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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1953)
2 Brookings Harbor I’jl-1 Thursday, June 25, 195^ Letter From Washington BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT IIIK Itfx N O Ml H N T IT I T E I OK < IK< I I.A T IO N t n l r r r d Ba arrom l rlaaa m a tte r, at the p u ata fflre at HrtMikln««, Oregon, M arch 7. Ittirt, under the A ct of M a rch 3, IS79. M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher By HARRIS ELLSW ORTH, M.C. Kt BS( M II*T IO N B A T E S : Ona Y ear, In advance (In C u rry C ou nty) ............ ...... _ ................... ................$3.06 Ona Y e a r, In advance (outalde C u rry C ou nty) .................................................... |3 .h 0 C laralfled A d vertlaln a R ate r, 15c per line -M in im u m 5Oc caah. A ll advertising copy m uat ta In by 5 o’clock Tuesday evening to Insure pub* llcatlo n. Newa llam a and classified ads w ill be received up to Wednesday noon. N a tio n a l A dvertO Ing Kepresentatlve W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . N ew Y o rk + C h ic a g o + D e t r o it > P h ila d e lp h ia N O T IC E TO 8 U B H C R IR K K S : K indly n o tify o f any change o f address In a d vance. F a ilu re to do so coats two cents per Issue sent to the old address. Subscription w ill be dropped unless subscrlbr notifies P ilo t of change. Political Pressure Not Needed H ER B ER T R. DEW ART has subm itted his resignation as D istrict A ttorney of C urry County. The fact of Mr. Dew-art's resignation is a m a tte r of news interest to us. What has happened, in political circles, since/M r. D ew art’s resignation became public, presents a challenge to the citizens of Curry County. For some years the office of D istrict A ttorney of this. County has not been noted for its attention to the county’s business. In m any respects it has been a do nothing office. At tim es it has been hinted that the office was under the control of one m an who exercised his dictatorship through a small political clique. The effect of ull of this has not been in the best interests of C urry County. Recently a m urder case was tried in Circuit Court a t Gold Beach. The County Court, which has control of the purse strings, went outside the County and employed a special prosecutor. O ur County Court authorized the paym ent of approxim ately $2,000.00 of the taxpayer's money to this special prosecutor. It is not here asserted that this sjiecial prosecutor was not w orth his fee. But why should the taxpayers of this ¡County he compelled to pay such a fee on one hand, while on the other they are paying th eir D istrict A ttorney to do thife w ork? • We understand that a clique of Gold Beach politicians have now blustered into the picture w ith a candidate to be appointed in the stead of Mr. D ew art. They are busily heating the political bushes, pulling strings and beseeching citizens to endorse this candidate. The Pilot asks, “Why the great rush” ? “W hat is the reason for this stam p ed e?“ “Why cannot the citizens of C urry County be perm itted to calm ly m ake up their own m inds” ? “Why should our Judgment I k - jam m ed up w ith a lot of political hocus pokus ?” Il is oui opinion that any C urry County Attorney, who is willing to accept the position of D istrict A ttornty should be perm itted. without jxilitieal interference, to m ake such fact known to the Governor. When the complete list of such attorneys a re before the Governor he should be perm itted, w ithout political interference, to choose the attorney who, in his opinion, would best serve us in this position. Irrespective of w hat we say here oi what any |M)litical clique attem p ts to do here, we an* quite confident that Governor Patterson shall insist u|X)n this or sim ilar procedure. We do not believe that any jierson or political clique is going to fool the Governor xery much in this m a tte r. A fter all the governor is an attorney himself, a law yer of high repute and a recognized leader in his profession. If anyone knows the quali fications of a good District A ttorney he does. He should he given a free rein in his ap|x*intmcnt and not pestered by a horde of p o litic ia n s who, by their frenzy, lend the impression that they may possess some selfish intereat in the appointm ent of our D is tric t Attorney. We do not know Governor P atterson personally. We do know of his record since he succeeded Governor McKay. He has m ade a line record in his office. He has become one of the o u t standing governors of Oregon. In all kindness to any and all attorneys who a re willing to accept this |>osition we suggest th at they im m ediately pull off their enthusiastic friends who are attem pting to m ake a politi cal lootball out ot the office of D istrict A ttorney of C urry Count v Let all aspirants to this office plead th eir cause them selves be fore the Governor. If any attorney is so. constituted that he can not so plead his cause what assurance do we have that he Could pleadI the cause of the people if selected as our D istrict A tto .n c v I he appointment ot a D. — ,ct Attorney is not a popu- lautv contest It ,s „ serious m a tte r to all of us. We should c h o o se the best qualified attorney for this jxisition. Governor Patterson shall name our new District A ttorney aiMMini -S U‘ ha' C con,h,e,uv ,n his choicv and shall accept his I’I M II11 (I’v. Figures I have just received, "(after the passage by the House of all regular appropriations bills except for defense and m utual se curity, indicate a reduction from the T rum an budget by House ac- tion of m ore than 25 per cent. Money requested in the hills acted upon by the House totalled $19 billion. The House knocked off $5 billion. If yie House does not I reduce fu rth e r the Eisenhower budget figures for m utual securi ty (foreign aid) and for defense, the reduction in those two bills will total another $7 billion. 1 would consider it certain th at the House will not increase those items. On the basis of these figures, the original Trum an budget will he cut at least 10 billion and pos sibly as much as 12. It seems th at the Congressional objective of balancing appropriations for fiscal year 1954 with estim ated income for th at year is in sight. I understand, however, th a t even I if Congress does reach this goal there will still be a deficit because actual expenditures previously ob ligated will run somewhat higher than estim ated income. • • • For several weeks all m em bers of Congress have been receiving vigorous protests from veterans all over the country who antici pated that d rastic cuts would be m ade in appropriations for the V eterans adm inistration. The in terest of veterans n atu rally cen tered upon the question of money available for medical treatm en t and hospitalization. Some prema tu re predictions regarding what the Appropriations com m ittee was ■ going to recommend proved to be | very inaccurate. The com plete and | simple tru th is that the House passed the hill as reported by the com m ittee — without any m ateri al am endm ents. That bill’ had the complete endorsem ent of all of the big veterans organizations. , The hill provides for the m ainten ance of more hospital beds in V eterans adm inistration hospitals than have ever been appropriated before. • • • The action taken by Justice Douglas of the Suprem e Court to ward staying the execution of the Rosenbergs created quite a stir Mi»« Lucille Sm ythe of S ta r- b tw k . Wash . returned to her home on Monday a fter a two- Wt'ek visit with her cousin Mrs Ellis Garcia. Miss Sm ythe is an employee of the Cnion Pacific railroad A new I piece of eq u q w n en t not often seen in this country, a hax haler, was sold to Russell W hite lately hv Davis Truck and T rac tor A second machine was sold on Monday. , Mr anti Mrs 1. Rov Rouse of Ctx» Bax visited oxer the week end w ith Mr and Mrs Clifton Foster at their home on the north bank of the Chetco Log Hauling Ban Sat 27 P /V\ in th is b a n k a re not w o r k in g for n o th in g . They are working at least part time for them selves. They have mon e y in the bank to show for their work — to safe guard the future. Have you? OREGON STATE BANK BROOKINGS, OREGON our Dependable Home Institution” M ember Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -z z z z hns, chui<* '"I« -'(lice. We m erely desire (h«t (h e ! „ , ( „„»hllrtl «(torney be appointed, llo u e v e r, it uiH.n' ih'c n O V " ’n 11' 1 “ " ' ’" 'I " '« I'1" Politic.) pressure W e He v h , . PO' I » * - o f Inn mg our m an appointed re s ,,,, i km Ik ' , " Kll' ’7 G<,VFrnor P«tter»on shall not m a le i Th ,K>ll,i<'" 1 Pewwure pul upon him in this m a tte r m e r e ina> he so m e d o u b te r s a t this »» jxunt hut the fu tu re will ptohahlx clear up their doubts. Local News At least one act which w m not passed until on Capitol Hill. House member, W heeler of Geor 1946. Even though I am not a : < • 1. so deeply j 1 about u . ¡, gia, felt it that ♦ law . yer . j , it .. is „ easy for me to un- uu ? he introduced . . . J a resolution ,. * to • lm- derstand cannot be v . . . r that .. a . person . .. . i t .- ta 1 o 1 Lied f°r tlu* violation of a law peach Justice Douglas. Several bitterly critical speeches were which was not in existence when made on the floor of the House the alleged crim e was commit.ed. regarding the Douglas action. It J is not at all likely, however, that , any serious attention will be j given the idea of impeachment ! A fter all, Justice Douglas certain- ly com m itted no “high crimes or The ban on log hauling for Sat treas° n ” doing what he did. urday afternoons is to be lifted Then as good lawyers declare his this Saturday for the summ er. decision to be, it was, neverthe Many mills are short of logs be less, within his rights to m ake it. cause of the wet spring and this The Rosenbergs were convicted will enable them to increase their under the Espionage Act of 1917 log supply. because they betrayed — or at For many years, log trucks have least were found guilty of betray been banned from the highways ing — atom bomb secrets to Rus Saturday afternoons and Sundays. sia in 1944 and 1945. Douglas The Sunday ban will rem ain in based his action on a question as eiect. Both state and county will to w hether or not they should I work together, according to Jus- have been tried and sentenced as • tice of the Peace Charles Schaal required in the Atomic Energy of Harbor. 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