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far-reaching difficulties in their
social and economic life War and
its aftermath left a swathe of de
struction mid disruption that still
exists Many people arc hungry.
suffering from |xx>r health condì*
tions and are deprived of many
services In these
fields, too, the Uniteti Nations is
at work.
should get the biggest reduction.iunder a Dewey admlnistiuilon.
Concerning use of federal |><>«
As individuals Mr Dewey has
er», both men. along with Stussbn, shown he Is a good administrator
opposed the Republican main mid has the ability to place good
springs on killing controls, espe men in cabinet posts.
cially on rent». Warren m a strong
Mr Warren, the Westerner who
advocate of public owned power
brought C'nlilornin sound govern
that may have some good cucws ment out of the shambles left by
waning politico*, w«» nominated
i by tmth Republicans and Demo-
i crats in 1948
*
It appears that this year the
Republican» have on the team two
stars that see eye to eye on all
important issues, one from the far
West, one from the East a coast
tu coast hookup that will be hard
One of the biggest project* In
volves relief tor hungry young
sters and expectant mid nursing
mothers Thousands of t^ns of
food are now being shipped to
4/! m »J o *
NATIONAL (DITOW At—
the Balkans by the United Na
tions International Children's
SSOCIATION
Emergenc» Fund lUNk’l Fe In
Pons
addition. UNICEF w i t h the co
operation of the World Health
Organization (WHO* is planning
I-
WHAT IS NORMALCY?
to X-ray children for evidence of I
Y 1
long ago «hen a prominent lumberman here heard the
A I olish woman worker shovels apples dumped in an oatdoor bin. tuberculosis and to give millions 1
«•xpYexsion, ‘‘when things get back to normal, «e can do thus
throughout Europe vaccinations ;
A mission of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO>
And so " he rose to ask the question of just what constituted
reports that Poland's food supply is in a state of emergency and his against the dread disease.
Greece and Yugoslavia art* re
-. Donualcy, and after thinking over the situation, we have pon-
recommended sweeping reforms to raise food production. Amon*
the measures suggested are improvements in the home and commer ceiving the benefits of U N.'s ad
dered a great deal on just what constituted normalcy or normal
cial processing of fruits and vegetables and a system of rationing. visory social welfare program,
, times.
which makes it possible for ex
4
If and when we speak of norma) time«, are we talking about
perts to study the most modern I
x times of ten or fifteen years ago? We like to believe that our
methods in their fields outside of
standard of living has risen somewhat since that period and if so.
their own countries. Similar fel- !
Go». Warren
♦ we could not call a decade ago a yardstick to measure the late
lowships for medical specialists >
Western power development il
me granted by WHO and for ed- on
'
$ forties or the early fifties, even though we attain the world
is Republican
'
A security we hope for within the next few years.
WASHINGTON That continuous tilling without using fertilizers ucators by the United Nations victory
Both deem the draft a* ni'ces-
4
There are several factors which enter into our normal ends in deterioration of the soil and reduces food supply is a «ell Educational. Scientific ami Cul-,
sary at this time, but lx-licve it
tural Organisation (UNESCO!.
method of living. Wages and taxes are among these. Good wages proven fact. But perhaps nowhere else in the world is this more
to (»insider the armed
A comprehensive program for wrong
'
today
than
in
Poland,
according
to
a
report
published
hqre
by
♦ mean more prosperity and more prosperity means more autos.
the the revival and advancement of forces
as our defense of peace
1
’ more telephones, more radios and other improvements that make Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 'FAO*.
Greek agriculture has been Most likely the military influence
X for modern living.
The report by a team of 10 in
worked out by a mission of the in our foreign affairs will diminish
the
ternational
specialists
sent
to
Po-
possibilities
will
depend
on
*
We have had a progressive inflation if you term it that and
Food and Agriculture Organiza
and
.* even though our present real estate values for instance slide land last summer by FAO at the Permanent adoption of policies
tion of the United Nations tFAOi.
request of that country’s govern- practice* widely at variance with
Many of the recommended re
♦they will not go as low in money values as the 1932 depression
ment makes clear that the na some that have been recently de- forms are being jM.it into effect.
»carried us, and similarly in 1932 properly was worth more than
tion's food supply, agriculture and vised'as well as with some that
I be World Health Organization
in the panic of 1892 and so on down the line, it looks as though forestry are in a state of emer are traditional in Poland.
is advising both the Gret-k and
: ve have about established normal conditions, or barring another gency. It analyzes the situation
Yugoslav government* on public
, "'*P. will soon establish them, and we could no more go back to and makes recommendations
health matters. In addition, mis
which
within
a
few
years
could
.“r
yrars ago in an effort to eotabliah normal times
sions in GreTw, continuing the
,*thah we would attempt to peg the dollar to values of the cor- raise Polish food production as
work begun by the now dissolved
much as 50 per cent above prewar
* responding period.
UNRRA, have been successful in
providing that
certain
by GENE WARK
v
So when we t>i»eak of the return of norma) times, we prob- levels,
stamping out malaria in regions
changes in Polish agriculture an'
that have suffered from the dis- ;
mean the return of a time when peace is a gnoti prospect
Shades of Ruffalo Rill and
carried out by the government anti
ease since the dawn of history.
mut not going back to a period of a decade or two ago.
I torace
New York,
that
farmers
are
helped
in
adopt
i
I he work of the United Natkins
where, it ix said many people
ing modern agricultural methods
in the Balkans is by no means a
live al) their lives without see
The FAO's report emphasizes
<
MASS MEDICINE
simple cure for all local ills. It
ing a horse, (much less riding
that one of the main obstacles
ncpreM-nts, instead, international
’
Suppose, next time you feel ill and want a doctor this
onei, is making u strong bid to
faced by Poland in its efforts to
«»»operation to help a group of na
• happened:
take the dude ranch business
I produce more food is the small
tions help themselves buck to a
i
You have long lieen a patient of Dr. Smith’s, and you
WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT IT FAILS
away from the Wrat of Cour»-
call number, ill-health and poor nutri
WITHOUT ITS SUPPORT PCACK FAILS normal anti secure existent»'.
^or an aPP*dntnient. However, a new regulation has gone
New York lacks the sagebrush,
into tion of the present herds of Polish
fumblin' Weed and other nat
^effect saying that Dr. Smith can’t take care of you anv longer cattle. Farmers are still caught in
The rugged mountain country
ural "props," but from all re-
the vicious circle caused by war
{ and you must go to Dr. Jones.
along the northern borders of
port* there's no lack of dudes
■
You call Dr. Jones. He can’t give you an appointment for a time loss of two-thirds of their Greece has never been an easy
... a dude being a big-city
cattle
and
more
than
half
their
/ detunte hour, unless your case is strictly of an emergency
place in which to live. The soil
Paul DeVaux
person who dresses and nets
liorses. Before the war. manure
t nature, so you 11 have to wait your turn in his ante room. You
is thin, level stretches ar«1 rare
like a "cowboy" for u week,
formed 90 per cent of tire plant
1 arrive and find it crowd«-d. When your name is called he can
and the climate can be hursh. But
I)ten gets sore about it later’
foot! that was teturned each year
>*’W that the noise of the Rc-
< give you only a few moments of time, make a hurried diagnosis. to the sandy soil of Poland; naw. in addition to a (oruUant struggle
New York, however, does have
with
a
difficult
environment,
publican
convention
is
over
the
and
< and then preserilie some government-approved medicine. He farmers are deprived of most of
its advantages for the drug
I hustles you out, liecau.se many more patients are waiting, and ’b*8 customary supply and are un- thousands of inhabitants of the the candidates are -picked we
store vowboys . . . they never
liave fur to go to get back to
/the law says he must care for them, at a stated fee per head. uble ,o ob,ain chemical fertilizers border areas often have hail the should do a little checking on ju>t
additional trouble of political un- what the two men look like as a
the drug store
And (tic
• whether he can provide adequate attention or not.
,o
this los-s Yet ’bey arc rest and fighting.
team.
"ranches" an- sprayisl with in-
/This giv«g you a small insight into theway socialized med-
Today the sound of rifles and
Both Mr. Dewey and Mr War
secticidc for comfort. So it
artillery in the border area is no ren. being prominent law men and
Icxikx ax if Horace Greeley, if
;
'
1
to this practitioner or that, under a so on a nation-wide scale, with yields rarity. Greece is attempting to racket bu*(er* would 'undoubtedly
he were alive today, would have
■
8yste’" A d?rto,r8 Pay “d progress depends on about half those obtained before subdue the "andartes" or rebels •Io an excellent job of house clean
to change that famous saying
and has accused Albania, Bulgaria ing if given the chance but aside
/ ht^well he pleases his political superiors, and Whether he’s got the war.
of bis to lead: "Go East, young
* a eiaisin in a position of authority. Under mass medieine. patients
To enable Polish farmers to ro- and Yugoslavia of aiding it. The from that what?
inan. go East."
A num in Bethany, Mo. was
< are treated pretty much like a group of motor cars coming off store fertility to their land and to three northern neighbors of
Greece insist that they have had
jolted by 13.0UU volt» of elec
/ an assembly line.
raise production,
the mission
no part in stirring up the troubles
tricity. He charges! that it left
If we ever weaken our system of private medicine, that
an emergency recommcnda- and that the policies of the Greek
a laid taste in his mouth. That's
• will be in prospect for the United States.
I Uon
early importation of government alone are responsible.
। some 45,000 tons of commercial
one "hangover” he'll never for
When the fighting between the
| fertilizer elements for use this
get. And for values you'll never
DISPOSAL PROBLEM BECOMING SERIOUS
torget, stop in at COMMU
summer. The mission believes that Greek army and guerillas is at
its worst near the borders, the
NITY JEWELERS. «12 Mum
The problem of maintaining a sanitary dump ground or gar the res,oration of the soil is of
soldiers often see a quartet of
Street. We'd like to show you
liHizp
~
i many
i e such
IwhiiF kTthi yyiav
? H t
ri
shou,d importance
niake every that
effort Poland
to im- civilians in a yellow jeep which
the new models of Admiral Ra
»1 #
f
county coutrt Jakes some-action port in 1948 as much fertilizer as flies a blue flag, ride up to the
dios, from |x»rtaj>i«‘s to con
;°.P. : d_ .
be Obtained. Among other front. The men stop, watch the
soles Every home should hav*
Grove
the same
cm faces measures designed to improve fighting through field glasses and
'■love is
is not
not alone
atone in
m this
tnts dilemma,
dilemma, since
since the
same probi
problem
a Got ?.D radio in it these days
other Lane county towns. Owners of the dump ground east of prospects for a good harvest in make notes. Later, they may ques
and Admiral "fills the hill",
town want to quit and if this dump ground is closed, many resi- 1948 was ’he mission's urgent rec tion soldiers and prisoners. Their
Come in and listen to (hern
dents living in this area outside of the city limits will suffer.
ommendation for the speedy im- flag is that of the United Nations
then select the one you hk«'
;
heat. Phone: 351.
City officials have taken the attitude that the first move P°r,a’'on «1 considerable quanti- and the observers are one of six
team.-, of the United Nations Spe
? shonld be made by the county and this view so far as we know t,cs. °f Tiproved strains of spring cial Committee on the Balkans
is concurred in by the county health department. Until the prob-
.
(UNSCOB), established by the
!em is settled those living outside of the city limits will have to out that lack Z7 nitro^n is’The Genera] Assembly in 1947, whose
/
most serious plant food shortage headquarters are in Salonika.
t get by the best they can.
For nearly a year. UNSCOB
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in the soils of Poland but believes
whether or not General Ike Eisenhower will enjoy any that if 25 per cent of the total has been in Greece, observing the
/ other distinction, he will probably go down in history ax having I arable land tin 1947 the actual areas of conflict for possible bor
On foreign affairs both men
said “no ’ to the politicians more times than any other man. percentage was less than 151 could der infractions on either side and favored full scale Marshall aid to
be sown to legumes such as clo always attempting to restore Europe and wanted the bipartisan
If having a chance at the highest office in the land.
ver, lupines, and beans, about 100,- friendship and gorxiwili between policy continued. They arc not as
i 000 tons of nitrogen would be add Greece and Albania, Bulgaria and close to the Vandenburg line as
SPECIALIST IN HOUSING
ed annually to the soil. It there Ypgoslavia. Until recently, Mr. Stassen but close enough to
NAME» BY OSC EXTENSION
fore urged the government to im UNSCOB has not received per- dispel any wild bolt back to Iso
Appointment of John C. Camp
port large supplies of leguminous mission to visit any of the four lationism. •
bell as extension rural housing
By Earl B. Balch
forage crop seed for spring plant nations except Greece. However.
While T a f t and Martin sup
specialist has been announced by ing in 1948.
Bulgaria has now permitted an ported the Taft Hartley lalwr bill,
F.
L.
Ballard,
associate
director
of
Most of us really wish to live an
■ Changes in food distribution observation team to cross its bor Dewey and Warren were in agree*
11| abundant life. But, what a vast the O. S. C. extension service. through a large scale rationing ders, but like Albania and Yugo ment with our own Senator
Campbell's
appointment
is
subject
il difference there is among indi-
system; encouragement of agri slavia has not recognized the le Wayne Morse that changes would
j ; viduals on what constitutes an to final approval by the state cultural production by revision in gality of UNSCOB. Meanwhile, be needed.
boats! of higher education.
h abundant life.
I the tax set-up; and the establish the fighting has taken no more
On taxes liofh favored the re
Ballard points out that many
ment of an emergency service to serious international proportions. cent reduction bill, but Warren
farmers in the state are either
Along
with
difficult
[xditical
aid
farmers
to
restore
their
soil,
i । It seems that John L. Lewis’
said debt reduction should come
building or planning to build new
cattle, draft animals and build problems, the four Balkan na first and that wh< n taxes are ic-
¡^United Mine Workers are once
farm structures. Campbell’s work
ings, were recommended by FAO’s tions are suffering from equally duced those least able to pay
I, I more under fire in the courts. It is
will be concerned with assisting in
specialists, who indicated priority
j ; alleged that union mine workers
rural housing activities.
should be given to the building of
( 3n four West Virginia coal mines
Prior to accepting his new ap cattle herds.
STILL TIME TO PUT IM A PINCH HITTER
pi are accused of forcing non-union
pointment, Campbell was em
' rfptlyr* to sign applications to join
Most dairy cattle are underfed,
’’the union. The union miners re- ployed by an architect in Everett, the report says, and strong meas-
Washington. He is a native of urns are urged for control
lil fused to permit the non-union
of the
Kansas.
•I miners to come up out of the
present tuberculosis and conta-
gious abortion in cattle. Many
■' ground till they signed the appli-
rI cation cards. This is un-American ASSIST IN FUNERAL
Polish children have active tuber-
M/S BILL WALLS
culosis and the mission points out
11 as well as unconstitutional.
In the final rites for S/S Bill j that one of the reasons for the
Hi A certain presidential candidate Walls, who was given a military spread of this direase among both
•- accused
—• cf
“r being
>-*i— hand
>
1 and
—■ glove
-
funeral here last Thursday after- Children and adults is that half of
I ' , 1 is
. with the international bankers. noon, at which time all business Poland's milk supply comes from
Í0
i * ta may or may not
,nje- Hut houses were closed, the following tuberculous cows.
!’is T necessarily evil to be an in- members of Calvin Funk post 32,
FAO’s team of experts traveled
n ternational banker? Is not inter- American Legion, served as pall about 47,0(M) miles in Poland mak
*H national banking vitally needed in bearer*: Chet Vandenberg, Orville ing first hand observations and
||| a closely knit world?
Bishop, E.’ D. Rude, Bert Hatch, the personal acquaintaince of peo
PHI
George Macready, P. J. Bush, Vi ple in all walks of life including
Ill
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HI
Some suggested that the row nal Randall Sr., Vinal Randall Jr. farm families, government offi
HI between Stalin and Tito, was like The firing squad was composed of cials and scientific specialists.
l|| a quarrel between a pair of gang- Kenneth Bush, Cecil Betholmy, Planning for the future, they con
Robin Hunter, Leonard Coyner, sider that there should eventually
, sters who have fallen out.
Dave Summers under command of be a smaller profiortion of the Po-.
Privileges require responsibility. P. D. Bukowski of Cannon Co., lish population on farms and a
III Responsibility demands discipline. 162 Inf.
larger proportion in Indus tries if
the best use is to lie made of Po
At the Celilo Falls of the Co land's natural resources.
■ Il
A* we all konw, Russia has been
trying to squeeze the Western Al lumbia river near The Dalles, Ore
They have also pointed out the
For Information
ill lies out of Berlin. A few days ago, gon. Indians still supply tribal need of a profound change in the
it was announced that Russia larders by spearing and netting traditional Polish diet, including
would establish a Soviet con salmon in the way of their an the use of more protective food
trolled government in eastern cestors. From dangerous perches such as green and yellow vege
GeAiany. Pwh*p* these moves on rocks above boiling waters, the tables, fruits, meat, fish, milk ano
are connected. By squeezing the redmen are adept with equipment eggs.
Uiutud States, England and which was the vogue centuries
The 160-page Illustrated report
Mhce out of Berlin, that city ago. Their fishing privileges are says in conclusion that there are
wquld betxxne the capital of the protected by treaty rights drawn great possibilities for improve
up with the United States in 1855. ment, but realization of these
Reviei controlled Germany.
The real shortcoming of the Re
publican convention und the plat
form adopted, was the complete
ignoring, intrntainnl or otherwise,
o| the multiple piobleins of atomic
energy branching from the dis
covery of weapons of war and de
struction in thia new field Noth
ing to effect assurance that they
fully realize that the goal of nil
administrations from now on must
lx- toward a world ¡HiUcy that
evades all threat» of war l»r
that precipitates Cold War that
might lead to accidental confla
grations, or inspired premeditated
war.
Without the war problem fating
nettled there 1» no Hccurtty. no fu
ture for hr or anyone on this
planet
|M»iitleal plunks pledging
a National ‘Defrn»r of maximum
oHwttvvne»s in case of war are
not enough in mi age when think
ing iwMiple know that If another
war i» allowed to take place u||
civilisation, |M-rhupM all mankind,
will be »wept u«uy
Man runnot
mere sucem»
with the terms
ceas comes to
Bennett,
lie sal tatuai with
Hr la concerned
upon which auc-
hini. Xtiarlex A.
You can *< ll through th«* cluasifird
*
Recommends New Methods
To Improve Food Supply
Hews
UNITED NAT ONS
IN ACTION
:
NOW OPEN TO
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
T his h important nr«» in every young num from 2t>*^ to 28
who li.is graduated (rom high reboot or «ho can pa»» equiva-
lent cdtH alimi cxiimitiation». I ndrr a iWw ruling, you may
now enlist in the I . S. Army for the »pr< i6c purpose of attend
ing < (Hirer (.andidate School, provided the quota» are not
filled,
on mu»t he a citizen of the United 'Mate«, and a man uf
high moral iliaiu. (< t, able Io inert (he neumn ph)»l< »1
requirement*.
•
Io lake advantage of ihi* unu«ual privilege, you may tub'-
mil your application to the Commanding General of the
Anny area in which you live. If you are xeletied, you will lx*
enlixted in the \riny a* 'staff Sergeant. If you have not had
basic training or it - equivalent, you will lie given tin» training
before entering Ofli« er Candidate School.
If you air a *u< < izsiul i nndidale, you will lir rommireioned
a* Sn olid l .irutenaiit in the Oflu-rra Kraerve Corp* and placed
on active duty for two years, during which lime you may
compete for a Regular Army Commi«aion. Should you fail
to complete the enurar aurve««fully, you wiH h* telroaed from
Ilir Army.
The opportunity to qualify for Officer Candidate School I*,
and ha* U-rn. open to men in the Army. Hut never liefora
during peacetime haa suth a remarkable opportunity to
come n «'ommissioned ullnrr
facts about it today at your
U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force
Recruiting Station.
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