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4 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Ore. Frl., Mar. 21, 1952 "Alas, Poor Yorick! I Knew Him, Horatio..." if Published Dally Eicepf Sunday by tht News-Review Inland elui tntur M.r 1. IMi. Jj '" Kbit. Ofo ids! sol ! March I. liJl CHARLES V. STANTON IDWIN L KNAPr Editor Mgr Mambtr o tht Aswclattd Pratt, Ortsofi Newtpaptr Publlitun Allocation, thi Audit Buraau o Clrtulatiani umnM , HlBr-HOLUDAl CO. INC., .fllo.l 1. N.w ChlI. Smm rrsaouc. Let Anftltt, 111. rcrtUad. (.!., ".. CI... M.II.I M., 1. IKO. .1 u. r..i Ollkl .1 .tbsri. Ortgaa, U4 Aol March I. m. iUBfCEirriON BATES 1 Or.,.-B, M.II-1-" r..r. ll. Ml .1. Itm a... lb.. IMS. Br Nwi-lt Carrier Per Tear, Ill" " "no., I... lb.. ... Mar. . '" "- r.f Taat. 111.091 ala tha, Ml ' A COSTLY By CHARLES V. STANTON We are well aware, looking backward, that our most serious mistake following World War II was hasty demobili zation of our armed forces. Had we maintained those forces until world conditions were adjusted, we probably would not have the continuing war of nerves that has since plagued us, nor the current "police action" in Korea. A large part of the world's population, having been held under oppression for centuries, is impressed only- by power. This includes the now bullying Soviet bloc, domi nated by its CommuniBt masters. If we were strong mil itarily, the Kremlin would be much more cautious about stirring up trouble. In our own impetuous way, however, we insisted that demobilization proceed as rapidly as possible. We placed reliance in air power. Our Air Force had so battered our enemies in both tactical and strategic warfare that we formed the opinion we needed nothing more than a strong air force to win any war of the future. Added to our con fidence was our exclusive possession of the atomic bomb. We felt we were secure. How sadly we have been disillusioned! The A-bomb is no longer our exclusive weapon. Our air strength is being definitely challenged in Korea. In fact, if we are to judge from meager bits of news getting past censors, we're taking a whipping in the air over Korea. We are told that Rus sian planes are superior to our own, although this may be only a propaganda device to keep us amenable to demands from a profligate administration for more and more money. i Air Losses Increasingly Heavy Our daily dispatches from the Korean front tell us thrilling stories of air victories; of destruction of Russian built planes in air duels. But occasionally we get a more or less obscure item concerning our own losses, and from them we learn that we are losing many more planes than is the enemy. .We are told that our planes are not being beaten by other planes in air combat, but are being de stroyed by accurate anti-aircraft fire from the ground anti-aircraft guns; incidentally, built on plans stolen by Communist spies from the United States. The fact that our air power is failing to win the victory we had expected from it comes from no lack of adequate financing. Our huge, wasteful military expenditures have provided so much money for the Air Force that not all of it could be spent. Our domestic economy is feeling the effects of inability of our military department to spend the money allotted to it. ...-. . . The government, for example, contracted large pur chases of plywood. But it couldn't use all the plywood it had ordered. It canceled contracts with the result that the domestic plywood market was oversupplied. Plywood mills shut down, cut back operations and, in a few cases, went broke. The Air Force, in particular, had to cancel many of 1U orders because it couldn t Defense Errors Evident We always have been known as a nation which muddled its defense. But we never have had a sorrier picture than at present. In all our wars we have been wasteful, extrava-i gant and inefficient. We won, but only at great cost. Our strength lies in the fighting ability of our men and our super iority in production. In our current troubles we find untold waste, extrava gance, inefficiency, graft and bungling. We are told that we are behind in the race for superiority in the air despite unlimited expenditures. We are paying the price for our overconfidenco in our position as sole owner of the atom bomb and our reliance in air power rather than a well bal anced military machine. We are paying for our too early demobilization of men, ships and equipment, and our fail ure to rearm in time to meet threats to our security in early stages. We are paying for the mistakes pf our leaders who played footsie with the Reds, who alienated our friends, who failed to give help when and where needed. Had Chiang Kai-shek been given the few millions he needed to whip the Chinese Reds at a time when they could have been subdued, we would not be fighting in Korea today, nor would we be pouring billions into rearmament of Europe, for Russia can not wage war in Europe while her backdoor is open through China. But our leadcys disregarded the advice of a military expert, suppressed his report, and followed instead politically-inspired tactics, influenced at least in part by Commu nists and Fellow Travelers. If there is any one lesson that Korea should be teach ing us, it is that we cannot rely exclusively upon any one weapon, anyone stylo of warfare of any one military branch. We must have the strongest possible defense ma chine strong on the ground, on the sea and in the air trained and equipped for any emergency. And we must have leadership devoted to the welfare and security of the nation, rather than the welfare and security of the party and the enrichment of its members and friends. From Don't we neighbors have fun around here! Lambs and puppies and kittens and a new calf to cay nothing of a little girl home from school for a day or so, who must be entertained! While I waited for Mrs. W to finish covering a row of peas, she explained why she was to late getting peas planted this year. "I always plant them in February, but I declare the lambs and the chickens kept ma to busy I was I Company, Inc. LESSON spend money fast enough. (mending BASKET Drai foing In circles! No sooner would get one round of bottle-feeding done then It was timo to heat up more milk for another round. Six rounds a day at firsrl We have 157 lambs, many of them twins. at two but that wasn't bad consider ing the weather! It's easier now not so many feeding-rounds a day and the lambs I feed come hurry ing to me now when they see me in the pasture. . ." Then Mr. S, over for a minuta'i limbic w m eS&rs ' Fult on Lewis Jr. WASHINGTON It is this year to keep President he is now accustomed. One of the major items of Increas ed expenditures at the White House is $38.81)0 to kelp keep the President cool. This is the price tag on the electric light and power bill for the White House for 1952, a sum that staggered House Ap propriations Committee members, who admit they usually growl if their own utility bills pass the $10 mark monthly. The amount will help pay for running the new air conditioning unit installed in the renovated White House. Moving vans already have haul ed the historic furniture and paint ings back to the executive man sion. The President is anxious to move back in, after the refurnish ing job that cost $5,000,000. Work men at the White House state that when In Washington Mr. Truman almost daily, late in the afternoon, wanders over to the White House from his executive offices to check the day's rebuilding progress. Tha President and his family will not only be cooler this sum mer, but will have mora room and a larger staff of servants. Ten lied by the House Appropriations new servants have been author Committee for 1952, Including four engineers, two electricians and four housemen. No one, least of all the congress men on the committee, can figure out where the new White House space is coming from. The re modeled job. which was author iied by Congress only after many presidential promises that the bas ic structure would be retained, now has 40 per cent more space than previously. The i money that was supposed to have been spent for the preser vation of the historic building actually was spent in remodel ing the entire Interior, plus raising the roof, deepening the basement and constructing a solarium atop the building. About all that is left of the old building is the exterior shell. White House reconstruction talk with EJ, said: "I havp to go. Hear that calf?" And away he went. Mrs, R decided It was lime the puppies began to make things eas ier on Pal. She moved Uie snug barrel - house outdoors for the time being, in the sun, and spent the next few minutes hauling the puppies out of the dish. Just why a puppy or a kitten feels called upon to stand in the dish is not known. They just do. Pal, who sees to it that her puppies have only visitors she herself approves, came up here yesterday to look see, and I happened to have Uie garage door up. Pal, hearing a squeaking kitten, stopped with one foot in the air, curious and observ ing. For a moment. Next instant there was a streak of white going past me. The black-and-white ter rier let out an anguished Ky-Yi-Yip as our Pretty gave a neat little sideswipe with a quick paw. Poor Pal lit out for home, not standing upon the order of her going which is usually sedile trop down the rock driveway but taking off over the high bank of the flat our house is on. The white cat kept the yipping visitor company as far as the bank, then, with a snarl that said, "that'll teach you!" Pretty came back to finish scrubbing her kittens with sandpapery tongue. (Bonnie will undoubtedly give her friend, the white eat, a piece of her mind next time she is up here and I hope it will b soon. Wt miss her.) going to cost us $101,237 more Truman in the style to which work was supposed to be complet ed last December, but labor dif ficulties and shortages of material de aved the rebuildina and increas- ed the President s anxiety, mere were no actual strikes, only jur isdictional disputes over trie in stallation of various devices and materials. Another point Interesting to con gressmen is that the President has been spending more money in op erating the White House than the law allows. This despite the fact that the House Appropriations Committee and the comptroller general's office have forbidden de ficiency appropriations for the ex ecutive mansion. Mr. Truman created what will amount to-a $31,600 deficiency this year when he raised salaries of White House employes without consulting Congress. F. T. Gartside, assistant super-1 intendent of the National Capital Parks Commission, which main tains the White House and grounds, explained to Congress that the President assumed the authority to exceed his White House and executive office salary budget by digging up an obscure law which the President says gives him the right to increase wages without regard to certain sections of the United States code. Members of the House Appropriations Commit tee are thumbing through the law hooks looking for the loophole. Mr. Truman also is looking ahead. He has asked Congress to consider hiring one assistant housekeeper to help keep him comionaDie, in addition to the 10 other new em ployes. This employee, to be paid $4,045 annually, will be charged off against tha 1953 budget Gartside persuaded the con gressmen to go along with the President's request when he said: "We have one housekeeper au thorized and want an assistant be cause obviously somebody must be there 16 boms out of the 24, and the only way to get a 24-hour house keeper is to marry one." That ended the discussion. House members present were aware that too much talk of this nature could lead to trouble at home. Hear Fulton Lewis Dail On KRNR, 9:15 P. M. Wheat And Corn Crops Indicated WASHINGTON LP The Agri culture Department reported Wed nesday that farmer planting plans indicated a possible wheat crop of 1,225.000.000 bushels and corn of 3,200,000,000 bushels this year. These forecasts would be 238,000, 000 bushels more than the 9S7.474. 000 bushels of wheat produced last year and 258,577.000 bushels more than last year's corn crop of 2,941,. 423,000. Bv comparison, wheat averaged 1.071,310.000 bushels and corn 2, 980,777,000 for the ten-year average. The forecasts were based on farmers' plantings plans as of March 1 and assumed that the yield per acre on the prospective acreages would equal the 1941-50 average. The government's production goals for wheat is 1.165.000,000 bushels and for corn 3,375,000,000 bushels. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) not SEEK nomination to political office." He then added: "In the absence of a CLEAR CUT CALL TO POLITICAL DUTY, I shall continue to devote my full attention and energies to the per formance of the vital task to which I am assigned." I'd say the General's statement in Paris this morning indicates he is about convinced that New Hamp shire and Minnesota constitute a clear cut call to political duty. Another development: President Truman says In Wash ington this morning that Eisenhow er is at liberty to return home ANY TIME HE DEEMS IT SAFE AND PROPER. . , Dear Ike: - I'm inclined to agree with you about New Hampshire and Minne sota.' They're wonderful. In my adult lifetime, nothing like that has ever happened in a political cam paign. It's beginning to look like the people have decided that THIS YEAR the office should seek the man and that you're tha man to be sought. If that is true, Ike, It Is some thing shining and splendid. It hasn't happened since George Washington. Even Lincoln had to fight to get the Republican nom ination. If what seems to be de- veloping in your case turns out to be true, it could mark a turning point in our national life. It could mean that we are turning back toward the ideals of the Founding Fathers. So, whatever you do, DON'T do' anything to shake this FAITH AND TRUST that on the evidence of New Hampshire and Minnesota) your countrymen seem to repose in you. Go on doing your job and being yourself. That's how you've won these two amazing expressions of confidence in you., Another thing, Ike. Don't be fooled by Harry's crack that you're at liberty to return home ANY TIME YOU DEEM IT SAFE AND PROPER. On the sur face, it looks like a sportsmanlike gesture. But in it an old wolf would smell a trap. If you come back and start cam paigning, your enemies will claim that in view of the importance of your job in Europe, it WASN'T SAFE AND PROPER FOR YOU TO COME BACK. Before you leave your job over ther, be very sure indeed that it's safe and proper to do so. Here's something I think you ought to know, Ike. This amazing support for you that has shown up definitely and tangibly in New Hampshire and Minnesota isn't hero worship and it isn't glamor chasing. It goes deeper than that. Those of us who are for you WANT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE ON EARTH TO BELIEVE IN YOU. We're sick and weary of politics and politicians, WE WANT LEADERSHIP WE CAN TRUST. Never, 1 fear, in our his tory, was there such COMPLETE LACK of faith in our leadership. That is dangerous, Ike. It could destroy our country and our way of life. So, you see, those of us who are for you are more than just for you as a Republican can didate for President. We're pin ning our hopes of the future on you. That's about the way the situa tion stands. Assn. Elects Officers CORONADO. Calf. Wt H. S. Dixon of Tillamook, Ore., Tuesday was elected vice-president of the Pacific Dairy and Poultry Associa tion. Other officers elected at the association's 28th annual conven tion include: R. H. Cronshey, Los Angeles, president: and H. O. Shoemaker, Seattle, secretary-treasurer. Glen Leuning Pleases Riddle Show Sponsors RIDDLE Too many times we read letters to the editor finding fault with people, ideas, views, pol itics or the government, I, too, can find fault. But this is a letter of praise for one of your Roseburg people, Mr. Glen Leuning. Our P-T.A. had a show on March 12. Glen came to Riddle once for rebearsal and for the show. We were impressed and pleased with bis voice. But it is his wonderful spirit and cooperation that made him such a grand guy. Roseburg can well be proud to say he is one of their own. I 'do hope you can find room to print this, for this will be all the wealth Glen will receive: just a clipping for his scrap book. As long as Glen cooperates, and with his wonderful voice, we are sure he will go far. We hope so. And we would like this opportun ity to add our roses to his bouquet of friendship. DOROTHY SMITH . ' Riddle, Ore. MISS CASEY PRIASED ROSEBURG One more orchid to Miss Helen Casey, please. This one for nil triA fripnHlv find ! nice things she has done for a couple of newcomers to Roseburg. And, I bet, we are not the only ones. Roseburg is our hometown now and we are happy that Helen Casey lives nerc, loo. We enjoyed the editorial about her very much. ELSA HUNTER Roseburg, Oregon. Business Future Brightens After Dismal Winter By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK With spring breathing down their necks, a siza ble handful of businessmen are whistling a merrier tune after a long dismal winter. These formerly depressed and now hopeful business leaders may be whistlying in the dark, but it'j a cheerful sound, anyway. Sighting better days ahead In their annual reports or at annual meetings are executives in such widely spaced industries as tex tiles, carpets, meat packing, retail trade, and other industries where the first signs of easing demand has been noted metals, oil and packaging. It is interesting that they seem more cheerful at a time when so many others are discouraged as the usual business indexes point down: industrial production leveled off for several months, retail trade trailing last year, new orders lag ging in many industries, corporate earnings falling under the burden of higher taxes. WHY BE SICK? You've not triad varything until you sea DR. SCOFIELD X-Ray Chiropractor I minutes from town on Rifle Range Rd. Dial 3-5133 hf it beer V I aURvrl by I I : I S pA, prion. I 2-2631 twtwu fcllwj7ej. J THE FIERY EVANGELISTS Of The Salvation Army Training College, San Francisco Inspirational Revival Meetings for the Whole Family Dynamic Speakers Brilliant Musicians MARCH 22 to 30 7:45 Every Night at the SALVATION ARMY 1005 WINCHESTER, ROSEBURG DON'T MISS THESE OUTSTANDING MEETINGS DITCH DIGGING SEPTIC TANKS SEWERS WATER LINES FOOTING OUR DITCH DIGGER WILL GO TO A DEPTH OF 8 FEET j. r. 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