BROOK INGS - H ARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
rAGE EIGHT
The World’s Best Climate
European Situation Explained Tuesday
At Rotary Club By An Ex-Army Officer
H P Bos” Bosworth, of M< d-'
meX ot the Rotary club
ford, me------ —
,
of that place, and an ex-ai mv
colonel oi engineers, who was in
Europe with the military govern
ment in Berlin at the beginning
ol occupation, told the Rotarians
Tuesday oi his impressions of the
situation and his tinal analysis ot
the situation.
The speakers’ experiences i n
Europe were varied. He helped
re-building an electric plant at
Caen, a few days after Normandy
under shell fire. He "3S in Hol
land for many months helping to
clean up that country after the
condition left by the Germans in
their evacuation. Ho displayed a
map to show how the Hollanders
first planned a defense, how all
this had l>een added to by the
Germans, and how the U. S. army
had to remove millions of land
mines, restore sewers, bridges, and
at the same time keep a supply
of materiel flowing to the allied
armies then advancing toward
Berlin.
Holland, a thickly populated
nation, has an area about an
eighth of the size of Oregon, but
nine
in that territory
million people. With German oc
cupation. with the Germans lay
ing up fortifications in case of
an allied invasion through the
north sea, Holland’s economy had
lie n completely wrecked by the
war. Most of the Holland houses
and business buildings in the cit
ies had been leveled by the war
fare.
At The Hague a Russian am
bassador told the military govern
ment officials that Russia had five
objectives in the peace settle
ment. two of which were repar
ations for the destruction to the
Soviet union. Russia wanted un-
disuuted control of the Danie-
nelles, an open port both on the
Baltic and tn Korea Io date, ¿he
speaker said, he had seen no ma
terial change in these demands.
Russia’s plan in Berlin was to
loot Germany of her resources in
reparation. Everything was moved
that could be moved. The Mark
was inflated in the Russian zone,
Russian soldiers, not paid tor
a year or more were paid in this
inflated money, beginning the big
black markets in the Russian-
occupied territory.
Russia is about to lift the Ber
lin blockade, to save her face in
Germanv. but the speaker em-
.hasized that Russia, in the mean
time, had trained a police force,
and had set up a Communistic
government which Russia hopes
vHIl complete the job of making
Germany a Communistic coun
try when all military occupation
ib w ithdrawn.
Russia’s movement to set up
a ring of ”bufTer’ states all around
Russia is for the purpose of pre
venting another war from ever
reaching Russian soil. Russia lost
19 million in the late war. and
has claims of much property dam-
a^e and loss. Germ.ins are pay
ing for this by and through slave
labor today, together with the
looting beine carried out.
Perhaps Russia has lost face in
Germany, the speaker concluded,
but she has gained an end by
setting up her type of govern
ment which Russia hopes will be
ocon« enough to sieze the nation
if military' occupation is ever re
called fr<»m that country.
Mr. Bosworth was decorated
with Legion of Merit award by
General Eisenhower, for the as
signments he carried out while
with the engineer corps. He is
assistant manager of California-
Oregon Power Co., at Medford.
Ben Russell of Bend, purchaser
of Chet co Inn: George Milford
and Dr. Doan of Red Bluff. Calif.,
C. O. Pyles, of Crescent City, lo-
ca! manager of COPCO: H. E.
Shillander; and Doan Hamilton.
Central Tranfer Is
Sold To Coos Bay
Trucking Ooerator
Dave Franklin. Coos Bay truck
operator for a number of years,
last Friday announced local I v the
purchase» of the Central I vans-
fer Company, and the apiKÙnt
ment of W, S Chadwick
agent.
Mr. Franklin told the
•st endeavor to
good-will which
the transfer line once held, and
that he would give the best pos-
sible son ice from Portland and
Co. Service Officii
Reports To You:
RY C. E. SEGEl
Gold Beach. Ore.
Most of the major legislation
introduced for veterans. includ
ing a move to liberalize the farm
and home loan, an increase in
education benefits, and financial
aid to counties employing county
The main office of the com- veteran service officers, and war
panv has been moved from Ban- veterans’ organizations, was act
on to Coos Bay. at 161 East Date ed on favorably by recent legis
lature. the state department of
Street. phone 142.
a couple of paragraphs of com- thority under the interstate com
veterans’ affairs reports.
merce clause to cover formerly
The following measures were ment made in his weekly news- exempt employments and the*
d.
letter to his congressional district
P1 An amendment permitting by Rep. Errett P. Scriber ot changing of exemptions for cer
.
veterans who came to Oregon af- Kansas. He writes
aa.uraU tain seasonal industries.
Typical of government bureaus,’
er World War 2 to obtain the; “inside” knowledge because he is
a
member
of
the
appropriations
the
wage and hour administration
maximum. $6000. 4% farm and
has exercised all authority grant
home loan, provided they have committee:
•Recent news stories credit the ed or by implication and has ex
resided here for two years be
tween the time of separation and chairman of the appropriations panded its activities into areas
Dec. 31. 1950. This measure goes committee, Mr. Cannon, Demo of business where there is little
before the voters in the Nov. crat, of Missouri, with burning or no authority in law. To pro
zeal for economy. Had he helped tect its position, it now comes to
1950 general election.
2. An amendment raising the the
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...... ........ during the 80th congress asking for language spe
state educational benefits from congress, we could have saved cifically authorizing its acts and
$35 to S50 a month for'Oregon more than the three bililan dol- extending authority to new fields.
under- lars we did save. During the 80th During hearings before the house
veterans taking full-time under
congress, on bills relating just labor committee, the secretary of
graduate college courses.
3. An act providing state as- to one department. Mr. Cannon labor was asked what employment
sistance for county service offi- offered ten amendments which, it would not come within interstate
cers and accredited war veter accepted, would have increased commerce under the proposed
ans’ organizations offering rehab- appropriations by $306,077,666. amendments. The secretary hesi
These being defeated, he offered tated and turned to his solicitor.
ilitation service to veterans.
4. An amendment giving vet- ; two motions to rc-commit carry The solicitor thought for a mom
erans preference to state civil ing amendments to increase the ent and replied, “the local barber
service promotions as well as amounts by $289,385.710. Actions shop.” After another pause, he
added, “probably.”
speak louder than words.
employment.
Lesser measures include a $30.- ;
“Op to date, under Mr. Can
Rep. Wingate Lucas, Democrat
000 appropriation t o acquire |___
non. who has sat in with each from Texas, and member of the
land adjacent to Lincoln memor- commtdee. when it decided the । house labor committee has intro
ial park, Portland, for a national amount to recommend to the duced a substitute for the admin
war veterans cemetery: repay house, the first five appropria istration bill.
Lucas declares.
ment of income taxes collected tion bills have authorized spend “The adminisration bill gives
on terminal leave pay received ing of nearly a billion dollars, more power to an administrator
m 1946; a $1500 annual appropri $945.316,405, more than allowed than any bill ever reported during
ation to the United Spanish War. by the 80th congress in similar peace time by a committee of
veterans for maintaining a de-' bills. Democrats, of course, will congress.”
partment office at Portland and point out that the amounts al
for its annual encampment ex-: lowed are $389 million less than
penses; and a $1500 appropria-j the president suggested in his
tion to investigate the need for budget, but that will not lighten
erecting homes for aged and in-i rhe load on the taxpayer.”
firm veterans.
The foregoing was written sev
Write your county veterans! eral weeks ago. Several other ap
sen ice for further information propriation bills have been acted
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ner made his con.ment. The
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spending record of ihe 81st con
gress continues to be bad. Hous^
.1. C. EVANS & SON
appropriation bills to date total
The high school’s “first annual more than four billions of dollars Phone 1921
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this week, has been postponed samp bills passed by the previous
to permit (80th) congress.
until Friday. May
the Azalea Festival association to
decorate the gymnasium for the
It seems probable that the next
flower show, which will be stag- big test of the administration’s
strength in the house will come STARK BROS. NURSERIES at
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well at Room 412. Emanuel hos hour act. This legislation has been
pital. Portland, after her major pending before the house rules
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Mr. Hampton, who had been in ”ule prohibiting amendments and
fruit trees.
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Portland since Thursday evening, the committee has declined
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returned late Monday.
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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949.
Upcoming soon in both the
house and senate will be a de
ficiency carrying the appropria
tion for the ECA (European Re-
covery Adm i n i s t r a t ion M a rsha 11
plan*. The program has been
authorized by congress for an- i
other year. The actual money to
be spent on it has not vet been
determined. There has been some
evidence that the president and
ECA officials got more than they
expected in the authorization bill
and are now just a little worried
that thev may have reached too
high. Not long ago. the president
indicated that he thought “due
to declining prices” the appropri
ation could be cut more than a
hundred million dollars under the
authorization figure. I understand
there have been some even lower
guesses from administration
sources.
This all goes to prove that the
accuracy of my comment on the
floor of the house when the au
thorization bill was being de
bated. It was my opinion then,
and I so stated. that the author
ization figure of some five and
one-half billions was carelessly
calculated and should not be con
sidered as exact or final figures.
I am hopeful that the appropria
tions commit toes of both house
of congress will comb all of th
optimism out of the ECA
print ion request.
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