4 .Th Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Ore. Fr,.f May 13, 1949
t published Dally Except Sunday by the
Newi-Reyiw Compony, Inc.
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CHARLES V. STANTON flw E0W u,h "a? "
; Editor Manager
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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
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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.
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HEALTH-BUILDER
STARTER MASH
Dlatrlbuted By
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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.
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Douglas County State Bank
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Depoalt Insuranoa Corp.
Make This Douglas County Institution
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A
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IS '
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Next Winters Fuel
16" Green Slabwood
Planer Ends
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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.
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Ivy poisoning may be con
tracted from clothing Horn a
year after contact with the pois
on Ivy vine. ,
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