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2 The Sand) (Ore.) Post Thursday, Aug. 8, 1963 (Sec. 1) ^andy |post I Closing Out - Quitting Business Walter C. Taylor, Lee Irwin, Co Publishers Entered at the Post Office at Sandy, Clackamas County, Oregon, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March 1879 Member of Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and National Editorial Association. Published every Thursday by Outlook Publishing Co. Page 2 *2 Annual Subscription Sandy Post, Sandy, Oregon August 8, 1963 This One Is Long Overdue We heartily applaud Reps. Edith Green, Robert Duncan and Al L’llman of Oregon for bills they have introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Their measures, identical in wording, would eliminate Congressional influence in the appontment of postmasters. They added further, that the bills “would prop erly place the appointment of postmast ers in the Civil Service and away from the political influences of the past.” To which we add, "Amen.” We’re all too familiar with the way postal appointments have been a political football. Party loyalty, not familiarity with the postal system, has been the usual determinant in selection of a new postmaster. We remember one instance in Washing ton state where a Republican who knew about as much about post offices as a penguin was put into a job over the head of an eminently qualified Democrat. The GDI’s were in power, you see. A couple of years earlier a Democrat with qualifications just as unlikely got another postal job in a small town near by. That time, the Democrats were call ing the shots. We don’t know if the bill proposed by Green, Ullman and Duncan ever will see the light of day. Congressmen long have looked upon postal appointments as a first-class means of awarding the faithful. Many may be reluctant to give up the largess at their disposal. But from a practical standpoint, it may not be as hard to pass as it sounds. Thanks to the 20 years of Roosevelt-Tru man tenancy in the White House plus two more of Kennedy, Democrats fill the vast majority of postal positions today. Strictly on the basis of numbers alone, Democrats would get most of the post masterships, even under strict Civil Serv ice. The Democratically-controlled Con gress may just buy the bill. This one we’ll watch with interest. . I Sale Starts Thursday Morning, August 8 th 10 a.m STORE HOURS 10 to 9 Monday through Friday - Saturdays 10 to6 Every Item at Close Out Prices-Buy Now For Back To School MANY STYLES Men s - Boys LOAFERS - TIES SUMMER CASUALS Webster on Welfare In all the fuss over "Gov.” Ben Musa’s appointment of a Hood River man to the State Welfare Commission, not enough attention has been paid to the departing words of his predecessor, Roy Webster. Webster, Hood River orchardist and a Mormon, is outspoken in his opposition to present-day welfare. An interview pub lished in the “Hood River News” just after his resignation, gives a few of the reasons: “I think the whole concept of public welfare is wrong,” Webster was quoted as saying. "It’s creating a race of mor al lepers. Nothing stands still, it either goes ahead or backward, and I think it’s time our welfare program came to a halt and started going backward. “It’s morally wrong to endorse the giving away of public funds and taxpay ers' money. Welfare is going only one way — it’s expanding. If it was reduc ing, I would be glad to serve.” SHOES Webster continued: “Welfare should first of all be the responsibility of the family; second, the church and frater nal organization, and last of all at the county level — or a combination of two or three of these groups working to gether. The state and federal govern ment should never enter into it.” Social workers probably will disagree, but we suspect a majority of taxpayers will agree with Webster. He asks, “Who is better to judge our neighbors need? Other neighbors or Washington, D.C?” And hard on the heels of Webster’s resignation came the news that the state of Oregon leads the West in the percentage of ineligible welfare recipi ents. This dispatch, plus Webster’s de parture, isn’t likely to build confidence in the welfare program. It’s too bad men of Webster’s stature can’t be maintained on the Welfare com mission. 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