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PORTLAND HOG ROOTS AGAIN
The Portland legislative
sistent and continued effort to move the state capitol
from Salem and state institutions from Marion county by
repeal of the constitutional provisions passed by the peo
ple, unless the voters decide otherwise.
Tuesday the house of representatives voted 43 to 13
for a resolution sponsored by Rep. F. R. Dammasch of
Portland, who has long opposed the present restriction,
which the majority of the committee recommended re
jected.
If it gets past the senate
session, the resolution will be submitted to the Oregon
. : electorate at the November, 1954, general election. Should
it be approved by the voters, institutions no longer will
be confined to the vicinity
anywhere the legislature and
proper. , , .
Multnomah with its huge
nates the house and each
to erect state institutions
Oregon have never failed to authorize institutions, when
it was to the advantage of the state elsewhere than in
Marion county, such as hospitals, educational institutions
and office structures, and they are scattered over Oregon.
But the house majority would deprive the people of a
voice in the expenditure of their money on sites elsewhere.
The fight against the Dammasch bill was led by Rep.
Mark O. Hatfield, committee chairman, and Lee Ohmart,
both from Salem and backed by others of the Marion dele
gation. They argued that in the interest of economy and
efficiency institutions ought to be geographically close to
Salem, where the board of control meets, stressed the
advantages of group service and close supervision.
Portland has its share of state buildings and depart
ment offices but will not be satisfied with its slogan of
more! more! But the legislature has too much power
. now 'in that it can give away
course, but seeks to supercede
Those voting for the "do not pass" recommendation were
Representatives Robert I. Elfstrom, Lee Ohmart, William
Chadwlck and Mark Hatfield, all of Salem; Carroll Locey of
Ironside; Barry C. Elliott of Tillamook; Frank Farmer of
Rickreall; Alva Goodrich of Bend; B. A. (Dutch) Stover of
Bend; Joe Dyer of Astoria; Carl Francis of Dayton; Francis
Ziegler of Corvallis; Ed Geary of Klamath Falls; Jack Steiwer
of Fossil and Charles Tom of Rufus. Loren Stewart of Cot
tage Grove and Boyd Overhulse of Madras were absent.
THE BUREAU OF STANDARDS FUSS
To Sinclair Weeks, secretary of commerce, goes' what
ever credit there may be in kicking up one of the biggest
fusses in Washington. He has discharged Dr. Allen V.
Astiri,- director of the highly respected bureau of stan
dards. Reason given for the ouster is that the bureau returned
an adverse report on a battery whose qualities it was
asked to ivestigate. The senate small business commit
tee received a complaint from the makers of the battery,
asked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to in
vestigate and got a report that contradicted the govern
ment finding in part. Nobody yet knows for sure who
is right.
, But Weeks decided the case against Dr. Astin and
ousted him summarily. He also made charges that some
of the key men in the bureau were too close socially to
some of those whose products they investigate.
Now BO employes of the bureau are threatening to
resign in a body and scientists outside the government,
.who have always had the highest regard for this bureau,
are incensed, too. So Weeks finds himself in the center
of a small tornado, self created.
Here is something the appropriate committee of con
gress ought to look into. Specifically it ought to hear
from Dr. Astin and others who have been accused. And
it ought to hear their testimony at an open meeting wjjth
the press of the ration present.
The integrity of a government bureau upon whose find
ings people buy thousands of articles whose qualities
they cannot personally know must be sustained. And
the reputations of those in it must be protected from un
just attack. The issue raised by Weeks cannot be ignored.
The facts must be ascertained and made known.
THEY STILL 'LIKE IKE'
Evidently they still "like Ike" in normally Democratic
Virginia. A former governor, William M. Tuck, was
elected in congress Tuesday in the first special election
to fill a vacancy since the November election.
The significance of Tuck's victory lies in the fact that
he bolted the Democratic national ticket and supported
Eisenhower last year. His victory was by about a three to
two majority.
It will be remembered that Virginia abio bolted to
Eisenhower, but the past history of the south is that the
bolters soen return to their normal allegiance and then
punish those who led them in what they later regard as
some sort of sin.
Evidently Virginians are "of the same opinion still"
on Eisenhower and those who led them into his camp.
Air Service
Made Faster
Coos Bay and Roscburg
people will soon have faster
air service Into Salem.
United Air Lines has been
working in cooperation with
West Coast Airlines to effect
schedules offering direct con
nections between two north
bound United flights and West
Coast flights from Coos Bay at
Eugene and two southbound
United flights and West Coast
flights out of Eugene into Coos
Bay. From Coos Bay the West
Const flights go to Roscbcrs.
The United flights making
me enanges necaca lor these
' connections will become ef
hoe is at it aeain in its per
in the waning days of the
of Salem, but may be built
the board of control feel is
log rolling delegation domi
session Bees persistent efforts
in Portland. The voters of
state property without re
the people entirely.
fective April 28. No word has
yet been received on the date
the West Coast schedule will
be changed.
Under the change Unltcd's
mor-ing southbound flight 174
will connect with the West
Coast flight 49 out of Eugene
to Coos Bay. The northbound
flights are, morning north
bound flight 153 out of Med
ford of United connecting!
with West Coast flight 44 out
of Coos Bay at Eugene and
Unltcd's northbound flight
i(o, an evening fl eht. con.
nccting with West Coast flight
to om or Eugene, at Coos Bay
at Eugene.
In making Its journey
around the sun, the earth
travels In an ellipse with the
sun at one focus and travels
faster when It is closest to the
sun.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND f
Auto Tycoons Clash Over
Mobilization for Defense
BY DREW
Washington Probably the
most Important backstage feud
in Washington is between two
auto tycoons who are battling
over the nation s mobilization
policy. They are General Mo
tors' ex-boss Charlie Wilson,
who quit the auto business to
become secretary of defense,
and Studebaker's present boss
Harold Vance, who was offer
ed the job of defense mobilizer
but couldn't afford to give up
his Studebaker ties. However,
he agreed to serve as a special
consultant.
'. These two captains of Indus
try have clashed behind the
scenes over broadening the
country's production base. Wil
son has found that he can save
an estimated billion dollars out
of his budget by stopping the
construction of defense plants.
Vance has warned this would
cost more In the long run,
might even jeopardize the na
tion's future security.
Both men have tried to
keep their dispute out of the
papers. However, Wilson ar
gues privately that he would
rather stockpile planes and
tanks than defense plants and
machine tools. He claims that
more money has been spent on
Industrial mobilization than
weapons of war since the Ko
rean outbreak.
"A number of plants have
been built that shouldn't have
been built," he keeps repeat
ing In closed-door conferences.
"I don't agree with (ex-secretary
of defense) Lovett's the
ory that you need two plants
to produce a thousand tanks
when one plant could do the
Job."
He also wants to strike $500
million out of the budget for
stockpiling machine tools.
SAFETY FROM ATTACK
However, Vance takes the
long-range view that the more
plants we have, he greater our
output will be In case of all
out war. He warns that we
should not store too many pro
duction eggs In one basket.
should scatter as many plants
as possible around the country.
This would make it more Dif
ficult for Russia to cripple de
fense production by surprise
attack.
Vsnce also claims H would
be cheaper In the Inet run to
stockpile machin tools, than
try to stor kpl! the p!n srd
tanks that the tofl!. prwluee.
When th stoelrpwfl pUr.i
and tank hr.nm fttwlrt.
Vance points fitrt, tfcT would
have to be ktspc4. It would
be more eeonvnr.lcaL fc srfun,
to keep the fr.fhi; too! on
hand and slmplr rv".',ti thrm
to keep up with mrArrn Im
provements. Most of WlUvn's military ex
perts agree with Vance. How
ever, Wilson Is the boss. His
views probably will win out.
SOVIET PEACK STRATEGY
Just before General Al
Gruenther flew back to Paris,
he testified behind closed sen
ate doors regarding the solemn
chances of peace or war. He
also told about the "most seri
ous" security leak at NATO
headquarters, and related how
a Russian order was recently
Intercepted by which the Red
army was to attack an Amer-
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
LEST WE FORGET
PEARSON
lean unit the next morning at
S o'clock.
Some ' of Gruenther's testi
mony must be kept off the
record because of military se
crets. However, here are the
non-security highlights.
. Most significant discussion
was over Russia's sudden peace
offensive, which Gruenther
'warned may be a trap to lull
us to sleep. This roused some
sharp comment from President
Eisenhower's republican back'
ers.
"I am scared to death ot
these peace overtures," blurt'
ed Senator Alex Smith, New
Jersey republican and'
Princeton professor. f
"We better watch out that
we aren't a sucker for a left,"
agreed Gruenther. He added
that the Soviets "made the
biggest mistake in their his'
tory when they started the Ko
rean war, because it has unit
ed the west."
"Do you think that may be
the reason Malenkov has
launched this peace campaign,
in order to stop our united ef
fort?" asked Senator Homer
Ferguson, . Michigan republi
can.
"If I were a policy adviser
to the Russian government,
Gruenther replied, "I would
certainly recommend that they
try to lull the west again."
He warned that the "num
ber one project of Soviet for
eign policy Is to split the
United States from its allies.
This was the theme of the So
viet Union congress last Octo
ber, and the fellow who made
the most noise about it was
Malenkov."
Gruenther acknowledged.
however, that Russian timing
is Aften bad.
iney don t always go
around kissing babies at the
right time," he said, "so they
may not be able to fool people
as easily as they did before."
"We have been mousetran-
ped two or three times, and I
hope we don't get mousetrap
ped again," snorted Senator
Bourkc Hickenlooper, Iowa re
publican.
PEARSON GAL TWO hwM.d
NATO "SPIES"
Changing the subject, Chair
man Alexander Wiley of Wis
consin broke in: "We've been
hearing a lot about espionage
lately. Do you have any spies
at NATO?"
"I keep sticking pins in my
self wondering how we get by
with so few security breaches,
considering that we have of
ficers from 12 nations in our
headquarters alone," respond
ed the general.
He went on to tell about the
worst security leak, however,
which happened while Gen
eral Elsenhower was still In
command. Ike was preparing
to take off on a secret trip to
Oslo, Gruenther reported. An
officer thought it would be
bad manners to pop in on the
Norwegians by surprise, so he
took it on himself to tip them
off in advance.
"That's the worst security
violation we have had In our
headquarters," testified Eisen
hower's former right - hand
man.
On the question of Soviet
strength, Gruenther gravely
warned that the Russians have
massed an overwhelming army
and air force behind the Iron
curtain. However, he assured
that the NATO forces were on
the alert and could give a good
account of themselves in case
of an attack.
He then told how a radio
monitor had picked up a cryp
tic Russian order during the
Red army's latest maneuvers
in Europe. It was an order for
the Red army to attack the
unit, In which the radio eaves
dropper belonged, the next
morning at fi o'clock.
"We had a very nervous
night," Gruenther confessed.
"We didn't know whether it
was a bluff or a real attack,
Of course, the attack never
materialized, but you never
know when it might."
(OopTTiiht, m
Sal em 24 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
"'" April 15, 1929 '
Merger of Pacific Fruit and
Produce Co.. and Ryan Fruit
Co., both with outlets in Sa
lem, has been accomplished.
Work on Salem's $50,000
municipal airport is expected
to get started within two
weeks.
First National Bank of Inde.
pendence has passed the 40th
milestone ot its history. It was
organized in 1889.
Oregon supreme court's 88th
anniversary was observed at
Champoeg Sunday when mem
bers of the court and promt
nent attorneys of Western Ore'
gon gathered to discuss the
court's growth and who it was
that first dealt legal justice in
the northwest. First two Judges
to meet at Champoeg were
Ira L. Babcock and George
LaBrltton, both of whom were
chosen February 17, 1841, on
the occasion ot services over
the grave of Ewlng Young.
A violin made In Italy In
1663 is a possession of F. A.
Bell of Sublimity. The instru
ment is a creation of Peters
Querlaneus and has been a
possession of the Bell family
for 125 years.
St. Paul's Episcopal church
of Salem has issued a call to
Rev. George H. Swift, rector of
the Episcopalian church of
Mlnot, North Dakota. Reverend
Swift is a graduate ot General
Episcopal seminary in New
York and before going to Ml
not served as assistant to the
rector of Old Trinity church
in New York City. Here he
will replace Rev. H. Duncan
Chambers who resigned last
month on account of poor
health.
George H. Hug, superintend'
ent of Salem schools, has been
honored with re-election for
another term of three years as
president of the Northwest as
sociation ot secondary and high
school teachers.
Mt Angel Bachelors Sewing
club comprising of 19 small
boys Is among the first of num
ber ot clubs in Marion county
to complete their project 100
percent.
Four pie eating contests fol
lowed a miscellaneous program
offered by Spring valley com
munity club on Friday. Jesse
Sohn was winner in the men's
contest, Stanley SImklns was
children's winner, Jimmie
Shepard was first for boys and
Ted Woelk, camouflaged as
girl, was winner in the contest
for girls. , I
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Beat Old H.
New York, tJPl There is a
quick easy way to beat In
flation and cut down on your
expenses. Become a borrower.
Many people today are be
hind the financial 8-ball aU
the time because they waste
money buying things they
could borrow.
A good borrower always has
a fat bank account because he
doesn't fritter away his take-
home pay by purchasing gadg
ets and luxuries his neighbor
owns and 'will gladly lend
you, If you twist his arm hard
enough. ,
The motto of the successful
borrower Is:
'Don't try to outdo the
Joneses. Just keep even with
them by borrowing everything
they haven't got nailed down."
Let Jones sweat himself in
to an early- grave trying to
achieve the better life by hard
work and hard cash. If you go
about it tactfully, you can get
him to share everything he's
got except his life insurance
policy and you man even be
able to talk him Into borrow
ing money for you on that.
There are tricks to every
trade, of course, and if you
want to become a skillful bor
rower you have to develope
know-how. Here are a few
tested tips:
1. Avoid a cleadins. hnnff-
dog look. People will resent
you. They admire only a bor
rower with nerve and self-confidence.
For example, never
borrow one Item if you can
get two. It you ask Jones for
his lawnmower, also add light
ly, "Oh, that reminds me. My
lawn is getting a mite bald.
You don't have a couple of
extra pounds of grass seed and
a little fertilizer, do yoir?"
Z. If the fellows at the of
fice you mooch your clgarets
from use the wrong brand,
aon't sneer. Just cough and re
mark, "Do these ever bother
your throat a bit?" Then tell
them how your favorite brand
cured you of lumbago, arthri
tis, and sinus just when you
were at death's door. They'll
change to the kind you like.
3. Tell neighbor Jones you're
In the market for a car and a
television set, but you can't
make up your mind which to
buy. Jones will take you for
week-end rides to brag up his
car; hell invite you over to
see what a swell TV set he got.
While you are there, naturally,
he will wine and dine you
and that is also a good time
for you to borrow his phone
for an hour of social calls on
his bill.
4. Little leaks will sink a
great ship. So never fork out
your own dough for things
people lend and never really
expect to get back such as
stamps umbrellas, books, mag
azines, clgaret lighters and
pocket combs. They all add up.
you know. You can pawn um
brellas if you get so many they
clutter up your closets.
KLAMATH BARBERS
HIT SNAG
(Grants Pasa Courier)
The effort of barbers in Kla
math Falls and vicinity to
maintain a universal haircut
price of $1.50 struck a snag
last week when the two own
ers and only barbers in a sub
urban shop refused to go along
with the 25-cent price boost
which went into effect there
March SO.
According to the Klamath
Falls Herald-News, nine union
barbers, headed by the union
locals secretary, waited on
the recalcitrant barbers, fin
ally being ordered off the
premises at the muzzle of a
rifle by one of, the shop own
ers. The shooed-off barbers re.
paired to the office of District
Attorney Frank Alderson. for
mer Grants Pass man, seeking
a criminal compla nt against
the gun-wielder.
Alders'on informed them
that llnrfai iha Mmi,M,t.nnM I
- - '-"VMIJ.llltS
the gun-wlelder's act on was
in the nature of a "qualified
threat." that he was within
his rights in ordering the
group out of his shop and that
no criminal law had been vio
lated. The Herald-News nuntoa i
union Secretary as rieelnrlnir
his group has decided to forget
ine wnoie tning.
In most business enlpmrlset
employers and employes have
ineir "Dargainlns ' nrohlem.
with the public who foots the
bill merely more or less in
nocent bystanders.
In barber circle. . nnlnn
members generally are shop
owners, with the ' Individual
barber having a commission
interest in the work he turns
out.
The onlv thins both nf
have to worry about is patron
reaction. If oil shops in an
area can be coerced nr nm
willing to agree on price
boosts, there is nothlna much
the public can do about It.
Prlce-fixins bv the bis nil
corporations brings about fed
eral prosecution for restraint
of trade.
Concerted union activitv to
BCCOmnlish the ump niirnnco
seems to be a "horse of anoth
er color" under existing law. ,
C. of L; Borrow, Don't Buy
Br HAL BOYLE
5. If you develop an ali
ment, find smebody with the
same one. Then see what his
doc is doing for him, borrow
hi. marilelne. Everybody is
happy to lend his pills to a
fellow sufferer. However, ne
gets worse, stop borrowing his
medicine Immediately, unless
you are absolutely sure it is
curing you.
6. Never play the stock mar
ket except with the money
Jones lends you. If the stock
goes up, you can pay him back.
If it goes down, and he presses
you for payment, Just tell him
firmly, "Look Jones, old boy,
ATTENTION MEN!
Here's the Good News You've Been
Waiting For. - It's the ...
REOPENING
OF JOE'S UPSTAIRS CLOTHES SHOP
Joe has just returned from hit annual buying trip with
a brand new stock of men's and young men's Super
Fine Quality, Hand Tailored Clothes. Joe made tome
wonderful buyt from America's leading and best known
manufacturers of fine clothing ...
AND NOW OFFERS YOU
THESE FINE CLOTHES
AT GREATER THAN EVER
MONEY-SAVING
LOW PRICES
All New 1953
SPRING STYLES
100 All Wool
Hard Finished Worsteds
SUITS
Reg. $45 Values
NOW
Large Selection of
New Patterns & Colon
100 Wool Worsted
Expertly Hand Tailored
SUITS
NOW
$
00
Actual $50 Values
100 Wool Worsted
Imported Loomed Flan
nels and Splash Weave
Tweeds, Gabardines and
Sharkskins.
. NOW
s3950
Reg. $55 and
And many more too num
erous to mention. Equally
great valuet in 1 and 2
pants suits, sport coats
SJJOO
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and slocks.
Alterations included at these amaiing low prices. AH
new spring styles, potternt and colors.. 100 wool
worsteds and luxurious flannels in all sixes. Regular,
long, short and stout. We hare the goods and plenty
to choose from. You will never get a better deal. Fall
prices will be higher.
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT 'TIL 9. O'CLOCK
Above Morris Optical Next to Nohlgren's Look tor
The Flashing Save $10 Sign Above Entrance
tredneatfay, April 15, 1983
If I thought you were going to
be stuffy about this, I'd have
gone to my bank." That'll
shame him into silence for an
other half year. By then he
may be dead and, of course,
since you gave him no I.O.U.,
what have you to worry about?
You may even be able to bor
row more from his widow.
7. One final, important
point. Never, never borrow an
other man's wife. It is too dan
gerous. Sooner or later you
might run into a fellow who
won't let you return her
and what a nuisance that could
be?.
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UPSTAIRS
CLOTHES
SHOP
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