PAGE FOUR
THE EVENING HERALD, KUAMATH PALLS, OREGON
Saturday, February 7, 1931
QIlji Eurmmj literati.
LED TUTTLH..
LTNN ZIMMERMAN.
''"T Editor
-Atl-erttslng Manager
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in many instances the child Buffers because of the parent
or guardian refusing to "take a pauper's oath" in order
to procure books for the little ones.
Yes, we can Veil afford to jump that hurdle and
have the district buy books for all, but in doing so there
should be lessons in book preservation started at once
so that children will not wreck every book entrusted to
inetr care.
Tatcrnalisra is taking hold in much more violent form
in other things so why hang back on purchasing
oooks to educate the youngsters. However, do not get
it in your head that there is such a thincr as "free text
books" for there is not The old faithful taxpayer pays
mo dim, our. u is a Din ne can afford to pay to complete
the great educational machine which he has built up.
Most assuredly the tightest taxpayer would not be will
ing to have the big educational machino fail to function
for the additional sum needed to buy school books.
Saturday, February 7, 1931
Our Position Is Unchanged
good friend, Charles H. DeLap, county clerk,
takes us to task for criticizing the plan to change
the office hours of Klamath county officials and makes
the broad assertion that the writer was not acquainted
.with the provisions of the bill at the time the editorial
was written. To substantiate his statement he points
out that officers and their assistants will under the new
bill, if it becomes a law, put in two more hours a week
than at present.
We were as fully informed on the contents of the
bill at the time criticism was made of it as Mr. DeLap.
We knew then, and we know now, that the prime object
of the bill is to provide a half holiday 52 Saturdays in the
year for Mr. DeLap, his assistants in the office of county
clerk, and for those in other county offices.
It is true that offices will remain open daring the
noon hour under the new bill, but does Mr. DeLap think
that the taxpayers of Klamath county are so gullible as
to believe that he, or any of his assistants, will go to
work at the stated time in the morning and labor
straight through noon until closing time in the evening
without taking time off for their noon lunch?
County offices will remain open during the noon
hour under the provisions of the new bill, but there is
not a county officer or an assistant who will not take
his noon as he has always done in the past No reason
able individual would expect them to do otherwise.
The contention of the Evening Herald is that if the
. bill passes the senate, receives the governor's signature,
and becomes a law, county officers will enjoy their Sat
urday half-holiday and put in no more hours than they
are under the present law. .
It appears useless to again call attention to the fact
that this is not a time to reduce working hours or in
crease wages If ever there was a time in the history of
the country when it is imperative that everyone, em
ployes as well as employers, sit tight, that time is now.
Taxpayers who are struggling with all their might to
meet their obligations and protect their holdings will
have no patience with public officials who demand
shorter, hours, or more pay.
Men in the mills and logging camps and other in
dustries common to Klamath county who are returning
to their labors under a lower wage than when they quit
work last fall and winter, or who face the prospects of
wage reductions during the coming spring, will book
with disfavor any movement designed to reduce the
output of county and other public offices.
Right now we are faced with the possibility of a
"taxpaying strike" on the part of owners of real prop
erty in Oregon. Farmers of Willamette valley have
been and are now signing agreements not to pay taxes
this year on real property. Why? For the good and
sufficient reason that they have been taxed to the limit
and can no longer meet the obligation.
Any suggestion of shorter hours or higher wages for
office holders whose wages remain unaffected by hard
times will meet with nothing other than a cool recep
tion, and deserves to.
The Evening Herald is taking the position of a tax
payer in its criticism of the bill at issue. Mr. DeLap is
taking that of the office holder who is assured that he
will not suffer a reduction in salary for at least another
two years, and as a result is far more secure as to a liv-
ing wage and security from want than thousands of
wage earners who must suffer a wage reduction if in
dustries are to resume and continue operation.
EDITORIALS
From Over The Nation
Figures
Text Books For All
'J'HERE is a mistaken idea in the statement, "free text
books," for nothing is free. Someone pays, and
whether it be text books or hams and bacon the word
"free" is a misnomer and entirely incorrect
With this point settled let us go on to the issue now
before the state on the text book question.
No doubt exists in the minds of fair thinking people
that every child should have text books. Certainly we
should not spend the amount of money we are spending
for school buildings, busses and teachers and then let
the entire effort drag for lack of books for the pupils.
And pupils should have books regardless of who pays
for them. By this we mean the school district should
buy the books, but in doing so let us not make the mis
take our sister state of Calif oroia has made, namely:
attempt a false economy by printing our own text books.
In California where such a condition exists instructors
find they cannot obtain the standard books for the chil
dren. And the reason they cannot obtain them is be
cause all of the standard books are copyrighted and
publishers owning the copyrights will not lease their
plates to the state which is in direct competition with
the publishers.
In Oregon today a statement from a parent or guar
dian that he is not financially able to buy books for his
children makes it mandatory upon the school board to
furnish books, but that is more or less humiliating and
New York Sun: Senator Van
deuerg'a calculation ot bow rep
resentation in the house would
be distributed among the aer
eral atatea it It were based on
roting population rather than on
the "whole number of persons"
ia of chief ralue as a counter
irritant. It rests on as unrealistic and
unconstitutional a basis as the
proposal to exclude aliena from
the count, but it serres the pur
pose of throwing light on the
folly of this recurring sugxee-
tlon. If "the final and moat
convincing test ot a atate'a citi
zenship is found In Its percent
age ot actual roters," then the
rery atatea which have propor
tionally .the largest number ot
aliena have also the largest
measure ot cltiienshlp. Reap
portionment on the basis of vot
ing population ould give New
York ten more members ot the
house than It has at present.
Jersey six more, Ohio seven
more, Indiana four more, 1111-
noise twelve more, Michigan
three more and California twen.
ty more. There would be heavy
tosses in tne delegations from the
traditionally democratic atatea
ot the south; Virginia's delega
tion wouia oe reduced front ten
to four. North Carolina's from
ten to aeven. South Carolina's
from aeven to one, Georgia's
from twelve to three. Tennes
see a from ten to tour. Ala
bama's from ten to three. Mis
sissippi's from eight to two, Ar
kansas' from seven to two,
Louisiana's from eight to three
and Texas' from eighteen to
eight The total representation
from these nine atatea wnnin
shrink from ninety members to
miny-iour.
There are momenta whan
works of oure imagination .
ot great value. Senator Vanrfon
berg's fiction may bring other
members of congress back to
reality.
A Model American
Worcester Evening- Oaiette: It
must have happened to a good
many American visitors in Paris
to Journey out to Versailles and.
arriving late, find the palace and
its grounds closed for the day.
One American had this experi
ence recently and, after he had
Quietly gone away aa any ee lt
respecting gentleman would, the
French officials were surprised
to learn that they had turned
down John D. Rockefeller Jr.,
who had given more than a mil
lion and half for the preserva
tion of this beauty spot.
The incident has called forth
from the French presa admiring
trlbutea to Mr. Rockefeller's
modesty In withdrawing without
the slightest protest.
Yet the French newspapers
could hardly have been Im
pressed by the occurrence If It
had revealed the customary be
havior of some wealthy Ameri
cans traveling abroad.
These bounders, by all re
ports have made themselves of
fensive and have made the name
of America odious In every cap!-
I... .. ... . ..
01 western Europe. In dis
playing their vulgarity, they have
demonstrated that the dollar la
their only atandard.
It may do no harm for the
rrenrn to have their attention
directed to a different type. Mr.
Rockefeller's wealth makes hire
exceptional. But despite our
abounding vulgariee. we ahould
like to have our foreign neigh
bors believe that his manners
are typical of the great majority
of intelligent Americans
GiftsoTGold
Philadelphia Public Ledger:
There is an old Jewish saving that
money given away in health la
gold. In sickness silver, and In
death. Iron. Nathan Straus made
mis Saving- nil watcharnrH .-A
said. "I want to lire on nM
basis." He gave awa- mini.,-.
Asked how much his philanthro
pies amounted to, he once replied,
"I have never figured It up. be
cause I have bad more benefit
from what I have given away
than from what I have."
Mr. Straus was at once open
hearted, iinDulsiv. and ri.t. rain
ed. He played a lone h,.,.H i
charity and often waa at odds
with advocates of scientific r.n.r
work, feeling that tedious Investi
gation Which slowed tin t.tn.1
giving was unnecessary. His own
greatest work resulted from per
sonal observation ot individual
needs, the plans for meeting these
needs growing Into widespread re
lief programs. The death nr hi.
own 2-year-old daughter, believed
10 nave Deen caused by contami
nated mux, brought about Mr.
Straus renowned campaign for
clean, pure milk, a campaign
wnicu losiered present-day regula
tions and la credited with havine
aarea ins uvea ot more than 400
000 babies in New York alone dur
lng tie first 15 years. Physicians
an over toe eartn bare given Mr.
Straus credit for bringing Into ev-ery-day
use the pasteurisation
process, one ot the greateat
health accomplishments in his
I'nloa Officials
6AIIV
WASHINGTON
LETTER
Timely Quotation
From People in
the Public Eye
Leisure as such is quite Intol
erable except In fairly small
doses. Aldous Huxley.
a
If girl goes out Into the
world and triea to ape men too
much she Is bound to lose some
thing Intangible and aubtle which
belongs naturally to her. The
Marquess ot Zetland.
In our political situation It Is
the duty ot man to commit crime
in the name of his stale or his
country. It seems to me that It
is more his duty to tree msnklnd
irom this sort of thing. Profes
sor Albert Einstein.
Fundamental business condl
lions are about at bedrock. Irv
Ing T. Bush, president. Bush Ter
minal Company, New York.
a
I waa always a laiy boy but
somehow I never had time to be
laiy. sir Phene NeaU
Protest Thai
Wago of Workers oa Federal
-rujri'ta Have Urea cut In
Npile of Pi-elitenl'i Announre
lursil TUat They Would lie
Kepi at Pro-Dcpreaeiua Levela.
BY RODNKY PrTCllIr.
NKA Service Writer
WASHINGTON It waa offlrl
ally announced a while ago that
the government had required
contractors on federal work to
maintain wage scales at pre-de-
prosalon levels, but now there
are union labor officiate bitterly
asserting that this assurance waa
the same aurt of thing aa the
familiar story about there be
ing no unemployment and the
other one about bow the Ked
Croaa waa adequately baudllug
mo urougoi relief.
Probably some subordinate
government official will have to
ne severely reprimanded or nr-
hape not. Anyway, someone ap
pears to have beru fooling Presi
dent Hoover. It waa Mr. Hoo
ver. In tact, who made that of
ficial announcement. He said
Just before Christmas:
"The federal government haa
ceaaarlly required eoutraetois
to maintain wage acalea at their
pre-depresslon levels ... There
have been some difficulties with
minor contractors. but Iheee
have been adjusted , . .The
president has Informed the vari
ous executive departmenta that
the policy of the federal govern
ment la that wages on contracts
let by the government shall be
held np to the standarda exist
Ing In the dlstricta where the
work la done."
I'nloa Heads Protest
Someone haa been fibbing to
.Mr. Hoover or outrageously dis
obeying him or else workers on
government construction Jobs
sre making gross miscalculations
of the contenta of their pay en
velopes when they get them.
Secretary John J, Uleeaon of
the Bricklayers, Mssons and
plasterers' International Upton
haa been making earnest pro
tests to Mr. Hoover about it.
The electrical workers' onion has
squawked, too. and tha com
nlalnta aav all tha li .ft
building trades workers have
been hit by wage cuts on g ivurn
ment Jobs. In two Instauee the
government Itself la accused of
cutt'ng wagea.
"This International uniin haa
called attention time after lime
to contracts for government
work In various communities
where the local prevatlng rate
of wagea baa been totally disre
garded," aaya the monthly tnaga-
iine or tne bricklayers' union.
"Contracts have been awarded
to employers ot non-union work
era, recruited from wctlona
where organisation la almost un
known, accustomed to low liv
ing standarda and low wagea.
But this means wage and living
standards have been menaced In
communities where measurably
good wagea have been established
between workers and contractors
after yeara of patient effort at
the cost of much sacrifice."
Cites Wage Cuts
Congressman Kvale of Min
nesota complains that whsn
members rail up superintendents
ot construction In various gov
ernment departments they are
Informed that there haa been no
official notice of any administra
tive orders about wages,
Oleeaon wrote to Hoover after
the presidential announcement
to protest alleged wage ruta on
army barracka work at Fort
HI ley and Laugley Field, on the
Federal Reserve Hank addition
at itlrhmond and Vetera na' II u
reau construction at Korthport.
U I., Augusta, Ua., and Kuox-
ville, Teun.
Some of these wage decreases
amounted to to per cent. The
eonstrurtlon company operating
at lngley Field, for Instance.
was said to have rut masonry
mechanics from fl.60 to 71
cents an hour.
Other Instances eould ha rliad.
Oleeaon aald and rontracta ware
continually being let for govern
ment work to contractors "not'
orlons" for wage-cutting. He
recalled that the War Department
had advised Senator Capper that
It couldn't do anything about the
wage ruta at Fort RUny and that
the War Department. Treasurv
and Veterans' nureau were fully
aware of what waa happening.
"Powerlces," 8aya Treasury
The complaint waa turned over
to the treasury, which frankly
replied that It brought what pres
sure It could to bear on con
tractors but that the law re
quired contract awards to low
blddera and that contractors con
sequently could not be "restrict
ed In regard to their labor."
The treasury aald It wanted to
notify contractors that they must
conform with the government's
wage policy, but that aurh notice
had been held up pending ap
proval of the comptroller gener-
I. dieeson replied that the
queatlon had been before the
comptroller general for several
months, with no action taken,
He listed an additional doson
government building projects
where contracts had been let to
wage-cutting firms and said that
the War Department and Interior
Department had reduced wagea
on their own Initiative at an ex
perimental dam at Vk-ksburg.
Miss., and an Indian school at
Chllocco, Okie.
EIGHTEEN
YEARS AGO
IN KLAMATH
The Income from the average
farm uudur the Kluiuslli project
amounts to ls.11 awordlng to
tigurea compiled by the local or
flclale ot the reclamation aarvlce
III the annual report of the opera
tion and maintenance of the de
partment. This la based upon
the average of a farm of si
acres.
According In I his report the Ir
rigable area ot fnrms reported Is
17.1 acres. There are 430
farms In the project, anil this
niakea the average farm area
acres.
It waa reported on the street
this aftornoon that the Klamath
county grand Jury will adjourn
llila eveulng for 10 days. This
however could not be confirmed.
R. V. "Slim" chambers, the
Fort Klamath cowboy, came In
this morning from Portland, leav
ing shortly afterward for Fort
Klama,th. According to persons
who saw him while In this rlty,
he la entirely acquitted of the
charge ot Impersonating a federal
officer. Chamhera waa arrealed
on the charge a few weeks ago,
and taken to Portland by ih.
Dulled males marshal.
Hmlrly In III Villa.
A novel method of spending a
social evening came to the front
Wednesday night when a iiuinhi.r
of young people aaaemhled at Ilia
Club Howling alleys and spent
several hours playing the len-plu
game.
Kiss and their ladle will at.
lend a hard lime inasqunrail
ball, lo be given Wednesday
ulght at Houston s Opera llouau.
A Herald Claaalfled Ad Will
Nell It.
PLEASANT VIEW
DAIRY
for grade A pur raw
milk from tested Jerary
nil luernsey rows, pro
tlurd and blllet la a plan)
that haa conformed lo re
iiilrruieiils Call 1N7M S We Deliver
(Jo Keller)
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE
APPKOVKS F.DITOKIAI
Editor Evening Herald.
lear sir 1 certainly approve
ot your Editorial appearing In
the Feb. 4, Evening Herald, In
regard to the half holiday for
the county officials.
MADISON BROWN.
Merrill, Ore.
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