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4 Th Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Of fnurg.. Fob. 7, 1951 - ' PubllJid Dally Isctpt Sunday by Hm Nowi-Rtview Company, Inc. starts' M cltat oIUi May 1, IK. lk Met t ft bait Orc, ar Ml M a rob t, MIS Fulton Levis Jr. Congress Chat By HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C, 4th Oregon District Double Exposure 7 I CHARLES V STANTON Uirw Mtmbtr of Hit Associofad Prtti, Ortfea Ntwipap" Publiihart Association, tho Audit Burton of Circulations ftt.trMtl.tfi r VEB r-IIOLLIDAV CO INC.. trfltitt Is New lark, CalMf. ! pratcUtt. Lti Anfilaa, Itatllt, rrtU4, Bataraa as Str.nd CUa. HttUr May 1. uW, al lha Past Offlea at ftaitbafi, Off f.n. Untar Act af March , WS. fUBICKIPTlON RATES la Ortfon By Hall Par Tttr, III. Mi all tntn.fct, If.tfli tfcrtt naalfaa. It. 15. By Nawi-fttrlaw Carrier Far Year, fU.oi lit a4 fanat). Iiu Inaa aaa Taar, par maain, ti.v. utmat urafta oy naii ' Par Taar. Ill.OOt is aaaalha. M.Mi lb rat ataataa. MM NEW COURSE OF STUDY By CHARLES Oregon Stale College "first" which we anticipate portant forward steps to be in late years. ' . The college is preparing to establish a four-year de- partment of natural resources, the first of its kind in the United States. The course will include studies in all major elements of conservation, covering the entire resources field, We are proud that our to prepare to meet the crying need for, an all-inclusive course in conservation. We believe it is urgently needed and extremely vital to the future of the Pacific Northwest and to the nation. We have many scientists highly trained in individual phases of the resources field, but we are experiencing great damage from lack of coordination in resource use and development A close relationship exists between resources. Yet we exploit each separately without taking into account . the damage overdevelopment or misuse of one resource will do to another. Wide Knowledge Required Here in the Pacific Northwest, with its abundant rain ! fall, there is little concern about water. Yet we are wrecking our water resource as rapidly as is humanly possible. We have damaged our streams until it will take many years to complete repairs should we start rehabili tation today. But every indication is that we will con - tinue that destruction for many more years. Water serves our needs for power and irrigation. So we develop power and irrigation projects with no thought of the fact that water also is useful for recreation. We fill our streams with pollution, careless of domestic, agricultural and recreational uses. We log timber for its eco nomic values, heedless of the fact that we are destroy ing watersheds furnishing water for power, irrigation and recreation. We permit thousands of acres of farm lands to be sluiced down our rivers every year because of im proper farm practices. , We exploit our natural resources for the Almighty Dollar and for our own selfish purposes with no concern for the future or for the coming generations. Some of this abuse is wilful. Partly it results . from ignorance. Most people, we believe, recognize the need for conservation, in general, but few understand it in detail. We find much of carelessness, selfishness, and wilful neglect, coupled with ignorance. Along the North Umpqua road there are two logging shows. One is, a hideous mess, marring the beauty of that scenic drive. Only a short distance away another logger was careful to leave enough trees to hide the scars of his operation thus preserving the scenic view. A log ger clear ' cut a steep slope and permitted a slide to fill one of our fine brood streams, destroying its usefulness in fish production. Power enthusiasts, making a political football of the private vs. public power issue, are battling for Pelton dam which would critically impair recreational values of the Deschutes and Metolius rivers and cause ma terial damage to the Columbia's commercial fishery. ' Must Coordinate Activities The recitation of abuse of resources could spread over hundreds of newspaper pages. We see streams which once contained clear, cold water, flooding with silt-laden waters in winter and running dry in summer, We find major streams, such as the lower Willamette, so filled with filth that fish life cannot exist in the polluted waters. We find farm lands on which improper cropping haS made the soil barren. Land suitable only' for growing trees, has been cleared and permitted to become diuigerous weed patches. Through the new course proposed at Oregon State Col lege, it is planned to train men who will understand these problems; men versed in all phases of conservation, fully aware of the complex interrelationship existing between soil, water and forest. With trained leaders and engineers to direct and advise, we should be able to correct many of the abuses now existing. As more and more men are edu cated in this field, they will be able to conduct a job of public education. , If through the course of. study of natural resources it becomes possible to achieve better conservation practices by education and legislation, millions of dollars will be saved in the Pacific Northwest alone. Suppose you- were lost In the woods. Supposo you had a njap but couldn't tell which wjs north, so the mop was useless. What could you -do to orient yourself A wide awake Boy Scout could demon strate two ways: one with a com- ass; and one with even the most nexpensive watch If tne sun were shining. That is just a sample of the practical nature of Boy Scout opportunily. Just for fur., ask the f1 ;t Scout who has achieved first c iss and let him tell you. If he has 3 compass with him he will make the direction of the com pass needle and the mugnofic north on the map lie parallel. (Here we have 21 degrees to 23 degrees, variation from true north.) If the Scout has a watch, and sun enough to cast a shadow, he will put the watch flat on his hand, face up. He will hold a match or tiny twig upright at the ege of the watch, at the outer end of the hour band. Then the Scout, remember- ing' the Instruction in tho "require-1 is IDWIN L. KNAPP Mnogr V. STANTON has achieved an educational will be one of the most in taken in the field of education own State College is the first MEHDIHG BASKET mont 8" of his First Cass work, will turn the watch until the shad ow of the mnlch falls along the hour hand which hand will then point toward the sun. THEN -(I quote the Scout Handbook, page 270: "In the morning SOUTH will lie half way between the hour hand and 12. forward. At noon. South will lie directly along the nour-nana shadow line. In the aft ernoon. South will also He half way between the hour hand and 12. backward." Two hours in the sky circle equal one hour of the watch-dial circle. The sun will Blve the true north, in which case one uses the true north line on the map. Usually a dotted line Indi cates magne:lc north at a sharp angle with true north. What if it is nieht and nn sun. out you can see the starsT Then, tha Rnv Kenilt lfarn thft fill nin. per will help, or the constellation called Cassiopeia, one of which is bound to be up high if the other too close to the horizon. But we were really talking about this week. Boy Scout Week, when the forty-second anniversary of the Scouting activity in America is be ing celebrated in many ways by many people. And well it may bel America Told Output Of Sheep Must Be Boosted WASHINGTON I This country needs to raise more sheep if it wants to avert an extreme wool shortage in case of war. So savs the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, a group of senators and representatives wno have been studying tne wool situa tion. ... ., The committee reports that three fourths of the wool used in this country is being imported over sea lanes 5,000 to 8,000 miles long, which would be cut in any world war. U. S. ranchers are raising only about half the quantity of wool re quired for military use in World War II, and their production isn t even enough to fill current mili tary needs, the committee said in its recent report. Wool consumption in the U.S., In creasing annually, now totals more Uian one billion pounds a year. The committee said U.S. shearers clipped 260 million pounds of wool from about 32 million sheen in 1951 The wool poundage was the third smallest in the past 30 years. The sheep total was considerably small er than the average in the mid twenties and much smaller than the all-time high of 48 million in 1942. Rtmtdies Suggested The committee said: ' An improved price support pro gram is needed. Cattlemen benefit ed more than sheepmen last year. and "wool growers cannot be ex pected to meet our needs for do mestic wool if returns from alter native enterprises are more favor able than those from sheep and wool." More "qualified and reliable" shoenhcrdcrs should be recruited to eliminate a manpower shortage which is Dartlv blamed for the wool production drop. government agencies and ranch ers throughout the nation should follow the lead of those who have successfully fought predatory ani mals in some areas, by developing new poisons and other control measures. Soil and range conservation pro grams on public and private lands should be intensified. Federal agen cies and ranchers have made "sub stantial progress" in this field, "but some 82 per cent of the pub lic domain range is still eroding and opportunities to increase live stock on much of this land arc diminishing." 5 Million More Autos Figured At 1952 Need DETROIT I Twelve million passenger cars were built in tho past two years and another 5,000, 000 will be needed this year. At least that's the claim of many car builders, smarting under re strictions that promise to limit 1952 car out put to not more than 4,000.000 units. Some manufacturers claim re placement demand alone will ab sorb all passenger car output un less production quotas are substan tially increased. New car sales have lagged in recent weeks. Some sales mana gers have attributed the drop to (lie imminence of new models. How much model, change-over have affected new car sales soon will be determined; most 1952 mod els, especially the large volume makes, have now been introduced with 'the new Ford appearance this week. Prices Slew Buying All Industry experts don't agree another 5,000.000 now cars can be sold this year. Some say factory output would not reach that figure In The Day's News By FRANK (Continued from Page 1) "Guy Gabrielson, chairman of the Republican National Commit tee, said on a television program last night he believes ANY GOP candidate can lick ANY Democrat. , "Frank E. McKlnney, Demo cratic national chairman, said in an address in Detroit: "Our rec ord and the sorry record- of Hie Republican .party are the surest guarantees of a Democratic victory."- . , '" The dictionary defnies eyewash as ' eyewater." It then goes ahead and defines eyewater as "a lotion for the eyes." Delving deeper in to Mr. Webster's classic, we find that a lotion is . "a liquid medic inal preparation . for washing." ., That still leaves us somewhat at sea as to the President's exact meanings when he referred with obvious sarcasm to presidential primaries as eyewash . Webster conveys clearly the idea that eyewash, which is "eyewater," which in its turn is a "lotion," which in ITS turn is "a liquid medicinal preparati.n." is some thing, that is GOOD for the eyes.. mat is to say, something that makes us see. better. At that point, polities parts' com pany with the dictionary. There can be little doubt that in the political lexicon eyewash is some thing that plnys hob with the vot er's vision and makes him think even if all materials . restrictions suddenly were lifted. , As some experts view the indus try's outlook a sharply intensified sales, effort will be needed, this year to sell 4,000,000 cars. lei sail's executives say inai mere is an annual market tor 5,000. 000 new cars lor many years ahead. Analysts who watch sales very closely say tne car buying public is becoming increasingly price cons cious. 1'nces have gone up ma terially in the past year on most makes ot cars and more increases currently are being applied or are being worked out. '' ' many muiunsis ngure inai. as new car list prices go up so do the trade-in allowances on tneir one and two year old cars. But the pricing siiuauor. -aoesn i always work out that way, excepting in cases where dealers have . more tart than orders on hand. ' There arc some such dealers in certain sections of the country, but there is little price discounting on new 1952 model cars. In most ln sances the price cuts are on 1951 models which dealers were unable to move before the new cars came In. . Dog Toenail Clippers,, Fly Swatters Mulled ,, WASHINGTON iPi - Specifica tions for the military fly swatter weight two and a half pounds and are approximately four inches thick, aides of a House subcom mittee said Tuesday, And there's the case of the dog toenail clippers four pages of spe cifications, single-spaced, with two additional pages of pictures. In the past four years, the serv ices have bought exactly 19 of these clippers (dog, toenail ) through Central Procurement. There's also the case of the sugar bowl top. , . Investigators found the Arniv re jected a manufacturer's bid be cause bowl's "profile is flat in ap pearance" and was one and a half inches high instead of one and three fourth inches. These were some of the instanc es of military procurement prac tices oetng assembled by a House executive expenditures subcom mittee investigating Armed Serv ices buying habits. A member of the subcommittee staff said it is finding "an alarm ing number" of such cases and in stance! where low bids are being rejected because the bidder does not meet exact specifications. . JENKINS he sees what really Isn't there to be seen. When they speak with such calm confidence of victory, and o.vii such complete assumption of rec ti' ude on (he part of the poiitica: organization they head, both Chairman dJjr.-i Is.-n and Chair nan McKinnuy are dealing in eye w't'h. - In Philadelphia the other day, police raided a luncheon plac- and arrested 14 men whom they found playing poker. It appears that the cops were prodded into the raid by THE WIVES OF SOME OF THE MEN, ' who, the dispatch says, "dide't like the idea of their men coming home late and short every payday." That raises an Interesting moral question: How about the wives of the men who came out ON THE WIN NING END? Do they object to gambling? This one comes .from Canada: "Mrs. Herman Smith was mauled in a downtown office the other day by a lion who had been brought there to display a few tricks. The lion seized Mrs. Smith's plastic purse in its mouth. She yanked it away. This irritated the lion, and it bit her in the leg." It's a hair-trigger world, isn't it? Even the animals are begin ning to be affected. Equality With Russia's Air Power Sought WASHINGTON l Sen. O'Ma honey D-Wyo., said Tuesday that top Pentagon leaders are gambling that Soviet Russia will not touch off another world war "until 1954 or 1955." "I want to be more certain that meanwhile we have a defense pro gram that allows us to keep up with the Russians in air nower ' O'Ma. honey told a reporter. I , He offered these comments as he asked Secretary of Defense Lovett and the Army, Navy and Air Force Secretaries to return for a second day of public testimony on the $53,100,000,000 military budget for the next fiscal year starting July 1. O'Mahoney is chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee han dling the huge spending bill. Lovett Apprehensive Lovett made it plain Monday that the multi-billion dollar defense pro gram is far short of the totals asked by the military chiefs. He also testified that original goals for production of aircraft, tanks and, other military "hard goods" had been cut back sharply. The secretary said that in pre- Earing "against the dangers of a ot war, we must not be trapped by our own efforts into losing the cold one." . "We have tried to eliminate the fat as far as possible," he said. "I am fearful that we have cut Unto the muscle in some places." O'Mahoney said the gamble that Russia does not plan an immediate war was evident in Lovett's testi mony about production of aircraft for the Air Force and Navy. The senator said the present schedule calls for ' .deliveries through 1954 and into 1955. . Schooling Aid For Vets. Of Koreon War Sought , - t By The Associated Prvu . WASHINGTON Ml A bill - to provide government, financed edu cation for veterans of the Korean War was introduced today by Rep. Teague, D-Tex. Teague is chairman of a House committee that has been investi gating the education, training and loan programs under th War Two Gl Bill of Rights. He said his measure is designed to prevent recurrence of . "the abuse and extravagance ' which Revelations of scandals and ir regularities in the Federal tax col lecting department have shocked the entire country these last few months. The Congress has brought the situation to light but Congress (Joes not have the poer to legis late honesty and integrity into the hearts and minds of government officials. Laws cannot remove or even improve the situation. Only the President can set bis house in order. To do so he must take ex ceedingly drastic action. What should the President do? Well, for one thing he should re move the Attorney General, under whose regime these scandals de veloped, and replace him- with a man of good record and outstand ing ability. He should then order such a man to go the limit in prosecuting the crook3. Next, he should remove the Sec retary of me Treasury who is the head of the agency in which the irregularities (to ube a nice term) have occurred. The new Secretary should clean house from top 10 bottom. These things MUST be done if public confidence .in gov ernment as it is today can even be partially restored. But in the face of this situation what has the President actually done? Two things; 1.) He has or dered Attorney General McGrath to Investigate and clean up nmiseii and his own department which or der, on the face of it. is absurd. 2.) He sent to Congress a plan to reorganize the Treasury Depart ment Bureau of Internal Revenue. The Treasury reorganization plan was approved by the House and. I assume, will meet with no objection in the Senate. But what of it? There was nothing much. wrone with the plan. It was ap proved by a voice vote, but it will not do much good, ine principal argument for it was that it would put collectors of internal revenue and some other employees under civil service. Congressman Curtis of Nebraska dealt with that subject during the debate on the bill, baid Curtis: "I hold in my hand a list of the employes of the Bureau of Internal Revenue who have eitner been discharcd or forced to re sign since the King committee went into action. You can see this list consists of page after page of names, borne 96 percent ot tnese people were under civil service. When it is suggested that by plac ing collectors under civil service we have remedied all the wrongs that have been exposed in recent months we are merely kidding our selves. The scandals are not being cleaned up. An aspirin is being administered when a major oper ation is necessary." It was also claimed that the re organization plan carried out the Hoover Commission recommenda tions. Congressman Clarence Brown of Ohio, who was a member of the Hoover Commission, dis agreed with that claim saying that the plan submitted does only a few' things recommended by the Commission, but does not do thein an. 'But I know one thing," Brown continued, "this plan will not cure what is wrong with the Internal Revenue Bureau: that this play will not bring greater economy in the conduct of public business. and the plan now before us.e will not bring greater efficiency. Nei ther will it protect the American people against the continued dan gers of corruption within the Bu reau." From all this I cannot help but draw the conclusion that nothing much is bemg done to clean up the corruption in our Federal gov ernment and that something gen uine and honest MUST be done soon. plagued the World War Two pro gram." , v I it provides for direct payment to j the veteran of an education and i training allowance $110 monthly j for a single man and $150 for a man with dependents. ! These are the same "as present I rates for World War Two veterans. I Out of his allowance a veteran would pay for his tuition, books and supplies and subsistence. Penalties Voted For Smuggling Mexican Labor WASHINGTON W-The House is expected to approve quickly a Sen ate passed measure levying stiff penalties lor smuggling tarm la borers from Mexico into the United States The Senate passed the measure by voice vote Tuesday after an atiernoon ot oeoate. It would fix penalties of up to $2,000 in fines and five years in prison lor tnose wno smuggle im migrants into the United States, or conceal and transport them after they are here. . The bill covers all aliens but it is aimed specifically at "wetbacks" Mexicans who sometimes enter this country Illegally by swimming the Rio Grande River. The .House Judiciary Committee has approved a similar measure. The leadership there is reported leady to try to bring it to a vote soon. Speed is necessary because the United States and alexico have an agreement covering importation of farm workers into this country which expires next Tuesday. I 4: 1 8 pjn rAona f VJeJI batwaaa : 1 5 end 7 M. 3 WASHINGTON A Japanese peace treaty won't re lieve us taxpayers of supporting that nation economically for years to come. We can thank the Communists, Owen Lat timore and various nitwits in the State Department for bur costly plight. Reppnt tntlmnnv hpfare the MC- Carran subcommittee on internal security and a number of photo stats of army documents in my nossession reveal iust how thor ough the Reds and their playmates were in reducing Japan to a "Have not" nation. Japan must import 25 percent of her food supply. To pay for it, she must- manufacture enough goods to meet the price. Most ex perts agree that the 0!ie way to bring Communism to Japan would be to deprive her of her industry, and let the Japanese people go hungry. This is exacti? what the State Department tried to do, on the prodding of Lattimore and a few well-known trumpeters for the cause of Communism. 7 The Communist Daily Worker, In September of 1945, in lact, quoted Lattimore as stating that the U. S. must "free Japan of the Zaibatsu's grip before democracy can develop there." The Zaibatsu was a combine of Japanese indus trialists who handled the military production problems for the Jap anese army. Its current counter part in this country is the De fense Production Administration, which controls U. S. manufactur ing as part ot the defense build up. The difference is that U. S. industry is owned largely b y stockholders, while in Japan it was owned by a few wealthy families. Lattimore and the Communists couldn't wait to get their hands on the Zaibatsu after the end of the war. William Montgomery Mc- Govern, a Northwest University i professor and a one-time non-Com-mnnist member of the Institute of Pacific Relations, in his testi mony wraps up Lattiinore's pro posal for Japan in tbis manner: "If I may paraphras.: his ideas, he wanted to impose a Morgen thau plan on Japan. He did not use that term, but he wanted to completely reduce Japan to beg gary and impotence. He was bit ter in his attacks upon Japan." When Gen. Douglas MacArthur took over Japan be was ordered by the State Department to do exactly what Lattimore wanted done. I have a photostat of a let ter sent to the Imperial Japanese government, dated October, 1945, from the general headquarters, su preme commander for the Allied powers, JaDan. It calls on the Jap anese government to provide the State Department with all perti nent information on the holdings and owners ot major Japanese industrial firms - From this date until September of 1949 there is a steady stream of orders from the State Depart ment, transmitted through MacAr thur's headquarters, all aimed at destroying Japan industrially. Ev ery detail, of japan's industry was bared to the delight of the Com munists, who undoubtedly are cashing in on It now with bribery, infiltration and other espionage techniques. To the credit of MacArthur and the joint chiefs of staff in Wash ington, there was steady opposi tion to the State Department s plan for destroying Japan indus trially. The . Communists had wrecked China and most of Ger many and weie reaping the bene UMPQUA VALLEY APPLIANCE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY ; i FEBRUARY 11, 1952 TO ALLOW ALL EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND A FRIGIDAIRE MEETING IN PORTLAND 120 WEST OAK STREET DIAL 3-5574 Sutherlin Central and State Streets Phone 2988 LET'S ALL GO! To the Camas Valley Dance, CAMAS VALLEY HALL Camas Valley Fire Dept. fits, the military leaders knew. But the State Department avoided this reality i.nd continued press ing for reduction of Japan to an agrarian country. Japanese property owners, as a result, were deprived ot their be longings, industrial ' managers were shuttled into the ranks of the unemployed. Without the know-how or the financing, Japan ese .industrial, production practi cally collapsed. Finally, in September of 1949, the headquarters of Gen. MacAr thur got fed up. It issued this order to the Japaneso govern ment: "No approval will be given to plans or proposals submitted to ' you for the dissolution or liqui dation of any holding company or Zaibatsu concern without prior sub mission to this headquarters." Sate Department representatives were acting like eager beavers, clubbing the Japanese government into ripping itself apart indus trially. Now we must hand over more billions to repair the dam age. So when you reach for your pocketbook at taxpaying time this year, spare a word for Lattimore and his Stab- department pals. They helped do it. Hear Fulton Lewis Daih On KRNR, 9:15 P. M. 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