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Evening star., 1945-08-26
The Druft Boards

Although the unemployment
guarantee in the Selective Service
Act will expire automatically as
soon as the act itself becomes in
operative, discharged veterans need
not worry too much about getting
their old jobs back. President Tru-
man offers definite assurances on
this point, and Congress certainly
will give the matter prompt con-
sideration when it reconvenes.
In addition, Congress probably
will have to decide what Is to be
done with the local draft boards.
Up to now these boards, besides
carrying out their other functions,
have played an important role in
the unemployment of veterans and
in otherwise helping the great mass
of men now returning to civilian
life. They have done this in CO.
operation with other agencies, and
they have been particularly we'll
equipped to do it for two reasons:
First, because they are nonpartisan
and have deserved reputation for
fairness and, second, because the
nature OF their work has acquainted
them intimately with the record
and needs of every serviceman.
1t is serious question, therefore,
whether these boards-numberin
$500 and serving in every part of
the country-should now be dis
banded or whether they should be
utilized to the full to help in the
rehabilitation of the very same
men whom they called from civilian
life and placed in the armed forces.
Working under the Federal Selec-
tive Service System, which in turn
would work in cooperation with the
Veterans Administration and other
interested agencies, they could serve
as clearing houses. Thus, all forms
that have to be filled out by the dis
charged soldier or sailor could be
filled out at his board headquarters,
saving him from the confusion of
having to go from one place to an
other to complete this necessary
routine. Similarly, along with help
ing in the unemployment process,
the board could offer counsel on
such matters as the CT Bill of
Rights.
Assuming congressional approval
of this kind of setup, the question
then would be whether the uncom-
pensated personnel of selective
service could be prevailed upon to
stay on the job. This might re-
quire a personal appeal from the
President, who incidentally has been
specifically authorized to give med
ais Of award to all such individuals
in recognition of their contribution
to the war effort. The same indi-
viduals may we'll be willing to con-
tinue their unselfish service in the
changeover to peace. 1t seems
clear, in any case, that the boards
ought not to be disbanded without
the most careful study on the part
of Congress.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Birch Swinging

There Is something about birch
swinging that puts it in a class by
itself as a form of entertainment.
Jungle gyms, teeter boards, swings
from a tree branch and jumping
from the high scaffold into the
haymow all have their points. But
when a twelve-year-old is going for
the cows in the late afternoon and
comes to the clumps of white or
gray birches, it is expected that he
take time out for few minutes of
Tarzan recreation.
There is technique to 1t that
lad learns by experience. In the
first place, the tree must be the
right size. A slender fifteen -footer
bends over too quickly. A fellow
does not get more than eight or ten
feet off the ground before the tree
goes over, oftentimes with discon-
certing suddenness. A few solid
jars as he hits Mother Earth con-
vince a chap that he had better 60
higher and come down more slowly.
A twenty-footer is just about
right if one wants to be certain of
results. 1t is sturdy enough so a
boy can climb nearly to the top. It
bends with a degree Of strength
behind it that is reassuring as one
bangles in the air. Sometimes, of
course, one makes a mistake in
sizing up the situation. The tree
bends over, but not far enough.
Then, If legs are kicking wildly in
the air and the top half is nearly
horizontal with the ground, there
are a few moments of uncertainty.
But usually by swinging up and
down in rhythmic motion one can
come nearer the ground each time
until it is safe to let 60.
The biggest thrill is climbing a
twenty-five-fo -footer and swinging in
the air without thought of going
low enough to drop to the ground.
On day when there is stiff wind
blowing it is almost like flying. The
top bends over, but one is still ten
or even fifteen feet from the ground.
One sways back and forth, up and
down. Sometimes there are alarm
ing creaks and groans. Then, still
clinging by ones hands, he has to
work himself back to where he can
get his legs around the trunk. A
few scratches and rip or two In
ones pants are taken for granted.
Birch swinging is an adventure
md good adventures always take !
toll.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Ne1V Visions Of the Nations
By the Reu Dr.. Seth r. Brooks
Minister OF the Unuersaist National Memorial Church.

One thing which has emerged from
these years of global war is q con-
sciousness Of how much closer the
nations are or, should we say, want
to be. Again and again when men
try to find expression for some major
idea the Bible comes to their rescue.
So today as we contemplate the de-
sire for oneness or solidarity, we may
recall statement in Genesis: "And
the Lord said to Abraham, Lift up
thine eyes and look from the place
where thou art, northward and south
ward and eastward and westward
This was way Of telling Abraham
that all the land he saw was to be-
come his possession. However. agrees
sors in all ages with no mandate
from God such as Abraham received)
have cast their longing glances in four
directions, For us, standing as we do
at the threshold Of what may be a new
era, there can be no mistakes about
the necessity Of peace-loving people
lifting up their eyes northward and
southwark and eastward and west
ward. A new world and secure soci-
ETY. will rest very largely on mans
ability to lift up his eyes and see that
in every direction the problems and
possibilities Of life are much the same.
The people Of the North, OF the
South American Republics, of the
Far East and Of Western Europe are
like ourselves, seeking solutions.
Wherever right thinking people are,
above or below the equator, this side
or that of the international date
line" they want life to be an ascend
ing and improving experience. They
want future generations to be safe
especially from recurring wars.
Eighty years ago there was forged
within our borders a strong Union
Of States-Northern, Southern, East
ern and Western. Today on world
scale is union Of nations beyond
human achievement? When men lift
up their eyes and see that they have
become, through science, transporta-
ton and communication, citizens Of
the world, real step will be taken.
No nation in the future will find
life unto itself alone. Small men,
provincial men. mediocre men may
not see this, but great souls will.
Trade and commerce must flow not
four ways but eight ways-to and
from. Scientific discoveries must bless
all people. The social and cultural
gains Of the more advanced must
push out to the less advanced. Life
is in four directions. We affect
north. south, east and west and they
Evening star., 1945-08-26

affect u.s. We do not have to walt
for television to see that the various
events happening today are only pro-
logues, acts and epilogues being play
ed upon world stage.
Wherever we look we see a spirit
which affects all life the same. Men
are born, they eat, work, play, sue
ceed, fail and die. The world goes on.
A great leader departs and his fam
lily, his nation and the world sorrow.
Other men die unattended and unan-
nounced. Death is the great leveler
and no death Is untimely to God.
There are degrees of success and fail
ure, joy and suffering, nobility and
degradation, but the spirit brooding
over all changes not. Whittier can
we flee from this spirit? 1t extends
to the north and south and east and
west. There are moral laws which
cannot be broken without dire conse-
quences. Moral laws are no less uni
versal than physical laws. The par
tial ethic of dictators has again
proved lie. Twenty centuries ago
Jesus said: THE field is the world"
We know 1t is, for in every direction
the inexorable laws OF Divine Spirit
are at work. So we can have world
of neighbors or enemies. but not both.
From Occident to Orient outward
customs may change, but not the
spiritual laws upon which human life
gains its rightful inheritance.
If we lift up our eyes and look
nOrthward and southwark and east
ward and westward we see something
which ought to be. In every direc-
ton are the age-old enemies of man
greed, hate, sin and selfshness.
But greed will deprive, hate poison,
sin aff1ict and selfshness destroy un-
til men see something which ought to
be. Nothing is so powerful as an
idea whose time has come" Every
where the hour has struck for those
better things painted by artists, sung
by poets, foretold by prophets, but
not yet fully organized by men.
Wherever we look we see people
always people. And these people need
just laws to govern them, righteous
leaders to lead them, responsibilities
to carry, penalties for wrongdoing
and education for useful righteous
ness. Had no Declaration of Inde-
pendence or Bible been written, still
men who lift up their eyes north
ward and southwark and eastward
and westward see that people have
the Divine right to be free and that
God has set them in one human
family-a community of mankind.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
An Appeal for Deeeney
From the ottawa Journal,

OGtHWH JUUrHAI,
We in this country, If we are to grow
up, If we are to prevent the coming into
the garden of our national life Of the
ugly, dank weeds OF racial hatreds, Of
or communism, must reject and repudi-
ate and stamp down all these first ap-
pearances Of hate and violence and
cruelty. expressed in name calling. or
In witch-hunting. or in the imputing
OF motives. Let us have debate and dis
cussion, and the threshing out Of honest
sciences of others-and for our own.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Dangerous Bases

AuIIllrdl raymond "A. Spruance,
commander of the United States
Fifth Fleet, has done a very useful
thing in publicly discussing some of
the advantages and disadvantages
of retaining bases for our own de-
fense which could also serve as a
threat to other powers.
Admiral Spruance was talking
specifically about the possible ef-
fects on our future relations with
Japan of converting Okinawa into
a powerful American base. But the
problem is broader than that, for If
a base on Okinawa would threaten
Japan, it would also threaten China
and Russia, especially if the Soviets
emerge from the war with an out
let to the ice-free waters of the
Pacific at Port Arthur. Cities like
Port Arthur and Shanghai would be
menaced by an American base on
Okinawa in much the same man
ner that New York would be men,
aced by an alien base on Bermuda,
or Panama City, at the Pacific end
of the Panama Canal, by a poten-
TALLY hostile base in the Galapagos.
We would view any such condition
with the greatest concern, and we
may expect that others in COM
parable situations will do likewise.
This, of course, is not to say that
we should abandon thought of a
base on Okinawa simply because it
might give concern to some other
nation. But it is most essential, as
Admiral Spruance has said, that our
thinking on the subject of postwar
bases should include careful con-
sideration of the political risks in
volved in extending American power
to the very doorsteps of other
nations.
1t may very we'll be that COM
petent study OF our own defense
requirements in the Pacific will
show that there is need for a base
on Okinawa. And in that event
with our eyes fully open to the pos
sible consequences-we should pro-
ceed to establish it, If that Is done,
however, there is one more thing
that cannot be emphasized too
strongly. An island possession OF
itself is not a base. Nor can an
island be made into a base merely
by placing a few troops or few
planes or a few facilities ashore.
Our experience in the Pacific prior
to and during this war demonstrates
beyond possibility of doubt that a
base in name but not in fact Is
worthless as means of defense
and, beyond that, can easily become
an actual liability. This country
wants no more Guams or Wakes of
the prewar era. If it is decided to
establish base on Okinawa, or on
any other island in the Western
Pacific, it must be a base in the
fullest sense of the term-an out
post which we are prepared to make
strong and keep strong. Weakness
on Okinawa, for example, or on Two
Jima, as was the case with Guam
and Wake, will not deter future
aggressor, but will only encourage
him to attack with a view to seizing
those islands before they can be
used for counteroperations against
him.
Evening star., 1945-08-26

the United Nations under the San
Francisco Charter. The whole pur-
pose and effect Of his career was
in the direction Of such co-opera-
ton. Whether in Teheran or Paris,
Cairo or The Hague, Saint Peters,
burg or Berlin, Constantinople or
here on the north bank of the Po-
tomac where he served oftenest and
longest, he thought in world terms
and sought world ends. Among the
architects OF the future, then, he
must be remembered.
Evening star., 1945-08-26

stone, established the Congo Free State.
discovered the Mountains OF the Moon.
visited Lake Albert Edward Nyanza,
written what still are the best books
about Africa and learned at the last
the meaning Of time--a mystery which
few men ever have solved or even tried
to understand.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Not Even for Grosshoppers!

From the Terre Haute Tribune.
A jet-propelled automobile built in
England is reported able to travel $40
miles an hour. This does not brighten
the safety outlook for the pedestrian.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01
STATE PLACER MINES
May RESUME SHORTLY

Most of the placer gold mines in
Montana, especially those operating
large mechanical dredges, probably
will resume operation shortly and
some of them already have started,
according to Carl ]. Trauerman, sec
retary of the Mining Association Of
Montana, in a recent address before
the Butte Rotary club.
The placer miners" said Trauer-
man, do not have nearly as many
problems as the lode or quartz
miners in regard to labor and mate
rials. Quite few of these large
dredges are owned by groups with
plenty of capital and have no re-
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01

Mr.. Harrison viii speak on the
subject. THE Oil and Gas Record
Within the Rocky Mountain Re
gion"
He was born in Evansville, Ind,
in 1881. He attended Indiana schools
and also the university and received
his A. B. degree at Denver uni
versity in 1904 and his E. M. degree
at the Colorado School of Mines In
1908.
He first entered the petroleum
industry as a tool dresser in 1903
and has been associated with the oil
industry since that time. He be-
came a consultant in 1912 and was
a consultant to the F'ranco-Wyo-
ming Oil company with the Argo
Oil Corporation and was the tech
nical chairman, geological sub
committe of the production COM
mittee for Colorado and Wyoming
during World War II.
He is a member of the Rocky
Mountain Association of Petroleum
Biologists, American Institute of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
He is also a member of the Beta
Theta Pi and Sigma Gamma Ep-
silon. of the Denver club and Den
yer Country club and has been a
member of the Colorado School of
Mines board of trustees since 1889.
Several other speakers of recog-
nized ability in the petroleum in
dustry will also be on the program.
Plans for the meeting, which is
anticipated to be attended by more
than 1000 members and visitors,
are rapidly being completed and a
very instructional as well as in
teresting program is being ar
ranged.
The meeting will be strictly busi-
ness until. late Saturday, Dec. 8,
afternoon when the sessions will be
adjourned for a social evening at
the Casper Ells hall which win be
highlighted by a dance for which
Phil Levant and his famous Listen
to Levant," orchestra will furnish
the music.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01

financing problem. One Of th@se
dredges with a crew OF os1ay Is
men can handle about the same
tonnage Of gravel per day as several
thousands of men produce In lode
tonnage from the Butte hill. Several
of these dredges viii operate fairly
close to Butte.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01
POndera Field
Action Grows

Activity in the Pondera field is
continuing despite the advent of
winter, with the prospect that there
will shortly be a substantial in
crease in field output.
-Gjullin No. 6, c Wa VIZ
SWH 10-27N4W, drilled in recently,
has been acidized and will ap-
parently make one of the best wells
ever completed in the central por-
ton of the field.
Triway-Gjullin No. Z, NV NE SW
10-27N-4W, has spudded in and is
drilling past $50.
Cobb Erickson No. 2, NE SW NV
11-27N-4W, also in the field proven
area, has spudded in and is drilling
past 200.
Dozens of proven inside locations
in this field still await drilling,
and no real definition of field boun-
daries has ever been made. The
field went into a period of inaction
during the depression, due to lack
of a market for its crude, and for
several wears was idle
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01
Oil Price lower Than in 1887

Many discussing the OIL
the oil fraternity eaggerang when it talks about the low
of crude.
The impression is all general that this talk
prices prices part
increased production which give pro
ducer lower net return the oil he produces.
right as goes that costs
and materials have mounted steadily in recent years
BUT IT IS ACTUALLY TRUE THAT THE CASH PRICE OF
A BARREL OF CRUDE is NOW LESSsTHAN IN 1897
January 1887 average price oil $129
barrel.
years later during first quarter of 1914 he
period for which comprehensive avable the average
price of barrel of crude oil SIPS barrea decrease
four cents barrel in terms of actual but much
decrease in actual buying in view of syrockeng costs
The average price the past years barrel
and this in spite oneme of 38 barrel the
depression perhaps due flood of imports
1914 war, average price
barrel In 1917 Americas first year
price ss rising $225 in 1918 when the
ended
Following World War the average price during
1919 $262 and $34S 1920 Then in 1921 $177
1922 $57 and 1928 $685. 1924 $2s $27
and 1926 $246 per barrel
for the 10year period 1927 inclusive including
the deep depression the crude oil SLIT
you they mean when they talk about new
independent producer of crude oil is concerned.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01
Harrison to be Among Principal
Speakers at Association Meeting

CASPER-Thomas Harrison Denver of the leading
sung petroleum geoogs the will be of the principal
speakers the business sessions of the annual meeting OF the
Rocky Oil Gas association which will meet in Casper
on Friday yandS Saturday. Zee and
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01

This advertisement is of q series, sponsored
by Montana independent oil producers, TO aequaant
the producers with facts vital TO their welfare and
from time to time TO acquant the public with Of
the problems confronting this vital industry.
These advertisements win be continued throughout
1D45.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01

For every dollars worth of oil
taken out of the ground in Texas
since 1889, when oil was discovered
in commercial quantities, producers
have invested $1.124. over 55 years
Texas producers have spent $11,-
513, ,636, ,6O4, against a total of $10,-
247, ,138,250 received for oil, or an
excess on the expenditure side of
81 ,266, ,498, ,354.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01

In I945 there are 2,072, 600 tractors
on farms and 16S, 900 corn piekers.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-12-01

u. S. farms consume annually g.
5O0,000,O00 gallons of petroleum pro
ducts, as well as 100000 gallons of
lubricating oils, and 85,OO0,000
pounds of greases.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-11-15
Balkanu.

Balkanu.
Ia H. novembra zakazani SUI izbori u
Jugoslaviji U predizbornoj agitaciji toliko
Sc laze@i krivoprikazuju velike ideje slo-
bode, bratstva jednakosti it'd, da verovatnc
istorija ne pamt nista takva proslosti. Ra-
zume Sc propaganda je jos uvek jednostrana
partizanska. prema tome sva stampa
mace pubikacije IL Jugoslavije pisu u korist
partizanske pobede. Mnogo od te propagan-
de dostize do mas ovoj zemlji. Sve jugo-
slavenske pseudokomunisticke novine kao i
neke druge, prestampavaju clanke IL staro-
krajskih nvoina. Jedan primer te lazariie
falsifkovanja velikih ideja navadjamo il
"Narodnog Glasnika' cd 7. novembra. Isti
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HRSS. Jedan cd govornika "cika Tuna Ba-
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slobodu :. MI smo Sc borili "a slobodu
RADNIKA bo1ji siuot seljaka po$tene IN
teligencije. Narauno da rdznina spekuanti~
ma i IZRABLJIVAcIN1A narodnoo tratda ne
ide u rac,tn republika. Oni Sc oslanjaju ma
n1onarhiju
U nekoliko gorenavedenih reel "Cika Tu-
ma" je izrazio skoro toliko protivrecnosti
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radnike osnovno, nista wise Cd monar-
hije. ODE su ropstvo "a radnike Niti Sc u
Jugoslaviji uspostavlja sloboda danas. Niti
je istina da "smo Sc Unit borili "a slobodu
radnika i bolji zivot seljaka." A isto tako
nije istina da "smo Sc ["mi"l borili "a bolji
zivot =. postene .inteligencije". mi" "smo Sc
borili "a bolji zivot" nepostene inteligencije.
Postena &c stradati kao radnici seljaci
pod ugnjetavanjem cd nepostene A izrab-
ljivacima narodnog truda" bice odresene ru
ke da po svojoj volji opet izrabljuju one koje
su ranije izrabljivali.
Zlo je u tome sto SUI ova obmanjivanja
"a sada dobrim delom uspesna A razlog
je onaj koji smo naveli. Posle ovoga nastu-
rice drugi period - period razuverenja, u
"komuniste" "socijaliste", "seljake", demo
krate'' republikance, kao i, do sada, reak-
cionare monarhiste. To &c biti period pri-
preme "a proletersku revoluciju.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-11-15

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