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STREET RENAMING
By CHARLES V. STANTON
The project for renaming Roseburg streets has been
returned to the planning commission for additional study,
which, we believe, was a wise decision.
' Renaming city streets is a task to be taken seriously
one deserving of much Btudy. It should not be hurried.
. Many factors must be considered, some of which were
ably pointed out by Mayor Albert Flcgcl. The mayor men
tioned that some of our streets bear names with much
historical and sentimental value. Too. a street change causes
much confusion for a number of months, particularly for
mail carriers, who must remember both the old and new
names. Business firms have letterheads, envelopes, state
ments, etc:, on Which addresses are printed and which would
of necessity be discarded.
But these are not serious problems and the period of
confusion should end within a reasonable time. Roseburg's
population is heavily balanced by residents comparatively
new to our community. Historic names attached to our
streets carry little importance to these people unfamiliar
with the city's past. While history plays its part in civic
pride, sentiment should not interfere with progress.
: The point is, we believe, that, if a change is to be mad"1,
we should endeavor to avoid another period of confusior.
within a relatively few year? by being as nearly certain as
possible that our original decision is right.
Roscburg and we are speaking of the community, not
just the city proper is sure to continue growing. We will
have at least twice our present population within a com
paratively few years and eventually will probably double
again. How soon the first stage of the second boom begins
depends largely upon how soon our industrial possibilities
are recognized and acted upon, coupled with national
economic status. The third boom will result from introduc
tion of chemical wood waste utilization which, at the present
rate of progress, is not too far distant.
These prospects for continued growth indicate the im
portance of developing an orderly expansion, in which street
naming is a vital factor.
A stranger entering a town, looking for a stated address,
needs a system whereby any given location may be found
without difficulty. One method of achieving this desire:!
condition is to1 number streets consecutively in one direction
and name them in alphabetical succession the other way.
Roseburg's hodgepodge street layout offers some obstacle?
to the orderly system of titling, but these obstacles, we be
lieve, are not insurmountable.
The suggestion has been made that the first renaming
involve only the south, central and north parts of town, and
that other sections, particularly Laurelwood, West Moreland,
The Grove, etc., be left unchanged temporarily. Efich of
these sections then could be treated individually at a later
date, if found desirable, and coordinated with the main
pattern.
Good Ideas possibly are in the minds of some of our resi
dents. We have people from all over the United States now
living in our town and many of them have resided previ
ously in cities with good street naming systems. If these
ideas were to be given the planning commission something
perhaps could be worked out from them to assist In the
problem at hand.
The planning commission doubtless would welcome any
such suggestions.
Communications addressed to the Roscburg Planning com
mission, in care of City Manager Matt Slankard. City Hal!,
Roscburg, offering any ideas about the street renaming
project, could be of much aid in further consideration of the
project.
Heavier Taxes Would Stunt U. S.
Economic Growth, Financier Says
By HRUCE 1UOSSAT
Thomas B McCabe, chairman of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve system, believes our economic growth may eventu
ally be stifled If we do't reduce Income taxes so Americans will
be more venturesome with their savings.
McCabe, a Republican. Is a for
mer Pennsylvania banker ami
manufacturer. This is his first
important utterance since he be
came chairman.
Undoubtedly there will be
many efforts to dismiss the slate
ment as Just another husines
man's blast against high taxes.
It's true, of course, that business
has always wailed about the "ru
inous" effects of income levies.
Krom the start each new boost
In rates has been opposed as cer
tain to destroy initiative.
But the fact that the American
economy has continued to gro.v
and develop through all these in
creases should not blind us to
the possibility that the arguments
may at some mint become valid.
C-t the day McCahe's statement
appeared, the Census Bureau re
ported a total I'.S. tax bill for
fiscal 19-18 of $5,500,300,000. That
is close to 2a percent of the na
tional Income.
When a fourth of the country's
Income Is being siphoned out of
the economic stream into govern
ment, Isn't it reasonable to ex
amine carefully the effect this
drain Is having on our productive
system?
It may be trite to sav (t, but It
Is after all our economy which
supports our various povernmen
tal enterprises. We cannot Indef
initely expand the latter without
having regard for the continued
productiveness of the former.
Government cannot live on a
sluggish, stagnating economv.
And that is what worries Me
t'abe. He contends that risk-taking
by American investors has
been discouraged by federal tax
policies.
He especially would like to see
an end to double taxation of cor
porate dividends. He thinks this
would greatly speed the flow of
savings into investments and help
to push ahead the country's fron
tiers in technology and produc
tion. A thorough review of taxes and
their relation to the economv is
long overdue. Congress has talk
ed about it for years but has
taken no real action. Last ye.tr
the House passed a general' tax
revision bill, but It was a clutter
ed affair that did little to end the
confusion of major points. And It
died In the Senate.
A full-scale assault on the tax
problem ought to be hlijh on the
congressional ngcnda for 19S0.
We've been drifting long enough.
It is estimated that half of V.S.
traffic moves on 300,000 miles of
city streets.
Reports of My
En Vnkm
"The Sun Comes Up," I notice
in the current advertisement, is
in Roscburg this week. How I
did enjoy the film! Probably he
cause the story, "Mountain Mel
ody" which ran in the Post as a
serial, was a book that stays In
one's memory as a melody.
I have heard that stars dread
to act with a scene stealer such
as a dog or a horse, or that worst
scene-stealer of all, a baby! But
Jeanette MacDonald appeared to
enjoy her work. She Is one of my
favorite actresses because her
name Is never In the news except
professionally, and In a nice way.
She Is, It seems obvious, an c
emplary wife, and happy with
her husband. It's too bad the
other type gets so much publici
ty; after all, there are such fine
people In Hollywood, the kind
who shun publicity except pro
fessionally. Lassie is such a beautiful dog!
She docs draw the eyes away
from humans In the picture!
Even In the Wizard of Oz I tound
my eyes looking to see where the
little dog was what was his
name? Toto? and there he would
be, tagging along. I like horses,
too, and can watch fine horses
In the Day's News
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$0)0,000,000 deficit. (Presumably
for the blennlum.)
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HIS statement calls for a little
explanation.
In figuring out their budgets,
states (and cities and counties
and NATIONS) follow a system
that differs sharply Irom the
practices of private business in
stitutions. Private business people
first estimate as realistically as
they can how much money they
will be able to take in, and AFTER
THAT they decide how much
money they can afford to spend.
That Is to say, private business
people cut their garment accord
ing to the amount of cloth they
think they will be able to obtain.
Public bodies, having the power
to tax, do It exactly opposite. They
first tot up the amount they are
going to spend and then they
LEVY A TAX TO RAISE THAT
AMOUNT OF MONEY.
Governments, you see. having
the power to tax (which means
the power to reach Into the
pockets of all the people and take
whatever Is needed) first cut the
pattern for the garment and then
go out and levy on the people for
the cloth that will be required,
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IN the old days, when practically
all governmental bodies EX
CEPT the federal government
relied chiefly on the general prop
erty tax, that worked out without
much guesswork. The taxing au
thorities simply levied a tax rate
of so much upon the assessed
value of tangible property and the
property owner then pungled up
OR ELSE.
With the advent of the Income
tax. the situation changed. The
Income tax, as its name Implies, is
a tax on the Incomes of the peo
Death Vas Greatly
'iahnett S. Martin
In a picture with the greatest of
pleasure regardless of what goes
on as a plot. I'm so glad the
school children can see so many
wonderful pictures as visual aids
nowadays.
A group of us were discussing
visual aids. One parent said he
thought less time should be given
to pictures and more to the Three
Rs; but all the others In the
group, including a teacher, were
warmly enthusiastic over the
value of well-chosen pictures in
the school work It was Interest
ing to hear the different ones: an
Interchange of Ideas, If without
discord, is of value not only, to
the ones in the group but also to
the school children who will bene
fit from the action taken by the
school board.
I am sure each school board Is
trying conscientiously to do what
ever seems best for the children.
Disagreement In the membership
does not by any means indicate
that an earnest desire to find
out and do what Is best for the
children is lacking, does it?
It Is so easy to stay home and
then, later, criticize the school
board. How long since you at
tended a school meeting?
ple. It's quite a job to estimate
THIS YEAR what the incomes
of all the people will be NEXT
YEAR. If this year is a boom
year, with money flowing like
water. Incomes will tend to be
high. If next year turns out to be
a "recession" year, incomes will
be down.
This is the point:
It INCOMES ARE DOWN, tax
receipts will be down.
That Is what seems to have hap
pened in the state of Washington.
I Anticipated Income hasn't lived
up to the anticipations. Hence the
60 million dollar DEFICIT Gov
ernor Langlle speaks about,
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YOU and I know all about that.
All our lives we've been say
ing to ourselves: "1 need a CADIL
LAC. I'm entitled to it. NEXT
YEAR I'm going to have me one."
When next year comes, and we
have to cut our garment accord
ing to the cloth available to us, we
shrug our shoulders and either
drive the old car or buy one less
j costly than we had rosily antici
j pated. We know that If we go too
deeply In debt we'll be sunk.
I When governments plan their
; next year's budgets on a Cadillac
j basis, they go through with it on
jthat basis. If their estimates of
income turn out to be too high,
I they borrow the difference. (That
Is, they issue bonds, or something
like that, and when the time
comes to pay off the bonds they
simply UP the taxes and reach
Into the pockets of the people for
what is needed.)
If Washington goes 60 millions
into the red In this blennlum, the
people will have to pungle It up
later.
LIONS ASKED TO MEET
Members of the Roseburg
Uons club are asked to meet at
6.30 o'clock at the Umnoua hotel
i tonight for the regular wecklv
j business session according to an
I announcement by club officers
1 today.
Exaggerated
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LETTERS
to the Editor
Criticizes U. S. For
South Korea Policy
PORTLAND Dr. J. C. Crane,
a missionary in South Korea for JP
vears and Just home from that
country, spoke on the problems
of South Korea before a serv'ce
club.
He described South Korea as
the last foothold of free govern
ment in North Central Asia, and
paid tribute to the patriotism of
is people who resisted commu
nism in the recent rebellion.
According to Dr. Crane, the
economic problems of South Ko
rea were caused, in large meas
ure, by U. S. A. when It turned
North Korea over to the Russians
who had done nothing whatsoever
about driving out the Japs. We
rave Russia that part of the coun
try which contained its coal, iron,
gold and. electrical Industry
which is concentrated on the
Manchurlan-Korean border.
America's diplomacy indicates
that there was too much vodka at
Tehran and Yalta and that Stalin
fddn't do the drinking. The mis
ionary thinks we're plumb atu
pld.
There's one thing about my
country that I don't understand.
We are a nation made up of all
races, we travel over the worid
more than any other people and
yet we are diplomatically dumo.
As Will Roger said. "The Unit
ed States never lost war or
won a conference."
T!ie best fighters on earth, we
are the worlds foremost appeal
ers. .Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain, toted an umbrella
to Hitler's hideout at Berchtes-
Baden and surrendeied, but we
haven t sense enough to get out
of trie rain.
CHARLES T. McPHERSON
19S3 SW 6th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Six Revivalists Killed,
20 Hurt In Collision
FULTON. Miss., Aug. 18-.n
A heavy lumber carrier plowed
into the center of an open-bed
truck loaded with a gav crowd of
revivalists near here Tuesday
right, spreading six dead and 20
injured along a 100-foot section
of roadway.
Highway Patrol Inspector G. L.
Hobis said the lumber truck ram
med the other vehicle as It turn
ed into a side road leading to
the church.
The revivalists were members
of the Church of God. They were
being driven to a church meet
ing. Economy Reason Cancels '
Antarctic Expedition
WASHINGTON, Aug. l&-.?
An Antarctic expedition that was
to have been led by Rear Adm.
Richard E. Byrd this fall was
called off by the Navv Tuesday
for "compelling reasons of eco
omy." Plans for the expedition ha
been underway for more than a
.ear. :t had been given the code
name of "Operation High Jump
11." It was to be the second
phase of the expedition which
took navy explorers and scien
tists to the south polar region in
"DRUNKS" PENALIZED
Judge Ira B. Riddle reported
the disposition of the following
cases when they appeared In mu
nicipal court Wednesday on
charges of being drunk on a pub
lic street:
Wune Aleen. Sutherlln. com
mitted for 10 days in lieu of $20
fine: Arthur Thompson Arant. 83,
Roseburg, forfeited ball of $20;
Ishmael Harrison Locke, 30,
Glide, committed for 10 days In
lieu of $20 fine.
Wilbur C Ruffner, 43. tran
sient, was committed to the city
jail for seven and one-half days
In lieu of payment of $1S fine
when he pleaded guilty to a vag
rancy charge.
Marriage Of Reds
Subject Of Holy
Office Decree
VATICAN CITY, Aug. 18 lP)
A decree published bv the holy
office Tuesday allows Roman
Catholic priests to perform mar
riage ceremonies for commu
nists, if the communists promise
to raise any children of such un
ions in the Catholic faith.
The Vatican newspaper, L'Os
servatore Romano, said the de
cree would allow the marriage
.if a militant communist to a pro
fessing Catholic, and also would
permit marriage of two commu
nists who were not active In par
ty affairs. It did not sav how it
would affect two active commu
nists who might want to be mar
ried by a Catholic priest.
The recent decree of excom
munication published by the holy
office July 13 placed militant
communists In a special status
)f excommunication pronounced
jy the Pope. It had said further
.hat those who exposed them
selves to the doctrines of com
munism knowingly would risk
punishment by the church. Ex
communication from the church
nvolves the denial of the Sac
raments, of which matrimony is
one.
. 'L'Osservatore said the mar
riage of militant communist with
professing Catholic will require
die same guarantees as the mar
riage of a Catholic to a non-Catholic.
In such cases the church asks
a formal promise that children
of such a marriage will be bap
tized and reared in the faith and
ihat the non-Catholic spouse will j
not interfere with the religious
life of the other. The marriage j
is not celebrated in the church !
but in the chapel or the parish
house, without an accompanying
ceremony of the mass.
Audience Highly
Enthused By Play
On Ashland Bill
By SHIRLEY MACK
An appreciative audience view-1
ed with enthusiasm the Oregon
Shakespearean Festival associa
tion's production of "Romeo and
Juliet presented for its third
showing last Saturday night.
The atmosphere of Ashland's
outdoor theater in lovely Chau
tauqua shell is conducive to
thoughts of Globe theater, where
Shakespeare's works were first
produced.
Several Roseburg residents
have witnessed the recent Shake
spearean productions. There are
five separate plays in the reper
toire. Final showing of "Romeo
and Juliet" will be Friday night.
Many a Shakespeare lover,
watching pretty blonde Mary
Jane Pitts portray Juliet, easily
imagined himself back In the
England of Elizabethen days. A
clear, sweet voice, refreshing sim
plicity and youthful candor made
the 16-year-old Portland high
school girl Ideal for the lead, as
Juliet was but 14 years
The capable portrayal of Ro
meo by Ashland's own Ralph C.
Burgess Jr. further intensified
the true Shakespearean interpre
tation given the drama by this
fine group of thespians.
Director Richard Graham skill
fully portrayed Mercutlo, reflect
ing his extensive professional
stage experience. As Juliet's
nurse Angelica, Margery Bailey
captivated the entire audience
with her sly delivery of the some
what earthy lines.
The one weak role In the plav
appeared in the Interpretation of
Friar Laurence by Patrick S.
Bilks, who seemed both unsure
of his lines and the correct tonal
approach for line delivery.
In addition to good work on
the part of all actors Involved,
much credit for the success of the
production belongs to the costum
ing department for adding anoth
er touch of authenticity.
The festival, now in its ninth
year of Shakespearean produc
tion, is certainly worthy of big
ger and better notices, on the
part of Oregonians in particular.
Such an outstanding and unusual
dramatic presentation deserves
the finest acknowledgment. Ash
land and Oregon should be proud
of this fine dramatic undertak
ing. Bulb Gardens' Employes
Sue For Back Wages
PORTLAND, Aug. 18. (.'Pi
A group of 60 employes of Sher
wood bulb gardens have filed suit
for $7,500 in back wages and ask
ed that the firm's assets be froz
en pending settlement of their
claim.
Attorney James Landye sail)
the various enterprises of L. E.
Marcus were involved. Marcus
trading policies recently were un
der fire in a state department of
agriculture hearing for renewal
of a license.
HARRY C.
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Funerol Director
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Seattle Officer, King Abdullah In Chess Contest
SEATLE, Aug. 18. UP) Dep
uty Sheriff Pat Bliss is fixing to
devote full time to "beating hell"
out of King Abdullah of Trans
Jordan, in chess, that is.
Pat has been battling King Ab
dullah for three years, but has
had to devote most of the time to
earn a living as deputy sheriff.
He plans to retire on Sept. 1.
"I'm going to devote part of my
Corporations' Top Pay
Publication Is Abolished
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 UP)
Final House action Wednesday
sent to President Truman's desk
a bill repealing a requirement
that the Internal Revenue bureau
oubiish an annual list of compen
sations paid by corporations to
persons receiving $75,000 or
more.
Preparation of the list Involves
examination of over 600.000 cor
oorate returns each year, and
Congress decided this represents
an administrative and cost bur
den not Juitlfied by the value of
the Information obtained.
The Senate Finance committee
pointed out that much of this in
formation on big salaries paid
by corporations already is avail
able to the public through reports
of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
OAK FLOORING
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at moderate cost.
In fact less than good fir
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Phone 98
LocateJ W. Washington St. ond S P. R. R. Tracks
extra time to beating the hell out
of this king." Bliss said. "Then
I'm going to spend part of it
crawling out from under chal
lenges in this country.
"You know I've got challenges
from every son-ofagun In the
country and the sad part is that
most of the guys right here in
town could beat the pants off
me."
Bliss is a bit worried about the
king, however. He hasn't heard
from him for six months. He can't
figure out whether he has the
king stumped over his next move
or whether the mails, by which
the king discloses his moves, are
just unusually slow.
He's beginning to think that
six months Is a bit slow even for
a chess move.
Phone 100
If you do not rtctlvt'
your Newt-Revlow by
(:15 P.M. oall Harold .
Mjblry bsfor 7 P.M.
Phone 100
the Builder
Phono-121
Phono
Roseburg
1566