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V' 4 Th News-Review, Itoiebure, Ore.Frl., Jan. 13, 1950 Published Dilly Exeapt Sunday I y the Newt-3evle Company, Inc. Illinl ea aaoaaS alaaa ualtar Ma 1, lit. at Ihe efllee St Baaabars, Orasaa, aaaar Ml ef March t, UU CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor i Manager Member of the Aesoelated Press, Oregon Newepaper Publleher Assoolatlon, the Audit Bureau of Circulation liimnM a wsst-bollibat CO., ino.. effioaa l Naw frk, Cabas. a Vraaotaea. In aiDUl. laallle. farlUaa. SI. Laala. UUatmniON CATSS la Or.ian B Mali rar Taar ll.ee. ala aanlna l.e. Ikraa m.alh. tt.ae. B Clii Catilar Pat aaar llt.M (I. aaaaaoa), Ijm lhaa a raat, par m.ala ll.oe Oimli Orasaa Br Mall Tai jaai ISM. aatba 14.7a. Mtaa enui ai.7. PROSPERITY AHEAD By CHARLES V. STANTON Harold E. Schmeer, incoming president of the Roneburg chamber of commerce, sounded an optimistic note when he spoke at the weekly chamber of commerce forum Monday. He summarized opinions from business and industrial lead ers in all fields to show majority expectation for continued high economic levels for at least the first six months of this year. The Roseburg banker expressed his personal opinion that local prosperity is certain to remain high because of con struction work, industrial orders, and other factors. Opinions expressed at the forum closely parallel state ments by many qualified observers. Professional economists in letters to their clients also speak optimistically about an ticipated conditions in 1950. Some predict even higher levels than in 1949. Others contend the level will remain about the same. A minority opinion is inclined toward a minor drop, with about 15 percent considered the maximum. , Action, it is said, speaks louder than words, and when that action is backed by long, green folding money, we can think of nothing more convincing. So, when we hear men in a position to make the most accurate predictions concerning future economic conditions speaking optimistically, and then read that 40 bidders at a timber auction ran prices up from $9.05 to $17.05, when a : $14 bid couldn't be obtained only eight months ago, we see evidence that optimism is fully justified. Our local economy is based on the timber industry. When timber is sold at prices approaching the all-time high, as ' was the case at the Umpqua National Forest sale of Bohemia district timber last Monday, it appears that our lumbermen are quite confident the market for the next few months will justify their expenditures. In Monday's sale, those expendi . tures amounted to more than $300,000. Investment of such a large sum of money in timber, which will not be cut for ; some months, gives tangible reasons for continued optimism. When we add together the facts that federal, state and county road expenditures during the next two years will amount to more than $4,000,000) that in excess of $1,250,000 will be invested in construction of three hospital buildings, the Community hospital, Mercy hospital annex, and County hospital; that $2,000,000 or more will be spent in erecting school buildings in Roseburg and throughout the county, and that construction of homes, business houses, office buildings : and industrial plants will total several millions, impossible at this time to estimate, it is plain that Douglas county has little need to fear any material reduction of economy during the year 1950, unless national economy should take a nosedive. ' It is generally conceded that the construction trade offers the best index of prosperity level. If this be true, then we have ample reason to be optimistic. We will be surprised if national' economy drops materially before the presidential elections of 1952. Our national ad ministration has shown little probity in the handling of taxpayer money and we can expect, we believe, vigorous pump-priming and artificial props to economy, if such be come necessary, to keep everyone happy until after the presidential election. People aren't inclined to worry too much about socialistic trends and the eventual outcome of administrative policies so long as the skids are kept well greased and the ride don't get too bumpy. It's when we hit the rocks that we give the boot to the pilot. So, every indication is that 1950 should be a highly pros perous year; that fear has no place in our planning. We rot only have predictions from the country's experts, but we find money being invested on the strength of the outlook, Nothing could be more convincing. It's All Quite Simple, Isn't It? If- s By Viahnttt S. Martin Paper Lauded For Printing News At Loss Of Business PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13 UP) Oregon's Democratic party hai commended the Republican Portland Oregonlan, saying the paper printed articles unfavora ble to Its largest advertiser,, and suffered loss of advertising as a result. National committeeman Mon roe Sweet land said advertising lineage cancellation followed publication of two stories by the Oregonlan on a National Labor Relations board's ruling that Meier & Frank, Inc., of Port land, one of the nation's largest department stores, had violated fair labor practices. The ruling held the store had tried to pre vent employes from unionizing. The Multnomah County Demo cratic central committee Wed nesday passed a formal resolu tion commending the paper "for lis courageous endeavor to pre sent the truth and protect the institution of the free press." Former Gov. Charles A. Sprague, publisher of the Oregon Statesman, Salem, first publish ed comment on the situation in his editorial column. He said the department store Immediately canceled 14 pages of advertising being prepared for publication. Only one page appeared. Portlands other dallv newsna- per, the Oregon Journal publlshaj ed first news of the December 31 NLRB ruling on Its first page. Because the store "biokc'r too late, It missed part of one edi tion. Subsequent editions carried stories on the ruling. Its adver tising apparently was not reduc ed. Neither the Oregonlan nor the Meier & Frank managements would comment for publication. Bargaining Vote Ordered At Springfield Mill WASHNGTON, Jnn. 13 P The National Labor Relations board has ordered the Spring field Mill company, Springfield, Ore., to hold a collective bar gaining election by Feb. 9. An emplovee, John T. Nlck laus, had petitioned for the elec tion. The CIO International Woodworkers of America object ed, contending thev represented the company's employe. The NLRB ordered the elec tion after ruling that there was no written contract between the mill and the union at the time Nlcklaus' petition was filed. NOT BAD IDEA NEW YORK. .P Lee Thompson Smith has a cure for fidgety motorists who pass the time in traffic Jams sounding their horns. Smith, president of the rval m. tate board of New York, proposed: Wire automobile horns so thev will not blow except when the car is in motion. was the power off at your house Wednesday morning, too? From 4:32 a. m. until sometime after 10? Well, even so, wasn't it a gloriously beautiful day upon which to open one's eyes? Even before daylight! Even the work men repairing power and tele- phone lines, and the road crews, and others whose duties took them out before the rest of us were out, must have found it a better day than over the week end when the rain drizzled down their necks? ', ; I did Just what everyone else did: Went out with the camera. E J had gone off so I didn't expect company in my picture taking. But I should know by now after three years that Pretty would follow whichever one of us is tramping around outside! She followed E J to the garage, leaping in his deep tracks, in a cat version of Eliza cross ing the ice. Then she came in to toast her toes by the fire. Until I went out. . I forgot all my planned pic tures and just took Pretty with whatever background happened in. Probably be even better than my carefully figured out snaps. One of the best pictures I ever took was in a happenstance, all on account of looking around, just after I waded in my boots through the creek, to find Pretty calmly wading through right aft er me. I didn't have time to think of the "nine points" involv ed in using that 35 mm camera (I got rid of it. Too much for me to think out when all I want is a snapshot!) and I just touched the trigger-and shot. Speaking of snapshots: That one in Jan. 8 Farm & Home (the P. O.) section was taken in our Long Beach garden with a two- dollar camera I had for more years than I like to add up. And many a story for children, and little verse was "illustrated" suc cessfully with that same cam era. I confess also that sometimes the story or verse was written around the illustration! I hope our grandson's parents will speed up on their picture taking. We took hundreds of our two boys and are they priceless treasures nowl LETTERS to the Editor Christmas Brings Joy To Woman In Prison ROSEBURG Because so many people have expressed to me their Interest in the welfare of Victoria Sanders, who was con victed on a charge of manslaugh ter a few weeks ago, and is now in the state penitentiary, I felt that I could share with them a letter which I received from her recently. Several people around the state have written me after reading her article in the Oregonlan on the subject of Christmas m pris on, In which she particularly la mented having never had a chance to spend a Christmas with her small son. A few days after that was pub lished she wrote me a most ec static letter and said she wished it were possible to tell all her friends and people who had writ ten her that the. miracle had oc curred and her little boy had hoen hmnplil In the nenllentlnrv where she was allowed to sit with him as he opened his Christmas gifts under tlie tree In the wom en's ward. In that letter she said Now I couldn't care If there weren't a single package for me. tor I have had the most wonder ful Christmas in the world. Noth ing ever thrilled me more than to watch my own son with his eyes gleaming wnn aciigni open his gifts from me and then put his arms around my neck and whis per "Mommy." Here is an excerpt irom a ici er letter: "I can't say thank you enough to you end all the oth ers lor giving me such a won derful personal Christmas. Aft er having my little one here not even the etralned lack of real Christmas spirit here could lessen the warm happy feel ing inside me. "Every time I looked at the packages stacked beside my desk I fait like crying. For the first time In my life, I really felt like I belonged. Strange that I ehould firet feel that In a penitentiary. "Every gift I received chew ed a world of thoughtfuiness and only wish that each of you could have seen how thrill ed I was when I opened them. Words simply can't express a part of how I felt. Such won derful, wonderful gifts and not the least of them was the pio ture I have of my little one looking up and smiling at San ta. I finally Just sat down and orled. I didn't know that it was possible for anyone to have such a wvnderfu! Christmas as I did In prison. But I couldn't feel lonely or forgotten with such strong proof that so many remembered. "I wish I could write to ev eryone but aa I am only allow ed to mall one letter a week It doesn't go very far. But thank you all again for the gifts and cards, and so very much more your faith In me. "Vicky "January 3, 1950 "Oregon State Penitentiary." Perhaps this will let many in terested persons know how much she appreciates thoughtfuiness and letters, even though she is not allowed to answer them. MRS. PAUL GEDDES, Roseburg, Ore. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) declared a blockade of Commu nist China. The Flying Arrow therefore, rates as a blockade runner. WELL, In such cases, you never can tell what may happen. During our own war between the states, an exactly similar situation brought the government of the United States (the North) and Great Britain to the verge of war. THE South then wanted British goods,; It wanted them ter ribly. It needed them terribly. The bulk of American manufac turing lndustiy was located in the North. The South was aristo cratically agricultural. Then, as now, manufacturing industry was the backbone of war-making power. If the South could get war mu nitions from Britain, it stood a good chance to win. If it couldn't get them, it stood to lose out. Britain wanted to SELL TO THE SOUTH. . The North declared a blockade of Southern ports. British mer chant ships ran the blockade when they could. The North's Navy stopped these blockade run ners, with gunfire, if need be, when it caupht them. The resulting tension between the North and Britain was so great that war at times seemed only a matter of hours or days, a a NOW for the payoff: WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH AND BRITAIN WAS PROBABLY AVERTED BY RUS SIA, WHICH SENT ITS FLEET TO OUR SHORES fiw MA. NEUVERS" AND GOT THE I WORD TO BRITAIN THAT IN i THE EVENT OF WAR RUSSIA ! WOULD BE ON THE SIDE OF THE AMERICAN NORTH. THAT, was Czarist Russia. At this point, we should re member the cat se of the wnr ho. tween the states The Smith ..... fighting to retain HUMAN! slavlky. The North was fight ing to END human slavery. czarist Russia, never U.S.May Join To End Diplomatic Boycott Of Spain WASHINGTON. W) The United Slates is reported to be Inclined to Join In on expected move with other members of the United Nations to end a diplo matic boycott of Spain. President Truman, said the per sons reporting this, has aDoroved sucn a snui in stale department noncy ii ine ujn agrees. The in formed government officials also said that, with the same "if," secretary of State Acheson now favors full diplomatic recognition of the Franco government. For the past three years the United States, along with several other nations, has been repre sented in Spain only by charge d'affairs. This is In keeping with a United Nations resolution calling upon memrjers to recall tneir en voys "until a new and acceptable government is formed in Spain." Even in face of the present resoiuuon, 14 united Nations countries have either sent their ambassadors back to Madrid or have announced their intention of doing so. U. S. officials said that a vote in favor of restoring full diplo matic relations should not be In terpreted as a sign the United States no longer has any objec tion to the Franco government. They pointed out that this gov ernment has ambassadors and ministers in Russia and the iron curtain countries although it does not approve of these governments. friend of the common man, in tervened on the side of the North, which was eneaeed in a bitter and bloody war to end human slavery in the United States. a THE point? If there Is any point at all, the only one I can see is this: WAR IS SCREWBALL. Just that. WE fought a bitter and bloody war (with Russia as an ally) to END Hitler and when Hitler was finished off we discovered that Communist Russia was a worse menace than Hitler had been. War seldom makes sense. SO, you see, the Flying Arrow Incident makes no sense what ever. A while back we were sup posedly helping the Nationalist Chinese in every way we could short of war. Now they are shooting at us. It's all a part of the serewhall institution that we call war. Th MiMwrri to evervday .nsuranc Drobloim KEN BAILEY QUESTION: My husband's firm Is temporarily trans ferring him to another com munity to assist in opening a new branch office. We plan to be away for several months and will close our home here during our absence. Should we notify our fire Insurance com pany that our house will be unoccupied? ANSWER: By all means! You must always Inform your in surance company of any devia tion from the conditions under which a property was origin ally insured. 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