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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1»5I SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS REVIEW PAGE TWO SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Small Business Casualty of Defense; Meat Price Rules Confuse Consumer THE FOUNDATION THREATENED— According to several nation al economic surveys made public in the last week or so. small business is becoming a casualty of defense. This is a serious and frightening fact for thousands of small towns, because about 3,670.000 small businesses form the foundation of the American economic pyramid, many of them located in the home towns of the nation. In the first two years of World War II. 16 per cent of the smaU busi- • nesses of the country were forced . to close down. There are reports ( that many observers believe the fatality rate in the present de fense mobilization program may be even higher than in those years. A Washington report revealed that congressional small business committees are receiving an av erage of 500 letters a day appeal ing for information and help from small businessmen. Several reasons are given for the present difficulties. The most important are shortages of ma terials—allocation of steel, alum inum, etc., from civilian con sumption to defense projects; the ina bility of small business to qual ify for defense contracts; and the expansion of big business to avoid subcontracting, form ally a profit able source for small business. UP A TREE— Mild mannered, popular Gen. Omar Bradley, remem bered by thousands of World War I I veterans in the home towns of Am er ica as the "G I’ s general," put the combined senate armed services and foreign relations committees up a tree during his testimony on the re moval of Gen. Douglas M acArthur from his Pacific commands. To begin with. General Bradley caused a stir among the Republican members of the committees by upholding the adm inistration’ s actions with the sweeping statement that General M acArthur’s Korean plans "would involve us in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.” But when he fla tly refused to tell the senators about his private talks with the President on the recall of MacArthur, he chased the committees up a tree. For a day committee members argued among themselves whether they should take some kind of contempt action against the general. They voted 18 to 8. however, against such action expressing the view that it m ight set a dangerous precedent. To the home town veteran, however, it seemed more likely the sen ators remembered Gen. Bradley’s popularity with the men that make up a big part of today’s Main Street population. NEW DRAFT LAW— Senate and house conferees, attempting to reach a compromise on the two bills previously passed by the groups, finally reached a settlement calling for extension of the draft until July 1, 1955. with men of 18*4 eligible for induction for 24 months of service. The old draft b ill expires July 1. The new one w ill require all men to register on becoming 18. They would be examined and classified before they were 1814 and would be eligible for induction thereafter, providing the pool of men from 19 to 26 in their individual draft districts had been exhausted by the local boards. The b ill w ill put a five m illion person ceiling on the combined army, navy, air forces and marines. I t also requires that all draftees, volunteers, and reserves have at least four months’ basic training before being as signed outside the United States. UP TO OLD TRICKS— After rejecting American plans for a peace Outdoor Fireplace Is Easy, Cheap to Build TW l HOIV1E Town ftpOVTEP IN W A S H IN G T O N W A L T t . » M IA O W MU C .n e a » .» .» m Patriotic Farmers WEEKS ago this re S EVERAL porter took issue with Allan Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, that the farmers of America were as p atri otic as any other segment of the American people. Mr. Kline took the position, as he does today, that the farmers of America need some dollars-and-cents incentive to bring out their patriotism for full produc tion. This reporter feels that the fa rm ers of the country are in full part nership with the industry of Amer ica, and that their production of food and fibre is as Important to the American mobilization effort as is the production of steel. At a recent dinner given by the cattlemen’s association in the Na tional Press Club for newspaper men and congressmen under the auspices of the National Meat In stitute, which means the big pack ers, neither Mr. Kline, nor any member of the meat institute were able to give the answers to members of the newspaper profession on how why and where anyone would be hurt under the price controls on beef cattle. Result of this meeting was that m ost of the newspaper men walked out, many congress men were disgusted and it re mained for the reporter for the Wall Street Journal to sink the last barb when he pointed out that his paper was opposed to price controls, was not attempt ing to needle those in charge of the meeting, and merely want ed to know as a matter of pub lic record for the Wall Street Journal how. when and where anyone would be hurt under beef celling prices. He did not find out. Ituild An Outdoor Fireplace HIS P A T T E R N shows every step in (nuking the u nit to use wood or charcoal. N otice the tw o Ntoruge c a b in e t!. D ire ction s fo r m aking the sliding g r ill and c h a r coal d ra w e r are included C om plete lif»t of m a te ria ls. Ask fo r pattern 243 und enclose 25c. w o its s iio e i-ATTf itN ar.nvicN T lit.war 10 ■ I . . f a r . NHIs, N .w TRAIN TAKES NOSEDIVE . . . A supply train of the Communists plunges Into a river through a bridge In North Korea. The bridge was Just destroyed by 11-2# light bombers of the fifth air force. The Communist train em erged from the tunnel (background) Just after the huge span had been destroyed by the bombs. There was not enough tim e for it to stop to avoid plunging Into the water. Photo of the mishap of the Red a train was taken by Staff Sergeant Gerald W. Raymond. I.m Angeles, Calif. He is an aerial gunner whose hobby Is snapping pictures Instead of triggers. EARTH (InMoi ; The agriculture department re ported recently the land boom of 1950 boosted the farm real-estate debt 8 per cent, totaling $5,800,000,- 000 at the end of the year. Likewise, the rising demand and increased prices fo r fa rm commodities led fa rm e rs to add to their non-real- estate debt. They borrowed heavily to buy additional equipment and m achinery. The department said the real-es tate-mortgage debt, however, was only 54 per cent of the record reached in 1923. Twelve states have a higher mortgage debt than in the peak year of 1923. These are New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jer sey, Delaware, Virginia, West V ir ginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ten nessee, Alabama, Louisiana and New Mexico. handy d la n .n a tr eloci» . J o u d of t e i o t u l fog w hkh kill» flie*. moaaui- luoo. raschss, .n t», bed bug*, moth» end »liver lt»h leovo» no unpleo»- anl odor and 1» harm - lew Io human» and pet» when oacd at directed. Sold at drug, hardware and farm aupply alorta. EARTH'S ORin M H O »»* 'H SEC * *1 1 X 0 " to ia c c o it - r io o u c t l a c m im i CAI C O O rO IA IIO N - SICHMONO VISO IN IA Vote the Rascals Out Lobbyists for the meat institute are going back to the farmers and the home towns of America and preaching a doctrine to this effect: “ You are freeborn American c iti zens; you do not have to submit to fhis regimentation; you can vote the rascals out." Of course, this is all true, but it completely overlooks the fact that, as we did during World War II. this nation is submitting to some regimentations of a few freedoms, and a few liberties in order to pro tect the overall privilege of living in a free country, a republic operat ing under a democratic constitution. 3-IN-ONE O IL Reto) loot« handle» end hmyetj (S. so «curly with PLASTIC1 EARTH (i PLOTTED ROUTE TO VENUS . . . John Wucrth. young T.o, Angeles electrom echanical project engineer, has com e up with a proposed space ship flight to Venus. Ills calculations are graphically poetrayed. lie would leave earth at the equator at a speed two tim es as great as gravity until reaching speed of 25,600 m iles per hour in 13 minutes This speed would enable space ship to escape Into outer space, where it would become a speed of 5,100 mites per hour. After 146 days of following its orbit, it become like like a a planet planet itself itself with w would Intercept Venus. Wuerth calculates. D oans P ills ft's Wonderful »he Way Chewing-Gum Laxative Acts Chiefly to REMOVE WASTE -MOT GOOD FOOD QUEEN t>E SPORTS . . . Penn Univprftity'n C a r o l i n e Labrum proves queens of sports can be queens of beauty. She Is daughter of secretary to Bert Bell, pro grid czar. She excells In basketball, hockey and studies. • H era', t h , w r « l m illion» of fo lk , h a v , rtbiciivi r.d atxiut m u a -*-M n e r. U i. nu xl- ern ch rw lng-gum here is why r r r x -a -M r m a action 1» an wonder- f u l l , differen t! _ , ____ Doctors aay th a t m any other laxatives a u r t th e ir "Ouahlng" action too »oon . . . rig h t In t h , atom arh where food to being dliirwtcil iw rg . ilm ia of auch la » » tlv « , up«et dlgeatlon, fluah a w a f nourlahlng food you need for h ealth end energy. You feel week, worn out. B u t gentle t o n - » - m i n t . taken aa rec om m ended. w o rk, chiefly In th e lower bowel where I t removes only waste, no t good food I You avoid th a t typical weak, tired, w o rn -ou t feellug Use rakH -a-M irrr and feel your "peppy, energetic eelf I O r t rrrM -A -M iN Tl No Increase In price — » till 23,. 50, or only 10,. FEEN-A-MINT tig K ^FEM ALE WEAKNESS raieout chiwiwc cum iazativi Do you suffer distress from Remember this, the parity price of cattle, average on all grades . throughout the country as of March 15 this year was $19.70. Also, re member 1946 when a completely a rtific ia l shortage of cattle was created to make a completely phony issue in that congressional cam paign. The same attempt is being made now. The department of agriculture reports there are 5 per cent more cattle in the country today than a year ago. • • • The fact is that there isn't a chance of farmers or range cattle producers being hurt because of price ceilings on live cattle. Feed ers are speculators, they buy cattle from the producers and they al ways stand a chance of being hurt, depending on what they pay for range cattle, but they now know exactly what they can get for the various grades they feed out. A g ri culture Secretary Charles Brannan endorsed the beef price rolling back KIDNEYS MUST REMOVE EXCESSWASTE W hen kidney function alow« dow n, many folks complain of naggtna backaeka. Inas of pep and energy, headaches and dlsalneaa. I,o n ‘t suffer lunger with three dlacoinforte li r.«Iu-«d kidney function la g e llin g you down - due to ouch common cauaea aa atraaa and strain, over-aiartlon or atpoaura ta cold. Minor bladder Irritations due to cold, dam pness or wrung diet may cause g ellin g n ig ! up nights or fre<juent pa D on't neglect your kidneys U iheee condi tion ! bother you. Try Dnen*e H ila - a mild diuretic. Deed eucceeefully by million« for over fro yrara. WhUe often otherw ise caused, 1t*e amaxing how many tim er Doan*« give happy relief from theen discom fort«— help the 15 milee of kidney tubes and Alters fluah out waste. Gat Doan'« l'llia todayl which make» yon NERVOUS »sveral days before’ 7 W here They Stand Farm Mortgage Debt Up 8 Per Cent INSECTS Pr.»t >#• buttoa and tho A Phony Issue LA N D BOOM OF 1950 _____ RIO YOUR HOMR of at toko-off) treaty with Japan, the Russians reverted to their old tricks in proposing their version of a treaty. The Soviet plan, which was rejected by the United States, would bar foreign forces from Japan after the occupation ends and thereby block an arrangement for American troops to help pro vide Japanese security. It was the same type of thing the Russians so successfully carried out Incentive the Same in Korea and which led to the present situation in Asia. No one can be lieve the Russians thought the United States would accept their plan, but ; At this National Press Club meet one has to give them credit for having the nerve to suggest it. ing the threat was made that the There is little possibility now of Russia joining in the American peace nation would suffer from a short treaty which is nearing conclusion. age of beef as a result of ceiling prices. And this was the same rea BEWILDERED HOUSEW IVES-Hom e town housewives entered their Main Street stores and meat markets on Monday, May 14, without their son given: that feeders would not usual dread of visiting a meat counter. The government had just ordered feed their cattle out, and as a re sult, there would be a 200 to 500 a cut in meat prices. pound loss on each steer; that un After one Quick look she became a startled and confused housewife. der present prices the feed lot cat For the next 10 days she became more bewildered. Meat prices were not tlemen received premium prices down according to her figures—but up! and ceiling prices were not an In What the home town housewife saw was porterhouse steak up 7 cents centive to feed a steer out to prime a pound and sirloin up 9 cents. Round steak was down 2 cents—not enough grade. to mention, and short ribs of beef down 8 cents—as she had expected of Let's look at the ceiling prices other cuts. According to the government, however, the up and down price juggling for live cattle on the hoof at Chi of beef actually produced an over-all savings to the housewife of one-half cago. for instance. Ceiling prices for feeders, that is what the pack of 1 per cent. This she couldn’t understand. One-half of 1 per cent didn't do a thing ers pay at Chicago are: prime, $37.05 per cwt.; choice $34.20, good for her meat budget. $31.50; commercial $27 30. These FAIR TRADE RULING— By a vote of 6-to-3, the supreme court ruled ceilings are set after allowances that merchants who did not sign fair-trade agreements are free to charge have been made for all offal $3.80 for hides, $1.35 for slaughter; $1.00 cut-rate prices if they wish. Under the laws of 45 states, distributors of trade-mark or brand goods for administration costs and after may enter into agreements with retail dealers to sell their products at filed tongues, liver, etc., have been ' minimum prices. Under the new court ruling, however, the home town excluded. Prices were fixed on the merchant who did not sign such a contract or agreement can sell the prod experience of packers that prime steers dressed out 62 per cent; uct at whatever price he desires. The only states not having fair-trade laws are Vermont, Texas, and choice 59 per cent, good 56 per cent and commercial grades 53 per Missouri. * The ruling w ill have little effect on most classes of merchandise as cent. In other words, feeders have long as business is good, most Main Street businessmen believe. This STIFF SENTENCES . . . Iluminadc Calonge (with glasses) gives Com the sam e incentive to feed cat would not hold true, however, if business went into a slump. munist salute as she leaves Manila, P.I., courthouse after being sen tle out to prime and choice tenced to death. Handcuffed to her ia Josefina Adrian, co-defendant, grades as they have today un who received sentence of 10 years imprisonment. Both young women der premium prices offered by were among 29 Filipinos on trail for Communist activities. Six received packers. And the question also death sentences. Miss Calonge was go-between for the Huks to Moscow arises, if they don’t feed out, and the Soviet. what are they going to do with their corn or other feed? • • • Homeward Bound on Rotation Express American G l’t, veterans of the Korean fighting board a truck bound for a rotation center where they will be processed for return to the United States. Tired GI's slugged the truck appropriately, "Rotation Express," ts r» H ard Fate "T h e thing fo r you to d o ," anld the doctor to the m an w ith the frazzled nerves, "Is to stop th in k ing about yo u rse lf—to b ury y o u r self in yo ur w o rk ." "G o s h !" returned the patie nt, "a n d me n co n crete m ix e r ." ____ DECOLLETE PRINCESS . . . Quite a furore was reported In the Britiah royal family over a Parisian gown made for Princess Margaret. It was reported that the dowager queen and Queen Elizabeth had put down the royal foot on the gown as too revealing. 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