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Thursday, February 15, 195
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON
trator Michael V. DiSalle. The
News also said: “No Dixiecrats
accepted and no one who oppos
ed President Truman's renomi
nation or otherwise offended top
Democrats.” The New York Her-
aid-Tribune made an investiga-
tion of the announced policy of
the ESA that politics would be
kept at a “minimum” in filling
agency jobs and learned that
“minimum” applies to Republi
cans. The newspaper sent tele
grams to the 37 top men already
appointed in 13 regions to learn
their political affiliations. Of the
first 12 answers received, 10 of
the price control officials said
they were Democrats. One would
not say what party he belonged
to and the other said he was un-
a fliliate.
The top price control jobs pay
$12,000 or $13,000 a year.
Bv Harris Ellsworth. M. O.
The law’ which gave President
Truman authority to control
prices and wages was passed by
Congress Sept. 8, 1950 nearly 5
months ago. Members of Con
gress thought when they voted
for the bill that controls would
be quickly put on. Prices had
been slowly rising since the out
break of the fighting in Korea.
It was known that when mili
tary expansion programs were
announced prices would go still
Strange things are often done
higher unless frozen.
Military by our big government in the
everything
expansion always means the name of economy
withdrawal of vast amounts of that is, except the practicing of
materials from the normal civil actual down to earth economy.
ian economy. This causes scarce Less than a couple of years ago
the Secretary of Defense cancell
supply of many items and, under ed the construction of a giant
such circumstances in our free airplhne carrier, after several
economy which operates under millions had been spent on plans
the law' of supply and demand, and on actual construction. Re
prices go up. The sudden unbal cently the big carrier was again
ancing of our economy because authorized but a smaller carrier
of the necessity for military buy will now cost $60 millions more
ing is the only justifiable reason money than the first one would
have cost.
for resorting to price and wage
The post office department
controls.
could
be operated more efficient
But since Sept. 8, when price
ly and economically. It could re
controls were authorized by Con- organize as recommended by the
gress, two things have been hap- Hoover commission and save mil
pening: (1) Producers and own- lions. But it didn’t do that. No,
ers of merchandise have been the Postmaster General has novv
quietly marking up their prices tightened our belts (figuratively
simply because they figured such speaking) ) and taught us to bear
mark-ups would be rolled back the hard rigors of postal econ-
anyway and they might as well omy. 1 Ie discontinued directory
make as much money as possible service in all post offices of city
delivery size. Now when I mail
before the blow fell. (2) Military a letter to you and do not have
supplies and equipment, both for a correct address or box number
the action in Korea and for de on it, the post office saves the
fense including t h e European supposedly terrible cost burden of
arms program, have been drain- having someone in the local of
ing
supply of material of fice Hip a directory and put the
address on the envelope. Instead
various kinds.
Both of these activities have ot doing that simple and inex
caused prices to rise much faster pensive job it carts that letter
all the way back across the na-
and much higher than they would tion to Washington, D. C.
and to
have gone if the price control my office.
law had not been passed and al-
That is the way it is now. I
lowed to lie dorman as a threat receive numerous’ letters
each
rather than a protection. Recent week to which 1 would like to
ly I saw a competent estimate reply but cannot simply because
that the people of our country writers merely write the name
have paid some 16 billions of dol of their town at the top of the
lars more for their cost of living letter. We look in the loeai m ■ -
since the Konan war started phone directories which we have
than they would have paid in at hand, but whin such a cor-
’s name and address is
the same period of time before respendent
not listed there, I am unable to
June 25. It might be reasonably address a reply to him. So, please
claimed therefore that the po- when you write to me include
litical and dilatory tactics of the in your letter your complete ad-
Administ rat ion have
us 16
billion dollars on top ot our
I'he house recently re-estab
ready staggering tax load
When the price order finally lished the select committee on
did come it left the price-inereas- small business which continue its
ers tin' chiselers with a profit its operations during the 82nd
congress. This “small business
committee has done a good job
artificially high tor the people to being a watch dog over the in-
pay. Small wonder then that my teiests ot the little business man
mail everv
indicates that and his dealings with govern
people have
our ment. 1 here has been a marked
faith
present administ rat ion. What 1 tendency on the part of procure
have s; lid hete, 1 think, indicate ment officials to do their buying
the easy wav by purchasing of
that Congress did its
bv passing the necessary law. big nation-w ide concerns and ig
noring the small supplier.
But it must be remembered that
In its weekly bulletin the com
under our constitutional system,
mitted'
takes note of this situa-
Congress onlv makes the laws.
Bon with the following comment:
adminis-
"Purchases through formal ad
ters them Our troubles now are vertising are diminishing at an
simplv the result of < outrage- alarming rate. Careful estimates
ouslv bad administ rat ion.
indicate that negotiated purchas
es by the army have risen to the
astounding figure of 92G of total
dollar
value. Instead of ’broad-
the Economic Stabilization
ening
the
industrial base of the
Agency, which will administer
procurement
program’
pi ce and wage controls is being gested by
the
Dec. is directive
built into a nationwide Demo of the se<
etar^ of de tense the
crat machine with the Demix'rat
national committee actually in Because small business is being
charge of the build-up and pass 1< ft out of the negotiations. Fui-
ing on all job candidates who tht'i, costs tor standard common-
i *»'iv p
HMM) a year or more. use items are rocketing Exam
I'he W ashington News says that ples ot what appear to be un-
the Democrat National Commit necessary negotiations over the
tee is asking Democrat govern P'st few weeks are such items
ors senators, state chairmen and as leather purses, v riting paper.
ear!»oa papei gog ies,
canvas
> I ¡'e: -
nd many others Sup-
ical and security categories had to study them all in a short I were honored guests, Sunday eve
| when about 20 friends gathered
period of time.
should be negotiated.”
at the Howard Adams home for
dinner.
.
The “ore package” appropria
The Freshman class gave a re
tion bill has been abondoned. In
turn party to the student body
the last session appropriations
Mrs. Lynn Hampton, teacher of the local high school at the
for all departments and agencies in the local school, is ill at her
Saturday night.
were lumped into one huge bill home with flu, one being affected gym
The
Women’s Missionary So
(more than 400 pages). I op by an epidemic making its rounds
ciety
of
the Community church
posed that idea at the time as be in the vicinity.
meets this afternon (Thursday)
ing inefficient and confusing. I
Elton Schroeder, the furniture
further believed that such a sys dealer and mortician of Myrtle at 1:30 at the home of Mrs. Emil
tem provided too much oppor- Point, stopped in Brookings while Moore for dessert luncheon and
tupnity for slipping in items en route home from the Furni a business meeting.
Mrs. Nettie Harris of San Mar
which might be buried in the ture Mart, San Francisco, to call
tin,
Calif., is a guest at the home
mass of pages of the big bill but on business men here. He told
of
Mrs.
Florence Forgie.
would stand out more clearly the Pilot he expected to estab
Tom Newton, former resident,
otherwise.
lish a funeral parlor here early who was visiting his brothers and
Apparently an overwhelming 1 this spring, on the lot near the sisters in the Harbor area, was
number of the members of the J high school which he has owned called to Oberlin, Kans., by the
appropriations committee believ- for several years.
i death of Mrs. Newton’s mother
ed the same way. This year _ Mrs. Charles Young, of Young’s last week. Mrs Newton had gone
therefore, we return to the for d & 10, has gone to Camas, Wash., 1 east previously to care for her
mer system. The appropriation to become acquainted with her mother.
bills will be handled more rap- new granddaughter. Joyce, her1 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hibbard,
id!y. 1 1 he big bill was nearly adughter,
<iuugnier, is wife
wne of
oi Harold
naroiu Dodds
uouus accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. A.
three months late in passage last who formerly worked at the Hag- E. Sandbo, shopped at Eureka
year with the result that the gerty Twinservice.
last Friday and Saturday.
agencies of the government went
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Young of
through one-fourth of their fis- Gold Beach were visitors in this
cal
without knowing for area last Saturday y/hen Mr.
certain what their appropriations Young, vice-president of Curry
were). Each department and County Bank, conferred with Mr.
For■ the week endi ng on Sun-
agency will have full considera Fischer, architect of the Sev day:
Max. Min. Rain
tion on the floor of the house. enth-Day Adventist church about Feb. 5 .... ............53
50
.29
As several bills came out one at plans for the Brookings branch Feb. 6 .... ............ 57
50
.02
a time, all members will have of Curry County Bank, to locate Feb. 7 .... ........... 54
52
1.39
plenty of time to study them. Un here soon.
Feb. 8 .... ........... 66
’48
der the other system, we had to
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Crook are Feb. 9 .... ........... 62
55
.01
wait until almost the end of the I. h ~
a V . i n g extensive remodeling Feb. 10 ... ........... 56
52
1.10
session before seeing any propos-1 done on their kitchen at present. Feb. 11 ... ........... 53
50
.67
ed appropriation items and then I Elder
Ek
and Mrs. Leo VanDolson Rainf;all for■ week ..... ......... «......3.42
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