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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.
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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. . , ' !
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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."
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FIGHTS!
Roseburg Armory, Friday
January 14 8:30 P. M.
MAIN EVENT
JOEY RED
ORTEGA VS' ' GARRISON
Oregon Lightweight
Champion
Spokane Lightweight
10 ROUNDS OF THRILLS!
Semi-Finals
. Heavyweights
M Billy Pappas
9 Bob Hagen
B Both Slugging Battlers
Special Event
6-Round Scrap
BOBBY N AZELROD
Roseburg Boy
SONNY GERTMAN
Rugged Boxer
Both In 145 lb. Weight
Pinky Cowan
145 Lot.
vs.
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6-Round Fight
Six-Round Curtain
Raiser
Eddie Johan
150 Lbt.
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FREDDIE STEELE, ex-middleweight champ, will referee.
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