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4 TH Nwi.Rvliw, Rowburf , Or. Frl., Nov. 25, 1M Published Dtlly fxeept Sunday ry the "Is This All You Have? aunt u alaca antui Mar . ifrj, einee " IwUit Onm oatac eat el Marak a. tail CHARLBS V, TANTON m1f IOWIN L. KNAPP Editor Managar Member of lha Aseoelated Press, Oregon Newepaper Publlthtrt Association, tha Audit Buraau of Circulations lHIWW WaT-IIOLI,IDt CO.. INC., Ifloll ( Naw tact, Okloc.fl, S.a traaelcaa La, twin ImIII. r.rll.aS. tk lela. ion BAtra la oresae r Mdl rtc tt.i MM. ail Maaue h.h. ..am, t.M Cltl Cacclac rac Mac jlt.eo (la aOaaoal, tkaa H caac, aac ataatt ll.aa oewae ucat.o r ca.ii -ac caar - aiaaiaa vicaa ' . lUOautll-IION act BANKRUPT STATE '. By CHARLES V. STANTON The Saturday Evening Post does not like the term "Wel fare State."--' In a recent issue, the popular magazine says editorially that conservative Republicans and Democrats have "picked up a pair of loaded dice" when they use the term "Welfare State" to describe "a dangerous tendency in modern gov ernment" ' Says the Saturday Evening Post; Among the experts, "Welfare State" oarrlee a perfectly . dear meaning. It daeerlbee a ay at am under which a rul--' ing olaaa of buraauorata elalme to be able to apend the eUlien'e own money much maro utefully than ha en. By pregreeelvely heavier taxation, they relieve the ordinary i Joe of euoh a large there of hie Ineome that they alao take charge of hia Ufa, manage hla aavlnge, handle Ma Inouranoe. and dlreot hie labora from the day ha leavaa v : school' to the day ho la too old to keep a Job. All thlar of eeuree, It preaanted aa favor to Joe. He paya for everything, but aomehow or other, the ehare.he ' geta baok la made to. teem a free boon front above, hand ' ad down by oarneet men oenoerned only with hie welfare. ! The loee of llbertlee muat be soft-pedaled and heavy em phtala put on what are called aoolal galna. The Saturday Evening Post might well have added to the paragraphs quoted above, that for every $1 "Joe" might have spent upon a job, the federal agency doing that job for him would spend ?2 of "Joe's" money, because it must add the cost of administration, support for a huge bureauc racy, and the inevitable waste and extravagance, of com plicated federal machinery. ' But clever propaganda convinces "Joe" that the money is being obtained by "soaking the rich" and that he is get ting something for nothing, even though bureaucrats are deftly picking his pockets through withholding taxes, lux ury taxes, excise taxes, sales taxes, transportation taxes, plus all the hidden taxes applied to virtually every article he buys, together with the distribution of taxes passed on in manufacturer "costs" by the "rich" the government is "soaking." Returning to the original theme, we quote again from the Saturday Evening Post : .'" ' ' ' , . I The opponente of euoh a ayatem (Welfare State) have an exoellont oaee, but they do not help It by adopting : preolealy the, worde whloh put It in a favorable light. Wlfare" la the key ward. Who's agalnat welfare T No- .. body. Why, tha preamble to the Constitution exprettly . mentions a deelro to "promote the general welfare.". Fighting an eleetlon by oppoelng welfare la on' a par with . taunting an opponent far having been born In a leg eabln .. or attaoklng the full dinner, pall beeauoo it makaa a heavy load for a man to oarry to work. Preeldent Tru man hat already latohed onto "welfare etate" aa tome thing to help re eleot him. A campaign line oan be drawn on thla letue of principle, but It won't bo clear to the votere, If the attack la made . on tha accidental bentfltt of a vlolcua theory. Ae a elcgan for total liberate, the worde "Welfare State" have many advantages. It Itn't hard ta Imagine an orator clutohlng them to hie heart: "I am aoouted of being for your wel . fare, frlende. Wall, . If that'a a erlme, I. am proud, yee, proud . . . ." Anybody could finish that epeeot. A a substitute for the term "Welfare State," the "Sat. urday Evening Post offers "Poorhouse State," "Relief State" or "WPA State" as drawing "a much more accurate picture of what thoughtful men dislike about the totalitarian ap proach to economics and government." As another suggestion we would like to propose "Bank- rapt State," for certainly we are heading rapidly into a state of national bankruptcy if we long continue present administrative policies. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) By ViaJuutt S. UarUnl We certainly "removed ob stacle to the free flow of work" in our home recently, at Pearl Clark's Challenge of American Know-How urgea. We have had four different thlngt connected up to thlt atoveplpe In the kitch en; the fourth it an oil heater. Live end learn! First there was tnf Old cookitove which we bought along with the house, and then had such a time find ing someone who would accept it as a gift. When the fireplace wa fin ished, we had a superfluous wood heater. We moved that In place of the cookitove oh, how I hat ed to part with that old wood range! Then we had the bright idea of putting that heater In the workshop as a clothes-drier, and bought a good looking brown wood-heater for the kitchen. It was finally realized that we were hanging on to something for no good reason when we might have a warm kitchen to greet ut In the morning, and when we come in from town. The point It, if we had known three years ago what we know now, wt could have saved tjulte a bit of money . I read that one should "always live In a new location a year before buying." From California to Oregon woods really is a change! One hat to adjust one's self to a new routine. But it Is good for us to plow up old ground perhaps hardened by habits and overgrown with weedy thinking, I mist the living outdoors, as we did In the south,, on our 8x16 screen porch overlooking the pool and the garden. The six-foot board fence painted white made an outdoor living room. Few in deed were the days we did not have a meal there. But as EJ will point out when he reads this down there we were wish ing we could get to some woods! We longed for 'real country,' and blew bubbles about how much cheaper one could .live In the country. Tra-la! (If you thought that Interview with Mrs. Bltwuns had a pecu liar sentence In It; think nothing of it One line of copy waa left out. "Algie said he had helped raise hit younger brothers and sisters so was sure he knew more about It than I did an or-V child.") ness feeling better than he had felt in years. That $5 bill, whose contribution involved considerable sacrifice, convinced him that this is a pret ty good world, after all, and well worth living and working in. T he visit of Britain's General Montgomery to this country brings up some memories that are not too pleasant. When he came Into the war pic ture, the future was far from bright. The. apparently invincible Germans were heading eastward alorg the Mediterranean shore ol Africa toward Suez. It seemed about as certain as anything could be that they would cross the Nile, block the Suez canal to our shipping, take for themselves the oil of the Middle East, which they badly needed, and then may be sweep on up and take the Rus sians in the rear In the Caucasus. For a while, we looked defeat In war squarely in the eye. It didn't happen. "Monty." for tunately, possessed the qualities of leadership that enabled him to fire his men with what It took and the Germans were stopped. He Is welcome In this country. ... Speaking of the British and Af rica, there is an Interesting lit tle tale in the news these days. It concerns a scheme of the Brit ish government to get vegetable oils without paying out dollars for them. So they went Into the pea nut and sunflower business, in At rca in a big way sinking, up to date, some 70 million dollars in It. The government In London has Just admitted that after all the effort and all the spending It has reaped FEWER PEANUTS THAN IT SOWED. Drouth, technical dif ficulties and MISCALCULA TIONS have been responsible for the failure, It says. Britain's government, of course, Is a SOCIALIST government. But no intelligent capitalist is going to be too hard on It be cause of Its flop In the peanut business. The free enterprise system, which is our somewhat more de scriptive name for capitalism. Is based on TAKING RISKS. II no body ever takes a risk, there can't be much progress. The socialist government of Britain took a risk and failed. This, I think, Is the point: . IF THE THING ATTESMPT ED IS IMPOSSIBLE, It can't be accomplished under socialism any more than under capitalism. My slant on It it that GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. If that It true, we stand no better thow of getting something for nothing under socialism than under capitalism. PHONE CO. TO GIT LOAN SALEM ( The Tri.f-ountv Telephone company, which ope,' atet In Lincoln and Tillamook counties, has been given permis sion to borrow $fi5,000 from the Reconstruction Finance corporation. The money will be used to pay for the dial system at Delake, to Install a dial system at Clover rial, and In rul V off ftviatlns- mm. imercial bank loans. Elkton By PHYLLIS A. SMITH The lights were turned on in the Elk Creek tunnel last week. The Elkton Oddfellows are giv ing a turkey dinner the evening of Dec. 3. Members of the Odd fellows and Rebekahs, their wiv es and families are invited. The next home extension meet ing will be held at the home of Mrs. William Binder Dec. 12. The project for the day will be gift wrapping; Mrs. Laurence Thorn as and Mrs. Binder will be proj ect leaders. The meeting time is set for 1 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Damon McMllli an and family are taking a two weeks' vacation. They have gone on a, trip to Los Angeles and San Diego, where they will visit both of their parents. Mr. Mc MllHnn is employed at the Elk ton Feed store. Ross McDonald has gone to River Bank, Calif., to help settle the estate of his mother, Mrs, E. F. Parker, who died recently. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson, who are conducting . revival meetings at the Elkton church of Christ, are etaylng with Mrs. Carl Johnson. Mr. Bert John son is a brother of the late Carl Johnson. The Johnsons will be holding eervlcee at the church the rest of thlt week. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Johnson of Eugene -isited with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson and Mrs. Carl Johnson. The men folks of the Elkton Church of Christ have been busy building a retaining wall to the entrance- of the basement of the church. Betty Rae Haines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Haines, underwent surgery at the Sacrfed Heart hospital in Eugene, Mon day, Nov. 21. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hudson ac companied Miss Evelyn Hudson to Portland Sunday. They will spend the rest of the week there. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, Mrs. Fred Grush, Mrs. Robert Smith and son Norman attended the funeral for the iate Jay Fer ber in Roseburg Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Beaman are back from a trip to Phoenix, Arizona. There it a petition being cir culated asking the Publio Util ities commission to break the franchise of the Elkton Tele phone company. Dr. and Mrs. Floyd K. Dixson of Renton, Wash., and Robert Johnson of Roseburg will be guests of Mrs. Carl Johnson over the Thanksgiving holidays. The permanent home of the United Nations in New York City is expected to be completed by the fall of 1951. Steel Strike's Effects Will Close Automobile Factories. Make 250,000 Workers Idle By DAVID J. WILKIE DETROIT, i?P) Delayed effects of the steel ttrlke will hit the SitlOii'i su'icw.oblle- Itidustry 'hn. : : ' ' ' V . With but few exception! the factories that closed for the Thanks giving day holiday will remain Idle until perhaps Dec 12 or later. Ford, Hudson' and Studebaker BUS FARES UPPED PORTLAND P) Increased minimum bus fares on Oregon Motor Stages stops between Port'. land and Oregon City were ap-y proved by the public ,. utilities f " commissioner. The minimum from. Portland,,.; to Milwaukie had been 15 cents, .' .It now goes to 20. The Gadstone- i Oregon city minimum, wnicn i Tial been 10 cents, 'w nanced ' and - a few branch assembly plants of other companies around the country will furnish all the motor vehicle output in the mean time. Even Ford will cut down to four days' operation and Stu debaker. has announced it will close on Nov. 30. Thus weekly production will tumble sharply to probably not more than 50,000 vehicles. And the plant closings added to those already down will bring tempo rary Idleness to an estimated quarter million automotive work ers. In several Instances unemploy ment will be relieved by the con tinuance of parts fabricating work In many plants. A number of car makers about to swing over to new model production aiso nave Kept a substantial num ber of their employes at work on plant rearrangement, inventory, ana parts, service and sales op erations. Excepting for Pontiac. all the General Motors shutdowns coin cide with the completion of 1949 model production. Pontiac swune over to 1950 model output two weeks ago and carried on until it exhausted its steel stocks. The same is true also of the various Chrysler divisions, of which all but Plymouth already nave ciosea aown ior new model operations. Plymouth, benefiting by the diversion of steel from the other divisions, has continued a falrlu hiah mitnnl r.U T ..,111 close 'its assembly lines this week. Already closed also are Fnrd'u Lincoln division, the Nash plants at Kenosha and Milwaukee and Willys-Overland at Toledo. Pack ard attributes its forthcoming shutdown to a suspension of op erations Dy unggs Manufactur ing company, its body supplier. Kaiser-Frazer, which has been closed down since Oct. 24, has given no indication when its is- sembly lines will reopen. How ever, the management has said the shutdown was not due to steel shortages but rather to the ne cessity for reducing factory in ventories of finished vehicles. Approximately two -thirds of the Industry's productive capa city will be affected by the im pending shutdowns. Industry authorities say the r There are more than 500,000 producing oil and gas wells in the United States, located in 28 states. steel strike will hve cost close to half a million vehicles before Its final effects have been felt in, the automotive plants. 5 " ' THE OREGON GRANITE CO. MEMORIALS We art pleated to announce tha - , appointment of FRANK CHURCH 329 W. Mother Roteburg Phone" 549 (. ," ' ' . ' as our DOUGLAS COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE : Take advantage of our reputation of 50 years in business in this community when you wish a memorial in beautiful., polished granite or marble. . Th answer to avaryday insurance problems By KEN BAILEY QUESTION: Not long go we had a fire in our house and we moved most of our furniture to the home of a neighbor. It's just an idea but I wondered what would happen if the neighbor's house had also burned. Would we have been paid for our furniture? ANSWER: Yes. almost all fire Insurance policies protect the owner of furniture against loss for a period of five days after the furniture has been moved to a new location. After that. It would be necessary to see your Insurance agent about keeping the policy in force. If you'll aooaaaa four own Incur anco quasttont tt tnn offtco. wa'U ty to tlvo tou ttta .-orrac-t aniarar and thcra will ba aa rftarga ac aall tallaa at aar ala. . KEN BAILEY INSURANCE AGENCY 315 Pacific lldS. Phone 391 Jack Fariss and Son's PRE-CHRISTJMS CLEARANCE v of items for your home. and your hobby at unbelievable savings! . ; : ; CLOSE-OUT OF THE FOLLOWING MiW At of now we're OUT of the rug business. If anybody else wantt to go IN to the rug butiness or just wante a rug It't your chance, It it. Two rugt we have and two rugt we don't want. Take this one for instance: a Magee Axminster rug, 9 x 12 size, floral pattern on wine baokground (that's to it won't show In ease you spill wine on it). All wool faoe (like ourt) and wat tagged at 98.50. Save CO CA yourself thirty bucks and take it for aJOaa Rug No. 2 it a right smart 12 x 15 Mohawk (we can men tion brands we ain't gonna tell rugt any more) ... an Axmintter in that lame,. all-wool face. Color? Well, a tort of blue, tone on tone on tone. There's a leaf pattern back ground somebody put in ae an afterthought. Oh, it'e a dilly all right, but we're tired of selling dllllei. ItQ Cf Wae 199.95, NOW 1 ' v If you want an unusual and novel kitchen range come to Jack Faritt. These are to darned novel and unusual they won't tell. Brand new Perfection Range, best described ae buffet ttyle . . . it'e a kerosene burner. Handy when the power falls, unhandy when it hae to be re-filled with kero sene.' This it all-white porcelain range (doesn't look like a kerosene burner for that matter) and hat an oven ther mometer' (naturally), Iota of ttorage epace and a full tilt oven. (You know, we never heard of a range desoribed at having a measly, under-ilzed oven). Built-in kerosene tank. Nationally advertited at 159.50. If .you have 99.50 you can buy itl . . . THE POWER FAILURE RANGE ... An oil-burning kitchen range. Not thing wrong with -thie nice, new range except that wo have to dust it off every year or eo. We practically built our store around It. It't all white porcelain with big, porcelain lined oven (that MUST be a good point about It). There's a bunch of ma chinery Inside and we're told that meane it has an; auto matic carburetor forced fan draft. If your home it already hooked up for oil you might find a use for this QQ C A monstrosity. Wat 184.95 -. " They're comfortable . . . they're thopworn '. . . they're ttn' tale Samtonito folding chairs. Not a dad-blasted thing wrong with these Samontite chairt except that they were demonstrated a little too eagerly or sampled a little too.; much. At a certain point In their career they got a couple . of extra kicks from paaslng shoppers, kicked over, scarred up or just diabolically manhandled. All steel construction with spring cushion seat and plastio covered seat and back. ' Fold to small space, to they're convenient if you live in a trailer or small apartment. Even if you don't come haggle with ue. We've marked them down from 7.95 A Q C each to just TaraJ WAS 255.50 MAJESTIC COMBINATION RANGE NOW Gas, either bottled or city com- m m m bined with wood trash burner. I J J, DU Save $100 on this. ...... v .. REG. 32.95 TAP AND DIE SET Little Giant . . . sizes to 1 inch. (1 set only.) NOW 19.95 WAS ARVIN RADIO NOW .... 5-tube wood cabinet table model 1Q QC urllh Innp mntrnl - taya WERE 7.95 9.95 TENNIS RACKETS NOW We are practically giving these away. Buy now for a Christmas OfiC present for the family athlete. NOW OIL WATER HEATER WAS If you are burning oil, here is the water heater you will want Heat 109.95 control, automatic carburetor. 9a95 Excellent heat recovery. WAS 291.50 COMBINATION ELECTRIC RANGE Electric cooking elements and NOW oven, oil trash burner. A stove with lots of use in the kitchen. Cook with electricity and heat 1 Oft 50 with the oil trash burner. Save S100. ARVIN TABLE MODEL RADIO WAS Ivory plastic case, 5-tube radio that would make an excellent 23.95 Christmas gift for the teen-ager, ' for Mom, or just to have another radio in the house. NOW 16.95 WAS 24.95 NOW GENERAL ELECTRIC MOTOR U H. P. motor with a srjecial mounting base. If you need a mo- me nm tor to run a power tool this is 1Z,V3 priced especially for you at WAS 249.50 AUTOMATIC BENDIX WASHER NOW A discontinued model of the fam ous Bendlx line. Here is a chance to give the wife a new automatic lAQ SO Bendlx and still save S100. See it , w today! VISE WAS Morgan Vise with heavy duty 3't NOW Inch Jaws. Heavy and set on a 25.95 swivel base for more working 1ft Q5 convenience. (1 only.) WERE 3.29 to . S.tO BOX END WRENCHES P. C. wrenches In the larger sizes ot 1 to 1 716 . . . many uses around the truck and farm. Buy several at V4 PRICE WAS 49.95 VISE Morgan Vise. Much larger and NOW heavier than one above. Has 4V Inch jawt for the majority of the AA A( larger work. Don't mist this spe- 29a95 cial for the shop. Limited Quantities 130 N. Jackson Phono 57-R .Sale at Store "No. 1 Only!