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Thursday, June 25, 195^
Letter From
Washington
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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
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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
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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?
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m e r e ina> he so m e d o u b te r s a t this
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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
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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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