Rails - May 2006 - logger and ActionWebService - how can I get them to work together?

I''m adding a web service to a small Rails app that I wrote to learn  
the framework. This is my last piece of the puzzle and I''m having  
trouble figuring out how to debug it.

I was attempting to iteratively develop the web service method using  
TDD. There''s so much coercion and stuff going on via the  
ActionWebService framework that I''m looking to fall-back to the tried  
and true methodology of using print statements. However, I can''t seem  
to get Logger to output anything to my ~/log/test.log file. Here''s an  
example:

class LibraryServiceController < ApplicationController
   wsdl_service_name ''LibraryService''

   web_service_api LibraryServiceApi # format is <controller_name>Api
   web_service_scaffold :invoke

   def new_item(username, type, title, length, size, state, unique_key)
     @user = User.find_by_login(username)
     logger.fatal(@user)
     puts @user
     true
   end
end

In #new_item I can''t get logger to output anything nor does my #puts  
go anywhere that I can find. (BTW, the test passes without errors.)

Scouring the AWDR book and online resources has gotten me nowhere.

Can anyone provide a hint?

cr