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Observer, La Grande, Ore., Wed., Aug. 13, 1958 Pag 7 LA GRANDE ftUbliihtd 119 Daily Except Sunday La Orinde, Orefon Publlihtd Br the Grande Bond Valley Publlihlnc Conpanr -.. , B. Woybret, President j RAY C. ANDERSON . Editqr It Publisher GEORGE S. CHALLIS Adv. Director ' Member Audit Bureau of Circulation United Press Full Leased Wira WEBT-HOL.1DAT CO., INC. National RepresentatlTei L.ua Auseles Ban Kranclaco Portland Seattle Uenter New Tork Chicago Detroit SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier , , 1.25 Month 10.00 Year By Motor Route 1.40 Month 10.80 Year BY MAIL 1 Month 1.25 6 Months 6.50 3 Months 8.50 1 Year 12.00 Holered a Second Claaa Matter' at the Poat Office of la Grande, Oregon Under the Act of Maroh I, 1117 Force And Viciousness Whpn a horribly burned union official staggers into a hospital, as happened in Pontiac,' Mich., you see the ugly f ace. of America's second or gangster government. Both this man and his uncle had appeared before the Senate Rackets Committee, though neither had said anything worth recording. They have been serving as officials of the disreputable Teamsters union. A torture by fire, said the victim, was connected with "union busi ' ness." His story was disputed by the police who set out to trace the burns to an equally sordid source an acci dent in the torch-bombing of a business establishment. In any event, the incident is drenched in force and' lawlessness. . ' ; , Not long before, we heard the dismal tale of women witnesses before the committee being threatened by Chicago restaui'ant union officials if they dared to talk. And if a bombing was involved, there have been a dozen such forays in the past year. . . . . Obviously these acts and threats are committed or directed by men who recognize only, the authority of force force which they feel free to apply in pursuit of their criminal goals. Meh of this character have spread their network not merely through 'some labor unions: but' into countless businesses. They have built a truly vast empire of law lessness, and given a considerable, part of it the thin veneer of legitimacy. They have so entangled the legiti mate and the criminal that law enforcement officers and legitimate competitors are hard' pressed to. sep arate the two. By every deyice from bold stealing 'and. racketeering to subtle pressures and shady bookkeeping, these ruf fians exact tribute from the American people. One way or another we all pay this gangster tax. Unfortunately this supergovernment is' either feared or tolerated in such degree that no measures of last ing effectiveness are taken against it. The gangster tax is one levy we could do something about, but do not. Most of us who live in the shadow of criminal gov ernment do not end up burned to a crisp. We do not seem to suffer at all. The levy we pay is indirect, and we ignore it or pretend we do not know it exists. But this freedom from force or the threat of it is something not enjoyed by those who dare to tangle with our "other" governors. Ask any who have tried, or even indicated they might try. , ' For them, the proud distinctions we make between our government of liberty under law and the Russian communistic rule of force must seem quite imaginary. X Marks The Spot- ... It was ballots rather than bullets that downed James W. (Wyatt) Earp in the five-man Democratic race for sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kan. Denver Bland, a cap lain in the sheriff's patrol, wbn the race. Earp, who claims to be a cousin of famous frontier marshall Wyatt Earp, can console himself with this thought: ballots are equally effective as bullets in politics, but they're far less final. Earp can get up to shoot again for the office. i- Side Glances t ' ' r rd-X "I had the most wonderful vacation thia year! 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