Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 4

Statesman Safety Valve Column 4 (Sec I) Stotssmsn, Salarn, Feb. 8 '64 GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty 'No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe." mm rirst statesman. March a. tssi CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor A Publisher WENDELL WEES, MeiMfinf Editor I The Parking Question treats and refreshments.

The auxiliaries prepare and serve the snacks. Entertainment is furnished by top bands and musical groups, and students from the Junior, high schools and sen- -ior high schools put on skits are very much enjoyed by the retarded children. Not having missed a single meeting jsince they were start- ed, I have been able to ob-. serve the eagerness with which the children await the" start of the programs, and it seems music and rhythm are the means of reaching them. They lare quick to respond to a bit of attention and the refreshments and snacks are I passed lout to them so they do not have to stand in line to be served.

The programs are carried on once a month, generally the las Sunday of each month from 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. ceptingj a couple of months during (the summer. Charles V. Johnson Past Com.

Post No. 9 770 Lancaster Drive SB. lar types of high value lands, I find the lease acceptable in its present form." The AG was given the correspondence with the various (six of them) State agencies at the time the Land Board requested his review of the legal form of the lease. Some of the comments by the AG were incorporated in the lease but others, as you mentioned in your column, were indeed unnecessary, impractical, or certain of rejection from possible lessees. I would emphasize that many of the items listed in Miss Zorn's letter were in the lease prior to its submission to the AG.

peveloping Oregon's mineral resources Is at best a difficult job. In this Department's effort to do so, consideration is always given to the other natural The cooperation and understanding the other State agencies have shown has-always been excellent. We look forward to new developments in the future and trust our' proposals will continue to meet with acceptance. Hollis M. Dole State Geologist State Office Bldg.

Portland, Oregon 'Conscientious Objector' To the Editor: Your editorial of Feb. 2nd calls for. some clarification. It concerns one Daniel See-ger, a member of a Roman Catholic family who, as the editorial, deemed necessary to include, has two uncles who are priests. This man refused military service on moral grounds, but "refused to profess belief in TJod, a necessary tenet by law for the conscientious objector, saying this could neither be proved or disproved.

In both issues he is absolutely wrong, As for military ser- 1 vice our Lord answered that one a long time ago when He told us to give to the govern- ment the things that belong to the government, and to God the things that belong to God. And no one in his right mind can believe that military service does not belong to the government, or, especially in these days, is not absolutely necessary. No Catholic can be a conscientious objector. His second point is as ridi-, culous as the first, namely that "It might give you a better standing in the neighborhood! But I feel the status symbol we should acquire is a savings account!" One of die primary responsibilities of civic agencies proposing legislation is to determine the effect of that legislation upon the community. We believe the Mid-Willamette Valley Planning Council has failed in this responsibility on proposing to force all established businesses to pro-vide off-street parking within 10 The which is part of the proposed revised Uniform Zoning Code, provides a parking-space formula based unon seating space in auditoriums, floor snace in stores, number of employes in businesses and number of beds in institu-v tions.

Maximum distance from the build-in? also is specified. This all-encompassing change is being proposed without' anyone's firm knowledge as to how many parking spaces will be required beyond what is available now. No comprehensive survey has been taken to determine what this will mean in altering the face of the city. Will it force tenants in office buildings construct multi-story parking facilities to house -the required number of cars? One thing is certain. It will drive the price of property within 500 feet of the core' area extremely high as core area businesses will be forced to buy parking spaces within that zone.

Perhaps this ordinance isn't as drastic as it seems at first glance, but how can the planning council expect support for it unless it can show the probable cost to the local businessman? never hurt anyone, "the cooks are the only hired personnel. The college co-op movement started about 1935 at the University of Oregon. Those were depression years. The word co-op had some negative overtones in those early days of the New Deal. In the mid-thirties a boy could scrounge his way through a year of college for; about $300.

The co-op movement spread quickly in those days of few dollars. Houses were started at Oregon State. At the University, three boys' and three girls' houses, totalling nearly 300 students, were operating prior to World War II. i The pioneers in this movement had no one to build them housing. They collected old furniture and rented discarded fraternity and sorority buildings.

Room and board was $21 a month and five hours. work in 1939 Most of that money coukTbe. earned at college through the NYA (Na-' tional Youthdministration), a New Deal project. By saving ''their money and investing it wisely, the co-op boys bought their own home at the University which continues in operation today. Co-op living can give a student a sense of responsibility somewhat similar to that which he feels in his own home.

Grade averages frequently are higher in co-ops than in other living organizations because these students especially feel the importance of having their dollars earn an education. The house does, however, provide a base for social activities such as house dances, which often are denied to cost-cutting students who live independently of living from Pagt 1) sume them. Work, programs for unemployed wage-earners help to preserve the work habit. And no mercy should be shown the skipperod'who clears out to enable his family to go on; welfare. but still we can't let his children starve and go shoeless.

Salem is fast accommodating itself to the automobile. Witness the vast new parking areas in the center of the city. Salem's combination of easy access and msv narkine is brovidinz the foundation of a tremendous growth in retail sales. To try to block this trend would be to run ShuttleCOCK counter to the obvious best the community, j- interests or. On the other hand, to make complete obeisance to the automobile without regard for what, it would do to property the small businessman, the appearance of the city would be the height of folly.

We presume the idea sprang from a desire to aid the core area. In our opinion it would pretty well wreck it. The planning council should revise its program. The city will not accept the parking requirements now proposed. TV ITlUiL fcllW" De Facto Segregation' To the Editor: Your column of February 5, correctly points out that de facto segregation is a result of residential concentration, and no one will challenge! the idea that progress will be slow and gains more lasting by attacking the ghetto principle.

The elimination, of de facto segregation is, however, an attack upon the ghetto principle. I am sure that you recognize this. The negro would use; the educational system as a medium for escaping the ghetto and attaining what has been promised him on a slower; and surer basis for over 100 years. He recognizes that school Inte-' gration will accomplish I this in two ways. First, it i enable future generations of Americans, both negro and white, "to discover things they have, in common, and de-emphasize differences based solely upon color, Secondly, it will providf negroes with learning opportunities which cannot be provided in ghetto schools.

All of the learning in school does not; take place in the classroom, nor is all the teaching done by teachers. Students bring their home cultures to school with them. They teach each other, and learn from each other in their associations. Negroes could benefit from this cultural osmosis which takes place between members of the student body. i Neither of these objectives can be accomplished by equal facilities provided on a geographical basis.

If we seriously want to attack the principle of the ghetto and the problem of prejudice generally, we must first; recognize that most of us. if not all of us; are emotionallyj con ditioned to be prejudiced. Having acknowledged this, we can then act intelligently andj rea- sonably to curb and control this anti-social emotion. Furthermore, we can safeguard our children against the conditioning to which we were exposed and. which makes the problem of prejudice so idiffi-cult4for us to face honestly.

The elimination of de facto segregation in our schools would be one important such jsafe-guard. It would also be a frontal attack upon the ghetto iprin-ciple itself, because it would make it easier for future; generations to face, and perhaps solve, the economic and social causes of the ghetto, Charles Wallace PO Box 41 Willamine, Dre. State Geologist Answers Zorn Letter To the. Editor: Your putting the record straight the column "It" Seems To Me" of Friday, January 24, was a real public service so the attempt to obfuscate it (see letter from Assistant Attorney General Catherine Zorn in January 31 "Safety cannot go unanswered. Miss Zorn's letter states that Attorney General Thornton drafted the Offshore Oil and Gas Act.

The facts are that even though the Land Board directed Mr. Thornton to draft legislation to allow offshore leasing, it became necessary for Representatives Richard Eymann and Clinton Haight to take over the job. a matter of fact, the House Natural Resources Committee, upon motion of Rep. (now Senator) Tom Monaghan found it necessary to subpoena Mr. Thornton's information an unprecedented action.

Credit for the Offshore Oil and Gas Act belongs to Representativesr Eymann and Haight, who were ably assisted by Bob Oliver of the Legislative Counsel's office. As to the Land Board's lease to Bunker Hill Company for operations on the Clatsop Spit, an Inquiry by the AG would have determined that Bunker submitted a lease form at the time it made its application. The Land Board decided, however, that the State should prepare the lease rather than use Bunker's and instructed me to coordinate the views of the affected State agencies and advise the Board on royalty and other matters. Finally, after many conferences over a several-month agreement was reached. One State official responded that he "advised the Commission that in my opinion (this) is an excellent another stated I have given considerable study to the agreement and outside of very (minor changes that might be necessary in applying it to particu- Jeannace Freeman, condemned murderess, has become something of a legal shuttlecock as her fate is batted between court and court.

Fresh appeals serve to void execution dates set for her by the trial court in Jefferson County, with a new proceeding started after each rebuff and fixing of a new date. Now Federal Judge John F. Kilkenny's help is sought to get the execution set for March.6th, deferred, if not annulled. It would appear that the object is, if backers of the legal actions fail to free her from the death penalty, to have the case prolonged until after the voters decide on the question of abolishing capital punishment which comes up in the November election. If that referred measure passes, then the pressure would be on the governor to commute the sentence.

Public reaction may be just the opposite, enough to' bring rejection of the measure, for Jeannace is not a person to excite much sympathy in view of her sordid record. ft ir ft ft ft ft ft At his press conference last week President de Gaulle said France would build up it nuclear force so it can "deal serenely with the subjects that concern her." This is the first we knew that nuclear weapons contributed to. national serenity. Cocktail Hour Confusion To. the Editor: "Alcoholics Anonymous" is one of the most worthy organizations of the latter decades and 'recognized as essential for the rehabilitation of alcoholics.

Recently a very close friend of mine leveled a very direct question at me and it came with equally direct sincerity: "Why are you not a drinking He expect no evasion or frills to the answer, and he got no embellishments. Cocktail hours and social drinking to me is "social anesthesia." As a no-cocktail and hence unfumed man, I have had many, opportunities during the past! years to observe my friends in the early and late stages of such anesthesia. I was supposed to do this compassionately or even cheerfully. They did not insist that I- join them, but they didn't want me to spoil their fun. They wanted the right to deteriorate to any level of incoherence without stricture from, me.

As they became soggier, I was supposed to stand around looking animated and involved and perhaps a little envious. I got real tired of all this and tired of going to parties with; socially prominent, intel-' ligent people and having them fade away before my eyes. I was, tired of chemical loquacity and chemical lust. I was tired of telling a charming but half-loaded woman that I was not Clark Gable or Sid and tired of the half -focused eyes of the half-inebriated, the fruity flush and the bandaged tongue. i And finally I was tired of seeing adults face the unbear able confusion- of the time with an induced confusion.

Stephen I. Caylord USS Longview NW. Prayer Breakfast To the Editor: Can someone please explain why it is considered proper for "the President of the. United States and the Governor of. the State of Oregon to pray at breakfast, but unconstitutional for school children to pray at lunch? Coral N.

Quinn Rt. 1, Box 421 Aumsville Editor's Note: The First Amendment guarantees freedom of worship, bars Congress from establishing a religion.) The Prayer Breakfast was a voluntary affiir on the part of participants. More Co-ops at OSU Oregon State University announced plans this week for the' construction of two additional cooperative living houses. Perhaps the move is meant to offset the resentment against the increase in tuition scheduled for next fall. Whatever the reason, the project is a worthy one.

Co-op students share the workload of the house. They set tables, wash dishes, do housecleaning, tend the furnace and maintain the grounds. This is no great burden on the students. It may take five hours a week. Anyone who envisions the college student as spending all his time studying just isn't familiar with the situation.

A little work with the hands Cartoon Idea Brings Letters To the Editor: Publicity brought about by a recent cartoon over my name1 which appeared in the comic section (Jimmy Hatlo) of the Oregon Statesman and hundreds of other on Sunday, Jan. 26, has, as anticipated, brought forth a flood of mail of every de- scription. A minister Jrom Georgia, who seems to have direct wire service to heaven, would like to expound his theories along that line. Investment and insurance companies of all nature would like to pe appointed as custodians, of by finances, for a fat fee of course. On this matter the tax man has first priority.

A chap from New York State -informs me that he will enclose this cartoon in everlasting plastic for a reasonable, sum. Literature from a southern state of a decidedly vicious and subversive 'nature, informs me that our government officials are a bunch of rascals, and through their policies their personal freedoms are being infringed upon. Anti-fluoride lit-' erature from another and of similar nature, informs me that our government health officials are sponsoring and advocating a measure that would be deteriment--al to the health of the poor' taxpayers. Strange as it might seem the circulation of this type of literature which tends to create in the minds of the people, fear and distrust of" their own government and its health officials, is by no means, confined to this country. This sort of material is widely cir--culated in many foreign free' countries whose highest government health boards sponsor and advocate fluoridation.

Could it be that these govern- ment officials, in for-; jeign lands, are also a group; I of rascals, same as our own! as depicted in this subversive' I material? Ironically, in the same mail I am urged by a religious organization to- sup-; port a move to control obnox-j ious material that might con taminate the minds of Our youth. On the lighter side I received by airmail scarcely before the ink was dry bn the cartoon a message from a naval officer from New York, who had observed this cartoon in the New York Times, and in which he informed me that, as he put it, the cartoon was "clever." The most unique thing about his message was he did not appear to be selling anything or criticizing the government, and as yet has not attempted to pull my leg. Such are some of the results of funnvpaper publicity. HARVEY 2611 W. York West Linn, Ore.

All Types of Services Church Home Fraternal Memorial Graveside Funeral Chapel (Continutd easy alliances "when the welfare check with perhaps another mouth to feed as a result. So the report in the news that "husbands are skipping out as never before," is ominous. It means more shattered homes, more burden on public welfare -through ADC. An organization whose job is to trace missing persons reports that "the number of husbands who have disappeared each year since 1950 has steadily increased and is now at an U-time high." Reasons for skipping out are usually money problems or family quarrels. Abuse of credit buying too much on tick seems to spur running away when the bill collectors press.

These are fathers who fail to meet their responsibilities. We have laws to force them to provide for their families, but it's hard. to locate the skip-peroo, and hard to get him to resume his burden if he is caught. There is a class in society, which may be growing, for whom public welfare is a "way of life." Born on welfare, they remain on welfare, by generations. Shiftlessness, bad habits, low morals become family characteristics, copied if not inherited.

Early and hasty marriages are one factor in this growth of ADC. Failure to budget family income wisely creates situations where the husband readily becomes delinquent, in his family obligations as well as his debts. Merchandising which oversells the consumer is a contributing factor which ofteli brings loss to the vendor as well as damage to the family. Social clinics are needed to instruct young married folk in the responsibilities of married life and how best to as- 000, and pay the gift tax himself, and offer security for a $150,000 bank loan to. the company to underwrite their Salem TV venture.

Fisher said he would get the money- partially through the anticipated sale of his TV broadcasting properties in Eugene, Roseburg and Coos Bay to DENA Pictures, owned by Comedian Danny Kaye, and from his construction business. An FCC attorney asked Mrs. Harrison who will pay the monthly payments of $4465 on the bank note (for the loan) if the station doesn't earn enough. She. replied: "I will get additional money from my father.

He has said that this would be all right with him to give me additional money to help make the payments on the note." Examiner in summing up, said: "With respect to the financial qualifications of Salem TV, I think the outstanding fact is the degree to which that applicant will be dependent upon the father-in-law of Mr. Harrison for financial support. Does the evidence in this area justify any inference that this gentleman is a real party in interest to the Salem Television application?" One other specific point on which the examiner invited the lawyers to argue was the allegation that Salem Television, in making application, had cop-1 ied from the application of another, company. God cannot be proved or disproved. The Vatican Council has very rightly defined as a dogma of Catholic faith that natural human reason can know with certainty from the things He has made that God exists.

Once in a impression is created when a Catholic will conie forth with some far-fetched jdictum completely alien to the Catholic Church. People get the impression that this is what the Catholic Church teaches. I hope this note will dispel any such thoughts concerning the editorial. As for Mr. Seeger having two' uncles who are priests, this seemed a little superfluous even to mention.

If I had an uncle who was a cardinal, it wouldn't assure that as an individual, would even go to mass on Sundays. Cornelius Donnelly P.O. Box 142 Woodbum, Ore. Groups Join Hands in Fairview Programs i i To the Editor: ln a recent issue of the Statesman a thank-you letter was, published crediting Capital IPost 9, the-American Legion, with the entertainment provided the retarded children of Fairview Home and surrounding areas. Six years ago this project was started by Capital Post 9 and shortly after the American Legion Post No.

136 and auxiliary also Post No. 149 and Marion County Voiture 153 joined to make this an outstanding program. With the Marion County Mentally Retarded Association and outside contributions, plus the monetary aid of the Veteran's groups, which furnishes the Phon 364-6811 Published every morning of the year at 280 Church St. NE, Salem. Ore.

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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use of all local news printed In his newspaper. SE All Hours 3 Control Questioned Editorial Comment Reversing Geology in Manhattan New York Herald-Tribune) The concept of the projected World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan is an arresting one, and its scale, as revealed in the Tort of New York Authority's plan, is breathtaking. A complex that is to contain the world's tallest buildings not one, bat' two of them seems to be worthy of the global scope of the interests to be housed there and of the city that is to be the site. Moreover, the project appears to have been designed with ingenuity (so far as construction and the use of interior spaces are concerned) and with a genuine care for the problems of use and traffic that will be created by thexen-ter. In sum, a program that offers great benefits to New York City and its bi-state port has been worked out with the imagination and thoroughness that one has come to expect of the Port Authority.

i There is one matter for regret. New York, once a city of spires, is fast becoming a city of dominoes stood on end. The aspiring peaks of "the old skyline are being replaced by mesas reversing that order of geology whereby plateaus are carved into flat-topped buttes and then into pointed, or rounded hills. The effect is massive, but depressing. The Trade Center's two square-" edged columns may dominate this conglomeration of rectangles, but they will not change It.

And that is deplorable. Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Vears Ago Feb. 8, 1154 Scouts, in the Salem area during the coming week will observe National Boy Scout Week and church services, several scouf-parent dinners, a report to the governor and a mass rally. Scout wek was planned to coincide with the 44th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. 25 Years Ago Feb.

8, 193 Hundreds of tons of dirt and rock buried the highway and the Union Pacific tracks hear Oneconta tunnel, 36 miles east of Portland, blocking eastf bound traffic over the Columbia highway. A witness said the rails writhed "like ser- pents" when the huge boulders crashed down. 40 Years Ago Feb. 8, 1924 Miss Dee Loretta, who is one of the headliners at the Portland Hippodrome this week is the wife of Wfflard Hall whose family lives in Salem. Mr.

Hall, a tenor is also one of the company, i 7 Channel By A. ROBERT SMITH Washington Correspondent 4 WASHINGTON (Special) Does W. Gordon Allen have an "undisclosed or sinister inters est" in Salem Channel 3 Tele-casters, Is Salem Television in which ex Gov. Robert D. Holmes is an I officer, too depen upon the financial aid of C.

H. Fish er, Portland businessman? There are two of the chief ques A. Sobert Smltk tions which i rival applicants for Salem's unused TV channel are grappling with as result of two weeks of public hearings before Federal Communications Commission Examiner David Kraushaar. 1 Kraushaar has given attorneys for Salem Channel 3 Tele-casters and Salem Television until April 1 to file their briefs, summing up their arguments, and then until April 18 to file replies to one another's briefs. After that he will issue his findings and recommend whether one or neither should be granted a license to operate Salem's channel 3.

During tho hearing, Salem Television attempted to show that its rival Is something of a front for W. Cordon Allen, Salem broadcaster who encountered difficulty from the FCC. several years ago when he applied for the Salem TV franchise under the. name Willamette-Land Television Inc. Allen's wife, Madeline, was called as a witness In the recent hearings because she has loaned $30,000 to Salem Channel 3 Telecaster and its president, Donald A.

Wellman. Wellman, now a Corvallis insurance man, used to be manager of a Eugene radio station owned by Allen and Is currently a stockholder with Allen in a Pendleton station. On the witness stand, Well-man said when he got the idea to file for the Salem Channel, he talked with an attorney about possible investors. They agreed on a number of names including Mrs. Allen, he said.

Wellman subsequently called at the Allen home to discuss the idea. Both Mr. and Mrs. Allen were present, he said, and. she promised to consider it.

A week or 10 days later when he returned, Mrs. Allen advised him, the presence of her husband, that she would lend him the money. Subsequently she laoned $20,000 to Wellman's company and to Wellman, secured with notes at an interest rate of 7 per cent. She said the money came from her savings. Allen, who observed the hearings from the beck of the FCC hearing room, did not take the witness stand during the proceedings.

Witnesses for Wellman's company said neither of the Aliens would obtain an interest in the Examiner Kraushaar, in summing up the hearings, said "despite the interest apparently shown by Mr. Allen in the principals of the channel 3 application and in the assistance he has rendered them, the question to be asked is whether this evidence establishes any kind of hidden ownership or other undisclosed or sinister interest by Mr. Allen in channel 3. If it should be contended that the evidence does suggest an interest or influence by Mr. Allen in Channel 3, the next question to ask is: what Is the nature or character of this interest, and does it truly go beyond the normal incidence of consultancy?" The examiner urged attorneys for the opposition and for the FCC's Broadcast Bureau to cover this in their briefs and "to come forward with something substantially mere than fragmented expres-.

sioM." He invited them to suggest whether "any inference can properly be drawn from his failure to take the stand to clear up this matter, especially in light of the fact that his presence in Washington and even In the hearing room itself has been- shewn on the record As for the other applicant, the Issue of C. H. Fisher's financial aid was a major consideration. Salem Television is headed by Robert E. Harrison and his wife," Nancy Fisher Harrison, daughter of C.

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