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4 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Sot., Jan. 13, 1 951 , Publiihed Doily Exctpt Sunday by tht Newi-Rview Company, Inc. Entrt4 rini rlatt mtUrr May 1, mm, il Iht toil alMr it Hoioburg. Urcon. t r ict f March 1, mil CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L KNAPP Editor Manager Mmbr of th. Auociotd Preii, Ortgon Newipoptr PubMthtrt AiMcioHon, tH Audit Buroou of Circulations ItpfaMnlttf bf WEftr-HOIXIDAY CO,. IKC, tfllrvp in New York., Chlcir. San FranrUre, Lot AMgflfi, lleattle. f(iMInt1. M. Looii Bl'liafRIPTION PJATLft la Mrefnit Re Mtll Pr yer. lis month, 14 tl; three man the H.Ati. Hr Nwi.RmIw Carriei Per yrar. tlZ.nn iln arj veneer, lest thin on etr. per montb. 1,00. Oiiltldn Orefon Br Mill Per ir, IS.flOi als monlbi, l(.75i threg monthi, I1.1S. POLITICAL By CHARLES V. STANTON It is interesting to look through newspnpera coming to the exchange desk and compnre varying editorial opinion concerning President Truman' State of the Union message to Congress and Governor McKay's inaugural address he fore the Oregon legislature. Comment indicates general approval of both talks, with only minor criticism directed at specific issues. A few editors have expressed disappointment that Governor Mc Kay was not more aggressive and specific in his outline for slate legislation. This criticism, we believe, is evidence of ch.inge in governmental practices in recent years. We have be come so accustomed to the new pattern that our attention is drawn to any deviation. We were startled in this country when the President of the United States only a few years ago began dictating to Congress the legislation he wanted. Purges were or dered of congressmen failing to follow executive dictation. We saw the creation of a "rubber stamp" Congress. We saw efforts made to pack the Supreme Court. More and more we came under control by executive orders, direc tives, rules and regulations, rather than by law. Congress surrendered much of its legislative authority to the exec utive department. Contrast In Messages The recent messages by President Truman and Gover nor McKay are interesting in their contrasts. Speaking of this contrast, Tht Bend BnlMin says editorially: Governor Douglas McKay, in hit mniigt ta lh 44th biennial union of Iht Oregon legislature, mid it plain that ha It wall awart of tht Una batwtan tha lagiilativa and axteu tlva dapartmantt of gavarnmant. At ha counseled with tha lawmakers, of wham ha wat onca ona, It wat noticeable that - ha racommandad frequently, rtquetttd now and than but de manded navar. In thlt ratpact hit menage wat In pleating cantratt to tha mattagat ta Congress with which pratt and radio hava familiariiad ut in racant yaart. In hit rtmarkt no avldtnca wat givan that Douglat McKay ballavad a gover nor ihould dlctato to or ferca action from tha Itgitlaturt of ' hit ttato. We have become so accustomed to a chief executive DEMANDING of the legislative body that when a message recognizes the constitutional divisions of government we find some observers ascribing lack of aggressive leader ship to the executive. Governor McKay, we recall, ran into this same rrit . leism two years ago. But he insisted it was not the gov . ernor's province under the constitution to direct legislation, except rs needed to improve operation of the executive de partment. In this matter of executive department func tioning, his latest message is clear and specific. Delegation Of Authority . The two messages bear other points of sharp contrast. Governor McKay declared he sought no extension of . his authority. While Oregon's "Lit.tla Hoover" interim rom mittee proposes reorganization of the executive branch which would place more power in the governor's office, McKay said he was not seeking this power but would abide by ny decisions made by the legislature. He made r.o specific suggestions for organizational change. He did, however, urge that no new state agencies be created; thnt government be limited rather than extended. In sharp contrast. President Truman is DEMANDING of Congress extension of presidential authority, contin uation and expansion of non-essential activities, despite tre- ; niQiidous financial requirements for defense purposes. The federal government trend toward centralization of power in the executive department has progressed stop by stepover a tong period of years, until it has becomo so accepted that some editors offer criticism because it is not followed by Oregon's governor. Personally, we ap plaud Governor McKay's adherence to constitutional checks, balances and responsibilities. Letters from my favorite aunt . were except for one slight de tail models for The Perfect Let ter. When she could "find lime" from obligations as a denial sur geon's wife, she would first re reatt the letters to he answered; next, jot down on the envelope re minders (if what she wished to "an swer"; then in pretty script she would cover pages, properly mar gined, with never a hanging in finitive; never a misplaced semi, colon.' Never, oh never, did Auntie watch her letter Qis-ipoesr down Ihe road with the sunk feeling she had "left out" the most important thing.- - v Knowing you and yotir precious family were dearly loved by a dot ing aunt and uncle, you included in -your letters as many antics as possible to help them visualize ,lhcrr great-nephews. Like as not your letter to Auntie had been "written while you were silting on Ihe . floor, a small hoy Icaimig ras- tilly against you on cither side as if balance mattered not to a hit- miss typist using n portable, on a (ripon witn coiiapsmie irss. Suggestions "were freely offered by the kibitzers, and if you left the niachlnc. were interpolated in what Auntie delightedly called "cotle." Of course you would moan about Ihe lalct threat to family har mriivr Blue-eyes was driving his dad:ly to desperation because he sucked his thumb. Nowadays psy-cho-analysists would nroclaim the child wasn't happy. Maybe not hail u-A halt nut trmthles inn. and even (he hestintentioned parents! D PRACTICE have lo say NO once in a while! You would also wail about the time Ihey finished up a pound pack age of raisins . . . You thanked the Lord it was Saturday because Janie, the sweet young girl who took them off your hands would arrive in a few minutes . . . But your plans for Ihe day were riis comhohulaled anyhow. It needed a paid of hands for each child! Aunlir's reply would join you in thanking Ihe Lord no harm hail resulted "to the little angels" from t lie change from a carefully se lected diet lo one of straight' rai j sins. Uncle would enclose a dol jlar with "Poor krtls, probably starved. Buy 'em some more rai I sins!" j I'edmihlpdly your next letter telling of the captured can of beans ' Mould cross Auntie's reply. Even at the age of two or thereabouts, men don't like to wait for a meal, and will fill up on anything handy,! I if the cook is tied to long distance or whatever! i Editors and nroesvnrs'' would have lovetl Aunlie's copy, j Each paragraph meticulously di- vided. Never a lapse into collo-i quialism lo iar sensitive ears No quotations jammed in where thev were not really needed. Yes, edi-' tors and professors would hail with delight such copy except for perhaps onp slight detail? Auntie's copy might come trailing in long, long alter the deadline. PrinlrpK however willint. finti it hard to set up copy that isn't there. In The Day's News y FRANK (Continued from page One) and ((really superior enemy force. Why the difference? Again the answer is simple. Wonju is an important communica tions center. Out from it leads a spiderweb of roads. One of these roads inter.serU the route that is being followed by our 8th army on its way back to the port of Pusan. We had to hold Wonju long enough to give our men of the 81 h army time enough to GKT PAST THE JUNCTION where the road from Woniu intersects the route we are' following in our retreat from Seoul. Such is war. Why all this discussion of Osan and Wonju? Well, tiiey are incidents of the war in Korea, a war into which we came loo liltle and too late. Because we came too liltle and loo late, we are suffering reverses. In war. Ihe right should always prevail. But it doesn't. In war, vic tory is tragically apt to go to the side with the most men and the most guns. In Korea, the communists have the most men and the most guns. "Well." you say, "why TALK ahout it? What has happened in Korea has happened. All the talk Bribes Accepted By RFC WASHINGTON (PI R e p. Sutton tD Tenn) said in the House that Reconstruction Finance cor poration officals have accepted bribes of "several thousand dol lars" to make loans. ' He told his colleagues h i s charges would be "borne out" when a senate committee reports on its investigation of the liKC. A senate hanking subcommittee has been 'ooking into the RFC's administration for several months, Sutton hurled the charge of brib ery in criticizing the RV'C for fore closing last fall on a $37,500,000 loan it had made lo the Lustrnn corporation of Columbia, Ohio. The firm makes prefabricated housing. Sutton Said "the Lustron ' cor poration should be reopened for business immediately." Sutton said the RFC foreclosed Contributions Should Be Upped, Methodists Told ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. - ;pi Increased rintrihutions from American ' Meihndists are aeeded In offset Ihe In.; t.f funds from ether sources in financing the church's coileces and instiiulu-ns. The plea to this country's 9.'00, lijo Methodists was made by Her hvl Bui ghslanier, chancellor o f Ohio Weslyan college. In an address to the National Association of Schools and C o I Ifges of the . Methodist church Mm ghslahler s.,id it needs header contributions to make up fo- the hss of male students to mil iary service, decreased returns fr.m tnrinwinenl iJnds, loss of many C.I bill stuilcn and the reduced a'ue of the unllnr. He told lh association hat Mithodists have contributted an ycra:, of only 21 S cents a year tt help support the church's t:!.S colleges and cnivcrsities. He said this amountc'l to $.2.01.1.000 an cually .ix r'lTcnl of the oper ating budget ,il the schools. I'm ghsitihler said some UK) .Ves ley foundations I student rcli:ous foundations) in nop Methodist sthools have l..en receiving i;r av. crime of ,s .S cenis a year from each ihnnh nn nibei. Following Bu, ghstahtcr's report the association moved to ask 'hat t'ie Methodist general conference next year request church mem bers to increase their contributions We'll Make It, if the Steam JENKINS in the world won't change It." I know that. As old Omar the tent maker said so long ago: "The moving finger writes and having writ moves on, nor all our piely and wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nr all nnr (part wsh out a word of it." , ' The only excuse there can be for talking about mistakes in the past is to AVOID SIMILAR MIS-1 TAKES IN THE FUTURE. We: went into Korea too little and too late, and now we are retreating from Korea. I'm afraid that about all we have accomplished is to get the South Koreans who were our allies while we were there mur dered by the communists. It is brave and noble to assert that we must stand by our allies in Europe. It makes sense to say that we must save the fighting power of Western Europe if we are lo save ourselves. I'm all for doing bolh, if we can. But Suppose we go Into Europe too little and too late. Suppose our al lies In Europe can give us no more help than the South Koreans were able to give us. In that event, what good will be done? I hope we can save Western Eu rope. But we can't do it with talk. Officials, House Told on Luslron because it "would not go along" with precedents set on other loans. j "In times like we are now' ex- periencing," he said, "it is close I to treason to permit a modern plant .with more than $15,000.000 ! dollars in the best of machinery to lie idle because of the mal ad ministration of a few money-hungry officials of a government agency." Indians Lose Money Suit Against Government WASHINGTON - .Pi-The U S. court of claiuis has dismissed a claim by the uinault tribe of .In dians in Wa.iniiigton state against Ihe federal government for the vi.lue of certain lands taken hy the government in 1892. The court ne'd the Indians were enlit led to recover $87,988.68 in cluding principal and interest lor the value of the land It ruled how ever, the federal government had spent on the nhe about $300,000 outside of its treaty obligations. Ti,e Indians, it held are entitled to no more mon y. Dynamite Blast In His Pocket Kills Logger COOS BAY M'i Dynamite I carried in a logger's pocket ex-! ploded here and brought instant ' death to him. He was Gerald B. gponsel, 35, of near Myrtle Point, working at the: Bone mountain operation of the ! Coos Bay lumber romunny. Fellow workmen said Ihev did not I know how the fuse was ignited nor : whether it was one of several 1 slicks. j The widow and (our children sur vive. e ; an average of 75 cents a year j" cents for lolleges and uni'frsi- j t'fs and the o.-.lance for the found-Dions. ! A total enrollment of 218.000 stu- ; ; dents in Meihodtst colleges, : n- cl'iding studenis nf all fai'hs. was ! reported by l)i. John O. Gross of j ' Nashville. Tern He added ihat ',".,(1.01X1 MelluVist students are it-; trading coli?i.s of all types at 1 p.-esent. ; Or. RolOauklin Thompson, pecs- : Ment of the t o'uc;:e of Puget Sound ' at Tacoma, w sh . was el.n ted ' president of the association. Holds Out- Clinic Reverses Cancer Diagnosis On Child's Eyes ROCHESTER, Minn. - f.T) Four-year-old Carolyn Purcell isn't goin? to lose her eyes, and cancer, believed threatening her life, does not even exist in her case. That was the joyous report given by Mayo clinic specialists to Caro lyn's mother, Mrs. Frank Purcell of Alpharctta, Ga., after eight hours of examination at the med ical center. Mrs. Purcell brought Carolyn here by plane with a grim choice tormenting her mind. She had been told by doctors in Atlanta that Carolyn must either undergo surgery to have her eyes removed or die of cancer. The 33-year-old mother and her husband, a,i unemployed stonema son, refused to consent to the oper ation. Days of anguish followed. Examination at the Mayo clinic was suggested, but the Purcells had little money. The Shrincrs in Atlanta stepped in and supplied the money tor a plane trip. Clinic doctors here said there was an inflammatory reaction within the child's eyes which has impaired Carolyn's sight. They in dicated it can be corrected by treatment. The weary mother said liltle aloud when given the favorable re port. She whispered, "Thank God." and then moved he.- lips, obviouslv in prayer. Mrs. Purcell took her daughter immediately to their ho tel room for their first night's sleep in weeks. Mayo doctors said it will not be possible to tell whether Carolvn's sight will be fully restored until prescribed treatment has pro gressed. The girl can only discern objects now. She will not underto treatment at Rochester. The doc tors recommended she be taken to Atlanta physicians. I n Atlanta, Carolyn's father, broke into tears when informed of the Mayo diagnosis. "That shows you what the Lord can do," he said. Tie On Truman Dummy Evokes British Protest LONDON - I.P) The-Bri ish Tailor and Cutter declares s'crnly that President Truman has a pub l.c duty to dress well. And that goes for his dummy in the famous London wax works of M idame Tiissaud's. A previous issm ot the tailoring trade journal had protested ae.ainst the loud tie worn "jv the dummy. To this President T r it man replied at a news conference 1'ial it was none of Tailor and Cut tt r's business Bouncing b.ick In the attack to day, the iourn.V. asserted in an ed itorial: ' I'nforlunaL-ly. perhaps, for Mr. Truman, what he does i n d what he wears is almost every body's businej. "The respect which is hi-' due often influences far more ot the cnaracteristies of his disciples than just thcr political sympa thies. "Also, by reasoof Ihe fact 'hat .ie more or less follows e g"r,oral shape and style of conventional clothing. Mr. Truman proves that he dresses for other people. "Were Mr. Truman to affeo. a rxeen hushy n fancv fur cap wcrn t.; British ay hussars) aid a pair of buckskin tishts. wecnuld say: 'There go. an indivufr.ilist. He dresses .ro;- none but huoelf. He is happy It is none of our business.' O "But Mr. Truman is conven tional in everything, and his ri.tmmy in Mulame Tiissaud's is spoiled only by the ill - chosen s'.ades of us tie 'Dressing conventionally he dresses (however unconsciously) for other peopie, at.d it is imme diately other people's business ' o Russia May Ttfuch Off New War lnEurope By Repeating Hitler's Disastrous Mistake By WES GALLAGHER NEW YORK (AP) Will the Soviets provoke a war! When? What do you do about it? Despite their Reeming lethargy these three questions give Europeans the same nightmares they give Americans today. No one knows positive answers to these questions, i n eluding the so called Russian "experts," but if you live next door to the Russians in Europe as I have since the end of the last war the answers go like this : (1) The Soviets are apt to blunder through an aggres sive act into a world war rather than start one deliberately. (2) The greatest war danger period since 1939 is from April through September of this year. (3) You must fight in Europe as long as you can, fio matter fcow lit'tle you have. It is useless to speculate on whether the Kremlin is planning a deliberate all out attack. This would be the most closely kept se cret in the most closely guarded country in the world. The best in telligence agencies in the world frankly admit they would not likely obtain such top secret information. The best they hope for would be a few days warning of a possible at tack by external evidence such as troop dispositions, buildups and similar movements. On this count they all say there has been no significant change in troop dispositions along the Iron Curlain through Europ. in the past year or two. But the Soviets always have had enough there to overrun Europe. It -"ould only need an or der and minor shifts to send them into action. The argument that the SovieU would not attack because they are "getting what they vant without it" does not hold water. May Rtptat Hitlar't Mistaka Hitler was getting all he needed in Europe in 1939 without war. He had the continent economically in the palm of his hand. He needed only to be patient. But he wasn't. He miscalculated that the west would not fight. 1 The danger seems to be that the Russians will not patient, that they will make the same miscalcu lation of the west and that they will make one more aggressive grab in Europe that will touch off a war just as Hitler's invasion of Poland did. Western Europe is just as it was in 19.19. There is no more "give" for aggressors. There are no more plums left for the taking. All of the countries are sewed up by pacts, the presence of American or Brit ish troops, or deep -toral commit ments. Above all things, the Soviet Union would like to have control of Germany and more specifically the industrial Ruhr area. The Ruhr would give Russia the industrial mitht to match the mil lions of people she has snatched in Asia and eastern burope. An aggressive move toward Germany or the Ruhr would he J certain to touch rff a new world ) war. Any such move would im- mediately involve American and I British troops, since they are on the ; spot. I The same is true o( Austria. Ber lin, Vienna and Trieste. Norway is under the collective protection of the Atlantic pact. It has been said the Russians might tr to pick off rebellious Yugoslavia by using satellite troops. This would touch off a full scale war in the heart f Europe. It is impossible to see how this could be kept from spreading. There have been rumors that Eng land already has given secret com mitments to T'lo. Another Soviet engineered pass at Groece would deeply involve the United States and Great Britain, with their Mediterranean and United Nation interests. Turkey, now fighting gallantly uith Amnripan trnnns in Korea, is I in a similar situation. Sovitt Weaknesses Listad 1 DesDite its tremendous advan tages in manpower, trained troops I and vast ground strength, the So-; vict Union would have definite mil- Umatilla County Barbers Raise Price Of Haircut PENDLETON (Pi " Begin ning Monday, haircuts in Pendleton and the west end of the county will be St .25 instead of $1. The increase was voted here by j union barbers from Echo, Stan field. Hermiston, Umatilla and I Pendleton. They said it was be- cause of the higher cost of living. Baker and La GranMe are ex 1 pected lo follow, said Elden R. j Smith, secretary of the local i union. He said eastern Oregon is about : the only spot in the stale that hasn't raised and that barbers here I watted a long as they could, j The increase did not affect towns ; east of Pendleton in the county. ! "ftere is no union in that area. Episcopal Heads Name Three New Bishops I F.I, PASO. Tex. (.11 The house of bishops of the Episcopal ' church in final session here elected three new bishops. ; They are: i The Very Rev. Richard S. Wat son. i".in of St. Mark's cathedral in Seattle, be missionary bishop of l lah. The Rev. Albert Ervine Sweift, rector of Holy Trinity church m Manila, to be missionary bishop of Puerto Rico. The Very Rev. Richard R. Em-H ory, recior oi cii. rain s cnuicn in Minneapolis to be missionary bishop of North Dakota. The bishops adopted unani mously a rcsoiutio:! opposing gam bling in any form to support church .divides. Water glass which is commonly used to preserve eggs is used as a bace for "silca gardens." When crytals of sulfates of metal are dropped into a dilute solution, they react with the water glass and form compounds which grow up wards, much like P'- itary weaknesses In fighting in Eu rope, particularly in an extended campaign. These are: 1. Low industrial capacity for their vast manpower. Soviet steel production is about one fifth that of the Unitec States. 2. I.ong and vulnerable lines of communication to V'estern Europe. 3. Uncertain satellite loyalty, particularly if the Soviet should start losing or show signs of mili tary weakness. Unquestionably the Soviet Union could gain great initial victories just as Hitler did. Holding their inital gains would be another mat ter. Western military defense plans designed to take advantage of So viet weaknesses. First there is the atom bomb. A Soviet attack would be met with an all out air assault hy the United States and Britain with the atom bomb. Its aim would be to rip the rf dustrial heart out of tne Soviet Union if possible and further re duce its comparatively small pro' ducing capacity. It, would have the further aim of smashing Ion-? So viet rail lines of communication and cutting off sources of war supplies. Small Armias Useful It is 2,200 air line miles from the Ural mountains -- major manu facturing area in the Soviet Union to the English channel. All com munication is over a thin, largely antiquated rail system. Western aims would be to ham string Soviet manpower in Europe by knocking out home bases and leaving armies stranded. To do this it is necessary in event of attack to make Soviet armies in Europe use up their itockpiles of supplies. For this reason it is es sential the west have ground forces in Western Europe which force Ihe Soviet to fWht, if even on the smallest scale. Though western ground forces be small and lose every, battle from Germany to Spain, they might contribute to victory in the end by leaving an over-extended Soviet force without the materials to carry on. This is the reason why western military men ere striining every effort to get some sort of forces into being on the ground in Europe, although they k;ow they cannot or ganize Enough to hold a Soviet at tack, this year or next. To make the atom attack suc cessful it is necessary to engage and drain Soviet forces on the ground. It would be eAactly the same tac tic Russia ' use.l against Hitler, trading space agaias' men and supplies. & T N.Rview I T hat not beta I I I 4livdby I m : I J p.m., pnvnv I 100 btv 4:1S I 1 lr.m.S j I -J A Tribute To - - - OUR HOME BUILDERS: We used to call them artisans yean ago. Today we call them home builders, which it far more embracing. The tin cere architect, contractor, bricklayer, plumber, tteamfitter, carpenter, lather and electrician who contribute! hit spe cialized knowledge and talent to the building cf your house it, in every re tpect, a man of vital importance. You dream of a home. And these artitans make your cherished dream come true. Yet, we might tay that they are the molt jmportant people in America. For they are building not only for today . . but for all the tomorrow! that lie ahead. Left be thankful our community hai tueh home-loving builders I Manufactured and Distributed by Douglas County Creamery Established 1899 Phont 340 Roieburg, Oregon We Salute Douglas County! tugcn nJ ivjpy GOLDIE MAE DOSS, 23, of 9SI S. Main street, Roseburg, has enlisted in the WAC, and is taking basic training at Fort Lae, Va. She hopes to become I member of tha WAC band. Miss Doss, the sister of Mrs. Maxin Merle, wat formerly em oloyed at Goettel'i Variety store. Threat To Salmon Seen In Proposed Dams .WASHINGTON - OP) - The re search director for the Oregon Fish commission told a Federal Power commission examiner that a proposed $42,000,000 hydroelec tric project poses a serious threat to the salmon industry on the Cow litz river in Washington. The Oregon official, Donald Me Kernan, testified as a witness for the Washington state game and fish departments, which are o p posing an application by Ihe city of Tacoma, Wash., to build two power dams on the Cowlitz, tribu tary of .he Columbia river. Opponents of the project assert that dams would block migrations of adult salmon to upriver spawn ing grounds, rnd also the passage of fingerlings back to sea. See-PR, VE-ttie most improved cars -NEW 1951 CROSIEYmodels Font! Dlifr Super Csnvorlihl You have rf bV!v 0 'St Croiley t know lh car oi it ii today. Powerful enine with 7. Si I compreitio ratio, hundreds ot imorevajmaH. Htm inirir ontj ft'er features end ttyl ino. Super models ha felt -do w window, fold-up (or seats, maier uphjlitety inpro fnentt. All m obeli. Super and Standard, now eouipoed with big leodii 9 inch hydroulli b'oket, hydraulic shock abtorberi, heavy duty (font sale, toil iron blotk engine and tm pony other improvements you'll hove I feme in to set them all. 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