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4 Tht Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tue., July , T4 Published Dslly Exoept Sunday by tho Newt-Review Company, Inc. E.l.r.d .. c.4 .1... mtuir Mif ti ' 'V U'i ,,"c, ' CHARLES V. STANTON ".nig". Member oMh.rA..ool.td Pr".Orgor NiW-" publisher. IUBS1 KM. WZZSrb W'- n. tr. per moath $I.M. Oiiwia in-i month l TV thrt Tflnn I h Zii iw i A JOB FOR THE UNIONS By CHARLES V. STANTON The traditional Fourth of July holiday now is in progress in woods and mills. It is customary procedure in the timber Industry to take vacations of varying duration at Fourth of July and Christ mas. All work ceases -except that of equipment overhaul. Machines are serviced, repairs are made and equipment put in order during these work holidays. Duration of the layoff is affected by business conditions. This year, due to market weakness, many men will be out of work longer than they can well afford. Here is another situation which, in our opinion, indicates the importance of diversification in wood manufacture. We believe the labor unions, in which woods and mill nmvlrd Bra Ai-ornnizprl. should be nutting forth a determined YUlftO 1 - effort to bring about more complete wood utilization, for they would be performing an important service ior memDers v.ir rantinr emnlnvment security. By providing more outlets for wood in manufacturing processes, the industry would De in a Deiter position 10 stabilize markets and prevent tne economic peans aim ue pressions which have plagued the timber industry through, out its entire history. Stabilization would have a most bene, finiai effect, on iob and navroll security. Utilization processes and markets are available. All that is needed is pressure from one influential source to sen tha Moo tn inrliiHtxv. or to crovernment. or both. We know no organization better qualified to do the job than the labor unions which should be primarily interested in creating more jobs and employment security. The idea of increasing production is somewhat foreign to political, industrial and labor policies of the past few years. There has grown up in this country a theory of planned scarcity as a means of controlling economy. Farmers are paid for not growing certain crops. John L. Lewis is endeavoring to control coal prices and wages to his miners by limiting production. Various industries have restricted output to keep prices high. Labor has used slow. downs, strikes, make-work, feather-bedding, etc. for pur poses of enlarging employment. This theory of control through scarcity resulted from depression days. Policies of induced scarcity have been car. ried over into this inflationary postwar period partially as a means of keeping profits and wages high. We do not believe that a national policy of controlled scarcity limited production, and feather-bedding, not only by labor but equally by industry and government is the proper remedy for economic ills. Like a narcotic, it may dull our pain but will not cure the ailment. On the contrary, a program of full production, through diversification, would put new life into the timber industry. Our loggers and millmen have had a rather rough season. Unseasonable weather cut their workdays during winter and spring months. Due to unsettled market conditions the holiday layoff will be extended longer than usual. Many of of our small mills are not even operating this year. Let's imagine, however, that the scores of utilization processes available for use of wood and wood waste were in operation. Given that condition, wood now going into lumber grades for which there is no demand could be turned into paper, molasses, alcohol, plastics, adhesives, pressed wood, fiber board, fabrics or other uses. Thus we could be maintaining a full scale production in profitable outlets, while cutting . down surpluses in "slow" lines thereby stabilizing lumber demand and prices. Such procedure would guarantee continued employment and high level profits, while creating thousands of new jobs. It would be a far more effective plan and better for the worker than the fear-inspired program of regulated scarcity, which carries a limitation on work hours with insecurity of employment and wages. Labor unions have the organization, the contacts and the know-how to bring about this change in the timber industry, The great danger lies in the fact that too many labor lead ers would take the radical approach of nationalizing the na tion's timber rather than endeavoring to bring the govern ment into the picture as a PARTNER of free enterprise. It is our belief that the federal government, custodian of the public domain, holding one-half the timber lands of the Far West, should join in a partnership with private industry by pioneering the utilization of wood and wood waste, but making each operation available to private industry at any time and at inventory cost. This would not be a subsidy, in the ordinary sense, but would, rather, be a business invest ment, recoverable in sale of plants, and profitable through collection of direct, indirect and income taxes. If labor unions connected with the timber industry would sponsor such a program, they would really be doing some thing for the workers. Salt Lake City Pip Lin To Extend To Northwest SALT LAKE CITY, July 5 -fP) The Snlt Lake Pipe Line Com pany, owned by Standard Oil of California, hai called ior bids v a 560-mile oil products pine te from Salt Lake City to the Pacific Northwest. President C. E. Finney, Jr., said the $6,000,000, 320-mile lirst leg or the line from Salt Lake City to Boise, Idaho, is scheduled for completion this year. Later the line may be extend ed to a terminal In western Washington on the Columbia River, he aald, with the total cost exceeding $12,000,000. SOLDIER ARRESTED Roger LeRoy Long. Portland, arrested Thursday at Tenmlle on a charge of being absent without leave from the army, has been released to army authorities, re ported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. DIVORCE COMPLAINT BURDETTE Robert Jean vs. Doris MHrle Burdette: married July 24, 1948, at Sutherlln: cniel and inhuman treatment charged. I Might as Well Throw Away the Razor, Now Jjjff By Viahnett S. Martin A friend, Miss E. D., picked up a nestling that had fallen from a hummingbird's nest overhead In a big tree. Not knowing what else to do she made a nest of cotton in a box for it. There was in town an authori ty, Mr. B. F. Tucker, who made a hobby of placing hundreds of bottles and tubes filled with sweetened water on the shrubs around his summer place in the Santa Ana mountains. . So Miss D asked about care and feeding, and the advice resulted in her raising the bird successfully. But in time Mr. Hummer be came a problem! He was too friendly, too inquisitive! "I don't know what we're going to do," said Miss D one day, In that wor ried way people talk about a pet that has the run of the place, and is entrenched securely in the heart of the humans sharing the home, "that hummingbird Is a pest." (Funny how the word 'pest' can sound just like "lots of fun!") "When we sit down for a meal someone is sure to have forgotten to close the diningroom door, and first thing we know the hummer is drinking from someone's glass of water, or poking his bill into the centerpiece. "He scares guests, the way he swoops at them and pecks at the flowers on their dress or on a lapel, I guess we'll have to take him up to Mr. Tucker's and free him. And hope for the best." There were hummers In our garden, too. When we turned on the fountain spray over the pool the hummers would fly. through the finer part of the spray, again and again. They would fly into the spray from a hose someone was holding: how quickly the nozzle would be turned to make it as fine as possible while the tiny creature enjoyed his bath! The Press-Telegram featured the story of a pair of humming birds that had made a nest on a porch In town! I really believe the whole town enjoyed hearing of the nestlings' flight: two, if I recall. And the nest, how tiny! I wonder if they mistake one's glasses for water? At any rate, we had one that used to swoop too close to EJ's face to suit him! It would peck at flowers In a print dress, too. I was Just watch ing one of them in our yard here. In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) BE SO QUIXOTIC, would it? THRERE is historical precedent along that line. Some 20 centuries ago, Julius Caesar whipped the Gauls com pletely. When he finished the Job, he knew the Gauls were whip ped and THEY knew they were whipped. HE THEN DEALT WITH THEM SO FAIRLY THAT FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS THERE WAS NO WAR BE TWEEN ROME AND GAUL. Common decency and fairness and good will OFTEN pay off. WE hear a lot about guaranteed security in these days. Fa mous Lloyd's of London proposes to take a whirl at It on a free enterprise basis. If you're scared of Infantile paralysis, smallpox or typhoid, and If you live In tht United Kingdom, Lloyd's will sell you for $4 a policy that, if you are stricken with any of these dread diseases, will pay you $40 a week until you have collected a total of $4000. They call It the "1000-to-l insur ance against epidemics. The odds, you see, are pretty good. Even as a gambling proposition, It beats slot machines or playing the horses. THE point Is that security (If that is what you want above everything else) DOESNT HAVE TO COME FROM THE POLITI CIANS. Here In this country. you can buy from a responsible insurance company a policy 4hat at a certain age will let you re tire with enough money to live on for the rest of your life. If you start YOUNG ENOUGH, the premiums won't be prohibitive. IF, as a survey of college gradu ates recently conducted by Fortune Magazine strongly indi cates, security is what the present generation wants more than any thing, we ought to get rid of the idea that ONLY POLITICIANS can provide security. That isn't true. If security In old age is what you want, you can buy security from responsible concerns that are managed by business people instead of by politicians. Maybe you'd rather have the kind of security the politicians promise. If so, that's your busi ness. This is a free country. Your right to CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT was bought and paid for with the blood and the treasure of your liberty-loving ancestors. But at least it will do you no harm to realize that security is available to you without political help. Riddle School Teacher Among NEA Delegates Mrs Margaret McGee of Can yonvllle. teacher in the Riddle School, Is imong the .17 Oregon educators named as official dele gates to the Representative As sembly of the National Education Association, In Boston, Mass., July 3 to 8, Inclusive, according to the Oregon Education Association. This is the largest post-war dele gation of Oregon educators to the annual national meeting and one pf the largest delegations In the history of the state. The annual conference of the NEA brings together about 3.000 delegates each year to discuss problems confronting the na tion's teachers. This vear d?!e gates from Oregon will partici pate In numerous group discus sions of current educational prob lems, will act upon official re ports presented to the national organization and will elect na tional officers. The National Edu cation Association represents over 450.000 teachers and administra tors throughout the country. Farmers Advised To Seed Extra Land To Legumes Instead of piling up wasteful surpluses in cribs, bins, cellars or warehouses, why not store them in the soil? The question is asked by J. F. Bonebrake, chairman of the Douglas County Agricultural Conservation Committee, who points out that reports now indi cate that when crops are harvest ed this fall there may be actual surpluses in a number of major commodities. And in most cases, the chairman added, there is no relief in turning to some other cash crop. Almost without exception a few acres shift by many farmers will result in surpluses of the other crops. As the chairman explains, most farmers can't afford and it is not in the national interest to leave the land idle since it grows up to weeds and becomes a menace to the rest of the farm land. About the only alternative is to seed the land to adapted grasses and leg umes, thus building up the soil for future production. The grass that holds the soil and builds up humus at the same time can furnish feed for the livestock and livestock products which are still needed. Bonebrake makes these observa tions in urging farmers to con sider carefully the problems which may make adjustments necessary to keep agriculture "on an even keel." Too often, he ex plains, lower prices result in in creased production of crops al ready in surplus in the effort to meet fixed costs. It results in a vicious circle of increased sur pluses, lower prices and reduced income until the farmer is finally forced out. Production in line with consumer needs should be the goal instead of using up soil fertility, seed, fertilizers, labor and equip ment to turn out excess food and fiber. Through the Agricultural Con servation Program, the chairman explains, farmers may obtain as sistance in seeding grasses and legumes and in obtaining lime, phosphate and potash to improve growing conditions for these con serving crops. Prep School Boys Help Themselves And Others With Own Philanthropy By PAUL PETT AP Newsfeauirei Wrl.er TARRYTOWN, N. Y.. July 5. (P) Charity, the boys at Hackley decided, should not al ways begin at home. Sometimes', they reasoned, it should start with boys away at school. Every year the students at the Hackley College Preparatory School for boys are called upon to contribute to the Red Cross. Community Chest and other regu lar charities. This most of them did, simply by writing home to pop for the money. This year, however, some of the students decided they would create a little philanthropy all on their own. Their goal was to sup ply two-week vacations for 25 under-privileged boys from Tarry town. The Hacklev bovs who ranee in age from 12 to 18, raised almost $1,400, without once ever writing home for help. iney am it By collecting S310 at their own Sunday vesper serv ices, by staging a benefit concert which netted $650, by running a iracK meet ana concession stands which brought $175 and by hit ting up the local Rotarv Cluh for $200. Late In June the 25 Tarrvtown boys began their vacations at a camp on the Hackley campus which was supervised and oper ated by 10 student-counsellors. All the Hackley facilities were thrown open to the visitor swimming, baseball, track, ten nis, gym and riding stables. Dr. Mitchell Gratwick, the school's headmaster, said the proj- Summer Lull Adds To Decline Of Nations Economy NEW YORK. .Tulv A im A summer lull added its heavy hand to the nation's declini'i" economy this week. School was out and graduates were in the job market. Many plants were shutting down for annual vacation periods. There was an increasing tense ness as neither labor nor manage ment showed any inclination to give an inch in their negotiations. These trends added up to a mild wallop at a national economy al ready weary from another rise in unemployment, another drop in production, another week of declining retail sales. Among the week's events, how ever, that eould lead to tter days was congressional action on the Public Housing Bill. Construction awards already were rolling along at a fair pace. The administration's housing bill would filter additional millions of dollars into building. Additional do"irs for bujldlng mean more bu:Vess in the na tion's steel mills, metal indus tries, cement plans and lumber yards. It also will take a lot of i the unemployment slack. June graduates befogged the i unemployment picture. The wave of graduates seeking jobs rolled unemplovment to a seven-year : high of 3,778,000. ect has helped inspire better re lations between "town and gown" between Tarrytown and Hackley. "Also," he said, "our own boys profited by rubbing shoulders with youngsters of all types. It broadened their horizons. It helped them to see these young sters from Tarrytown, not as kids from the other side of the tracks, but as boys just like themselves." In Oregon It's McCredie Hot Mineral . Springs Retort -Highway Travelers Welcome, Too, On Short-Cut Highway SS McCredie Springe, Oregon I WALLPAPER 200 Patterns 1te to 11.20 '' Pag Lumber 4V Fuel 164 E 2nd Ave. 3. Phone 242 FISHERMEN! The Tom-Cod ond Snoppers entered Sunset Bay lost week. Sunday, 19, catches went from 30 to 100 fish to a person. We have the fish, boats and accommodations if you have the time to catch them, L. A. 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Phone 100 Something New Has Been Added at Adair's Associated Service & Parking We are now renting v Flegel's Drive UR-SELF Trucks Open day or night 7:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Weekdays 8:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Sunday Free parking while you rent a truck Adair's Associated Service & Parking In back of Montgomery Ward Main & Washington Phono 1538 p& sTTRY0UR vW Iservice DIRECTORS 6. J. Shoemaker, Pres. M. E. Hitter, V.-Pres. H. O. Pargeter, Sec. & Mgr. A. N. Orcutt, Atty. V. J. Micelli, Treas. Edyth Gilmour, Asm. Secretary a. - DIRECTORS G. V. Wimberly G. C. Finlay Guy Cordon B. R. Shoemaker VV. F. Harris N. Fullerton REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Umpqua Savings and Loan Association Roseburg, Oregon Year Ending June 30th, 1949. RESOURCES Bank Balance Notes Secured by Stock D. R. Loans Not Disbursed Notes Secured by D. R. Mortgages Notes Secured by Mortgages Advanced to Borrowers . Interest Receivable Sale Contracts Federal Home Loan Bank Stock . Government Bonds Home Office Building ..$ 27.183.00 - 15.983.68 . 15.434.73 , 1,529.447.64 1,400.00 76.52 321.21 7,256.14 . 12.400.00 ,. 45.000.00 - 24.000.00 LIABILITIES Investment Stock $1,514,610.57 81,678,502.92 I.oan Stock Building Account Reserve . Contingent Reserve Surplus Deferred Profit Other Reserves Money Borrowed Incomplete D. R. Loans 1.197.28 12.200.00 43.205.02 9.630.12 1.938.74 256.46 80.000.00 15.434.73 State of Oregon $1,678,502.92 SS County of Douc'.as I. H. O. Pargeter. Secretary of the above Association, do herehv solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. H. O. PARGETER, Secretary. ATTEST: SAM J. SHOFMAKFR I President. r Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July 1 A. D, 1949. WZj!r w- F- HARRIS. At Notary Public for Oreeon. Mf Commission Expires November 17, 1952,