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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948 PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OBEGON PRESS The Bond Rullotln Iwnoklvl iQfig-lHMi Tk. n. n.,ii,,. rt.llw, S- toil Published Kv.ry A Her noon fcacoct Similar and Certain liolluaya by Tha Mnl Uullrtli To-7a Wall Street llenj; Oreirnn Entered u Second Clan Matter. January t, 1017, at the Poetofflca at Bend, Oregon Under Act o( March I, 187V. ROBERT W. SAWYKR Edltor-Maneger HENRV N. FOWLER Aseoclate Editor As Independent Newspaper Bunding (or tha Square Deal, Clean Buaineea, Clean Politice and ma Heat inlereeta of Bend and Contral Oregon MEMHEH AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Bl IdaU . Ona Veal 17.00 Six Month 14.00 Hut Montha t 6.1 Tbrae Montha 12.60 Ona Monta I l.l All Subeertntlona are DUE and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Plaaaa notify ua of any ohanga of addreaa or failure to receive the paper resulartr. )j carrier 110.00 i.oo WATCH THE BUDGETS . Such terms as "creeping recession" in current economic analysis, shrinkage in seasonal volume, a statement by the secretary of agriculture that the United States has entered the door of the era of plenty combine to suggest that some amount of deflation may be a 'natural development in the months ahead. Prices in a variety of commodities have al ready dropped somewhat, natural consequence of adequate or excess production and reduced buying. Manufacturers, in view oi these circumstances and in view, also,' of undimin ished costs, are reducing output. The consequent drop in cm ployment, in industries ranging from luxury and semi-luxury production to fir lumber manufacture will, if continuing, mean less spending. Money, already tighter (sliirhtly higher v interest rates have been brought about by federal reserve bank requirements affecting loans by member banks) will be somewhat less abundant under the influence of such reduc tions. And tighter money, of course, is a deterrent to invest ment aimed to create new capital assets. All these things are the reverse of factors recognized in inflation. They are steps down the spiral which we have been ascending steadily in the post-war years. They are steps of the kind which must be taken carefully to avoid stumbling. With deflation possibilities in view, government, as well as business and industry, must conduct its affairs with a greater degree of caution than heretofore. Higher taxes (these have been more than hinted for national and state expenditures) should be unthinkable in a period of recession, whether "creeping" or otherwise, or even in a period of levelling off, if that is the 'meaning of the currently slight but definitely manifest indications to which we have referred. Taxes start with budgets and the budgets of national, state and local gov ernments, all of which will be made up in late winter or early spring of 1949, will benefit from much greater public scrutiny than ordinary. It will be a poor time to increase expense, an excellent time to reduce it. Tax payers will do well to remember this. After all, they have much to say (and customarily don't bother about saying it) as to what the bill shall be. Theirs is the sole responsibility for meeting it, once it has been incurred. iiiiiiimmmiiinittiittiiiiiiiiiiititiimiiiiiiiiiii WASHINGTON COLUMN Wayne Morse says that he intends to ask the senate to change its rules to prevent filibusters and make it possible for a majority to cut off debate. That's a good idea and we won der why Wayne did not himself refrain from use of the fili buster in previous sessions. We wonder, too, how our junior senator would feel about a rule forbidding the making of speeches in an empty chamber simply to get them into the congressional record and so make it possible to secure free distribution in reprints carrying the quite true but wholly misleading expression, "Not printed at government expense". Pearl Harbor is described in acurrent news fealuVt i". A little more Wl MM 11 "sleeping watchdog with one eye"bpen". A little more than seven years ago it was an alert watchdog with both eyes closed as we remember occurrences of that time. Russia is reported to have agreed to discuss the Austrian peace treaty with the western powers. Featured by 57 varie tiesof "no" and followed by a veto, we suppose. Bend's Yesterdays (From The Bulletin's Files) 15 YEARS AGO (December 21, 1933) The city ot Bend will reduce Its warrant debt $6000 or $7000 this year. In spite of largo tax delin quencies, it was indicated In the monthly budget report submitted to the city commission last night by City manager C. G. Reiter. Mrs. W. A. Braid is returning Sunday from Portland, where she has been taking a special phy siotherapy course. Springlike weather prevailed here today as winter came offi cially to interior Oregon. Elected lo Bend chamber of commerce board of directors yes terday were Kenneth Sawyer, George Chllds, Henry N. Fowler, W. A. Lackaff, Glenn Thomas, John Welle and Carl A. Johnson. 30 YEARS A(iO (December 21, 1!)18) Miss Viola Brown arrived hero from Portland this morning lo visit with her father, C. D. Brown. W. D. Robinott of Summer Lake has sold 33 head of cattle for $3564.70. The price represents a quotation of 10 cents a pound. Mrs. M. W. Knickerbocker and daughter, Rao, were week end vis itors in Bend. From "somewhere in Belgium" a letter has been written by Frank tirlmstead to his parents In Bend, describing conditions ex isting at the close of the war. Jt Give New Health 11! New Beauty In a SPENCER designed just for her! Spencer will live her lovely figure linei, lose fatigue, more Tltaiity, tool Room O'Kane lllriir. IIS Oregon Ave. Phone 668 . SPENCER'SESSTSUPPORTS) MRS. BRINSON P. O. Box 161 Kes. I'll. 2 1-F-4 Lady, SAVE TIME (and Money, too) Lunch here where you get the finest food at reasonable prices A complete menu to select from. Courteous service Convenient location WE Wll.l. BK I.OSKI) SATl'HDA Y and Sl'NDAY, DEC. 25 and 3(1, TO t.lYK A UlltlSTM AS HOLIDAY TO OMISKIA ICS and OUIt EMPLOYEES Skyline Steak House 855 Wall Sr. Phone 279 By Pelcr Edson (NKA Washington Correspondent) Washington (NEA) Consider able soul searching is now in Drocress in the business commu nity. Business leaders seem to be taking a new iook at ineir nanas in the light of recent political and economic developments. As for reaching any agreement on what cards they should lead wan, now- ever, there as as many shades of opinion as mere are patterns on their conservative iuu suns. CED the well-known commit tee for economic development, made up of top-drawer business executives irom an over me conn trv has lust dropped on Wash ington another of its policy state ments, rnis one is cauea "Mone tary and Fiscal Policy for Great er Economic Stability." Its pur pose was to advise tne govern ment on what ought to be done about such things. Business, with a capital B, has always been critical ol govern ment Beaucracy, also with a cap ital B, for its multiplicity of agencies. But when it came to recommending a program for achieving greater business stabil ity, the best the CED boys could do was suggest the creation of still another government- business-farmer-labor commission to work on the problem for a couple of years. If the CED report had been pre pared by a government agency, it would be condemned for its double-talk. It presents two pro grams. One is for use in periods of inflation. The other is for use in periods of deflation. But when CtO) cnairman wall er Williams of Seattle and bank er J. Cameron Thomson of Minn eapolis came to Washington to unveil tne statement tneir policy committee had prepared, report ers found it impossible to pin them down on which program they recommended using now. Main emphasis or Mr. inom- son's remarks was against the federal reserve board's present program of supporting govern ment bond prices at par. He ad mitted that If this support wore withdrawn, the effect would be to let Interest rates rise. Trying to force up interest rates has been a number one aim of the banking community for a long, long time. This program runs contrary to what Beardsley Ruml, chairman of R. H. Macy's, and many other economists have been advocating. Mr. Ruml, In Washington earlier this year, made a major address in which he declared the treasury federal reserve bond price stabi lization program was a sound and commendable government fiscal policy. The Important point in such differences of opinion is that whenever anyone says, "Business wants this," he is probably speak ing only for himself or his own little clique. e One of the common beliefs of current capitalistic folklore is that Bus mess is supposed to De against .nationalization or social ization of industry. Business Is supposed to be all for freeing pri vate entireprise from the dead hand of government. And vet the other day no less a business spokesman than Eric Johnston president of the Mo tion Picture Producers and also a member of the CED research and policy committee in a Wash ington Interview advocated that the U. S. government should create a billion-dollar fund to guarantee private U. S. invest ments In Europe. Purpose of this guarantee, according to Johnson, would be to keep Europe from nationalizing Its industries. The more you study this propo sal, the more amazing it becomes. It Is in Itself the essence of social ism. It means that private enter prise wants the government to guarantee it against loss. It means that U. S. business wants the U. S. government to go social istic in order to keep European business from going socialistic. There is still a great lacK oi confidence in business leadership. It is high time business leaders re-examined their hands. But statements from business leaders, such as those cited here, make no great contribution to re-establishing that confidence. Prineville Five Loses Games Prineville, Dec. 21 In return games here Friday and Saturday night wltn tne central foini ana Myrtle Creek high schools, both of which were victorious the pre vious week end when the Crook county high school made a tour to southwestern Oregon, the local school again lost both games. Central Point won Friday night, 36 to 26, with Forward Hanson, that team's star, making 14 points. un Saturday nigiu tne locai team was defeated 35 to 31 by Myrtle Creek. In a curtain raiser, the Prineville freshmen drubbed the freshmen of the Culver high school. OF. Gifts of lasting beauty, gifts that really please. Our ' stock is still replete with heart-warming treasures that will say "Merry Christmas" in a warm and friendly way. New Shipment 4-pc. Silver Tea Sets 22.50' Tax Included Many Scleclod Jewelry Gill Items on Displny Half'Prlce Holmes & Edwards Silverware Sterling Inlaid Men's - Ladies' Watches Compacts Ronson Lighters Tie Chains Clocks Decanter Sets Stone-sol Rings Stemware Tie Chains Hollow Ware Diamonds Diamond Ear Drops - China Pottery Glassware Dinner Rings Vases Figurines Silverware Sterling Costume Jewelry I or lit.' (jifls you 17 ;ii'e it'ili pn'(', .el your jowvlvr Lu your (initio. Bear's Jewelry Benson Building If You Plan to Take a Trip During the Holiday Season . . . MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW because the slrllnrs already are hratily booked for that period. WORLD-WIDE TRAVEL BUREAU PILOT BUTTE INN PHONE 1775 Oft lies In KlHiiiath Falls nml Ki-dmnnd. Washington Scene By Kantian W. Nichols (United J'rcva Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 21 'IB The scene was the plushy oval room on the ground floor of the White House whlcn serves as tne presi dential office. Johnle Throckmorton rubbed a sandy-red stubble on his chin, bowed his head and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I didn't get a chance to put on a clean shirt, shave or brush up. I've been on a bus all nlgnt. we got here less than half an hour ago. All l wanted was to snaKe you by the band. The presidential ngnt nana shot out. Harry S. Truman is al ways glad to greet a neighbor. Johnie is from Springfield, Mo. He halls from Independence. Mr. T. said why didn't Johnle tell his story? Wants Handshake Johnie brushed back a fuzzed forelock and said it wasn't much. He was forced to clip his educa tion in the sixth grade at the age of 14, leaving a motherless home. Purpose in coming Here: Nothing, except to shake the president's hand. From 14 on, a lot of cow-juicing and hay-pitching and corn-shucking on his uncle's farm. Johnie by now was sweating. Natural awe in such fancy company. Little him and big Mr. T. The president sensing the man's nervousness jerked his tie a little to starboard; maybe to relieve the tension. All right, said 25 -year -old Johnie, then there was the war. Three years in the artillery in the south Pacific. The landings. Bust ed eardrums from the cannonfire. A lot of hospitals. ,"Go on, sir," said the president. Back to civilian life and a job with one of the railroads pulling into Springfield. - A switchman. Then at 2:10 in the morning of June 10, 1948, it happened. Loses Legs "I was trying to set a hand brake on a cut of cars in the yards, Mr. President," Johnie said. "I thought I had it all set when all of a sudden I found my self under the wheels of one of the cars. Both of my legs mangled below the knees. "Well, they thought it would be all right, after they amputated. It wasn't. One operation after an other until now well, they've taken off so much I can't wear ar tificial limbs. "I got a lawyer and sued. I did n't do any good. That's water over the dam. I'm not asking for anything, Mr. President." Johnie told the president that the railroad workers his pals in Springfield, kicked In for bus fare. The president looked at his watch. In a couple of minutes the press would come bouncing in for a press conference. Truman asked Jonnte to stick around to sit right there beside him in his wheel chair. Might get a kick out of watching the re porters put a president on the pan. Johnle got a kick, all right. People Kept Waiting And when the conference was all over, the young man and the president went on with chit-chat. Presidential secretaries were making all kinds of distress signs in the rear of the oval room im portant people waiting, . Truman let some pretty big ones cool heels until he had fin ished his talk with neighbor Singers, Writers ram Redmond, Dec. 21 (Special) Redmond union high school's glee club and creative, writing class gave a "joint recital Sunday after noon at the Baptist church. A program of stories, poems and skits, written by memoers oi the class, was presented under the direction of Mrs. 'lorn Lee, instructor.- : The glee club sang carols of many nations, including "Christ mas Snows of Sweden"; ' the French song, "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle"; "Carol of the Russian Children"; the English song, "No Candle Was There and No Fire", and an ancient plain song, "O Come, O Come, Imman uel." They also song "Lift Thine Eyes" from Mendelssohn's "Ell ja," an American Negro spiritual, "Ole Ark's a-Movering," and the Johnle. Then he shook the Mis souri neighbor's hand warmly. No pictures. No fanfare. Said the man from Springfield: "Thank you, Mr. President." INSURANCE AUTO TRUCK FIRE GENERAL LIABILITY How much would you ask if you were to sell your home today? Now, compare this with your pres ent Fire Insurance policy, and call . us for rates on the additional cov erage you need. Savings from 20 - 25. E. M. BUCKNUM DISTRICT AGENT 1099 Brooks St. . 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