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Thursday, October 4, 1951 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS. OREGON We cannot escape or avoid our responsibility. Clearly our re sponsibility as the leader in the cause of freedom demands that HARRIS ELLSWORTH. M.C. ! we gather together in one co- The countries which, with our resive and effective force the help and leadership. banded ° " ier free but weakened govern- themselves together in the North mn' s and thus present a powerful Atlantic Treaty Organization ! and united front against the (abbreviated as NATO) were Prcdator-V aggression of the nearly all defeated and war- Kremlin. weary nations. After the war no At lonS Iast 'bat is "h a t the one of them alone represented United States government is do- success and pros power worth mentioning either ing. Economic ------- ----------- —J — economic, military or spiritual. perity follows peace insured by No one of them stood out as a adequate military security. The strong influence, a leader, around significant fact is that with the which the others might rally to building of what is called the promote collective strength and Eisenhower European defense security. Each was vulnerable— system, we and the Europeans are if not helpless— in the even of erecting a unified wall of secur- military attack. Each was on ily behind which capital ventures the verge of economic collapse, can be made and people acn live a condition due in part to lack and build homes and look with of confidence, or what might be at least a little confidence into called spiritual decay, on the part 'be future. Without a collective of privately owned wealth in the niilitarv defense system even the several countries. I billions we poured into the vari- Meanwhile the Russian dicta- ous Eur°Pcan countries did not tor was on the march and well remove 'be black cloud of fear of on his way toward achieving the m*b'ar.v attack., Capital went in- Frightened people 30-year-old Soviet dream of world to hiding. simply cannot create a prosper conquest. In less than five years they had expanded their political ous economy. Not long ago I visited the head and economic control to include more than 800 million people_ quarters of General Eisenhower or nearly one-third of the popu near Paris. I cam away with an lation of the world. During this I entirely new but an accurate un period, and until as recently as derstanding of what the General last year, our own government, and we are doing in Europe in the Truman administration, look a military way. Our job there ed the other way disbanded our is clearly one of leadership. Our is the unifying military power and kept up the government pretense that the Russian rulers agency or as they say in chem were our allies and potentially istry — the catalyst - which is good neighbors in the world. drawing the forces of eleven About all that we did during other governments together for those years of Russian conquest their common defense defejnse was to pour money into Europe against the Russians or any through UNNRA and ECA but other power. We are. of course, without insisting upon unification j putting in some troops, some or even internal cooperation in I ,naval and some air power Europe. , Wc are helping to provide arms, <5innn w i c i j . but the most important contribu- Sj!1CeJ1®16 .we t ave be?n..d« P ly I tion we are making toward the involved in the affairs of Europe. security and peace of Europe is By the end of World War II we leadership of General Eisen b were the .strongest power and the the hower and the fine people in his obvious leader of the free world- organization. Without that lead ership. which is accepted and liked by the other governments, money and military force • SAND & GRAVEL such we might contribute would be For cement work on road mostly wasted just as quite a ways. few* of our ECA dollars were Immediate Delivery wasted before NATO was formed and before we began to help put Phone 341 a military defense system to or leave orders at Leanord’s gether. Realty Office Remember the stories of the ROSS SALVAGE ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Old West in our country? There was not much future in cattle raising or other business ven tures while the highwaymen and cattle rustlers were knocking off Help W an ted one ranch at a time. But when the people got together and brought about law and order and Saw Mill Hands a collective defense system against crime, the situation was reversed. There was then no fu W ilson M ill Co ture for cattle rustlers or high waymen, and farming and busi Carpenterville ness prospered. f P age T urbi The W eek In W ashington, D. C. K A T H R IN 5 BEAUTY SALON Evenings by Appt. LOCAL NEW S Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bush left Monday for their Parker. Ariz., I home where they will spend the winter. They plan to return here the first of next June. Near Baxter Courts Bob Astin has leased the Hearthstone, across from the Hi- school and is open after 11:00 am., serving sandwiches and shakes. It will be known as Sj>ooks Drive-In. SEE ME F O R - Miss Cordelia Cantrall arrived Monday for a ten day visit with her brother, Howard. Miss Can trall is on her annual vacation from her work in a Klamath Falls bank. Phone 3 9 5 LAND LEVELING BRUSH CLEARING ROAD BUILDING AL SARVER Easy Street. Brookings Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shrader re turned last week from a six weeks trip to their former home in Nebraska. They report having a fine time, and no trouble on the road. ' r Sa ta Barbara is visiting at the home of his son, i. .. s. icr s \eral weks. V L a - G randm a’s steppin’ out ~to see ’em! H a e n 't you heard the news? The Barbershop- pers are coming to the ol' opry house S aturday night to hear all the song birds in th e ir boiled shirts and plug hats give out w ith th a t m ello w music. G randm a has her seat— her ticket, a n y w a y — and her m ain thought is to get dow n in the bald-headed row to see those handsome gents. G randm a's th a t w a y , you know , since dear de p arted Silas w as once one of those guys— those ol' gents w h o tried th eir best t harm onize. W e have our tickets— have you? Bunch O n the dratx!
