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im p o rtan t piece o i le g is ia u u u iu nave such sponsorship New it • hould have equally careful co n sideration on the floor of both »cuses of Congress. HARRIS ELLSWORTH, M. C. U n fo rtu n ately , p ractically all of 4th D istrict, Oregon the argum ent and debate about T he ad jo u rn m e n t d ate of this this bill so fa r has been on one session ol C ongress is still very • :inor section which has nothing t all to do w ith the purpose of m uch in doubt as this is w ritten . P rio r to th e prolonged d eb ate in the legislation. The row has d e the S e n a te on the bill known as veloped over how the additional the A tom ic E n erg y hill, it was power needed hv atom ic energy >lants in the S outh is to he ob- g en erality conceded th a t adjourn i:r r d Those who think th e F ed m ent by Ju ly 31st w as not only eral g avernm ent should own and possible hut likely, Now a fa ir i ' i '.erate a'I electric pow er a n guess w ould he A ugust 7th. A few ¿»ears ago C ongress pass dem anding th at the TV A be ex ed w nat is called tne L egislative I vancled to m eet the pow er need ( 'th o rs obv:oosly in the m ajor- R e-organization Act. It specifies j th a t C ongress shall ad jo u rn on 01 ity believe the additional pow er before J u ly 31st T here was an can and should he co n tracted for elem ent of ab su rd ity in th a t p re from privately owned p lants. T hat vision in th e law for the sim ple s w hat the pn >nt row is about reason th a t each, tw o y e a r term hut it has nothing at all to do of C ongress is se p a ra te and inde w ith th e fu tu re developm ent ol p en d en t. T he present Congress, I atom ic power which is the re a ’ for exam ple, cannot m ake a law and serious objective of th e legis th a t w ould bind a fu tu re Con- j lation. 2— Brookings-Harbor Pilot—Thursday, August 5, 1954 LETTER FROM WASHINGTON BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Entered m necond-cla»« m a tter, at the poatofflpe at B rookings, O regon. M arch 7, 1946. under the A ct o f March 3, 1879 M inna A kers , Owner and Publisher SU B SC R IPT IO N R ATES: One Year In a d van ce (In Curry County» .... One Year, In a d van ce (o u tsid e Curry C ounty) ---------------- ------ >3 00 $3.50 N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . N ew York C hicago N EW SPA PER B U SI- £RS OC1ATION »»étroit P hiladelphia N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L ; - ' é N l I AS5 OC5 T 4 N >•**< A C JJ V i MEMBER City-State Cooperation is te r C lem en t A tlce, I cam. away w ith th e conclusion th a t even w ith w h a te v e r fa u lts it may have, one w ay of co n ducting inquiries th ro u g h C ongressional committees is b e tte r ad a p te d to th e needs of o u r v a st co u n try . O u r problem, then, is to red u ce th e faults and d an g e rs of o u r procedure to an ab so lu te m inim um which, in essen ce, is th e pu rp o se on the resolu tion m entioned above. O u r governm ent u n d er the Con s titu tio n is divided into th ree sep a ra te and independent branches - th e ex ecutive, ju dicial and legis lative. In B ritain th e th ree are in term in g led . C abinet members m u st be m em bers of parliam ent and th e re is a close relationship betw een P a rlia m e n t - particularly th e H ouse of Lords, and the ju diciary. In q u iries by P arliam en t into th e conduct of th e various execu tiv e agencies (m in iste rs) can be co n ducted daily in th e House of C om m ons d u rin g th e question ♦ ♦ ♦ gress. T h ere is nothing except psy* period. T he m in iste rs being mem ehological value about the Ju ly I A pparently the hill to a u th o r b ers of th e H ouse a re .present to 31st date. All th a t will be necess- ize th e construction of the dam an sw er questions. T h e ir P arlia ary to co ntinue th is C ongress in on th e South S an tiam known as m en t h as no th in g w hich could be to th e fu tu re a f te r Ju ly 31 will the G reen R iver P e te r project, on reaso n ab ly co m pared w ith the be th e passage of a sim ple resolu- a “p artn e rsh . . ip ” - basis will , not be com m ittee system of o u r Con- T his w eek, its crew s paved th e s tre e t w hich fro n ts th e considered by Congress this year. gress. From tim e to time they i tion. T his has been done several C ity H all, an d feeds tra ffic from F ern S tre e t into the H ighw ay eh P Kardinf; have experienced som e difficulties tim es since th e so-called R e o r T h e job w as done w ith o u t cost to th e city, and rem oves one of ganization Act, which sets the th a t m uch needed flood control and a few sa tisfa c to rv resu„ s dam is fully understood in O regon. from su ch e ffo rts an pffor( th e w orst of th e local tra ffic situ atio n s. a d jo u rn m e n t date, w as passed. h J .h '1 ii- ‘i f,<ilUr<‘ rpme<,y ,h e 'ro u b le s th u s develop- • • « On S p ru ce, th e s ta te has paved tw o blocks of s tre e t w ith have t he p artn e rsh ip plan a p p ro v ed P a rlia m e n t passed the Tri- of th eir road m ixes, to give th e city an exam ple of w hat m ay In m y opinion one of th e most c" h,s y ea r or at any o th e r tim e hunals of , j n . Ac, of be possible w ith in o u r lim its. T he paving w as done at cost, and im p o rta n t bills if not T H E most will not hold hack the co n stru ct- — From o u r point of view it would im p o rtan t m easu re to bo consid w ill cost a b u ttin g p ro p e rty ow ners fifty cen ts p er front foot. ion of th e dam. My hill, introdue ered by C ongress d u rin g my tim e seem th a t this law' re a lly increases No one can a rg u e th a t i t ’s an ex o rb ita n t rate. cd a y ea r and h alf ago along as a m em ber, is the pending bill th e tro u b les because the “tribu T h e s ta te has also m ade plans to put th e s tre e ts it w ith an identical hill in the S en re g ard in g th e peace-tim e o r in n a ls” created as th e resu lt of the ow ns w ith in th e C ity, A zalea P a rk D rive and p a rt of Pacific, a te by S en ato r Cordon, au th o riz ' d u strial use of ato m ic energy. I, Act a rc clothed w ith th e authori into excellent condition, an d will deed it to th e county, to be es the co n stru ctio n of the Green co n tain s th e set of ru les un d er ty of a co u rt but a rc not required tra n s fe rre d to th e city. P e te r and W hite B ridge dam s as w hich this g re at new source of to use judicial procedures. Evi m ultiple-purpose pro jects which And finally, they a re giving to B rookings the p ro p e rty energy m ay he developed and used d en tly th e B ritish m eet the situa m eans th a t they will he co n stru ct- a b u ttin g C hetco A venue, so th at sidew alks m ay he co n stru c te d in o u r free, econom y w ith p riv at ** ^ i r u c t - tion by seldom re so rtin g to the c a n itil ♦» , ‘ ’ b> th e governm ent as pow er from O ak to E asy S tre e ts. Z ,U ,h e " ’alm of <iams as well as for flood eon- m ain d er of th e problem is not It is easy, w hen yau d isag ree w ith s ta te highw ay ' 'ssib ih ty th a t in th e long fu tu re fro| d u ctin g env estig atio n s. d e p a rtm e n t policy, to c a s tig a te them . No o th e r group in this atom ic energy m ay have m ore ef- ■ , ... In g eneral, th e B ritish seem to s ta te , probably, is m o re subject to p ressu re from individuals feet upon o u r econom y and u p o n ' has h000 m ade a Part feel th a t th e ir daily question hour and g ro u p s w ho h av e axes to grind. o u r individual lives th a n has d e c - ° . . blg ornnibus flood control in th e H ouse of Commons just tric a l energy. T his hill has had * " rivprs and h arb o rs hill which about m eets w h a te v e r need they But h ere w e have an exam ple of c ity -s ta te cooperation w hich can n o t be su rp assed . We, for one, would like to express th e m ost carefu l .preparation by will undoubtedly he passed. Th< have for in vestigations. The re- a joint co m m ittee of th e House question as to w h e th e r the pow er rem ainded of tb rt problem is not o u r ap p reciatio n to th e O regon S ta te H ighw ay D ep artm en t. and S enate. I th in k it is the first facilities at the dam shall be paid actually solved. One well-informed *or by the Undm-al governm ent or m em ber of th e H ouse of Lords casual re m a rk of the good wife by local int-m -sts can he decided m ade th is co m m en t: “The truth at lunch th a t U ncle ’Tim othy (h e r Ih a . daily those h efty ladies w ho next y i k r MeanwhUo a'pp' Z X , ,, ’ ' is th a t an y le g is la tu re is driven side of the family ) had ju st left persist n. donning slack s for pub tions can from tim e to tim e to in stitu te en he w e a r a re m ore and m ore be- a u t h o r i z a t io n w h i,h • , a f te r spending a w eek w ith us. »miner th.v h.Hfc ox.. — ..... . • UTn° n /a tio n which will lx» co n q u iries e ith e r by its e lf or by other Since Uncle is a D em ocrat as well cerning th e b u tts for m asculine tained in the omnibus bill. w hich a t le a st p o ten tially have as hard of hearing. I w as n a tu r a l a tta c k , both w ritte n and oral Be th e pow’e r to in flict g re at injust ing a gentlem an of th e old school ly g rief stric k e n at having m iss A s n o te d m m v Previous w eekly ice on in d iv id u als.” H e offered the and a firm believer in th e p rin ed his an n u a l visit. le tte r. T took a quick trip to E n g T hen th e re is th e g ettin g out ciples of chivalry. I have decided land over the 1th of Ju ly w eek fu rth e r o b serv atio n th a t in B rit of the house on bow ling night or to com e to the defense of these e n d a n d sp^nt the rem ain d er of ain s a fe g u a rd s a rc m aintained upon w hich th e safeg u ard s are d dam sels. som e o th e r plausible excuse for m u D c h • a b u se .. T . „ ,b a t w crk therc • • • and in Wc«t- revealed a close parallel to By som e e x tra practice, W h ereas I I.im a r ily , 1 defend them be- , < >n G erm any The purpose of the based me the provisions of th e S cott r^«olu- CLIFFORD P. used to rack my m ind for a p lau s Tn n o *>ersceu,ed | ,rip " ’as find out at first hand tion ROWE ible excuse for such absenteeism , To a tte m p t d ic ta tin g to any in -j from officials of th e B ritish Gov- n ar now all I get is a to rre n t of dividual w h at he shall not w e ar ern m en t just how thev W hen IV invaded m y hom e r e “S h h h h h ’s ” from th e fam ily as ks as c o n tra ry to th e teach in g s in v estig atin g irre g u la ritie s, dis" R each th a t b u y er through cen tly , I took a solem n o a th th a t they w ave m e tow ard the door o. dem ocracy as p ro h ib itin g an loyalty or o th er “scandals" -ic Pilot C lassified A dvertisem ent. •»» fa r as this colum n w as con and info th e night. In fact, th e individual from d rin k in g o r sm ok- they call such things in them cerned, the new addition w ould o th e r night I re tu rn e d a f te r a ing him self to d ea th . T o oppress governm ent. T here is a res-» be ignored. Too m any people a re th re e day trip aw ay from hom e those w nose only crim e is th a t of lu tion pending before the Rules w astin g v alu ab le tim e and space and w hen I opened the door, my concealing nothing is d ep artin g < o m m i t t e e w hich would m ak in g a c a re e r of w ritin g ab o u t g n x 'tin g w as “W a it don’t tell us en tire ty from th e realm s of fait am end the rules of the House to D idn’t het hom e last week television To im ita te w ould indi w hat y o u r score w as now w ait play. in tim e to tell you about the set up ce rtain additional stan d ard s c a te a d efin ite lack of o rig in ality . until th e com m ercial“. Secondly, I w ould like to cali of procedure for com m ittees when trip su re w as hot down there. Vet in the few past few w eeks F or a fellow w ith a yen for to the a tte n tio n of th e m ale crit they conduct investigations. I O ver 100 a t B akersfield at mid-' I have rt'ceived enough req u ests, night life. I can see th a t television iis th a t these vesy sam e ladies w anted to find out if B ritish ex night. I ’ll n ev er gripe about our o ra l and w ritte n , seek in g my o- could serve a highly w o rth y pur-1 whom hey describe a r" perhaps perience could co n trib u te any su g w e a th e r again. pinion ol this form of hom e e n te r * pose. T he only one in o u r fam ily th e ir only tru e friends in th e en gestions for im proving th a t' reso Axine an d I b ro ught a 14 foot tain m en t th a t I feel o b lig ated to who seem s to rem ain u n affec te d tire hy p o critical fem ale populace lution. Terry tra ile r hom e w ith us. This b re ak th e silence on the su b ject is the young son. He is too in F o r they a re the only ones lacking is th e h u n te rs and weekenders I knew, of course, th a t th ere is for ju st th is once. volved in real life at the m om ent a concealed m otive. By th e verv model. H as w a te r supply and Bu So I took som e tim e off and to be in te re ste d in living it sec net of forcing them selv es in tc really not m uch sim ilarity be tan e light as s ta n d a rd equip tw een th e B ritish p arliam entary so rt of review ed th e p ast tw o ond-handed. all th e availab le nooks and cra n system and o ur own. Wp have m ent S leeps fo u r people. Manley m o n th s en d eav o ring to d e te rm in e nies of th is non-yielding a rtic le however, two basic things in com is b rin g in g a la rg e r model w herein my life o r th a t of th e It seem s th a t of la te w henever of fem inine apparel, th e y serve W e saw th e new 20 and 2R in fam ily had changed D isappointed m en ru n out of w ords for cussing notice on all m en th a t they have mon. B oth system s a rc tru ly re p production. W ith o u t a doubt ty I will have to confess th a t I ju n io r senators, th e ir fa v o rite no in te n tio n of try in g to trick re se n ta tiv e governm ents and both these a re the m ost a ttra ctiv e can record no th ing sta rtlin g A’ ta rg e t for a tta c k is wom en who them w ith th e w iles used so e f co u ntries have in tern al problem« tra ile rs we have ev er seen. Makes and tro u b les of about the sam e bout th e only thing th a t does shouldn’t w e ar slacks In th e in ficiently by th e ir siste rs-u n d e r- kind Obviously we could Ixvrrow you w a n t to sell th e old home com e to m ind is th a t som ehow te re s t of a c c u ra te inform ation, I fhe-skin T hey v o lu n ta rily rem ove nothing m uch in the w av of iden stead and move into one. These sp rin g has ru n o ver into th e m id have given considerable tim e in them selves from com petition. jobs a re so new w e w ere not able tical procedure hut it seemed like d le of su m m er w ith o u t my being an effo re to discover ju st w hat And so I would u rg e all those ly th at th ere m ight be a common to get a p ic tu re to show you. .around to w itn ess th e feat the two problem s have in com m on fatigued by w a tc h in g th e battle F a c to ry prom ises some soon. cio u n d of basic th inking on the D is re g a rd in g my prejudices The only re latio n sh ip th a t I have In th e m ean tim e whv not irop ° f th e rising and low ering neck ’ sujbect. re la tiv e to this m edia held p rio r been able to find to d ate is th a t . in here a t DAVIS TRUCK & line and hem line to re la x and rest Aftet talk in g to m y becom ing an addict. I both a re concerned w ith o v er th e ir eyes by g azing upon th e w ith highly plat-v.l o ff im ls T R A C rO R an<1 1<' t us vou find th a t th e re are som e a d v a n ta - em phasis of the unnecessary. only hones, synthol of '» . - n 'i c t h - - leo islativ e.'ju d ic ia l and X ™ Z v e about it. es F o r exam ple, ju st th e o th e r S»ill one can n o t deny th a t the day I happened to learn from a 1 iptiufi situ atio n does exist and X k « 0 ‘ • ' ,I,Za,,on " lc e a l '" bran ch es of th e B ritish Govern- I m ent. Including, hv tb wav - Advertiser nt O ne of th e m ost w idely discussed (and cussed) o rg a n i zatio n s in th e S ta te of O regon is th e O regon S ta te H ighw ay D e p a rtm e n t. P a rtic u la r ly in C u rry C ounty you can h e a r a g re a t deal of d esc rip tiv e com m ent on th a t group, and verv little of it is favorable. W e th in k , th ere fo re , th a t it w ould be very p roper for th e citizens of B rookings to look aro u n d this w eek at som e of th e th in g s th a t w ere accom plished here th ro u g h th e generosity of th e h ighw ay d e p a rtm e n t FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH PAUL SEZ......... PAUL DAVIS