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4 Tht Newt-Review, Roieburg, Or. Sat., Jan. 20, 151 Published DJly Iic.pt Sunday by K Nwf-Rviw Company, Inc. EUr4 11 hihI rtiii MitUr M- 7, ;. l tht Mle4 tl Etbrc, Ortn, under fl ( Mtrrk I, 11TI CHARLES V. STANTON IOWIN L KNA Idttor ' Manafflr Mtmbtr of th Aitoclat.4 Prtu, Origan Ntwtpapar Publiihtrt AiMcisHeif, th Audit Bureau of Circulation aruBtt4 by WrUrHOI.LIflAT CO., a F'tarUc. Las Angalti, IBKBIPTinN RAXTS la Orin fir Will Pr yr. M.M; if monthi, 14 M; thma menlbi i.S. Br S Bvlew f'arrlvt Per yrar. Ill.Ot (la ad vanrr), lets (ban an yer, pur month. 41 .Ml. On did a Ortf.n Bj Mill far year, It. 00; all mailt hi. IM&t thraa maniha, lt.16. SPIRITUAL ARCHITECT By CHARLES V. STANTON Election by the Junior chamber of commerce of tne Rev. W. A. MacArthur as Roseburg'g junior first citizen will be approved by all city resident familiar with "Mac's" activities. It is seldom that ministers are selected for special honor because of civic work. PaRtors of large churches, merely attending to their pastoral duties, normally do more work than any one individual should be expect?l to perform. Consequently few have time for the civic tasks they would like to undertake. We are amazed by "Mac's" capacity for work. His congregation is large and busy, demanding much pastoral attention. Yet he is an able leader and a participant in nearly every church event and activity. His scholarly mes sages at scheduled services indicate much study and preparation. The spirit and enthusiasm of the member ship of his congregation show that he has neglected none of his responsibilities as a spiritual leader. Despite his diligence as a minister, he finds time for work with the chamber of commerce, Red Cross, Com munity Chest, Kiwanis club, schools, youth groups and other civic bodies. He also appears frequently as spewkir or master of ceremonies at various public meetings or programs sponsored by organizations. It may be news to some of his friends that "Mac" was a student of architecture prior to entering the ministry. He has chosen, however, to apply his knowledge and bound less energy to the building of character and a better com munity rather than to the erection of material structure?.- BAD NEWS FOR ERRANT FATHERS Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly does not claim to be an orator, but upon occasion he does a rare job of giving constructive advice to a culprit, or verbally flaying a male factor. ' We recall one particular case in which the prisoner had deserted his family, leaving his wife and several small children penniless. We wish we had recorded the judge's words, but we were so enthralled by the oral cast'gation we forgot for the moment our job as a reporter. The theme was that in the animal kingdom man is the only beast that ever forsakes its young. That lower animals will starve themselves to feed their offspring; will risk any danger for the sake of their ynunir. A man who deserts his children, said the judge, is the lowest and most degraded of all animals and no punishment is too severe. The present session of the Oregon legislature Vm be fore it a bill which will make punishment of family tie. serters more certain. Men now can leave their families and flee to other ' states, whereupon it becomes a costly and difficult pro cedure to bring them to justice. A bill introduced by Senator Jack Lynch would mnke ' an order from an Oregon court enforceable in other states having substantially similar or reciprocal laws. Many states now are adopting this ki.id of legislation. If Ore gon joins, courts Vill be in a far better position to pro tect abandoned children and relieve the welfare agency , of a heavy load. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950. the Oregon State Public Welfare commission paid out $4.208.558.t8 for ' aid to dependent children, the grants involving 3,833 fam ilies and 9,549 children. In addition, approximately 1,000 . children received state aid through child caring agencies and 1,016 were cared for in foster welfare homes. All of this cost does not result from desertion on the part of the father, but a considerable portion could be eliminated , through reciprocal legislation by the various states. ESTHER GEDDES REPORTS We are glad that Esther tleddes has consented again to report legislative sidelights for The Ncwu-Rrriew Esther's column during the 1919 session was more widely quoted in the state press than offerings from any of the reports by special writers covet-in the legislature. But more important than general acceptance of her comments , by the press was the fact that through her iol umn she succeeded in creating more public interest in ilie work of the session. Many of our subscribers told us that they followed legislative proceedings much closer than ever before, because of interest developed through reading Mrs. Gcddes' column. She combines a keen sense of observation and I'ti.'il ysfs with nbility to express farts and opinions in a most enjoyable style. Small Business Assured Share Of Defense Contracts WASHINGTON - r.T) - Mnhih lation director Charles E. Wiisnn has pledged "every effort" to sec that small business gets fair share of defense contracts and stir vives the coming squeeze on civil ian materials. He save that pledge in testimony for the senate's small business ctmmittee. Some senators have voiced the fear that small n tu facturers may he put out of busi ness by production controls unless (hey obtain defense work. Wilson conceded there will "un fortunately" be a time la in some cases between the curtail ment of civilian output ond tie conversion of plants to defense production. Twalva G.O.P. Senators Urge Adoption Of FEPC Law WASHINGTON GPl Twelve Republican senators have asked Congress to adopt a fair employ ment prettiest law, a move that is certain to meet with strong op position frttn Southern Democrats. . Senator Ives (R-NY). spokesman foe the (iOP group, told the Senate the legislation is an answer "to one of America's most serious domes tic, problems. . . The hill would ban discrim ination in employment becrusc of race, color, national origin, or in cestry. It provides for enforcement measures under I Fair Employ ment Practices commission. rrk, Ciei, But he said he is instructing production administrator Wdlmn II. Harrison, acting through 'he small business office of the Na tional Production authority, to es tablish meiti-ids by which small firms can be fitted into the defens j effort and wi 1 not suffer "dispro portionately by controls." "We must have vigorous small business enterprises capable of participating in a united effort tor dclcnse." Wilson said The ODM chief said 5,000 total chambers of commerce and oil'er groups are obtaining daily reports on military purchases and procure ment plans, so that small concerns can solicit contracts and subcon tracts. If we and our allies have been fighting for anything In Korea, wt have been fighting to defend and preserve freedom and jusiOe in the world." Ives said. Senator Humrhrey (D Minn )has urged the President to issue an order creating an KKPC. This was done during World War II by the late President Roosevelt, hut was eventually killed by Congress through the wiiQioHling of appro priations. Among those co-sponsoring the new measure with Ivea was 'Senator Morse of Oregon. INC., litre J featlle, FtUm4, Two Birds EJ didn't get very far this mor ningabout twenty feet. A motor cyclist headed uproad waved him down: "Five trees and a slide across the road!" So the car went back in the garage. We put on foul weather togs and walked down. We knew where the slide would be hadn't EJ been nodding his head at it for weeks! "That's coming dowij one of these days!" The rain s coming down, too. bugene reported 1.34 Inches at t o'clock. By the looks of the torrent around our spring house, we believe the rain was "a little short of spec tacular" as weather report said. However, we enjoyed the novelty of a walk down our pretty canyon. Cascades plunging down every crease in the upside; Pheasant creek a muddy swirling stream be low the road. A picture duplicated in hundred of other canyons in Oregon maybe in yours. Power's on, praise be! I had expected, as soon as EJ drove away, to write a scrap about the "Holy Report" (A Digest of the Study of Public Elementary and Secondary Education in Ore gon, for which T. C. Holy was the chief consultant). Whatever you may think about the findings in this report, I'm sure you will agree it is perfectly printed for easy China's Rejection Of Bid To Cease Fire United Nations In Hot Spot By JOHN M. H1GHTOWER WASHINGTON AP The question of what to do about Red China's aggression in Korea, now that pence moves have failed, threatens to split the free world. Secretary of State Acheson and other top officials are said to be keenly aware of the dangers(of a showdown and are proceeding with caution to draft in cooperation with other nations a U.N. resolution indicting the Reds. As result the wording of the resolution may he less blunt than Washington would prefer, in the hope of winning support from as many U.N. members as possible. But even so it will force the issue will make he nations at New York stand up and he counted on doing something about the Chi nese war in Korea. The possibility that at least one important country, heretofore counted in the anti-communist co alition in the U.N., may vote "no" was indicated by Prime Minister Nehru of India. Nehru said in Hans that to brand ( hina as an j( ..j9 unacceptable to the United aggressor m Korea "would boil , Slates government and, 1 have no and bar the door to peaceful set- idmlb, Ulll be , ,ne t;ni,e( Nl. tlcmcnt" in the far east. ,,, generally." Some other nations perhaps I Several hours later, in a second still clinging to a hope for peace- statement, Acheson said the Chi ful settlement, perhaps fearful of nese Reds' proposal shows their strirriivt up more trouble may i '-'contemptuous disregard of a follow the same line. The number worldwide demand for peace." He cannot be known until the vole is added: taken. ! "Now we must face squarely Among officials here thi line I Is regarded on the whole as highly unrealistic. They believe that when the showdown comes, a firm U.N. majority will support a res olution condemning the Chinese Communists as aggressors either directly or through implication by listing the record of their deeds. In the first place, Acheson and his aides feel the Chinese Reds One was the Chinese insistence have tow turned down so many : that negotiations should open prior opportunities to make peace that i to a cease fire in Korea, which is any further belief in the practical ' the exact opposite ol ihe U. N. possibilities of successful and hon-1 demand that fighting slop first; nrable negotiation is simply wish-! another was Peipini's demand for ful thinking. 1 1 seven-nation conference in China Secondly, they are convinced i with Peiping virtually dictating that to show fear in Ihe face of , some of the nations; a third was aggressive Conmunism is simply the condition that Red China's to encourage it to more aggres- i membership in the U.N. should be sion. a prerequisite to neuotiations. Acheson set forth tht hj.sic ; This repetition of conditions the United Stales position on the ques- Chinese communists had been in lion in one of the shortest and sisting on for several weeks in fastest statements he has ever riirated no weakening in their dip made as U.S. foreign polity chief, lomat'c position. With One Stone, By Viahnett S. Martin Jj reading! The pages are typewriter paper size, widely margined, triple spaced between paragraphs, and look just like beautifully typed pages. Whoever was responsible for the setting up of the report did much to make it attractive to the eye and that means much to peo ple who have to wade through a veritable surf of print, as most people do these days. My ideas about the Holy report were not too clear, so I gladly accepted the loan of a copy from Mr. Kenneth Barneburg, county school superintendent. However, I wasn't quite as confused as the woman he told about who refused to have anything to do with the Holy report; she didn't believe in putting religion into the schools! At the request of the legislature, the state board of education al located SM.ooo for this survey. Surely careful consideration of the findings is to the interest of every citizen of Oregon. The report points out the present good features of our school system; then suggests changes in poor features for the better. Anything concerning t h e welfare of our children is of pri mary importance to all of us: the Holy report is therefore interesting reading! In Korea Puts The Pciping radio had just broad cast an announcement rejecting the U.N. ceasefire proposal of last Saturday and offering a counter-pro posal. Acheson evidently feared that if the U.S. position was left long in doubt other countries might begin to waver and wonder whether there mijht not be some easy way out of the dangerous Korean crisis in the counter-proposal. He issued a statement calling the Peiping reply a complete re- ;,( f ,h. n v i. ,i .,jH and soberly the fact that tne Chi- nese communists hive no intention or ceasing their defiance of the U.N. 1 am confident that the U.N. win do that. The strength of the U.N. will lie in tht firmness and unity with whicfl we now move ahead." Several points in the Reds'o;fer fell in the "unacceptable" class. He Hopes I Bevan Will Head British Rearming In Cabinet Shift LONDON () Britain has named the leader of Parliament's powerful leftwing faction, former Welsh coal miner Aneurin Bcvan, to spark much of her rearmament drive. The 53 year-old former healUi minister was named to the key post of labor minister in a re shuffle of the cabinet. As one of the top ministers in charge of the projected 10,000, 000.000 arms program, Bevan will control many phases of production, is well as the supply of man power to expanding arms factories, lie is due to receive new and tar wider powers than the post now' commands. , To supply the manpower, Bevan probably will have to call on tht government's powers to direct la bor. The invoking of these s cer tain to bring a bowl from the labor unions. One of Bevan's jobs will be to keep the unions. One of Bevan'l to keep the unions in line. Bevan has been a member of the Labor government cabinet since it took office in 1945. A s health minister, he has been i n charge of the nation's cradie-to-grave national health plan and the rehousing drive The veteran laborite Is a oittei political foe of, Conservative 1 ader Winston Churchill, whom he frequently taunts on the floor of the house of Commons. Like Churchill, he is recognized as one of the ablest speakers in British public life. As Labor minister. Bevan suc ceeds Myear-old George Ihjacs, who steps down to pensions min isier. The new health minnister is Hilary Marquand, 49, who held tht pensions post. U.S. Economy's Strength Pointed Out By Truman i WASHINGTON (. Presi dent Truman has offered some comparisons to bolster his asser tion that the American economy is thoroughly sound and capable of growing even stronger. He said Friday in his economic message that: 1. The nation's total output is more than 50 percent higher than 10 years ago, farm production is up 25 percent, civilian employment has increased by 13 million, steel capacity is up more than 20 per cent, oil refining capacity is up 40 percent and electric power ca pacity has climbed 70 percent. 2. In the five years since V-J day brought an end to war produc tion, private enterprise has in vested more than $90,0o0.000,000 in plant and equipment. Total manu facturing capacity has gained by between 25 and 30 percent, civilian employment in late 1950 was eight million above the peak year of World War II and output per man hour has advanced by about 10 percent. 3. During the last six months of 1950, private investment in con struction, equipment and additions to inventorv reached a record an ual rate of $53,000,000,000. Tht total output of goods and services is now running at an annual rate more than 10 percent above the average for 1949. More people wert in civilian jobs at the peak of 1950 employment than ever before. 4. By the end of this year, Amer icans "can and should" achieve an annual rate of tolal output mora than seven percentbove the cur rent level. They must work to in crease the total productive strength by at least 25 percent Within the nex five years. ' Mr. Truman's message summed up the task of confronting tht na tion and said: ! "There is no question that mir ! economy can sustain the great ex ! ertions outlined above, and still ! remain strong and grow stronger. I l ne past periormance ana present j condition of the American economy make this plain." ' In The Day's NeVs Br FRANK (Continued from page One I United Nations for an indictment of communist Chim is in a-rjrei-Mr." Whit will colne of U,1 Let'i put it this wsy: You get in i scrap with a big bruiser twice your size. When tht going get! rough, you ask him to quit hitting. He refuses. Whereupon you BRAND HIM AS AN AGGRESSOR. Whit does he do then? By the way, we printed a run of the mill picture the other day of the new United Nations building in New York, along with I mild de scription of its lush interior. I can't remember when anything has stirred up as much cynical com ment among our readers. The gen eral drift of the comment has been that if you want an easy life in troublous times, choose diplomacy rather than the army or the navy or the air corps is i cireer. Tht concensui is that diplo mat's quarters are so much better than a foxhole. From Washington: "The government's decision to go head speedily with nationwide price and wage controls brought ap plause from senators today and sent officials into a whirl of last minute preparations. "In the absence of my official word on exact timing, the best guess seems to be that a general price -freeie, probably rolling back high levels somewhat, will come China's Peace Terms Would Erase Hope Of Nationalists, Expose Formosa To Red Grab By DEWITT MacKENZIE V ' AP Foreign Affairs Analyst An ambitious Red China, its confidence bolstered by Moscow's hand upon its shoulder, has (as forecast by. thi column) rejected the U.N. proposal for a cease fire in Korea and has countered with demands of a conqueror. The Peiping proposal in effect calls for the recogni tion of Red .China to the exclusion of Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist regime, which is now cooped up on the island of Formosa. This means that the Communists would be given China'a seat in the U.N. NATIONALIST China is polished off politically by the provisions for i seven nation conference which would be held on Chinese Communist territory. Chiang's re gime would be excluded, the con ferees besides Red China being the Soviet Union, America, France, Britain, India and Egypt. The coup de grace for National ist China is contained in the stipu lation that the conference must bt preceded not only by the with drawal of all foreign troops from Korea, but by the withdrawal of American naval forces from the vicinity of Formosa. This Formo san qualification obviously is cal culated to achieve a Double ob ject: 1. It would render Chiang Im potent to move his forces from the island for an attack against the Reds on the mainland. 2. By stripping the Nationalists of American protection it would lay them open to attack by the Russian backed Chinese Commun ists. Nt Paact Dtsirt Sttn All of this was, of course, to be expected when the cease-fire pro posals were submitted to Peiping. There has been nothing to en courage Ihe belief that the Reds would feel it profitable for them to abandon their invasion of Ko rea. They have a million anil a half fighting men available. That is, they have the United Nations forces outnumbered S to 1. Only a Chinese desire for peace (which doesn't exist) would per- suade them to stop their attack under such circumstances bar ring bribery by great concessions. Their sweeping counter proposals conlain terms on which they are prepared to bargain. U. N. In Tight Corn.r Well, that's the sorry story. So where do we go from here? The answer is that the rebuffed peace organization presumably Man, 65, Fasting In Longevity Aim MENLO, Ga. (.pi Luther Ratliff, 65, hasn't eaten for 36 days, he says, and expects to fin ish a 40-day fast Jan. 23 "in a breeze." Ratliff, an unmarried salesman began his fast Dec. 14 to "cleanse" his body so that he may liv long life. The only thing he's taken in his mouth has been water. Weakened and emaciated, he scent most of Thursday in bed for the first time since he started ab staining from food. He said he had continued working until Wednesday. He told interviewers he had heard of Tibetans who had achieved unbelievably long lives ty periodic fisting. lie added he believes his fast will result in liv ing longer. There also are religious reasons for the fast. He explained: "You know Paul said: 'give yourselves to fasting and praver.'" Asked if he had called a do-ior to check his condition lately. Rat liff said, "No; doctors say you can't live but 14 days without food." Members of his family express concern about his neing able to hold out. Mrs. E. W. Mi.Kr. sister with whom he is staying in this small north Georgia Commun iiy. said "I'm afraid he won't be sole to make it." His father, approaching 90. sat quietly in the room during the interview. The father said, "Sure ht'U make it." JENKINS perhaps within I week aire jst c?r- tainly not much longer." You remember, I suppose, the old story of the doleful faced farmer on the road who when asked where he was going answered: "I'm goin' to town to git drunk and GOSH how I dread it!" That's about the way we all feel about wage and price controls with their probably inevitable ac companiment of rationing. BUT It's now unavoidable. War and preparation for war upset the law of supply and demand and when the law of supply and demand is upset the free enterprise system goes off its rocker. This, too, is from Washington: "Government food officials said todav upwards of A BILLION POUNDS OF MEAT ARK PROB ABLY STASHED AWAY IN FAM ILY FREEZE UNITS AND LOCK ERS IN ANTICIPATION OF RA TIONING." What we've all been doing in these months since Korea is hurry ing to get ours while the getting is good. It sounds bad. But w e Americans aren't as bad as we ap pear to be. When the bombs begin to fall, the GOOD in us will come out. On that dread day, if it should come, those who have freezers full of meat will haul it out and give it freely and gladly to those who have none and ire hungry. will be impelled to pick up where it left off when the cease-fire pro ject was first proposed. That would mean considering an Amer ican sponsored measure condemn ing Communist China as an ag gressor. The adoption of such grave con demnation logically would be fol lowed by some punitive measure. This might take tht form of an economic sanction. The U.N. is In a tight corner. The peace organization is in the position of "being damned if it does, and damned if it doesn't." The lesser of these evils may be some positive and constructive ac tion. Global Warfare Outlawing Predicted By Scientist SEATTLE lP) Dr. Robert A. Millikan says he believes man kind will outlaw global warfaie ' Man is intelligent," the iwlod ?2-ear-old scientist said in an interview. "He will do ' because he must or lose everything we hold dear to civilized life "wnat we should do is use our intelligence to keep the aggressor in check. The reason we haven't done it is because the comr.ion man, whose judgment prevails in the end, hasn't been sufficiently informed." Dr. Millikan, former director of the Dhvsics deDartment at the Cili. fornia Institute of Tprhnnl.-n and 1925 Nobel prize winner, said h still is skeptical '.hat a hvJro- gen bomb can be built, "I may be wronR," he added. "There is a difference of opinion among informed people." A Tribute To - - Our Civic Leaders Thtrt have been ethers such at Benjamin Franklin who healed family trouble, as wtll as these ef tht common wealth. Today, tht fine, efficient men who guide tht civic destinies ef eur community do not have time to per lonaliit their taltnts. But thty work assiduously for tht good of tht greatest number . . . and thty do a most com mendable job. Thty do their utmost give ef thtir time and effort to make our community Your Neighborhood your life more abundant. Givt them ' your support. Show them you appre ciate their goals and aehievemtntsl 97k&- Manufactured and Distributed by Douglas County Creamery 6 Established 1899 Ph8fl 340 Roseburg, Oregon We Salute Douglas County! Iuf nt let' Trumqn Draws Reply On Promise Of Consultation WASHINGTON (JP Presi- dent Truman'i assertion he will consult Congress in sending V. S. trnnns to Eurorje but won't be ' bound by it waa labelled . by Senator Taft (R-Ohin) as "the end of tht bipartisan foreign policy." At ' the same time, Senator Wherry tR-Neb) challenged. Mr. Truman'i indirect claim that tht American people will back sub stantial use of U.S. troops to bol ster western Europe's defenses against attack. ... The President told a newi con ference he has authority to send more foot soldiers to Euope and intends to use it. But he wilt con sult with congressional foreign re lations and armed services lead ers as a matter of politeness be fore he does it, he added.. He said that, as commander in chief, he isn't bound by any de cision Congress makes unless it re stricts the number of troops by limiting appropriations. And if the lawmakers want lo go to the country with that kind of a restriction, he declared, he is willing. He licked 'em once before, tht President said in an obvioua ref erenee to his attacks on the Re publican 80th Congress in the 1948 presidential campaign. Transfer Of Game Law From State Police Requested SALFM UP) Slate game law enforcement would be trans ferred from the state police to tht Game commission by a bill intro duced in the legislature by the sen ate game committee . . The measure, endorsed by fish and. game organizations, would form a separate division of t h e state police, under supervision of the Game commission. This division would receive the same share of fishing and hunting license sales as now is given to the state police. Drunken drivers would receive mandatory suspensions of driver's licenses under a bill requested by Secretary of State Newbry. The 'drunk drivers now have their licenses suspended for i year, but many of them are re stored by courts long before tht year is up. - Under the proposed law, the sus pensions would be definite. They would be for 90 days for the first offense, a year for the second, anil three years for the third. Sen. Ben Musa, Th eDalles Dem ocrat, introduced a bill to reduce the corporation income tax rate from 8 to 6 percent. But, he said, his bill would increase state rev enues, because it eliminates the provision whereby corporations may deduct their personal prop erty tax from their corporation in come tax. Lawsuit Lost Over Cross-Eyed Mariner BALTIMORE UP) T e s t i mi ny showed the ship's mate was c-oss-eyed, couldn't read eh irts or steer a course, Federal Judge Calvin Chesnut ruled So the jud?e ruled against Som ciset Seafood Co. in its suit to col lect $65,000 for the loss of the oy sier boat T. H. Anderson. The boat was sunk Oct. 15, 1949, when it rammed the sunken null of the battleship Texas, consigned to Virginia waters off Tangier sound in target practice befort Vorld War I. Ut Sprinitr i 9 . hot not bttfl 1 and 7 p.m. WiaM