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Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 9, 1953
COMPENSATION OF JUDGES
Though senate bills 183 and 184 have been introduced
n in !d-iHintiin for Justified increases in the salaries of
justices of the supreme court, the circuit and district
courts, no action has yet oeen muugn uumu uu
for hikes in the pay of county officials all over the state
have been enacted. The judiciary lives in "ivory towers
and cannot ethically lobby in their own behalf, or indulge
in other "influence peddling.
The courts have the ultimate say on legislation enacted,
whether or not it is constitutional and equitable and are
therefore really a most important branch or our govern
mint Tn avoid the tu-essure of nolitics they are nonparti
san and open-minded. The prevailing inflation has made
their salaries inadequate to attract men of the highest in
tegrity and legal attainments and of the judicial tempera
ment essential.
The bills for increase In judges' salaries were filed by
the state bar association after a comprehensive survey and
analysis of judicial compensation throughout the nation
and exhibits filed with the legislature, justify salary in
creases. The present salary of an Oregon supreme court
judge is $10,450. The statistics show for the various other
supreme court justices the following compensation figures:
. 1. Oregon is No. 34 among the states ranked in salaries paid
to aupreme court Justices; that if, there are 33 other itatei which
pay more money to their supreme court justices than does Ore-
2.' Two years sgo only 30 states paid their supreme court Jus
tices more tnan uregon; now, as pay mora man uoca uren.
a Th avprnffa aalarv for a suoreme court justice in the United
States as of December 1, 19S2, was $13,310 per annum, which
figure does not Include the premiums paia to me position ox
rhlaf ItutipM hv 14 states.
4. Four of the states who pay their supreme court Justices more
than Oregon are smaller in population. iew Mexico, Maine,
Arizona and Delaware.)
S. Justices of the supreme court of California receive $19,000
per annum, In the state of Washington, the supreme court Justices
receive $12,000. (The Waslngton legislature Is currently con
sidering increases to $18,000 per annum for supreme court jus
tices and $18,000 per annum for superior court Judges.) The
average salary for the three Fscific coast ststes is now $13,818
per annum.
Most other states furnish law clerks to their supreme
court. Some 40 of the states have retirement programs,
13 of which pay more percentagewise than Oregon, 4 ex
tending benefits to widows of the justices.
The American Bar association committee on judicial ad
ministration has recommended that the minimum salary
level of justices of the supreme court in the United States
be fixed within the range of $15,000 to $20,000 per annum.
For circuit court or trial judges, the bar .survey ranks
Oregon No. 85 in rate of pay. Some 84 pay more than
Oregon. -
The bar association recommends an annual pay of $7,500.
Present circuit judges' salaries range from $4,500 in Klam
ath to $6,000 in Multnomah.
In its general conclusions the state bar association says :
It would appear from the facts available that the level of In
come of civil service employes In the state of Oregon has been
Increased by approximately SB per cent since 1947, wheress in
the same period the compensation of supreme court Justices has
Increased less than 23 per cent and circuit court Judges less than
21 per cent.
A survey made by the state of Washington Judicial council in
December of 1952, states as follows:
"Taking into account federal income taxes and the decreased
purchasing power of the dollar, It would today take a salary ot
approximately $20,000 to give a supreme court judge the same
take-home pay that he had in the base period, 1S3S-39, when
he received $7,000. In the esse of a superior court Judge who
in the base period, 1935-39, received $6,000, It would take a
salary of approximately $1T,000 to give him the same take-home
pay he had then."
The "Survey of Current Business." published by V.ie
United States Department of Commerce in July ol 1952
indicates that the net income of physicians in the neriod
including the years 1940 to 1951 has increased 202 per
cent, dentists 136 per cent, lawyers 94 per cent. Judges'
salaries have had increased less than 25 per cent in the
same interval.
Oregon judges merit an Increase in compensation. .
YUGOSLAVIA'S FARMERS WIN FIGHT
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Truman Only Man Who Ever
Bawled Stalin Out, and Lived
Washington Here are some
little known facts about Josel
Stalin In his relations with the
U.S-A.
Probably Harry Truman Is the
only person who ever bswled out
Josef Stalin since the day when
he became top man In Soviet
Russia.
for years all of Russia bowed
before the ruler in the Kremlin.
His word was law. No one
around him ever questioned it
However, the little man from
Missouri, newly made president
of the United States in 13,
gave Stalin a bawling-out which
those around Truman have nev
er forgotten. It was as if he
were talking to a music critic or
a newspaper columnist
The incident occurred during
the first few minutes ot play at
the Potsdam conference. Stalin
bad arrived one day late. Tru
man, Prime Minister Churchill,
and Secretary of State Jimmie
Byrnes had been on time, had sat
around waiting for him. Offi
cial reason for Stalin's delay was
thst the train across Folsnd and
East Germany got held up,
which, considering rail condi
tions in thst war-torn area in
1945. may have been true.
However, as the first Pots
dam session opened, Truman
took the floor and proceeded to
tell Stalin that sessions were go
ing to begin on time, were going
to follow a regular schedule, and
went on to outline what he pro
posed doing. Aiming his remarks
directly at Stalin, he talked with
such vigor that Churchill looked
at Jimmie Byrnes with a view
to getting the new president to
take bis seat
This oroved Impossible. But,
driving back to their headquar
ters, Secretary Byrnes was on
the verge of suggesting that it
might be wise for Truman not
to antagonize Stalin during the
first session of the conference,
when Harry Vaughan piped up.
"That was wonderful, chief,"
he enthused. "You certainly
did bawl hun out Four it on
him again."
NOTE Truman also bawled
out Foreign Minister Molotov in
Washington when the latter ar
rived here In April, 1945, after
Roosevelt's death. Chip Boblen,
now ambassador to Russia, who
served as interpreter for Tru
man, told his superiors that he
had never heard a foreign dig
nitary bawled out In such lan
guage. It lasted for over an
hour.
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STALIN SCOLDS
Stalin In turn has done some
bawling out. The late Wendell
Willkie once told me how he
had been entertained at a gala
dinner in the Kremlin which
featured a pleasant round of
toasts to the Allies.
Suddenly Stalin let loose a
diatribe against the British
whom he accused of "stealing"
16 air Cobras which the United
States was shipping to Mur
mansk, but which had been
taken off the vessel in Scotland.
Willkie said he had seldom
hesrd such bitter language from
a high official at a public func
tion and with the British Am
bassador present. Later it was
discovered that the 18 Cobras
had been removed from the ship
after General Eisenhower had
appealed personally to Church
ill. He wanted them for the
African invasion. The British
were not to blsme, but probably
Stalin never did learn the true
facts.
Y DREW PEARSON
swung their weight against
Churchill and for the cross-Chan
nel operation. As the conference
ended, however, Stalin was still
caustic as Churchill discover
ed when he left Teheran.
"Good-bye, Marshal," he said,
'TU see you In Berlin."
"Yes." replied Stalin, "I in
a tank and you in a Pullman
car."
At the Teheran conference,
Churchill also needled Stalin
probably because FDR was
siding with Stalin regarding the
second front by saying:
"Marshal, everybody who
comes in contact with you be
comes slightly pink." '
"As any doctor will tell you
my dear Prime Minister," shot
back Stalin, "pink is the health
iest physical condition."
To which Roosevelt, trying to
smooth over the cross-fire, re
plied:
"Don't forget, gentlemen, that
the most beautiful combination
is all colors of the rainbow."
BY H.T.WEBSTER
The Timid Soul
STALIN'S MOTHER
In recent years, Stalin has
seen few Americans, nor even
many foreign ambassadors. At
Teheran he complained that his
health was not good. Prior to
Yalta he refused to leave Rus
sia on the grounds of health.
Roosevelt at that time was in
far worse health, yet traveled
halfway around the world to see
Stalin. He died four months
later.
various Americans such as
Willkie and Harry Hopkins who
saw Stalin during the war,
usually were ushered In to see
him late at night He worked
until 2 and 3 ajn. Churchill
went to the Kremlin In his
specially made zipper suit, look'
ing like a Teddy Bear; and Stal
in said he wanted a suit like
that too. Occasionally one of the
visitors met the dictator's mlr
tress, described as a plump and
none too attractive Russian
woman about 45.
One American who managed
to get in a few words with
Stalin at the Bolshol Theatre
some years ago was Carleton
Smith of the National Arts
Foundation. Smith had met
Stalin's mother near Tiflis In
1938, found her to be a kindly,
wrinkled old lady living In .a
mud hut dug into the side of a
hill.
She remarked that she had
raised her boy to be a priest.
'I hear now." she added.
"that he Is running all ot Rus
sia, but I don't believe it." .
Stalin listened to Smith's ac
count of his mother but did not
appear pleased.
Chicken Dinner
Slated March 13
Salem Heights The Salem
Heights Mothers club will meet
on Tuesday, March 10, at 1 p.m.
at the Salem Heights Community
hall.
Final plans will be made for
the club's annual chicken din
ner, scheduled to be held on
Friday, March IS. Mrs. Hale
Mickey Is chairman and Mrs.
L. A. Clinker, co-chairman.
On the program, Mrs. Arvllla
Boyer's fourth grade will pre
sent the program for the moth.
ers.
Mrs. J. M. Ballard will be the
hostess chairman and wilt be
assisted by the mothers from
Mrs. Charlotte Jones' second
grade.
.
CTA INLY LIVES X. NIPV .fit,
Salem 42 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
March (, 1111
"When a man's subscription
for a newspaper expires and he,
desiring to stop It, goes to the
office where It Is published and
pays in aavance tor anotner
year" is that man needful of a
guardian to look after his prop
erty affairs? County Judge Bu-
shey today ponder ea tms evi
dence submitted by relatives of
Uncle Billy."
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Half of the $20,000 needed by
local athletic association to buy
a site and construct a gymnasium
has been subscribed to by Salem
friends of the group.
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Barnes Cash store has it.
"Have you seen the new Harem
skirt, a modified copy of the
style that caused a riot recently
In Paris and New York?"
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The Abbey, a large, new hotel.
will receive guests at Newport
next season. This three-story
structure with 62 rooms will cost
$40,000.
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Public opposition to the Front
street bridge and the Union
Amity Group Hears
REPARTEE WITH
CHURCHILL
Stalin also had some pungent
sessions with Churchill over the
opening of a second front across
the English Channel. This was Unfold ProfeSSOf
ward, at Teheran, with Churchill
proposing a second front
through the Balkans, or South
ern France, or any other place
Finally U. S. military men
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, the communist ruler whn
faces west instead of east because he insists upon running lex.ept1Jhe,Eng'l!n 9J1nnel
his own show without dictation from Moscow, has given up
his long fight to enforce the Russian collective farm system
upon his country. Emphasis will be placed upon farm co
operatives, he says, but the farmers will be allowed to re
tain their land and the fam'ly type of farm operation.
Here we think is an extremely significant piece of news,
especially for the long pull. Tito is just as much a commu
nist as Stalin, maybe a little more realistic, but just as con
firmed a Marxist. Originally he had no more doubt that
the collective farm was necessary than had Stalin. And
lie fought just about as hard to install it. His farmers
seem to have been a little more stubborn, though plenty of
Stalin's died rather than submit.
But Tito has given up the fight. Why? Presumably be
cause he came at last to see that collectivism wasn't the
the answer, regardless of what Marx or Stalin thought
Opposition was too strong for it to work successfully for
many years if ever. And he had only to look to his big neigh
bor to the east to find it working none too well there, opposi
tion still vigorous many years afterward. So the tough
Serbian peasants have won right to survival in their tra
ditional pattern of life, by being willing to risk everything
for it, a moral which we trust will not be lost on the western
world.
Tito's gurrender to individualism, or capitalism should
also have a growing impact in central and eastern Europe
and mak even more difficult the efforts of Moscow's bosses
to enforce the Soviet p-.tern of life on farmers in the satel-
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nw 7 j- . V wu wo iruniquesuon ot wnether he Is en-
curteln that a communist dictator in a neighboring country. titled to be admitted to the
has recognized the folly of the system Stalin has enforced United states. This should be
upon Russia. decided cold-bloodedly, wlth-
ou sympamy ior or animi'j
from Jefferson, Albany, CorvalUiiSalnst him. He has made
Amity Dr. J. A. Jonssson of
Llnfield college spoke on pres
ent relations between America
and Russia at the March meet
ing of the Amity Community
Commercial club Wednesday
noon at the Methodist church.
Approximately 25 men attended,
Frank Chambers presided.
A discussion of safety patrol
wa held. The highway commit
tee will confer with Principal
DISTRICT LIONS MEET
Independence A district
meeting of the Lions club was
held Monday evening, with dis
trict governor Hale WMf"
Eg. The meeting was attended
by presidents and secretaries
and Central Lions club ot Inde
pendence.
A trout dinner was held, af
ter which there was a discussion
concerning the problems ol the
Lions organisation, attendance
and membership.
enough money in the United
Statea while working here as
an alien to make it possible for
mm to live comfortably anv
where he likes. He seems like-
ly to choose Switzerland
which will be aU right with us.
BY BECK
Popular People
CHAPLIN'S RE ADMISSION
(Albany Democrat-Herald)
Charlie Chaplin is not obvi
ously entitled to readmission to
the United States. Should he Abert Yoder and a state official
appiy. ms recora ana cnaracter Qn this project
anuuiu uc carciuuy cnecnea.
Certainly he is not entitled to
any warm welcome from the
people of this country. He has
lived here for msny years with
out renouncing his British cit
izenship for Amerlcsn. He hs
been suspected of being at least
a fellow-traveler with strong
communist sympathies. His
moral record has not been
above reproach. Whether he
should be excluded for moral
lapses ot years back if he la now
question.
Critics agree Chaplin Is a
consummate artist on the
screen. Probably one should
be able to consider him as a
movie-msker apart from his
personal record, though many
people can't do that
But this ia apart from the
No Smooching
Underneath
L A Airport
Los Angeles U Authori
ties waned love-struck mo
torists today that smooching
underneath the Los Angeles
International Airport will
not be tolerated.
A 1,910-foot highway tun
nel to be opened April 1 runs
under the airport and In
cludes emergency parking
spaces. The tunnel will be
air-conditioned.
"It should be understood,"
airport Manager Woodruff
De Silva announced, "that
the Indentations are for ear
breakdowns, not for parking
and holding hands."
Barmaids of
Bosomy Type
Frowned On
Albany, N.Y. U. State
Sen. Thomas C. Desmond
warned beer makers today
they should bar "bosomy bar
maids" from their television
commercials or face possible
legislation that would force
them to.
He suggested that brewers
submit their TV commercials
to the State Liquor Authority
on a voluntary basis so "mis
leading, false, obscene and In
decent advertising" can be
screened out
"It Is enough that brewers
own baseball clubs without
having ballplayers become
beer salesmen," Desmond said.
street franchise for Oregon Elec
tric railroad has resulted in a
veto of the grant by the mayor
of Salem.
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' Amalgamation of t h e Illlhee
club and the Salem Board of
Trade would serve to strengthen
both organizations and provide
a comfortable home for the
Board.
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From Tanana, Alaska, comes
a dispatch that a gold pay
streak has been discovered on
the banks of the Koyakuk river
and that hundreds are rushing to
the scene of this latest strike.
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Chicago hatters report that
perfectly lovely men's grey der
by hats ornamented with the
cutest feather will be a common
sight along State street this
spring.
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To prevent kitchen accidents
the Capital Journal suggests that
the gasoline can be willed with
water.
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Councilman Eldridge, while
endeavoring to turn his auto on
East State street, lost control of
the machine and crashed into the
window of Epley's grocery, shat
tering it completely.
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New corporation: Aurora band,
Aurora. Capital, 92,500.
General Marshall
Going fo Coronation
Washington ' W President
Eisenhower is sending has war
time boss, Gen. George C. Mar
shall, as his special representa
tive to the June 2 coronation of
Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
Named as assistant represent
atives yesterday were Gov. Earl
Warren of California and Mrs.
Gardiner Cowles of the Cowles
publications. Gen. Omar Brad
ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, will represent the U. S.
military services.
Spring Soon to Arrive,
But Weather Is Uncertain1
By BEN MAXWELL
Time Is running out on win
ter. Come March 22, and spring
wlU officially enter, If not spring
weather.
Even those with a short mem"
ory have not forgotten. Start
ing, March 4, 1881, was a week
long storm that gave Salem 10 9
Inches of snow, five times the
previous march record of two
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weather year. And there ar, was onw
some who nave a memory - ------- z wll
danger la Linn county was zW
critical of the season. A vJ
Jlll .I.U - J 1 .Al ,
uura wui Mil hi
sun acted as a burning glass an
started a blaze In slashings. Ot
Labor day the temperature fa
Salem was 05 degrees and tlx
humidity was down to 15. .
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There was a shower on Sm.
tember 8, the first of signlficanrJ
T,.f,a 9S n.it It
years long. They will tell you
about the big blow that struck
Salem with devastating violence
March It, 1004. Barometric
pressure dropped .86 in 24 hours
and then the big wind popped
Come spring, come summer.
What will the seasons bring?
No even long range forecasters
can tell you that. . But if these
seasons are comparable to 1051
and '1952 they will be excep
tional enough. . ,.
Think back and recall the
spring of 1951. Remember the
dry east winds that prevailed
during April, May and June to
give the Willamette valley ex
ceptional low humidity. There
were forest fires in April. Dur
ing this interval there were
more rainless days than during
any comparable time since 1924.
And the burning index, the mea
sure of the combined effect of
humidity and wind on the speed
at which fire spreads, was high
er than during any spring since
complete records were first kept
In 1932.
On July 10, fire originating
In burning debris swept out of
control and flamed over 200
acres in the Eola hills. For the
first time In many years a for
est fire was visible from Salem.
Wildlife was destroyed, property
damaged, homes endangered.
During that desslcatlng sum
mer of 1951 this locality had but
.18 of rainfall over an interval
of 06 days. On October 6, of
ficials announced that the for
est fire season was the worse in
35 years. For weeks on end the
burning index had been ex
tremely high. But drenching
rains were in the offing and on
October 23, the forest fire sea
son officially ended at midnight.
That year forest fires in the Pa
cific Northwest blackened 936,-
266 acres and destroyed 1,200,
000,000 feet of timber.
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1952. What was last year
like? Even drier, the weather
bureau records; but not dis
astrous, forestry official report.
But it may be that the for
estry department was a bit more
cautious and a little more vigi
lant in 1952. Forest fire control
measures became effective April
10, more than a month earlier
than normal.
Precipitation for March and
April was below that for those
months In 1951 which was little
enough.' On May 27, the hu
midity was down to 25 and any
thing under 30 halts logging.
For May rainfall was 1.82 inches
below normal. .'Then came a
soaker on June 29, to heavily
damage the cherry crop.
But that was the end of It for
a long, long time to come. Threat
of rain on August 16, failed to
materialize and Salem passed its
50th day without precipitation.
Come September and the fire
to autumn on Sunday. Sentm,.
ber 22, and Salem sweltered y
96 degrees of temperature. ComJ
October 1, the dry, northwcJ
wind prevailed and the locaiitJ
could record but .23 of an inch)
oi rain since me cnerry crackinrJ
aciuge tu wuuc ;
Nor ws the end yet In sight
Hunters eager to bag their deer
clamored for open forests. Bui
dry easterly winds oilgutaunf
in ucue rcwua wi uirrcq tflt
Oregon country and Governor
Mcrvay saia, no. -
Oregon forests were open to
all entry November 15. Eves
then it was a little prematura.
November 25, Linn county for.
est service reported a dozes
fires were being fought in snow
and on November 29, a slashiw
fire out of control in neighbor,
hood of Sandy, necessitated tbi
evacuation of 10 families. Fight
ers on the fire line, confronted
with frozen equipment and i
chilling east wind that whipped
through in gusts up to 60 miles
an hour, were calling that SM
acre blaze the nastiest of the
sesson.
Oregon's fire season ended
November 15, 1952 after US
days ot drought, longest since
1936. A total of 1107 fires. 6M
man made, burned over about
21,000 acres. Vigilance by for
estry officials, education and re
sulting precaution by those 1
forest areas, kept losses lighter
than at any interval since 1941
H.irlnv ft 2r-25" rUht ' "7
record in length and dryness.
Painting Class
At Thurston Home
Independence A meeting ot
the textile painting class wit
held at the home of Mrs. W. H.
Thurston. A sack lunch wu
enjoyed at noon with the host
ess serving dessert and coffee.
Those attending the meeting
were: Mrs. Prushla Sloper, Mrs.
Beth Mills, Mrs. Blanche Rob
bie, Mrs. Ella Baker, Mrs. Gsy
Dodele, Mrs. Anne Arvldson,
Mrs. Thelma Frykberg, Bernics
Rltchey and Mrs. Ethel Rihs.
Dayton Places One
In Spelling Contest
Dayton Paul Budke, eights
grade pupil at the Dayton grade
school, represented his school ia
the district spelling contest st
Amity. In a group of seven
schools participating, Paul won
second place and the right to
participate in the state finals st
Salem. Amity won first place.
The two finalists In each of three
counties will participate in the
finals to be held March 25 st the
Parrish Junior high school in
Salem, beginning at 7:45 pm.
The public is invited and no
admission fee will be charged.
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