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units to be withdrawn from the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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