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Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Pratt
TRUMAN PAST REVEALING
OF PRESENT
(Oregon City Enterprise)
At the President continues to
berate hit own Democratic Con
press for doine nothing, and Sen
ator Scott Lucat, Administration
floor leader itrivet to fix the
blame on the Southern Demo
crat and the Republicans, It Is
gratifying to call up. a the Re
publican National Committee'! re
searcher! have, Home things Mr.
Truman tald while senator him
self. Charles L. Egenroad, for
the committee, points It out in
the committee's weekly newt lei
ter. He goes hack to Mr. Tru
man't speech March 21, 1939 be
fore the Missouri State Legisla
ture. At that time President Truman
was a new member of the United
States Senate, and had returned
to his native State to tell the Lej.
Islature all about hit job in Wash
ington. In the course of hit remarks
he said:
"I found out very soon after
I had settled down to a study of
my duties that the business of a
pood legislator is not to get things
done quickly and efficiently, as a
good administrator ha to do, but
to prevent, if possible, the en
actment into the law of the land
many crazy and crackpot meas
ures." That It just what the 81st Con
gress la doing; preventing enact
ment Into the law of the land
many "crazy and crackpot meas
ures" which seem to come from I
the White House.
As President, Mr. Truman has
constantly been at loggerheads
with the legislator! on Capitol
Hill. During the Democrat-controlled
79th Congrest the fight be
gan. He really got Into full battle
array during me jicpunncan sum
Congress, which he lampooned
as the "worst In history, wnicn
history and the facts actually
prove It not to have been, making
a very loose talker out of the
President.
Now the 81st Congress, again
controlled by a heavy Democrat
majority, is constantly under fire
trom the White tiouse.
Has Mr. Truman forgotten
what he said In a letter to the
St. Louis Star-Times on March 6,
1944. about the treatment of Con-
cress by the late President
Roosevelt when the latter talked
tough to Congress in a tax bill
veto message?
Mr. Truman, then a senator,
wrote In that letter:
Had the President returned
the tax bill with a plain statement
hat he did not think it produced
enough revenue I don t think
there is a doubt In the world but
what both the Senate and the
House of Representatives would
have supported the veto, but
when he attacked the Integrity
and the intelligence)! the Senate
and the House of Representatives
he got Just exactly what was
coming to him. . ."
In thlt Instance the past it quite 1
revealing or the contused present
in tne wnite i louse.
Workers With Disabilities
Turn Out Good Production
w m r agar
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Farm Buyers And Sellers Said
About At Stalemate In West States
'!-'n gtf Viahnett S. Martin JjJ
Ceorge Foster, manager of the
Roseburg office of the Oregon
State Employment Service today
announced that an official gov
ernment turvey of the compara
tive work abilities of handicapped
and non handicapped work !it
had demonstrated that workers
with disabilities have just as good
production and safety records at
able-bodied workert.
Foster tald the turvey conduct
ed by the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics of the United Statet De
partment of Labor In cooperation
with the Veterans administration
covered 11,028 impaired and 1H,
258 unimpaired employees work
ing side by side In 109 separate
employer establishments. On the
job comparisons were made, he
added, of the absenteeism, pro
duction, safety, and quit rates of
the impaired and unimpaired
workers.
'Thlt tclentlfie and compre
hensive turvey should prove of
the utmost value in the place
ment of workers with physical
handicaps." Foster said. "It
demonstrates what thousands of
employers learned during the
war and subsequent postwar
years, that when properly placed,
the worker with a physical han
dicap is just at productive and
satisfactory an employee as the
able-bodied worker. I hope that It
will remove the Impression that
physical Impairment means lcs
efficiency or a greater risk to
the employer."
Foster said, workers of the
same sex, age, and employment
conditions were matched so that
unrelated factors would not af
fect the findings. The survev was
limited to manufacturing indus
tries, where pertinent recoids
were more accurately maintain
ed and more easily compared for
large groups of workers.
Physically impaired workers In
the group Included orthopedic,
hearing, vision, hernia, cardiac,
tuberculosis, peptic ulcer, diabe
tic and epileptic. Many of the
workers had two or more of these
physical impairments.
In absenteeism, the Impaired
group showed a rate of 3.8 per
100 scheduled work days compar
ed with 3.4 for the unimpaired.
This represent! only one mote
day's absence per year for the
unimpaired. In both the impaired
and unimpaired groups, 23 per
cent had no absences, while .6
percent had excessively high
rates of 30 dayt or more per 100
work days.
In nondisabling Injuries (those
causing less than a day's ab
sence!, the impaired and unim
paired showed an Identical rate
of 9.9 Injuries per 10,000 exposure
hours. In both groups. 50 percent
of the workers had no Injuries of
any Kind, while .1 percent in both
groups had unusually high rates.
In each of seven different typos
of injuries, the difference be
tween the two groups was less
than .1 of 1 percent.
Contradicting popular belief.
the Impaired workers showed an
even lower rate than the unim
paired in disabling injuries caus
ing absence of a dav or mine.
Here the rate for the phvslcallv
disabled was 8.9 injuries per mil
lion exposure hours, while the
rate for the non-disabled group
was 9.5. The average davs of dis
ability were 14.5 and 1.9 for the
showed a slightly higher rate of
101.
The survey showed that Impal ed
workers are stable workers.
The quit rate for the Impaired
workert was 3.6 per hundred as
compared with 2.6 for the unim
paired workers. In this connec
tion the written report on the
finding of the survey prepared
by the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics and the Veterans Adminis
tration stated, "It Is questionable
whether the difference is signifi
cant. It Is interesting that the
quit rate attributed to dissatis
faction with the job wai identical
in the two groups."
Flight Training
Regulations For
Veterans Eased
Veteran! mav now take flight
training under the G.L Bill with
out necessarily submitting to the
Veterans Administration complete
justification that the course will
be taken in connection with their
contemplated business or occupa
tion. Instead of complete justifica
tion, a veteran planning to take
G. I. flight training now may sub
mil to the VA a certificate in the
form of an affidavit, together
with corroborating affidavits by
two competent disinterested per
sons. The affidavits must show
that flight training will he usef il
to him in connection with earn
ing a livelihood.
The expression "competent dis
interested persons" means per
sons who are qualified by reason
of their personal knowledge of
facts and circumstances to testify
concerning the use of flight train,
ing by the veteran In connection
with his earning a livelihood, t ut
who. except as to present or pros
pective employers, have no Inter
est whatsoever, either personal
or by association, in the pursuit
or non-pursuit by the veteran of
the desired course of flight train
ing.
For the purpose of this def
inition supporting affidavits by
members of a veteran's familv or
by employees or owners of flight
schools will not constitute evi
dence of disinterested persons.
In any event, corroborating af
fidavits must establish clcarlv
and definitely the Identity of the
affiant, the character of his re
lationship or association with the
claimant, and the basts and
source of his asserted knowledge
of the matters to which he testi
fies. In the absence of substantial
evidence to the contrary, the VA
will accept the affidavits as con
stituting compliance with the
law.
If they wish, veterans desiring
flight training may submit com
plete Justification that the trait.
Ing would be In connection with
their present or contemplated
business or occupation, rather
than submit affidavits authoris
ed by the new law. the VA said.
This is the procedure which rn
been In effect during the past
year.
"Suffering catfish!" I've heard
EJ say when the boys tried his
patience, or perhaps I have tak
en too long getting ready. "Suf
fering catfish!" For thirty years,
too, I've heard him tell how he
and his father used to run a trot
line across the Colorado (down
there in Texas I noticed they
stepped hard on that 'a' and
made it good and flat). Camping
out with his father was a great
adventure, one he still llket to
recall.
"When the bell on the trot
line would jingle, Papa and I
would get in the boat, and pull
up the hooks. Sure enough there
would be a good tlzed catfish
on one or another of the hookt.
With nine children I gues! Papa
didn't mind taking home a few
fish! Best eating a person could
want."
Well, when EJ pulled up a cat
fish at Lake Tahkenltch he was
as pleased as could be! "Catfish!
what do you know!" I looked at
the ugly thing, and heard itt
grunting protest ... I had never
seen one before! But that night
I cooked several, and they were
indeed delicious eating!
I noticed the same pleased look
come Into other faces when they
saw the catfish. "Tell you where
you can get some catfish," said
one fisherman who had tried for
bass all day and had nothing to
show for his labors, "Over at
Tenmlle lake." So to Tenmlle
lake we went next weekend.
The catfish were no bigger
there, but maybe the wind wasn't
right?" Anyhow EJ learned a
new trick about cleaning them.
"A butcher whp rented one of
our boats showed me," friendly
Mrs. Garwood explained, delight
ed to share her knowledge. She
laid a fish before her, picked up
Four Persons Forfeit
Bail In City Court
Four persons forfeited bail this
morning on charges of drunken
ness or disorderly conduct. Mu
nicipal Judge Ira B Riddle re
ported. They Included:
John Charles Scnubert, 39, 628
S. Stephens street, disorderly
conduct, $10 forfeited.
William John Tucker, 21, Rose
burg, disorderly conduct, $10 for
feited. Lawrence Tucker, 21, Rose
burg, drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct, $30 forfeited.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. CP)
Farm buyers and sellers were
about at a stalemate in the wes
tern states this year.
The Agriculture department re
ports that despite sliding crop
prices, land values dropped less
than one per cent In the Rocky
mountain and Pacify coast areas
from March to July iiid that only
about 52 farms in a thousand
changed hands during the year
ended March 15.
Voluntary sales In the Moun
tain states were down about 10
per cent from the peak of 61.5
per thousand in 1946. In the
Pacific states the peak was
reached at 70.3 per thousand in
1947 and the ratio per thousand
farms had dropped to 52.3 as of
March 15 this year.
Forced sales In the Mountain
states were at their lowest point
In the past quarter century a
fraction over one in a thousand
farms. Such sales in the Coast
states reached bottom with 1.1
per thousand two years ago.
They represented 1.7 in a thou
sand this year.
Volume To Drop
The department's survey Indi
cated most buyers throughout the
country are in a generally safe
financial situation and it predict
ed that the volume of farm sales
will drop generally during the
next year, even if there are fur
ther declines in farm real estate
values.
In the four months ended July
1, land values in four of the 11
far western states were unchang
ed. These were California, Idaho,
Utah and Arizona.
In five others, there wai a de
crease of but one per cent.
Values in Montana and Wyom
ing dropped two per cent, t o
equal the national average.
Decline Slight
The average decline for the
western area thus was but one
per cent for the four months,
compard to drops of 5 per cent
in the Mountain area and 6 per
cent in the coast section in the
previous four months.
Land values in the Mountain
states are still more than double
those of 1940, while those along
the coast are only slightly less
than 100 per cent greater.
For purposes of comparison,
the department uses acreage val
ues of 1912-14 as 100.
The bottom was reached In
1940. the top In 1948 In each of
the western states.
The March 1949 ratios, with
comparable figure! for 1948 anil
lor 1940, includes:
Washington 166, 181 and 100;
Oregon 151,168 and 100.
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MURDER CHARGE DENIED
PENDLETON, Sept. 27 VP
Robert Morris. 39, cook on the
McNary project, pleaded inno
cent to a first degree murder
charge In circuit court here Mon
day. Morrit is being held without
bail In the county jail charged
with the murder of William
Frost, 29, Hermiston. April 3, 'ol-1
lowing a dance hall fight, east
of Hermiston.
PHONE 100
between 6.1 S and 7
p. m., if you hav not
received your Newt
Review. Ask for Harold Mobley.
JOBS AVAILABLE
We have jobs for trained workers.
If you have the training, we have the job.
If you don't have the training, come in or coll tomorrow
Fall tnrollment now u.ider way
GRANT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE
112 N. Stephens
Phona 1535 R
Bonk With
A Douglas County Institution
Home Owned Home Operated
Member Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.
Douglas County State Eank
DRIVER EXAMS DATED
A driver'! license examlnr
will be on duty in Roseburg
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29
and 30, at the city hall, between
the houn of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Persons wishing licenses to drive
are asked to get in touch with
the examiner well ahead of the
scheduled closing hour in order
to assure completion of their ap
plications witn k minimum of de-
the knife and the lish did a sud-, lav. orlclnal an'-" - '-ns should
den flip-flop back Into the lake. 'he made before 4 p.m.
"It was worth losing the fish!
laughed EJ "to tee her face as
she stood there, holding the knife,
watching that fish .'lop Into the
water I"
Of course EJ hat to have fish
fried with cornmeal. We had a
delicious dinner that evening in
our cabin at Currier-! Village:
catfish fried a glinting golden
brown. Good eating. Indeed!
"No man can be happy without a friend"
Roseburg Funeral Home
"The Chanel of tht Roses"
Oak and Kane Street Roseburg, Oregon
Funerals Tel. 600 Ambulance Service
....
MRS. L. L. POWERS
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
more and more power In the
of an administration of heavy
spenders to the pouring of vast
sums of money into our area. Dur
ing the period of construction
alone, not to mention the later pe
riod of utilization, this would be
a potent shot in the arm. The war
hands of fewer and fewer men , go rCcent that we know all
In the executive branch of the about that. The construction pay
federal government i rolls brought tremendous develop-
"We see that illustrated In a
very dramatic way by the admin
istration's proposal to have three
men selected by the President
take complete administrative con
trol of the river resources of the
Pacific Northwest.
"1 believe we must co-ordinate
agencies, both federal and state,
but we must do it without sacri
ficing local rights and local re
sponsibilities of government."
IN all of that, I find myself in
rather complete agreement
with the senator. All history
teaches the lesson that too much
power, held In too few hands too
long, results In serious encroach
ment upon the llbertiet of the
people.
Turning over to throe men se
lected by the President complete
administrative control of the river
resources of the Pacific North
west appears to me to be a clear
m nf nuttina inn much nnwer in
too few hands, with the strong j Merger Of Insurance
probability that it will remain i Companies Effected
ment to the communities In which
the war Installations were lo
cated. None of us can have any
delusions as to that.
But so far as I am concerned
I would rather take my chances
on the orderly development of
this region through the normal
American processes of free en
terpriseaided, as it has been in
the past, by such reasonably
normal government projects as
reclamation of land and develop
ment of power than to turn our
area over lock, stock and barrel
to a three-man government com
mission to be used as a laboratory
for whatever socialistic experi
menting our government in
Washington may want to do In
the future.
I think we'll be better off In
the long run If we go on hoeing
our own row.
Pacifio U. 100 Years Old
FOP.FST C.ROVF Sent
Impaired and unimpaired groups, j I.V The 100th birthday of Pac-
there too long.
When you put that much power
In the hands of only three men,
you usually find that you have a
SEATTLE. Sept. 27 A
merger o( the Washington Na
tional Insurance comtwnv and
the Great Northern Life Insur-
respectively,
In measuring work perform
ance, only those in Joba for whien
there was individual production
data were used. This Included
Impaired and 1.407 unimpaired
workert. Using 100 as the rate
lot the unimpaired, the Impaired
ific university was celebrated
here yesterday, with Gov. Doug
las McKay sending good wish
es from the slate of Oregon.
The university actuallv rea.-.i
ed its 100th year Fridav, but
centennial ceremonlet were de
layed until the Sunday holiday. I
hard time getting it away from nc. company was announced to
them. As the years pass, they be- nay bv Kenneth Mullins, execu
come so completely a part of the ,lve vloe-prranlent of the Wash
system they have created that -t inn "nHM"- u , t ,
,. , . . ,, Life, accident and health Insur-
never seems to be possible to un-j, of t;,t,i(t No.tnorn
tangle the men from the Job. , , M,.u jt, agencies and home
office in Evanston, III., will be
taken over by the Washington
company.
Combined assets of the two to
tal $U2.tMS.4.'U.
G. R. Kendall, president of the
Washington company, will head
the new organization, which will
tin kll(iruia sis lk l'itViinntnn
It would commit the fortune! , National insurance company.
P
ERSONALLY. I don't doubt
that creation of a Columbia
Valley administration would bring
enlarged and perhaps greatly
hastened Industrial development
to the Pacific Northwest.
Is everybody
using "RPfvl"?
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The oil that stops 80 of engine wear
Maybe not eivrbody, but more motorists use RPM Motor Oil
than any other brand in the West. No wonder, for "RPM"
stops the acid-laden moisture that condenses inside cylinders
and forms corrosive rust. And that's where 807o of engine wear
conies from. RPM Motor Oil stops that corrosion by covering
internal parts with a moisture-proof film . . . stays on the job,
even though your car stands idle for days or weeks. Try "RPM"
: choice in the West.
We take better care of yoarcar
rHZZrA it's first
us