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Newspaper Page Textfaye 8, Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Wed., July 13, 1949 Might at Well Throw Away the Razor. Now AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published Every Evenlaj) ul maaat KD1TOR AND PUBUSHEB AHoB F. BkT MANAGING EDITOR . Winiem M. Tusmen NTWS SERVICE Aseodeteo! Preee. United Pr.se MEMBER . Audit Bureau f CtrcuUUo Entered the Port Office at Eugene, Oregon, es second class mstter. The ReflterQuard's Policy U tha eomp et ana Impartial publication In 1U news psfes of all news and itatamanU on mwi On thta paa Uia edlusrs of Tha Reflster-Ouard ofles their opinions on avanU of tha day and metiers of Importance to tha community endeavoring to ba candid but leir and helpful In tha development of constructive community policy. Housing Bill Most Significant It may turn out that the passage of the new national housing bill will be the most ttriklng whether or not the wisest action taken by this session of the 81st Congress. Here are some of the reasons the step is significant: 1 ' 1. It is the only major domestic legisla tion thus far approved which Is a part of President Truman's Fair Deal program. 2. Despite the fact that in crulcal test .the measure was opposed by all but 24 i Republicans in the House, the housing pro posal drew heavy bipartisan support in the Senate and was essentially bipartisan in its origins. 3. The bill's approval climaxed a long, i winding legislative history that began in '1944 and ended successfully only after two previous failures in the House in 1946 and 1948. 1 Few measures ever have had the ex haustive, intensive study accorded this 'housing legislation. A special Senate subcommittee con ducted eight months' investigation into every cranny of the housing field to start things off. Out of that Inquiry came the ' first bipartisan bill, backed by two Demo ; crats and a Republican, Senator Taft, who ; had been a driving force in the hearings. The Senate passed the program but the , House shelved it in midsummer of 1946. The following year a GOP Senate opened ; a new inquiry and this time the program got lost in the legislative shuffle on that side of Congress. Meantime, a new joint ' congressional committee was appointed to make still further studies, ; Its recommendations were woven into a new housing plan for 1948. For the second time the Senate approved it and dispatched it to the House. And for the second time the ! House killed it. This year the Democrat! 81st tried , attain. The Senate cave the nrournm its 'third endorsement, by a comfortable 57 to 1 13. But the House seemed likely to prove 1 as tough a barrier as formerly. It took all i the skill of House leaders to drive the measure through at last. i 4. A key maneuver in steering it to j House success was use of a new rule that t allows the powerful rules committee to be by-passed when it has blocked debate on a i bill it dislikes. The rule was invoked and, I facing defeat, the rules group reversed an original negative stand to let the housing , measure reach the floor. This is the first time a major piece of (legislation has been pushed to victory 1 against the wishes of the dictatorial rules i committee, j 5. Adoption of the plan will mean the , resumption of federal public housing efforts ' for the first time since before World War ,11. , wnatever the ultimate impact upon i private housing, this phase of the program I Is admittedly a gigantic experiment in gov 1 ernment assistance. It calls for 810,000 , dwelling units in six years, with the gov' ernment committed to annual subsidies of , $308,000,000 for 40 years to finance this low rent venture. Critics say this and the $1,500,000,000 ' slum clearance feature make the bill too costly. They contend also that it mi socialistic Interference with private bulld- i ers. ! But subsequent Congresses have a check ; on funds for the program should it actually , prove too expensive. As for the argument about government . Interference, supporters of the new bill in both parties insist private builders have not : shown they could erect houses cheap enough to meet the needs of low-come ' families. Taft, who is no radical, reluctnatly decided after hearing months of testimony that only the government could fill that demand. Until they can be proved wrong by facts rather than words, the earnest sup- porters of this program have earned chance for their ideas. nrl tha Christian Democrat! of South Germany. But these are not the only political forces that will have to be reckoned with. Other Important elements Inlude the German youth groups and the refugees from eastern Germany and eastern Europe. Refugee! Are Potent Factor There are from 10,000,000 to 14,000,000 refugees in western Germany. They are desperate people, at odds with the native-born residents of western Germany. Many refugees 8re now being moved from Schleavrig to the French zone, for Instance, to relieve political pressure against Danish terri tory. The U. S. military government has been giving, considerable attention to the youth groups, foster ing educational and sports organizations in the American zone. Less attention has been paid to them in the British and Trench zones. German youth organizations, it will be remembered, formed a strong corps for Hitler's support. Both the refugees and the youth groups are now believed to be violently anti-Communist. But they are also believed to be ripe pickings for any new German nationalist movement that comes along. The new Association of Independent Ger mans formed in Frankfurt, or other outfits of the same stripe, may have a tremendous appeal to youth and refugee groups which will have no truck with the older. Democratic parties. If these new political elements should hold the halanee of nower in the new German state. It will give the occupying powers a tougn proDiem to handle. The western powers will probably have to mpport the Democratic parties in order to main tain a government that will at all time co-operate for total European economic recovery and not work iust for German recovery alone. There is some opinion that tne new uerman state will almost Immediately have to be taken into full partnership with the Marshall Plan coun. tries, because of Germany's great industrial poten tial. The fact that the new German state will be disarmed nation does not mean that its voice will carry no weight at the council tables of Europe. Rink of Nitionallim Involved While this negotiating with the new provisional German government may Involve some risk of a strongly nationalistic Germany eventually arising, this is a calculated risk that must be taken. The alternative risk is to make some bargain with Soviet Russia and give the Communists more voice in west German affairs, just for the sake of keep ing down west German nationalism. As to what Kuseian policy win De irom nere on, of course, no one can predict. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, in his press conference review of the Paris meeting, sees the Russians as on the de fensive and unable to relax any of the strangle hold controls they have on eastern Germany. John Foster Dulles, going a bit further, specu lated in his New York statement that events might be shaping up within Russia for a struggle against growing revolt against Soviet Intolerance. Any idea that Russia will abandon ner desire for roll Ileal conquest over all Europe is pretty much wishful thinking. While it should have been evident to the Russians within the past year that they could not gain control of Europe, they appar ently did not see it. They may have recognized within the last few months that the situation in western Europe was not ripe for revolution. That may have accounted for their desire to hold the Paris meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, and their willingness to attend future meetings. On the other hand, this may have been merely an' explanatory move, seeking some new opening through which to reinaugurate their drive for con quest of western Germany and western Europe as a whole. WASHINGTON LETTER By Teter Edlum NT A WASHINGTON CORHKSrONPEXT Possible Rise of Nationalism In Germany Is Calculated Risk WASHINTON (NEA) End of the Paris con ference of Foieiitn Ministers brings American and Hied western Kuropean foreign policy to another one of those crucial turning points that are always bobbing up. RcRnrdless of the somewhat dtsap pointing results o( the Pails meeting, things aren' going on in the same old stalrmate. A principal factor in the new situation will he emergence of the new west German state. This does not mean that it will be turned loot and allowed to shift for Itself. But once having been creaied, the new German state will have to be given Its proper place In the European scheme of ininps. The 60.000,000 German people will no longer oe just uie occupants of an occupied territory, living in a political vacuum. When elections are neid next month and the new provisional govern ment is constituted, it will be impossible to undo hat has been done. This new German government will apparentlv .Start out with a fairly even balance of power be tween tha Social Democrat, of ths fc'oxUj Gwrauyr - 7 utmw m i m saw AT&T Groups Take Over Base WASHINGTON U.R The Atomic Energy Commission has announced that the Western Elec tric Co. and the Bell Telephone laboratories will take over oper- fatio of its bomb engineering base at Sandia. N. M. The new operators are subsidi aries of the American Telephone & Teleeraoh Co. The Sandia base, near Albuquerque, has been oper ated by the University oi Cali fornia, which also runs the Los Alamos (N.M scientific labora tory. The Sandia base nas grown into an elaborate installation for translating the laboratory devel opment work done on bombs at Los Alamos into manufacturing designs. It also is the place where the commission ana me armea forces get together on military applications of atomic energy. The University OI uamorma ue- eided to withdraw from Sandia when its operations developed from bomb research into Domo en gineering. A contract is now being negotiated wim me new operators. Dont take a vacation without son glasses, accurately ground to your optometrist's prescription oy Semler Optical omces sna iioor, 3rd and Morrison. 50c week. a u... ""sillj IB" h n &66 ll'iniliiliiii,, pANltnf U 5c m.i.i 7 "'willtH k J "Saved my A God-Mn4 f GAS-HUCr TTMrn fT-fti ifTtnirti rY(mmL tag gas. sour stomach ui beHiW? prescribe tha is-'Mst-teUj; rfyJ ayrnptomatlcrellel mwlirtjMiiitr Tiblttt. KoHurJTo. BelUaitniZ iiffr or setum botuetonitvdrMZZ BELti-ANS for Ackl OUT OF THE WOODS By Jim Stevens Commission Appointed To Study Colleges SALEM G Oregon's "Little Hoover Commission," which will study whether the state govern ment should be reorganized, has been appointed. It will make its recommendations to the 1951 Leg islature. Members of the commission, named by Senate President Wil liam E. Walsh and House Speaker Frank J. Van Dyke, are: Sen. Philip S. Hitchcock, Klam ath Falls; Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction City; Rep. Rudie Wil- For the Young Farmer . . . The farm woodland unit in the Pacific North west Is practically always a unit of a farm on which the main Interest is in the dairy herd or In the cultivated crops and the meadows. The true woodland has soil that Is good for trees and for little else. The Ideal Is to make the most of the woodland for itself alone Practically, It must be a scrub workhorse for the rest of the farm, a "woodlot" as of old, but promising future yields of all the new values that appear in the light of modern farm forestry science and modern merchandising of farm products. The farm woodland unit Is the perfect Part of the farm tor farm youth. There the young farmer ran best learn to be responsible for management. Through his school, the 4-H Club, the Future Farmers of America Chapter, or other groups, he can meet with foresters, with the business men who deal in forest products in his trading center, and with others of his age out on the farms. The young farmer of school age if used to learning new things. He can look forward to realization of yield from a slow-growing crop. The farm woodland Is a home of wild life. In sire of growth it is the biggest thing on the farm. There Is mystery In its promise. Science has only begun to explore the marvels that may be made from a stick of pulpwood. The farm woodland is a frontier. It is an adventure. And there is money In it for ambitious, inform ed and well organized farmers, young or old. Service In Farm Forestry ... Imagine a more or less typical farm and for est community of Western Oregon and Washington, naming it "Green Home'. A state highway runs up the valley of the Lemolo River, on the track of a corduroy road of pioneer times first of all an Indian trail. There Is a sawmill In Green Home that cuts 75.000 board feet of lumber per day, five days a week most weeks. There are 20-odd smaller saw mills In the Green Home trading area and JO log ging outfits. Up Lemolo Valley and the vallevs of its tribu tary creeks there are 180 farms with woodlands. Green Home, county seat of Mamook County. has a soil district and is county headquarters for farm organizations and for dairy and other coop eratives. There is a Mamook County farm forestry Hi will, am, iMumuwn .uumy rkevp vrrsen loni' mittee. There are 12 important lumber stores In the county and a variety of building contractors. Green Home also nas outlets for the sale of pulpwood, shingle bolts, peeler logs for plywood making, for easenra bark, Christmas trees, poles, posts, fuel woon ana oiner minor forest products. Government's Ftorees . , . There is a county agent of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture's Extension Service in Green Home, It is headquarters of a State District Fire Warden. Up the big valley is the Lemolo Ranger Station of the IT. S. Forest Service and a variety of other state, federal and county government agencies that have ome concern with farm for estry. There It a slate park In Mamook County, for ests owned by the schools, and Industrial forests of which Lemolo Tree Farm, a 10,000-acre indus trial forest owned by the Green Home Lumber Company and managed for permanent tree pro duction, is the largest. The company employs two foresters on its operations. They give service also on farm forestry matters. The newly organized Mamook County Farm Forestry Committee. It is plain to see, has a big Job to do in serving as a clearinghouse for the rela tions of the farm woodland owner with all of these Inleresls. This work has only begun. The young Mamook County farmer who takes an Interest in the woodland in his farm can make use of this committee and at the same time help It to become rooted in the farm life and business of his country. First Aid Classes Taught State Police Standard and advanced first aid classes, taught by Cora I. Pir tle, were taught several mem bers of the state police force at Eugene recently. Receiving certificates were Carl E. Anderson, Robert C. Buswell, David Keith, Harry W. Deimer, Richard H. Bouey, Vern L. Hill, Eugene G. Hulett, Ralph W. Mc- Ginnis and William L. Trout. In a standard first aid course, taught by D. A. Mellem, certifi cates went to Ronald Alford, Paul Barkla, Richard Bentley, George j Bettls, Dick Blinkhorn, Down; Bowder, Terry Cave, Bob Chit tock, Navarre Davis, Lyle Ellis, Lynn Emrick, Rodger Everson, Bill Fisher, Dan Gibson, James Gilge, Mike Henry, Cecil Hodges, Clark Hollis, Keith Horner, Dick IJams, Delmar Jeske, Albert Karr, Darrel Kloak, Delbert Loucks, Craig Lucas, Bill McCarty, Bob Mathieson, Bob Nasholm, Howard Nelson, Roger Nichols, Eldon Nitschke, Wayne Oldham, Don Paulus, Bill Pendleton, Bob Ranes, Robert Schmlt, Don Starbird, Jer emy Titcomb, Tom Van Tassel, Dick Weakley, Leslie White, Jim Wildish, Dee Wilson, Gordon Wiley. helm, Portland; Rep. Charles K, McColloch, Baker; and Rep. Paul Geddes, Roseburg. Gov. Douglas McKay, Walsh and Van Dyke named the com. mittee to study whether Oregon's colleges are adequate. It will recommend whether junior col leges and more colleges should be constructed. Members of this committee are Edgar Smith, Portland, president of the State Board of Higher Edu cation; Dr. H. Morgan Odell, president of Lewis and Clark Col lege, Portland; James W. Bush- ong. Bend; Oscar I. Paulson, Salem, state director of vocational education; Sen. Thomas Parkin, son, Roseburg; Rep. Sprague Car ter, Pendleton; and Rep. J. F. Short, Redmond. Walsh appointed the" Senate committee to investigate state in stitutions. Members are Sens. Vernon D. Bull, La Grande; Rus sell Gardner, Newport; Frank H. Hilton, Portland; Carl Engdahl, Pendleton; and Stewart Hardie, Condon. Senators Endorse O&C Appropriation SALEM W) A boost of $250,000 to the recommended funds for Oregon-Calif ornt agency administration has been endorsed by a U. S. Senate Appro priations Committee. Charles A. sprague, cnairman of the O & C advisory committee, reported the Senate committee action was confirmed by Sen. Guy Cordon, a committee member. The proposal will go to the Senate. Sprague said the advisory com mittee had asked a larger In crease to avoid curtailment of land management operations in Oregon. He explained a House appropria tion had held the fund to last year's budget, but higher fire pro- tection costs and salary Increases would have cut back the agency's sales program. FRIGID AIRE AIR-CONDITIONING CHITTOCK REFRIGERATION CO. 40 W. 6th Phone 5-4329 F.M.A. or Pacific 1 Federal Maximum Home Loan Commitments made from 2 to 20 dap To Buy To Build '; To Refinance No Brokerage V No Commission No hidden charges INSURED SAVINGS i T.H.A. Approved Lending Institution 10th & Willamette. Phone 4-6241 Dr. Elliott, Optometrist Eyes examined, glasses fitted. 37 E. 10th. The idea rf work startles children, says a doctor. 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