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Weekly Letter From Washington, D. C.
BY CONGRESSMAN HARRIS ELLSWORTH
Out* nf Dnnrc CfruM
VSUI UI-WUUIJ JIUII
by
LANS LENEVE
¡c“n ci,i2en «*Urt»es being gazed up- isporting fraternity.
1^ with ,uspicion by ¿ur armed:-
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foices when he persues his favorite ‘ Calling carda, au ter ai 00.
pastime. If just half the measures
Wanted! Men And
of precaution had been employed by
the war department many years be-
Women Who Are
the attack on Pearl' Harbor, as are
Bard Of Hearing
employed now, our enemies would not
To make this simple, no risk hear­
today have the valuable knowledge ing test If you are temporarily deaf­
in their possession that they possess ened, bothered by ringing buzzing
regarding our coastal defenses, our head noises due to hardened or coagu­
harbors and island possessions. A lated wax (cerumen), try the Ourtne
Home Method test that so many say
little less red tape and a little more has enabled them to hear well again.
freedom to American citizens regard­ You must hear better after making
ing their rights to angle when and this simple test or you get your money
back at once. Ask about Ourine Ear
where they please, I am sure would 1 Drops todiv at Barrow Drag Co.
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field said they were spending some
Washington, D. C.. July 10—Hav­ President might object to the.bill is
The government is taking no
money for new surveys but that the ing been in continuous session since the fact that it carries the provision
commission had no commitments to IMO, the Congress Thursday evening that none of the money appropriated chances regarding spies operating as
make at this time. He said the gas­ passed a concurrent resolution de­ may be used to pay the salaries of anglers on lakes and near the mouths
oline revenue, matched by federal claring a recess. Unless called into three federal employees who aYe al­ of costal streams, for it is necessary
money, might mean the commission session before that time. Congress I leged to be Communist—or at least for any angler to possess both a Birth
would have 18 or 18 million a year will resume its work at 12 noon Tues­ have had some affiliation with Com­ certificate and an identification card
in order to angle near the mouths of
to spend after the war when recon­ day, September 14th.
muniât front organizations.
coastal
rivers and upon lakes border­
struction can be started.
It should be noted that this recess
Probably by the time this is printed,
Mr. Banfield expressed the com­ is not the end of a Congressional the President will have signed the ing the shore line of any armed, or
mission's hope to hear from all com­ session—it is not an adjournment. bill with or’ without a message­ military zone. However, we all real­
munities, as they travel over the When the Congress reconvenes in questioning the constitutionality of ize the fact that it is a case of closing
state, as to what is felt to be the September, (unlees it Dr. called be- the method taken by Congress to the bam door after the horse has es­
caped. For years and years the Jan-
particular needs of each section.
fore), it will continue in the first ses­ discharge three government em­
aneae were allowed to frequent water­
Engineer Baldock outlined briefly sion of the 78th Congress. The sec­ ployees.
We can now handle all body work, painting,
fronts, coastal harbors and cruise
what the state highway department ond session will begin after the first
This bill is of great concern here about dur island out-posts, clicking
and mechanical work on your car
hopes to do after the war in providing of 1844. The concurrent resolution,
in Washington because the appropri- their cameras to their
„,v„ heart's con-
work for returned service men and which formally authorized the recess,
ation is principally for the payment
and upping our coaat from
those let out by defense manufactur­ was passed by both houses. Being of District of Columbia employees
every angle.
ing plants, but feared that with a de­ a concurrent resolution and not an
and Capital help — Including Con­
But now thai ‘a war is on, every I
valued dollar of around 75 cents, the act of law, the signature of the Presi­
gressional secretaries. These people citizen is gazed upon with suspicion.
need ot the state for road work dent is not required.
will get no. pay checks until the bill Take for instance, the case of a per-
would be five or six times as much
Congress may be called back into is signed—their pay is now past dpe.
' son wishing to angle in Garrison
money a year as the commission session at any time prior to Septem-
A» we have »ecured additional room and
If the President should veto the bill, i Lake, His angling license in the first
would have for spending.
ber 14th by order pf the President of these employees will be without any
more mechanic»
; place shows shows him to be an
Mr. Baldock said possibly ten i the Senate and the Speaker of the pay ufitil the Congress either K
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passes
thousand men cbuld be used on-high­ I House; by joint action of the M b - 1 tbe bill over the veto or enacts a new American citizen. And if this is not
I
way work and John W. Kelly said it jority Leader of the Senate (Senator _ appropriation
...... bill— and’ that would i sufficient evidence of the fact, it’s a
1 uador of t.^e considerable
, .
, .
was probable there would be six Barkley) and th«
the Msainritv
Majority Leader
time.
_ _ I cinch that his birth certificate shows
It is as-
times that many men idle in Oregon.; the House (John W. McCormack of sunwd, however that the bill will be him to be a full fledged citizen. ‘ But
these two .proofs are not enough. It
Commissioner Schaupp began bis i Massachusetts); or by joint action of 8iKnM|.
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is necessary that a person must be
remarks by saying that he and Com­ the Minority Leader of the Senate
\
Coquille M
Phone S3
finger printed, a photograph fur­
missioner Merle Chessman are not (Senator McNary) and the Miniority
| I am planning to spend at least six nished and an identification card is­
as inarticulate as they appeared to Leader of the House (Joe Martin of
i of the eight weeks of recess in Ore­ sued him before he is allowed to
be. Being new highway commission­ Massachusetts).
gon. I want to make a trip over the wet a fly or cast a biat in Garrison
ers they were out to learn all they
There was a rumor floating around
district and spend several days in Lake. In fact, the owners of the pro­
could about the job, and at present ’ Washington last night that the Pres­
each of the seven countirf, talking perty bordering the lake and who
can say nothing about future plans. ident is preparing a “surprise” for
to people and getting data on prob­ live near its shores, must shpw an
r
“Transportion is the basis of our Congress. There is no hint what sort
lems which ipay need attention here identification card in order to go up­
economy,” Mr. Schaupp declared, of thing this “surprise” may be. I
when I get back. My office here on the lake or cross their own land
“and it is going to be more so. Poet {suppose it is like.most other rumors
war planning is the most important' —pure guesswork. However, there I will be open all summer. My very to the beach. Their children may
efficient office staff Hayden Garber, play upon the beach but no other
matter before Oregon right now; we is one thing not yet definitely set-
my secretary, and his assistant, children are allowed to play with the
must have better roads.”
| tied—the President has not placed
from
Miss Marcella Langdon, will be on owner's children.
He expressed the hope that when t his signature upon the Emergency
the job. All mail addressed here
It
looks
sort
of
foolish
to
us
—
looks
their preset)} job as commissioners is Deficiency
“
bill. If he decides to veto
will be promptly handled and prob­ more like New Deal stuff than war
finished that this highway commis­ that bill, it might be necessary for
lems requiring direct contact here in regulations. While there is nothing
sion will be recognized as a State Congress to return forthwith.
Washington will be taken care of. I like taking precautions to prevent any
Tbe Emergency Deficiency Bill
Commission, not a county commission
shall, of course, be in constant touch spies from contacting or signaling
interested only in local road matters. carries two paragraphs that are
with the office here—no matter where any enemy craft, there is such a
Mr. Chessman said he was travel­ known to be objectionable to the
but
I may be in the district.
thing as becoming too drastic con­
His special emergency
ing under wraps; that being a state I President.
DON
’
T
WAIT
TILL
AFTER
THE ACCIDENT!
cerning the curbing qf the one hun­
representative that he could not fund is set up in this bill and certain
citizens
dred
per
cent
American
rather
definite
restrictions
have
been
This
will
be
the
last
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Letter
from
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boost Highway 101 all the time as
Office Open till 8:00 P. M.
he would like to do, but that he has placed upon his use of the fund pfb- | Washington" until Congress recon- who love to angle in such spots as
Garrison Lake.
Policies written on
not lost interest in the Oregon coast. vided. The second reason why the venes.
s~
Don't get us wrong—we are be­
He said the commission is making a
ALL LINES OF INSURANCE
hind the government one li un dred
sincere effort to learn the needs of all done by truck.
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see should not miss.
AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE SERVICE
sections of the state.
I Two arterial needs on 101 in Coos ' Representing Coquille at the meet- per cent in every effort set'forth to
3 Notary Publics in Office
John W: Kelly, who formerly was county, Mr. Moore pointed out, were Ing were County Commissioner P. W. win the war, but it appears to us that
editor of the Sentinel column from ' the elimination of the bottleneck in Culver, Lafe Compton, J. A. Lamb American citizens, are put to a heap
of unnecessary trouble in order to
Washington and is now chairman of. the section between North Bend and and H. A. Young.
Oregon’s Post War Planning and Re- Marshfield and the straightening of
habilitation Commission, under ap- most of the Coquille-Marshfield 18
pointment by Gov. Snell, said one of miles of highway. Secondary roads
the biggest jobs of his organization „ceding attention are the Loon Lake
will be getting ready to put men back rOad, the Coos Bay Wagon Roud, the
to work after the war, and ‘just as ( Seven Devils road and the Powers
important the help needed in develop­ to Agness road.
ing the state’s natural resources.
Clarence H. Coe, of Marshfield,
County Judge L. D. Felsheim was made the moat startling suggestion of
the next speaker called upon. He the evening, declaring that Mr. Bal­
said the improvement of 101 in Coos dock and others might declaje him to
county is the main need from the be crazy for uttering such a thought
commission's point of view but called .at this time but he wquld present it,
attention to roads that could be desig­ nevertheless, for the commission’s
nated as secondary highways for consideration.
Highway 101, the
recreational and industrial needs. He Coast Highway, is primarily a tour­
told of the pounding the highways ist road, Mr. Coe declared. Develop
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and roads are receiving from logging that highway so that more and more
trucks and said that in the upper Co­ people on recreation bent will want
quille valley, due to the war needs to view the beauties of its entire
for lumber, 75 per cent of the traffic length. In those myriads of tourists
is composed of logging trucks.
which Mr. Coe envisaged will be
Judge Felsheim declared that debt capitalists, men with money to in­
For a Fair of
reduction had been the first consid­ vest and help in the development of
eration of the county budget commit- ' Oregon's unsurpassed
natural re-
Penney's
Shoos!
Cotton coolies that fulfill
tee which had concluded its labors ■ sources.
your every need! Charming
that day but that a small fund had | In the coming post-war days Ore-
High In quality.
styles including two-piece
been set up as a highway reserve for gon will have more men than ever
Low in price—
after-the-war road building.
suiters, one-piece button
before capable Of handling heavy
Bay Penney shoes.
The judge continued - that the equipment and machinery. Put the
fronts or classic tailored .
No need to look twlcel
county court had not yet had an op­ men who have been driving tanks in
types. All trimmed in excel­
portunity to outline a
Penney's has what
Africa, Europe, the Solomons and
lent taste. All colon, of
the county’s highway needs but
you’re looking for —
here, on the job of driving cat­
courss! Sizes 12 to 20,
that court would do so, for submis­ erpillars and bulldozers; they will be
now! Conte see!
sion to the state highway commis­ able to do a better, job than have
sion after -he and the county com­ been some of the jobs of road bulld-
Shirting »tripe», check»,
See Our Line of
missioners had consulted with cham­ I ing in the past.
Thai i-L——. *
Bl «rihlan Uamo?
plain color» in teeriuckeri
1 nil jonnny uOfics mircriing nomcf
bers of commerce, city officials and
Mr. Coe quoted Engineer Baldock
and chambray».
others as to the particular needs of as saying that 8123,000,000 spent on
each section.
state highways, will bring them all
Mayor J. Albert Matson of Marsh­ to standard construction, and Mr.
hesrt, a husband or a nephew
field expressed confidence •that the Coe's suggestion was that the work
or a grandchild or a friend?
highway convnlslson will take care be done all over the state as soon as
Is your heart with a sailor
of all needs as those needs appear and the war is over. Contract it all at
on the broad, high seas — a
as rapidly as they have funds to do once. At a 80 cent post-war dollar,
soldier stationed somewhere
it with.
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the cost of such a mammoth under­
abroad—a pilot, a tail gun­
Mrs. Stella Cutlip, of North Bend, taking would be around $200,000,000.
ner, a bombardier?
state legislative member from Coos Over a three-year period, with federal
Then surely you want to
and Curry, voiced an urgent appeal and state match money, the Commis­
do all you can to shorten the
that the commission do all it could sion would have 1100,000,000 to
war, to help bring your boy’
for Curry county and referred to the spend.
familiar footsteps back t
beauties of the -road from Powers
And here comes what Mr, Coe
your front stoop again!
south to the Rogue, which rival the
called his not-ao-crazy suggestion to
And the best way — the
scenery of any country on earth, She
the commission, that they borrow
simplest, surest way you can
also expressed confidence that after
$100,000,000 on a bond issue and do
help is to buy U. S. War
traveling over Ute state's highways,
Bonds1 Buy them at Penney’s
Haneboma Summer
the commissioners will see the high­ the state job In a hurry.
With
all
the
(pcome
taxes
to
pay,
today
!
,
way needs and supply those needs as
the bonds to purchase and-the defla­
All through July at Pen­
Stytes To Tefce Foo From Sammer Into Fell!
rapidly as funds are available.
Slack and drass
ney’s, we are featuring War
Lafe Comtpon extended the visiting tion period after the war, the thought
types in stripes.
Bonds ahead of everything
officials an invitation to stop in Co­ of the state highway commission
checks or figures
Coiffure flatteren in smgrt fabrics or dashing
borrowing $100,000,000
may be
else.
,
quille, which they did the next
All colon for all
in-between season styles
......................... there 1» always the
kinds ©f .RW.1-
••• Sigiji i".'
xtfi Lu Atbterti
menr-etr be Wd -ft» aM the
Lovely soft veiling and other trimming«.
world — no better way you
representative ,ln the legislature, ex­ amount each year and Mr. Coe’s
can help win the war!
pressed the lumberman’s idea that idea is not one to be dismissed lightly.
At the conclusion of the two-hour
the commission, In its rules and regu­
lations Should show tolerance and 1 meeting, Mr. Saunders showed mo-
1 tion picttfiwwef the Oregon coast and
not apply the same penalty for over­
the highway, wonderful scenes of
loading on the green timber truckers —
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as apply to those trucks carrying dry beauty and
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lumber Due to the war-elimination enjoyed anywhere along Oregons
Promptly
Southwestern Motor Co.
You can still buy your
Liability Insurance
GEO. E. OERDING
J COTTON
FOR
FROCKS
WOMIN
STAMP 18
GOOD NOW
WON’T YOU HELP TO
MOVE UP THE DATE
Cotton Prints
New
MILLINIRY
WHAT YOU
all of the log transportation is now anyone who ever has the chance to
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FOR
SOCKS
WOMEN
WITH UNCLE SAM!