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.
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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
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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."
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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. Just add the cubed chick
en to the celery, apples, wal
nuts and mayonnaise and serve
In lettuce cups or on short sprays
of watercress.
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