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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
SATURDAY,. JULY 21, 1951
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WATER AFFAIRS
The city commission has done wisely to abandon the plan
announced last week to call a repeat election on the water
bond issue that was "so decisively rejected last November.
Instead it proposes a smaller issue and the erection of two
water reservoirs or tanks so placed as to, insure, given the
necessary supply, adequate pressure throughout the city. We
hope that the bonds will be authorized. We believe that the
' voters will give their approval, f f'.'V 'x'. ',: . '
As w.e urge a favorable vote on the bonds we by no means
abandon our stand on water meters. Meters are an essential
of a properly managed water system. Only with meters can
there be fairness as between consumers in the use of water.
Only with meters can it be brouurht home tn users that there
must be care exercised for their own pocket protection. The
pueKei nerve is exposed ana sensitive. It attention is paid to
its protection there will be, in the business of our water dis
tribution, a general benefit.
With this large question on the way to a settlement we
urge that a couple of. minor matters be attended to as well.
There is the question of minimum fines for violation of water
regulations and that of the careless use of water in the parks
still served from the system mains. The authorities who ob
jected to Police judge Gray's performance, of his judicial
duties, though he acted in full compliance with the city or
dinance, should make good by their own action. The use of
water in the parks should be metered.
On that latjter -point it is pf no importance that Manager
Cuthbertson has instructed city employes to be extremely
careful in water tisie, Such instruction was given at the begin
ning of the season or should have been and yet, in the face
of an increasingly critical condition no attention was paid.
Let the park use be measured and there will be a record to
speak for itself . -
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CONVENTION
r It would be hard to conceive a convention whose delibera
tions can be, of more potential importance than those of the
; National university extension association, which meets here
next week;- Nor is it easy to think of a group of delegates
whose entertainment would bring more genuine pleasure to
the hosts. Bend will be honored by the presence of educators'
from every state of the Union; some of them have already
arrived in central Oregon and others, we feel sure, will wish
to stay for a while after their sessions are over.
We trust that those who have this in mind will be able to do
so. Not that this is what the delegates will have had pri
marily in mind. There are conventions and conventions and
this is of the sort in which sound, constructive work is fea
tured. But when the work is. done comes the proper time for
. recreation and where could be a more fitting locality than
right here? . ,
,. It may be that we're prejudiced, so supposing we leave that
to the members of the association. At the same time we wish
them a successful convention and a pleasant one. -
Oregon's Senator Morse makes the news by criticizing col
leagues who, he declares, are chiefly interested in results of
the 1952 elections. Senator Morse is above such things and
may continue to be until the 1956 elections are a few years
nearer.
i. There 1J. fee n0 more talk about a by-pass for Bend, which
? should be a relief in more ways than one. Think, for instance,
what a job it would be to find an alternative route half as
good as the one now in use. ; v
; And so the heavyweight championship changes hands
again, a 37-year-old has-been winning from a 30-year-old
never-was.
British Industry Far Behind
American Production Ratios
, By Howard E. Suliuclinuiiiti
i, Birmingham, EnglandHero In
, the heart of Britain's industrial
area one naturally tries to note
: similarities and differences be
it ween British and American fac
tory ' operation.' : Why is it that
neither: Britain nor any other
country, in the world can match
i U. S. industrial output? .
.,' Part oX the answer lies In the
abundant resources of America
where a man wishing to slart a
: factory finds virtually everythini?
. he needs easily obtainable. Brit
ish businessmen have to go over
seas for some of the -most com
mon materials the American
takes for frranted. This is an ex
pensive process.
Ago Also Factor
Another part of the difficulty
. stems frpm the age of the British
factories. Being the first country
i to industrialize, many of her mills,
power plants and tools are out
of date but still usable, so the
Britisher hates to throw them
away.
Many factory buildings are bid
and poorly laid out, hut seem loo
'; valuable to. the owners to bo
, scrapped. And while Britain Is so
shori of money for imports, ma
terials for new buildings arc at a
premium.
One could Imagine much the
same thing happening to the U.
S. if American businessmen over
lost their habit of discarding a
process as soon as it Is out ot
date. In such a case Brazil or
some other country expanding
now might have much newer ma
chines and produce much cheaper
goods.
Too Much Caution
But after many conversations
with British factory managers
and the men who work in the
factories one discovers that the
methods used, which are so much
loss productive than America's,
are often due to short sighted and
cautious altitudes of both work
ers and owners.
During the twenty years of
heavy unemployment here be
tween the two world wars the
British workers ail came to ac-
faster one works the ouicker It's
done and the sooner one Is out of
a, job, they reasoned.
They did not see that the more
everyone produces, the mprc
there is for everyone to share.
During these years unions de
manded and got a lot of make
work . and fcathcrbcdtling prac
tices which still exist. Though
everyone pitched In and worked
harC during the war, the old
attitudes have re-emerged since.
While it would be unjust to say
the British worker Is lazy, - he
certainly isn't noted for speed.
' omiwtltlon Disliked
, Attitudes of the businessmen
have been partly responsible for
all of this. The British factory
owner, like his counterpart on
the continent, prefers a safe little
market he can count on year in
and year out without worrying
about it. He doesn't like competi
tion. ,
Cartels, monopolies, arrange
ments to all sell at the same price,
agreements on markets and terri
tories all flourish here as almost
nowhere else, This has been true
for 50 years and the labor gov
ernment is only now thinking of
trying to do somcthing.about It.
Thus there olsn't the sort of ad
vertising we have In America,
nor the constant attempt to offer
something more or better for the
same money. Businessmen feel it
Is rather unkind to drive each
other that hard, and tend to mnke
agreements to share what busi
ness already exists.
Prices All the Same
Consumers notice that most
things sell for the sidno price In
nil shops and feel that the busi
nessmen are in league against
them. Workers notice their bosses'
are not greatly interested In new
machines or new processes as
lung as they can manage to got
along with old methods. Divi.
clends arc put above Improve
ments. Because labor has always been
comparatively cheap and machln
cry comparatively expensive, the
British factory managers have
gotten used to hiring more men
Did You Ever See Such a Glutton hr Punishment?
m
tween the wars when there was
constant unemployment.. America
Invests far more in machinery
per worker. s 1 -
The number of little lobs still
done by hand Instead of machines
is an immediate surprise to the
visiting American, This holds true
even Tn the largest and most
modern factories, There seemed
to be five times the men on the
automobile assembly line this
correspondent saw here compared
with those he has seen in the
U. S. ," .'J.
. Not on Good Terms
Labor and management are not
on as good terms as in the U. S.
Each - constantly f distrusts the
other, saying it is taking too big
a portion of receipts. They fight
each other rather than cooperate
to proouce a Digger pie ior Darn
to snare. ,
Management has not done a
good job of explaining It posi
tion and problems to the Workers,
nor has it taken them into its
confidence ; in planning ahead.
The Jdea exists that what is good
for labor must be bad for man
agement, ana vice versa.
All of these things have result
ed In both businessmen and work
ers belnor resistant to chancre.
They much prefer things as they
are.wlth limited output and se-
S ure profits, rather than competi
ion, standardization and mass,
cheap products. '
Production low
The fact that British workmen
produce only about one third their
counterparts in the U. S. is the
result of all this. America's, rich
ness (n resources is hot the whole
story. Britain could never match
America's standard of living, but
she. can learn a lot about Increas
ing output with what she has. i
; America seems so fabulous to
the Britisher that in many cases
he simply doesn't believe it is
true. If he does Relieve It, he
seems to have the Impression it is
all done by everyone working
double-time on a changing assembly-line
and being practically
ground up In the prqeess,
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WASHINGTON CQJAJMN
By Peter Bison
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,' By Poter Edson '
(NEA WHHhlngton Correspondent)
. Washington (NEA) How big
an air force the United States
should have for security is one
of the most challenging subjects
In Washington. It is the key to
defense planning. And it is the
key to government spending and
Sanation. As. the. air force is in
creased in .size, everything goes
up with it. . .;.; ,
No statement set America back
on its heels more than the recent'
testimony of Gen. Hoyt S. Van
deriberg, air force chief of slat f,
before the senate committees, in
vestigating. General MacArthur's
firing. . ' - '
"The fact is," he said 'i-heh,
that the United Slates is operat
ing a shoestring air force in y4w
of its global responsibilities." ,
What was overlooked in Gecv
eral Vandenberg's statement was
hls quallfying clause, "in view of
its global responsibilities."- . j
This qualifier has since been re
emphasized and clarified. What
fipnm-nl VanHenhero- wanted- to
make clear was that it the UniteJ'i
States was to be required to fight
a Pacific war, a European war, a,
Mediterranean or middle-east war
and also launch a devastating:
strategic air attack on Russia,
then its air force was a shoestring'
operation, '
For the, defense of the United
States alone, the present 87-group
air force might be sufficient. But
if any outside work had to. be
done, it is not. ;
The air force still sticks to the
story that if Russia should at
tack the United States, American
strategic bombers could retaliate
with such force as to devastate
Russian cities and industrial po
tential. ' .
This boast can be made, how
ever, only on one big assumption.
It is that Russia has no guided
missiles which will be effective in
ccpt the idea that there was only rather than hunting for better
so much worn to go around. 1 lie tools. Tins was especially true ue
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shooting down high level strategic
bombers. .- . '
There is one other important
factor which enters into this cal
culation. It is simply : that the
B-36. bomber is rapidly becoming
obsolete.-' It ' is obsolete in ' the
Aense that jet" Interceptor "planes
have been improved to such a
degree that they can overtake the
slower B-36 and destioy it. This
is true of even the Russian MIG
15 jet, which General Vandenberg
declared has superior speed and
climb to American and British
jets.' - - -
U. S. jets have greater fire pow
er and better fire control. Also,
American pilots are. better,
trained. That' has given the U,N.
air forces superiority over com
munist aircraft in Korea: But it
is pointed out that the U.N. ad
vantage in numbers of aircraft in
WHEELS
The Largest Stock in
Central Oregon
Chev. 49-51, 15", now.......... 7.75
Chev. 37-48, 15" or 18", new 7.75
Chrysler 37-48, 15" or 16"
new 7.75
DcSoto 37-48, 15" or 16"
,irew 7.75
Dodge 37-48, 15" or 16"
new 7.75
Ford 40-48, 15" or 16", new 6.75
.Ford 49-51, 15", new 6.75
Hudson 37-48, 15" or 16"
new : 7.75
Kaiser 47 48, 15" or 16"
new 7.75
Mercury 40-48, 15" or 16" .
new : 6.75
Nash 41-47, 15" or 16", new 7.75
Olds 38-48, 16", used 3.50
Ply. 38 48, 15" or 16", new 7.75
Pont. 37-38, 16", used..... 3.50
Stud. 37-47, 16", used.......;.. 3.50
(Pres. or Diet.)
Stud. 15" or 16", new 7.75
(Champion)
Willys Jeep 46-49, 15" or 16"
new 7.75
Willys, 15" or 16", new 7.75
. (Station wagon or del.)
AIX USED WHEELS when
in slock ; 8.50
('37 and later)
'86 and earlier wheels,
used 1.50
Volume makes these low
prices. We arc now selling
close to 100 wheels a month.
Overnight delivery on all spe
cial order wheels. Full cover
age on all trucks and army
vehicles. MaU orders . . . state
Tire size, number of bolt holes,
make and model.
Bend's largest auto wreckers.
Pacific Auto Wrecking
The big orange fence on
South Highway
, TO MAKE SURVEY .
Portland, July 21 im-lportland
and several other Oregon cities
will be included In an office of
price stabilization survey of the
wholesale and retail grocery
costs, Carl L.Donaugh, director
of the Oregon district office, said
here today.
Preparations for the survey,
which will be part of a national
OPS poll, will be made at Seattle
July 27.
Korea has In recent months been
rapidly decreasing. -
Answers, to the problems raised
by growing obsolescence of the
B-36 and Improvement in Russian
jet aircraft are the obvious de
mand for better and necessarily
more expensive aircraft, and more
of them.-; . ;
Better bombers are being built
In the B-47,; the B-52 and even a
B-58 abopt which little has been
said. The claim is made that
within two years the U. S. air
foroe will be able to double the
force of its strategic attack on
any enemy.
Production of newer aircraft
will not really begin to roll until
February of next year, it will be
the end of .1952 before the 95
group Ui S. air. force is in being.
But the plans for 125, then. 130
and 180 groups are actively be
ing developed.
The numbers raeket in counting
aircraft is apt , to be deceptive.
Estimates of ; Russian' air power
have run as high as 5,000 planes
in Asia and perhaps 10,000 in Eu
rope. There is no way for a civil
ian to estimate how correct this
intelligence may be. ...
The only real basis for compari
son between opposing air forces is
by type of plane, reserves, obso
lescence, fuel, and pilot supplies
and replacements. American
transports, tankers and strategic
bombers are vastly : superior to
anything Russia is known to have.
On bombers the margin is two to
one, and the best the Russians
have is. a TU-4, which was a steal
on the B-29. - ' . . . S
On air defense and tactical air
support, the ratio may be re
versed or worse. In Europe, for
instance, the U. S. has only, two
groups, or about 150 combat
planes, no match for any Russian
10,000. v : ..,:!.
Mushroom Plant
Destroyed by Fire
orprrnh ritv. Ore.. Julv 21 'W
i?t..A tnrlntr Hoctrnvpri the West
rue njvj wwMv j - . .
Food company, mushroom plant
at Oak Grove. Loss was estimat
ed at $80.000. :v x.-'-
: Oak Grove Fire chief Merle
Budeneaugh said the blaze was
causea oy sponianeuua tuuiuua-
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lull UIIU iriunc WW. HI "
shed. The fire spread rapidly to
live large Iliusiuuum autu
James Miller, an employe, who
was sleeping at the plant, was
struck on the head by a piece of
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
-THIBTV YEARS AGO
July 21, 1921 '
(It was Thursday)
' '-TSn.fo mrimmlno .ineirio the citV
limns must be properly attired,
Officer Tom Carlon warns. -One-piece
suits will be sufficient for
the boys, he indicates. ;
TV,. HonH .Amatplir "Athletic
club plans for a community picnic
and cleanup day at Shevlin park,
with the Percy A. Stevens post,
American region, to oe in cumee
of a program. -
Sixteen carloads of beef cattle,
the first large; shipment of the
summer, are scheduled to leave
tumoral trtann Tinirtts Saturday
night, when the O-W special re
sumes its weeaiy scneauie.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
- July 21, 1926
(It was Wednesday)
; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marshall
Jr. honeymoon at Crater lake.
The bride,: formerly Miss Evelyn
White, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert White.
A picnic is given at Little river
by the postoffice employes hon
oring Mr. and Mrs.-WtUard Hig
gins; recently returned from their
honevmoon. Others present in
clude Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Seeds,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Martin and
two children, Mr. and Mrs. Farley
Elliott and two children, Mr. and
Mrs. A. T. Caveness and grand
son. Morris Chase, Kenneth Ben-
inett, E. H. Cain and John Todd.
metal while helping firemen bat
tie the blaze. He was brought to
Mntphinsnn ' hnanitnl in r
- ..i vu;ton
City for treatment. ; . "
P. O. Maltby and W. Conan
Smith, owners of the plant, said
20,00Q pounds of mushrooms des.
troyed were valued at $10 000
and the buildings and equipment
The answers to everyday
insurance problems
By GORDON RANDALL
Insurance Counsellor
QUESTION: ,A man in our
neighborhood who was sued
for damages because of an ac
cident on his property, was de
fended by his Insurance Com
pany attorneys. He won the
suit, the court holding that he
was not legally liable. Who
pays his costs In a case of that
kind?;:v
ANSWER: The Insurance
Company. In fact, one of the
greatest values in owning Ha
ility insurance is that the In
surance Company defends all
suits brought against the in
sured within the coverage of
the policy.
II you'll address your own Insunnct
questions to this office, we'll try to gin
you the correct answers and there will
be n charge or obligation Uf any kin!.
Gordon Randall
Agency
233 Oregon
Phone 1870
IRIAK YOUR MATCHI Be Sure
it's out every time! One
careless moment can cause
! a forest fire. And in the
wake of forest fires come terrifying floods,
soil erosion. Yes, droughts and death!
iurn irush carifullyi Always. Check with
your local ranger, fire or forest warden before
burning brush or rubbish!
CRUSH YOUR CIGARITTII
Every time! Last year care
lessness destroyed enougli ,
pulp-size trees to provide a
year's supply of paper to every newspaper in
the United States. ; .
I.
DROWN YOUR CAMPfiRU Be
sure! Every year nearly 30
million acres are blackened.
d-f)' Our precious natural re
sources are shamefully wasted. Our national
security weakened! .
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ill's stop this shameful wastci Remember
tlf major cause of forest fires is carelessness
on the part of people like you.' This will be
a critical year. You must help!
ffiAItraf 1 0UST HUB!
&z&?Hfet-0ny you can
Liki other Hitiericui business firms, wi believe that business bas a responsibility to contribute to tbe public welfare. This
llfertisement is therefore sponsored in cooperation with The Advertising Council and II. S. end State Forest Services b;
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