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SEEK WIDENING OF HAZARDOUS "JOG" White arrow in the aerial picture above thowt the
corner at S. Jackson and Mosher St., which the city hopet to widen before the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Co. starts construction on its new building. A triangular section from the former
Binger Hermann residence property, to the right of the arrow, is necessary for accomplishment of
the street widening. The telephone company property, together with the narrow block on which
the Kohlhagen Apts. are situated, upper left, will be roioned from second residence to business to
permit construction of the telephone office building.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
J
OHN L. LEWIS, in a letter con
taining only 20 words, calls off
his contract termination notice of
last November that touched off
all the coal fireworks, including
the recent rather spectacular su
preme court decision.
Boiled down, that seems to
mean that there will be no coal
strike this spring.
MERE is the obvious conclusion:
1 1 Lewis who, whatever else
may be said of him. Is smart has
decided that he tangled with Top
BlU A.TJUEK. . - t
ANOTHER conclusion:
The handling of the Lewis
precipitated coal situation, right
or wrong, is an example of FIRM
government leadership in meet
ing an emergency. We've had
comparatively little firm govern
ment leadership in the past.
Facing a showdown with Rus
sia, we need more of it now. If we
are to hold our own in the world
situation that confronts us, we
must have firm, decisive, WISE
leadership on the part of our gov
ernment. Lacking such, we'll be Jn bad
trouble.
THE Georgia supreme court (in
a 5-2 decision) rejects the
claims of Herman Talmadge and
holds that M. E. Thompson is
Georgia's legal governor.
Talmadge's father was elected
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House Committee Reduces
Fund for NLRE, Erases Pay
Of Conciliation Dept. Head
WASHINGTON, March 21. UP) The House Appropriations
Committee voted today to knock the financial props from under the
United States Conciliation Service by refusing pay for Director Ed
gar L. Warren and a number of top aides.
Climaxing a long feud between Warren and Rep. Keefe (R.-Wls.),
the action highlighted a $1,685,586,780 bill to finance the Labor De
partment and the Federal Security Agency for the year starting
July 1.
The measure will be debated In
the House next week.
Keefe Is chairman of the sub
committee which drafted the bill.
He has accused Warren of having
' been affiliated in the past with
"Communist-inspired fronts" and
of having advocated the right of
government workers to strike.
The conciliation chief denied
knowledge of any Communist
sponsorship of the groups when
he lolned them and told the com
mittee he has changed his mind
about the right of federal work
ers to strike.
NLRB Fund Alto Cut
In addition to its blow to the
conciliation service, which pro
vides federal mediators in labor
disputes, the committee also cut
by near'v n r cm the money
President Truman asked for the
National Labor Relations Board.
In granting the NLRB only $4.
033,700 of the $7,984,000 request
ed, the committee said it was
snlit over a suggestion that the
board be abolished because rt
"has made no real contribution to
industrial oeace."
The NLRB administers the
Wagner collective bargaining act.
While carrying $366,170,277
more than comparable appropria
tions for the current vear. the to
tal of today's bill is $77,825,520
or less than five per cent below
Mi.
Abolishment of Traffic
Hazard Aim of Meeting of
City Council, Phone Heads
Widening of the intersection at S. Jackson and Mosher St. will
be sought by the City Council tonight, in a special meeting with of
ficials of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
To widen the hazardous "jog" in S. Jackson St., it will be neces
sary to acquire a triangular section of the former Binger Hermann
residence property where the telephone company plans to erect its
central office building and exchange.
A petition by residents of the
neighborhood was presented to
the council Monday night by
Floyd C. Frear, who said it is
"now or never" for widening the
intersection to make It less of a
traffic hazard.
Also to be considered tonight is
the rezonlr.g ordinance, which
would reclassify the telephone
company property, together with
the naiTow block on which the
Kohlhagen Apts. are located,
from second residence to busi
ness. Passage of the rezonlng ordin
ance is required by the telephone
company's plans for construction.
According to Roseburg's zoning
ordinance enacted last year, busi
ness structures may not be built
in residence areas.
To avoid creating a separate
business "island" for the tele
phone company at S. Jackson and
Mosher Sts.. the council provided
that the adiacent narrow block
between Lane and Mosher, S.
Jackson and S. Main Sts., should
also be re zoned from second resi
dence to business. Lane St. is the
present boundary of the business
district.
Earlier this year, the council
aporoached teleDhone company
officials to see if the Intersection
could be widened. Engineering
plans had proceeded "too far," the
company said, for changes to be
made .Thev also pointed out that
donation of a triangular section
of the lot would mean elimination
of off-street parking.
Mr. Truman's budget estimates.
However, except for one large
Item, the funds recommended for
next year generally are below
those allotted for this year. The
outstanding exception is an In
crease of $389,170,277 In the1 rail
road retirement board fund, an
uncontrollable allotment that
does not come out of general reve
nues. Mere For Cancer Research
Another exception is the $17,
328.200 granted to the National
Cancer Institute, an Increase of
$6,000,000 over budget estimates
to allow for more aid to states
and more research work.
The Labor Department's share
of the total Is $90,864,200, a cut of
$12.71 4.V10 from budget figures
and $22,816,091 from this year's
allotments. The total includes
$71,728,000 for grants to state for
public employment offices.
The Federal Security Agency
ree-lved $899 045.180, a hudeet cut
of $61,123,420 and a reduction of
$132,932 from current funds.
Along with the NR1.B fund, the
bill also carries $850,700 for the
National Mediation Board, which
handles railroad labor problems,
a cut of $37,300 below the budget,
and $690,793,000 for the railroad
retirement board.
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County-Wide Radio
Link Police Plan
County-wide police radio'' hook,
up is the proposal to be put before
Roseburg's City Council and the
Douglas County Court by Paul O.
Luna, member of the city police
commission.
The network would Include a
50-watt transmittor for the county
sheriff's equipment and a 10-walt
transmittor lor city police, and
by installing a 500-watt transmit
tor in Roseburg, hookups could be
made with communities through
out the county for complete cover
age. With 60 per cent of the county
and city arrests being intoxica
tion, Lund declares that by pro
curing the equipment through the
County Court's liquor control
fund, which is obtained through
a percentage of violation fines for
furtherance of liquor control, a
county-wide police radio network
would not only save taxpayers
much money in automobile main
tenance and unnecessary travel,
but aid in complete county law
enforcement.
Lund's proposal Is to have the
County Court turn over its ap
proximate $3,800, now in the
liquor control fund, to the county
sheriff's office for the purchase
of the equipment in conjunction
with the city police.
Last Confederate Army
Officer Passes at 106
LOS ANGELES. March 21.-UP)
Capt. John Alden Howell, who
on his birthday anniversary Feb.
18 won his "last battle" by reach
ing the age of 1Kb, died yester
day. He was the last surviving com
missioned officer of the Confed
erate army and claimed the posi
tion oi tne oiliest Mason, oldest
retired lawyer and oldest retired
bank founder and president In
the nation. He was born in
Waynesville, N. C, always refer
red to Gen. Stonewall Jackson as
"Old Jack" and said he was only
M teet away when Jackson was
Killed.
Mother, Daughter, Dog
Saved From Gas Fumes
PORTLAND. March 21
Mrs. June Gllliland. 30, her daugh
ter, Carol, 5, and the family's 6-week-old
mongrel pup were up
and about again today after an
escape from what police said were
coal gas fumes.
The little girl fell "111" yester
day, and the mother put her to
bed. Later the mother, too, began
feeling dizzy. She staggpred out
the door of her housing project
home and collapsed.
Rescuers carried the little girl
and dog, almost unconscious, to
the street. Police said a coal fire,
smouldering and tightly damper
ed, apparently was to blame.
Rainbow Trout Eggs to be
Taken at Diamond Lake
PORTLAND, March 21. (fit
A Siale Game Commission crew
of eight will go to Diamond Lake
"t-iv next month to take Rain
bow trout egg. The commission
expects to tae several million of
the eggs.
Communism Perils U.S. - -
Aid Requests
Must be Met,
Official Says
Secret Documents On
Situation in Greece and
Turkey Will be Bared
WASHINGTON, March 21-UP)
Under Secretary of State Ache
son said today the existence of
"Communist dominated govern
ments" any olace in the world Is
"dangerous to the security of the
United States."
Acheson made that reply when
Rep. Judd I R.Minn.) asked
whether a Communist-dominated
government of China would .be a
danger to United States security.
For the second straight day,
Acheson testified before the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee on President Truman's request
for authority to use $400,000,000
plus military advice and materials
to help Greece and Turkey resist
Communist aggression.
Before Judd's question, Acheson
saidth at a Communist-dominated
government in Greece would be
considered dangerous to this
country's security.
A moment later, he commented
that "Communist organizations
throughout th world appear to
act with a high degree of discip
line and unanimity which is be
yond the probability of coinci
dence." 'Showdown' Favored
Judd had asked whether the
State Department knew of any
"Communist government" In the
world that is "not Soviet dom
inated." At that point. Rep. Merrow (R.
N. H.) Interjected that he favored
a "shoiwddwn" with the Commun
ists. He added:
"Mr.1 Stalin and his associates
won't stop their program of ag
gressive expansion until the Unit
ed States takes a firm stand."
Merrow asked whether the
United States would be abandon
ing Its world leadership by deny-
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Senate Majority
Backs Lilienthal
WASHINGTON, March 21.
(. David E. Lilienthal has the
present support of a majority of
the Senate, an Associated Press
check showed today.
Hence his confirmation as
chairman of the Atomic Control
Commission is almost certain un
less some senators change their
minds during debate.
Of 74 members willing to say
how they would vote today on the
controversial nomination 49 a
clear majority of the 95 qualified
members said they Intend to
support the nomination. Senator
Taft said debate on the issue
probably will start Monday.
Forty-three senators, including
Senator Capper, who had been
undecided until today, have an
nounced publicly their support of
Lilienthal. Six others said pri
vately they intend to vote "yes"
but do not want their names
used before they announce their
stand in the Senate.
Twenty-five senators are listed
as opposed to confirmation. Five
of these, however, are withhold
ing publication of their names
until they can tell their colleagues
in Senate speeches why they do
not want to see the former TVA
chieftain continue at the helm
of the Atomic Commission. Lilien
thal has been serving under a
recess appointment since last
January 1.
First Auction of Timber
Dated by Forest Service
PORTLAND. Ore., March 21.
UP The first timber auction In
stead of traditional sealed bid
sales will be held early In May by
the U. S. Forest Service on 76,
187,000 board feet of Columbia
National Forest timber.
The stands He near Packwood,
Wash. U. S. Forest Service offi
cials said the auction method
might avoid the possibility of a
firm, dependent on obtaining the
timber to remain In business, be
ing forced to bid unnecessarily
high. Recent sales have brought
record prices.
Minimum prices will he set for
the auction. The sale will also al
low for reappraisal In April, 1949.
should market conditions change
decidedly.
New Sawmill to Operate
On Sunshine Road
The S. and S. Lumber Co. will
begin operation Monday of Its
new sawmill, at the Short Farm,
on the Sunshine Road, sevpn
miles from Roseburg. The mill Is
under management of Weston
Scott. It will have an approxi
mate dally cut of 15,000 IccU
SALES TAX BILL PASSED
Heavy Overhauling Faced
By Measure Before Going
To Senate for Final Vote
By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
SALEM, Ore., March 21. UP) The Oregon Senate, with only a
week or so left to work on it, got the 3 per cent sales tax bill Jrom
the House today amid predictions by House leaders that the bill would
be almost unrecognizable by the time the Senate's Assessment and
Taxation Committee works it over. ,
The House passed the measure late yesterday, 38 to 22, conclud
ing three hours of the most bitter debate during the first 67 days of
the legislature. The bill would be referred to the people at a special
el Ion June 24, the people already having beaten five sales tax
proposals.
Levy on Gaming
Devices Proposed
In Oregon's Need
By PAUL W. HARVEY,. JR.
SALEM, Ore., March 21. UP
The joint legislative Ways and
Means Committee, which must
decide quickly whether to make
a drastic cut in all appropriations
of whether to have a deficit of
more than $6,000,000 for the next
biennium, voted 6 to 5 today to
ask the House Tax Committee to
bring in tne bill to levy a 30 per
cent tax on slot machines, pin
ball games and punchboards.
The Tax Committee has tabled
the bill, which would bring in
about $4,000,000. ,
The Ways and Means' Commit
tee Kk the action after Rep.
Robert C Glle, Roseburg, chair
man nf the House Tax Commit,
tee, loul the Ways and Mpans
group that his committee has
finished its work. The commit
tee's program Includes the clgaret
tax of 2 cents a package, which
would bring In $4,000,000.
The 3 per cent sales tax bill,
which was passed 38 to 22 yester
day by the 1 louse and sent to the
Senate, would not help the de
ficit, since it must go to the peo
ple. Alternate Plan Offend
C. C. Chapman, chairman of
the Ways and Means Subcommit
tee on Finance, suggested to the
committee that one way out
would be to have the deficit, and
authorize the State Tax Commis
sion, on July 1, 1948, to call a
special election to levy- a prop
erty tax to make up whatever de
ficit exists at that time. The prop
erty tax then probably would be
offset by income taxes.
The committee also voted to
day to make relief payments a
lien against the estates of per
sons receiving the payments, thus
restoring a provision of the law
that was eliminated in 1941.
The committee also is faced
with having to make a 20 per cent
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Milk-Pop Bottle Gather
Slated Here Tomorrow
Boy Scouts of Troop 4, Rose
burg, will stage a milk and pop
bottle drive tomorrow. Residents
are asked to place all their old,
empty milk and beverage bottles
on their parking strips for a city
wide collection starting at 8 A. M.
The collection will be made with
the use of a truck donated by
Mayor ai ricgei.
Rent Controls' Continuance,
With State Advisory Groups,
Urged by Senate Committee
WASHINGTON. March 21. (JPI A Senate Banking Subcommit
tee today unanimously approved legislation continuing rent controls
through Feb. 29, 1918, without a general Increase.
Chairman Buck (R.-Del.) said the subcommittee will decide next
on how the rent program will be administered after OPA goes out of
business next June 30.
Raymond M. Foley, national
housing administrator, recom
mended to the committee that
rent ceilings be retained on new
dwellings as well as on old houses.
"Complete removal of rent con
trol od, new construction," he aald,
"may In many Instances result
In excessive rents for accommo
dations constructed" after pass
age of legislation under considera
tion. "It may also foster discontent
on the part of owners of rental
projects, recently constructed un.
der the priority and permit regu
lations, who may still be subject
to control," he continued.
Other witnesses have suggested
elimination of ceilings on new
construction will stimulate con
struction of rental properties.
The subcommittee discarded
provisions of a previous bill which
BY HOUSE
The Senate Tax Committee will
beein work Monday on the bill.
Th re Is some talk that It might
reauce tne rate to i per cent, and
drastically change the distribu
tion of the $24,000,000 annual
revenue that the bill Is exoected
to produce. The House version of
the bill would eive half of the re
ceipts to counties, cities and
school districts: the other half
would reduce state Income taxes
and go into the state general
iunci.
Some senators also don't like
the idea of exempting food from
tne tax, as provided by the House.
Opoonents Claim '8care'
Opponents to the bill did most
of the arguing In the House, their
mam argument being that the
House Tax Committee, which sub
mitted the sales tax bill, deliber
ately side-tracked other revenue
bills so that the state would have
a deficit when the special elec
tion is held. Then, the opponents
argued, the sponsors try to scare
the oeonle Into votln" for the
sales tax. The opposition said the
sales tax Is unlust In that It
makes poor people carry too much
of the tax load.
The sponsors contended no oth
er source of revenue Is available
to solve the state's critical finan
cial problems, and that all people
should share In the cost of gov
ernment. The opponents snld thev advo
cated Governor Snell's plan to use
corporation Income tax surpluses,
citing Attorney General Neuner's
opinion that such a transfer
would be legal. But the sponsors
said the plan Is unconstitutional.
Substitutes Demanded
Stiffer taxes on Incomes, liquor,
gambling, race-track betting, and
business were among the propos
als the opposition offered In place
of the sales tax.
Ren. Van Dvke. Ashland, led
the debate for the sales tax, as
serting the people have demand-
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BULLETIN!
SALEM, Ore., Maroh 21
((- The Senate passed unani
mously and sent to the House to
day Senate Bill 316, which
would close the Umpqua River
to commercial fishing until Jan,
1, 1953.
Sen. Thomas Parkinson,
Roseburg, told the Senate the
river no longer has any value
for commercial fishing because
the fish have been depleted, and
that ttie closure might result la
the fish coming back.
The Weather
Occasional light rain ronlghf
anaaruraay.
would have wiped OPA out of the
rent picture and handed the con
trol program to the courts.
Provisions of Measure
The new measure authorizes
state governors to set up advisory
rent committees In each of the
600-odd areas under rent control.
It also provides for removal of
rent ceilings on new houses,
dwellings renting for $225 or
more a month, accommodations
which were not rented between
Feb. 1, 1946, and Jan. 31, 1947,
hotels and motor courts.
The local advisory committees
would have authority to recom
mend: 1. Removal of rent ceilings on
an area basis.
2. Increases on an area basis.
3. Special adjustments In "hard
ship" cases.
Acheson
House Group
AddsO.K.To
Tax Cut Plan
WASHINGTON. March 21.
UP) The House Ways and Means
Committee today approved, iu to
9, the Republlcan backed bill to
slash Income taxes by .w per cent
for the small taxpayers and by
20 per cent for most others.
The legislation thus was headed
for the House floor for a show
down next Thursday. The commit
tee vote virtually followed party
lines.
Before approving the measure,
the committee rejected, 15 to 10,
a motion by Rep. Doughton (D..
N. C.) to postpone tax considera
tions "until we know what our
foreign and other commitments
will be" In connection with recent
world developments.
The tax cut, under the legisla
tion authored by Ways and Means
Chairman Knutson, would be ef
fective as of last January 1.
Less Withholding
Withholding from wagon and
salaries under the pay-as-you-go
system would be slashed to con
form wllh'the tax reduction ef
fective June 1. Taxpayers 'would
get rebates for any overpayments
between January and June under
the new rates.
The bill provides an overall
$3,840,000,000 slash from the pres
ent individual tax collections of
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Hood Conditions
In Britain Worse
LONDON, March 21. P
Cale warning went up through
out Britain today and "worsening
conditions" were reported In the
nation's two most critical flood
areas the Fenland region In the
east and the northern mining
town of Bentley.
Rivers were reported receding
In virtually all other areas, how
ever, after the nation's worst
flood disaster In living memory.
British soldiers and volunteers
Stacked more sandbags on a 12
mile long, seven-foot high dyke
holding back the swollen Wlssey
river In the Fenlands, where en
tire communities and 110 square
miles of rich farm land already
were under water.
Trucks oiled high with sand
were dashing to the danger
spots along roads dotted with
fleeing flood refugees. RAF
planes ranged over the region re
porting the spread of ever-widening
waters.
Two army amphibians sped the
work of rescuing hundreds of
families marooned In Bentley,
ringed by churning waters and
Inundated up to a depth of six
feet.
Third Group Deserts
Studio Unions' Strike
HOLLYWOOD, March 21.-.11
The third defection from the
ranks of Herbert K. Sorrell's
striking conference of studio
unions was reported today.
President Frances Milllngton
announced that the screen story
analysts had withdrawn from the
CSU and would Immediately
petition major studios to open
contract negotiations. The movie
strike, a Jurisdictional dispute
between the CSU and another
AFL group, the International Al
liance of Theatrical Stage Em
ployes, has been going on for
over six months. Electricians and
Janitors began returning to work
last week.
Fire Destroys Cabin at
Myrtle Grove Auto Court
A cabin at the Mvrtle Grove
Court, 12 miles south of Rose
burg, was destroyed this morn
ing bv fire caused by a defective
flue. Loss was approximately SL
OW). Fire Chief Glenn H. Taylor
estimated. Vacant at the time of
the fire, the cabin was occupied
by tourists last night.
Children playing in the base,
ment of the Jim Nichols home.
442 E. Commercial St.. set fire
to boxes and rubbish this morn
ing. Taylor also reported. Dam
age was slight.
Lake Weed Problem Put
Up to Game Commission
SALEM, Ore., March 21.
iPi The Joint legislative Ways
and Means Committee voted to
day for a bill authorising the
State Game commission to take
steps to remove weeds from
Tshkenltch and Slltoooa lakes
en the Oregon coast. The value
of the lakes la being destroyed
by the weed growth.
The committee eliminated
the 125.000 appropriation, leav
ing it up to the Game commis
sion to spend its money.
American Secretary of
State Urges Quick Action
To Advance Peace Treat
MOSCOW, March 21. UP)
U. S. Secretary Marshall called
on the council of foreign minis,
ters today to set plans for the
creation of a German govern
ment In motion at once and both,
he and Britain's Ernest Bevln
presented programs for the or
ganization of a federalized Ger
man nation.
Marshall laid down a three
point plan of procedure for set
ting up a German government.
First, he said, there should he
"establishment of a provisional
German government composed of
the heads of the governments of
the now existing states and laend
ers, including Berlin, and clothed
with necessary powers to create
and operate central administra
tive agencies."
To this end, he said, the laender
or etate governments should be
completed "throughout Germany
at an early date."
Second, Marshall called for "9
drafting and acceptance of a con
stitution which shall be German
in origin and Which shall be con
sistent with democratic principles
and the decentralization of gov
ernment authority." All powers
not assigned the central govern
ment would remain In the state
governments.
Third. Marshall said, there
should be the assumption of the
governmental authority by the
central government created by
the constitution and by the state
authorities recognized by the
constitution. i
"I will submit a proposal em
bodying these Ideas, he said. "I
feel that the process outlined
above should be gotten under way
at onoe, so that there will be
properly constituted German au
thorities which can carry out the
terms of the peace settlement on
which we are now working."
rweuld Copy U. S. Form ' '
Britain s views on tne govern
ment structure for Germany
called for creation of a two-house
legislative along the lines of the
U. Si Senate and House of Repre
sentatives; a president without
executive powers and strong state
rights.
Bevln was the first of the four
ministers here to place his ideas
on the structure of the German
plan envisioned a lower legisla
tive chamber elected according
to population and an upper cham
ber elected on the basis of a fixed
number of representatives from
each of the laender (states),
Austrian Aid Invited
The council agreed to Invite
representatives of the Austrian
government here Immediately
for discussion of the Austrian
peace treaty.
Molotov, Soviet foreign minis
ter, said he already had assured
Foreign Minister Gruber, of Aus
tria, that visas would be Issued
for the Austrlans, assigned to
come to Moscow.
The action on Austria came
after Marshall had urged the
council to break the Austrian
treaty Impasse on what consti
tutes German assets in that coun
try and had expressed hope that
the treaty would be completed In
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Iron, Steel For
Russians Halted
BERLIN, March 21. UP) A
loint British. American announce
ment said today that British and
American authorities had sharp
ly reduced shipments of German
iron and steel to the Soviet zone
and were considering a total em
bargo because the Russian zone
has failed to fulfill terms of a
trade agreement.
The loint statement said the So
viet zone was lagging far behind
Its commitments under the agree
ment with the combined American-British
zone to deliver food
stuffs and various other materials
In exchange for steel and Iron.
On the other hand, the state
ment sold, deliveries of Iron anil
steel un to the end of February
had fulfilled 95 per cent of the
British-American commitment.
'This failure (of the Russians)
has nlaced the United States.
British zone In an extremely dif
flcult position," the statement as
serted. A report from Mlnden, head
ouarters of the British-American
economic control group for the
two western zones, said an em
bargo on all shipments of plf
Iron, steel and standard Iron and
steel products to theRussian rone
had been ordered effective todav.
Rut this renort could not be
confirmed officially until further
eon Terences were held hetween
British and American officials. -
Levity fret Ran
By L, F. Retzenstela
Greek Is meeting Creek in th
ages-old war area, and It's up to
Unclt Sam to f4 the govern
ment troops to demonstrate: the
truth of the axiom that an 'army
travels on Its stomach.'