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
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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
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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
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r
a
re
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and
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,
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