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t I 4 Th Newi-Raview, Roeburg, PublUhed Oiily Except Sunday by th Ntwi-Rtvltw Company, Inc. latere tteM etsse natter Mae 1, lite, at th pl efrlee at Basabarg, Oregaa, anger act ( March) t, 1171 CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Mtmbtr of Hit Aiteciattd Pre,)regon Newspaper Publithtrt Association, ho Audit Buroau of Circulations ftcpreaaatc by W EST-HOLLIDA CO.. INC.. affinal In Hew Terlu Chlaa. as FranoJsce. Lse Angeles, AasUla, Perils b 4. OL Leeis UBttCJKimiON BATK8 Ib Oregon By Mail Fee year IK.M. all manias W M, manias si.s By utiy carrier year, par mantb SI.M Outslte Mentha t,H. No Commissars Needed By Charles V-Stanton :The Columbia Valley administration issue is again at tracting much attention. Fear is expressed that emergency powers granted the President may permit creation of valley authorities without congressional action. At the same time, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Gerard Davidson, valley authority "evangelist," has again started "revival" meetings through which he hopes to make "converts", for the cause. We anticipate the administration will lose no oppor tunity to make political hay, given the slightest excuse. If the door is opened whereby CVA can be set up under the guise of military necessity, we will not'be surprised if and when the attempt is made. If the Pacific Northwest of a three-man dictatorship, which will destroy state bound' arics, supersede state and county governments and bend political subdivisions to its will through powers of financial control, we win need eternal vigilance and determination. Once a CVA is established, with the unlimited nowers nro- posed for it, and with the offset benefits clause enabling it to aid its friends financially and punish its enemies, any opposition win nave tough sledding. Self-Government Imperiled In this connection we were greatly impressed by a warning by Robert Ormand Case, writing in the first issue of the new Oregon magazine Republican Statesman. After recounting abandonment of constitutional nrin- ciples of government and the safeguards of checks and balances, Case points out that the fundamental theory of the American system of government is that an enlightened electorate is capable of passing judgment, either directly or through its elected representatives, upon every question relating to the public interest. ; Then. he adds . - ? Vex popull, vox Dol "The vole of lh people It the voice of God." Thlt truism meant that tho majority will of an en .lightened citiitnry, expressed without ear in a secret ballot, must always ba th final yardstick in the measurement of "the public interest," just at the Anglo-Saxon jury system the con sidered verdict of "twelve good men and true" represents mankind's closest approximation of abstract justice.' Th fundamental theory means, simply, that the people must never relinquish their control of government, either di rect or through their elected representatives; and no plea of expediency In "th public interest" short of war Itself must ba permitted to obscure or abridge that fundamental right of control. More specifically, th authority to nuke laws and Issu directives must never be delegated to individuals or-commit- tiont (as In the federal corporation or "valley authority" pat tarn) unless direct control it retained by representatives of th people. Regardless of how it mey be camouflaged or rettoneliied, ' the moment authority to.' make lawt It delegated, at that mo ment th vary batit of self-government It imperiled. To the -extent that the Individual empowered to make lawt It ap pointed by and responsible lo the President rather than the representatives of the people, to that extent the constitution has been bypassed end a fundemental right of th people bridged or destroyed. Must Protect Freedoms No emergency ever-can exist that will justify the sur render of American principles of free enterprise, personal liberty, state rights and self-government. Yet, while we fight dictatorship and authoritarianism abroad, we are apt, if we are not careful, to sanction the imposition of those vnrv controls unon ourselves. In the midst of 'war we over our own freedoms. We might easily be persuaded that the1 war effort requires a coordination of activities obtain able only by regional authority. Keened to sacrifice, we might not realize the danger involved. Did any section of the country surpass the Pacific Northwest' in contributions to production efforts in the last war? .Were the resources of any area more advan tageously used than our own under our free enterprise system? Were the human resources of the Pacific North west less effective than in other parts of the country? Did our industrial record suffer by comparison with any other industrial center? 'Honest answers will reveal that the Pacific Northwest was in the forefront of the last war. Its 41st division was one of history's finest combat organizations. Our percentage of volunteers was the highest in the nation. We bought a hisrln"' 'nTnt",e of 'ir bonds. We produced goods, ships, planes, lumber and industrial materials on as high a level as iuunu anywhere. We need, no political commissars to guide our production if we must again mobilize for war. In The Day's News By FRANK (Continued trum pace One) ourselves and our dependents. IT IS A LUSCIOUS AND LIVELY LIFE from the slnnrlnnint p' ,h congressman, the senators and the bureaucrats. They want lo slay there. To stay there, they have to get re-elected. You've probably watched an old buck out in the hills. He's wily. Ho's smart. He's full to strata gems. Why? BECAUSE STAY ALIVE HE WANTS TO Your congressman and your senators arc the same way. They want to stay elected. They want lo stay elected as much as the old buck wants to stay alive. The way to stay elected is lo gel voles. Your congressman and your sen ators soon become as sensitive tn votes as the old buck is to dnTr. They smell - old buck smells DANGERS up wind. ; When congressmen and sciwlors begin to get letters from their constituents calllnp for laws in FREEZE PRICES, you can bet your bottom dollars they'll wl not on price control and rationing. Ore. Mon, Aug. 21, 150 rr year sio.twi 'in aavanr', Uraraa B Hall Par tame t.oo. is to be spared establishment are prone to relax vigilance JENKINS. Anyway, a flood of letters from the folks bark home seems lo ex plain the sudden popularity of price control ond rationing back in Washington. Bl'T And don't forget this Your congrcssmn.. and your sen ators are as sensitive to things they think you MlCiHT NOT LIKE as thrv are to things THEY THINK YOU 00 LIKE, ""hey know you didn't like rationing before, after you'd hod lime lo give it a good try, and they're afraid you may not like it again. That thought worries them. The little man from Missouri, who is a first class politician and therefore as sensitive to political dangers as a (ieiger counter is to radioactivity, knows prohnblv bet ter than anybody else that there is DANGER in this prire control business. That is why he is so cagey about it. Bring cagey, he has maneuvered congress (which doesn't seem to he loo smart) into the position of having FORCED WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS AND RATIONING onto the Presi dent. So, when price controls and ra tioning BACKFIRE, as they prob ably wilK the President ill he able tn say: "Don't blame ME, congress MADE me do It." The Jolly Game 7feARS , AGO mm By Vw Last night the amoke lay low and flattened below a thin sliver of the new moon. But this morning hopes for rain were dashed by the sight of the usual coppery cables spun confidently in the dry air as wise little engineers spun their webs. I can see one cable near the window, from tree branch to bush, that is all of twenty feet long. Wonderful little creatures, spiders! 1 used tn tench our children that they were busy workers not liking interference: "If you don't hate them, and don't interfere with them, they'll never bother you." This idea "paid off" in two instances where poisonous spiders were concerned. One of my earliest memories is ah Eng lish garden with high brick walls, and a dear dad squatting on his heels to be at my level of vision, "explaining" the wonders of na ture. . Inever feel I have really seen a flower, or tiny living things around, until I have looked at it through a reading glass. But now adays as I look, sometimes two small heads bob below my eyes and I am seeing two small boys all agog with the wonders to be viewed for free. : . How grateful wa may be for memories! The kindergarten teacher welcomed many of the boys' discoveries which went lo school in pickle jars or in boxes. Have you ever watched a spider truss up a fly and stow it away for future use? Have you ever really watched an ant drag a bit of plunder off to its treasure house, and noted the extraordin ary methods the tiny thing uses to accomplish its obective? If you ever tuned an ant by figuring the number offeet it covers in a minute, its speed will amaze you, as it did me. I still remember T King Salmon Set New Record In Long Swim JUNEAU, Alaska -4JP) Two king salmon tagged by the Alaska fisheries department finned tn a new world record when they swam 1,100 miles in 37 days from Cape Spencer near here lo St. Helens, Ore. Department records showed the salmon were taken in a gillnet Aug. 3 by E. L. Browning. The salmon grew three inches during the long swim. The salmon were tagged by Ko- Dcrt rt. Parker, who also num bered the previous litleholder, which swam 1.000 miles from northwest Washington and up the Sacramento river. July Home Building Best Month In U.S. History WASHINGTON - P) -The government reported today that July was the best home building' month In history. The bureau of labor statistics said tentative figures show 144,000 new non-farm dwelling units were started in July to bring the total for the first seven months of the year to almost 803,000. By the end of July, the agency reported, new housing activity was M per cent above the volume from January through July last year. GIs' Japanese Families Given U.S. Entry Right WASHINGTON (.P) Pres ident Truman has signed into law a bill to permit 760 Japanese wives and children of American service men lo enter this country from Japan. The measure would permit the entry only of alien wives of Amer ican citizens, otherwise barred by rare barriers, to enter this cotintrv if they were married 90 days be-1 fore Congress passed the bill. 1 J Wit. -low ' "N . Vf y wtCoovfl&H we abb f JsC Bewa imficppaTeo b g J I The Reps .'Quick! Give 3 Zs ' IWeEKND OF AWEARY- I yf g-" Of Smoking Out The lite A-'ffSffi", isJ& l.roW linen s.-Martini watching7 an ant with broken cherrypit on a a bit of hot dry station platform. Incidentally 1 happened to be feeling burdened with a personal problem, heavy of heart. But watching that valiant ant achieve its mission, surmounting the mountains in its path without de lay, without any lack of confi dence, and apparently wasting no time in self-pity, shamed me into thinking my own problem was a small matter indeed. I had more to help me than that ant had, and certainly I also possessed the qual ities the ant had been demon strating. All I had to do was USE them I New York Will Continue Its Rainntaking Business NEW YORK () New York City is going to stay in the rain making business for another six months. The board of estimate has ex tended the contract of Dr. Wal lace E. Howell, the Harvard me teorologist it hired to "milk the clouds" last spring when a drought imperilled the city water supply. Water department officials re ported rainfall has been six per cent above normal in the Catskill mountains watershed area where Howell has been trying to make rain-clouds turn into rain by treat ing them with chemicals from above and below. Howell gets J100 for every day he works. Store Supervisor Aide Named By Liquor Board Appointment of Elmer H. Pauly as assistant store supervisor in charge of southwestern Oregon li quor stores and agencies was an nounced this week by William H. Hammond, administrator of t h e Oregon Liquor Control commis sion. Pauly's territory includes Rose burg, Albany, Coos Bay, North Bend. Grants Pass, Springfield, Eugene and all agencies In south western Oregon. Employed by the commission since August. 1941, Pauly has been Eugene store manager and was appointed to his new position fol lowing competitive examination. He succeeds John Walker of Eu gene, who resigned this month after a 14-year association with the commission. TRAIN NOW FOR GOOD PAY DIESEL JOBS BECOME QUALIFIED AND SKILLED FOR BETTER CIVILIAN AND MILITARY JOBS Construction Logging Training Con Htlp Qualify You for SptcialittJ Armtd Forcoi Training If you r mechnlclly Inclined and dwtrt to trutn for high pay. t early )or In thlt rapidly vxpardinf, lucrative (teld, fill out th form below and mall at onct. INTERSTATE TRAINING SERVICE Diesel, Tractor & Heavy Equipment Division Box 436, Ntwt-Rovitw I want tn rntvr th dltniM and equipment field. Pleae fumlnh m full In for mat inn about your Diesel noma training and personal placement adviiory service. 1 ana particularly Interealed In: ( Optra tor ( ) Dioial tnainatr t ) Sarvict man ( ) Parttman ( ) Dtmomtraror ( ) Strvict managar ( ) Tractor Dil ( ) Traubtt Shoottr Noma Phana Addrtis City ... Start . Ago Praient occupation - Employtd by If you liva on RFO giva direction - ........ HOMI OFFICE: PORTLAND 13. ORE. 1 Communists Battle Against T-H Law Kept Up By Printers Union WASHINGTON IIP) The AFL Printers union today declared a continuing all-out fight against the Taft-Hartley labor law ana its chief enforcing officer, Robert N. Denham. Woodruff Randolph, president of the International Typographical union, outlined the no-retreat pol icy for the opening session of the ITU s 92nd annual convention. President Truman, unable to attend in person, sent a message to delegates pledging anew his aim of seeking Taft-Hartley law repeal. The ITU was the first big union to run afoul of the labor law u 1947. Its leaders have been feud ing ever since with Denram, who is general counsel of the National Labor Relations board. ' In general, the trouble stems from ITU efforts to cling to the union's traditional closed shop in commercial print shops and news paper composing rooms. The Taft Hartley law barred the closed shop an arrangement under which only union members may be hired. But the union has made con tracts even under the act in effect retaining an all-union hiring ar rangement. Randolph said in a statement prepared for the convention open ing that a "shameless and brazen combination continues, with its ac tivity unabated." between Denham and employer associations. Randolph said ."The constant harping of the American News paper Publichers association ap pears to have induced the NLRB itself to give Denham a new op portunity to wage his destructive war against the union. Union Policy Unchanged Randolph recalled the board has directed Denham to seek a court order to enforce a board decision requiring the ITU to drop any efforts to obtain a closed shop agreement. "That means Denham will try to get court approval and enforce ment of his phony interpretations of the law instead of the board's decision." Randolph said. Randolph said he saw no reason for changing the union's policy, adopted in 1947, not to use the Taft-Hartley law. That includes re fusal lo file non-Communist affi davits which are required of union officers as a condition to a union's using facilities of the NLRB. "The ITU neither needs nor wants any part of the Taft-Hartley law." Randolph said. "Such por tions of the law as affect us have been complied with in every de tail. We have not changed any union law (by-law) which has been Transportation Agricuftura Country's Industrial Picture Clouded By Current Strikes, Threats Of Additional Ones BT TH ASSOCIATED MISS The nation's labor unrest appeared growing today. Disputes in railroad, steel and other key industries threatened to curtail the country's defense program. Wages were the major issue in the disputes. The labor picture, at a glance, showed industrial strife in: RAILROADS Planned five-day token" strikes against two short lines and three key terminals were scheduled to start next Monday and Tuesday. Some 50.000 rail workers will be made idle, a union spokesman said. The rail workers want a 40-hour work week at 48 hours pay. STEEL The country's biggest single strike hit steel and coal production and made idle some 25,000 workers in Birmingham, Ab. The city's two largest steel mills were shut down. There was some violence in the walkout by 4,000 iron ore miners. The 17,000 steel workers refused to cross picket lines. Four thousand coal miners also were on strike. The crucible steel company's Sanderson-Halcomb plant in Syra cuse. N.Y.. was closed, by a walk out of 2.000 of the plant's 2,500 workers, tn r noenixvine. Pa., 800 CIO workers at the Phoenix Iron and Steel Co. remained on strike. AUTOMOTIVE The strike of 000 CIO United Auto Workers against Packard Motor company in Detroit was in its fourth day. peace laiKS connnuen FARM EQUIPMENT 27,000 members of the United Farm Equipment workers division-UE threatened a strike in a wage dis pute at 11 International Harves ter company plants in eight cities. ELECTRICAL A strike vote was to be taken today by the some 8,000 workers at the big Gen eral Electric company plant i n Syracuse, N.Y. GE has no contract with the International Union of El ectrical Workers. Rail Strike May Sproad The rail strike threat was byj tne Brotnernood ot Kailroad Train men and the Order of Railway Conductors. A trainmen's union official, com menting on the long wage-hour dis pute with the carriers, told news men in Washington that "unrest is spreading over the country among tne unions 200,000 mem bers. "It has reached a very acute stage and it is difficult to say what may happen," said President W. P. Kennedy of the trainmen's union. , But, President Truman told his news conference yesterday he re mains hopeful a settlement can be reached that will head off nationwide rail walkout. A total strike by the 300,000 mem bers of the two unions would para lyze the nation's major lines. But labor experts in Washington said tne canine ot only snort "token' strikes at strategic points was ob viously a tactic designed to avoid a national emergency. Such a n emergency would undoubtedly bring a court injunction. Union officials were expected to meet wun uonn K. steeiman, pres. idential aasistant, today. Manage ment representatives met with him yesterday but made no comment. The work stoppage was ordered after President Truman rejected made inoperative by the Taft Hartley law because our book of laws covers Canada, whier there is no such - law and because we hope for repeal of the Taft-Hartley laws covers Canada, where there pealed before now." President Truman's message to the convention said: "The administration will never relax its efforts to obtain needed labor legislation that is fair to all and consistent with the demo cratic ideals of our people. "This means, for one thing, the repeal of the Taft-Hartley law." t- Nil 1 M Ac V INVESTORS STOCK FUND, INC. Dividend Not'tf The Board of Dktwton f touton Stock Knd ha ddarcJ a quortnHy drvMond of vanfaan conti bos thar faynhk an AvguU 21, 1950 lo sharcheldtm on racortj 1 of Jury 31,10.50. H. X. 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Phont'398 the unions' request lor government seizure oi the carriers, ine iram men called the walkout of 3.000 yard workers at key terminals in Louisville, St. Paul and Cleveland, starting at 6 a.m. Monday. f ive-day token strikes against the short lines, the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern railroad with head quarters in Chicago, and the Pitts- Durgn ana Lake trie rauroau, Pittsburgh, were called by both unions. The walkout will start at 6 a.m. Tuesday and will affect some 5,000 workers. TITll INtUIANCI tf&BSjm case gp.ri.yaii: . johnsoh ...or Mr. Jonson...or Mr. Johnston... or Mr. Jonneson. These are only four of the approximately 18 different ways of spelling the name Johnson. To make tht matter even more confusing, a doctrine of law known as "idem sohuhs" holds that regardless of spelling, names that sound alike are the same. 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