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PAGE FOUR The World’s Best Climat1 DES By Harris Ellsworth. M. C. The administration leadership of the house has given up any thought of repealing or amending the Taft-Hartley Act. Its first and only attempt was a complete flop. I think I should point out again that Republicans in the house could do nothing in the name of a Republican to carry out their campaign promises re garding labor legislation. Our contention has consistently been that the T-H law is fundamental ly good but that experience un der it has revealed the need of certain amendments to make it better. The procedures under which the house of representatives oper ate provide that the party in control is literally in control. Ma jor legislation, even including substitute bills, must bear the names of the majority members. This is not criticism of the Demo crats who now control the house. It is the custom. Republicans do the same when they are in con trol. I make this explanation for the purpose of pointing out that the only way in which Republi cans could express their wishes regarding labor legislation this session was to attempt to write better and broadening amend ments into a substitute bill offer ed by a Democrat member, Mr. Wood. This we did with some success due to the fact that a great many members of the Dem ocrat majority voted the same way we did. Amusingly enough this situation was publicized as a “coalition”, ‘clever political maneuver,” etc. It is too bad that simple truth is not considered i nt e r e s t i n g enough to attract attention, so it seems to be necessary to use senational terms which carry dark, or at least shaded, implica tions in order to tell the simple story. Considering the fact that the substitute called the Wood bill was largely written on the floor of the house, it was a pretty good piece of legislation. But it was killed by a narrow margin mostly for the reason that it came to close to being a Republican bill to be passed by a house over whelmingly controlled by the Democrat party. The reason we had to attempt to writ«» the bill on the floor was that the house labor committee quickly reported the administra tion I f inski bill without taking much time in executive session,, and without adopting or even ser iously considering a n y amend-1 ments. The result of this dicta- torial and high-handed strategy BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON ity hall on Friday evening, July Angeles to attend summer school 1. Proceeds will go toward ex at U. C. L. A. . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shafer, both / panses of the young people who will attend institute at Shasta in students at University of Califor July. People are urged to attend nia, at Berkeley, are spending the* from 6 to 7:30 o’clock. summer vacation with her grand-^ Mr. and Mrs. William Hall and father, Sup. F. D. Haight. Mrs. ’ daughters. Misses Billie and Bar Shafer is the former Katherine bara, motored to Crater Lake Thatcher. over the week-end and returned Mr. and Mrs. John Ostrom left home Monday evening. Sunday for Palo Alto, where they school at Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rice of will c attend , TT . summer .. Albany, Ore., spent Father’s day Stanford I nixersity. return- here visiting his father, O. M. I Mrs. M__. Kenneth 11 " T Layman A Rice, and his sister, Miss Elma. I cd home from Alhambra, Calif., - where she spent several w’eeks Mrs. Clayton Hicks of Reeds visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma port, Ore., spent several days as Smith, and family. house guest of Rev. E. C. Hicks and her brother-in-law and sister- These columns reach at least in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Row- ley. She left on the bus for Los 5000 readers each week—use ’em. DISINFLATION ! The identical drama is being tions—but not much. The social enacted all over again in the sen ized medicine bill will not come ate. As this is written, I do not | up. Nothing much will be done know what the outcome will be j about CVA except to hold hear over there but the first two acts ings, probably in the west. of the play are the same 1. Ad-1 Even though the president may ministration bill jammed through' want congress to stay in session committee; 2. Countless amend-1 until late summer, there will be ments considered on the floor. little disposition on the part of But. let me give you the sen-1 the members to do so. The rea ate story right from the lips of son is: first, that the house mem a senator. Senator Wayne Morse bers, at least, the members on said in debate a few days ago: , the majority side, are in sharp “The Thomas bill is not the prod disagreement themselves. uct of executive-session discus Many feel that some time is sion. The fact is that we did not needed to whip the situation into have any executive-session dis shape. The second reason why cussions of the Thomas bill. At congress will not want to stay the very first executive session in session past mid-July is that held by the committee, after the both senate and house chambers hearings were closed, a Demo are being remodeled, and both crat senator moved that the bill bodies must meet in cramped be reported favorably to the sen-1 temporary quarters after first of ate. Another Democrat seconded July. That, plus the summer heat, the motion. When Republican will make a prolonged session members sought to offer amend most uncomfortable. I have no ments, they were declared out of ticed that a hot, ill-tempered and order on the ground that the | uncomfortable congress is a poor motion was not subject to amend legislative body. It will be best ment. Thus we find ourselves in for the county if we adjourn this the present unfortunate predica session soon after July 1. ment of trying on the floor of the senate to write the detailed pro visions of latx>r legislation whicn should have been written in com mittee.” The ladies society of the church, held its regular meeting Thurs Only a few more important' day afternoon with the newly-in-! bills will be considered during stalled offiers in charge: Presi this session. The federal public' dent, Ida Hall in charge of the housing bill will come up for ac business session, assisted by Sec tion. The Atlantic Pact will be retary, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison. taken up by the senate. Some Several important matters were sort of labor bill will be enacted. taken up. Committee chairmen There will be a gesture or two gave reports. The bazaar chair toward doing something about the man reported plans are going nt all. Hoover commission recommenda ahead for the fall bazaar. Names ere drawn for “pals” in the so- ciety. This is the final meeting for the society during the busy summer months, until Septem ber. Devotions were in charge of Ethel Goodlin. At the close of the afternoon strawberry pie was served by Ida Hall, with silver offering taken. Parents and friends of the grad uate's of Del Norte high school attended commencement program at the high school in Crescent NOW IN OPERATION City. Friday evening, when 52 graduates received their diplomas from Principal C. Thurnen. This was one of the largest grad uating classes in the history of Del Norte high. Among those of Smith River were Billie Hall. Daroline Nelson and George Ja cobson. Members of Lake Earl Grange enjoyed a picnic outing Sunday, We Haul Anywhere in Oregon; to, from, and under the shade trees above the Smith River bridge. The men en within Curry County’* INSURED CARRIER! joyed pitching horseshoes, while the women visited. A bountiful pot luck dinner w as enjoyed. The affair was honoring the fathers of the Grange on Father's day. The young folk of M. Y. F. of the church are sponsoring a sup per to be served at the commun- TASK FREIGHT LINES General Transportation Heavy Hauling and Moving! PHONE 61, BROOKINGS SMITH RIVER THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1949 |
