Capital journal., May 21, 1955, Image 6

B (Sec. 1) Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Sat., May 21, 1953
Capital AJournal
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BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus
Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North
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An Unusually Wise Youth
An unusual decision in an unusual case has just been ren
dered in New York, when a Yale University senior, who says
he has "two hands and a head of his own," won the right to
reject $400,000 left to him by his father.
Surrogate Wiliam T. Collins, in a final ruling, upheld the
decision of Eugene F. Suter, Jr., 22, of New York, to renounce
the fortune. Trustees of the fund had opposed his action on
grounds it would destroy the trust.
The young man, son of a millionaire Inventor and ma
chinery manufacturer who died in 1943, has no other source
of income. But he told the trustees of the estate acceptance
of the fund would violate his "moral and political" principles,
He received about $36,000 income from the trust on his 21st
birthday but immediately gave it away' $11,000 to the Ameri
can Friends Service Committee; $5,000 to the Socialist Party;
$1,500 to the U.S. Grant School for Negroes at Yale; and most
of the rest to his mother.
Judge Collins, declaring he made his ruling ."reluctantly,"
said the law was not concerned with the wisdom or motive
of Suter's renunciation, but only with its legality. He said
the law supports Suter's "insistence that as a member of a
free society, with a freedom of choice, he cannot be yoked
by this inheritance."
The young disdainer of wealth worked on a Vermont farm
last summer. He has said he has no specific plans for the
future except to "go West someplace."
Young Suter evidently realizes the handicap of wealth to
a young man. He has but to look around him to realize the
disadvantage it imposes and the temptation so many sons of
the wealthy succumb to lead a playboy's useless ana wasieiui
life for lack of incentive and ambition and its inevitably stul
tifying effect.
Suter evidently realizes that while the accumulation of a
urplus fortune is at best a poor inspiration, it is the struggle
to attain it honestly that developes the individual, not its
attainment. And he proceeds to give it away for charity
neglected in the process of accumulation.
Young Suter will probably progress as most of us do,
through adversity which to overcome is a great mental devel
opment, for one only learns wisdom from failure by analysis
of Its causes and the ensuing correction. Adversity is the
best of teachers, and the Yale student is courting it. Un
earned wealth is usually a demoralizer, especially 1b youth
while poverty assures vicissitudes. As Lord Byron put it;
"And these vicissitudes come best In youth
For when they happen at a riper age
People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth.
And wonder Providence is not more sage,
Adversity is the front path to truth:
He who has proved war, storm, or woman's rage,
Whether his winters be eighteen of eighty, I
Has won the experience which is deemed so weighty."
G. P.
KEEPER OF THE PEACE
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The School Election
Voters of the Salem school district approved a $1,166,809
levy beyond the six percent limitation Friday and also ap
proved consolidation with the Brush College district in Polk
county.
The vote on the tax was 1344 to B91, so it is evident there
was a considerable opposition and if a large number of local
resident who wanted the school program to go forward
hadn't bothered to go to the polls it would have been lost.
Nearly twice as many voted in this election this year, which
Is evidence of rising concern over rising education costs. This
though a large majority are still willing to go along, recog
nizing the need.
Brush College district approved union with Salem by a vote
of 97 to 69, fairly close considering that there was no appar
ent widespread objection, But it is not surprising, for many
regret the disappearance of the small independent districts,
seeing it as part of the trend of the times toward consolida
tion of little units into big ones, with what ultimate effect
they do not know.
What is surprising is the large negative vote in Salem
where there was no apparent reason for opposition. We in
terpret it thus: This vote came from those who went to the
polls to register their disapproval of the school administra
tion by voting against the tax. So they made it more em
phatic by voting against the consolidation, too. We cannot
conceive of 40 percent of the people of the Salem district
opnosing union with Brush College.
The school board and school administration will doubtless
Interpret this election as a vindication, but also as a warning.
The people are worried about rising school costs. Unfortun
ately they aren't going to be able to hall them, for the babies
that necessitate this are already horn.
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NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG
Tucker Tells How Congress
Pension System Operates
Every Saturday, Mr. Tucker
answers readers' questions of
general interest on national
and international policies and
personalities. Questions may
be sent to him at 7008 Hillcrest
Place, Chevy Chase, Md.
Leaders Think Annual Wage
Guarantee Is Not Feasible
By GEORGE GALLUP
(Director, American Institute ox Public Opinion) '
economy for guarantees to special
groups who are engaged in com
petitive activity." (Iowa university
administrator.)
The Postal Pay Veto
There is little danger that the postal workers will lose
their overdue salary increase by reason ot President Eisen
hower's veto of the bill Thursday. There Is no question about
the need between the administration and its opposition. The
president placed a limit of 7.6 percent on the hike, so the
Democratic mnjority in congress passed an 8 6 percent in
crease in order to out Eisenhower on the spot, either force
him to back up and acrrc to what he'd said hr wouldn't, or
write an unoonular veto. They were pretty sure which it
would be and didn't disappoint them.
Now they have the pleasure of "trying" to pass the bill over
his veto, and probably hope they don't. If they fail it will
be up to them to pass a 7.6 nercent increase which the presi
dent will promntly sign. The difference of one percentage
point isn't much. The question is one of who gets political
credit and who ran cast some political discredit on his oppo
nents, rather than one nf honest difference over which of the
two figures is the correct one. Obviously no one can know
nd few would pretend to know.
People who are pushing for socialism, or members of or
ganizations whose leaders are, might to note how lone It
takes government rmolnyea to get increases and the diffi
cult "camel through the eye of the needle" course their in
creases so often have to follow, In contrast with private in
dustry. English worker soon made the surprising discovery
that their position was more difficult in dealing with a gov
ernment enterprise, and American workers should before It's
too late.
PRINCETON, N. J May 20-
How do the nation s most promin
ent citizens, those whose achieve
ments have been great enough to
get them listed in Who s Who in
America, view the controversial is
sue of the guaranteed annual
wage?
A special poll among this group
of citizen-leaders, just completed
by the American Institute of Pub
lic Opinion, finds sentiment run
ning about 3-to-2 that it is not feas
ible for the automobile industry to
reorganize its production schedules
to give most workers a guaranteed
annual wage.
But, opinion among the group
splits sharply along two lines.
Whereas the overwhelming ma
jority ot the leaders in business
and industry contend that it would
not be feasible, leaders In the fields
of education and religion are of the
opinion that it would be.
Another factor is party afflha
tion. A substantial majority of
those In the poll who said they
were nepublicans are opposed,
while the weight of sentiment
among those who classified them
selves as Democrats is in favor.
President Walter P. Reuther of
the CIO United Auto Workers union
is to present his demands for a
guaranteed annual wage to General
Motors and to the Ford Motor Com
pany within the next two weeks.
To college presidents, educators,
engineers, lawyers, labor leaders,
industrialists, to scientists, writers,
government officials, lending phy
sicians, economists, the clergy and
other outstanding professional peo
ple included in the sample, the In
stitute put this question:
"Do you think it would be feas
ible for the automobile industry to
reorganize its production schedules
to give what would amount to a
guaranteed annual wage to most of
its workers?"
The vole:
Yes, feasible
No, not fraslhle 47
Undecided, no answer 24
Some of those in favor of the
"It is economically unrealistic
and socially undesirable." (Wis
consin manufacturing executive)
"Regardless of schedules, the
auto manufacturers do not control
the ups and downs of Ihe business
cycles." (California president of
several corporations)
It is beyond management s abil
ity to foresee the future." (Texas
publisher)
It s a moronic socialistic
scheme which would kill the free-
enterprise system and hit the
workers first." (Colorado mining
engineer)
"The law of supply and demand
must operate. The Government
cannot start buying excess auto
mobiles. (New Jersey state of
ficial) "When we in America place
security above all else, America
as we know it is on the way out.
We should demand opportunity
rather than status as a ward of
the general public. Somebody will
have to pay that annual wage."
(Illinois educator)
New Parking System
Staylnn Mail
Third, Stayton's principal down
town street, has taken on a much
roomier look, thanks to the new
Monterey Park system of car parking.
The wider traffic lane resulting
from the changeover has been sub
ject of much favorable comment,
according to police and store per
sonnel. Now you have a citv.
was remarked by one visitor who
he: -toforc had cautionsly driven
through the tight space remaining
Oregon Senators Split
Bend Bulletin
To the apparent amazement of
a number of Washington observ
ers. Senators Wayne L. Morse and
Richard Neuberger of Oregon spilt
tin an isauc uciui c me isciidie re
cently. The issue was the gigantic Up
per Colorado River project, up for
vote in tne senate.
It had cleared the Senate In
terior and Insular Affairs com
mittee, following a favorable re
commendation from a subcommit
tee of which Neuberger is a mem
ber. In voting the bill out of com
mittee, however, Neuberger said
he would oppose one feature of it.
That feature was the inclusion
of Echo Park dam in the proposal.
Neuberger opposed it because the
dam would flood large portions
of the Dinosaur National Monu
ment. He was afraid, he told the
Senate, that the construction of
the dam in the monument would
open the way for the desecration
of other national monuments and
parks.
Neuberger's motion to take Echo
Park out of the proposal was turn
ed down by the full Senate after
three hectic days of debate and
maneuvering. On the final vote
had 29 other members of the Sen
at on his side, but not Morse.
On this split we agree with Neu
berger. Althotgh Dinosaur is the
most remote of the national monu
ments and has extremely few visi
tors, the precedent established con
stitutes a danger to other monu
ments and national parks through
out the country.
TRIANGLE
NEW YORK (UP) Mrs. Irma
Cosgrove Wilkins, 47, won an un
contested divorce from her hus
band, William, 49, Friday after she
told the judge that she found a
redhaired woman in his cabin
when she went to see him off on a
Bermuda cruise.
She said her husband denied
knnwine the u-omnn allhniitfh he
between rear of parked cars along j entered the cabin as she and the
one side of the street and parallel-
to-curb cars on the other.
The twin-stall type of parking.
according to one merchant, was
praised by one woman when it was
explained to her after she had had
proposal, in principle, qualified ! difficulty in parking her car with
their answers: I m in favor, with
reservations as to timing." "It
must be introduced on a gradual
basis," "At least the goal could
be approached." and "Some pro
tection would be needed against the
day of depression."
Hero Is the vote by professions
and by party affiliation:
Yes No Know
Don't
Who's Who In:
Business-
Industry IV
Journalism ...it
Law ?
Medicine 19
redhead glared at each other and
said to the woman: Aren't you in
tne wrong cabin, dear
FOUR YEAR MARATHON
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
jou' knowing that the new system!,.,1"! . " e. L crauc clj'an
kj k,.,r (.,.,., thinks Adlai Stevenson will have
Aiih.7.T,k ik..... ...'.I, .r.. k to run fnr "c '56 nomination if
Although the new system of park- he wan it That would add
ing does result in a few less park- , four-year marathon.
nig spmps us ueneni.t si'r. n'-t-
weigh the one objection that we
heard in an informal inquiry.
among several merchants.
It's Goodbye, Swede
Oregon has evidently seen the laM of Wade "Swede" Hal
brook in a basketball suit. He has flown to Wichita. Kansas,
to sign with a professional team, where he can play his favor
ite game and not be bothered by professors. He won't have
to study.
Oregon State, which will long remember him as the most
famous athlete it has ever had. has charged him off. He
was dropped from school for failure to attend classes, know
ing this was probably "it." He had been given every oppor
tunity and had refused to respond.
Halbrook wasn't interested in college and never would have
been there except to play basketball. Every college has men
with a similar lack of academic purpose. Sometimes they can
be induced to change their ways and get something out of
college except athletic fame. But when they can't, alter every
effort has been put forth, a regretful parting of the ways is
In order.
But Halbrook's place in Oregon athletic history is certainly
cure. Ther may never be another like him.
Science
Educators,
Clergy
Who's Who:
Republicans
Democrats
Independents
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WHERE HE STANDS
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Senator Knnwlanri not nnlv
stands on his own feet but often 'down from a campus pond swollen
Ion the administration's. t by rain.
WASHINGTON, May 21 "Are
pensions paid to congressmen.''
asks C. H. R. of Mankato. Minn.,
"based on their earnings? If so,
how much will the recent sub
stantial boost in pay amount to,
pension-wise, for a congressman?
How much would it cost the tax
payers, over a 10-year period, for
ail members of Congress?"
Answer: Yes. pensions to
members of congress are based
on their earnings or salaries
on a percentage formula. Ques
tions two and three cannot be
answered because the pensions
depend upon the number of
years which a man has spent in
House or senate. The system can
be explained best by telling how
it works.
PENSIONS FOR MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS A member con
tributes 6 per cent of bis salary
to the fund, with Uncle Sam pro
viding the larger sum. Upon his
retirement,, he receives 2 per
cent of his average salary (since
August 3, 1946), multiplied by
me number of years he has
serveo on Capitol Hill. A mini
mum Oi six years service is re
quired before any member may
quaiuy lor a pension.
Let me give an examole of
how it operates: SuDDOse that a
Representative or Senator served
eight years at a salary of $12,500
a year, ana six years at a salary
oi jz.ouu, the present figure.
If my arithmetic is correct, that
represents a total payment of
3.ajo.uuu. uivioed by fourteen,
his years of service, his average
salary was $16,785.
NICE NEST EGG His pension
would total about $5,600 a year.
Assuming that he arrived on
Capitol Hill, as many do, in his
early thirties, that would provide
a nice nest egg. And, of course,
many members carry on their
private business or professions
during their public life.
"A Washington columnist who
doubles in radio," writes D. L.
B. of Oroville, Calif., "tells each
week of some incident that made
the President 'furious.' What
sort of a man is Eisenhower? Is
he subject to fits of anger, a
hot-headed man"
Answer: I have known Eisen
hower, although not intimately,
since he was an aide to General
Douglas MacArthur, then Chief
of Staff, in the early thirties.
once, when I was interviewing
MacArthur for a magaizne arti
cle, and needed charts and sta
tistical documents, "Major" Ei
senhower served as our errand
boy in digging them up. That
was 1934.
IKE'S VOCAL EXPLOSIONS.
Normally, Ike is a mild, easy
going, delightful individual. But,
like most Army or private execu
tives, he can "blow up" over in
efficiency or stupidity. He does
not become "furious. His face
grows grim, his eyes become
slits, and he explodes vocally.
But he is over it in a minute,
and, unlike two predecessors I
shall not mention, he holds no
grudges.
I think that his generous but
firm treatment of the late Gen
eral George Patton, after the lat
ter had committed the unpardon
able offense of slapping a shell
happy buck private, furnishes
the best tip-off on the Eisenhow
er temper.
STASSEN'S ACTION AT 1952
CONVENTION A veteran po
litical expert and editor in
Shreveport, La., corrects me on
an answer to a question concern
ing Harold E. Slassen's contribu
tion to the Eisenhower nomina
tion at the 1952 convention. I
said that the Minnesota opport
unist jumped on Ike's band
wagon belatedly.
When the first and only roll
was called, the Minnesota dele
gation voted for Stasscn. But
By RAY TUCKER
before the tally was announced,
they announced that they had
decided to shift to Eisenhower.
That contributed to transfers by
other state delegations, and to
Ike's nomination.
Ike would have been nomin
ated with or without this Minne
sota reinforcement. Most poli
ticians think that, in retaining
Stassen in such a futile post as
"Secretary for Peace and Dis
armament." Ike is being too gen
erous to Harold.
Next Target
Eugene Register-Guard
Rieht livine Americans will
applaud the action of a Pough
keeDsie. N. Y. court which con
victed a woman of refusing to
give up a party line. She could
be sentenced to as much as a
year in jail, which would serve
her right. It happened there
was a fire which could not be
reported because of her gabbi
ness, and that's how her case
happened to get into court. But
even without the fire, her of
fense was surely against the
peace and dignity of the state of
New York.
Her example should be fair
warning to other housewives.
And now that housewives have
been warned, we hope a court
some place will do something
about a high school girl who is
doing her algebra homework
over the party line.
Salem 19 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
' May 21, 1936
At the request of the chairman
of the Champoeg park commis
sion highway heads had commit
ted themselves to completion nf
an improved road to Champoeg
par.
A bill in congress had allowed
4,000 Oregon Spanish war veter
ans beyond 60 years of age $400
each for travel pay from the Phil
ippines, a sum due them since
1898.
New Pittsburgh paint store.
254 North Commercial street, had
set its formal opening date for.
May 22.
Carey Martin, Salem attornev.
had complained that a letter went
from Salem to Boston and back
in four days. But it took exactly
the same time to get a return
a service summons sent to
Corvallis.
A step toward construction of
the proposed Wilsonville cutoff
road between Salem and Portland
had been taken when application
was made for a hearing relative
to an overhead railway crossing
for the secondary highway be
tween Aurora and Hubbard.
Designs for Oregon's new Cap
itol building were to be opened
by Justice J. O. Bailey on Saturday.
THE SILVER LINING
Sherman County Journal
Well, there's one nice thing
about eliminating profits; taxes
would be eliminated also.
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Many Fine Things Cannot Be
Seen with the Mortal Eyes
By REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT . .
Rtetor. Bt eaul' gplieopal Churet
Last Thursday we celebrated i pursue. 1 have not seen angels.
Ascension Dav. I once had a b"' 1 have felt the persistent
friend who was unhappy about
the Apostles' Creed where it says
of Christ "He ascended into
heaven and sitteth on the right
hand of God." He says we know
perfectly well that heaven is not
necessarily up.
As a matter of fact we have to
remind ourselves that Jesus did
not leave the "real" world at
His Ascension, no more than an
airplane leaves this world when
it slips from sight on a foggy
morning. But to convince His
followers that He was to be no
more seen with their physical
eyes, He rose and disappeared
like a plane which we know very
well is not leaving the earth.
When Christ was on earth, three-
dimensional space separated
Him, physically speaking, from
His Disciples. When He had "as
cended He was closer than ever.
He now was everywhere.
The world is full of things we
cannot see, hut which we are
certain do exist all about us;
ideas, friendship, love, good will,
even radio waves, and gravita
tional power, to mention a few.
In the Bible we read, "And the
angel of the Lord called upon
him out of heaven and said.'Abra
ham, Abraham.' " I believe that
on many occasions you and I
could just as truthfully have said
that the angel of the Lord spake
to us. While we might see noth
ing with our physical eyes, the
decision we made was pointed
out to us as clearly as though
someone took us by the hand and
showed us the course we should
pressure of their invisible pres
ence.
The important thing is, these
spiritual impulses, if listened to
and heeded, will keep us not only
steadfast in the faith, but will
guide us safely past the pitfalls
which line the path which leads
to heaven itself. When reading
the Scriptures, if we will but look
beyond the printed word, we
shall find many hidden springs of
living water.
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FISH ON THE AVENUE
STILLWATER, Okla. (UPl-Two
Oklahoma A&M College students!
eaught a seven-pound carp on
heavily trailed College Avenue.
The fish was apparently washed
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One other interesting aspect ot
the survey results is that propor
tionately twice as many of the
leaders under M years of age think
the guaranteed annual wage is
feaslhle as do leaders who are 70
years of age and older.
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Typical comments of those in
favor of the plan:
"Why not? When it claims such
great efficiency in other matters
and aims to pay regular divid
ends'" (Connecticut clergyman'
Many of us work on an annual
wage basis, wi'h some slack per
iods. Why not the auto worker?"
i Nebraska educator)
"Motor manufacturers should
put their production on a 12-month
steady output basis, forget their
annual fever and substitute a year
long sales effort, slasgering pro
duction of new models." (Colora
do newspaper editor.)
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Typical comments of those op
posed: "It would be an economic Frank
enstein." (California business ex
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