Southern Oregon miner., June 17, 1948, Image 8

Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, June 17, 1948
Washington Dipestz,
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Throttling of Small Business
Can Kill Democratic System
ÌTÀÒE 5CREÍN ÌADIO
Old-Age Pensions
Fly Immunity to DDT
Is Debatable Question
By IN E Z G E R H A R D
FIRST AID to the
AILING HOUSE
by Roger C Whitman
QUESTION: My
houaa
waa
painted five year« ago with fairly
good paint. The paint la now all
cracking and peeling il iwn to the
w<x»d. Should I scrape off the old
paint and apply n root of aluminum
paint, then a coot of good house
paint ?
AT A SECRET POWWOW with
D l for “Let's Full In Love," actors
*
* congressional Democratic lead­
at Columbia w'ho were missing
! \e tr »
ers President Truman was told there
from their own sets always could
WASHINGTON.—Over in England, where the majority was little chance of congress ap­
be found on stage 7, where Dorothy
any of his proposals to in­
Lamour was singing in French.
voted to accept socialism because they felt the 400-year-old proving
crease old-age pensions. However,
Do flies become immune or re­ Portuguese, English with a French
“capitalistic experiment’’ had been a failure, they are finding the
ANSWER: That Would be a
leaders advised that the peo­ sistant to DDT after It has been used accent, English with u Cockney uc
that you can’t vote yourself into a prosperity any more than ple were
good
way to handle I ho problem.
entitled to a frank report for a few years?
Hut first examine the walls for
you can vote yourself into morality.
on how old-age Insurance benefits—
This q u e s t i o n
There are still a lot of Britons who think they have been voted out
leakage. It Is quite poaalble that
on which millions of Americans de­
urises from the fact
since the house was painted five
of the frying pan into the fire. Prime Minister Clement Attlee, in a re­
pend for retirement security—have
that a few fly-con­
years ago, small cracks may have
cent report to the Labor party, admitted that conversion into socialist
lagged behind higher wages and
trol f a i l u r e s on
opened up around the window and
democracy was a long hard task, longer than they had imagined.
living costs. That was why Tru­
farms where DDT
door frames that admit water dur­
man decided to send his message
w a s effective In
•'We are engaged in a great ven­
ing driving rains. This rntn water
other years have
ture,” Attlee said, "We are trying their prognostications and studies, to congress anyway.
leaks down Inside the walls and on
Michigan's aggressive represen­
been hard to ac­
to build up a great, free, socialist and they feel that the trend for all
warm, dry days Is drawn through
tative, John Dingell, an original
count for. The ex­
democracy." He warned that a so­ business now is up.
the walls, taking off paint from the
planation was that
But listen to what the people sur­ champion of the social security
ciety changed by
■urfaees.
law, summed it up bluntly: "Unless
the flies probably
I u n d e m o c ratic veyed by Kiplinger say:
QUESTION: Is It necessary to
had become resist­
A food wholesaler in Iowa: pensions are increased in ratio to
| methods is apt to
flush a hot water system every year
ant to the chemical
1 lose the "habits “Bread sales are extremely high, higher wages, higher taxes and
or two ?
Uncle Sam's entomologists admit
of democracy.” X also flour sales are good and the higher living costs, counties that
. suppose he meant sale of rolled oats is good, as people have sold their poorhouses for the that insects can develop resistance
ANSWER: At the beginning of
by that that so­ apparently are filling up on these aged will have to re-establish to the insecticides used against
the heating season tt Is advisable to
the m, as in the case of the apple
cialism had to nutritious foods in preference to them."
draw «iff several pailfuls of water
Dingell said It would be “aelu-
codling moth against which lead ar­
■>re expensive items.”
| come by evolu­
to flush off some of the accumula­
arlally sound” to increase pen­
senate lost its effectiveness. More
baker in Ohio: "We are selling
tion. which is an
tion In the boiler, but It Is not neces­
DOROTHY I.AMOIR
sions
because
of
Increased
reve­
over, Uncle Sam's bug men say they
ancient axiom of fewer cakes and pies.”
sary to drain off the entire heating
nues from payroll taxes. He
have, in the laboratory, been able cent, and what she calls East New
Women are doing more sewing at
the more conser-
system. Use a boiler cleaning com­
added: "Sixty million people are
to develop a DDT-resistant strain of Orleansese—suys it's her “native
| vative socialists. home, with clothing prices so high.
pound every two or three years.
employed now, more than we
fl;t-s. It is not likely that a DDT- tongue.” With the musical and also
An Illinois businessman said: "The
| Communists s a y
ever dreamed of when we
resistant strain would develop nat­ “Lulu Belle" finished, she has been
it can come only local high school decided to have
QUESTION: Mow ran I get
changed the law in 1939. We
urally in the short time since DDT in New York, combining a vacation I grease spots off cement steps?
a night school on sewing. The first
' by revolution.
thought then that we wouldn't
was first used.
Attlee also said that socialism registration was 135 women.”
with business and a bit of ear trou­
ANSWER: Cover the spot with
have
that many employed until
was a way of life—not an economic
Young woman in Wisconsin:
It is more reasonable to believe ble.
a
thick layer of dry portland ce­
1980."
theory. That will be questiond by
that the occasional failure on farms
“I’m not the only working girl in
ment. leaving it on for several days.
“I
want
to
cover
as
many
people
some people. He added that social­
It's
hard
to
get
guest
stars
from
I
where
DDT
already
has
been
used
this community who doesn't have
as practically possible," comment­ with good results is due to careless- , Hollywood to commit themselves to ' After the powder Is saturated with
ism demanded a higher standard
the new look.”
the oil, scrape It off end repeat sev­
ed
the President.
of citizenship than does capitalism.
ness or inferior product.
j broadcast dates, so when "Mystery
Illinois farmwoman; "We planned
eral
times until no more Is absorb­
Biggest problem, observed Fed- I One thing in particular that should Theater” executives asked K. T. .
Some people will quarrel with that to buy some new furniture, but the
ed.
Later,
scrub the plare with a
too. Many will say that it isn't price is too high. I am making eral Security Administrator Oscar accompany the use of DDT is the Stevens If she would be in New
strong solution of washing soda.
Ewing,
is
providing
protection
for
that capitalism doesn't demand a slipcovers.”
destruction or removal of fly breed- ' York for their show they were ¡
higher standard of citizenship, but
piles, startled when she said. “Sure, I'll
Even electrical items, dreamed of casual workers, such as domestic ing places, such as manure
QUESTION: I would like to
simply that capitalism (or any by housewives as an after-the-war servants and farmhands.
weed piles, old stack bottoms and be here six weeks from now, even ¡ know if coal asln s do any harm to
"We might try the stamp system wet spots in barnyards. One or six months from now.” Was she
other known system, for that mat­ necessity, are not selling well. Said
a garden ?
ter) doesn’t always get it.
an Iowa dealer: “The edge is defi­ they use in England.” suggested more such spots may be able to giving up her career? "No. I've a
ANSWER: When correctly us­
_
turn out flies faster than DDT can new career, that of 'Mother,' ” she
nitely off on hard goods, such as Ewing.
Capitalism fails, when it does
ed, coal ash ran be of benefit to a
I
doubt
that
it
would
work.here,
j
kill
tj,errlj
for
DDT
is
not
noted
for
explained.
refrigerators,
washers,
r
a
d
i
o
s
,
fail, not because there is any­
garden and lawn.
remarked Mr. Truman.
It s • jast actjon a fly may survive for
stoves, etc. Prices too high.”
thing wrong with free enterprise
Franchot Tone will provide ro­
A traveling salesman covering nuisance to employers, difficult to hours after alighting on a surface
or competition, but because some­
(¡nod Precaution
mantic competition for Cary
the small towns finds the going administer and such casual em- coated wilh DDT
times the standard of morality or
ployees
frequently
build
up
less
_____________
Grant
In
"Every
Girl
Should
Be
tough:
“I
cover
New
York
state
standard of citizenship if you will,
ARTEMUS WARD was traveling
Married,” playing a wealthy wolf
and I am working twice as hard for credits for contributory pensions j
running the system, bogs down.
than
they
could
get
in
an
old-age
*
* on a slow-going southern train
with
frivolous
intentions—right
up
half
the
business.”
Then free enterprise is shackled
Herds and Flocks
soon
after the Civil wor. When the
assistance
dole.”
his alley! Grant's protege, Relay
Many little signs of hard times
and competition destroyed. The
conductor was punching his ticket,
Drake,
Is
the
girl
In
the
rase.
were
reported
by
Kiplinger’s
sur­
anti-trust laws were passed to
Artemus rcmaikcd: "Does this rail­
New insecticide, pyrenone, has
vey. Examples:
W h ite House Visitors
punish people who tried to check
road company allow passengers to
proved
its
effectiveness
in
control
"The
Time
of
Your
Life"
is
a
free enterprise by killing compe­
A Texas housewife: *‘I am feed­
THE PRESIDENT HAS RE­ of flies on livestock. Better than
give it advice. If they do so In a
tition.
ing tramps for the first time since
SORTED to new strategy in han­ some of the old-time fly killing In­ magnificent picture. In transfer­
respectful manner?" The conductor
ring
the
Pulitzer-prize
winning
play
dling White House callers.
before the war.”
replied in gruff tones that he
Those laws wouldn't be needed,
secticides, the new material Is be­
A deacon: “Collections are off
For some time, Washington ob­ ing used now in some livestock fly to the screen, the Cagney brothers
guessed so.
government intervention wouldn’t
have reached a standard rarely
servers were aqiazed at the num­ sprays.
at our church.”
"Well," Artemus went on, "it oc­
be needed, if the standard of mor­
achieved In Hollywood. This one
A loan company man: “More
ber of visitors President Truman
curred to me it would be well to
ality, of citizenship, were high
should win a flock of Oscars. The
borrowing from small loan com­
saw daily. But now the calling list
detach the cowcatcher froth the
enough among the people who con­
Use of protein supplements In cast is superb; tt includes James
panies."
has
tapered
off.
The
official
list
front of the engine, and hitch It to
trol enterprise. Long before the
A village cobbler: “My shoe
the rcor of the train. For, you see,
released every morning shows only rations for shotes always has been and Jeanne Cagney, William Ben-
war, and increasingly so when
profitable. Some farmers have fail­ dix, Wayne Morris, Broderick
we are not liable to overtake a cow;
repair business is good.”
a handful of visitors.
shortages began to appear later,
ed to use these supplements, though, Crawford, Ward Bond, James Bar­
but what's to prevent a cow stroll­
What most people don’t know,
As the Kiplinger magazine puts
big business began crowding small
because of their cost. Now that ton, Gale Page, and Reginald j ing Into this car and biting a pas­
however, is that there are five
it: “The folks in the small towns
business out of existence.
grain is so high, the cost of protein Beane, every one excellent. United
senger?"
Because of war conditions and i are harder up. Their incomes , separate entrances to the White
supplements is relatively low. So, Artists can be proud of passing this
House,
and
in
recent
weeks
Mr.
the powerful influence of big busi- j haven’t gone up as much as the
if the use of supplements is more one along to the public.
Truman has been fooling the
ness, the small buyer couldn't com­ prices they pay.”
important one time than another,
press.
While
regular
White
House
In other words, according to the !
pete. He wasn't able to get the
now is that time.
Between scenes of Paramount's
survey, the wealth is getting out j correspondents wait in the lobby
raw materials.
“The
Great Gatsby” Alan Ladd
of
the
executive
offices
watching
Small business is the keystone of of the hands of the consumer. And
Judged his 154th beauty contest.
It looks now like the farmer who
for presidential visitors, various
capitalism. According to the Com­ whether this survey or the com­
It was to pick the 1948 “ Dream
has a flock of good pullets in the
private callers slip In other
mittee on Economic Development, merce department’s optimistic pre­
Girl” for the University of Wash­
doors. Sometimes as many as 25 : laying house next fall will get good
98 per cent of the business units diction are more nearly correct,
ington chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha
will flow Into Mr. Truman’s J prices for eggs. The better care
in this country employ 50 people or (congress abolished the small busi­
fraternity. F i f t y photographs
office unnoticed. They come In 1 you take of pullets now, the better
less. Those "business units” of ness section), this much at least
were submitted, and co-stars Bet­
through various side doors, some­ ' they will be able to stand up under
course aren't limited to manufac­ can be said:
ty Field and Maedonald Carey
the strain of heavy laying next
times even the distant east wing,
You can redistribute the wealth
turing firms—they include the road­
helped select the winner. With his
fall.
and then are spirited around the
side hotdog stand, the one-woman by the socialistic intervention of
experience, Ladd could have done
back through the rose garden and
hand laundry, the tea room, and the government. That kills capitalism.
It alone.
Benzene
hexachloride,
recom­
in to the President.
country store as well as the busi- ! Or you can redistribute it by per­
Some old senatorial friends also mended by swine specialists at agri­
ness men producing manufactured mitting full and free competition-
Everett Sloane helped make
competition on the part of the pro­ drop around to see Mr. Truman at cultural colleges for control of hog
items on a small scale.
breakfast. Others come in after lice and mange, now is being in­ movie history when he stole a pic­
ducers
of
raw
materials,
competi­
If this 98 per cent of a capi­
tion on the part of labor, (an ex­ breakfast, but before the press corporated in hog oils that can be ture from Orson Welles. He did it
talistic country’s business isn't
pensive item), competition on the arrives. Ed Flynn has been in used in dipping vats, hog wallows, 1 w*lh his great performance in Co-
prosperous, capitalism can't suc­
lumbia’s “The Lady from Shang­
part of processors. Industrial or twice lately, unnoticed. Former hog oilers or on rubbing posts.
ceed. In fact you can’t have
hai.” James Barton does the same
Judge Sam Rosenman is again a
labor
monopoly,
as
I
said
before,
capitalism when big industrial
thing,
in “The Time of Your Life,"
White
House
regular
using
the
east
will kill capitalism in the end as
groups monopolize business any
to James Cagney. Barton is so good
gate, as is George Allen, the old
effectively
as
the
Communist
with
Reviving Grindstone
more than you can have it when
as Kit Carson, the old trapper, that
court jester.
his little red hatchet.
CONTAINS
the state monopolizes business.
few who see the picture ever will
♦ • •
Another new favorite Truman
CHLORDANE (S o N« « « ),
forget him.
What is happening to small busi­ Even Russian»
rendezvous is the presidential
ness today? It can't compete. Big
yacht,
the
Williamsburg,
where
he
It Is easy to rid your
Get R e-oriented
At RKO they believe that in "Bat­
business is making big profits, pay­
holds stag poker parties with old
home of roaches
This
item
was
passed
along
to
me
tleground”
they
have
a
worthy
suc­
ing big wages (regardless of
buddies, sometimes sleeping on
w ith the new F llf
cessor to those film classics of
whether the take-home pay of the by a friend. A high officer in one board and walking back to the
Roach Killer. Spray
of
the
armies
which
fought
against
World
War
I,
"All
Quiet
on
the
workers is equal to cover high
White House early in the morning
it a ro u n d roach
Russia
was
visiting
this
country,
Western Front,” "The Big Parade"
prices or not). Small business can’t
before most people go to work.
infested areas. It
and “What Price Glory.” It is
• • •
afford to pay the big wages, and the and told this story:
leaves on invisible
Recently
in
Berlin,
he
was
enter­
based on factual incidents of the
small town merchant is not mak­
film
that keeps on
W
estern
W
ater
Shortage
battle of Bastogne, written by Rob­
ing sales and profits because the taining a hign Russian officer sta­
killing roaches for a
THE
STORY
OF
A
MODERN
tioned
there.
It
was
a
farewell
ert Pirosh, a combat veteran who
consumers in his company haven’t
long time.
party as the Russian and his wife RUSH to California, more signifl--
won the Bronze Star for valor at
the money to spend.
On talo now a t your
had been ordered to return to Mos­ cant than the '49 gold rush, was
Bastogne.
to ta l grocory, drug or
A recent issue of the Kiplinger
trordwaro »loro.
cow. The host remarked that it laid before President Truman the
magazine made a survey of condi­ was nice that the Russian could
other day with a warning that the
Odds
and
Ends
.
.
.
Frances
Lang­
tions in small towns as reported in take his wife back from the rigors
state soon will not have enough
ford plans to make a cross-country
a thousand letters from small busi­ of occupation life in Germany.
water to go around.
tour with her husband, Jon Hall,
nessmen, teachers, preachers, doc­
The Russian had dined well, and
Calling at the White House,
while the CBS Morgan-Amcche-
tors, lawyers, housewives, working­
perhaps was indiscreet. Anyway,
Congressmen Dick Welch, Re­
Langford show takes Its summer
men and working women in those
he confessed that he was anything
publican, and Frank Havenner,
vacation . . . George O’Hanlon, "Joe
towns.
but pleased; that he was dreading
Democrat, both of San Francisco,
Doakes’' of Warners’ "So You Want
The net of the survey was that
the period he and his wife must
described how the East was mi­
to B e ------ ” shorts, gets his first
there was a definite letdown In
pass in the “camp.”
grating to the West at the rate
This farm grindstone, although
straight role in a feature picture In
business after January of this
of 1,000 newcomers a day.
badly battered about its entire
Then he explained that every
“June Bride” . . . William Rcndix
year, and that the people sur­
This tremendous influx has cost
diameter and worn quite flat It
Russian, before he was allowed
will do a movie version of "The
veyed believed that there is a
California millions of barrels of
one place, was easily trued-up bj
to return to the Soviet Union, had
Life of Riley,” based on his radio
further letdown in prospect.
precious water from her danger­
dressing It with the «harp-pointeA
to pass through a re-education
show characterization . . . Radio’s
There is evidence of reduced con­
ously dwindling reservoirs.
tool shown attached to the small
center, and be indoctrinated with
“Dr. Christian,” Jean ncrsholt,
suming power which Is the first
Yet 73,770,000 acre-feet of fresh
board. The dark "cutting tip” of
just what he should say to his
will be the one who Introduces In­
sign of a depression. A sign that
water from San Joaquin and Sac­
the tool is made of carboloy
friends and relatives.
grid Bergman and Edgar Bergen
the wealth of the nation is getting
ramento rivers empty into San
cemented carbide, the hardest
I repeat this item because it
to King Frederick IX of Norway
out of the buyers’ hands.
Francisco bay each year. The con­
metal made by man.
comes to me in a direct, intimate
this summer.
gressmen urged the President per­
manner; not a part of any or­
Now that’s a pretty gloomy pic­
sonally to look into this problem on
ture and not wholly subscribed to
ganized propaganda.
When "Club 15’’ closes for the
• • •
his trip to California and recom­ Tests Show Tung M eal
by commerce department people
summer the Andrews Sisters will
here. They will tell you that busi­
It's as hard to reach an agree­ mend what can be done to save Poisonous to Chickens
head for England and a month’s
’ -’ S B * .
ness everywhere, large and small, ment with 16 lawyers haggling over the water.
Tung meal proved unsatisfactroy engagement at the Palladium. Mar­
Mr. Truman pulled out maps of
showed a tendency to level oft after every word in a labor controversy
as a source of protein in chick ra­ garet Whiting has five radio guest
January of this year, that there was as it is to get into heaven with the bay region which he already tions in tests conducted at the
shots and several benefits lined up
a definite weakening in the first 16 theologians haggling over how had been studying, and assured the Florida agricultural experiment sta- in New York.
congressmen
that
he
previously
i
many
angels
can
stand
on
the
head
quarter of the year. But they be­
| tion. The tung meal proved poison­
had intended to give the matter his
lieve that was a temporary trend, of a pin.
ous, whether raw, heated or heated
James Melton, star of “Harvest
*
«
•
personal
attention.
that it's over now, that business
and sifted. It caused heavy mor­ of Stars,” is the favorite classical
Good pastures save grain, says
will reverse itself, and that the
“There shouldn’t be a shortage
tality at 10 and 15 per cent levels. male singer of the country’s lead­
general trend is now upward again. department of agriculture. Yes,
of water in that area,” he agreed,
T°O TH POWDEp
At 5 per cent and higher levels the ing music critics, according to the
They make no differentiation be­ and around about foreclosing time,
"with water rnnning wild into
tung meal interfered with feed fifth annual radio poll taken by
tween large and small businesses in good grain will save pastures.
the bay.”
utilization and growth.
“Musical America ”
By BAÜKHAGE
Analyst and C om m entator
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