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FRANZEN SHOULD BE RETAINED
Tt. "Tt Seems to Me" column in the Statesman, for
mer Governor Charles A. Sprague says that "Mayor Al
LniicVa in Rettino- the otaire for Retting rid ol Uty Man
ager J. L. Franzen," and the only reason advanced is
that Mr. Franzen is 68 years of Age, with the inference
that he is too old to function efficiently despite his ex
cellent record. Mr. Sprague continues:
"The device is to hire an 'assistant city manager' for a term
of months; and then have Franzen 'resign' to take some lesser
job that would be made for him. No item is in the budget
for assistant manager, but it would be inserted before the
final adoption of the budget. The mayor has to get four
councilmen to go along with him on the deal, and has been
busy trying to line them up.
"Once rid of Frazen, with a compliant new manager then
the heads of administrative departments could be fired. The
mayor is reported to have wanted the heads of some of them,
but could not persuade the city manager, who alone has the
authority, to perform the rite of execution. These department
heads are Clyde Warren, police chief; Ellsworth Smith, fire
chief; Harold Davis, city engineer; AlMundt, city recorder;
John Green, water bureau manager."
Mayor Loucks had given the same information to mem-
- . .. v 11. mm j . 1 -it i 1 i
bers of the Capital journal siaii, dui witn xne stipulation
that it was "off the record" and not to be published until
released by him. Evidently no such pledge was exacted
of the Statesman. , .
The real reason is the mayor's itch for power, to make
him the "IT" in city government as mayors were before
the city manager form of government was adopted, when
waste, inefficiency and councilmanic favoritism ruled the
city. Moreover Mr. Loucks original backers for his first
. term were those who opposed the city manager form and
atill oppose it for its efficiency.
The real objection to Mr. Franzen is that he is a com.
Detent engineer, thoroughly versed in municipal affairs,
instead of a loquatious back-slapping and baby-kissing
peanut politician, all things to all men and easy to in
fluence. vHe has an excellent record and national recog
nition as a competent city manager.
, Franzen's work here speaks for itself. The city streets
are kept clean. The sewerage system and disposal plant
have been completed as has another city water reservoir,
the merger of Salem and West Salem and additional
suburbs satisfactorily adjusted, and police, fire and other
departments reorganized and brought up-to-date.
The plot to remove an efficient official and return to
the waste and confusion formerly existing should be nip
ped in the bud for the future welfare of this growing
city which as the capital of Oregon has outgrown the
lethargy of the hick town. A competent, conscientious
and honest regime should be retained. G. P.
Ex-Conaressman Qualifies
For $2160 Pension for $14
BY DREW PEARSON '
aw,.nrtn The records SENATOKlAii vur
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
GOOD NEWS FROM MALAYA
1 Southeast Asia is a vital spot in the war between the
free and slave worlds, point of greatest immediate danger
of an irremovable disaster to the former,
And curiously, there is good news from Malaya, where
a fierce war has been waged by communist outlaw bands
against the British and their native allies ever since the
end of World War II. It appears that this war at least
is being won.
Col. Arthur E. Young, London commissioner of police,
who has had charge of police reorganization in Malaya
for the past 15 months, brought this word to the United
States while en route home a few days ago. .
Young said the outlaw bands now number fewer than
6000 altogether, for the first time since the war began
and that they are being steadily reduced by the Malayan
army and police who are now pursuing them back into
tltcir jungle hideouts.
One effective measure against the outlaws has been
the placing of small forts in the jungles and supplying
them by helicopters. Jungle inhabitants are now less
fearful of the outlaws and are giving the authorities bet
ter cooperation. Tin and rubber production is now little
effected by the war, for the first time. It was badly
crippled and the major part of the output threatened
with destruction.
Here is a war whose losses and vexations have rivaled
those of the more highly publicized Korean conflict. If
it can be won the west will have scored a major triumph
against the communists, for scarcely any threatened re
gion is more vital to our side than Malaya.
LET'S GET THE REST OF IT NOW
Nearly half of the $5500 needed to save the Marion
County Blood Bank is now available, thanks nrincioallv
to the enterprise shown by Radio Station KGAE. whose
all day show Saturday produced $2554.25 in cash and
pledges assuming the payment of the pledges, and there
should be little loss there.
Now it is up to the rest of the community to pitch in
Magnolia, Ark., Big Town
Now, Stops to Celebrate
Magnolia, Ark. VP) Ameri
ca is growing up. Its period
of raw-boned youth is over.
A symbol of this was the
centennial celebration held last
week by this community, typi
cal of the mushrooming small
cities of the south and southwest.
Towns, like men, take a
pleasure in pausing now and
then for a glance back a look
ahead. - Magnolians, immense
ly proud of their town, were
pleased to find that at the age
of 100 it was suffering Us most
acute growing pains.
It was settled a century ago
by pioneers who came afoot,
in wagons, and on horseback
from Georgia and South Caro
lina. A young lady who liked
Magnolia trees gave the ham
let its name.
' In 1860 it had a population
of 344, including 66 slaves and
three professional gamblers. It
had only about 1,000 people in
1900. The prospects were it
would remain indefinitely
dreaming in its quiet dust, its
chief claim to fame the fact
that a major general of the
Confederate Army slept in its
cemetery. ,
But in the last quarter cen
tury Magnolia began to grow
and now is in full bloom.
The discovery of oil was a big
factor. But so was the spark
of new leadership. The young
men quit leaving town to seek
opportunity elsewhere.
Magnolia now has a popula
tion of 10,000. It has diversi
fied industries ranging from
oil to aluminum, plastics, cloth
ing and wood products. It has
spent nearly $9,000,0000 in
new homes since 1946.
As the townspeople flocked
to the courthouse square to
watch a mammoth centennial
parade "the biggest ever held
in Arkansas" I chatted with
three leading citizens who are
a link between the city's se
rene past, its bustling future.
They were Col. Charles W.
McKay, 81, a lawyer; John W.
Colquitt, 75, hardware dealer
for half a century, and Charles
B. Lyle, 78, who has been fill-
By HAL BOYLE
was rich. Now everybody has
got some money, and feels
poor."
But Colonel McKay then
put in a stout plug for the
young folks.
"I don't say that we our
selves were as good as our own
parents," he said mildly. "But
people are getting better all
the time.
"They used to come to town
on Saturday night, get drunk,
hold chicken fights, fight each
other and race their horses up
the main street.
"They don't do that on Sat
urday night any more. What
do they do? I don't know. I
don't go out anymore. I hear
they go to the movies." , .
The three old friends were
silent then, musing over the
past.
But they are no mossbacks.
When I asked them what they
liked about their town, Lyle
said firmly:
"The citizenship."
"Yes," said Colquitt, "The
citizenship. The people are
civic-minded. There is a spark
here you don't find In other
towns."
And laywer McKay summed
it up:
"The good people are in the
majority. In this town it has
always been that way."
OPEN FORUM
and put up the rest of the money without the necessity J ' "scV fn hi. dru
t onntv,.. M-;,. in,. Mti. ci -i..v 'iflU: prescriptions in nis drug
of another "drive." The North Salem Kiwanis club set
a good example last week in passing the hat among the
members. Let other civic and religious groups do the
same and the money will either all be secured or we'll be
to close it won't be any great chore to fill the Bmall gap.
The Blood Bank won't be closed, of course. To do so
would be to invite a disaster, to say nothing of the
wound to our civic pride. Let each group now in its
own way make its contribution and we'll save this vital
program. 1
Jon Lindbergh
Explores Cavern
Bower C a v e 1, Mariposa
County, Calif. W Jon Lind
bergh, 20-year-old son of fam
ed aviator Charles Lindbergh,
has explored and photograph
ed a large underwater cavern
In a remote mountain area
near Yosimlte National Park.
Jon wearing navy "frog
man's" gear, swam 180 feet
under the waters of small
lake to reach Bower Cave
which never before has been
explored.
Jon mad two dives Bttur-
day into the grotto,
The second time he carried
photographic gear in a water
proof bag. He spent more
than an hour Inside the cav
ern, described as one of the
largest of Its kind In the west.
His only link with safety
was a thin nylon line attached
to his trunks and held by an
other member of the party.
He was accompanied by two
members of the Western Spel
eological Institute, a research
organization.
Young Lindbergh attends
Stanford university at Palo
Alto, Calif.
Snow usually is about as 10
times as deep as tht water It
nates when melted.
store for 64 years
Add us together and you
have a ripe old age," said Col.
McKay cheerfully. The three
old friends are all sons of pi
oneer settlers, and love to talk
about the old times.
How do people differ now
from then? Lyle studied some
passersby, then said:
"We were more religious in
those days. The whole town
would close up for a week to
go to a camp meeting."
"Yes, people used to like to
do more things for each other
then," said Colquitt. "They
served each other then. Now
too many people serve only
for money."
"And I'd say we had more
fun, too," , Lyle continued.
"They have too much enter
tainment today to have any
real run. They don't know
what real fun you can get out
of a picnic or a hayr.de. '
"Remember the square
dances?" said Colonel McKay.
"The girls all went wild over
the fiddler."
"Everybody was poor then,
and didn't know It," said Col
quitt. "A man with $8,000
NON-CONFORMISTS
HONORED
New York Times
In this age of conformity we
like the idea of awarding priz
es for nonconformity. The men
who dared to sail westward on
an ocean that was flat were
non-conformists, and they dis
covered a new world. The men
who fled their homelands to
settle that world were noncon
formists, and they founded a
new civilization. The men who
rebelled against tyrany were
nonconformists, and they estab
lished a new country. The men
who brought unity and strength
and wealth to that country were
nonconformists, and they are
our heroes of yesterday.
Today there are too many
among us, with wits dulled by
ignorance or by fright, who
seek safety and security
only In what they think is the
narrow pattern of the past. It
isn't the pattern at all; if our
ancestors taught us anything,
they taught us to dare, to ex
periment, to explore and not to
fear. It is contrary to the best
of our tradition to equate non
conformity with treason, un
orthodoxy with disloyalty. Yet
that is the state of mind to
which some of our public fig.
ures seem to be trying to lead
us. Nothing could be more un
imaginative or "un-American."
All of this is why we are par.
ticularly glad to see someone
get a prize for unorthodoxy,
True, the Lord & Taylor awards
given to five distinguished men
Monday- for original noncon
formist thinking in their re
spective field did not touch on
politics, but the principle Is the
same. Free spirits and unbri
dled minds are too rare even in
a free society. They deserve en
couragement. The worship of
conformity, of orthodoxy, of
authority should be left to the
Communists and the other to
talitarian of left and right. It
Is not tar us.
Engineer's Troubles
Bring in This Poem
To the Editor: ..
The txoubles of Hedda
Swart, our county engineer, as
told in Saturday's Capital
Journal, are enough to make
any responsible-official "blow
his top." But such troubles are
shared by city, county and
highway engineers throughout
the country. Let him read the
following and laugh it off:
FIXING THE STREETS
They took a little navel.
And toot a little tar.
With varloui lngredlenta
Imported from alar;
Trier hammered It and lolled It
And when they went away,
They aald they had a pavement
To last for many a day.
They came with picks and amote It,
To lay a water main
And then they called the workman
To put It back again.
To lay a railway cable
They took It up ones more
And then they put It back again
Juat where It was before.
They took It up for conduits
To run tha telephone
And then they put It back again
Aa hard aa any stone.
They tore It up for wires
To feed the 'lectrlc light
And then they put It back again,
Which was no more than right.
Ohl tha pavement full of furrows.
There aro patches everywhere,
Tou'd like to ride upon It,
But 'tis seldom that you dare.
Xt'a a Tery handsome pavement,
A credit to the town.
They're always dlggln of it up, .
or puttln' of It down.
(Author unknown)
CARL P. RICHARDS,
Oregon State Highways,
Salem, Ore.
CIO ADDS DIFFERENTLY
Baker Democrat Herald
The CIO's economic policy
committee has sharply criti
cised the first 100 days of the
Eisenhower administr a t i o n ,
and says it is sowing the seeds
of another depression. They
particularly object to the rise
in interest rates on government
bonds and failure of the ad
ministration to take aggressive
steps to renew the excess
profits tax.
These labor leaders are be
ing short-sighted in their rea
soning. They too often seem to
take the position that the more
they can hamstring corpora.
tions the greater will be the
benefit to the laboring man.
There is more logic in the op
posite position. Taxes on earn
ings of corporations in recent
years have so prevented ac
cumulation of capital for ex
pansion that progress in new
or larger enterprises has been
limited. At the same time our
population is growing and new
worners will constantly need
new employment. How can ad.
dltlonal workers be employed
wtnout additional capital for
financing additional enterpris
es?
The CIO has never aulte re
conciled itself to the fact that
a prosperous employer is
requisite to a prosperous work
er.
are supposed to be confident
ial, but one ex-congressman
has parlayed a $14 invest
ment into a lifetime govern-
ment pension of $2,160 a year.
Ha is William f. J.amuerusuu,
Kansas Republican, who ser
ved 15 years in the House.
However, he didn't con
tribute a cent toward his own
retirement until after ne ieii
Congress. Then his Kansas
.niieainip. Congressman Wint
Smith, nut Lambertson on the
Federal payroll from January
3 to January 31, 1947 Just
long enough for him to pay
u nto the retirement runa.
This made him eligible for
retirement benefits and, under
s tpcnmcaiuv in uiu aw. .
wna able to take credit ior
his full 15 years Congression
al service.
Irony is that both Lambert-
nn and Smith have voted
consistently against social
benefits for others, but ap
parently believe in governr
ment handouts for themselves
In addition to his 2,160
onvernment pension. Lam
bertson is drawing anotner
Government salary as a
county commissioner. He also
owns a 200-aore farm in Fair-
view, Kansas,
Ex-Congressman Lambert-
son, reacnea ior cuuuman,
said he didn't want to dis
cuss the matter but admitted
he had' never paid any money
into the pension fund while
In Congress.
IKE'S PAPERWORK
President Eisenhower
makes no secret about his
irritation at the load of paper
work and other details that
bog down the office of tne
Presidency.
Speaking before the Ameri
can Retail Federation in the
Washington hotel, he
confessed:
"I'm certainly glad to leave
that maelstrom behind in my
office for a while."
Ike chafes at the number
of callers, says nine out of
ten are pure formalities and
could be eliminated. They
give him no time for con
structive thinking. He also
dislikes the chore of signing
his name about 400 times a
day as required by law on
many state papers. Some
times he even wishes his name
shorter. "Dwight D. Eisen
hower" has a few more letters
than "Harry S. Truman."
On a recent Saturday, the
President was on the verge
of going out to the golf course,
when Bernard Shanley, White
House special counsel rushed
m witn new prooiems re
quiring decisions. Ike let off
steam, chewed Shanley up,
later apologized. '
It Is estimated that a baby is
born on the average of every
st-cona somewnere in the world
HIGHER INTEREST RATES
D e m o c ratic congressmen
are so alarmed over rising in
terest rates that they are
drafting legislation to curb
Secretary of The Treasury
Humphrey's power to boost
the rates.
The Democrats charge that
Humphrey is soaking the tax
payers and enriching the
banks by hiking interest rates
on the bonds the government
borrows. They point out that
the Increased interest on the
national debt will cost the
taxpayers several billions be
fore it Is paid off.
Worst hit, however, are
small farmers, home builders
and installment buyers, whose
interest rates are being forced
up by the higher government
rates.
The Democrats are also pre
pared to blast Deputy Secre
tary of The Treasury W. Ran
dolph Burgess as the man be
hind the interest boosts. A
former Vice-president o f
National City Bank of New
York, Burgess headed the
Committee ort public debt
policy which for years spear
headed the drive for higher
Interest rates for bankers. The
Democrats will charge that
Burgess has be4h cracking the
whip to get the Veterans
Administration, Federal Hous
ing Admlstration and Export
Import Bank to increase their
rates, too, and add to the pro
fits of his banker friends.
Burgess, on the other hand,
Is convinced that higher rates
are for the public good. He
argues that they will combat
Inflation end strengthen the
American economy by dis
couraging people from plung
ing into debt.
mricVilovnus senators are
kidding the Senate's most
eligible couple eor'a
.h...ir.t.tar-d bachelor, Dick
Smith about a possible
romance.
The kidding got its spark
vnm at mv remark that Mrs.
Smith dropped behind closed
doors of The Senate Armed
service Committee. Chairman
Tvorott Saltonstall of Mass
achusetts called upon Russell
with the usual rehetorical
flourishes, referring to him
. thi. "distinguished former
chairman, whom we all love."
However. Saltonstall flush-
o little strong even ior
flowery, senatorial procedure.
So the Massachusetts Yankee
cleared his throat and cor
rected: "I mean, whom we all
admire."
But Mrs. Smith interrupted
"Please don't change it, Mr.
chairman." That started
Senators ribbing the lady
from Maine, who is one of
the most popular figures in
The Senate, about having
srone on record for her"love"
of bachelor Senator Russell.
Some congressional cupids
then suggested such a match
might be a good idea And
so goes' fun and gossip among
the nation's lawmakers.
WASHINGTON PIPELINE
Through an inadvertence,
Congressman Andreson o f
Minnesota, confused in a re
cent column with Congress
man Anderson oi Minnesota,
both Republicans. This oppor-
;unity is therefore taken to
make It , clear that is was
Congressman Anderson of
Tyler, Minn., not Andresen of
Red Wing, Minn., who scolded
Iowa's , Congressman Jensen
for bowing to the Private
Utilities . . . Mamie Eisen
hower prefers to have her
husband called "Mr. Presi
dent" or "Mr. Eisenhower."
She considers plain "Ike" as
too undignified ... The
President, who golfs at the
Burning Tree Country club,
found his ball blocked by a
tree the other day. "They
didn't burn enough trees
here," he grumbled . . . The
American Embassy reports
form London that Prime Mini
ster Winston Churchill-will
soon how out and that his
successor will be, not Foreign
Minister Anthony Eden but
Chancellor of The Exchequer
R. A. Butler iV. The British
will fly movies of the Coro
nation to the United States by
jet plane, so the American pub
lic will be able to watch it on
television the same day it
takes place. This is made
easier by the five hours' differ
ence in time zones . . . The
Democratic National Com
mittee has salted away $125,
000 in the bank, but still owes
$330,000 in campaign debts
A rising power in Demo
cratic circles is FDR's former
Secretary Grace Tully. She
did countless favors for high
Democrats when she , had
President Roosevelt's ear and
now. that she moved into the
Democratic National Com
mittee, they're clearing every
thing with her.1
(Copyright, 1M!)
The extinct sea cow which
formely lived in the Bering
Sea were 20 to 25 feet long.
Monday. May 11, 1953
Salem 61 Years Aqo
ari- vwt VT
May 11, 1893
Growers of roses and straw
berries, are requested to meet
at the reading room of Wil.
lamette hotel to make arrange"
ments for the annual rose nd
strawberry show.
Ladies of Unitarian
assisted by the Second Regi
ment band will give a musical
and literary entertainment of
rare excellence on Friday at
Channing hall ln Unity
church. .
Drivers of fine roadsters are
congratulating -themselves on
the improvement of Cheme
keta street and propose to
make it the driving boulevard
of the city. They say their
horses pay no attention to the
cars after a day or two.
Turner's whiskey war has
broken out again according t
latest reports.
An additional pile driver is
now working on the s.u
Commercial street vkriM
The crossing is all in and the
cars will be running in a few
days. (About this time the
covered bridge built followin
the flood of 1861-2 was re
moved and an open brld
accommodate the street -.
line to Rural cemetery built
to replace it.)
Improved Order of
Men, Kamiakum tribe No. 8
Salem, holds council every
Thursday evening. F. c
Baker, prophet: Frank r
Waters, chief of records.
New daily stage betw
Aurora, Butteville, Cham-
poeg, St. Paul and Fairfield .
is now in operation. : Gus
Hoefer, proprietor.
Liquor, Opium and Toba
Habit. A complete, perma.
nent cure at Keeley Institute,
Forest Grove.
Hoeye & Mills Shavine Pr-
lor, 209 Commercial street,
have the only porcelain bath
tubs in Salem.
.Tom Burroughs dellverv
horse shied at an electric ear
as it came around the corner
of State street today and then
tried to climb a roof. Dell
Dlnsmoor executed a leap tor
the rear car steps. The driver
received some bruises, the
horse got hurt on its tide.
shafts of the wagon were torn
out and spectators afforded t
little excitement.
Real estate transfers in Sa
lem for February, 1882.
amounted to $203,074.65. -
PARDON OUR -;,
RUSTY INDIAN U.
Baker Democrat-Herald .
There is some contention la
Congress over naming the new
lake being formed by McNary
Dam, especially between the
representatives of the respec
tive Oregon and Washington
congressional . districts. Rep.
Sam Coon wants to call it Umt- -
tilla lake, from an Indian word
meaning "water-rippling-over-sand".
Now what would be the
Indian .word for "water-rip-pling-over-concrete"?
Anyhow, there is sand in
concrete, and we think Sam
Coon will win, as he has a way
of winning baseball games and
things. Let's see, what would
be the Indian word for "ball-
flying-over-center-field"?
BLIND "PRIVATE EYE"
Burlingame, Calif. WB
Friends are wishing Robert
Bayne a lot of luck in his new
profession of private detective.
Bayne is the only licensed pri
vate "eye" in the country who
is blind.
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INSURANCE
PHONE 3-9119 SALEM
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