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TOO MUCH POWER
By CHARLES V. STANTON
C. Girard (Jebbie) Davidson, assistant secretary of the
interior, insists in all his conversations about the proposed
Columbia valley authority that the purpose of the proposals
for which he is plugging so industriously is that of coordi
nating federal activities in the Pacific Northwest.
Davidson claims and will endeavor to prove (as he did
so earnestly while we were having breakfast with him
recently) that CVA, as outlined, adds no power or authority
not already in the hands of federal agencies serving the
region.
Grouping of all major agencies into one organization
under a three-man board of directors, he contends, serves
only to "coordinate" federal activities. He insists that the
provision requiring two of the three directors to be residents
of the region is, in effect, a "decentralization" of govern
ment by removing controls from Washington and placing
them in the hands of a board of director with headquarters
in the area served.
Davidson makes out an awfully good case when he lists
all the federal activities now in progress in the region,
showing much duplication, lack of balance, influence from
pressure groups, overlapping of authority, etc. He points
to very obvious inefficiency resulting from lack of coordina
tion of effort something no one can deny. He contends
that the way to correct this condition is through CVA.
Davidson answers the complaint from residents of the
Pacific Northwest that there is no provision for representa
tion from stales or their people in formation and operation
of the CVA board with the theory that state and federal
administrative functions must be kept separate. The CVA.
he asserts, would be an agency of the executive department
of the federal government. It would, he insists, deal with
nothing except federal activities activities already opera
tive but uncoordinated. Therefore, he contends, there is no
constitutional method by which members of the board
could be elected by the people of the states or appointed by
state governors. To prove his point, he carries an attorney
general's opinion that recommendations by governors of
slates for appointments to be made by the President are not
constitutional and points out that the opinion was given by
the attorney general serving under President Coolidge and
not by a New Deal officer.
Mr. Davidson is a very brilliant and personable young
man. It is a real pleasure to talk with him. He is an exceed
ingly able speaker and an indefatigable worker. It is our
belief he is perfectly sincere. But we also believe he is mis
taken. We believe Mr. Davidson is mistaken when he says the
CVA would grant no additional powers. As we read the
bill, it vastly broadens power of land condemnation and,
by loose wording, gives almost any powers the three-man
board desires to exercise. It would, according to some inter
pretations at least, permit competitive invasion of business
and industrial fields an interpretation which Davidson in
sists is incorrect. The bill sets up a corporation treasury,
permitting the CVA board to spend millions of dollars with !
no control whatsoever from Congress. We are quite sure!
that no such powers now exist for executive agencies. Con- j
trol over the purse strings by Congress is set up in thej
Constitution for the very purpose of keeping executive de-
partment spending under control. Nor does any federal '
agency have power to control state, county and local fi
nances. Congress, it is trtie, could upset the balance of local
finance, but no such power exists outside Congress. The
CVA board, through exercise of the offset benefit clause of
the proposed bill, could bankrupt the State of Oregon and
each of the state's land grant counties and, through the
valuation freeze provision, strangle state finances slowly
and painfully.
There are many other provisions of the bill which, in our
opinion, give more power to the CVA board than may now
be exercised by any of the federal agencies operating in
the region. We fear Mr. Davidson is so blinded by the forest
that he can't see the trees.
Rose-Colored Magnifying Glass
mum
tmwC By Viahnett S. Martin jJfJ
UMPQUA VALLEY, OREGON
I
All Oregon Auto
Licenses Expire
Dec. 31, This Year
Confusion among any vehicle
ownera regarding expiration of
their 1949 automobile license
plates, haa prompted a reminder
from Secretary of State Newbry
that all present licenses will ex
pire on December 31 aa In former
years.
Newbry said his office has Is-1
sued renewal schedules "overine j
the permanent plate, staggered
registration systm approved by
the last legislature. These sched
ules show the different fees and
expiration dates for 1950 plates,
both of which are determined by
the number of the 1949 plate.
Many owners have concluded,
however, that the expiration date
shown on the schedules refers to
their present plate rather than to
the 1950 registration. Seeking to
dispel this confusion, Newby
emphasized that ail laau plates
must be obtained before the end
of the year. The fees and exnira
lion dates for these plates will
then vary according to the
printed schedule.
Registration forms showing the
amount which must be paid will
be sont to each vehicle owner, the
secretary pointed oi't. When the
19.J plates ha.e been obtalnd,
they will remain on the vehicle
for five years. Each subsequent
renewal will fall due every year
in the month shown on the plate,
at the regular $10 fee. A current
year tab will be added to the li
cense to keep it up to date.
Senate Htarinq Slated On Mtnron'i Appointment
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 L
The Senate Judiciary committee
has ordered a public hearing next
Tuesday on the appointment of
Judge Sherman Minton to the Su
preme court.
Members decided, at a closed
session, to listen then to any wit
nesses who wish to protest Pres
ident Truman's selection of Min
ton to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Justice Wiley B.
Rutledge.
There was no talk of calling
Minton himself to testify, mem
bers said. Ordinarily, ' Supreme
court nominees are not asked to
appear.
Senator Ferguson (R-Mlch), a
committee member, said he
wants full hearings on the nom
ination. Minton, former Indiana sena
tor, is now a federal Judge in Chi
cago. He and President Truman
developed a close friendship in
their Senate days and Republi
cans may revive their attacks on
what some of them have called
"government by crony."
Why do I live here when my heart retains
The loveliness of England In the spring;
The changing seasons on Atlantic Coast;
The tropic flow'ring of the land to South?
My heart has found contentment, happiness.
In this green valley tucked between steep hills,
Wherein so softly falls the misting rain
About the shoulders of the shelt'ring heights;
Where winter brings so light a shawl of tyiow
It scarce seems winter - but to emphasize
The cheer of warmth that comes from blazing logs.
Hear that glad sound, through window-framing view:
"I'll music of spring water running fast
To union with the l.'mpqua, then the sea;
A Joyous trav'ler is our Seeley Creek
So uas the sailor lad whose name it bears. . . .
Ixok up the trail, from out the kitchen door.
Where dappled shade may screen a pausing deer;
See mounting Douglas firs, close-ranked to crest
Where pointed caps are edged against the sky
From whence, twice yearly, comes a message clear
To listening heart that hears the flight of geese.
Their southward flight no sadness holds for one
Who has, with patience, learned the upward way
Of trust In Him who charts the compass flight. . . .
Why do I live here where the busy hens.
Ignoring golden grain, prefer the woods
Perhaps we did that, too, rejecting those
Advantages that city life can give,
Preferring woods. I hope that here we stay.
But if My Dear should feel the urge for town,
I've stored way, aa squirrels do, a hoard
To nourish me, when absent from these woods;
No box It needs, no cartage, and no space
My heart is packed with treasure from this place!
- Viahnett S. Martin In The Christian Science Monitor.
Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Press
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
British pound will have a shat
tering Impact on world business
including ours. Since you are
probably not familiar with all
the details of foreign commerce
j and foreign exchange, you will
I probably wonder why.
I So let's see If we can explain it
here.
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TO begin with, If you buy or sell
goods In foreign countries you
! don't get your pay if you sell and
! nn. An na.rlnn If vmi
buy IN AMERICAN MONEY. You
use the money of the country In
which you deal and convert It into
dollars.
That is First Reader stuff, but
It is essential to an understanding
of the situation.
ERE is an example:
hoes of a pretty good grade
sell In Britain for about a pound.
Up to this week, a pound was
worth (approximately) four
American dollars. That is to say,
12 American dollars would buy
only three pairs of British shoes.
But NOW a pound sterling can
be bought for only $2.80. That
means that for $12 you can now
buy approximately four and a
third pairs of British shoes.
T
HE effect of the devaluation,
you see, is to CUT THE PRICE
OF BRITISH GOODS IN AMERI
CAN MARKETS.
F only Britain were concerned.
the effect would not be so far
j reaching. But as these words are
written similar cuts In the dollar
value of their currency have been
i made Ly Australia, South Africa,
I India, New Zealand, Ireland, Is
I rael, Norway, Denmark, Malaya,
Burma and Egypt. It Is practical
Plastic Material To Repair
Collapsed Lung Is Developed
By HOWARD W. BLAKKKLEE
Aaaoclatad Praa Sclanca Editor
DENVER (iW A new-snow-white,
plastic lung material that
does most everything except
breathe was shown to the Colo
rado State Medical society meet
ing here.
The white stuff replaces lost
lung tissue when part of a lung
is collapsed In treating tubercu
losis at the National Jewish hos
pital, Denver. Dr. Allan Hurst,
medical director of the hospital,
planned the exhibit.
The plastic is soft as flesh. It
is about the same weight as lung
tissue. It Is odorless, tasteless,
non-irritating and permanent.
It is porous, with thousands of
fine Irregular holes, closely re
sembling real lungs. The lung's
natural fiber grow Into the syn-
ineui; auuiiicc awiu aiiiuMi u iu
place. The result is a repair Jon
mat mis out a oamagea lung 10
its natural shape.
Without repairs of this sort, a
person becomes slab-sided, with a
hollow Instead of the usual chest
bulge. .
The new plastic is the latest of
many medical attempts to solve
the lung repair problem. It was
Invented by Lawrence Height
hoe, a Denver plastics company
manager. He Is a World War I
veteran, disabled In that war.
Helghtshoe has a private lab
oratory In Longmont, near Den
ver. But he made the first batch
of lung filler In his wife's kitchen
oven.
The new lung has been used on
human patients, replacing bub
bles of Incite, which are light
weight plastic spheres about the
size of golf balls.
The substitutes lune problem Is
world-wide, for lung collapse for
tuberculosis alone is done on hun
dreds of thousands. Cancer oper
ations are adding more.
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Eugene Register Guard I McNally maps, by scale and they , wrta,n that France and other
For many years Oregon editors , show a minimum of approximai- ; countries will follow along,
have been twitting California ; ely .IV miles from the Columbia i That means that the price of
about appropriating O r e g o n's j to the California line at the near-1 ,. n .,- ,ml,i
Crater l.ake (for tourist promo-1 est points. i .. . ' . T.....;
"Whaf, another 130 m 1 1 e , ' 1 1IN
among friends and Calitornians?" MARKETS,
ornlans?" 1 aaa
Perhaps that's the point. We ftN'E more point: AIX THESE
cannot agree with Ed that the 1ICURRENCY DEVALUA
tlonl so far as we know Oregon
has never conceded. But some
thing must have happened! For
we find no less personage than
Kd Aldrlch, of T h e Pendleton
Fast Oregonian declaring that
California may steal our Colum
bia river, and
"The distance from the Colum
bia to the California border is
only 200 miles, and Calitornians
are already using water that is
taken twice that far."
Those California sons of guns.
They must have moved the bor
der up to Roseburg on this side
of the Cascades or to Chemull
on the east side. Wouldn't put it
Daat 'em. at that! 11 w riim.-iilt
to believe that the esteemed ed- ev'1 e;ion.il government is es-
way to save the Columbia for TI0NS wnx RAISE THE '
Oregon and Washington s hungry ami-rii-an; rnnn5
acres is through a CVA over PR"-E OF AMERICAN GOODS
which there will be absolutely no IN THESE MARKETS,
local control If Truman and his i Se
pals have their way. There is a ; The ne, resuU of wl '
non-sequltur as well as an anth-;
meticai error in Mr. Aldrkh's ar-1 lnat we wul:
gument. I 1. Buy more from abroad.
Maybe if the people o f t h e 2- SEIX LESS abroad. I
Northwest could have VOTING ! aaa I
REPRESENTATION in the gov-' aa0U don-t have l0 toid wnat
ermng board of CVA or what- . ... . ,!
Atomic Secrets
Exchange Topic Of
3-Nation Huddle
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21 -(.
The United Slates. Britain and
Canada have opened negotiations
for a new agreement on ill ex
changing atomic secrets and (2i
sharing the uranium from which
the A-bomb is made. Their war
born A-bomb partnership is al
stake.
The negotiations at this stage
are wholly "exploratory" be
cause President Truman has
promised that he will not make
; any commitments until after con
; suiting Congress.
! American officials are closely
i restricted as to what they can
do or say about atomic energy
information - even wilhin the con
ference with the British and Ca
nadians. They are reported anx
ious to try to bring some three
way understanding as to the prog
ress each nation has achieved In
atomic energy and atomic bomb
' research and development in the
! past two years or so.
Yet their own hands are not
free for such an exchange and
presumably they would be un
able to it'll the British and
French, for example, the size of
the V, S. atomic bomb stockpile
or the power and effectiveness cf
the latest model weapons.
Displaced Person Proves
Both Farmer And Scholar
BAKER, Sept. 20 The
Lutheran church asked for a Lat
vian displaced persons family to
come here and work on a farm.
When the family, Mr. and Mrs.
Valdemar Karklins, two children
and grandma, arrived here last
weekend the local group discov
ered they had got something spe
cial. Karklins. who wants to be call
ed "Wally," is a farmer all right
but he is also a scholar. Has to
his credit an authorized transla
tion of Europe's favorite Ameri
can book, "Gone With The
Wind," which has been published
in Latvia. He said the only dis
appointment about his arrival in
the United States was that he
would not be able to meet the
author of the work.
Alleged Teen-Aged Ring
Investigated By Police
PORTLAND. Sept. 20 - (.P
County police have begun inves
tigating a report that a group of
teenagers named "The Multno
mah gang" have been prowling
stores and houses in the Metzger
area.
The report came from a 16-year-old,
who said he resigned
from the gang three weeks ago
and said that, ever since, he has
been threatened with assault
from the other members.
Police came across the boy
when they found a stolen radio
in his basement. The boy said
the gang stole it and left it wilh
him for repairing.
A number of stores and houses
have been robbed recently
around Metzger.
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Have You Seen the new
IVAN HOE HEATER?
It's a beauty! Modern, com
pact, powerful and efficient.
For one or two rooms, cot
tages, offices. This oil-burning
heater is made by the
famous Perfection Stove
Company. Model 2130 comes
equipped with automatic fuel
feed. Larger heaters also
available to suit your need.
Priced
as low os
UMPQUA VALLEY
A home owned end operated store
202 N. Jackson Phone 73
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Itor of The Kast OreuonUn roiild tarnished, we might have some American gooos win nave 10 come
make a mistake. And hlin a for-1 chance to save the waters of the down If they are to compete with
mer member of the Oregon State ' Columbia. But it is not the In-; ,,e oqoj. 0f other countries.
Highway Commission at that. I """.n '' "authority at any- Kilh ,h t iU h- .
Of course Friend Kd is ai euinu I price" enthusiasts to permit anv i or we wlu naNe 10 8
for a CohEibl. v2l W Amhornv demo.-ra.ic prore. Indeed back to the old isolationist system
to save the Columbia from the 'ou ra" 80 back to the statement of prohibitively high tariffs.
Callfornlana. We can quite agree ! ". lu""a U'K"" s,'me J" a
witn nun when he says: I""-" "r ",r l"' 1 IIKRE
nimiinpirvr ui auinorny: m
World trade is OCT OK GEAR.
RE is the long and the short'
e .U B. st.- oniy way we can save r -
' P"1 I fiii :our birthright Is by using the! "Nothing less than a change
At He Run Anniia Tm-L : water ourselves and we need it. i In the fundamentals of American i
iviMiii'itri o . m m c "lc ps inu!i mm , , ..nn r-., P nave oeen selling vasiiy more
WALLA W ALLA, Sept. 21.-CP) . ( Eastern Oregon and Washine- 130 years is proposed." .... fc h V....,'
an . i- .. I . . iiiii c wt-ii imnig. inai
o" " vaiuoirua. e oon I like that pa" ot it a iHnfiniiK- w a.
Not counting the big counties bit. , tan t go on tndefinitelj. If we are
which California has apparenth I' keep on selling goods abroad.
lopped off. according to Kd. i ; we'll have to Bl'Y GOODS
Of course Mr. Aldrlch may be, RETURNING ABROAD. Commerce is a TWO-
Just a wee bit over enthusiastic. ! MIAMI .-(... Two famed WAY
like so many of the proponents ! racing establishments. Mrs. lsa
of CVA. We have checked t he i belle Podge Sloan's Krookmeaile What we are going to have to
State Tax Take Increase
Predicted By Gov. McKay
! SALEM. Sept. 21 (.W Gover
nor Douglas McKay Tuesday pre
dicted that state tax revenues
I would increase in keeping with
! expanding industrial and faim
activity.
Addressing county assessors
! who met here for two days of
training by the Tax commission,
i the Governor said Oregon's popu
i lation growth is creating new job
: opportunities.
These new Jobs, he said, will
create new business and farm op
j erations. which will lead to great
er tax income.
He praised the assessor's for
the efficient way they are carry
ing on their Jobs.
Struck bv a truck as he ran
Into the street, two-year-old Dick
ie Fellows ua fatally injured
here Monday. He Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Berton Kellous of
Melton, Ore.
Bill Mack of Tollgaie. Ore.,
driver of the truck, said the
youngster darted into the street i official state highway maps and
while chasing other children. ,ney , ,,v ,h, nUm-e from
j Portland to the California line is
News-Review Classified Ad 3M miles bv wav of Ashland and
bring best results. Phone 100. about the same by way of Klam-
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Stable and Mrs. Cooper iL i z take won't be palatable. CASTOR
Whitney i Person's Llangollen olL 1SNT PALATABLE. But
Varm, will return to llialeah in ... .. . ., ,
19.XI after being absent last win- ,hel " ,imM whfn castor " l
ter. j necessary.
PHONE 100
between 6. IS end 7
p. m., if you have not
received your Newt
Review. Ask for Harold Mobley.
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Rosebur Review
January 30, 1913.
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In 1913 the loss of the Roseburg Flour Mills was a
staggering blow to the community. Do you remember the
occasion' Perhaps you recall how H. R. Staggs & Son
regretted their under-insuring their investment. If your
property is worth more than it's insured better see us now.
It Pays to Insure in Sure Insurance!
Phone 1277-R
TIPTON
PERMIN INSURANCE
214 W. Cass
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