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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1948 qbo Jletus-ltcuiew Publiahad Dally Except Sunday by tha News-Review Company, Inc. latere! ei Meen eleet matter May 1, 1979, al Iht Beet afnea at oiebnri, Or.fen, andtr aot el Harob t. CHARLIS V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of the Associated Preas, Oregon Newapaper Publleheri Aiaoolatlon, the Audit Bureau of Clroulatlone epreeeate Br WSiTHOLLIDAT CO, INC., elfleee la K.. T.rb, Celceee, See rranelaea, Laa AoflUa, atattla, FertUnt, St. Leelt. SUBSCRIPTION KATES-la Oreiee-H; Mallp Tar II oe, al m.alba S..5S, loree monlbe ll.se. Br Cite Carrier Per Taar lu.oe tin adraaca), thaa i"!'.!" raealk 11. M. Oalilda Orrten Bj Hall Par fear 99.99. Ill month, .,, tltr maalba 11.11, EVERYTHING TO GAIN OUT OUR WAY Williams By CHARLES V. STANTON Preliminary contacts are being made with Western Ore- gon shippers of timber products preparatory to filing a com plaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission pecking , an investigation into the annual tar shortage which proves so expensive to the industry each year. Contacts are being made in each of the principal communities in the western part of the state. It is proposed that shippers form an or ganization to prepare and sponsor the complaint, and to di rect and finance preparation of evidence to be submitted to , the Interstate Commerce Commission should the hearing be authorized. It is anticipated that representation will not be confined to timber manufacturers alone. All shippers, including farmers, will be given an opportunity to enter into the or ganized effort to secure improved facilities, it is reported. Various wholesale firms, both in the timber industry and in general activities, are expected to assist in the project. Shippers feel there is no reason why Western Oregon communities should suffer heavv financial losses each autumn because the Southern Pacific company does not have suf ficient freight cars available. It is pointed out that northern . lines usually have enough cars to relieve the shortage, if ' they could be diverted into the Western Oregon territory served by the Southern Pacific Co. There are several reasons why the Southern Pacific can not get enough cars from competing lines. The first is that the Southern Pacific has been dilatory in ordering equip ment. While other lines were buying new cars to replace worn out equipment, the Southern Pacific, it is charged, bought comparatively few cars, although the S. P. has total of more cars in service than some of the other lines. Other railroad lines, however, have charged that the Southern Pa- cnic was not Buying as many new freight cars in proportion as were the others and was endeavoring to profit from ex penditures by competing railroads through use of their equip ment. The Southern Pacific in more recent months has stepped up equipment purchases. It is not hard to believe, however, in view of the "Friend ly?" Southern Pacific's reputation for shirking moral re sponsibility and its past record for wringing every possible dollar out of its operation, that it would not hesitate to profit at the expense of rival concerns. That other companies did have cars available when the Southern Pacific could not supply local shippers was patently obvious in the 1947 shortage period. Many concerns used the subterfuge of loading cars in Washington with a few scraps of lumber, then bringing them into Oregon under the guise of "loading in transit," throwing out the scraps and loading them with local cargo. Although the Southern Pacific Company pavs rental on equipment belonging to other concerns while on the S. P. sys tem, it is obvious that rival companies are not anxious to let their cars go during a period of shortage. After once secur ing the cars, the Southern Pacific usually managed to route them so the S. P. would obtain benefit of the long haul, thus securing maximum returns from use of the borrowed equip ment. There are many angles from which the problem could be attacked by the Interstate Commerce Commission should the shippers obtain intervention by that federal agency. The most satisfactory would be to order joint usage of Southern Pacific tracks in monopoly areas such as Southern Oregon. This would quickly clear up the situation and promote more rapid development of sections now avoided bv industry be cause of the lack of rail competition. Another would be through freight rate adjustments, permitting access to water competition. Still another approach would be to order the routing of all cars over the shortest route to their destination. While this would take some of the long haul freight move ment away from the Southern Pstfific it would expedite the movement of freight, thus obtaining a quicker turnaround, and more efficiency in the use of cars. Then, too, the I. C. C. could order that cars borrowed from other lines to be loaded on the S. P. system be returned to the owner lines at the nearest division point, thus giving the owner of the equip ment the long haul. Rival companies, then, would ha e little objection to furnishing cars to the Southern Pacific for loading. H is certain that the Southern Pacific Company will do nothing to imiirnva Hi a uiiiu.t;,,., ,,,,i., .,. ii'.i so. We have ample evidence of the company's rank discrim- ' ination against the Southern Oregon area and it is obvious I J'Z ' that no change of heart will come voluntarily. I , J We believe shippers of this area should cooperate whole heartedly in the effort to secure I. C. C. intervention. It is one of those cases in which we have everything to gain and nothing to lose. By J. R. THAT'S A VEST f NO-IT'S TO V-Y 1 UMGEMTLEMANLV J ) KETCH HER I TRICK, PUSHIMG PUNCH SHE'S ffg&. THAT BASKET OF f LIABLE TO RUIN WVrmS LAUNDRY WHERE J HER HANDS I WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY t. - . . , By Viahnett S. Martin First I'll air my pent-up disap pointment with transportation hereabouts, (and hope recent edi torials in The News-Review w help bring us better!) and then I'll ask why the S. P. which fills a lot of advertising space admit' ting how good their service Is (?), can't find out what kind of a "car" it was that used to run up and down between LeRoy and Rochester, N. Y., some years ago, and maybe try It out here? May be It's still running on those tracks I enjoyed its convenience years ago, more years than I'm going to count up, for all I'm a grandmother. I believe It was propelled by gaso line motor? At any rale inside it was one big coach, and every, morning to it came a crowd of teachers, students, workers In the big city, housewives bent on a day away from dishes and bed making, and perhaps, a young nurse returning from her off- days. Towards evening the same crowd collected from here and thpre In the big city, and took up the chummy Interchange of ideas and news and recipes, and worked a bit more on the knit ting, tatting, paper-correct ing or whatnot that occupied fingers during the ride each way. About 30 miles. The thing I remember about that coach is the friendliness (are you llstenln' Espee?) and the informality of the crowd making use of its convenience each day. "Where were you yesterday?" and "Anybody know how Marion is today?'1 and "If you're in Hud son's today will you get me ?" and "Oh, boy, you'de better get up a minute earlier tomorrow morning. You nearly didn't make it this time!" and maybe a shriek ed warning to the motorman in his cubicle, "Oh, wait a sec. Here comes " somebody or other. Oh, oh! I used up so much space 'asking the question' I haven't much space to tell how I felt when I learned our address didn't mean a thing where train tickets are concerned. My moth er, coming up from California, was advised to go to Eugene and let us meet her there. Over 30 miles. Not that we minded but Mother took a dim view of Ore gon right off the bat! If It Isn't convenient for EJ to take me to town I use one of the two bus lines. Never mind what signs say, the air usually has been stuffy with cigarette smoke! And somebody, not liking stuffy air (can you blame him, or her?) opens a window. There goes the air conditioning! Then, obviously, t h e standup-ln-theatsle wasn't just a wartime concession. I've ridden in an aisle-packed bus, holding a standee's bundles on my lap In gratitude for having a seat. And oh, brother, the way those buses whizz along! duced. They have to be. They ARE A PART OF THE COST. You Just can't get around It. If you try to, you go broke. So, you see, EVERYBODY pays, because taxes are Included in the cost of everything we buy. a ANYWAY, If you'll think of a billion dollars of tax money In terms of $7 per person, It will give you a better idea of what a billion Is. U. S. Law Bars Paratrooper From Wand Baby BERLIN, Dec. l.i!P)k for mer American paratrooper who pierced Berlin's Iron curtain to visit his German girl friend and their two-year-old child, saw them briefly yesterday, from be- nina oars. j Then, back from an epic hitch-! hike in the Soviet sector, he de- i cided to tell all, blaming most of j his troubles on U. S. immigration ' laws. Edward J. Lada, 28. of Newark. 1 N. J., arrested for being in Ger many without a military entry permit, said he tried to take Ruth Riecki, 23, of Berlin, with him to the United States In 1947, when the baby, Nancy, was an infant. "Now that the story is out, I might as well tell it all," Lada said in his stockade cell. "I tried to get my wife I call her that, though we are not married out with my baby, and was turned down. I thought this time I could get them out black (under ground) and perhaps get to Can ada or some place. I want to be with them. That's all I care about." Maj. Gen. George Havs. denutv occupation commander, expres sed a "curbstone opinion" that Lada's hands and everybody else's are tied by immigraiion laws. However, he suggested La da might be able to get permis sion of the Swiss or French gov ernments to accept his family. In that case, Gen. Hays said, the Army would not Insist on shipping Lada back to the United States, but would help him stay with his family by speeding up exit visas to whichever country extended the Invitation. Lada faces trial for illegal en try, but Hays said the charge does not appear to be "very serious." number on file during the previ ous month and are mounting steadily. It is estimated that, if the present rate of new claims continues, there will be between 1500 and 2000 unemployed per sons filing claims for benefits be fore the end of December. The Christmas shopping rush will provide employment for a few sales people during Decem ber, but other than that, little change In the employment pic ture li anticipated. Numerous applicants for work in the em ployment picture are anticipated. Numerous applicants for work In the Roseburg area have ar rived from the south and have Indicated that work is not too plentiful in their localities. The resumption of longshoring should alleviate some of the shortage of storage facilities here. Editorial Comment From The Oregon Prett In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) total of something like 11 billions for the two years. T HAT raises an oddly interest ing question: JUST HOW MUCH IS A BILLION. Mitchell to Urge Money For N. W. Power Projects the hill he proposed In the Senate to set up a Columbia Valley Au thority, patterned after the one tor the Tennessee Valley, with three commissioners to head it. Kiwanis Yule Party Set Am. I 1 a. . . .. Washington, ivr ti(7-iiMr K'versiae toranqe Hall Rep.-elect Hugh -Mitchell in. R. L. Whipple, charter mem Wash. I said yesterday he will -her of the Roseburg Kiwanis urge ample appropriations fir club, was named toashnaster for Northwest power projects to "cor- the group's Christmas party to rrct the mistakes made bv the . be held Tuesday evening, c Republican Congress" In the last : curding to Have' .McCarrol ecu- chairman. on had to explain to de school son (or st how much a bil lion is. How would you go about It? You could say, of course, that a billion is a thousand million. But that wouldn't help much. It would be like a picture of a man from Mars with no nearby ob jects lo compare it with. We've never seen a man from Mars. We don't know whether he would he two feet tall or 15 feet tall. The picture would mean nothing to money. Government money comes from taxation. It means that everybody has to chip into the pot. So let's put it this way: A billion dollars, in the United States of America, means ABOUT SEVEN DOLLARS PER PER SON. We're supposed to have about MO million people. Seven times 140 million Is Just a little shy of a billion. a a LOOKED at that way, every time the government spends a billion dollars it takes about seven dollars out of your pocket If you are an Individual with no dependents. If you have a wife and a child who depend wholly upon you, it means $21 to you. If you have more dependents, It means more. That gets It down small enough (or us little people to see. HOME SEWING RENAISSANCE Medford Mail Tribune renaissance or sewinp is spreading among American homes wnn women of all ages teen agers, mothers and grandmoth ersfrom Park avenue pent-houses to the humblest homes taking to the needle 'n thread to provide uieir doming needs. While the eDoch-maklnir nva. lanche of home sewing has var ious conirinuting causes, it is generally agreed by women's wear industry observers that sky high prices of food and other necessities of life, plus heavv tax es, have hit the American woman's budget so hard that she is left with Insufficient means to buy wearing apparel for her self and her children. Her only alternative is to make at least some of their clothing at home. A recent survey estimated that approximately 52 million women and girls are now active sewers. More than 28 million are classi fied as creative sewer of which one-fourth are girls age 12 to 21. They sew dresses, suits and all kinds of other wearing apparel, including clothing for children. a a a A pertinent clue to the large amount of sewing going on is th fact that more than 25 million sewing machines grace American homes. 3 million more than home telephones. I During pre-war years, it was es timated that only 10 million wo men did home sewing. Compared with today's activity, the gentle art shows a gain of around 180 per cent. Another trustworthy bit of evi dence as to the recent wild fire sweep of sewing is the zooming of pattern sales. This year, it is estimated that pattern'sales will total more than 200 million. This will compare with 168 million re ported last year and i- a gain of more than 233 per cent over the 60 million sold before the war years. It is also estimated that more than $60 million will be spent this year for patterns as com pared with $50 million in 1947. Pre-war years pattern sales total e daiound S14 million. November Total Employed Persons Reported Reduced The November total of pm-! ployed persons in Deuglas County j was sharply reduced over any previous month in recent years, according to a report bv the fire. gon State Employment service. Many logging and sawmill opera-! tions all over the area have been ' closine for Indefinite norinH. , ; eastern market being in its an- ,,UQI i-i i'iu ui siacKenea activity, stock piles filling local storage spaces, and the uncertainty of the future are some of the rea sons. During the past week snow in the higher atliliirloo ha other operations. Most firms that I me cmsen ior oiner than weath er conditions, indicate that opera tions nrohahlv win h J ..... , C3UJIJCU after the first of-this year. !i ai tne end of the month there I Were bUt 20 Inhs avnllahl Of these. 12 wero In tha I and sales field. The balance of the openings were In skilled and semiskilled brackets In other1 catagories. Unemployment compensa 1 1 o n claims more than tripled the i "B outstripped anything since me uuuui in me iMju a a One of the hie needs nnui u sufficient instruction for women eager to learn more of the fine points oi sewing. Although the ex tension service. 4-1 1 clubs, some women's clubs and similar groups are helping in this direction, there is wine opportunity in this field for retail stores, schools and nth. ers to help along a movement which provides opportunity for money saving, a pleasant and worthwhile pastime and helps to keep the little woman happy. Beautiful Chriitmat Mirrors Priced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 1R4 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 two years Mitchell, a former senator, said failure of the present Congress to appropriate $40,000,000 for Me Nary Dam, across the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, has delayed power pro duction there for two years. Private engineers from the P;i The affair will be held at the Riversdalp Grange hall. More than 115 reservations have been made. MeCarroll said. Following past custom, an ex change ot noisy or humorous gifts will be held, along with group singing ami the formal cifie Northwest urged that much program, Ralph Church will load money and president Truman re quested $30,000,000 but Congress approved only $22,000,000. Mitchell also said the failure ot the 80th Congress last year and again (his year to vote funds to start Chief Joseph Dam, further up the Columbia, also delayed for two years the time when" power will be available there. "We have got to have more power Just as quickly as we can let It In Washington and Ore on." he told a reporter. . Mitchell said he will introduce the singing. JURY MAKES AWARD 1 lael Turpin in a Circuit Court suit brought against Frank Koepke, was awarded $650 bv a Jury verdict Thursday. She iiad asked for $736.72 in her com plaint. The almost extinct right whale, also called the Greenland whale, Is the largest of the whalebone whales, sometimes furnishing 3. 500 pounds of whalebone. us at all unless the strange vis-Maxes. Our friends in Washington Itor stood beside some KNOWN see to that. This Is the century of object (such as a normal-sized j 'he common man and the men earthly man) with which he i we have chosen to run our gov could be compared. eminent will see to it that we lit- It's much the same with a bil-1 1,0 People Hon t suffer. lion. Most of us have nothing to Sales of fabrics, notions and sewing needs have rocketed this year to their highest peak In his- Inrv- flrcnrrlino In retail store IT this point, somebody will be men. the piece goods sales hav- H sure to say: "Oh, heck, the BIG SHOTS pay the bulk of the SLABWOOD in 12-16 and 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone 658 DO YOU KNOW? 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It thrust above the shingles where the blast was blowing free, and it seemed to howl, a weird song of mountain plain and sea. It sang of snow-white mountain peaks, and leagues and leagues of plains; and then of flying reindeer straining on the checking-reins; but when It sang of blizzards roaring down the mountain side, It's voice In supreme ecstacy was greatly magnified. And then there came a happy note of tinkling bells and toys; and many other pleasant things for little girls and boys. The night drew on it's happy song was heard from afar and near; for Santa Claus was coming, and he came but once a year; but now it seemed to hush and wait; as though it did not dare; and then It ceased It's happy song for Santa Claus was there. SEE US . . . If you are building or remodeling We have all the fixtures, galvanized pipe, soil pipe and fittings. LET US . . . Give you an estimate en the cost. Terms up to three years to pay. All tools con be furnished, or if you need help on the in stallation or repair call for our licensed plumber. W. M. SANDALL CO. North on Hwy. 99 Phone 1117-R compare a billion with. So. in our minds, It's Jl'ST A WORH. As Octavus Roy Cohen used lo say In his stories of colored folk in Ala-' bama's big city of Hfrmingham, ! ,n' cosl of everything that is pro- "You says words, but thev don't We probably kid ourselves more on the subject of taxes than about anything else. We think somebody else pays them for us. It isn't true. Taxes are added to FLOOR SANDING and FINISHING Estimates rS& Leslie Pfaff ,320 Ward St. animcnn -' mean nuffin'." That's the way it is with the word billion. It doesn't mean anything to us. frequently in terms of gov ernment spending for a billion Is so big that it can't often be dealt with by anything less po tent than the government of a fairly large nation. 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