The Sentinel, Cottage Grove. Oregon
I. 1954
From—
Ofher Papers
Russia's Big Bluff
The Cottage Grove Sentine!
■ary 13. 1954:
By Harold Lord Varney
Letter From Washington
Congressional Lull While Bills Are Shaping
Bv Harris Ellsworth
Representative, Fourth District
January 22-25 is set for the an
i Editor’* Nete: In »hi» M-cond not involve herself directly in
nual observance of "Robert Burns
portion of Mr. tarne,'» article. China or Korea, at the uncertain
Week” in the only American town
-Rasala'» Big Bluff, the author end of a 6.000 mile single-tracked
named for the great Scot batd.
NATIONAI
Trans-Siberian railroad. The pre-
would have told us that
R
wouldn't fight.
ight the Cold War, Rus
sia's -behavior pattern has given
.in inescapable di»prcxrf of the "im-
nwdiate danger" thesis.
EDITORIAL
ASSOCIATION
Soviet Kunnia hid the
to attack the I nited »
had
»he had the rv»«>urve» tu ba. k up
»u«h a venture. Mr. barney ata»
I examine» the Ku»»ian ecoæmic
pkture in this second portion of
his CHirie.)
K&aniirH*» EXxxxMiiy
Friday. January 22. will he the
b.rthday anmvei-sary of Burns.
Oregon, as a post office point and
has been chosen as the starting
tune for »he Burns "week.” Male
citizens are asked to wear plaid
ties and the like Recommended
fcr women are plaid skirts, plaid
dresses, plaid jackets, anything
with the Scot motif
Monday. January 25. birth an
niversary of the Scot bard, will be
the date for the annual Burns
Week program at Bums high
school auditorium. It will open at
7:30 and, as always, the public
w ill be welcome.
Mrs. Mary Bennett. Robert
Burns Society pres.dent. said it
- hoped to have the complete
program ready for announcement
n< xt week. An invitation has been
-sued to Grant county Scots to
attend the 1954 prografn Their
entertainment has been popular
here in several past years.
It takes a while after a congressional session con
venes for legislation to reach the House floor for
action. In other words, the first three weeks of
January will probably not develop activity on the
floor but the committees are busy The reason for
the slow start of a session is obvious. It is always
the practice to bring up and act on nearly all bills
that are ready for floor consideration before a
session adjourns. We pretty well cleaned the slate
in August so it takes some time for the committees
to get some more bills ready for action.
Meanwhile what seems to be a lull certainly does
not mean an easy life for the congressman. I could
not possibly be any busier than I am right now and
have been since I arrived back in Washington. D. C.
A member of Congress, particularly a member from
the West, has much more to do than attend com-
mi’tee meetings and sessions of the House.
To list but a few of the many things which I
and my office are concerned with now:
1. The Willamette Valley flood control project is
well along toward completion but is out of balance
until two small but key dams can be constructed
These dams are known as Cougar on the McKenzie
and Green Peter on the South Santiam. Legislation
authorizing power for those dams must be passed.
Planning money must be included in the appropria
tions bill. .
2. The south jetty at the mouth of the Coquille
River tPort of Bandon) is so badly in need of re
pairs that it is ineffective. This condition has di
rectly or indirectly been the cause of two ship
wrecks recently. One wreck is even now on the sub
merged jetty rocks awaiting salvage. Money must
be made available for that job this year.
3. On the Oregon coast in addition to the prob
lem at Bandon are harbor improvement projects in
various stages from preliminary survey to being
eligible for appropriations including the ports at
Florence Port of Umpqua at Reedsport, Winchester
Bay. Coos Bay and Charleston, an approved project
at Gold Beach, and a preliminary survey for ship
ping facilities in the Chetco Cove at Brookings. All
of these require work on my part.
4. The pear industry in the Rogue River Valley
has a heavy surplus of winter pears. They need to
participate in current government purchase pro
grams I have been having conferences with De
partment of Agriculture people on that problem.
5. The government i General Services Adminis
tration' is about to sell the war alcohol plant at
Springfield. I have been keeping in close touch with
that situation.
6. One of the first public appearances I made
in Oregon last year after the session of Congress
adjourned was at Camp White in Medford The
occasion was to honor the new manager of the
facility. Eugene K Ricker, and h’s (staff the evening
of September 18th. I made a pledge to the veterans
and to the community on that occasion which was
reported in the Medford Mail-Tribune Sunday, Sep
tember 20th. as follows: "The Allied Veterans
Council of Jackson county received definite as
surances Friday night from Congressman Harris
Ellsworth that the needs of this district for a
hospi»al center at Camp White will be pre
sented conclusively to the Veterans Adminis
tration upon his return to Washington.” I hope
a substantial number of general medical hos
pital beds can be established at Camp White with- f
out it being necessary to resort to legislation. Ac
cordingly. I have been assembling the necessary
facts and have conferred with V. A. officials. I
plan to take the matter before the administrator
soon.
In a future letter I will discuss the various bills
I have pending in the House and make a progress
report on each.
B ,t even mon» conv.ncing. a»
Probably the strongest indi
an index to Russia’s real inten
tion of H
ip
the fact that she has not already tions. is the state of her economy
Weekly Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Pro-j>ov :et propaganda has fooled
started war. even under extreme
Rei
National Adve
। provocation. Th«' supposition that many of us with its highly colored
| a nation which is strong enough stones about Russia’s recent in
I
to seize her objectives now would dustrial growth. Admittedly, in
4th Front of Polio Prevention
■ comparison with her own back-
wait until 1970. or
A polk* prevention program is possible today because deliberately
thereabouts. simp! y doesnt hold w .ird post, the post-1940 Russian
through the March of Dunes research, science for the first water. Even dictatorships are not ! economic gains have been striking
tune has in its hands both a limited, temporary preventative capabL of such self-control C, But to compare» Russia, even after
agent and a trial va* me. which may prove the final answer tamly n o t ideological dictate f ur completed Five-Year Plan-
and part of a fifth, with such ar.
has passed all labora- «hips.
to infantile paralyse The prevent!
economic colossus as the United
tory tests and scientists feel they can now move to the As i matter of fact. Russi
States, merely highlights her raw
course since the beginn
human body
backwardness.
• The attack has been launched in two directions. First, of tlie Cold War has (wen that Russia, as Winston Churchill
a nation guardedly careful to said, may be "a mystery surround
tests of trial vaccine will tv conducted on a massive scale of
avoid a military collision with the ed by an enigma" but some rather
f
thousands
of
.4
chit*
with partK-ijiaDcin of hundreds
Umted States She has accepts I revealing figures about her econ
Basil O'Connor Visits
dren. Secx’nd. because the result f the vaccine trials cannot a painful series of rebuffs and omy
have seeped through the Iron
be evaluated before another potio season has passed, every chalh'nges. at the hantfe of Ameri Curtain.
Portland
During Tour
These figures prove be
possible use will be made of the blood fraction gamma globu ca and its allies, and although she yond demal
March of Dimes month in the
that Russia is years
has talked suphurously. she has probably decades away from the Pacific Northwest w a s marked
lin to halt the spread of epidemics
The cost of pobo prevention in H<>4 is estimate^! at backed dow n in ev ery instance time when she could oppose the January 13 in Portland by a
has been a pretext for United States (even without ben speaking appearance by President
March of Dimes funds It will add 50 percent There
World War III in a dozen situa- efit of ana's1 on equal terms.
Basil O'Connor of the National
to the crer-al. erst of operatk'n of the National Foundation tions which haw
flared up lividly
Modem w ars become, more ar.! Foundation of Infantile ParalySIS.
during the conung year But by launching this offensive, ex- since 1945
The New York lawyer and phil
more, brutal endurance contests
pensrve as it may be. the National Foundation points toward
It has been commonly assumed, between technologies. They are anthropist who has headed the
ending for *21 time the annual tragic death toll of human lives
spectacularity. that fought, not alone with manpower; March of Dimes organization since
with its inevitable burden of after care» and rehabilitation the American Intervention in Ko- they are fought with mobilized its inception addressed top cam
that has already cost $174.000.000.
iva in 1950 was the incident w hich economies. They are fought with paign workers and other promi
ers. simply means a building that
Looking forward to 1954. the National Foundation has has brought us nearest to war kilo watts of electric energy, with nent citizens from Oregon and National Lumber Assn
I is framed of wood. The main dif-
oil to fuel planes and tanks and Washington at the Multnomah
already taken steps to double the amount of gamma globulin with Russia Since 1945
' ference between wood frame and
that will be available. With March of Dimes funds, it has fi What is not generally realized trucks, with steel for materiel hotel at noon January 13. accord Predicts More Homes
| masonry construction is the for-
with rubber to keep transporta ing to John J. Gurian of Portland.
nanced the development of new blood processing facilities is that the United States has re- tion
To
Be
of
Wood
in
'54
I mer’s use of studs, vertical wood
rolling, with railroads to Oregon State March of Dimes
clashed with Russia since
ami has contracted with commercial houses to purchase their peatedly
I members, in the outside walls to
V-J Day at friction points far move men and machines and foes', chairman. He said that more than
WASHINGTON.
D.
C
Lum
entire output of the serum. Since the government will prob more vital to Russian interests .nd with bristling hosts of re 200 leaders in government, civic,
- ipport the roof and provide a
bers
share
of
the
home
buildin'
ably control the rationing of GG in 1954. these supplies will and security than Korea, and the volving machine tools. How doe< religious, health and education market will increase this year, base for the extenor facing of the
again be distributed to the general pool for distribution to Kremlin has consistently backed Russia stand today in such a test fields attended the luncheon where perhaps as much as 10 per cent. building.
the state and local health officers throughout the nation.
they heard O'Connor explain the Leo V Bodine, executive vice pres 'lore Medium-Priced Homes
with the United States*
down. Let us cite a few.
National Foundation's polio pre ident of the National Lumber
At the end of the year 66.000 polio patients were re I. Berlin. Russian interests m Xlechankal Horsepower”
'Especially do we anticipate the
ventive
program.
The
No.
1
yardstick
of
an
in
Germany
are
many
times
greater
Manufacturers Association, pre ouilding of more hemes this y rear
ceiving March of Dimes aid. The organization is pledged tv
'Approximately $26 5” XX) will dicted early in January.
than any interest which she pos- dustrialized state is the mechani
where
n the
help the xictims in their fight along with others who will be ses
ses m the Far East. If Russia cal horsepower at its command. be spent by the National Founda
"The prospects are that as much •vood is by far the most popular
stricken, before polio, with your help is conquered. And that
tion
on
its
gamma
globulin
and
tempted to fight for any Specifically, this can be a decisive
lumber may be used to build about material for exterior wall con
is the reason your donation is desperately needed.
mmediate objective. Gt’rmany factor in atom bomb production trial vaccine activities this year." one million non-farm dwelling struction. ' Bodine reported.
with its Ruhr, would be the first How does Russia stand, in con- Gunan said. He declared that "the units this year as was used tc
'There are indications that
lure. Hence, the American defi trast to America in this category ’ hope of victory raised by these build one million, one hundred
these medium priced homes will
preventive
means
has
seized
the
Russia's
mechanical
horsepower
in
More evidence came to light recently which shows be n the Berlin airlift touched M »- 1!'5 vi - 9S4.iXX' »1 America's — ”:nat:on< << the March of thousand units in 1953." Bodine be larger too. requiring more
at a raw point That the Unit
declared.
fore we can stabilize our economy, the price of logs must cow
wood for studs, rafters, joists,
Dimes volunteers everywhere I
States walked up to the very 6.452.000.000.
come down, as well as some adjustments in the practice of ed
The trend in home construction siding, doors, flooring, millwork
In a war which would probably have traveled in Oregon.’'
bnnk of war in Berlin anti
he explained, is toward greater md other wood components.”
the national forest in letting bids.
■ merged unattacked is the tip-off be decided m the air. any marked
use of wood because if its econ-
Homes of wood frame construc-
JERRI
LEMERT
PLEDGES
This story concerns the national forest selling timber to to Russia's real state of prepared inferiority of either nation in oil
versatility and pleasing ap-1 lion may be faced with a variety
the highest bidder without taking other factors into consider ness In accepting defeat in the s ipply would doom it. Russia s PHI BETA TAI EH XT ER MTV omy.
pearance. "Individuality m horn- jf materials, such as wood siding,
ation A local lumber company made tentative plans to put Berlin airlift. Russia probably lost deficit in oil is notorious. Best PACIFIC UNIVERSITY F. : - cons
traction is another advantage wood shingles, brick veneer and
est
Grove.
Ore-
.
January
’
IS-
estimates
show
that
crude
oil
pro
the
whole
psychological
campaign
on a second shift at its mill, provided it could secure six
duction in Russia is now running Jerry Lemert, son of Mr and Mrs : to be gamed by using wood." he asbestos shingles.
or seven million feet of timber up for bid and wtwh was be Russian might hitherto the de at the rate of 750.000 barrels per l_ W. Lemert. Route 1. Cottage emphasized.
However, wood siding has been
ing advertised the latter part of December. We use the word
"These values will become more the leading material for exterior
' factor in the German mind, lay In the United States du ly Grow, recently pledged Phi Beta
advertise advisedly because so far as we know there was nc
Ti . local social fraternity at Pa- important in the months ahead facing since this country was first
debunked finallv And vet production is 6.200.000 barrels,
newspaper advertising or any other sort of advertising st
because of keener competition a- settled and it continues to hold
ratio of eight to one in o^r favor rific university
mon build»?rs and because home : :he top position. Bodme stated,
that the general public might be informed as to what was .•rvdible fact if they had
alb Russian refining capacity is 575.-
will be more d^scrunmat-
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r chapter of Intercollegiate
000 barrels ¡re r day. comparec1
happening. At any rate the local company submitted what been ready
ing. "
Wherever God erects a
of
they deemed a reasonable bid for the timber near at hand Î. The ll.irdanellos. Tc ntrol. with United States capacity or
is a freshman.
M <»od Frame Coastroetioa
_ prayer.
only to find that another concern outbid them and will have r to haie free transit through the 5. ■ !'10.000 barrels.
Steel production is the tradi
has been Ri ss ta s per
Boi re said the building
pat-
Dex^ always builds a chapel
.din? pr
to make a fifty mile haul in addition.
ustant goal for <
ry. Under tional barometer of a nation's pre- pamphlet titled.
• Sehe 1 ile tern this year is expected to in- .
-
Had the plan of the local lumber company been carried he Romanoffs. F sia fought the pirv I-- -i fcr war In 1951 Rus- of War. 1955.”
ri Ie a greater peree“» ‘ -e
‘
**
«Pon examina
out. some of the slack in unemployment here would have
tion.
- m steel o.tput w-as ’5.5 2.00)
(In the third, and final portion homes feat .ring weed frame con
been taken up. but as it happened one branch of the govern to wtn the prize. In 1940.
tons American outpu: was 105.- of his article, “Russia'» Big Bluff.” s' .c _'n and estimated the near- The latter has the largest congr
ton
ment used an unwise policy in taking the highest bid to get manded the Dardanelles < of Adolf it*
ly 9 out of every 10 new
more money and now another branch of the government Hitler as the pnee of alliance. Coal production is a prepared Sentinel. Mr. 5 a r n e v examine*
Success in life is a matter not
doles a handout to those out of work in the form of unem and defied him. in the fu! 11 know- ness index. Russian coal produc- Rusia’s atom weapon» reserve, and
t '....... ' Ail w o 2S5 •'< i o r ns Jiscusses the prev «lent attitude of
term wood frame- construc- so much of talent or opportunity
ployment compensation. This practice just doe« not make ledge of the horrors of
.toncan production the same the American people towarde th. ’ v ci r mc-
concentration and persever-
sense to us It is high time that the forest service recognize which were ahead, a when
F
--Charles William Wendte
to
home
buy
a responsibility to the economy of the people it serves if the
orre
Rubt*?r is ar. extremely impor
military
service expect* these people to help in pereptuatmg these
Sit idlv tant war commodity Russ a like
Philadelphia
forests.
A long established policy of the forest service and not
local men connected with the forest service can be blamed
for the community misfortune in this instance.
Spending Is Like Drugs
The Greenville. S'Uth Carolina. Pixxim "it recently made
this somber observation; "The yammering heard in certair
quarters over th,» failure of the Eisenhower administration tc
balance the national budget is nothing beside the reaming
>n we
pending is cut enough to reali balance
It.
We have becom
htioned to unbridled government
g much as an addict becx'mx»» conditioned to drugs
kind of spendirg goes on long enough it can destrej
nation
as drugs can destroy the strongest
iual
character and courage in high placet
t
me
take ch
acter and
act
part of the people to accept that
bitter but
yet that is precisely what we did
an inr
n 1947 in enu
man rapacity of
Doctrine, and
Xgamst this is American domestic
kev. Worse, f
in
Proceeds to go to the March of Dimes
23-ltp
h a haza
mithin
Irv
w h
with
A Tribute to
:t w
i haw
h.
luded outpu
hxh <* ». d i
idea
>f such
to brin^ :
pU>. too. an 1
science beca us«. vou
Budget Cuts Essential
rsc eevrex—
f the - feai
speed and load
r t
span Average da y ••
motive has jumper
The \dmtai.«tntkMi did * g.-xl job in cutting mor* than
ÿg OkljjQQ.PM from th»- budg»t it inherited fr ri th- previous
n g me for ’he current f ». d year. Indicati n» are that the
budget for th next yr at will he fixe or mx billkn» blow the
current year.
That repres.‘nh» ro*funen<iatkir pm^r"»». even though
budget txiian
i» not v» t a»» ired. If ( «mgre*» »gr» » to the
XXministmti ”! » proj» »a.1», it —••an» that th ▼ v mm nt re
reiring it»» 'f of “the iniram I hxbtt of rvtrax-axancr."
Thre i» all tn the good \ NiHnrrW bxid^-t m<vn» a »onn Ì
dottar and an end to the threat of infiatioa. The Adn.ia.stra-
ti»va mi'»t <'vat>ni»e tn »triv for furth» r r»»l’i ti n» r ‘pr
vag, rejpird;»»» of the u- utAods of j rrewirr gn uire.
"
the B.
-*-‘d
wr it
OUR BOY SCOUTS!
’•
Fa! -
wei the Englishman, conceived the
Scouts and. later, our own American. Dan Beard.
preedited
idea here, neither, we suspect ever
wor.l-w.de fountains of Youth he «as putting in
the Hower of young manhood
quarte1
। g eS' I heir ik-e l . m <• legion Their clean.
ihme forth from then scrubbed tace« «nd the
How
Ini lui» «nd
should be* Then merit badge*
a
»s
The Admin.-»trati.vn mu»t inten^f) its economy pro
gram. regard'. »» of attacks on it bv »p» nd» r» and ‘ d '-
Faster Freights
Kwr w
Macine, cha
enee says V
has «5 7 cars
COAST-TO-COAST STORE
Sat, Jan. 23 Starting at 10 A. M
the
ive f
-five
ked fc
Mr. and Mrs. Orvel Curfman,
former residents who are now liv
ing in Bremerton, Wash., have
written tc Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hesse
telling them of the death of Mrs.
Curfman's father. Mr. Verheist.
Mr Verheist died at a Seattle
hospital January’ 9 following a
heart attack. He had lived in Cot
tage Grove for a year with the
Curfmans who formerly owned
w- it is r. w Hesse's. Mr. Verheist
hid been taken to Seattle from
Brem ion where he had been liv
ing next door to his daughter and
son-in-law He is also survived by
a
John Verheist, former own-
er of the Evergreen Court, who
also is now in Bremerton.
DORENA YOUTH GROUP
CG High Play Proceeds Go to Pool
We
the [X
WU d
W
All the
pee! R<
ISE t It
real!y want the sw
fur ft
Former CG Resident
Dies of Heart Attack
ty
cvvss er f.i .
For
by "54 '
needed
■ synth,
nt that R
s od field
Scout Troop 18, sponsored by
the Methodist Church will hold
a Court of Honor January 25 at
7:30 p.m. at the church.
Darrell Lee will enter the First
Class: Dai id England. Lynn Nord.
Veland Thiede. Dennis Hinds and
Jeffrey Turay will go into the
Second Class.
Candidate Scouts for the Ten-
derfoot class, held at a separate
Investiture are Hubert Kopper-
man, David Nystrom. Larry Lev
ens. Clarence Fair. Michael Mor-
riss and Burt Kephart.
Dr. David Morris took over re
cently as Scoutmaster. Howard
Langston is assistant Scoutmaster.
FOOD SÀIE
NATIONAL CONTOUR CHAIR
has de
Court of Honor Mon
»-ivi- and pi hte in Hielt otgan-
We Salute Our Town!
I M
U-UOLN-MERCIRY.