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hp I ,TAe Aentinel, Cott ace Grove. Oregon Thun.. June I«, 1949 Cottage Grove. Oregon Established August 15, 1^9 W. o. MARTIN Washington Letter By harris Ellsworth. Rep. in Congress from Otvgon •——........... — Editor, Publisher KIVI» HOKDs \IKHT HARRY $ TRUMAN \ lit MIK It \ T tEHn'il Bede in i iregon V(Hw June To th«' Editor: 1 note in your ; June 4 issue you aixilogtxv to Wal- I ! ler Pearson Jr. for having inad- I vertently cihuinihh I his action on I appointments to the state tnx commission with action you be-1 liexed liad b«*eti taken by his fath- - er. Walter J. IVatxon Sr., while i the Sr. was serving in th«' same IXKsition (hat th«' Jr now fills. Your a|xilogy may have tieen wr don»' Waller Sr lacked only a few days of having the op|x>rtu- nity to help appoint to the state «xwtunission the men whom Walter | Jr. has tx»w helped to depose de- 1 spite the undisputed qualifications i ol those dcjsiscd I bt'lievv you । would haxc been safe in saying ' Hint, if Walter Sr had become state treasurer a few days mm , i . t than he did, he would have taken the action that you inadvertently credited to him. It is at least cer tain that had the Sr. been serving in IMS he would not have put hinex'lf in a position that would have aroused suspickm that Iw bad entered into a deal to depose competent otficials to make place for ixilitieal friends. He had read the story alxiut Caesar's wife and always kept himself above suspi- cion. It is a Utile difficult fit a republican like m«' to sfx'ak these kind wonis about a democrat. ST iStiT I KH0W WHAT The administration leadersliip of THS S STANDS FOR the House has given up any Subscription ratM, cash in advance. No subscription for less thought of repealing or amending •had three noaths. 1 Yr. 6 Mos. 3 Moa the Taft-Hartley Act. Its first and I d L mm and Douglas Counti .2.50 1.50 1.00 mly attempt was a complete fk»p. Outside Thio District .3.30 1.75 1.51 I I think I should point out again that Republicans in th«' House Fortina Rutta an Applicai iot¿ jould do nothing in the nam«' of a Republican io carry out their cam. Entered at Cottage Grove, Oregon, as second class matter. jaign promises regarding labor cgislation. l »ur contention ha NATIO NA I EDITORIAL consistently been that the T-H aw- is fundamentally goixl l»ut :hat experience under it has re vealed th«' ntxxl of certain amend- nents to make it better. The pnxx'dure un«1«'r which th«' LETHARGY Ikxjs«' of Representatives operate “There wax an oi«l woman. irovid«’ that th«* party in control s literally in ctMitrol. Major k'gis- Who lived in a shoe. ation. even including substitute She had so many children. bills, must bear the names of She did not know what to do.” I najority Members. This is no nane Perhaps we as n community ami as indivnhuds are a goo« I criticism of the Democrats who deal like the old woman, we are into so many things, have s< I row control th«' House It is the many existing organizations to support and have so many in I .-ustom. Republicans do th«> same tertats that we neglect to do a lot of things w< should do an« I when they are in control I make thus fail to support many worthwhile community enterpris«** I this explanation for tlx» purpose of It has been our theory that if we hail endeavored to do mon I pointing out that the only way in for ¡ourselves and more for our coninninity. the govemnieta I vhich Republicans could express would not l>e called on to do so many things today. .Most of w I heir wishes regarding labor l«*gis- can remeinlier the turning point when the fdera] government I at ion this session was to attempt I to write better and broa«iening stepped in and started to assume a sort of paternalistic role o I unendments into a substitute bill subject to amendment Thus we M COM LTK OFFREAKER a role that was either done by the individual or hot at all. Mom I 'ffered by a IVnxx-rat member, find ourselves in tlx? proscrit un OE\ El.orEO US WOOLEY of ns h»e found that the only trouble with lotting tn«' govern I Mr. Wood. This we did with sonx* fortunate predicament of trying ro IMPROVE ITS 1‘ROUKTS ment do ft^ot of things that we might do for onrselves is tha I success due to the fact that a on the floor of th«' Senate to write •From Pit and 9uarry.June 1949 > it s hard find a stopping place and if we donbt this we cai I treat many Members of th«' IX'mo the detailed provisions of labor That manufacturers of concrete I -rat majority voted the same way legislation which should have tx-en blix-k equipnxnt do not have a observe the growth of bureaucracy. written in the committee.” At least one group, the doctors, are now busy trying t< I vc did. rnono|K>ly on new ideas and the HEBRON GRtNGF SEMS Amusingly enough this situation promote a health insurance plan of their own before the govern ability to develop them is fre Mix. Mads Ovrrgaard is alti-ml Only a few more important bills quently proven by 4 lie number of I was publicized as a "coalition." ment adopts the Truman plan or a plan similar to England. ng the State Grange convention will be considered during this ses- I ‘ clever political maneuver." etc. new or improved machines for Baek to the subject of doing things for ourselves, w e shouh sum. The Federal Public Housing better or more economical pro it Coos Bay as th«* elected repre- be just a little alarmed over th«* apparent lethargy of the genera I It is too bad that simple truth is hill will come up for action. The duction of concrete masonry units .entativc of Hebron Grange No lot considered interesting enough public in assuming a share of responsibility in the operation o I I to attract attention, so it seems Atlantic Pact will be taken up by which originate in th«' field. An M5. Mrs. Overgaard has promiaed our city, our commercial organization or our schools. Rurely d< I o be necessary to us«- sensational the Senate. Some sort of labor bill i report of “goings-on" for next offbearer d«‘vck»|xxl by P*1* <^n*i eligible voters tnm out to vote at any sort o I erms which carry dark, or at will be enacted. There will be a ) automatic regular grange meeting, July 2. the C. C. Wooley Concrete Bkx'k school or city meeting, even though the operations of such insti 1 east shaded, implications in order gesture or two toward doing some Co., Cottage Grove. <tore., is a good Hebron Grange hewn«* «Mstnomics thing about the Hoover Commis ease in point. club members are urged t » att«*n*i tutions have shown a constant upward trend, which mean, I o tell the simple story. th«* I Haena home ei'omxmcs club higher taxes. Considering the fact that the sion recommendations but not At the present time this off- Ag we see the situation tliere are only two organization: I ubstitute calk'd th«* Wood bill was much. The socialized medicine bill bearing mechanism is used in con nweting on Tuesday. June 21 equipped to handle community pr<4»lems. the city council an« I argeiy written on the fkxir of the will not come up. Nothing much junction with a singlè-unit-at-time Time and place are different I han the Chamber of Commerce or commercial organization, and th. j I House, it was a pretty good piece will be done about CVA except to block machine but the inventor previously rv|xirt«*d It will lx* an! hold hearings, probably in the city council necessarily is limit«*d as to what it can do, leaving if legislation But jt was killed by West. claims that it is easily adaptable all-day nweting, beginning at 11 and will be hekl at the i narrow margin mostly for the to the higher capacity multipks o'clock, the bulk of community problems to an organization by w hateve, eason that it came too close to icw Dorena Grang«* Hall. Even though the President may unit machines. name^you jnight call it or to a group of individuals. aeing a Republican bill to tx> want the Congress to stay in ses Th«* cntcrtainnwnt committee When this automatic offbearing ¡>romis«*s an evening of "fun for Conceivably we might see the day when we might have t< rassed by a House overwhelmingly sion until late summer, there will system is used with a small hand- change the methods of operating our number one industry. lum ■ontrdWed by the Denxx'rat party’ be little disposition on the part of ,’veryone” on regular social night, ber.orlieek a substitute or move ou_ The simplest solutwn t« The reason we had to attempt to th«' Members to do so. The reason opcratcd machine, no synchroniza Saturday. June 1H Grange m, 'n- Pf,1>lumber industry far as payrolls go is to seek tier I write the bill on the fkxrr was is; first, that the House Members, tion or timing is necessary; with bers are ask«xl t«> bring tlieir used for wood wastes. It is possible that the forest servin' migh: I hat the House Labor Committee at least, the Members on the an automatic machine a timing fn«*nds Please bung cither cake i side, are in sharp dis connection is needed. »r jello for refreshments. call o|i the Chamber of Commerce to join in a program to «leveio] I tuickly reported the administra- majority tion Lesinski bill without taking : agreement among themselves. , ■ Essentially, this device consists plansdj^r utilization of wotxi waste by sharing in a small wav I of a rack carrier running on the of experiments conducted in that direction. In th« | much time in executive session, Many feel that some time is needed tracks and an offbearer that ( RESH ELI. t.RXM.E ind without adopting or even to whip the situation into shape. Work in tlx* first and mvuik I de- absence of any Chamber of 4'otnmerce what other organizatim I reriously considering any amend- ' The second reason w hy Congress sw ings in a 90 degree arc between green was exemplified fot Mrs J. coujpMi called on to take the load in work of this kind’ nents. The result of this dictator- will ' not want to stay in sttssion the rack and the block machine M Black Creswell Grange ■al and high-handed strategy was । past mid-July is that both the As the green bkx-k comes off th«* Thursday evening The third and CHANGES 25 YEARS HAVE BROUGHT that the House passed no bill at Senate I and House chambers arc machine, the grapph' on the off- fourth degrees will be given nt the I being remodeled, and both bodies bearer is moved into a position June 23 meeting. Practkx* will be ^Back in the 1900’s. when trolley« cars were profitable an« all. The identical drama is being en- must 1 meet in cramped temporary over the block tor blocks) and held Monday evening June 20 bicycle manufacturing was big business, a number of companie automatically closes under the seeded to dominate the industrial scene. They made writ ini xcted all over again in the Senate, i quarters after the first of July, pallet. The weight of the bkx-k Clarence Davis was elect«*d to As this is written, I do not know That, plus the summer heat, win was ,an7i- Or " I what the outcome will be over make a prolonged session most bearing down on the grapple ac mcmlx'rship. The draped in memory of E .L. Clark patSages of biscurts. Am«>ng th«- 2a largest industrial companie: | there but the first two acts of the uncomfortable. have noticed tuates a mechanism which swings and C. II. Harrold. E. E. Allen, of Wie nation in those days the names of American Writing »lay are the same 1. Administra that a hot, ill-tempered and un the off bearer thiough approxi Paitr, American Hide and Leather. American Sugar Refinin: tion bill jammed through com- comfortable Congress is a mighty mately 90 deg. to the rack carrier Mrs. George Hayes and L. S. Ayotte were appointed to find the antHNational Biscuit loomed large. Today not one of those com ■nittee; 2. Countless amendments poor legislative body. It will be where the block is deposited and students who wete eligible for the best for the country if we adjourn the grapple disengaged. The rack l-H club scholarships s|Minsoiv*d paiaes is among the 25 manufa« turcrs listed by the National (’ity tonsidered on the floor. But. let me give you the Senate this session soon after July first. carrier automatically shifts side by the Grange The annual July I Bank as having the largest total assets. For over the intervenini ways the width of a block tor picnic will tw held at the FranKlin yeafs Uyw industries, some not even dreamed of in 1900, hav« story right from the lips of a blocks) each time a pallet is de Senator. Senator MRS. MARTIN ( ONTR1BI TOR Wayne Morse arisen to displace the former leaders. Not one oil company wa> ranch. The Home Economics duh posited on the rack. Full racks wax inviteri to picnic with the Do- ¿aid in debate a few days ago: TO MONITOR large enough in 1900 to rank with the leaders ; today ten oil eom — wuu miuiers; today ten oil c«>m I The Thomas bill is not the oro- may be moved directly into the Mrs. V. S. Martin, resklent of is not the pro panies give their industry top representation in the list. Thre< Luct of executive-session dis^us- rena club at the Cottage Grove the Anlauf section and columnist curing rooms via a manual trans park. Sunday. July '^i About !F7<> tonnmOM,C companies.^ not one of which was in existence in I don. The fact is that we did not of the Roseburg News Review, fer system. w'as realized from the benefit ham 1900. are among touty s top 25. (N the companies that were on I iave any executive-session discus- was a recent contributor to the The unit will handle six cycles dinner served by the Grangers that list of the nation’s largest in 1900 only two—fieneral Elee Ision of __ the Thomas ______ ____ bill. ... At ___ the Christian Science Monitor and per minute and the grapple may Thursday evening. Mrs W J. Pol trie and American Tobacco — have managed to stay in th« I very first executive session held by wrote thirty-five lines of verse on be arranged to work with either a son was general chairman. select group in the fa«-e of the competition that prevails in all I,he comn’ittee. after the hearings the topic which is run in a series tamper- or vibration-type block industry. (were closed, a .Democrat Senator of "Why I Live In." Contributors machine. With this automatic offbearer moved that the bill be reported wete limited to 300 words and the C. C. Wooley Concrete Block Mrs. Martin said verse was favorably to the Senate. Another the Once you begin to direct the economic activities of the in only way she could begin to tell Co. has tx-en able to reduce break- dividual, you inevitably come to direct most of his other Democrat Senator seconded the it’s the HOTEL1 motion. W h°n Republican Senators in 300 words how she loved tiw age to-less than one-half of one activities as well. There can be no freedom of the individual sought to offer amendments, they Oregon woods. per cent. without a free economy. (Selected). Although patents have tx-en ap- were declared out of order on thej plied for, the C. C. Wooley Co. hax ground that the motion was not Subscribe To The Sentinel— not marketed this device. The of ficials are interested, however, in contacting an equipment maker PROTECTION ► PROTECTION desirous of manufacturing their machine. 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