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4 The Newt-Review, Roteburg, Or. Tutu, Oct. 31, If SO
Published Daily Ixcapt Sunday by the
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EMERQENCY SERVICE
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Our peaceful Umpqua Valley seldom is visited by dis
ajter, but when a rare emergency ii experienced the vol
untary response on the part of the public ii indeed heart
warminz. No sooner had our weekend flood started to assume dis
aster proportions than volunteers mobilized for service.
While reserve police from city and county organizations,
volunteer firemen, national guardsmen and others assumed
directed duties, hundreds of people took up the work of
evacuation. Fishermen responded to radio calls with boats
and motors. Trucks were furnished to salvage- household
guods. lu a!! flooded sections the response was immediate.
Concern for the homeless was demonstrated in many
ways. An appeal for cots was canceled within an hour be
cause more were volunteered than needed. Official services
of the American Ked Cross were augmented in many lo
calities by the work of other organizations as well as indi
viduals. Kr.re than forty people reportedly found refuge in
one private residence at Dillard when forced to evacuate
their threatened homes.
Particularly impressive was the service given by Rose
burg's two radio stations, KRXL and KRNR. The crew of
the former, marooned at the new station by high water,
' kept close contact with all disaster areas by telephone, re
laying news and information. Close cooperation between
the radio stations, police, mill
and others, added much to
panic, and furnished an excellent example of community
service. Immediate response by the public to radio bulle
tins indicated the great value this means of communication
has in times of emergency, and' how, in a space of only
a few years, we have learned to rely upon it
We spei'k heartfelt appreciation of the entire commu
nity to all the groups, organizations and individuals re
sponding so ably, efficiently and tirelessly with emergency
service.
Ballot Measures
VETERANS BONUS FUND
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Oregon voters will ba torn between sentiment and economy
In voting en tha veterans bsnui propoial at tha Nov. 7 ganaral
election. The bill would call for an outright gift of an unknown
number of millioni of dollars, probably around $50,000,000, to
vatarani of World War II larving from Oragon.
The bonus measure, entitled on
tha ballot "World War II Veterans
Compenaatlnn Fund," In initiated
and supported by veterani organ
izations. ' They point out that a bonus was
given veterans of the First World
war: that industry made huge
ptofits during the war; that high
wages were paid workers, while
men in the armed services were
getting $50 per month; that income
tax discounts were given during
the war years, which, in effect,
gave industry, business and work
ers a bonus approximately equiv
alent to the total cost of the bonus
payment now proposed for veter
ans. The measure would pay veterans
at the rate of J10 per month for
domestic service and $15 per month
for overseas service, with a maxi
mum of SHOO. Veterans SO percent
or more disabled would receive the
maximum regardless of length of
service. Members of the Merchant
Marine are eliminated.
Veterans estimate the cost at
about $43,000,000. Opponents claim
it would cost between $60,000,000
and $90,000,000 The S percent of to
tal state properly valuation set as
a limitation on oonos woum per-1 have been liberallv compensated
mil raising $75.00.000. The actual 1 with severance pav, G. I. Educa
cost probably would fall between tional benefits, etc.
the two sums claimed by support-1 So we have ample material for
era and opponents, nr around $M),- j argument on both sides.
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stata Facing Deficit Surprise Visit Paid
Naturally, people of Oregon are By President Truman
appreciative of the service of their i '
war veterans. Sentimentally we fa-! WASHINGTON r.7i President
vor giving them anything theylTrumsn paid surprise visit Sa
might seek. But we alsn must use turdsy to an orchid show
little common sense in the mat-1
ler of slate finances.
Oregon currently has surplus of
cash. While v,e have that surplus
we will have all kinds of demands
for money.
June .10. 1919. the stale had a
surplus of $.'7,000,000 resulting from
collection of income taxes in ex
cess of expectations. During the
10J0.19M hiennhim we will snenrl
approximately sas.OOO.OOO more tha j
our state income, thus reducing
the surplus to S32.0O0.nuO
Our welfare cost is rising stead
ily. The Basic School Bill, if
passed, would add more than
$7,000,000. Other state costs will rise
in proportion. Consequently, t h e
next two yean may see the sur
plus in the Hate treasury wiped
out.
Naw Tints Passible
It is entirely possible, of course,
to add more taxes. Undoubtedly
this wi be clone by the next egis
latiire. Possibilities include cig
aret tax, tax on automobiles, elim
ination of deductions for federal
income taxes, increase in income '
tax rates, cic.
It is indicated that higher taxes
are in prospect It ilso is obvious
that the existing treasury surplus
won't last long.
Payments for veterans bonus
bonds, if authorized, probably would 1
companies, school officials,
efficiency and suppression of
add around $3,000,000 annually for
the next 20 years.
Oregon is well able to pay the
bonus now, even though it means
higher taxes. Will wa be as well
prepared to meet the cost 10 or
12 years from now? Once issued
the bonds must be paid. On the
other hand, the veterans them
selves woukl be helping with re
payment costs.
So we come back to the matter
of sentiment whether our appreci
ation is sufficient to compel sac
rifice. On the practical side we have
the matter of state finsnres. We
also must consider the fact that few
veterans actuay are in need. Un
employment is exceedingly low.
Prospects are for continued short
age on the labor market. .Inhs wil
he plentiful. Prices are inflated.
Putting $40,000,000 to $50,000,000
into immediate circulation would
and to infationary trends.
Some people contend that com
pensation for veterans is a federal
rather than state function, yet 18
states have paid a bonus to vet
erans. It also is contended that
World War II veterans already
With William I). Hassett
sec-;
rrlary, and William J. Hopkins,
White House executive clerk, t h e
President cut short his customarv
po't breakfast walk at 8:44 a. m. I
EST to spend half an hour at the
cxhihit. The show wss in the
American Security and Trust Co. j
L u i Id in e near the White House. i
Truman as escorted around the I
display by Daniel W. Bell, oresi
u,nl ' oann.
Rrl1 Kv' 'he President a
prue
, flower to take to Mrs.
Truman.
Damages Demanded For
Alleged Defamation
Uili M. Bigits has filed suit In
the circuit court for S10.OO0 ataiOM
Chad Helnck for alleged defema
lion and damage to the rep
utation. The pl.vniiff charges Hetrick
with making public intimations that
she anil her husband were not
married ith the intent to "injure,
aisgrace(d defame ' her.
BER.KS ESTATE IN ftOBAT
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The estate of Henry Rtrji-who
idled Sept 2, has been diuied
i, probate by orrirr) of County
(j?idge D. N. Busenir.rk.
The order nsmes Anna Rain -
water as executrix of the will and
C. B. Calkins. Klvin Coade and
Gordon Ware appraisers.
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'What's the idea of running an
outboard motor with 'oil'?" EJ
asked, grinning cheerfully at my
lament over the' "stupid things I
can do without half trying" in this
column. I remember moving the
Cascades to the top of the Klkton
tunnel; and recently I forgot for
the moment that Indonesia is a
member in its own right in the
United Nations and put it back in
to the troubled hands of the Dutch.
all on account of some peppery
thoughts. Lastly, because I was
having an irritating time of it get
ting our oil heater started, just
then and was thinking I'd write the
manufacturer for suggestions, what
did I do but switch fuels in my
mind and put "oil" into the type
writer, too. Well, anyhow, 1 didn't
put "gas ' Into the oil heater!
But not every mistake in this
column it mine. However, on ac
count of living in a glass house,
or reasonable facsimile thereof, I'll
say no more on the subject, and
turn to the never-failing topic of
the weather. Dame Nature cer
tainly yanked the leaves off the
big maple in a hurry last night,
and gave the countryside a
thorough washing. But, 'as usual,
she didn't bother to tidy up after.
In The Day's News
.By FRANK
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out rheumatic fever and have tem
porarily helped against some kinds
of cancer.
The trouble has been that both
AC'TH and cortisone are scarce and
very, VERY slow and hard to get
in quantities sufficent to help a
! LOT of people.
I The drug is names furacin. Fura-
! cin is derived from furfural. Fur- j
i lurai is a hy-product in milling
I flour and soybeans. For that rea
son it can become endlessly plenti
ful. Two thoughts occur:
1. Until SMART MINDS come
along and find it out, we never
know the gold that may lie in the
gravel we kick about with our feet.
2. Wouldn't it be wonderful if
ALL OF OUR -SMART MINDS
could be devoted to projects like
that instead of having to be de
voted to thinking up new weapons'
to kill each other with?
K. T. Keller, one of Chrysler's
top big men, has been named di
rector of our guided missile pro
gram ... a guided missile is a
rocket bomb that can be launched
against our enemies, maybe thou -
sands of miles awav, when it has
been completely developed, and i
GUIDED ELECTRONICALLY to!
its target . . . use of guided mis-i
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The plae looia as if Dame Nature
had gven one of her children
broom and said child hadn't even
learned to sweep things under the
rug.
Seeley Creek is making inusic
again. But no matter how much
it rains, our spring, since it has a
new house over it, rises gradually
with no surface water to color it
suddenly or overflow it. We never
had less than fifteen inches of wa
ter last summer, even in canning
time. But oh, you people who have
gravity to keep your water pipe
full when the power's off! Don't 1
wish we had, too. When the power
goes off, my first thought is to
run for the big tub and set under
the eaves. The "outages" seem less
often now than the first year or
so we were here; really nothing to
complain about. Considering what
the electric employees have to do
in the way of maintenance, our
service
is simply wondrful, isn't
it!
i reaa me mommy news-sneei
with interest, and so found, in the
current issue, why my new fluo
rescent desk-lamp and the radio
don't hit it off very well and what
to do about it.
JENKINS.
siles has been sketchily termed
push-button warfare." . . . Keller
says in Detroit today:
"The military importance of
guided missiles is futlv appreciated
by the U.S. and it is' felt that the
program should be expedited. Rut
on account of the HUMAN ELE
MENT there will never be a real
push-button war. You just can't get
along without the human element."
Did vou ever stop to think that
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HUMAN
ELEMENT THAT WE HAVE
WARS? Nine wars out of ten start
because somebody wants to boss
somebody else. No impulse is more
"human" than wanting to boss
somebody else.
That's the "human element" tha
is responsible for communism. Th
smart communists want to boss the
dumb communists. The point is that
the dumb ones have to be convert-
ed to communism before they will
submit to being bossed.
Gettine back to the rheaD dru
th. TomisVpinclhif fo? htaf
louslv expensive ACTH.
Wouldn't it be splendid if we,1
could find a drug (cheap and plen
tiful) that when administered to
people would cause tnem to WANT
TO GET ALONG WITH EACH
OTHER instead of everlastingly
quarreling with each other?
Or. Edward C. Kendal ( left
I K,', v 1 Harry Bridges'
f I ' j shoremen's an
i.
Fulton Lewis Jr.
Scored Several
Big News Breaks
Fulton Lewis Jr. earned his ren-
utalion as one of America s top re-
porters by an amazing aeries of
factual exclusives.
Lewis, whose new column, "Wash
intgon Report," begins in the News
Review today, has never been a
"crystal ball" reporter in all his
26 years as a newspaperman and
radio news analyst.
The hard hitting Washington cor
respondent, who maintains a staff
of eight in the capital, broke such
page one exclusives as the air mail
scandals of the 1930 s; the Alcan
Highway expose: the bungling of
the synthetic rubber program early
in World War 11; and the sensa
tional story of former Lieut. -Commander
John S. Farnesworth, only
V. S. navy officer ever confided
of espionage.
Farnesworth, who conspired to
sell American naval secrets to Ja
f m, ,c,&,iei , the
pan, was sent to prison after Lewis
au
thorities.
Lewis also snntlichlpH Helava in
; me installation or Pearl Harbor
radar system by Col. Theodore Wy-
man Jr., Army engineer, and Hans
Wilhelm Rohl, German-born con
tractor. His reports were substan
tiated by a Congressional commit,
tee, which stated: "It is not a mat
ter of conjecture . . that had the
permanent aircraft warning s t a
tions been operating on Dec. ?,
1941, the approach of the Japanese
planes would have been detected."
Lewis' favorite newspaper exclus I
ive disclosure that only favorit I
had been granted air mail contract j
resulted in cancellation of the
tracts.
Lewis favorite newspaper exclu
sive disclosure that only "favor
ites had been granted air mail con
tracts resulted in cancellation of
the contracts.
Lewis, who is 47, started his ca
reer as a reporter on the Washing
ton Herald in 1924 and later be
came its city editor. He covered
Washington for International News
Service and Universal Service
from 1928 to 1937, when he started
his six-a-week broadcasts over 520
stations of the Mutual Network.
Teamsters Union
Serves Warning
To RR Interests
cvi-rn p im Tm.,.
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torn 11 western states wound up
;jheir regional conference here Fn-
' dav 'th Plp,R of 'd in rooting
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er boss Dave Beck pro
mised all-out support of his power
ful AFL teamsters to the Ameri
can trucking industry in its trade
war. with the railroads.
Beck, international vice-president
of the Teamsters, told closing
conference session that the rail
roads were doing everything pos
sible to halt the progress of the
trucking industry.
"They will not succeed," h e
' premised. .
! The railroads. Beck declared,
I are important and "we want them
i to be prosperous. We don't want
I to destroy them. By the same to
i ken. we don't want the railroads
to destroy the trucking industry."
Teamster delegates pledged
themselves to cooperate in every
way with federal agencies to clean
The delegation al.o(ted to op
pose the re-admission of t!) Ma
chinists union tlnd.) into the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. The Ma
chinists this year won control of
Boeing Airplane Co. employes in
a hollr-, disputed battle with the
Teamsiwt. Readmissinn of the
union has been set for Jan. 1.
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FULTON LEWIS, Jr.'s
(Copywrlght, 1950 King
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-Quite by
accident, Senator Joe McCarthy
has been following Vice President
Barkley around the eonntry, mak
ing speeches in behalf of repub
lican candidates.
Democratic toadies among the
columnists and commentators have
been giving out that the Wiscon
sin senator is being ignored by
the populace, and draws only a
handful of listeners. Actually the
reverse is true, and the compar
ison of McCarthy crowds to those
attracted by the Veep is embar
rassing the Democrats painfully.
For instance, the boys ought to
subscribe to the San Diego, Cali
fornia, Evening Tribune. Barkley
spoke there recently, and drew an
audience estimated by, his own
people at 800. One day later Mc
Carthy hit town, and packed an
auditorium of 2,200 people. The
San Diego newspaper carried ac
count of both talks, along with
an estimate of the attendance.
Politics aside, however, Mc
Carthy has been digging up, and
is using in his speeches, ad
ditional information about com
munist Infiltration in the govern
ment. Some of it is recommended
reading.
In the Congressional Record for
October 20, he notes that in 1946,
the Canadian government handed
to President Truman a list of 150
names of American citizens who
were involved in or connected with
the soviet espionage net, exposed
in Canada. ,
The list has never been made
public, but if you think all of them
are out of the government, even
now, guess again. ,
In the same issue of the record,
McCarthy takes another look at a
few of the customers who were
floating around with the Soviets
at the time the communist cour
iers were playing leapfrog across
the border between Washington and
Ottawa. The material in the rec
ord is from the files of the State
department. Included are portions
of the F. B. I, reports on one P.
Bernard Nortman. Also, on one
Mary Jane Keeney.
Mrs. Keeney and the Nortmans
are pals. All got a going-over by
the F. B. I. in connection with the
investigation of Nathan Gregory
Silvermaster, who was tagged by
Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeln
Bentley as running a soviet spy
ring while employed by the govern
ment. ' '
Mrs. Keeney works currently on
the United Nations. Last year, be
fore the house Un-American Act
ivities committee, she did the usual
shadow-boxing when the 64 dollar
question was asked about her com
munist friends. This fact, h o w
ever, did not deter the State de
partment from recommending her
to a $15,000 a year U. N. job.
She is still there, and says now
the U. S. laws cannot lay a finger
on her, inasmuch as she belongs
to the U. N., which in her opinion
is international and untouchable
by our government.
Nortman was the subject of a
crying jag by a prominent reporter
fo a "Libeal" New York mornng
daily. He was busy feeling sorry
for Nortman in 1917, when the
State department removed Nort
man from the federal payroll along
with 9 soviet lovers. Naturally, the
3tate department didn't bounce
Nortman of its own free will. It
took a lot of pressure from a
congressional committee. And. as
usual, the Civil Service commission
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JUDGE, DOUGLAS CO"NTY.
CARL HILL A LIFELONG RESIDENT
DOUGLAS COUNTY
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hid previously cleared Nortman.
There are other pals of Nortman
listed in the F. B. I. record.
All worked for the government
and have been labeled Commun
ists from lime to tiin.e with the
exception of one, I New York
dentist. He is "a highly suspected
espionage igent and contact of
a number of subjects in the Silver
master case," the F. B. I. files
reveal.
Frank Coe, Victor Perlo, William
W. Remington and H. Bowen Smith
are a few of Nortman's pals.
Smith, the State department files
disclose, was the subject of a 1947
F B I. investigation of soviet es
pionage activities. The others are
well known. Remington is facing
trial on charges of lying about his
alleged communist affiliations. He
was, of course, cleared by the Loy
alty Review board before the Un
American Activities committee
went after him.
McCarthy is telling his listeners
the Nortman story and others like
it. Maybe that'i why he is getting
the crowds. One of these days, he
has promised, he will tie up the
list of 150 Mr. Truman has from
Canada with a few' people he has
already named. Get your tickets
early.
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Mooting Of Atr Roseau
Training Unit CaneoletT
The regular ' meeting , of the
415th volunteer air reserve train,
ing squadron. Koseburg, scheduled
Wednesday, Nov. 1, has been can
celed. The meeting was called off bt
cause of the weather and use Til
the armory by refugees, LI.-Col.
Theodorei Wirak, commandng offi
cer, announced. -
The next regular meeting of the
squadron will be Nov. 15, in the ,
armory at ( p.m.
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