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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY,' OCTOBER 7. 1948 SECTION 2 Pag. ONE Newspaperboy Major Factor In Nation's Economy More than 51 million news papers are read by the American public every day. Eight out of ten of these papers are delivered and fold to the American pub lic by America's newspaperboys. Besides acquiring business exper ience, the newspaperboy is per .forming a public service similar to that given by bus drivers, mil t men, and otner workers who keep the wheels of daily life turning. That is why a day October 2 has been set aside as National Newspaperboy Day in recognition of the public service of the news paperboy. About 66,000 reporters, editors and mechanical workers are em ployed In the United States to get out the Nation's newspapers, but more than half a million newspaperboys are necessary to see that the finished product reaches the hands of the reading public. , Since Colonial times the news paptrboy has proven himself the quickest and most efficient means of getting the news of his community and of the world to the American people. He is one of the reasons why the Ameri can public is as well informed as it is. Seldom Delinquent In addition to performing a service for the public, the news-1 from his work. A busy boy is seldom a delinquent boy, and the newspaperboy is busy. He is receiving training In the American way of doing business, practicing the principles of free enterprise in youth and learning lessons which will serve him all of his life. He is learning the Importance of regularity and dependability. He Is learning how to meet the public and how to sell, how to extend credit to his customers and how to have credit extended to him; and thus learns the re sponsibilities of being in busi ness. He Is learning the proper man agement of money, how to keep books and what is required of him in the way of personal ef fort in order to make a profit on his enterprise. He is learning the value of honesty in dealing with people. Independence Learned He Is experiencing the thrill of economic independence, com bined with the satsifactinn of be ing able to help carry the fami ly load, through the purchase of his own clothes, etc. Newspaperboys are an Import ant part of America's economic life. The average newspaperboy earns about $300 per year. The half million newspaperboyi throughout the country earn some 150 million dollars a year which they save or spend In their own communities. Newspaperboys are the largest youth group in proportion in the country In the purchase of gov ernment Savings Bonds and are thus assuming more than their share of the responsibility of good citizenship, and through this experience feel themselves to be truly an integral part of the Country they serve. r - , f .-..i.-.-v ' ".-,;-". ." I I I t St St J lji I l!$M'lM n - 11. CttinkX'S -v. 3 .L 3 Worse Floods In Prospect, Warning To Northwest SEATTLE, Oct. 6. f.W A fed eral agency said yesterday the Pacific Northwest must prepare for worse floods than those of last spring. The report came from the wat er resources branch, of the U. S. Geological Survev. It noted that although the 1948 flood of the Columbia River and Its tributaries did not reach the levels of the historic 1894 flood in the lower Columbia, it did much more damage. It estimat ed the 1894 flood damage at $S. 200.000 and this year's property s.ss at more than $100,000,000 with 40 to 45 deaths. With development of the Co lumbia Basin, the report said communities have tended to en croach upon the flood plain, lead ing to heavier losses when flood conditions prevail. "Greater floods than that of 1948 have swept through the Basin in the past," It added. "These floods or at least the conditions which produced them (l MOVING -I 1 e5ijs S ssssV WW IWfwB ROSEBURG TRANSFER AND STORAGE 130 N. PINE II If TIMATII Packing Crating Storing Moving rmAN 927 s. Trend Toward Uniform Wage Cuts Incentive of Skilled Working Man By JAMES THRASHER Forty years ago, the Labor Department's division of wage analysis recalls, the average pay of skilled workers In American Industry was more than 100 per cent higher than that of unskilled labor. The trend has been steadily downward since then until today the difference Is 55 percent. ' We don't thinK that the figure of 40 years ago was quite In line. But we agree wnn tne rvaiionai Foremen's Institute that If the downward trend continues, in dustry may be lit for some skill ed manpower trouble. It is no secret mat wnen tne unskilled worker is paid a de cent living he is not the only one who benefits. Probably some thing more than the humanitar ian instincts of management ac counts for the steady rise in pay for unskilled and spmi-sklll-ed work in the last few years. Many unions have worked hard to bring It about, to be sure. But It Is mill true that Industry is creating new and bigger mar kets with higher wages. Melon Share Inferior A good deal of squawking has come from Industrial manage ment on this score as when Henry Ford 1 started paying his men $5 a day. But better manage ment methods and technological improvements have made it pos sible to increase wages without sacrificing profits or until re cently raising prices with every pay hike. But when the melon Is cut shouldn't the skilled worker get a fair, if not an equal portion? The Labor Department analysis indicate that he does not. From October, 1943, to April. 1947, the average pay of all skills in our industry rose 32.3 per cent. Skill ed labor got 27.7 per cent of this. while the boost to semi-skilled and unskilled were respectively 34.5 and 35.7. In several indus tries this gap was much wider. One of the great virtues of our economic and political sys tem is the Incentive and oppor tunity for advancement that it gives to the Individual. That self evident truth has been proclaim ed from so many rostrums that mavhe people grow weary of hearing It. Vet the fact remains that we have usually paid oir on skill. And the connection between that system and our pre-eminence In Industrial production fe no accident. Soviet Doesnt Make Good We have reason to give thanks for that pay-off system. So did the Soviet Communists In the re cent war the same ones who by their own frequent admission are out to destroy that system. So have some other Europeans to day who don't think much more of capitalism than the people In MOSCOW. But If skill continues to be less of a salable commodity all the time, there won't be much Incen tive left for a worker to learn or develop specialised abilities. Over a long run that could bring us down several pegs from our industrial pre-eminence and our present high living standard. The Soviet Communists have a slogan or philosophy or what ever: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." But it is significant that they have never been able to put the Idea Into practice. This trend toward uniform wages is a trend toward that Idea. It is scarcely consistent with the American system although, as In so many other things, we seem to be doing It better than the Russians. GUARDIANS AGAINST FIRE To remind tho citixans of Roiaburg of Fir Prevention Weak, Oct. 3-9, member! of the Roieburg Fira Department lined up all their fira-fighting and life-iaving apparatus in front of the City Hall, as lean above. On tha left ar rn tiv pumper irucss uteo oy in uepartment, and on the left the lifa-iaving boat and first-aid ear, the latter used by the chief. The lower picture ihowi regular and volunteer firemen in a group portrait. Standing in tha back row, center, ii Fir Chief Glann M. laylor, who heads the Department. will undoubtedly recur In the future." Campaign of Truman Draws O. K. of Unions , WASHINGTON, Oct 4,-m-George M. Harrison and leaders of 25 other AFL and independ ent unions called on President Truman yesterday to congratu late him on his election can paign. , Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and head of the newly organized labor's commute for Truman and Barkley, told newsmen: "I think the people are re sponding to the president's ap peal. They appreciate he Is for the people." Commenting on a vigorous at tack on the president by John L. Lewis at a united Mine Work ers Convention in Cincinnati yes terday, Harrison said: "I am sure those sentiments don't represent the sentiments of the working people of this country." Free Planer Shavings WE WILL HAUL THEM FOR HAULING CHARGE Retail Lumber Sales RIVERSIDE LUMBER CO. Garden Volley Rd. at RR Tracks P. 9. Box 110 Phone 704-R-4 Eskimos Realize Dream To Enter School in U. S. PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (.St An orphaned Eskimo brother and sis ter rrom iralg, Alaska, started to school here yesterday fulfill ing a wish expressed to fish erman. Thelma Johnson, 13, and Geo. Johnson, 12. entered the eighth and seventh grades, respective ly, at Columbia Bible School, aft er arriving by plane from Ketchi kan. . Earl D. Smith, president of the school's hoard of directors, said Sewell Magnanl, Medford ranch er, was financing the children's education. Magnanl formerly was a fisherman at Craig and the children lived in his home for a time. They told him they dream ed oi being educated in tne states. Columbia Bible School teaches conventional elementary school subjects with additional Bible study classes. The children are living In the iSmlth home. Bring Sex Out In Open, Advice In University Report By DAVID TAYLOR MARKE AP NfwitMturM "Let's take the shroud off aex, bring it out in the open and treat It as normal, natural and beauti ful Instead of keeping it hidden and taboo and thus making It, as it has been in the past, a source of confusion, mystery, and often iear, says a Colgate university report which has Just come to my desk. The report was prepared bv a senior, John M. Walker, under the supervision of the Education Department, and places the re sponsibility for sex ignorance among students ranging In age from IS to 30, squarely upon the shoulders of the parents and the teachers. The report says that the great est sources of sex information came from friends of their own age and older boys and girls. "This seems due to the fact that neither the parents nor the schools provided adequate Infor mation." Teamwork Needed Neither home, school, church, nor college, says the report, can be solely responsible for this pro gram of .education. It is one in which all must have a part. Per haps the most Important of all will be to anticipate children's needs for information as they are emotionally mature enough to receive It. On the same subject the Amer ican Social Hygiene Association says: "Youth faces many problems of personal and social adjust ment. Those growing out of the sex factor are among the most difficult and vital. Young people themselves as well s parents, teachers, ministers, physicians, recreation leaders and social workers recognize the Import ance of education In this area; but many well-intentioned people lack a clear basis of understand ing of objectives, content, meth ods, and personnel to meet this need." Leftover chicken makes Wal dorf salad Into a main dish for lunch. 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