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Page 4 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon Thursday, April 16, 1953 Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 : BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor ond Publisher GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Wont Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. rU ImmI Win lirrtM 1 Ite IwikM tiM ni TM VHti tnm. Tht AuocltUd PrtM It ncluillr nulled t ih lor tublluMoa 1 Hi ntwt tftipttehM ertdiud w It w thtrwlM andltod In IhU auw ua Uo ntwi publltbtd Uitrtla. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Br Carrier: Monthly, ll.W: BU Monthi, 17.60 1 Out Tear, H8.M. By Utfl la Vwloa, Polk, Linn, Benton, CUekimu ud VmblU Couotlu: ifonttur, we; six Monthi, 4.60; Ou Tctr, 19.00. Br Mall BUiwhtrt In Orison: Monthlr, 91.00; BU Months, 18.00: On Vcar, 113.00, Br Uall Outtldt Orwon: Monthlr, 0U Month, 4)7401 unt 1 ear, vid.oo. STABILIZING THE NATIONAL DEBT Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey has just announced the details of an offering of 34 per cent fully ir.arketable treasury bonds, to be dated May l, 193, They will mature June 15, 1983, but may be redeemed, at the option of the United States, on and after June 15, 1978. Interest will be payable on a semiannual basis on December 15, 1953, and thereafter on June 15 and De cember 15. The announcement continues: "The amount of this Issue allotted on euh subscriptions will be limited to $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, and may be paid for by credit in treasury tax and loan account!. Payment at par and accrued intereit from May 1, 19S3, may be deferred over a period of three months, but must be completed not later tnan juiy si, lwoa. jsxenange auDscnpuons wiu oe re ceived from holders of Series F and G savings bonds maturing In the months of May through December, 1983, of which there are a trout $i,iuu,uuu,uuu outstanding. The treasury also re serves 'the right to allot limited amounts of these bonds to government Investment accounts." . This is the first effort of the Eisenhower administra tion to raise "new money" and is significant in that it is is first step to carry out its pledge to put the nation's debt structure on a sounder foundation and a repudiation of the philosophy of debt management under the New and Fair Peals. Their policy was for short term loans and low interest to enable the treasury to borrow at the lowest possible cost. - - n . The consequence has been to leave the federal debt structure top heavy and vulnerable and resulted in per petual short time borrowings and stimulated inflation in the post-war years. It permitted the treasury to nullify the purpose for which the Federal Reserve System was organized as the nation's agency of credit controls. . It is fundamental in sound public finance that in time or easy money a maximum portion of the debt should be funded on a long time basis and the short term floating debt reduced to a minimum. This easy money policy has thus affected the national debt. Some 52.7 per cent of outstanding obligations were payable on demand or within one year; 80 per cent were due in five years; and 87.2 per cent matured in 10 years. In 1937, 41 per cent of the debt was longer than 10 years, od per cent over live years. The new securities will be the first issued since 1941 of any maturity issued without aid of a "pegged" market provided by the the Reserve System, and place the debt in the hands of permanent investors. - LEGISLATORS as Seen by Murray Wade ENATE President Eugene t- MA.R.SH Consclewtlout Harry $ Dorm an OreJons firs'. iDn-eetor a Finance and. administration-, 13 I Ik. a fr i I. A W V Jti. m . t w if II . V J 3 :M& Rep.Robert L. Elfstrom fiHatrttsitttm. I TinlCitiem - . FORMER Pres.LutiwOriililS J Qffm ' if uar com. Trustee WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Art of Fooling the Public Becomes a Major Industry OPEN FORUM BY DREW PEARSON MALAN'S VICTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA j-, Bad news from South Africa. ' Early returns from what was recognized there as the most important election in the history of that British dominion, indicate that Daniel Malan's government will not only remain in power but with an increased parlia mentary majority. On the early returns the government had won five seats from the opposition and lost none of its own. Malan's party is composed principally of South Africans of Dutch and German extraction, the people who lost the Boer war to the British more than half a century ago, but who appear to be winning it back now. They outnumber the British South Africans about three to two and tend to vote toggether. They are held to gether now by Malan's extremely narrow, reactionary racial program which aims to keep more than 10,000,000 Negroes and Asiatics under the heel of the white man by repressive measures. The British population also favors "white supremacy" for they share the fears of their Boer neighbors of a colored uprising that would threaten the lives of all white people in the country, but they want to be more decent about it if one can be decent in Buch a program. No inhibitions bother Malan, who goes all-out. An in dication that the vote tide was running his way was to be seen during the campaign when the opposition modified its own program in the direction of Malan's, . Now Malan is safely in again assuming that the com plete count bears out the early trend and will probably go farther than ever. The effect will be to transfer from the ballot box to violence the delicate racial problem of South Africa. And in view of the preponderance of col ored peoples down there the ultimate result of repressive measures seems too horrible to contemplate. But whatever fate may hold in store, South Africa's white people have "asked for it." WELFARE ROLLS PUBLICITY MIXUP The legislature does well to revamp the bill for public inspection of welfare rolls following the attorney general's ruling of unconstitutionality because the measure permit ted radio publicity out lowaae newspaper publicity, an obvious discrimination. What form the changes now being made will take we are not advised, but it would appear that either of two would be all right We think a ban on all forms of pub licity would stick, eliminating discrimination between media. All public records do not have to be published. Income tax records are not, with certain exceptions. We doubt that the supreme court would hold the freedom of the press had been infringed upon if inspection were al lowed but publication ioroiuaen. And if publication were permitted we think extremely few if any newspapers or radio stations would avail them selves of the dubious privilege. No one wants to humili ate the recipients, but many do believe the right of inspec tion would tend to relieve the rolls of some individuals who do not need the assistance. Disposing of Butter Sun plus Washington W Secretary of Agriculture Benson is trying to clear out government i stocks of butter In an apparent effort to get the butter industry back Into storing supplies for future consumer market. Normally, the industry and speculators buy any sunlu production in the spring and summer ana store i the fall and winter, when pro duction 1 low. Usually, they make money doing this because In most years butter prices are hiaher in tne fail-winter . seon than In spring and sum mer. But as long as the govern' ment holds large stocks acaulr. ed under farm price support. there Is little or no Incentive for the trade to perform this function of storing for the fu ture. The department disclosed Tuesday that it had offered 80 million pounds of its butter to the Army at prices competitive with margarine. Washington Most people don't know it, but the art of fooling the public has now be come a major industry, mil lions of dollars are paid to pub lie-relations firms to fool the public Into thinking that the public has made up Its mind on certain Questions, when, as matter of fact, the public-rela tions firm has made up the public's mind for it. Here are two illustrations oi this fooling-the-publlc racket just come to light. One Is the manner in wmcn certain women's club leaders were paid off and civic associa tions were formed by Carl By olr and associates on behalf of the railroads to combat the trucking industry. , The other is a secret memo by the same Carl Byoir to Craig Sheaffer, now assistant secretary of commerce, aimed at fooling the public into ac ceptlng a national sales tax. Sheaffer, head of the foun- tain-pen company by that name, Is the same man who kicked up a national furor by firing the director or, tne mir- eau of standards because he was allegedly unfair to auto- battery pepper-ups. Sheaffer' background seems to fit Into the Carl Byoir technique of fooling the public. He was a heavy contributor to rabble. rousers Merwln K. Hart and Upton Close: once became In dignant at the way one of his pens was tested by the bureau of standards. Byoir, incidentally, is the same man exposed by a con gressional committee as hav ing received $8,000 a month as a public-relations representa tive for the Nazi government before Pearl Harbor. This deal was arranged by George Syl vester Viereck who later went to Jail for failure to register as a Hitler agent. , HIGH-SOUNDING TAX STUDY The manner In which the un suspecting public is fed pub licity under the high-sounding name of some civic organiza tion is illustrated by Byoir's or ganization of "The New Jer sey Citizens Tax Study Foun dation." The average taxpayer would consider this a most worthy cause, dedicated to helping him lower his taxes. However, a study of the back-stage facts shows that the tax-study foun dation was actually organized at the time Carl Byoir was launching his New Jersey bat tie of the railroads against the truckers. Furthermore, one of the in corporators of this supposedly impartial , citizens tax-study founditlon was C. Colburn Hardy, the man in charge of Byoir s public-relations cam palgn for the railroads in New Jersey. Also, court records reveal a long list of checks paid by the Byoir firm to Fred W. Good win, executive director of the supposedly neutral tax founda- tion. These payments during the latter part of 1851 and 1952 totaled $3,700.98. In addition, two checks totaling $300 were paid to the tax foundation by tne Byoir firm direct. Finally a memo written by Byoir's chief public-relations operator in New jersey to oth er members of Byoir's staff during the trucks vs. railroads battle, reads: We are also assisting: In the formation of a new group: New Jersey Tax Study Founda tion ... all lltermature, etc., from this group must be on plain paper and mailed from New Jersey." Some of the eastern rail road executives who got euch ered Into this public-relations campaign are not happy about say u was not fully explain ed to them. PHONI SALES-TAX PROPAGANDA Carl Byoir's latest plan for fooling the public, this time regarding taxes, proposes to ir aupes oi radio lnd TV verslty panels, university discussion ' says. forums, etc., in order to put across a national sales tax, This secret Byoir memo, dug up by the Madison (Wis.) Cap ital Times and written for the benefit of the new assistant secretary of commerce, Mr, Sheaffer, adopted the same technique of using civic organ izations as fronts to fool the public. " 'initial impetus' for the na tional sales tax," says the By oir memo, "would have to come from a trade association, civic group, or by some 'name spokesman demanding such a tax. 'It will be necessary first to create an event which will de velop news items on the sub ject. "Another method," continues the Byoir recommendation to the now assistant secretary of commerce, "would be a special one or two-day institute on the sales tax-question held under the auspices of a business ad ministration of a leading col lege. New York university through its Society of Business Advisory Professions, Columbia University through its Arden Harrlman Symposiums; Cor nell, Northwestern, and many other colleges organize sucn session. They provide a good public relations vehicle for launching a point of view." Switching to the use of un suspecting TV and radio pro grams, Byoir recommended: "A good springDoara is to or iginate a town meeting of the air (radio) for some place where an audience Is available, such as a local chamber of com merce meeting. The fee for such organizations amounts to about $1,500 and the topic selected is generally the one the home group selects. (Done very ef ficiently in Philadelphia for the MITAC account.) "Another forum interested in such a proposal is Keep Posted (TV Martha Bountree). An out-of-town origination would cost about $3,000. "Those to which the subject would have to be presented on its merits include Author Meets the Critic by suggesting an economic book as a peg, On Trial, Chronoscope, Reporters Roundup, Meet the Press, Georgetown University Forum, Chicago Round Table, North western Review Forum, and the CBS Cross Section, USA and You, and The World Series, plus many others. . "An essential element in all of this is some effective speak ing personalities. The lecture platforms and radio-TV forums are leery of the small-fry econ omists and official (again) small-fry spokesmen for busi ness, and turn a deaf ear to their use. Since tax subjects are considered proverbially dull, they require more than the usual showmanship to make such programs interesting. It will be necessary to have Mr. Sheaffer or someone of equal stature available as a 'star' speaker, and others as alter nates. ... "... A number of important associations are scheduled for meetings and offer opportuni ties for suggesting the sales tax topic or speakers on the sub ject. These include American management association, cham ber of commerce, April 27-29; General Federation of Women's Clubs, May 25. Also scheduled are meetings of the Economic Club of New York and the Ec onomic Club of Detroit, both important outlets.1' The above strategy for con cealed propaganda gives some Indication of what the unsus pecting, sometimes gullible Mr. John Q. Public is up against when he tries to make up his mina on pumic issues. (CoprrUht, lilt) MAY PREVENT MALARIA Atlantic City. N.J. WV-The new drug primaquine already pronounced a cure for the most tenacious and prevalent form of malaria may yet prove to be an actual preventive, a Unl- of Chicago Says Portland State Should Be Made Ready To the Editor: In answer to your editorial, "Why the Hurry About Portland State?" of March 13. . I agree that a good case can be made for Portland State as an institution in the state's steadily growing center of population and I think that the president's commission on higher education helped In de veloping a real reason for the pressure that the residents, students and parents, in the Portland area, have exerted1 toward a four-year program, In their report, In 1047, the president commission said, "There are not enough colleges and universities in the country, and they are not distributed evenly enough to bring them within the reach of all young people. By allowing the op portunities for higher educa tion to depend so largely on the individual's economic status we are not only denying to mil lions of young people the chance in life to which they are entitled. We are also de priving the nation of a vast amount of potential leadership and potential social competence which it sorely needs." It is interesting to note that Harry K. Newbum, a leading opponent to Portland State as a four-year college, was a member of this commission and signed , the report that the above quotes were taken from. There is a shortage of educa tional facilities in Portland for the average student. One year's tuition and student lees at a private institution in Portland would pay the tuition and stu dents fee for three or more years for a student at Portland State. " . In order to prove that Port land State was not "stealing' students from the private col leges, a study was made of some of the colleges around Portland and it was found that the freshman enrollment at two had Increased and the one college that had lost students had lost only three students, while the enrollment at fort land State increased (the fresh man enrollment) 187 students over last year. It seems to me that the priv ate colleges should not have anything to worry about if they are depending on high aca demic standards to draw stu dents rather than lack of the facilities of a state supported college in the community. You said, in your editorial, that the state institutions have the problem of filling their plants. I wonder if it is suf ficient to have adequate plants and faculty if they are not lo cated to take care of the most students? Should we consider the needs of the institutions or the needs of the students? You also pointed out in your editorial that in 1958 the high birth of the 40s will flood our colleges; but suggested we wait until 1938 to make provisions for it. If we don't start mak ing those provisions for those expected students now, where will we put them? Colleges are not set up overnight, and the private college don t care to commit themselves for many more students than their pres ent enrollments. If Portland State were given the four-year program now, by 1958 her door woulr' be open to all students seeking a higher education. Steps forward always cost money but the taxpayers' bur den can be lightened by doing away with economic barriers to higher education and pro vldin gfor low-Income students, which in turn will help to in crease the standard of living xor Oregon ana tne nation. ELINOR M. TODD, 9800 S. E. 82nd St., Portland, Oregon POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Why Do Wives Take So Much Luggage? New York () Now Is the time for all wise husbands planning a vacation trip to do a little hard thinking. Millions of American couples soon will be hitting the open road for a carefree jaunt to gether in the old family bus. Did I say carefree? For the first 50 miles 9 out of 10 of these couples will be barking at each other like strange dogs. - "What did I marry a worn an or a department store?" growls the husband. "Oh, shut up," snaps the wife. "I only packed the things I really need." But the luggage compartment Is so stuffed with bags the door pops open whenever the car hits a bump. And the back seat looks like a rummage sale. Every time the husband puts on the brakes a cascade of clothing, boxes and sacks bangs against his head and floods into his lap. "Is this trip really neces sary?" he whimpers. "Oh, dry up," snarls his dear one. "If you had your way, we'd be travelling in overalls." And so it goes. These argu ments always arise. For a man has a firm faith you can go anywhere with a clean shirt, a razor and a toothbrush. But a woman packs for even the smallest journey as If she were bound for the moon. There is nothing like a va cation trip to bring out the pack rat latent in every wife. "I haven't a decent thing to wear," she moans, and then starts unloading the closets. Her motto is "Just one suitcase more." And when the over loaded car groans on its bent axles she still somehow wants to find room for the canary, her marriage certificate and the family album. What can a man do about it? Plenty, if he'll Just show a lit tle forethought. Such as: 1. Use common sense. Tell her marriage is a 80-50 propo sition, and that you ought to be allowed to take a suit for By HAL BOYLE every dress she wants to bring along. However, as the average man only has about three suits, this argument usually falls flat on its face. She goes ngnt on stuffing her wardrobe into suitcases. 2. Wait until she has packed everything portable except the television set. Obviously, all that junk won't fit in you pres ent car. So call up an. automo bile agency and trade in your old car for a larger model, Ges tures like this are expensive, but they always impress wives. 3. Take your wife to the near est post office, paste a sheet of three-cent stamps on her fore, head, and mail her to your des tination. Then go home and pack leisurely by yourself n peace. 1 4. Try an entirely new kind of vacation. Surprise your wife by telling her you're going to take her to a nudist colony. Then you can simply hand her an envelope Instead of a suitcase, and say: "Start packing, honey. And don't start yelping about not having anything decent to wear. All you'll need 1 sun burn lotion, and we'll buy it when we get there." Salem 34 Years Ago By BEN MAXWELL April 16, 1919 With 360 workers out next Monday no difficulty is anti cipated in accomplishing Sa lem' Victory Liberty loan drive In three days. ' Oregon guard companies E, F, G and H will be mustered out tome time next week. This will leave but one military organization in Salem. Com pany M. Among those to be mustered out next' week will be Pvt. Gov. Ben Olcott and Cpl. Justice George H. Bur nett. Founder's day will be cele brated at Champoeg May 3 This will be the 76th anniver sary of the historic Champoeg meeting ana tne itn celebra tion. Judge P. H. D'Arcy. pioneer or 1837, will Be presi dent of the day. , With Governor Olcott pre siding and Lt. Louis H. Comp- ton in the chair first steps were taken at an armory meeting last evening in for mation of a Salem branch of World War veterans. New dolmans in bolivla, ve- lour, gabardine, terge, trlco tine, illvertone, trlcolet, silk poplin and 'taffeta. Price from $22.50 up to $63. Port land Cloak and Suit company, Old White Corner (Southeast corner of Court and Commer cial streets). If the city of. Salem should decide to put in a municipal telephone system It will find Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company on the job as usual and fighting for its share of the patronage W. J. Phil lips, division superintendent, has informed the special coun cil committee. State highway commission today awarded A. D. Kern a contract for paving six miles between Salem and Jefferson with bithulithlc at a cost of $133,008. C. B. Clancy has turehnr1 the green houses of Carl Ruef at 17th and Market ttreeu Uius range collapsed durln me neavy anow of Januarv 31, 1937.) WANT UTILITY DISTRICT Oregon City WV-A commit tee to work for formation of a Clackamas county people's utility district has been or ganized. Temporary Chair man Hugh Thornton, Clacka mas, said petitions would be scientist circulated, calling for a vote Ion the proposal. A mas meotlne devoted in a discussion of good roads will be held at the Commercial club this evening. T. B. Kay will preside. Salem wa op posed to the $800,000 bond. ing proposition in 1914 und voted against the '$8,000,000 road bond bill in the peclal election of 1917. Eager Beaver Police Find Short Circuit Portland (U.B Crime wasn't the only thing that local police uncovered yesterday, A new emergency alarm system at police headquarters clanged and seven carloads of officers dashed to the main office building. They found a short circuit . OPEN TILL 9 FRIDAY NIGHT tm PRICE S IS NECESSARY for Us to Continue This SALE Our object and aim is to break all previous sales records for the month of April. By increasing our volume tales means that you can now buy JJ.'s Superfine quality clothing at far below our regular prices. In the end the increased sales will make up for us th great savings we are offering you. Now, right at the beginning of the Spring season when prices are highest, you can get a bet ter deal than aver. So come In end see the finest in quartiy fabrici, the newest in styles, pattern!, weaves and tailoring that goes only into the highest priced clothes ob tainable. AT PRICES YOU'LL BE GLAD TO PAY! 100 WOOL WORSTED I 100 WOOL WORSTED S1IS SIMS Large selection of . Patterns and Weaves Made to Retail at $45 NOW ONLY With 2 Pants $47.50 Expertly Hand Tailored Made to Retail at $50 NOW ONLY With 2 Pants $50.00 100 WOOL WORSTED Imported Loomed Flan nels end Splash Weaves suns suns Made to Retail at $60 NOW ONLY Step out in the Newest Thing This Spring 100 WOOL WORSTED Serges, Gabardines, And Flannel Made to Retail at $75 NOW ONLY $SS00 WITH 2 PANTS Come in and see the most beautiful line of suits, sport coats and slacks you have ever seen at prices you'll be glad to pay. We have plenty to choose from in sixes to fit all regulars, shorts, longs and stouts. Just received our new Spring line of America's finest fur felt union made $750 and HAND MADE CHELS0N HATS $5 OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT TIL 9 O'CLOCK CLOTHES SHOP t Doors West ofLlberty At the Bus Stop 11 387 STATE ST.