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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948
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SPIRAL'S END?
Over the past three years economists, not the long-haired,
new deal variety but those who view the occurrences of the
present and the possibilities of the future in the clear light of
the experiences of the past, have been stressing at intervals
the inevitability of deflation (every milation is followed by
one) and have been urging the desirability of saving in a
r period of high return against the time when money would be
less plentiful. They have warned that a deflation can be so
rapid as to bring about panic, also that it will be far less
dangerous if it is not too long delayed by, new, artificial intia
tion measures.
The general reaction to such predictions and warnings has
been that of incredulity. It is human nature to overlook
the past, to live in the present and to subscribe to the belief
that the present is indicative of the future. A trend, once under
way, is likely to continue ; without knowing how long it may
' continue, human thought assumes that it will continue indefi
nitely. Rising prices will continue to rise, increasing wages
will continue to increase, gaining inflation will continue to
gain. It is history that there must come an end to such things
as there must come an end to all things but, in preoccupation
with the present, history is forgotten, -
Through the summer signs were discernible that inflation;
while continuing, was proceeding at a less rapid rate. Produc
tion, the true and natural means of price control, was re
sponsible. The manifestations were spotty and still are, for
that matter, but there is good evidence that supply is well on
its way to catching up with demand and that demand is with
drawing somewhat to hasten attainment of a dominant posi
tion by supply. Fundamentally this is the sort of thing that
will reverse the trend which has been so apparent up to now.
One of the current indications that comes to us is in a review
of the mid-season catalog of an-American mail order house,
one of the largest in the world. Mail order catalog prices are
always significant because they are for the future as well as
for the immediate present; Such' enterprises cannot change
their price tags from day to day and it follows that, in listing
their merchandise, they must analyze with the utmost care
the possibilities and probabilities of the months to come.
This company, in its special offerings, reduces the price of
"small electric motors zy per cent, of water heaters 5 per
cent, of men's shirts 8Y pqr cent. On a number of other items,
ranging from women's and children's wear through certain
grades of house furnishings to textiles prices are quoted lower
than formerly.
' Volume of expenditure for luxuries, including liquor, race
track pari-mutuel tickets and night club spending, has actual
ly been diminishing. In the field of staples, the buyer, is becom
ing more discriminating. Manufacturers report that, at last,
customers are showing a tendency to more careful inventory
control. There is, apparently, a growing conviction that there
is at least as much chance of losing money on an accumulation
of goods as there has been hitherto of gaining. These are other
indications that the end of the inflation may be in sight.
Normally the end of an inflation would mean the beginning
of a deflation. In fact, as we have pointed out, some slight
deflation1 is already in evidence. There are still factors in op
erationi factors which will continue in operation for some
time, to retard such a movement. Commitment to the Marshall
plan is one of them. Need for expenditures in rehabilitating
this country's armed might and of maintaining a position of
preparedness is another. The net result, as to general condi
tions, :an be, for the time being at least, a sort of stabiliza
tion, vaetly preferable, certainly, to the economic spiral that
has had everybody dizzy since 1945.
Nice going, Lava Bears. It's a tough season, as always, but
two away is a first rate beginning.
Lapi
Lapine, Sept. 25 (Special) Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Larson and son,
Richard, SDent the week end In
Madras.
F. E. Frazee of Prlnevllle spent
Sunday wiih Mr. and Mrs. Wei-,
burn Parker.
Welburn Parker made a busi
ness trip to Prinevillc Monday.
Mr, and Mrs. Vcrn Johnson
spent Sunday nluht with Mr. and
Mrs. Fay Howard. Johnson Is
chief inspector of the Western
Pine association and Mrs. John
son will be remembered in La
pine as Miss Artha Olin who
taught In the Lapine schools lor
a number of years.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sir and
small daughter of Chicago will
live this year In the house built
by George Conklln a few years
ago. Sir Is the new coach in the
Lapine schools.
Among those who have been ill
this week are Barbara Hunter,
Charlotte Morehouse and Mrs.
Ruby Day.
Photos From All Over
In Air Force Show
San Francisco lli A unique,
four-corners-of-the-carth- photo
graphlc contest is being held at
the Hamilton air base hero. ,
Men of the airways and air com
munication service, who have fol
lowed the forces to all parts of
the globe since 1941, are mailing
in their prize camera shots.
Judges are . receiving entries
from, among other places. Yonc
Dong Po (Korea), Oberpfaffen
hofen (Germany), Sonclrcstrom
fiord (Greenland), and Pyote
(lexasl. lhey are prepared to
view shots of Zulus, ant-eaters,
gooney birds, zebras and the one
tree "cocoanut grove" on Ascen
sion Island.
Washington
Column
Rv TWiuirlaa IjiriMn
(NEA Washington Correspondent)
Washington (NEA) A really
significant straw-in-the-wlnd has
Just been revealed. It has discour
aged the democrats about as much
as anything that has happened
since Mrs. Perle Mesta became
known as "Two-Party Perle" by
starting to entertain the republi
cans. . '
The special board In charge of
the publication, "The Social List
of Washington," is preparing to
put out a supplement in Novem
ber, after the election. The signi
ficance of this is obvious. It means
that the brainy members of this
hnarri hullova that iho rpnublieans
stand a pretty good chance of win
ning, ineir record on preuiuuuiu,
is pretty good. Two years ago they
maHa nlnnn fnr n Runnlement. anti
cipating the republican landslide
in congress.
Whan there's a nnlltiral Uohca-
val In the country the sensitive
tenor of Washington social life is
immediately affected. Women
who may have been social lions
vnctorrlnv ellrlrlpnlv heCOmp COCk-
tail party castoffs when the un
grateful voters ian 10 re-eieci
their husbands.
Aftpr the fiOP caotured con
gress two years ago the supple
ment to The Social List of Wash
ington, called the Green Book,
Included about 500 deletions and
additions.
Miss Carolyn Hagner Shaw, tne
woman who supervises the print
ing nf tho Hrppn Rnnk. with the
advice and consent of the board,
estimates that II the repumicans
do win, the supplement will have
in rarrv close to 3000 chanBOS.
There are about 5000 names in it
in all. Miss Shaw is already preuy
distressed about the number of
Minno-ps tvhtnh havp to be made in
the regular issue about to come
off the press. She says:
"It's just dreadful what death
and divorces have done to Wash
ington social life. And the way the
untortunate military peopie nsre
Viai.p haan'troncffirrwl nut pf tOWh
is shocking. Nobody'll know any
body else at parties this fall, I'm
sure."
In New York and other large
cities, it's usually family back
ground which determines a place
in tne social register, in wasiung
ton, according to Miss Shaw,
fhot'c Imnnrtant tnn hut Rhp ad
mits frankly that official rank is
the deciding lactor. A cnange in
administration therefore would
wsmnvo nnnrnylmfllplv 2000 Der-
sons automatically from the Green
Book. The otner iuuu imeiy 10 dk
offnnrnrl nrp thp rplntlVPS of the
officials who would lose their
standing.
Shrewd political observers are
going to watch carefully the en
fnrtnfnfnr uhlph Mrs. Perle Mesta
does during the fall season. She's
the town's top nostess. Mrs. ivies
ta has always shown an uncanny
ability to honor persons whose po
litical prominence is on the up
grade. Soon aiicr Marry irumuti
was elected vice president she be-
rnn tneclnr, plahnrflte affairs for
him and his family. Later that
gave her a Key to tne wnue nuuse
front door.
Sh b-pt thp title of Two-Partv
Perle when she suddenly switch
ed her inexhaustible party budget
last year In behalf of certain prom
inent republicans. An elaborate
whlng-ding for Speaker Joe Mar
tin was the first, it sne sians to
give the cold shoulder to the dem
t.n,a tlilu full, thpv mlcht as
well throw In the towel, the ex
perts believe.
if Mn Mrwtn's shift In noliti-
cal affection, however, doesn't find
her at the top of tne social neap,
there is interesting speculation on
who might take her crown. Again,
if the republicans win, h s possmiu
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Finns, in Shadow.of Soviets,
Hold No Fear of War, Reports
Helsinki Doctor Visiting Bend
Finland, in the shadow of the giant union of the Soviets, is
the only country in Europe that has no fear of war.
Such is the report of Dr. Osten Holsti, professor in general
medicine at the University of Helsinki who is to make Bend
his home for the next six months while lecturing in medicine
at the University of Oregon Medical school in Portland. He is
to be associated here with an old-time friend, Dr. Paul Woer
ner, and will divide his time between the medical school, and
Bend. Dr. Holsti, one of north-f
ern Europe s best-known men
of science, and Dr. Woerner
first met in Portland in 1913
Finland, Dr. Holsti hastened to
add, doesn't believe .that war is
inevitable; but, he explained, peo
ple of Finland are accustomed to
attacks by Russia. Through the
centuries such attacks have oc
curred. In world war 2, Finland
fought Russia twice, in 1939 and
again in 1941. Twice the Red arm
ies swept into Finland, and when
peace finally came, part of the
country passed to soviet rule.
Finland Remains Free
But, Dr. Holsti points out, Fin
land remains a free country a
country, the noted medical man
added, that was the "first to di
agnose Russia." In 1939, Dr. Hol
sti quietly reminisced yesterday
afternoon as he rested at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Woerner
here following his air trip from
Europe, it was Finland that at
tempted to hold the soviet arm
ies at bay while the world watch
ed. Men died in trenches, hopeful
that other nations would come to
their country's aid. And, Dr. Hol
sti believes, if help had been sent
on that occasion, the world situa
tion today might be different
However, Dr. Holsti would
rather talk about other things'
than war, and he took occasion
to pay tribute to the industrial
and scientific progress of the
United States since that seeming
ly distant day he sailed for his
homeland after spending seven
years in America, as a practicing
physician in Portland and in Ab
erdeen, Wash. Yes, America has
made vast strides since the last
that Alice Roosevelt Longworth
might once more become queen of
the city. She crawled into an ex
clusive social clique when her
cousin, Franklin Roosevelt first
took Dermanent residence in the
White house. Another candidate is
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, widow of
a socialite congressman from
Long Island.
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.world war, he agreed; and trWy
New York Is a giant of a city.
18 Hours From Europe
"But," asked Dr. Holsti, "what
would happen if an atom bomb
dropped on New York?" That
city, he pointed out, is not so far
from Europe, or from any other
parfof the world these days. He
crossed the Atlantic from his
homeland in 18 hours. Back in
1913, on his first crossing, he
was weeks.
"Has Russia the secret of the
atom bomb?" Dr. Holsti spoke
very low as he answered: "I do
not know." He indicated that he
would rather talk about medical
progress in the past few decades.
America, believes Dr. Holsti,
now leads the world in medical
progress. Germany, under Hitler,
lost its leadership in the field of
medicine, and in all Europe there
is only a fringe of countries that
have made much medical pro
gress since the outbreak of the
second world war. Incidentally,
Dr. Holsti does not speak as a
physician who has been cloister
ed in college classrooms. He has
lectured In many parts of Europe
and this year he lectured for
thre months at the British post
graduate medical school in Lon
don. In earlier years, he covered
many parts of Europe and in
1934, he vividly recalls, he at
tended a medical conference in
Moscow.
Represents Country
Medical publications .reveal that
Dr. Holsti represented his coun
try at many international con
gresses. Finland, Dr. Holsti reports, is
making progress, despite its stag
gering war debt.. That progress,
he added, is the result of hard
work by its people. Finland's
highways definitely do not com
pare with America's, but planes
streak across its skyways, with
Sweden and. Norway only min
utes and hours distant. Political
ly, he reports, Finland is no long
er ruled by the communist party.
The socialist party is in power.
Dr. Holsti speaks excellent
English, and he attributes this to
the fact' that he constantly read
American medical works- follow
ing his return to his homeland
in 1920. ;
Dr. Holsti made the entire trip
from Finland to Portland by
plane. In Portland, he was met
by Dr. . woerner. t onowing : a
conference with members of the
University of Oregon medical
school faculty, he came to Bend.
"Bend," the Helsinki doctor
said, "appeara to be a pretty
town." As he spoke yesterday
evening, he looked out over a
terrain whitened by September
snow. The scene remlned him of
his northern Europe homeland.
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The Deschutes County Council
wishes to thank The Bulletin for
the fine publicity you gave our
encampment at Crescent lake
this year. Also for sending pho
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SCREEN ACTOR DIES
Hollywood, Sept. 25 (IP) Screen
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influenza complicated by a blood
disease.
Fair Would Have
Started Friday
Redmond,' Sept. 25 Descent,
county fair board member W(t,
gunning uum ear 10 eur Fttda,
as they looked at damp kd
with white peaks fringing J
county. Reason: Normally, (J
uescnuies county iair would haJ
started Friday, but for the iy
changed this year for an Aueul
As a result of the charm.
the fair date, the 1948 fair is J
history and it was held w3
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