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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1952)
Thursday, April io, 1952 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON WASHINGTON WEEK - Vote Carries For « Purchase O f Land By Harris Ellsworth, M. C. To Expand School adjacent to the present school a vote of 131 for to 8 against was registered last Friday evening. Only 140 votes were cast, with one being throw n out by spoil age. This vote authorized the dis trict to take the back tax and serial levy moneys now on hand to purchase tRrce parcels of land aggregating about 6 acres for any future expansion of the school. The land lies next to the tennis court, on Pioneer Road to Easy Street, and along Easy street to a point alm ost opposite the pres ent school. Legal work is now being worked out for tra n sfe r of the property. C ontrary to belief among many, this purchase adds nothing to the district debt. The money is on hand, and if not used by the dis trict, would have gone into the county fund, and forever lost to the district from which it was raised. At the election authorizing the When the president sent his purchase of sertain tra c ts of land fantastic eighty-five billion dol la r budget to Congress he ’’dared” congress to cut it, saying his fig- com m ittee on arm ed services, re • ures represented the minimum cently completed an analysis of spending requirem ents of the gov the vote in the house which sent ernm ent. The house of represen the so-called universal m ilitary tatives accepted th a t challenge training bill back to the commit- w ith vigor. Even the m embers of teee for fu rth er study. The S ha the m ajority—the adm inistration fer d a ta reveals th a t of the 398 side of the house—are now vot mem bers who answered the roll call on the motion to recom m it ing economy. Result is to date we have pass (carried 236 to 162), 224 are w ar ed six of the twelve m ajor appro veterans a n d m em bers of the priations bills and have slashed leadinfg service organizations. The 224 veterans voted 132 to alm ost two billions from the to tals requested. The really big bills 92 in favor of recom m itting the a re still to come—m ilitary re UMT bill. Included in the group quirem ents and foreign aid pro of w ar veterans voting for re gram .. These two represent about com m ittal w ere several form er 75 per cent of the total budge. district and sta te Legion com I am certain th a t the ’’w gter” m anders and two form er national and w aste will be shaken out of com m anders of fhe VFW. For the week ending on Sun- The m ajor factor in this m a those bills also. Max. Min. Rain day: jority veteran vote for recom m it It is too soon to predict just 40 .07 M how much will be knocked out of tal was the realization th a t the March 31 53 37 .03 th e president’s demand, but a nice UM8 bill before the house was April 1 23 55 April 43 actually a m an-power mobiliza 2 ... round ten billions seems possible. tion bill and a far cry from the April 3 ............ 37 40 • * • 44 ...........57 •••• When dealing w ith the sub original Universal Military’ T rain April 4 ing bill long sponsored by the .........73 43 April .... 5 ject of governm ent finances it is .01 53 49 necessary to toss the word ‘bil Am erican Legion and other v eter April 6 Rainfall for week ... .34 lion’ around ra th e r casually. Ju st an organizations. exactly how much is a billion dollars—in term s we m ight un derstand. th a t is? I am indebted • to my friend Congressm an H ub e rt Scudder of California for pro viding the following illu stratio n : If a corporation began business in the year One A. D. w ith a bil- 1 lion dollars in capital, and lost $1,000 every day—by 1952 th at Largest and Most Com company would still have enough ] C apital from the original billion plete Reeord Stocly In S. to continue in business until the year 2929—-still losing a $1,000 W. Oregon— ▼ evoiy day. To the above it is pertinent t o 1 add, 1 think, th at as of M arch 1, : To bring you the best in 1952, the national debt (federal) I Records, we stock: w as $260,398,871,398. • • • 4-Star R. C. A. Victor 33 1/3 R. P. M. R epresentative Paul S hafer of Im perial Decca 45 R. P. M. Michigan, a m em ber of the house In tro Capitol 78 R. P. M. M ercury Rondo Large Selection of Rainbow Correi Children's Records I >ot London Brunswick and O thers In 78 and 45 R. P. M. 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