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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
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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
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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
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few weeks looking after the Pi
Beta Phi sorority art and crafts
school, which is an annual event
for her.
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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!