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inadequate. The potential duration of benefits is still too short. Un employment insurance is not pro tecting the worker or maintain ing purchasing power as ade quately as it might." Goodwin said the average bene ficiary drew about $21 a week for about 121 weeks. Fast-Growing Population Outstripping Jobs' Supply; Unemployment Fund Sinks By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON UP The nation is failing to create enough jobs for its fast-growing population. So says Secretary of Commerce Sawyer in summing up the 1949 Job situation. ' Sawyer pointed out that the average 58,700,000 employed last year was only slightly under the 1948 record. However, he said there was an average of 3,400,000 unem ployed in 1949. This was a big jump from the average 2,100,000 jobless In 1947 and 1948. The answer. Sawyer said, is that new people are entering the labor force, looking for jobs, at a greater rate than the number of jobs are increasing. The secre tary put it this way: "The labor force has continued . to expand in 1949 with the growth of tho country's population, but employment opportunitites have not kept pace. Sawyer s comments were made in connection with census bureau employment figures for Decem ber. They showed total civilian employment for the month at 58,556,000. Insurance .Fundi Dwindle Farm employment declined sea sonally 1,105,000, but non-farm employment rose 143,000, leaving 962,000 fewer employed in Decem ber than in November. The unem ployed in December numbered 3,489,000. v The fast rise in the unemployed is taking a big nick out of state unemployment insurance funds, too. A survey on this came from Robert C. Goodwin, director of the labor department's bureau of employment security. Goodwin said the jobless pay ments reached a record $1,700, 000,000 In 1949. The previous rec ord was $1,100,000,000 In 1946. The number of people getting the jobless payments, 7,500,000, also set a new record. The old high was 5,200,000 in 1940. Taxes paid by employers toward state unemployment compensa tion funds amounted to about $1,000,000,000, or approximately 1.3 percent of taxable wages. But the tax payments were short of meeting the $1,700,000,000 cost of benefits, so unemployment trust funds had to be tapped for the difference. Goodwin said these trust funds were reduced by about eight per cent but at the end of the year still aggregated about $7,000,000, 000. That's enough trust money, he said, for paying future jobless benefits in nearly all states "even if employment should drop sharply from its current level." Prop During Depression Goodwin said jobless payments helped tide the nation over the 1949 business recession by pro v i d l,n g unemployed workers while they were looking for work, with about 40 percent of what they had been earning. He said this enabled them to buy food and other necessities temporarily and keep up purchas ing power in hard-hit communi ties. - '. But Goodwin deplored the vari ation of amount and length of payments between the states and said: "Much more remains to be done. Benefits are still generally Award Of Millions To Oregon Indians Poses Problem PORTLAND, UP) A con gressional appropriation and de cision on who shall share in the $16,500,000 awarded by a court decision to four Oregon Indian tribes stand In the way of final settlement of the Indians' claims. But the appropriation should Tugs Attempt To Free Dislodged Pontoon Bridge PASCO, Wash., Jan. 4 UP) Two tugs battled the swift Co lumbia river current today in an attempt to free a 900-foot army pontoon bridge jammed against a Union Pacific railroad span. Ice floes ripped the pontoon bridge from its moorings on the Snake river yesterday. It drift ed down the Snake river into the Columbia and caught on the rail road structure. State highway engineers said the pontoon bridge suffered vir tually no damage in its two and three-quarter mile ride downstream. follow In normal fashion, L. P Towle, acting area director for the Indian service, said here. The big problem, he said, is "an equitable distribution of the funds to those who are entitled to them." "You'll be amazed at the num ber of persons who will try to get into the act including white skinned Indians," Towle said. He added that preliminary surveys had already been made to de termine direct descendants of the original owners of the land, "but there is still much to be done." Births At Mercy Hospital BILOW To Mr. and Mrs. Dar rell James Bllow, Roseburg, Jan. 1. a daughter, Gayle Kay; weight seven pounds eight ounces. , Plans are being pushed to com plete the Cairo, Egypt, to Cape Town railroad which, if finished, will be 10,000 miles long, the longest in the world. Millions Of American-Given Toys Being Assembled For Sending To Europe's Children PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31. A Deleware river pier Is begin ning to groan under a steadily mounting pile of picture books, dolls, blocks and cowboy suits bound for the children of Europe. The flood of playthings is the nation's response to the American Legion's "junior Marshall plan" a drive designed (1) to provide toys for European children born during or after World War Two and (2) by so doing combat Communist propaganda. Officially designated the "tide of toys," the project got under way the day after Christmas and was originally scheduled to end Jan. 7, 1950. The response has been so great, however, that ' Legion of ficials announced the. final date for shipment of toys to Phlladel phla has been extended to Jan. 15. All the nation's children have been asked to participate by sending new toys or cash contri butions. Each toy should have a letter attached from the young donor. While the primary appeal was to children, toys and money have been flowing in from churches, youth groups and civic organi zations. Local American Legion posts are aiding in the collec tion while distribution of the gifts abroad will be handled by the CARE organization. Gifts may be shipped direct to Thurs., Jon. 5, 1950 The News-Review, Roteburg, Or. 3 the American Legion, pier 38 South, Philadelphia. Toys which are fragile or difficult to pack should be avoided, the Legion said. Electrical playthings also are of little value because they can not be used In many sections of Europe. And above all else, Le gion officials warned, do not send any war toys such as toy, guns, tanks, planes or metal soldiers. Edward P. McGlnnis, Legion director of public relations, said one million toys are on their way to Philadelphia from Cali fornia alone. Several states, Including Ark ansas, Connecticut and Virginia, have designated official "tide of toys days, while Pennsylvania's governor James H. Duff endor sed the campaign in a recent statement. Speaking of Communists' at tempts to discredit the Marshall plan in Western Europe, McGln nis said: "A shipload of toys from our children to youngsters In Europe will help offset this line of pro paganda. The time to mold the minds of people Is when they are young enough to be without pre judice." The toys will be distributed in Great Britain. France, Italy, Bel glum, Holland, Norway, Ger many, Austria, Greece, Czecho slovakia, Finland, Poland, and Yugoslavia. As far as possible, McGlnnis said, the toys will be given to children born during or after World War two because they have never known a Christmas "such as we enjoy." MIRRORS PAGE LUMBER 164 E. 2n1 Ave. P & FUEL Phone 24'. Illinois Teems With Gambling, Governor Says SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 5. (JP) Commercialized gambling, says Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, has been his "biggest headache" during his first year in office. Stevenson, in a radio talk, sum ming up his first year as gov ernor of Illinois, said: "Illinois is getting the reputa tion of a gambling state. The tri bute we pay to the slot machin es runs into millions a year." The Democratic governor, In his first full scale report on the gambling situation, termed gam bling the most "stubborn pro blem." "It's against the law in Illi nois," he said, "and it can only exist where local officials toler ate it, either because they think the people don't care or because it's politically expedient." In some counties gambling has stopped, he said. In other coun ties it stops for a while and starts again. "In others It never stops and the state administration is under incessant pressure to come in and take over local law enforce ment," Stevenson said. The best way to end gambling, he said, is to elect "conscien tious, vigorous officials and in sist that they enforce the law." "The people choose the offi cials and the people are still stronger than the gamblers," he declared. Oependal rtrtormancel with tfl 2SSTON CTM SAW wZkMdcuut$Mxtn4 Sums Designed and built by Diiiton, America's foremost saw manu facturer, this is the saw you need to lower your costs ond step up your production. It's easy to operate, and built for trouble-fret service, let us give you all the facts about the Disiton Chain Saw with Mercury Gasoline Engine, Come in and talk H over. I CARL J. PEETZ 920 "V Ftepheni Phone 271 The bargains offered at the City Drive In Market every day will help the budget ride an even keel during the coming months. You will never be disappointed when you shop the store that brings you the highest quality at the lowest prices every day. PREAA LUNCHEON MEAT 12-oz. can 37' GRADE A LARGE EGGS Dozen 42' C Jewel ShoirteiniiirDg 3-lb. can .... . :....:.:.......59e I 1 We Repeat by Popular Request GHOUMO BEEF Strictly Fresh, All Meat POUND. ... 2l5C I 1 No. 2 Can Sun Pack .GREEN; - BEANS" Percan U J ZEE WAX PAPER , 19c 125-foot roll BDSQUDCK 40-oz. package 39' Large California Navel riMTr 2 U(tt IE . mirages . . 195 MEAT SPECIALS COUNTRY STYLE PORK SAUSAGE . LB. 25c Seasoned the way you'll like it. SWIFT'S SLICED BACON . LB. 35c LEAN AND MEATY 3-LB. AVERAGE SPARE RIBS ... LB. 39c LARGE JUICY FRANKFURTERS LB. 29c PURE LARD . 4 LBS. 49c LEAN CENTER CUTS PORK CHOPS . LB. 49c The Brains, Uncle Charlie, too, haven't got around to fig ure up the inventory yet, to before they find out all the money we're lost, I'm goin' to slip yau these bargaini, for after they tee the figures, I'll really be on the spotl 'Til then, "UNCLE DAVE." BOB'S PRODUCE ONIONS Sweet, Yellow, 10-lb. bag.. 59c AVACADOS 2ro.29c FOR A DIFFERENT SALAD GRAPEFRUIT;? 3 Fo.23c TURNIPS Crisp tender locals 2 .UM 17c PLASTIC BAG OF 10 ASSORTED BARS . WRISLEY FINE SOAPS . . . 59c SUNSHINE KRISPY CRACKERS 2-lb. box . . ... . .. .. 43c NO. IVi CAN Columbia Sauerkraut ... 2 for 23c NO. VA CAN Silver Falls Pumpkin. . . 3 for 25c PARKAY MARGARINE lib. 29c NO. 1 TALL CAN, SMITH RED KIDNEY BEANS. . . . . 10c DURKEE'S FANCY COCONUT . . 4-oz. pkg. 15c QUAKER'S MUFFETS The round shredded wheat bisquit Pkg. .. .. .. .. 15c ALL 5c CANDY BARS 6 for 25c SUPERIO COMPLETE ITALIAN SPAGHETTI DINNER 31c Aluminum Foilrapp 25-ft .roll 39c THE PERFECT WATER SOFTENER CALGON. . . . Mb., 3-oz. pkg. 43c Imitation Vanilla Flavoring . pt. 49c DEL MONTE PRUNE JUICE qt. bottle 29c Waxed Sandwich Bags 40 bags 9c Special BRACH'S CANDY JELLIES Lb. ...23c STORE HOURS Weekdays 9 a. m. fo 8 p. m. Sunday and Holidays . 9 a. m. to 7 p m. Absolutely no sales to dealers. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Grocery specials good Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Meat end Produce prices tf fective Friday and Saturday. Beat the Price by Saving Twice! City Drive-in Market Features Lower Prices
