The Sentinel, Cottage Grove, Oregon Thum.. Jan. ÎÎ, 194« trottane firm >mtmrl “ Established August 15, 1889 W. c MARTIN ----------- ---- Editor, Publisher iubacriptkin ratet, cash In advance No subscription for less than 3 »ontha. 2 Yr 6 Mot. 3 Mos In Lane-Deuglas Counties 1.50 1 00 Outside This District —3.00 1.75 1.50 Foreign Rates on Application. Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter. MS".. U nited nations RUNAWAY Modern N«-M»n'» Land I nde Sam Sins IN ACT ION WirHOUT OUW SUPFORT IT FSIL« . Roth Die United Stat»» and Brit aln claim Christmas island. ijno miles »outh ot Hawaii It i> the largest atoll in the Pacific, with । tm.oon acres, and is valuable as an air base. British, on one end of the j Island, and American soldiers, on the other end, each sunrise raise the Hags of their countries. Thia will continue until ownership of the is land has been determined by the two nations. Unknown Heroes The United states army reports that there are now It,CW unknown dcud from World War II. The navy, which lost about M to 00 per cent of its total combat dead at sea, has not been able to ascertain the number of its unknown dead The "Unknown Soldier of World War 11" will be brought home from overseas late in I84H to lie in honor in Arlington national cemetery alongside the "Unknown Soldier of World War I." NATIONAL € DITO RIAL- With only three weeks of the MMO ASSOCIATION new year gone by, the United Nations is already going full speed ahead on new programs. Of all its new work, the U.N.’s PERFORMANCE COUNTS »„nr “d,,re?s 0,1 ,he Enropean aid problem. Senator recently established "Little As- J”’UP‘‘*0)8 Sf,ld: “! a’« convince»!, and th»» record bears sembly” has. perhaps, the most important political implications. tie out, that a frre economy will always prmluee ami provi»1e Set up by the General Assembly a higher standard of living for all the people than either a social- to deal with political and security Row would von like Io write * istic or goc rnment-planned and controlled wonemv. I believe questions not before the Security j cheek tor Ft.4M.IM to yourself dated that when economic freedoms an» liquidated, the other freedoms Council, the Interim Committee, It's proper mid customary to show your appreciation । New Year’s Day ISM? You can do y;a,,d the socia,is,s hav<‘ ”l«ays had too mueh in as it is officiaiy. known, also will exactly that fas signing your name for hospitality with a floral gift. study the "veto" powers of the any time in January to an authorisa­ common with the communists for my taste.” tion form at >our bank whl«h will i; »V vcrP ¿i,,|c difference to a nation what label a Permanent Members of the Secur­ permit them to take SIS.75 a month dictatorship wears. The results are alwavs the same Th»» state ity Council The "Little Assembly" from the fund* you have on depoait dommates every phase of life within its borders. It buries everv is now mapping its rules of pro­ and buy one SU Havings Bond for you every month for the next I* undertaking beneath a thick web of red tap», ami restrictive <»on- cedure and a plan of work for the year. ’ years. The Payroll ScGnsa Plan— trols. it destroys the initiative and enterprise of individuals 1704 West Main which Is th»- partial payment way Io In Korea, a country divided be­ and groups alike It stirs up discontent by making promises that tween United States and Soviet buy SavingB Bund* where you work Phone 182 —Is equally powerful In producing a Z» P?ss,b,F fulfilled. And. in the long run. it abrogates Union occupation forces, another sir able nesiegg out ot regular aav« “ an,d n‘Ore of th« ««Gon’s liberties in order to keep the new U.N. body is just beginning I < ’ X. 1 ruling class m power. a pioneering task. The “Contmis- • j” *n»USt kept in mi,ld by American government slon s”” on ° Korea", now organizing - its , Mace of the Government in the development of our policy toward Europe We with oniv "ork’ "iH ,urn i,s attention to- The mace is the only visible sym a fraction of the world’s population, cannot indefinitely sunnort "ard set,'ng up frw e|erti°ns ami bol of government authority in the the world without ruining ourselves. Many seem to haw forgot pinR ’° orKanAze un independent United State*. It is an Institution, ten that an essential of the .Marshall Plan in the beginning was^^^ no tax at all until his income rose । presidents, gave Congress a ticket borrowed from the British parlia­ In the Balkans, where actual that Europe must do all in her power to help herself. But so above $3000. for U. S. security and world re- ment and goes back U> the "fasces" : tar Europe has done very little to lift herself out of th.. .Ld fighting is reported by the Greek In spite of propaganda state- construction in his speech to the of Republican Rome the bundle of drums As »in „»>, 1 »!» • , ,he i fa,,ure , In of ’ *' government in its the attempts to stop and an ax which was er ri led | SE r Ba!1 Seurilla attacks, U N. Balkan ments to the contrary, ’he 30 per Senate foreign relations commit- rods British socialized eoal m.iustry to produce enough to make pos-; Commission is on the scene where cent reduction we passed and lee Monday His forty minute dis- by the Uctora who attended each Roman magistrate as he held court I ««« resumption of exports to Western Europe. This has made it ’he battle is the thickest. The which was vetoed by the Presi- course, full of common sense and and administered justice From this 1 necessary to devote much of Europe’s broken-down railroad.Commission has sent its oteervers dent is as good or a better relief ' based on practical methods, rolled very practical Instrument- the rods \ income congressmen ’ s backs like water system to the job of moving coal from the Ruhr—a fact which is 1,0 ’^e sei other words, the progress of a ■ ition. In a time when we need a > hope to profit by the election of certain individuals. Usually we bil. introduced early last year con­ । firm stable administration with i don’t know and care less about the remaining candidates. If we tinues just as if no break between men of great integrity we find our- make a bad guess, it can’t be corrected under two to four years. sessions had occurred. : selves being bombarded with prop- A term of Congress runs for i aganda from all sorts of individu­ Such policies would break the average business man in a few years, but in government mistakes can be covered up and the two years. All of the members of als and groups surrounding them, the House of Representatives and ballahoing their personal activities tax rate hiked. In view of this condition it should not be hard to under­ one-third of the members of the and indulging in personal invest­ are elected in November of igations of their opponants. stand why we can’t have a continuation of prosperous times, Senate each even-numbered year—1944, To open minded voters of the world peace and a sincere effort to further stable conditions for 1946, 1948, etc. After each general West Mr. Taft’s plans for cutting world peace. Our system of government is the best that’s been election, a new term of Congress the income taxes and cutting gov­ devised, but that doesn’t mean that it could not be improved on. begins. No legislation carries over ernment spending to such an ex­ The fact that this is election year in the United Stars will be from one Congress to another. All tent that it would be certain to I taken advantage of by Russia for Russia knows that we are too legislation previously pending curtail projects that are vital to busy with election to keep her from grabbing more of the for­ must be re-introduced if Con- the expanding west, do not and jgressional action is still sought. cannot set well. We find also that bidden territory. The present term of Congress is the republican plan to curb infla­ PUSH BUTTON WAR designated as the 80th Congress. tion is not strong enough without some sort of price control. Both With a favorable report from the house military affairs 81st Congress*^wifl convene r’ parties have picked up the slogan committee, a vigorous effort will be made to enact a bill for that price controls are police state universal military training this year. It will not pass. It may not , Although I have made no for- tactics ™ wncre does that ,nal leave us so where even get to a vote. This is election year, and this is a hot potato i1™11 announcement of the fact, it with prices still soaring? for _ meinbers seeking "7"' - _ reelection. . seems to be taken for granted .. - in i On the other hand the President Most of the army brass endorses universal training and the Ty rtistrict that I will be a candi-; in his speech to Congress, opening president has recommended it. The arguments for it are not aatc ^or rc*elec’'on—and ’hat is the door to reelection, in the State convincing. All the talk is about a push-button war The day hOpc 1 may havp ’he Nation address, sounded of mass armies fighting as at Gettysburg u past. Specialization l ry** 5°n" iyuch the o,d New 0681 ,tae is the demand for armies of today and tomorrow. A six-months | n^XmariCrin the^^ tW° ' tremes the man in the street must j course m training camp would be of value in teaching the funda-। gress. My formal filing will be f(nd a man to speak for him. Time . mentals of army discipline, but that is about all. The supplemen- sent to the Secretary of State in is growing short and the world ' tai six months in national guard or reserve would be of only ’he near future, awaits our decision ... on prob- sketchy value. The two year term served by lems that need immediate answers Universal military training is too much on the order of Congressmen is a short time. In . . . . while party leaders while preparing for World War III.—Oregon Statesman. /Tegon, we have only fifteen away the hours making footballs , months between the general elec- out of every issue. Nero fiddled FINDING THE FARMERS I ”on and ,hp Ume for in ,he while Rome burrtbd too. . i • i . , , . (next primary election. The short- Senator Wayne Morse seems to ; ff you have ever tried to find someone living m surrounding ness of the term of Housc mem- me to be on the right track to the communities, had a general idea of where the person lived andlbers (as compared with the six answer of one of these questions. still could not locate him you can appreciate the need for a'ypar term for Senators) has its The republican liberal, who has better bystem in locating some farmer or rancher. Chas. Palmer disadvantages, especially to the vot»d time and again for What he j <»f Thornton Corners tells of an instance where a stranger jmernbers’ but it gives the ,.— people ---- — ,—.« believes right despite the party I looking for one of his neighbors went east to Disston 22 miles, la” opportunity to completely policies, said, "I would rather go j 1(4*s/l fighting Isrvtxfinrv for; 1 the Housc o{ Representa-1 out of office in i 1950 He thinks if the rural people would number their mail boxes i tr a fl particular rf r no»»» ,.,..,i. much .......i. j 1 '‘s every ’wo years which , my convictions on the floor of the the taák of finding person would 1.. be made means a Congress more respon- ;Senate intcl- ijdie than irifiii to tu engage in ’ the nc mu ’i- casicr. It is being done in other parts of the state. i sive to current thinking. ; Jectual dishonesty of a do nothing We would also suggest that the names and numbers be 'policy that will lead to runaway printed or painted on the mail boxes in type large enough to be inrl'ilir»n l./.zrM Except for his proposal for tax inflation, boom, L.ioi bust, depression seen at a distance. . reduction, the ‘State of the Union’ and war.” If we as voters with our ' I speech made by * - President mind set QIA/Ul about to —.... Tru- • - va convictions in min»« llj i I The American farmer represents only 2% per U. ; man to the opening of this session letting our representatives know j cent of the world’s farmers, yet he produces approxb ■ was quite similar to his other re-j what kind of leadership we want ( 5Ne arc better fed. better clothed, and have more mutely 20 per cent of the world’s food supply. J I cent messages to Congress. The The ( , and where we stand on the vital vì I r I automobiles, refrigerators, telephones, and radios "Forty dollars for everybody" re­ issues .they must, give us thin a per capita than any other country. duction he proposed may have its choice of men to carry out cur Steel production also is an accurate measure of advantages as political thunder, convictions. We still have Mme to Why ? One reason is the efficiency of the American living standards. America, with only 7 per cent of but is not taken very seriously be heard if we act immediately farmer. In countries where farm production is low, । here on the Hili. Under the Presl- and definitely. The party leaders the world’s population, produces 50 per cent of th« Automobile - Truck - Fire ( dent s plan, single taxpayers earn­ seem to forget the voter in the the standard of living is low. world’s steel. --- ------ ------ Standard Non-Assessable Policies ing between $1200 and $2000 per mad scramble to place this fa >r- | year would pay a much higher tax ite or that one on the ballot after Special Low Farm Rate than they would have paid under all the men elected arc s j po od the 30 per cent reduction provided to be public servants ... A c we Claude Arne, Agent I in the bill which the President the public? Phone 48F4 vetoed. On the other hand, under 350 Fifth Avenue. New York L N. Y. the Truman plan ,the head of an Bernard Baruch, elder states­ 20-6tp-26 average family of four would pay man and past advisor to many Say Thanks W'ith y/Olvers Sunnyside Greenhouses Washington Letter r tvnHrt ay .., 1L— 7 _ Letters to the Editor PLUMBING J. P. Walker vi|7atu Shame On You! A Grown Man Deliberately Scaring A Baby! Hall a Where Do People Live the Best? Russia? * England? United States? The answer: The S. AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE 1