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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thurt Mar. 9, 1950 With Hydrogen Domb, Who Strikes First At Advantage By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON- Here' i nice on la think .bout. Thii country and Russia ire spending billions on trmi and bomb niking. So tar cin be een, they'll continue doing that. In time both countries may have bombs big enough to wipe out who citiea, one bomb to a city. Scientist! say a hydrogen bomb can do just that It there s a war, the one which attacks first will have a big advantage. For instance, suppose Russia in a sneak attack was able in one night to -vipe out Washington, New York, Chicago and Detroit. After that our chances of win ning the war, or even waging war very long, might not be good. Russia Ready True, our bombers, if scattered around, might try to attack in turn. But, having started the war, Russia would be ready for that. Could Russia tee off on us sud denly without a formal declaration of war, which would be enough warning to usT Sure. The Russians could get going on an order from above, from Joseph Stalin and his group. But could the Russians actually get their whole war machine going without our knowing-? Maybe so, maybe not. No one can answer that now. We weren't prepared for the Jap anese attack on Pearl Harbor. And this time, because of the hydrogen bomb, we'd be In a sad fix if our spy system failed. But there's the problem of how the United States would go to war. Under the constitution, only Con gress can declare war. But, if we reached a point where Congress gathered to declare war, the Rus sians would have plenty of warning ProfMMr Warn. Of Dhay Effect Of Antihistamines LOS ANGELES. JJPi If an tihistamine drugs make you drow sy or dizzy, better stay away from automobiles or high plsces after taking the little pellets. The warning came from Dr. Frank Perlman, University of Ore gon professor of medicine. "About six to 10 percent of the people who take antihistsmine pills get dizzy from them," Dr. Perlman told interviewers. "There is enough evidence to indicate that some people should not try to drive car or work in hazardous places after taking them." He said there have been "isolat ed reports" of drivers' being in volved in accidents after taking antihistamine, but so far no sta tistical survey has been made. Dr. Perlman is attending the American academy of allergy convention here. and time to attack first. In the past this arrangement no war unless declared by the people's representatives in Congress has worked all right. It waa the demo cratic way, the backbone of this country's way of life. It saved the people from the dan ger of possibly sudden action by one man, the president, who other wise might have been able to put the people into a war they didn't want. But times have changed, as this story has tried to point out, because of the advantage that would go to Jie one who attacked first with hydrogen bombs. Just because times have changed, this same democratic process, the wide open declaration of war by Congress, might in the next war mean the end of the republic by giving the enemy a chance to at tack first What could be done to be sure we weren't attacked first? As commander-in-chief of the' armed forcea the president, if he thought the danger great enough, might try to save the country by ordering our oomoers to start the war ana at tack Russia without waiting for congressional action. Might Be Impeached Yt, if he did so, he might be Im peached by Congress. Whether that happened, of course, would depend upon what Congress and the people thought after the war started. On the other hand: Suppose we knew an attack waa coming but, through fear of impeaenment, let it come, preferring to let Congress AT Pemey's mw. 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The negro children, ranging in age from one to four, had been put to bed by their mother, Mrs. Sarah Coursey, 25, following the party for their eight-year-old broth er, Henry, at the home of their grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Johnson. Henry and another brother, Da vid, six, were outside playing when the fire started. The four children burned to death were identified as Bernard, one' Robert, two; Warren, three, and Marie, four. Firemen said the blaze apparent ly was touched off by an exploding oil stove. go through the comparatively slow and public process of declaring war. In a case like that, it's possible he might be impeached for failing to take the necessary steps at tacking firrt to ssve the nation, if anv congressmen were left alive after the enemy attacked here. If you think these questions are far-fetched. Senator McMahon, Con necticut Democrat, made a senate speech in which, speaking of future bombs, he said: "I need not tell you that these weapons impair in a most serious way the constitutions! power of Congress to declare war. As a democracy we are incapable of launching the first surprise blow. It seems possible that this very democratic process, slow and wide open to the world, could mean an ends to the republic since it would give an enemy time to attack first." McMahon is head of Congress' atomic committee. i " w I) ty ' b 0 o r VETS PETITIONING A local movement to back circulation of petitions, over the stete to have the veterans bonus measure placed on the ballot for the general election next fall was started in Roseburg this week. Mayor Albert G. Fie gel is here shown receiving the first bonus booster button. Pictured left to right ere Bus Williams and Royal Denton, of the Veterans of Foreign Wers, Mayor Flegel end William Dutch Mills, American Ltgien post commander. 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Continuous waist, reversed pleats, slide fastener fly. Gray, tan, brown, green, blue. Sites 29 to 40. British Vote Contains Lesson For Republicans If They Can See It By BRUCE BIOSSAT A lot of our Republicans think the British election results boost ' their own stock for next November's balloting In this country. They believe they see a worldwide "trend to the right." There may well be some sub-1 stance to this notion. But there are some millers the Republicans ouiC.it to review before they start getting too confident. In the first place, as has been pointed out many times, the wel fare state wasn't at issue in Rri tian. Nor was the socialism that has already been put into effect. The Conservatives accept all that the Labor party has achieved up to now under these headings. They do promise not to do any more socializing. But on the other hand they pledge themselves to ex pand some welfare programs, par ticularly housing. All this places the Conserva tives well to the left of the most extreme leftists among President Truman's Democratic followers. And it stamps them unmistak ably as a "me-too" party. So t'.ie Britirh trend is hardly what U.S. Republicans may like to for tempting LENTEN MENUS PEANUT :3fEk BUTTER. ltv- FRESHER t your GROCER'S think it is. It may be well for them to remember, too, that Labor's share of the total British vote dropped less than 2 percent as com pared with 1945. Republicans have been torn for some time now over the wisdom of me-tooism. Some leaders have accepled the majority of chances wrought by the Democrats, but others insist this gives f.ie voters no real choice. Britain has now contributed to the GOP debate. For the Conser vatives, embracing the bulk of their opponents' established pro grams, have bounced back within a short five years to a level almost even witti Labor. By contrast. Republicans in this country, confused about where to take ttieir stand, have been kept out of the White House for nearly 18 straight years. And except for the brief 1946-48 interlude, thev've been denied control of Congress for as long. ... The British result' doesn't prove that "the worm finally turns" for an opposition party merely con tent to oppose and wait. The Con servatives' quick recovery is root ed in a grasp of social and politi cal realities. Their performance bears little resemblance to what the Republicans have been doing for 18 years. If the GOP can understand fiij lesson and act upon it. the Bri tish balloting may indeed have helped the party's cause in the 1950 campaign. But if the Republi cans insist on interpreting the out come as assurance they've been rieht all along, they'll be deluding themselves with false comforts. And November will bring another rude awakening. News-Review want ads bring results. 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