A for Helping Hand the VET. . . not a hand-out

Many a good street car motorman has been spoiled by trying to be a salesman. Being handy with a hay fork doesn't make an agriculturist out of a farm hand. Yet, the world needs every kind of worker; and the best and happiest are those who have found their rightful sphere of endeavor.

Right now, the problern of fitting himself into the world of business, industry or agriculture is a pretty serious one for a lot of our young men. They did not question the right of the nation to change their way of life for several years. They were given strange jobs to do . . and proved themselves fully capable, as the world well knows. Fitting themselves into the pattern of civilian life is their next goal and it's not an easy task.

Even in normal times, finding one's place in the world has difiEculties. The young man trying to find his place today is understandably overanxious to make up for time lost.

Adjustment is no more the veteran's problem tha:r it is ours. Your community is also theirs. Your prosperity is that of the community, and men are the most valuable asset any community can possess. It won't do to mistake the signs, or pass the young man's problems ofr as of no concern to yolr. But, it would be just as bad to think they are looking for a "hand out," rvhen it's a helping hand that's needed.

Be a leader in your community-and give a little extra attention to the young veteran and his problems.

Pioneers In Communlty Bu:lding

Capt. Wiltiam C. Talbot sailed from East Machias, Maine, in his brig, the Oriental, around Cape Horn with a cargo of lumber for California in October 1849. and upon arrival he sold his cargo at Sacramento for use in the mines. He then sailed to the Pacific Northwest and in 1853 established the first Pope & Talbot sawmill at Port Gamble on Puget Sound.

Are Cotton Pickers Independent Contractors ?

In high court decisions, sometimes there 'creep in thoughts and rvords far apart lrom ordinary legal. parlance. In the State of Mississippi certain employers, seek' ing a way out of labor law entanglements, attempted to prove that a Negro woman n"-id Teresa was an independent contractor, and not an employee. In its opinion in the matter, the Supreme Court of Mississippi incorporated into that rvriting the following protest made by the attorneys for the appellant, and stated its apprgval of the sentiments expressed:

"King Solomon with all his wisdom has been discredited, for certainlv here is something new under the sun-Negro cotton pickers who are independent contractors ! Shades of Uncle Remus, Bre'r Rabbit, 4nd the Tar Baby ! Songs of laughter, beloved of the poet and author, floating over the domain of the army worm and the empire of the boll weevil are no longer the songs of the tenants and the laughter of the servants, but the melodious voices of independent contractors ! So perishes a glamourous and beautiful tradition; and so pass incomparable legends. \Mhen, in our youth rve sat upon the knees of Uncle Remus and Old Reliable, entranced in their folk lore tales, we ll'ere listening to independent contractors ! So fades the world's illusions ! The song of the black mammy: 'I got wings, you got wings, all God's chillun got wings,' has passed into oblivion, for the voice of Teresa rises with a new libretto to an ancient score: 'I got a sack, you got'a sack, all itrdependent contractors got sacks,'"

\(/estern Pine Astociation Charges For Reinspectione

Porland, Ore., March 6-The Western Pine Association announced, effectivg March 1, a revised schedule of charges for reinspecting, certifying or grade marking lumber produced in'the lVestern Pine region. This overdue revision of charges is the first in more than ten years.

Reinspections are made for a flat rate of $25 a day for the time required, regardless of location. The'Association absorbes the cost of transportation and hotel expenses, in order to make this service available at reasonable cost in any case rvhere there is a dispute regarding the grade or tally of a shipment.

Charges for certification or grade marking, which ordinarily are performed at the mills, are set at $25 plus necessary transportation and hotel expense.

All charges are the same to everyone, lvhether stock originates at a member or at A non-member mill.

New Remcnulqcturing Plcrnt In Emeryville

Newsom. & Bechtel recently completed a remanufacturing plant at 57(0 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, Calif', rvith a daily capacity of 75,000 feet of lumber. They are building a Lovsted dry kiln rvith capacity of 54,000 feet each charge. The plant is served by the company's private spur. W. A. Newsom and T. R. Bechtel are the orvners. They will handle mainlv fir and redrvood lumber'.

Wholesale Building Material Distributors

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Private Enterprise is rapidly returning to this land that for twelve long years knew it not. Little Willic can now recite "This little pig went to market," without looking cautiously around to make sure that the great killer of little pigs and anti.private-enterpriser, Henry Wallace, is not listening.

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Lew Douglas has just been made Ambassador to London. He was one of the few men of experience and ability who was part of the early New Deal. He quit and walked out on his personal friend, FDR, because' the spending, the waste, the philosophy of debt-doesn't-count-because-we owe-it-to-ourselves, and all the other financial and economic policies were abhorrent to him. And now he comes back in a bigger job. Yes, things are changing.

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Mr. Douglas refused to admit that every simple and economical thing in government should be done in the most complicated, difficult, and expensive fashion. So, like John Hanes, another man of ability of that sarne era, he "took a walk." Hanes never came*O"iO

Things have changed in other ways. For many years in this land of ours, Republican was a word never used in the presence of children. Today, so they say in Washington, Democrats are asked to pay in advance for all purchases. On account * ,1"O*""jertain future, you know?

Another important change. Herbert Hoover, a man of great ability and integrity and specially trained in the feeding of nations, was not only brushed ofr by the New Ded; he was snubbed, and ignored throughout the war, while many impotent mountebanks and phonies held places of power. Today Mr. Truman is using the great ability of,Mr. Hoover, and allowing him to serve his. country in high capacity. With every day that passes Mr. Truman gets fartler away from New Dealism. I can't help liking the man. If I could forget his political origin long enough, I might find myself cheering for him. **t

And another mighty change t The Supreme Court has decided that the most powerful thing in this country is the Government at Washington, and not a certain bushybrowed labor leader who for a whole decade continually threatened our well-being, and won every battle against the Government. You may have a vivid imagination but you couldn't possibly conjure up a picture of the Supreme Court of the late thirties rendering such a decision. The Court has decided that this Government HAS a right to defend our citizenship against deliberately-planned disaster. Let us be grateful for so drastic a change.

Speaking of financial matters, Minnie the Moron says that it may be true that money is the root of atl evil but she never found herself in any jam that a lot of money made any worse.

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And Jimmy Durante, my favorite comic, says that it may be true as they say, that money won't buy happiness, but it will buy a whole lot of the particular type of misery that he enjoys the most.

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The best advertising slogan that has come to our attention of late, was a placard on the side of a baby laundry wagon that read: 'ROCK A DRY BABY."

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And the champion brush-o'ff for a guy trying to get a loan from a friend is: "Sorry, but I can't loan you. All my money is tied up in cash." * a*rF

A man had been warned against a certain glad-handler. So when this fellow gave him the rush and stuck out his hand saying-"Jones is my nane; I'm a friend of Bill Smith" he forgot to notice the outstretched hand, looked down his nose at the other and coldly replied: "Any friend of Bill Smith, is a friend of Bill Smith."

In England, where there are a tremendous number of war babies, born out of wedlock, they are preparing a law to give such unfortunates a title of legitimacy. Bringing to mind the fine philosophy of Judge Leon Yankwich, who said: "There are no illegitimate children; only illegitimate parents."

A well-known actress was seen in public with an ex-boy friend, and a pal said to her: "I thought you said you'd

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