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4 The News-Review. Roteburg, Ore. Sat. Mar. 13, 1954 But Who's Going fo Bell Him?" JPeter cLon- I ' ffWI ... 1 . ..! aaMU T I a- Published D 11 News-Review M won elm suitor ai.bara: Or.l.a anaar CHARLES V. STANTON Editor and Manager Member me Associated Press, Oragon Newspaper Publishers i . ' Association, h Audit Bureau of Circulation! aVai.Malll kr WIST-HOIXIDAI CO., u rrwelan. Lot Ansalai. SUBSCMPTiaN RATES In Oregon Br thraa nwotta. (MS. Outalda Orafoo V. 07.00. tbna mobbi. S3-S0. By N.wa-JUvMw Carrlar Par aar. THE FAT AND THE LEAN Charles Encouraging news is contained in the monthly report By, George T. Foster, manager of the Stat Employment Service office in Koseburg. i ;, -. Foster reports that the J in progress locally and is gaining momentum, run en- i Tilnimint. in in nrnanect. within the next 30 days. In fact, : Foster says, there is possibility of a labor shortage' in the f comparatively near future. .. Tlnomnlnvment in Oreiron was serious during the winter months. The situation made ' da. ,The political "Fear Dealers" managed to tnrow a 5 scare into the public such a- scare, in fact, that business, i always xiervuua, wna nuvcmcij f Actually there were some ' nlAumanf niptiifA tlinf npprl final I ; Throughout the entire state there was a heavy load of 3 UllClIIJJlJ MIC lib VIOIHIOl " "W ' upArria.in anmo roRPs. thft 1pm thnn the rate of nonulation growth. In I other words we maintained jobs for fixed population on the 'normal pattern, and the larger number of unemployed i above.tne average represented principally ik u " j yet unestablished residents of ; Must Plan Seasonal Work ' While Oregon's economy . ber industry we must expect seasonal unemployment, we : can't expect logging to continue during bad weather. Construction trades also are affected by winter weather. This problem of seasonal unemployment, must remain with ' -us for many years to come. It would be possible to improve our economy in great measure by wider diversity , of wood utilization. , This till hnwcvr. would not solve the problem of unemploy ment in the woods and outdoor construction. If we hud more factories it might be possible to absorb a minor fraction of the unemployed load during winter months, but it would be a negligible fraction. Payrolls from year around operations, however, would cushion local econ omy and would tend to partially level off the peaks and valleys in business.. It might be possible, through advance planning, to ar range some of our public works for the winter season, thus absorbing another fraction of unemployed workers. We should neglect no planning to lighten the load and should endeavor to-diversify our industrial operation to the great est possible extent with a view of stabilizing local econ omy. But we must prepare for seasonal unemployment so long as jobs are affected by weather. Prospects Are Bright , Job opportunities existing during good weather only serve to further complicate matters. During the summer months the western part of the state is a labor short area. Particularly is this true in Douglas County. Labor shortages results in high wage scales which, in turn, attract workers from out of state. These workers, after a few months of labor, join the ranks of the unemployed during the winter season, adding eaoh year to the percentage figure. . ' The coming summer, insofar as Douglas County is concerned, promises the binge that will produce the head acn6 While lumber prices remain comparatively low, the market is steadily improving. Many of our mills are behind on orders. It appears they will be able to ship lumber as fast as they can produce it during the coming season. Prices are advancing, giving every indication of one of our best years. We will, at the same time, have available all the logs we can get to mills and cold decks. In addition to the normal sustained yield quotas from public lands, the For est Service and BLM will be selling off salvage. We will have a tremendous amount of highway con struction and bridge building, coupled with above average erection of school buildings and business properties. It looks like a big year in Douglns County, but as we boom during the summer months we should be looking ahead to the prospects of larger unemployed lists next win ter, and set aside some of the summer's "fat" for the win ter's "lean." Aboard the Mauretania at Sea ( A ship is a small world and there is no better place to study human nature than a deck chair. It beats a house by the side of a road because you don't get dust in your face as you watch the race of man go by. "Why do people go on pleasure cruises?" 1 thought, sprawling out on a deck chair as this 35,000-ton Cunard Liner headed toward the Caribbean. It wasn't hard to find out. A ship In a warm climate has an air of easy intimacy. Strangers come up anA lull win Ihinoa nhint (ham. selves they'd never admit to a next door neighbor, confident they can unburden their secrets at sea because they'll probably never sec you again ashore. . They all had one reason in com- mon to be together. They were ail looking for something. ..joy. ..health ...romance ...forgetfiilness ...an es cape from boredom... to try to repair a tattered marriage ...to buy custom-free scotch whisky in the Virgin Isles at $2.75 a botUe ...or merely to have something to brag about besides their last ap pendectomy. One lady is making her 50th cruise, reportedly because she enjoys nothing in life more than lauening at tourists And be- cause sne nas aeveiopea an auor gy to dry land. The crew loves her. A middle-aged widower told mc: "I look my 20-year-old daughter on this trip to cure her of a brok en heart. Her boy friend barked out on her. I'm just going along for the ride myself." Later I noticed his daughter, a pale, thin girl, dancing happily with another passenger. When I remarked on this to the widower. T . , . .. Exctpt Sunday by Hi Company, Mr 1, laid, Inc. si la. a.il affloa ! ftel at Mitch t, tail INC., afflaM la N r.rk, Cblcaia, laatUa. Portland, Danvar Ball Par Vaar, (12.00; six owntba. 08.90; Bj Uau nr xsu, siiwi ra monini, 013.80 un advancal, Uai uua ana raar, V. Stanton' v ; back-to-work movement is excellent political propagan- n. bright spots in the unem vsift. aa.aw - - , Tjercentacre increase was in the state. remains based on the tim- he replied: - "Yeah, she's doing all right and I don t mind adding thai so s her old man. This moonlight kind of gets you. doesn't it? Maybe what my girl needs is a new mother instead of another boy friend." One businessman said lie was making the trip in the hope Uiat "my partner will work himself to death while I'm gone, but maybe I should have taken a longer cruise, a 100-year one, consider ing how little he works." When I mentioned to my wife, Frances, some of the odd reasons why some of the passengers were taking a voyage, she said: ' "Well, Rover, I guess I might as well tell you why you're aboard. It's because after 16 years I just wanted to know where you would be 18 nights in a row. do any where you want to but don't jump off the ship." Odd people wives. Who goes on pleasure Cruises? People ol all ages, all occupa tions, and all two sexes. Among our fellow passengers are people probably rich enough to buy the ship, others who scrimped for years for these few days at sea. There's a steeplejack and I man who runs a steel plant. Lady mil How often we visit a town or lo cality within our state without learning the historical background that gave the spot its name. One of these is Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river. It was named aft er one of the most colorful char acters in Northwest history, but few people know about the man. Washington Irving, who wrote Kip Van Winkle and other New York legends in his Sleepy Hollow tales found Bonneville such an interest ing character that he wrote a book sabout him "Adventures of Cap tain Bonneville." Captain Bonneville was a French man in the United States army Who was lured by the possibilities of a fortune in the fur trade. Un der the guise of making explor ations for the United Males gov ernment, he secured a leave of absence from the army and start ed west in 1832. Within a period of three years he had covered most of the Snake river country and had sent some of his men to Salt Lake and into California, where some of them remained and set tled. There is little evidence that Bon neville contributed much to the development of the Oregon coun try, beyond a few place names. He was later in command at Fort Vancouver and it was at his or ders that regular troops were sent from Port Orford and Vancouver to join Douglas County's General Joe Lane, to meet tiie Indians at Table Rock, near Medford. The army impressed the Indians with their equipment, and the how itzers of Bonneville s regiment were special objects of fear. Al though the Indians outnumbered the whites seven to one, they call ed for a pow-wow to discuss terms of peace, but with the stipulation that the white troops remain in the valley. otticers from both the volun teers and the regulars warned General Lane that it would be foolish to meet the Indian request, but Lane said he would go. Ne smith, a member of the volunteer contingent reminded Lane that the name of Rogue, given these In dians was not by accident. They had gained the reputation of nev er allowing a white man to got away with his scalp. But Lane said he had promised the Indians he would hold a meeting with them, taking along only a few of his aides, and he would keep his promise. 1 lungs went well enough at the meeting until an excited Indian runner ran into the conference and shouted that a prominent In dian chicl had been tied to a tree and shot by the whites. The In dians were immediately in the no- lionaires and playboys. Guys and dolls. Those who make it the hard way, the easy way. People. Hut it isn't true that girls run after men on a cruise. I've been watching them. They walk after them at a firm, brisk, ladylike gait. CatcJ 'em, too. Never saw so many slow, meandering men. One of the unusual personalities aboard is Watterson Lowe, a chub- uy, wnue-muslachcd gentleman who is billed as "official human izer and ship cruise lecturer for the Cunard Line." I am not sure just what a "hu- manuer is. Dut each morning Watterson presents a small arti ficial flower a different color eacn morning to everv pas sengcr. If you are the thnft'v tvDe you can hoard your flowers and mane them into a souvenir bou aiiet Watterson has made some 450 ! discipline the question of security cruises himself and estimales he1'" he accompanied bv the other ha nri.i!H nm a;n nAn : questions of service and respon- or bouquets to travelers since he! began the custom vears ano. He also distributes slips of paper bearing a mimeographed "thought-! "f important. But. as Dr Carl for the day" for people who like I "enninger, psychiatrist, said "Al io think deep thoughts after lunch, i :lUl,dp,' are more important than I have his thought for todav in . ' my hand. It says: "Make haste to live and consid er each day a life. Live today so that you can say tomorrow, 'What a lovely yesterday.' " You can brood over that if you want to. But I'm going to take a nap in my deck chair. Via Al.i9 BVWK. PEERV tion to tie the American agents and their aides to trees and give them the same treatment. Lane was defiant and called the bluff of tne Indians. A settlement in blankets was made for the loss of the chief before a treaty was drawn up and accepted by both sides. Immediately after this incident, Bonneville ordered a fort con structed on the Rogue river. It was around this fort that the bloody Indian wars of southern Oregon surged in later years, and where a number of Douglas County peop ple fought against the natives. Islanders Subjected To Slight- Radiation WASHINGTON itf Twenty eight Americans and 236 natives of the Marshall Islands were sub jected to some radiation during recent atomic tests? the Atomic Energy Commission said this week, but all are "reported well." AEC described the tests as rou tine. "The individuaLs were nnpyni. edly exposed to some radiation," it said. "There were no burns. All are reported well." At Sharonville. a suburb of Cin cinnati, Ohio, Mrs. G. R. Whitaker said her son, Don, had written her that he had seen natives who were affected by radiation. His letters were dated March 3 and- 5 Mrs. Whitaker said one of iho letters told of two destroyers ar riving at nwajajein island and bearing natives who were "suffer, ing from various burns and radio activity." Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press SECURITY CAN'T BE A GIFT Damocrat-Harald Albany It was most reassuring to read what the principal of The Dalles high school. Clyde H. Beard, had 10 say in me annual meeting ui Oreaon elementary principals at Salem the other day. It is fair to presume that the great Doay ol principals ' present agreed with him thoroughly on fundamentals. The news dispatch noted that he "stressed the importance of character, moral, spiritual and other abstract values in the face of current fears and anxieties." "People are becoming so con cerned over security," said Mr. Beard, "that thf are losing their sense of obligation to and respon sibility for self-government in our democratic society." Security is not somctning mat can safely be bestowed trom above. It has to be earned. Other wise it can't be kept except on the condition ol control ny tne agency providing the security. It has often been said that the man in the penitentiary has no security problem. His area of responsibil ity, too, is narrow. He is fed, lodged and controlled. Good teachers are impressing on their students that the question "What do I get?" is not the only one the young man out of school should ask. There's that other ques tion "What can I do?" If the teachers can encourage and develop interest in essential phases of training for life, dis cipline will he largely self-impos ed. With adequate interest and s,b'lily- Th' slld'nt learns, in the 00(l school, to contribute, in or- der that he mav receive. Facts THE DRIVER AND THE ROAD-SIGN Albany Damocrat-Htrald The Oregon state highway com mission has adopted two changes in road markings, to go into effect American Spirits Family Out Of East Germany BERLIN HV- Peter K. Grimes arranged Friday to fly his family to the United States after spiriting his two German-born step-daughters away from their American hating grandfather in the Soviet Zone. Grimes, 32 - year - old Harvard graduate of Belmont, Mass., and his German wife, Irmgard, suc ceeded on their third attempt in bringing Moica, 14. and Evelyn, 11, to West Berlin a week aio. The girls had been living with Mrs. Grimes' father, a life-long Red who sent them to East Ger man Communist school and near ly succeeded in indoctrinating them with his hatred for America. The grandfather had blocked all efforts since October, 1952, to get the children to the United States. Grimes and his wife returned to America after first failure and came back to try again last October. After convincing the reluctant daughters they should come along to West Berlin to sec an Ameri can movie, the family now is stay ing with an uncle of Mrs. Grimes, Willi Czech. - The daughters agreed Friday morning they are not satisfied with being here with their parents and are anxious to see America. Grimes married his wife in 1951 when she emigrated to study in New York. Widow of a German army officer who died in a Soviet prison camp, she had left her two daughters by that marriage with her parents in East Germany. Grimes gave up his job with the American Expres's Co., in Bos ton, to accompany bis wife last October for a new try at getting custody of tie daughters. The couple had a 10-day permit to stay in the Soviet Zone, but they re mained until their final victory last week. as soon as practicable within the next three years. The yellow stop signboards are to be replaced by red ones, and the yellow line down the middle of the road is to be white. These chan;vs are in line with the opinion of highway authorities after experience and observation of the several colors. The aim is for greater visibility and attention-Betting. Very likely the changes are well- advised. The greatest change need ed, however, is a better driver attitude toward the safety marks and signs. It won't make much dif ference which color the sign is that the driver ignores. FEDERAL HIGHWAY AID TO STATES Salem Capital Journal The House has passed by a voice vote and sent to the Senate an administration sponsored highway bill calling for $1,750,000,000, re jecting all amendments. The measure would authorize un precedented federal spending on roads of S875 millions annually for two years beginning July 1, 1953. The bill calls for $225 million a year more than existing law. Personally endorsed by Presi dent Eisenhower the measure would give to states matching this money more leeway in some re spects in how it is spent. The principal new feature calls for spending $200 million annually on interstate highways. ; Northwestern congressmen pre-i dieted during the debate in the. House that the federal aid bill ; would result in "tremendous hish-l way Duitding boom in Pacific coast states, as it allows about S40 million in additional funds for 'he next two years in Oregon. Washington and California." Figures prcnared bv the Rureau of Public Roads show that Ore-1 gon will receive a year for twoi vears $11,685,000 compared with i 5H.302 000 under the present law: I Washington will receive $12,805. COO compared with $9,148,000: Cal-I ifornia will receive $45,061,000 compared with $29 912.000. The federal gasoline tax will WASHINGTON (NEA) In spite of all the bright-and-smiling earlv - spring - sunshine optimism that pervades the office of Secre tary ol Agriculture tzra ran nen son, doing something about the U.S. farm situation in Washington seems to get more complicated every day. Sen. George D. Aiken of Ver mont, chairman of the Senate agri culture committee, is scheduled to introduce legislation to carry out the Eisenhower administra tion's new farm program any day now. But it faces ar. uncertain fu ture. There is so litUe support for (he administration program in the House that it cannot be intro duced there. Rep. Clifford Hope of Kansas, chairman of the House agriculture committee, has his own plan to let farmers decide what kind of a farm program they want by na tional relerendum. He would then put into law the two most accept able programs for each commod ity. To top this, the Congressional Joint Committee on the Economic Report has thrown more cold wa ter on the administration's pro gram. "We are doubtful whether any program which seeks to bring about a balance between agri cultural production and consump tion. . .through the contraction of acreage can, in the long run, be successful," says this committee. Price supports without produc tion controls having been proved completely unworkable in the pota to program, a removal of acreage limitations on price supported crops would obviously throw farm economy into dizzy over-production. Meantime, under the existine programs, the surpluses continue to pue up cotton stocks are now estimated at $90 million, dairy sur pluses at $382 million, vegetable oils at $235 million, naval stores at S25 million, wool at $62 million, grains at $1.91 billion. The grand total is over $2.7 billion. In The Day's News (Continued from Page One) liamentary procedure, it consists in cancelling off opposing votes That is to say, a couple of sen ators or a couple of representa tives who are going to vote on op posite sides get together and agree to abstain from voting on that particular issue. It is then an nounced that they are "paired." It is a useful device for more reasons than one. Suppose, for ex ample, you're a senator (or a congressman) and a measure is coming up on which the people of your state or your district are divided and you don't know which side the most votes are on. You hate like the mischief, therefore, to go out on the limb, and YEARN to pussyfoot. In that event, you hunt up some colleague who is in a similarly delicate situation and the two of you agree to "pair" your votes. There are tricks in all trades and "pairing" is one of Hie minor tricks of the political trade. (Pairing, of course, isn't always a shenannigan. There are many times when a member of congress just HAS to be away when the voting takes place but doesn't want to lose his vote. In that event, he can make his vote count by finding somebody on the other side of the fence who will "pair" with him.) If a deadlock ensues, it may be assumed that Hawaii and Alas ka will be "paired" for admission so that either both will get in or neither will get in. But, up to the last minute, the Republicans will be hoping they can sneak Hawaii in and leave Alaska out and the Democrats will cherish the thought that maybe the converse can be brought about. At the moment, it looks like a toss-up. Thimblerigging, you say? Maybe so, but at least it has been going on in our country for a long, long time. There was ap proximately a century when the slavery issue dominated the ad mission of new states to the Un ion. The South wanted more pro slavery states and the North want ed more anti-slavery states. The result was a Donnybrook fair every time a territory came up for admission. Eventually the de vice of admitting them in pairs was adopted and states came in two-by-two or not at all Indiana and Mississippi, Maine and Mis souri, Florida and Iowa. And so on. The "pair" system at least made it possible for territories to be admitted as states whereas it might not otherwise have been possible. This whole business of political finagling over the admission of a territory as a state (wirh the ac companying connotations of Polit ical upsets in congress) has a lingering odor of skulduggery. But That isn't necessarily true. . There is the case of Nevada, which was admitted in 1864. There is fair historical authority for the statement that Lincoln wanted Ne vada admitted because Nevada's vote was needed for ratification of the 13th amendment, abolishing slavery. Anyway, Nevada got in and the 13th amendment was add ed to our constitution. You never can tell. Sometimes the end justifies the means. drop to l1 cents a gallon April 1. unless congress votes an exten sion. A bill is before the House lo retain the tax at 2 cents a gal lon. Its advocates urge that all of !he 2 cents a gallon tax should be returned to the states for high way building. The new bill closely approxi mates that goal. It authorizes $875 millions in matching funds for the states out of federal gas tax col lections estimated at $906 millions. The No. 1 riddle in Washington is how to get rid of 'em. ITnHer tha Fispifhnwpr Drndram. a part of the surplus would be put ' in a strategic reserve, uui tne rest of it would have to be sacri ficed. And here Secretary Ben son comes right out and says 'it will have to be disposed of at a loss. Among the proposals under con sideration are greater sales to foreign countries at world market prices. These are well below U.S. prices. So any such sales would have to be matched by corres ponding sales to American con sumers at the same price to keep them happy. Nevertheless, Secretary Ben son now says he is ready to rec ommend that the decision not to sell behind the Iron Curtain be reconsidered. He would sell U.S. surpluses for dollars or barter them for strategic materials need ed by the US. There is increasing pressure to move more of the surpluses into school lunch and relief programs. Other idea? include one plan to use the dried milk as poultry food. Selling the surplus cheese abroad at world prices is risky business because it would upset foreign! markets of countries such as The j Netherlands, which have a big ex. port business in cheese. As if this ; wercn t headache enougft. dairy state congressmen, headed by Senators Edward J. Thye (R), Hu bert H. Himphrey (D), and Rep. August H. Andersen, all of Min nesota, have introduced a bill to prevent the Secretary of Agricul ture from reducing the dairy pro ducts support-price level from 90 ; to 75 percent of parity. The idea is 1 to limit the change to 5 percent a year. But the big question now Is whether President Eisenhower will : veto a bill to continue all support, prices at 90 percent of parity, if Congress passes it against his rec ommendation. . Radio goet ' wherever you go mm to Sunday ot 5:00 P.M. CBS Radio lntin Dial 1490 IVKNK KILN DRIED PLANER ENDS 16" SLAB WOOD DRY OAK WOOD ' 24" FIREPLACE WOOD RED DIAMOND FUEL CO. Roteburg, Dial 3-5082 Chamber of Commerce MEMBERSHIP FORUM Monday Noon Umpqua Hotel CIVIC ROOM The Program Subject: "Your Community Hospital" Speaker: Harry V. Sanislo Program Chairman: Kenneth W. Ford The construction and equipment of the hospital was a community wide project in which all types of organi xations participated. This program is presented so that the people of this community may learn the important part the hospital plays in our community life. If you belong to on organization hoving on im porant event scheduled you ore invited to moke use of our "Man On The Street Program" to publicize that event. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS SPONSORED BY Ken's Office Equipment 631 S. Stephens as a service of good will to this community. Mm No Sidewalks Along Rose School Deplored ROSEBURG We harp so often on the subject of safety traffic safety. I wonder if we ever think of the place where it should be taught. I would say first at home and then at school. It seems odd, however, that peo ple would erect a nice school build ing such as we have on Jackson Street and not think of safety out side the school. We have two blocks on one side of the street and one on the other without sidewalks. Children must be herded down the middle of the street like sheep or cattle or must go several blocks around. Can we expect too much respect for traffic regulations when we have these conditions? A. C. EDWARDS Roseburg, Oregon FLOOR FINISHING EQUIPMENT POLISHERS, Large end Small STEEL WOOL PADS SANDERS WAX VACUUM CLEANERS LINOLEUM ROLLERS LANSING-OLIVER TOOL RENTALS 847 S. Stephens Phont 3-6002 Open All Day Sunday Radio gott wherever you go CBS Radio lDMb Dial 1490 IVKNK Sunday at 9:00 PM i : laB.aJ
