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
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WHY POfS SANTA PERSIST?
'Rightness' of Belief in Him
Is Subject of Eternal Debate
HO CAN ANSWER the rid d le :
Why doe» Santa Claus persist?
Is Is good or bad for children to be
lieve In him ? Teachers, psychia
tris ts and other specialists In human
behavior at the juvenile level d iffe r.
The Santa Claus m yth hns strong
convictions In Its favor nnd convic
tions ju st as strong opposing it.
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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.
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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
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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.
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danger.
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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.
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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
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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 ?
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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
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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.
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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.”
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W ashington Silhouettes
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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.
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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.
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Thousands of migrant laborers
have settled in shack towns like
the one above after they became
stranded in their travels from one
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When
Your Children
have COUGHS
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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
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sheet which is stretched from
sides of a broken down truck
forms t h e only shelter for
family to which they belong.
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less something happens to change
their situation these children and
thousands of others will grow up
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with little education and become
social problems.
SCOTTS EM U LSIO N
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