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PERSONAL PREFERENCES
Charles V. Stanton
It is not our usual policy to make recommendations in
connection with primary elections when men of compara
. tively equal merit are candidates. But we are going to violate
that policy today with three exceptions.
These exceptions pertain to contests on the Republican
ballot for the offices of state treasurer, attorney general, and
congressman.
It is an extremely difficult decision we make in recom
mending to the readers of this column, the candidacy of Sen
ator Jack Lynch for the job of state treasurer. It is difficult
because we look upon the two principal candidates as our
personal friends. They are both fine men. Either would fill
the job efficiently and with credit to himself and the state. In
, recommending the nomination of Senator Lynch we do so,
. not because we feel that Sig Unander would be less accept-
able or desirable in the office, but rather because we feel un
der obligation to Lynch for cooperation given us and our com
; munity in his position in the state legislature.
Lynch has been state senator from Multnomah County
for several years. He has served as member of committees
on state affairs, public health, game, public buildings and
institutions, federal relations, county affairs, military af
fairs, commerce and navigation, revision of laws and rules.
, He has been chairman of many of those committees.
He is the type of man who, when given a committee as
signment, digs into the problems for first-hand information.
He has thus familiarized himself with every phase of state
government. As the treasurer is a member of the Board of
Control, this knowledge and experience is extremely valu
able to the elected official.
Unander Also Knows Affairs
Lynch in his understanding of state affairs, however, has
little if any edge over Sig Unander, who was administrative
assistant to Charles A. Sprague when the Salem publisher
was governor of Oregon. In that capacity he became familiar
with every operation of state government. He has made an
outstanding record as chairman of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee. Ha is a veteran. He has given freely of
his service to state and local activities.
We could make a decision between the two men on the
flip of a coin, insofar as their respective abilities and per
sonalities are concerned.
Our recommendation for Lynch, therefore, stems from
valuable assistance given us in legislative fights involving
natural resources. .
As readers of this column well know, we are "hepped" on
the subject of conservation of resources, development of rec
reation, and preservation of fish and wildlife. One of our
hardest battles was to close the Umpqua River to commer
cial fishing, a controversy that found Senator Lynch fight
ing on our side.
He is an ardent sportsman. All other things being equal,
we sportsmen stick together.
Thus we express our gratitude to Jack and discharge our
obligation. ,
A third candidate, Fred Robinson of Jackson County, is
in the race, but is not expected by observers to match either
Lynch or Unander.
John McCourr Favored
We also would recommend John B. McCourt for the of
fice of attorney general, feeling that among the four Republi
can candidates he is best fitted by experience to fill that
important office, an office being vacated by Douglas County's
former district attorney, George Neuner.
A contest also exists in the race for the Republican nom
ination for representative in Congress from Oregon's Fourth
district. Congressman Harris Ellsworth, former editor of
The Ncws-Kcvicw, is opposed for the nomination by Barbara
S. Draper of Linn County, who is particularly interested in
preventing universal military training.
Congressman Ellsworth's record is such, we believe, that
he is desorving of continuation in the office so long as he con
tinues to work so industriously, efficiently and vigorously for
his district, the slate and nation.
If this sounds a bit hurried,
blame the husband who stands pa
tiently (?) waiting for me to cci il
done and put on my coat and GO.
To be sure I've had at least three
days, says he. "to get readv." 1
have boon writing this column for
heavens knows how many years,
and a fellow would think by now
the writer of said column would
think ahead and sec to It that at
the last minute she doesn't say
with a wild look In her eye: "Oh,
goodness me, I've got to write the
Mending Basket ' and let-mcsee
yes, there are only two carbon
copies in the folder and that means
I just HAVE to get one done and
it won't take but just a minute
for I know jusl what I'll write
about. . .(pause for breath, and
to think just what to write about).
" Which makes me think of what a
former neighbor said one day
when she was commenting upon
the Mending Basket: "I guess you
didn't know what to write about
yesterday so you just filled it up
with poetry." (Don't shoot, Elinor
Brown! Not everybody likes poet
ry. You and I know it's just be
cause they haven't hit upon just
the right poetry for the individual,)
I don't like black-eyed peas but
dear me, I've been cooking them
and eating them for thirty years.
Guess why? Texans think there
must be something queer about
MENDIHG
I me because I don't like chill con
I carne. At least not as hot as Tcx-
uns like It. And I think anybody
he doesn't like Bubble and Squeak
is a bit odd, too. Also, toadin-the-hole
and spotted dog. . .ah, spotted
dog! Makes me hungry to even
think of it I
Speaking of poetry and the
Browns (Camas Valley & Holly
wood): the second issue of their
poetry magazine, "The Arch
er" is out, and it's most attractive
as is all the Browns' priming. If
you don't write poems you can
sponsor a contest and let the poets
do the work for you!
The Archer goes to England,
New Zealand and 1 tton't know
where all, and the poems are sign
ed by folks In ever so many of
these United Slates. A piece of
Ben Htir Lampm.in's poetical
prose is included: "Where To Bury
a Dog," and I like "Sea Horses":
Little Sea Horse's, fabulous crea
tures Gazing and grazing on submar
ine greenery,
Not going anywhere, not doing
anything.
Simply serenely enjoy ng the
Bend, Oregon.
There this one's done. Now we'll
go ond enjoy some scenery on our
own
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CHICAGO Midwest Republicans, with an eye to the
growing preconvention strength of General Dwight D.
Eisenhower, are talking up
this state of Illinois, as a good
Dirksen is supporting Senator
Taft for the nomination, and will
stick to it until the last convention
dog is hung. Illinois is heavily pro
Taft, and Dirksen is one of the
backers.
If Taft gets the nomination, how
ever, Dirksen wouli be eliminated,
automatically, as a Veep possibil
ity, on the geographical premise
that both men are from the Mid
dle West.
But conversely, If Eisenhower
pets the GOl' nod for the number
one place, Dirksen immediately
becomes important, ke's stalking
horses, Governor Earl Warren and
Harold Stassen. for all of their
votes over to Irim, would be of no
help at all between the Appala
chians and the HocKics. UKe me
general, their strength what
there is or it lies along me
East and West coasts.
Dirksen, on the other hand, Is
a tremendously popular figure
htrough the whole Mildile West,
and a tremendously powerful vote
getter, and would add strength to
the ticket where the strength is
needed. And while Eastern and
Midwest Republicans lock horns
on many public issues, final de
cisions nevertheless arc made on
the basis of practical politics.
Nominee Ike, for example would
hardly elect to mbark on a na
tional campaign, with midwest
cm Republicans whose votes he
must have to win the election in
a sulking pique, hanging over from
a convction defeat.
A key figure in this prc-ronvon-tion
maneuvering is former Sen
ator C. Wnyland "Curley" Brooks,
who, despite a drubbing four years
aso at the hands of Democratic
'' --tutor Paul Douglas, is recnterg
I ' as n GOl stnmg mn
... Illinois. The 1918 Ueteat, now-
ever, was one of those incidentals
of political fate, and he had plenty
of company. Ilo and virtually all
other Republicans in the state
IMC M.IU-
were snowed under in.ofi
iirrteSir' didn,t dic,a,e ,o ,he popl
Cuircntlv, though, Brooks Is en- , J"t one question why?? I fall
loving a political revival ot con- ' any benefit as a result of
Arable' dimensions, and hi daylight , t.me except to the few
voice would have real force in "long aristocrat row who can get
partv councils. He may be needed'm an extra hour of golf or other
o run against Douglas again in ion ertainment-they -don t have to
j,, R(,t lp at 5 mstead f g to open
'birksen also would be highly Nhc business-the cheap help does
acceptable to Tom Coleman, weal-! that. If you want o open your
thv midwest industrialist, who is1 business an hour earlier that s OK
running the Taft campaign in this ;by me, but when you start tamper
area a gentleman who would ling with my personal time that
have to be placated, in the event makes me furious.
Ike wins. He still is confident o( Now that you have shown your
a Taft victory, but even if he authority and proven you can force
loses, he will have to bo dealt he dumb workers into submis
with.
He controls and extremely ag
gressive and effective political
and irrespective of who gets the
nomination. Republicans cannot
afford to let his political empire
slip away from them.
Wan-en and Stassen. of course,
would be left out in the cold, so
far as the second place position
Is concerned, but such are the
exigencies of nolltics. Neither
has marie much of a net contri -
bulion to the Ike cause, anvway.
For the most part, the votes they 'scholarship is Robert D. McCrac
tttll have in the convention are iken. 18, Lebanon High School
votes that would otherwise have (senior.
gone to the general anyway, so He was selected from among 14
when they turn their delegates finalists Saturday,
over to him. it's merely giving i The son o( Mr. and Mrs. Paul
him what ho already had. IN. McCrackcn. he said he would
Both have some value as cam-'study law and economics at the
paign orators, although Stassen's University of Oregon.
Senator Everett Dirksen, or.
bet for the vice presidency.
abysmally pooor showing in the
abysmally poor showing in the
lion mark on him as to his true
drawing powers. But anybody who
can speak is a help in a rough
ond tumble political campaign,
and both will be needed.
And after all, both stand a
chance of getting the vice presi
dential spot if Taft defeats their
man Ike. It's part of the irony
of politics.
Hear Fulton Leiuii Daily
On KRNR, 9:15 P.M.
Daylight Saving. Puts
Living Routine In Chaos
ROSEBURG I wish to ex
press my Intense dislike of not
only Daylight saving time but also
the manner in which it was thnrt
upon nie. My manner of living is
in chaos due to the fact mat
work on standard time. When I
want to make a purchase the
stores are closed and I must hie
myself to Winston or Sutherlin to
do my buying. Of course, if the
merchants of Roseburg prefer to
channel the buying public else
where, that's their business. I'll
try to get olong with the Sears
Roebuck and Montgomery Ward
catalogs old standbys with my
',,' 1 .U. A.... ...V,- (nn.
sion, how about putting time back
where it belongs? There is no
emergency to condone such action.
Stalin should laugh!
THE!. MA E. GREER
Roseburg, Oregon.
Lebanon High Senior
Winner Of Scholarship
1 PORTLAND IP Winner of the
I Aaron M. Frank SI .000 college
jtf.:W&r,M-ittf-tofriiM-rJ
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
ever, that a two-billion-dollar re
duction would do any damage at
all."
Ellender says:
"I think most people will like
Tafl's position better than .Eisen
hower's." I wonder what Senator Ellender
really means by his assertion that
MOST people will like Taft's posi
tion on the foreign-aid cut better
than Eisenhower's.
Is he talking about Informed, un
prejudiced, thoughtful, patriotic
citizens who are familiar with the
problems involved?
Or Is he merely referring to the
general run of us?
Personally, I think a lot could
be trimmed out of our foreign aids
spending without doing much, if
any, harm.
We Americans make was (in
cluding preparations for war)
more expensively than anyone
since Darius the Perian, and I
think we could do it LESS EX
PENSIVELY and just as efficient
ly perhaps more efficiently.
But I doubt if my opinions on
financing and fighting a world
wide war are of mnuch value. I
I haven't had EXPERIENCE
enough. I think perhaps I know
something about the problems of
running small newspapers. That
comes within what might be called
the "scope of my ken." The prob
lems of preparing for a world war
against a powerful enemy are
quite Deyona my - Ken. '
So
When It comes to what we ousht
to do and what we ought to spend
to nulla up strong allies
Western Europe to fight at our
side in the event of a war against
a powerful and well-prepared en
emy, I defer unhesitatingly to
General Eisenhower's opinion.
I have faith in him. I am sure
he knows more about it than I do.
I think perhaps he knows more
about it than any other living
man, with the possible exception
of General MacArthur, who also
has had wide experience. I'm
certain he doesn't want to waste
any money, for he knows that
waste, if continued long enough,
could bankrupt our country and
a bankrupt nation is in a poor
position to defend itself effective
Let me put it another way:
When it comes to getting readv
for a possible worldwide war with
communism (including the build
ing up of allies) I have more faith
in General Eisenhower's opinions
than in the opinions of Senator
Ellender of Louisiaa or even in
the opinions of Senator Taft of
Ohio
I-have even more faith in Gen
eral Eisenhower's opinions on
that subject than in the opinions
of the MOST PEOPLE referred to
by Senator Ellender. That is be
cause I am one of these "most
people," and I know my own lim
itations. Here are our greatest needs In
this grave hour:
1. A President whom we trust
and are willing and ready to follow
2. A congress that can and will
approach our present problems
from the stand point of the na
tion's preservation rather than
from the standpoint of "anything
to get elected again.".
In these days, we aren't plaving
marbles for fun.
We're playing for keeps.
WINS HAWAII TRIP
Bob Hansen, appliance dealer at
Sutherlin, is a winner in a recent
Philco salesmen's contest. He is
leaving this month by air for one
full week's vacation at the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel.
The expense-paid trip is a reward
to over 350 retailers for sales per
formances during the past four
months.
Fullerton PTA
Begins New Year
Of Activities
, "A tension-free, working child,
an actively cooperating parent and
a sympathetic teacher form the
unbeatable triad." Mahlon C. Del
ler, newly appointed superintend
ent of schools, quoted this state
ment of a Myrtle Creek teacher
as the thought which he wished
to leave paramount in the minds
of parents and teachers at Fuller
ton PTA last Monday evening.
"Don't sell your teachers short,"
he added; "They have lots of good
ideas." He cited the PTA as the
organization which could do most
to bring about this "unbeatable
triad."
Reports made by Mrs. Elton
Saunders and Mrs. Bernard Young
who attended the convention of the
Oregon Congress of Parents and
Teachers in Pendleton stressed the
theme which they heard reiterat
ed throughout the meetings: "Chil
dren are faced with a world which
parents don't even understand."
These delegates quoted' Mrs.
John Hayes, president of the Na
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers and keynote speaker of
the state convention, as saying that
"there is no greater business than
for one generation to bring up an
other." She pointed out that teachers
are required by law to keep up
their study; but parents fall down
in lliis, although they are the ones
who set the pattern in the home,
which will be followed by the child.
She believed that a youngster
needs to be a part of some organ
ization. For this reason, she felt
that PTA is important to the thild,
since the people he loves belong
to it: his father, his mother and
his teachers.. This organization will
give him a democratic pattern to
imitate.
"The greatest educating force
in the world is the tone of a moth
er's voice," was another statement
which Mrs. Young brought out as
worthy of special note.
"Love is not the most Important
thing for a child; time is more im
portant, since parents can love
their children and still not devote
time to them." Mrs. Saunderi con
sidered this one of the most
thought provoking ideas which she
encountered. Mrs. Young elabor
ated on tha Idea that "children
must be given time to kill in order
to dream," indicating that free
playtime assumes a very import
ant role in the development of a
child.
Ditch Branded Hazard
Daniel R. Dimick. retlrlnrr nree.
ident of Fullerton PTA, reported
nigniignts ot tne year's activities
in the local Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, and concluded by saying
that he felt it the PTA's resnnn.
sibility to do all in its power see
mat iunas lor education are not
cut. He urged members to inform
themselves on legislation in this
field.
P. W. Buss, physical education
instructor at Fullerton School, in
troduced a resolution recommend
ing that immediate steps be taken
for removal of the hazardous ditch
across the school grounds. He stat
ed that the ditch is a real threat
to safety and sanitation, as it is
eight to 10-feet across and often
has as much as four feet of water
in it. "At times," he declared, "it
floods over about 2 acres and is
referred to as 'Lake Fullerton'."
Mrs. Arthur Lamka, citing spe
cific instances of danger to chil
dren arising from their being forc
ed inlo walking on a highway
shoulder, climbing a fence at the
risk of being impaled upon sharp
pickets or having to cross the ditch
in order to get to school, intro
duced a resolution that steps be
taken to have an immediate sur
vey made and a safe path con
structed for school children.
A portion of the program arrang
ed in observance of National Mu
sic Week was presented by guests,
Galen Crisler, violinist, and Miss
Carolyn Burr, his accompanist
playing "The -Swan" hv Saint.
Saens and Bach's "Air for the G
String."
Offlcars Installed
Installation of the new officers
Mrs. Bernard Young, president
Mrs. Elton Saunders, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Daniel R. Dimick, sec
retary and Mrs. Edna Matthews,
treasurer, launched the associa
tion on a new year of work in the
field of child welfare and parent
NOTICE -CEMETERY MONUMENTS
Our truck will be in Roseburg and other Douglas County points Wed.
May 28th, with Memorials for Decoration Day. Give your order to
Frank Church, 1630 N. Stephens, by Friday, May 23rd to get it on
this load.
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Popular Vote Suggested
On Daylight Time Issue
ROSEBURG I read with
much interest the editorial writ
ten by a Mr. Scott. I have' been,
up to this time, one of those peo-
nla ,..kn oif honlr anrl An mv talk
ing to my neighbors and friends,
but Being ot me same opinion n
Xtw Crnt, anH mnnv nthprs. includ
ing some business men, I have
the courage to put that opinion
down on paper.
In the first place, the minority
group who voted to have the time
,,n mato, th crnvprnorshiD
look like a position without much
authority, doesn't it: i minn u is
n fnniict, qc wpll a unna-
triotic thing to do. In tho second
place, when an Issue is sometning
that will either benefit or hurt the
public as a whole, shouldn't that
public have something to say
about it? Why, instead of leaving
education. Mrs. N. D. Johnson was
the installing officer. This cere
mony concluded with presentation
of past president's pins to Mrs
Ralph Arensmeier and to Dimick.
The association had arranged to
have gardenias for the new offi
cers as well as for those who were
retiring, as a small token of appre
ciation for tire services which
these latter ones had given
through the year just past. The re
tiring officers, were Dimick, Mrs.
Clifford Baxter, Mrs. Jim Stone
and Mrs. Don Carlson.
Fullerton parents are asked to
watch for the night of movies and
fun to be held at the school under
auspices of the PTA on Fri
day, May 16. Mothers of pre school
children are extended an invita
tion to the tea which will be held on
May 23 for those having children
who will enter the first grade in
the fall.
Members and friends are invit
ed to attend the annual meeting of
the Douglas County Council of
Parent - Teacher associations on
May 17, beginning at U a.m. at
the Junior High School and are
requested to watch the paper for
further information regarding the
meeting.
LAUREL LODGE NO. 13
A. r. t A. M.
Roseburg, Oregon '
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it up to the governor, which seem
ingly didn't do any good, can't
we have a vote on it by the
people who it affects?
I think you would find that the
majority of workers, housewives,
mothers, etc. would say "leave
the clocks alone" if they had any
thing to say about it. You can only
do so much in so many hours any
how, daylight or dark, unless you
are one of the few lucky people
who do not have to work very
hard, and can play golf or some
such thing that extra hour; but
who of the working class can do
that?
Thank you for letting me ex
press my opinion and that of many
others.
MRS. W. K. BURNETT -Roseburg,
Oregon
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