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PAGE FOUR been a general of u • — Set reb. r~L no a g enerai sweeping-out swee Hearing ZO professional staff and I clerical . । . • people Dy committee chairmen. For Freiqht Line What happened in the approp- ** , npnnlp of nations committee re-organiza- Hi r Busmess houses andco plc of this area who hau n > seeing Oregon F ^i«h’ ¿mes con- tinue its service into C urry coun-1 ty, are reminded of the hearing, at North Bend, Monday, Feb. 28, set by the public utilities. In a court case in lower courts latp last year, the decision w’as awarded in favor of the Oregon Freight Lines, later to be revers ed by supreme coust, on appeal. • This hearing is sot to determine the public sentiment. Oregon Freight Lines were or dered off tho roads as of last Saturday. Text of the notice mailed out: "Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the 28th day of Feb., 1949, at the hour of 10 a. m., in the city hall, North Bend, Ore gon, a public nearing will be held in this matter before the com missioner or an examiner repre senting the commissioner, at which time and place all inter ested parties will be entitled to be present and heard. Thereafter such order or orders will be en- tered as may be deemed proper in the premises.” The Pilot has learned from any number of sources in this area that much dissatisfaction has been expressed with service offer ed by Central Transfer, and its settlement of flamage claims. »rt By Harris Ellsworth, M. C. The organization of the reg ular legislative commit tees of the house has been completed. The overwhelming administrai ion ma jority has been, it seems to me, a little too eaj/er in the matter of patronage grabbing. There has THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1949 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON The World’s Best Climat n i » rvi »YY I ♦ 4 Ui r tjon is an exampie. I can best (old for you by Congressman John Ph i 11 i p s of « California, a member of the com-i mittee. The following is quoted) from a letter written by him: "The new ‘Fair Deal’ could bei a little more careful in applying the principles which go with the name, to some of its own actions.1 There is a storm blowing here] in congress, behind the closed doors of commit tee rooms, over, the dismissal of the research! staffs set up for the committees, I under the Re-organization Act, j and their replacement by pat-> ronage appointees, or by the re- ;..... ... turn to C. th«' » previous, unsat isfac- tory system of borrowing inves- tigators. "If there was any action of the congress which was non-par- tisan, it was the adoption of the Re-organization Act. It was put through by men from both par ties, and during Democratic con trol of congress. One of its pro visions called for research staffs, for major committees. Prior to that, committees had borrowed investigators from other agencies, or done without. You may well imagine that a man from one government agency was not go ing to invest ¡gate too rigorously no criticize too severely, another agency in the Washington bu reaucratic maze; that is, not if he wanted to keep his job. The result: The departments and the agencies, in presenting their cas es, had committees at a disad vantage. We knew’ there was mur der being done to the American taxpayer, but we couldn't find where the body was buried. The Re-organization Act chang ed that. Men of real ability were brought to the hill, on the as- surnace that they were safe from and sudden dismissal. 1 have in mind a man of 12 years experience in the fed- eral trade commission; or men from the FBI, or the outstanding, able group gathered by my own commit tee. Appropriations. We were unable to get some only because of the protection they felot the Re-organization Act af forded them. I have told you some of the results of their work.. "These men have been fired by the ‘Fair Deal.’ Ours were dropp ed without notice by the chair man of the committee on appro priations, and when they asked if they might not have some no tice, or time to look for other joys, they were told, ‘You got your notice on Nov. 2.’ same Re-organization "The Act. which the fair deal has in terpreted to give no protection to these men, also says that these research men may not take jobs from federal agencies for a year after they leave the hill. That was intended to prevent an agency from offering a job to an investigator who was getting to know' too much about its duplica tions or extravagances. That is not unknown in Washington. "Perhaps we can correct this latter difficulty by congressional I action, but it is a poor patch on the hole torn in the morale of the research staffs. We will have) great difficulty re-creating them in the future. I regret particu larly the loss of a staff on the calibre we w’ere able to get to gether for the committee on Ap propriations. Somn of them were1, partners or top flight executives of accounting firms in the east, । serving without pay, because they considered it public service and because the Re-organization Act had taken away the sigma of patronage. "In one committee, the situation was so obvious that Democratic and Republican members united to refuse the approval of certain of the chairman's choices. The majority of t h e appropriations committee was either better or ganized or better instructed; the Republicans weren’t permitted to ask questions, let alone offer amendments.” Harry Wolford Rites Held Saturday P. M. Local News Items y Last rites were held from the' Baptist Communit church for Harry J. Wolford, 60, w'ho Fri day at his Harbor home. Rev. Nick Neufeld officiated, with the rites under direction of Wier’s Mortuary'. Interment was at the Wm. J. Ward Memorial Cemetry. Born Jan. 18, 1888 at Louis-! ville, Ky., he had lived the past. 11 years in the Harbor area. Sur- i viving as his widow', Virginia, and! one son, George of Lynwood, Calif. "Flower Girls" The 4-H Flower Girls held their meeting last Friday, at the school. We practiced our song and dance. Then we had pur bus iness meeting. Each of us told about our flower gardens. The weather has been so bad, that we haven't gotten to work in them much. We have some sweet peas planted, We held our Valentine party, having lots of fun exchanging.— Joann Clendenin, reporter. Monday, Feb. 7, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hale of Coos Bay, demons^, st rated the 1949 model stndard J Underwood typewriters to the school. Mrs. Hale, formerly An- * ita Byrd of Harbor, stressed ac- curacy and rhythm as essential She in building typing speed. answered questions, spelled w'ords and added figures while typing, to demonstrate concentration, and typed at various speeds up to and exceeding 100 words per minute. William McVay is confined to Gold Beach hospital with a bad case of influenza. Ho is reported to be gaining steadily. Mrs. Mc Vay is remaining in Gold Beach while he is there. D. F. Massett and son, Dan, came over from Klamath Falls last week. Dan returned there on Wednesday while Mr. Massett re mained at his home near the Winchuck. Mrs. Massett remained at Klamath Falls for a longer visit before returning home. Second and fourth Tuesdays rf each month, ’ at I. O. O. F. hall, Mrs. H. J. Weigel is spending Topaz Rebekah lodge. Members a few’ weeks at Portland visiting urged to attend, and visitors al- ways welcome. relatives. - - .— - — I PLUMBING AND HEATING! WILLIAM D. FISHER Will Icok after your plumbing needs! 4 Miles South of State Line on Highway 101 Smith River California Veu áre Invited te Heer,. The Following Christ-Centered "Know-Your Bible" Lectures: God's Answer to True Science and the The Beginning cf Life no This Pianeti I bindreds of thousands EXTRA Sunday night, 20 minutes of sound motion pieture^Go Forth” No Charge forced out of the moun tains by storms and lack thetCH fitti, Breekings L. Van Polson. Bible lecturer E. W. Brooks, Gospel Singer TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22............ 7:30 p. m. "THE MISSING TEXT MANY ARE DOING THIS NOW! LET'S ALL HELP THEM TO LIVE! Donated By Pilot in Interest of Starving Birds! THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 7:30 p. m. "4 BEASTS AND ANTI-CHRIST SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2« 11:00 a. in. 'THREE ANGELS OVER BROOKINGS
