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4 Tht Nwi-kyiew, Roieburj, Of. Frl., June 24, 1949 . , Published Dally Exoept Sunday by the Newi-IUview Company, Inc. Iilini at tcn eUts inttur My 1, at lh Bt (Ho at Kaburr, Oracoa, andtr act ( March I, CHARLES V. STANTON fl EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher Aiioclation, the Audit Bureau of Circulations wanted by WEHY-HOIXin A CO., INC., fflrei in Nw Vork, Chler, Sao Franclwo, Loa Anlei, SefttlU, Portland. St. LotiU. IDBSCRIPTION RATES In Oregon Br Mail rar Taar IB.OO, ala m on tht $i.M, three month! $2.00. By City Carrier Par year $10.09 (In advanca), 1pm than on year, per month 11.00. OuUlda Oregon By Mall Par year 19.00, ! , month! 14,78. Pirat montha IS.1B. CREATING By CHARLES V. STANTON One of the speakers at the recent convention of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association had an exceptionally timely anecdote. The speaker told of the man who set up a 'hot dog' stand. It seems that the proprietor was imbued with old-fashioned ideas of business, coupled with an abundance of ambition and enterprise. He selected his 'hot dogs and buns with great care, assur ing top quality. His service was excellent. He kept his stand neatly painted and scrupulously clean. He flooded his neigh borhood for miles around with roadside signs advertising his service. He advertised in all the nearby newspapers. . Customers flocked to his stand and, pleased by his service, told their friends about Joe's 'hot dogs.' Then Joe's boy came back from college, where he had been graduated with high honors in economics. "Dad," said the son, "there's a depression coming. Busi ness is going into a tailspin. We must retrench. "If we are to survive the depression we've got to cut down on the size of our buns. We can't afford to give so much meat. Let's not spend money on painting this year. We can save money by not advertising." And so the father listened to the "expert" advice from the young graduate economist. . His stand grew dingy. His roadside signs disappeared. His famous 'hot dogs' became mediocre. Business began to slump and he had to lay off help, so his service suffered. Then his customers, who had advertised his stand by word of mouth, began to tell their friends that Joe's place no longer served good food. Finally Joe had to close his business. ','Education certainly is a great thing; I wouldn't have known there was a depression if my son hadn't been so smart," Joe said proudly. We are now in the midst of a long-expected readjustment. Many lines of business are beginning to feel the pinch. Some will listen to bad advice. Others will keep on plugging, continuing good service, utilizing advertising to extend their sales, maintaining customer good-will. We have all known that a readjustment must come eventu ally. At present there is a widespread tendency on the part of consumers to see how far prices will drop before buying an automobile, building a tyrnse, securing new furniture or buying goods other than the immediate necessities of life. It is generally agreed by observers that there Is little danger of a severe depression, because a huge backlog of savings in the hands of the American people is waiting to come into circulation whenever the time ia ripe. The only thing that can create a depression is fear, and there is no good reason for fear. Advertising is the most efficient weapon with which to fight depression. Advertising stimulates buying. Buying puts money into circulation. Depressions result only when circu lation of money is seriously impaired. Joe's depression was self-made. Any depression we may experience will be self-crented. A large corporation such as the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., has much concern about the "bears" of Wall Street, but real, live, wild bears also trouble the company's timber managers. More than three million seedling trees were planted by Weyerhaeuser on twelve tree farms in Oregon and Wash ington. Considerable loss is reported because of unfavorable weather. Fire and disease menace the plantings. Foresters also report heavy losses because bears, coming out of winter hibernation, find an excellent spring tonic in the cambium layer between the wood and bark of young trees. Group Of Republicans Gird For Battle Against Brannan Program For Aiding Farmers WASHINGTON, June 24.-I.T) A group of Republican bave girded for a fight against even a "trial run" for the Truman ad ministration's new farm program. The battle may echo in next year's congressional campaigning In larm areas. A House Agriculture Subcom mittee has approved, 6 to 3, a ncw farm bill that would: 1. Permit Secretary of Agricul ture Brannan to experiment on three crops in 1H50 with his pro posed "production payment" farm program. Hrannan contends his program would mean cheaper food and assured Income for farmers. 2. Kill the 1SII8 Aiken law, which is scheduled to set up next year a flexible 60 to 90 per cent of parity price support program for agriculture. Parity is a price level set arbitrarily some years ago as a standard considered fair to both farmers and consumers. 3. Create a new parltyoffarm Income system, as proosed by Brannan, and support prices of major crops at 100 per cent of that standard. This might mean for most crops the highest price supports ever attempted by the government. Prices of crops are now sup i ported at no er cent of the old parity standard. Politics Charge Mads Hep. August II. Andresen (R. - Minn.), a top-ranking member of the Agriculture Committee, told newsmen: "This thing has been reduced DEPRESSION pretty much to a political mat ter, with the Democrats trying to put through this Brannan thing. "We will fight it in the full com mittee and on the floor. You will find Republicans pretty much to gether in the House on continu ing the present W0 per cent pro gram and suspending the Aiken law so we can have time to work out a real program." Hrannan has indicated he would like to try out the "production payment" plan first on hogs, po tatoes and wool. The subcommit tee banned any experimenting with wool, milk or butterfat, but gave him a clear field otherwise. Under the production payments proposal, prices of perishable crops would be permitted to drop to wnatever the market would pay. Then the government would pay subsidies to farmers to make up the difference between the market price and the parlty of ln come level. This Brannan con tended, would mean cheaper food and a fair return for farmers. The plan has been attacked by some farm organizations as a "dole". AND" COSTLY WITH COFFEE rHTrAf:n ik "rrr.. nri" cost Alfred Elils $282.u.v'lt was the "and" that proved expensive. Kllic. who mv-nt tni-.i hnm.ht a cup of coffee in a nearby soda fountain, returned to his place and drank it. Thus far be was out five cents. Then he took hack the cup and saucer to the other store. While he was out, quick thieves took $282 from his cash register. More Than .IfpfiftT By Vwhnett S. Martin JfZ) In common with other par ents Interested in the Scouting activity of their sons, "Uncle Dan" Beard came to be more than a name to us. We had a sincere appreciation of his in influence for good In the Scout world. His monthly letters in the national magazine, Boy's Life, were such practical, Inspir ing messages to boys who read them. There was no hint of '"preaching" In them, rather a man-toman, homey, humorous way of 'talking' to the reader that no boy would ever suspect, In his interested reading, that he was being "told" something of value. I have two letters, In an old scrapbook, signed by Mr. Beard In his characteristic paint-brush signature, thick and black. There is no clue In them as to the rea son he wrote. (Probably I sent him clippings of The Mending Basket). Scouting often Inspired something along that line, too. In 1D37 he wrote: "If snakes and scorpions represent evil thoughts, the trailing arbutus, the almond-scented twin-flowers and the lovely rose all speak in the language that the deaf, dumb and blind can hear, for the per fume of flowers Is audible to the Editorial Comment From Tht Oregon Press Russia Doesn't Want Our Reds Salem Capital Journal Congressman Walter Norblad, representing the first Oregon District, Is reported in Washing ton dispatches to have "called the bluff of those In this country ad vocating Communism" by Intro ducing a bill providing for their free transportation to Russia and for the automatic cancellation of their United States citizenship. Under the proposed legislation, the Stale Department would pro vide bolh the necessary passports and transportation to anyone making application, and upon ar rival :n Russia both their United States citizenship and passport would be automatically and per manently terminated. Norblad Is quoted as saying: 'Those who advocate Commun ism should be given full and free opportunity to reside In the coun try whose Ideals they profess to uphold. I have often wondered why these people didn't go to the land of their dreams. If it has been the lack of funds, this should remedy their problem and give them the chance to prove what thev say. It has always been my feeling that we should not only encourage these Communists within our country to move to their ideal nation but that we should facilitate their Journey." Norblad Ignores the fact that no Communist seems to want to go to Russia, except to receive personal orders from the Krem lin, and then he usually travels by forged passports. And Russia does not apparently want any of them to remain, for they all are sent back, demoted as Earl Brow der was after years of faithful service to the party firing line or marked for ditching like William 7.. Koster, having served their purpose. And there Is no sign that Sla II n wants them except to use them at home. Big BUI Haywood got a a Building Collapse sense of smell and never repre sents evil to anyone. They are materialized love and poetry. Thank you-for your appreciation. Cordially yours, (signed) Daniel Carter Beard, National Scout Commissioner." Surely, surely, the rose so loved by every one can never, oh never, "represent evil" to any one! It can cause no distress. How could anyone be "allergic" to anything so beautiful? Gratl tude for the exquisite beauty of the rose-world could be a potent factor In proving that there are only "materialized love and poet ry" In the rose! All through the kindly Quaker's writing is Intense love of the outdoors, an appreciation for beauty in flower and tree, the living waters of river and lake and sea. And es pecially the woods! For years I wore with pleasure a string of rose-petal beads. I have not seen any for years. I wonder why. Each jet black bead was separated from the next with a single tiny gold bead. As I recall, a dlshpan of rose- petals and some salt and patience were the only requirements. One kept them In a box' on cotton; always the fragrance of the rose greeted one when the box was opened. rousing welcome when he arrived but shortly after arrival his heav en on earth materialized into hell. Anna Louise Strong, a faithful penman spreading her Journalis tic poison for many years around the world got the bum's rush or at least she claimed she did, but may be only a super spy for the Soviets. Many other qf our Ked fanatics who reached their Utopia were never heard of again and either faced the firing squad or are sojourning In Arctic slave camps. Americans, no matter how red, are only, like other foreigners, useful to Russia for doing dirty work in their native lands and re ceive short shift when their na tions have been Communlzed and Russians installed in power. Moreover, It will be difficult to deport these Communists, legally I or otherwise, for they all fight j deportation and use every pos sible effort to remain here. The lease of Harry Bridges is a fair example. He probably realizes t that he would wind up in a. Si berian concentration camp. Girl Dies In Fir That Consumes Oxygen Tent SPOKANE. June 24.OP) A 15-year-old girl died Thursday night in an oxygen tent which caught fire at St. Luke's Hospital, fire men said yesterday. The victim was Rachael Brown ing. Firemen said the fire may have caused her death. However, the girl's physician said she was In critical condition and might possibly have been dead when the fire started. Ieputy Eire Marshal J. H. Bur Ion said he believed a faulty wir ing cord leading from a wall plug lo the oxygen pump motor caused the fire. There are about S00 volcanos which have erupted In historic time. Is at Stake Toastmasters, Famiiies Picnic At Umpqua Park Roseburg Toastmasters, their wives and children picnicked at Umpqua Park Tuesday night. With Ross Newcomb conduct ing the meeting, a full program followed the cafeteria style pot luck. ' Delbert "Stub" Parker, In charge of table topics, asked the members to speak on pets. Phil Harth was toastmaster, and the speakers Included Newcomb, Dr. S. L. De Lapp and Bob Harvie. The Importance of tagging fish and the further importance of fishermen reporting catches of tagged fish were discussed by Newcomb. He said too 'many sportsmen overlook this impor tant item, but that it is worthless to tage the fish if catches are not reported. Only through this method can the released fish be traced. "Reminiscences" was the topic of Harvie, who related an Inter esting accountjOf an old-time ac quaintance. Dr. De Lapp spoke on the topic, "Two Good Friends" our two feet. "You seldom consider the com fort of these friends," he said. "You often allow them only brief rest and that after they have com plained bitterly." He explained the architectural structure of the human foot, which is light in weight but amaz ingly strong, u tends itself to many intricate movements: It supports and balances enormous loads. In walking, lifting and Jumping It carries from 100 to 1,000 times its weight. It is arched like a bridge, yet how few other bridges can carry even their own weight.' "In spite of the mistreatment and neglect, they are still your indispensable Irlenas, he con cluded. "Have a heart; give the poor feet a chance." - In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) in a practical, person-to-person way. There IS a chance, you see, that this prickly issue in our national life can be settled ultimately by tolerance and individual fair thinking. WHILE you're about it, you might contrast the tolerant proposal of this Southern woman with what happened in St. Louis the other day. A new swimming pool had just been opened In a city park. In St. Louis, segregation has been the custom alomst as long as there has been a city there. But BY LAW segregation was for bidden in this new pool. A SERIES OF FIGHTS FOL LOWED. At the peak of the ruckus, an estimated crowd of between 4,000 and 5,00 was at the scene. Eleven persons . were Injured two of them seriously. Feeling Is still running high, and police forces have been doubled to prevent new outbreaks. The mayor, frightened by what happened, rescinded the non segregation order. LET'S put It this way: In St. Louis, an attempt to cure by law RIGHT NOW an an cient evil that can be cured perma nently only by tolerance, fairness and decent human sympathy has Precipitated a riot that wll'l stir angry passions and Inflame In tolerance to an extent that will Drain Lions Hold Annua! Banquet, install Officers Approximately 50 members of the Drain Lions Club, their wives and guests gathered at the Civic Club itooms in that city for their yearly banquet and installation or officers Saturday, June 18. Ham dinner with all the "trimmings," topped with strawberry shortcake, were served by the Drain Civic Club. Frank White, retiring president of the Gardlner-Reedsport Lions Club and the new District 36-R governor, was toastmaster and in stalling officer. During the din ner Sour he put Tailtwister Wil liam Cool Jr.. and Acting Lion Tamer Robert Smith to work col lecting lines and having a gen eral good time. Several Gardiner Reedsport members were present. After the dinner, retiring Presi dent Roy Jones reported on ac tivities of the Club during the year. He praised the work of his officers and committees. A special award for the out standing Lion of the year was presented to Hank Hathaway by Dick Scott, who in return re ceived some timely suggestions for his new office as tailtwister. The following officers were in stalled: President, Phil Griswold; first vice-president, Hank Hatha way: second vice-president, Bill Griswold; third vice-president, Hugh Whipple; secretary, rlobert Smith; treasurer, William Cool Jr.; Lion tamer, Pete Martin; tailtwister, Dick Scott, and direc tors. Hank Goodmanson and Tom Myers. After the Installation, Roy Jones presented the president's pin to Phil Griswold, and the latter presented Jones with a past president's pin. Special award pins for 100 percent attendance during the past year were pre sented to Phil Griswold, W. E. Mcintosh and Elmer Maples. After the installation and pro gram the party retired to the dance hall for an evening of dancing to the music of Claude Ritters and his orchestra. Evangelist Conducting Revivals At Oakland Evangelist William Elmer Brown, native of Douglas County, is conducting a series of Old Time Holy Ghost revival meet ings in a little tent at the east end of the City Park in Oakland. Brown announced he is "preach ing the gospel of the apostles in its fullness." Beginning with the day of Pentecost, Brown will preach of repentance, belief, new birth, and baptism in the Holy Ghost, ac cording to Acts 2:4, Acts 10:44-48; Acts 19:6; Isaiah 28:11-12; I Cor inthian 14:21-22 and Mark 16:16 20; water baptism according to Matthew 28:19-20; divine healing according to Mark 6:12-13 and James 5:14-15, and of "the rap ture of the church, the second coming of Christ, and the Battle of Armageddon." Meetings are held every eve ning except Saturday at 8:45 p. m., and Sundays at 2:30 and 7:45 p.m. Wular Lake, only 15 miles long and six miles at the widest, is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in all India. It lies at the northwest end of the beautiful Vale of Kashmir. postpone for a long, long time the fair and workable solution of the problem of race mingling that all fair-minded people hope for. IN Washington these days, we're watching another attempt to settle by law a problem that in the long run can be settled satis factorily only by intelligent coop eration and fair-minded recogni tion of each other's rights. I'm referring, of course, to the labor law. With a reasonable degree of tolerance and understanding on both sides, employers and work ers can get along with each other with much mutual profit. Without tolerance and understanding on both sides, no law that we are likely to get will help much. Phone 100 If you do not receive your News-Review by 6:13 P.M. call Harold Mobley before 7 P.M. Phone 100 6 DAYS OF FARISS FRIDAY FOLLIES Everything for the home in this GREAT SALE ' Davenos Refrigerators Dinette Sets Chairs etc. Special at Both Stores i mRTnWr" 1 i n J m Sir Britain To Purchase U. S. Lumber With ECA Funds WASHINGTON, June 24. .T) Rep. Mack (R.-Wash.) said Thursday he has been advised that American producers will get orders for 45,000.000 to 55,000.000 board feet of lir lumber from Great Britain. Mack said his source was "re liable" but that he couldn't identify it. He told a reporter his information Is that the Bri tish program calls for 120,000,000 board teet of the lumber of which 75,000,000 will come from Canada. He said the British found bids were lower than ex pected and may increase their order to l3U,uou,uuu board feet. The British order for American lumber. Mack said, is the result of insistence by the ECA that the British give American pro ducers a chance to bid on lumber needed by the United Kingdom. KM m HI DRAINBOARD TOPS Ho doubt you,are one of these unfortunates who have had trouble with linoleum dralnboards. Come in and see our new Formica tops. Beautiful and Permanent ; COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything For The Builder Floed A Mill Sts. Iftl Ra K-S KTTVS 23 Bank With , , A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank Pro Li.-, i..i i I H, InlXytifiil Roseburg has a modern swimming pool and-life guords to help you learn how to swim. Classes are continuing through the summer, so come down ond register for swim ming lessons any morning after 10 a. m. Mi licipal Swimming Pool Ray Brown, Mgr. SLABWOOD In 12-1 6 ond 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY . SEPARATOR Phont 658 ' . Rose Colored Glasses? So your place is worth more today than ever be fore. Great! But don't forget, there's another side to the story. That higher value means that you've got more to lose to disaster . . . thus need, more protection. Make sure NOV that your present insurance is adequate. Call on us! R. O. YOUNG Phone 417 205 W. Cass St. Roseburg Phone 121 If a Fish Can Swim . . Why Can't You? This is National Swim for Health Week, reminding us that swimming is the most healthful exercise we can enjoy. Store No. 2 Hiway 99 at Gorden Va'Uy Rd. Open Every Nitt 'til 9 During This Sale Except Sat. & Sun.
