Paul Keller, Editor lose the right to own your own land we had better act and act fast. Senator John Tunney of California is sponsoring bill S 268 Morris K. Udall of Arizona is pushing this bill H.R. 10294 in the Lower House This fighting can't be done with guns, knives, and rocks. Fight with feeling, fortitude, justice and determination. Get the support of your neighbor In previous letters that I have written on this I said “Hurrah” for our truck drivers Gen­ tlemen, I know this sounds crazy, BUT, you quit too soon for this is one of the ways that our government plans on taking over. If you do not receive any answers to letters to your congressman, you may write to me and I can send you the in­ formation and all addresses needed for you to find out for yourself RuthM Stevens Crosslake, Minn. Former Oregon resident Lee Irwin, Publisher Jo Espersen, Advertising Manager 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., P.O. Box 68, Sandy, Oregon 97055 668 5548 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Annual Subscription in Clackamas and Multnomah Counties............... $5.00 Elsewhere in Oregon.......................... $5.50 In United States.................................. $7.00 Servicemen and Women........., .......... $5.00 SANDY, OREGON, TH U R S D A Y , FEB. 21, 1974 i S « A W ord about Edith G reen A friend hit the nail right on the head several weeks ago. " I ’m proud to say she’s my representative.” He was talking, of course, about Rep Edith Green who last week announced her forthcom ing retirem ent. At the time, neither of us had any inkling that Mrs. Green was planning to retire. Nevertheless, his rem ark is typical of the high esteem in which Mrs. G reen w as held. R epublican or D em ocrat, big-city dw eller or suburbanite, senior citizen or teen- ager, Mrs. Green had the support and' respect of all. She w asn’t without her detractors, of course, especially in the later years when she becam e closely identified with the more moderate elements in Congress. But this only proved that she w as doing som ething and whatever else one says, Mrs. Green did things. It’s far too early, of course, to predict just who will fill her shoes. But of this w e’re sure, those shoes are going to be very, very difficult to fill. M J M t l H I N l j IN I U M M U N . Not a Happy Situation In the valedictories of both Edith Green and Wendell Wyatt last week there was a sense of frustration. Both expressed deep concern over W atergate, both were genuinely sorry to be retiring. But both seemed to be shedding a m antle which, over the years, had led to increasing disap­ pointment. It was expressed in the rather u n fav o rab le com m ents both had about so-called citizen action groups (such as Common Cause) and their carbon-copy comments on things politic. It was expressed in their reluctance to continue in a job which made more and more demands and offered less and less tim e to meet those demands. It was expressed in a feeling, almost of guilt, that contact with their constituents was becoming more and more difficult. Both Mrs. Green and Wyatt had reputations which far outgrew the boundaries of the state which sent them to Congress. It should be of real concern to all of us that they and a number of other Congressmen across