4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore Tuti., Aug. 8, 1950
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WE'RE PECULIAR
By Charles V. Stanton
Americans are a peculiar people.
They push prices up and then demand controls to
get them down.
They insist that waifes be high, but that cost of living
be low.
They demand personal freedom and liberty, but elect
men pledged to socialistic policies tending toward the
police state.
They permit themselves to be panicked into foolish,
wasteful buying, thereby affording opportunity for price
chiseling.
The list of American peculiarities could be extended
to great length but we need mention only a few.
War-scare buying has depleted merchandise in many
Roseburg stores. The situation is the same throughout the
country. Recalling shortages occuring during the last war,
people scurried to buy and horde items they fear might
not be obtainable later.
By their action they have released into circulation many
millions of dollars to act as a tidal wave on economy. A
sudden wave of buying is inflationary. Already war-scare
buying has boosted prices on many commodities and foods.
This price increase is totally unnecessary and results only
because people brought it upon themselves by their panic.
Selfishness Damages Economy
Hoarding is an act of selfishness. Because people take
a selfish advantage, they bring penalties upon the popu
lation as a whole.
In addition to the inflationary danger produced by
hoarding, we find another influence toward inflation in
new wage demands by organized labor.
It is generally conceded that if it again becomes neces
sary to invoke controls, those controls will be placed over
wages as well as prices. Consequently many unions are
rushing to get higher wages before a freeze order is issued.
Some of the demands admittedly are "unreasonable" but
it is anticipated any control order will include machinery
for adjustments and, if wages can be boosted high enough,
the cutback still will leave an improved condition. But
every wage boost is inflationary in its influence.
, Every act connected with war-scare buying and panic
wage demands is serving to hasten necessity for price and
wage controls. Realizing that public demand will force
controls before the situation gets entirely out of hand,
politicians are taking advantage of the situation to write
political expediency into price control legislation, thereby
tightening the socialistic grip on the nation.
Need "Golden Rule" Legislation
It is regrettable that we can't write the .Golden. Rule
into enforceable law. If we could eliminate selfishness,
greed, covetousness and love
political and social life we wouldn t be troubled with all
these problems. Lacking power to make the Golden Rule
a law, we can only hope with the evangelists that a spir
itual awakening will bring more people into voluntary prac
tice of Christian tenets.
We're a peculiar and unpredictable people. We bring
down all kinds of trouble on
foolishness. . Allowance must be made for the fact that as
a nation we still are young and that we exhibit the insta
bility of youth. The older a nation, the greater its conserva
tism.
But its fun to be an American. What if we are un
predictable? At least we're vigorous, excitable, and healthy.
Life in this country is never monotonous.
In The Day's News
.By FRANK
(Continued from pace One)
doesn't want a bill that would
compel imposition of wage and
firice controls whenever the cost of
iving eaches a certain point.
That, he says, would he an invita
tion to bid prices up to that point.
I'd say that ANY bill that makes
rationing certain is an invitation to
bid up prices. Rationing means
that you can't have what you want
when vou want it. So you START
BUYING IT NOW and squirreling
it away so you CAN have what
you want when you want it.
All this hoarding business we
hear so murh about is merely an
effort to beat rationing to the gun.
I have personal doubts as to
whether realioning is any good in
wartime. H lakes a lot of people
lo make it work. If all these peo
ple were IMtOIHH'lNG SOME
THING instead of telling the rest
of us how much we can have i t
might work out heller in the long
run.
After all, in wiir or In peine,
WH CAN'T HAVE WHAT ISN'T
PRODUCED.
That's always a good thing lo
remember.
Also, I have a cynical notion
that about 98 per cent of all this
rationing and control talk that is
going on in Washington is based
nn politics. The Republicans are
trying In crowd controls that will
rear back on the Democrats, who
are in power and will have to do
Hie administering, and the Demo
crats are hoping to push the Re-
fiuhlicans into a hole where n will
(ok like it Is the wicked Republi
cans who are responsible for all
the mess.
If we could only run wars with
out politics, it would be wonderful.
Fair Oaks Participates
In Pomona Grange Meet
Thirteen members of Ihe Fair
Oaks Grange motored to Kellogg
to n 1 1 end Pomona Grange meeting
Saturday evening. A pot lurk din
ner was served by Kellogg Grange
of power from our economic,
our own heads "by our own
JENKINS.
members preceding the meeting.
The session was presided over
by Master Howard Cracroft. Slate
Overseer William Howse was pre
sent and gave a short talk.
Fair Oaks members present
were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cra
croft, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Briscoe,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert llibbard,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brauninger,
Mr. tnd Mrs. Lester Harrison and
Miss Barbara Brauninger. The
attendance prize was won by Fair
Oaks.
Lt. Rhule Transferred
To Duty At St. Louis
FRANKFURT, Germany 1st.
I.t. Walter A. Rhule, whose par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rhule,
reside in Rosehurg, will leave Eur
ope shortly after a three-year lour
of duly. LI. Rhule has been an
instructor in Ihe army finance
school in Frankfurt.
A grnilunte of Coquille high
school in 19.lt, I.t. Rhule entered
Ihe service in 1340. During World
War 11 , he served in the China
Rurma lndiu (healer with the air
force. I.t. Rhtilc's next assign
ment will he wilh the army fin
ance center in St. Louis. Mo.
.lohn G. Rhule of Coquille is I.t.
Rhule's brother.
Tenmile
Ry JULIA BRF.1TKNRUC1IER
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gosselt of
Ashland visited the Klbeit
Smith and B. R. Smith homes on
Sunday. Mr. Gosselt is Mrs. El
bert Smiih's nephew
Mr. and Mrs. .!. P. Hahn and
Mr. and Mrs. Dell I'iersol spent
Ihe weekend in Grants Pass with
Mr. Halm's sister and family. Mr.
and Mrs. John Abbott,
i Verlon and Arden Rolh of I.os
j Angeles visited over the weekend
at the home of their brother, Don
ftoth and family. Their parents.
Mr. and Mis. Charles Rolh, and
family of Florence were visitors
I on Friday.
"Meeting Will-Come To Order To
AO A i
its b ZmS'- J i
Mrs. G. was "just a little tired"
last evening. She took me down
into the basement to see why: one
whole side of an 18-cu. ft. deep
freeze filled with neatly wrapped
beef. "I ve been working on it
three days, because the menfolk
seemed extra busy. I just cut it
up the way the government chart
shows it should he done.
"All yourself?" I said the words
without any thojght of question;
I was a mite slu.i.ierl. But Mrs.
G. took it literally. "Well, I did
send the trimmings to the butcher
and have him grind up the ham
burg" she said, as if she were
correcting too broad a statement.
"He did the whole thing for forty
cents and I hate to think how long
it would have taken me!"
I looked at the fruit, vegetables
and so on, in the other half of
the eight-foot-long white box; then
I looked at the rows and rows of
fruit in glass jars on shelves with
lots of empties waiting. Said I:
"You make me think of the wo
man in the Bible, that chapter in
Proverbs, 'She riselh while it is
yet night, and giveth meat to her
household. . .She Inoketh well to
the ways of her household and
cateth not the hread of idleness.'"
When I came home I refreshed
THE WORLD TODAY
By DEWITT MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
American military reinforce
ments are landing in Korea and
rushing to the support of their
hard-pressed comrades and that's
big news.
Meantime, oddly enough, half a
world away at Lake Success a bat-
lie which may have greater in
fluence on the outcome of the Ko
rean war has been joined in the
United Nations.
I refer to Soviet insistence that
admission of Communist China lo
the U. N., be made a requisite to
action aimed at achieving peace
in Korea. The United States,
backed by the democracies, has
been calling for Korean peace ac
tion first.
What the thing really boils down
to is that Moscow is Hying to ne
gotiate a horse deal. She recently
ii dicated that she would be willing
to use her influence on the North
ern Koreans to cease their attack
provided Red China got that seat
at the expense of Nationalist China,
one of Ihe Big Five of the late
World War.
That is the background of t h e
scrap over procedure wilh which
Ihe security council opened its Aug
ust sessions recently under pres
idency of Jakob A. Malik, Soviet
representative. Malik's presence
was in itself an indication of the
importance which Russia attached
lo the occasion, for the Soviet had
been boycotting U. N. organizations
since last January.
Well, now, let's take a look at
this Soviet proposal to see whether
it has any substance back of it.
Naturally the democracies aren't
going to agree to any such bribe
to buy off Ihe aggressors. How
ever, it is a military fact (hat the
North Koreans have overrun Ihe
major portion of South Korea de
spite American intervention under
V. N. auspices.
True we have no reason what
ever to doub( that the U. N.
forces, with America carrying
the main burden, will win the Ko
rean war and evict the invaders.
SUM. that is an eventuality, where -
as Ihe Northern Korean successes
are an accomplished fact, even
though (hey may not be long lived.
Under (hese circumstances there
is no reason for us to be surprised
to see Moscow try lo make capital
out of the situation. If Russia could
Mm
my memory on that lovely descrip
tion (Prov. 31) of the perfect
housewife, or home-maker as I
prefer to say, regardless of Uncle
Sam's dictum on the use of the
word.
To be sure, our modern farm
wiman docs not spin and weave
(a few of them do!) and she no
longer makes candles and her own
soap of necessity. But when 1 see
and hear what some of the ranch
women do around here, I think
the writer of that chapter in Pro
verbs would change the 'ording a
bit but keep the sense the same,
to include our modern ranch wo
men! There's Mrs. T who "rode the
tractor" for several days, while
her own housework was "keep
ing" to help out in an emergency
when hay and grain would not
keep! There's Mrs. B. on up our
road who worked on the combine
and in the hayficld "to help out"
... .1 could fill a page with just
the ones I know about. The thing
that strikes me about them all is
their attitude toward the "helping
out". I glory in their spunk. I've
heard many a town woman moan
over a lot less. . .1 may have
moaned a little myself.
I get Red China installed in the Unit
ed Nations, in exenange lor Mos
cow's intervention to halt the Ko
rean upheaval. It really would re
present a double bargain for the
Soviet.
Why? Well, because (1) commu
nism would gain much prcsticge in
Asia through membership in the
peace organization, and (2) because
Moscow can see that ultimately the
North Koreans will be defeated.
There are many evidences that
; Moscow has on hand numerous
projects for the spread of Commu
nism. In some of them Red China
could play an invaluable part. For
example, take the case of Tibet
which China has sworn to take
ever.
So. as remarked, the U. N. bat
tle over Korea might easily rank
among the decisive engagements of
that Far Eastern conflict.
LETTERS
to the Editor
Korean War Regarded As
Preliminary Skirmish
ROSEBURG I wonder how
many readers of The News-Review
read Don Whitehead's article in
Friday's paper? If you did not
read it, it concerned what World
War No. 3 will, or can. be like,
only ten thousand (imes worse.
Remember, this Korean war is
only preliminary skirmish. The
belligerents might be likened to
a bear (Russia) and an angry
bulldog (the U.N.) chained near
each (her; growling, snapping
and straining at the chain to get
at each other's (hroats. which
will, or would, be a savjge battle
lo the death. World War No. 3
will, or would, be a war of bitter
hatred and one of extermination
absnlutelv. Unlike anv other war
as Mr Whitehead explains in his!
letter. "Shoot on sight." he savs I
even if it is a refugee." A ref -
1 "gee ? might be a spy. Who
i knows? Multiply Ihe Korean war
a tnoiusnci times and we can
realize what world 19.S0 war may
be like.' Remember what General
W. T. Sherman said about war?
-Mrs.
Carolyn Ilansiler.
Roseburg, Ore.
Discuss Peace!"
Pay-As-You-Go
Basis For Defense
Outlay Proposed
BY BRUCE BIOSSAT
There is little question Congress
will enact a tax increase measure
closely paralleling the $5,000,000,01)0
boost President Truman requests.
The nation doesn't have any alter
native if its huge new defense bills
are to be met.
Mr. Truman proposes that hikes
on individual income levies be
made effective Oct. 1 of this year,
while suggested corporate tax in
creases be made to apply to all
1930 income.
Congress probably will accept the
Oct. 1 date but may balk at making
corporate increases retroactive to
Jan. 1. Senator George, chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee,
says July 1 is a more likely start
ing date for business tax changse.
Fair Enough
This modification sounds fair en
ough. Whatever the cost, we ought
to meet the burden of added de
fense outlays on a pay-as-you-go
basis, but we shouldn't have to
turn back and slap extra taxes on
previously earned incomes, either
corporate or individual.
The pay-as-you-go idea was sug
gested recently by Senator Taft,
leading Republican. There's no way
of knowing whether the President's
proposals on this point coincide
with Taft's by accident or design.
But certain it is that Taft's views
make more likely a solid congres
sional front on vital revenue needs.
Paying off our defense bills as
they come has two main advanta
ges. The biggest is that it will drain
off substantial sums that otherwise
would inevitably contribute to infla
tion in (he period of half-mobilization
we are entering. With (he econ
omy already going full tilt, infla
tionary pressures are sure to be
terrific when defense demands are
piled on top of heavy civilian con
sumption. If there is any real hope of avoid
ing eventual rationing and price
controls, it must lie in higher taxes
which will reduce the level of civ
ilian demand.
Secondly, paying out of pocket
now for our added arms will mean
holding down the public debt. That
debt has long since soared to as
tronomical heights. When a nation
owes upwards of S25n.0O0.000.0u0,
what's another $10,000,000,000 or
$15,000,000,000.
Answar
The answer is. of course, that
even though figures of such magm
j lude are almost incomprehensible
to lilt HvtMane iiiiii'ii, lit- lull panj
understand (he $6,000,000,000 in in
terest that must be paid on that
debt out of taxes every year. The
larger the debt, the greater tne in
terest payment. And such payments
go on long after the debt is incur
led and the money spent.
The word "interim" is being used
In Hncfrihp ItiA PrnsiHpnt's lav nrn.
posals. The clear intent is to ask '
for more money later. An excess
profits tax on corporations is one
item that may be sought.
But it's worth noting that even
the "interim" proposals would put
tax revenues back just about where
thev were at the end of World War
11 in 1945. Yet that level isn't in
tended to support full mobilization
for all-out war. as in 1945. It's
meant to support only partial mo
bilization and a "little" war.
Nothing could illustrate better the
harsh fact that Ihe postwar rise in
the U.S. price index has made even
minimum defense a vastly more
expensive thing than we like to con
template. Heart Attack Fatal To
Buyer Of Failing Home
OREGON CITY", (.V) An
Independence. Ore., lumberman
ldied in a hospital of a heart ail-
ment here Monday after being
stricken in his automobile Sunday
night.
He was Fred Swift, 45. who had
just recently purchased Ihe 30
room home in Portland of Ihe late
Mary E. Failing for $40,000.
He drove into a service station
here and collapsed.
Doughboy, As In Past, Will Be Major
Factor In Deciding War In Korea
By HAL BOYLE
WITH U.S. TROOPS IN KOREA,
U H'l up to the doughboy again.
Thit fellow with the bent walk
and a timeless weariness in hit
eyes it going to have to decide the
saj issue in Korea.
ine crucial light
ing it urn iae
ground fighting.
They wrote the
doughfoot off af
ter the First
World War and
I said hit role i n
battle was over.
But they had to
call him back by
ihe millions in
die second World
And today it is
American infan
try that is most needed there in
fantry equipped with modern in'
fantry weapons in real quantity.
The flyboys of the air forces have
done a tremendous job of rear-area
bombing and frontline support. But
this is not basically an air war.
Guerrilla troops such as the
North Koreans make poor targets
from above. Trying to bomb them
into submission is like trying to
wipe out all the ants in a pasture by
peppering it at night with a scatter
shotgun.
Man with Riflat
But many men with rifles can go
through these mountain, ridge by
ridge, and flush out the Reds, who
lie hidden in the gullies and valleys.
The invaders do have more
tanks better tanks but it isn't
lack of ground army that's chief
ly hampered the Americans and
South Koreans. The United Nations
forces simply have lacked the man
power to lorm a solid continuous
line that can sift out the infiltrating
guerrillas and sweep the Reds back
north like a rolled-up carpet.
And someone will have to blow a
bugle that will bring scores of thou
sands more doughboys into action
or the present retreats will go no
until the lines go down to the
water.
More modern tanks would be wel
come. Especially the new powerful
tanks. For tanks always bolster in
fantry morale. But tankmen them
selves don't see tanks as the final
answer. .
"This is no tank country," said
Lt. John N. Roush, Harrisburg, Pa.,
who has commanded tank platoons
in F.urope and Korea. "Y'ou can't
maneuver. The roads are narrow
and the bridges won't take much
weight. If you get off the roads you
bog down in the rice paddies. I have
heard that the Russian tanks can
go through rice paddies because
of their wider tracks. But I don't
believe it."
And trained infantry armed with
the right weapons know how to
deal with tanks in mountainous ter
rain. Only a few of the 19 tanks
Roush's own company are still op
erable after two weeks of combat.
"The North Koreans often lead
off an attack with a couple
of tanks followed by infantry," he
said. "But they don t get anywhere
when they send out tanks alone."
Rad Skill
He has a high opinion of the skill
with wihich the No.th Koreans in
fantry fights armor.
"lhey lie in culverts until a
tank comes along and then they
hit it with grenades wrapped with
dynamite," he said, "or they try to
ambush you in mountain passes.
They set field guns in the hills and
they put a man with an anti-tank
rifle so it will go through any part
of our light tanks."
But the new U. S. 3.5-inch super
bazooka has shown it can do the
same thing to the Russian tanks
used by the Korean P.eds. The front
Umpqua Rebekahs Plan
Centennial Celebration
The Umpqua Rebekah loJge of
Eldkton met in regular session
at the hall Aug. 1. The following
members were appointed to the
finance committee: Mrs. Oliver
Haines, Mrs. Gilbert Binder and
Wilbur Garrison. Mrs. Robert
Smith was nsked to remember
Aunt Fannie. The charter was
draped in honor of a deceased
member, Fred Alldndge.
The members decided to get the
ball rolling on some form of a
community celebration in honor of
the pioneers who settled the Elk
ton area 100 years ago. Com
mittees appointed to work with
all interested persons in the com
munity for a centenial celebration
were: Publicity; Mrs. Robert
Smith, Mrs. Oliver Haines and
Mis. Gene Lakey; program com
mittee: Mrs. L. E. Vrice, Mrs.
Mary Beckley and Mrs. Boyd
At a late hour refreshments of
ice cream, cookies and coffee were
served.
FAMILY HABIT
LOS ANGELES, i.P) Will,
inm Ranslem yesterday Occam?
the sixth brother in his family
to celebrate a 50th wedding an
niversary. Ranslem and his wife. Emma,
73, were married in Fremont, Neb.
1 : ai
HAL BOYLE
Wouldn't this old world be better
If the folks we meet would say,
"I know something good about you"
And then treat us just that way?
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Roseburg
Ook and Kane Street
Funerals
Tel. 600
line troops have confidence In it.
And wars are usually won more
by men than metal. Somehow, too,
they always have to depend on the
guy on foot when the going is tough.
He wears better in the mud. the
rain and the bills than any macnine.
Thai's the way it Is now in Korea.
Victory waits on the slogging feet
of the Doughboy more and more
Doughboys turning the green hills
to khaki.
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