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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Brasilia Grows, But Mot As Planned
(Editor's noiei Brasilia ii
city of daringly modern
architecture cimd out of
virgin Jungle. For Bratil
to ittblith now. "dmm
city" capital in !ho untamad
hinterland. 500 mllet inland
from Rio do Janoiro and
tha populous coast, was a
bold mora indeed. Now, 32
months aincs Brasilia be
came tha national capital,
TJPI Corraspondanl Danny
Davis rsporis on what it ii
lika.)
By H. DENNY DAVIS
United Prest Iniarnational
Brasilia -fflPD- Almost three
years after it became the na
tional capital, this carefully
designed city of the future
continues to grow although
not exactly the way the plan
ners expected.
When a nation sets out to
build a dream city, it's not
easy to make all the dreams
come true at the same time
Brasilia today presents some
odd contradictions:
. Avenlda W-3 is the main
shopping district. But it was
not designed that way. It was
going to be a back street for
warehouses and trucks, in
lead, traffic boomed and to
day police have to whistle
traffic to a halt to let pedes
trlans cross.
Three night clubs do good
business In the middle of the
week, but waiters yawn on
Saturday nights. The big
spenders, the high officials
and lobbyists, jet to Rio and
Sao Paulo on Friday after
noon. They don't come back
until Monday.
Brasilia, the "city without
stoplights," is also a city with
out stagnation. In a small,
slow but steady stream, the
people keep coming, most
from Rio de Janeiro. They
come despite mud, dust, suc
cessive political crises and the
worst Inflation Brazil has ever
known.
No one seems to know ex
actly how many people there
are in Brasilia. Ask any in
habitant and he will insist
there are 250,000. But the
government - owned electric
company has only 23,000 cus
tomers, 5,000 of them non
residential. "At least 10,000 of them
are clandestine consumers,"
light company Manager Af
ranio Barbosa said. "They
came here when the city was
under construction. Their
lights were connected in a
hurry. They have no meters,
pay no bills, are not even
registered with us."
Barbosa shrugged his big
flust-covered shoulders and
shifted his feet. "We're root
ing them out as fast as we
can," he said.
Deputy Wilson Calmon of
the chamber of deputies be
lieves that after a few years,
nearly all the deputies will
have their homes here. Critics
have charged the chamber
rarely has a quorum because
members don't want to stay
in Brasilia.
Calmon himself has homes
In both Rio and Brasilia. He
pays $24 a month rent for his
apartment here, but spends
five times that much flying
back and forth between the
two cities.
"When we couldn't get a
quorum in Rio no one thought
much about it," he said. "Up
here when we lack a quorum,
the Rio papers try to blame
Brasilia."
Deputy Cld Carvalho is a
critic of the government's
rental policy. He calls It "pa
ternalistic, anti-housing and
anti-private enterprise." He
presented a bill to force the
government to sell Its apart
ments to the occupants, then
use the proceeds to build more
housing. Rents would be in
creased for those who do not
choose to buy the apartments
they occupy.
"In proportion to family In
come, rents In Brasilia are
lower than those in the Soviet
Union, where they average
10 per cent of income," he
said. "No one wants to build
a home here in these circum
stances."
There's a continuous hous
ing shortage. The government I
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HAS GROWING PAINS Thirty-two
months after becoming Brazil's national
capital, Brasilia is suffering from some odd
growing pains, but continues to become a
dream city. This picture shows the Con
gressional complex. The dome at left is the
Senate; inverted dome at the right is the
Chamber of Deputies. Between them are
skyscrapers containing offices of Brazilian
lawmakers. (UPI)
says the main effort must i housing where rentals are as and Alitalia have opened
come from private enterprise, low as $12 a month for a two- swanky ticket offices in the
Private builders say they can- bedroom apartment. arcade of the Hotel Nacional.
not compete with government Pan American, Air France But PanAm has only two
flights a week to Brasilia, and
the others have none at all.
Brasilia has a higher stand
ard of living than any other
city in Latin America, an in
dependent foundation report
ed. Four out of five homes
were found to have TV sets.
Nearly the whole population
has steady government jobs.
But an agronomist who made
tests said flatly this region
has "the worst soil .in the
world." Most food still must
be trucked in from the coast,
500 miles away.
Housewives report prices
reasonable at modern super
markets, but the women miss
the wider selections and the
limitless window-shopping of
the coastal cities.
Brasilia's most stable, con
tented residents come not
from Rio or Sao Paulo. They
come from the surrounding
rural areas of Goias and Minas
Gera is states, and from
drought-stricken north east
Brazil. For these Brasilia is
the big town, a gleaming
white metropolis of glamour
and opportunity.
Brasilia is getting to look
more "citified," despite occa
sional electric power failures,
and an overlay of dust from
hundreds of construction proj-ects.
In the beginning, it w a s
common practice for a mer
chant to launch two types of
businesses in the same store.
This is disappearing. There
Is still one neon sign that
says, "bar and barbershop."
But that remarkable establish
ment of the early days, "Dom
Camllio's Pizzaria and Office
Supply," has split up into two
concerns.
Elaborate Street System
The elahoratn
of freeways, cloverleafs and
underpasses, is in full opera
tion and in most
beautifully. It is possible to
drive safely, from the center
of town to the jet airport in
10 minutes; an arrangement
that many jet-served cities
around the world might envy.
The town's increasinc so.
phistication fills some inhabi
tants with nostalgia. When
Tom Barrett, a U. S. embassy
attache from Scrantnn. Pa
first came here, he dressed in
khakis and engineer's boots.
and splashed through the mud
in a jeep. Now he must wear
a conservative business suit
and a tie. He tools up the con
crete freeway to his office in
a Chevrolet Impala with pow
er steering.
It was more fun In the
old days," he mused.
OO-O-O-H-H-H
IS
SIMS EVER SOBBIN'
He Says: "We Finished With Our Inveniory-SOB-and
Found Lots of Stuff-SOB-Thats Just Got to Go!"
Scranton Faced With Spoils System Problem
Gandee Printing
Center to Open
The Gandee Printing Cen
ter, 625 Market St., is expect
ed to open for business by
March 1, according to Ron
It. Gandee, partner in the
firm.
The business name for the
center whs recently assumed
by Ron and Mnrjorie Gandee
and Paul E. and LnDona Par
son, 3445 Hollywood avc.
Construction is under way
on the 3,200 square foot
printing center north of the
Mcdford Shopping Center. It
will provide complete job
printing. Gandee said, both
lithography and letter press.
By ROBERT WALTERS
United Press International
Harrisburg, Pa. (UPI) Ap
pearing in offices throughout
Pennsylvania's ornate capitol
after the November election
was a poorly printed card
which said on its cover: "A
message from Gov.-elcct Wil
liam W. Scranton."
State employees who open
ed it read: "You're fired."
The greeting was unofficial
and the work of practical
jokesters but its message was
a sharp reminder to thousands
of, state workers that because
their party lost the guberna
torial election they would
probably lose their jobs.
When Scranton is inaugu
rated as Pennsylvania's 103rd
governor Tuesday he will in
herit a host of problems - but
pehaps none as politically
volatile as the question of
what to do with 55,000 state
jobs which have traditionally
been filled through the pa
tronage system.
Contrast Spoils Systems
In contrast to PcnnsyU
vanla's vast "spoils system,"
only 1,2.13 of California's full
time slate employees are un
protected by civil service. In
New York, more than 104,000
state payrollers are protected
from political dismissal, leav
ing only 8,800 jobholders -
commissioners and deputies at
one end of the scale and com
mon laborers at the other -vulnerable
to firing with a
change of administration.
"Almost every other major
state In the nntlon has long
since adopted an effective
system of civil service, '
Scranton SHid during the cam
paign which was to catapult
him to national political prom
inence.
'We can have bigger and
bolder political machines or
we can have better slate serv
ices ... we cannot have both,"
he added. "Pennsylvania state
government groans beneath
the worst spoils system in
American political history."
Harsh Facts, Figures
The words were harsh, hut
behind thorn were Ihese equal
ly harsh facts and figures:
-Almost three out of every
four stale employees - many
of Ihem professionally trained
career workers-have no merit
system protection of any kind.
-Those who are protected
come under a checkerboard
pattern of no less than five
different civil service systems.
- The Pennsylvania State
Council of Public Employees
(AFL-CIO), which claims to
represent 25,000 common
wealth workers, places a price
tag of $50 to $60 million on
the lost services and retrain
ing necessary to replace each
politically sponsored Demo
crat with a Republican.
The problem has become so
acute that 19 statewide or
ganizations - ranging In their
political views from the state
chamber of commerce to
Americans for Democratic Ac
tion - recently banded togeth
er to present a program of
civil service reform to the In
coming administration.
Other Side of Issue
But on the other side of the
Issue are powerful elements of
the Republican party who be
lieve - as did Democrats when
they came Into power eight
years ago - that the right to
fill those thousands of jobs be
longs to the victorious party.
Scranton, in his post-election
statements, has Insisted
that he Intends to carry out
his campaign pledge that "at
the end of my administration,
Pennsylvania will no longer
provide the worst example of
the spoils system In the United
States."
He has designated two high-
ranking aides to work with
citizens groups in planning a
comprehensive reform and has
others working on legislation
which he plans to submit to
the current general assembly.
Would Give Up Jobs
Last month he declared that
Republican county chairmen
who wished to hold major
stale positions would have to
give up their political jobs.
More than half of the Demo
cratic county chairmen arc
currently on the state payroll.
The announcement came
after Allegheny county GOP
Chairman Paul Hugus report
edly asked Scranton to consid
er him for the post of Insur
ance commissioner. Hugus had
delivered the traditionally
Democratic county - which In-
ATTENTION
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OWNERS!
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IS MARCH 1, 1963.
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WILLIAM W.
Inherits Host
chides Pittsburgh and many
of its suburbs - into the Scran
ton column In November, but
the governor-elect refused to
be swayed.
Hugus remained as county
chairman and the insurance
post went to another man.
Difficult To Obtain
Definite figures are difficult
to obtain, both because of the
political considerations In
volved and the complexities of
the system, but according to
best estimates, here Is what
currently makes Pennsylvania
state government run:
Of the approximately 82,000
persons on the payroll, only
27.000 are covered by some
form of civil service, accord
ing to the State Civil Service
commission.
Some 13,000 employees en
joy "legislative civil service"
under terms of a law enacted
In 1841 which provides the
firmest protection.
Another 3.000 employees
are under "contractual civil
service." Most of them are
working on federal projects
or with federal funds and nre
given the protection because
the federal law requires It.
Can Place Positions
The slate executive board
has the power to place posi
tions under civil service and
has thus designated some 10,
000 Jobs. But the executive
board Is headed by the gov
ernor and controlled by the
party In power. Under the
provisions of the law a new
executive board may remove
coverage from previously des
ignated positions.
Included in the above totals
are quasi Independent civil
service programs in the stale
health and highways depart
ments. These programs In
clude some features of the
three major systems, some
unique to the department.
But only 14 per cent of the
highways employees and 55
per cent of those in the health
department are covered. The
same patchwork systems ex
tends to other agencies.
To he eligible for n patron
age job the party faithful go
to their local political leader
and, in return for past favors
done or future favors expect
ed, ask him to endorse the ap-
SCRANTON
of Problamt
plicant for slate employment.
The local leader must then
channel his job requests
through the county chairman
who, if he believes the request
politically justified, passes it
on to party leaders in Harris
burg. Further complicating the
situation is the fact that the
Democrats, although they lost
the governorship, still have
power over approximately
14,000 Jobs because they con
trol state agencies whose
heads are Independently elect
ed and commissions with long
term memberships.
And Democrats who have
enjoyed the benefits of pa
tronage since 1955, are quick
to point out that It has its
liabilities.
10 People Waiting
"For every Job I had to
give, there were 10 people try
ing to get it. which meant that
nine of them couldn't be
hired," one recently remark
ed. "So I found that I made
nine enemies for every Job
available, and they're the
ones who helped beat me in
the election."
Scranton hopes to solve the
problems of the harried poll
ticians and bring a measure
of stability to state govern
ment by mustering "citizen
pressure" for a long-range pro
gram. LongRange Planning
U his civil service law is
passed by the Republican-controlled
legislature, he plans to
designate pilot areas to test it
"so we know it's efficient and
can endure."
Departments in which it
will be first applied are those
engaged in long-range plan
ning. If all works well there,
he will move to give merit
protection to three broad
groups of state employees -those
holding jobs requiring
specialized training, those
holding jobs which continue
over a number of years and
even administrations, and
those whose jobs have some
regulatory function.
Concurrently, he has prom
ised to "seek merit system leg
islation for all genuine career
employees who are now cov
ered by executive order . . .
to provide more advantageous
and enduring protection."
"We will go from these
agencies to others, until we
have achieved comprehensive
merit system reform," he has
promised.
Variety of Positions
The vast variety of positions
he intends to include present
a problem in itself. At the
bottom of the scale are do
mestics, charwomen, and high
w a y department personnel
who shovel snow from desert
ed roads in the middle of the
night.
At the other end are de
partmental policy makers who
earn upward of $20,000 an
nually. Scranton believes the
top personnel in each agency
- his cabinet members-should
remain appointees but is still
not sure where on the pay
scale to draw the civil service
line.
There are the cynics here
who refuse to accept the plans
as anything more than an ex
tension of Scranton's cam
paign promises, and there are
those who believe that he will
fail if he seriously intends to
pursue the program.
Lawrence Among Latter
Among the latter is out
going Gov. David L. Lawrence
who, after four years in pow
er, said last month:
"The governor-elect won't
be able to get rid of 50,000
patronage jobs and run the
state government. You just
can't do that."
But Scranton, regarded by
many as a daik horse possi
bility for the Republican pres
idential nomination in 1904,
has strengthened his pledge
each time he has reiterated it.
"One item alone stands like
a millstone around our neck.
I refer to the mammouth
spoils system," he recently
told a national television audi
ence. "Pennsylvania must
clean its own'house before she
can stand as a bulwark against
the monster bureaucracy that
daily swells in Washington."
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Plans for Leasing
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Stimulate Interest
Ashland-Following approv
al by the Ashland city council,
plans for lease of a 20-acre
industrial site is expected to
stimulate interest in develop
ment of several businesses in
the area. The action was taken
this week.
Request for a lease on the
property was made by
Thomas J. Parker Associates.
The firm asked for a two
year lease with option to sub
leases and a 10-year renewal
option on all unused property
in the Ashland industrial
district. At present Pacesetter
Homes, Wranglers and the
forest service are located in
the area. They would not be
included in the Parker pro
posal. Mayor Richard Neill named
a committee from the council
to meet with City Attorney
Harry Skerry and Cily Sup
erinended Elmer Biegcl to
work on the plans.
In other council action, an
ordinoce was passed rezon
ing Highway 66 from Ashland
st. to the cily limits for gar
ages but not service stations.
Approval was given for
vaction of the alley between
Indiana st. and the former
Episcopalian property now
Included in Southern Oregon
college campus.
Action on sale of cily pro
perly on Wlnbnrn Way to
Hillah Temple was postponed
pending further conference
with Shrine officials. Some
months ago, the Shrine took
an option on the property
adjacent to the warehouse
with intent to erect a build
ting. The council authorized
Biegel to call for 1963 oil j
and gasoline Dins aim lor ine
purchase of five new city cars,
and approved Mayor Neill's
appointment of a committee to
investigate airport conditions
and runway improvement.
Sumner Parker has offered to
sell land at the airport for
additional landing field.
The mayor's annual report
was presented at Tuesday's
council meeting and afterward
appointments for 1963 were
announced. He reappointed
Gerald Wenner to the library
board and appointed Mrs.
Rodney Mcrriman to fill the
vacancy left by resignation
of Mrs. Paul Workman.
The planning commission
will consist nf ITInv r 1
John Reed and Harold Buck!
On the hospital board will be
I. F. Andres, Lloyd Selby and
Archie Fries Jr., with Duane
Baker to serve as council
representative. H. S. Ingle
was appointed to the civil
service commission.
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