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Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, January 21, 1954 LETTER FROM
W ASHINGTON
BROOKJN G S-H A RBO R P IL O T
AN IN D E PE N D E N T N EW SPA PER
By
Entered as second-class m a tte r, at the postoffice a t Brookings. Oregon.
M a rc h 7, 1946, under the A ct o f M arch 3. 1879
IL xrris E llsworth , M.C.
M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher
6th D istrict, O regon
W’ILLIAM G. PH ELPS, E ditor
H E second session of th e 83rd
C ongress has ju st g o tten nice
ly un d er w ay as this is w ritte n .
C ertain ro u tin e and fo rm a lities
a re n ecessary to b eg :n w ritin g a
new volum e of th e C ongressional
Record. On th e first or opening
day th«' roll is called, the P re s i
dent is notified th a t C ongress is
in session, any new m em bers who
w ere elected d u rin g th e recess
(th is tim e th e re w ere fo u r) a re
duly sw orn in. C ertain v acan cies
are filled and interim com m u n ica
tions a re read.
U nlike th e opening of a new
term of C ongress, th e convening
of a second o r o th e r session d u r
ing a te rm m erely tak es up leg is
lation w here it w as when th e p re
vious session adjourned. W hen a
new te rm of C ongress begins all
legislation s ta rts new.
A fte r a session of C ongress
opens th e first o rd e r of business
is to h e a r th e P resid en t deliv er
a m essage to a joint session of
the H ouse and S en ate on th«'
“S ta te of the Union," as req u ired
by th e C onstitution.
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Vote On the Festival
I I T E ’R E P R IN T IN G this w eek a le tte r to th e ed ito r from one
of o u r s ta te officials, S e c re ta ry of S ta te E arl T. N ew bry. In
it the S e c re ta ry tells us th at he has read o u r editorial on possible
loss of the A zalea F estiv al, and he counsels us a g a in st losing it.
Such festivals, Mr. N ew bry says, are of g re a t value to cities such
as ours, and he is su re w e’d re g ret it if it should fade from view.
W e’re su re we would too, and we hope th at it doesn’t. T he
Azalea F estiv al is becom ing a w ell-know n festival, and i t ’s
unique form is so m ething th at cannot he du p licated in the sta te .
But we know, too, th a t it cannot prosper w ithout th e aid of
th e people of B rookings and H arbor, and it is up to them to m ake
th e decision. T he festival m eans w ork h ard w ork. W ithout
h ard w ork it cannot succeed, and an unsuccessful festival is
w orse th an none at all.
T h at is why, on o u r front page, we have published a ballo t
for the people of th is area. In it they can tell us w hat course th e y
th in k should be tak en , and w h e th e r or not they a re w illing to
help ta k e th a t course.
W e have asked them to sign it because we feel th e ballots
should be cast by th e responsible people who are in te re ste d in
th e area, and a re w illing to have th e ir decision known.
W e a re in te re ste d in th e decision of th e people here. T his is
th e ir festival, and its success o r fa ilu re depends upon them
National Printing Week
N A T IO N A L P R IN T IN G W E E K is being celebrated th is w eek
all across A m erica. And we subm it, here and now, th a t it is an
im p o rtan t th in g th a t we celeb rate.
The p rin ted w ord is th e larg est d issem in ato r of inform ation
th at has ev er existed, and we think it is apt to rem ain so for
some tim e. It w as th e discovery of th e p rin tin g p ress, m ore
th an any o th e r event, w hich released m ankind from th e shadow
of the d ark ages.
W hen G u ten b erg printed his first Bible, he had perform ed
one of th e g re a t ev en ts of all history. F o r th e first tim e, th e
p rin ted w ord w as availab le to th e com m on m an . . . and for th e
first tim e ideas begin to lx» exchanged, as they conquered the
d istances w hich had once sep a rated men.
W here once th e ideas of m an had existed only on precious
h an d -w ritte n p apers, they could now be printed, and copied, and
spread acro ss th e w orld
Ami m en could read and think, and
theii horizons broadened beyond the n arrow fields w hich had
held them .
In o u r own A m erica, th e destiny of this N ation rode larg ely
on th«' p rin te d w ord. T he sep a rated colonies grew to g e th e r as
th eir spokesm en w ro te and th e ir p rin te rs reproduced th e s tirrin g
docum ents w hich w elded them into a single nation.
And still, today, it is th e p rin ted w ord w hich c a rrie s th e
news of the w orld to the o rd in ary man. He sits in his chair, and
the w isdom and th e new s of th e w orld flows to him from the
pages of p ap e rs and Ixxiks. As long as it continues, he shall
be free.
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To me, and to m any o th ers too,
th e P re s id e n t’s m essage w as in
spiring. It inspired m e for the
specific reason th a t it gave m e a
feeling of renew ed hope and r e
newed fa ith *n the in h eren t soor^’-
ness of o u r svstem of governm eni
un d er th e C o n stitu tio n vhen il
is allow ed to function as intended
P resident E isenhow er is clea rly
devoted to o u r co n stitu tio n al p rin
ciples and he plans to conduct his
ad m in istratio n s tric tly in acco rd
ance w ith them . I like th a t. It
has seem ed to m e th a t o u r sy s
tem has been a tta c k e d both d i
rectly and indirectly d u rin g th e
last 20 years. I read and h eard in
th e P re s id e n t’s m essage a re a ffir
m ation of m y own u n d ersta n d in g
of the principles of free re p re s e n
ta tiv e governm ent.
C o n trary to som e advance spec
ulation, P rc s ’dent E isen h o w er’s
m essage contained very few sp e.
(cific suggestions o r reeom m en-
r’atio n s
It was. ra th e r, m o re
of an index to a larg e volum e of
recom m endations w hich he s ta te s
he will send to C ongress in sev
eral in sta llm e n ts d u rin g th e next
few weeks. He not only told us
w hat th ese m essages will he
about, but be gave us th e d ates
on w hich th ey will he placed be
fore C ongress And w hat a p ro
gram he has announced! O bvious
ly ev e ry th in g about o u r people,
th e ir problem s, th e econom y, and
problem s of n a tu ra l reso u rces
have been u n d er stu d y since in-
p u g u ra t’on day last y e a -
The
P resid en t took his t ;mo and in e
calm and business-like w ay a c
cu m u lated the facts, studied th em
eo-ordinated and re la ted them
! and now is proceeding to unfold
the re su lts of his e ffo rts in th e
form of an ad m in istratio n p ro
gram . Ilis procedure is not sp ec
tacu la r. it is not colorful it m ay
not even be good politics but it
m akes a lot of sense.
Some m em bers m ay not be w ill
ing to ag ree w ith all of th e P re s i
d e n t’s recom m endations, but he
does not expect or even w ant
every m em ber of C ongress to b«'
a ru b b e r stam p. He has m ade !
th a t very clear. Rut I c e rta in ly
like th e w ay he has set out to
do his job. It m ust be a bit co n
founding to those critics of th e
P resident who have safely p o n ti
ficated to th e effect th a t w hile
th e P resid en t is a nice m an and
w as a good general he has no
program and doesn’t know now
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to be P resid en t. His m essage to
the jo in t session should certain ly
q u iet th a t line of a tta c k .
T his is the first " L e tte r from
W ash in g to n ” for this new y ea r of
1954. H elen and I left Oregon on
D ecem ber 10 and drove across the
co u n try by a long ro u te which
allow ed us to visit o u r two d au g h
te rs who live in S a n ta Fe, New
M exico and in Cleveland, Ohio.
W e are se ttle d again here in
W ashington for this session of
C ongress. B elated though it is,
we ta k e th is m eans of w ishing
all a .pleasant and prosperous
New Year.
GUILD MEETS;
PLANS SUPPER
At the m eeting of S t. T im o th y ’s
Episcopal C hurch G uild held last
W ednesday at th e hom e of Dor s
Crosby, Mrs. W illiam B rown was
instalied as president. O th e r offi
cers installed a t th e sam e tim e
w ere Mrs. Elwood C o slett, vice
president; Mrs. Don S m ith , secre
tary , and H a rrie t B ak er, tr e a s
urer.
P lan s w ere m ade fo r a pancake
supper to be held on S hrove T u es
day, tim e and place to be a n
nounced later.
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