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I NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1949 SEVEN Congress Sidelights By Harrii Ellsworth Congressman, 4th District of Oregon The principal newsworthy hap pening of this new 81st Congress thus far was the speech on the State of the Union by President Truman. There have been some behind-the-scenes skirmishes on the Democratic Party side of She House of Representatives, but Speaker Sam Rayburn and his lieutenants are capable people, and succeeded In handling such situations so that what reached the public gaze was mostly sweet ness and light. The Republicans in the House, being very definite ly in the minority, held a brief and routine caucus, elected for mer Speaker Joe Martin to '.he position of minority leader, and will now await the onslaught of administration legislation. Before Congress convened, It was rumored that drastic changes might be made both in the House Committee on Rules and in the Un-American Activities Commit tee authorization. Neither of these rumors materialized as ad vertized. Nothing at all has been said as yet about the Un-American Activities Committee. House rules governing the functioning of the Rules Committee were con siderably modified by an over whelming vote of the House but that action was clearly unimport ant, because the Rules Commit tee will be heavily weighted with administration members. There are three noticeable di visions of the majority side of the House, namely, the left-wingers, the Southern Democrats and the 100 percent Trumanites. Since the latter group is by far the larg est, it obviously dominates the majority side of the House. The result of this will be a complete control, not only of the House Itself, but of all committees by the Truman forces. This fact is what makes the Truman speech to Congress on Jan. 5 so extreme ly important. He can secure the passage of any legislation that he really wants, and his message to Congress clearly indicates that he wants" a great deal. Huge Expense Foreseen I have endeavored to make a rough tabulation of the total ad ditional annual federal expendi ture involved in the requests made by the President. Appar ently, if Congress passes all of the legislation requested, the fed eral government will be obligated to spend a minimum of 15 billion dollars per year more than at present, or, in other words, a 30 percent increase in federal ex penses over a federal budget that is already outrageously high. If this program is carried out, the President's original demand of an increase of four billion dollars in taxes is only a starter. One sentence in President Tru man's speech was particularly alarming to me. I refer to the paragraph wherein he requested legislation "to authorize an im mediate study of the adequacy of production facilities for ma terials in critically short supply, such as steel; and, if found nec essary, to authorize government loans for the expansion of pro duction facilities to relieve such shortages, and furthermore to authorize the construction of such facilities directly if action by private industry fails :o meet our needs." Quite unintentional ly, I am sure, the President has used a phrase that is extremely popular with American Commu nists and left-wingers "if pri vate industry fails, the govern ment must do It." This phrase is particularly deadly to our way of life and our system of govern ment when taken together with a government policy of discourag ing private industry and private capital by every known means, including high taxes, regulation, and a "swat business" attitude. Red Cross Wants Garments For Vets at Hospital The current cold spell has prompted the Red Cross field di rector at the Rosehurg Veterans Hospital, Miss Lucille Hunter, to ask for "beanies," sweaters, socks and other knitted garments for the patients. The small supply of such articles already produced by the Red Cross Production and Supply Service has been ex hausted. These articles may be made In the home and knitters interested in helping the hospitalized vet erans are asked to contact Mrs. T. W. Suckling, chairman of the knitters' division, by telephoning 1184-L or by a personal visit to the Red Cross chapter offices. The Red Cross supply closet is almost hare of layettes, bed jack ets, bathrobes and other gar ments to be given to families in need. Materials and facilities for making them are in the produc- tion and supply room of the Doug las County Red Cross Chapter. Miss Cynthia Balmer, home ; service secretary, reports that re- i quests for such services are In- i creasing. Anyone who can "sew a i straight seam" can make these . items. I Refreshments are served after an enjoyable and serviceable ses- j sion in the Red Cross production and supply room in the armory. Russell M. Stephens, executive secretary, invites interested per-: sons in to get acquainted and to help their neighbors. i ENDEAVORERS DATED i ASTORIA, Ore.. Jan. 13 UP) ! The Oregon Christian Endeavor ; convention will open here April 28 to May 1, it was announced by local churchmen today. I About 500 delegates are ex-', pected. . , ' ! Going to advertise? Your News Review advertising personnel is trained to compose advertising that sells. This capable assistance is yours for the asking. lore's p aim e wufooor Truman Message Meets Labor Union Approval ROSEBURG President Tru-. man's state of the union message should give encouragement to not only working people but to all firogressive right-thinking Airier cans. In it he gave emphasis to the need for the Congress to enact Into law the much long overdue social and economic leg islation demanded by the people in the November election. The President's program In cludes: Higher minimum wages, a national health and welfare program, greater educational fa cilities and opportunities, conser vation of natural resources, ex tension of public power, reduc tion of unwarranted high prices, more extensive and lower cost housing, strengthening of anti trust laws to give small business 4 assurances against strangulation hy monopolies, and repeal of the union-busting Taft-Hartley Law. All these are part of the national CIO program. These are the is sues which our organization, the International Woodworkers of America, have long pointed out must be enacted if our. economy is to survive and the people are to enjoy the prosperity to which they are justly entitled. We cannot sit idly back and expect to find this urgently need ed legislative program enacted into law without our citizens giving individually and collect ively through community organi zations their r.aterlal support. The special privileged and sel fish groups are constantly busy exerting too much influence and pressure upon our Congressmen. It's time that the little people back home follow up by support ing our President with a reminder to our Congressmen and Senators that we expect their wholehearted cooperation In enacting the Presi dent's program. If this is done, America will continue to grow and prosper with better homes, health, and security for all its people. ED BENEDICT, President Southwestern Oregon Dist. Council No. 7, International Woodworkers of America, C.I.O. Riverside PTA Sets Meeting for Monday Regular meeting of the River side P.-T. A. will be held Mon day, Jan. 17, at 8 p. m. In the school. All members and friends j are invited. A prize will be given ' the class room with the largest percentage of parents in attend- j ance. A threedollar prize will , be given to the room which won j the membership drive by bring ing the greatest number of paid up members. There are at present 137 paid-! up members of the Riverside P.-1 T. A. The goal Is 100 per cent membership of parents for this new P.-T. A. group. The sixth grade will entertain the group at the conclusion of the business meeting. A game discussion of traffic safety has also been arranged. February 18 has been set as the date for the carnival to he given to raise funds for badly needed playground equipment. At present, there Is no playground equipment at Riverside School. SIMPLE QUESTION ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 13 OP) A U. S. civil service applicant here when asked to write down who should be notified in case of death, surprised the clerk by writing: "The coroner." WALLPAPER 200 Patterns 18o to $1.20 Page Lumber & Fuel 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. 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