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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 28, 1957
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to an end a series of eight night
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SCHOOL BOARDS, GO HOME
(Below we reprint an editorial on Federal aid
to education which appeared in the March 14 is
sue of the Lake County Examiner, Lakeview. We
believe it is one of the best discussions on the
subject that we have seen and it coincides with
our previously stated opinion on the same sub
ject. As a footnote . . . where the editorial men
tions St. Helens, you may substitute the name
"Heppner." If you will remember the same thing
happened here not so many years ago).
At a recent meeting of the Lakeview school
board, we made a remark something like this:
"In about two years, word will come out of
Washington; "Go home, school boards; from now
on, we'll take care of all education matters from
here.' "
Probably the time table is wrong; it will "fake
longer than two years. But this thing is coming
. . . control and direction of schools and education
by higher echelons of government.
Already, much of it has happened. In Oregon,
much school control has been passed up to the
state level, thanks mostly to the basic school fund
which gives the state a terrific club in imposing
its will on the local school boards. The people of
Oregon have meekly permitted the state to take
over. Recently at St. Helens, because the voters
refused again to approve a bond issue for the
schools, the state withheld the St. Helens pay
ment from the state basic school fund. The voters
of St. Helens have been told off in no uncertain
terms.
But control of the schools is going to go even
higher into the untouchable reaches of govern
ment. The federal government soon will be hip
deep in the financing of education, and of course
that means federal control of schools. (Petty
words have been mouthed about writing the laws
so all school control will remain in the states, but
no one . . . especially the federal government , , ,
puts up money without laying down rules on its
use, and taking control.)
Last session, Eisenhower's proposal for federal
aid to school construction (embodied in the Kel
ley Bill) was defeated, but it has been Introduced
again In this Congress, with provision for state
match-money. It or something like it will be pas.
sed, to the everlasting shame of a free people who
permit government to grow bigger and bigger, and
to take away more and more of their own powers.
Senator Morse has introduced a bill for wider
federal aid to school: Aid to salaries, mainten
ance, books and new facilities. He says the money
under his bill would go to the states, ''with guar
antees htat the states will have complete control
over the funds." To which we say "Nuts."
The education committee of the President's
Commission on Inter-Governmental Relations
made an exhaustive study of the states' abilities
to finance schools, and reported: "We have not
been able to find a State which is economically
unable to support an adequate school system . . .
Federal Aid is not necessary, either for current
operating expenses for public schools, or for capi
tal expenditures for new school facilities."
The commission's report has been totally ig
nored in the clamor for federal aid to schools.
In regard to the construction aid bill to come
up in this Congress, the director ot tnat commis
sion's education research, Roger A. Freeman,
said "What we are faced with is not a federal
school construction program, but the first and
fateful step in the nationalization of the public
schools."
Speaking before the Civic Federation in Chi
cago on October 31, 1956, Freeman poimea oui:
The public schools last year expended slightly
over S10 billion. A federal aid program of $250
to $400 million misht boost that total by 2Vi to 4,
Ipsb than half the Dresent annual increases in
school costs."
He continued: "It is apparent that the bills
Congress considered would have made very little
difference in overall school finance. What, men
accounts for the excitement over the failure of
the school aid bill? It appears that the sponsors
of the Kelley bill had far more in mind than a
$400 million federal aid program. That was to be
only the down-payment. The real purpose was to
get a foot-in-the-door, to get the principle of fed
eral responsibility for the schools established, and
then prove in subsequent years that the amounts
were far too small.
' 'That gives the subject a different aspect,"
Freeman said. "It would be naive to assume
that the federal government would spend several
bililon dollars a year for any purpose, and have
nothing to say on how the money was to be spent.
Sooner or later they would suggest . . . with the
big stick of non-compliance behind it . . . that
schools conform to their ideas of how they should
be organized and administered. History teaches
that political power inevitably follows the power
of the purse."
sidered as delegates to the 1957
4-H summer school which will
be held at Oregon State college
on June 11 to 21. Morrow county's
quota is 32. This week selection
committees for both the South
and North Morrow communities
have been busy in choosing
members who will represent our
county, 4-H members were
chosen who are at least 13 years
of age by January 1 of this year,
who have completed at least two
years of 4-H club work and have
successfully completed all pro
jects enrolled In during the past
club year. Scholarships of ?25
per club member will be provid
ed again by farm and civic or
ganizations and business people
interested in the 4-H club pro
gram. Club members will pro-
the expense of transportation
with a Greyhound chartered bus
to carry the Morrow county dele
gation to Corvallis. Announce-
Blokland for the South Morrow with one
doe last November fnd
ior u.e. , ' ' . . ... oi .ahhlts. The
arpa and all of the C1UD ieauei'al mis xime "
fn the North Morrow area will beistate club office at Corvall s
ade as " as approved by the,ells us that with one doe mo e
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
March 31, 1927
A deliehtful reception of an
informal nature, was given Mrs.
Sarah Parker, mother of Frank S.
Parker, at the parlors of the
Methodist church on Wednesday
afternoon. A large number of
ladies from the Methodist and
Christian churches came to ten
der congratulations to Mrs. Par
ker on her 83rd birthday.
That definitely has been the history of state
aid to schools in Oregon. At the close of World
War II, because there was a large surplus from
income taxes, the state legislature arbitrarily paid
$8,000,000 to the school districts. That was the
spark which fired the cannon, and the next step
was to levy a tax of $50 per census child for the
state basic school fund. This has been hiked to
$80, and the current move is to raise it to $120.
And with each step the power at state level
over the school districts has been increased; with
each step, the people at home have lost more con
trol over their tax money (look what happens
at St. Helens when the people vote their wishes
regarding a bond issue), and the school boards
have less and less to say about administering the
. schools.
Bu we ain't seen nothing, yet; wait until the
federal givers of "free" money get into the school
act with both feet. In just a few years, word will
come from Washington: "School boards, go home
Charley Hynd of Ukiah was
calling in Heppner the first of
the week.
Miss Gladys Benge, student at
Whitman college, Walla Walla,
spent the past week visiting with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eph
Eskelson, in Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Akers
came up from their Portland
home Wednesday and are visit
ing with their relatives.
Miss Vera Mahoney of Seattle
is visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney.
SLANTS FROM
THE SESSION
By Mrs. C. A. Tom
On Friday, March 15, in their
first afternoon session of the year,
members of the House passed
IIJR 11, providing for a referen
dum to determine whether the
people of Oregon wish to abolish
capital punishment except in
the case of second murder com
mitted by a person already under
sentence for murder. The debate
was long and solemn, and the
measure passed with only seven
dissenting votes.
If this resolution passed the
Senate the voters would once
again have to take a stand on
capital punishment. It was
abolished in 1914 and reinstated
in 1920. Should the measure pass
In the 1958 General Election,
Oregon will become the seventh
state to abandon the death
penalty.
Monday the Senate passed
HJM 1, Introduced by Representa
tive Tom and Senator Wilhelm,
memorializing Congress to ap
propriate funds for the immedi
ate construction of the John Day
Dam. An amendment aimed at
the preference clause, asking that
Oregon be given "her fair share"
of the power generated by the
dam, was killed by a tie vote.
A Senate memorial adopted
the same day requested Congress
to provide funds for deepening
the Columbia channel from Van
couver to The Dalles.
Among several bills which
have kicked up a fuss in the
House this past week was HB
187, which would give weigh
masters the authority to require
trucks parked within five miles
of the weighing station to come
and be weighed if the weighmas.
ter has "reason to believe" the
truck is overweight. This bill has
been rereferred to the committee
on Highways three times, which
must be something of a record.
Our mail is steadily increasing
in volume as people become more
personally concerned with bills
before the legislature. One of the
first problems about which we
receive numerous letters and
cards this time was the request
for a new dormitory and display
building at the state fair grounds
for 4-H and FFA youngsters. It is
still being considered by the
Ways and Means Committee, and
we hope funds will be available.
Also early in the session we
started receiving many letters re.
garding the proposal to close
banks on Saturday. This mea
sure was tabled a few days ago
in the Senate Financial Affairs
Committee.
Our friends at home who have
been pleading with us to save
Green Stamps may now relax
because the same Senate Com
mittee has also tabled the trad
ing stamp bill. Senator Sweet
land states that he is going to
rescue his bill, which he intro
duced in company with Repre
sentative Wilderman, but he will
probably run into a solid wall of
opposition.
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A deal was consummated this
week whereby M. L. Case, of
Case Furniture company, pur
chased the controlling interest m
the Fair store building on lower
Main street, from A. G. Edam
son of Seattle.
County 4-H club councils.
The Morrow county extension
office has been invited to ap
pear periodically over the "Sa
lute To Farmers" Program which
makes it appearance weekly on
Monday nights over KfcPK TV
Benton, Franklin and Walla Wal
la counties In Washington with
Morrow and Umatilla counties in
Oregon will make up the pro
grams in the future. This office
has tentatively scheduled to hold
its first TV program on May 20.
Prom a recent Grain and Hay
Market Review we find that there
is little Pacific Northwest wheat
left under loan. Farmers continu
ed to redeem loan wheat at a
fairly constant rate in recent
months. As of February 15 there
were only 3.4 million bushels of
wheat under loan compared to
62.4 million bushels a year ago
U. S. farmers withdrew over a
fifth of the 316 million bushels of
wheat placed under loan through
February 15,
Oregon farmers took in more
monev from the sale oi meir
farm products last year. A pre
liminary estimate shows cash
receipts added up to nearly $416
million about 4 above 1955
The increase was due entirely to
heavier markets as prices were
down a shade. These estimates
are based on receipts from sales,
before production expenses are
taken out. Oregon realized net
income, after produition expen
ses were cieauctea, averagea
$2,795 per farm last year. That
was an increase of 77c over 1955.
Higher cash receipts from wheat,
potatoes, green peas and pears
and hay more than offset a con
tinued rise in production expen
ses. In some parts of Oregon live
stock rustlers are dealt with
quite harshly. Recently two men
drew two prison terms, a youth's
parole from McLaren School for
Boys was revoked, and sentence
of another youth is in the bal
ance as a result of larcency of
sheep in Linn county. The two
men were each sentenced to two
years in the state prison March 4
when they appeared before cir
cuit judge, Victor Oliver In Al-
rnlspd in
pounas oi nicai. v.a,.
a vear in the rabbit business than
a "beef cow would produce. If
this is the case the twelve mem
bers of this club led by Mrs.
Bernard Doherty and Mrs. Lu
eer.e Wardwell will produce a lot
of meat for tne Lexmsum -v,..-munity
this year.
Roppntlv we reported hormone
tests on yearling steers fed on
the Marion Weatherford farm m
Gilliam county. Details were re
ceived this week. It was found
that the feeding test got under
way on November 8 and was con.
eluded on March 5th for a feed
of 117 days. There were
20 steers in each of three pens
which averaged 816 pounds at the
beginning of the feed period, une
of the pens was a control, one
pen was implanted with Syno
vex and one pen with Stilbestrol.
At the end of the 117 day feed
npriod thp calves implanted witn
the Synovex had averaged 2.71
pounds per day; those implanted
with Stilbestrol 2.66 pounds per
day while the check gained
pounds per day. The Synovex
implanted steers had made a 42
pound gain over the control lot
while the Stilbestrol a 37 pound
average gain over the control
pen. This experiment carried on
by Marion Weatherford in co
operation with the county agent,
Ernest Kirsch and Dr. Dave Eng
land of the Oregon State College
experiment station are pretty
much in line with our report of
results at the Milton feed trial
which I had visited last week.
Washington State College re
cently reported that beef cattle
herds that were pregnancy test
ed in the fall and winter showed
an unusual large number of bar
ren cows. Each one of these cul
led out meant a saving in winter
feed loss from 30 to 40 dollars.
One herd had 26 barren coWs.
Others reported from 10 to 207c
of cows not setted. It is too late
now for ranchers to adopt this
practice for this year but by all
means it is a recommended prac
tice for the fall of 1957. A few
herds were pregnancy tested in
Morrow county last fall with
number of barren cows found. A
local veterinarian can do this
inspection job almost as rapidly
as cows can be put through a
squeeze chute. With the cost
Boardman Notes
The grade and junior high
school band went to La Grande
Saturday to play in the Eastern
Oregon Music Competition. With
them was their director, Marion
Morlan. Parents attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Miller, Mr. and Mrs
Nathan Thorpe and daughter
Teresa, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Part,
low and sons, Mrs. John Partlow,
and Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Rogers
and son Duane. Mr. and Mrs.
Ely also visited at the home of
their son-in-law and daughter
Mr. ana mrs. ciaon Lilly, and
Mr. and Mrs. Miller visited their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr
and Mrs. Vern Carpenter.
Mrs. William Garner attended
a meeting of the Demolay Mo
thers' Circle in Hermiston Mon
day evening.
o
Nancy Ferrell Has
Sixth Birthday
Mrs. Robert Ferrell entertained
Thursday afternoon of last week
at a party honoring the sixth
birthday of her daughter Nancy.
Guests were Linda Orwick,
Jane Dowen, Kathy and Karen
Blake, Debby Bennett, Charlene
Knox and Marcia Jones.
Games were played and a
prize won by Karen Blake for
pinning the tail on the donkey.
Linda Orwick won the prize bal
loon. Refreshments of cake, ice
cream and punch were served
and each guest received a party
favor.
price squeeze getting tighter this
is one of the ways that cost of
operation can be cut down.
CARD OF THANKS
Although this message cannot
convey the real depth of our feel
ing and gratitude to all you
wonderful people who sent floral
offerings, letters and cards to
Reba during her illness, we want
to tell you. there is no way we
can ever fully thank you. Your
reward must come from the know
ledge that they made her very
happy. We also thank you for
your sympathy, funds given in
Reba s memory, and many other
things all of you have done to
show your lifelong friendship.
All of it makes us very humble
and grateful. Nowhere but in our
area here could there ever be
so much concern, so many cheer
ing messages and real neighbor
liness shown. We sincerely thank
you.
Bob and Robert Grabill
The Tilman Hogue Family
The A. E. and A. A.
Stefani Families
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