2 Tht News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Tuei., Dae. 13, 1949
Surplus Of Labor
Is Reported In
Douglas County
A surplus of labor In Douglas
county was reported today by
George T. Foster, manager of
the Roseburg office of the State
Unemployment C o m p e n satlon
commission. Applicants are regls-
tered for work In many different
classifications and prospective
employers should experience no
- difficulty In obtaining qualified
workers, Foster states.
' The monthly report from the
unemployment commission office
contains the following Informa
tion! ' EmDlovment opportunities in
the county declined materially
during November. Total number
of employment orders received
during the month was one-half
as many as in uaoner.
MnrWatB fall weather was re
sponsible for employment holding
up longer than usual. Logging has
not been materially affected, ex
cept in remote, areas where dirt
roads only are available. The ma
jority or sawmills are operating
with no shutdowns Immediately
In prospect. .. '
Pre-Chrlstmas retail trade fs
comparable to the same period
last year, down only slightly In
dollar volume, with Increases ex
pected In the closing week of
the season.
Construction Lagging
Construction work is lagging,
with the exception of two road
building Jobs one on the Pacific
. highway south of Canyonvllle
and the other on the North Ump-
' qua. These Jobs are being worked
largely wilh heavy equipment,
thus reducing the demand for
laborers. Building construction is
expected to progress at an ac
celerated pace after the first of
the year.
New claims for unemployment
compensation, while not as num
erous as last year, are rising
gradually. At the same time, con
tinued claims are more than
double the number for the month
of November 1948. .
The indication is that while
there has been no sudden cessa
tion of work due to weather,
market conditions, etc., the eco
nomic condition as a whole Is
not as good as one year ago,
LOCAL FIRM GETS AGENCY
Arrangements have been com
pleted whereby' Douglas County
Creamery will handle the nation
ally known Jamesway line of
Barn and poultry equipment In
the Roseburg area. Since 1906
the James Mrg. Co. has special
ized In the planning, equipping,
and ventilating of farm buildings,
In addition to selling and serv
icing Jamesway equipment,
Douglas Co. Creamery will be In
position to offer plarinlng'help 10
the dairy, poultry, and livestock
farmers In this territory. '
Dr. E. W. Carter
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Phone 1170
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Lions Dtfer Mteting For
Dedication Of Utility
The regular December meet'
ins of the Lions club board of di-
rectors will be held Tuesday at
7:30 D.m. In the office of the
president, Dr. James E. Camp
bell, 301 Pacific building.
The club will meet Wednesday
night of this week, instead of the
regular Thursday, in the Hotel
Umpqua. It is giving up its regu
lar night for this week only as a
courtesy to California-Oregon
Power company for Its dedica
tion program of the Toketee
Falls power project. Governor
Douglas McKay would not have
been available for the latter pro
gram on any other night this
week, It was announced.
Driver Cited In
Traffic Mishap
Police Chief Calvin H. Balrd
said Monday a local pedestrian
was treated for injuries and a
Roseburg driver cfted for not
using sufficient caution at an in
tersection early Sunday morning,
following an accident at the cor
ner of Oak and Stephens streets.
Everett Waller was treated at
Mercy hospital for severe lacera
tions of the left leg when he was
allegedly struck by a car driven
by Richard Croucher, driving a
sedan.
Mrs. Waller, who was unin
jured, gave police the following
account: She preceded her hus
band and a companion, Clark
Smith, across the Intersection.
When she reached the curb, the
two men were still In the cross
walk when the Croucher vehicle
turned the corner and collided
with the two pedestrians. Smith
claimed to have been knocked
down but was uninjured.
Croucher told police he was
traveling about 15 miles an hour
at the time and failed to see the
nedestrlans because his wind
shield was frosty.
Pineapple Barge Riot
Leads To Damage Suit
PORTLAND, Dec. 13 (IP)
Hawaiian Plnapple company Ltd.
filed suit in Federal court Mon
day, asking $236,251 damages and
costs against the CIO Interna
tional Longshoremen and Ware
housemen's union.
The company charged that boy
cotting and rioting over a pineapple-laden
barge had cost $211,
251. The barge, which came to
the mainland during the Hawai
ian Longhshore strike, traveled
to several ports In an attempt to
unload, and touched off a riot at
the Dalles last September.
The complaint said the delay
in unloading caused a financial
loss: through extra tug hire, ad
dtlonal loading arrangements,
hiring of special police, and $133,-
683 tne largest single item ior
reprocessing. The company said
that fruit boueht to be canned
with the pineapple had to be pro
cessed twice: once to keep it
from spoiling, and again when
the pineapple arrived.
The suit named the union, the
Portland local, and more than
100 Individual members as de
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Roseburg Student
Activities Noted
At Oregon State
Bv ROD NEWLAND
CORVALLIS (Special) De
cember 7 was election flay at or
nn state college. Ten new sen
ators were elected from five of
the schools on the campus, wnne
the four other schools will elect
theirs In the first month of the
soring term. The other student
body officers are also elected In
th anrlnff term.
Bob Feldkamp, a graduate of
Roseburg high school, was elect
ed from the school of business
and technology along with Bob
Edwards and uick naienncmei.
The other seven senators were
selected from the schools oi low
r rfiui.lnn. home economics, edu
cation and forestry. The schools
of agriculture, engineering, phar
macy and science will select their
senators in the spring, when the
president is also seieciea.
Elu-tlon officials estimated
less than 30 percent of the voters
went to the polls. They also re
ported a total of 27 void ballots
wnicn couia i n......
changed the results of the elec
tion.
The choir and other smaller
organizations of Margret Snell
hall preseniea a LnrmuiM
in keenlnz with the yule-
tide spirit. It was presented in a
candlelit room decorated with
berry-red holly.
The choir, composed of half the
girls living in Sneil nan, f ier
talned the 40 Invited guests with
"O Come, All Ye Faithful." Fol
lowing this the sextet, which in
cluded Joan Rutter and Mary Mc
Kinney of Roseburg, sang "No
Panrile." The sextet consists of
Miss Rutter and Jackie Hall, so
pranos; Donna Logue and Nita
Ovist, second sopranos; Miss Mc
Kinnev and Adele Ure, altos, ac
companied by Joan Dwyer.
Following a Christmas reading,
the choir sang "Carol of the
Bells" and "God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen." After a soloist sang
"O Holy Night," a trio, which
Included Joyce Graham of Rose
burg, sang "Winter Wonder
land." Other members of the trio
are Klna Butler and Gay Conk
As a climax to the half hour
program, the choir recessional
was "Joy To The World." After
the program and dinner were
completed, about 60 members of
the choir went cardling.
Chest Drive Continues
In Effort To Reach Goal
(Continued from Page One)
organizations have been instru
mental In raising more than $10,
000 of the total collected. They
Include Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions,
Active, Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Business and Professional
Women's club and the Junior
Woman's club.
Spokesmen for the six agencies
benefiting from the drive are
"fully agreed", Lamka said, that
tne unest iuna campaign is ine
best way in which to conduct
their pleas for monetary support
Such a svstem will relieve them
from sponsoring separate drives,
making it unnecessary to Dotner
businessmen for further dona
tions. Lamka said the drive has not
closed and that donations may
be mailed to Box 191, in care of
the Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce. Hoover Summarizes
Program For Reform
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al chairman, told the conference
that "the public Is being aroused,
as at no time In our history,
to the necessity of adopting a
fundamental, intelligent, reor
ganization program for the exe
cutive branch.
Chairman Johnson, the presi
dent of Temple university, Phila
delphia, told the 500 civic leaders
from every section of the coun
try: "If the people demand these re
forms that can save them mil
lions a year and gurantee our
survival as a free people, they
will become law."
Senator Democratic Leader Lu
cas (III) said that Mr. Truman
plans to send about 10 reorganiz
ation plans to Congress this ses
sion. Hoover Offers Procedure
Hoover, who headed the offi
cial, 12-man reorganization com
mission which handed Congress
318 reorganization proposals last
spring, advised the committee to
focus its efforts on winning pass
age of only the "most urgent"
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the administration. He intimat
ed it is too broad In its terms.
Sponsors of the measure have
said it would apply to violence
in labor disputes.
Lucas noted that a bill to abol
ish state poll taxes as a require
ment for voung nas not yei clear
ed the Senate Rules committee.
Othsr Legislation Sought
The Senate's first business will
be a House-aDoroved oleo tax re
peal bill, tne Democratic leaoer
said. He ooservea inai tne senate
in the last session agreed to be
ein debate Jan. 20 on a compro
mise basing point bill, affecting
absorption of freight rates in de
livery charges. The Judiciary
committee has been ordered to
bring to the Senate by Jan. 25
a measure to increase the num
ber of displaced persons who can
be admitted to this country.
Besides these, Lucas said the
Democratic majority will give
high priority to a House-approved
bill Increasing social security
benefits and coverage. He added
that President Truman is prepar
ing about 10 new government re
organization plans for action by
Congress.
On the negative side, Lucas
said he doubts there will be any
new effort in this session to re
peal the Taft-Hartley Labor law.
He said he thinks a farm price
support bill passed at the last
session will be "sufficient" with
out action on the Brannan farm
bill providing for subsidy pay
ment. Foreign Issues Faced
On the international front Lu
cas said he expects .the adminis
tration to push for approval of
the international trade organiza
tion agreement and President
Truman's "point four" plan for
American investments In back
ward areas abroad.
Lucas said he would welcome
any cuts that could be made in
funds for European economic re
covery "without crippling the
program." He added that Con
gress probably will be asked to
consider a new apnronriation to
finance military aid to western
European nations opposing com
munism. , i
The Democratic leader would
not predict that Congress will
balance the budget. He made it
plain, however, he does not think
the- lawmakers will approve in
come tax increases.
In fact, Lucas said he has found
strong sentiment in Congress for
wiping out high wartime excise
taxes. He suggested some in
crease in corporation levies
might be written into such a bill
to prevent revenue loss.
items at the coming session of
Congress.
wnereas economists agree tnat
"taxation beyond 25 percent of
our national income will bring
disaster," Hoover said, actual and
prospective expenditures of fed
eral and local governments prom
ise to eat up "much more than
30 per cent."
He offered this list of objectives
In aDoroxlmate order or ureenev:
1. Reoreanlzlne the Civil serv
ice where, he said, "at present
Kea rape nimsen oweiis. An ac
cumulation of waste and dead-
wood, he added, makes for the
"discouragement of good offi
cials." 2. Reorganizing the budget and
accounting machinery In which
'the ghost of Alexander Hamilton
still wanders."
3. Setting up the Post office as
a modern Business and removing
It from politics by modernizing
160 years' accumulation of "con
flicting laws."
4. Unifying the Federal Hos
pital service which, when investi
gated, had patients for only 155,
000 of its 225,000 beds but was
about to provide 50.000 more beds
at a cost of $1,300,000,000.
5. Merging the water conser
vation services "they overlap;
they have duplicate offices .
A porkbarrel floats in those riv
ers."
6. Consolidating the admini
tration of grazing and forest
lands in the Agriculture depart
ment, instead of letting agricul
ture and Interior maintain com
peting services and staffs.
7. Providing one central trans
portation agency to eliminate
"overlap and waste" and to steer
national policy in this field, vital
to national defense.
8. Relieving the president, of
the burden of direct responsibility
over 65 different agencies, and,
ironing out conflicting authori
ties between bureaus.
James K. Polk h the only
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives to be elected later to
the Presidency.
Local
News
Weekend In Portland Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Welker and son, Da
vid, spent the weekend in Port
land visiting friends and attend
ing the showing of the Ice-Ca-pades
of 1949.
Back from Portland Mr. and
Mrs. Charles S. Collins have re
turned from Portland, where they
spent several days on business.
While there they attended the
Ice-Capades.
Visits Here W. M. Campbell
If nf Ttanvfa Til ifleltA In
Roseburg with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Campbell, 949
Winchester street, over the Week
end. Hp pamp upcl- nn himinoce
for the Hyster company.
Meet Wednesday Douglas
County Walther Leaeue will hold
a Joint Christmas party with St.
John's Lutheran guild of Suther
lln Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the
Calapooia club house. All those
desiring transportation are asked
to meet at St. Paul's Lutheran
parish house at 7:30 p.m.
Airliner Crashes In
Potomac River; 4 Dead
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guided by its own electronic
equipment, and by ground-con-
tronea raoar ac tne airpon.
As it came down the approach,
officials related, It suddenly
swerved from the radar path.
Ground technicians lost it com
pletely. A short time later it was
iound in tne river close Dy uoiung,
resting in five feet of mud and
water.
It was the first mishap Capital
has had in 30 months. The last
crash involving a Capital ajrllner
occurred in July, 1947, when a
four-engine plane struck a moun
tainside near Leesburg, Va., kill
ing all 52 aboard.
This time, the crash scene was
not far from the spot 'where the
shattered pieces of an Eastern
airliner carried 55 to their death
in the Potomac last Nov. 1, after
an aerial collision with a surplus
P-38 fighter plane.
Casualties Listed
A list of casualties in last
night's crash of the Capital Air
lines plane, compiled from air
line, Air Force and hospital rec
cords, follows:
Dead
Mrs. William Chertow, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Neville Lasslter, Arlington, Va.
W. J. Davis, Alexandria, Va.,
pilot.
L. L. Porter, Alexandria, Va.,
co-pilot.
Injured
Jeff C. Buchanon, Laurel, Miss;
condition good.
John W. Buell, Takoma Park,
Md., flight attendant, condition
good.
Vernon Carney, Kingston, Ja
maica, condition serious.
Henry Grimes, Liberia, condi
tion critical.
Theodore Grochala, Trenton,
N. J., condition good.
George C. Harrison, Arlington,
Va., extremely critical.
Robert V. Hensley, 26, Abilene,
Tex., good.
Conrad Johnson Jr., 29, New
York City, serious.
Lewis Harrison, 19, Mount
Hays, Md., serious.
Henry McKlnney, Dorchester,
Mass., critical.
Thomas Morris, Milburn, N. J.,
serious.
Howard E. Oakes, 35, Bronx-
ville, N. Y., serious.
Richard Paget, Maplewood, N.
J., critical.
Nazareth Pesara, 21, Provi
dence, R. I., serious.
Philip Shapiro, New York City,
critical.
Charles R. Stott, Lowell, Mass.,
good.
W. L. Stephens, Arlington, Va.,
critical.
Raymond Wright, Chestnut
Hills, Philadelphia, serious.
Mrs. Margareta Wright, same
address, extremely critical.
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Oregon Opposes CVA
Senator Morse States
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and political power as would be
given them under the CVA bill."
Hoover Report Approved
Morse said Republicans of Ore
gon "generally agree with me"
that the recommendations of the
Hoover commission on govern
ment organization should be
adopted by the Republican par
ty as tne KepuDiican policy.
"If the Republicans did that,"
Morse said, "then Jie Democrats
for once would have to go along
witn tne Kepubllcans. '
Morse said he is convinced that
Oregon Republicans generally
support his opposition to the ad
ministration's "compulsory health
Insurance bill."
"They think that this bill, mor6
than any other test," he said,
"offers the key test to members
of Congress, on the issue of
whether or not they are willing
to vote to stop placing more and
more power over the economy of
the country in the hands of the
executive branch of the govern
ment." No Dodging of Issues
Morse added before leaving for
another trip to Oregon that Re
publicans in his state agree with
him that the party should meet
"head on the Democratic pro
gram of assuming more and
more national Jurisdiction over
problems that can be handled
best by the states."
Oregonians, he said, are not
opposed to a "reasonable" pro
gram of federal aid to states In
health, education, housing, road
construction and similar fields.
"But they rightly insist," he
added in an interview, "that ad
ministration nf such nroblems
be placed solely In the hands of
the states."
And, Morse added, his month s
speaking tour of the state had
convinced him he can be reelect
ed.
Idaho Lawmaker Tangles
With Davidson Over CVA
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 OP) Rep.
Sanborn (R-Ida) declared yester
day the residents of the Colum
bia basin would be "at the mer
cy" of the Columbia Valley au
thority if one were set up.
C. Girard Davidson, assistant
secretary of the interior, replied
that such charges "leave me
cold."
The two tangled verbally in a
no-decision debate before some
100 American Farm Bureau fed
eration delegates at the soil and
water conference of the federa
tion convention.
Sanborn said the pending Co
lumbia Valley administration bill
would set aside existing reclama
tion laws and a "new era of in
terpretation by a threeman ad
ministrative board will begin."
Davidson countered that the
C.V.A. would merely make more
efficient the existing federal
functions In flood control, conser
vation, irrigation, navigation and
power production.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (JP)
Prospects appeared dim today
for early hearings in the Pacific
northwest on President Truman's
proposal for a Columbia Valley
administration.
Chairman Chavez (D-NM) of
the Senate public works commi
tee said a heavy schedule in the
senate would make it difficult
for his group to conduct the hear
ings. He had hoped, he said, to
schedule them in January.
Chavez said a definite decision
will not be made until after Con
gress convenes next month,
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Elliott Roosevelt says he was go
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duction. The second son of the late
President Franklin D. Roosebelt
said he and Morgan Jones, New
York city radio and television
executive, had formed the firm
of Roosevelt and Jones, Inc.
Roosevelt said he would serve
as a director of the new firm.
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occupational groups, the division
found the salesmen leading in
safety with no fatalities in 1,
984 reported accidents. Clerical
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a total of 5,576 reported. Worst
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dents proving deadly.
Students and professional dri
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tnan the arm group recording id
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Laborers had the ereate.it
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Jerusalem Jewish Mayor
Says Government To Fight
JERUSALEM, Dec. 13. UP)
The mayor of the Jewish section
of Jerusalem today said his gov
ernment would fight "with all
the means at our disposal, and if
necessary with arms" any at
tempt to establish an internation
al regime in Jerusalem.
The Jewish mnvnr. nr rianlpl
Auster, said there would be "no
entry for anyone coming to Jeru
salem to implement the interna
tionalization decision" of the
United Nations assembly in New
York.
One hundred thousand Jews
of Jerusalem, in whose name I
SDeak. cannot rpnno-nton 1 a a 1
night's vote," Auster said.
Two Missing Hunters
Discovered Drowned
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were found drowned near here
today.
The two men Richard M.
42 had been sought since their
uvenurnea ooat was found Sun-
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Mostly cloudy today, with oc
casional rain tonight. Showery
Wednesday.
Highest temp, for any Deo. 70
Lowest temp, for any Deo. 5
Highest temp, yesterday ... 45
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs. . ' 33
Precipitation last 24 hrs. .... .04
Precipitation from Deo. 1' ....1.61
Precipitation from Sept. 1 9.15
Deficiency from Deo. 1 .55
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belief the two men were thrown
overboard when the boat hit a
submerged object in Hat slough.
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