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Pag 4 Eugene Register-Guard, Friday, an. 21, 1M4. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER iPvjblulltd Evary Evanlns and Sunday, Barron and publisher Alton r. attar MANAGING EDITOR William M. 1Mlm.ll NEWS SERVICE ... Atanclalad PraM, Unltad Praaj MEMBER Audit Bureau of Circulation Entared tt tha Pott Orflct It Euftnt, Orefon. at wcond data mattar. Tha RalUttr-Ouard'i policy It tha oomplata and Imparlltl publication In Hi nawt pacat of all nawt and itatamenti on nawi. On thla paga tha editor! of Tha RegUtcr-Guard offer thair opinlont on tvanta of tha day and matttra of lmporunca to tha community, endeavoring to oa candid but fair and helpful In tha development of corutructiva nunlty policy. THE ONE-GAL REBELLION . Anyhow it may be said for the vivacious and photogenic Vivien Kellems (formerly of Eugene) that she has done more to attract national attention to a really serious post war problem than all the ponderous Manu facturers' Associations and Chambers of Commerce. That problem is the setting up of suffi cient cash reserves in industry so that when the post-war period comes (and it has already begun), industry can do its full share in "re-conversion" and making full time jobs for American citizens. The trouble is that I the government in its eagerness to prevent i unfair war profits- is now seizing so much in ' "excess profits taxes" that industry itself 1 may be "on relief" (dependent on govern ment loans) when the war is over. For more than a year this newspaper has been sounding off on this subject. We agree ; heartily with Senator O'Mahoncy's proposal that if such post-war reserves are permitted ', by Congress, the federal government should ' have the power to confiscate them if they are ' not used properly. But we insist that every day's delay in setting up such reserves may add to our troubles. The energetic Miss Kellems has taken ;, steps to dramatize the problem. She has sim ', ply refused to turn over her installment of ." federal taxes due last December. Oregon's ' gift to, industrial Connecticut calls it her ' "Westport Tea Party," and in effect defies ' solemn Secretary Morgenthau and his min f ions to .come and get her. ;: Instead of responding chivalrously: ? "That would be pleasure." ", Instead, the able Secretary declares that ' Miss Kellems' action "smacks of disloyalty" : (and it seems fairly certain that somebody may get smacked before it is over). However, ' it is doubtful if Secretary Morgenthau will order "La Belle Kellems" incarcerated in the ' nearest jail. It is still an American's right ,;! to protest unwise or unfair policies of " gov'ment, and when the American happens also to be a lady (and a very attractive one) it is not smart to add fuel to the flames of ; her publicity. Fact is that Mr. Morgenthau and every- body else knows that Miss Kellems has ac - complished her main purpose already. She has dramatized the problem where stodgy males have failed. The problem of post-war reserves for in dustry is not simple. For some weeks we , have had on the desk a very able argument by Professor Hoyt C. Franchere against the . proposition, which we hope to present and discuss whenever we can find a little space. There are "two sides" to this as with every ; problem. Main point is that the issue should not be overlooked or delayed.- It concerns all of r us, employers or employed. Far from being "unpatriotic" as Mr. Morgenthau would have us believe, Miss Kellems has performed a .service by exercising the inalienable privi- lege of her sex to speak out of turn. These women! Oregon still produces "unreconstructed Americans." Everybody concurs in the Realty Board's selection of the man in service as First Citi zen of 1943, and we nominate him for the first five years after the war ends, just in case we might forget. New slogan for Eugene: "The city with never a dull moment; and it ain't the climate!" Don Upjohn in the Salem Capital Journal wants a law "to take the prophets out of war." Amen, brother! Start at the top. The Order of the Buggyride is about to convene to determine whether Rufus or Wayne should have a front seat. It is a diffi cult situation requiring lots of horse. President Roosevelt is also aware of spring, says the nation's 5,000 ration boards are "as American as baseball" judging no doubt by the squawks. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK Ml'RRAT OF C.I.O. IS RIGHT (Mfdford Mall-Tribune) Mr. Philip Murray of C.t.O., declares the presi dent's universal aervlce proposal is a "quack rem edy" and a "confetslon of weakness on the psrt of the administration." Well Mr. Murray Is right HALF rliht at least. It IS t confession of weakness. of failure when the war started of going the whole hoc in this labor business, Instead of backing and filling, until matters have drifted Into a virtual Impasse. Hindsight of course is always easier than fore tight. But it is still difficult to understand why the Roosevelt administration did not follow the lead of England, Canada and oher dominions, when war was declared and either adopt universal eervke which would have rendered any SERIOUS far. reaching walkouts impossible, or adopt an anti strike law with TEETH In it. There was even a third alternative. Create a War Labor Board with FULL powers to act, Instead of such a board as now operates, the decisions of which are not backed up by the government or respected by organized labor. For some mysterious reason, however. Presi dent Roosevelt chose to do none of these things. And what has been the result? One strike after another. And not small, brief walkouts as has been true in England, but strikes on a large scale, often involving thousands of workers in such vital industries as coal, railroads and steel. Even more deplorable, each and every strike has WORKED. The unions have not only got what they wanted, but more than they asked for, or expected. In fact in at least one instance, the wage raise that the War Labor Board turned down as excessive and inflationary, President Roosevelt not only al lowed but INCREASED! So what? Strikes in wartime have been placed definitely and officially on a profitable basis. Then what can one expect, that labor finding strikes profitable in wartime, will voluntarily quit striking? Hardlyl So, in that sense Mr. Murray of C.I.O. is right, the sudden switch of the administration to uni versal service as a cure for strikes, was, and is, a "confession" of weakness. . But we don't believe Mr. Murray would accept that interpretation of his remark as strictly correct! WASHINGTON LETTER By PETER EDSON Register-Guard Washington Correspondent BUDGET AND POST-WAR PLANS Die most complete statement yet made on the Roosevelt administration's program for post-war readjustment and preparation for peace was buried in the middle of the president's budget message to congress.. Being less spectacular than the acrobatic juggling of the billion dollar figures on the cost of the war and the public debt, this middle section on reconstruction received scant notice. The president made no estimates of what this proposed post-war program would cost, but the whole thing was summarized under the heading of. contract termination, disposal of surplus property, industrial reconversion, manpower demobilization and re-employment, public works planning, vet erans' legislation, social security, and problems of international readjustment. Of these eight principal divisions, the one sub ject of Interest to most people is this question of manpower demobilization and re-employment. All the other seven subjects are dependent on It and It is dependent on them. Re-employment Help Needed This demobilization has already begun, the presi dent points out. Already a million men and women have been discharged from active military duty be cause of age. physical and mental disabilities. All need help in findin? their way back into peacetime employment. But this war, says the president, "is causing substantial changes in geographic, tech nological and market structures of industry." Faced with this, the budget measure declares, "It is im perative we be on guard against any weakening of the administrative agencies which have been estab-. lished for'the purpose of Job placement, counseling and training." This can be taken to mean a post-war strength ening of the U. S.' employment service, manpower controls, training-ln-industry programs and all the other wartime stimulants to labor supply. As far as the USES Is concerned, it can be interpreted to mean renewal of requests that this employment service be permanently federalized and completely divorced from state control. The president repeats earlier recommendations for strengthening social security legislation to cush ion the shock of post-war readjustment. Thla means extending old-age Insurance coverage to many groups now denied protection. Inclusion of disability benefits, granting of coverage to those in the armed services for the periods of their war duty, granting them benefits in addition to veterans' pensions, and providing national service life insur ance in case of death or disability resulting from military service. Unemployment Allowances Recommendations for strengthening unemploy ment Insurance are repeated and to them are added suggestions for federal unemployment allowances for members of the armed service, unemployment insurance for maritime employes and a temporary system of unemployment allowances for civilians in federal service who, because of wartime employ ment, have been unable to build up their social se curity accounts under existing law, ' On top of this direct aid to individuals, the pres. Ident foresees the urgent need for certain public works planning, through specifying that the major need is for stlmulaUon of private investment and employment t Pointing to the present government ownership of $18,000,000,000 worth of new Industrial plants, of $13,000,000,000 worth of land and non-industtial construction, and of "scores of billions" of dollars worth of raw materials, ships, aircraft, munitions and other property which will have to be disposed of as surpluses, the president calls for unified policy to deal with contract termination and in dustrial readjustment. Finally, he ties these In with discussions being conducted among the United Nations, now at work on plans to expedite the International flow of capital, to stabilize currencies, remove obstacles to international trade, set up a permanent Interna tional organization for managing production and distribution control on agriculture and food, and to facilitate maritime and air transportation. OLIVE BARBER'S OBSERVATIONS S3 NO ANSWERS FOR SOME A columnist lacks the inspiration which a vis ible audience gives a speaker. But a speaker does not receive the even greater inspiration which a writer gels from tne letters wnicn readers write; letters of both ap preciation and criticism. Writing would bo a mighty lonesome busi ness were it nut for such reader responses. Only when letters have been inadvertently lost, have 1 AWl. tailed to reply. rw Yct wnal viin 1 SB-V in rep'y ,0' f I letters which now come all too KMa2baaJ frequently, from mothers telling me of the loss of a son in combat. There simply are no words in the dictionary with which to answer such letters, rtnthcr should they be answered with the little inarticulate sounds and gestures of sympathy which can't be spelled; only seen and fell. Sometimes I delay answering such a letter, seeking for a phrase or a sentence which will ex press the grief 1 share with the writer. Yet the right phrase or sentence never comes. Anything I can say is so slumblingly inadequate. What could 1 say. for instnnce. to Uie mother who wrote: "My dear son is reported missing since the first of August. Ho was one of the boys who flew over the Rumanian oil, fields when we lost JJ bombers and 500 men. He was one of the 500. "I have always cut out your little write-ups and sent them to him. no matter where he was. He said the other boys read them, too. and when he got a letter from me would ask, "Well, what has Olive Barber been doing lalely?' "Though grown, he was to me. still my little curly headed boy. He was an engineer gunner. I was so proud." There was such finality In her use of the past tense. Another mother wrote me her boy was reported misting, but never for one minute felt he had been killed. Almost two years went by. Then the other day came a letter saying she d re ceived word from him; that he was a prisoner. But he was alive! There was no shortage of words with which to answer that letter. They crowded at the tip of my pencil, impatient to go winging on their Joyful way. But for those other letters no words bc my pencil for ralaaaa, tor that are none. Mothers Turn In $200 For Scholarships By MARIAN LOWRY QT the meeting of the University : of Oregon Mothers club, Eu- gene branch, Wednesday after noon, announcement was made that a sum of two hundred dollars will be turned in this week toward , the gchoiarsmps supplied each year by university mothers' groups throughout the state. This amount is one of the largest ever turned in at one time by the local moth ers. About fifty attended the. Wednesday gathering. Dr. Howard R. Taylor, associate dean of the graduate school and head of the I psychology department; talked to the group on university and army tests. Elect la April Mrs. Marvin T. Warlick, presi dent, named Mrs. R. U. Moore, Mrs. Mary C. Brockelbank, and Mrs, A. Ralph Gray as a nominat ing committee. The club elects at its next meet ing, April 19, that event to be the final one of the school year, a L. O. E. EVENT l Ladies of the Elks held their card party, Thursday afternoon, about thirty-five attending. At contract bridge, Mrs. A. R. Curtis and Mrs. B. F. Ryan won the hon- I ors, and at auction, Mrs. E. A. Fronk and Mrs. James Coldren. A , grab bag was held also. I A luncheon is planned for the I meeting on February 3. MRS. HESSE HOME Being welcomed home follow ing several months in southern California is Mrs. J. L. Hesse. During the time she was in the south she was on the staff of the paper at Fillmore for a time, then on the staff of the Santa Paula paper. a GOES EAST Miss Getaldlne Chase has left for the east on a month's trip and will visit her sister, Mrs. Henry Lowry, . Washington, D. C. Miss Chase, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. narry unase, recently was graduated in nurses' training un der the University of Oregon med ical school covrse at Multnomah hospital. ALUMNAE MEET Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae were entertained Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mrs. Glenn Byrnes. Attending were Mrs. Merle NaSh, Mrs. Rex Hamaker, Mrs. Otis Crowder, . Mrs. Ada MacCallum, Mrs. J. Orville Lind slrom, and the hostess, a AT GUILD EVENT St. Mary's guild, St. Mary's Episcopal church, held Its meet ing, Wednesday, at the parish hall. A covered dish luncheon was served at noon with Mrs. Herbert Smeed, Mrs. Jane Lynch, Mrs. M. H. Gisborne, Mrs. E. E. Chadwick. At the luncheon, the birthday of Mrs. S. L. Lowry was observed. The group worked on a quilt, tacked a comfort, and did sewing on tea towels and aprons, a SURPRISE GIVEN Dale Mackey, who is leaving for the navy soon, was honored last Monday by a group of friends who gave a surprise party for him. a WCTU EVENT Central Unit of the Women's Christian Temperance union heard a lesson from Mrs. Lou Pope on "Child Welfare," in its monthly session Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ernest Brunton. Mrs. Carrie Norrls added remarks on the topic. Mrs. W. N. Hixon led devotions. a a FAIRMOUNT GUILD Fairinount Guild met at the home of Mrs. D. Miller, Thursday afternoon, for business and a so cial afternoon. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. George Barker, February 3. VFW AUXILIARY Thirty members and guests of j the auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars met at the home of j Mrs. Nora Peterson for six-thirty potluck dinner, Thursday evening. 1 A business meeting followed, cen tering about a drive for new mem bers. A district meeting to be held at Florence February 6 was an nounced. There will be initiation at the next meeting, to be in the Knights of Pythias hall. a a BUILDERS CLUB I Builders' club of Central Luth- j eran church elected Mrs. George Chalberg as its president for the j new yenr, and Mrs. H. J. Thorpe j as secretary-treasurer. Plans were continued for a spring bazaar. Mrs. ! T. .O. Nelson, hostess, served re- i freshnients. The next meeting will be in two weeks nt the home of Mrs. John Haldorson. . a . i LOYAL STAR LODGE ' Loyal star lodge met for pot- i luck luncheon Thursday afternoon : at the home of Mrs. Frank Tau benkrau in Santa Clara, spending a social afternoon. a a Five tables of cards were In play at the meeting of the auxil-' iary to the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, Thursday after noon, llonors at bridge went to Mrs. M. D. Powers and Mrs. J. R. Chapman, and at pinochle to Mrs. F. L. Hcbard and Mrs. C. B. Smith. . a a a LUTHERAN DAUGHTERS Lutheran Daughters of Central ' Lutheran church met at the home of Miss Helga Christofferson, j Thursday evening, for the usual I program of devotions and study, i In addition, secret pals for the ' year were chosen. The next meet- I Ing will be held at the home of 1 Mrs. Harold Berg, with Miss Eva j Uaught attiillng, Fortnightly Club Reports Meeting At the Eugene Fortnightly club's ! meeting, Thursday afternoon, Mrs. j Carl L. Huffaker read a paper in i mcmoriam to the late Mrs. George 1 J. Wilhelm, a past president of , the club. Mrs. N. H. Cornish presided at the meeting. A letter of thanks; was received from Mrs. J. R. i Jewell, president, who is ill, ex pressing appreciation for the , shower of greetings on her birth day. Mrs. C. E. Diebel gave the! thought of the day, j Mrs. Carl Johnson gave a paper on France. A collection was taken clso for the "march of dimes. RNA Installation Held on Thursday Officers were Installed Thurs day evening by the Royal Neigh bors lodge, Mrs. E. C. McPher con serving as installing officer. Those installed were: Oracle, Mrs. Frank Bowers; past, oracle, Mrs. Lloyd Johnson; vice oracle, Mrs. C. A. Bonney; recorder, Mrs. Al lie Clarke; receiver, Mrs. R. A. Denney; chancellor, Mrs. Lester Read; marshal, Mrs. H. H. Peters; assistant marshal, Mrs. Jay Kuni; inner sentinel, Mrs. Ross Godard; outer sentinel, Miss Laura Try on; manager, Mrs. W. E. Barker; mu sician, Mrs. Frank Hyland; flag bearer, Mrs. Lottie Meek; Faith, Miss Joarui Parsons; Courage, Mrs. H. C. Jackson; Modesty, Mrs. John Parsons; Unselfishness, Mrs. C. E. Smith; Endurance, Mrs. Leonard Oswald. A visitor at the meeting was Mrs. Lulu Whobrey of Springfield, district deputy of the order. - Admitted to membership by transfer were Mrs. Ethel Davis, Mrs. Warren M. Head and Mrs. Frank D. Winkley, all former members of the Springfield camp. Mrs. Velma Matson was given obligation. At the next meeting, the new officers will entertain, and the meeting will be preceded by a potluck dinner. Mrs. Frank Hy land will be chairman. Mrs. Hall President For Club MEW officers for the Phi Delta Theta Mothers' club are Mrs. Howard A. Hall as president and Mrs. Herschel R. Taylor as sec retary. Mrs. Taylor was the re tiring president and Mrs. Harold P. Johnson has served this year as secretary. The Thursday meeting was a luncheon at the home of Mrs. L. C. Scharpf, with Mrs. Stanley R. j Stevenson, Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. : Johnson in charge of arrange- ments. Fifteen attended. The sroun has decided to meet but twice a year for the duration of the war. Majority Degree Given for Two aThe majority degree was con ferred, on two girls at this week's meeting of Job's Daughters. Those receiving the honor were Miss All Saints Guild Plans Doll Sale AU Saints guild, St. Mary's Episcopal church, was entertained Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. S. Bartlam. A rummage sale was planned for March 19. The group also has begun plans to again sponsor its doll sale next fall. Mrs. DeMott McMorran will have charge of. the toy animals, while Mrs. Henry A. Tromp, Mrs. Sharp, and Mrs. Louise Johns will head commit tees for the dolls, assisted by Miss Pearle Bonisteel, Mrs. F. A. Beltz, Mrs. p. p. Whltmore, Mrs. Newell Wright. Next meeting of the guild comes Feb. 2 i-i the student rooms at the church, Miss Caroline Hines and Mrs. A. C. Bouck as hostesses. Theta Rho Girls Install Officers At a formal installation held recently, Miss Margaret Kingman was installed as president of the Theta Rho Girls club; Miss Ade line Bissell, vice 'president; Miss Bea Hall, secretary; Miss Anne Cassldy, treasurer; Miss Irene Clemens, chaplain; Miss Barbara Bertelson, warden; Miss Pauline Boyd, conductor; Miss Harriet Harper, marshal; Miss Gloria Mountjoy, musician; Miss Doris Cross, right support to president; Miss Lois Cunningham, left sup port to president; Miss Maxine Smith, first herald; Miss Gail Ames, second herald; Miss Dar lene Gibbons, third herald; Miss Nancy Lee Temple, fourth herald; Miss JoAnne Parsons, right sup port to vice president; Miss Jackie Vicary, left support to vice presi dent; Miss Marie DeVoss, inside guardian; Miss Jean Groner, out side guardian. Miss Gene Harvey, retiring president, was presented with a past president's pin. Miss Jean McMahan of McMinnvllle was in stalling officer.. Mothers Meet Alpha Delta Pi Mothers' club met for dessert Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. A. Plum mer. Attending were Mrs. S. M. Campbell, Mrs. William Kuyken dall, Mrs. F. T. Findtner, Mrs. Floyd Westerfield, Mrs. Elmira I Rupert, Mrs. R. p. Sutton. Mrs. Julia Bruce, Mrs. A. C. Chase, Mrs. d. w. cntes, and Mrs. Plura- mer. CLEARANCE SAT CONTIATES , FOR A FEW MORE DAYS OMIT Coats and Suits H5 920 $25 $4 56 $10 Handbags 1.85, 2.85. 485 EUGENE'S FASHION CENTE1 I I Portland Coed Leads Nancy Schmeer, Portland, Gamma Phi Beta entry in the "Bonds Away" contest being held on the university campus in con nection with the fourth loan drive has 3475 votes towards the title of "Bonds Away Girl" at the last counting Thursday. Running second is Irene Gresh man, Eugene, Delta Delta Delta, with 1900 votes and third is Joan Van Doren, Seattle, Alpha Xi Del to, with 1425 votes. Lois McDon ald, Salem, Birch lodge, was run ning a close fourth with 1050 votes. Other candidates whose votes total more than 500 are: Sue Stater, Portland, Delta Gamma, 025; Bettc Lee Barnes, Burlingamc, Cal., Chi Omega. 900; Thomasine Rundell, Klrmath Falls, Alpha Gamma Delta, 825; Nancy Hebcr, Glendale, Cal.; Laurel lodge 775; Annabel McArthur, MacArthur, Cal., Alpha Phi.. 700. Candidates are elected by the number of war bonds purchased by their sponsors and friends. Fri day morning the university coop erative store reports it had sold $43,075 of war bonds,' Series E. Wacs Fill 239 Jobs Lieutenant Barbara S, Smith, Eugene recruiting officer for air wacs, Thursday said that the number of army specialist Job3 now being filled by members of the wacs has reached a total of 239 in comparison to the 155 jobs open a short time ago. Some of the new fields now open to women Joining the wacs are psychiatric social worker, oc cupational rehabilitation counsel or, optician, chemist, V-mall and microfilm technician, motion pic ture projectionist, book binder, interpreter, painter, tailor, proof reader, chaplain's assistant, and artist. Of the more than 600 army Jobs filled by army men which may be filled by wacs, 40fl are non-combatant. Lieutenant Smith stated. Classification' specialist Quenlln Geyer will be In the army re cruiting station the week of January 24 to make recommen dations on the type of Jobs which possible applicants to tha wacs may be fitted into. HIT Tk HUD COLD MISERY FMT Put 1 Hum Va-tro-nol up each nostril. It (I) shrinks Swollen membranes, (2Soothairriution. (3) heir) clear cold- iktgged nose. Follow YlXaXS ft Public Market 159 Willamette Ui East tratf rnone im , phone 3785 Fbou M MOST SPECIALS GOOD TILL JAN. 27th LOGIC nil Maybe Vm Wrong BUT! It's logical that Wally's can give you Better Groceries at Less Money Becaus Wc have no large in vestment in property. Wc are not paying div idends to stock holders. We concentrate on giv ing you the best for the least. SHOP OUR 3 Markets POINTS Green G. H, J Book 4 Expire Feb. 20, 1944 Brown R. S, T, U Book 3 Expire Jan. 29, 1914 Sugar Stamp 30 Book 4 Good Now NOTICE! If you wnt to hear some good preaching. Bible cen teredvisit the Evngclical Church. 8th and Monroe. Hear Dr. E. W. Petticord every night except Satur day. Jan. 18th 30th. Scripture Verse Slnrj praises lo th Lord, which dwellath In Zien: declare among the peo ple his doings. Psalm 9; 11 DEL MOTE (CdDIFIFlElE In. Glass Jar ICrispy (racket lb. pkg. Tall Tin Bordens Milk Raisins JS!T. 4j Zee Tissue A r.j Grapenuts Urgcpkjf Jj Graoenuts Flalrec h Soy Flour 3 , pkg. , Mop Sticks SK rar Metal clamp Mission JIFFIES Successors to Noodles Cook in 61j Minu'tei l lb. pkg. i 13 FRESL EGGS Grade A'U If SaturfcJ riot ri j Public WV
