus,
let alone the fraternities and sororities.
This new program of deferred "rushing" is in practice
now on the campuses of 23 leading universities, the Kugene
Register-t'iiiard reports. Among those universities are
such like Stanlord, Michigan, Purdue and Dartmouth. The
practice at those places is for the freshman to get adjusted
in a freshman hall or halls. Then in the winter or spring,
a special period is set aside as "rush" week. At that time,
pledges are made. Severe penalties are leveled at violators.
President Ncwburn is to be commended for taking this
forward step toward giving the freshman student a chance
to be introduced to university life before making a choice
about fraternities or sororities. The "growing up" can
be said of the university as well as the frosh.
Opposite of Lil Abner's Kigmies
New Bern. N. C. UP' Digrunllrd citizen who deride they
need a swift kirk In the pants flork to the road side self -ktrker
owned by Tom Haywood.
There are four spokes on a wheel, each spoke fitted with a
food heavy shoe. The operator plares himself In position,
spins the frank and (Ives himself a healthy boot rig lit
where he meant to.
Haywood built the machine fur himself in 1937, but his
neighbors found so much use for it that he moved It to the
highway for the use of the genrral public.
Self-kirkers wore out threw pairs of shoes before Haywood
got tired of the Idea. Then a stranger, who really fell that he
needed a good punt, put on a fourth pair of shoes.
This year, Haywood bowed to publlr demand, put on a
new aet of brogana and wrnl bark Into public service.
Height of Being Calm and Collected
Atlanta 0J Ri Charles 1.. Nash was unperturbed when his
bed raught fire in a hotel room.
Police said he got up, turned the burning mallrrsa ever and
was going back to sleep when they arrived.
J SO I HAD TO SO IN JfflWA ('',
AN0 6ETAPAN ty.
Of WATER TO fifz'W. ',
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Earl Warren Only GOP Who
Can Defeat Jimmy Roosevelt
By DREW PEARSON
Los Angeles There is one lesson eastern republicans learned
from last week's big democratic victories which still hasn't per
colated to hardheaded California republicans namely, the fact
that the grand old party it not going to romp back into power
with old-fashioned, pre-new deal candidates.
Even in rock-
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ribbed Repub
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p h i a which
hasn't let a dem
ocrat get a to
hold in its gov
ernment for half
a century, pro
gressive demo
crats staged a
significant vic
tory. And in
New York City
the Republican party did not
poll even 25 percent of the vote.
Here in California, however,
the old-line GOPers are still
day - dreaming about unseating
Progressive Republican Gover
nor Earl Warren and running a
conservative insteao. Republi
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By DON UPJOHN
An echo from Halloween night locally in which a prank paid
a profit. Some lads committing depredations over in the hills
above West Salem removed the sign of a local realtor from a
vacant lot and took it three or four blocks away planting it in
the front lawn of an attractive residence. Result, in a day or two
cnnr.e n a r t I e 8
prominent a spot in the nation'
capitol, though one or two peo
ple in Washington point out that
he will be the only hero In the
hall of fame who reputedly had
21 wives.
As for Henry Wallace, many
think he shouldn't be mounted
in the Capitol at all, but in the
Kremlin. However, the law
demands that the busts of all ex
vice presidents must be exhib
ited in the Capitol building, so
the anti-Walliceites are hunting
for the most obscure spot.
Both cases are expected to be
settled, when congress convenes,
by Sen. Theodore Green of
TXtt POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
such matters. He's a kindly
gentleman who won't want to
slight either Brigham Young or
came along,
were attracted
by the sign and
bought the res
idence. Result
the realtor gets
a commission of
several hundred
bucks instead of
the $60 he
would have had
had he sold the
of the same yellow shade. The
leaves themselves, of a fan shape,
are very beautiful. The fruit
she has christened for herself
the golden apples of the Hes
perides. After considerable in
quiry she found from a state
house gardener that the tree is
known as a ginco-biloha, or a
type of the maidenhair tern,
even though it is an immense
specimen of tree in itself. She
says it's worth a drive around
the grounds just to see the tree,
ren too liberal, too friendly to
labor, too sympathetic to the old Henry Wallace.
peupie ui winui ilia.
What they don't realize is that MERRY-GO-ROUND
Warren was elected chiefly be- LuxembourK, diplomatic home
cause he has swung democratic of the famous Mra Mesla is now
borderline voters. And today. being called ..perle Harbor
with Jimmy Roosevelt a winning Ace Congressman Mike Mon
smile already rolling up a big roney na, been touri Dkla.
popular following, no republi- noma to gurvey the prospecta of
can would have a chance in next running against specuIating Sen.
fall's gubernatorial race except ator Elmer Thomas. Elmer haJ
fcarl warren. built -up a strong political ma- Phelan, a Texas
As a further result of last chine, but the grass-roots are Irish lass with
week's eastern defeats, GOP for Mike. dark red hair
leaders are wondering more and Arrnrdini in simUu i,ij and eyes like
niuie wiiciuci uie, wuu .. diligent Cleveland researrhpr
Most Titled U.S. Girl Knows
Where Wolf Is Respected
lot, but didn't.
ineres ."" J" The gardener told her that prob-
dence in the story. The day be- be
lore Halloween wie uwuci ui
residence which was sold had
been in and listed it with the
realtor who's sign was moved.
So the home owner thought the
realtor had come around and
nut un the sign. But in fact the
ably
but he wouldn't advise it as
succulent diet.
Somebody Sweats For It
(Gladys Shields in Jefferson
Review)
Sit rinwn with naner and nen-
realtor had just forgotten about ci (you haven't enough fingers Party back in the saddle
to pick either General Eisen- Alben Barkley will increase his been chosen:
hower or Governor Warren if cnances of becoming president "T h c Birl
they want to win the White after he marrics, Seven Amer. with the most
House in 1952. They know ican presjdents, says Arnold, Perfect shoul-
they couldn't control Warren married 'vidows most of them ders in 4 h c
once he got in the White House. w e a j t h y. George Washington world." by the
uui urcy a.su miuw umi. .. married Mrs. Daniel Parke Cus- r"515 "b" ,, .,,,
consistency won huge blocks of tis. Thomas Jefferson married of America.
democratic and labor votes, and Mrs Bathurst Skelton; James "Miss Gung Ho" by the Ma
tney are Deginning 10 realize Madison married Mrs. John rine Corps' first division.
By HAL BOYLE
New York M") Democratic America has a passion for confer
ring titles on pretty girls. ' .
One who has practically been nominated "Misa Everything"
is Margaret Phelan, an ex-choir singer and star songbird of th
nation's supper club circuit.
So far Miss i
covered by a throat-high green
dress the afternoon I talked tc
her in the Peacock Alley at the
Waldorf. (Incidentally, you set
more quail in that alley than pea
cocks.) "I thought that 'Miss Guns
Ho' business topped them all,"
Said MaPPip. "T nnriarctanrl it'.
r sort of a marine Invasion cry."
The title she herself feels sh
has most earned, however i!
"Miss Wolf Expert." Her throaty
soprano and intimate songs make
many a lonely night club patron
fi r ef 1 i e s , has
LA
tnatpernapstnatis tneoniy way Todd. MiIIard Fillmore married "One of the ten best tailored want to howl his woes into hei
1... -:. B v...m ,u Mrs. Ezekiel Mcintosh; Benjam- women in America" by the ears at a post-supper table foi
it. to count on) and try to picture
a billion dollars. Give up? We're
Ed Booth, one of the custodi- stumped after a few thousands,
ans at the county courthouse, is That's big business to us. And
pretty pleased over a big auto- the national debt continues like
graphed picture of Clark Gable a snowball downhill it never
he has just received through the gets any smaller. It never will
mails from Gable himself. The urltil our people stop thinking
in Harrison married Mrs. Walter Custom Tailors guild.
NOTE 1 New Jersey's Gov- Dimmick; Woodrow Wilson mar
ernor Alfred Driscoll, one of the ried Mrs. Norman Gait; and War-
Runnerup in
dressed women
the "Ten best
America"
few republicans re-elected last ren Harding married Mrs. Henrv i.., r..i.i ..
u,e.lr ! b harrl-uini-kino urn. n.WK. uit i mmun,,
gressive irequenuy at oaas wnn Efficient Peyton Ford, assist
two of them used to work to
gether many years ago in a lum
ber mill at Silverton.
of the national government as a
benign Old Gentleman with his
pockets full of money. It's your
tax dollars and my tax dollars
Mrs. Paul M. Gemmell, 400 that tCcps the Old Man's pockets
N. 24th street, has been struck fulI not manna from heaven.
by the beauty of a large tree
on the state hospital grounds One of the neatest tricks we
which lately shed its foliage but never get tired of watching is
has left the branches hanging observing a truck driver ma
heavy with a yellow fruit which neuver a 60 foot truck around
she says creates a most beauti- in a 20-foot alley the only thing
ful picture. The ground around neater is watching two of them
the tree is carpeted with leaves meet and then just listen.
Hopes of Ex-GI 'Diaper Expert'
For Hawaii Trip Dampened
Brockton, Mass.. Nov. 14 (U.B Everett Leland. 30, an ex-GI
"diaper expert." said today he was disappointed he wouldn't get
a free 5,000-mile plane trip to Hawaii in exchange for acting as a
flying baby sitter.
Leland was chosen yesterday from more than 150 women ap
plicants and one other man who
wanted to escort 18-month-old he received a 30-day leave next
Eric Von Licks to the baby's par- month.
ents in Honolulu. The baby's Von Lick, a Brockton resident
grandmother here had run the attached to a submarine station
contest. . ed in the Hawaiian islands, had
However, Leland's hopes were wripn Mrs- Lc-febver to bring
dashed by the child's parents child to him. When unable
who called the whole thing off ,0 do s0- nls mother-in-law had
when they learned of the plan t"vt'l "Rcncy advertise for a
through a news broadcast. baby-sitter to take her place.
...
Leland. one of two men who
Navy Chief Petty Officer answCrcd the ad. was chosen pri
Henry Von Lick and his wife marilv because of his "diaper
vetoed the plan of Mrs. Gertrude changing experience" and bc
H. Lrtebvcr. telephoning her causr the trip would have taken
from Honolulu last night that him much of the way to Austra
their son was not to fly to the ija
island "in anybody's care." He wanted to continue to
Von Lick told his mother-In- there from Hawaii to live with
law that he and his wife would his war bride and two babies,
come here for their baby when one of whom he never has seen.
WRITERS DISCOVER NEW FIELD
Book Publishers Now Look to
Movie Scripts for New Novels
By VIRGINIA MocPHERSON
Hollywood. Nov. 14 (U.R) Book publishers, who've watched In
horror while Hollywood mangled some of their best-sellers on
the screen, are striking back. They re gobbling up movie scripts
to turn into novels.
This is the first switch of this kind In 40 years. And If it
catches on it's not unlikely writ-
ers will save their best ideas Up to now nobody's bothered
for Lana Turner and Clark lo figure out this might work
Gable and then re-sell 'cm in both ways. But one day it sud
book form. denly dawned on a publisher
Claude Binyon, one of the that a movie which sold a cou
writers who've been offered pie million tickets might sell
fat fees to whip out novels about that many books. Even if it
movie scripts, says the publish- only did half the business it'd
ers don't seem to care how long still bring In nice hunk of
the movies have been on the change.
market. That's the way it adds up to
"They've suddenly decided the publishers, anyway, and
that an original story that's they re scurrying all over town
good enough to make a studio to sign up authors to re-write
plunk down a half million bucks past, present and future movie
Is good enough lo be published stories for the book trade,
in novel form," he said. There's Just one catch to all
"It's always been assumed this. The story has to be a po
that the more people who read tential hit with movie fans or
a novel, the more people want the publishers aren't interested,
lo see the movie version. That's All voti need to be a famous au
why popular books bring such thhr, look's like, is a long list of
fantastic prices tn Hollywood." box-offict receipt.
l,)Zl rZ r . ' ?T Pu y- ant t0 tne attorney general, is t7 '
NOTE 2 . General Eisenhow- making a survey of the immigra- ,.'
er, sua a great ana glamorous tion ,ervice witn , view , gome
figure, may be politically tar- cobweb-sweeping. He does not
nished by 1952. By that time, plan to abolish tna of
with more tax money paid out immigration appeals,
for armament, a lot of people Raiser's Fontanna teel nl.nt
may be taking seriously Ike a nated at over 100 per cent
'Miss Sharp Look of 1949"
by the Associated Cutlery indus-
'One of the ten best non-pro
fessional dancers in America"
by the Dance Educators of
America.
two.
Margaret has found the aver
age American wolf about as sub
tle in his approach as a circus
parade or a horse on tiptoe.
"Men are the same every
where in or out of a night
club," she said. "There are no
unusual approaches.
"Of course, some men say they
want to put you in a movina
advice that no military
should run for president,
man capacity all during the stee, can Society of Florists.
Miss Ambassador of National Picture or something. But that'i
Flower Week" by the Ameri- not unusual.
JUNKETING CONGRESSMAN
Back in 1945 genial Congress
strilcA Fvrn hlou, in - Knn
new blast furnace in the middle reS'ment";
of the strike. Kaiser accepted
the President's fact- finding
ment.
girl we'd most like to
by an army regi-
man Victor Wickersham, Okla- .boal? recommendation without
homa Democrat, swore never to Quibbling
take another airplane junket
after Speaker Rayburn asked
him to pay out of his own pock
ea for an unauthorized trip to
Moscow.
In the end, the taxpayers paid
the bill just as they will also
pay the bill for another vacation-by-air
for the same congressman
this year. For, despite Wicker
sham's vehement vow not to take
another free air ride, he has just
returned from an air junket to
Alaska. What's more, his name
has been submitted for another
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Useful Tasks Accomplished
By UN Despite Red's Veto
By DeWITT MocKENZIE
(I) Foreign Alfalrs Analr.tr
Our hard-working but veto-harrassed peace organization, hav
ing found it impossible to live up to its Utopian designation of
"United Nations," is nevertheless making progress by the simple
tree air trip to houtri America, expedient of living down the title.
this year Wickersham
traveling under the auspices of
tions, having
found that they
couldn't cope
with the Soviet
b 1 o c's persist-
nyet" (no).
getting
the house merchant marine and
fisheries committee, which has
little official interest in Alaska
and even less in South America.
Under new regulations, con- .
gress must certify that a trip is are
in tne interest of national ae- abeed bv tackl-
fense before a congressman can jng jobs to
obtain a free air force plane, which the veto
Nevertheless Virginia's Schuyler doesn't apply.
Bland, chairman of the marine n this way use-
and fisheries committee, has f,,i taks are
If that sounds complicated we can simplify it bv exDlainine that
tne western na-
4
1 i
DtWItt M.ck.ntl.
As a matter of policy, Miss
Phelan turns down all invita
tions. She said the nicest man
-u i. she never met was a fellow who
These honor, rest lightly on heard ner sj , chj
Miss Phelan's beautiful shoul- bottle of chan,pan. t0
ders, which unfortunately were her room.
'And only a single glass came
with the champagne," she laugh
ed. She thinks it an odd coincid
ence that the name Phelan it
self originally meant "wolf."
"In old Ireland the wolf was
highly regarded and respected,
too," she said, "something like
the cow is today in India."
Margaret is the daughter of
Art Phelan, a former big league
ball player. She studied to be
an opera singer. In 1941 she
married a young naval flyer.
Three months later he was kill
ed on a battle mission in th
1952. Eritrea is still under dis- Pacific.
CUTnT' k , , The yun widow came
,1 .h, f.h a,ch;eyed Manhattan to try to resume the
spite the fact that Libia has career she had given up at her
presented a particularly contro- marriage
versial problem. Moscow charges ,.t , '.,.,
that America and Britain are . . T w V ,cr!tarV!!d
planning to make this Mediter- g0tda job ln cnurcn cn01r- he
rean country a base for attack M
against the Soviet Union a Margaret didn't get a chance
charge which the Anglo-Ameri- at Pera, but an agent did get
can Allies deny. Russia her- ner a we' booking at a Buf-
sclf has sought a base on the fal mgnt club'
stated in a formal letter that it being accomplished despite the North African coast, and Libia In the years since then Mag.
is necessary to national defense n-.. u. ci . j. i , . . years since men Mag,
s necessary to national acrense protests of the Soviet nations.
for Wickersham to fly around which are in the minority.
South America.
His junket will require a spe
cial plane just to chauffeur This is of course far from
Wickersham from country to being an ideal situation in a
country. Only one other pas- world which is crying out for
senger is listed for the trip unity. Still. If the Western
Congressman Tom Fugate of Democracies and the communist
Virginia. bloc can' work together it cer-
NOTE Apparently Wicker- tainly Is better for the majority
sham has now forgotten how he to get ahead with the Job on
nearly had to pay the bill for their own.
the military plan-that flew him General Interest in the U.N.
to Moscow in 1945. When he ha, been pickin up , u(.
returned, he gave congress a fcring , he ,lump , tne re.
lengthy report and Speaker Sam ,ul, of ,he constant East-West
Rayburn a wrist watch. This wrangling and the persistent
didnt appease Sam however. wt o the , tne Sovjct
He said he trip wasn t authori- Union Xhe Wa,hington govern.
zed and that Wickersham would menti among otner has given
have to pay his own fare though lncr,ing ,upport to the organl-
after personal call by Wicker- ..tin-
does have great strategic value gie has worked herself into the
in event of war. $l,000-a-week-and-up bracket.
sham to President Truman in
Potsdam and a rumpus on the
floor of the house, the taxpayers
finally paid the bill.
...
HENRY WALLACE VS.
BRIGHAM YOl'NG
A backstage controversy is
raging over the location of two
A concrete illustration of real
progress Is seen in the manner
in which the U.N. political com
mittee has handled the trouble
some question of Italy's pre
war African colonies Somali
land. Eritrea and Libia. The
committee approved a proposal
to send Italv back as trustee nf
Values that must be mounted ln Somaliland for ten vears, after
the Capitol building Brigham which the colony will become in-
Young and Henry Wallace. dependent. Russia and hersatel-
Brigham Young, the famed lites abstained from voting, be-
Mormon pioneer, is Utah's can- ing in the minority,
didate for the hall of fame, ln
Salt Lake City, he stands cast
In bronze in the middle of main The committee also has agreed
street. Some of his disciplei that Libia shall become Inde-
bclieve he should occupy just as pendent not later than Jan. 1,
titan DHhCto
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