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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1952)
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One com plain t I h eard ab o u t th e One Year, in Curry County__________________ $3.00 B ureau of th e budget w as ra th e r One Year, outside Curry County_______________$$-5° m ore am usin g th a n d istu rb in g It seem s th e young fellow s who NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS: Kindly notify of any conduct th e h earin g s and who, no doubt, have a g re a t deal to do change of address in advance. Failure to do so costs two w ith th e m aking of final figures, cents per issue sent to the old address. Subscription will and very young—m ost of them un d er 30 and w ith little o r no be dropped unless subscriber notifies Pilot of change. background (th is is m erely re p eating w h a t w as told m e by one who faces th em ). They sit and ask uninform ed and in consequential questions. T h at m ight not be so In this issue of the Piot are two news items of interest bad, said m y in fo rm an t, but, as to the people of the seventeenth Legislative district, com he p u t it, th e tro u b le is they change th ese y o u n g sters every prising Coos and Curry Counties. y e a r so th a t th e school-teaching After a long tenure as State Representative of this dis has to be done all over again each trict, bred Adams has retired. He said so in a letter to tim e. I g ath er, from th e sigh he the Pilot late last week, stating that his health would not heaved, th a t th e pro ced u re is com ething of a headache, and permit. In this office, which does not pay enough to cover tiresom e. • • • expenses of the occupant, Mr. Adams leaves a conscien BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT ACKLEY SEEKS A D A M S'P O ST tious and fine record of service. Friends certainly regret It g en e rally t a k e s congress quite a long tim e to catch up w ith seeing him decide to retire. th e activ ities of o u r ex ecu tiv e de Ed F. Ackley, local attorney, has filed for the vacancy p a rtm e n t officials. This is especi left by Adams. I le will be a candidate on the Republican ally tru e w ith respect to those things we do overseas. F o r in ticket at the coming May primary. Various groups and stance, I learn ed unofficially and orgainzations from Coos and Curry counties have met off th e record, from one of o u r in F ran c e last fall, of the with Ackley, discussed this matter with him* and have n people e a t schem e the F ren ch g o v ern decided to support him for the office.. To this the Pilot m ent w orks to chisel a profit over subscribes, since Southern Curry shall I k - greatly bene and above o u r aid to them . One exam ple— th e F rench sh a re of the f ite d by his presence at Salem. cost of th e h e a d q u a rte r’s build Ackley is forthright, energetic and will go “all out” ing for th e NATO arm y is 18 for any proposition he wouli. represent. He is equipped p er cent. H ow ever, th e F ren ch governm ent levies a tax of 20 per in education and training to give his district the best cent on th e co n stru ctio n . S ee? possible legislation. Many people have told the Pilot he In addition to saving h er 18 per co ntribu tio n . F ran c e cam e would get unlimited support in this campaign from all cent up w ith a profit of tw o p er cent them and their friends. on th e job. A n eat tric k if you can do it. and F ran c e has been doing it to us for y ears. L ast w eek th e congress took notice of this situ a tio n and a com m ittee has issued a sh a rp and fa ctu al re p o rt on th e subject. The s ta te d e p a rtm e n t says it is “w orking on th e problem .” A Cl g itu i/j. By H arris B Ils worth, M. C. O u r g re a t fed eral governm ent h a s a w ondrous and com plicated sy stem for g ettin g ready to send to congress, via th e p resid en t, its req uest for m oney and the re q u est m ust be m ade an n u ally . In o th e r words, th e w hole system fu n ctio n s each y ear. The p re si den t has Just recen tly subm itted his budget to congress. He says In his m essage th a t he m ust have S8?» I billions to spend betw een J u ly 1, 1952 and J u n e 30. 1953 It is called the fiscal '53 budget. I he w ay the budget-m aking system w orks is som ething like th is : E ach governm ent d e p a rt m en t o r agency has w h at is g en e rally called its budget officer. T ld s person g a th e rs up the fig u re s which, w hen totaled, indi c a te t he am ount of m oney needed (o r a t least w an ted ) by the de p a rtm e n t for th e com ing fiscal year. T he figures a re ta k e n to the head of the d e p a rtm e n t who looks them over and then decides ju st how m uch he will request. T hat figure docs not. how ever, go to the p resid en t—it goes to th e b u reau of the budget. T here som e bright young m en hold w hat Buy Your Plumbing they call h earin g s a t w hich th e d e p a rtm e n ts explain w h y they IN STA LLE D ! need th e am ounts requested Then 1 CURRY COUNTY the b u re au of the budget p re p are s th e figures to be su b m itted to the LUMBER COMPANY president and by him to th e con gress. He. and his W h ite House staff, a re th e last w ord and the suggested budget m ay be. and of ten is, changed m a te ria lly from th e w ay it com es from th e bu reau , before it is brought to congress. See Warriner • • • F rom tim e to tim e I have dis cussed budget-m aking w ith peo ple f r o m the executive d e p a rt m ents. I t seem s to be q u ite a gam e w hich som e of the o ld -fa shioned d e p a rtm e n ts h av e n ’t yet learned to play very skillfully. The g en e ral schem e seem s to be to ask th e budget officer for about tw ice w h a t you hope to get. Then GENERAL ESCROW CO., BROOKINGS ClINIC Office h o u rs, 9 a with us tor convenience and safety. GOETZ BLDG. INSURANCE THAT INSURES!! FIRE AND AUTOMOBILE ”^2™ nT ' ^ o c ia le d with several Old Line Insurance Com- ofciX ' he be,‘ inauraHC‘ nou can Southern Curry Realty Comany Box 177 Phone 304 Charles H. Grayshel Martha Grayshel Brookings Guy F. Rice Erma D. Rice CATERPILLAR No. 12 POWER ROAD GRADER TO RENT BY HOUR OR BY DAY PUTNAM LOGGING COMPANY Phone 589 or Write Box 417 BROOKINGS, OREGON HARBOR GARAGE BRAKES AND MOTOR TUNE-UP A SPECIALTY GENERAL GARAGE WORK L. W. BOWLIN AND SON N . M . 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