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4 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Ort. Thun., Feb. 9, 1950 Published 0 illy Exoept Sunday I y the Newi-f evie Company, Inc. Hill eeceni nailer Maj 1. , lb. elflee R.Mbarf, Or.fea, aader Ml .1 March t. 1AI CHARLES V. STANTON gm. EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor SiS" Manager Member of the Auoolated Prete, Oregon Newspaper Publlthere Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations .Breieatel by WIST-HOLLIDAf CO . INC.. eHleee la New Tera. Cbleaia. Sea frreaelMe. Lee Ancelea. tealHe. PerUaad SL Levi. a ri M u i in i ... , U . 1 1 .a. f M. l V taiaBlb. 14. t. ihra n,ih. tcka R nit rtrrlar Per eer I10.M Ha adTance), leo tbae ea. rear, per month 11. 0 OelilSe Oreiea Br Mall e'er rear It W. u uontbe I4.7S. three meatbi 11.7 CONTROLS ON LABOR By CHARLES V. STANTON How effective is eovernment control over labor matters? Would conditions be better or worse if the government withdrew its participation in labor disputes ! Those two questions if circulated in a questionnaire .would result in a wide variety of replies, while negative or affirma tive answers would depend principally upon individual status of each person contacted. The effectiveness of government controls, however, can he nup.stioned on the basis of statistics. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, compares averages for two five-year periods as fol lows: Number Workers . Man days stoppages involved idleness 1935 to 1939 , 2,862 ' 1,125,000 16,949,000 1941 to 1945 2,874 1,348,800 9,260,000 Annual figures for 1946 and 194T, together with only nine months of 1948, are reported as follows : 1946 1947 1948 4,985 3,693 2,380 4,600,000 2,170,000 1,685,000 116,000,000 34,600,000 27,975,000 We do not have immediately available figures for the last quarter of . 1948 nor any report for 1949. For the two five-year periods above, the comparison Is interesting. The first period represented five years under the NLRB. The next period includes the war years. Although the number of disputes increased slightly during the war years and affected more workers, days lost from labor were less, due to the war emergency and the unpopu larity of interference with production. . The end of the war was characterized by much labor strife involving more workers and a tremendous increase in man days of idleness. It should be noted that the 1948 figures include only nine months and not a full year. The 1949 comparison, when available, should add much to the study. Is Government Control Worth The Cost? The statistics quoted above would, in our opinion, vir tually answer in the negative the question of whether gov ernment controls are effective. From cold figures it is ap parent that the Taft-Hartley Act passed in 1947 hasn't fully served its intended purpose, although it is obvious, too, that the Act hasn't been rigidly enforced. It might bo interesting to conjecture what would have happened had the Taft-Hartley Act been given a fairer trial. The government has an army of employes In the labor de partmentinvestigators, mediators, supervisors, clerks and others. The staff, despite its size, is inadequate to efficiently handle labor elections, disputes, hearings, etc. At the same time Congress spends much of its time on labor matters. If labor legislation could be stricken from the congressional calendar, Congressmen could spend more time at home finding out what the people want. It would be very interesting to know exactly just how many millions of dollars could be lopped off our federal budget if the government quit meddling in labor matters And one more question : Is labor, management or the pub lic getting a square deal in governmental activities and de cisions on labor mutters? Determination of any case shows preference, to political aspects rather than legal or ethical factors. Labor, so far, has had the advantage because of its stronger political posi tion, but the same set of controls could work against labor if political expediency so indicated. Samuel Gompers, father of organized labor, once warned against involving labor in federal legislation and controls. Maybe it is about time his advice should be heeded. Patch On Patch . . . In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) Births At Mercy Hospital EDWARDS To Mi. and Mrs Ivan Putnam Edwanis, Camas Val ley, Feb. 4, a son, Ivan Putnam Jr., weight nine pounds eleven ounces YOH To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Delmar Yon, Sutherlin, Feb. 5, son, Ronald Eugene; weight seveu pounds five ounces. HEATON To Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin Lloyd Hcaton, Sutherlin, Feb. 7. a daughter, Victoria Helena; weight eight pounds eight ounces POWELL To Mr. and Mrs. Dor win William Powell, Myrtle Creek, Feb. 5. a dauchter. Christine M ric: weight six pounds fifteen ounces. WONSER To Mr. and Mrs Adrian LaVern Wonser, Sutherlin, Feb. 5, a daughter, Terrl Ellen; weight six pounds. CARTER To Mr. and Mrs. Ber nard Lee Carter, Myrtle Creek, Feb. 5, a daughter; Barbara Lynn; weight six pounds, thirteen ounce. BLUNDELL To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Donald Blundell, 811 Ala meda, Roscburg, Feb. 8, a daugh ter, Donna Lee; weight six pounds thirteen ounces. HADFIELD To Mr. and Mrs. Clark LaNeal Hadfield, 233 Har vard, Feb. 2, a daughter, Linda seven pounds four Sue; weight ounces. ELLIOTT To Mr, and Mrs. Glenn Herbert Elliott, Myrtle Creek, Feb. 3, a son, Kip Ralph weight six pounds seven ounces. Mothers Needed To Sew Capes For School Band Mothers are needed to sew band capes Monday and Friday evenings from 7 until 9 o'clock at Singer Sewing center, according to an an nouncement mado by Mrs. u. A. Rickctts at the Band Parents' meeting Tuesday at the high school. The use of the sewing room and equipment has been donated by the management and will be presided over by their sewing instructor. A varied musical program of solo and group numbers was presented by the brass and reed sections of the advanced band. These students are from the sixth grades of the four city schools. women attending the next Hand Parents meeting Tuesday, March 7, are asked to bring pies. Former Resident Dies Ray D. Wright, retired Southern Pacific railroad engineer and long time resident of Roseburg, died at the S. P. hospital at San Francisco Feb. 4, after a long illness. Masonic funeral services were held, with cremation at Siskiyou Memorial park, Ashland. . tract, we'll dig coal. But not un der this Taft-Hartley stuff." A mine-leader says: "We are not going back to work under somebody . dominating us , No contract, no work under Taft-Hartley or anybody else . . . If they want coal dug, let Taft and Hartley and Truman come and digit." IT sounds like a show-down which Is probably what we'll have to have. Boils have to come to a head before they can be treated and the patient relieved. . e e ARTY Republicans, after labor ing mightily without benefit of twilight sleep, bring forth a plat: form in which they name liberty vs. socialism as their top campaign issue in 1950. It sounds nice and all that, but It's vague and remote. Socialism isn't going to happen next year or the year after that. It will come so creepingly that nobody will be able to tell when it's here. Using it as a 1950 top campaign Issue is a good deal like telling the children the big bad boogey man will get 'em if they aren't good. The children are bad a little bit, just enough to see what will happen, and when the boogey man doesn't come they put the statement down accurately for what it is, which is a scheme to SCARE 'em into being good. e ON the subject of finances, the Republicans are a little smarter. (They've always been financially smarter than the Democrats.) They drop the idea of $100-per-plate dinners (or $10, or $20, or anything that sounds like big money) and start a series of old fashioned basket dinners at a buck a basket. While they munch their chicken and fried potatoes at these affairs, they propose to talk over the heavy affairs of the nation and what ought to be done about it. (Their idea, of course, is that the thing to do about it is to return the Republican party to power.) THAT'S one move in the right di t rection. If the Republicans are ever going to get back into power, they've got to GET HUMBLE. They've got to get down among the common people and be regular fellows. (Among other things, they'll have to convince the common peo ple that you just CAN'T vote your self rich. At the present moment, the common people don't believe that. They think you CAN vote yourself rich. We've been doing it for years and running up a 257 billion dollar debt in the process. The Republicans will have to be really smart if they are to get people out of that idea.) ET'S close on a note from Homer Angell, Republican congressman from Multnomah county, Oregon. Homer let go a crack the other day to the effect that the "admin istration is spending with a lavish hand." He added with a biting flourish that "Uncle Sam needs a psychiatrist." He cited this as proof: The government sells the old bat tleship Oregon for $35,000 and THEN TURNS AROUND AND BUYS THE SALVAGE FROM IT FOR $101,739." fi2 By ViakntU S. Martin Synonymous with birds now for me and perhaps for you, too is the name of Hazel Judd whose by-line one sees with pictured stor ies about our feathered friends. Came a lively letter from Mrs. Judd today, a part of which men tions casually that "getting 'out the Warbler was a little more com plicated this month I" Mrs. Judd is editor of the Ore gon Warbler which goes as you know, to each member of - the Audubon society. "Complicated be cause I couldn't even get the car out of the garage, to take the Warblers over to the museum for addressing. Consequently I had to do them by hand and typewriter, pasting addresses on later. Then loaded them all in an apple box, tied it on the children's sled and 'mushed' up to the nearest branch post office. Only tipped over once!" Mrs. Judd (Herbert C. of Port land) is evidently the kind of per son who goes right ahead at the job in hand, not bothering with excuses! In today's mail I also read this: (I don't dare tell who signed the letter it was in): "This weather reminds me of Idaho winters. But it flabbergasts Oregonians who ac custom themselves to living in a kind of perpetual drizzle, never cold, only damp ; . . Funny thing, the place I like best for living has a climate that most people wouldn't, wish on their worst en emies! Hot ... in the summer. Like a Portland summer in the winter! (People are always prej udiced about the weather, don't you think)?" In , today's mail also (Cottage Gtove Sentinel reporter from Dor ena) was this plaintive inquiry: "I wonder how many people will be in their right minds if this weather keeps up?" Perhaps the same thing hit her area as hit the London area? Says that reporter to the Sentinel: "The lights went out with a flash Friday noon (1-27) that blew fuses, burned out light bulbs, and dam aged refrigerator and radio units. It is said a broken wire crossed a high, voltage charge line, send ing a high voltage charge through the wires before they burned out . . ." Local News - Spend Da In Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bailey of Roseburg spent Wednesday in Eugene on business. Improving t Hospital Mrs. J. H. Huftile of Riddle is reported to be improving at Mercy hospital and is now able to have visitors. ; D. of- U.V. to Meet Florence Nightingale tent No. 15, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War will meet Friday night at 7:30 o'clock at the K. of P. hall. Meeting To Be Tonight Pythian Sisters will meet at 8 o'clock to night at the K. of P. hall. Staff practice will follow the business session. The officers have request ed all members to be present. H.E.C. To Meet Riversdale Home Economics club will meet at a 12:30 potluck luncheon Friday at the home of Mrs. Ed Langlois. Those attending are asked to bring their table service. Dance to Be Held South Deer Creek Grange has invited the pub lic to attend a dance at 9 o'clock Saturday evening, Feb. il, at the hall. Grange ladies are asked to bring cake and sandwiches. Club te Meet Deer. Creek Com munity club will meet' at 8 o'clock Friday night at the Dixonville au ditorium. A program will follow the business session. Members are asked to bring either sandwiches or cookies and a cup. Grange to Meet Evergeeen Grange will meet at 8 o'clock Fri day night at the hall. Refreshments will be in charge of Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. William Heinbach, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph For rest and Evon Wheeland. Reservations Asked Members of the Women of the Roseburg Coun try club are asked to purchase tickets or make reservations for the Valentine bridge tea to be held next Tuesday at the clubhouse. Reservations will close Monday, Feb. 13. Tickets are on sale at rhe clubhouse and at Quine and com pany. Reservations may be made by calling 654-J. To Meet Friday Edenbower Community club will meet at 8 o' clock Friday night at the Eden bower school. Mrs. Niday's third grade Bluebirds will present the program and serve refreshments. Club to Meet Badoura' club, Daughters of the Nile will meet at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. A. J. Young, 140 Flint street, with Mrs. R. B. Rhodes and Mrs. Bert Wells assisting host esses at a Valentine party. Mem bers are asked to attend in cos tume. To Attend Church Members of Douglas court No. 18, Order of Am aranth and their families are ask ed to meet at 10:30 Sunday morn ing at the Umpqua hotel to go in a bodv to the Melliodist church morning service. The Order of Am aranth is observing a state-wide church day Sunday, Feb. 12. Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Chidestcr and sons, Steven and ninirv nf Kffittli- visited Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Johnson and Mrs. Pearl Chidester The latter is the mother of C. R. Chidester and Mrs. jonnson. Cnn Salam Otis ThomDSOn Of the Oregon State Employment service ot tne Slate unemployment Compensation commission was in Roseburg two days at the local state employment office. His office is in Salem. Mr Mrrllntaelr Hami Mrs. L. E. McClintock, team captain of the Roseburg country ciud s women golfers, returned to her home in Roseburg Tuesday night, following a trin trt Pnrllnnrl to attend board meeting of the Oregon Wom en s Golf association, sirs. mrxiin tock joined two board members in Eugene, who accompanied her to lUn mnnlinff U'hil-h Wfl held tn the public library and followed by a luncheon at tne Aero ciuo. nans were completed for a four-ball, best ball greensome to be held at .1 l nnlf K lnn-h 99 utnanu viuu v.uw, ... . ..... to be preceded by a dinner and rally tne evening 01 marvn i. mc program of golfing events for the 1950 season was completed at the board session. Jobless Record Here Blamed On Severe Weather The weather conditions experi enced in January are believed to be responsible for the shattering of all existing records for unemploy ment compensation claims filed in tne noseburg local oflice. Practic ally all logging operations were at a standstill which resulted in the closure of a large percentage of the county's sawmills. The only mills that were capable of operat ing were the ones with a sufficient supply of logs on hand at the mill site, George T. Foster, Oregon State Employment service office manager, states in his monthly re port. An estimate of the number of persons unemployed during Jan uary reached the total of 4290. This figure surpassed the high of last winter of 3714. These totals include also the areas served by the itin erant offices at Drain. Camas Val ley and Myrtle Creek. The tfiange of weather in the week beginning jan. a Drought tne resumption ot many operations. However, the snow and ice re-anDearcd and shut downs were once again the order of the day. ine recent rise in temperature has created optimism again, and it is believed that many firms will resume their regular operating schedules that have been interrupt- ea. several construction jobs havo oeen nem uacK Dy tne adverse weather and should begin as soon as it is reasonably possible.' A small crew is at work at the site of the Community Hospital erect ing necessary buildings prior to ine start ot tne actual work. . Agricultural employment for the coming year is expected to be on a par with last year. The cold weather has had no apparent ef fect on the crops that have been planted; and, unless unforeseen weather reverses occur, another good year should be in prospect, said Foster. Us Of Armor Will t Training Program Toplf -'The U. S. Doctrine of Armor" will be the subject presented by the Department of the Army aug mentation team Friday night, Feb. 10, announced Lt. Col. Robert P. Kidder, CO of the 6664 Base Gen eral Training depot. The latest thought in the em ployment of armor under forsee- able conditions in future combat will be presented. Some of the material to be covered includes the history of armor, industrial poten tial, conservation of manpower, probable use of armor by USSR possible theaters of war, and the general types of weapons required. This meeting will be held at the Roseburg armory, beginning at 8 p.m. All mamhAM nf the. ftfWU RfllA General Training depot, the 6416 Field Artillery Training battalion, the National Guard, the Air Corps reserve, and the Naval reserve are urged to attend. Odebolt. Sac county, la., calls Itself the "popcorn center of the world." Melrose Grange Honors Members Melrose Grange met in regular session Tuesday evening with the Master Charles Cring in charge. ae conierrea me nrst two degree obligation on the following new members: Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Veenstra, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Toppings, Bert Lanquist and Frank Von Borstel. Carl Becker was reinstated and welcomed. Ray Doerner was in stalled on the executive commit tee, by the master. A program consisting of a skit by Otto and Amy Matthews, reading by La verne Nickens, important events of twentieth century recalled by mem bers, and musical pantomine of old "Grey Bonnet" by Rowenea Shep ard and Paul Kreuger, was pre sented by the lecturer Olive Kreu ger. Amy Kruse was appointed de gree captain. Refreshments, were served by the men. Next meeting is to be preceded by potluck sup per and a folk dancing demon stration by Mr. and Mrs. Spencer of Riversdale Grange. Forty-two members were present. PHONE 100 between 6 15 and 7 p. m., if you have not received your News Review. Ask lor Harold Mobley COLORED TALENT of Institute W. Virginia Appearing for one night only at The ' CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 400 W. Douglas Hear Rev. and Mrs. J. J. 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