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EDITOR AND PUBLISH KB Alton P. Baker
MANAGINO CDITOH -- William M. Tufman
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Delphi! in trie development or constructive community policy.
; Hope for the DPs
By JAMES THRASHER
The plight of Europe's displaced persons
has at last attracted the attention of some
" Americans who are in position to help re
lieve it. Two influential Republican senators,
; Mr. Taft of Ohio and Mr. Smith of New
" Jersey, have urged that the government take
immediate steps to admit its share of the
; homeless unfortunates. And farm groups in
' the Middle West have begun surveys to see
what homes and jobs might be available for
: them.
We don't know why the sudden flurry of
j interest. The essential facts of the ','isplaced
! persons problem have not changed in a year
i or more. Maybe it is just coincidence. Or
! perhaps the practical as well as humanita
i riah aspects of the problem are only now
! becoming apparent. But whatever the reason,
! the interest is encouraging,
i Senator Smith, recently returned from a
trip to Europe, thinks that 'this country
1 should admit a reasonable number of'dis
i placed Europeans immediately, outside the
j immigration system. Senator Taft, who also
i calls for immediate action, would admit
) America's share under quotas now unfilled
J because of the wartime halt of immigration,
i There are about 800,000 persons, Mr.
j Smith explains, who cannot be resettled.
These are the last remnants of the 8,000,000
t uprooted by the European war. Driven
I from countries now dominated by Commu
i nists, the 800,000 will not go back home for
J fear of persecution.
Almost all of them are in the American,
; British and f rench zones of Germany about
J 530,000 in the American zone alone. They
ft cannot be left there because, as Mr. Smith
says, "the German economy cannot support
them and, of course, the United States Army
cannot support them indefinitely."
All this has been argued, before. But now,
all of a sudden, the arguments are being
listened to. One reason for the Middle West's
interest undoubtedly is the serious decline
in our farm population. More than 2,000,000
persons who left our rural areas during the
war did not come back when it was over.
With aid to Europe shaping up, American
farmers have a big job ahead of them, and
4 thpv lcnnw it Tt 1e not a nlaacanf ihU
!! when they are short-handed. So the move to
" bring displaced persons to this" country, and
find work for them, is more than an act of
a 'harity.
The great majority of these DPs are from
. the Baltic and Slavic countries. Thousands
i.:' from those same countries came to America
in the last 75 years and settled in the Middle
iv West. They became good farmers and good
' Americans. There is no reason to believe that
their unhappy, uprooted countrymen of to
il day might not do as well.
? But before they are given that chance,
a two things must be done. Congress must
, pass legislation allowing them to enter. And,
in fairness to all concerned, there must be a
: plan for absorbing them gradually places
for them to go which provide comfort, inde
f pendence and a chance to do useful work.
' With the Senate leader and one of his
able colleagues Interested in the first step,
t and farm, labor and church leaders working
j on the second, it finally seems that something
-' is going to be done.
The naturalists who say that wild life is
disappearing should stay out late a couple
- of nights.
Reader Editorial
ANOTHER PLEA FOR THE OLD FOLKS
? EUGENE (To the Editor) I'm like Mrs. D. W.
J DiiBois, I've never before realized the situation
, was really so shocking, and unbelieveable, that these
poor old folks were tioinc to be put out ot their
t very humble and poorly furnished home.
Now folks I really think this should sink deep
down in every human soul, this is not Just some-
thing to be laughed off. To think a church organ!-
nation would try to do such a heartless, cruel pro
cedure, then wonder why more people over the
, world don't attend church services. Just such little
procedure's' like this is the real answer to why
folks don't attend church. This may sound rather
, olnin statement, nevertheless it's time we should
icallze this situation, and not delay.
Yes, I'm aware that you folks living in all the
real comforts of life, modern homes, a big bank
account, no doubt think (why worry about these
old folks?) I'm secure, mv monev will h nw
haven. Well did you ever stop to think, you like
these poor old folks may be helpless, sick, and all
the charm and attractions you now possess will be
gone? There is possibilities your children and grand
children may not want you around, when you're
old and feeble, and you are sure to be like one of
these old people, you can't escape this.
Yo know it reminds me of a song, which goes
like this:
"Come let us cheer them, for they won't be with
us long,
Don't let us sneer because they're old and gray.
For remember while you're young, the days to
us may come
When we'll be old airt only In the way."
It seems to mi there should be a law passed,
for all organizations, where they take In contribu
tions, such as dances, football games, auto races,
horse races, theaters, prize fights, and churches
everywhere, and many others I can't recall. These
I think should have to donate a certain amount
for to care lor the old folks. It would mean O so
much to this worthy cause.
But no, we must send billions to Europe to u
to get them In the best condition, physically, and all
U"v up In many other ways (we know nothing
about), all prepared for another war. Yes, I'm like
E. L. Reynolds of Creswell, whoever started this
thought of taking this farm away from the old
folks should not only hang their head in shame,
but their hearts should be so full of remorse that
they would spend sleepless nights for weeks to come.
Wake up folks, before it's too late. We're going
down the valley one by one. Some day we'll be
old like these poor old souls. Let's make what few
remaining days they have here on earth, as pleasant
and happy as possible.. Regardless what some may
think, this Is my sentiment, facts are facts, we may
as well face them.
MRS. C. B. HOOVER,
442 West 2nd Ave.,
Eugene, Ore.
As I Saw Him
EUGENE To the Editor) Through the early
20's and 30', I was employed in scientific agricul
ture work. In this work I became acauainted with
Henry Wallace. I have been at his home, worked
in the field many, many hours with him, and was
working on hybrid corn with him the morning that
fatal word was received concerning the deaths of
wney fosi and the Honorable Will Rogers. He fm.
mediately expressed his deepest smypathy, simply
saying tne world nad lost It's greatest citizen.
Wallace at that time was a Republican, just as
his father was. His father was a successful farmer,
publisher, plant breeder, and head of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture for 8 years. Henry fol
lowed nis iamers pattern, men came the deDres-
.sion years. Henry had ideas. As I have often re.
maricea, Henry s thoughts were in the clouds. This
man was born 30 years too soon. He Graduated
from the Agriculture College at Ames, Iowa. Then
came his appointment to the Deoartment of Aeri-
culture by the late Franklin Roosevelt, a complete
surprise to many of his college professors, but not
iu ma iiuuiiuie irienas wno really Knew nim.
Then through eight tryine years as vice nresi-
dent, then head of the Commerce DeDartment. enoA
will ambassador and successful businessman em
ploying hundreds of people. He is now doing, and
has done more for agriculture than any man of our
generation: producing hybrid corn which outyields
all other varieties in numer of bushels per acre, a
strain of hybrid chickens which produces more eggs.
Aways a strong advocate for the bitterly fought
McNary-Haugen Farm Bill, fought over in Congress
In 1924 and 1B25. Wallace has ideas snm h
some bad. '
No man is perfect. T have alwavs vntH h no-
publican way. and will continue to for h r,r-c,
choosing the lesser of two evils. But Wallace's ex
perience, wun nis aEKresslve and hnhpst piiiind.
will not vanish overnieht. Evidentlv h rhinir
cuuimy neeas a new 100K on domestic and for
eign affairs which, to be honest, is evident. That's
a citizen's privilege under our constitution. An
other great American in 1912 ran on a third ticket.
World conditions were mild then, compared to our
present-day problems,
Wallace could have been Dresident.
maneuvering prevented this.
World conditions are bad, it needs leaders with
Ideas. McNary was my idol. Senator Morse is an
other citizen thinking ahead of his time. We should
study these men more, regardless of politics. Their
ideas, honesty and sincerity of mind demand such
consideration.
Respectfully,
RALPH FOSNOUGH,
2114 Riverview St., Eugene
-As,..-, '
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY FETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
Truman, Taft, Taber and the Budget
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (NEA) President
Truman's budget message gives his answer to his
two severest friends and best critics, Republican
presidential hopeful Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio,
and New York's Chairman John Taber of the House
Appropriations Committee.
Taft has charged that Truman's State of the
Union message 10-ycar plan "doubling Joe Stalin's
bid" would cost "almost at once ten billion dol
lars a year more than we are now spending; with
later increases to come." Honest John Taber raised
the bid. He said the President's program would
add $19 billion to the cost of government.
Wellthere's always room for a difference of
opinion in the United States. But the President's
budget message spells out in detail .just what he
had in mind. The total comes to $8 billion plus
for the first year. These are obviously starting
figures. European aid might be reduced after the
first year, but if the other initial outlays were
granted by Congress, the amounts for each item
would have to go up In later years, as Taft says.
This, however, is the way the President figures it
out for year one of his 10-year plan:
For foreign aid, including China..$7,100,000 000
For universal military training.. 500,000,000
For national health program 116,000,000
For public housing
and public works 57,000,000
For aid to education
and science research 315,000,000
The total, $8,088,000,000, is two billion under
Taft s $10 billion estimate and less than half of
Tuber's $19 billion.
Taher's Estimates Were Rruch Higher
The way Taber figured it, universal military
training would cost two billion, aid to education
three bil ion, aid to public health and "socialized
medicine' two-and-a-half billion, social security
expansion two billion, housing three billion, foreign
relief $6.8 billion total, $19.3 billion.
Taf,t had an entirely different set of figures
when he took to the air waves to answer the Presi
dent s State of the Union message. He said universal
military training would cost two to four billions
aid to education oye billion. The President's health
Insurance program, Taft said, would pour intol
Washington between three and four billion dollars
in payroll taxes, "t0 be used by a Washington
bureau to pay all the doctors in the United States
to give free medical service to all the people in the
united btates.
Taft said the President's housing program would
cos $200 million. The senator didn't makem esti
mate on what public works would cost. Aid to for
eign countries he put at three billion more than
now being spent, which of course adds up to about
pian's"fTrs"Svear?6'8 b""n 'ig"re fr the Mh
,A1l"Uf ,hese ,iRurM T,,ft Sve In his radio
speech add up. not to $10 billion a year, but to a
low of $13 billion and a high of $16 billion
hlm.'iif1St ul,encc' ?'f' hs "'ready committed
himself to spending at least five-and-a-half billion
dollars of government money for the verv things
Harry Truman put In his 10-year plan. La'st Oc"
ber Taft sa d he thouRl,t four-and-a-half bllHon
dollar, ought to be enough foreign aid In any one
Taft Had Advocated Public Housing Program
nuileVinC" ,he war' Taft hns bec" advocating a
nJ lw H Pr0Rram which he says will COst
$800 billion the first year, diminishing thereafter
he hoped-as private Industry became encouraged
to take over the business.
On aid to education, Taft also has a bill. His Idea 1
Is to give grants from the federal treasury to the
poorer states, so that the average expenditure per
pupil would be raised to $80 a year. Taft estima
this would cost $150 million the first year. $200
m llion the second and $250 million a vear there
?"errJ CVPre this with Tinman's $300"million aid
wSrch "' " '5 m""n fr scientifie j
he wo,,MCl,, hefh' T,,fe ikewlse U m- 1
h?, ? 50 R'Ve ra,-'!-'"-oll to the states for i
,h l,. h"!"1'. Providing medical care for
he?Th 1n."ir'n ,nd ":e P001-' "'d'" voluntary
J ; " P'"n; He has put the cost of this
at $.50 million a year for five years. Compare with
Truman's $116 million.
"tending social security coverage to farmers and
domestic workers.
Maybe all these "radical" spendthrift ideas of
Tafts should be called to the attention of GOP
economizer John Taber. i
HEAD ENIWETOK PROJECT Dr. Darol K.
Froman (left) has been named director and Dr. Alvln C. Graves
tnent) deputy director for the secret experiments at the new
Eniwetok proving ground for atomic weapons in the Pacific.
Leathery-Faced Calif ornian
Tells Congress About Farmin'
By ROBERT F. LOFTUS
WASHINGTON (U.B An un
inhibited California fruit rancher
peeled down to his shirt sleeves
the other day and gave the House
Agriculture Committee an A-B-C
lecture on how to help the farm
er. Fellas, he said, the farmers
would be mighty pleased if you'd
leave them alone and forget about
writing a new farm aid program.
But if Congress has to pass a
farm law, for gosh sakes put it
in English.
The congressmen grinned. They
said it might be worth trying, if
the witness would give them a few
more ideas.
The witness was Frank Long, a
lean, leathery-faced citizen sent
here by the Fresno County, Calif.,
chamber of commerce to advice
congress on the farm aid question.
He grinned back and said he had
plenty of Ideas.
Hat on Table
First, he laid his five-gallon
sombrero on the committee table.
Then he took off his leather jac
ket, hitched up the sleeves of his
fawn-colored shirt and straight
ened his brightly-speckled tie.
He said the farmers he knows
have been worried for years about
the way the government has been
"sticking its nose" into agricuL
ture. Especially, he said, since
"Hank Piggy Wallace" expound
ed his farm views in the early
days of the New Deal.
"You know, fellas," he said
we got scared to death after
hearing him. It made us feel like
they were going to take a lot out
'of the lives of the farmers and
make them into slaves."
Long complained that the New
Deal farm programs worked out
by Wallace "made a lot of damn
crooks and liars" among farmers.
He said they made things too
easy for farmers not to work.
'A lot of the boys did their
farming on sidewalks," he said.
Rep. Chester H. Gross (R-Pa)
interrupted to say that he thought
times hadn't changed altogether,
that there still were a lot of "run
down New Deal farms" around.
"Well," the witness snapped
back, "why the devil do you fellas
sit here in Washington and permit
these things to be done?"
Make It Simple
Long pulled out a sheaf of notes
he had written on a farm aid pro
gram if Congress insists on en
acting one. But first he said he
wanted to tell the committee
members something about the
farm problem.
"Folks," he said, "I've always
thought that our economy Is com
posed of three things-
Students Take
Traffic Survey
A survey to determine the
flow of traffic at various busy in
tersections in the city has been
conducted by members of the Eu
gene High School driver educa
tion and training class under the
direction of their Instructor, D. C.
Hamlow.
Data obtained by the students
is being compiled by Howard Bu
ford, city planning consultant, and
the results of the survey will be
used in determining placement of
additional traffic lights.
Police Praise
Lieut. Delmar Cash of the traf
fic division at police headquart
ers praised the work of the Stu
dents Saturday. Standing for
hours in the cold, the students did
an. excellent job in their check on
traffic conditions through the late
afternoon rush period, he said
Placement of the traffic signals,
according to the indications of this
study, will be made in the near
future, Lieut. Cash said. The city
now has received delivery on most
of the necessary equipment.
Students
Students of he class who con
ducted the Friday survey were:
Vera Hammeroulst. Ramona Hullnff.
Barbara NelsoA. Mary Ellen Burrell. Bar
bara Beacon. Virginia Vincent, Jeannine
Boyd, Phyllis Blakely, Delores Walter,
Bevtriy Slaughter,' Barti Bounds, Owen1
Peteri. Vernice Aliord, Jean Cave. Lorna
Edwards, Mary Elizabeth Cyr, Leona Rich
Uon; Ardyce Karlas, Carol Leonard. Mary
Alice Baker, Jackio Madlgan, Eather
Pearce. LaRae Kenner. Naomi Morgan
Earl Dukes, Eugene Schwartz, Marvin
Rlngsdorf, Jerry wattron, Tom Atkinson-
Harold Nebert. Jerry Mulligan, Dickey
Burdell, Ross Sabln. Riley Woodford, Jim
Primrose, Jim Fegles. Bill Clough, Dick
Sieverts, Bob Greer, John Konuner.
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Someone Stole
Dream House
DETROIT (P) Police Mon
day joined James C. Peterson in
a search for the partly- built seven-room
ranch type home he re
ported was stolen from its foun
dations.
The 38-year-old war veteran !
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weeks ago.
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Monday, Peterson reported , and a
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I'm going to pitch right in and
start all over again," said Peter
son. He estimated he had spent
about $3,000 on the house so far.
Fishermen Hold
Astoria Convention
ASTORIA, Ore. (ff) A de
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terests ln the North Pacific be
protected in the Japanese peace
treaty is expected to be made by
delegates to the annual convention
of the CIO International Fisher
men and Allied Workers.
Delegates representing 22,000
offshore and inland fishermen
from Alaska to Mexico are con
vened here for a four-day ses
sion.
Officers said the convention
would also discuss possible action
against a recent injunction ob
tained by the U. S. Department
of Commerce, preventine the
union from boycotting buyers who
refuse to meet price demands of
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