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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot
T hursday , june
Ah, yes, it w as a wonderful in
terlude while it lasted. You were
probably calling, dear lady, about
a magazine subscription or an
overdue milk bill, but regardless
of motive, yours was the good turn
of the century.
LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON
io , 1954
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
HARRIS ELLSWORTH. M. C.
4th District, Oregon
Entered aa aecond-clasa m atter, at the p o sto ffice at B rookings, Oregon,
M arch 7, 1946, under the Act of M arch 3, 1879
In one afternoon the House de
bated, passed and sent to the
M inna A kers , O w n er and Publisher
Senate a long and complicated
W ILLIAM G. PH E L PS, E ditor
bill containing am endm ents to the
T here is rom ance in ’he air at
S U B SC R IPT IO N RATK8:
Social Security Act.
The rule,
DAVIS
TRUCK & TRACTOR.
By
One Y ear In ad van ce On Curry C ou n ty) ....................... _..................... ..... 13 00
adopted by the House before the
One Y ear, In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry C ounty) ......................................... J3.50
CLIFFORD P. Kinda m akes me forget the silver
bill was brought up for consid
th a t’s showing up in this old
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eration, w as w hat is called a
thatch of mine.
W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc .
“closed ru le ” which m eant that
John Thiems, our oldest employ
Old duffers of my age are sel
Philadelphia
New York
C hicago
Defcrolt
the House m em bership as a whole
ee (in length of service) has been
had no opportunity to amend the dom thought of along rom antic keeping company with a certain
NEW SPAPER
bill. The House could only vote to lines. While those in their late 30’< little school teacher. I ’ve noticed
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as T o c ía tlc ín approve or disapprove the bill as may at times have their male egos John can’t pass a jew elry store
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w ritten by the W ays and Means
ASSO C IA TIO N
flattered by sidelong glances of window’ w ithout a stop of late
Committee.
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favorable
feminine
appraisal, and it’s been whispered around
As a m a tte r of principle I sim-
ply do not like th at way of hand- ! those of us with thinning hati that he has made a purchase.
John is a top man in our serv
ling a bill on the floor. As a turning gray find such enchanting
ice departm ent here at DAVIS
m a tte r of practical fact though ; experiences practically non- ex-
TRUCK & TRACTOR. He does
I know th a t some legislation is istent. If we have any sense at
his job well and is easy to woik
W ickes Shaw in her C urry County R eporter recently editor
so technical and so complicated a ^- we rea hze that no young
with.
O ur custom ers like him.
ialized on the Brookings vote in the recent prim ary elections. She
th at am endm ents offered without tbing’s heart is going flippity-flop
If
you
haven’t been in our shop
pointed to the fact th at the local vote seemed to be largely upon
the benefit of com m ittee and ex as we to tter by.
in
the
past
year or so, why not
sectional lines, and she also pointed to the danger of splitting
Even the lady of the house, fully
pert study are far more likely to
drop in aud get acquainted with
this county if such sectional vote continues.
seriously dam age a bill than im- aware that our m arketability is
John. W hile you are here you
prove it. In o th er words, in a case i a t a definite low ebb. cruelly de
m
ight take tim e to look around
From here, we’d say that Editor Shaw had come up with
of this kind I think the House can prives us of possible self-assurance
and
see ju st how w’ell we are
•he right answer from the wrong reasons . . . . which is a pretty
pass a b e tte r bill by backing the by no longer bothering to be on
equipped
to serve you. Don’t for-
good trick if you can do it.
judgm ent of the 25 m em bers of the alert to detect blondes with
gt
we
also
m aintain a very good
I the W ays and Means Committee predatory ideas.
p arts departm ent with a full time
Sectionalism is a hard thing to define.
As Wickes said,
w’ho are specialists in the subject
All of the foregoing is a build- jiarts m an to serve you.
•he Brookings area gave Tisdale a great majority, making him a
and who have the help of a fine up for the recounting of a won-
strong threat to Judge Forsyth.
She credits us with electing
staff of experts, than to attem pt derful experience that was mine
Sam Hall, because of the majority we gave him. And she regards
to w n te such a bill on the floor.
recently. The dear wife answering
the Curry County Citizen’s Committee, w’ho supported Tisdale
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I t should be noted in connection the phone one night was complete-
and Grayshel as a group bent upon electing Brookings’ citizens
with this discussion, however, that jy howled over when someone
the decision to tak e up the bill asked for me. T hat in itself is
regardless of their merit.
and pass it w ithout opening it comparable in our household to
Well, sectionalism, it appears, is easier to recognize when
to am endm ent on the floor was the sun rising in the west. The
it’s in the adjoining yarii W e’d like to point out that Hall out
made by the House m em bership bowding over was turned into a
ran Fulled practically everywhere except in Fuller’s home pre
itself with an overw helm ing ma- cartwheel when the feminine
cincts in Gold Beach . . . . and I wonder how’ that happened T
jority on a rollcall vote.
T hat voice at the other end of the wire,
And we’d also like to point out that the three southern precincts
vote was not a political or a party on being ¡01017114x1 the m aster was
were much kinder to Forsyth than the northern ones were to
vote. It represented the consider- out, stated that she wished to
ed judgm ent of the House Mem- speak to me and only to me; nor
dale.
If our vote could be looked upon as nationalistically
hers as to how this Social Security did she wish to leave a message.
Brookings, w e’d have to accuse the north of being even more
SEWING
Bill should he handled.
, Ah, wonderful lady, whoever
rabidly anti-Brookings.
.
you are, you cannot possibly im-
MACHINES
But an argum ent over who’s being sectional—they or us—-
O utstanding featu res of the 8gine w hat that phon{, ca„ (,jd
is pointless.
Sectionalism breeds autom atic opposition, and the
Social S ecurity Bill as passed by 1 for me w h a t a swagger j put cn
Bank Term s
s ta rtin g place isn’t really very im portant.
the House w ere these:
as j s tru tii,! around the house,
Portable Machines
W hat is im portant is th at it exists . . . and it certainly does
hies added to Social
an air of mystery.
Even the , A
exist here.
We a re sure th at our local candidates received
$39.50 up
rolls, including 3,600,000 farm o p - ! youngsters saw me in a different
a part of their local m ajority because they w ere known, respected,
orators; 400,000 professional self- light
and the voters felt they would ably represent them.
Brookings H eadquarters
employed; 3,500,000 sta te and
u*
, .
local governm ent e m p lo y e e s :!,' 1PaUKh' ' ' r <l«ut looking on me
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But we would he kidding ourselves if we didn’t concede
.100.000 farm w orkers; 250.000 do- solel as , ?
™ < *'ne which
W
rite
for inform ation and
that they gained part of th eir vote simply from the fact they
mestics; 250.000 m inisters; 150, <'r u P’s " “« e s and dimes^when the
free
hom
e dem onstration
lived here . . . . ju st as their opponents gained theirs in the north.
000 tem porary governm ent cm-
pr" SU7 ’
<'xer,e1 : and ,he
i
-tr^rukza .
,
young son. looking on in am a/e-
And that is not the right reason to vote for a man.
Until
ployes; 100.000 home w orkers;
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t-rt
this county can join as one unit, it is fated to rem ain the most
100.000 U. S w orkers abroad; 50.- ment as I dem onstrated
x - a few’
Shop
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ina„c»«.
steps of ___ an • ,, aImost f forgotten M
(MR) in fishing industry.
ineffectual governing Ixxiy im aginable . . . . an already tiny
n rr. * i
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Charleston, kindly refrained from
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Total
annual
earnings
on
2101
W.
Main St.
group of people, split into even tinier fragm ents which only
b
sarcastics rem arks relative to -
winch
benefits
would
be
computed
fcw.
aU(liWl,
c,,,aki
of
b
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Medford.
Ore.
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»utvcetl in immobilizing each other.
and contributions paid raised from
We can neither prosjx'i’ nor hop«1 to prosper in such a state.
$3.600 to $4.200
This county has grave problems, and they a re surm ountable
3 Dropping up to five years of
onl> if we forget our geographic jealousies and work together
low st or non-existent earnings
in figuring average m onthly wage
T here is much we can do . . . . togther.
From Langlois
for benefit paym ents.
to the sta te line there lies a w ealth of opportunity.
But if we
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dissipate those opportunities in regional rivalry, we will forever
300.1 XX) now on rolls by broaden
Chef Adrian in Charge of Catering
lx» fated to rem ain Oregon’s forgotten county.
ing range from $30 to $98 50 per
month, com pared to $25 to $85
range at present.
SMORGASBORD EACH SUNDAY
Beneficiaries can earn as much
Served With $2.00 Dinner
as $1,000 per y e a r w ithout loss
of benefits.
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R epresentative John Phillips of
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te r which he sends to his Con
gressional D istrict; “The only tax
reductions in the past 40 years
have been m ade while the Con
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gress was under the control of the
Republican party ; th ree red u ct
ions between World W ar I and
World W ar II; the one m ore re
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duction in the 80th Congress, and
the one. already m ade in the p re
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ductions were made on sound
grounds, and as a result the in
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proxim ately, or g rea ter than the
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