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' NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY U, 1948 ' ' WINf Senator Barlcley's Oratory Welds Democrats Into Outburst of Joy By HAL BOYLE PHILADELPHIA. July Dear Alben did It. No dark horse but an old and honored wheelhcrse of the New Deal Sen. Alben William Bar kley rode to the rescue ot the torpid Democratic National Convention. In 68 stirring minutes of old-fashioned sledge hammer oratory last night he welded the quarreling delegates together in a tremen- dous outburst of party enthusiasm. They gave him a 28-mlnute ova tion. It was the first time the Democrats had found anything they could agree to cheer or be cheerful about. It was an antique bugle Bark ley blew and an old but popular tune the call to battle. It Is the call that through the ages has made men bury their differences and fall In line. As he stood there, a chunkv, powerful man in a white linen suit, he was a kind of elderly David trying with verbal music to win King Saul in this case the Democratic Convention back from black depression to hopeful action, -v And he sang his summon to political war like a skillpd min strel who knows his tale well. This was the third time In his long career he had sounded the keynote battle cry at a National Convention. He spoke from a rostrum be hind which towered the portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt the man he had served so long and who once -helped name him as his captain In a letter begin ning "Dear Alben." Swats Republicans y?'anv ve,eran commander ment in which they may part'ci- who knows that no army wins by internal weakness, he stressed Democratic claims of achieve ment rather than convention dlf freences. His powerful, old-time elo quence hit at the Republican enemy time after time, but he never mentioned together the two key words that have split this convention like a raw-red wound civil rights. But he touched upon the Issue In Interpreting Thomas Jeffer son's statement in the Declara tion of Independence that among the self-evident truths ot man kind Is the proposition that all men are created equal. And the old man from Ken tucky went down the line lor President Truman, Just as he had for President Roosevelt, even aft er he broke with him. With the most marked empha sis he gave to any sentence In his long speech, he said: "What he (Jefferson) declared was that all men are equal; and the equality w hich he proclaimed was equality In the right to en joy me Blessings of free govern- REWARD Ladies' or Man's Benrus Wrist Watch GIVEN FREE To person supplying information leading to the rental or lease of a five or six-room unfurnished house or apart ment inside city. Reward given only to first person supply ing such information, and only if we actually rent the house or apartment. Call at Lawson's Jewelry or Phone 448 'Aft, ,u ' ; k j J 11 'I " . - NEW IANK BUILDING RISES The United States National Bank's Douglas County branch, now at Yoncalla, will occupy this new building in Drain. The move is expected to be made sometime during August, said J. H. Innes, manager. The building is 35 x 48 feet, constructed of pumice e meiianine floor on top of the vault. C. A. Catching of Drain is contractor for the $35,0001 project. The U. S. National of Portland announced plans to move to Drain when it purchased the ' Farmers Security Bank of Yoncalla recently. Ellsworths Start ' Journey to Oregon Congressman and Mrs. Harris Ellsworth of Roseburg were re ported to have left Washington by automobile today en route to their home. They are expected to stop briefly for a visit with Mr. Ellsworth 's mother, Mrs. Eva C. Ellsworth In Eugene, where their daughter, Jane, is a student at the University of Oregon. The Congressman has advised newsmen that he proposes to make an early visit to Medford where he will Inspect the Camp White hospital which congress, In bills sponsored bv Ellsworth and Senator Guy Cordon, ordered , converted Into a domiciliary unit by the Veterans Administration, j Ellsworth reportedly Is disturbed by reports which followed a vis-; It at Medford by a Veterans ; Administration board of examln-, ers, and wants to make certain ; that "no one Is dragging his feet" In getting the hospital Into operation. He also is Interested In plans for restoring to operation, on commercial scale, the alcohol from wood-waste plant at Spring field? The plant has been de clared war surplus and Is to be sold on bids to be opened In Washington August 20. Ellsworth reports several concerns Interest ed in the plant. It was principally through his efforts that the factory was built at a cost of approximately $3, 000,000 to produce alcohol for the war effort. The war ended before the plant was brought Into full production, as tests indicated ne cessity for minor changes In de sign and money for revamping was not available after the war ended. Purchasers. It Is expected, will spend approximately $500,000 In making the alterations necessary to secure efficient full-scale production. Convention Dartd ly . . Oregon Socialist PORTLAND. Ore.. July 11. (IP) The Oregon Socialist State Con vention will be held here July 18. Hugh Sheehan, party secertary. said Socialist candidates nominat ed at an April 4 assembly, will be entered In the state election as In. dependents. The party platform will be adopted at the convention. We con get rid of those pesky weeds for you the easy modern way ... by spraying them with 2-4-D. We are well equipped to do any job large or small. Just Coll On THE ROSEBURG NURSERY At the foot of Washington St. or phone 1262-J after 12 noon, or The Roseburg Grange Supply Co. Phone 1 76 pate, and to which they have given their consent." Only a scattering of applause greeted him here. Great Ovation Won But the delegates cheered re peatedly his praise of the New Deal record and his quips at the i Republicans. They laughed uproariously when he Jibed that "a bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some of fice that a Republican wants" and "the Republican politicians ' have not been closer to Lincoln In two generations than t6 quote him." j When he finished with a pray , er, the convention erupted in , planned and unplanned tribute. The rebel yells broke out, and : for nearly half an hour the band j played Dixie music. "The Mis souri Waltz," and "The Sidewalks I of New York." There was camaraderie there In the aisles, and cheers and weeping, and James Roosevelt sang with the crowd "My Old Kentucky Home." He went to the rostrum and held the hand of his father's old fellow campaigner. The crowd loved it. Backers, who had heard Bark ley say, "Behold, destiny itself i Knorjcs ar our aoor, tnougnt: I "Open the door, Alben." I The door Senator Barkley had I tried to open led to party har ! mony. I The door he did open seemed to lead straight to the Vice Presi I dential nomination. Rut the door to real harmony was it even ajar? THREE DRUNKS IN COURT Municipal Judge Ira B. Riddle reported disposition of the fol lowing cases in his court Tusedav: Charles Greely Frye, Eureka, Calif., was committed to the ci'y Jail for IS days In lieu of a $30 fine on a charge of drunk and disorderly conduct. Merton Eugene Loop, Rock Creek, near Roseburg, was com mitted to the city Jail for 15 days in lieu of a $30 fine, on a charge of being drunk on a public street. Vincent Gabriel Grace, Melrose Star Route, paid a $20 fine on a charge of being drunk In a public place. 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As a matter of fact the Reds, having created a I nasty situation in Berlin, have for several days been advertis ing in the Communist press that the way to settle the difficulty is through a round table confer ence of the four powers. If the western powers will negotiate, then presumably the blockade will be called off. j And what would be the Idea of the four-power conversations?! Well, the Russians want the allies to abandon the project of establishing a German state out of the three western zones of occupation. Struggle for Complete Control Of Berlin Nears Critical Stage By DeWITT MacKENZIE AP Foreign Affairs Analyst The tug of war between the Bolshevists and the Democracies over Berlin bas produced a tautnesa which can't long continue without something snapping. j The big question, of course, U what tort of break It will be. The conservative London Daily Mail, for example, declares that "this has been the most critical veekend of its kind since September, I 1939" (the beginning of World War II). The Mall says if Russia ignores the western power demand that the Soviet food blockade of Ber lin be ended immediately "the situation will deteriorate to the point where an explosion be comes almost inevitable." The conservative Dally Graphic like wise asserts that "this may be a fateful week for Britain and the world." These serious editorial esti mates have coincided with hur ried conferences among Amer ican, British and French offi cials. An authoritative source in London said Britain had sent con siderable numbers of new troops to Western Germany because of the tension. A spokesman for the British war office denied this, whereupon the authoritative source reiterated the statement. Meantime William H. Draper, U. S. undersecretary of war, who is In Turkey, says the situation in Berlin cannot be accepted. He told reporters the western pow ers are and must be In unani mous agreement on a firm stand. May Not Mean War All that does add up to a grim picture, and we can agree that these are fateful days. However, while fully appreciating the dan gers, I think we are safe in say ing that we may expect the situ ation to be Ironed out without resort to armed conflict, at least in the near future. True, the roll of the drums of war isn't so loud In America as It Is in Europe which provides the battlefields for the global up heavals. Still I don't believe we are over confident in thinking that the problem can be solved without burning more powder. The Bolshevists claim that the western allies have no rights In Berlin. This claim isn't true but. Irrespective of that, the Reds can't make It stick hy the bar baric scheme of torturing 2.400, 000 helpless civilians with starva tion. The world as a whole won't stand for it and, as remarked In a previous column, the applica tion of economic and diplomatic ka net Ions on Russia by the United Nations could be a terrible pun ishment. AM Gsrmany Wantsd What Russia ia aiming at In the long run Is control of all Ger many, including the wealth of the great industrial Ruhr. The struggle over Berlin is Just a stepping stone to the larger am bition. If Russia could Sovietlze the Reich and bring it completely under Moscow's domination, then she would have much reason to boast that she had taken a long step towards the conquest of all Europe. However, the Muscovites haven't given any Indication that Yoncalla VrtKr-AT T A If.. mA T 1 Nolan left Tuesday for Spring field, Ore., where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Byron have purchased the Nolan home. Mrs. Wallace and her daughter, Mrs. Jencv Newby, spent last week visiting at Klamath Falls, Crater Lake, and northern Calif. 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