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Coal Still Chief Source of Energy
Coal Is used so little In western Oregon that
it Is almost a "stranger." We depend chiefly on
petroleum for heating and on hydroelectric
energy for light and power, though consider
able wood or sawdust is still used as fueL To us
coal is dirty and its smoke offensive, so we are
happy to have substitutes.
For the country as a whole, however, coal
still carries the heavy end of the load. Though
it has been called a sick industry, and it has
suffered heavy competition from petroleum and
natural gas, it still provides most of the heat
energy used in the United States. To publicize
its importance the Bituminous Coal institute has
issued an elaborate 1951 Bituminous Coal an
nual which is packed full of interesting infor
mation. The comparison of the "work load" of miner
al fuels and power for the United States for
1950 is as follows: Bituminous coal 44.8 per
cent; petroleum 22.8 per cent; natural gas 22.9
per cent hydroelectric 6.1 per cent; anthracite
coal 3.8 per cent. In the case of steam genera
tion of electricity, coal furnished 66.6 per cent
of the fuel, natural gas 19.1 per cent and oil
14.1 per cent
The United States Is by far the largest pro
ducer of coal in the world. Distribution of the
over 500 million tons of bituminous coal mined
last year was as follows: Coke ovens and steel
mills 111 million tons, 24.5 per cent; other in
dustries 102 million tons, 22.7 per cent; utilities
68 million tons, 19.4 per cent; railroads 65 mil
lion tons, 14.3 per cent; retail deliveries (home
and commercial heating) 86 million tons, 19.1
per cent. Railroad consumption has steadily de
clined as roads convert to diesel power. Coal
companies have hopes of recovering railroad
rower business through development of a coal
urning gas turbine locomotive.
Export demand has been heavy this year,
particularly to Europe. This movement is from
the eastern coal fields to Hampton Roads, New
Yovo Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Other interesting facts reported in this Bitu
minous Coal annual are: Over 90 per cent of the
coal is now machine-mined and over 75 per
cent mechanically loaded. Output per man hour
was .438 ton in 1920 and .863 ton in 1950. There
are 5000 ' bituminous coal mining companies
which operate 8000 mines. The number of work
ers employed is between 400,000 and 500,000
back in 1920-24 the average number was 663,
000. Where the boosters of bituminous coal really
boast is over the reserves which are estimated
at 1,212,213 million tons enough at the recent
average rate of consumption to last 1,612 years,
which far exceeds the known reserves of petro
leum and natural gas.
The states with the largest bituminous coal
reserves are not Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Ohio, as one might expect, but North Da
kota, Colorado, Illinois and Montana. The North
Dakota coal is lignite, low-grade for fuel but a
great reserve against future needs.
We may be happy here in Oregon that we are
spared coal smoke and coal ashes and cinders
and soot. But lack of good coal deposits and
petroleum and natural gas puts the state at
disadvantage in industrial development. That is
what makes our hydroelectric energy so im
portant. We may, however, be able to draw on
natural gas reserves of Canada, and, of course,
can import coal from Utah and Wyoming. The
regions that have coal have a real advantage for
heavy industry. Our energy should be conserv
ed for light industry.
It Wasn't Just the 'Me-Too' Campaign Which
Defeated Dewey in 1948 Presidential Raco
By Joseph AIsop
WASHINGTON, Dec 8
"Harry S. Truman is Robert A.
Tart's ace - in - the - hole." The
coiner of this y
somewhat em- -btttered
aphor-
ism was a lead- f
ing supporter of f
Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower for
the republican ?
nomination. He--
meant that as '
the president I
grows weaker
in the country.l
Senator Taft'st" :
0hane of
MM
raining the republican nomina
tion Improve proportionally.
The reasoa is simple. As the
president weakens, Uva orthodox
republicans are correspondingly
emboldens1 to ignore the stress;
hints, tn tha polls and elsewhere,
that Senator Tart is not their
Kty'a most popeiar candidate.
tj look at the rather special
result of the Ohie election last
year. They Bates to the eft-re-poated
story that President Xra
man sly wea 1st 1941 because of
Gov. Thomas K. Dewey's "me
too" campaign. And they drift
happily toward the Taft camp.
This reporter haxwhollr re
tired from the business of pre
dicting elections; and' no one to
his senses, at this early date,
would even try to guess at the
outcome of a Taft-Truman or a
Taft-Vinsott race. It is worth
pointing out, however, .-mat the
famous "me -too" theory la Just
about as phony as any political
theory can be. Aad the actual
results In 1143 tell the story aa
clearly as any political story can
be told.
What " Tr hail i i i la IMS
eaa be simply mmnlml la
sneat key states MeiHint Tra
ftaan ran pretty far ftjehtod. and
Governor Dewey ran rather far
ahead, of their respect! re tickets.
The spread was an usually wide
in states where the local republi
cans had wared campaigns of the
orthodox. "Chicago Tribune"
tested sort. And the only repub
lican of aay significance who ran
well ahead of Dewey was far
snore of a ma -too republican than
Dewey elan If.
In Illinois, for example, Pre
sident Truman sqaeaked through
by a majority of only 33,000. But
Gov. Adlal Stevenson beat Col.
Robert R. McCormick'i guber
natorial candidate, Dwight
Green, by a gigantic majority of
nearly 575,000, while Sen. Paul
Douglas trounced Curly Brooks
by nearly 500,000 votes.
Both Governor Stevenson and
Senator Denrfaa were to the left
of President Truman if anything.
No one, by the wildest stretch of
the Imagination, oonld aay that
Green and Dong-las were even
slightly stained with me-too ten
dencies. In TT1 tapis, in fact, yea
eeuld aay that Dewey was drag
ged down by the extreme weak
ness of a violently anU-me-too
local ticket, which polled around
half a mflOon votes less than
Dewey did.
In Ohio, again. President Tru
man squeaked through by the
tiny majority of 17,000, while
a republican gubernatorial can
didate of the Taft stripe was
beaten by Frank Lanscba by
more than 320,000. There Is no
need to multiply these figures,
. which are broadly representative
of the general f tn j through
out the country fck 1944. But tbe
exception is rtfll worth noting.
In Kentucky. Truman beat
Dewey by 125.000, bat the ex
treme me-too republican, Sher
man Cooper, came within only
za.ooo votes ox sr
senatorship from Virgil
man. ;
In plain
facts bely the whole me-too the
ory. There are seme ether hard
facts that republicans will also
do wen to bear tn mind. In New
York in 1S4S, for example. Dew-
Home for Historical Society
Good news for all who are loyal to Oregon
history comes with the report of the donation
of the F. W. Leadbetter mansion in Portland to
the Oregon Historical Society. It is an outright
gift to the Society by Mrs. Carolina Leadbetter
and the Leadbetter family. It is a large stone
house on a 200x200 ft. lot at 2407 SW Park
place, at the east entrance to Washington park.
Thus, it is conveniently located but outside the)
busy central section of the city.
The society plans to use the house for its of
Sees, and to display light museum materials
on the second and third floors and heavier pieces
in the basement. Planned is a permanent lib
rary building to be erected adjacent to the
house for storage of the society's fine collection
of documents, papers, archives.
This gift means a great deal to the whole
northwest, providing as it does a permanent
home for the principal repository of historical
material dealing with the Oregon country. For
years the society has occupied cramped quar
ters on one of the levels of the municipal audi
torium in Portland. The wonderful gift of the
Leadbetters now gives the society a permanent
and attractive home.
Recent rains have done some good: they have
made unnecessary any electric brownout before
Christmas. This is the announcement of J. H.
Gumz in Seattle, regional power administrator.
Since the pre - Christmas consumption is the
heaviest of the year the prospect now is that
we can go through the winter without a brown
out. There may be a tight squeeze in the win
ter of 1952-53; then in late 1953 production will
be starting from some of the new dams. As it
looks now the brownout ordered briefly last
October was unnecessary and gave the region a
lot of bad advertising.
What will happen to the magazine New York
er now that its creator, Harold W. Ross, is dead.
He was the genius who made the New Yorker
the vehicle for the sophisticate. Its brittle wit
in cartoons and in paragraphs, its picture of a
sleek New York rather than of a bejeweled do
wager gave the magazine popularity over the
country quite as much as in the metropolis it
self. Whether that will be retained now that its
guiding spirit is gone is a master of concern to
the literary world.
It is to be wondered what there is about one
way streets that makes drivers think they own
them, lock, stock and curbing. Quite a few of
them appear to be trying for new speed rec
ords, and a good share have accepted the new
traffic system as a license to cut every corner
in town. It looks like another case of a reason
ably good plan being sabotaged by application.
The department of commerce's move to cur
tail service at the Salem weather bureau hasn't
made any difference in the unfailing courtesy
and consideration which . telephone callers re
ceive from the McNary field station. We are
hopeful the department will leave the present
personnel right here.
Remember the battle over a 70-group air
force back in the early days of defense unifica
tion? Congress voted it but the president cut it
back to a 48 - group airforce. Now Secretary
Lovett says the goal is for a 143-group air
force. In defense spending the first bidder nev
er has a chance.
ey beat Truman by only 141.94
votes, while Henry A. Wallaoe
polled well ever 500,000, most
of which weald hare gone to
Truman with ao progressive
candidate ta the race. And to
Pennsylvania, Dewey carried the
state by only 238,000. with S,-
000 going to the
This secondary group of facts
suggests a further conclusion.
The republicans in IMS not only
lost a number of big; crucial
states where they had strongly
anti - me - too local candidates.
They also came perilously close
to losing other largo and im
portant states, even though their
local tickets were comparatively
strong. And precisely these states
are still doubtful. If Senator Taft
is nominated, his situation is
sure to be far from easy in New
York, where Governor Dewey's
organization will hardly pat
forth a great effort for him. In
Pennsylvania, meanwhile, the
increasing decay of the republi
can organization has just been
dramatically disclosed by their
loss of the ancient stronghold of
Philadelphia.
Finally, there is the problem of
the south. Southern leaders like
Gov. James F. Byrnes aad Sen.
Harry F. Byrd are widely quot
ed to the effect that General
would carry fear or
states; but
regretfully predict
win ne-vj
Thft. For the
south.
i" would
of a geed
facts and figures
a lot or very little. Jt
few more tax
Harry S. Truman could make as
poor a showing against Senator
Taft aa "Jumping Joe" Ferguson
made to Ohio last year. In short,
the purpose of printing the facts
and figures is only to set a much
misrepresented record relatively
straight
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young veterans sought and held
Jobs while the GIs were taking
advantage of the educational op
portunities offered by the gov
ernment. In 1949. so Mrs. Mavity
quotes the figures of the U. S
department of labor. 48 per cent
of the married women held tobs
outside the home, as grt 30
per cent in 1940. She adds that
a larger number of employed
women are married than rgi
From this it is fair to conclude
that the working wife is here
to stay!
Naturally, the first question
that arises is. What about the
children in the home where both
parents hold down Jobs outside
the home? Workers among Ju
veniles attribute a considerable
share of the problems of delin
quency to the fact that both par
ents work and the youngsters
are adrift between close of school
and return of the parent to the
home.
There is no single answer to
the problem. Some have older
relatives living in or near the
home who will look after the
children. Others leave them in
day nursery homes where they
not only get good care but have
association with other children.
Some leave the smaller children
under the custody of a teen
ager which often isnt so good.
And sometimes working shifts
are arranged so that one parent
Is home while the other works.
It is no use Inveighing against
the new custom. Demands of the
modern home good housing;
numerous appliances, an automo
bile, and the costs of subsistence
(food, clothing, etc) impel the
wife to get a Job ao the family
will have two Incomes instead
of one. And there are factors
which make that ventme less
difficult than formerly. For ex
ample, modern appliances for
housework lighten the burden.
Foods are obtainable which re
quire little preparation for serv
ing. There Is more dinm out.
The auto accelerates travel. Two
days off a week give opportunity
xo eaten up on home chores and
to get acquainted with others of
the family. Teachers have a long
vacation in suxnmerume they
to the same end.
Nor can one say that children
from two-Job homes all turn out
badly. Anyone can disprove that
by thinking of friends who have
done a good Job raising their
children though father and moth
er were employed.
But though the breach from
tradition may be
maintaining a good home life
and surrounding children with
both love and discipline
both parents work does create
numerous problems. Individual
families wiD have to solve
questions the best way they can;
and the Interests of the children
ought to be paramount. Holding
down a Job so the wife can get
extra luxuries will not compen
sate for wayward or maladjusted
children.
Two incomes may ease the
nomie problem In the home; but
two incomes would be too costly
if they defeated the real purpose
ox tne
ai3?-.fltia3
Quotes for today 11 edit
Guldeme, Thou great Jehova.
Pilgrim through this troubled
land. I am weak, but Thou art
mighty. Bold me with Thy
mighty hand.
W. Williams
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XTua letter came in ty
mouse, not a. man. My name
often that
mice correspond
trap. It has
poem that our
several weeks.
f lJ: I "It is the
nirht before
house, not a
A MOUSE.'
namely that
active of all animals) were
. : T - ' t .1
spirit. The oraanlsation of which I am secretary and chief cat
watcher The Amalgamated Protective Society of Field and Door
Kodents feel that this Inference holds us up to ridicule to the
rest of the animal tribe.
"But I can prove that the idea that mice were not up and
doing on that Christmas eve long ago is as full of holes as a
Swiss cheese. On that night my great-grandfather was reading
a Christmas carol, Of Mice and Men,' to his 476 children. My
great-grandmother was in the kitchen making a cheese pudding.
My great-uncle Oscar was mixing Oswald and Jerries. My
great-aunt Willhelmina was teasing 214 of the kiddies with a
rubber cat. And when old Santa came down the chimney cov
ered with soot and snow they all stood by the hole in the wall
and watched him. He set out a lot of toys for the humans and
then as a friendly gesture to the mice he snapped all the mouse
traps in the house.
"In spite of an that, h
that particular poem
Me from the other
cata snobithly
to chase
nishta
traps
to exterminate enr ancient and
which cave the English
"Now for the remedy. Our
Is asleep all winter anyway,
poem read: Not even a BEAR?' Or: 'Not even a MOA BIRD
which is extinct? So do what you can, won't you? You may
wonder if your readers will really believe I wrote this. Well,
one day recently the owner of the house in which we live stuff
ed one of your papers into our mousehole. And after reading
your column our group agreed that none of your readers ought
to have any trouble believing a mouse could .write a letter like
this. Sincerely, R. J. Fieldmouse."
UAL Seeking
Lower Rates
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 -(P- United
Air Lines said Friday it Is filing
new and lower air coach fare
rates with the civil aeronautics
board.
The new schedule will cut pas
senger coach fares to around 3
cents a mile compared with pres
ent coach fares of about 4V4 cents
and the standard fare of around 6
cents. The new fares, if approved
by the CAB, will be offered on
transcontinental flights.
W. A. Patterson, president, said
the lower rates represent a new
venture in the scheduled air line
field.
Aren8 Promoted to
First Lieutenant
George J. Arena, son of Mr. and
O. Arena of 5C Rose St.,
has been promoted to the rank of
first lieutenant with the 4th in
fantry division in Germany.
Areas, a 1949 graduate of Ore
gon State college, was recalled to
active duty this year and is pre
tty a special staff officer with
toe division's 4th Engineer bat
talion.
1 1 ""u iwfcM'.Mw,M ii.ii.ia 5 JBa Gulf ex I
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r?ws Y7TU
carrier pigeon: Dear sir: I am a
is Rover J. Fieldmouse. It is not
with you humans but this matter
which I am about to bring up has caused us
mice more trouble than a self-loading mouse
to do with a certain Christmas
little ears will hear in millions
of homes, schools and auditoriums for the next
poem which berinst
Christmas and all tta out the
creature was stlrrinc. NOT BTEN
The implication here is
wo mice (noted for being the
not entering into the Christmas
have been led to beUeva that
on that Yuletido eve. Ever since
published weVe had nothing but tron-
Dors took to chasing us. And some
as at aU. Scientists stayed up
In a deliberate attempt, we feel.
honorable tribe. Until finally the
langruare such words as moust-
to Aesop, freed a lion, was sorely bo-
friend Bernard the Bear says he
so why couldn't that line of the
Col. Adams Wins
Bronze Star
Lt. CoL Howard O. Adams, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Adams
of Salem, has recently been
awarded the bronze star medal
for meritorious service in Korea
The decoration was presented in
recognition of Colonel Adams ac
hievement in connection with
handling and evacuating ordnance
supplies in the face of the enemy
in December, 1950.
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