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4 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Published Daily Exctpt Sunday by tht Nvws-Revitw Company. Inc. Urtd M ima( eU" malltr "T . F "fie t ftvxbirg, Oregon, ndtr ! ! Mreh I, IS71 CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of tho Associated Prtit, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, tht Audit Burtou of Circulations Biortltnlrt br KEST-HOU.IDA CO., INU, olllet. I. i tl. CUc.ie, rr.ocl.c. Lai Anttlif. SitlH.. r.rtlu.. l. UHKJIIIHON (ATtl-li Or. ion Br Mill r.r r"r MM. H " Or. m.nllo U.S. Br CUT C.rrl.r-Hr ft 1U.OS) II. .O.W.I. I. .n. ,ir. ptr ra.ntb II.M onl.UI. Otl Bf Mill Tar It.r ' M.1S. Ibrt. month. 11.71. A TOUGH By Charles V. Stanton Koseburfj's city councilmen are wishing tonight for the wisdom of Solomon. Faced with necessity for a decision either to keep or remove rent controls from the Roseburg area, councilmen know they cannot act. without drawing criticism. Tenants will be irate if rent controls are lifted, while landlords will be wrathy if controls are continued. So pity the poor councilman ! Much may be said on both sides of the issue. Roseburg still has a housing shortage and so long as a shortage continues danger of excessive rental charges exist. On the other hand, we find many gross inequities, inas much as newly built homes and apartments are not under control, while older units are subject to rates that do not even match tax increases and high upkeep costs. Another factor which must be considered is that of the Korean war. If the war is of materially long duration it will result in greatly increased activity in this area which will, in turn, influence rental chafes. Percentage Of Controlled Units Small One argument, in our opinion', provides good reason to lift rent controls. That pertains to the small percentage of rental property under control. The majority of rental units in the Roseburg area are of comparatively recent con struction and are not affected by rent controls. The small minority of units still regulated suffer from discriminatory regulations. It would seem only fair that all rental property should be on an equal basis. Yet, just to argue both sides, a good many tenants probably will be adversely affected if the council should decide to be fair to the landlords. We're very glad we don't have to make the decision. War Scare Good For Business Merchants report a flock of hoarders riding the war scare. Many stocks of merchandise have been recently nearly depicted as buyers rush to stock up on items which they fear will be in short supply if war is long continued. As a result, business is booming at a time of year when it normally hits a slump. Should a major war develop, the impact will be keenly felt in the Umpqua basin. The boom which started with the last war will be mild in comparison with local activity resulting from another large-scale conflict, for we learned that wood is one of the most vital of our defense materials and the Umpqua basin has tho nation's largest undeveloped bodv of merchantable timber. The- Pacific coast .will be our own community will be a production efforts. In The Day's News .By FRANK (Continued from page One) a hunt earthwork behind which our defenders are shcllcrinii. Anvonc who happens to remem ber the flRhling in Normnndy, af ter the landing, will got the point about this dike. Normandy was criscrossed with hedgerows grow ing on shallow mound-like ridges of earth, and behind these natural obstacles the Germans sheltered and plastered our assaulting troops with everything they had (which was plenty). That's what we're planning to do, of course, with this dike, which has tho further advantage of a river in front of it. All down through the history of warring mankind, rivers have play ed a big part in military history. As far back as history reaches, the military strategy of western Kurope has been built on the Hhinc. The Rhine has sheltered defending Germans aginst advanc ing Frenchmen. It: has sheltered defending Frenchmen against ad vancing Germans. Always getting across the Hhinc has been the big problem in western Kurope' wars. It's a new experience for us to rest our fate on a river, but (in the sense that if we win de cisively in South Korea we'll pro bably bluff the Russians out nf going to war now) that is what wo are doing today at the Kum. As I tried to make clear here Friday, when you bast a defense line on a river vou fight WITH THE RIVF.R IN FRONT OK YOU. While you're getting set with your Control Of Liquor Sale To SALT. LAKE CITY - (,T) -The National Alcoholi Beverage Con trol association has derided to con duct an intensive survey on meth ods to control sale of liquor to minors. The resolution was adopteil at an enforcement conference attend ed by delegates from the seven western liquor monopoly slates William 11. Hammond, administra tor of the Oregon liquor control commission, was named to coore late the study which will cover all 48 states. The question was brought up by Jesse Slechel, New York City, re presentative of Ihe licensed bev- Reedsport Substation Job Will Soon Start Construction of the .Reedsport substation is expected to start within the next three weeks with award made Friday of the con tract to the Electric company, Port Angeles, Wash., on their low bid of $23,321, according to W. E. Trom- Ore Mon., July 17, 1950 DECISION the beehive of activity and hub for one of the principal , JENKINS. defenses (artillery, elc.) you have advance forces out in front slow ing up the enemy. Your job is to get these delaying forces back across the river and then destroy the bridges before the enemy can get over. It's a ticklish operation. At Rc magen, on the Rhine, in the Inst war, the Germans failed to get away with it. Their delaying forc es clung to the Rhine's west bank till the last minute, shooting bark at us, then dashed across the bridge. For some reason, the mines placed by the Krauts didn't go off (one good reason was an American daredevil who risked his life to cut the detonating wires). Our boys rnced over behind the Germans, established a bridge head on ihe east bank and lo and behold the problem of getting over the Rhine that for at least a couple of years had been a headache to our top planning brass was solved. We were over, and that was all thero was to it. Whether our mr-n are back and we've blown all the bridges over the Kum isn't made clear as this is written. Here's all I've seen on it: "A headquarters spokesman in Korea said a railroad bridge AND OTHF.R SPANS across the Kum jhave been destroyed." i Again 1 multcr this prayer: "Dear God, if any of our bovs are left north of the Kum, let them die with their faces to the foe, wilh guns in iheir hands, fight- ing for the liberties thev cherish I I'l.KASK DON'T I. FT THEM HK TAKFN CAPTIVE BY THE BAR- . MARIAN'S." Minors, Aim Of Assn. erage industries, an industry-wide public relations organization. Methods in combatting liquor sales to juveniles is a "basic pro blem still existent in virtually every stale," he said. "This is a problem which has been alleviled recently in many states,' Slechel said. "However it jis a problem that cani.ot be dimin ished. Control demands strict en- forcement by stale enforcement officers, local police officers and parents and guardians.' j Thirty stales have passed laws I making the minoi liable for his 'attempts to purchase liquor, Stechel I said. mershausen, manager of the south western district office of the Bon neville Power administration. L. M. Summerville, Coquille. is I BPA project inspector in charge of Ihe contract inspection work. Many efforts to build steam ears were made in England in the 18th Century, one having legs instead of wheels. What jsr? w " S How little we know, as we pic ture a successful author tossing off book after book, collecting mo netary reward for some, whta tnat writer may be carrying as a cross, either seen or unseen by others! I was thinking of Pearl Buck's beautiful article in the May Lad ies Home Journal. In this deeply moving and bravely told story of a mother's heartbreaking realiza tion that her child, whatever her years, whold remain mentally a child of four, Mrs. Buck opens Ihe door to her heart and so en ables this child, through her, to make its "contribution to hu manity." The child, or ralher the great need to earn money with which to provide for her and to make sure her future will be as safe as hu manly possible to insure it, has been the driving force behind Mrs. I Buck's work. It is a tenderly told, ! courageously written story of a mother's spiritual progress, as well as the unfoldmcnt that came to her in her human footsteps to help the child developed as much as possible. The years taught Mrs. Buck be cause she was thinking of the chiirf first, that to force such a child byond the point where she could happily demonstrate ability to do things, was a kind of cruelty. There United States Will Have To Carry Major Burden Of Conflict In Korea BY BRUCE BIOSSAT Battlefiont reports describing the first American fighting in Korea did not make cheerful news. The days of Bataan in the Philippines at But General MacArlhur has as-1 sured Washington that the situation is not critical. So our military lend ers are not deeply troubled at the ground lost and the reverses suf fered by U.S. forces. They arc con fident we can throw hack the North Korean invaders beyond their boundary at the 38th parallel. The rather unhappy beginning for the Americans emphasizes however, that this task is not one lo be accomplished off-handedly with a mild show of strength. The North Korean Reds are well trained and well equipped. Their 150 to ltlO tanks were decisive in the early advances. Their field tactics reflect expert schooling from their masters in Moscow. In any military action so fluid as LETTERS to the Editor County's Recreational Program Draws Praise PORTLAND May we add our share of praise to Douglas County and ils recreational area program. The program in the June Game Commission bulletin was discussed with much interest at one of our recent committee meetings. It is hearlening to learn of the steps being taken by your commu nities in order that present and future generations might share the pleasures of your recreational areas. The Umpqua Basin Conservation council, the Douglas County court, and all other groups that are as sisting in this program are to be highly commended Such actions as this hy the com - mnnities of Oregon will lend in valuable assistance to our slate in its need tor adequate recreational facilities to meet its potenial pop ulainn and tourist demands. DONALD B. TARKS Chairman Recreational and Natural Resources Committee Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Ore. a Time for Him to Move In! i- 1 fL By ViaJmttt 5. Martini was the day when she found the little one was making a mighty effort to write, an effort so great that her little palms were damp with perspiration, and her face, a beautiful little face, strained with effort. Suppose the child did learn to write . . . "Let's go out and play wilh the kittens," said the mother and was rewarded by the joy and relief that lit up the little ones face! From then on the child was never urged to please an adult by making an effort beyond her easy accomplishment. I have heard disabled veterans speak of the ordeal it is to leave the hospital for the outside world: the stares! In China, Mrs. Buck felt the child had had happier free dom from suchf unfeeling, cruel stares, and lack of kindness. It is hard to think another country is kinder . . . surely here we too may be so moved by tender com passion when we met an afflicted one that we can see only another child of God, and not see his cross. Ask anyone burdened wilh a vis ible cross what helps most to bear itl It will be the acceptance of him or her as a normal individual, the refusal of those with whom he comes in contact, to "see" the affliction! Surely we can do that much for our brother. Even from a standpoint of 'good manners' that much is required of us. slogging retreat recalled the bitter the start of World War II the Koean war has been thus far, the first goal of Ihe opposing force must be to establish a solid line, to check the headlong rush of the ag gressors. That is not an easv thing under the circumstances which pre vailed in South Korea. The South Korean army was ill-equipped to combat Ihe North Koreans' armor. Though U.S. mill- tary advisers rated the South Ko leans' morale and fighting quali lies high, they showed a marked tendency to fold up when confront ed by tanks or the threat of tanks. With the men and equipment America could put into the fight immediately, there could have been no great hope of halting the Reds from the moment contact was made. Our forces were small. Our jet fighters were too fast lor tree level attacks on enemy columns and installations. The B 29 is a big target bomber and consequently out of place as a tactical weapon against bridges and gun emplace ments. Time and the over-water move ment of men and materials will change all this. As defense line becomes stabilized across the Ko rean peninsula, ue will begin the tedious but necessary building up o( strength behind that front. Eventually the moment will come when we will have sufficent power to strike hack in real force, to roll the invaders bark and restore South Korea to its rightful rulers. Apparently we cannot expect too much help from the South Koreans themselves in this operation. It will have to be largely an American show. But we shali see It through nevertheless, For the price of fail ure open invitation to further Red aggression is greater than any i5' hl" tuld r'5' fr.om the Ko rean war even snnuia inni cumuli stretch out over many painful j niocracVi it j, my opinion he would months. Df inclined to turn to something Naturally we should ask other j elso. Hunger makes Communists,'' members of the United Nations for ! Earl said. whatever aid they can give, but I "Some of our diplomats are too we must recognue that some coun- i much above the people. You can't tries, like Britain and France, can j instill democracy with cocVt a i I not extend much help without dan- parties for the big shots and eon gerously weakening the defenses 1 ferences with the bankers. Some acainst Communism at other vital i body's got to get out and talk to points. Basically, the Job is ours, i the people," he said.' Neuner Bitterly Assails Federal Indian Service SALEM -im Attorney General George Neuner has bitterly attac ked the United States Indian ser vice and asked that tribal controls be ended and that Indian reser vations be abolished. Speaking at a conference of state and federal officials and leaders of Oregon Indian tribes, Neuner said that the federal Indian ser v i c e won't accept responsibility and "passes the buck to the state." "We won't accomnlish anvthinff to improve the Indian's position until we do away with the multi tudinous federal Indian laws and make the Indian a full citizen," Neuner said. The federal Indian officials, when faced with a problem, pass the buck to the state. And these same federal officials then strut around and say they are respon sible." Neuner said he knows a lot about Indians, having dealt with their problems for eight years as United States attorney. Liquor Ban Opposed He also favored repeal of t h e law which forbids sale of liquor to Indians, asserting "let an In- dian buy a drink If he gets drunk then prosecute him. Neuner s statement followed a speech by Boyd Jackson, re presenting tne Klamath Indians, who opposed the liquor ban as well as the state law prohibiting whites to marry Indians. f.Sh.M; .hMcKa,y Pro- iKPfl In rnoplf intri the intnrmar. mised' to check into the intermar- j nage ban. Jackson said Indians demanded equal rights with the white race. But he said that if they are freed, there should be some control r e tained over property of the Indians who can't manage money. Neuner agreed with Jackson that such control would be needed. Jackson said Indians feel like outcasts because of the laws dis criminating against them. S. E. Kirk, president of the Klamath Indian tribal council, said "the Klamath Indians have been hollering their heads off ever since the Klamath treaty was signed in 1864, and we have never g o t anywhere." Jackson said this Ireaty "has been kicked full of holes." U.S. Mistake In South Korea Told By Stanley Earl PORTLAND --(.PiThe United States never gave South Korea de mocratic government, and that proved a fatal mistake, Stanley Earl said here. Earl. Marshall plan labor advi sor to Korea for a year, said on his return to this country that the South Koreans had no failh and little interest in their govern ment. The former CIO secretary for Oregon said he would suggest to Congress "a full and complete in vestigation of the Korean fiasco." He said in an interview that the invasion by North Koreans was i made easy by all this, plus graft ano corruption in me somn Korean army. He added that the govern ment also was unable to cope with North Korean espionage. Earl asserted that the South Koreans were near starvation, hit hard by inflation, w-hile American diplomats continued to talk unreal ities with Korean bankers and brass hats. "If the average Korean under stood what existed as a govern- muni in Kmith Wnrnt In ka A Air Raid Warning ' System In Oregon Nears Completion PORTLAND, .) Northern Oregon's air raid warning system is nearly complete, the observa tion program is being speeded and community defense is moving out of the planning and into the organizational stage. That was the report of the state's program from Louis E. Starr, state director of civilian defense. In detail: Air raid warning four key I cities have been named. They are I Pendleton, the Dalles, Portland! and Eugene. In those cities, centers have been established in the of fices of existing law enforcemeni agencies and they are linked by direct telephone line to the air force security center. Establishment of sub-key centers, in me various county seats 01 Northern Oregon is now under way. By next Wednesday, Starr said, "everything should be set up." He said his staff, aided by local groups, was working rapidly in per fecting the routine to be followed in the event of an air alert: work from the security center flashed to the four key centers, relayed from them to the sub-key centers and from them to all of the cities and industries. . In Southern Oregon Later The warning system is being set up first in the northern part of the state at request of the air force, he said. No date is set for activating a warning system in southern Oregon. That, he said, will be done as soon as the air force recommends it. Air raid observation this is largely a matter of setting up the observation posts and obtaining personnel to man them, Starr said. He reported that a few days ago the system could be called 40 to 50 percent complete and now is farther advanced Col. Claude Farrow Jr. is in the field making excellent progress. Starr said. He added that the system could be put into almost immediate oper ation on a skeleton basis. Local civilian defense a re port and recommendations will be mailed at once to all county jud ges and mayors, Starr said. This, he said, would outline the general system. No hard-and-fast organi zational program can be outlined, he added, since the aim is to uti lize existing agencies and these vary with the size of the cities. Probe Of Soviet Claim On German Prisoners Asked LONDON, (P) Britain asked Moscow to admit an impartial, in ternational commission into Russia to investigate Soviet claims that only 13,546 German prisoners of war remain there. Russia announ ced May 4 that repatriation of Ger man prisoners had been completed except for that number, chilling hundreds of thousands of Germans with relatives still missing, A formal British note to t h e Russian foreign office declared the May 4 announcement was received with "shock and grave concern in Germany and through out the. civilized world." The an nouncement said the only Germans left in the Soviet Union were those those whose alleged war crimes are stjii being investigated and a ; few who were temporarily detained because of illness, The news shattered the hopes of hundreds of thousands of Germans with relatives missing. Reaction in German offi fal, deel ring Vh a i ... . . 1,500,000 Germans are still missing. including "tens of thousands of de ported civilians.' The U. S. state department has labeled the Russian claim "fantas tic and absurd." It estimated the number of Germans still being held "at least" 200,000 The British note accused Russia of hiding the fate of "tens o f thousands" of prisoners, and urged nussia to: 1. Identify and give the where abouts of the prisoners admittedly still being held. 2. Permit the onsoners to eorres. pond with their families. 3. "Give full details of any per sons whom the Soviet government, by classification as civilian worker or in any other way, have deprived of prisoner of war status and have thereby excluded from the prisoner of war statistics." - 4. Supply full information on identity and burial place of Ger mans who died in custody in Rus sia. EXAMINER SCHEDULED A driver's license examiner will be on duty in Roseburg Thursday and Friday. July 20 and 21, at the cily hall between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. 2fR 1 SALE SEE PAGE 12 MAC SEZ: "FILL YOUR TANK ANDFEELTHE DIFFERENCE" SEE PAGE 2 HARD OF HEARING? TINY NEW INVENTION Weighing V ox. 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