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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, March 25, 1954 LETTER FROM BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT M inna A kers , O w ner and Publisher WILLIAM G. PH ELPS, E ditor SU BSC R IPT IO N RATES: One Year tn ad van ce (In Curry County» ________ ___________ ___ >3 00 One Year. In advance »nutslde Curry County» >3 50 N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . N E W SPA PE R \ P U B L IS H E R S Detroit Philadelphia N A T I O N A L E D IT O R IA L ' * X A S S O c f îl/ÎN ASSOCIATION I I A C T IV E M EM BER The Troubles of Senator McCarthy W e’re not su re yet ju s t w hat condition S e n a to r M cC arthy will be in w hen he finally em erges from his tro u b les w ith th e arm y and the titu la r leadership of th e R epublican p arty . A n u m b er of the w o rld ’s m ost evilly-pow erful m en have experienced set-b ack s on th e ir road to dom ination and still conquered, and M cC arthy m ay be an o th e r of them . B ut w e do know’ th a t som ething h ealth y has com e out of th e stru g g le betw een S e c re ta ry S tevens and th e M cC arthy staff. F o r the first time, politicians w ho have borne M cC arthy in silence because of his v o te-g e ttin g proclivities have finally had m ore th an they could stom ach, and a re speaking out against M cC arthy’s m ethods. And, for th e first tim e, too, a g re at n um ber of v o ters who w'ere w illing to say of M cC arthy “we don’t agree w ith his m ethods but we agree w ith w hat he is doing,” a re beginning to realize th a t betw een Com m u n ism and th e m ethods of M cC arthy th e re is little for a free m an to choose. And finally, an A dm inistration th a t thought fo r aw hile th a t it could avoid the issue of M cC arthy has found th a t it m ust face up to th e existen ce of M cC arthyism . . . and shows signs of doing so. Being r a th e r proud of th e leadership of the R epublican p arty , w e’re p re o y s u re th a t P resid en t E isenhow er can handle M cC arthy . . . any tim e his advisers get out of his w'ay and let him But he’s o u r baby, and it’s o u r go v ern m en t th a t he is busy w recking, ju st as it is o u r pholosophy of life w hich he has tem p o rarily suspended w hile he pursues his devious course. O f one thing we are sure. If M cC arthy wins in his stru g g le for pow er, th e re w ill be no D em ocracy to save from C om m unism . . . it will have ceased to exist. Where w ere you, Parents? D uring th e p ast w eek th e House of R ep re sen tativ es has considered and passed m ore big and im p o rt a n t bills th a n I have seen acted upon in a sim ilar period of tim e since I have been a M em ber of C ongress. M ajority leader H alleck, of Indiana, w as rig h t w hen h» predicted th a t th e week would m ake legislative history. H eading th e list for th e week w as th e H ighw ay C on stru ctio n hill involving th e e x p e n d itu re of som e $875,000 a n n u a lly for two y e a rs on r o a d s and h igh w ays th ro u g h o u t o u r country. F or the firs t tim e th e am o u n t to he spent on highw ays will be just ab o u t equal to th e am ount of m oney paid by highw ay users in the form of th e F ed eral tax on gasoline. Of p a rtic u la r im portance to o u r region w as th e adoption by th e H ouse of an a n i ndm ent by O reg o n ’s new R ep resen tativ e. Sam Coon of B aker, to increase thn am ount to be allocated for F o rest H ighw ays. OPENED FOR SEASON WHAT IT'S WORTH By C L IF FO R D P. ROW E U ntil ju st recently I have been able to tak e pride in the fact th at I could rem ain calm in alm ost any- perplexing situation. Likewise, 1 have gloried in my rep u tatio n for being able to ignore triv ialities which would o rdinarily throw o th ers into w hat my Aunt M ary refers to as a "tizzy.” Of late, though, I fe ar th a t un- iCss som ething is done soon to ease th e tension, I will be faced w ith a form of fru stra tio n which has caused stro n g er men th an I to blow’ th eir tops. I refer to the phone conversations to which I am forced to listen since we c a n ’t afford a p ria te booth in the living room. To explain ad eq u ately the or- leal I am undergoing, I need only describe a typical conversation as h e a rd from my end of the line. T he son, sum m oned to the phone, picks it up, and this m um bo- jum bo re su lts; “H i- W h o ?—Oh, you—Hi W h a t? — Yeah — Yeah Yeah — Maybe — W hat ? W hen? — Y eah? — Y e a h S u r e 6 :3 0 ? — Yeah - Yeah No — NO O k ay —Y e a h - Bye.” Now* th at, believe me, is a con v ersatio n which could drive an y one fran tic. I p re fe r not to listen but soon find m yself stru g g lin g to co n stru c t the m issing pieces of the conversational puzzle of which J can h e a r only h alf—and th at, w-ithout doubt, the m ost confound ing half. At tim es I have hit upon the PEPPINS HERE Mr. and Mrs. P eppin are ex pected to a rriv e T u esd ay or W ednesday to spend a few days at the Bonn M otel. Read the class ads. They pay! FOR EASTER New N ext cam e the first of th e bills to c a rry out P resid en t E isenhow e r’s recom m endations on th e su b ject of health . T his w as a bill to ex ten d the provisions of the Hill- B urton Act w hich provides aid for hospital construction. The new hospital co n stru c tio n bill will p er m it sim ilar g ra n ts for th e purpose of building non-profit hospitals for th e chronically ill, for the co n stru c tio n of n u rsin g homes, re h ab ilita tio n facilities and diagnos KAYSER HOSE tic o r tre a tm e n t cen ters. T hen cam e th e E xcise T ax R e duction hill w hich sh arp ly re duces n ea rly all of th e nuisance tax es such as th e ta x on th e a te r adm issions, telephone calls, tra in and o th e r tra n s p o rta tio n — yes. and on w om en’s handbags. P.y rough ca lc u latio n th e passage of th a t bill will reduce F ed eral taxes on such ex p e n d itu res paid hv resi m ore th an 50 loop-holes, provides d en ts of o u r F o u rth C ongressional specific relief and a fa irer tax in g BROOKINGS basis for re tire d people, home D istrict n early $2.000.000 a year. ow ners, an n u itan ts, and o th ers SOUTH OF DIMMICKS As I w as driving hom e from the who a re unduly penalized u n d er office th e evening a f te r we passed ex istin g law’s. th e E xcise T ax R eduction hill I tu rn e d on m y c a r radio and h eard tw o « d iffe ren t “c o m m e n ta to rs ” m oaning over w h at th ey alleged to he th e fact th a t R epublicans in C ongress a rc in h itte r dissention th a t we a re tig h tin g am ong o u r selves and th a t o u r ra n k s are Mill Wood, Peeler Gores, Split and Round divided into tw o or m ore w a rrin g factions At any tim e th*s y ea r or • IMMEDIATE DELIVERY last such s ta te m e n ts would b funny’, hut th at evening they w ere WOOD A T M ILL ON EASY STR E E T especially ridiculous it happened Pick-up Load Truck Load th a t on a very co n tro v ersial roll call on the tax hill th a t aftern o o n , Phwne 2546 p c) Box 645 the R epublican side of the H ous of R e p re se n ta tiv e s voted U N A N I MOUSLY not a single R ep u b li can voted w ith th e opposit on T hat has not happened Itefore in m ore th a n ten y »ars. ( R ep rin ted ) How in tere ste d are you in y o u r child’s ed u c atio n ? W here does he get an e d u c atio n ? In a public school you say. Yes a p a rt of it; th e p a rt w hich m ight he term e d his schooling. H as it ev e r o ccu rred to you th at not very m uch of your child's tim e is •pent in school ? A y e a r has 365 days. A school y e a r has 170 teaching days. 170 days for school; 195 days aw ay from school, m any days m ore th an half. W hat a re you doing w ith your 195 d a y s? IX) you know w hat th e school is doing w ith its 170 d ay s? A n o th er fact you should re m em b er: a day has 24 h o u rs: a school day has a m axim um of 5 hours exclusive of noon recess. W hat a re you doing w ith your 19 hours of the ch ild ’s school d a y ? Som e of y o u r ch ild ren m ust devote two hours a day to g e ttin g to and fro m school. T h at leaves you 17 hours. Five teach ing hours tim es 170 teaching days gives a to tal of 850 teach in g hours a year. 17 hours tim es 170 days gives 2,890 h o u is — y o u r h o u rs lor atten d in g to y o u r child’s education w hich does not com»' u nder th e heading of schooling. W hat are you doing w ith your 2.890 hours on school d ay s? T hen you have 24 tim es 195 days m akes 4.680 hours w hich you have to add to y o u r 2,890 hours m aking a to ta l of 7,570 hours during w hich you supervise your child’s activ ities ag ain st 850 hours »luring w hich th e te a c h e r has supervision over y o u r chikl’s activities. E leven p er cent to r school: 89 per cent for home. W hat do you th in k ? W hat shall we do about it? Will you join the P .-T A. in studying the pro b lem ? T hursday th e re w ere 45 p a re n ts and teac h ers at the P I'A m eeting Why w e ren ’t you th e re you o th e r We will sh o rtly have a n o th e r 298 p a re n ts ? tax hill on the Floor. This one is really a w hopper in m ore ways th an one. It is a com plete revision ot th e e n tire F ed eral T ax law stru c tu re . T he p rin ted tex t re quires 875 pages 1 am told it is the m ost volum inous bill ev e r con sidered by C ongress. T h at m ay or m ay not he so but c e rtain ly it is the larg est bill I have ever seen. T he House W ays and M eans C om m ittee began w orking on this BREAKEASTS & DINNERS bill in 1951. As com pleted it in volves som e 3. (XX) ch an g es in the law. A to ta l of 300.000 m an hours Chicken — Choice Baby Beet Steak — Eish of w ork by sta ff m em b ers and e x p e rts w ere req u ired to put it to • g ether. T h e C om m ittee h eard testim ony from m ore th an 600 w itnesses in hearin g s on th e bill W ill be open for lunches la te r th is Season In addition to sim plifying and organizing th e F ed eral T ax laws w hich have ju st so rt of grow’n up GOME O P T AND SEE VS! like "T opsy." th e legislation stops O’HOLLERAN’S < iw * H arris E llsworth . M.C. Entered a s second-c I a so m atter, at the p ostofflee at B rookings, Oregon, March 7, 1»46. under the Act of March 3. 187® Chicago ' 'Jr By AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W SPA PE R New York FOR W ASHINGTON idea th a t this is som e so rt of an elab o ratt code w hich has been devised for the sole purpose of driving me crazy. This theory falls flat, however, w hen I recall th a t the sam e sort of conversation goes on when the y o u n g er and fem inine m em ber of the fam ily sta k e s out a claim on the phone. T he only difference is th a t squeals and giggles and “Oh, K id !” s u b s titu te for the m eaningless g arb lin g th a t fe atu res the young m a n ’s m ono logue. One thing is c e rta in ; they need never w orry about th e lack of privacy for th e ir conversations. As far as I ’m concerned, th ey ’re all alone. Children's Purses Shoes Women's, too l AND-D WOODY ARD . . . FINEST FUEL . . . $ 2 .0 0 i 20 I I $ 1 0 .0 0 DIVIDEND On Acceptable Risks EIRE INSURANCE SIX MON I H AUTOMOBILE POLICIES At Regular Rate — No Penalty A rth u r Knox Insurance A gency Phone 22ii i • Brookinas d I
