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I FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 194b intjton recently the G. O. P. memberi wanted to tell Presi dent Truman to go Jump in the creek but they took time to Im prove the housing legislation, 1o check Installment buying and tiiey passed the U. N. bill, an action that may prove to be ot Kreat lmiortance. The lawmak ers did not ignore the factor of pAlitical competition. Before the presldei.t made his western trip the house leaders had the selec tive service act bottled up in the rules committee and the house wanted to."i;ut the enter prise" with refeience to the .Marshall plan. That is what Sen ior Vandenberg said and he knew what was going on. After the president had told people w hat he thought alxjul congress the draft act went through and I to did the E. R. P. Both political parties pay heed to the competition provided by i the other fellows. The demo (measures that prevent construc tive criticism. i Our politicians cater to the public and strive to stay In of- fice hv giving the best service I they can. Naturally there is rlv i airy and those of each side criti i cie the others, sometimes until people get tired of the rumpus. I It is a good system however and ! produces results. We can be .thankful we have competition. If I you get weary of the chatter you can always read about something ' else , Published Daily Except Sunday by tha Naws-Revicw Company, Inc. lUr4 tlm matter Mtr T, lt?t, ! the file ft ItMtiri, Orfj. dtr art ! March t, Ul CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Jia Managtr Mambtr of tha Associated Pre: Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations fc-B-rMtaU kr ffrT-HOUIPAT CO, INC., fflr Is K Trk, Chleftt. t VruelMa. Lt Aaflt, lilt, rauUa. Si, Laala. t'KICKIPTION BATFI la Orr B Mallrff Taar II M. tic aaaataa 14 M, Ihraa aaaaiha t.M. Bf C tir ( arrlar Par raar lll.M Ma asaaea, laaa lhaa nm rr, far aiaath II. M. Oalaitft Ora Br Hall Far MM, aU maataa 14.11, taraa aiaatba It. 71. crats do better because the re publicans are watching them and vice versa. The officials are not anjjels. Thev are politicians and the fact we have elections keeps them on their toes. It Is not that way in a totali tarian country where there is , only one party and the regime : in control selects the nominees. If anyone in Russia tried to I "view with alarm" and did so out loud he would be siiol or i sent to a concentration camp. A despotic government retains pow ASBESTOS SIDING Builders' Hardware PAGE LUMBER & FUEL Cvl E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 24: er by keeping' people in a state of servility. There is no political competition to provide an in centive lor good work. The In centive l for harsh, ruthless THE HAND OF GOD OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams ( IT SEEMS TO NIE WAV SOU DID TH' S I JAM IM HERE, J OF TELLIM' I SAME WORK 1 -A BUT I GUESS S. TH' OLD BOV ) WITH LESS MACHIMES WEREMT V THAT HE COMVEM1EKJCES, 1 SO COMPLICATEP 1 CAME UP I BUT I GUESS V WHEW YOU WORKED 1 1 WHEM VOU VOU DO HAVE fg-j AT IT, WERE y I PIDN T MEED J I TO KMOW MORE V THEY? TO KNOW f I TO HANDLE TH' x V MUCH! VCONVEMIENCES 1 -.1 'f By CHARLES V. STANTON A nation plagued today by juvenile delinquency xtamla in the unique position of paying homage to a beloved n ports hero who, an a youth, was strictly an incorrigible. Few boys ever had a less auspicious start in life than the immortal Habe Ruth. At the age of seven years he was placed in a Catholic industrial school actually a reform school because even at that tender age he was beyond control of his parents. A swaggering, tough, tobacco-chewing kid, he defied the discipline of the school. He ran away. Ie violated parole. He was strictly a non-conformist. But in the school there was a big man with a big heart. He was Brother Matthias. He stod six feet and six inches in height. His patience must have been sorely tried by the antics of the brazen, profane, disobedient lad over whom he had partial custody. But his keen eye noticed the youngster's interest in baseball, so he spent hours batting balls as Amer ica's future home run king learned to coordinate the muscles of his growing body. The boy, apparently because of family neglect, was an exhibitionist He craved applause. He wanted to be in a posi tion of command. So he became a catcher on the school team because the catcher could tell the pitcher what to throw, could move infieklers and outfielders where he wanted them and could direct the play. He also was a perfectionist and when his teammates made errors or were unable to meet competition, the youngster's tongue lashed out with profane abuse.. Came the day when the young catcher was "riding" his pitcher with unusual vigor. Patient Brother Matthias thought another lesson was due, so he sent the boy to the pitcher's mound. But the lesson boomeranged, for then and there a new pitcher was born a pitcher who, contrary to usual custom, also waa a hitter. Nearly everyone knows the rest of the Babe Ruth story. How, through the influence of Brother Matthias, he went into organized baseball, first as a very successful pitcher and then as the world's champion home run hitter. Babe Ruth remained an exhibitionist and non-conformist throughout his lifetime, but the great affection held by Brother Matthias for children was born into the heart of the Mighty King of Swat, who became the idol of sports minded boys and girls the world over. His' kindness to children has never been told in its entirety. (rantland Rice, one of the nation's foremost sports writers, tells for the first time of the occasion when Babe Ruth drove 60 miles one night during a world series in I Chicago to see a sick boy. "If you write anything about it, I'll knock your brains out," the writer says he was told by Ruth. Tha Importance of Leadership As America sorrows today over the passing of its base ball hero, the mighty Babe Ruth, how many people pause to wonder what might have happened to him had it not been for the inspiration and direction given by Brother Matthias? How many children are denied an opportunity to become national heroes because there are not enough Brothers Matthias? How many children are lost as useful citizens because they have no one to guide them or furnish leader- ship and inspiration in their lives? How many children are! branded as inrorrigihles and permitted to degenerate into enemies of society because their exhibitionist and non conformist complexes are not properly channeled? And who can foretell how many potential incorrigible will lie saved for future usefulness by -the Babe Ruth achievement? j It is not difficult to envision the feeling of pride Brother! Matthias must have had in Babe Ruth's record on the base-l ball field. Many an unfortunate buy undoubtedly must have had the Ruth experience held before him as an example of how the unfortunately placed can Ix-come Minsters of their j own destiny. ' ! I'niform No. 3 hits been sealed away forever. Never again will a player on the Yankee baseball team wear that numeral, j The body of tieorge Herman Kuth will be laid at rest. But nothing can stop the inspiration of his life from influencing the lives of generations yet unborn. Babe Ruth will become a legendary figure in American sports history. His fame will grow with the years. Yet lie- j hind the expanding legend will forever remain the shadow i of the saintly ami understanding man whose giant frame j was filled with overwhelming love for (rod's blessed little children. mmrmmp mSM ImkA if KFiF mmMMM hWr . THE FOSSIL J.P?.wiL.tAMc, V. ' jf Viahnett S. Martin One of the best lnvestmt nls we made for our youngsters was on the day we bought abou sixty old copies of Ths National Geogra phic As the boys were loo young to bother with index etc., I num bered them all on the backs from one to sixty, and then invested most of several days getting a card Index I for my use then and the boys' later) telling where to find any article In the magazines. We paid five cents each, 1 think, for Ihe lot many without rovers, but clean and w hole. How much the pictures meant to small boys not yet able Jo read: I Horses? Ha, here were lots of ! horses! Dogs? Lots and lots of ' dogs! Birds? They pored over pages of beautifully colored pic-1 tutet, learning without even guessing the fact. It took but a i moment, even If my hands were floury, to fish out Ihe number of at least one copy with whatever was desired within its pages. Soon they could find the number for themselves. I Then with school days came a1 wider use. To school went the old I copies as they Illustrated what ever was under discussion that week. Many a note came home from a teacher, too. For If the need Justified It, pictures were cut out and Used In the oh dear me, what did they call that ma chine like an old fashioned magic lantern? Bal - baloptican? I'm guessing. Did Daddy tell something about his days In the Navy? There was a 1918 Issue that illustrated his stories with pictures taken while he had been In training. Did Mother want to share some re membered Kngllsh scenes? Look up 'Kngland' in Ihe card-index, let the boys pull out ihe right numbers from the row of (Jeo graphics. Did a visitor tell us of strange lands? Why yes. there was sure to be something to help him explain what he saw. And at Christmas, the Bible land scenes were precious. "Right there -" we would say, poring over the picture," right there"! It made It ail very close to our present exMrience, se ing those photographs. Just think, Jacob's well is still there to tie seen! Still giving water to the thirsty, thou sands of years after Jacob 'digged' It, and 1900 years after the Man of Gaiilee -mused there and taught a lesson. Editorial Commenf Front The Oregon Press SERVICE VERSUS SERVILITY Pendleton East Oregonian When a political campaign is underway there is a lot of noise, and at times you may wonder If we have a good way of running the countrv. ! Do not worry. We have a com jpetitive system, as we have in I business, and it gives us lietter I service. If there was only one i store, or one oil company or one ! motor car manufacturer things would not be so good. We would pay higher prices and would have to take what we could get. They do that way in Russia and often get nothing after standing In line several hours. We have political competition, between the two big parties, and it gives us better government. The party in power tries to do a good job because it has to or lose out. When a republican con gress was called back to Wash- ? .-til -r- a a I ?'VN l i a a Tiil(yAatomatic Washer W-lVATR"ilctfon! Alt you do is put in clothes and soap, st th dial and forget it I That's really care free washing. Other features a ret Fills and empties automatically. Washes 8 lbs. of clothes in less than a half hour cleaner, whiter. Gives 2 deep, "Live-Water" rinses. Spins clothes damp dry. Self-balancing needs no bolting down; Self-cleaning porcelain inside and out. Can be hand 'Controlled for special jobs. v6 y y - jr- Frifidolr BKtric ILsssj I I Frijidoir. Bcric (, IIONII CtOTHtl DITII ftttr, faitw, atr Ironing. Quick, automolic oVyinf indoors. OTiPQUA VALLEY APPLIANCE 120 W. Oak Sr. Phone 1218 In the Day's News (Continued From Pag. One I Dimmicks Return From Memorable Celebration Trip Mr. and Mis. Ceotge W. Dim- railroad st.itmn and The Dalles hotel A flee banipiet was seied to tin nr mme guests in the hotel. I under the s(Hinsotshlp of Ihej rhamber of v'ommerce ttf that I :cit. After dinner, the group was escorted to a park atop a hill of the nt. near the old Kurt I I Dalles. The Kurt Dalles Saddle) it'lllb til (Vt'ili'it the utiinti Mm! mlik. who relumed Sunday from built a bonfire. After a brief a trip to The Dalles and part if I- orrcmoin and general gel ae- pallon In the Oiegon Tiails. Inc., I quamled session, rot Ice was sfiv , ,., .. .,.., .. ye,", Tn, n,n,(.k, ,,,, ,irnm City, reported a veiy enjoyable pny ln, ,,, lo (,n, m,.r weeks trip. ith, ,,, finrir.w Hoad between Kavterncrs in hiding writers. The Dalles and Sandy, as they educntois and othets, memters had been over that route before of the Pioneer Trails Aim la-! and knew It was not In too good lion, took the trip veiy serious-! condition However, thev Joined ly and pointed out many points the members gin In l'oilland of particular Interest usually lak-j for the (liegon Trails. Inc., lum en for gianled by westerners, ness meeting on Krlday. 'Ihe said Mrs. Dimmirk. ; members enjoved a picnic hinrh The gioup. coming In from Iji that night on Council Ciesl Cirnnde. were met at the south then Saluid.iv were provided free city limits of Ihe Dalles hv an ; transportation to Oregon City singe i-oarn relic, niawn and lis Centennial celebration. old" hv four horses and an old pony A bu ride around the Mount express wagon, used In past yeais mood l.orip was Ihe Sunday at to carry baggage between the I li action. people aren't working at full ef- -flclency. WO new discoveries of uran- I lum are reported In the dis patches one In California and one In northern British Columbia. The British Columbia ore may he pitchblende, which is (specially rich in uranium i titanium is lis. slonable material from which atom bombs are model. Aa the situation now stands, new discoveries of uranium might change the fate of the world. IT" how to mk( atom bombs out of SOMK OT1 IKK MAIKKIAU SriKNTISTS of trii count l ie, gathered In I .on dim, recom-1 mend that t'nited Nations call a stirntifir oonferrmf lo m what h science run do ahout the prenent 1 state of the world. Such a conference, they assert, j should convene "technically quail- J fled representative1 of the aocial science and psychiatry ... to In qtilie into existing International tensions and to make relevant piojoti,ls." That I to my, translating this scientific Jaigon, they should fig uie out what m rong with hu- j m.intiy and tell us what to do aooul It. IN RKNU'S big fir the other day, the onlooktng gallery was warned by a policeman to "get back, that' dnamlte In there!" Mere ( what happened: i A few of rhe timid letie.ited. The rest IHSHKH (T.OSKK. There was a roar. Smoke, sho. through wtih spurts of flame, blanketed half a block. The upshot of It waa fie dead and ahout 1.10 Injured. ' IT ISN'T enough. ya see. to GIVK t.oon APVK'E. People must TAKK IT tf they are to be saved from trouble. Would w take the tN Men- lists advice, even If they did tell ua w hat to do? PRESIDKNT Truman al;n the Republican - sponsored antl - In flation hill, but leta go a blister ing statement that "congress failed to meet Its re.sponsihillt.es to the American people. What he says Is probably true. Still, Ifi equally tnie that Tru man has failed to meet his anti inflation responsibilities. WHAT w e must remember Is that we can CAN' STOP IN H.ATION WIIKNKVKR VK WANT TO. The point is that so far we don't want to. Nobody wants to bust the boom. In lealiiy. both the President and congress are doing what the bulk of ihe public wants. MKKTING responsibility" Is, of course another question. What Is responsibility? It Is giing people WHAT T1IKY THINK THKY WANT, or giving them what they need? What do you do In the cae of our ihildren? Io ou give 'em all the candy and green apples they want, tummy ache or no tummy ache? Educator Hurt, Wife, Son Killtd in Auto Accident SK Vm.K. Aug 1 i r- Ar li. Spiehnan. toi mer profisvir of dairy prottuclion at Wash ington Slate 1'ollege, was Injured and his wife, Wynetta. and five-ear-old son. John, were killed in an automobile accident near trdiner. Me . T u e s d a y. the S a.hingtnn t'otipei at Ive Farm er avsociation was notified. Sptelman, now head of Ihe ani mal husbandry department at the I'rmersity of Connecticut, is in a (ardiner hospital. Funeral .ei vices for his w ife and son will he condt.t-ti'd Saturday at Cor alhs. Ore. TRAFFIC FINES IMPOSED Tea I fie tines imposed in ttie couit of Municipal Judge ha H. Riddle are announced as follow: CIom ,loph S. .lean. Red mond. Ji. spe'ding: Clarence Al in Kuhnhotier. (tilde. 2, no car licence and opcMattng with driver s license expired: Rudolph Frank hule. Rosebut g. S2. failure to stop at a stop sirevt: and James U Shium. Rosebut g. failure to itoo at two atop streets. 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