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Tuesday, August It. 1153 MEDFOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Army's Threat To Withdraw RO Training at Tvo Oregon Schools Salem (U.B Gov. Paul Pat terson said yesterday he would present the State Emergency board a Department of Army threat to withdraw ROTC train ing at the University of Oregon and Oregon State college be cause the 1953 legislature failed to provide a bond for some 9600,000 worth of Army equip ment at the two schools. Gov. Patterson, after pointing out that the subject was not a new one but had been under consideration since a meeting be fore the 1953 Legislature con vened, said: "There is no possibility that the state will allow the ROTC units to be withdrawn from the two institutions. We will take whatever steps are required at the proper time, but certainly we will explore every avenue before we agree to pay out state money to insurance companies for a bond." Gov. Patterson expressed be lief that the state of Oregon is every bit as responsible as any bonding company, and he sug gested that maybe the remedy for the federal statute which now threatens withdrawal of Per Capita Income Of Americans Up To All-Time High Washington Per capita in come of Americans rose to an all time high of $1,639 last year, the Commerce Department has reported. It arrived at that figure by adding up all income payments to individuals wages, salaries, interest, dividends,, pensions, and the net income of farms and other unincorporated business-rand dividing that total of $225, 000,000,000 by the total U.S. population. The result showed an increase of 4 per cent over the 1951 per capita income. Since men, women and chil dren of all ages were included, the average income of a fcmiily of four was $6,556, before taxes. Delaware led all states with a per capita income of $2,260, while Misssissippi was in last place with $818. Behind Del aware in the top flight were Nevada, $2,250; District of Co lumbia, $2,120; Connecticut, $2, 080; New York, $2,038; Califor nia, $2,032; Illinois, $1,932, and New Jersey, $1,959. Per capita income for other states included: Idaho, $1,438; Utah. $1,450; Oregon, ' $1,733, and Washington, $1,810. ROTC units from the two schools, unless the bonding mat ter is clarified, might be found in Congress, rather than in the Oregon Legislature. He suggested that members of the Oregon delegation might well seek to have the federal statute clarified concerning what con stitutes an "institution." Several here today expressed belief that Congress did not intend to put states under obligation , to bond themselves for Army equipment placed at ROTC schools, but rather referred to private insti tutions. - To Be Guided by Action But the matter will be pre sented to the State Emergency board at its meeting here Friday, and Gov. Patterson said he would be guided largely by what action it takes in any action he may take after that The Emer gency Board is made up of House and Senate members of the 1953 Legislature with the primary function of attending to emergencies in funds that arise between sessions. The Legisla ture as a whole sets up an emer gency fund for just such con tingencies to be allotted by its Emergency Board between ses sions. The amount involved in the bond the Department of the Army now says statute requires it to request of any ROTC unit school vary from $3500 to $6000 a year estimate, he said. Part of Defense Act Gov. Patterson said the re quirement for a bond for ROTC property is part of the defense act and so he had no criticism of the Army officials for trying to enforce it. The Ways and Means commit tee of the 1953 Legislature de clined to appropriate any money to cover the premium of such a bond for the 1953-55 biennium. State Rep. David C. Baum of La Grande, a Ways and Means member, contended the premium for the bond sought by the Army was too high and in addition, un necessary, for a state. A letter to Oregon Republican Congresman Walter Norblad last July touched off yesterday's re action. In it, Maj. Gen. William E. Bergin, the adjutant general said: "Institutions maintaining Reserve Officers Training Corps units are required by the na tional defense act to furnish bond or other means of indem nity in the value of the property issued, to the institution." Opin ion was expressed by legal minds here that "institutions" was in tended to refer to private, not state institutions. There are sev eral military schools in the United States with ROTC train ing programs and equipment Rifles Not Included Also, "equipment" does not mean the rifles and the uniforms the ROTC students use. The stu dents themselves put up modest deposits for these. The equip ment refers to such heavy equip ment as howitzers hardly like ly to be the object of furtive theft Gov. Patterson expressed be lief the defense act might well be amended by Congress to elim inate any bond requirement on the part of states. But he said he would take no action until the Emergency Board has met later this week. Advice Given To Sunglass Wearers Buffalo, N. Y. (U.B Erie county health commissioner Ber wyn F. Mattison warned "sun squinters" to wear sun glasses during bright .days. However,' he offered the following warnings to sun bathers. 1. Never look directly into the sun, even though you are wearing sunglasses. 2. If you wear presciption glasses regularly, .you should have specially ground glasses. 3. Never wear sunglasses when driving at night or in the early twilight Montreal is only 34 miles from the New York border. Radar Speed Check Praised in Portland Portland U.R) Use of radar to check speeding motorists to day had the endorsement of City Police Chief Jim PurceH and Mayor Fred Peterson said he will follow with a move to in stall it in Portland. Purcell said experience with radar in Salem and Akron, O., showed that speeding was re duced by the presence of the de vice. He said Akron s accident fatality rate has been cut from 29 to 15 in the first year of ra dar's use. Mayor Peterson said he will ask the necessary authority from the city --nincil to buy one unit of the rJar device. Americans Averaged 138 Pounds of Meat in 1952 Champaign, II. (U.R) Am ericans ate an average of 138 pounds of meat apiece in 1952, according to the University of Illiniis college of agriculture. Supplies of meat this year are expected to be about 73 pounds of beef and veal for each person, 67 pounds of pork and four pounds of lamb. 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