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people Dy committee chairmen.
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What happened in the approp-
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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.
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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
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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.
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