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4 The Ntwi-ReWew, Roseburg, PuMlihad Doily Iictpt Sunday ky till Newt-Review Company, Inc. Mtuki f c Or(B, mmitt ftvl 1 Hkrcb S. 1111 1 : CHARLIS . STANTON IDWIN L KNAPP Idrtor ' '') Mamhu e Hie Associated Praii, OnfM NwmM' PrtlWwn Association, the Audit luraav et CifcaUHeM K..r.MUl T WBST-HOLLID CO. INC., ! I. Htw T.r. Cklc. ...... '" - T.BS.'t -" - ' ' ra Tr, Hl.Hi ! raarnui. PRESERVING , . By Charles V. Stanton Labor Day is upon us again. We will celebrate the holi day Monday. Stores and offices will close. Various types of entertainment will be offered. Like nearly all our holidays, the originul purpose of the observance nas Deen jost. ine senuu nmura uui pellcd us to set certain days apart from the daily routine are quite jrenerally ignored in our modern holiday practice. Christmas, one of the most sacred of all days, is so sur rounded with commercialism and personal indulgence that it. ..... : konnmn. aantirlni'v Wa rplphmtp Memor ial Day supposedly to honor our war dead, but our interest lies in automobile races and a day of outdoor frolic. Labor Day began in 1882 in the interests of working peo ple as a class and tc honor that group of the population em ployed in manual labor. Labor was engaged in a hard struggle for recognition in those days. It was fighting valiantly against heavy odds to gain better working conditions, hours and pay. A holiday, as a psychological weapon to aid in the struggle, was appeal ing to a large segment of the nation's populace. Conditions Changed Labor was the underdog. It was exploited and maltreat ed. Labor Day had real meaning during the early years of its observance.' But in late years conditions have undergone great change. Labor no longer is the underdog. It has won its fight for recognition. It has, in many instances, under ir responsible leadership, gone on to maintain a state of war for which no excuse exists. Labor today is in the saddle, riding high, often using its spurs with far more frequency and vigor than is necessary. Certain elements insist on push ing people around, exerting pressure and power, using weight in the clinches, simply because they are strong enough to do so. Infiltrated by Socialism and Communism some factions are endangering labor's hard-won attainments by utter dis regard of moral responsibility. Because lubor holds the upper hand, rather than suffer ing from exploitation, and because excesses have alienated much public sympathy, the original premise upon which La bor Day was created has deteriorated. To many people La bor Day will be only another day to remain away from work. Deserving Of Honor It is unfortunate that Labor Day, instead of deterio rating as other holidays have done, should not be celebrated with greater enthusiasm than ever before. Labor has won a long, hard battle. It has by massed strength struggled from the depth of oppression. In its climb to improved status it has carried with it steady betterment in living conditions until today the United States has the highest living standards to be found in the world. This po sition must be attributed entirely to labor's brave and often bloody fight. Labor has shown us miracles of production in time of emergency. A large number of the responsible labor leaders have made most valuable and patriotic contributions to public service both in times of war and peace. Labor is entitled to and deserving of the fullest measure of honor and respect for its attainments, contributions and services. Its organized strength is, except for the few dis turbing and irresponsible elements, a powerful factor in maintaining the general welfare. Although labor has won its battle against forces of op pression it must remain vigilant. There still are those who would oppress and exploit if given opportunity. Labor's need is to recognize that its organized power must be exercised with moral honesty, integrity and fairness to all the pocple; that pressure applied simply because the power to do so exists is not justifiable. The public, in turn, should it deserves for its attainments; welfare standards of this country to the highest level in the world, and for the vast productive capacity it has made . possible. Perhaps, if these thing would regain much of its lost It was a good thing for me that during long quiet evenings when EJ and I read, I accumulated a back-log of books and notes about them. For while my mother was hero I didn't get much reading done. Mother isn't the reading type. Sho wants lo be "busy" or "go." So instead of reading, wnen none was in for the eve ning, we Just took off, for the coast usually. We wanted Mother to see as much of Oregon as possible, but dear me, except for a few trips, we mostly headed down .18, then maybe up a ways along lot. And do you know, as many times as we drove that mileage not one of us ever wearied of it. Vie headed west just as happily as if we had never seen the llmpqua before. It is such a lovely drive. Mother crossed over several of the other passes from 99 to 101, but she agreed the Umpqua was tops, She even conceded she thought it lov lier than the Thames, which was quite a concession you know. Well, that's why I'm just now getting around to read the 75th Anniversary issue of the Farm Journal, Those of us who are far enough along in "added wisdom" (we won't say years!) to "remem ber when " certainly can find a lot of memories captured in the var.ous articles of that June is sue. (P.s. I hasten to add my "wisdom" doesn't go back to Ui Oft Sot., Aug. 30, 1952 ; n..,rf. nr..oia u.u- A HOLIDAY accord labor the great honor for raising the economic and could be realized, Labor Day prestige. ENDING BASKET first issue!) Do you, too, remember groping wilh a "cat-whisker" over a crys tal to find the voice bringing you tho program? EJ and 1, in the 20 s, nan two headphones won derful! Or did we have one set and share them? Do you remember the first lime you talked over a telophone? was a child in the country, in Western New York. Some kind of a franchise fight was on, so we had both phones in. Subscribers of the one company would ask us to relay messages to subscribers of the other. This was always done politely, but I seem to remember Mother sizzling at times. . . it wasn't always convenient. Had to relay the answers, too, back to the first party, and this could go on and on, . . and often did! Tiny Nude Curie Walks Through City Streets rF.NTRAI.IA, III. in A cute little blonde in the nude was re ported walking on a Centralis street about dawn, Police camo back with this: "Found her. A blonde about 18 months old. Kept pointing south. Couldn't understand her baby lin go. Let her go and followed her lo home. Name Gale Atkins. Fath er said the was in bed when he got up. Crawled down the steps and was on her way." That's Naming Of Orput To Oregon G.O.P Post Angers Original Supporters Of By PAUL VV. SALEM UP) The men for-President boom in Oregon railed into the background of It has caused i Republican party rift that might be an indication that ir kisenhower is elected, Gov. Douglas McKay won't be the man to dispense federal patronage. William L. Phillips. Salem auto dealer, was chairman of the stale Kisenhower organization, and State Rep. Mark Hatfield, also of Salem. was its secretary. Hatfield, a 30-year-old Willamette University teacher, was one of the first men in the United Slates to support Kisenhower. Phillips and Gov. McKay also endorsed the gen eral long before he indicated he would run. These three men piloted Eisen hower to an easy victory in Ore gon's primary election last May. The governor and his friends thought Phillips and Hatfield would continue to run the Eisen hower campaign in Oregon. . Orput Appointment Ang.rs But last week they were shocked and angered when Gordon Orput, Portland insurance executive who isn't well known around the state. was appointed to head the Oregon "Citizens For fcisennower organ ization. The appointment was announced by T. Walter Williams, Seattle, na tional chairman of the "Citizens For Eisenhower" organization, on the recommendation of Jess Gard, Portland newly elected naUonal committeeman for Oregon and Robert Elliott, Medford, Republi can state chairman. The purpose of the "Citizens For Eisenhower" -committee is to at Banks Open Eyes To Education By WADE JONES It's taken a war to open our eyes to a new wrinkle in ed ucation. Under the so-called Korean Veterans Bill, discharged members of the Armed Forces who have been on active duty since July, 1950, are entitled to up to 36 months of educa tional benefits. But whereas in World War II the money was paid directly to the school, under the new legisla tion monthly payments from the government will be made to the veteran himself. This meant that schools Instead of getting a full semester's tuition in advance, were going to have to work out something to accom modate th veterans operating on a month-to-month basis. One of the first colleges to work out a practical arrangement was the Stevens Institute of Technolo gy, of Hoboken, N. J. Stevens, through an arrangement with lo cal banks, is now able to get lis tuitions from veterans in an ad vance lump sum, with the veter ans repaying the banks out of their monthly government checks. Whicn brings up the point, it such a system can be worked out for veterans why not also for oth er students who just can't get up the full semester's tuition in ad vance? The president of Stevens says several banks throughout the coun try have written him about his college's plan. This may be a sign, he says, "that financial circles are at last becoming concerned with a problem that has bothered educators tor years: how to per mit young people, regardless of their economic situations, to at tend the college they want to." And a very good sign it is, too. CRASH TAKES LIFE NEWBERG W - A crash into the abutment of the underpass on Highway W W four miles east of here caused Ihe death of Jack W. Reeves, SO, of McMinnville early Friday. State Patrolman Fred Gibson raid that Reeves apparently dozed at the wheel shortly after 1 a.m. Fine-Buf Don't Eisenhower HARVEY JR. who launched the Eisenhower- are plenty sore about being de the campaign. tract independent and Democratic voles to Eisenhower. When Oregon's delegates to the Republican national convention met here June T, they voted against giving Sen. Wayne Morse, a con vention delegate who regards him self as an independent liberal, a position on any convention commit tee. Orput led the attack on Morse, calling him a "controversial hot potato" with a "New Dealish at titude." Ability Far Job Doubted Gov. McKay, Phillips and Hat field opposed giving the job to Or put because they can't see how in dependent and Democratic voters ran be wooed by a man who has such I prominent role in the regu lar party organization. The governor and Phillips don't agree with Morse, either, but they don't think a man can appeal to independents and Democrats, and at the same time alienate the friends of Sen. Morse. When Gov. McKay heard Orput had been appointed, he reacted vig orously against the appointment. But the job already had been given to Orput before the governor heard about it. If Eisenhower Is elected, Gard, Orput, Orput and Elliott might be the men who dispense the federal patronage in Oregon. And Gov. McKay, Phillips and Hatfield the original Eisenhow- er men might be on the out side, looking in. Oregon State Fair To Open SAI.EM I Oregon's 87th State Fair opens here Saturday for an eight-day run. Fair Manager Leo Spitzbart said all exhibit space has been sold out for a month. Advance sales of tick els indicate big crowds, with the largest expected to be Monday's Labor Day throng. New features this year Include a rodeo each night, replacing the horse show; a beauty contest for queens of various Oregon commu nity events; and contests lo deter mine Oregon's best cooks, bakers, canners and freezers. There will be horse races each afternoon, and a vaudeville show each night. There also will be plen ty of free entertainment on the grounds each afternoon, including a balloon ascension and parachute jump. Jet Piano Crash Kills Pilot, Companion Saved STANWOOD, Wash. i The pilot of an Air Force F-89 jet fight er was killed Thursday when the plane exploded in flight over Ca mano Island. The second crewman parachut ed to safety. The pilot's body was found near the wrecked plane several hours after the crash. His nama was withheld. V. Ike Barber of Louisville, Ky., the radar operator, parachuted and landed in a tree. He was treated for a head injury. The plane was based at Paine Field, near Everett, Wash. Misuse It" In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) ington. It appears to me that Stev enson is an able, thoughtful, pa triotic person of aristocratic ante cedents who was put forward by the New-Deal-Fair-Dcal crowd when they realized the kind of politics they had been practicing so long was played out. Nor can I agree with Senator Jenner'j nasty crack that Ameri can boys are being marched off to Korea for no better reason than to continue "this bloody, bloated prosperity" until after election. We got Into Korea as the result of a series of blunders. The blund er that capped the climax was our withdrawal from South Korea. That amounted practically to is suing an engraved invitation to the communists to MOVE IN. I can't help believing the Rus sians must have been shocked and upset when we moved hastily back into Korea when the North Kore ans took us at our word and barg ed across the 38th parallel to take over what we had announced we were abandoning. They probably looKcn upon our action as double crossing and strictly dirty pool. As a matter of fact, it wasn't. It was merely part and parcel of the off-ag'in-on ag'in, never know today what we're going to do tomorrow foreign policy that has continued since the end of the war and has got us into the ter rible mess we're in. Korea is an inslanee in point. We BLUNDERED when we got out of Korea without having thought the situation through. I fear the idea never even crossed the minds of our diplomats that when we moved out the commu nists would move in. I suspect Ihey had never considered what we would do if Ihe communists DID move in. That's the kind of foreign policy we ve had. The kind of foreign policy we've had in these discouraging years is one reason and a BIG reason why a lot of us think we need a COMPLETE change of administra tion. Those of us who are for Ike think Ike will do a better job than has been done. We can't imagine him, for example, announcing to the world that we were pulling out or Korea, thus inviting Ihe communists in, and then dashing Dack into Korea to fight the com munists who had accepted our in vitation to come in. We're quite sure Ike wouldn't have pulled out in the first place if he had intended to come back in later under conditions that would handicap us severely and cause the needless loss of thousands of American lives. That's about the long and the short of it. U.S. Building Dreadful Atomic .Air Power NEW YORK I - Air Force Secretary Thomas K. Finletter said Thursday the United States is building a "dreadful force" of atomic air power. "We are building an atomic air force to persuade others never to make us use it," he told the American Legion's 34th annual na tional convention. He said plans are now complete for construction of an atomic air armada which will be "the most devastating thing" in aerial his tory. Declaring that the object of Ihe armada will be to dissuade any enemy from launching an attack, Finletter said that already, the na tion's defenses are "in pretty good shape." But he said he could see no letup in the "heavy expenditures" for building up the Air Force. FALSE ALARMIST BATAV1A, N. Y. If Mayor Judd L. Perkins turned in a false fire alarm here and got away with it. His reason: To test the speed of firemen and police. They answered the call in 1 li minutes. Pro-Communist Script Writers Airing Propaganda Over America, Senate Sub-Committee Reports By G. MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON W A Senate subcommittee report declares that pro-Communist script writers are spreading "subtle" propaganda over the nation's radio and television airwaves. "The thing Is subtle," the report of the Senate internal security sub committee quoted script writer Ruth Adams Knight as testifying at closed door hearings. Miss Knight, denouncing Com munists and communism, said pro Communist script writeri stop short of "laying down the party line" in their program scripts, but skillfully weave into them "a con stant derision of the capitalistic system." They aim, she said, at "the sim ple people who listen to the radio, who would turn off outright Com munist propaganda." In question-andanswer testimony quoted by the subcommittee Miss Knight and Welbourn E. Kelley de nounced' Ira Marion, a one-time script writer for Voice of America anti-Communist propaganda broad casts beamed to Israel. Eoth swore in private life Marion is an identi fiable pro-Communist, The subcommittee In its own findings, however, treated the Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press CITIES VIE FOR PAYROLLS Salem Capital Journal Dean Victor P. Morris of the University of Oregon's School of Business raised a question in dis cussing more payroll! for Oregon cities with Salem's new Industrial Council. Dean Morris asked if business development in the state might not be helped generally by a state-wide organization, such as a state Chamber of Commerce or a department of the state govern ment devoted to that. More and more cities in Oregon are becoming conscious of the need for getting more payrolls to keep the economy of the commu nities healthy. Salem has such a group now working, in its Industri al Council. Eugene is creatine a business development group, like wise. Portland already has such a committee as a part of its Cham ber of Commerce. Cities in the North Santiam canyon have issued pamphlets outlining their business potentialities so as to attract new industry. And so the list goes on. These individual efforts are nec essary and beneficial to the com munities themselves. But Dean Morris rightly wonders what ben efits could be gained if a state Tribal Farmer Makes Appeal To Return Cows UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UH A 90-year-old tribal farmer in Cen tral Africa piled 20 or more cows today onto the U. N. agenda, which is already burdened by complaints of donkey cart owners in Somali land fighting high taxes and li cense fees. In letters signed by thumb print, the rnmnlaint have marlf their laborious way here from Bigirane- za, a former chief of the Mwami Mwambutsa tribe, in Usumbura, Belgian Ruanda-Urundi. In one letter Bigiraneza says he left the cattle in the care of a fellow tribesman named Vyam bambi, who later died. Bgiraneza says he went around to the present chief and his aide to ask for return of the cows. "They told me that as Vyam bambi had died, the 20 cows be came the permanent property of his widow," the complaint" went on. "Accordingly, I am asking you to intervene on my behalf." Bigiraneza had that letter fash ioned by one of the horde of profes sional letter writers who handle such chores for illiterate natives in U. N. trusteeship territories. Auto Accidents Kill More Than War In Korea CHICAGO Wl Nearly seven times more Americans were killed in automobile accidents than in the Korean fighting during the first seven months of this year. The Korean dead in that period totaled less than 3.000. The na tion's traffic death toll was 20.000. The figures were made public Friday by the National Safely Council, whose president, Ned H. Dearborn, said the comparison "is not meant to minimize the haz ards of war, but rather to empha size the highway hazards here at home." The total of 20.000 deaths for sev en months increased 2 per cent over the same period last year. Three cities in the lo-to-25,000 thousand population class had per fect no-death records for the first seven months of the year. They are Klamath Falls. Ore., Birming ham, Mich, and Kingsport, Tenn. Crash Damages Asked By Coos Bay Ship Firm LOS ANGELES Wl A $475,000 damage suit was on file here Thursday in federal court against the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Co. as a result of a ship collision off the Southern California coast. The suit was brought by the Ir-win-Lyons Lumber Co., owner of the lumber steamship Cops Bay which collided with the Motorship Stratus, owned by Trans-Atlantic last Friday. Trans-Atlantic, with home offices in Gothenburg. Sweden, said it would file a $50,000 counter-suit. The collision in a fog set off two fires. No one was hurt. AUTOIST KILLED PORTLAND t Jack Miller, 21. Portland, was killed Thursday when his car crashed into a ditch after a rear wheel came off. Voice broadcasts cautiously. It said simply that members of the Radio Writers Guild, of which Marioo is a former president, "write for the Voice of America and the United Nations radio section," and that the guild "is controlled by the pro Communist faction." Guild Denies Link In New York, the Radio Writers Guild, part of the Authors League of America, issued a statement saying it "has never aligned itself with or supported any Communist or pro-Communist organization." The guild added that its officers, in compliance with the Taft-Hartley Act, . signed non-Communist affidavits,' At the same time. Kelley re leased through the guild a copy of a letter he sent Sen, McCarran (D-Nev), the subcommittee chair man. Kelley said not au nis state ments before the group were pub' lished today, including 'the prem- wide organization could boost Ore gon itself as a place for new in dustries to locate. Then the cities could present their individual cas es. Labor has a commissioner in the state government to look out for its problems on a state-wide basis. The highway department does an excellent job of advertis ing the beauties of Oregon to the travelers in other states. Gover nor McKay is an outstanding walk ing State Chamber of Commerce in verbally portraying the won ders of the state. The closest thing to an organization on the state level that concerns itself specifi cally with building the business potential of the state itself is the governor's voluntary "Oregon Committee for Industrial Develop ment." This committee was cre ated because of nation-wide ex pansion of war industries and was recognition of a need for state un ity in seeking more industry. ' With Salem's Industrial Coun cil gradually moving ahead to get more payrolls for the area. Dean Morris' point is timely and one that will get more attention as the individual cities vie for new industries. MY PAPER HASN'T ARMEP W BETWEEN 6.I5-7M Be KILN DRIED PLANER ENDS 16" SLAB WOOD 24" SLAB WOOD 5 Year Old Decomposed Sawdust for Your Garden or Flowers RED DIAMOND FUEL CO. Roseburg, Dial 3-4491 A Tribute To- THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CENTENNIAL Douglas County's contribution to 100 years of progress in the state of Oregon Is being brought up-to-date this weekend in a manner that future generations will have full knowledge of the role played by the pioneers in the settlement of the state. That's why we want to salute the , actors, directors, producers, the various committees who designed and construct ed the seis and costumes, and the mer chants who underwrote the cost of Rose burg's biggest show in years. City and County officials and civic organizations have co-operated, too, in this gigantic project. We believe they hove made on invaluable contribution to the knowledge future generations will have of Rose burg's colorful past, both in gathering and preserving the records and in drama tizing Douglas County history in the huge Centennial pageant. Attend The CENTENNIAL PAGEANT Thii Weekend! Manufactured end Distributed by Douglas County Creamery Established lift We Salute Douglas County! Eugene end Dial 3-3237 House Built On Wrong Lor Drows Court Ruling SAN RAFAEL. Calif. I - Th case of the contractor who built a house on the wrong lot was settled here Thursday. But it took a court to do it. The lot owner, Mrs. Noreen Out sen, had changed locks on th doors and claimed the $11,600 house as her own. Superior Judge N. Charlea Brus atori told by the contracting firm of Gaither and Boe that it had all been a horrible mistake ordered both the housa and the lot told. From the sale price, he ruled, $2,000 will go to Mrs. Queen as payment for the lot. The rest goes lo the contractora. ' CLAIMS HE'S DAMAGED PORTLAND I Claiming that he had been damaged by publicity resulting from an alienation of af fections suit, Glenn C. Ackerman. Portland real estate dealer, '"Jed $50,000 suit against Donald R. Green Thursday. , , ise on which my testimony was given." Kelley said he used the term "pro-Communist" only at the re quest of the subcommittee's coun sel, "who indicated that all of my testjmonv would remain in confi dence." Kelley added: "I respectfully ask that the state ments made by me which aome how were omitted from the records now be made a part of that record namely, that I cannot say of my own knowledge that any member of the guild is a Communist. WEDNESDAY A Whole Week REGULAR PRICES! CecilB-DeM"- GncKi Sutherlin, Call 2491 Ive Springer Roseburg. Ortqea 2r2r;"""MlGHTlEST lf j flCIl"1ESI
