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BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
the head of the agency w ill lop
off ten to fifteen p er cent. T he
Entered as pecond-clast matter, at the post office at Brookings, Ore., b u reau of th e budget will peel it
a n o th e r th irty p er cen t, th e con
March 7, 1946, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
gress will probably knock off a n
D ewey A kers , Editor and Publisher
o th e r ten p er cent and th e re you
a re —ju s t w h at you hoped to get!
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
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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
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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
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