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FEDERAL SANTA CLAUS
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Harry S. Truman now Is president of the United States
In his own right. It is a right he has earned earned almost
single-handedly, for he had little support in his campaign
and was about the only person refusing to admit defeat.
To date our administration has been a continuation of the
Roosevelt regime. Even now, the Roosevelt ideology of pa
ternalistic government, the welfare state, will continue, prob
ably with even a further drift to the pure socialistic pattern,
Truman wonhis victory because people still believe in the
myth of a federal Santa Claus. Farmers were fearful lest
support prices and subsidies be reduced. Elaborate campaign
promises were made concerning socialization of medicine,
public aid to education, federal housing, etc.
Boiled down to its essence, the welfare state means that
the federal government, deeming the public at large unfit
to control its own financial expenditures, taxes away surplus
funds and then distributes them according to the way the
government thinks the money should be spent. Of course,
the government in such a state must take care of its friends
and supporters first, and, through use of large expenditures,
create more political support.
The policy is evident in proposed legislation, in presiden
tial talks, and in campaign promises.
Vigorous attacks are made on profits. This "soak the rich"
prattle is exceedingly popular. Yet, as recently explained by
Frank Jenkins in his column in The Newt-Review, if all net
earnings of the so-called rich were to be taken from them
and distributed to that portion of the public with lower in
come, the amount per capita would be negligible. It is the
individual with moderate income who pays the bulk of fed
eral taxes.
The federal government is telling us, in effect, that people
with moderate income don't know how to spend their money
wisely; that the government can spend the money to much
better advantage. Profits, the government says, are evil.
They must be taxed away from industry and business. Pre
viously it has been the practice of business and industry to
use profits to create jobs. The ultimate end of the welfare
state is to manage employment through public works.
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The paternalistic pattern calls for the extraction of money
from the "rich" to be used in welfare for the "poor."
' Who are the poor? The present definition seems to desig
nate as "poor" any person with income of less than $3,000
annually.
The general income standard in this country has been in
creasing quite rapidly during current prosperity. More and
more people are getting into the moderate income class. How
long before public demand will require the definition for
"poor" to be raised to $5,000? And if it goes to $5,000, why
shouldn't it eventually advance to $10,000? And if the fed
eral government is to act as guardian for a certain segment
of our people, why shouldn't it make every citizen a ward of
the government?
If we proceed farther down the path, we have only one
end a state in which every person is a government slave.
That state we call Communism.
How far will President Truman lead us down this trnil to
the left?
Personally we believe he will not go nearly as far ns might
be indicated. He has made campaign pledges, it is true, but
past experience is that campaign pledges are in the same
category with New Year's resolutions, and just ns quickly
forgotten. He must, of course discharge certain political
obligations to the groups responsible for his surprising elec
tion victory. He definitely has aligned himself with the left
wing do-gooders. But we believe his native Missouri con
servatism will prevent progress too far along the commu
nistic path, providing he is able to control his administration.
But we are certain to run Into open conflict sooner or Inter
between the theory of federal paternalism and the long
established tradition of free individual enterprise, for the
public eventually will awaken to the fact that a federal Snntn
Claus is a myth rather than an actuality.
If I walled till I had "lime to
read" I guess I'd never get any
reading done. Two things have
opened the doors to wide-reading:
One was the emphasis a high
school teacher placed upon 'scan
ning' and reading at different
speeds. After all, would you drive
at the same speed on any kind
of road? In any kind of traffic
conditions? Then why read at the
same speed regardless of the subject-matter?
Just a little practice
takes care of this limiting habit!
Some things we read to remem
ber; some for the news value at
the moment, ephemeral news
needs not he remembered!
It Is generally agreed by edu
cators that the slow reader does
not necessarily 'remember' more
than the quicker page-turner. If
one reads word by word and
maybe moves one's Hps at the
same time oh, how that slows
us down! But If one scoops up
phrases, and one's eyes run along
ahead of where the voice Is, if
reading aloud, the reading is
faster and smoother. Note when
tha hnltnm nf tha narra la minhnfl
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Scout Troop 7 to Hold
Organizational Meet
Boy Scout Troop 7, sponsored
by Umpqua Post 16, American
Legion, will hold an organiza
tional meeting Friday al 7:30
p.m. at the American Legion post
headquarters 118 So. Kane. The
evening will be given over prin
cipally to registration.
Organization of the troop com
mittee and selection of a scout
master has bivn going on since
the first of the month. Troon
,-tered over the house. Why do
people stand In line without using
that time to read? In the days
when we had a telephone and at
times, rash people that we were,
wished we hadn t: I accom
plished a lot of reading while
waiting for answers to calls, or
for the line to be free. Of course
there have been times when the
called 'Number' took so long to
answer that I couldn't think to
save me which club-member in
my list to be called was answer
ing, for when I read I read! I
dive right Into the book!
In the latest State Library re
port I notice that Douglas Coun
ty Is second from the top in mail
order patrons. Hurrah for our
side! Maybe one of these days
Douglas County will even have a
county library as so many other
counties, less wealthy, have. Out
of the 31 post offices In Douglas
county, 29 have been served.
(The cover of the report it
crowded with cancellations.) In
our county there are 25 travel
ling library stations which have
lent 4,186 books. Three of our
Is It still In front of you? Orj.pubIic libraries have requested
have you turned the page a half
or a whole sentence ahead of that
point?
Another reason I can tuck
away a lot of reading In my day
Is that I always have something
to read In my handbag, In the
car pocket, here and there scat-
759 volumes from the State Li
brary, and 26 reading courses
have been sent Into Douglas
County by request of patrons,
that report was for July 1948, and
Marion County Is top of the list
by far. But Douglas County was
second!
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
member, not feet.)
There are stars so far away
from us that It takes thousands
of years for their light to reach
us. Obviously, If you tried to re
duce a distance such as that to
miles, you'd have a figure with
too many ciphers to mean much
to you. For one thing, you d have
to use an adding machine to count
the naughts.
LONG RUN, taxes find their way
down through all the levels of In
come. It has to be that way, for
taxes are a part of cost and so
have to be added onto the price
the final consumer pays. So It' is
fairly truthful to say that taxes
come out of the hides of all the
people.
r
w
E ordinary people have some-
ed hy the Burt Co., until recently
listed here as C. W. Wray, ac
countant. The office in the City
Building now used bv this firm
will be taken over hy Bub Sund, j
Insurance agent, who now occu-!
pies one of the two offices rented
there by Justice of the Peace Fred
M. Wright. i
Lower Umpqua Boats
Rid of Ice Obstruction
Old Man Winter has rellnqulsh-
aH hi lw.1,1 .... il.n 1
Summit Ino ChalKmnn 1-lr.w.l.l f I.. " '" . -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mill
, ' -" -- iimpqua K vers, temporarily at
Lent, urge, each member of , ,,. ,, ,,, hont!l rp ;k
rTJ. llVmfnt ,".!Ul 10 b,'",K scheduled runs.
m" i. ..i,0 The Bonila, oivrated on
Tm ri;.,i,. T. .i. nmn litver hy lapt
fill run Monday, hut the Mvrtle,
Capt. Paul Annls. remained ioe-
the
Lawrence
master, and other members of the !
troop committee are Jim Young. 1
Paul Caskey, Ted Dauber and
Leo Santerre.
OFFICE CHANGES NOTED
The Kcodsport office of the Kd
ward R. Hurt & Co.. certified pub
lic accountants, will soon be mov
ed from the Citv Building to the
Umnqua National Bank Building.
The new location will be divided
Into three rooms, with one facing
the street to be used bv the Lower
Umpqua Chamber of' Commerce,
with, perhaps, a public stenog.
1 rt IMII-I .
bound at the Clarence White
ranch below Scoltsburg until
Monday, and made Its first trip
Tuesday since getting frozen In
last week.
Some floating Ice is still com
ing down the Umpqua, hut It is
mushy and does not seriously
Interfere with navigation.
comprehending the billions of dol
lars that are tossed around like
chaff these days when govern
ments get to talking about spend
ing. We need a measure stick
(something like the astronomer's
light year) to Judge hy.
In an effort to provide some
crude measuring stick of that
sort, this writer figured out a
while hack that In terms of the
present population of the United
Slates, a billion dollars in taxes
means about seven dollars per
person. Using that rough yard
stick, wa find that eight billion
dollars In taxes per year comes to
about $." per Individual.
PF.H BHEA D W IN N E R, It
conies to as much more as there
are dependents. For example. If
you are the sole breadwinner for
a wife and a child. It will come
to around Sl('5 per year so far as
you are concerned.
That figure (which isn't guar-1
anteed as to exact accuracy In
terms of odd cents will give you
at least a hazy Idea of what eight
billion dollars In taxes means to
ou.
could be that President Tru
man s vastly expanded social
security program Is Just what we
ought to have. It sounds new and
startling, hut after all this is a
changing word. What was star
tling a few years ago hardly turns
a hair on us now.
So don't go against this new
program right off the hat just
because It Is President Truman
w ho has proposed It. Give It some
good, realistic stuclv before going
Banquet Honors
Pioneer Doctor,
Native of Douglas
Dr. Walter S. Chanman. a
! pioneer physician of Walsenburg,
coio., oui a native oi Douglas
County, Ore., was honored Dec.
29 by the Huerfano County, Colo.,
Chamber of Commerce with a
banquet In Walsenburg, to com
memorate his 50 years faithful
service as a physician and sur
geon In that city and county, ac
cording to information received
here from his niece, Mrs. Mor
gan G. Denton, Seattle, Wash.
The observance also commemo
rated Dr. Chapman's 50th year
as a member and fellow of the
American Medical Association.
Two hundred seventv-five citizens
of the surrounding towns and
counties, as well as many physi
cians from various parts of Colo
rado were in attendance.
Among the guests were doctors
and officials who have known Dr.
Chapman through the years. Dr.
N. S. Saliba, secretary of Huer
fano County Medical Society read
many telegrams and letters of
congratulation.
Dr. Chapman was born 76
years ago at Buckhorn on the
East Umunua River near Rose-
burg, the donation land claim of
his father, Jefferson Chapman,
who, with his family, crossed the
plains from Iowa in 1854 and set
tled In this locality.
ur. (.napman, the youngest
son, received his earlv education
at the old Umpqua Academy at
Wilbur. He later attended Wash
ington State College at Pullman.
and graduated from medical
school at the University of Colo
rado, Boulder, in 18H6. He In
terned at St. Joseph's hospital
and Arapahoe County Hospital,
now Denver General In Denver.
He served as a surgeon In the
npanixn American War, at the
close of which he went to Wal
senburg In 1898, where he Is still
on the medical staff of the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron Co. and Utah
Coal Co. He Is the local surgeon
for the Denver' and Hio Grande
and Colorado Southern Railroads.
He belong to the Rochester,
Minn., Mayo Clinic's Surgeons
Club; Royal Arch Masons, Shrine,
Klwanls, and Is a life member of
the American and Colorado Medi
cal Associations.
Dr. Chapman has many friends
and relatives living in and around
Rosehurg. He is an uncle of Mrs.
Earl S. Powell and W. Fred Chap
man, a druggist of this city.
Riverside PTA
Plans to Sponsor
Three Youth Units
Sponsorship of a Blue Bird
group, Girl Scout troop, and Cub
Scout pack will be undertaken by
the Riverside School P.-T. A., it
was voted at the meeting this
week at the school R
hart, scout commissioner, pre-
contiul an nnllinA . . 1. i
organizing a new Cub Scout pack,
which will be undertaken In the
near juture.
Highlight of the meeting was a
surprise pastry auction and collec
tion of contributions for the play
ground fund, which netted $23.
A carnival Is planned for Feb. 18
to raise more funds for the play
ground equipment project. A col
lection of $11.01 was also taken
for the March of Dimes.
It was reported that the mem
bership contest for the Riverside
School P.-T. A. was won by Mrs.
Woodford's third grade and Mrs.
McCary's fourth grade. It was
decided to give a $3 prize to each
room, because of the work the
pupils did to sign new members.
The mnnthlv nllnnrlanpa npin,
of 51 went to Miss Coon's second
grade for the second consecutive
uiiitr.
Mrs. Clifford Trafillion Int
uuceu uje lonowing new oflicers
aim i-wiiimiiu'e cnatrmen:
inra i.ou Marsters. vice president
Earl Ladd, second vice president; Mrs
treasurer: program. Mrs. Henry Wilcox,
Mrj. Earl l.add. Mrs. Coy Short. Mrs,
E. s. Woodford: budget and finance.
Mm. George Nlday, Mrs. T. L. Findlay,
Mrs. M. C. Doyle: hospltalitv. Mrs. Ken
neth Llnder, Mrs. Davis. Leo GoerRen,
nuson: Cub Scouts. Mrs. Carl Wnelln.r.
Blue Birds and Camp Fire. Mrs. T. L.
riuuiHj, parent eaucaiion. Mrs. M. c.
Doyle; by-laws. Mrs. Leslie Pfaff. Mrs.
..r..,., ..lima. mrs. i.eo niiignuson; ni.
tional Parenl-Teacher magazine and pub-
Henry Wilcox. Clifford Travtlllon. Ken-
tr.
Mrs. Kenneth Under Introduced
the new room mothers, who in
clude Mrs. M. M. Cowin, Mrs.
Bjarne Paulson, Mrs. C. A. Mor
ton. Mrs. J. W. Dovle. Mrs. C. L.
Bowers, Mrs. R. H. Glariwell. Mrs.
Coy Short, and Mrs. Leo Kimball.
VENETIAN BLIND SPECIAL
Kilglare Auto VBlind
FREE
x with every VBlind or Drape order
. of $50.00 or more.
Roseburg Venetian Blind Factory
We Use Flexolum Aluminum
Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping
Phonu 1098 J SIS N. Jackson Roseburg
Mexican Admits Killing
Two Deluded Girls
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 21
lY) Twice '18-year-old Vic
toriano Corrales returned to his
native Me?(ico and each time he
returned here with a 20-year-old
girl after filling her head with
tales of luxurious living.
And twice, said sheriff's depu
ties, he killed, in the same way
lor tne same reason: each girl
threatened to leave him for a
younger man, so he struck her
down with a hammer and an ax,
then butchered her body and
threw the pieces into a river.
Today a charge of murder In
both deaths was on file against
the greying day laborer.
The sheriff's office said he
made statements admitting both
slayings.
Injuries Kill Woman
Enroute to Mother
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Jan.
21. f.Vi-- Mrs. May Nelson, Yuba
City. Calif., died Wednesday of in
juries received when an automo
bile In which she was riding
crashed into a guard rail on a
curve.
Mrs. Nelson was traveling to
Eugene, where her mother, Airs.
Mary Lovejoy, 91, is ill from
pneumonia.
Payroll Savings or
Bond-a-Monih
Either Way is the Safest Way
to Save for Future Security.
Buy U. S. Savings Bonds
ri up for either bond-buying plan where you worl
where you bank.
Douglas County State Bank
Member Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.
"Don't try to tlx It Toortelf - CU Humbert"
"JOHN REALLY MEANT TO INSTALL IT
IN THE (SATHROOrVW- BUT HE
. MISCALCULATED ABOUT FOUR. FEET.'
For txpTt Workmanship Quality Materials
Careful Supervision Thorough Inspection Co"
KIER-CR00CH PLUMBING CO.
Independently Owned
316 Mill
Phon 1242-R
sl J
Deputy Sheriff Will
Fight Ouster Action
PORTLAND. Jan. 21. (.r
Deputy Sheriff Aid Pratt, filed
Wednesday by Sheriff Mike El
liott, will resist the action.
He has employed an attorney
to ask the Muitnomah County
Civil Service Commission in In.
off the deep end for It or against ! vestlgate the firing as politically
smntlvnlpd "anH nnl maAa In .w,l
One point to consider Is
whether what the government
will give you for your $165 I say)
per year will be as satisfactory
as w hat you could buy for your
self for the same amount of
money if you spent It yourself.
When you spend your own
money, you do It yourself, on your
own time. When the government 1 machines. "Apparently they were
motivated
laltn for cause.
Elliott fired Pratt- nephew of
former Sheriff Martin T. Pratt
for "disobedience of orders and
neglect of duty." Piatt was one
of a group of law enforcement
officers and business men at
tending a meeting of the Foot
printers when it was raided and
slot machines were seized at the
meeting place. i
Piatt satd he dictn t see the
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You Need
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and so ere
GREWWUtW FARES
San Francisco 7.60 Coot Boy $1.80
Los Angeles 11.75 Portland 3.70
Tucson 20.50 Reno 8.15
Additional Savings on Round Trip Fares
There Are No Lower Fares!
GREYHOUND" BUS DEPOT
346 S. Stephen. . . phon M6
spends It for you, It has to HIRE
people to do the spending,
Assessment Notices
For New Sewer Readied
City Recorder William Boll
man reported that assessment
notices are being prepared to be
sent out to residents of the Kin
ney Addition new sewer installa
tion, following adoption of an as-
onlinance Mondav
in the back of the nlaee." hi
said. "I was in the front of the
club all the time."
Speak to the largest audience
hy advertising In the News Re
view. It costs but fraction of
Tent nnl -nn.l..l- n1.4 I Via i-a.iill.
The other two rooms will be us-1 will pay you a handsome profit. I kl yourself too much. IN THE
sessment
night
Total cost of the project was
StiS.12.Ot;. Kach lot afiecieil is til ing
nsM'ssed at the rate of SUSSti
for 2.Vfoot lots, w hile lot ow ners
Yi-iii ..in u ,,..,j 1 not adjacent to the new sewer
OU will be confused, of course, installation will be assessed
by the too prevalent belief that SMLM to help defrav the proper
the big shots pay the bulk of the '' owners' cost of Installing lar
taxes. On that point, vou shouldn't f,or "'"V connections between
Aim nrw jpwrr
Electric Rate Boosts
Asked by Two Concerns
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. .r
Rate increases are sought hy the
Portland General Electric and the
Pacific Power and Light companies.
.New rate proposals submitted
the residences
lines.
to the State Utilities Commis
sioner would Involve 1S6.1KX) PC.E
and as.ikhi Pacific customers
all of PGE's except In Salem and
West Salem and all of Pacific's
In Portland. Multnomah Countv
and Rainier.
Customers using 25 kilowatts a
j month now pay 85 cents and
would pay SI under the new- rate
plan. One hundred KW would be
i S.1.05 Instead of $2 .SS and 500 KW
Iw-ould be $6.60 Instead of $3.70.
Revival Continues Until Next Week
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
i.i, mmmgawm
' t A'-
Margaret Plunkett
948 W. First St. .
Nightly 7:45
(Except Mondays
and Saturdays)
Friday Night:
Gladys Pearson. 'The Re
lationship of the Chris
tian to This World."
Sunday Morning:
Gladys Pearson, "Con
quering Through Death."
Sunday Night:
Mirgaret Plunkett. "The
Cry of a Losi Soul."
Services Will Continue
Another Week
Rev. Vernon L. Klemin
Pastor
Gladys Pearson