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A "Wary"
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Editorial mail these days is filled with seasonal material
containing safety warnings. There is good reason why these
admonitions should be circulated at this time. The National
Safety Council reports that December has the highest traffic
death toll of any month of the year. The Christmas-New
Year holiday season is the most dangerous single period of
the year. Heavier travel and the festive spirit of the season
increase the normal winter hazards, such as bad weather,
slippery roads and more hours of darkness. More drinking
by both drivers and pedestrians during the holiday season
also is partly responsible for the increase in traffic toll, the
Council declares.
Last year the total of pedestrian deaths in December was
42 per cent higher than the average for the first 11 months.
But all deaths are not due to traffic. The National Fire Pro
tection Association points out that from a few days before
Christmas to a few weeks after New Year's, a plague of
fires rages over the country. Many of these fires are the
result of hazards existing only during the holiday season.
In a little country schoolhouse in Babbs Switch, Oklahoma,
where 150 people were crowded for a Christmas party,
candles ignited the Christmas tree. There was only one exit.
Windows were heavily barred. Thirty-six celebrators were
killed In the panic or left behind to burn to death when the
crowd stampeded.
In a fashionable Selma, Alabama, country club, six women
were burned to death and several others injured when a
carelessly handled match ignited cotton-trimmed costumes,
Four people were killed in a Jersey City, N. J., hotel when
a Christmas tree in the lobby was ignited by a toy electric
train.
Hundreds of homes were burned throughout the nation,
many of them with accompanying fatalities or serious in
juries. Many other causes contribute to holiday accidents. Sports
take their toll. Sleigh rides are turned into "slay" rides.
Children are killed or injured. Falls kill, maim and injure
thousands during the holiday season when homes are over
crowded and when the festive spirit leads to carelessness.
Scores of other causes could be cited, but all lead to one
aumonmon : we Dareiui l i
Make it a "Wary" Christmas and you'll have a Merry
Christmas I
Farewell to Pheasants?
Upland bird hunters are hearing some discouraging news
from State Game Department heads. The battle to maintain
shooting populations of game birds is rapidly losing ground.
Despite large sums of money poured into bird management,
the Game Commission is finding that its program is not pro
ducing results. A shift is being made from operation of gamp
farms to habitat improvement,
tions of the state doubtless will be virtually without pheas
ants in the near future unless hunters give better cooperation
Birds reared on game farms represent only about one
percent of the annual take by hunters, Game Department
.experts report. Yet the operation of game farms costs thou
sands of dollars, far out of proportion to the benefits derived.
It is planned to continue a limited'farm program as a means
of saving brood stock, but much of the money heretofore
spont to propagate birds in hatcheries will be used to improve
conditions for natural propagation.
This means that pheasant population in the future will he
very largely confined to sparsely peopled and non-agricultural
areas, public shooting grounds, bird refuges, etc.
There is good reasoning behind the Commission's poiicy.
In the densely populated areas it is not economically fea
sible to attempt maintenance of bird population adequate for
shooting demand; too mnny factors operate against survival.
Farm mowers and tractors working in fields the natural
habitat of the China pheasant kill annually twice as many
birds as are shot by hunters, according to a guess-estimate
by Game Department scientists. Thousands upon thousands
of birds are killed by automobiles along state and county
roads. Birds are subjected to constant predation by poachers
in addition to the many natural predators, particularly house
cats, which increase in proportion to the density of human
population. Then, too, there is much resistance. Many farm
ers do not want the birds on their land, nor do they want
hunters tramping over their property, breaking down fences,
trampling crops, scaring and even killing poultry and live
stock, etc.
Another factor and a sorry one is the lack of sports
manship among hunters, who, in addition to failing to recog
nize and respect property rights of the landowner, refuse
to conform to obvious conservation rules. Although restric
tions are placed on the killing of hen pheasants, studies show
that the ratio of cocks to hens remains constant proof that
this first law of conservation is being ignored. Futhermore,
while definite bird shooting seasons are set by law, it is a
well known fact that pheasant poaching is a year-around
practice, too extensive to permit of enforcement without an
army of police officers.
Populated sections of the state, therefore, soon will be
withoUt pheasants unless there is a prompt improvement in
hunting etiquette, a real effort put forth to improve habitat
for natural propagation, and more cooperation between
hunters and landowners.
BAD SERUM TAKES TOLL
TOKYO, Dec. 21 P Diph
theria immunization deaths in
the city of Kyoto yesterday to
taled BO children. Impurities In
the injections were blamed.
Christmas
which means that many sec
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Today, December 21, the time
of the Winter Solstice, or "stand
ing still of the sun," has been for
many years ever since my
father opened my eyes to the
wonder of It one of the year's
most exciting days. It Is a hap
pier day than the Summer Sol
stice, this turning of the year
towards longer days, towards
Spring!
The Summer Solstice Is like
the time of geese flying south;
but, the turn of the year, the
winter turning from the ebb of
daylight hours to the flood of
full summer ah, that Is like the
geese flying north again, lifting
our hearts in a surge of excite
ment, knowing that spring Is
nearer!
What If the coldest days are
ahead? We have passed the turn
of the year! Each day is a little
longer. Not much perhaps, but
still a little. We are glad of the
little.
I used to enjoy being out in a
boat In an Inlet Just before ebb
tide ended. Waiting. Waiting for
that moment when there would
come a stillness, a sudden breath
less hush (what is the use of
imagination if one can't use it?)
that preceded the first tentative
swirls of the incoming tide. Bit
by bit the incoming water would
In the Day's News
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Chinese
nism.
WON'T LIKE commu-
w
HYT
Well, did you ever notice that
Chinese in this country LIKE TO
OWN THEIR OWN LITTLE
BUSINESSES? A few genera
tions ago, the Chinese In the
small towns of America were
rather generally In the laundry
business.
In that way, they could work
for themselves and build up a
business that would be THEIRS.
COM
wa
OMMUN1SM doesn't work that
ray. The big shots who run
communist states are SUSPI
CIOUS of people who run their
own little businesses. Such peo
ple are apt to be independent.
They don't like to kow tow to the
big boss.
There Is no place In commu
nism for Independent . minded
people.
a a a
A LITTLE while back, a blind
Portlander hitch-hiked across
the country to New York, where
he hoped to obtain an operation
that would restore his sight.
He got two operations. A New
York business man paid his hos
pital bills. (Business men, you
know, are supposed to be hard
boiled, tough, mean, grasping.)
The surgeon who operated
wouldn't take a cent. Everybody
helped. Nobody would take any
money.
The blind man is back in Port
land, still blind but with the hoi
that another operation six months
hence will enable him to see. He
says:
"Seems like I've had nothing
but Christmas ever since 1
started across the country in Sep
tember ... the farther I went
the more people wanted to do for
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By Viahnett S. Martin
push upward. I don't like ebb.
tides, although we must have
them, but there Is an excitement
to the exact moment when the
tide starts up.
A woman, still desperately ill,
keenly aware that discourage
mcnt surrounded her in every
thought but that of her nusband,
began to think of Christmas as
well, not happily. The day came.
Into her hands her husband
placed a small package, smiling
as he did so. She found the gift
was an exquisite little white bag
embroidered with gold beads . . .
the kind of thing no one would
ever use except for a special oc
casion, a party-like occasion, one
for which one would be dressed
and on one's feet . . . wpII!
She wept but it was for her
moment when the ebbing tide, at
Its lowest point, begins to turn.
Out went the discouragement ;
In came the flooding tide of joy
and confidence. Her husband
must really think she was going
to get well! It was a while before
anyone else saw any Improve
ment, but she and her husband
shared the Joy of knowing about
that turn of the tide.
On special days like Christmas
why give someone burdenpd with
illness a gift that Is at all "prac
tical" or "sensible!" Why not a
gift with a future in it?
me . . . New York City (accord
ing to all the dope hard and cruel
and uncaring) has a heart as big
as New York."
T
HE moral?
There Isn't any moral. One of
the fundamental facts of life Is
that people as a WHOLE are better-hearted
than they get credit
for.
Editorial
Comment
From The Oregon Press
SANITY RETURNING TO
LUMBER INDUSTRY
(The Oregon Journal)
There are signs that the ab
normal lumber boom is about
over. It is well.
Lumber prices and quality went
clear out of hand. Between Aug
ust, 1939, and September, 1943,
cement went up 146 per cent,
brick and tile .went up 174 per
cent, while lumber went up 352
per cent. In. most cases quality
went completely haywire, and
the gray market flourished. Al
though many of the established
lumber firms attemuted to keep
standards, the urgent demand for
lumnor any kind of lumber
created a pressure that brought
speculators, "easy money" bovs
and opportunists into the In
dustry seriously to undermine its
standards.
Representatives of the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers
say that recent national slump
in building activity has brought
about a 20 per cent drop in mill
prices. Inventories are good, pro
duction Is high, and the market
is still good. And it Is a healthier
market now. Buyers are insist
ing on better lumber and compe
tition again is beginning to be
come more than a word.
Price reductions, better grades,
an end to Indiscriminate cutting
and gray market dealings benefit
not only the home builder but
also the lumber industry, which
Is so Important lo this region.
The sooner prices settle down
and quality is reestablished, the
better. It puts the lumber In-'
Williams
dustry and the Pacific North
west on a sounder basis.
A Danger to Be Eliminated
Coos Bay Times -The'
120,000-volt power line
from Roseburg to Coos Bay is out
of commission today, having
broken during the storm Satur
day night somewhere between Sit
kum and the top of the mountain
to the east.
The breaking of this line causpd
a power shortage in Coos County
Sunday. It made necessary the
shut-down of a number of mills
today, and curtailed other nor
mal power uses.
All this should be enough to
make us think quite a bit about
the 120,000-volt line today. But it
has been in our mind over the
weekend for an entirely different
reason.
Saturday, while the storm was
still in progress, we went over the
Coos County road from Fairview
to McKinley. Happening to look
up, we saw the heavy cables of
this 120,000-volt line overhead.
The wires were not exr.ctly hang
ing motionless, either. The strik
ing motionless, either. The
striking Ihing about the power
line in this area is that it runs
parallel with the county roadway
and over the traveled section
most of the way for four-tenths
of a mile.
It Is bad enough for a high
voltage line to cross high ways.
But when such a line runs prac
tically over the roadway for a con
siderable distance, it strikes us
that this is a situation which
needs remedying. Particularly IS
this so In such a location, where
high winds sweep down canyons:
where trees fall across lines, and
where other hazards to power
lines exist.
The line Is the property of the
California-Oregon Power Com
pany. It is of extreme Importance
to the Coos Bay area, being our
only link with "outside sources
of electrical energy.
But school busses travel this
McKlnley-Fairview road. There is
considerable other traffic. And we
have heard of freshly-snapped
power lines snuffing out lives in
other section of the country.
If we were a member of the
County Court or of the rural
school board or of granges In the
McKinley - Fairview (area, we
would certainly look Into this
? lower line location. A hundred
eet one way or another should
eliminate what we consider a very
real and immediate danger.
Vocational School
Elects; Yoncalla
Students Enroll
Charles W. Clark of Roseburg
was elected Friday to the posi
tion of treasurer of the student
body at the Oregon Vocational
School at Klamath Falls. Clark
is a student in Ihe school of busi
ness at OVS and has been active
in student affairs on the campus.
He will take office on Jan. 3,
for a six-month term.
Heading the student bodv Is
Wade of Coos Bav who defeated
Paul Helns of Albany for the
office of student borv president.
Aldo Bellotli, Klamnfh Falls, was
elected vice-president; and Earl
Mcuaugney. also or K lama in
Falls, was elected secretary.
Among new students register
ing at the Oregon Vocational
School during December are Er
nest Jackson and Aaron Baldwin,
both of Yoncalla.
Both Jackson and Baldwin have
enrolled in a 26-month course in
auto mechanics, where they will
train In the school automotive
shops In all phases of automotive
repair Including motor overhaul
ing, power train, brakes, steering
and chassis, electrical systems,
cooling systems, and carburation.
A portion of the time spent in
the course will be In machine
shop practice which includes
experience In crankshaft grinding.
Traffic Accidents Kill
2 Persons in Salem Area
SALEM. Dec. 20.-(rVTwo
persons were killed in automobile
accidents here yesterday.
Emil Moen. Salem, was killed
when the car he was driving was
sldeswiped bv another on the Pa
cific Highway three miles south
of Salem.
Mrs. Elizabeth Myers, 74. Sa
lem, died after she w as struck by
a taxlrah while walking across a
dow ntown street.
By J. R.
Early-Bird Congressmen Start
Framing Plans for 81st Congress
By PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Senators and representatives blown back in'o
office by the recent elections have been homing on Washington
early, In order to sound off on what big things they are going to
do next year.
The result Is that they have
now outlined for . the 81st Con
gress a program that is every
bit as definite as whatever may
be proposed by President Ti uman
in his State of the Union. Budget
and Economic Report messages.
ungressionai rorecasts also give
some idea of how the President's
proposals will be received.
Biggest issues are nmhahlv
labor, farm prices, housing, con
gressional reorganization, civil
rights, inflation and taxes.
Rep. Mike Monroney of Okla
homa, co author of the LaFollette
Monroney Concessional Renr.
ganization Act of 1946, wants to
revise this measure further. He
would curb the Dower of the
House Rules Committee and hv
the Senate ban filibusters by re
quiring all speakers to confine
ineir remarKs to the question
under consideration, instead of
being allowed to ramhln nn nrl.
lessly.
Filibusters Target
Revision of Senate rules to dr.
away with filibusters will have
bipartisan support. If the Repub
licans had retained control of the
Senate, a Republican committee
under Sen. Robert A Tnfi r.f
Ohio had intended to force limita
tion oi oenate by simple majority,
Instead of the two-thirds vote
now required.
The only reason the LaFoIlette
Monroney bill was permit ted to
pass in 1946 Was that the renr.
ganizers agreed to make no
change in House rules. Rep. Alme
Forand of Rhode Island has an
Idea of enlarging House Rules
Committee membership from 12
to 15. This would break up the
six-to-six tie that snarled up so
many measures in the lat Con
gress. It would permit the Demo
crats to name three more mem
bers to the committee, to provide
a safe working majority favor
able to President Truman's pro
gram. The President himself will
probably consider these matters
as problems for Congress lo de
cide, and will keep his hands ff.
Both questions will probably hav
iu ire semeu, nowever, Detore any
GOP-ConfroIled
Group to Request
T-H Law Changes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (P)
The republican-controlled con
gressional "watchdog" committee
on the Taft-Hartlev law decided
yesterday to urge the new Demo
cratic Congress to make about
nine changes in the act. Six were
described as "fairly important."
Senator Ball (R-Minn), chair
man of the Senate-House group,
announced the committee's action
after a closed meeting.
Ball, defeated in hia hiH fnt- -.
election to the senate, told news
men me proposed changes were
approved by seven Republican
and one Democratic member of
the Committee who attended. One
Republican and five Democrats
were absent.
The Democratic platform calls
for repeal of the Taft-Hartley
law. President Truman also has
urged repeal.
pall declined to go Into detail
about the changes the committee
majority has in mind, but he said
they deal generally, among other
things, with:
1. A provision requiring an
election lo authorize a union shop.
Under a union shop, workers are
required to Join the union short
ly after they are hired.
' 2. The section aettinr im ma
chinery to deal with "national
emergency" strikes.
3. The provision covering mass
picketing. The act forbids it. but
there has been some confusion as
to what constitutes mass picket
ing. 4. The Jurisdiction of the Na
tional Lahor Relatione RnorH t,a
matter at issue is the extent of
the board's authority In particu
lar Industries.
Ball told renortpra the mmmli.
tee's final report will be filed In
Congress Dec. 31. It probably will
ue maoe puonc ac mat time.
U. S. May Have to Pay
For Japs' Evacuation
ONTARIO, Ore., Dec. 21
Uncle Sam may be called on
to pay damage claims ranging as
high as $100,000 In some cases
for evacuating Japanese and
Nisei from Pacific Coast areas
early in the war.
More than 200 lower Snake
Valley residents met here in two
groups to discuss claims they
plan to present to the federal gov
ernment. Attorney Martin P. Gallagher
said the basis of the claims would
be broken farm leases, money
lost through quick disposal of
machinery and real personal
property and the cost of moving.
He said the claims would varv ,
as much as a few hundred dollars
to S100.000. The payments are
permitted under federal law over
a five-year period.
Older Japanese-speaking resi
dents met with an interpreter.
The younger, English-speaking
Nisei met with Attorney Gal
lagher. The sessions were sponsored bv
the Japanese American Citizen's
League of Snake River Vallev.
New York has about 2.000,000
Jews, more than there are in
Palestine.
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Over Douglas Countv Bank
action can be taken on the Presi
dent's civil rights bills.
No one has yet stepped forward
to say he will be the hero in
pushing civil rights legislation.
Republicans are ror it, and the
Democratic platform promised It.
The votes are there to pass it.
But a number of Southern states
men have announced they intend
to modify the original proposals.
Farm Prices at Issue
New Agriculture Committee
chairmen Sen. Elmer Thomas
of Oklahoma and Rep. Harold
Cooley of North Carolina have
sounded off against flexible price
support provisions of the long
range farm bill passed by the
80th Congress. Both want to keep
high farm prices, particularly on
cotton. But when the 80th Con
gress passed its farm bill, the
thing looked good politically be
cause it promised a little relief in
lower prices. The issue is headed
for a fight because the Truman
administration has promised (a)
to keep farm prices high and (bi
to cut prices for consumers.
Revision of the Taft-Hartlev
law offers another snarl. The ad
ministration is pledged to repeal.
But Senators Elbert D. Thomas
of Utah and James E. Murray of
Montana, who will have major
roles in writing the new law,
have taken a moderate approach
to the question.
Senator Thomas savs good la
bor relations must come through
education, not legislation. Sena
tor Murray says repeal of the
T-H law must come only when a
substitute law Is passed.
There Is a bipartisan diive to
get low-cost public housing legis
lation passed. This time, the coali
tion hopes to enlist the srpport
of Senator Taft, who deserted his
cause in the special session. Bi
partisan support can also bo mus
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