Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, November 29, 1945 Elephants Now Used to Clean Up Blitzed Hamburg ran MERSÏ-tD-fiûüND h S M ----------- ------------------- O R C W P CARS ON T IR E R A T IO N IN G I t you are an a utom obile ow ner in search o f tire s, here is one th in g to keep y o u r eye on. The tire in d u stry is p u llin g a ll sorts of w ires back- stage to lif t e xp o rt re s tric tio n s . A t present they are p e rm itte d to e xp o rt 400.000 tru c k tire s and 100.000 passenger tire s d u rin g the last q u a r te r o f this year. They w ould lik e to e xp o rt a lo t m ore. In the firs t place, they d o n 't have to w o rry about OPA c e ilin g prices when selling abroad. Secondly, they can b u ild up th e ir p o stw a r m a rke ts by g e ttin g in on the ground floor. So they would ra th e r sell m ore tire s abroad. B ut i f they do, they sell less tire s at home. And today a tir e c e rtific a te issued to a person d e s irin g to buy a tire is nothing m o re than a hunting license. He can go out and hunt fo r a tire . If he's lu c k y enough to find one, his c e rtifi cate e n title s h im to buy it. D E P A R T M E N T OF P E A C E When the house fo re ig n a ffa irs c o m m itte e heard te stim o n y on the R andolph b ill to cre a te a d e p a rtm e n t o f peace, the s ta r witness was a 64- ye a r-o ld fo rm e r m u le -d riv e r fro m M o rg a n to w n , W. Va. C h a irm a n Sol B loom and m e m bers o f his co m m itte e listened w ith ra p t a ttention as R aym ond M. D avis read a 16-page sta te m e n t on why the U nited States should take the lead in e stablishing a new cabinet post to spread the gospel o f peace throughout the w orld. A fte r he finished, w hite-thatched GO P Rep. C harles E aton of New J e r sey declared: “ M r. D avis, you m ay be un schooled, as you te ll the com m itte e , but you c e rta in ly are not uneducated. T hat is one of the finest docum ents I have ever listened to .” W orld Peace is not ju s t a hobby w ith the West V irg in ia coal m an, though he describes it as such. I t is a b u rn in g ideal. A self-m ade busi ness m an who now operates tw o coal m ines e m ploying m ore than 500 w o rke rs, D avis had m ade m any speeches at his own expense th roughout the country u rg in g a gov e rn m e n t d e p a rtm e n t o f peace. He also has w ritte n a proposed co n s titu tio n fo r the U nited N ations th a t has a ttra c te d w ide attention. The state d e p a rtm e n t thought w e ll enough o f his ideas to in v ite h im to the San F ra n cisco conference as an observer. Rep. Jennings R andolph of West V irg in ia , fre e ly a d m its th a t D avis was the ch ie f sp a rk plug behind his peace resolution. “ When I was lo o kin g at the re a r end o f a m u le a ll day in West V ir g in ia coal m ines,” says D avis, “ I n e ve r thought th a t one day I ’d be in s tru m e n ta l in h a vin g such an im p o rta n t piece of le g is la tio n in tro duced in congress.” Note— The second in itia l of Da v is ’ nam e stands fo r “ Moses.” Perhaps w hat we need are m ore p la in , g a rd e n -va rie ty Moses’ of the D avis type, instead of 6 tripcd-pants d ip lo m a ts, to lead us out of the in te rn a tio n a l w il derness. * • • BO W LES HOLDS IN F L A T IO N FLOO D O P A d m in is tra to r Chester Bowles is one o f the m ost abused men in W ashington. E veryone is badgering h im . Congressmen dem and th a t th e ir constituents increase the p rice o f th is o r that. F a rm groups w ant to ra ise the p ric e o f m ilk o r cattle. Business groups w a n t to abolish a ll c e ilin g prices. P ro b a b ly the com m on m an doesn’ t a p p re cia te it, b u t here are some th in g s w hich w ill happen i f Chester Bowles loses his b a ttle to stop the in fla tio n flood: J. E v e ry person p u ttin g his money in life insurance does so w ith the idea o f g e ttin g his money back— 100 cents on the d o lla r. B u t i f there is in fla tio n , the insurance d o lla r w ill be w o rth 75 cents, 50 cents, o r even 30 cents. 2. E v e ry person on a re tire d pen sion, w hether a ra ilro a d employee, a college, a school o r a big co rp o ra tio n em ployee, w ill see his incom e s h rin k i f there is in fla tio n . 3. E v e ry w idow liv in g on money le ft by h e r husband w ill see th a t in com e sh rive l. 4. E v e ry school teacher w ill have g re a t d iffic u lty h a vin g h e r s a la ry m ove up when the value of the d o l la r m oves down. 5. E v e ry c iv il servant, w hether w o rk in g fo r c ity , state or fe d e ra l governm ent, w ill be in the same boat as the teachers. 6. E v e ry college endowm ent, every c h a rity or oth e r e n te rp rise w ith fixed invested c a p ita l stands ready to have its in ve stm e n t evaporate w ith in fla tio n. C A P IT A L C H A F F <L When Eugene M eyer, p u b lish e r of the W ashington Post, celebrated his 70th b irth d a y , his fa m ily gave him , a party on Sunday, the Post staff gave him another one on Monday, and on Wednesday he was guest of honor at a luncheon. <L One high government official is certain, from studying a list of Pres idential appointments, that H a rry Trum an does not intend to run for President in 1948. “ Obviously,” he «ays, “ T ru m an ’s preparing to run fo r governor of Missouri.” THE< i w p g EDITOR'S N O TE : This newipoper, throimh special arrantenm nl u ilh the U ashinflon Hureau of If estern Sines- aul allon ptiprr I ’nion at lft/0 Eve Street, N. W., W ashington, I). is able to bring! readers this u eek ly colum n on prob- 1 Rt-lea»vd b.v Western Newspaper Union. lem t of the reteran anti servicem an | and h is fum ily. Questions nun be ad- C U R T A IL E D PRODUCTION d rew ed to the ahoi e Hureau and they i C A U SES INFLATION i< iU be answered in a subsequent col* W ASHINGTO N —The B aruch le t unm. \ o replies can be made d irect by ! te r to congressm en lifte d the v<iil m aib but only in the column which w ill t about a foot on the whole in n e r p ic appear in this newspaper regularly. ture. W ithout m entioning the labor- N ew V etera n s’ H osp itals m anagem ent conference, the A ttle e v is it, the New Y ork E n la rg e m e n t o f the fa c ilitie s o f and D e tro it elec the V eterans' a d m in is tra tio n fo r tions o r any other m ore adequate care o f re tu rn in g m a n tte v i r specifically, »peciiivauy, ■ disabled w a r veterans is g e ttin g un t h i i s n o w u n a t - ■ der w ay w ith the announcem ent re tach hed eld e r advl- W cently th a t locations had been ap sor o f the nation proved fo r 19 new ve te ra n s' a d m in is- p e n e t r a t e d th e s e | tra tio n hospitals and addition? to 15 and a ll other c u r e x is tin g hospitals to p ro vid e a to ta l rent econom ic a r o f 15,276 new beds fo r V eterans' ad- gum ents fillin g the i m in is tra tio n patients. papers w ith at least These beds are a p a rt of the 29.100 one fresh ra y of Baruch bed p ro g ra m approved by P resident lig h t. T ru m a n on August 4, and funds fo r His fla sh lig h t beamed on the p ro b the co n stru ctio n p ro g ra m are to be lem o f production as the root o f a ll requested fo r the c u rre n t (1946) fis economic e v il D elay and c u rta il cal ye a r. The new hospitals are to m ent o f it by strike s and otherw ise be located a t o r near: boosts in fla tio n, he suid (as it does, New Haven, Conn.. A lbany. N. Y., because slack production makes B u ffa lo , N Y.. N e w a rk. N. J , B a lti m ore c ritic a l the shortage of goods, m ore, M d., W ashington, D. C., w hich in tu rn causes h ig h er price s). G a in e s v ille . F la ., C la rksb u rg , W. The c u rre n t brakes upon pro V a., L o u is v ille , K y ., D ecatur, 111., duction also should m ake us D u lu th . M in n ., Southern M innesota. w a ry of g iv in g away w hat goods Iow a C ity . Iowa. Om aha. Neb.. New we have to fo re ig n nations, espe O rleans. L a ., E l Paso, Texas. O kla c ia lly those lik e E ngland, Czech homa C ity , O kla., Phoenix, A ris .. oslovakia, F rance and Russia and C in c in n a ti. Ohio. (he mentioned these sp e cifica lly In the m eantim e, Gen. O m a r N. in his m e a g e rly reported le tte r) B ra d le y . V e terans' a d m in is tra to r, because by g ivin g -a w a y, we re has announced ap p o in tm e n t o f Dr. duce w hat production we have P aul B. Magnuson, associate pro a va ila b le to fig h t in fla tio n. fessor of su rg e ry a t N orth w e ste rn He got o ff his own beam on tw o u n iv e rs ity , to be head of the re search and post-graduate tra in in g o ther points, i t seems to me. He p ro g ra m in the ve te ra n s’ hospitals said tax reduction also threatens in th roughout the co u n try. D r. M ag flation. w ith o u t recognizing th a t a nuson is considered one of the coun reduction in the vast T ru m a n spend t r y ’ s o u tstanding surgeons and o r ing budgets projected p u b lic ly fo r the next 20 m onths is the firs t lo g i thopedic specialists. cal way to c u rta il the governm ent | fiscal threat. Q u e s tio n s a n d A n s w e rs By P M B o ttin i r ig . J - *.** » K ie r i, 35 ye a rs old. Is one H a m b u rg , G e rm a n y. K ie r i is They are p u llin g the re m a in s w ith o u t m uch e ffo rt, and never • "** _ ■ -J y of the elephants placed into service to aid in the cleaning up of m uch-bom bed being assisted in the Job by M a n y, a 25-year-old m ute, b a re ly v is ib le on offside. of an au to m o b ile fro m a blitzed b u ild in g . Au ele p ha n t can haul 3.000 pounds seems to tire , even a fte r long hours of w o rk. Japanese Object to Strict hood Control Program — )M 'K C /À ï f y? *1 '■> °t M j “ lì j X . r » l? X . 5' f ' t»*" i « 'W ! p p .’ « S P E N D IN G REDUCTION Q. I was inducted in the a rm y and served seven m onths when A spending re d u ctio n in an infla- j I was discharged on account of tio n a ry period lik e th is is c e rta in ly m ore im p o rta n t than the m eager ta x | age. F o u r of us asked officers i f they wished we would get out re d u ctio n w hich continues w a r lev- j and they answered, yes. So we ies at n e a rly 90 per cent o f w a r j went to an e m p lo ym e n t office in levels. s' Tacom a and received a slip say Also he l it once upon a rubbish a r ing we w ere m ore v ita l to the gum ent when he w o rrie d about our , w a r in d u s try than in the a rm y fa rm and m in e ra l resources along I and on those grounds they gave w ith In te rio r S e cre ta ry Ickes, who | us a discharge. Now they te ll is n e a rly a lw ays bad com pany fo r a us we are not e n title d to mus- seeker of o b je c tive econom ic tru th . A huge th ro n g of Japanese face a bannered p la tfo rm in H ib ya p a rk, Tokyo, d u rin g a d e m o n stra tio n te rin g -o ut pay. A t th a t tim e we W ith a ll these nations owing a g a in st the c u rre n t food shortage. The p a rk is in dow ntow n Tok>o, ad ja cen t to the palace grounds. The knew nothing about m u ste rin g - us m oney, we should be able to Japanese objected not only to la c k o f food, but to any co n tro l o ver th e ir food supplies. out pay. Also am I e n title d to stock up on d eficient m in e ra ls a se rv ic e m a n ’s loan.—C. H., ( if the a d m in is tra tio n w ould de H am m ond ave., S uperior, Wis. vote its e lf to th is ) : and most A. P ro b a b ly you are not e n title d people are b ra g g in g about the to m u ste rin g -o u t pay. I t m a y be a b ility of A g ric u ltu re S ecretary th a t you w ere discharged before Anderson to get the fa rm pro m u ste rin g -o u t pay was adopted, and duction straightened out fro m i f not, you w ere discharged fo r yo u r its w ar mess ne xt year. own convenience to ta ke a job in M r. B a ru c h ’ s gle a m in g eye could w a r in d u s try , and w ith o u t overseas have gone fu rth e r and the v e il could service, are not e n title d to m us have gone hig h er. F u n d a m e n ta lly, te rin g -o u t pay. You are e n title d to honestly and ba sica lly, w hat are the benefits o f the G .I. b ill, however. tap-root causes o f the condition we Q. M y husband joined the m a a re in? T here is but one. rin e corps in June, 1942. He The w o rld is being pressured in to spent 18 m onths overseas, re p o litic a l economics, d o m e stica lly ceived 3 bronze sta rs and the and in te rn a tio n a lly . H ere especial p re sid e n tia l u n it c ita tio n , but ly we a re s triv in g to do the rig h t because his record book was th in g p o litic a lly — but not the rig h t la te in a rr iv in g a t the islands, th in g econom ically. he has not been cre d ite d w ith In in te rn a tio n a l a ffa irs, some c ru the bronze stars. How can this saders w a n t us to give things away e rro r be corrected? He has Just fo r p o litic a l reasons. M r. A ttlee is been sent back to the P acific com ing o ve r to urge us. according w ith 57 points. I have been told to his in sp ire d press, to give away a ll m a rin e s w ith 40 points would the a to m ic bornb. not be sent o ver again. He W HAT A T T L E E WANTS should be cre d ite d w ith 72 o r 77 points. H ow can th is be c o r In m y w ell-advised opinion, M r. rected?—M rs . L . L ., C arpenter A ttle e is not m uch interested in the st., N o rth v ille , M ic h . a to m ic bomb, but p rim a rily in get A. A n y su p e rio r o ffic e r who knows tin g the m oney, delayed, fro m us— y o u r husband’ s re co rd could c o r a n yth in g up to o ve r five b illio n dol re ct his re co rd in s o fa r as the bronze la rs to set his fin a n cial house in o r sta rs are concerned, the m a rin e d e r so his S ocialist p a rty can buy corps says. I t is tru e th a t it is the in d u s trie s fo r his own p u re ly p o lit ' p o lic y o f the m a rin e corps not to re- ic a l purposes. W ith his " G . I . ” u m b re lla p ro te c t I ship m en w ith 40 points overseas. He has never made out an ing h im fro m the ra in , th is g rin n in g I t is also tru e th a t y o u r husband has econom ic case of governm ent . . . . ... „ t | Chinese s e n try of the 70th n a tio n a l m ore than enough points to m ake need of these in d u strie s fo r any A t a d e m o n stra tio n a t the B e ll la b o ra to rie s in New Y o rk , E d g a r B loom ! a rm y stands g u ard a t one of the I h im e lig ib le fo r discharge. The m a other than his purpose to prove J r., to ta lly deaf m an, ta lk s w ith M iss H a rrie t Green o ver a telephone to I docks a t K iiru m , w here the Chinese rin e corps, how ever, says there are so cia lism . He has presented us w h ich a cathode ra y tra n s la to r is connected. The device, «•« vive, know n n u n n ii as “ v is i- I troops w ere landed by u n its of the m a n y reasons w hy he m a y have w ith no prospectus of reconstruc h ie « n o p f ' l i . ” tr9 l2 B te .tp s a n n n n H o In t n v rn M s . o f lig h t on __ «»_ _ U S 7th lie t hie speech,” tra .n n w sla sounds in i« to « n p a a t tte the screen. been shipped back fo r d u ty, one be tio n fo r B rita in showing how she ing, he m a y have requested o v e r could use our money to m ake seas service. Suggest you w rite d i m ore business fo r us o r her—to re c t to the m a rin e corps headquar expand production. ters, W ashington, D. C., and ask fo r He has not offered his people details concerning y o u r husband's any sin ce re ly conceived produc record. tio n plan along these lines. In deed, he does not th in k along Q. Can a se rvicem an stop his these lines, but on S ocialist po a llo tm e n t to his w ife and child? > 4 litic a l lines. A. I f you m ean his fa m ily a llo w ï W hat th is poor sick w o rld need: ance, w hich is m ade up o f equal con is to get aw ay fro m p o litic s and trib u tio n s fro m the s o ld ie r’ s pay and the a rm y , no, he cannot stop that. back upon the beam o f re a lism in He can stop his a llo tm e n t, w hich is economics. B y th ro w in g aw ay the a v o lu n ta ry c o n trib u tio n o f the sol atom bom b o r money in bad loans d ie r to his dependents over and fo r p o litic a l purposes, we can de s tro y the w orld. above his fa m ily allowance. I prom ised to tr y to dem onstrate Q. When they s ta rt d ischarg by o b je c tiv e analysis the same root in g servicem en w ith two years causes o f o u r own troubles domes of service w ill they include only tic a lly —n a m e ly th a t we are being those a lre a d y se rvin g tw o years high-pressured in to p o litic a l eco o r w ill i t be e ffective fo r a ll nomics, in to decisions fo r p o litic a l when th e ir tw o years a re up? effect ra th e r than w h a t is econom — W ife, Chelsea, Kan. A. tin d e r the present ru lin g , men ic a lly rig h t and necessary. M r. T ru m a n ’ s la te st wage-boosting in the a rm y m u st be 35, 36 o r 37 w ith tw o years service before they p lan is a p ro g ra m to increase gov are e lig ib le unless they have the e rn m e n t em ployees by 20 per cent, necessary n u m b e r o f points. The congressm en, c a b in et officers and F orm er Secretary of State Cordell H ull has been awarded the Nobel President H a rry S. Trum an Is w a r d e p a rtm e n t says a new ru lin g others even m ore than th is amount. Peace prize. Photo shows M r. and M rs. Hull as they read congratulatory m a y be in e ffect by m id w in te r to A t a tim e when the P resident is messages In their Washington apartm ent. The form er U. 8. secretary of shown with a 48-pound turkey pre sented to him on behalf of the tu r release a ll m en w ith tw o years s e rv w o rrie d about in fla tio n —an in fla tio n state was «elected due to his outstanding work In the early organi key growers of Minnesota. I t won caused by the shortage o f good«. ice, regardless o f age. zation work of the United Nations conference. first prize in Minnesota turkey show. Visible Speech Device for Deaf Chinese Army Styles Dull Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Truman’s Big Turkey I