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4 The News-Review, Roieburg, Of . Tuei., Jon. 17, 1950 Publlihed O illy Exoept Sunday ! y the Newi-Revie Company, Ins. Hunt ..on eliu matlaf U. t, IH(, al the "let Bataberg, Orafao. uador sot ef Maroe t, Ull CHARLES V. STANTON aTPW EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor "ai" Manager Member of the Asioolated Prees, Oregon Newtpaper Publishers Auoolatlon, the Audit Bureau of Circulation! ,.MI BJ WEBT-MOLLIDAt CO.. INC efllcai la Nan tare, Cbleate. traaolaoa La, Anialaa. laallla. Pafllaae. Sk Leala, aUBIUKiniUN SArKS la Orataa Br Hall rat Taal flat, els maatlit M.M, lh,i. .... M.5. B, CIl, Ca.rl.r-r.r rear lie.ee ".V"",'- .'"A"'.1!: aaa raaf, par naalk 11.06 Oalilda Otaiaa Br Mall Tat raar H oe. ill maatba 14.1. thraa nastha 13.?. WHAT DID YOU DO? Something Tells Us It's No Match By CHARLES V. STANTON How many times, while the power was off, did you flip a light switch? Didn't you try to. turn on the radio? When you couldn't read, did you get out the vacuum sweeper to make use of the time doing some cleaning? Personally we did some of those things and others, never, in fact, getting out of the habit of looking at our electric clock to learn the time of day, switching on the bathroom heater, etc. . Creatures of habit, we have become so dependent upon public utilities that we go on doing the things to which we are accustomed. Perhaps a utility failure is a good thing, once in while, that we may better appreciate the comforts they afford. How our grandparents would have laughed at our com plaints! They had no electrically controlled heaters, they cooked on wood-burning stoves. They climbed out in the chilly morning air to build fires in cumbersome heaters, which had to be "blacked" every so often. They used coal oil lamps or candles. But, incidentally, after our experiences of the past few days, we don't think we'd ever get smart enough to be president, if it were necessary to gain our education by the light of candles, as the great Abraham Lincoln is reported to have done. But our experience with the power failure shows that ingenuity and resourcefulness are still attributes of the American people. All kinds of stunts were used to provide heat and cooking facilities. Of course, many people had camp kits available. Some went back to the pioneer practice of cooking in the fireplace. We even heard of "campfires" built out of doors to prepare "hillbilly" coffee. Sporting goods stores found unseasonal demand for gas oline lanterns and stoves, as well as outdoor clothing. The city's supply of candles was virtually exhausted. Service stations, unable to operate electrically-powered gasoline pumps, used hand pumps, or, in at least one case, made use of portable electric plants. ; Owners of various kinds of electrically controlled heating plants learned methods of converting the installations to manual operation through by-passing safety devices. The power failure exposed the fact that the city's newly installed police and fire department radio system needs stand-by power. The city, we believe, should install im mediately a diesel plant capable of powering the radio 6ystem and fire sirens. Residents were forced to use various methods of heating their homes and providing cooking facilities. Many of these methods were dangerous. Fortunately, no serious fires occurred, but had there been a bad blaze, the city had no way in which to summon volunteer firemen. The cost of a small dicsel plant for emergency use would be justified, we believe, from the standpoint of emergency protection. It was interesting to observe, during the blackout, the tolerance of most people. A few, of course, were critical, but the majority of people had little complaint to offer despite discomfort and inconvenience. Perhaps they were thinking of the men working day and night without sleep and with little food, trying to repair broken lines. Wading through deep drifts and facing high winds, which drove snow and sleet into their faces with stinging force, these men struggled over steep moun tain slopes, .hunting and repairing the many breaks, oc casioned more by the unusually high winds than by snow and ice. People can be mighty tolerant and cooperative when the going gets tough and that's a pleasant thought to keep in mind. Productivity Rate Of United States Holds Key To Truman's Predictions By BRUCE BIOSSAT For the average American family, $12,000 a year; for the whole United States, annual production amounting to one trillion dollars. That's right, trillion. X I iwu if I I Oii'.iiTa l.lMII r, I EACH -5THEI2 fffijffi By Viahnttt S. Martin mjir I knew somebody would help us locate a poem with "music of the spheres" In it. Yesterday's mall brought a lovely letter from Mrs. J. A. with eight lines from a hymn. "There are sixteen verses, I be lieve, In the poem," says Mrs. A. "though usually three are given In the hymn. We used it as a theme song for our D. U. B. S. last summer. The words are by Maltbie D. Babcock: " "This Is my Father's world, And to my llstn'lng ears, All nature sings, end round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father's world: I rest me In the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas, His hand the wonders wrought'." Thank you so much, Mrs. A. I shall forward this to Dr. and Mrs. Pruett, who asked that I share with them anything I learned about poetry with "music of the spheres". (It was Dr. Pru- ett's article about the harmony of the heavenly bodies that caused the request.) The Bible reference with which you closed your New Year's greetings to this colmun will be an inspira tion. I still wonder If there isn't something about the "music of the spheres" in Paradise Loit? J had a giant-sized lovely edi tion which I enjoyed (a copy of the Inferno to match) until I learned that a scholary friend was having trouble reading ordi nary print. The print in these old fashioned editions would give him pleasure. I don't miss the Inferno, but I've always meant to replace the Milton copy with an ordinary sized volume. There's Lots Of Room For Economy In President Truman's Proposals By PETER EDSON NEA Washlnstort Correapondent WASHINGTON ( NEA ) In President Truman's budget message, you finally get the bad news. This is his estimate of what all his proposals for new legislation would cost. The bill comes to $7,707,600,000. This was Pivsldent Truman's prediction for the year 2000 A. D. as the nation stands near the midpoint of the 20th century. Jies probahly the first cnlcl ex ecutive ever to say "trillion" and mean it. To gauge how optimistic his forecast was, you have only to note that total yearly output in the U. S. today is around $255, 000,000,000, slighly more than a fourth of the figure he antici pates for the start of the 21st century. As for family Income, hcres probably some disagreement among economists as to where It stands today. Mr. Truman is said to have taken a 1950 average of $4,200 a year. So his $12,000 jorecast lor tne year zuuu wouia mean a tripling of Income for every family. Is this a lot of wild dreaming or is It realyy possible? The president arrived at these spectacular estimates largely by projecting forward the same growth rate of productivity (out1 put per worker) that the conn trv enjoyed during the years 1900- next 50 years. Since 10OO the country's "na tlonal product" has Inrrca.wd about four times the very rate of change Mr. Truman foresees for l!).)O-200O. Productivity has doubled in the past five decades. rising a an average rate of 2 per ceiii jTar. ii is mis irenn mat holds the key to the president's predict ion. Because the trend has so far showed no signs of slackenlnff off, we must conclude that Mr. Truman's trillion-dollar talk is not fRntasy. But whether the possible is also probable is some thing else. Trends have an un happy way of reversing them selves. Curves arching gracefully upward often go plummeting without warning. Mr. Tinman himself acknowl edged some of the pitfalls In his Stale of the Union message. He hung a big proviso on his bright forecast. To make the dream come true, he said, we have to keep tne economy In balance, we must nourish it both with carefully guarded resources and with the 50. In other words, he assumed dynamic energies of workers and that economically we shall not Uiuslness leaders who have faith slow down our expansion in th3ti free enterprise. Though this sum Is only about a stxdi of the S42,4;jy,uuu,uuu esu. mated total expenditures for the 1D51 budget, it is a most import ant part. It Includes all the fancy new gimmicks and tne enlarge ments of existing programs which the President has Introduced in his State of the Union and Eco nomic report messages. These are the items the economy advocates will try to use the axe on. Old programs for government spend ing are hard to cut or kill. But new Ideas are duck soup and meat for economizers, and so wortn considerable attention. First take a look at some of the extensions of present pro crams the President asks for. He wants $3,100,000,000 for the third vear of the Marshall Plan, this represents a cut of $'.100,000,000 Horn mis years auinorizaiion. But there Is a determined effort from the Isolationists In Congress to cut it more. An additional $R47,000,000 plus another S500.000.000 In contract authorizations is requested for the European arms aid. Would Boost Oebt The President asks authority to Increase the public debt through government borrowings of 5Sixi.000.tXH). lialt would De us ed to finance housing mortgages, the other half for his new and thus-far undisclosed program of business loans and guarantees. Only $10,000,000 of this latter sum Is ear-marked for spending next year, and only half of the for mer. For extending rent controls an other vear, the President asks 516,000,000. There Is sure to be a battle to kill this whole business. Now take a look at some of the new major legislation proposals. Blccest Item is over S400.000,- 000 for education, of which $300. 01X1,000 would be in the federal school aid bill which passed the senate last year but Is now tied ud in-the house. For school con struction surveys. SI5.000.1XX1. and a like amount for aid to medical education training doctors and nurses in anticipation of the health Insurance scheme. Next biggest Item is nearly S300.0iXl.000 for welfare plans. For direct grants In aid to the states, to provide greater poor re lief, .'50.000.000. For grants to the state for maternity benefits, $9,000,000. For health services to school children, $35,000,000. Sixty million dollars are re quested to set up the new co-operative housing plan for middle income families. This is a mere start. Postal Rates May Stand The President is still hoping for new legislation that will raise postal rates and make the post office department more or less self-supporting. This could con ceivably save the government $395,000,000. But the chances are slim, because most congressmen and a lot of pressure groups using the mails don't want savings made this easy way. For the St. Lawrence seaway the President asks an Initial $4. 000,000 and for Alaska roads and airports over $6,000,000. Another $3,000,000 is to be poured Into In land Waterways corporation for new equipment. To provide unemployment com pensation for federal workers, $13,500,000 Is requested, and to ex pand unemployment Insurance for non-government workers, $12, 500.000. To expand old-age survivors' In surancc and to start the federal health insurance scheme, the President asks that $1,450,000,000 be collected next year In the form of Increased payroll deduc tions. All In all, there's plenty of room for economizing on this budget, if the congressmen have the cour age to do It. 2 American Educators Slain In Philippines MANILA. Jan. 16 t.T) Spears of onetime headhunteres ended the lives of two American uni versity professors on a hike in rugged mountains In the Philip pines. Their bodies were found in a shallow grave. Discovery of the bodies of Dr. Robert F. Conklln and Prof. Mar. vin Pittman was announced to day nv L'ol. James L. Mender of the United States Embassy. A U.S. Air Force patrol said three natives admitted robbing the professors, killing them with spears and burying the bodies. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) by rail and river steamer which will cost quite a little In money and time and even more in "face," that mysterious Oriental commodity that seems to be more precious in Asia than gold and diamonds. In other words, the Chinese Na tionalists seems to have put one over on the communists. aaa IN Formosa (about all of China they have left) the National ists, according to a dispatch from the city of Taipei, are "giving Formosans a chance to fight In defense of this rich Island." That, I'd say, Is a good one may be one for the book, I'll bet my last .summer's hat that nine Formosans out of every ten would trade this "chance" for a plugged American nickel and feel they had made a good deal. a nSEE that In my eagerness to finish this piece by deadline time I got ahead of myself. The chance" the Nationalists are giv ing to the Formosans is CON SCRIPTION into a sort of For- mosan home guard.) The drawing is by lot about like ours was. Families deprived of wage earners will get compen sation from the government both in cash and in rice. That brings up another question. If you were In Formosa, which would you rather have cash or rice? Me, I'd take the rice. You can eat rice. The Nationalist govern ment of China has shown a dis turbing tendency to make ' its money on a printing press. There isn't much nourishment in print ing press money. (By the way, I fear we'll find that out to our sorrow over here If our government persists long enough in spending more than It takes In.) e THEY'RE giving the conscripts quite a rush. Every day there are parades In honor of those whose names have been drawn. Loud speakers play lively music. Firecrackers are set off by the thousands. Altogether, the dis patches say, the "scene li one of gaiety." The $64 question: How gay would you be feeling if you were one of these conscripts? a e e AT least the Nationalists have Introduced a new wrinkle Into their Formosa draft. NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO BUY HIS WAY OUT OF CONSCRIPTION. Over on the mainland, when you got tapped for the draft, you could buy your way out If you had the dough. That Is probably one reason why the Commies licked the Nationalists so thor oughly. A government that per mits rich people to buy their way out of the draft Isn't worth fight ing for. , Adversity seems to be teaching the Nationalist big shots some thing. a e MADAME Chiang Kai-shek ar rives in Formosa (she has been living over here for quite a spell) and Is greeted by her hus band, the generalissimo. National ists say her presence In Formosa will "boost morale." I reckon It will. Anyway, If she I Editorial Comment From The Oregon Pratt Oregon 8tate Tax Collections Eugene Register-Guard During the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1949, the Oregon state tax commission made a to tal take of $119,527,250. a gain of approximately $10,000,000 over tne preceding fiscal year, accord ing to a summary which we have lust received from our old friend John W. Kelly, who has been in charge of the state's post-war programs. It should be remem bered that these figures do not include property taxes, since no property tax has been levied for state purposes for many years. These are the revenues which come to the state from Income and excise taxes and various fees and are used mainly for state op erations, although some split is made with cities and counties. In spite of the over-all gain In state revenues, Kellv reports a falling off of $1,119,629 in the profits of the state liquor stores which he Interprets as follows: bo tne people are drinking less but they are playing the dog races with the usual gusto and of all things they are dropping more coins in the juke boxes and hav ing a wonderful time hunting and fishing." Here are some of the prlnclDie items of the state's receipts: Income tax $35,863,474 Corporate excise tax .... 20,041,257 insurance taxes 2,377,985 Death taxes 1,600,189 Gift taxes 63,218 Motor gas taxes 20.644,980 Motor licenses 4,142,399 Motor carrier fees . 5,743,268 Business occupation taxes 478,850 Hunting-fishing licenses 1,720,864 Fish commission 70,364 Parimutuel betting 627.285 Juke boxes, etc 345,985 Utility taxes 203,496 Timber harvest tax 642,077 Unemployment tax 13,148,900 Liquor profits : 9,202,769 The total taxes collected in the fiscal year 1948-49 is impressive. But on account of the increased demands for public welfare, sup port of state schools, and many other activities, it has been pre dicted that the 1951 legislature will be groping for new sources of revenue. In fact, it is predict ed that unless such sources can be found the state may have to re sort to property tax which would greatly complicate the financing of counties, cities and school districts. It is possible that the current fiscal year will show some fall ing off in state receipts, probably in direct proportion to the falling off of dollar volume In many lines of business. The Income tax col lections which hit an all-time high for the fiscal year 1948-49 were based on earnings of 1948 before the rather marked reces sion in business generally and the winter shut-downs In lumber. Continued population increase may not serve to offset these losses. We regret that we cannot give a better analysis of the state tax situation. Mr. Kelly's report is on ly a preliminary summary. It does show, however, what a big business the state of Oregon has become. It shows the principle sources of state revenue. If people are drinking less booze, it may be a good sign even though that means less cash for welfare. If people are spending more money on gambling, that may not be such a good sign be cause some people take to gam bling when times are bad In the foolish hope of being able to beat the racket. POPULATION AND THINGS .. Klamath Falls Herald and News Perusal of the Bulletin of Com merce, put out by the U.S. de partment of commerce field ser vice office in Portland reveals some startling facts. For in stance, the American public spent 48 million dollars rent mon ev for safety deposit boxes in 1948. Or, U. S. manufacturers sold 2.663.000,000 (that's in bil lions) pounds of confectionery in 1948, or 18.2 pounds per person. It didn't say how many tummy aches were involved. IF that leaves you cold, stay with us a moment, ther's more dope on things closer to home. Here's some on manufacturing in Oregon. Plants in Oregon added $675 million to the state's wealth through manufacturing in 1947. This is a 330 percent increase over value added in 1939. The greatest growth in number of establishments was shown by the lumber and lumber products in dustry, which was an increase from 532 to 1390. Biggest gains came in Douglas, Lane, Linn, Jackson and Josephine counties. Estimated population increas es from the 1940 census to July 1, 1949, give Oregon an up of 59.3 percent, Washington an up of 48.7 percend and Idaho 12.8 per cent. Oregon's estimated popula tion now is 1.736,000, Washing ton's is 2.592,000, and Idaho's 592.000. If you feel confined, move to Idaho. You'll still get good potatoes. Now, here's a forecast for the future. The Pacific Coast Board had stayed over here living In luxury while her people were starving and dying In their last stand, It WOULDN'T have boosted morale. aaa LIKE everybody else, I went ga ga over Madame Chiang when she came over during the war. She's clever and beautiful and fascinating. Gradually, though. I began to lose my admiration for her as a patriot I think what started It was the lavish way in which she wore her furs and her Jewels while her people were starving and fighting the Japs. I think her show would have been better and more convincing if she had worn a faded cotton garment set off with a few dime store ornaments. of Intergovernmental Relations says that the population of Ore gon in April 1960 (why April, I don't know) will be between 1, 948,000 and 2,236,000: Washington will be between 2,607,000 and 3, 218,000: and California will be between 12,500,000 and 14,000,000 Looks like there'll be enough people south of the border to eat up all the Klamath spuds. James F. Byrnes To Run For S. Carolina Governor SPARTANBURG, S. C, Jan. 16 UP) Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, wartime "as sistant president," has reentered politics at 70 to run for governor of South Carolina. His candidacy, announced Sat urday night, comes after service also as supreme court Justice, war mobilization director when he was referred to as "assistant president" to Franklin D. Roose velt, and U.S. senator and representative. PHONE 100 between 6 IS and 7 p. m., if you have not received your News Review. Ask for Harold Mobley HAILS AMAZING RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION "I suffered with constipation, but bad. Medicines didn't help for long. Lucky for me, I decided to make ALL- UK AN my breakfast cereal. Believe me, I feel like a new manl" Sara Plesky, 10517 ChurchillAv.,Cleve., O. Just one of many unsolicited letters from ALL-BRAN users. If you suffer from con stiDation due to lack of dietary bulk, eat an ounce of tasty Kellogg's ALL-BRAN daily, drink plenty of water! If not completely satisfied after 10 days, send empty carton to Kellogg's. Battle Creek, Mich: GET DOUBLE YOUR. MONEY BACK J HAVE YOUR I I I I . CHECKED I and save a life . . a . . . maybe yours! HANSEN MOTOR CO. Oak 4. Stephena Phone 44t Help Douglas County In 1950 Deposit your money with us and it will remain in DOUGLAS COUNTY and go to work for you. Investigate our bank-by-mail plan, safe deposit boxes, night depository service and other banking conveniences. Douglas County State Bank Home-Owned, Home-Operated Member, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. BRICK LAYERS PLASTERERS CEMENT FINISHERS SPECIAL MEETING 8 P. M. WEDNESDAY AT THE CENTRAL LABOR HALL I Bet You Doiit Know 1 J This About Advertising w, mi) iff f2 How much does it cost to advertise a 51 candy bar? Ul U a bar? It costa lees than H per bar to advertise America's favorite candy. That's only half the story. Advertising low ers your cost two ways: Cut tht idling costs. And by helping make man production possible, lowers tht production costs, too. So advertising saves you many times the cost of that yit per bar. Advertising Department Phone 100
