The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, September 20, 1949, Page 7, Image 7

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    British Demands On American
Trade May Result In Cutting
Synthetic Rubber Subsidy
Bv SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK -Ut-An American
war-baby, the synthetic rubber
Industry, may soon get a chance
to show Just how strong it has
grown in its short life.
It's doubtlui if the coddled In
fant will he forced to ti-v tn stand
lina no.nita Rritieh i1omin,l!
that Uncle Sam kick the child out
Into the cold world of competition
with natural rubber, where the
British dominate. The United
States will probably continue to
keep a firm paternal hand guid
ing the youngster, but apparent
ly synthetic rubber in the months
ahead must learn to do with less
artificial support.
Holding Own
Many in the rubber trade think
that synthetic can hold its own
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at last In competition with natur
al rubber. They base their belief
on two factory: 1. For tome uses
synthetic Is better than natural
rubber; and 2. The price for syn
thetic has been pushed down to a
point where it competitive. In
fact. In recent months the syn
thetic price of 18 12 cents a
pound has determined the price
the British could get for their
natural rubber and the British
don't like it.
Now the United States has
agreed, as part of its helping
hand across the sea. to give the
British a break. First, we are
going to review our stockpiling
program the Implication being
that we'll buy more natural rub
ber from Britain and store it for
as long as possible, considering
that It loses Its prime qualities
after a while. Second, we appar
ently are going to lower the syn
thetic quota which we impose on
our rubber manufacturers. This
presumably would open the door
for the British to sell more natur
al rubber to American tire mak
ers. War Baby
Our synthetic rubber Industry
was a war necessity, when Japan
cut off the sources of natural
rubber. As a guard against that
emergency arising again, the
United States has decreed that
the synthetic plants must keep
running. And to make sure they
do, the government forces rubber
manufacturers to use at least
200.000 tons of general purpose
synthetic rubber each year, and
more than 20,000 tons of special
synthetics.
Actually, our manufacturers
have been using between 300.000
and 400.000 tons a vear. Their
chief gripe has been that the gov
ernment has set up rules as to
how much synthetic must go into
various products. Some manufac
turers insist that if all such rules
were eliminated, that total syn
thetic consumption would be Just
about as high, although more na-
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SMASHING VICTORY Charlie Fusarl leans heavily on the ropes
u Rocky Orasiano pounds him with fury In the 10th round ot their
scheduled 10-round bout in New York. Knowing he had lost the
fight on point confirmed by the tally ot the judge's cards later
Rocky came out punching tn the loth to win a TKO victory over
Fusart and smash his way back Into the "big time."
Importance Of Iodized Salt's
Use In Ordinary Diet Told
Democracies May Decide On
Separate Peace With Japan
By FRANK CAREY
A.of lated Preu aVt.nc Editor
(For James Marlow)
WASHINGTON P Th?
government wants every salt
shaker in the nation filled with
iodized salt."
That's ordinary table salt with
a little iodine added to it.
Government and other authori
ties have just announced a new
program to encourage Its u?e.
They contend this will give the
average person enough iodine to:
1 Help prevent one ot tne
commonest forms of goiter.
2 Help fortify the peoples
health generally because iodine
is an essential food element and
some folks don't get enough of
it from their regular food.
History Told
Iodized salt Is not new. As
early as 1831 Its use was suggest
ed to prevent goiter. Over the
years various health groups have
advocated its use. Now the gov
ernment, the medical profession,
public health authorities and the
salt Industry have joined to at
tempt to get everyone to use it.
Dr. W. H. Sebrell of the Na
tional Institutes of Health (NIHI
says In an article in "Public
Health Reports"
"Many people who take vita
min tablets and are careful about
tural rubber would go Into tires.
They don't object so much to be
ing told how much to use as how
to use It.
Lower Grade Cheaper
But with all rules off, tire mak
ers can use a lower grade natural
rubber that has been selling
around two cents a pound cheap
er than synthetic. The best-grade
natural rubber has been about
the same price as synthetic.
British producers of Malayan
natural rubber would like to raise
prices. In fact rubber prices Jose
one cent a pound yesterday In
Singapore in hopes of more Am
erican buying. They say they
need higher prices to meet higher
production costs. And Britain can
use the dollars.
The champions of American
synthetic think they have a good
brake to apply to the British price
hikes. When the price of natural
rubber goes much higher than
synthetic, it will make the American-made
product attractive
pricewise to manufacturers, who
have learned they can use it. The
Malayans apparently rely more
on the promise that Uncle Sam
will buy their product for stock
piling. Dealers In Singapore pre
dict prices won't jump much he
cause the stockpiling plan will
be a slow affair. For one thing,
Congress has to appropriate the
money for buying the rubber, and
lately it has been cutting down on
the amount the stockpllers can
spend.
Another thing the Malayans are
noting Is that production of tires
In this country dropped 15 per
cent in Julv.
The United States, even with
Its synthetic rubber quotas, Is
still the world's greatest buyer
of natural rubber. And It buys
more today than it did before
the war. Many believe there is
plenty of room for both natural
and synthetic rubber in our economy.
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getting an adequate supply of
vitamins neglect the iodiwd salt
which will insure a health mini-,
mum of iodine for the normal
person."
Sebrell Is director of NIH's
Institute of Experimental Biolo
gy and Medicine.
Easily Corrected
He says that it has been shown
many times In this country and
abroad that "iodine deficiency is
easily corrected and better -health
achieved through the daily rou
tine use ol a table salt to which
tiny amounts of iodine have been
added by the manufacturer."
This salt is just as pure as
ordinary salt, he says, just as
cheap, and tastes no different.
Caution: iodized salt Is not
suggested as the answer to all nu
tritional needs. You have to have
other essential elements In your
food iron, calcium, copper and
many others. Iodized salt is a
handy way of getting enough io
dine, but only iodine.)
Why is iodine so essential any
way? Produces Hormone
In your neck is a gland called
the thyroid. It produces a "hor
mone" or chemical messenger
that is carried by the blood
stream.
This hormone controls the rate
of heat production In your body,
it aids in stimulating the normal
growth of bones, hair and skin.
It helps the normal development
of the brain, helps stimulate sex
ual development at the age o(
puberty. It helps In the mainte
nance of a normal pregnancy.
And it aids in the production of
an adequate milk supply for nurs
ing mothers.
if the gland doesn't get enough
iodine it doesn't function prop
erly. One possible result of such Iodine-starvation
is the disease
called "simple goiter." One form
of "toxic (poisonous) goiter" may
result as a complication of sim
ple goiter.
Simple goiter Is an enlarge
ment of the thyroid gland. The
gland, in trying to produce hor
mone without sufficient Iodine,
literally overstrains itself and
gets large.
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Bv DEWITT MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
The urgency of concluding a
Japanese treaty has developed
the startling possibility that the
democracies may get ahead witn
the job without Russia unless a
quick solution of the disagree
ment with Moscow can be found.
Should this happen It would ot
course mean two distinct trea
ties another stone added to the
wall dividing the totalitarian
states and the democracies.
The stalemate hinges on Rus
sia's insistence that the treaty be
concluded by the big four for
eign ministers council (America,
Britain, Russia and France!,
whereas the United States and
Britain insist that it be handled
by the Far Eastern commission.
This commission comprises the
eleven countries that fought
against Japan the United States,
Russia. Britain France, China,
the Philippines, The Netherlands,
Canada, Australia, India and
New Zealand.
Veto Important
The Russian attitude may be
explained largely by the fact that
the veto li permitted In council
proceedings, whereas it is not
used In the commission.
On one thing there appears to
be unanimity the need of ge
ting ahead with the job.
The necessity of early action
was emphasized recently by Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur for the
second time.
On top of that the conversa
tions In Washington last week
between British Foreign Secre
tary Bevln and Secretary of
State Acheson reached the con-
President Truman Gives
National Guards Plug
WASHINGTON President
Truman, an old militiaman him
self, put in a plug for the Nation
al Guard recruiting drive.
He told a news conference that
the national guard and the re
serve are the backbone of this
country's defense and he hopes
the forthcoming drive will be a
success.
He said he Joined the National
Guard on Flag day In 1905. When
he was moved from tne rear to
the front rank, he thought it was
the finest promotion he had got
ten up to that time.
He Joined up with the then Bat
tery B in Kansas City. This bat
tery later became a part of the
12!i'th Field Artillery of the 35th
Division.
Subsequently. Mr. Truman
commanded Battery D of the
129th Field Artillery In the First
World War in France.
elusion that a Japanese treaty Is
long overdue.
And Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Y. Vlshinsky, who is
heading the Russian delegation
to the new United Nations meet
ing at Lake Success, is expected
to press for a Japanese treaty
to be made by the foreign min
isters council.
Secretary Acheson has indicat
ed that Britain and the United
States may try again to end the
two-year-old deadlock over who
should draft the treaty. And what
If this effort fails?
As the signs now read, the
question then will arise whether
the allies represented on the Far
Eastern commission, headed by
America and Britain, shall go
ahead and make a treaty with Ja
pan without Russia. Certainly
Washington and London can't
he expected to agree that Far
Eastern countries like Australia
and the Philippines, which had
more to do with the Japanese
war than did Russia, shall be left
out of the treaty making.
Eugene's Amusement Tax
Test Comes To Courts
EUGENE (It The question of
whether Eugene's almost forgot
ten three percent amusement tax
is to continue in effect will face
the circuit court here Wednes
day. At that time, Judge G. F.
Skipworth will try the case of
Eugene Theater Co. vs City of
Eugene, which was filed in May,
1948.
An ordinance passed by the
city council In April, 19-18, pro
vided that three percent of the ad
mission charges for public
amusements in Eugene, after
other taxes, should be segregat
ed and turned over to the city.
Since April 9. 1948. all thea
ters operating in Eugene have
turned over the money, under
protest, while the suit was pend
ing. Henry Bclstel, city record
er, said this week that the tax
has collected a total of $32,953
since it went Into effect.
Tuei., Sept. 20, 1 94 The Newt-Review, Roseburf, Ore. 7
Drinks No Longer
Served To Dogs In
British Saloons
PRESTWICH, England. Sept.
20 (.P) With bloodshot eye and
trembling paws the drinking dogs
of Prestwich scuttled into their
favorite saloons today. They got
a shock. Their drinks are cut off.
Dr. C. H. T. Wade, the city
health officer, said the wave of
tippling by dogs at the local pubs
has got to stop.
"They have dirty habits." he
said, "and most pubs only rinse
the glasses."
Alderman A. L. Williams ot the
health committee agreed.
"We don't say our dogs are
drunkards," he told a reporter,
"but too many of them are drink
ing beer from the same glasses
used by other patrons."
Bernard Hadfield, proprietor
of the Ostrich, said most of the
drinking dogs he knew were mod
erate about It half a pint or so
a night. But he said he had seen
at least one who'd had a drop too
much.
"Mind you." said Hadfield, "he
may have been new to It, but he
certainly staggered home."
CORONER DIES
MEDFORD (JP Hemerly W.
Conger, 65, Jackson county coro
ner for many years and past presl.
dent of the Oregon Funeral Dii ec
tors association, died here last
night.
Home-Mode Lingerie
Is Fun, Saves Money
y DOROTHY ROE
Associated Press Fashion Editor
Amateur seamstresses can
have fun and save money mak
ing their own lingerie.
Whether It'i trousseau or a
vacation outfit In the making,"
plenty of dainty lingerie is a
must. And if a gal is handy
with the old family sewing ma
chine she can have an ample
supply at pin-money prices.
There la a wide choice of fab
rics and trimmings available.
You may select silk, rayon or ny
lon sheers, soft crepes or lustrous
satins.
Trimmings may range from
luxurious wide lace to eyelet em
broidered bastlte frills or Inser
tion. The tailored type may pre
fer no trimming at all except
carefully hand-finished bindings
In a contrasting tone, or perhaps
an embroidered monogram.
Fireman Find Fire's Seat
In Seat Of Man's Pants
SALEM (m It didn't take
city firemen long to get to the
seat of a fire Sunday.
When they answered a call to
a local home, they found the fire
in a pair of pants. The owner
was In 'em.
The man wasnt hurt. The fire
men put the pants In a bathtub of
water.
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SALEM, Sept. 20. Wl The
annual conference of Oregon
School administrators will be
hold here Oct. 17 and 18. About
500 principals and superintend
ents will attend.
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