Image provided by: Chetco Community Public Library; Brookings, OR
About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1950)
PAGE TEN IHRM’I WK Ev Harris Ellsworth. M. C THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1950 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON The World’s Best Climate requests filled in so far as pos sible. Those interested shouid write me indicating the facilities available, people served, and tne type of memento preferred. Major items will be allocated to museums or similar public in stitution. Other materials con sist of pieces of masonry or lum ber building materials, nails, iron bands, and plaster ornaments in various stages of preservation, suitable for processing into ar ticles by the recipient. Recipi ents must bear the cost of pack ing and transportation which may run from 50c to $100, depending on the nature and quantity cf material for the particular re quest. 1 dealers, visited Wednesday eve ning with their cousins. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Sandbo. The Baldwins had spent the winter at Los An geles. He is a legislator from his district in Montana. Rentals for people coming in to work on the Coos-Curry Elec- t r i c Coopeartive transmission line were scarce the first of the week. Only a skeleton crew is here at present. F. C. "Tommy” Thoms, field representative for Loyal Protec tive Life Insurance Co., was Fri day caller at the Pilot office. A former resident of Amity, Ore., Mr. Thomas called on the Pilot to carry a message from friends of the Akers family. Bill West, hurt seriously in a wood accident a few weeks ago, is reported to be making rapid recovery from what was first be lieved to be a serious accident. He will, however, be confined t» the hospital for several weeks. Mrs. Warren Smith is expect ed home from Gatlinburg, Tenn, today. She had been there for a As the second (and last) reg ular sesison of the 81st congress' moves nearer the season of hot Book Cases, Writing Desks, Corner Cabinets and humid Washington, D. C. weather, discussion among the Kitchen Cabinets, Breakfast Nooks, Doors members often turns to the ques Windows, frames, cupboard doors, drawers tion of a probable adjournment date. Last year the session drag IF IT’S MADE 'OF WOOD— ged through the summer k® Oct.' Attorney Ed F. Ackley expects YOU HAVE A JOB FOR J. E. FIFIELD! 19. This year m o s t members | to leave tomorrow for San Fran- Turn off 101 at Beach Road. Follow the Signs would like an early adjurnment Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Baldwin of ’ cisco on legal business, and will not because of hot weather but Billings, Mont., retired lumber * ‘ gone about ten days. because there will be some hot , election campaigns this being an election year. All house mem bers and one-third of the sen ators are up for election. Nownally the second se*ion of j congrers shouid ad Urn after the now appropriat«o.is bills are completed. Little work is done on major m w legislation during the sesond session because no hills are carried oxer into the next congress. Thus the princi ple work of this session is to act on appropriations and clean up important pending legislation. The program for the remainder < I this session should include the following: 1. Senate action and final ap proval of the omnibus appro» ri- : tions bill. 2. Action on foreign aid ap propriations by both houses. 3. Some sort of tax bill, prob « ably removing the more oojec- tionale excise taxes. 4. Senate act i o n on FEPC (probably a short filibuster). 5. Changes in the social se curity law based u p o n a Dili I assed by the house which is now in the senate. 6. Action on Reorganization plans submitted bx the President I used on the Hoover Commissi >n i eport. What are these reckless union leaders How much time will be reqmr- trying to do? They seek to cause thou «d to serve up this legislative sands of their members to strike, and menu cannot be predicted, but throw hundreds of thousands of other ray guess is the session will con employes on and off the railroads out of tinue well into August. employment, with loss of pay to them ♦ ♦ * and their families, plus a severe» blow to industry and the citizens of the nation. During the last 100 years the »er capita debt of the people of What’s the strike all about? If the the United States has been mul- union has its way — what happens? The present members of the union won't 'olied 600 times in size. In the get one cent more pay. They will merely ' ar 1850, the public debt was have been assessed for a costly and in * 77 prr person. The treasury defensible drive in an attempt to provide d partment reported in Feoru- moredues-paying members for the union ’’feather-bedding” by leading the mem ary this year that the debt now • The reckless leaders of the firemen’s by creating "feather-bedding” jobs for amounts to $1,698.00 for each bers of their union out on strike and union want to force down the throats additional and unnecessary firemen. i tan, woman and child in the This is certainly one of the silliest threatening paralysis to large areas of of the railroads and the public a ridic strikes in history! I nited States! (About $6,800 for the nation, they are defying the spirit ulous ” make-work” proposal which has the average family). and intent of the very law which they been twice ruled out by Presidential * • * helped to create. Fact Finding Boards duly appointed The commission on the reno- nation for their own selfish purposes. under the provisions of the Railway This strike is not for higher wages. \i< ion of the White House is There is no other possible answer to charged with the obligation ot It is a strike to force the railroads to Labor Act. such a demand but ’’No!” d sposing of surplus material tak- employ many more thousands of fire This demand of union leaders for e from the White House during men who are not needed! It would be The railroads in making such a reply additional and unnecessary tiremen to ♦ • e remodeling noxv going on. In indefensible waste. The railroads have believe they have the whole-hearted ride in diesel locomotives was rejected tiding to establish some policy, refused to place this additional and support of the people in whose interest - after months of hearings —by a Board the commission desires to deter unnecessary burden on the public. they are willing to fight this out, de mine the probable demand tor appointed by President Roosevelt in such material within each con- spite the loss and inconvenience that But more important than any other 1943. 4! »ssional district. all will suffer. consideration, is the action of these It was again rejected in 1949 by a The commission has asked me few irresponsible union leaders in seek It is time to put an end to such un- Board appointed by President Truman. to furnish some estimate to them American demands. ing to force a crippling strike upon the Recent meetings with the National for the fourth district. It will be h >lpful if museums, colleges, un- Mediation Board have brought no .x rsities, libraries, schools, pat- change in the attitude of the union otic and civic organizations dictators. ’ adxdae me promptly of any eregt in obtaining a memen- Union Leaders Defy Intent of Law t from the White House. When commission has received tne The union leaders helped write the rmation from the various We are publishing this and other advertisements to talk to you Railway Labor Act. Net in an attempt < sessional districts, some final at first hand about matters which are important to everybody. to jam through this scheme of pure **y will be anm at need and tne OCAL NEWS President Roosevelt’s Board said- President Truman’s Board said- Still the leaders of the Railroad Firemen’s Union say- "STRI This ridiculous strike is an affront to every citizen of the nation. It’s not for more money. It’s not because of hours. It’s only for soft feather-bedding spots for additional unneces sary firemen to go along in diesel locomotives just for the ride. A leading liberal newspaper calls the demands of the union leaders I 1 J » 1 1 ( few weeks looking after the Pi Beta Phi sorority art and crafts school, which is an annual event for her. | Henry Kerr made a hurried trip to San Francisco late last week to buy parts for a diesel engine at Brookings Lumber Co. which had been damaged. Read Pilot Class Ads—it pays! 'horse-feathers!” NO! NO! This strike is one of the silliest strikes in history!
