April 26, 1945 (4 pages)

ii _ ability. ‘cepted, “am. high places,’ political places. We -to the duty of public servants. We hope he will spread that kind of reman composing poetry in a flowery . The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month Cod “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ealily to — enti defend it.’’—Daniel Webster vada City . _ COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA, rere ker — i omy ugget . _ This paper gives you complete— coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. ae Vol. 19, No. 33 The County Seat Paper ! NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. The Gold Center 1945 THINKING OUT LOUD H. M. L. Probably in all of our country’s history no man ever went into the White House with the people more in accord, praying that he may use the vast powers of his office wisely and well. We think his opening statement before the congress a fine statement by an earnest, modest mian, determined to administer this government to the very best of his We have read various biographies of Harry Truman and we confess we like them. Even his failure a: good many years ago in a haberdashery store was in a sense a tribute to his good gense. He had sense enough to quit when he found he could not make a profit. That experience may be worth something to the American people now. A man who hag failed once will not want to fail again. Truman’s statement that he wants advice, and every new president certainly needs a lot of advice, assuring: is re-, What. we are mainly concerned with, is who gives him advice, ! and. whose »advice he follows: With} reservations we hope, he will listen GRASS VALLEY COUNCIL BUYS NEW FIRETRUCK The Grass Valley city council has authorized the purchase of a new fire truck for $9600 less two per cent for cash, which the council will pay. T'wo bids were considered and the lowest accepted. Fire Chief Clare Hughes, Assistant Chief Les Cigogni and Jack Harris, president of Board of Fire Delegates thanked the council equipping them with a new modern piece of apparatus. The councilmen also voted to supply a new diving:board for the municipal pool, approved -an overhaul job on the police car, ordered the doors of the Protection and Eagle fire house to be repaired and widened, and took under consideration a request for a ten year contract with the Grass Valley Garbage Comipany. The long contract is asked because the company expects’to purchase new dump grounds and does not wish to make the outlay unless protected. The council agreed to provide’ the lighting for the soft. ball series Memorial Park. this summer. in} to the advice of Byrnes, Baruch, and, in international matters, Seed Wells. We hope he will turn a deaf) ear to Wallace, Hopkins, and Ickes. While we are hoping that Truman . can cope with the most tremendous . job ever to face a new comer in the! White House, we express an airy hope that he may be able to dispense with the services of Stettinius, . as soon as decently possible, Perkins, . forthwith, Ickes, before We be the Soviet of the Interior. Morgan-! thau, after this next bond drive, and Biddle, before he hauls the entire country before the supreme court. °* auxil. SAIN “MRAINCISCO, April 26 . greater portion of California ae be open to trout fishing (except gold;em trout) on May 1, and in these) *1open districts the outlook at prescome . We never have been very keen about appointing members of the opposite-party ‘to cabinet posts. of the great parties should have . within their ranks, men able to take the responsibility of leadership under the president in the several administrative departments. Something may be said for appointments of the loyal opposition leaders to government posts in time of war, but as a matter of fact, it has a distinet tend-: ency to break down the lines of party, and trends definitely toward . a one party government. If President . Roosevelt, for: instance, had named (Hoover, Langdon, Wilkie, and Dewey to cabinet posts, anid all had acthe surviving black Repubjicans would have had to hunt for their party with lanters and magnifying glasses. os 1 Hither . We do not ‘how much our president from Missouri is moved by ambition, but viewing his background, we do not think he will be as history conscious as was his predecessor in office. We have a high respect for the Baptist conscience. We can do with a little humbleness thought well of his biblical reference Jigion in Washington. We are completely tired of ‘being reformed gainst our will. To illustrate, we do not like Ickes because he has tried mepeatedly to overrule the majority of San Francisco with regard to their electric power arrangements, and a few years ago seized a large tract of California land, against an almost ‘unanimous vote of our state legisature. We have nothing especially against Stettinius, but we believe a_ steel master is not likely to succeed as a secretary of state. Biddle is extremely quarrelsome and we think he should be ousted and a better temered man installed as an general. We have to pay handsomely for his bad digestion or whatever it fis that gives our status quo the jitters. One doesn’t have to say what's ‘wrong with Miss Perkins. We all ffeel the same way about her,. even the radicals. Morganthau, who w4s a gentleman farmer before he became the ‘nation’s banker, is so much a misfit that one. feels his entire administration of the ‘treasury has been a masquerade. A dreamy gentlemeadow, confronted by an insensate attorney . FISHING BEGINS NEXT TUE DDAY ent is for fair fishing on that date. £ streams are Many of the small eam re now ‘clear and should remain this way in} low altitudes areas, but if warm . weather prevails, streams heading in high elevations will be roily on the opening of the season. according. to ; wardens of the State Division of Fish and Game. Snow is still deep in the high mountains, and many roads impassable. Fishermen are reminded that certain districts do not open to trout fishing until May 30, and théBe include District 1 3-8 (except Mariposa and. Tuolumne Counties) 23 (except Truckee River, Boca Reservoir, Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake) 215. €except Lake Almanor) and District 2 1-2. There are also streams ‘and lakes closed by special order of. the director of natural resources, of which lists are available at all fish and game offices. Everyone over the age of 18 years except members of the armed forces, is required to have an angling license to fish for trout. AUSTRALIAN T0 GIVE LAST OF FORUM LECTURES The last in the successfull series of four lectures offered as a public service . by the Nevada City Rotary (Club and the local schools will be presented tonight, Thursday, in the Elementary School Auditoriu'm, at 8 Dp. m. Australian ‘born and educated, Aricchibald Gilchrist will be the speaker. His address will correlate a, discussion of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific and the current San Francisco security conference, Gilchrist’s Australian experience as newspaper editor and legislator qualifies him to dis -cuss the South Pacific with authority. : Those who have season tickets are asked to present them at the’ door. The public is invited free of charge. We doubt if President Truman ‘will be in hurry to make changes. A good deal is involved, when the head of a cabinet post is replaced. A good many millions of dollars, and now-adays hunlreds of.thousands of employes in many of the _ departments, have to be considered. But at Jeast we can hope that the overburdened .tax payer will have surcease from such sorrow as in both paying his taxes, and seeing much of the money carefully tamped down rat holes. bull, imperosantes a matador. PLACER, NEVADA. COUNTY SHEEP GROWERS MEET Sheepmen of Placer and Nevada Counties will have their field day today at the Lime Kiln Ranch in the western end of the county. The program will open at 10:30 a. m. and following picnic lunch will continue in the afternoon. The field day was arranged by the Agricultural Extension Service and V. M. Shepard, extension specialist in animal husbandry. Robert F. Miller; professor of animal husbandry in the Davis experimental station, will discuss “improvement of wool and range flocks.’’ Chester Wing, tary of the California Wool Grow erg association will speak on ‘‘marketing and sheep outlook’’. A. Britton, veterinarian, of the ex+ pereene station at Davis, will discuss ‘‘parasites and diseases of . sheep.”? Shepard will tell of methods to improve range flocks. © TWO HOURS WORK SIX TONS OF secreDr. John . . . The-——United (Nations Clothing Drive Sunday resulted. in the col' lection, in two hours, of six tons 91) used clothing for shipment to war) destitute abroad. Lions and Rotary Club members . i supplied trucks for the collection . jand Boy Scout troops manned the . itrucks and gathered bundles from front porches. Gilbert Tennis, chairman of the drive, expressed his satisfaction in, a good job, well done. The clothes were stacked in the basement: of J. C. . 'Penney Company for packing, preparatory to Shipping. aT ame si Clark Carter telephoned his uncle, George .Carter -. yesterday’ requesting him to meet him ‘in Sacramento as he wanted to get away from the city to rest. His wife and daughter remained to meet her mother, who is returning from the Philippines on a hospital ship. CITY WORKERS TO AID FARM HARVESTS Plans have been drafted for rereruitment/of city workers in the 1945 harvest on a standby basis, Edson Albel, chairman, San Francisco Wartime Harvest Council, announced today. \ “The council will stand by to reeruit city volunteer workers, both student and adult, in the evént that a shortage of agricultural workers might develop this season,’’ Abel explained. At a meeting of the council executive committee, a program for the recruitment and placement of volunteer workers was prepared based on the council’s three years of experience in this activity. : Northern California farm groups and agencies are urged to communicate with the council at the earliest, possible date whe nthey find that labor supply shortages are indicated. “The San Francisco wartime. harvest council, the first volunteer movement of its kind in the country to recruit city workers to meet the emergency on farms in neighboring regions ,is anxious to serve California agriculture and war effort again this year,’ Abel declared, ‘‘and will stand ready to assist if farmers find that there will be a dearth of agriceewine workers for their harvest season.’ Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Woods of Oceanside arrived in Nevada City Monday to look after , property interests and spend time among friends. WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS HARRY TRUMAN? By Clem Whitaker To a majority of the American people, the late President, Roosevelt came as near to being ‘‘the indispensable man’”’ as any leader this nation ever has known, but in the universal plan nioo mortal man yet has won that accolade. Thus America, recovering from the first stunning shock of the death has had to say in effect during recent days what:the British says in an hour of national mourning—‘‘the king is dead;» long live the king.’’ And the eyes of 130,000,000 people have turned almost with one accord, in friendly, hopeful appraisal of the new president who has “taken over the reins of government—and who must cope, not only with the iproblems of war, but with the-titanic iprolbem of winning the peace and jleading his country. through the jcritical yedrs of post war adjust‘ment. What manner of man is Harry S. in his abilities, in his background, in his philosophy of life, President Truman bearg little’ resemblance to Roosevelt except that he matured -n the same political party. Roosevelt was a_ personal preeiident, ° whose ‘powerful personality dominated all around him—and who often ruled the congress and the judiciary just as much as he directed the executive branch of the government. Roosevelt was a phrase maker, a brilliant campaigner—a man who captivated the people and won the grudging admiration even of his enemies. President Truman, according to hig colleagues, will be a cabinet president, depending on his ability to surround himself with capable men and his capacity as an administrator to achieve a successful administration. He will get cooperation from ‘congress because congress likes and respects him. He will cut government costs because he doesn’t like waste and extravaganve. He will be a humable president, not overly swayed by ambition; a diligent, hard working, but unspectaular president. And his admirers insist he will fight just as hard as Roosevelt did to bring last‘ing peace to a troubled world, but will probably drive harder bargains with other nations. ’ How will he measure up to’ Roosevelt? Only the course of future events ean answer that. But this much is certain: History will view the two men as a study in contrasts. No two occupants of the White House ever were more dissimilar. Joaquin Lopez Succumbs to Heart Attack Funeral services were. held yesterday afternoon in Hooper and Weaver Mortuary in Grass Valley, for Joaquin Lopez, who: died sud. . . 5 . TWO GRADUATES . OF NEVADA U AT PEACE MEET. Two University. of Nevada journalism graduates.are playing important roles at the United Nations conference which opened in San Francisco-thig week. (Miss Frances Armbruster, who was graduated in 1982, served as assistant conference editor. She is a member of the editorial section of the U. S. Department of State. Robert C. Miller, ’38, United Press war correspondent, helps cover the conference for that press association and writes a special signed story for it each day. As assistant conference . editor. Miss Armbruster, and. those *who work with her, will edit all documents which go through the conference duplicating processes, including the daily journal, minutes, final acts, etc. ; The San Francisco conference assistant editorship is the fifth portant to be handled by Miss meetinig¢ Armbruster. She served as’ editor of the journal at the Bretton Woods monetary con: HUR SDAY, APRIL 26, !hind the formal im-. ference and the Chicago internation. al civil aviation conference. Before . . that, she was assistant editor of the . } first two international food and ag. . iTruman? Is he .equal to the job? How will he compare with Roosei velt? These are the questions on the lips of untold millions, not only in . America, but in all the world that {has learned to look to America as a} defender of the weak and eppressed and as a champion of the*dignity and liberty. of man. There are certain known facts . about President Truman, hawever, which may light the way to better understanding of events ahead. Harry S.Truman is no Roosevelt; ,got back 54c on each dollar; denly of a heart attack at his home’ on Long Street in Nevada City. His body was found in a.chair by Charles Graham Sunday afternoon. Resting his head and arms upon a table, he had apparently gone to sleep. Lopez was 52 years of age and was ‘born in Nevada City. His earlier years were spent in teaming, driving stage, and jerkline teams attached to freight wagons. Of late he had engaged in a general trucking business. Surviving him are his daughters, Mrs. Harold Foote of Quincy, Plumas County and Mrs. Alex Ford of Grass Valley. Rev. Patrick O’Reilly conducted the services and interment was in the Catholic Cemetery of Nevada City. . got back 61¢c. By ‘contrast, cove ré . confer ence, riculture meetings at—Atlantie City and at Hot Svrings. Miller United Press will ‘write a commentary UP to radio stations throughout the nation and in foreign countries. age for at =the minute for the early morning wire The UP man was wounder covering the a'dvance of army on Verdun in the Battle of France and’ awarded. the purple heart. He also covered D-day: operations and was.on a bomber and sunk transport. One of the arliest correspondents in this war, Miller covered the entire Guadalcanal campaign and received medals, citations and other awards for the quality of his work there. Other University of Nevada journalism graduates probably will cover part of the conference for their papers, among them Nita Reifschneider of the Redwood City Tribune. S. F. TREE PLANTING PROGRAM PROPOSED SAIN FRANCISCO, April 26—The San Francisco Art commission has voted to ask Mayor Lapham to set up a $50,000 fund to finance a tree planting program in San Francisco during the 1945-46 fiscal year. ‘Beniamino Bufano, local scliptor and member of the commission initiated the project. which envisages an annual expenditure of $75,000 to $100,000 to plant and maintain trees on residential and business streets. S.F. HAS LOWEST STATE TAX BENEFITS SAIN FRANCISCO, April 26—San Francisco county, which pays the second. highest state taxes in California gets the smallest return in highways, schools, old age pensions, child care, and similar grants, an investigation made by Asseblyman G. D. Collins of San Francisco hag revealed. In 1943-44 Los Angeles county paid $265,500,000 state taxes and San Francisco county paid, $76,245,000 and got back a little under 41¢c; Alameda county paid $43,600,000 and Alpine county got $17.48 for every dollar spent. Mono county $6.81 and Del Norte county $2.34. When the state department of finance announced that for 1945-46 San Francisco would again pay $1 to the state for every 41c it received, Assemblyman Collins introduced a bill to enbale any county to arrange with the state to have special county taxes collected along with reguJar state taxes. This would permit San Francisco or any other county to levy a special income or sales tax of its own without having to establish an entire new collection system to obtain the needed revenue. bd 4 1 $100 while . Patton’s . weer ares THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE OPENS San Francisco this week—and perhaps for a few months—is the spirite-ual capitol of the free peoples of the world. ; To San Francisco have come the leaders and ‘statesmen of our allies to try once more to fashion a \world peace order which shall be free of war and assure us of lasting peace and security. With them go our hopes and those of our allies. Themeeting” is saddened by the death of Président Roosevelt. But his determination to rid the world of war and aggression is finding new expression among the leaders and, what is more important, the peoples of this country and the world. To express this resolve in behalf of the American people, San Francisco has arranged a program which is to exemplify the deep concern for the. success of the conference held by all of tus. The keynote of all. such affairs is that our guests shall see the average, normal life of a democratic American city in its day to day activities. : San Francisco, like the rest of the state and nation, realizes that bedocuments of the must be underconference, the re standing and good will among the peoples of the world. And San Fran. cisco will attempt to exemplify that spirit to the conference.—C ed. ‘ontributcost IF SOME in addition to general news} signed, 5-1] Nevada tax county’s postwar property could go wp 48 cents per — of value, based on this year’s if the legislature does not five kinds of proposals to further liberalize Cali= raie valuation, shelve the befort it ifornia’s aid to the aged, California taxpayers association said today, analyzing the effect on local taxes of typical plans now before the legislature. The annual cost of old age assistance to the local county property tax:.payers could go up from the approximately $27,000 of county cost for this fiscal year to $117,000 in postwar years, the association said. . State and federal costs in the county could also go up from the present $247,000 a year to $776,000 a year. The five kinds of costly proposals the taxpayers association said, unless defeated iby. the legislature would: 1—Take out of the law the already lenient provision that relatives who are financially able must contribute to the support of their needy parents. s 2—iLower the age of eligibility from the present 65 years to 66. years, with a ten year residence requirement for needy persons in the 60 to 65 age group. 3—Increase the present highest in the nation aid of $50 per month, to $60. 4—Further liberalize the law with respect to allowable earnings and income. 5—4Provide for $100 county contribution to burial coSts. If all these proposals were passed by the legislature, California's present aid to the needy aged, which totals $91,000,000 this fiscal year, could go to $297,000,000 in the post war years. The 9,000,000 share now being paid for by property’ taxpayers could go to $39,000,000. The state’s present $45,000,000 share could go to $182,000,000. The cost to the federal government currently $37,000,000 could go to $76,000,000. California ig already the most generous state in the union in the care of needy aged people. Action by the legislature in January in fixing the aid at $50 a month keeps California at the head of the list in the maximum payments per person. Further liberalization should be refused by the legislature, MORE RED CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS Mrs, Richard Goyne, secretary of the Nevada City Red Cross Chapter yesterday reported two more cash contributions to the recent Red Cross campaign. They are the language class of the Nevada City high school, $16.70 and Mrs. Margaret ad of North San : TAD $1.00. ©

ii _ ability. ‘cepted, “am. high places,’ political places. We -to the duty of public servants. We hope he will spread that kind of reman composing poetry in a flowery . The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month Cod “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ealily to — enti defend it.’’—Daniel Webster vada City . _ COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA, rere ker — i omy ugget . _ This paper gives you complete— coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, and your town, read The Nugget. ae Vol. 19, No. 33 The County Seat Paper ! NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. The Gold Center 1945 THINKING OUT LOUD H. M. L. Probably in all of our country’s history no man ever went into the White House with the people more in accord, praying that he may use the vast powers of his office wisely and well. We think his opening statement before the congress a fine statement by an earnest, modest mian, determined to administer this government to the very best of his We have read various biographies of Harry Truman and we confess we like them. Even his failure a: good many years ago in a haberdashery store was in a sense a tribute to his good gense. He had sense enough to quit when he found he could not make a profit. That experience may be worth something to the American people now. A man who hag failed once will not want to fail again. Truman’s statement that he wants advice, and every new president certainly needs a lot of advice, assuring: is re-, What. we are mainly concerned with, is who gives him advice, ! and. whose »advice he follows: With} reservations we hope, he will listen GRASS VALLEY COUNCIL BUYS NEW FIRETRUCK The Grass Valley city council has authorized the purchase of a new fire truck for $9600 less two per cent for cash, which the council will pay. T'wo bids were considered and the lowest accepted. Fire Chief Clare Hughes, Assistant Chief Les Cigogni and Jack Harris, president of Board of Fire Delegates thanked the council equipping them with a new modern piece of apparatus. The councilmen also voted to supply a new diving:board for the municipal pool, approved -an overhaul job on the police car, ordered the doors of the Protection and Eagle fire house to be repaired and widened, and took under consideration a request for a ten year contract with the Grass Valley Garbage Comipany. The long contract is asked because the company expects’to purchase new dump grounds and does not wish to make the outlay unless protected. The council agreed to provide’ the lighting for the soft. ball series Memorial Park. this summer. in} to the advice of Byrnes, Baruch, and, in international matters, Seed Wells. We hope he will turn a deaf) ear to Wallace, Hopkins, and Ickes. While we are hoping that Truman . can cope with the most tremendous . job ever to face a new comer in the! White House, we express an airy hope that he may be able to dispense with the services of Stettinius, . as soon as decently possible, Perkins, . forthwith, Ickes, before We be the Soviet of the Interior. Morgan-! thau, after this next bond drive, and Biddle, before he hauls the entire country before the supreme court. °* auxil. SAIN “MRAINCISCO, April 26 . greater portion of California ae be open to trout fishing (except gold;em trout) on May 1, and in these) *1open districts the outlook at prescome . We never have been very keen about appointing members of the opposite-party ‘to cabinet posts. of the great parties should have . within their ranks, men able to take the responsibility of leadership under the president in the several administrative departments. Something may be said for appointments of the loyal opposition leaders to government posts in time of war, but as a matter of fact, it has a distinet tend-: ency to break down the lines of party, and trends definitely toward . a one party government. If President . Roosevelt, for: instance, had named (Hoover, Langdon, Wilkie, and Dewey to cabinet posts, anid all had acthe surviving black Repubjicans would have had to hunt for their party with lanters and magnifying glasses. os 1 Hither . We do not ‘how much our president from Missouri is moved by ambition, but viewing his background, we do not think he will be as history conscious as was his predecessor in office. We have a high respect for the Baptist conscience. We can do with a little humbleness thought well of his biblical reference Jigion in Washington. We are completely tired of ‘being reformed gainst our will. To illustrate, we do not like Ickes because he has tried mepeatedly to overrule the majority of San Francisco with regard to their electric power arrangements, and a few years ago seized a large tract of California land, against an almost ‘unanimous vote of our state legisature. We have nothing especially against Stettinius, but we believe a_ steel master is not likely to succeed as a secretary of state. Biddle is extremely quarrelsome and we think he should be ousted and a better temered man installed as an general. We have to pay handsomely for his bad digestion or whatever it fis that gives our status quo the jitters. One doesn’t have to say what's ‘wrong with Miss Perkins. We all ffeel the same way about her,. even the radicals. Morganthau, who w4s a gentleman farmer before he became the ‘nation’s banker, is so much a misfit that one. feels his entire administration of the ‘treasury has been a masquerade. A dreamy gentlemeadow, confronted by an insensate attorney . FISHING BEGINS NEXT TUE DDAY ent is for fair fishing on that date. £ streams are Many of the small eam re now ‘clear and should remain this way in} low altitudes areas, but if warm . weather prevails, streams heading in high elevations will be roily on the opening of the season. according. to ; wardens of the State Division of Fish and Game. Snow is still deep in the high mountains, and many roads impassable. Fishermen are reminded that certain districts do not open to trout fishing until May 30, and théBe include District 1 3-8 (except Mariposa and. Tuolumne Counties) 23 (except Truckee River, Boca Reservoir, Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake) 215. €except Lake Almanor) and District 2 1-2. There are also streams ‘and lakes closed by special order of. the director of natural resources, of which lists are available at all fish and game offices. Everyone over the age of 18 years except members of the armed forces, is required to have an angling license to fish for trout. AUSTRALIAN T0 GIVE LAST OF FORUM LECTURES The last in the successfull series of four lectures offered as a public service . by the Nevada City Rotary (Club and the local schools will be presented tonight, Thursday, in the Elementary School Auditoriu'm, at 8 Dp. m. Australian ‘born and educated, Aricchibald Gilchrist will be the speaker. His address will correlate a, discussion of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific and the current San Francisco security conference, Gilchrist’s Australian experience as newspaper editor and legislator qualifies him to dis -cuss the South Pacific with authority. : Those who have season tickets are asked to present them at the’ door. The public is invited free of charge. We doubt if President Truman ‘will be in hurry to make changes. A good deal is involved, when the head of a cabinet post is replaced. A good many millions of dollars, and now-adays hunlreds of.thousands of employes in many of the _ departments, have to be considered. But at Jeast we can hope that the overburdened .tax payer will have surcease from such sorrow as in both paying his taxes, and seeing much of the money carefully tamped down rat holes. bull, imperosantes a matador. PLACER, NEVADA. COUNTY SHEEP GROWERS MEET Sheepmen of Placer and Nevada Counties will have their field day today at the Lime Kiln Ranch in the western end of the county. The program will open at 10:30 a. m. and following picnic lunch will continue in the afternoon. The field day was arranged by the Agricultural Extension Service and V. M. Shepard, extension specialist in animal husbandry. Robert F. Miller; professor of animal husbandry in the Davis experimental station, will discuss “improvement of wool and range flocks.’’ Chester Wing, tary of the California Wool Grow erg association will speak on ‘‘marketing and sheep outlook’’. A. Britton, veterinarian, of the ex+ pereene station at Davis, will discuss ‘‘parasites and diseases of . sheep.”? Shepard will tell of methods to improve range flocks. © TWO HOURS WORK SIX TONS OF secreDr. John . . . The-——United (Nations Clothing Drive Sunday resulted. in the col' lection, in two hours, of six tons 91) used clothing for shipment to war) destitute abroad. Lions and Rotary Club members . i supplied trucks for the collection . jand Boy Scout troops manned the . itrucks and gathered bundles from front porches. Gilbert Tennis, chairman of the drive, expressed his satisfaction in, a good job, well done. The clothes were stacked in the basement: of J. C. . 'Penney Company for packing, preparatory to Shipping. aT ame si Clark Carter telephoned his uncle, George .Carter -. yesterday’ requesting him to meet him ‘in Sacramento as he wanted to get away from the city to rest. His wife and daughter remained to meet her mother, who is returning from the Philippines on a hospital ship. CITY WORKERS TO AID FARM HARVESTS Plans have been drafted for rereruitment/of city workers in the 1945 harvest on a standby basis, Edson Albel, chairman, San Francisco Wartime Harvest Council, announced today. \ “The council will stand by to reeruit city volunteer workers, both student and adult, in the evént that a shortage of agricultural workers might develop this season,’’ Abel explained. At a meeting of the council executive committee, a program for the recruitment and placement of volunteer workers was prepared based on the council’s three years of experience in this activity. : Northern California farm groups and agencies are urged to communicate with the council at the earliest, possible date whe nthey find that labor supply shortages are indicated. “The San Francisco wartime. harvest council, the first volunteer movement of its kind in the country to recruit city workers to meet the emergency on farms in neighboring regions ,is anxious to serve California agriculture and war effort again this year,’ Abel declared, ‘‘and will stand ready to assist if farmers find that there will be a dearth of agriceewine workers for their harvest season.’ Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Woods of Oceanside arrived in Nevada City Monday to look after , property interests and spend time among friends. WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS HARRY TRUMAN? By Clem Whitaker To a majority of the American people, the late President, Roosevelt came as near to being ‘‘the indispensable man’”’ as any leader this nation ever has known, but in the universal plan nioo mortal man yet has won that accolade. Thus America, recovering from the first stunning shock of the death has had to say in effect during recent days what:the British says in an hour of national mourning—‘‘the king is dead;» long live the king.’’ And the eyes of 130,000,000 people have turned almost with one accord, in friendly, hopeful appraisal of the new president who has “taken over the reins of government—and who must cope, not only with the

iproblems of war, but with the-titanic iprolbem of winning the peace and jleading his country. through the jcritical yedrs of post war adjust‘ment. What manner of man is Harry S. in his abilities, in his background, in his philosophy of life, President Truman bearg little’ resemblance to Roosevelt except that he matured -n the same political party. Roosevelt was a_ personal preeiident, ° whose ‘powerful personality dominated all around him—and who often ruled the congress and the judiciary just as much as he directed the executive branch of the government. Roosevelt was a phrase maker, a brilliant campaigner—a man who captivated the people and won the grudging admiration even of his enemies. President Truman, according to hig colleagues, will be a cabinet president, depending on his ability to surround himself with capable men and his capacity as an administrator to achieve a successful administration. He will get cooperation from ‘congress because congress likes and respects him. He will cut government costs because he doesn’t like waste and extravaganve. He will be a humable president, not overly swayed by ambition; a diligent, hard working, but unspectaular president. And his admirers insist he will fight just as hard as Roosevelt did to bring last‘ing peace to a troubled world, but will probably drive harder bargains with other nations. ’ How will he measure up to’ Roosevelt? Only the course of future events ean answer that. But this much is certain: History will view the two men as a study in contrasts. No two occupants of the White House ever were more dissimilar. Joaquin Lopez Succumbs to Heart Attack Funeral services were. held yesterday afternoon in Hooper and Weaver Mortuary in Grass Valley, for Joaquin Lopez, who: died sud. . . 5 . TWO GRADUATES . OF NEVADA U AT PEACE MEET. Two University. of Nevada journalism graduates.are playing important roles at the United Nations conference which opened in San Francisco-thig week. (Miss Frances Armbruster, who was graduated in 1982, served as assistant conference editor. She is a member of the editorial section of the U. S. Department of State. Robert C. Miller, ’38, United Press war correspondent, helps cover the conference for that press association and writes a special signed story for it each day. As assistant conference . editor. Miss Armbruster, and. those *who work with her, will edit all documents which go through the conference duplicating processes, including the daily journal, minutes, final acts, etc. ; The San Francisco conference assistant editorship is the fifth portant to be handled by Miss meetinig¢ Armbruster. She served as’ editor of the journal at the Bretton Woods monetary con: HUR SDAY, APRIL 26, !hind the formal im-. ference and the Chicago internation. al civil aviation conference. Before . . that, she was assistant editor of the . } first two international food and ag. . iTruman? Is he .equal to the job? How will he compare with Roosei velt? These are the questions on the lips of untold millions, not only in . America, but in all the world that {has learned to look to America as a} defender of the weak and eppressed and as a champion of the*dignity and liberty. of man. There are certain known facts . about President Truman, hawever, which may light the way to better understanding of events ahead. Harry S.Truman is no Roosevelt; ,got back 54c on each dollar; denly of a heart attack at his home’ on Long Street in Nevada City. His body was found in a.chair by Charles Graham Sunday afternoon. Resting his head and arms upon a table, he had apparently gone to sleep. Lopez was 52 years of age and was ‘born in Nevada City. His earlier years were spent in teaming, driving stage, and jerkline teams attached to freight wagons. Of late he had engaged in a general trucking business. Surviving him are his daughters, Mrs. Harold Foote of Quincy, Plumas County and Mrs. Alex Ford of Grass Valley. Rev. Patrick O’Reilly conducted the services and interment was in the Catholic Cemetery of Nevada City. . got back 61¢c. By ‘contrast, cove ré . confer ence, riculture meetings at—Atlantie City and at Hot Svrings. Miller United Press will ‘write a commentary UP to radio stations throughout the nation and in foreign countries. age for at =the minute for the early morning wire The UP man was wounder covering the a'dvance of army on Verdun in the Battle of France and’ awarded. the purple heart. He also covered D-day: operations and was.on a bomber and sunk transport. One of the arliest correspondents in this war, Miller covered the entire Guadalcanal campaign and received medals, citations and other awards for the quality of his work there. Other University of Nevada journalism graduates probably will cover part of the conference for their papers, among them Nita Reifschneider of the Redwood City Tribune. S. F. TREE PLANTING PROGRAM PROPOSED SAIN FRANCISCO, April 26—The San Francisco Art commission has voted to ask Mayor Lapham to set up a $50,000 fund to finance a tree planting program in San Francisco during the 1945-46 fiscal year. ‘Beniamino Bufano, local scliptor and member of the commission initiated the project. which envisages an annual expenditure of $75,000 to $100,000 to plant and maintain trees on residential and business streets. S.F. HAS LOWEST STATE TAX BENEFITS SAIN FRANCISCO, April 26—San Francisco county, which pays the second. highest state taxes in California gets the smallest return in highways, schools, old age pensions, child care, and similar grants, an investigation made by Asseblyman G. D. Collins of San Francisco hag revealed. In 1943-44 Los Angeles county paid $265,500,000 state taxes and San Francisco county paid, $76,245,000 and got back a little under 41¢c; Alameda county paid $43,600,000 and Alpine county got $17.48 for every dollar spent. Mono county $6.81 and Del Norte county $2.34. When the state department of finance announced that for 1945-46 San Francisco would again pay $1 to the state for every 41c it received, Assemblyman Collins introduced a bill to enbale any county to arrange with the state to have special county taxes collected along with reguJar state taxes. This would permit San Francisco or any other county to levy a special income or sales tax of its own without having to establish an entire new collection system to obtain the needed revenue. bd 4 1 $100 while . Patton’s . weer ares THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE OPENS San Francisco this week—and perhaps for a few months—is the spirite-ual capitol of the free peoples of the world. ; To San Francisco have come the leaders and ‘statesmen of our allies to try once more to fashion a \world peace order which shall be free of war and assure us of lasting peace and security. With them go our hopes and those of our allies. Themeeting” is saddened by the death of Président Roosevelt. But his determination to rid the world of war and aggression is finding new expression among the leaders and, what is more important, the peoples of this country and the world. To express this resolve in behalf of the American people, San Francisco has arranged a program which is to exemplify the deep concern for the. success of the conference held by all of tus. The keynote of all. such affairs is that our guests shall see the average, normal life of a democratic American city in its day to day activities. : San Francisco, like the rest of the state and nation, realizes that bedocuments of the must be underconference, the re standing and good will among the peoples of the world. And San Fran. cisco will attempt to exemplify that spirit to the conference.—C ed. ‘ontributcost IF SOME in addition to general news} signed, 5-1] Nevada tax county’s postwar property could go wp 48 cents per — of value, based on this year’s if the legislature does not five kinds of proposals to further liberalize Cali= raie valuation, shelve the befort it ifornia’s aid to the aged, California taxpayers association said today, analyzing the effect on local taxes of typical plans now before the legislature. The annual cost of old age assistance to the local county property tax:.payers could go up from the approximately $27,000 of county cost for this fiscal year to $117,000 in postwar years, the association said. . State and federal costs in the county could also go up from the present $247,000 a year to $776,000 a year. The five kinds of costly proposals the taxpayers association said, unless defeated iby. the legislature would: 1—Take out of the law the already lenient provision that relatives who are financially able must contribute to the support of their needy parents. s 2—iLower the age of eligibility from the present 65 years to 66. years, with a ten year residence requirement for needy persons in the 60 to 65 age group. 3—Increase the present highest in the nation aid of $50 per month, to $60. 4—Further liberalize the law with respect to allowable earnings and income. 5—4Provide for $100 county contribution to burial coSts. If all these proposals were passed by the legislature, California's present aid to the needy aged, which totals $91,000,000 this fiscal year, could go to $297,000,000 in the post war years. The 9,000,000 share now being paid for by property’ taxpayers could go to $39,000,000. The state’s present $45,000,000 share could go to $182,000,000. The cost to the federal government currently $37,000,000 could go to $76,000,000. California ig already the most generous state in the union in the care of needy aged people. Action by the legislature in January in fixing the aid at $50 a month keeps California at the head of the list in the maximum payments per person. Further liberalization should be refused by the legislature, MORE RED CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS Mrs, Richard Goyne, secretary of the Nevada City Red Cross Chapter yesterday reported two more cash contributions to the recent Red Cross campaign. They are the language class of the Nevada City high school, $16.70 and Mrs. Margaret ad of North San : TAD $1.00. ©