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4 Th Newi-Review, Roseburg, Or. Moil, Fab. 12, 195I I Published Doily Except Sunday by th New. -Review Company, Inc. EnUrttf frond fli matter Mar T, kt th ot fits at Uotrburg Orei on. sndtr ct ( March t. 1111 CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L KNAPP Editor Monagtr Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation! SprcMiit4 by WKflr-HOM.HMY CO. INC., fllr. In Kw Vfk, Chlf, 4n PraucUo. Lai Angela, MaattU, furtlsnd, Jit. l.aula UBSCRIPIION RAft-ft In Ortfon B Mall Par yaar. SR.M: alt m ant ha. fl ( tbrt mitnltai li 10. Ht NVwi-Rr vi w Car rial Per yar, f It.o do vartra), laaa than ana rar, pr month, ft.oe. OuUldt Oragan Br Mall Par jraar. IB.tU; all naaiht. M ISi ihraa an ant hi, JOBS PREFERRED By CHARLES V. STANTON Referring to our insistence that wood waste be utilized, one of our good friends points out that the profits lie in production of boards, which can be manufactured cheaply and sold at a substantial profit. Secondary manufacture, has a lower profit margin. Our friend believes we should be taking advantage of existing conditions to cut as many boards as possible and thus realize maximum profits and to heck with the waste. We desire to make one thing clear in the minds of our readers. We are not interested in profits, except as prof its are necessary to efficient operation and creation o f jobs. We are interested in JOBS, not PROFITS. Profits contribute very little to the general economy of a community. This fact is evident to anyone familiar with a "company town." In a community where a large com pany has a monopoly over industry and business, the com pany may be making huge profits while the general popu lation may have very poor living standards. On the other hand, a community with a varied indus trial pattern lots of jobs in several forms of industry i a prosperous community. Competition for labor keeps wages and working conditions on the favorable side. Lumber Most Profitable No one can question the fact that highest profits in the timber industry today are found in production of lumber. Little labor is involved, comparatively, in cutting rough, green boards. Boards bring a high price on the market. Here is an operation in which the proportion of cost to profit shows the most favorable balance. Kach step in second ary manufacture has higher production cost and lower proportionate profits. Thus it behooves an operator to cut every possible board from 'a log. Many of our operators find, under our existing tax structure, that they work a large part of the year for Uncle Sam. Tax confiscation of profits leaves no inducement for operators in high surtax brackets to put money into second ary manufacture where profits are less proortionate to investment costs. With no incentive to channel waste products into secondary manufacture, the industry con tinue the practice of lavish waste. This condition is not confined exclusively to the timler industry. It is to be found in any industry based upon use of natural resources. The steel industry, for instance, is bemoaning the dc " pletion of the Mesabi range from which comes most of our "domestic iron ore. Mnsabi ore is easily mined and can be economically processed. Here in Oregon we have large deposits of iron ore. Our Oregon ores, however, are more costly to mine, more costly to process. Consequently, in dustry takes materials from which the highest percentage of profits may be realized. Experts talk about the depletion of our oil deposits. Yet we have large oil shale reserves. Rut It costs more money to extract oil from shale than to take it from free-flowing wells. We will not start producing ojl from shale while cheaper production methods are possible. Community Interested In Jobs We find a slight difference, however, in the timber in dustry. Where the steel and oil industries are depleting a resource, they have untapped reserves to which they can turn. More expensive production will' not be a major fac tor if, and when, aty companies must resort to newer pro cesses simultaneously. Competition will continue. In the lumber industry, however, while taking the cream off the crop, as does any industry utilizing a na tural resource, we are wasting a large volume of material. Most of this wasted material could be converted into jobs. The welfare of the community rests upon jobs upon the employment of its people rather than upon profits made by any company or individual. Here in Douglas county, for instance, we could be employing from three to four times as many people, without cutting one more tree than at present, if we hail facilities for utilizing materials now be ing wasted. Perhaps profit margin on some of these operations would not be as wide as in production of boards. Yet oppor tunity does exist for profits. In some fields, such as ply wood, paper, etc., the profits possibly would compare favor ably with those realized from lumber. But, from the standpoint of community welfare, our interest lies in creation of more employment through waste utilization. More people working means more payrolls, more service industries, more competition in the labor market, better wages, higher standards of living and im proved general economy. That's why we're interested in JOBS rather than PROFITS. Recently I opened tightly i rolled newspaper without niilicnin the wrapper, which I threw in the fire, The Huluwayo Oirnnide. Where in the world was Biilawayo' linked like an KiikIisIi paper hul it wasn't. 1 could use the xatctrer, but it was fun to read the paper to find out. KnKlish money in the advertisments which, of course, be pan rijiht on front paKc. A picture of the Oxisen oil refinery, or what was the oil refinery before "Ainer- i iean bombers dropped 327 Ions of bombs, rutting off its l.IiOO.OOU bar- . rels of nil a year. . ." ; American news look up almost j half of front pa Re. And a dispatch j from New Zealand Kd news ; for N.Z. on newsprint situation. They would produce at home anil I "save millions of dollars now bcini I spent on hard currency newsprint" all in the future. Publishers all over the world seem to be having their troubles over newsprint! In Scotland a Bulawayoan saw both a "blue sun and a blue moon.i. ''!' Vwhnett S. Martin I j J, . . due. the scientists said, to ciant forest fires in North America smoke veiling Die sky, apparently, tillering through." Ma! Here we are. "City of Dula wayo Diamond Jubilee of South ern Rhodesia. . . a procession of lloats including the Zeederberg roach. , ." ,-u-., with a map of the mule the long parade would cover Alnca! You should see the weekly weather report, especially the rain fall! I really ought lo send them a News Review. But of course they had a rainy season at a different time and were then wishing for rain. The "Old Girls of Kveline. ' alumnae, had a dinner. The "old est girl present had entered the school as a kindergarten pupil on the day it started, July 2S, into " Well, present or absent, who could be "oliler" than that? "With wool fetching a fabulous price lamhswool will soon be a luxury fur. Lamhswool Is a fashion conceit of the moment." The fash- Still Fulton lllliliiiiPPiifi mm If tS?H mmn JmPm WW'S P,JfmJSi' i Hli SJT 4 n ir ZJ&, 'friJi' V. .aWT .Vs. Me!) mi M m lwIsii IT Uai WASHINGTON The grave charges that the Depart ment of Defense has been dishonest in its pleas for draft ing 18-year-olds has reversed a feeling of urgency in Congress that the youngsters have to be yanked into ser vice now. Just what purpose Defense de partment officials had in present ing phony figures to Congress is the subject of lively discussion in the House Armed Services com mittee at the moment. The lack of coordination that exists beween the Pentagon and Draft Director Lewis B. Ilershey, in airing man power needs to Congress, has irked legislators no end. Hershey's views command con siderably more respect from con gressional committees at the mo- merit. He has offered the Congress . reliable estimates and has a back ground of World War 11 service as draft director. Rep. Carl Vinson (D., Ga ), chairman of the House committee thst will have to decide who is j going to face draft calls, appar ently is the only committee mem ber sold on the 18-year-old draft. After the Pentagon manpower of ficials has presented their figures, most other committee membrs fell In line with the opposition. Rep. Paul J. Kilday (1)., Texas), the best informed member of the House of Representatives on draft problems, said the Pentagon failed to make a ease on the lH-year-olds. He said Pentagon officials are tin able lo distribute manpower with out wasting it. Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (D., S C.) is another Armed Services com mittee member fed up with Pen tagon stalling and inaccuracies on manpower, lie charges outright dishonesty in the presentation of facts for the 18-year-old draft and says he is going to sit tight in opposition to it until Delense de partment manpower officials come clean. Coupled with the draft scrap is another major behind-the-scenes-battle for non-military manpower control. Maurice Tobin, who has been anything but a ball of fire as secretary of labor, managed to forget administration policies long enough the other day lo gum up civilian manpower plans. He said he thought he ought to run the show. Mobilization Director Charles K. Wilson had already as signed that task to his right-hand man, Gen. Lucius Clay. In 1948 Congress put the Depart ment of Labor in the political vac uum where it belongs by stripping it of most of its power. When Tobin was named by President Truman as secretary, a half-baked effort was made to restore depart ment lunctions and prestige. To bin, however, showed a marked inclinatioa to abandon (he depart ment in favor of politicking, so Truman turned over most of Ihe remaining labor functions to John R. Steelman, White House aide, nt'tlint! in Washington is that Clay w ill put Tobin in his place. 1 This won't be victory for Steel-1 man however. Steelman Roofed up the railway strike nrKOti.it ions and is now on the Brotherlywd of Rail way Trainmen's blacklist. This is Usually fatal, politically, for White tlouse atfrs as well is other bur eaucrats. Tobin, of course, is useful to ion pae shows a box jacket In white with a black skirt, black sieves and a frtchinK bif bow, black, at Ihe neiti Jester's cap in matching white lambswool com pletes Jeanne I.anvin'i ensemble. Well, Jeanne is very pretty in her ouitit. Guiding Toward Freedom lewis Jr. Mr. Truman politically, and he also has plans for running for Gov ernor of Massachusetts, lie wants to build up a backlog of prestige aa manpower czar in mobilization affairs for the political race. With Wilson, Clay and Steelman opposed to him he isn't conceded much of a chance. The White House will toss him a face-saving function or two, however, which will add to the confusion in Washington. With Congress sore at manpower officials at the Pentagon, with ci- vjlian manpower. plans in an up roar, odds are that Wilson will take a walk to Un White House once again and lay down the law. He took his present job on one condition; that he would take or- ders only from the President. This, of course, includes the Pentagon If they can't come up with ac curate figures on how to get the 3,500,000 man military force Mr. Truman says he must have, then Wilson will over Tobin', Sleel man's or anybody else's politic ally dead body. NO INTERCEPTION Lt. Arnold Galiffa (above), West Point's All-America quarterback in' 1949, made 7S-yard pais with hand grenade in Korea to help wipe out group of attacking ' Reds. Fellow officers who law ; the feat said it was twice as far 1 as booki say a grenade can be thrown with accuracy. IAP Wirephotol I V' :-..-' I , MARCH 2 Expiration Date for the Filing of PERSONAL Returns With Assessor's Office fS) Local News Undergoes Operation Mrs. Arne Copple of Roseburg under went a major operation Thursday at Mercy hospital. Luncheon Announced Mem bers of Kpsilon Sigma Alpha sor ority will meet at a 1 o'clock lunch eon Sunday at the Shalimar room. Visits Parents Bob Bcrrie. stu dent of the school of journalism, j University of Oregon, spent .ast I weekend in Koscburg visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Ber ne, on Last Douglas street. . . ... - Home From Portland Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Hatfield are back at their home in Roseburg, follow ing several days in Portland visit ing their son in-law and daughter, Attorney and Mrs. William W. Knight, and family. i Doing Nicely Krvin E. Welker is reported doing nicely at Mercy hospital, where he is receiving treatment for a fractured leg. j which he suffered while employed ai me ttiiuui i.umui-r luiiipany dl Wilbur. He expects to be able to leave the hospital in a few days. Returns From East Earl Wi ley has returned to Roseburg, fol lowing a trip to Seneca, 111., to take the body of his mother, Mrs. Ralph Wiley, for burial. The fun eral service and interment service were in charge of the Rev. Mr. Spellman of Seneca. The Wiley family formerly resided in Seneca. Daughter Is Born A daughter, weighing five pounds 14 ounces, was born Keh. 8 at Bremerton, Wn.. to HM-3 and Mrs. R. W. Talley. The Talleys also have a daughter, Shannvn Lynn, who is almost three. Mrs. G. H. Welker of Roseburg, who is a maternal grand, parent of the children, has left for Bremerton to assist with their care. THE GOOD EARTH KHATMANDU. Nepal (!Pi The people of this tiny kingdom value their land so highly that it is sold by the basket. The Khatmandu city market is possibly the only one in the world where baskets of earth form a staple commodity. Farmers buy them to spread on land from which they take from three to four crops annually. A farmer returning home from selling his produce at the central market here never returns empty handed. Always his baskets are filled with earth, either brought from the market or scooped from the muddy bed of a river on his route, to be spread on the land which gives him a living. WHY NOT "7 COME 117" SPOKANE - (.11 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kalles thought about I name for their new baby and thousht it should have something to do with Sacred Heart hospital said the child was born at 7:07 p.m. on February 7 and weiRhcil 7 pounds, 7 ounces. KHllrs resigned last week as plant superintendent for the Seven l p bottling plant. PROPERTY Michlgon State Body Seeks LANSING, Mic. UP) Parti i of Michigan's itate government hustled emergency office apace to day after being burned out in the $4,000,000 state office building fire. The blaze, which raged 24 hours in tipper floors before being brought umler ccottrol late yester day, ruined valuable records. A checkup to determine the. full loss was still in progress. The slate 2 ENGINEER INJURED Joseph Fitiiimmoni, engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad's commu ter train that was wrecked af Woodbridge, N.J., lies in the Perth Amboy, N.J., general hos pital. Fitzsimmons was injured in the crash as the locomotive and five cars plunged off a tem porary trestle. The death toll from the wreck stands at 83. IAP Wirephoto) HEE. HUBBY WENT OUT EVERY MIGHT -WE MOW STAYS HOME. OUR OIL? THAT'S RIGHT You'll be satisfied with the quality fuel oil, the prices, the service. Arrange for ui to keep your tank filled. 100 DISTILLED, TOO! Your Guarantee of Quicker Cleoner Heat. JIM MYERS Douglas County Distributor of SIGNAL PRODUCTS 1856 N. SKpheni Phone 152 er 1 1 22-J furnace Oil O o YNs-Reiew 9 has not been 1 I 4tHnn4 by I 1 t:15 p.m.. phOM 100 btrweea :1S , and 7 p.at. HHESTOM MtrtMl INVESTORS SELECTIVE FUHD : IHVtSTORS STOCK FUKO IIL Hmrnnai tynicTF or AMERICA p : 1 ; Ml FrtwdM fqprf horn rVmcapoj UntfVttHrW II INVESTORS DIVERSIFIED SERVICE III Ettabnihed II III (at InoDiltxi Srndlcote) II CARL BEACH 1 111 Zone Manager and U Savings Representative J NRoi.burj Phone Eve. 1184? 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