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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Thursday, July i, 1954 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT FOR WHAT H A R R IS EL L SW O R T H , M. C. 4th D istrict, O regon AN IN D E PE N D E N T N EW SPA PER Entered a* Becond-cla»» m atter, at the p ostoffice at B rookings. Oregixi, M arch 7. 1946, under the A ct of March 3, 1*7# IT'S EA R IN G S a re being held by both H ouse and S e n a te Com- M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher m ’tte e s on th e identical bills in W ILLIAM G. PH ELPS, E ditor By troduced by S e n a to r Guy Cordon S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T K S: C L IF F O R D P. and me to au th o rize the const ruc- One Year In ad van ce tin Curry County» ............................. Í.WW« .SJ ROW E Ore Year. In ad van ce (ou tsid e Curry County» | tion of th e T a le n t Division of th > fe, » «?.á£áip Oftfe N A T IO N A L A D V E R T ISIN O R E P R E S E N T A T IV E R ogue R iver B asin reclam atio n project. T he legislation is based EIN G one of those sk eptical W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . iq>on th e F ed eral R eclam ation Ac* hum ans, m ore inclined to be- Detroit P hiladelphia New York C hicago of 1902. A lthough th e pro ject will 1 eve w h at I actu ally see o r hear be o rig in ally financed by th e F e d ra th e r th an w hat I read, I mad» N *4 A E D IJ O R I A L eral governm ent, its cost w ill lie it a ooint to be p resen t at th e re- FA T I IO W N 1^ A L repaid over a period of y ea rs by I cent un-A m erican activ ities h ear- as T o c ía t l c ín V è z H - the land ow ners who a re benefited | ings in P o rtlan d . by the work. It is also planned to A C T IV E M fM B E R As a re su lt of those hearings, use the sam e procedure to p ro any fe ars th a t I m ay have had of vide for th e re h a b ilita tio n of the com m unists tak in g o v er this M edford and R ogue R iver V alley c o u n try from w ith ’n have been Irrig a tio n D istricts. g re a tly reduced a fte r having seen As this is w ritten , it is not th e suspected com m unist p a rty D u rin g th e p ast few w eeks, the N o rth w est a re a has know n w hat action th e H ouse in th e flesh. I am now thoroughly b een h it by a s trik e of saw m ill w orkers. E ffects of th e s trik e C om m ittee will ta k e on th e bill convinced th a t th ese crack p o ts h a v e been very n oticeable in a n u m b er of cities w hich a re de a f te r th e hearin g s a re com pleted and in te lle c tu a l nincom poops pendent for th e ir w e lfare on th e lu m b er industry’. I am hopeful, how ever, since th is have about as m uch ch an ce of is a re la tiv e ly sim ple p ro je c t and w inning friends and influencing T h a t, of course, is very un d erstan d ab le. W hen the p re tty m uch in line w ith sim ilar people as a “lost w e ek en d er” p rin cip le p ay ro ll of a com m unity is cu rta ile d , it stan d s to reason p ro jects au th o rized u n d er th e rec w’ould a t a W. C. T. U. conven- th a t all th e businesses of th a t com m unity will becom e a w a re lam ation laws, th a t it m ay be ! tion. o f th e fact very p ro m p tly . . . . especially th e C redit B ureau. favorably reported. My g re a te s t consolation w as th e fact th a t those m em bes of th e » t * H ow ever, th e re is a by-product of th a t s trik e w hich is I had hoped th a t by th is tim e in v estig atin g co m m ittee and those even beg in n in g to be felt in B rookings, o th erw ise v irtu a lly u n we would h av e had a h e a rin g be re p resen tin g them upheld th e to u ch ed by th e » trike. T h a t by-product is fear, an d its econom ic fore th e H ouse S u b co m m ittee on dignity of th e ir responsible posi co n seq u en ces can be a s d isastro u s as th e s trik e itself. Flood C ontrol of th e C o m m ittee tions and gave the people of th e Locally, th e e ffe c ts of th e s trik e a re sm all, and a re on P ublic W orks on m y bill, H. N o rth w e st a d e m o n stratio n ° f R. 8661, to provide for th e con th e problem s faced by a dem oc m ixed. A few logging o p erato rs, who had hauled to C alifo rn ia stru c tio n of th e G reen P e te r Dam racy w hich a tte m p ts to rem ove m ills w hich a re now strik e-b o u n d have h ad to c u rta il th e ir on th e S a n tia m R iver on a p a r t a cancerous grow’th w ith o u t, a t pro d u ctio n , th o u g h m ost have found new m ark e ts. On th e nersh ip basis. U n fo rtu n ately , the o th e r hand, B rookings’ m ills w hich w ere in need of logs for th e d e p a rtm e n ta l re p o rts on th is bdl re m a in d e r of th e y e a r have found new sources in w hich to get w ere a little slow in being sen t th em . F ro m a purely econom ic point of view, it probably to th e com m ittee. M eanw hile the com es out p re tty n e a r even. P ublic W orks C om m ittee h as H L V k - i» WORTH "Ta B The Fear of What Could Happen B ut th e re is still th e u n d e rc u rre n t of fear. T he m an w o rk in g in th e m ill sa y s: “W e’re w orking now. B ut m aybe th e y ’ll shut off o u r tra n sp o rta tio n . M aybe th e m ill will sh u t dow n. M aybe th e loggers o r th e tru c k e rs w ill s trik e .’’ .............. m ay b e a h u n d red th in g s will happen. And th e mill ow ner says v irtu a lly th e sam e things. •’M aybe o u r m en w ill go out. M aybe we w on’t be able to m ove o u r lu m b er o r get logs . . . . m aybe we 11 be shut down. So th e tw o of th em w ait, and as they w ait, the fe a r grow s. T h ey sto p th e ir buying, cut the com ers, put off the th in g s they had to do. And dow ntow n, the people who supply th e ir w a n ts sec th e ir dw indling sales, and th e w orry grows in them . So a com m unity like B rookings, untouched by the s trik e , m ay becom e a victim of i t .............. thro u g h te a r alone. And th e e ffe c ts of th a t fear m ay accom plish the sam e havoc h e re as th e s trik e does in o th e r towns. As P resid en t Roosevelt once so effectively said. "All w e have to fe ar is fe a r itself.” And it is true. N othing could be m ore ridiculous, if it w ere not so tragic, th a t to sec a b u stlin g to w n 's econom y crippled thro u g h te a r of w hat could happen. i DO YOU KNOW! If you h av e n 't revised y o u r E ire In su ra n ce w ithin th e past five y ears, c h a n c e s a re y o u r policy is ‘ stale* and needs to be fresh en ed up by an a c c u ra te ap p raisal of w hat y o u r house is w o rth on th e p resen t m ark e t C all 26» I for a free suivev ot y o u r lire p ro tectio n . CHARLES H. GRAYSHEL INSURANCE AGENCY been tied up for several w eeks w ith th e d etails of th e final com pletion of its big O m nibus R ivers. H arb o rs and Flood C ontrol bill T h a t bill will probably not he com pleted Ix'fore th e 26th. I am disappointed about th is delay but I have kept a co n stan t check on the situ atio n and I am convinced th a t it could not be helped. * • * T he C ougar Dam (M cK enzie R iver) bill w hich w as passed by the H ouse a few w eeks ago is m aking good progress in th e S en ate It m ay becom e law in the n e a r fu tu re. * • • E very now and then I receive a com m ent to the effect th a t 1 should trav e l around th e C on gressional D istrict m ore o ften and get b e tte r acquainted How I wish I could do th a t especiallv since t h ;s is an election year! T he fact is th a t, unlike an y o th e r elected official of o u r S ta te , m em bers of th e O regon d eleg a tion in C ongress m ust s ta y h ere in W ashington. D. C. and do th e ir ioh of re p resen tin g the S ta te w hile C ongress is in session F u rth e rm o re , trip s hom e a re at o u r personal expense wo have no governm ent expense account and even if I could find tim e to m ake such trip s across the con tin en t, which I cannot, I c e rta in ly could not afford them A fter this session adjourns, though, I expect to visit every county in th e d istrict. • • • T h ere is a fe a tu re a rtic le in th e S a tu rd a y Evening Post d ated June 19th w hich tells ab out the C om m ittee of th e House of R ep re sen tativ es of which I am a m em ber the R ules C om m ittee. T he title of th e piece is “T he ‘T e rrib le T w elve’ of C apitol H ill” . It gives a ra th e r fuzzy sto ry of w hat th e C om m ittee is and the n a tu re of its w ork At th e bottom of page 22 is a p ictu re of th»' com mit tee tab ic w hich shows me seated in mv regular ch a ir w here I sjx'nd a considerable am ount of I ............... Í BROOKINGS. OREGON 2583 R esidence P hone 2671, O ttici amifun CH ETC O IN N Chef Adrian in Charge of Catering SMORGASBORD EACH SUNDAY Served With S2.00 Dinner “POP" AND ZERRETA REED, Managers th e sam e tim e, d estro y in g those elem en ts vital to th e body dem ocratic. F o r th e tw o who ad m itte d prior m em bership and w ho cam e clean in th e ir testim o n y re la tiv e to the com m unist technique, th e re was a d m ira tio n in th e public mind and th e respect w hich is alw ays th e rew ard of the individual co u rag eo u s enough to adm it a m ista k e publicly w ith o u t hedging. F o r th e re m a in d er who chose to h ’de behind the very const tu- tion wliich th e ir organization seeks to overthrow ’, th e publjc. m ind answ ered for them a ffirm ativ ely those q u estions w hich they as w itn esses refused to answ er for fear of in crim in atin g th em selves. T h ere a re those who m ain tain th a t to be nam ed as a com m unist by a confessed eom m un;st or to refu se to an sw er q u estions put by a congressional com m ittee does not necessarily prove that one is a com m unist. T his m ay h e tru e , but th e fact rem ain s that w hen anyone has the privilege of denying m em bership in an o r ganization w hich ad vocates the o v erth ro w of th is dem ocracy but in stead for fe a r of perjury’ chooses to invoke th e fifth am endm ent, th e re can be little doubt in the p u b lic’s m ind as to his allegiance. A T T E N D P IO N E E R P IC N IC Mr. and Mrs. A. H. N ew ton and O bie N ew ton a tten d e d th e Pioneer P icnic in K la m a th F a lls last week end. T h e N ew tons a re m em bers of one of th e pioneer fam ilies in th a t area. On the fo u rth of July, we alw ay s c e le b ra te at Menning Buick. This year, w e’re going to have a p arad e w ith R alph J leading and Luke b rin g in g up th e re ar. T ro u b le is, the only S place to p arad e is on o u r u sed-car lot . . . . so w hy don’t you help us clea r it o ff? W e’ve m ade it as easy as we can, by listing the finest u sed-car b arg ain s in th e te rrito ry . d 1953 STUDEBAkER Commander Sport Coupe— 5 • • • y o u ’d Z 2 Z have to see it to believe it. B eau tifu l m aroon and grev paint, le a th e r upholstery, custom built fenders, au to m atic transm ission, loaded w ith ex tra s, very, very low mileage. T h e re ’s not an o th er like it! s 0 1951 EORl) TUDOR— M otor just overhauled, fine shape, radio and h eater. 0 1951 MERCURY SPORT COUPE 0 1949 CI IEYROLET FORDOR— Radio, h eater, overdrive, new tw o-tone p ain t job. Radio and h eater, m o to r ju st overhauled. 1949 PONTIAC CLUB COUPE— and it's a sh arp ie Radio, h ea te r, and real sm ooth. And that's not all. M ere plenty more, . hid they're all tops! BUICK CAfíF KEEPS RUJCKS F V S T On Highway ioi North End of Town I J I
