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4 .Th Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Ore. Fr,.f May 13, 1949 t published Dally Except Sunday by the Newi-Reyiw Compony, Inc. J Boi.bur., Orama, r al March l1' CHARLES V. STANTON flw E0W u,h "a? " ; Editor Manager ' Member of tha Aaaoolatad Prese, Oragan Newspaper Publlahara Aaaoolatlen, tha Audit Buraau of Circulations 'IIMlUI bT WEaT-IIOLLIDAV CO., INC., effleya la N.ir Tar. Cbloaf., a.. 'rr.lM.. Loa Ani.laa, laaltla. farlU.d, Ik Halt. IX Maataa a., Ill CUPTION KATES I. Onion Br I.VSa'K1 i .hr month! IJ.JO. B, Cllr C"l" JI" if. Ji aaraaaal, lau laari t2.no. b, ciir n'!r'."K'I.K," aTaa. ali ar, per maaia ai.aa. uaioa i 11.75, Ibria maalha 12.19, BEGINNING AND END : . By CHARLES V. STANTON jhe American people are extremisti. Once embarked upon a course of action, they are never content with moderation but must enthusiastically pursue their objective to its most advanced and radical end. That is one reason our current political trend toward state socialism contains so much danger. Once fully launched on the path to a welfare state, we will find it increasingly difficult to turn back and, be cause Socialism has only one possible end self-destruction we are heedlessly courting national disaster. Administration forces have succeeded in pushing a multi billion dollar housing bill through the Senate. President Truman has submitted his program for compulsory health insurance. Coupled with aid to education1, public welfare old-age assistance, social security, farm price support, un employment compensation and the many other social and economic; benefits and crutches, we are rapidly making ourselyes dependent wards of government. It tit,..- of course, a pleasurable thought that we can live under complete regimentation; no need to exert our minds or exercise responsibility ; no need for thrift; no need to worry 'about old age security; that a beneficent government will take care of our every requirement and that we need do only a minimum of work. Put how long can our government, wider such regime, continue beneficent? Socialistic leadership holds forth promise of perpetual benefits through a "soak the rich" program. But where do the "rich" get their riches? Corporations, industries, big and little business, etc., include- taxes as a part of operating costs. Every piece of merchandise bought through a retail store carries in its sale price the .taxes of manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers. Thus the consumer pays off three or four sets of taxes on every purchase. So, soaking the rich, insofar as business and industry are concerned, merely means increas ing the indirect tax on the "little fellow." The, , one. main exception comes in the case of the high salaried executives, professional men and women and per sons !in the entertainment or sports fields who have high rates of income. Continuation of the soak the rich policy eventually will succeed in taxing most of these people out ofexistence. '" We can expound all tha socialistic theories in all the books but we must always come back to one fundamental truth there is no wealth in the world except that produced by human hands. The more we produce, the more wealth we acquire. When we adopt political policies tending to lower standards of production, we are reducing our wealth. On the other hand, by encouraging production, by putting more people to work at gainful employment, we increase wealth. The socialistic state tends to discourage production be cause it seizes capital which otherwise would go into crea tion pf employment It is obvious that governmental UHe of money captured through taxes Is not expended nor managed as efficiently as under a profit-inspired, free enterprise sys tem. Agencies, departments, authorities and administrations are cumbersome, wasteful and expensive. Then, too, we are faced with a moral problem. What moral right has the government to take money by force from one group of people to provide benefits for another class, except in the name of charity? Naturally, we realize responsibility to provide public care for the physically handicapped, the mentally ill, the aged and infirm. But who is to define the underprivileged or draw the line where the benefits should start or stop? The ultimate end of the welfare state is to reduce all the populace to a common level, then lower the level to a state of bare and scanty existence; for its appropriations of wealth cannot fail but destroy wealth itself, the length of time for such destruction being measured only by the begin ning state of abundance. When the place has been reached where capacity for revenue through taxation has been ex hausted, and the number of beneficiaries increased beyond the power of available revenue to support, government must cease to be beneficent. It becomes a police state. Then, in stead of being WARDS of government, we become SLAVES of government. It is' time that we began to pause in our enthusiasm for something-for-nothing and consider the end to which our tendency toward extremes eventually will lead. And Here We Are With A Piccolo ?4 - 4 l4Jlk iZ fa WW BV Viahnett S. Martini 'Oh, Algie," said Mrs. Alger non Bltwuns at breakfast, the day before he was to leave on a trip, "If only you won't smoke up the house when you fry sau sage and steak! All those clean curtains! And oh, do watch that cat! She Is bound and determined she seems to have her mind set on that big wastebasket under the desk. But you nev.r know! My grandmother found kittens In her Easter bonnet!" Mr. Bltwuns was Indignant that anyone should think he couldn't fry a piece of meat with out smoking up the house! And as to that hussy who was It, he would like to know, who didn't 'watch her' the two-out-three times she had her kittens In the house? Mrs. Bltwuni was .busier than a bee all day. Cookies . . . that big piece of bacon rind to try out so Algie wouldn't have a go at that, anyhow! The clock spun around. It was nearly time for Algie to come home . . . oh, dear, that cat! She was IN again!" Shoo! Scat!"! That hussy looked up appealingly. Well, Mrs. B would feed her early, MAKE her see how nice that newly-sawn private entrance to the box in the workshop was! Mr. B had said the cat wouldn't use it, as l; had, protestlngly, sawed through Inch-thick planks in the door. Well, she would! Mrs. B snapped on the high heat under the teakettle, so that its whistle would remind her minutes were (lying, and let that hussy have a whiff of her fa vorite chow. It took some time to persuade that hussy to reach her chow via the private entrance . . . more time than Mrs. B real ized. Funny the kettle hadn't whistled? When she opened the kitchen door, smoke, thick, black SMOKE, rolled out. It seems she had snapped the high heat on under the skillet. The bacon grease was blazing half way to the celling. Mercy! Mrs. B fran tically grabbed the skillet and hurried It outdoors! Then she opened doors and windows. The smoke billowed out every place it could, livlngroum, bathroom, north, east, south and west. Mr. B came home just then. (He scoured the skillet)! Later on Mr. B said: "Well honey, you won't have a thing to worry about on your trip. You took care of the clean curtains very nicely. And that hussy has three kittens In the wastebasket under the desk." "Oh!" said Mrs. B "are they white, like all the others?" "No," said Mr. B, "they're black. Black as smoke!" And they were! In the Day's Hews (Continued from Page One) showdown. So watch Hong Kong. AFTER 32 years of undisputed rule In Jersey City, Boss Hague is thrown out of power in an election that swept the City Hall clean of his henchmen. The leader of the successful ticket says the election was "a rebellion against the most corrupt political machine in the history of the United States." As the results became known, the news set off a series of wild celebrations and the people of Jersey City (population 301,000) danced In the streets. - Editorial Comment From The Oregon Presi Army Refutes Charge Of Purchasing Garments At Outrageous Prices ; ' " EV JANE EADS WASHINGTON The Armv Is going around wringing its hands these days because of stories I hat It'i paying outrageous prices for sucn tnings as nyion sups ami G-I overcoats. For instance: It got around after recent congres sional hearings on the 1950 mili tary appropriations bill that the Army had bought nylon slips at S-18 each and rayon slips at $1.25, lor experimental purposes. That doesn't happen to be the fact, the Army says. This Is what happen ed! , The Quartermaster Corps pur . ' chfcsed one dozen rayon slips for $16.26, or $1.25 apiece, and one 'dozen nvlon slips lor $48, or $4. 'apiece.. They were bought to de termine wnetner me reponeaiy Improved wparlng qualities of ny lon ivould . Justify changing the Army's buying to require nylon instead of rayon in the manufac ture of slips for women In the let-Vires'. Though nylon wai found not made because of the necessi ty to conserve nylon for more critical uses. The Army says it'i true, though, that it uses butter and not mar garine, which could be purchased at a lower price. Why? Congress in passing the Military Establish ment Appropriations Act specific ally prohibited the Army from buying oleomargarines for use In troop feeding. However, for pur poses which the law permits for cooking and to supply express ed preferences of the men the Army diet nuv 5..KM.IXX) pounds of oleomargarine during calendar lv-ia. A storv got out that the Ma rine Corps payi $19 for its over coat and gets four yean' wear out of it, while the Army pays $41 for an overcoat that may not wear more than two years. The Marine Corns overcoat Is a wool coat. It originally cost $19. Todav It costs about $27. the same ai the Army's wool overcoat Oregon City Enterprise Norblad Effective on ECA Lumber Buying The Oregon consiltuency of Walter Norblad, Representative in congress from the Hist Ore gon District, has had occasion heretofore to note the care with which he watches Pacific North west affairs but one such instance has come to light that is worthy of special notice and comment. As a result of Representative Noibiad's protest to the Economic Cooperation Administration that a majority of current purchases of lumber for the Euitpean coun tries have been made In Canadian mills, the ECA administrator has established a new policy of re viewing purchases so that North west mills will get a fair share of the orders. This change In policy Is of In terest to the men who work In the mills and woods as well as the mill owners. United States lumber mills have been receiving only about 37 per cent of the lumber purchases for France, whereas before the war Oregon and Washington supplied about 92 per cent of the lumber sold France. Under the former ECA plan, which Mr. Norblad has vigorously protested, 63 per cent was being placed elsewhere, to wear longer, the change wai The Marlnei figure four yean' service, for their coat but do not take into this calculation the fact that they give an overcoat to an enlisted man when he is discharged. The Army figures 40 iiwiiiiin ,tc- i, mi iTiai hut this does take into considera tion the coat given an enlisted man when he Is discharged. The Army has a $11 overcoat too. It has a water-resistant tough cotton outer shell and a detacha ble wool liner. It can be worn as an overcoat with the liner, as a raincoat without the liner. Be sides, the Army says Its men do not like the wool overcoat. It soaks up rain like a sponge. largely In Canada. In the case of ECA lumber purchases for England the neglect of Oregon and Washing' ton mills was even greater but Is more readily explained. Cana- uian mills nave been receiving S4 per cent of lumber purchases for tngiana paid lor by u. S. funds. As a result of Mr. Norblad's protest the ECA is now sending Mathlas Nlewenhous. the Chief of its Lumber branch, to the Pacific Northwest to discuss the entire situation with lumbermen out here. In the meantime all new orders for foreign purchase will be subject to review before being approved with the assur ance that all U. S. mills will be given full opportunity to put in bids and, more important, get complete specifications. The ECA order In other respects puts the U. S. mills In a more favorable position. Representative Norblad has shown himself adept at catching these discriminations against the Pacific Northwest and particular ly effective in getting them cor rect ea. Student BodleV Heads Report On Council Members of the 1948-49 and 1949-50 student body councils re ported In an assembly yesterday at the high school on their trip to the State Council meeting at Bend. President Durward Bovles (1949- 50) told about the whole trip in general to the students and oth ers that made the trip gave re ports on the special meeting they auenoea. Members of the councils who made the trip are Barbara West. 1949 50 secretary: Purward Boyle, Dale Blanrk, 1948 49 soph omore vice president, and Rae Burghhardt, 1948-49 treasi -er. W HY was Boss Hague's rule tolerated so long? The answer Is quite simple. The people of Jersey City were just too careless about their own gov ernment. Democracy, you know, isn't automatic. It doesn't work of itself. It has to be MADE to work. When It works perfectly, It re sults In great good for all the people. When It works imper fectly (as In Jersey City, and many other cities) It lines the pockets of a few men by putting too much power In too few hands. Too much power In too few hands upsets democracy's apple cart. Over In Curry County a while back the voters approved a $50, 000 tax levy to finance a hospital. Right after that, somebody thought of tapping Uncle Sam for another 50 grand. As It turned out, it appeared that if the Federal Government came into the picture the cost of the hospital would be in the neighborhood of $200,000, of which Curry County would havi to kick in $100,000. So the people over (here are planning to raise another $50,000 by subscription and go ahead on their own account. a THE case may be typical of what ails us. If, in the past decade and a half, we had financed our own welfare with our own local money, we might have had more welfare at less cost. This idea comes to us rather forcibly every time we .pay our federal tax installments. 4 Circuit Court Suits Disposed Of Circuit Judge Carl E. Wim berly has issued a decree in favor of Will M. Baker, Henry D. Baker and Orrin T. Baker in a suit to quiet title to prop erty brought against Domingo sauaia, jane uoe sabaia and others. The property consists of .55 acres adjoining donation land claim 44, in Section 7, Township 26 south, Range 5 west, Willam ette Meridian. Judgment of non-suit, based upon a stipulation for dismissal, has been granted by the Judge in a suit brought by C. W. Cleve land against Edward G. Shoulder and D. E. de Armond, doing busi ness as Fortune Branch Lumber Co. Based upon motion of the plaintiffs, the suit brought by Fred Schulze and Helen Schulze against Clarence Reding and Ethel Reding has been dismissed by Judge Wimberly. Judgment by default has been granted In the sum of $334.16 in favor of Lee Roy Quinlan against Harvey and Jane Doe Drager. Widow To Administer H. A. Conadoy's Estate LETTERS to the Editor Zina M. Canaday has been ap pointed administrator of the es tate of her late husband, Hamil A. Canday, who died intestate In Rnsehnr? Anril 19. . 1949. at ihe age of 67 years. Appointment was made by County Judge D. N. Busenbark upon petition of Mrs. Canaday. Jack Dent was named appraiser. Upon his petition, William Cy rus Garltnghouse has been ap pointed administrator of the es- tate of Moiselle M. Foss, who died at Drain May 5, 1949, at the age of 66 years. One survey shows that there are about 1,500,000 machines vending peanuts and other bulk products in the U. S. The mink, highly valued "for Its fur, has a very disagreeable smell. a'jtaaaitjaaBMWBffiMHWBffWilFaja 1 ar m. m R ro en chicks on JO A QUICK SUM I Centennial HEALTH-BUILDER STARTER MASH Dlatrlbuted By '' - Quality Feed and Seed Store Short and Burke Sts. Phone 1294-R Says Daylight Saving Just "Pain In Neck" ROSEBURG To the letter printed last week from "The Man With a Hoe," I say "amen" and. again "amen." I agree with him iuu percent. If it was necessary during the war to have daylight saving time, that was alright. We were willing to put up with most anvthins the higher powers considered necessary to help win the war. But now it is a different mat ter. As "The Man With a Hoe" said: If the employes of a mill or otner Duslness want to start work an hour earlier, so thev can get off an hour earlier of an evening, let them go to work at 7 o clock and call it 7 o clock, and the rest of us can go on with our affairs as usual instead of having everything turned topsy-turvey oy switching the time arouna. I can't see where it gains any thing for anyone. To me, and a lot of others I have talked to. it is just a big pain in the necK, "A Woman With a Hoe." MRS. BYRON HAWKINS Melrose Rt., Roseburg, Ore. CALL KEN TODAY! Just phone 1 261 -R today for someone to do repairs on your typewriter or adding machines. KEN'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT 631 S. Stephen! Phone 1261-R Douglas Students Get S. O. C. E. Scholarships Claren Blake, Roseburg, and Audrey Marier, Idleyld Park, have been granted scholarship awards for 1948-49 at Southern Oregon College of Education, an nounced Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, registrar. Scholarships are from the State Board. Al Barnhart, Camas Valley, president of Future Teachers of America at the college, gave a report on his organization at an honor assembly Wednesday. GIRLS ELECT The Girls League of the Reeds- port High School elected the fol lowing officers for the coming year at a meeting held In the High School Thursday: President, Donna Bowman; vice president, Shirley Andrews; secretary, Ruth Miller; and treasurer, Pat Taylor. INVESTORS STOCK FUND. INC. Dividend Nofice tH. Board of Director! of Inv.irori Stock Fund ha, d.clarad a quort.rly dividend of flftwi ttnlt par ihara poyobla on May 21, 194 to ihar.holdm on racord at of April 30, 194. L L ClUil, rVaddnf Investor'a Syndicate Carl Beach Ray Beachy 219 U. S. National Bank Bldg. Phone 1442-J Phone 100 If you do not receiva your News-Review by 6:15 P. M. call Mr. Waters before 7:00 P. M. Phone 100 Soon You Will Need a NEW ROOF Lei- The COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Phone 121 Give You An Estimate Everything For The Builder Floed & Mill Sta. Douglas County State Bank Member Federal Depoalt Insuranoa Corp. Make This Douglas County Institution Your Bank. Home Owned Home Operated NOW A Jk ,Ie IS ' THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR Next Winters Fuel 16" Green Slabwood Planer Ends ORDER YOUR WOOD NOW WHILE SUPPLIES ARE PLENTIFUL AND YOU CAN GET PROMPT DELIVERY. WE ALSO HAVE: Sawdust 4' Slabwood 16" Mill Ends 16" Dry Slabwood ROSEBURG LUMBER CO. Phone 468 T HE Communist Party of the United States, through lta sec retary, Eugene Dennis, tells the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee that the Atlantic Security Alliance is "aggressive" In Its purposes, and adds that this country "can not even pretend to good faith In negotiations with Russia if the Treaty Is ratified." Dennis couldn't make his state ment directly to the Senate Com mittee. Along with ten other top Communists, he Is on trial in New York on charges of con spiracy to advocate forcible over throw of the government of the United States. So his statement had to be READ In Washington. That pretty well tells the Com munist story. r Ivy poisoning may be con tracted from clothing Horn a year after contact with the pois on Ivy vine. , i COMBINATION WATER HEATER and ELECTRIC RANGE Something new has been added for the small home or apartment! A combination range and water heater. 20-30 or 40 gallon water heater plus o three unit range with 7 speeds on each unit. Wiring is separate. Insulated oven for range available at extra cost. AAaC Price 199' 5 (Without Oven) KIER-CROOCH PLUMBING CO. Phone 1242-R 316 Mill St.