4 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Or Frl., Jan. 6, 1950
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SO NICE TO DREAM!
By CHARLES V. STANTON
President Truman was most optimistic in his State of the
Union message to Congress. Whereas his predecessor talked
in terms of millions, Truman, who previously has tossed
billions around with a free hand, now has graduated into
the trillions. By the time the 1952 elections roll around he
should be speaking of zillions.
All is well, Truman said, as he made rosy predictions
for the future, intimating, of course, that the Wei-Fare
Deal must be continued in power.
': The average family, he said, may anticipate an annual
income of $12,000 sometime in the future. One thing is
certain, the average family will need $12,000 income to
pay its taxes if Congress gives the administration the things
it wants.
The President wants the Brannan plan, costing billions
more than the existing support policy. He wants more
publicly subsidized housing, on which the government takes
a huge loss. He wants socialized medicine, which he disguises
under the name of "medical insurance," requiring billions
in taxes from the public. He wants federal aid for education,
federal credits and capital to independent business, stressing
' the need of avoiding monopoly, while, simultaneously
Draisins- federal monopoly by his demand for CVA.
Give the administration freedom to spend as demanded
in the President's message to Congress and even an average
family income of $12,000 annually wouldn't begin to pay the
tax bill.
Another interesting trend, manifest in the President's
message, is to be seen in his discussion of benefits for the
"middle income families." Here we find the inevitable drift
of socialism.
Heretofore federal benefits have been directed exclusively
toward low income groups. Now, federal handouts are being
promoted for people in the next step on the financial ladder.
, Socialism cannot remain static. It must maintain a steady
advance, bringing more and more of the population under
its paternalistic wing. Then comes the time when the coun
try's financial resources will no longer carry the burden of
celebrating Christmas the year around and, to quiet dissatis
faction and demands for bigger and better free lunches, it
becomes necessary to impose police controls. Gradually the
nation is pauperized and must finally end in totalitarianism
or revolution.
. We have been gaily tobogganing down the glistening slope
of socialism. It is a long, hard climb back.' It will be difficult
to convince riders that bumps lie ahead, particularly while
the pilot so enthusiastically describes forthcoming pleasures
which he conjures up in his dreams of political power and
authority.
What Is Meant By Monopoly?
The President placed great stress on "monopoly." In so
doing he was consistent with the Wei-Fare Deal's tenets
that Big Business is evil simply because it is big. He wants
federal aid for independent small business as an offset to
monopolies.; Yet he emphasized demands for a Columbia
Valley administration.
' ' CVA would be a federal monopoly. It would place regional
controls in the hands of a three-man political executive
board. The executive board would have dictatorial powers
over the economy of the entire region. It would break down
constitutional rights of the states and would by-pass con
gressional checks and balances.
If monopoly is bad in our business economy, is it not
equally bad in political economy? Is the President consistent
in demanding that business be broken into small segments
controlled by the federal government through the use of
loans and subsidies while advocating at the same time that
the government take full, dictatorial power over an entire
region?
The enthusiasm and optimism shown by the President in
his State of the Union message makes most pleasant listening
and reaSing. We all like to hear joyous news. While our sober
minds subconsciously try to tell us that we must be realistic,
we like to be deluded by promises that Santa Claus will
visit us every day. When someone in a position of authority
paints a glowing prophecy, why should we question the
fortune teller? While the President gazes into the crystal
ball and tells us that the future abounds in wealth, why
worry about our accumulation of debt and the fact that the
sheriff waits outside the door to take our freedom from us?
It's so nice to dream!
But I Tell Yuh There Ain't No Such Animal!'
fJftl By Viahnttt S. Martin gjjr''
Just now, running the vacuum,
I suddenly "saw" Black Bird sit
ting before the big mirror that
was my Iriend Mrs. Finney s
pride and Joy. It was the front
of a folding bed. Mr. Finney had
ordered it from the states for
his pretty young wife; it had
come down in one of the great
lumbering freight wagons drawn
by mules without breaking!
Black Bird liked that mirror.
"I'd be Busy in the kitchen, and
glance In to the parlor. There
that dandy would be, sitting in
front of the mirror, humming
softly to himself, staring at his
own reflection, for hours. It
seemed to me." Mrs. Finney would
laugh, remembering days in the
70s and 80s. "Those Indians were
my movies! Visitors were few
and far between. So Ed's Osage
customers furnished entertain
ment. I furnished It for them
too. They got all upset at some
of my 'queer1 notions about rais
ing their Sha pa nan she's pa
poose! Ed could speak their
tongue like one born to It . . .
Well, Black Bird would sit
there oblivious to everything but
himself and his own thoughts.
Sometimes he would yank out
the single feather in his scalp
lock, a mass of soaped black hair
in the middle of his 'shaved'
head. (They shaved by pulling
the hairs out one by one, you
know). Then he would- poke the
feather Into the roach again and
stare some more.
"Sometimes he would take out
his clay 'paints' and his bone
paint stick and do his face over.
The way the Indians painted their
faces made them hideous, even
terrifying to whites who didn't
understand them; but shucks,
when you lived in the middle of
a band of them, as Ed and I
did, you sort of saw through the
paint, and took it as a matter
of course.
"I used to wonder what Black
Bird would do If I were to clout
him with my broom when I
swept the room Instead of sweep
ing around him? But I never
did. He would lift his long legs
affably, and I'd sweep along . . .
Ed always told me not to an
tagonize them bad for trade."
Ah me, shall I ever get that
Osage book between covers . . .
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
Umpqua S. & L
Reaches Record
Size Last Year
Phonograph Record Played In Insomnia "Cure" Case
NEW YORK, LV) Window.
shades In the courtroom were
drawn, and the lights were turn
ed low.
Then, from a record-player,
came a soothing voice, accom
panied by gentle music.
"Your eyes begin to feci
heavy . . . ," said the voice.
"Your whole body is beginning
to feel numb . . . your eves feel
heavy . . . your eyelids feel like
lead . . . you are getting drow-see-ee
, . . so slcepee-ee-ee
. . .
The record was Introduced In
Federal court, Brooklyn, in the
government's attempt to show
that Its author, Ralph Slater, had
violated the federal pure food and
drug act when he claimed tlfe
record would cure Insomnia
(sleeplessness).
The charge accused the author
of making "false and misleading
statements" in advertising liter
ature concerning the record, call
ed "time sleep."
When the lights came on after
the naniple playing, Judge Leo
F. Ravfiel scanned the court
room for dozers, but didn't spot
any. The trial continued.
New Jersey Couple
Buy Canon Saw Shop
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Moore who
recently moved to Canyonville
from Trenton, N. J., have pur
ehased the saw shop In Canon
Manor. The shop Is open for busi
ness and Moore will specialize in
all kinds of saw service. He op
erated a similar business In New
Jersey. The Moore's have remodeled a
lovely apartment In the rear of
the shop where they are resid
ing.
The annual report of the Ump
qua savings ana uan associa
tion released Jan. 4 to Its mem
bers, shows that the association
ncreased 5172.790 In assets dur
ing 1949. The assets as of Dec.
31, 1949 were $1,745,541, H." O.
Pni-Rctcr, secretary-manager re-
oorts.
It has Increased Its loans by
more than $125,328. The associ
ation helped 263 families in the
vicinity overcome their own
housing shortage, paid $50,430 In
annual dividends on June 30,
1949. and loaned $658,530 for
home building, buying or remod-cllne.
In addition to paying $50,430 In
dividends, the association added
$17,021 to Us reserves.
Dec. 31 the association reached
Its all time peak in size, in total
savings and investments entrust
ed to it. This growth on the sav
ings side made possible the larg
er conii'inuuon io me commu
nity's property values.
"New borrowers are numer
ous," PaiReter says, adding that
"the recession anticipated In 1949
ran Its course without lowering
the level of business activity in
general to anything like the ex
pected low point."
Mrs. Neva Cole To Teach
At Canyonville School
Mis. Neva Cole has been hired
by the Canyonville school board
to fill the vacancy In the second
grade and will begin her duties
here on Jan. 9.
Mrs. Cole has had twelve years
experience In teaching. She re
ceived her college education in
the state of Kansas. Up to the
present time she has been em
ployed by the United Airlines in
Portland. Mr. Cole Is also con
nected with that company In
Portland.
The vacancy In the second
grade occurred when Mrs. Mil
dred Fredricksen resigned to Join
her husband who recently accept
ed a position as laboratory tech
nician at a new hospital in Kansas.
LETTERS
to the Editor
Wiser Spending, Not More
Taxes, Held Necessary
ROSEBURG You advocate
"forcing" the sales tax on Ore
gon. In view of your recent com
ments on the tax problem, I as
sume you also consider this
"amusing."
Now let's have an editorial that
would clarify your assertion that
our neighbors are successful with
a sales tax, In contradiction of
the current news items stating
Washington finances are in the
red.
It's difficult to get taxes reduc
ed, but so easy to .ncrease them.
Likewise, easy come, easy go.
Taxes more judiciously spent is
what is needed not more - and
higher.
B. ROACH
Roseburg, Ore.
Oregon Jaycees To Name
Junior First Citizen
BAKER, Jan. 6. (P Eitrhteen
Oregon cities will participate this
year In the selection of Oregon's
Junior first citizen of 1949, ac
cording to Beit Dennis, Baker,
chairman of the Oregon State
Junior Chamber of Commerce
distinguished service award com
mittee.
Judges have been selected In all
of the cities and their decisions
will be made public January 25.
lach year the Javcees of Ore
gon select a young man between
the aRes of 21 and 35 to receive
the first citizen i.ward. He is not
necessarily a Jaycee.
Participating areas Include Al
bany, Baker, Bend, Corvallls, Eu
gene, Heppner, John Day, Kla
math county, LatJrande, On
tario, Pendleton, Portland, Rose
burg, Salem. Silverton, Tilla
mook, Wallowa county and Ore
gon City.
The word "academy" came
into use because Plato taught at
the Grove of Academus, a mile
north of Athens.
"average" American family will
then be getting about $12,600 a
year.
2. Fifty years from now, our
national production of goods and
services will be a TRILLION
DOLLARfi, Instead of the present
225 billions.
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DO deficits bother you?
Well, our President tells us
that the nation's deficit for the
current fiscal year (we're going
to run In the hole about 51 billion
dollars) is the result of the "Ill
considered tax reductions made
by the Republican 80th Congress."
iThe Republican 80th Congress
was thrown out on Its ear, so we
have nothing further to worry on
that point.
ARE you, maybe, a farmer and
a bit upset by the fear that
price supports might be shaved?
Our Harry says:
"We must guard against the
folly of attempting BUDGET
SLASHES that would Impair our
prospects for peace or cripple the
programs essential to our national
strength."
a
DISCUSSING the central pur
pose of our national life, he
says:
We work for. a better life for
all, so that all men may put to
good use the great gifts with
which they have been endowed
by their Creator."
So, you see, we're living right.
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T may have been mere coinci
dence, but Immediately after
the dispatch outlining the Presi
dent's State of the Union mes
sage came this one telling of the
State of the U. S. Treasury:
"The Government's debt bound
ed above 257 BILLION dollars on
the final day of 1949, and the
current DEFICIT mounted to 31
billion dollars at the midway
point of the fiscal year ending'
June 30, 1950."
That is to say, we're 257 billion
dollars In debt already and going
deeper into debt at the rate of six
billion dollars this year.
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BUT why worry about the water
until the well runs dry?
What we all want Is to be!
happy, so let's read Harry's mes
sage on the State of the Union
and be as happy as a lord. i
SUIT DISMISSED
Judge Carl E. Wlmberlv order
ed dismissal Thursday of a suit
Involving Gill and Bernlce E.
Nordling. co partners doing busi
ness as Nordling Parts Co., vs.
Jim Davis.
Ruins of Erldu In Iraq are be
lieved to be those of the world's
oldest citv.
During the Middle Ages It was
believed that mistletoe could pro
tect people from witches.
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Businessmen's Desires From
Present Congress Vary From
What They Expect To Receive
By SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK UP) Now Is the time for all good politicians to
talk about taxes. And businessmen may be forgiven if they adopt
a wait-and-see attitude at this stage. And they need not be con
sidered too cynical if they point out:
1. That at this time of year al-
most every member of Con cress
comes out for lower taxes, and
economy in government.
2. That at the end of the con
gressional session, when busi
nessmen add up all the appropria
tion bills they usually find the to
tal is as much, often more, than
was originally asKed.
3. That if ail the bills congress
men introduce to benefit their
constituents actually passed and
most of them aren't supposed to
ine total money involved would
be astronomical.
4. That as a result of high, and
ever higher, appropriations the
government incurs a mounting
debt which must be met some
day by higher taxes, or at least
by retaining high tax rates
longer.
Americans have been very
touchy about taxation ever since
tne Boston tea party. Thev com
plain constantly but still taxes
grow.
What. Is it that businessmen
hope for in the way of taxes from
this congress? And what do they
expect to get 7
l. i ney hope lor a cut in some
excise taxes the wartime extras
levied against travel, phone bills,
amusements, luggage, furs, Jew
elry and cosmetics. The President
says these might be cut, if other
taxes are raised. Businessmen ex
pect some sort of compromise,
witn tne makers and sellers of
luxury goods benefitting by the
resultant renewed consumer buying..
2. They hope for an end or ease
ment of double taxation: First, of
the corporation's income, and sec
ond, of the dividends which it
pays out and on which the recip
ient pays income tax. One com
promise suggests that stockhold
ers be given a 10 percent exemp
tion on dividends for income tax
purposes.
3. Businessmen hope, but scarce
ly expect, some relief from the
high taxes on business which they
say discourage the public from
investing in corporation securi
ties, and from taking the risks
of forming new ventures.
4. They hope lor economies on
the coming year's federal ex
penses. But they note that Presi
dent Truman is asking again for
most of the heavy cost items he
has proposed before. They expect
Congress to be a little tougher
this time in Its economy demands.
Have Right to Dream
The President points out that 70
percent of federal expenditures
goes to pay for past wars and to
ward off future ones. In this lat
ter field he Includes foreign aid
and the United States' and Eu
rope's rearmament costs.
In this field, some businessmen
look for an attempt at slashing
military costs here, and especial
ly foreign aid. Opinion is divided
as to whether Congress can mus
ter the strength to buck the
White House on this one.
The President makes his stand
clear against "the folly of at
tempting budget slashes which
would impair our prospects for
peace or cripple the programs es
sential to our national strength."
But many businessmen note the
rising public criticism of both the
totals of our foreign aid since the
war not far below $30 billion
and the results that some of It
seems to have produced, such as
trade wars against American
businessmen and what is regard
ed in some circles as disinclination
of certain European nations to
help themselves.
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AT
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Tht iniwen to everyday
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By KEN BAILEY
QUESTION: Why do I always
have to buy fire insurance for
three year periods when I buy
other insurance coverage -for
one year at a time1?
ANSWER: It Isn't a question
of your being forced to buy lire
Insurance for three year pe
riods. It's Just that the fire in
surance companies have work
ed out a plan whereby you can
obtain three years' protection
at a cost of approximately two
times what you'd pay for a one
year coverage. It's easy to see
that the wisest and most eco
nomical way to buy your fire
Insurance is on the three year
plan.
if you'll aooteaa your own Inmr
anca questlona to tbis office, we'll
try to slve you the Jorrect answen
and there will be na rharsa ar ebll
fatlea af mar kind.
KEN BAILEY
INSURANCE AGENCY
315 Pacific Bldg. Phone 398
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A New Year's Resolution
Resolve to (3o your 1950 business with us.
Let us help you co Jidate your banking busi
ness and arrange for the banking services which
your needs require.
Safe deposit boxes and night depository avail
able at your home-owned, home-operated bank.
Douglas County State Bank
Member ... Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp.
DIRECTORS
S. J. Shoemaker, Pres.
M. E. Rittcr, V.-Pres.
H. O. Pargeter,
Sec. & Met.
A. N. Orcutt, Atty.
V. J. Mloelli, Treas.
Edyth Gilmour,
Asst. secretary
DIRECTORS
G. V. Wimberly
G.CFinlay
Guy Cordon
B. R. Shoemaker
W. F. Harris
N. Fullerton i
Condition of
The Umpqua Savings and Loan Association
Roseburg, Oregon
At Close of Business December 31, 1949 ,
RESOURCES '
Notes Secured by D. R. Loans $1,558,434.97
Notes Seoured by Stock ......... 29,265.11
Sales Contracts 6,636.05
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock- . . 12,400.00
Government Bonds . 45,000.00
Home Office Building 24,000.00
Advanced Borrowers 217.66
Interest Receivable ... 416.92
Cash on Hand and Due from Banks 69,047.56 $1,745,418.27
LIABILITIES
Investment Stock $1,533,706.97
Building Account Reserve 12,200.00
Contingent Reserve 43,205.02
Surplus
Deferred Profit
Money Borrowed
Incomplete D, R. Loans ,
Other Reserves
Undivided Profits
9,630.12
1,938.74
78,750.00
25,739.10
257.69
39,990.63
$1,745,418.27
State of Oregon, County of Douglas, ss.
I, H. O. Pargeter, Secretary of the above Association, do hereby
solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
H. O. PARGETER, Secretary.
ATTEST:
SAM. J. SHOEMAKER, President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January,
A. D. 1950.
(Seal)
W. F. HARRIS, Notary Public for Oregon.
My Commission Expires November 17, 1952.
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