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Show THE BEAVER PRESS. BEAVER. UTAH Lamps to MT As Chnstmas ' YOU want to make impressive gift a ,Jtafc JF UNRRA Test of Sentiment f K fitted with shade ? For World Faith Of , V ' '''' Co-Operati- TWO WOOCEN By BAUKHAGE By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Features. WE WERE a few out of Kansas and the C-- 47 transport plane was gliding along at about 160 miles an hour, some 2,500 feet above sea level. The rolling lands of eastern Kansas lay below us. "Notice the erosion down there, Art?" I asked the man next sitting in the bucket-seto me. "Yes, I do," he replied quickly. "Pretty bad on some of those farms, but look at the ponds, the terracing and conat tour farming on others." The mission was a press flight, and "Art" was Arthur V. Burrowes, St. Joseph, editor of the News-PresMo. At the time I was a public relations officer with the Air Transport command. A group of radio and was being press representatives flown to Abilene for the homecoming celebration for General of the A Armies Dwight D. Eisenhower. lot of us were looking out of the plane's windows, surveying the soil situation as we sped through the air. Like many others, Editor Burrowes is interested in conserving the rich soil of northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. The city of St. Joseph, with its stockyards, packing plants, cereal mills and rows of business houses, depends on that soil. Art Burrowes writes editorials about it, gives space for news stories and pictures that tell about keeping that good earth from going down the Missouri river, into the Mississippi, and on down to the Gulf of Mexico to build a greater delta there. He was that day seeing his beloved country for the first time from the air. Take 'Mental Photographs. But for the past four years or more, while bombers and fighters have circled overhead and crossed the 48 states, American youths in those planes have been looking down on American cities and farms. With practiced eye they've taken mental photographs of hills and valleys, gullies and mesas, plains and mountains, rivers and lakes. As they trained to be pilots, navigators and bombardiers, they also learned about America. "I'm going to buy a farm when the war's over," a young pilot told me. "But I want to fly over and look at it first." I knew what he meant. He wanted to see the colorations of the soil, the yellowish patches where the soil was thin, the darker shades of red and brown, and finally, the black, rich bottoms. He wanted to see how much of his farm would be good land and what percentage would be poor. In a minute's flight over the farm he could see every gully, locate every pond, and view every effort at soil conservation. That pilot had seen soil all over America, from the Everglades of Florida to the hills of New England. He had seen rocks sticking up out of fields in Virginia and had battled red dust over Oklahoma. He had flown over denuded hills of Alabama and Georgia and traced the missing soil to the marshes down near the ocean. Up in the air the story of the land Is told graphically and qu'ckly. The chart spread out below hides nothing and reaches from roast to coast, from border to border. The varicolored soils admit thrir worth. The extent of damage by a forest fire is viewed within minutes. An Ohio river flood, lashing out to destroy or carry away man's home and food, will take only a few hours to cover from an airplane. Houses, livestock and debris floating down the stream s, do not make a pretty sight, but hundreds of fliers have seen it. Years ago 1 flew from Scottsbluft, Neb., over the North Platte valley in a small biplane. There were uncovered fields where potatoes and beans had been grown, and the wind was whipping up dust to be carried away. But southwest of Mitchell, I noticed something else. Where the g Hall Brothers had used for their wheat growing, the dust wasn't blowing! Abandon Ranch. It was in 1936, after the "dust-bowl- " years, that I talked to an old friend, R. T. Cline, at Brandon, Colo., inquiring about acquaintances of other years. How is the Rupp family? It was my question. "They left their ranch," Dick Cline told me. "They moved to the Arkansas valley and have a filling station, I think. So much dust covered the range they couldn't run cattle any more." Recently I flew over eastern Colorado, and the range looks good now. Maybe the Rupps are back on their ranch. About 10 years ago 1 visited my Uncle Ira, who lived on my grandfather's old farm between Carrsville strip-farmin- The first erosion I ever saw was on our homestead ranch near Calhan Colo. The settlers planted trees for a windbreak, and I chased tumble-weed- s for sport. The Honorable Robert G. Simmons, now on the supreme court of Nebraska, used to be a representative in congress. I've heard a lot of his speeches, but the most impressive thought he ever uttered was, to me, something like this: "Nebraska has no mines, no oil wells," said Bob Simmons. "Nebraska's wealth is eight inches of top soil." Early in the New Deal, a shelter belt was suggested. It was to be a grove of trees from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande. It was laughed at until it was abandoned. But I'm not so sure it wouldn't have been a good thing. Gigantic Windbreak. My reason for believing in a shelter belt is the Halsey National forest ai Halsey, Neb. Out in the middle of an arid country is a beautiful pine forest covering 30,000 acres, a gigantic windbreak which conserves the soil and builds it up year after year. I can imagine such a forest extending across the United States, and it doesn't look silly to me! Soil erosion is everybody's business, I think. The banker, the doctor, the merchant all are affected as much as the farmer. Some two billion people In the world depend for their livelihood on that thin skin of top soil spread over the earth. are finding for world the going tough. It is hard to get people to have faith in collective security when they witness such things as the breakdown of the foreign ministers' conference in London, in Russia's reluctance to the Far East advisory commission, Argentina's espousal of the ways of the dictators. At times it seems as though, internationally speaking, de- mocracy were approaching the win-jtof its sorest discontent. It is unfortunate that in the midst of this period of suspicion and anxt- ety, a yes and no vote has to be taken on a matter that may mean life or death, and to that extent. peace or anarchy, to hundreds of thousands of people in Europe. I refer to the 500 million dollar appro-- I priation for UNRRA which has been winding a precarious way through congress. By the time these lines appear, that appropriation which congress previously authorized may have been granted. There has never been much doubt as to its final approval. But the danger lies in the effect of proposed reservations. This appropriation bill J conr. If It goes sidered a it may through unencumbered, mean that other measures affecting our relations with other nations are fairly safe and that such isolationism as exists in the country (and, therefore, in congress) is less than d of the whole. It is true that there have been loud and emphatic demands that such knowledge as we possess concerning the atom and Its potentiality be kept strictly to ourselves even though scientists say it cannot be less than common knowledge even to turn it to milithe "know-how- " within tary or commercial use a few years. But I believe that if you will submit to careful analysis the expressed sentiment of congress on this subject, it would reveal a line-u- p which takes little consideration of any international aspects of the use of atomic energy. In other words, the viewpoints so far expressed have differed as to whether this new force has been looked at as something to sell at home and the question has been whether it be produced under state control or by private enterprise. The question of internationalizing the bomb has remained in the domain of theory. A look at the arguments for and against UNRRA and the reaction to them gives us a much clearer picture of tendencies, isolationist or otherwise, of the arguer. er bell-wethe- one-thir- U. S. Support Is Vital V';,", ki. ( l itfc x ' .v - v . " :A v-T- s v ... ... M mr- - vt5', iv " - P I rtn.i ?feiMiift.fcriMWiMfct,.iMi'i.i.i,,ii Erosion Shows Its Colors and Hampton, in Livingston county, Kentucky. We walked over the hil'.y farm. "It should have been terraced years ago," Uncle Ira admitted. "It could have been done. There was a big wash right here, for instance, but I kept filling it in with brush and trees and stuff. Not a trace of it left now, see?" I've never seen that old farm from the air, but thousands of American fliers have looked down upon it. I think I know how it looks from up there. Several aviators I've known are concerned about erosion in America. Don't expect them to Join Friends of the Land, or write about conservation with the skill of Louis Brom-fielbut they're concerned about it Just the same. One of them who had flown over the Sahara and Gobi deserts remarked that there were no Chicagos or New Yorks in those places. He might have added that there were no Ford or Goneral Motors factories there either. I am not a farmer, no more than I am a pilot. For three years I rode around in planes while 1 was in the army, but I'm just a newspaperman with a rural background. Many believe that 140 million people In the United States should be a little concerned over soil loss and destruction. In any event, it shouldn't be left entirely to the farmer to combat wind, water, fire and overcropping. See It for Yourself Many towns and cities are using aerial surveys in their postwar planning. Traffic, smoke, zoning, park planning and other civic problems can be surveyed from an airplane, many times more advantageously than from the ground. And always it is a thrill to fly over your own house and yard, to look down on the little spot you call home! But it is the vast farms, ranches and ranges that make the greatest aerial panorama. See for yourself. Get a " of the land you think you know so well. You'll like it. The next time you ride in an airplane, look out at the technicolor soil map below you, stretching miles and miles for you to study. Look particularly at the acres of poor, denuded soil, yellowish and impotent And remember that your food, even the meal the airline's hostess has just served, came from the soil "sky-view- below you. .24 V- - "A 'I .. s .4. t-- ' 4 as from the air. The UT-allowed nCtonobstruttrd view of the landscape below, and many of the student pilots wondered just how soft those fie'ds really were In case they had to make a landing on one of them. Randolph Field has Ion? claimed to be Unrle Sam'a "West Toint of On cor p w .'.II WjJ iwuwu iT The lamo at th about ten Inches hih 1 l hlt,. amalUr thin tone. Very smart and worth! living room or study. The ... of toy blocks Is Just the thin, . children's room. NOTE i"' h These lamp bases are made with Pattern 287 d,'" Pattern 288. used for deco'r,ua child'! .hade, may furniture or walls. Patterns " postpaid. Send order to: .hhS MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEAR Bedford Hill, Me Drawer It Enclose 13 cents for Pattern 27 , " IS centa for Pattern 288. 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CAIDWEILS SENNA IAXATIVE cohtaihio in SYRUP PEPSH SNAPPY FACTS RUBBER I - Special sponge rubber tablecloths, developed by attached te tables In factory assembly liaoe assemblers te pick mall metal pert withe fumbling. lo Officials predict that tire pn& Hon mey jump to nearly 4,000,000 passenger eer tires a month oV8 the last quarter of 1945. Spar tires should never ere main Idle until ether tires worn out. Rubber needs te be "exorcised" te keep It l condition. re- ri The new ft. F. Goodrich SUvertown passers'' tor rub tuotty outwears prewar natural f ber tires. r. P A R BS the Air." One of our pcrmanf air fields, Randolph greatly Increased Three wheeled "bugs" its training as early as 1910. The little cars run by an airplane service records of most pilots, young tear-drowill soon be available or old, will show a tour of duty at engine a thousand dollars. More at around Field. conwill Randolph .Training tinue at Randolph for AAF person- use for DDT. nel, even though the war has ended. About 800 "Uisters" in 20 shoe Many other types of planes were factories were among the many used, and are being used, at Ranstrikers of the day. The question ,s for both basic and advanced how long can a laster last when he dolph isn't lasting? training. p 0 course. UNRRA has suffered greatly from a poor press because the task it faced was well nigh impossible in wartime. The bad news, therefore, overbalanced the good news as far' as reports of progress on the part of the active, contributing countries were concerned. From the passive, recipient countries naturally there were plenty of complaints. These "sins of omission" were ballyhooed. The other side of the story was not. It was the sad and familiar tale of priorities, a story many a business man can tell. Even when UNRRA had money in hand for food required (although some of the contributing members are very slow to pay, the United States still owes a little less than half of its allotment and authorization), it was impossible to get the combined food board, which decided who got what", to allot, any to UNRRA until the armed forces, the domestic market, and the liberated the lend-leascountries who had money to buy, got theirs. And even if the food was available, frequently there were no ships in which to transport it. That situation has changed. Food is now being delivered to Europe. By Christmas it will be moving at the rate of half a million tons a month. But the memory of past deficiencies lingers and doubt as to future performance could easily be used as an excuse to defeat the measure unless one is really convinced that UNRRA's job is so important it must succeed. And there we get down to the nub of the whole argument For to agree with the thesis that UNRRA's objective is desirable is to agree that the good of one is the good of all and the good of the other fellow is the good of the us "us" standing for the United States. It is easy to show that millions In Europe will starve this winter unless they get food from outside their own borders. It is easy to prove that in those countries which are UNRRA'3 concern the ones which were invaded and which cannot pay for food starvation will lead to disease, riots, revolt and death. And we know that under such conditions, nations turn to totalitarianism and when that fails, to chaos. We also know that unless we help tide these people over, we cannot expect to sell them our surpluses because "you can't do business with a graveyard." Nevertheless the isolationist would respond, what of it? Let's stay in our own backyard. Therefore, the voter, weighing UNRRA's past errors with its future potentialities, will vote for it only if he still believes that world is something worth taking a risk for. So UNRRA becomes a test of how well this belief is standing the test of misunderstandings and disappointments on the diplomatic front which we have faced in the past weeks. "BTt1 liJJ BASPt When a congressman casts his vote "aye" or "no" on the bill to appropriate the money for UNRRA he is not simply virtually voting aye or no on whether we help feed starving Europe. If he votes no and the noes have it, there will be no UNRRA. True, all contributing naWe hear a great deal about the tions put in the same proportion of difficulty of understanding the Japa1 their national income per cent nese mind and many people have but it so happens that 1 per cent their fears as to how we are going of the national income of the United to get along in the years ahead durStates is nearly of ing which we will occupy the counthe entire sum contributed. Your try and attempt a reconversion of voter knows this. And he can't help Japanese thinking as well as ecorealizing the UNRRA is symbolic of nomic life. American participation in any world Recently I had a long conversaorganization. Without this country's tion with an officer who had interconsent and advice, support, no viewed some of the more intelliworld organization can exist. And gent Japanese officers captured in likewise, with American support no the Philippines just before the nation can afford not to go along. Several remarks of one of Another thing that the congressionthese men illustrated the difficulty of al voter knows when he votes on reaching the enemy mind. UNRRA is that it is far from perMy friend asked the prisoner: fect. He knows that the personnel, "What did you think of our propathe efficiency, the standing of the organda?" have tremenganization improved "It made us laugh," the Jap redously in the last few months since it has been able to get the person plied. "Be specific," my friend said. nel it required, which it couldn't get before because of the manpower and "Well, you sent us leaflets saying, brainpower shortage due to the war. 'Surrender: come over to our lines and receive plenty of hot food and But he knows it is still hampered by its polyglot nature and he has to cold water.' We laughed at that. We have faith enough in its purpose to had plenty of cold water in the make him feel that the risk of fail- mountains. What we wanted was hot ure is worth taking. Because water." UNRRA, like any international or-- i Water, to a Jap, meant in this ganization, is everybody's baby, it care a bath. They bathe in very hot can easily become nobody's baby. water. That was what they wanted Each nation has been only too ready and couldn't get. To the American to criticize it, always excluding their -- water means, after the heat of own representatives' functions, of battle, first, a drink. Looking Down on Texas From a BT-1- 4 ho trained Thousands of men with the AAF at Randolph Field will remember the BT-1the plane from which thry first surveyed Tex- tS f LAMP News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. The forces In Washington battling ' so. Ideal Necessary to Continue Work Allied Relief Agency After Reports Of Early Difficulties. 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