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4 Tha Newt-Review, Roseburg, Or. Sat., Jan. 28, 1950
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STARVATION APATHY
By CHARLES
Many millions of Chinese
harvest because of poor crops
Richardson, Associated Press
son is the news writer who sailed as a passenger aboard
the Flying Arrow when it attempted to run the Nationalist
blockade and gathered his
tions in communist-controlled
being unloaded at Tsingtao.
"The average Shantungese
than he did of Kuomintang
will remain apathetic," Richardson says.
It is perfectly understandable how a man forced to concen
trate on finding enough food
thetic about politics. When life
gle for existence, the victim
apt to be too much concerned
nor the politics of his particular rulers for the moment.
Many of China's millions,
such a thing as a full meal.
commentators even go so far
' China's long period of internal
usually get fed, even though
is little difficulty in obtaining
cruits have no enthusiasm, or
ing the cause for which they
But while scarcity may produce apathy in government,
abundance likewise can dull
theories.
.' While the Chinaman fails
citizenship because he is too busy gathering bark, leaves and
grass to feed his starving family, the American -tolerates
abuses of constitutional government because he feels a per
sonal sense of abundance.
Why, for Instance, should one worry about socialistic in
filtration so long as he is making more dollars than ever
before? Why, worry about a national debt? So long as it
is possible to get a fat pay check without the necessity of
showing pride in craft or in volume of production, why be
bothered about such,, things as an honest day's work for
an honest dollar? Besides, the dollar Isn't honest its only
worth 30 cents.
Some, commentators and observers say that people are be
coming more concerned about government; that voters are
awakening to the magnitude of the public debt, the evils of
deficit spending and the dangers inherent in an unbalanced
budget: that neonle are becoming worried about the ad
vance of Socialism and the loss of freedoms. We wish we
cbuld share the optimism of those observers. But we fear
that too many people will not become concerned about gov
ernmental trends or political theories while free hand-outs
continue, the pay check is well padded with inflated dollars,
and while the boss must pay the worker's taxes, give free
pensions, longer vacations, sick leave, hospitalization, etc.,
although the worker, in turn,
vide more efficient production
The political aspirant who
the basis of an honest dollar,
paid, a closer economy, responsible leadership, and conscien
tious performance, might as well save the few dollars it
would cost to file his declaration. He wouldn't get to first
base.
We don't believe the people
while the drinks are still free
The time will come, however, when, if we continue our
socialistic course, we will begin to enter a period of scarci
ty. Then there will be an awakening. Changes will be de
manded. -
That condition could be averted if enough people could
be stirred soon into realization of the pitfalls ahead. But
it is questionable whether sufficient public consciousness of
our danger can be aroused until too-late.
While we revel now in abundance in visions of Santa
Claus and the free lunch it is not beyond possibility that,
sooner than we think, we could be like the Chinese, too en
grossed with the problems of the next meal to worry about
political theory or the party
Truman Squelches Questions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-.!P)-
President Truman dismissed with
crisp words of no comment Fri
day all questions on the Alger
Hiss case.
He told reporters some ques
tions were not asked with good
Intent.
The first question to Mr. Tru
man at his weekly news confer
ence was this:
"Mr. President, regardless of
the outcome in the higher courts,
will you or will you not turn your
back on Alger Hiss."
No comment, Mr. Truman shot
back, adding that that's not a nice
question.
Secretary of State Acheson had
said he would not turn his back
on H'ss the former State depart
ment official who was convicted
by a New York Jury of lying
when he said he never slipped -
government papers to a commu -
nlst spy ring.
Several Republican members of
Congress have been flinging critl
. cism at Acheson for his statement
about his attitude.
After this first question and
answer exchange today, another!
, reporter snea Mr. Truman
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will starve before next year':
in Shantung province, Wayne
correspondent, writes. Richard'
information concerning condi
China while the freighter was
thinks even less of the Reds
the Nationalist party but
to stay alive would be apa
narrows down to a dire strug
of such circumstances is not
with theories of government
we are told, have never known
Starvation is common. Some
as to say that one reason for
war is the fact that soldiers
others may starve, so there
recruits, even though the re
even understanding concern
were enlisted.
accountability toward political
to exercise responsibilities of
Is in no wise obligated to pro
or improve skill.
would offer his candidacy on
a tighter belt until debts are
are ready to leave the party
and plentiful.
in power.
About Case Of Hiss
whether there was any point In
asking any other Alger Hiss ques
tions.
The President said ther wasn't,
that they weren't asked with good
intent and that he didn't Intend
to answer them.
Anti-Aircrafr Units To
Troin At Camp Clatsop
PORTLAND WP) The training
site for anti-aircraft units of the
Washington and Oregon National
Guard will be shifted from
Yakima to Camp Clatsop next
summer.
Major Gen. Thomas E. Rllea,
uregon adjutant general, an
nounced thK saylnz the armv
had approved the shift after he
nnrt Wathin(r(nn nf fi,.i 1 . UaA r,
lesiea living conditions
t the
Yakima site, which was used last
'year.
Some 2000 troops will take Dart
in the training at the coastal camp
near Astoria. They will be the
115th antiaircraft artillery bri
ttle ii-om vtasningion, tne zjitn
aaa group ii-om Oregon and
he
367th ordnance
company
from
Portland,
It's His
TALK ABOUT FORMOSA Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson
Bradley (right standing), chairman of joint chiefs of staff, appear in Washington, to testify
before senate foreign relations committee as to whether or not Formosa is necessary to Ameri
can defenses. Posing before tha closed hearing are (left to right), seated Johnson and Chair
man Tom Connelly (D-Tex.); standing, Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.); Sen Henry Cabot
Lodge, Jr. IK-Mass.l, and Sen.
-
"Look, Algie," said Mi's. Bit
wuns. "Remind you of anything?"
Algernon duly looked out at
the snow covered landscape.
Shook his head.
'More snow than I ever saw
till I was grown and the Navy
sent me ashore one time at Hall-
fax. Waded In it up to my waist."
'No, no, Algle. See that Jersey
cow peering In their living room
window across the way. Don't
you?"
"Oh, sure! The time you got
up about two o'clock one morn
ing to see what some 'funny
noise' was, and you called the
radio cops to tell them we had
a couple of prowlers. Gosh!" Mr.
B chuckled at the memory.
"Well, it was a funny noise!
A snuffling,' snorting noise right
by my head' One cow had her
nose right at the window, peering
In at me. The other was right
behind her.
And you pulled the covers off
me because 1 wouldn't get up
and 'do something' about it. Those
cows certainly put on the darnd-
est performance . . .
"A dance routine In the bright
moonlight. Like they were on
long rockers. Bounding around
the garden. . .
Third Death Follows
Tschaikowsy Symphony
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 28
-.V When a British conductor
arned a Swedish colleague there
as some sort of hex on Tschai-
kowsky's sixth symphony, the
Swedish conductor laughed' It off.
Ga Cooper, conductor of the
Nottingham symphony, had told
Johannes Korrby, director of the
Baby and He's Stuck With !t
Bradley. (AP Wirephotol.
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By Viakmttt S. Martini
"lih-huh. Then they took of
down the boulevard and you
'phoned the radio cops to come
get 'em. And just after we got
all settled, they rang the bell
to ask whither away they went?
A couple of cows!" Everybody
wondered next day why police
flashlights were shooting In peo
ple's yards!
"Well, Algle, they wera nibbl
ing at the oleanders. I'd heard
oleanders were poisonous for
stock. I just shooed them away
. ... though you told the neigh
bors next day I took out after
thera . . ." Matilda waxed Indig
nant, even this long after.
Algle answered with laughter,
remembering what he had told
the neighbors. Well It made a
good story anyhow and sort of
evened up having the covers yank
ed off. And a good night's sleep
spoiled by a couple of cows!
"The police said I was right
in thinking they might cause a
wreck" Matilda began to laugh
now. "Once, when I was a child,
Dad hit a cow with the car, and
I'll never forget his expression
when I asked: "Oh, Daddy, did
it hurt the cow?" "No," Dad
said, "but It darned near killed
me!'
Stockholm orchestra, he didn't
want to play the moodv pathetique
any more. Each of the last two
times he played it. a member of
his orchestra died, Cooper told
Norrby.
Norrby went ahead and Included
on his program Thursday the svm
phony which the brooding Peter
Ilyttch wrote Just before his
death.
Thursday night Ludwlg Dvew.
ski, nil clarinetist, fell dead.
(seated left) and Gen. Omar
Forty-Hour Week
For Congressman?
Not For Awhile
WASHINGTON. UP) Con
gressmen already get pensions
when they retire. Now they are
talking wistfully of getting a 40
hour week while they work.
The matter came up at the hear
ing the Senate-House economic
committee is holding in its study
of the price of steel.
Alva Phelps, president of the
Oliver corporation, a Chicago
farm equipment company, was
explaining how the steel increase
affected his business.
Rep. Rich (R-PA) was doing
the questioning. Suddenly Rich
asked:
"How many hours do you put
In each day?"
"We put in a 40-hour week in
the office, just the same as they
do in the plant," Phelps said.
"First time I ever heard of an
executive who could get by on
eight hours a day," said Rich, who
runs a woolen mill in addition to
his duties as a congressman.
"I have always felt, congress
man, that eight hours was about
all a man could work if he
worked efficiently," Phelps said.
Senator Flanders (R-VT) cut In
to say:
"I think senators and represen
tatives would do a better job if
they worked a 40-hour week."
Chairman O'Mahoney (D-WYO)
chimed In with:
"I think that's true. Of course,
here In Congress it's ."
Phelps nodded.
"You understand." he said. "I
said, If he worked efficiently."
ine next witness was utts Bru
baker. director of the CIO United
Steelworkers' research depart
ment. Brubaker toted along a 65-Daee
statement. Obviously the efficient
thing to do would be let him
breeze right along and read It.
But he hadn't got past a page
before the Interruptions started.
At the end of an hour he had
struggled through 10 pages and
the committe then knocked off
for lunch.
That left 55 pages, or five and
a hall hour worth, with two.
Both Offers For
Control Of PP&L
Rejected By SEC
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-4TJ
The Securities and Exchange
commission Friday rejected two
proposals to buy control of the
$77,000,000 Pacific Power and
Light company of Portland. Ore.
The agency disapproved bids
suDmuea Dy Dotn a. j. van
Ir-gen and Co., Inc., and Allen
and Co. to buy 500,000 shares of
the company's common stock.
SEC based Its action on the
grounds that American Power
and Light Co., which now controls
the Portland utility, did not "main
tain competitive conditions" in
negotiating for the stock's sale.
The commission ruled, however,
that It will leave the way open
for a negotiated sale of the securi
ties if "competjtive conditions"
are maintained in dealing with
interested groups in the future.
"Under the circumstances here
presented, we have concluded that
an adequate showing has been
made to Justify an exemption
from our competitive bidding re
quirements as to the sale of Pa
cific stock by American," SEC's
decision stated.
The commission found, how
ever, that it was "unable to ar
Erove either of the proposals now
efore us because of American's
failure to maintain competitive
conditions in the negotiations for
the sale of the stock as required
by the holding company act."
American Power had asked the
commission to approve a contract
signed with the van Ingen syndi
cate to sell the Pacific Power
stock for $14,500,000 cash and
proceeds from the sale of certain
Pacific Power properties which
could bring the purchase price to
$19,500,00.
The bid submitted by the Allen
group was for $15,000,000 cash
and was contingent on SEC's re
jection of the Van Ingen offer.
Electric Bond and Share com
pany, parent corporation of
American Power, had urged the
commission to accept the Allen
bid.
Proposed sale of the utility
which serves 101 communities in
Washington and Oregon has
stirred a wave of controversy
around the possibility that the
Pacific Power properties would
be resold to public power districts
and thus removed from private
operation.
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
good to get dissatisfied. About all
they can do Is to take it as it
comes. If they starve, they Just
starve.
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IN Formosa, where the National
ist government is makine its
last stand, there is a story to the
effect that two China war-lords
who deserted to the communists
in December have come back to
the Chiang .fold.
They are quoted as saying they
found conditions under the com
munists intolerable FAR
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT
RED PROPAGANDA HAD
PROMISED.
a
THE troubles of those off-ag'in
on-ag'ln war lords leave me
cold. Anybody who believe ANY
kind of propaganda desirves what
ever he gets.
The purpose of all propaganda
is to FOOL PEOPLE.
aaa
GETTINGiback to this starvation
business, millions of Russian
peasants starved when the com
munist system of state "co-operative"
farms was forced onto them.
They wanted to keep their lands.
The politburo said "NO, we don't
plan it that way."
Under communism, the state is
everything. The individual is noth
ing. You do as the state says or
you die of hunger if you don't
die of bullets against a wall. .
THE trouble with communism le
I that it puts too much power in
too few hands. Wherever and
whenever that happens, the rights i
of the common man go ph-h-h-h-t' i
. . a
LETS not fool ourselves. . j
Communism is growing. i
In 1945, the communist Russian '
government controlled 190 million '
people. I
By 1948, Russian communist I
rule had been extended to Include !
sou minion people.
With the Jail of China,
the
soviet communist government
now ruies too million people,
a . a . a
HOW did It happen
Well, in an amazin? nnmhr
stances these people got to fuss
ing among themselves and
couldn't seem to ault and the wm.
munists eventually moved In and
took 'em over.
COLONIAL ERA. CONDUIT
PHTT A ni-r DITT A .in. fr-l. .
Philadelphia Water company has
dug up some proof that this is
one of America s gravbeard cities.
Workmen on an Improvement
project along downtown Vine
street unearthed log water mains.
Thpv haH an-nH fni- 'XVI
and still appeared sound.
ine conduits were hollowed out
of tree trunks about 20 feet long
anrl 19 Upha. hll. A .j lW
bore ran through the middle, and
ine logs were joinea at tne Dore
by short lengths of cast Iron pipe.
other witnesses still to be heard
from.
It looks as though Congress will
have to wait awhile lor that 40
hour week.
Ambulance Drivers Given
First Aid Instructions
Douglas Simms, manager of
the local chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, announced today
that the first aid program spon
sored by the State Industrial Ac
cident commission In cooperation
with the local Red Cross chapter
Is well under way.
Just completed is a course glv
en by George Smith, field repre
sentative of the State Industrial
Accident commission, accident
prevention division, at the re
quest of the Roseburg Funeral
home. Mr, Smith, also first aid
chairman for Red Cross in this
county, states that all four am
bulance drivers employed by the
firm have completed the course In
advanced first aid.
Certificates will be awarded to
L. L. (Jim) Powers, proprietor,
Norval Eastln, Vernon Little, and
Meredith Wilson, drivers who
passed requirements of the State
Industrial Accident commission
and of Red Cross.
Beaten Woman Suspects
Prowler She Shot At
PORTLAND, Jan. 28. UP) A
woman who shot at a prowler two
weeks ago was beaten Thursday
night by a man who she thinks
is the same prowler.
Murriel Ruth Bergman, 56, was
scratched and bruised, and her
glasses broken by an assailant
Thursday night She said her at
tacker was about 40 and walked
with a limp.
Mrs. Bergman had been re
ceiving threatening telephone
calls ever since she fired at a
prowler outside her home Jan. 9.
I'm the fellow you shot at; I'm
going to get even," said the caller
one day. And again, "I'm going to
get even with you; I'll burn the
house down."
Several other residents in the
area have complained of prowlers.
General Credit Service
Is Awarded Judgments
General Credit Service, Inc.,
was awarded $343.19 in judg
ments by default, from three de
fendants Tuesday in justice
court.
Judge A. J. Geddes issued de
crees against Mrs. Elmer Moser
for $42.97; James E. and Fred
wynn Culbertson for $57.22 and
Henry and Loretta Stanley for
$243, plus interest and costs.
TRIANGLE CASE
PORTLAND. Jan. 28. OP)
Tiny Adams, 40, was indicted on
a cnarge of first degree murder
today because of the shootine of
Rocsevelt Clinton Ivory Just be-1
luic viii jsuuas.
Adams, who left the shooting
scene to go get a Christmas tur
key for his children, said he
found his wife with Ivory.
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Fire Insurance
Policy At Issue
Following Loss
Suit to alter the terms of an In- -surance
policy and to collect al
leged fire losses totaling $12,000
has been filed in circuit court by
Rulh McPherson, who names the
Assurance Company of America,
New York, and Julia L. Rockhlll
as defendants.
The plaintiff asks for a decrea
(hat a policy issued by the insur
ance company be "reformed" to
insure defendant Julia Rockhlll
against all fire losses to her home,
which recently burned,' near Wll.
bur... ., . . .- -. '.. ; ! !
The" plaintiff charges that' the
insurance company contracted to
Insure her for $12,000 against all
fire loss to the house, being pur
chased by her, from Julia Rock
hill, but neglected to Include a re
quested endorsement making any
loss payable to Julia Rockhlll,
Mrs. McPherson claims she
failed to discover the ommlsion,
but that Its attention waa called
to the company by Julia Rockhlll.
. Meanwhile the house burned,
destroying also personal property
and furniture of the plaintiff,
Mrs. McPherson alleges. She
claims loss to the house was $8,.
000 and to personal property $4,.
000.
The plaintiff asks that Julia
Rockhill's investment in the house
be decreed to be $8,000 and that
the plaintiff recover $12,000 from
the company, plus interest, costs
and attorney fees, with $8,000 go
ing to Julia Rockhlll.
BABY FOUND DEAD IN CRIB
SPOKANE,. Jan. 28. (IPh- A
two-month child found dead in
its crib early yesterday was be
iiat,ari hu pmercenev tnhalator
squad members to have died of
suffocation.
The baby, James H. Moore.
,'. iha comnH phltd tn die OI
suffocation here in two days. A
live-montn-oia Doy was iuuhu
dead in his crib. Thursday.
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Across from Greyhound
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mud toad rata
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