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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, galea, Ortgt"
' Tuesday, January 12, 1954
Capital AjJournal
An Indapendenl Newspaper Established 1888
BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus
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EISENHOWER T-H PROPOSALS
President Eisenhower's proposals for changes iq the
Taft-Hartley act strike a slightly right of center middle
ground as his policies usually do. They represent a dis
tinct toninjr down of the somewhat sensational revisions
White House authors proposed to submit to congress sev.
eral months aeo. These brought violent outcries from em.
ploying interests. Jt developed that Eisenhower had not
seen inera so 11 was never Known wneiner iney reprewriucu
his views.
Since then the nresident has no doubt heard extensively
from both sides and given the matter considerable per-
aona! study. The proposals are based on a conviction mat
T-H is essentially a good law, but needs revisions. Taft
himself believed this and was ready to make revisions as
far back as 1949 only to be thwarted by President Tru
man s threat to veto any changes snort ol outrignt repeal.
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president is for a secret ballot of union members before
caning a strike, wis to oe supervised oy ine government
Ake a vote to designate a bargaining agent. At the pres
ent time union omciais can cau a strike, mougn in practice
the larger unions usually vote authorization in advance.
The president believes the members have a right to de
cide without coercion from any source whether to go on
etrike. There may be fewer strikes if this provision be
comes law, but there will be as many strikes aa the union
members want.
Several proposals favor the unions. Eisenhower wants
to restrict the ban on secondary boycotts to eliminate re
fusal to handle "struck work" and "farmed out work." He
reiterates his objections to the true secondary boycott and
his determination to see it forbidden.
Eisenhower would protect the rights of workers while
they are on strike by permitting them to vote in union
representation elections while they are on strike. This
would prevent employers from securing decertifications of
unions while their members are on strike.
The recommendations also call for imposing of the union
hop requirement that an employe join the union within
even days in construction, amusement and maritime in
dustries where employment is often brief.
The president also wishes to remove the present discrim
ination implied in requiring labor officers to take the non
communist affidavit while no such requirement is made on
employer representatives. Almost everyone who analyzes
the law agrees that this should be done, but it hasn't been
as yet
One of the most important recommendations is for a
government fact finding board to make recommendations
for settlements in national emergency disputes, such as
coal, trasportation, steel and the like. This would involve
the government more in the disputes than it is now, and
is at variance with Eisenhower's previous pronouncements.
The president wishes the rights of the states to deal with
labor problems when not in conflict with federal legisla
tion to be protected. This is in line with his general atti
tude to have as much governing as possible done at the
state and local levels.
The recommendations appear to be well thought out.
They ate fair and temperate. They will not satisfy extrem
ists on either side. Nor do they cover all the revisions need
ed in this complicated piece of legislation. No presidential
message could. This is a job lor congressional committees
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the facts six years of operation of the act have developed.
The president has provided a good sound basis for con
gressional study, and enactment of needed changes. It is
to be hoped that congress will get on with this task and
bring T-H amendments up for a vote at the coming session.
It should not shun the job because the subject is controver
sial This has been done for too long already.
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Family Corporation Solves
Many Problems Peacefully
NEW YORK ) "Anything
you da far kid take lots ot
time. And while wt are willing
to give the in everything else,
that is the one thing we are re
luctant to give them time.
"And that is probably why we
have so much juvenile delin
quency.
1 think that remark pretty well
iuma up the problem of dealing
with children. I wish it were my
observation, but it isn't
It belongs to Frank Blair, who
discovered the truth of it by
living. Frank, who was a trans
port pilot in the last war, has
seven children and make more
money than a successful coun
terfeiter except J rant makes
his honestly. He is newscaster of
the NBC-TV network show
called "Today."
But having and loving seven
children and earning them a
good living Frank found wasn't
quite enough. Too much of the
burden fell on his pretty wife,
Lillian.
With my odd working houn."
he said, "I couldn't spend the
time with my kids that i felt a
dad should."
But Frank, who at 38 looks
like a handsome older brother of
his children, found the answer
in a family corporation in which
each member has a voice in the
By HAL BOYLE
family decisions. Here's bow it
came about; . . .
"Lil and I discovered the kids
liked to nave bull sessions to
discuss . where they'd got out of
line and done wrong or to talk
over family projects. We found
they didn't mind being punished
if they bad a voice in deciding
whether the punishment fitted
the crime. .
"At their own suggestion we
started having these 'Let's talk it
over sessions,' an they developed
into mock trials, and Lil and
I found ourselves on trial, too,
sometimes. We found out what
the kids thought we were doing
wrong, particularly after one of
the kis got the idea of keeping
minutes of the meetings."
Then Frank decided to create
a family corporation to rule on
all family questions with each
member being allowed one vote
for each year of his age.
The current voting status is as
follows: Frank, 39; Lil, 37; young
Frank, 17: John, 15; Tom, 13,
Mary, 7; Theresa, 4; Paul, 2; Bill,
Currently, the senior partners
are able to outvote the junior
partners of the Blair corpora
tion 75 to 59 In a showdown, but
Frank says it doesn't often come
to that
"The kids don't vote as a block
against us," he said. "The first
thing we found out is that they
woat take adantage of a situa
tion if you girt them t cense
of participation. That is the win
derful thing about children
their real sense of honesty and
fair-mindedness."
The family corporation meets
every Sunday, ind no outsiders
are allowed. The members vote
fines and penalties and punish
ments, decide questions like what
type of new car to buy and
where to spend vacations.
The kids have routine chares
they are expected to perform,
but are paid for extra duties
such as baby sitting. Each mem
ber of the family pays a penny
a week for each year of his age,
and the pot is divided among the
kids just before Christmas each
year, including as a bonus the
money chipped in by dad and
mom. Lil acta as treasurer by
papular demand.
"I don't kn.iw whether it
would work with every family,"
said Frank, "but this corporation
game has helped bring us closer
together, and we all have learned
a great deal from it
"It has given up a real in
sight into our children's minds,
really opened a new world to
us. You can't push kids out the
front door, tell them to come
back in three hours, and then
forget them. That is how they
get into trouble. You have to
find a way to give them some
thing to do and a feeling or
responsibility."
When I asked Frank whether
the Blair corporation had closed
its membership lolls, he laughed
and said:
'Well, you never can tell. I
haven't been home since, break
fast I don't know what's out
there now."
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
An unusual feature of Governor Dewey's 12th annual
message to the New York legislature was the request to
write into law a code of ethics, a series of measures to
revise the moral and ethical standards of government offi
cials and political party leaders.
Dewey declared such action necessary to assure the pub
lic that its political leaders are not only honest but above
suspicion. Both houses promptly adopted a resolution put
ting the governor's plan into effect. .
Dewey's program for raising moral nnd cthicnl stan
dards called for creation of a special committee that would:
Define business and professional activities improper for government
and party officers.
Regulate private practice by public officers before state agencies.
Promulgate a code of ethics to govern public and party officers when
conflicts arose between their business and professional interests and
their public duties.
Dewey declared that "the people arc entitled to know
that no genuine conflict of interest exists among their pub
lic servants. They are also entitled to know that no selfish
motive is permissible which interferes with the high-mind
ed and honorable conduct of pubic affairs.
Dewey asserted that the problem of cthicnl standards is
not the simple issue of bribery and corruption, on which
all are agreed but involved "a whole range of borderline
behavior, questions of propriety and the question of con
flict of interest." Also involved are "changing standards,
in relation to man's ideals and thinking."
The governor referred to the fact that conduct in pub
lic office once condoned would now be universally condemn
ed. He recollected that 200 years ago in Britain public
offices were auctioned off publicly to the highest bidder
who made up the price and profit from the public. He
cited the fact that 100 years ago it was taken for granted
in the United States that legislators represented special in
terests and used their information "to feather their own
nests," wore not condemned but envied. And Dewey
added, "simple rules suffice in a simple society but our so
ciety is no longer simple, but complex.
Ike Finds Mamie Gets His
Speech Before He Gave It
WASHINGTON Right after
President Eisenhower finished his
ttate-of-the-union speech to the
joint session of congress he was
greeted by Mamie, who had
watched him from the house gallery.
What have you got there?
queied Ike, pointing to some pa
pers in Mamie's hand.
Oh. it s just a copy of your
speech. Everyone in the gallery
was given a copy," she replied.
Golly, said the president, "it
I'd known that they already had
my speech up here on the hill
wouldn't have bothered to come
up here to read it."
"Bnrtoa Holmes" Nlxea
Vice-President Nixon assured
democratic senators in an off-the-record
meeting the other evening
that South Korean President Syne-
man Rhee will not start war again
in Korea.
"I am not worried about Rhee
using aggressive tactics," the vice
president said, commenting upon
Ithee's threat to renew the Korean
war on January 27. "He will make
lot of fuss, but he will cooperate
with the United Suites.
Nixon spoke affectionately of the
wrinkled, little South Korean lead
er with the apple-seed eyes, and
pooh-poohed the notion that Rhee
isn t strong in hut own country.
Syngman Rhee Is South Korea,
he declared. Don t think for a
moment that Rhee doesn't have
those people behind him.
The vice-president was the only
lepubliran at a private democratic
gathering held at trie home ot his
neighbor. Senator tstes Kefauver.
The get-together was arranged, ex
plained the Tennessee rrimebuster.
ul the outgrowth of a neighborly
chat about a Christmas motor bike
that the Kefauver kids had let the
Nixon youngsters ride.
' Kefauver Is the most popular
papa in the neighborhood," ac
knowledged Nixon, "because he
bought his kids a bike with a mo
tor on it
Standing in front of the Kefauver
fireplace. Nixon pointed out his
travels on a map of Asia and gave
a detailed, country-by-country re
port. He warned in advance, how
ever, that he would present no
conclusions.
"If 1 express any conclusions."
he explained, "it is always attrib
uted to the president."
Mrong tor Chiang
At one point, when he was giv
ing a flattering report on another
AsiaUc strong man. Chiang Kai
Shek, the vice-president was chal
lenged by Senator Russ Long of
Louisiana.
"A miracle ha been performed
In Formosa," Nixon claimed.
"Chiang Kai-Shek has 600.0UO well
oiiupprd. ready to-go troops "
Are you sure of that 600 1 fig.
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forced the removal of the acting lieutenant governor, the
only scandal of his long administration.
Whether a code of ethics will remove corruption and
racketeering by public officials remains to be seen. It
will however, be a restraining influence, just as the 10
commandments are with the masses. It will make exposure,
conviction and punishment for violations easier. ti.l'.
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anything in India that can stop
communism from taking over."
Nixon s most optimisuc report
was on Turkey, which he described
as the "strongest link" in our east
ern defense chain.
However, Big Ed Johnson of
Colorado blurted out: "Mr. Vice
President, which ones of all those
countries are potential turkeys?
irurlal Indo-Cnina
Nixon replied that the other
countries "don't have the re
sources," and acknowledged that
they are a long way from measur
ing up to Turkey in strength. Prob
ably we biggest drawback, he sug
gested, was the lack of native
leaders. For example, be praised
Prime Minister Sastroamidjojo of
Indonesia as a "great leader," but
complained that he stood alone.
"After my conference with him,"
reported Nixon, "I asked, 'who else
should I talk to?' He said, 'just
me .
Nixon blamed the Dutch and
French for not training native
leaders in their former colonies.
"The British trained natives for
civil leadership, but unfortunately,
the Dutch and the French did not."
he said.
Of all the Far Eastern countries.
the vice president laid most rtress
on Indo-China and indicated that
the Eisenhower administration con
siders Indo-China the key to our
Asiatic policy, because of its stra
tegic rubber and tin.
This led West Virginia's Senator
Harley Kilgore to suggest that we
bring pressure on the European
nations to curb the international
cartels and fix a fair policv, so
Indo-China will get some of the
profit and benefit from its rubber
and tin production.
"I am not qualified to go into
that," Nixon brushed aside the
suggestion.
On the whole, the democrats
came away favorably impressed
with the vice president's mission.
One senator described him as a
"mental blotter" who sopped up
everything he saw and heard.
Washington Pipeline
The most powerful U.S. senator.
democrat Dick Russell of Geor
gia, told friends last week: "I did
n't like Attorney General Brown
ell's remarks about President Tru
man, though I knew he was just
playing polities. But Governor
Dewey's speech in Hartford really
got under my skin. Why, that
litUe isn't fit to shine the
shoes of a democrat." . . . Idaho's
republican Senator Herman Welker
has never spoken to Montana s
democratic Senator Mike Mans
field since he came to Washington,
From Mansfield's viewpoint the
feeling is mutual. . . . Democrat
Sam Raybura's only regret during
his 72nd birthday party was that
I he couldn't find room for an old-
fasnionrd dance, with his shoes off.
Salem 42 Years Ago
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A news story of this date had
urged that something must be done
to give relief to unemployed men
in Salem and enable hundreds will
ing to work the opportunity to
earn the price of a meal and a J
bed. The situation had arisen, the I
Capital Journal said, as a result
of bringing contract labor into the
locality to work on railroad con
struction and on public buildings.
PhD 0. Parmalee and J. Clifford
Turpin, first aerial deputy sheriffs
in history, had soared aloft from
Dominques field to seek two ban
dits in the San Fernando hills of
California.
Oregon's state tax levy for 1912
had been reported by the tax com
mission as being $3,063,815.75
(something less than the cost of
new. South Salem high school). .
Postal savings bank had started
operations here during September
and now boasted deposits totalling
$10,000.
Capital National bank, J. H. Al
bert, president, had advertised that
idle money placed in their savings
department would draw four per
cent interest.
Sam Morgan, owner of Liberty
theater, had lately also acquired '
the Wexford.
Ground breaking ceremonies for
new Reed college in Portland had
been held with Dr. Thomas Lamb
Eliot presiding and Mrs. Helen
Ladd Corbet breaking ground.
OPEN FORUM
Why Not Fix the Old
Barn in Bush Park?
S.F. CABLE CARS TO GO?
San Francisco's world famous cable cars have endured
Into the second half of the twentieth century largely on
sentiment, one auspecta. People down there didn't think
the old town would be the same without them, and they
were right.
Finally it seems that the cable cars must go, a victim
t wh.t we sometimes ironically call progress. The city's
nnhlic utilities commission has voted their end, overriding
the angry protest of apectators at the meeting.
It will be interesting to see if the cars really pass out
Jheir demisa haa been frequently threatened. .
efing I
intended, the figure was given as
less than 300,000 troops, and some
of them didn't even have shoes "
Thai s the figure that is batted
around. I didn't count them."
Nixon replied Impatiently.
He acknowieageo iniang :. d.intv .:, nf ,.., ,hJ hr.
To The Editor:
When you ask somebody with
good ideas why they don't put
their ideas before the public they
say: "Oh, nobody would pay any
attention tn what I think."
Any good, constructive idea
makes its impression no matter
what its source, even from the
least of these your brethren. Of
course the one in office, who has
the power to use it frequently i
sees to it you do notget the:
credit for the idea. But what of
it? You have the satisfaction of I
knowing it was your idea, and '
you shouldn't let the left hand ,
know what the right hand does
Governor ; for the good of the world any
way. You get your reward in
heaven.
As an example what I mean,
why not fix up the old barn in
Bush park for the use of the
various small educational clubs
in Salem' Wouldn't it be a good
investment?
W hen a group of people are In
terested in a project they pile
up a mass of small, constructive
ideas which eventually give birth
to a plan through which the de-
reaiity.
sired nroiect becomes a
I'SF.I.F.SS SNOW STAKKS ' We have such a group Interested
Bend Bulletin ' in the development of Bush park.
Flanking various Oregon high- But how are they going to do
ways east of the Cascades these ")' constructive planning If they
balmy January days are orange-! are seldom in the park? What
red snow stakes. They provide better plan to get them In the
park than to have a meeting
kai-Shek could noi mvaae ine rMdsirt ovrr ... ,-,, rri.!r,ce for their various clubs?
nese mainland wiinoui u.o. sea .... .... fc .. i v.
and air support.
claimed that Formosa has been
transformed into a model govern-
n-ent. which he described as "sort
of a world capital to the millions
at Chinee outside ol China."
Nixon was slightly less nattering
In his opinion of India's leader.
Pandit Nehru, though the vice
president acknowledged he was
impressed with Nehru's ability and
"satisfied" Nehru is antirommu
llst The trouble.'' observed Nixon,
"is that Nehru isn't realistic in his
policy ot neutralism. There isn't
Shamko country. Ifore their Interest would be
In these sunny, springlike days, auicke ned Into voluntary laoor
the stakes are about as incon- to clean up the park and de
gruous as a straw hat In a snow I velope beautiful, landscaped areas
storm. I planted with shrubbery and flow-
- I en donated by the member of
WASCO AT t'F.NTl'RY MARK jthe clubs. They would have their
The Dalles Chrenkle '"beautify the park" picnics. Hun-
Wasro county is approaching 'dreds ot people would help with
a significant date. Lens than two the work who otherwise would
weeks from now H wll complete never enter the park.
100 years ? existence, the county ! Please think it over. Park
having been created Jan. 11, 1854, j Board.
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