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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1953)
n4 THI CAPITAL JOURNAL. Balsa. Oregon , , " ' ... . , . '. aaSS SSaWasaSI . Cajpital AJournal An Indapandtnt NtwtpopiwEitabliihd 1868 ' BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher , , - GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emtrltu Published' every afternoon except Sunday ot 444 Che meketa St., Salem. Phonet: Business, Newsroom, Want Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Ml fflN 0,1 ill, tfc ' ul k- 1 ; TU Amscuim rtw to MtlwiTtlr mtuit U tar nMlwitoa of mwwm hum mm mtwut mm m 1 Mm m (uUUlut Ihmla. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: r Crrt.ri Monthlj, II.Mi Its Hath, Sf.Mi on fur, III.. KKillk Uulta. r, una. mbhd, Dunuui aa twbui cowiw; xmiwi mi w modmu. M.H On. Tw, w.N. S Mn Sbnhm t onrai Xaalhlr. tl.Mi sis Mo.tht, MM: Out Tir, Ill.K. Sr UU OuUidt Of Ma: Moatalr, ll.Mi Six Monthi, 17401 'OM.Twr.iiMt.'.. ,. :. TWO IMPORTANT COURT DECISIONS , Two important decision! were rendered by Oregon's supreme court Wednesday, one holding that the effective date of the weisrht-mile truck fees is November 4. 1952, the date of the defeat by the voters of the referendum ' invoked by the big trucks and the other holding that the v Safeway Stores may process milk and cream in its Port land plant for distribution and sale in Salem, overruling and rebuking the state department oi agriculture lor 'misconstruing the milk marketing act." ' The opinion in the truck case was written by Chief justice Earl C. Latourette with Associate justices Jtiaroia Warner and James Brand dissenting. , A concurring ; opinion was by Associate Justice Hall S. Lusk, The ma jority opinion upheld a' decision previously written by : Circuit Judge Bex KimmeU of Marion county. The chief justice held that the constitutional provisions preclude the statute from becoming effective or operative prior to the last general election date. . . The case was an important one as it involved nearly . $2 million in taxes, withheld by the referendum from highway funds. The state will alio have to refund ap proximately $400,000 in truck tax already paid by truck.-ers. "In light of the decision, an? Broun of persons affected by a tax approved by the legislature, could be invoking, the referendum, delay the effective date of the tax, and thus save themselves a considerable sum of money just as the truckers did,", said Senator Elmo smith, chairman of the senate highway commission, v: : ! f ' r ' ' But the truckers were not satisfied with saving the 82 million but also attempted by an Initiated constitu tional amendment to virtually abolish truck taxes which was overwhelmingly defeated by the voters. The Safeway milk majority decision was written by Associate Justice George Rossman, reversing a decision by Circuit Judge Charles W. Redding of Multnomah. Con curring opinions were written by Chief Justice Latourette and Associate Justice Warner. Two Salem milk proces sors and distributors were intervenors. , LEGISLATORS os Sten by Murray Wode m mvwowwr 0 EN-WARREN J. Gill . flAt.trinan of yaterans'Affairs en.1?exluS Chairman. of Resolutions , Mr "trf )?ep.CarlH. 'Francis? CAarmanof Judiciary. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Easier to Balance Budget During Campaign Judge Rossman points out that the "court's construction does not detract from the power el the defendant to see to it that producers receive ample prices; nor doei It affect hli authority to secure, through adjustments in market areas an ample sup ply of milk for all communities. ... A careful analysis ot the milk marketing act by us has found nothing which supports the 'state agriculture department's claim to economic control over processors." -;.'' . .':'.'...-',"''''.' Chief Justice Latourette'e opinion declared "the order of the director is arbitrary, unreasonable, is neither within the spirit nor the terms ot the act, not i it founded on facts suf ficient to sustain such an erder." ; Justice Warner ruled that he could llnd nothing In the act "which either expressly or by Inference warrants a conclu sion that legitimate competition among any number of dealers was Intended to be suppressed or discouraged, nor is such an end essential to obtain the ever-all purpose for which the act was aesignea." . Two strong dissenting opinions were filed by Justice James T. Brand and Justice Hall S. Lusk, LIQUIDATION OF THE R.F.C. President Eisenhower and Republican leaders in con gress have reached an agreement to permit the giant Re construction Finance Corporation pass out of existence June 80, 1954, when its lease on life expires unless re newed. ,-.r-'.v;?-;.'-'- ' -. This win mark the end 'of an Instrument for dealing with the depression of the early thirties. It was pro posed by President Hoover and accepted by a congress which had by then become sour on Hoover and accepted few of his ideas. -;-.., ';,. The purpose of the R.F.C. was to loan to banks and ether concerns whose financial structures had become impaired to a point where they could not secure credit elsewhere, especially with normal credit sources frozen up by the business conditions prevailing. Opposition critics pointed out that usually the R.F.C. loans went to big enterprises, but these enterprises bol stered the entire economy when they functioned, or weak ened it if they curtailed operations or went under. The R.F.C. waa an excellent idea for that period and helped to restore normal business activity. It was an emergency instrument, pure and simple. . Yet we find it still doing business 16 years after the condition that prompted it passed, and after a decade of boom conditions. This is because governmental agencies resist destruction with even more ' determination than other forms of life. There was plenty to prompt the cynical saying, "Oh for a permanent benefit that would last as long as a temporary tax." It could be nnnlierl with equal force to an emergency bureau or department oi ine ieaerai government. Because the legitimate need for the R.F.C. was long past we have found it dabbling with political loans in re cent years, bringing a once respected institution into gen- rai repute. So it is good that the R.F.C. be lialdated. But it aerrod well back in the thirties and can do a similar job again if a comparaoie condition over arises. FATE OF THE PORTLAND COLLEGE BILL We took the view some time ago that a four-year col lege for Portland would be in order any time from 1968 on but that it is definitely not in order now when there are not enough students to fill the existing institutions to capacity. v ' Subsequently the bill was changed to make the four year degree courses effective in 1958, which met our objections. Nevertheless we are disposed to agree with the house of representatives which defeated the bill Tues day by a vote of 86-21. The fall of 1958 is still live and a half years away. It will be three and a half years away when the 1955 legis lature meets. This will be plenty of time to implement ' such an expansion program. A year and a half would be enough if there were no danger of delay through the referendum. We are confident Portland will get its four-year school as soon as there is any justification for it, and it may come sooner than that. Washington President Eis enhower confessed to visiting congressmen the other day that he was having trouble Cutting the budget. "I guess it's a lot easier to balance the: budget on the stump," blurted Ohio's brash Congressman Wayne Hays, re ferring to Elsenhower's cam paign speeches on government economy. . The president a friendly grin suddenly froze. "I never promised either to balance the budget or reduce taxes during the campaign," he said gravely. "I campaigned against waste in government, and I told my associates throughout the campaign that the issue was waste, not neces sarily lower taxes.' , , . , IKE'S TAXES :;'!?'-'? President Eisenhower, like everybody else last week, was complaining about high taxes. Only he was more private about it. He told an aide that the high taxes made it almost impossible for him to make both ends meet. ' Ike was es pecially unhappy because con gress now makes him pay taxes on his $30,000 expense money while President Truman got his expense money tax-free. Be cause of this change, Ike claim ed he's paying an additional $39,000 a year in taxes. Despite all - this, however, he's still against cutting taxes until the budget is balanced. . Incidentally. Harry. Truman was able to save most all of his fifty thousand tax-free ex pense money because he lived at Blair House, which is too small for big, expensive, White House receptions. When Tru man left the White House, he had saved almost $200,000 most of it from his tax-free ex pense account. FDR, JR. IN WHITE HOUSE President Eisenhower was not surprised when two recent guests seemed very much at home in the White House. One was democratic Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt ot New York, whose father lived there longer than any other president in history. The other was GOP Congressman William Harrison of Wyoming, grandson of Pres ident William Henry Harrison. Both, however, got a big thrill attending a "get-acquainted" luncheon with Ike and 18 house colleagues. When Ike , modestly began asking young Roosevelt some ques tions about the White House interior, remarking that ,the New Yorker was a long-time occupant in his youth, Roose velt hastened to explain: "Actually, I wasn't here too much when father was presl-r dent. I was away at school and then went into the nBvy.", Another guest at the lunch eon, democratic congressman Harley Staggers of West Vir ginia, couldn't resist getting in friendly rib aoout tne way Capitol Hill republicans have been opposing some of Elsen hower's legislative proposals. "Mr. President, we're an havlno- a srand time at these luncheons you have been giv ing members of congress," saia Staggers, impishly. "I'm .sure the luncheons sre contributing to bipartisan understanding. It you keep It up, you'll probably get the support or. your own party in congress." Ike started to repiy. tnougni better ot it, then broke into a hearty laugh. STATE DEPARTMENT MAltj Secretary ot State Dulles has issued a new order to his cupio- mats that has the state depart ment in a furor. The order Is that all letters must be per sonally answered. Since the state department receives more than 10,000 let ters a week In normal times, and up to around 100,000 let ters when it's engaged in a con troversy with McCarthy, this order means that atate depart ment officials are doing noth ing much but answering mall. Sacks full of letters come in by the truckload and state de partment officials now burn the midnight oil trying to die : BY DREW PEARSON tate replies,' whereas previous ly form letters were used to answer most of the mail. - Once 'before a secretary of state Issued an order like this, and he didn't last long. He was Ed fitettlnlus, appointed seare tary of state in the last days of Franklin P. Roosevelt Rtettln lus had just about everyone in the state department answer ing letters, labored valiantly at this for months. Finally Tru man replaced him.-MERRY-GO-ROUND f 1 Eisenhower's sides complain that ex-Sen. Harry Cain is tak ing up hours of their time in his frantic attempt to pressure them into giving him a job. . . . Members of the un-American activities say privately that their forthcoming investigation of Hollywood will not produce any new sensations. . . .'Jose phine Kearney of Gloversville, N. Y., was 97 years old her last birthday, but she is still spry and full of advice for her son, GOP Congressman Pat Kear ney.' "whatever success I have enjoyed," says Kearney, ''I owe to my mother's counsel to go right ahead when I believe I am right, regardless of criti cism." . . . Life In Washington would be a lot happier, says Congressman Jack Dempsey of New Mexico, if he could bring his dogs with him. Dempsey has five Norwegian elkhounds at his home in Santa Fe. . . Senator Toby's waterfront in vestigating committee will crack down on the coast guard for lax security. The coast guard has issued credentials admitting nearly 600,000 peo ple to restricted docks includ- Salem 12 Years Ago ism iilYWILL is. is ilfl more than their share of the Marco SS, . ," ",. Hl.tnr. responsumii? M bance which ; occurred at a downtown restaurant follow ing the championship basket ball game, March IS. rialn ffrnund for : the huge $200,000 addition, to the r.lnnt of California Packing corporation on South 14th street started today. An ares 80 by 400 will be covered by Salem's newest Industrial ex pansion. ;..'..' 2.. . j . State ooara oi conu-oi yutcu Forfiv tn evnedlte construction of a new, 300 bed treatment hospital at tne uregon oww hospital no cout $328,000 (an other post war project). r will li Salem's m'nMAim fnr thm honor of be ing the oldest merchant In the northwest In respect to continu ous service. Will has been in business here for the past 35 years. . y v ...... Koiem - .Tnnlor Chamber of fnmrnprm has announced that the first truck load of furnish ings and equipment for recre ation rooms of Salem soldiers at Fort Stevens will leave here on Saturday. ; ' ' SrVinnl director! believe that Salum 111 oh rhnnl itllrients are being called upon to shoulder An order making any 12 ounce hallock or cup-type con tainer a standard container for strawberries, loganberries and ..nkarriaa wai announced by the department of agriculture on Tuesaay. WMiinuarters." oromlnent Salem store that stood on the Ladd 4c Bush corner from 18S2 to 186$ has been rediscovered as an apartment house st 708 North High street. (It is still an apartment house.) ( V . More gasoline' was used by Oregon during February than during any other February in. hutni-v uvi Earl Snell. secre tary of state. Consumption for the month averaged 17.2 gal lons per person. ;; rnnitnictlon of Salem air port, a federal enterprise, will probably start within 10 days, according to Alderman Tom Armstrong. Low bid for the Two Young GOPs Win Contests in Georgia Columbus, Ga. (JP) Two young Muscogee county civic leaders astonished this demo cratic stronghold by winning seats on the county commis sion under the republican la bel. '. . . Complete but unofficial re turns last night showed Steve Knlght,-30, and Frank a. Phil lips, Jr., 32, ahead of 14 other candidates following cam paign which Sen. Robert A. Taft (R., Ohio) called the "start of a real two-party sys tem in. the South." RHEE 78 TODAY Seoul, Korfea U. Presi dent Syngman Rhee of South Korea ' celebrated his 78th birthday today. job was slightly over $128,000. This is "HelD Greece Week" and Salem, among communl ties all over the nation, is be ing called upon to extend re lief to one ot the most coura geous nations in the world to day. . .", . ' CRR4 hnvtt a "hiff nutv V.om,. tlful Nash automobile" deliver ed in Salem by the Carter Mo tor company. tag hundreds of gangsters and hoodlums whom the commit tee considers security risks. Now that veep Alben Barkley is a television commentartor, he shows his new radio corre spondent's card to friends, say ing "Look at me. I'm now a enrd-paekln' eomwwtator!'' " ' ATOMIC NEIGHBORS " '"': It's only a remote danger, but our atomic energy plants could go haywire and 'throw off, deadly radioactive clouds. As a result, the atomic energy commission is quietly "buying up land all around" the plants in order to isolate them from the public. '. Under -secret congressional cross-examination, atomic offi cials stressed that there was no danger of the plants exploding. However, they acknowledged that the nuclear reactors might possibly get out of control and send up radioactive clouds. Though this would be-unlike ly, the : A EC Is taking no chances on contaminating near-by communities., : WASHINGTON PIPELINE American businessmen bor rowed over $400,000,000 to pay their taxes this month almost double what was expected. . . . The government is making plans to spend a billion dollars on new highways the -minute business begins to slump. . . , Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce wanted to leave for Italy April 15 on the new Italian liner, the SS Andrea-Doria. But with the passenger list full, she had to ask the Italian ambassador to help her get accommodations. . . . It was a forthright telegram (Concluded on Page 8, Colamn 1) SPRING FESTIVAL Values At Allen Hardware m FOR YOUR FREE TICKETS POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Fairchild Built Fabulous Career by Asking 'Why?' y HAL BOYLE New York VP) Would you like to receive a movle-of-the-month, mass produced so cheaply you could show it In your home once and then throw it down the incinerator? This is just one of the dreams In the busy head of Sherman Mills Fairchild, one of the most agile minds of our generation. "We haven't scratched the surface in the search for an easier, better, fuller life," aald Fairchild. "The big problem is to overcome people's inertia against change." Fairchild is all for change. He has built a fabulous, multi million-dollar career on one word: "Why?" He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth ana a golden question mark. . When he was a teen-ager, his wealthy parents presented him with a $10,000 Locomobile. In stead of wrapping it around I tree or taking the high school girls out for a spin, Sherman drove the car into a garage and began taking It apart to see what made it work. . Since then Fairchild invest ed or pioneered in the develop ment of the aerial camera, the modern cabin airplane, cargo ramps instead ot stairs, a tele vision set that can be wheeled to any part of a room, cranked to any angle. His only snort is tennis. When he was told it would cost $120,000 to build a winter in door court, he designed and built a better one for $20,000. "It Isn't enough for a new product to be better it has to be cheaper, too," he said. Fairchild has made at least 25 Inventions himself, but doesn't primarily regard him self as an inventor. "I like to find a need for something," he aald. "and then get the right group of people together and solve that need. There Is a great gulf between thei people with ideas and the people who can finance and carry out those ideas. "There is a technique into going into new things. It takes time, patience, and determin ation. Thousands of good In ventions have been given up because someone got discourag ed." Fairchild backs ldess with his own money, and has had his failures. "But I soon forget them," he said, grinning, "and go on to something else." v Right now Fairchild. who aircraft, the first folding winm underwent a msjor operation airplane, the automatic news paper engraving plant, record ing equipment, ana tne atomic engine. Today he heads four big firms, holds directorships in four more, and is active in ex ploiting products in half i dozen fields. ' A big handsome man ot 58, he looks like a youthful 40, dresses carelessly, enjoys a 14- hour work day. He reads 75 technical journals a month to keep informed. "I've tried canned fun- things like vacations and fish ing trips that are supposed to relax you but they don't do that for me," he said. "My big gest pleasure Is to take a new problem, and put knobs on it." By that he means to solve it. His endless inventive curiosity Is reflected in his home it has some time ago, is angry at in efficient hospital beds and also at New York's traffic problem. - "A hospital bed should be hydraulic like a barber chair," he mused. "I figure I could make one for only $20 more than the present hospital bed, but it would take at least $75, 000 to convince hospital super intendents they ought to put in better beds." He also is toying with the idea of building garages on the ferris wheel principle. Feels you could get cars in and out of them faster than ordinary garages or parking lots. Fairchild lives with sn aunt, never has married. "Been too busy," he explain ed. It would be rather hard for s wife to keep up with him. CRAVIN' e4T fW, T(C AT SAIFBI MFtrUTAMTC i ' " HARDWARE? VjW ALLEN'S! REG. $2.35 NIGHT LATCH Rim night latch with 5-pin tumbler. 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