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T H E IJKST W EEK OE T H E CAMPAIGN
Before another issue of the Pilot the election will be over.
T he candidates and their various com m ittees and those th at a re
assisting in the cam paign will be doing their utm ost to convince
* the people that their candidate is the only one th at can guide
and save the nation. However, it m atte rs not which political
p a rty succeeds, America will continue on her course as the
g reatest world power, whose influence will be felt in directing
the course of international affairs. T here is, however, a question
as to which of the candidates is best fitted for the problem s
• confronting the nation and the w elfare of its people.
The cam paign so far has been devoted largely to propaganda
of name calling and accusations, which, if careful study is given
to them, are as the Sunday Portland Journal in its editorial
said, "only low-level |x»litics” and any ¡x'rson w ith a sound mind
would not believe them . The men before you. seeking your vote,
a re not irresponsible individuals, void of ch aracter and honesty.
They are not traito rs, com m unists or corruptionists. They are
tru e Americans, anil have the w elfare of their country at heart.
However, they represent ideas, and through ideas are the p la t­
form of their p arty and m ay have a very serious effect upon
the prosperous condition of the nation. The question of im por­
tance before the electorate is which policies enum erated in th eir
platform , do you as a voter believe will best serve the interest
and w elfare of o ar country.
T rue there has always been com petition in governm ent and
all live business.
Som etim es the opportunity presents itself to the crim inal.
As one candidate put it: A crim inal is not a D em ocrat but a
tra ito r and he is not a Republican, but a traito r. He is right.
An authority on corruption in national affairs said that
less than one-hundreth of one per cent of our governm ent em ­
ployees are accused of corruption. Small as this per centage
is. it is sufficient to wage a terrific issue in the campaign. Cor­
ruption has existed under both Republican and Democratic a d ­
m inistrations and will in the future, to a more or less degree'.
The great popularity of Gen. Eisenhower is a m ajor factor
in the Republican cam paign and has given them an apparent
edge in the field.
The IV niocrats have countered with the exceptional ability
of Governor Stevenson in handling affairs of business and politi­
cal m atters that have been intrusted to him. as well as his
indorsem ent.of the policies of the party under which the present
era of prosperity prevails.
It m atters not which of these two great Am ericans are
selected by the voters to be the Chief Executive. He will be the
President of all the people and every one, irrespective of politi­
cal difference, will support him. The people’s choice becomes the
choice of all.
H u r r a h for the President-to-be!
Thursday, October 30,
P IL O T . B R O O K IN G S . O R E G O N
New S. S. Laws
Explained
passed by Congress and signed by
the President in July m eans a lot
to a great m any people. It is
very im fiortant, for instance, for
veterans of the arm ed forces who
have seen active service at any
tim e since Septem ber 15, 1940.
and who will receive social secur­
ity wage credits for their tim e in
the arm ed forces. More immedi
ately, it m eans g rea ter benefits
for the 4
million people uow
receiving old-age and suvivor’s in­
surance checks.
This includes the retired wage
earners, their wives, and the d e ­
pendent surviving relatives of
wage earners who have died. They
will all receive surviving auto­
m atic increases in th eir benefits
Most fam ilies will get a total in­
crease of about $5 a m onth; some
will get less; some will get more.
T here seem s to be a great deal
of m isunderstanding about when
the higher paym ents become ef­
fective. Claude E. Dawson, m an­
ager of the Eugene social security
office, says he has had many calls
from beneficiaries wondering why
their last checks did not show the
increase. He explained th a t the
higher paym ents will begin w ith
the Septem ber checks, which were
issued Oct. 3. Dawson sta te s also
th at m any persons now getting
benefits have come to the office
to m ake application for the higher
paym ents. This is not necessary.
The increases will he autom atic,
w ithout any action on the part of
the beneficiaries.
A nother featu re of the new lav
provides good news for those ap
plying now for old-age and sur
vivors insurance benefits undei
the so-called new form ula. This
form ula applies to those w orkers
who have had 1 \. years employ
ment in 1951 and 1952. Before th#'
recent action by Congress, the
1952 wages in these cases could
not he taken into account unti
1952. This m eant th at the wag«'
earner would have to accept
reduced am ount for six m onths
and would then have to apply for
a recom putation of his benefits in
order to get the full am ount to
which he migght be entitled. The
new law m akes it possible to in­
clude 1952 wages in the original
com putation.
There is good news also for th°
self-employed person over 65 who
retired during 1952. Under the old
F red N eum an, fath e r of Dick
Neum an, passed away last Thurs­
day in P ortland of a brain tumor,
Services
and burial w ere held at
Pea soup f§g.
Coos
Bay
Tuesday. Mr. Neuman
Those excellent p o rtrait studies
worked here in the forestry de­
by Richard Alexander.
partm ent about eight years ago.
Women losing their bearings
looking for the yardstick.
Your buyers read the class ads
Mrs. Olsen protecting Kem p’s —use them next week!
decorative th ea ter carpeting.
Floyd Young selling real dairy
cows.
Mrs. Melvin Sunds a ttrac tiv e
vegetable garden a t Freem an's.
Conffused voters checking lists.
Someone's blue-eyed Siamese
5 DAYS’ SERVICE
cat adopting Ed Dempsey.
We Give S&H Stam ps
Tony C hristianson bowling w ith
two balls—result, bruised hand.
On the Main Drag
Guaranteed
WATCH REPAIR
Mincer's Jewelry
General Election Nov. 4
Be Sure to Vote!
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C e r tifie d W a tc h m a k e r a n d /e w e le r
R E P ROBERT Y THORNTON
of
Tillamook — candidate for
Fine Railivay W atches E lfin s, H am ilton!. Illinois and others
S
ta
te
A ttorney General. Thornton
21 and 23 Jew els!
stands for scrupulous law en­
"F o r the g ift you ta ll fiv e umth pride let your jeiceler
forcem ent. for a bi-partisan sta te
be your gutde.1*
crim e commission; simple ballot
Robinson’s Building —Next to Dinimick's
titles in plain English th at tell
the voter what he is voting for.
Pd. Adv. Tillamook for Thornton,
N onpartisan Comm , C. H. Beng-
strom ; Mrs E arl Sw eet. Tilla-
Chmn
The Buyers!!
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Sunday 2:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
S ilv e r w a r e a n d fe w e lr y .
N.
Across from the B ank
law, it would not have been pos­
sible to count 1952 self-em ploy­
m ent earnings in the benefit cal­
culation in any case w here the
self-employed retired or died in
1952. The new am endm ent p er­
m its recom putation of the benefit
at the end of 1952 to include self-
em ploym ent earnings for this
year.
These am endm ents sound tech­
nical and, in fact, they are. N ever­
theless, they are glad tidings for
a great m any people.
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