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Page 4 Section 1 Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING (1897-1957) Editor ond Publisher, 1953-1957 ' E. A. BROWN, Publisher GLENN CUSHMAN, Managing Editor GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every afternoon except Sunday at 280 North Church St. Phone EM-46811 Full Leased Wire Service or The Associated Presl end The United Press. Tile Anociited Preii is exclusively entitled to the use for pub lication of all newi dispatches credited to It or otherwise credited In thla paper and also newa published therein. Lets Kill Surtax Outright Speaker of the House Pat Dooley has been widely quoted as saying that repeal of the 45 come tax rates amends the same section of the Oregon code. He has also been quoted as saying that anyone referring the bill containing the rate changes would be responsible for kill ing the repeal of the surtax. The Speaker docs not deny making this statement but says that this was only part of his statement. "In a conversation with some of the veteran members of the house I did not think I had to draw a picture of what 1 was saying," he said. "They should have known that our state con stitution allows the reference to the voters of any Items of a legislative bill or the entire bill." Dooley further said that if the rate schedule Is referred it would result either in a state tax on property or a special session of the legislature. Dooley's remarks give credence to the report that the Dem ocrats are working on a bill that will kill the 43 per cent sur tax and at the' same time increase the present income tax rates to make up for surtax losses and then some. If the usual thing happens, the bill will be written with emphasis on the fact that it kills the surtax. Most people won't understand unless they are told, that the bill probably also increases their income taxes about the same as the surtax and maybe a little more. In other words, if the bill is referred to the people, most will think they are voting to kill a tax in stead of raising one. Republicans in the legislature have introduced a bill to repeal the surtax outright with no strings attached. If this bill is successful it would mean that the present legislature would have to find additional money to make up for the loss of revenue resulting from the repeal of the surtax, estimated at about $40 million for the next blennium. In addition, Governor Robert D. Holmes has made requests of the legislature, which if granted would increase the next bi ennial budget, from $260 million, recommended by former Governor Elmo Smith, to approximately $310 million.' The public should know that even if the surtax is repealed and the governor's requests are granted, there will be an , increase in the personal and corporale Income taxes. There just is no olhcr source of revenue that will produce that amount of money. . And certainly there is danger that such increases would be subjected to the referendum. The safest course to follow is to trim down the governor's requests, bring out a budget that balances with anticipated revenues. People of Oregon, we think, arc in no mood to pay higher taxes. The state should act like an Individual, postpone taking on obligations, even though they bring highly desirable re sults, If such outlays cannot be met with the known income of the state during the next two years. Hoover's Timely Warning In his appeal for speedy passage of economy plans by Con gress, proposed in the second saving $10 billion a year In the eminent, ex-President Hoover flation shows some signs of which beset his own administration. In the appeal, made in Washington at a rally of business men from 30 states to mobilize support for 1 he adoption of the 314 recommendations made in 1953 by the Commission on Reorganization, Mr. Hoover stated but 39 per cent had be come law or had become government practice. As a matter of face, said the ex-President, federal spend ing is much larger than budget figures, which omit operations of government pension and trust funds, Indirect spending on projects financed by federal guarantees and loans, com bined with state expenditures, government outlays now pass 103 billions a year. Mr. Hoover, in an appeal for a government conference, quoted Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey's forecast that big federal budgeting, If continued, will produce "a depres sion that will curl your hair." He added: "Mine has already been curled once, and I think I can detect the sign. The ob vious sign of inflation Is the advance of prices, wages, and the 'cost of living." He added: "But another sign is the temperament of some nttr economisls. Again your hear the same expressions as in the Inflation period of 8(1 jears ago that 'we are in a new economic era' Hint 'the old economic laws are oiil-mndod.' "I suggest to you thai even in a partially free economy, unless we curb inflation on its way up, old man economic law will return wiin a mil equipment of hair curling. Yet every effort made to curb inflation, like raising the interest rate, cutting down federal bureaucracy and its waste, and enforcing the economics proposed by the Hoover exports, meets strenuous opposition, while the merry-go-round of wage hikes, of higher pensions, higher prices and the tip-costs of living continue In never ending spiral toward a bust as the gravy train rolls on. There is, of course, no Immediate danger. Experts say 1957 : will be better year than 195(1. Hut until Inflation is curbed, the situation is dangerous that is unless you want "vour hair curled." CP, Publicity Asked for Young Director C Edgar Hoover of the K.R.I, has again hit at the wave of teen-age crime, declaring "Ihc present appalling youth situation the crux of our crime problem." He reiterates his demand that the newspapers publish the names of "young thugs" and that "the problem is no longer one of bad children bul of young criminals." In a signed editorial in the K.R.l.'s bulletin he said: "Are we to Hand ls.il y bv while fierce young hoodlums ton often and loo long harbored under the glossy misnomer of juvenile dolin- anrnls roam our streets nnd desecrate our communities' II we o. Amenta might well witness a resurgence o( the brutal crimi nality and inobsterisin of a past era. "Gang-style ferocity once the evil domain of hardened adult criminals now centers chiefly in cliques of teen-age brigands. Their individual nnd gang exploits rinl the savagry of the eteran desperadoes of bygone days. The F.R.I. chief lists many major offenses committed by ju venile gangs from 15 to 17 years old. One in Michigan is cited with more than 30 crimes, Including tape and murder. In ; some Instances boys of 10 years ate In the gangs. The increase in such arrests have gone up 20 per cent the past four years. He requests: "Publicizing the names as well as crimes (or public scrtilinv. release of past records to appropriate law enforcement officials, and fingerprinting for future identification are all necessary pro cedures In the war on the flagrant violator, regardless of age. Local police and citizens have a right to know the Identities of the potential threats to public order within their communities." Most newspapers, Including the Capital Journal, have with held the names of youths arrested under 18 years of age. ex cept for major crimes, in order not to handicap their future. This protection seems to stimulate repeaters. Other news papers have withdrawn the screening after the first arrest. More will now withdraw such protection, forced bv experience to agree with Hoover t lint "softhearted mollycoddling" is nol the answer to the problem. The major problem, as Mr. . j 1 .'. . p J; , '. , "' cf bad children, but of younK criminals. Complaining parents ihould txerclse mnr restraint over their offspring, who ihould luin that "lb way of surtax and amendment of in Hoover Commission's report for operation of the federal gov. .warned that the current In a depression agony like that riiujis Ilover slated. Is no longer one ',;.,. r.mnliinln ni-.i. tba Uutjrcsaor la hard.- G.P, RAY TUCKER Scramble for Spot in '60 Already Affecting Solons WASHINGTON - The Anti-Third Term Amendment has already had a disturbing political effect that was not antici- s.Kpaiea oy its rte- 'k nnhlir-an innn. sors. It has ag- j gravated Parly and personal ri valries, and cre ated dissensions on Capitol Hill that hinder en actment of need ed and construc tive legislation. It has, worst of a 1 1, operated against bipartisan co-operation on grave national and International problems. With the knowledge that re-elected President in this instance, President Eisenhower cannot run for a third term, the opposition and prominent members of his own Party immediately jockey and jostle for position. Every Presidential possibility, eten the most remote and unlike ly candidate, realizes that he has only four years in which to build up a reputation, and gain an ad fantagc over rival claimants. They stand outside the White House gates, singing "The King is dead," at least politically. Thinking of 19S0 ' Washington is witnessing such an unseemly spectacle at the pre sent moment, only 16 days after President Eisenhower's public in auguration. II. explains why the Democrats have unleashed a con centrated barrage against the Ad ministration's foreign, defense and monetary policies almost before the new Congress has organized. it also accounts for the fact that every action, statement and ruling ny vice-president Richard M. Nixon Is weighed and scrutinized and analyzed for possible revela tion of his ambitions. Likewise, every Presdential move Is exam ined for an indication of Ike's 1960 preference. It is supposed to be Nixon, and this supposition has DAVID LAWRENCE V -3 m m Country Usually Believes More in Man Than Party WASHINGTON Lately there has been some discussion as to whether any president, now Ineligible for a third term, will lose much of his influence in a second term. This Is a curious subject to be attracting attention, for it Indicates quite clearly that there Is in some quarters very little reading now adays of American history es pecially as it concerns what used to happen at the While House be fore FDR ignor ed the two-term trndilion and permitted him self to be a can didate for four terms. This corres pondent happen ed to be looking up a quotation a few days ago in a book of lectures delivered by Woodrow Wilson in 1907. II was published about live years before the then presdent of Princeton University became Prosy ident of the United Stales. The chapter on the Presidency of the United Stales might have been written yesterday. 11 shows that some so-called "novelties" of today arc not novelties at all. Ike Is Not Unusllnl Lately, for instance, much has heen written about Dwighl Eisen hower not being a politically train ed individual and as being strong er than his parly" as If this wore something unusual. Mr. Wilson, a scholar who had written exten sively on the American constitu tional system belore he entered public life, pul it this wny in 19117 as he sized up the trend revealed by political developments of the past : "What the country will demand of the candidate will he. nol that he be an astute politician, skilled and practiced in affairs, but thai ho be a man such as it can trust, in character, in intention, in know ledge of its needs, in perception of the best means by which those needs may be met, in capacity to prevail by reason of his own weight and integrity. Believes In a ,Mnn "Sometimes flic country believes In a party, hut more ollen it be lieves in a man; and conventions have ollen shown the Instincl lo perceive which il is Hint the country needs in a particular pres idential year, a mere representa tive partisan, a military hero, or someone who will genuinely speak (or the country Itself, whatever be Ins training and antecedents. . . , "It Is with the instinctive feeing (lint it Is upon occasion such a man that the country wants thai nominating conventions will otten nominate men who are not their acknowledged lenders, but only such men as the country would like to see lead bolh its parlies." Mr. Eisenhower is. of course, a man who niiht have let! cither parly in tact, in if 48 and again In l'.'il there was much talk of selecting him as the candidate of the Democratic party. Rut Mr. Wilson's main point Is still valid a president leads by virtue of his hold nn public opinion. The prospect ol being nominated for a third term was never neces sary as a means of continuing a president's leadership. CouraKt of Cnnvlrtlent Actually, a the courage president who has of his convictions WH'" M UifA maintains power up to Ihe very arrived on the scene he (und a day his successor is inaugurated. ' woman silling on Ihe sidewalk. For if tie speak his wews and thc,u'h bundles sealteird. : cou,nlry "Rrp"1w,lh ,hrm' h,,Jul! " .,hc m 'r"0"' damper on Ihe views of those'still balancing his gigantic hook. who n not reflect the true course ol public opinion. A president can mW many appointments to ollice, caused hard feelings within the GOP. "Lightning Rods" Up Shrewd Alexander Wiley took note of this premature political activity. Referring to Senate Dem ocrats' savage attack on Secretary Dulles and the Eisenhower Middle East Doctrine, the Wisconsin Sen ator suggested that the critics were simply erecting 1960 light ning rods four years before the storm of a Presidential contest. He had in mind such vocal statesmen as Senators Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, J. W. Ful bright of Arkansas, Mike Mans fiefd of Montana, Wayne L. Morse of, Oregon. Stuart Symington of Missouri, and, of course, that in defatigable perennial, Estes Kefau ver of Tennessee. For one reason or another, the politicians do not regard any of these men as likely nominees. None have caught the popular ima gination, or been associated with any emotionally stirring issue. in lact, the Democrats most frequently mentioned are Senator John F., Kennedy of Massachusetts. Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, and possibly Senate Ma jority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. All would appreciate the honor. Mayor Wagner's Outburst Since none of the Democratic Governors have much chance, to attract a nationwide following or to stir the people and politicians Fttrcolo of Massachusetts. Ribicoff of Connecticut, Harriman of New York, Mcyncr of New Jersey, Leader of Pennsylvania it is taken for granted that the Demo cratic selection will be some mem ber of the Congressional bloc, if the honor docs not fall to t h e youthful and ambitious Williams. One outside possibility Mayor Robert F. Wagner has been ruled off the political turf because of the belief that, in insulting King Saud. he played local, partisan politics with delicate international aflairs. even in his second term, and ex ercise illicit influence in dispensing favors, but this kind of thing dependence on "patronage" has today become obsolete as a means of winning votes in congress on major issues. When President Elsenhower said the other day that, even if the amendment making him ineligible for a third term were repealed, he wouldn't run, he really in creased his strength with the coun tryhe didn't diminish it. For everybody knows that Mr. Eisen hower has had plenty of honors and seeks no further office that the nation can give him. A dis interested leader will attract a bigger following than any legislator ambitiously seeking higher office. Picked Own Successor The same situation occurred dur ing Theodore Roosevelt's second term. He had announced ahead of time that he wouldn't run for a third term. He did more to influence the policies of congress than any republican president in a half-century. And finally picked his own successor William How ard Tart. The Republican party did what "TR" asked it to do when it nominated Taft. Any president who is right on the issues that face the country can make congress toe Hie mark because it's difficult to buck a President of the United Stales when he carries his case to the country and happens to bo right. The vole of .153 to 61 a week ago in Ihc House of Representatives supporting the "Elsenhower Doc- "ne" ofters a good yardstick by which to measure presidential in fluence in a second term Vov Quick Reading What the country needs is a spe cial dictionary of feminine foibles to enable a man to understand the other sex a little better, Here's a start: Budget: Something a woman thinks a man should live on. but she shouldn't. Closet: A big hole in the wall where women who never have a thing In wear keep their clothes. Money: Long green pieces of paper which, if a man has a lot of thrill, women think he's better looking I ban he is. Fun: Something a man should never have unless his wife is along. Bachelors: Spineless creatures who would rnllicr be happy than normal. Tears: Small drops of liquid emitting from female eyes that sometimes turn into fur coats. Refrigerator: A large boxlikc contraption tised to store odd bits of egg too young, chicken ala king and parsnips lor a week un til they're ready to be thrown out. Wall Street Journal. A Smile or Two In our parish the pastor, pre paring lo redecorate the sanctuary, gathered his altar boys to take the movahles to Ihe rectory to proteel lliem from damage. A while later, Father noticed one little fellow stacccring down the aisle with the big Missal and its bulky stand. No sooner had the boy reached the door than there was a crash. When Father she demanded, "Why rant you read comic books like other little 'boys?" Catholic Digest. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL If to RE$fJkn w- & ' make you JffJF WJ 4M !J . ' ;n rCfafi Ps GEORGE GALLUP Canadians Blame British For Antagonizing Allies PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 6 , There is a strong belief across Canada today that Great Britain's handling of the Suez crisis has been more costly, in terms of damaging relationships with Allies, than has U.S. foreign policy. More than a third of Canadians hold the view that Britian has antagonized important Allies be cause of her foreign policy. The Canadian Gallup Poll chart ed public attitudes on the foreign policies or both Great Britain and the United States just prior to and following Ihc Suez crises and found a sharp increase in the number ol Canadians who were critical of Britain's policies. As ol today, 32 per cent of Cana dians say that U.S. policies have been harmful to friendships in the West. But 30 per cent felt this way before Suez erupted into a world threat. Tin first question put to a cross- section of the Canadian voting pub lic was as follows: "Some people feel that Britain is antagonizing some of her most important Allies by her foreign policy. Others don't agree. Do you think the the United Kingdom's foreign policy is losing her friend ship among other Western coun tries, or not?" Here is how Canadians felt Just prior to the Suez, as compared with today: BRITISH FOREIGN' POLICY Prior to Suez Today- Is not 44 43 not 44 43 43 No opinion 27 21 In Quebec province, there are more who feel that Britain has antagonized important Allies be cause of her foreign policy than who think otherwise. In the Mar itlmes, the debate is evenly split between the two arguments. On the contrary, in Ontario and the Western provinces, well on to half the people believe that the United Kingdom has not lost Western friendships as a result of recent actions. Among Canadians with univer sity training, 51 per cent think thai British foreign policy has been bad for her Western friendships, while 40 per cent say the United king dom is not being badly affected and 9 per cent express no opinion. Attitudes of Canadians toward U.S. foreign policy were assessed by means of the following ques tion: "Some people feel that the Unit ed States is antagonizing some of her most important Allies by her foreign policy. Others don't agree. Do you think thai the United Slnles' foreign policy is losing her friendship among Western coun tries, or not?" Here is the vole just prior to Suez and as of todnv: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Prior lo Suez Todny Is losing frlrndl .. . 3llpet. S2pcl. Is nol 42 43 No opinion 2S 25 When those Canadians questioned in the survey who thought Brit ain's foreign policy was costing her friendships were asked why they fell as they did. SO per cent named the Middle East crisis as th' main reason, as the following table shows: A Smile Or Two "Have you any religious con victions, my friend?" asked the prison chaplain, eager to help the new arrival. "Well. 1 reckon that's the rich! phrase." replied the prisoner. after thinking it over. "I was sent here for robbing Montreal Star. church." lNNW('tSUY JVYUINC. An cert says that old folks cinlism and the working pccple of The most pathetic seK-revela-meie slower. Nice bit ! rms-arch iour na,lon l'"d 'heir on:tion of the American Communist i ... ,, .', , ,. . , ..toad" i party is this: it needed a in Maybe Ihe old loiks have found. . . , vwt,,k--..ii. irm Vhr,,A-tv a. It unnecessary lo jump. Sherman Coufttf JottaA, Reckon He'll Cooperate? CRITICISMS OF BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY Middle East crisis . SOpct. Too aggressive, Interfering . 12 Losing ground, or Influence 7 Lack of concct-n for other countries 6 Colonial policy S Poor leadership 3 Miscellaneous reasons 10 Can't say 9 , 102pct. The table adds to more than 100 per cent because some Canadians gave more than one reason. Here are the reasons why Cana dians who thought U.S. foreign policy was costing this country her friendships with important Allies: CRITICISMS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Middle East crisis 2!pct. Too aggressive, Interfering 11 Losing ground, or Influence II Lack of concern for other countries 9 Not diplomatic ...... 6 Inconsistent policies 6 Other foreign policies 4 Criticism ol Dulles 2 Poor leadership 2 Miscellaneous reasons 9 Can't say 11 100 pel. JAMES MARLOW Split American Commie Party Awaits WASHINGTON uv-The Ameri can Communist parly gives the appearance of a bewildered and split-up outfit as it gels ready for its national convention in New York Saturday. Some ash ington sources arc inclined to take seriously what looks like factions splits. Maybe so. Hut. until t h e r e's more solid evi dence of their reality, what ever the party says or docs in New York can York Saturday, lie taken with a grain of salt. Down to Business It can be said on the best au thorily that the American parly was recently told by Moscow to cut out its yapping, close ranks and get down to business. The direction ,the parly actually seems to be taking is in line with what Russian Communist party boss Khrushchev suggested last February lo Communist parlies around Ihe world: a change in lac tics but not in purpose. In his speech denouncing Slalin he recommended that Communist parties who find themselves at nis lime tinntiie to taso over Dy , ''"' " peacefully by such methods as ,se: Inliltrating other parties and labor unions, pulling up tinned fronts, acting like independent na - luiiim (huiiv.-. 'iu utir Millie Ol the curse of Russia off them and make them less obvious and ob jectionable to their own nation alsl. He even suggested that Communists criticize one another. Roadt to Socialism There are. Khrushchev said, various roads to socialism. In spite of the sounds they're now making about being a na I tional party, the American groun echoed Khrushchev's very words when its 22-man Centrnl Commit tee drew up a new constitution. which will be submitted to the convention and says in part There are various, roads to so- spch. revelations and rrcom - mendstioni there has been a jHZJ 1 1 4? f , rvr R6-fVANI4IHS- They Say Today IReg. U.S. Pal. Off.) By UNITED PRESS BLOOMINGTON. ill.: Waller S. Robertson, assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, an nouncing that he knows of no plan for the United States to recognize Red China: "By every standard of national and international conduct, China under its present regime is an out law nation. GROTON. Conn.: Comdr. Eu gene P. Wilkinson, skipper of the nuclear-powered namesake of Jules Verne's fictional submarine, the Nautilus, telling his crew that their sub was about to fulfill the title of Verne's book, "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea": "In a few minutes wc will wit ness a feat that has been unknown to man except in the world of fic tion this ship our Nautilus, will log her 20.000th league. BROOKHAVEN, Miss.: Sheriff C. E. Smith maintaining he was not alarmed by gangs of while men roaming the cily following a series of attacks on white women by an assailant called "The Mum bler": "The people in those crowds who gathered Tuesday night were trying to help in the search. Peo ple arc stirred up. Housewives are frightened and are keeping their doors locked. Men have armed themselves for protection." Convention three-way dispute in the American party more or less publicly aired: 1. William Z. Foster, the 76- year-old chairman of Ihe party, is an old Stalinist. He doesn't want any drastic changes in Ihc party. He wants tight discipline, a min imum of criticism and devotion to the Russian line. Middle of Roader 2. Eugene Dennis, parly secre tary and considered one of the brains of the American party, has taken a cautious middle-of-the-road approach but is understood to have swung over to Foster now. 3. A third group particularly the editors of the party s news paper, The Daily Worker has heen more critical of Russia than Russia likes although criticism was suggested by Moscow in Ihe first place. This group talks of the need for American Communism to act more independently. In this group are the paper's editor in chief John Gates; its managing editor Alan Max; and its foreign editor Joseph Clark. Before Ihe parly was stunned ihv Khrushchev's switch of last - ! February, it had already suffered terrible damage Under government prosecution Membership Dropped and investigation parly member- ship had dropped from ptrhaps 75.000 to 25.000: of the top leaders, ; ,M hnd b(.en ,ri(,d and jnUc-d for !conspiracv to overthrow the gov- ernment: more than a score of Communists had been jailed tor lp(,rjurv or olh(,r misstatements. And worse as the party Public ly admitted last spring and sum mer American Communism had committed enough mistakes to w r e ck any American political parly. It admitted that it had misun derstood American life so badly II had heen swept out of the main stream: that it was alienated from organized labor: that it nad mishidccd the desires of Ameri can Negroes: and that it was com pletely wrong in thinkine the American economy would col- lapse, as Russian Marxists had sa,d rt would. imake it think maybe it tou'4 i better with a changt la tactics. , Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 6, 1957 HAL BOYLE British Official Does Bit Of Everything ANDROS. Bahamas - A" American bureaucrat would shud der at the multiple duties of Stan ley R. Darvllle, a political odd job man in a warm climate. Liarvnie is uc - vu - who handle government ; chores in some 2.000 Bahamas Islands and cays ranging over 70, 000 square mile: of ocean. He is one of f tnree commis sioners assigned lo Andros, larg est of the is lands, and you can't be around here long with out running into ihe chubby, smiling 43-year-old official. British colonial governments act on the same principle as the U.S. Armv, "a trained officer can han dle any job." If Darville wore a special hat for each of his jobs, he'd need at least 10 in his ward robe. Wenrc Manv Hats When you land here, Darville as customs officers, overseas the REN MAXWELL Short Sugar Hurt Canning 15 Years Ago Feb. 6, 1942 A Capital Journal editorial had said that careful consideration showed that 12 ounces of sugar al loted lo each person each week would provide the average family with all the sugar needed for es sential purposes but put a crimp in home canning for some house wives. Marv Yanlis Smith, one of Salem's more prominent matrons and wife of Linn C. Smith, assist ant manager of the Ladd & Bush branch of the United Slates Na tional bank, had died at a Salem hospital. General rationing of new pas senger cars to eligible users who had obtained purchase certificates from their rationing boards would begin. Feb. 26, 1942. LI. Ray Vandiver of Silvcrton, stationed in Australia, had called his wife in Silverton on the phone. The call reached Silverton via Sidney and New York. The mes sage, though censored, came through with clarity and without disturbance. These wartime prices were ad vertised by Safeway 15 years ago: hams, 35C a lb.; sirloin steak. 35c a lb.; smelt, 3 lbs. for 25c; roast beef, 25c a lb.; coffee, 1 lb. jar, 31c. Lt. Col. Elmer Wootan, state di rector of selectve service, had an nounced that selective service headquarters were on a seven day a week basis between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dr. Adolph Weinziri of the University of Oregon medical school had told an anxious Salem group that he did not favor reg ulated prostitution in the Camp Adair area but instead advocated complete supression of vice. Good for Sand Now we know why King Saud came to the United Slates. It has been a puzzler to those who always see an ulterior motive in every loreign rulers visit, the reason was made obscure in this case because Saud is the world's rich est King and obviously was not searching for a loan. But now it comes out that at least one. of his purposes was to order 60 custom-made, bejeweled Cadillacs at roughly (1 million the package. We're glad Saud came, and we arc sure that Charlie Wilson (re cently of National Guard-hating Iramel will agree with us that what's good for General Motors is good (or Saudi Arabia and the world. Albany Democrat Herald. I T K All Salem Federal Savings & Loan Assn. Wrarw M 44rn S60 ..' , in Bahama checking of your baggage. If you are caught smuggling in any thing, he will (as police chiell have you arrested, and 'hen (as magistrate I hear the case. II you wrecK your yacnt on i reef, DarvHle has to open an in- quiry within 24 hours as wreck investigator. If your home should go up in flames, Darville will drop around as fire inspector to be sure you didn't touch a match to it to col lect the insurance. If you mail a letter, you'll find out Darville is also postmaster. If you want to get married quickly in a civil ceremony, who says the binding words? Nobody but Darville. Issues Death Certificate If you die, Darville will issue the death certificate as coroner. If you are born here, Darvilla will register your birth. If you wanl to settle here perm anently. Darville will handle your application as ' immigrations offi cer. "We are the only government officials who don't wear a uni form," said Darville. "When you get down to It, what uniform could we wear?" The commissioner Is of old French-Scottish Bahamian stock that first came to these "Sun shine Isles of June" in the 17th Century, not long after the Pil grim fathers hit the beaches in Massachusetts. Official Shepherd He is official shepherd for some 2,500 Bahamian natives dwelling in a tangled pine, mangro'-e and sweet margaret wilderness cov ering about 750 square miles. Most of the settlements can be reached by boat. Despite all his duties, Darvilla has a staff of only four men, in cluding a clerk, to help him. He works around the clock many days, enjoys a seven-day work week. The pay scale would hardly tempt an American politician into migrating here. Commissioners make from $25 to 50 a week, plus housing, plus an occasional iegal fee. But I like the life." said Dar ville. "You can help many people with their problems and the feeling of satisfaction this gives you is a big part of your income." LITTLE DIFFERENCE The Oregon house of representa tives has the money bills written at the first of the session instead of the last which Is the common way. lt makes the total look big bi-t makes little difference In tht long run.Sherman -County Jour nal. . GUIDED BY POLITICS Gcvern'.r Holmes, in his deci sion to fire Real Estate commis sioner Johnson, makes it evident that his is to be an administration guided by politics. Sherman County Journal. fWe Were j Astonished . . . j to know that so much: service entered into the! conducting of a funeral. Howell-Edwards Funeral! Home took care of every--tiling." i i HOWELL-EDWARDS ; i FUNERAL HOME I 1545 N. Capitol (Opp. Sears) i WATCH FOR THIS NUMBER when you save now! (o) (0) No longing for those "good old days" when ou retire Simply save regularly now and every new day will be just as good, or better . . . with finan cial independence to do just as you like! j Stilt Opp. Courthouse o