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:
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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
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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»
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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
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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
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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—
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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!
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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
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