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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ike Links Prayer to Freedom
In Talk With Congress Group
Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 20, 1953
PRISON REFORM PROPOSALS
New York Prison association in its 108th anual report
to the legislature warns that the state's prisons are not
immune to the disorders that have erupted in 23 penal in
stitutions across the country in the last 11 months..
Commenting on the absence of serious disorders in the
prisons ot the state, the report says:
"We like to feel thtt this Is the reiult of good management
rather than limply good luck, but let no one reit assured that
'It can't happen here.' In the world of prison admlnlitratlon
anything can happen, anywhere, anytime. For thii reason, if
no other, correctional personnel can never afford to assume an
attitude of smugness and taking things for granted."
The association is a privately supported organization de
Toted to prison welfare activities and is required to report
annually to the legislature. This year's report asserts that
at the very heart of prison troubles is the somewhat ab
stract problem of the "psychological impact of imprisonment"
Noting that boredom and discontent soon follow from
confinement, the report criticizes as "unadulterated non
sense" and "loose talk" the assertion that prisons are "too
attractive." It observes that "prisoners are most definitely
not in love with their surroundings."
The association contends that one of the state's most
critical prison needs is "a more coordinated correctional
program." It declares that despite "the unwieldy layout
and size" of some prison plants, New York's correctional
units are "far superior physically to those in most states."
What is required, however, is a "coordination of program
ing and the avoidance of the unscientific distribution of
prisoners," it holds.
The report stresses the need, also stressed in the Oregon
legislature of an intermediate reformatory, such as is pro
posed here at Camp Adair, as a step toward "more scien
tific clarification." The need is emphasized because "the
prisoner of today is younger, but more experienced in the
ways of crime than his predecessors." The report also
stresses the "need for diversification of institutions." .
Regarding prison guards and other employes the report
asserts that while New York's recruitment and training
programs are not completely satisfactory this state "is not
faced with the atrocious political maneuvering so character
istic of some of the other states." It contends that politics
in prison administration was "one of the basic causes for
the costly disturbances we have witnessed in 1952."
Expanding of training facilities for prison personnel is
recommended for the improvement of correctional tech-
riaues. also ureed is the hiring of a deputy commissioner
of correction in charge of training and rehabilitation of
prisoners, the improvement of salary scales and adequate
pension plans ana tne cnanging oi uue irom prison gus.ru
to "correction officer," as wjII as the establishment of an
-. advisory committee on prison industries, as in California.
The number of prisoners in New York last January 1
was 17,651.
was 15,976.
On the same date five years earlier the figure
ARBOR DAY SUGGESTIONS
Planting Southern Pacific's depot area to trees that the
railroad company promises to retain and maintain was a
commendable Arbor Day beginning. But then only a few
trees were planted and these were native varieties that
travelers by train see to a point of monotony between Port
land and the Siskiyous.
A block planting of more distinctive varieties and of a
size and a quality quickly to mature into an impressive
and colorful grove should be a worthy project lor garden
club consideration. The blue cedar is a hardy and sym
metrical variety of the true cedar. A mass planting of this
most beautiful and imposing tree, that reaches a height of
120 feet in its native habitat in the Atlas mountain of
Morocco, would not fail to leave railroad passengers with
a pleasant and lasting memory about Salem.
Cedrus atlantic glauca, the botanical name for this true
cedar, has survived temperature to 10 degrees below zero
in this locality. Needlelike foliage bourne by this distinc
tive conifer has a blue-gray color, the tree does not become
ragged aa do some other colorful conifers approaching ma
turity and it thrives and grows rapidly in this region.
This variety is not a relative to the western red cedar of
our coastal and mountain regions which is a thuja and
not a true cedar. Atlantic glauca is akin to the cedar of
Lebanon, out of which the Phoenicians constructed their
galleys in Biblical times, and the deodora that flourishes
in the Himalayas. More significantly, a block planting of
these distinctive and impressive blue cedars in the depot
area would leave Salem as a lasting impression with pas
sengers who can see but little of the city from the coaches.
Washington At
"get acquainted" luncheon
with members of congress,
President Eisenhower spoke
seriously about the relation of
prayer to freedom. But there
waa a light note when he was
given a toy elephant believe
it or not by a democrat
Congressman Frank "All Is
Hade for Love" Boy kin of
Alabama presented the ele
phant, mada of maroon-colored
felt by a 18-year-old girl pres
idential admirer from Mobile.
Ike promised to write the
young lady.
During the luncheon the
president recalled again how he
happened to Include a prayer in
his Inaugural address. The
idea first occurred to him, he
said, while listening to a "very
fine prayer" by the Rev. s
ward L. Elson at pre lnaugura
tion services at the National
Presbyterian church.
"A lot of good people, lnclud
ing Doctor Ebon, were praying
for me and It occurred, to me
that I ought to do some pray
ing for myself," said the presi
dent "The only reason we are
a free nation Is because the
Almighty Creator, to whom
all mankind is desponslble, Is
keeping us free and our prayers
will help us to hold on to that
freedom."
SECRET TAX DEBATE
House ways and means
Chairman Dan Seed, the tax-
cutter, is hiding some confiden
tial statistics which shoot his
own tax-reduction ideas full of
holes and would materially aid
White House objections to the
bill.
Part of the secret data is a
treasury department report
that Congressman Reeds bill
would reduce government in
come about 92,000,000,000 an
nually, at a time when the ad
ministration wants to balance
the budget.
The ways and means com
mittee also is sheltering a sta
tistical table, prepared by ex
pert Colin Stamm of the joint
committee on taxation, which
explodes Bead's publicity
claims that his blU will substan
tially help the "little fellow."
Among other things, Stamm
found that under the Reed bill
man with a wife and two
children, making neb annual
income ot $5,000, would get a
tax reduction ot only 128.60 a
year or 53 cents a weekl
These were some of the rea
sons why several members ar
gued against the bill at the sec
ret session. Oddly enough it was
five democrats Boggs of Lou
isiana, Cooper of Tennessee,
Dingell of Michigan. Eberharter
of Pennsylvania, and Mills of
Arkansas who chiefly carried
the cudgels for President Eisen
hower during the closed-door
debate, though in the end they
voted to report the bill out.
One ot the first things Prei
Ident Elsenhower said in his
State of the Union message was
that we must balance the bud
get," declared Eberharter. "He
IY DRIW FEARSON . j
bis la test, also stated, quite logically, that
we must know bow much we
can cut federal spending before
we can reduce taxes.
"This bill would do the very
opposite. Also, the public has
been led to believe that the leg
islation would relieve the small
taxpayer, whereas in reality the
propojed S Vi per cent reduction
would bring the greatest relief
to higher-bracket taxpayers.
"If the committee is seriously
interested in tax relief for the
little fellow, let's give him more
than SS cents a week. In these
times that's just about enough
to buy two packages of cigar
ettes."
LEGISLATORS as Seen by Murray Wade
TIDELANDS HESITATION
Inside fact about the Tide-
lands Oil hearings la that the
Eisenhower administration
wasn't anxious to have them
pushed so soon.
Senator Butler of Nebraska,
new GOP chairman of the Sen
ate Interior Committee. . which
deals with Tidelands OIl,talked
privately with Secretary of the
Interior McKay In advance of
the hearings, found him sot
anxious to testify. Ordinarily,
the spokesman for the adminis
tration is the lead-off witness on
any Important measure, and sets
the pace for congress. But Mc
Kay hung back, said he would
testify later. This is what hap
pened.
Meanwhile, the boys who
have been urging Tidelands Oil
for three states Instead of 48
aren't as happy as they might
be especially the boys from
Texas and Louisiana.
Folks In their states are grad
ually waking up to the fact that
the Holland Tidelands Oil bill
now before congress will be a
big boon to California, but not
to states bordering the Gulf of
Mexico. The reason la quite
simple.
The Holland bill gives the
states title to oil three miles off
shore, except for Texas, which
came into the union under a
special treaty and gets 10 tt
miles. However, there just isn't
much- oil Inside three miles or
even 10 tt miles except in the
case of California.
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LUCKY CALIFORNIA
California's oil is close to
shore. At Long Beach, in some
cases it's within wading dis
tance. A little farther out, the
California ocean bottom drops
off Into a sheer cliff diving
about five miles straight down.
Thus it's impossible to drill for
oil more than three miles off
the California coast, and the
Holland Tidelands Oil blU suite
California perfectly.
Off Texas and Louisiana,
however, the ocean bottom of
the Gulf of Mexico slopes grad
ually, is never too deep, and
oil can be drilled many miles
offshore. Furthermore no im
portant wella have been drilled
closer than 10 or It miles from
shore.
For Instance, the Pureoil fire
which blazed In the Gulf
cently was 14 miles from the
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February M, 1H5
Senate bill 14, centralizing the
state traffic department in the
office of secretary of state and
enlarging the number of traffic
officers from six to 23, was
passed over the governor's veto
today.
Senate bill 209 increases the
fund allowance for the state
prohibition department from 25
to 30 per cent of the money re
ceived from fines under the act.
Thirteen Salem high school
boys were caught shooting dice
behind a nearby store building
this morning. The dice and a
small amount of money was
taken by the police and the boys
required to appear before Judge
Poulsen this afternoon.
Dr. W. C. Kantner, whose pas
torate of the First Congrega
tional church ends February 22,
has spent 18 tt years as a Salem
minister. Over two thirds of his
life has been devoted to pulpits
within a 60-mile radius of Sa
lem. '
What . can be done to make
Salem a better place to live in
will be discussed at the next
meeting ot the Chamber of
Commerce. Among proposals
already suggested are:
A one-hour parking ordi
nance.
Organized charity.
Community chest.
Community house at the mu
nicipal auto park.
Uniform tree planting along
streets.
Bridge program for Salem.
Zoning system for Salem.
Public auditorium.
Commission form of govern
ment.
City planning.
Efforts are being made In the
Liberty district to secure first
tests of a new machine to de
termine the practicality of mak
ing loganberry juice a drink
that will be in demand by mil
lions. : The machine is known
as the Humphrey Dispensary.
Charles K. Spaulding Logging
company of Salem has purchas
ed 3,440,000 feet of fir timber
from government owned land in
Polk county for $9,928.83.
Proposed construction of a
new state office building to cost
$410,000 has been disapproved
by the ways and means com
mittee of the house.
Lotz-Larsen Mining company
which is developing copper
holdings on the Little North
Fork of the Santiam river has
secured sufficient funds from
the sale of stock to install mill
machinery.
Mexico Would Halt
Holdup of Tourists
Mexico City 0P The Mexi
can Tourist association has ask
ed President Ruiz Cortlnes to
take drastic steps to halt hold
ups and robberies of North
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Americans More Certain of
Heaven Than Fearful of Hell
y HAL BOYLE
KEEPING FILTH OFF YOUR DINNER TABLE
We find ourselves with a mixed reaction to the stand
of New York Judge Francis L. Valente closing the testimony
of certain prostitutes in the Jelke case to the press and
public
On broad general principle the judge is wrong. Public
business should be conducted In public view. Secret trials,
secret hearings, secret meetings of the city council arouse
suspicion that all is not well and thus undermine confidence
in government even when they do no worse.
We can appreciate the outcry of the New York newspa
pers and press associations insofar as we believe them sin
cerely moved by violation of a sound principle, fearful of a
precedent that might later be invoked to keep vital infor
mation from the public. There has been too much of this in
recent years. It is right and proper lor those whose duty
it is to see that the public is informed to be on guard con
stantly. But we entertain mora than a little suspicion that some
of the newspaper interest in this vice case stems from their
circulation departments rather than from their editorial
sanctums. This is said with particular reference to the New
York tabs, who thrive on sex and vice.
The judge was wrong on broad, general principle, but he
acted in good taste to prevent the present day "Police Gaz
ettes" of tha press from loading people's breakfast and
dinner tables with filth. If there ever was a time when a
freeze order on trial publicity might be excused this is it.
New York Americans
never had it so good on earth.
And a majority are amugly
sure that, when they die, they
will have it good In an after
life, too. They ara more cer
tain of heaven than they are
afraid of hell.
Since the second World War,
the United States has seen a
growing revival of interest In
religion. Church membership
has increased, books on . reli
gious topics often hit the best
seller Hits. 1
Clerics naturally are pleased
that, even in the midst ot wide
spread material prosperity,
more and more people are turn
ing to God for a final answer to
the tension of our times. Some,
however, are troubled by ques
tions as to the resl depth and
understanding of religious is
sues this revival of interest
raises.
How do the American people
feel on the fundamental tenets
of religion? Catholic Digest, a
monthly magazine, la making a
series ot surveys to find out.
Its most recent poll had some
unexpected and disturbing re
sults.
H found that Bt per cent of
Americans over 18 years of age
believe in the existence of God,
but only 77 per cent think their
own individual souls will live
on after death.
What happens In this after
life? Some 72 per cent of all
adult Americans believe there
Is a heaven, where people who
have led good lives will be
eternally rewarded. But only
as per cent, on the other hand,
believe there is a hell In which
bad people who died without
regretting their sins will live
In eternal damnation.
As to their own chances of
being punished in the hot here
after, Americana ara surpris
ingly optimistic. Their high
opinion of their own goodness
is shown by the fact that only
12 out of 100 think there is any
real possibility of their going
to hell.
Catholic Digest finds this at
titude dismcying, and proof
that America, whether it is a
righteous nation or not. Is cer
tainly too self -righteous.
While some religious leaders
are disturbed by what they feel
Is an overly complacent atti
tude toward the after life, athe
ist lesders face what la to them
an even more doleful problem.
"Our membership was never
lower," recently) complained
Woolsey Teller, secretary-tress
urer of the American Assocla
tion for the Advancement of
Atheism.
"In msny ways we who are
trying to lead people sway
from church are In the ssme
boat as those trying to lead
them into church.
"People today are generally
too interested in material
things. The average man, I'm
afraid, would rather play gin
rummy or watch wrestling on
TV than take part in something
serious."
The sntireligious organiza
tion, founded In 192S, reached
a peak soon thereafter of 1,000
members but some months ago
dropped to a low point ot 340.
Members pay $1 a year. Most
members are "middle-aged or
more," said Teller, adding:
"We seem to have a great
deal of difficulty getting young
er people interested."
The states having the most
formal atheists are California,
New York ard Ohio.
"Maine, Delaware and West
Virginia are the worst states
for us," said Teller, who be
lieves some people are afraid to
become atheists for fear they
will be called communists.
Expert Wafch Repairing
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American tourists.
The powerful association
asked for an Immediate Inves
tigation into recent violence,
saying that not only was the
tourist trade being endangered,
but Mexico itself was getting
a bad name as an uncivilized
nation.
OPEN FORUM
Long Troirf Whistle
Nothing, He Thinks
article in your paper about 1
Salem resident recording a trail
whistle which lasted BO second
out ot 80.
If he thinks that is bad hi
should spend one night In DaUu
recording the noise caused bi
the shotgun feed at our loci
mill. Sounds like two men but
lng on a tin roof with eight
pound sledge hammers. You
can hear It plainly two sulci
away at night It goes on night
ana aay.
J.C.D., Dallas
Grave Digger Strike
Strands 571 Bodies
New York () A graved!.
gers' strike at 10 New York
metropolitan cemeteries hit
stranded ovi oooies.
At Evergreen cemetery, oM
of the three nonsectarlan eta.
eteries affected, all vaults havi
been filled and 77 coffins havt
been stacked in tents, with ths
chill February winds their onlr
refrigeration.
Many relatives have dug
graves, then carried their loved
ones to their last resting place
because hearse drivers refuse!
to cross cemetery picket lines.
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