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""fc 4 Salem, Oregon, Friday, December 21, 1951
DORMAN TRIES TO CUT COSTS
Harry Dorman, director of the state department of
finance, is finding out how difficult it is to cut expenses
in government. The jovial appearing man who has dedi
cated himself to paring costs of running the state has
come to the conclusion that he can't lop off thousands
here and thousands there in bold sweeps. He has to cut
small items wherever possible so that those small items
will add up to large figures.
His position stated early this week on the cost of ex
cessive furnishings of state-owned homes at certain insti
tutions in Oregon was an example of what he is trying to
accomplish.
Dorman said the homes in question, renting for $85 a
month, were being equipped at state expense with frills
that were unnecessary. He cited such frills as top grade
dishes, appliances like waffle irons and expensive coffee
makers, down or foam rubber pillows, linens, towels, sil
verware and expendable kitchen utensils. These items
alone, he contended, were costing the state about $745
for each home, over and above the other expenses of
furnishings normally expected in a furnished place. If
this $745 figure were extended for each of the 40 homes
at state institutions, the expense for frills would amount
to $30,000.
But for suggesting that such- savings could be made,
Dorman received criticism. The contention was that
guch frills were necessary to help meet the pay scale
for doctors and technicians at the institutions in Califor
nia and Washington. But Dorman properly countered
that if the state were trying to hide any salary disad
vantages in such frills, it was making a mistake. The
claim of salary disadvantage is one that should be checked,
too. The furnishings for jkhe homes should be only the
necessities and not frills such as carving sets and the like.
California, for instance, has eliminated expendible kitchen
equipment from furnishings at institution homes.
Dorman's attempt at bringing some economies in state
"'Institutions is not directed at individuals. It is directed
at getting the costs of government in black and white
figures as to salaries and expected furnishings. The
rental figure, which happens to be $85, should be the
proper rental figure and not one that covers rent and
frills, too. That present $85 figure includes a nicely fur
nished home, the food for the doctors and superintendents
ind their families that the commissaries handle, lawn and
(rounds care and utilities.
I t Dorman is not hampering the buying of proper food
Jor the operation of state institutions. His interest is
in seeing that such institutions, as part of the expense
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4 For that, he doesn't deserve criticism.
Dorman should have full cooperation in his attempts
at cutting costs where such cutting of expense is sensible.
If he doesn't get such cooperation, his attempts will seem
mild compared to what the legislature that meets in Jan
nary, 1953, will do. The state deficit in the two-year
ywriod from 1953 to 1955 has been estimated from $40
;'fl$80 millions.
'GOOD OLD UrtCLE JOE'
Joseph Visiarionovich Djugashvili known throughout
the world as Generalissimo Stalin, prime minister of the
United States of Soviet Russia, became 72 years old today.
Communists the world over are celebrating it with fan
fare as a substitute for Christmas.
As head of the Red hierarchy even the communist
churches in Russia and the satellite states have replaced
the paintings and statues and icons of Jesus and the saints
with those of Stalin, while gigantic pictures and statues
of the dictator are everywhere.
The radios day and night echo Stalin's might and glory.
If the people must worship a god, it must be Stalin, hence
the elevation to immortality of the. anti-Christ, as the
supreme deity, with a fake gospel of peace based on
bloody purges and slave camps.
. Stalin's 72nd anniversary was comparatively a quiet
one, not to be compared with the tremendous celebration
staged throughout the Red world on his 70th birthday.
But the Soviet press observed it with announcements of
the awards of Stalin prizes for "strengthening peace
among the people."
The six winners announced are Mrs. Monica T'cllon,
housewifely British novelist; Anna Seghers, a German
novelist; Fierto Ncnni, leader of the procomnnmist fac
tion of the Italian socialist party; Jorge Amado, a Bra
lilian author; Kuo Mo-Jo, president of the Chinese acad
emy of sciences, and lkuo Oyama, Japanese professor.
Prizes to each are a gold medal, 100,000 rubles (equal
of $25,000 at the Russian official exchange rate), and
world recognition as favorites of world communism
whether they want such recognition or not.
Stalin was presumed to be spending the day at his
desk in the Kremlin, but as his movements are kept secret,
he may have spent it at his winter resort in southern Rus
sia. His public appearances have been fleeting. His
health is reported good for a man his age, but no new
photographs are being printed only the touched up ideal
ized old ones depicting him in glowing health.
With his elevation to totalitarian godhood, Stalin has
had to assume the powers that go with it, and has pretend
ed supreme creative powers as well, having discovered
that he is the inventor of every device known to civiliza
tion and the greatest genius the world has possessed in
art, literature and science as well as the greatest of
conquerors of his fellow men.
"And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,
That one small head should carry all it knew."
BY BECK
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
BY CARL ANDERSON
Popular People
I'VE BEEN BANDYING S'tm
iff THE IDEA AROUND IN MV mMf Tt BecooC H
Treasury Secretary Snyder Henry
Pays No Heed to Tax-finagling
By DREW PEARSON
Note Today Drew wealthy pay lew taxes, the
working class bear the chief
burden.
What Secretary Snyder also
may not realize is the effect on
the American workingman and
the white-collar worker who
read about graft in our tax
collecting system today.
He sees his own income taxes
taken out in withholding taxes,
have occurred, Secretary ol the hea the governent evn i(
(Ed.
Pearson tells the story ef
tax collecting complacency
in the treasury, In his series
n how to pull wires and not
pay taxes.)
Washington It Is either a
political miracle or a tribute to
his mousey personality that the
man in charge of the bureau
where most of the tax scandals
Treasury John Snyder, so far
has managed to duck any large
volume of criticism.
His cabinet colleague, Attor
ney General McGrath, has been
he wanted to. In contrast he
reads in the newspapers that
millions of dollars in tax money
are not being paid by those who
..in nflni.il t kl..
L8!!",.'".0;."?": lawyer, and take key officials
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
What Is Christmas?
on junkets in private airplanes.
This is what has encouraged
communism In Europe, and,
come a depression, it will en
courage communism here.
SERENE MR. SNYDER
The tragedy is that Secretary
Snyder, complacent as he some-
VP)
New York,
Christmas? '
It is the time when people's
hearts ring like bells. And
legend says that oxen kneel in
their stalls at midnight in
memory. ,
Christmas is the anniversary
of one kind of faith. It is the
cism though less tax finagling
has occurred in his justice de
partment. In contrast, John Synder is
much closer to the tax picture,
much closer to President Tru
man, and has held office much
longer. However, he has travel
ed on his official routine bliss
fully ignorant or else indiffer
ent to the fact that more 4imes 's. could have awakened
crookedness was occurring in to what was going on in his own
his department than at any department two years ago. All
time since the days of President ne had to do was read the news
U. S. Grant perhaps more than Papers.
ev'nu in at any time in history. In column after column, be-
Personally Mr. Snyder is an ginning exactly two years ago
entirely honest man. The idea this month, I listed the amazing
that dishonesty would occur tax-fixes that were going on
T tu lDti. iimi na anu uuca onuun Jig" wnuci 7iiyucl a nose 1 ne
,I',"..t.hJC f..2fi!tti5"l?..0.f him. Yet he does not seem to big Guaranty Finance gambling
realize that part of honesty is case in Los Angeles (Dec. 17,
not complacence but vigilance. '49); the Gionottl and Geor-
Secretary Snyder has been getti cases at San Francisco
" " " " " PBA6ILE
By HAL BOYLE
What is Jesus did he might,
' these enlightened days, risk, a
similar persecution.
What is Christmas?
hidebound prejudices and hav
ing the courage to be sentimen
tal and good. It is the time
natal date of a lonely Jewish 7"Zt .rlr0m Avua tenacious about the necessity of (Jan. 16, '50); the bribing of
nmnw ,hn in 33 hnr vim ieeung siar irom ine SKy ana .,. ,,, t . ... 4 , .
Adding to His Score
Atlanta, Dec. 21 W) Motorist Turner Galloway, 21, was
late answering a summons to traffic court on charges of
hitting a pedestrian.
His reason; On the way, to court he got a summons from
Patrolman E. C. Carter for hitting another pedestrian.
Plight of Child, 7, Stirs City
To Adopt Her as 'Sweetheart'
V
carpenter who in 33 short years
of breath stamped an undying
conscience on this world and
promised all men life everlast
ing through belief.
make it a warm and stirring paying higheLr ta5ts in order t0 "ve "venue agents in New
no., (np Aim Ki.rA mams rmm vrm VAnlr T on 1,111. 1 1 J - " .
beacon on a tree.
Mainly the grownups
"Christmas is for the kids." But he has knocked the a'al out of Mobile (Dec. 18, '49). I even
th-v themselves pntov it mnat na own "x program rjy lau- namea some of
pay for our huge arms program. York (Jan. 30, '50); the fixing
But he has not realized how of the Bipps-'Mitchell case in
By RICHARD CONNOLLY
Of The Portsmouth Herald
(Written for th jVuoclated Preu) .
Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 21 A) mas eve.
A chPArflll VnimCctor nf Ulisn Parnlvn um. ,.Hnwu , ! i
the revenue ,h ,. u. ,. i o
- j HUW.....U hi a u, "Li wwii iicr .jMj oaiiia viaus
He died a radical upon a cross altnough oftcn m ing to collect taxes on an honest agents and told in detail how widne s, and pa ly- Tthe HeraVdVmtcd a 1 o
?',,Wta,"ShbJC'd'"5 ashamed to acknowledge it. In whn People see tax- they appeared to be fixing the sis nas become Portsm0uth's gilts ,ne Mid she'd like.
. , T j . December their crust of foolish -" ' " -v. "'" .uu onyaer sat. "Christmas Sweetheart." Even before Santa could read
hstenedTo his'meTe n h "PhisUcatio" the "ust C8rUm ' ,Pread at the """ sh- Carolyn' Lee Plante, the list, Portsmouth residSnti
H h. Hiri . ln tn grow to protect themselves from bottom. He could not have helped . partially blind since birth and deluged the youngster with a
nay. ne aiea a minor gaany 10 riisnnnnintment wears thin. ... . knowing that si ranWnt almost tntallv iurglH . nj ;, i . .
1 i - j fw.H.juwu " "... ,.vuw "i su.a ,ii a auuuiaiicvui
a Roman word.
They light a silent candle to an GRAVE EMBARASSMENT veloping right under his nose recent attack of polio,
shower of affection.
Christ to a gigantic stature so know quite what to do about it. wnicn according to some peo: ing up all through tax evasion, the rehabilitation center where number of presents there's
that todav more than 600.000.- . . ua ....i i i , . enA ,B M,,.!B AanK j i. j... ' , M c ' -
One of many martyrs to many old belief, that most men really m- t..,'. n.. v. and that a new class of hlark. Carolvn lives in a Pnrlsmnnlh
faiths, time has raised Jesus do wish each other well but don't j... . , , market millinnairai omu,. nursint hnmc sn h ran ha n.
mub a imauiidi wcdaiieaa. " 1 " " . .
000 people, one-fourth of all
mankind, celebrate his
ory. More men follow him than
any man who ever lived. In the
1,951 years since his birth he
has become the greatest reli
gious figure in history.
What is Christmas?
What is Christmas? It is
pie, isn't kosher to mention. Me musl nave known,.if he read sne Is carried each day for hardly any need for Santa to
Hnuava, uihor. niim.j i the DaDers. that around t inn treatment. visit her this vear.
mem- season when they can cast away . n ,h . . . .. tax cases at one time were stal- That is unless the old eentle-
their mutual doubts and really fired whfin g motorist drinks led in the justice department Her father is dead and her man can bring one gift to Caro
do cometning for one another. whie driving he is jailedes. and 1,200 in the treasury; that mother, totally blind, lives in lyn, the courage to keep smiling
IT t h I pecially if there has been a nis internal revenue bureau was itocnester with Carolyn's mruusn a me jiiiea wim con
prophet, have their ,... Thorofnr Boine after the little taxmvars brother, sister and erandmother. tinuous hardship.
of the 10 top members of gov- and tne b'S taxpayers were get- She has been through a lot
ernment, charged with collect- tlne off almost free. ot suttering since last Christmas.
The Jews, who regard Jesus
as only a
own festival this time of year.
It is called Chanukah, the festi
val of lights. It last eight days.
vn ui ugiiu,. iai uaja. . ,. ,.,. . . . Th- h hnv- M In the DBSt e Bht months h
It is his spirit and his philo- On each day they light another . ..., ,.,,,."" because thev hart HvlnnJ T fh contracted polio, her evesieht
U .. 1U.I Hi i . U1 J nflnJU nii.A annthar rt'itt
to give than to receive." The other day a Jewish friend ' 1 ,f puonc
Today the celebration of his of mine, whose children go to a """" .
birth, as is his death, is crossed public school and love the fes
with old pagen ceremonials. But tival of Christmas, told me the
his' inirit and his examnle in- dieht of his voune daughter.
flame the day. She came to her father and ySIem.
Some times reliKious leaders said: Unfortunately,
is entitled to technique of hiring tax lawyers Erew worse, sne naa acute ap
and buying influence. The tax pendicitis, her tonsils had to be
For with Snyder at the wheel lawyers ask for conference after taken out and she got the
there has been a disastrous conference, haggle with govern- measies.
smash-up in our tax-collecting ment attorneys, wear out their sne wears thick glasses and
patience, iinauy get a civu "v
c..,.tn. fraud Denaltv settlement th.r- muscles are so weak that she
. . .! .... J i : . ran harplv tnimh (ha tino nf Vor
get cross with Santa Claus and ."Daddy, I was chosen to be snycer, periodic drinking not "J f, together "
say he takes the honors that an angel in our Christmas play, only has caused moments of S" o jail. " . ,
belong to Jesus. But no one but do I have the right to play embarrassment before the gov- ihose are some of the in- '
who has read the life of Christ it?" "nors of the World Bank and equities in our tax-collecting thir m "Sr h - .
could ever think of him as being And her father, knowing her at the French embassy, but f3"tem which developed under mouth Herald published a story
jealous. Santa is just HIM with problem, said: sometimes has caused him to re- the nose of the secretary of the T,'n thA, c,n',ds
a beard on. "Honey, be their angel." main in bed away from his treasury and the attorney gen- The PaPer Pointed out that
Perhaps, if Santa Claus press- I think that is Christmas work for periods of time. erai inequities which will be '""'" ul, " ""T
EARN
ed his views 365 days a year, as and America.
Sooner-or-Later Department
Bedford, Ind., Dec. 21 W) Thomas Todd, who wanted to
sell his house trailer, put a "for sale" advertisement in the
Bedford Times-Mail, but responses all came from persons
who wanted to rent it.
He advertised again, in the "for rent" classification. The
first call came from a man who wanted to buy it, and did.
(Copyright 1SSH
Not Lucky Twice
It happens that collecting ced chapter and verse in to-
taxes is a tough, day-and-night morrow s column
job, requiring vigilance and
great strength of character al
most 24 hours a day. It requires
the eagle-eyed watchfulness that
Henry Morgenthau became fa
mous for. And Secretary Sny
der, with all his personal hon
esty and all his good intentions
regarding higher taxes, simply
has not been alert. In fact, he
has been a dismal failure.
caps, should be given extra
special attention by Santa Claus
when he makes his visit Christ-
Smotth as Ocean-Rocked
Whiskies of Old
Newinglon, Conn., Dec. 21 u.l! Five years ago Mrs. Ida
Swanson, now 77, fell from a third-story window while hang
ing clothes. She got up and walked Into the house, unhurt.
Recently Mrs, Swanson tripped on a twig and landed In the
hospital.
HITTING MIDDLE CLASS
Both in St. Louis where he
was a bank cashier, and in
Washington, Secretary Snyder
has been a political conserva
tive. He would be horrified at
the idea that he had done any
thing to encourage ' commu
nism. Yet history will probably
Bv MIKE FORBES show that, more than any other
A GHASTLY THING has was in an old residence cabinet officer, he has helped
happened to us! We have dis- bought with one half block of plant what could become a
covered that they used some land from John Albert for basic cause for communism,
truth serum in our anesthetic. $10,000 I.O.U. For Snyder's unfair, unequal
What a horrible thing to do to r.,I, . tax-collecting system is wiping
newspaperman! So far there mtr.i ir sas me nos- out the middle-class of Ameri-
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have been no tragic results. pital wns overcrowded at the canSi the normal bulwark
But the anesthetist has been su,rl anQ "'ways nas oeen. ine against communism
wearing a smug smile!
Boys Will Be Boys Dept.
Ottawa, Dee. 21 (n Viscount Alexander, Cannda's governor-general,
has fulfilled a long-standing ambition to slide
down a fire station's brass pole.
It happened over the week-end at a (ire station where he
opened an exhibition of Christmas toys made by Ottawa
firemen.
As he was leaving the station Viscount Alexander spotted
the brass pole on the second floor, used by firemen to reach
the main floor In a hurry.
"I have always wanted to go down one o( those things,"
he confided to Fire Chief Gray Burnett.
The chief Invited him to go ahead.
To the astonishment of spectators on the main floor the
governor-general suddenly arrived among them rla the
brass pole.
THK MOST VALIANT war
riors here in the constant fight
for health are the Ladies.
When they go to surgery they
wear full makeups. Their lip
stick is on perfectly, cheeks
neatly rouged, every lock of
hair in place, and they always
smile. They can endure pain sidered
like an Apache brave!
ONK OF THE busiest fel
lows here is Louis Panguini,
operating room attendant, who
wheels the patients to r,nd
from the surgery. He operates
an efficient taxi service.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to end
our sojourn at this health fac
tory without mentioning Sis
ter Anna Duerksen Hayward
and three other Mennonite
deaconess nurses who started
the hospital Dec. 3, 1016.
F. B. WEPEL was manager.
The hospital was called the
Deaconess Hospital. The other
nurses were Sisters Marie and
Martha Wedel, daughters of
the manager, and Sister Jus
tina Duerksen, Anna's sister,
THE ORIGINAL hospital
structure as it now stands,
Salem Memorial Hospital, is
monument to faith, she avers,
the
What Secretary Snyder may
not realize is that, in Europe,
the countries with the" unequal
tax systems are thoses showing
the greatest leaning toward
comunism. Outside of Russia,
the two countries with the
greatest communist populations
about one-third each are
HERE SISTER ANNA Is con- France and Italy. And in both
the dynamo of per- countries the tax systems are
severance and faith that has notoriously unfair, unequal and
made the institution possible, dishonest. In both countries, the
THE LITTLE Mennonite sis
ter still is on active duty as a
registered nurse. Her husband,
James Hayward, passed away
recently.
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