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TWENTY YEARS AGO
BY CONGRESSMAN HARRIS ELLSWORTH
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concrete roadway as quickly as pos­
Washington, D. C., June 1?, 1044 ~ a few also who sought to wreck the
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This week the House finished its functioning of the law, but these at­
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more than seven days of discussion tempts were also voted down by large
At the school meeting Monday eve­ of the Price Control Bill (OPA.) A majorities.
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What happened during the past two
ning A. T. Morrison was re-elected few amendments were put in on the
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director and O. C. Sanford, clerk.
Floor of the House, hut moaf of those years of administration of the Price
REASONABLE RATES'
offered on the Floor were rejected. Control Law is very similar to the
Geo. W. Bryant returned Wednes­ The bill is now in conference. The type of administration that has been
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day from San Francisco, driving up Conference Commit^e made up of given other acts passed by Congress.
OPA
adminis-
another new yellow bus. This car, both Senators and Representatives It happened that the
which is of 22 passenger capacity, will doubtless make a- report early tration was more in the public eye
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makes four new busses the Coast next week, and the bill will probably and has received the most attention,
similar
administrative
Auto Lines has purchased* this year. by passed uud go to the President. However,
There has been some rumor to the ef­ abuses of other laws are occurring.
The Wagner Labor Relations Act is
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skeels drove fect that tike President might veto the
J. D. Graham A Son have begun in last evening for a visit with his bill, because oF some of the provi­ a reasonable statute, but the adminis­
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• clearing the ground of all trees on
tration of it has caused strikes, con­
brother, C. T. Skeels. Paul is now in sions. However, taPVtew of the fact
rlSTIOi their property, across the street from
fusion, and bad relations. There are
the grocery business at Dallas, and that no great sweeping changes were
the city hall, preparatory to moving is doing well.
made, it seems to me he should find numerous other minor examples.
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Since the courts as presently consti-
their residence to the lot just south of
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it acceptable.
NOT INDISPENSABLE
Mrs. E. D. Sperry ’s residence. On the
The debate on the bill represented tuted generally uphold the Adminte-
Last night at the Chautauqua per­ ao outpouring of the grievances of tration, we are dangerously near,
It is
tla.t some advocates of a 100 feet square which will then be
O CALL us WHEN
fourth term do not believe President
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available they ’ propose to erect a formance J. E. Norton launched the our 140,000,000 people against what under this Administration, a change
campaign for funds for Boy Scout h^s apparently been poor adminis- 1 in the form of our Repub) ic from a
Roosevelt is indispensable. * Senator dance hall this summer. ,
YOU NEED ANT OF
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work in Coos county. As chairman nation of a fairly good law.
•’Cn-Agdn-Off-Aguin” Barkley ad­
The | three-branch government, namely
these services
mitted in a recent magazine STJirte * feznil* Groshens, Misses Odille and of the financial committee in Coquille recitation of the troubles follfoved a J legislative, administrative and judi-
Mr.
Norton
appeared
between
the
that R x^cvett to not an indispensable M,e Groshens and Marguerite Hitler
general pattern. Regulations forced çial, to a government of only two
m it. The .Seuator says he doesn’t cwne ln iron) Heppner, Oregon, last acts and outlined the facts about Boy manufacturers out of business with branches, namely administrative'and
thi k : Ayona to indispensable.
Saturday.' evening tor a visit with Scouts in Coquille and Coos county. low price ceilings, but permitted new legislative. Since the Congress can­
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Charles
Michealson,
the
Mrs E. l ,. Vinton, their .sister and Pledges totaling $110 were signed al manufacturing in the same line to not write administrative detail into
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• ; s New Deal's smear artist, admits in COu*in. The first three had to start thq Chautauqua tent last evening bggin business and^seil their prod­ law, we are placed in a very diffi­
hit took, ‘Tlje G iost Talks,’’ that bacg home Wednesday morning but Which’ is not enough to carry on the ucts at much higher prices. This re­ cult npt to say impossible, situation.
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Ro. sevelt is nothing more nor less Miss Hisier will remain here for the work-Jiere- - -
sulted in scarcity of goods and ulti­ As I see it, the only way of re­ Sil
CM aille
than another poltician. He makes it summer.
mately In much higher prices to the establishing the Republic under the
plain that he thinks the politician in
Judge,and Mrs. R. H. Mast, Mrs. consumer for many items.
Constitution is to go back to the
the White House is very dispensable.
E. W. Gregg put a crew of meh to Earl Leslie, Miss Hughes and James
One typical example was the pan three-branch system of government.
In ether words, the only people work this morning, tearing up and Mast went out to Eugene last Sunday cake flour situation which developed
who ar a supposed to Chink F. D. R. is burning the planking
on Second to be present on Monday when Reub­ about a year ago. Many producers
indi pi nsable are the voters who street, which has outlived Us useful­ en H. Mast, Jr„ graduated from the of non-branded pancake flour in
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ness. He plans to start laying the^U. of O. medical school.
packages were forced to quit busi-
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in Washington is quoted as stating
case, a very amusing incident oc- price from 6c to 7c per package,
that “President Roosevelt is one of
curred. The decision as first handed Whereupon, some new firms went
the greater politicians and one of the
By R. T. Moore
down made a very piou» statement into the business of pioducing pan­
wo. U udmiiuHrators the world has
The weekly Press release from the concerning the right of every ciii- uaKe flour of the same kind and in
ever seen.” Thai’s his opinion, and
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West Coast Lumberman’s Associa­ zen to choose his own “ruler.” Evi­ the same size packages, but they were
he cover« n lot -of territory—bu^ mil-
tion states that the direct loss in pro­ dently, Mr. Hannegan. after reading permitted to sell at' ceiling prices as
liut s oT voters have come to the same
duction
drf? to the recent strike was that one, grabbed his hat and rushed high as 18c per package.
concl’ Jon and will not be inclined’
Numerous small retail stores were
one
hundred
and twenty five mil­ over to the Supreme Court to head
to challenge this prominent Demo­
it off. The astute Democratic mana­ forced out of business because the
lions.
But
a
more
alarming
state
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crat's cppraisal of the New Dealers’ ment is that the strike .resulted in a' ger was not going to hand the Re« prices, they were compelled to pay for
ineispqpsable man.
Io«' of man-power that, cannot be publican Party such a block-buster merchanlse were higher than their
made up immediately and is apt to as that. The Court, seeing the erfor retail ceiling price line, but new
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lead to failure to meet the quotas set of its ways, immediately withdrew stores appeared next door or across
the street, selling similar merchandise
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Fragment» of Fact • by the Army and Navy as a minimum that portion of the text of it» decision at
higher price». The new stores, of
and substituted a text containing
for
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It is very regrettable that the other- more diplomatic language. This was course.were permitted ceiling prices
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done as fast as compatible with the in line with their current merchan­
wise
clear
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the
industry
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I rime Minkler Churchill refused should, ha?e been marred by the dignity expected of that august dise cost price«.
In my own district, I haye known
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diseuse in. _______________________
parliament the standihg strike. But it is also good that «.great body. But the Press had heard it
of General Chas, de Gaulle with the majority of'lumber workers realized the flr«t time and a-flood of indignant several, instances of tons of farm
allies.
The frictioh between the the importance of their duty to re­ editorials slipped through the Eastern produce being left unharvested for
reason that OUA delayed too long
British and American leaders on one main on the job and refused to take part of the country decrying the doc-
trine that all citizens must choose a *n 1 telling the processors what the
hand and th»’Free Frehch general on part in the walk-out.
It is difficult to say at this writ­ “ruler.” We are apt to hear more of ««fling price on the canned, bottled,
the -other is well known but it is
or preserved product would be. Since
ing
how the loss in production can be this during the election campaign.
maintained that the reasons for it
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made up.
can only
hope that the _ ' While the Supreme Court seems to th* Processors did not know what
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European
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will be1» individual in thinking
could sell their pack for, they
enemy profit by the knowledge. « progress
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However, if President Roosevelt's
favorable that the requirements subject», they seem to be Joyal to the were afraid to buy the produce from
refusal to recognise de Gaulle as the ot our armies in that theatre will be New Deal doctrine on cases important
The«« are but •' few example«.
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estimated and will be within To the establishment of general
head of the French people
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due to
leM than
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hrftan will the production limite of^he industry < policy. This wiU force “the Congress There were hundreds recited an the
the fact that the Fren^hrf
to continually plug the leak with Floor. -
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make no concessions in the case of ' - ’
Out of'sheer desperation, many
statute» annulling the bad effects
possession* already lost to France,
The Administration has lost con­ of the Court decisions. The Supreme Members of Congress sought to rem­
then the President, is to be com-
trol over one of the three main Court has lost a great deal of prestige edy administrative abuses by atempt- 1 ».
mendeda,r
French-indo China gave Japan the branches of Government, the Con- during the past decade and is still on Ing to write atimintetrative detail into
means oi conquering Singapore from 1 Kress. It has been forced to attempt the down grade. Another generation the law. The Members proposed the
the rear. Dakar was long a knife holding its line by the bypassing of must pass before its high place can be hundred or more amendmentZbecause
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pointed at the western hemisphere, the Congress and the exclusive use fully restored in the eyes of the peo- there seemed to be no other way of
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getting relief for the people. The
which Germany expected to use a* of the
executive
and judicial
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• soon as she could get around to ft in branches of Government.
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(people no appeal from OPA to the
a conquest of South America The 1 An indication of this trend is the Oven Canning Is Unsafe ’
(courts.
It
was
recognized,
however,
island of Martinique and other trP« oi decisions currently being
Home canning accidents showed g by a majority of the”members of the
French islands in fhe Caribbean af- handed down by the Supreme Court,
sharp increase during the year IMS.'House that it Is impossible to write
seven
of
whose
members
have
been
fgrded bases for German U-boats
according to the Safety Division of, administrative detail into any sta-
which came close to winning the war appointed by’ President Roosevelt
the Secretary of StMe’s office. Re
~ ­ tute. The best that could be dqne,
The
Supreme
Court
has
been
break
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for Germany by the destruction of
sults of a national surve/ of home . therefore, in addition to throwing
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our shipping before we could get ing precedents by flavoring its de­
canning accidents conducted by the I Certain other safeguards tiround the
started. Madagascar was neutral­ cisions strongly with partisan poli­
National Safety Council, have just administration of the law was to pro­
ized and kept ddt of Jap hands only tics. It has held to thé Une of Gov­
been received by the Safety Division. vide a system of appeal through the
after British forces battled with the ernment centralization in Washing­
More than 80 per cent of the home courts from OPA rulings.
ton
by
deciding
that
insurance
is
in
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Vichy French troops. In Syria also
canning
accidents reported to the ,it is true that sonie -minor groups
there wbs bloodshed between the terstate commerce and therefore «ob­
Southern prugon s largest apd mo>! Complgfo fire Service
ject to regulation by the. federal gov­ Council occurred in connection with sought the pasvige of amendments
former aliles.
oven
canning,
it
was
said.
About
fif
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that
would
give
tinlr
Interests
special
The history of the war shows that ernment rather than by the several
teen per cent occurred in connection advantage.
The House was well
the French overseas empire, whan states, thus throwing into question
Broadway at Curtis, Marshfield, Tel. 652
with pressure cookers and a few per aware of those moves, and all such
controlled by an enemy of this coun­ the validity of state insurance reg­
cent in connection with boiling water amendments were killed There were
try, is extremely dangerous to the ulations and opening the door to
bath.
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life of United States. American sol­ endless confusion thereon. They I The survey indicated that in Host
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diers are fighting in France tor the have decided against the traditional
cases,
accidents
were
the
result
of
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protection of ’our homeland and not election taws of the Southern states
unsafe canning practices. The Coun-
for the rs iteration of the French em­ as regards the Negro vote, and thus
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pire. We hope td Uberale the op­ created a serious threat of race wars
in
many of those areas In the latter *^7* J*!* «“nnipg practices and this
pressed countries which Germany has
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safety division here $1 Orqgcu.
the wealth and territories lost in their war. ’
Housewives interested in obtain-i-
firs* defeat will be returned to hands
Ing a copy of these safe practices,
A
note-to
gardener»:
The
use
af
the
too weak to hold them.
may get one free by writing to the
President Roosevelt is right in his hoe at this time in the garden is not
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Safety Division, Office of Robert Far­
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so
much
fpr
the
eradication
of
weeds
treatment of de Gaulle if he is sin­
rell, Secretary of State, .Salem, Ore.
but
to
prevent
the
loss
of
moisture
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cerely trying to protect U. S. inter­
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ests and internationalize the danger from the soil. A«dust mulch, made
zones of the former French empire by shallow hoeing of the garden,
e
If the President is .motivated only prevents the rise of water through *1
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action
from
the
'ground
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by Ids personal dislike for de Gaulle,
then he is injuring the prestige of the Thus the .rule is. to hoe after every
rain as soon as possible. It will ba
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United States.
found the ground remains damp for
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of Harmful Body, Wasta
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an indefinite length of -time if the
Your kteaen an
B Mautaatly
Muatlutly Ntaihtr
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Waata matt* boa tto
th« Mtmj
blood MrsMa.
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noti.-ed that the National Geographic
Magazine has kept- a jump ahead
It is to be feared that many people
of the military operations in provid­ will support President Roosevelt for
f,
ing their readers with maps wKIch a fourth term just because they do
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dep irted the coming battlefields. no» wish to admit the mistake they
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A month ago the members of the made in voting for him the first, sec­
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Geographic Society were presented ond and third times.
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at the center but the current issue
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A wife recently expressed the view
is even more optimistic for the map that the invention of nylon w*as jnore
it contains is one of bermany in de- responsible for the, war with Japan
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tail. Judging from the past this than anything else. Her husband's
means the fotfeerland soon will be quick comeback was: “80 jt’s all due
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A surprise'was sprung on the city
jj 00 council Wednesday evening by E. W.
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Gregg's decision to submit a bld for
the improvement of Second and Third
Entered at the Coquille Po» toff ice ar s.reefs, and the charter forbids a
Second Class Mel) Matter. _ councilman holding a contract to per­
form. work for the city. The mayor
Uffier Cerner IV. Fir«» and llHtaag Mt. thereupon named Wm. Bettys to fill
tiie v<.cancy for the rest of the year.
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