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S O U T H E R N O R E G O N N E W S R E V IE W T H U R S D A Y , D E C . 21, 1950 PAGE THREE Here's a Doll Buggy To Please Young Heart THI HOmE Touin pçpfflTEP A IN W A S H IN G T O N People Confused cttfB w x -re e.lHtH » / RlN4lU<S M U f HlUU/lU* W H iin n , a m v s H vo T ih « hkmw omm * AT AAlPHKeU ■ V U IA T B «T. LUCIA, A te P iC V A l SA IM T . P k f i l t p r t MUMlTW, WITH C RPW M O F L I6 H T B P C A M P lK .-T H ty O e « y tO T F e « AMP HOT BUMC FHveA POOR. 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Children whose very pro gressive parents have explained to them that Santa Claus Is only • myth have not been easy Io convince. They fix their sur prised parents with the* coolest of condeseendlng stares. They don’t agree with the psychia trists who say that a child who really believes In Santa Claus has had his thinking ability Im paired. Even grownups berate the destroyers of the Illusion. E vid e n tly Santa fills such a basic hum an need that It’ s not safe to tell people that he Is fantasy And Its m ore dangerous to try to prove it. B e lie f in Santa satisfied children's need fo r love and security. They keep this b e lie f as long as they need It. c a rry in g th e ir belief through various stages—they fear h im , tru st him , love h im and then doubt him . B ut they never com pletely doubt him , no m a tte r how re a listie they become, and they rem em ber w ith joy the days of th e ir u tte r cre d u lity. Psychiatrists fear that letting the child become possessed with the myth lends to make the adult attempt to preserve the Infant pleasure subconsciously through out life and remain emotionally Immature, And experts question whether c h il dren should be taught to believe l i t e ra lly something that is not lite r a lly true. One expert says: “ There is no sound psychological reason that 1 know of fo r children not enjoying the Santa m yth as long as they know th a t it is not true. (B u t! if a child at 4 or S years of age can believe that one person can come down a ll the chimneys of the w orld in one night, and can fly through the a ir w ith reindeer and a sleigh and necessarily a heavy load, the child's whole relation w ith re a lity and whole a b ility to th in k c le a rly in term s of cause and e ffect have been seriously damaged o r perm anently destroyed. He w ill have learned that to th in k in relation to the evidence of his own eyes leads only to confusion and fear. M f'iO D R O W WILSON once said, ™ "T h e fundam ental trouble In the U nited Stales is that the people have not be«n the real force back of the g overnm ent." This re p o rte r feels that state ment is la rg e ly true today in spite of the fa c t that great new m edium s fo r the dissem ination of news and Inform ation in the radio and tele vision have grown up since Wood- row W ilson's tim e. It is true people are today better Inform ed than thev were on c u rre n t issues 33 or 40 years ago although the governm ent has been b itte rly c ritic iz e d and charged w ith lobbying in its feeble attem pts to In fo rm the people on what it is doing. As a m a tte r of fact, thexc at- tem pts are feeble, in many in- stances not w holly fra n k on the p a rt of governm ent, and the leaders of today in the two great p o litica l partiea have failed m iserably to I in fo rm the people at the grass roots on the alms, purposes and ac com plishm ents of th e ir governm ent or th e ir party. T hat this is true was brought home to this re p o rte r in a trip through a large section of the coun tr y p rio r to the recent election. The vote in th a t election was not the re sult of any fundam ental knowledge on the p a rt of the voters on either side of the real Issues in that cam paign. A fte r ta lkin g to scores of people, we concluded they were seeking in fo rm a tio n , w oefully ig norant of what th e ir governm ent was doing. The tremendous force of the independent vo te r largely went Republican, not because of fa ith in a Republican program , for there was none. I t went Republican because of a lack of fa ith caused by a lack of in fo rm a tio n on the D em ocratic program . The people picked up extraneous issues, local issues w hich they understand, and voted accordingly. D em ocratic in one state, Republican in another ju s t across the line. The Republican pa rty and the Republican leadership b r a n d e d D em ocratic principles as socialis tic. They demanded Dean Acheson's resignation because they contended he protected Communists. N either the socialist nor the C om m unist charge was true. And Acheson's resignation would not help the peo ple. B ut they d id n 't know that be cause they bad no reliable in fo r m ation otherwise. • • • 9 The problems of 2.5 million migrant laborers who help Amer ica eat by following the crops from south to north are shown in the new motion picture "Again . . . . Pioneers!" produced by the Protestant Film Commission. A t left a r e t h r e e children, ill- clothed and often hungry, sons and daughters of migrant work ers. andering orkers W • P A T T E R N S E R V IC E D r a w e r 10 R e d fo rd H ills , N e w Y o rk Here’s one for platinum rings only; Put some diluted laundry bleach in a glass and drop the ring in it for half an hour. It will be clean when you take it out. To clean white braid, wet an old toothbrush, rub it across a cake of mild soap and scrub the braid with it. The lather can be removed with a damp cloth. The child above is the daugh ter of a family in desperate need because their car broke d o w n and her father could not con tinue the journey from one job to another. Many families have settled in shack towns on the edge of large communities. Eot Dickinson P O P C O R N I o4eaM^ul—\\ Always Pops ■ 3 # ®««ter V tL L O W danger. • « • New Senators UNIVERSAL SYMBOL Every N a tio n H a s C h ristm as Beils The nations of the w orld have th e ir in d ivid u a l symbols of C h rist mas. B u t there is one universal sym bol—the bells of Christm as. In a way th is is strange since bells were not associated w ith the church u n til about 400 A.D. when an Ita lia n bishop installed them in his church. Some authorities, however, cla im th a t i t wasn’ t u n til 604 that the firs t bells were placed in churches. W hatever the date, the custom has grown u n til there is perhaps no use of church bells so w idely known in C hristian countries as the rin g in g of chimes to herald the ad vent of the b irth of C hrist. F ro m one end of the country to the other bells peal the story of “ Peace on E a rth , Good W ill to Men.” Seven of the 14 freshm en sen- 1 ators in the 82nd congress are house veterans. They are Nixon, C a lifo r nia; Smathers, F lo rid a ; Dworshak, j Idaho; D irksen, 111.; Hennings, M is- J souri; M onroney, O klahom a; Case, South Dakota. Other freshmen are: Burtenshaw, Idaho; B utler, M a ry land; S m ith, N o rth C arolina; Pas- tore, Rhode Island; Bennett, U tah; Clements, Kentucky and Carlson, Kansas. W H IT C NIGHTCOUGH 2»-' .W FAST AT RELIES D o n 't toes a nd tu rn fro m night coughs due to colds. Get Sm ith U ro th e n l 1. 2. 3. Ease dry throat tickle Soothe your raw membranes Help loosen phlegm SM IT H BROTHERS COUGH BLACK DROPS & The mother above belongs to a family group some 1,500 miles from the home they had to leave because of economic conditions beyond their control and are presently stranded without means of a job. The mother and child, and the child at the right, represent a multi tude of migratory citizens who are carrying on the strug gle of existence against overwhelming odds. M IS E R IE S ? W H Y D O N T Y O U TRY Z* Z* LIQUID OR TA BIFTS I t ’s d iff e r e n t . I t 's tim e - te s te d . E v e n i f o t h e r s I fa ile d vo u , t r \ L(>6. Personal To Women W ith Nagging Backache A« we get older, stress and «train, over- exertion. excessive smoking or exposure to cold sometimes slows down kidney func tion. This may lead m any folk» to com plain of nagging backache, loss of pep and energy, headaches and dizxinesa. G etting up nights or frequent passages may result from minor bladder irritation s due to cold, dampness or dietary indiscretions. I f your discomforts are due to these causes, d o n 't w a it, try Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic. Used successfully by millions for over 50 years. W hile these symptoms may often otherwise occur, it's amazing how many times D oan’s give happy r e l ie f - help the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filters flush out waste. Get D oan’s Pills todayl DOAN’S PlLLS W NU—13 W ebster Quotation W E L L WISHERS . . . Looking In at the window of the M cG uckln home In New Y o rk la a whole flock of Santa Clauses, th e ir hearts w arm ed by the sight of little Brendan C. M cG uckln playing w ith his toys. Two years ago the toddler was stricken w ith polio which affected his legs, back and stomach, and his life was In c ritic a l SEE YOUR GROCER ruin your sleep p Washington S ilhouettes--The old woman who sells papers at I4th and G streets w earing a rain-coat ra in o r shine, because m y ria d s of sparrows infest eaves o f the b u ild ing above her . . . The President, h e a vily guarded by secret service, being d riv e n the short block fro m his executive office in the W hite House to his te m p o ra ry residence in B la ir House across the street . . . Before the recent a tte m p t on his life, the President b ris k ly w alked the distance . , , R a tty looking te m p o ra ry buildings e re ct ed d u rin g W orld W ar I, s till in governm ent use . . . Seating a r rangem ents in the m odernized house of representatives cham ber reduces the aisles fro m seven to five and increase seats fro m 444 to 456. • • • Over the 24th door is this quota tion fro m D aniel Webster: “ L e t us develop the resources of our land, call fo rth its powers, b u ild up its in stitutions, prom ote a ll its g reat interests, and see w hether we also in our day m ay not accom plish som ething w orthy to be re m e m bered.” • W ORKSHOP W ashington Silhouettes > • P a t t e r n 221 c iv e t lis t o f m a te r ia ls ; a c tu a l-s iz e c u ttin g g u id e s ; s tep -by-step d ire c tio n s fo r m a k in g an d fin is h in g . E n close 25c w ith nam e an d address— A toothbrush is your best bet for cleaning up rusted cut-steel buckles and such, but don’t hesi tate to use scouring powder as the cleaning agent. Real Issue Ignored The R epublican organization con ducted no educational cam paign. N either did the D em ocratic nation al organization on the real issues of the cam paign. A dozen d iffe re n t pressure groups were at the same tim e c ra m m in g the a ir and the newspapers w ith propaganda, each w ith an axe of his own to grind. So how could the people be a real force back of governm ent when they were confused, w orried, about high prices, fre ttin g over foreign a ffa irs and the Korean war. when no voice, no in fo rm a tio n, nothing they could tie to pierced the fog of u n ce rta in ty in which they were m oving? I t seems to this re p o rte r th a t this a d m in istra tio n , o r any ad m in is tra tio n in power, should rec ognize the duty and the responsi b ility of tru th fu lly , honestly and fo rc e fu lly le ttin g the people of the United States know Just where they stand. In no other way can they become a re a l force. • • • For A Young Doll Mother T JE K E IS a doll buggy to be * * proud of. Adjustable top. Styl ish lines. Modern and gay. 9 Thousands of migrant laborers have settled in shack towns like the one above after they became stranded in their travels from one 51—50 When Your Children have COUGHS ...D U E TO COLDS town to another. A t right are two boys caught in the stream of the GIVE THEM G 00P -T A S T IN 6 SCOTT’S EMULSION American migratory movement. They should be in school, but they sit on the edge of the old canvas H e lp » b u ild a ta m ln a — h e lp s b u ild reetetanee to eolda, i f youngsters do n't get enough natural A A D V ita m in s I 8cott’e is a high energy F O O D T O N I C - a “ gold m ,n * ” °F n o la r o i A A D V it a m in s a n d e n e rg y - JT t*ulldlng n a tu ra l oil. Easy L •</ 1/^ *° M a n y d o cto rs 1 'S— - f ' recommend i t I Buy today (l V f /J • * Y°u r drug store. sheet which is stretched from sides of a broken down truck forms t h e only shelter for family to which they belong. the and the Un 2 ^ less something happens to change their situation these children and thousands of others will grow up C-I / \ with little education and become social problems. SCOTTS EM U LSIO N MORE than |ust a tonic — > *** P °**r5»l nouriihmut I ¿■"GN tHERGV T O N IC
