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"COFFEE BREAK" MORALE
Oregon state officials are quoted as saying that abuse
of rest periods or coffee time has ceased to be a prob
lem in most state departments, ana f orrest otewari, man
ager of the State Employes' association, says that the few
complainta he received were directed at employes on the
supervisory level.
Stewart aIro is emoted as savin? that there are no
rules governing rest periods of state workers, but that
department heads agree that time out for coffee is neces
sary to maintain efficiency. Strange that efficiency
had been maintained since the creation of the state with
out a half hour out a day until a lew years ago, aunougn
the employes worked 48 hours a week instead of 40 hours
as at present at much smaller salaries.
State employes also get more holiday vacations supple
menting annual vacations than most worKers get. ine
half hour daily deductions cut their working day to seven
and a half hours or hours a week, yet it is needed
to ' maintain morale" at taxpayers' expense.
Many federal agencies have found it necessary, espe
cially in Washington to cut out the "coffee breaks" to re
store morale as it has proven a demoralizing influence and
cut down production by disorganizing routine just as vaca
tions do. It taxes another 15 minutes to recover ein
dency. Secretary of State Earl Newbry, who has the largest
office force in the capital is quoted as saying that two
' 15-minute lay-offs each day has the approval of the state
board of control, and that theprivilege was being con
trolled satisfactorily.
"Each department head Is charged with vigilance to
prevent abuses," Newbry explained. "There are bound
to be some, of course, hut by close supervision, they can
be kept at a minimum." And the governor's office said
It assumed state employes are not abusing the privilege.
It all sums up to the fact that the new generation works
with its eyes on the clock and thinks it a necessity to loaf
as much as possible in a mechanical fashion that keeps
them in a rut. They are prone to shy at industry as old
fashioned as they do at thrift That is what unionism has
done for them with its policies of minimum production,
"featherbedding," shorter hours and incessant demands
for higher pay that stimulate inflation and react in in
creased living costs.
'ONE PARTY PRESS' IN REVERSE
We've heard so much about the "one party press" that
omehow does the Democrats dirt in election years, though
nobody can see it with the naked eye, that it sounds like
the story of the man biting the dog to hear Senator Taf t
accuse the newsmen covering the national capital of being
anti-Republican. -
Taft says the press corps has a leftwing slant which
results on over-writing reports of G.O.P. dissension and
under-writing constructive accomplishment, of which he
ays there has already been much, some unpublicized.
Of course the "one party press" charge refers to the
attitudes of the publishers and editors in the newspaper
offices throughout the country, while Taft's charge re
lates to the reporters who cover Washington. Whether
he is right or not it is a fact that the feelings of these
men and women do have a considerable influence on the
type of news we get, for they, not the editors back home,
largely determine it, subject to correction of course if
they get too far off the beam. And they police each other,
for each is eagerly looking for "scoops" overlooked by
his colleagues.
We doubt that the anti-G.O.P. capital reporters are
much if any more of a menace than the anti-new deal
editors and publishers. There is a grain of truth in each
charge, but not a very big one, as any objective reading
of your dally newspapers' news colums will make clear.
Maybe it is a good thing if they tend to balance each
cther.off.
NEW GAIN FOR DEWEY
Support of Leonard W. Hall of New York state for
Republican national chairman by President Eisenhower
appears to clinch the position, which will involve trans-
ierring tnis powerful position irom the middle west
mck to the east.
This is sure to reopen some old partv sores, onlv nar.
tlally closed. One can imagine the snorts of the Chicago
Tribune, which thinks easterners only a little better than
foreigners. The midwest "nationalist" bloc has hppn
feeling its oats of late. Now it is getting a blow where
it will hurt, losing the chairmanship so soon after the
election ox tne Kansan, itoberts.
Taft must be disappointed, too, for while Hall is evi
dently not a Dewey protege he is from the same state
aa Dewey and was endorsed by Dewey before he was en
dorsed by Eisenhower. So the "Dewey crowd" which had
already placed so many of its members in the new admin
istration stands to make a new gain with the chairman
ship change.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
THE LOVE POTION
I TASTE IT J
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
McCarthy, Dulles Lunched on Stassen Meat
Washington Senator Joe
McCarthy wa hurrying back
to his office. He had J u s t
lunched with John Foster Dul
les where the Secretary of
State stroked the Wisconsin
senator's fur back into place
after mutual security boss Har
old Stassen had ruffled it by
condemning McCarthy's pri
vate agreement with Greek
hip owners.
As McCarthy bounced into
his office, reporters started fir
ing questions about the lunch
eon.
"Girls." he said to his staff
in a loud voice for all to hear,
"I'm going into my room. If
you hear any news about Stas
sen lumping out of a tall build
ing, let me know at once."
'What did you and Secretary
Dulles have for lunch?" quer
ied a reporter.
"It was very pleasant," re
plied Joe. "Stassen-meat.
NOTE Stassen was the man
McCarthy boomed for president
in 1948, worked for him dili
gently at the GOP convention
in Philadelphia.
IKE'S POWER PROBLEMS.
Genial Douglas McKay, the
hard-working Secretary of the
Interior, Is having a tough time
making up his mind about the
biggest remaining water-power
project in the United States
Hell's Canyon.
In fact, he s very much on the
spot.
Probably the reason is uiat
he can't get a definite decision
from the White House.
During the presidential cam
paign, General Eisenhower al
most took a stand on this dy
namite-laden power project be
tween Idaho and Oregon. But
he didn't. He still hasn't.
Last summer Ike was invited
to a meeting of western state
governors in Boise at the of
fice of Idaho's Governor Len
Jordan, where it was expected
that he would come out for
private development of the
Snake river by the Idaho Pow'
er company.
However, opponents of the
private utilities, Including his
brother Milton, got very busy
backstage. They inspired sev
eral newspaper editorials warn
ing Ike that the question of
public power vs. private utili
ties was full of political head-
Age of Universe Upped 2 Billion Years
Pasadena, Calif., (U.s Dis
tances to the edge of the uni
rerse, as well as its age, have
been doubled because noted
astronomer Dr. Walter Baade
discovered that science has
been using the wrong "space
yardstick."
Dr. Baade, of the Mt- Wll-
s o n - Palomar observatories,
id today the new "yardstick"
proves astronomers have been
peering roughly twice as far
Into outer spsce as previously
UDDOied.
The revised method of meas-.,-inar
snace also proves, the
doctor said, that the age of
the universe, previously
thouaht to be 3,000,000,000
years, actually Is about 4,000,.
nnn.ooo.
rm.1. iTmtanUstes, he said
the theory that the earth, as
T X cruTi 3,000,
000,000 years old.
BY DREW PEARSON
aches. Roscoe Flemmlng of
the Denver Post also published
an open letter to Eisenhower
warning him of the pitfall at
Boise. So Ike sidestepped, took
no stand as between private or
government development of
Hell's Canyon.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Grade Pfost
of Nampa, Idaho, running for
congress on the democratic
ticket, met the issue head-on,
came out for public power, and
was elected. Not only was she
the only democrat elected from
Idaho, but she defeated a sitting
republican.
IKE HESITATES
Meanwhile the Eisenhower
administration has hesitated.
Unfortunately It can't hesitate
much longer. For the Idaho
Power Company has put Sec
retary McKay and the White
House squarely on the spot by
asking the Federal Power
Commission for a license to
build the Ox Bow project. This
is a smaller dam on the Snake
river which would be swal
lowed up and flooded If the
larger Hell's Canyon dam is
built.
If Hell's Canyon is devel
oped, there is no use letting the
Idaho Power Company build
the Ox Bow dam; so Secretary
McKay has got to make up his
mind soon. Also he's got to tell
congress how he feels.
Congress asked him two
months ago for an opinion on
developing Hell's Canyon, but
McKay ducked. He has also
asked the FPC for an exten
sion of time to reply regarding
the Ox Bow dam. But he will
have to redy before May.
Meanwhile, McKay is looking
anxiously in the direction oi
the White House waiting for
the cue.
. NOTE Hell's Canyon is the
last ideal dam site on the North
American continent. It has the
deepest hole for Impounding
water, does not Inundate farm'
land, is located on a natural
canyon where the water can
easily be stored. It will sup
ply 1,400,000 kilowatts of en
ergy, and all its water will be
used In seven drops to the Pa
cific. BATTLE OF THE
STANDARDS
To get the full significance
of the firing of the director of
HENRY
Anderson
Dr. Baade said he first din.
covered the new system of
measuring space early in 1852,
and presented it to the Interna.
uonai Astronomical Union in
Home last September.
- "The Idea came as a surprise
at uie time," he said, "but
since then, other astronomers
nave round it to be true."
Dr. Baade pointed out that
the new "yardstock" does not
aitcct the established distance
to the sun and other stars in
tne earth's galaxy. It dw.
however, double the distance
irom the earth to outer sal-
axles and the edge of the uni
verse, he said.
He said Mt. Palomar's 300
inch telescope, the largest in
the world, reaches out 2,000,
000,000 light-years into the
heavens by the new standard.
One light-year is equal to three
trillion milts.
By Carl
OO
the Bureau of Standards on a
charge of scientific unfairness
you have to appreciate the ultra-sensitive
Job performed by
the Bureau.
It Is the custodian and tester
of the scientific standards of
the nation. In a vault in the
south building is carefully
guarded the national standard
meter, from which come such
measurements as the foot, the
yard, etc. Industry relies heav
ily on this meter and periodic
ally sends Its master gauge
blocks to the Bureau of Stand
ards for calibration tests.
The fact that such' delicate
things as .cylinders and pistons
of automobiles are Interchange,
able, results from tests made
from this standard meter.
When precise measurements
are to be made against the me
ter, the instrument must be put
in an air-conditioned, humid
lty-controlled room for 48
hours, so that the temperature
of the meter is at room tem
perature. The body heat of the
operator would be enough to
cause variation, so in running
tests he must stand behind a
shield.
Some 700 physical standards
are In the Bureau of Standards
including the kilogram, the
ohm, the volt, also the master
crystal clocks which are. kept
in a vault below the ground
and from which come the na
tion's time signals.
All this indicates why the
Bureau of Standards, above all
things, must be nonpartisan
and accurate. It also indicates
why the firing of Director Al
len Astin on the charge that
the bureau unfairly tested a
solution for pepping up auto
batteries is a considerable jolt
SHEAFFER PEN TEST
The man who fired Dr. Astin
is Assistant Secretary of Com
merce Craig Sheaffer, the
fountain pen manufacturer,
When Sheaffer first came to
Washington, he told friends
that one of the first things he
planned to do was shake up the
Bureau of Standards. He fur
ther said that the bureau had
been highhanded with" him in
testing a Sheaffer pen.
The bureau demanded more
Information from him about
the pen, Sheaffer said, which
he refused to give on the
ground that it might reveal se
crets to his competitors. There
upon he withdrew the pen and
aDanaonea tne test.
A further check on the test
made of the Sheaffer pea and
the row stirred up by its own
er, the present assistant secre
tary of commerce, shows that
me irouoie really began in the
Federal Trade Commission, not
tne Bureau or standards.
Sheaffer was manufacturing
a pen advertised as lasting a
lifetime, and some of its our-
chasers complained that they
no. oniy naa to get the pen re
paired, but had to pay for the
repairs. The Federal Trade
Commission, which polices the
advertising claims of manufac
turers, thereupon started an in-
vestigation.
This was howvthe Sheaffer
pen got over to the Bureau of
standards; lor the bureau does
the testing and technical work
for the federal Trade Com
mission. This could be the
reason why the assistant sec
retary of commerce got so sore
at the Bureau of Standards.
And It may have something to
do with why the director of the
Bureau of Standards was fired.
Free Loaders Cultivate
Big Expense Accounters
clal pest AA, the free load-
er.
Editor's note: This is the
last of three columns on the
rise of a new American so-
By HAL BOYLE ;
New York UP) A free load-1 but now and then they get a
er Is anyone who has develop
ed the ability of living well
on his ready wits than his
ready cash.
A male and a female free
loader u sually avoid eacn
other, separated by the Jeal
ousy that divides professional
people. - -
But occasionally necessity
compels them to prey on the
same sucker and lorces a
truce. And human nature be
ing what it is, every once In a
while the truce ripens into
love, lust as it might between
two hawks or a boy shark and
girl shark.
Surprisingly, s o m et imes
married free loaders do better
together than either did singly.
Teamwork does it.
In New York a well-dressed
couple can eat and drink well
for free almost every night In
the year by crashing big hotel
and restaurant cocktail and
dinner parties where nobody
can possibly know, everybody.
Ticket? Who needs tickets?
Jerks who don't know what
else to do with their dough.
The free loading team cul
tivates people who have passes
or big expense accounts peo
ple who have country places
and are bored with each oth
er and like to invite other peo
ple out so they won't have to
spend the week-end throwing
dinner plates at each other.
The lonely old rich man,
the wealthy widow who would
like to ree life but doesn t
know how they find the mar
ried free loaders ready to give
them a guided tour to the
'best places. And, of course,
it's actually a pleasure to help
such a charming young couple
out of a tough financial spot
the first half dozen times.
By the time they learn the
full truth about the gay young
couple, those two merry ras
cals are off on the spoor of
new sucker. For the tricks
of the trade require them to
turn over their friends as they
turn the pages of the calendar.
Somehow, Mr. Free Load
er's wallet always gets stuck
In his pocket when the check
comes at a supper club, and
the other guy says, "This one
is on my company." -
Does a well-to-do woman
friend need some new dresses?
Mrs. Free Loader knows Just
the right place to get them
wholesale. And naturally,
there is one that just suits
Mrs. Free Loader, but oh,
dear she didn't bring enough
money. So the friend cuffs
it for her, and she never hears
any more about it. And if
she is unpleasant enough to
bring up the matter of pre
payment, she Is too, too cheap
for Mrs. Free" Loader. So
long, sucker.
Free loaders avoid children,
little unexpected bundle from
heaven. As the doctor frets
about his unnpaid bill, the
proud parents look down fond
ly a t their darling as ne prat
tles In his sift crib, and Mr.
Free Loader murmurs softly:
"Dear. Isn't It wonderful we
can bring up our baby In a
free world?"
OPEN FORUM
County Saved Historic
Tree Near Aumsville
To the Editor: . ' ;. "
The tree that was saved
through action of the county
engineering department when
it was decided to widen roaa
848 south of Aumsville Is on
what was the Fleury Porter
(my father's) ranch and whlcn
now belongs to my husband
and I. -
The tree measures about 14
feet, 2tt feet above the ground
and then crancnes into uve
oaks. PaDa and Mama had the
ranch regishered "Five Osks of
Woodland" years ago.
We own the land where my
papa was born, which was on
Grandpa or William Porter's
donation land claim.
MAUDE PORTER BOONE,
Aumsville.
GOP ChieMo-Be
'Likes Everybody'
New York W Leonard
Wood Hall "likes everbody"
especially Republicans and
that's one reason he was pick
ed to be the new Republican
national chairman.
Another is that he has had
the kind of experience to help
the Republicans in their next
big ballot box test the 1954
congressional elections.
He was congressman for 14
years and Is a former chair
man of the National Republi
can Congressional Committee,
charged with helping elect Re
publicans to the House.
With PnnBron olmnct ova.
ly divided between Republican
and Democrats, Hall's job will
be to place it more firmly on
GOP hands.
He goes into the task with
out being identified too close
ly with any faction or wing of
the party. In Congress, he
sometimes backed Democratic
proposals when he thought
they were right.
Political o servers who
would like to tag him with a
convenient handle such as Ei- '
lenhoww man, Taft man or
Dewey man look at the record
and go away puzzled at the
possibility he may be simply
a Hall man. a Republican
with Independent views.
HaU kept hands off in the
hot convention fight between'
Dwlgh-t D. Eisenhower and
Robert A. Taft for the party's
presidential nomination. As he
strode about the convention
floor, the genial Hall wore a
big button that said:
"I like everybody."
Salem 45 Years Ago
ly BEN MAXWELL
April 10, 1908 .
Francis J. Heney, big graft
prosecutor of the Coast will
deliver a lecture here next
Sunday evening. L. H. McMa
han yesterday received a tele
gram from San Francisco to
arrange a hall for the address.
Salem now has the most mod
ern liquor licensing of any
town on the Pacific coast. Sa
loon license, $600; beer hall
license, $400; club license,
$300; restaurant, $200, whole
sale liquor dealer, $100, drug
stores, $200. No saloon will be
allowed within 400 feet of any
school and orfly one to each
1000 inhabitants. A fixed bond
for law obeyance, $500. No
liquor may be sold in any
bawdy house, dive or back
room. Clear, unobstructed
front windows in saloons must
be 10 by three feet and five
feet above the sidewalk.
A roast was given the butch
ers by the city council last
night for allowing their de
livery wagons to come into the
city with clouds of flies and
dust settling on the meat. The
health committee was instruct
ed to warn such as were guilty
of this negligence.
Colonists rates for rail trans
portation to Salem via the
OR & N and Southern Pacific
will, for the next few weeks,
be $38 from Chicago, $35 from
St. Louis and $30 from Kansas
City.
J. C. Wyant, former Capital
Journal employe, writing from
the newly developed mining
town of Rawhide in Nevada
relates pertinent details about
this frontier camp and its
mores. Rawhide, he states, is
entirely without fire protection
unless the beer supply should
be adequate. Such was the case
at Goldfleld recently when the
Merchantile company's build
ing wss afire and threatened
the town with conflagration.
Innumerable bottles of beer
were hurled Into the burning
structure and the explosion of
these released enough carbon
ic acid gas to stifle the flames
and save Goldfleld from emi
nent destruction.
"Pig-Sty or Cotton Field"
asks the advertisement of the
N. K. Fairbanks company,
manufacturers of Cottolene, a
vegetable-beef suet shortening
and frying compound.
City council has made such
a reasonable licensing of liquor
distribution it is now in order
that they should make, some ar
rangement for laying dust on
Salem street to stop injury
to store fronts and make for a
cleaner city.
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