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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1944)
»■.«y* __ , ___ V age *, l' kü erman tttúNti JülkltAL, M omo UkEGMN *4 HtfDAY, AUÛÜSt ¿1, 1944 :e thinking instead of political pan* betas that make everyone happy. Anyway it is a problem worthy», of any one’s thinking. ^ l |í r £ a H C o u n ty Iburiw J 'published tvvary Friday at Moro, Oregon MONEY MAD am BnU Pootofflt* of Conf under the A ct NATIONAL EDITORIAL, ‘ iSSOCIATiO M • i K'i fioMdos l— OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance ONE Y E A R ,........ ................... $2 <0 ------------------------------------------------ _______ ,,_________ < STILL WITH US As a reasonable guess there are some 11,000,000 American men in the armed services. There are many thousands of American worn- en also serving. Thousands of Am • trican workers are making war maUrial._________________________ Yet, our industry has been car- rying on very well. People are well fed, reasonably well clothed Ser ous shortages exist in metals- There is hop«*—and some evidence -that the war will be over before this time next year. What . is to become of these millions of men and women ? • ' • After the war is over thare will _ be little market for the planes ,we are building, no demand for powder or sheila, trucks will be a drug on the market if the gov- eminent sells its supply, tank manufacture will atop. Civilian demands for housing, new fum i- lure, new cars, gadgets can hard- ly be expected to use all the pro- ductive force of a nation geared so high, and aided by the m illion who will return to peace time in- , dustry. „ Magazines are now full of art- icles advising sold era to be cau- tious about entering thia business cr that. Much of the advice is good, for no one should go into any business without a knowledge .if it. . . >, However, these men must have 1 pUce in the world. They have earned H. Truth is that monoply lias grown dur ng the war much faster than it was before the war and it was rapidly taking over American Industry then. The4“ad- ministrat on of the common man" did nothing to keep him in busi- neaa, but much to keep him a lab- crer and serf to faithful union leaden. ?- ‘ , ; D urng the w .r every ¡ndu.try, l«r«e »nd h w II. ho. learned how to ret «Ion, with fewer men. Our ' own egriculture uses three end four men now to do the work of 30 1 before World 5^ar *1. Two men handle a s much wheat to storage as 12 did a few years ago. Mach inery has made many men un- The Kilgore hill that brought Senators back to Washington to debate would give unemployed war workers a minimum of $36 per week for a year-after, the cessa tion of their work. That is a sum that was considered a very fine wage a few y ea n ago and U u pretty big payment for not work ing. . . The GI bill gives ex-soldiers $20 per week for a year after they are dischared, that is; if unemploy ed. The Kilgore bill would give those who worked in shipyards and other government pUnU> that seem pretty high, more com pensation than sold ere who work for $60 per month. There is, how- ever, an amendment that would give both classes $36 per week, It is a little bard to imagine what might happen to a country that starts into the busine» of paying unemployment compensa- Uon in amounts so near to peace t me wages. There are still men working for wages less than $•'»■- per week. It does not appear likely that the administration will be able te crowd the Kilgore bill over in the senate. It is probable that it was introduced only for politcal pui- poses anyway- Its brief existence may show labor that the admin is tration is anxious to g et all it can for them and at the sam? time its defeat may prove that the Republcpns and southern, or real, Democrats are aga nst them, Complete control of the huge un employment compensation funds -in the United States has long been an urge of the administration bu- reaucrata whose desire for money u an insatiable itch. Congress will probably permit the states to con • tinue handling their own com pen- cation fundo- . . Germany is now reaping the result of having a civilian com- mander in chief of her fighting forces. ” ___________ • ; - ■ ■ - In Other Days VL Q . CLARK Cnolrmon, American Economic Foundation Endaittor P ostw ar Jobs? As debated by Walter B. Weisenbnrger Richard T. Frankensteen In tirao li on<d Fica president Exncvtive Fic« P resid en t 1/nSad /4«Coma6iia-4ircro/t- N a tio n a l A ssociation Agricuitural Im plem en t Worker» o f M of Manufacturer». Am erica, C J.Q . MB. FRANKBNSTEEN O * fIN 8 : An analytical approach to this ques tion suggests breaking It down by asking: (1) Is there such a relation ship between Wartime Profits and Postwar Jobs that a limitation im posed on Wartime Profits would pro duce a consequent reaction on Post war Jobs! (2) Has there actually been effective limits imposed, on War time Profits? We believe we can prove, conclusively, there is no re lationship between Wartime Profits and Postwar Jobs in our present poli tico-economic system. From 1920 tó 1929 no profit limits existed. Taxation on Corporations and big income.was cut to nothing at all. Profits rolled 4n like a tidal wave at the tame time Jobs rolled out. Jobs, it seems, de pend not on how much money a Corporation has, but on how much money the customers of a Corpora tion—the common people—can dig out of their pockets. The profit- takers had all the money in 1929. the common man had little. That’s wh/ we had a depression. That’s why there were no jobs. We shall prove there has been no effective limita tions placed on profits. There has been regulation of profits (in the public interest) during the present war; but these regulations were im posed to RrevSnt "unbridled llcnue" in the taking of profits, and prevent resulting inflationary trends. Experi ence. at this timé, emphatically indi cates “ B u sin est” is still the favorite son of the tf. 8. Congress. “Them that has, gits”, is still axiomatic of American economic life. “Class” con sciousness is not the prerogative of the radical element, alone, in these United States. / Bethlehem Chsptef No. 76, ÔJLS. Meets Every Second und aurth Thursdays in ea:h th. Visiting Members [limited — Moro, Oregon j Ornduff, W. M. Ntyt-U tHosklnson, Secretary Lapine Rebekah Lodjre No. 116 * MeeXjs 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each m-onth. Visiting mem- , « - ii b here welcome. Between meal snacka, wisely 1 top cinnamon 12-S cup rolled oat A} McKee N G . planned*. can be an important of the ¡regime for building 121 A.F4k A.5fc the 1st and maintaining good nutrition 3rd Thursday evenings W V d f l i ™ « r i- M u lU . Many ‘ C«a»l ohorUni«, « I t , ; ooda. of each month Vr.it ¿ng citHdreh ’haV< dmah caparities for «P^es sugar and molasses. Add members are cordially food, and ¡t m gytoa impusable for b eaton eggs. Mix and add rolled •nvit^d to met I with us. them to eat epough at breakfast o*t»; wheat germ, raising and nuts R. P. Briabine W. M R. V. Lockhart, secretary to keep them bright and alprt un- Add milk and sifted flour. Mix well - til lunch time. This" C ¿sp ecially <nd drop by teaspoons on greased, — ^ ^ a at t n nn n b a k i« pans. Bake 12-16 minutes Moro Lodge No. 113, I.O.O.F. true when breakfast is eaten Meets 1st and 3rd early Amur, as may be necessary to moderate oven (876) degrees. Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. hall- ; Transient and when parent» work, or when child- .sc visit ng brothers arc ren live a .«onaiderable d stonci NOTICE TO CREDITORS cordially mvsted from their school. . AJI persons having claims a- to meet with us. A m 4-morn.ng » . c k of food. BrtaU 6f Nonl MauJ Ernest Houston N. G. ^ - A & K e c e a . e d ; . » hereby .o t- Percy Thompson. Secretary terU lb u t do not apo.l the app- & t NOTICE TO'CREblTORil tite fo rlu p ch has proved of * * » 1 a All persons having claims again • . - - v chndren A cupful ? rop*r ' T * ? " »nd duly verified to the undersigned, the duly ap st the estate of Frank P tts, de- of m lk and graham crackers are pointed, qualified, and acting Ad- ceased are hereby notified to pre- frequentlv provided for grade minietrator, with the Will annexed, gent them, with the proper vou- school children^ The same fooda of the Estate of Nora Maud Akers, chers and duly verified, to the un are often used for the younger deceased. at tiie office of T - Lester dersigned, the duly appointed, children in kindergartens and nur Johnson, attorney at law, Wasci, qualified and acting administrator eery centers, although smaller por Oregon, within of the Estate of Frank Pitts, de tions may be served them. Milk — x and bread, t r fruit are other choi, ° i , the ceased, at the office of T. Lester Johnson, attorney at law, at Was , __first WMfcation of this notice, . '’onendinr r co, Oregon, within six months from which date is August, 11, 1944. on the fBc’l lt i« for »-rvlng thorn. .. Hennagis __________________ _ the date of the first publication of Adult«, too, may *>«>«0* Admini«tr»tor. with the Will An- tM> notice, to-wit: July 28, 184». between-jn,«! ««acfe yprkinK j»o E > u u o f Nor> MaU(J p G O’Me«r» , w^o experience , mid-morning rh, n ___ AHminati rator In February, 1944, set the total en traordinary costs of postwar business n j i □ i*. k « « AJiert» AMCagMRe... A . . Ammnmtravor transition as high as 3« billions. In fatigue usually find it ^aqjoq, Q • publication, August Date of first publication July 28, the general Judgment of the busl- ercome by a short rest period a? <i 1944 1944 s s ^ w ’ o°w r J u S ’w i ’>ubll“ tton ’8- D“u ot publi~ tion A u fu * production of this country two-and- provna. BHMh fet», jpepaaaxui a-half tirfiea since 1939. our retained ¿n combating fatigue and promo*.- earnings of ten billion for the way r. g working efficiency — • than rest back are dangerously thin. plus food. But again, thia means MR. F g A N K E N S T E E N C B AL- food that provides real , nourish- ____ of Corn- LENGES: The Department ment—not the soft drinks and merce"eVtimates” that funds available av to business for change-over w ill other beverages that may provide amount to $58 billion $22 billion o temporary lift tout no more more than the $3« billion maximum lasting benefits. As with children, needed. Thia means that a demand for removal of present overgenerous milk has proved one of the beat profit and price ceilings is a call for rho ore to r mid-moming snacks, inflationary unbridled I_____ . _ pbofltoertng. Despite wartime*taxea, profits made and it can be supplemented by a a a by industry In 1942 and 1943 were asndwtoh, a piece of cake, cookies, highest In history, with aircraft in- or wboie grain crackers, or fruit, dustry 684% above 1939. Unrestricted depending on the needs uf the profiteering w ill bleed life away from the people’s purchasing power individual. openly inviting overall economic dis For a cook if packed wi th good aster. Jobe for all w ill come through nutrition and one that is the per advancing the average American’s purchasing power and through col fect compliment to fhe in-between laboration with our Allies of the giasa of milk try' these V-lunci United Nations for world-wide eco cookies. Notice the ingredients— 1 nomic development. ~ sugfir and sp ee and other thing* i MB. W EISENBLRGER B B PU B8. to make a delicious as' weU as a MB. W E IS E N B U B G E B CB AL- LENGES: Mr. Frankensteen says the depression waa caused by employers taking too much profit It' should have righted itself then between 1931 - 1933 when all corporations ,had no profits. He says profits have nothing to do with Jobs; they depend on money in people’s pockety. Where do people get money without Jobe? They had both up to 1930; lost both when profits vanished. He thinks profits haven’t been “effectively regulgted" because they haven’t been ofnfis ca ted. He advocates a profitless "po litico-economic system ” That is to talitär. an ism— Nasi fashion. With free enterprise we get more of everything by producing mòre. To have enough postwar Jobs we must have enough employers; to have employers we must have Investments; to have in vestments we must have a fair chance »f profit He would destroy profits and thus destroy Jobs. ' JThe has made _ a The aircraft industry — - , MB. FBANBEN8TEBN REPLIES profit. Sure! By producing 35 times nutritions cookie, V-LUNCH COOklES M r Weisenburgpr can find no sound as many planes in 1943 as in 1939 and 1 cup sugar arguments to justify his demand for has made 8 times as many profit dol- 1 cup shortening lifting all price and profit controls. lata. Corporate profits in 1943 ex 1 tap salt 4 tbsp molaasei That is why he resorts to*cries about ceeded the all-time peak of 1929 by L H tap soda 2 eggs, beaten 2% while wage» were up 92%. Is that Totalitarianism” and charges that I favor “confiscation” of profits. I favor •‘unrestricted profiteering”? It W » such controls of profits as w ill now take hard cash to accomplish the protect the buying power of. the change-over and provide civilian, and members of his family- On average American, and w ill provide jobs. Treasury figures on hard ca»b the many presidential trips to the i continued. Jobs, production and fair held by business are 10 billions. Busi Pacific northwest of Wilson, Hard- profits in the future. Thia is the exact ness is opposed to “unbridled tafia« ing, Hoover and Roosevelt the ->ppoelte of Naziism. In 1942 Berlin tionary profiteering,” by any grouf Muck markets—the surest, thermom- at any time. All business wants is az colonel went ahead like the ad -} •<«r of Nazi industrial profits—stood opportunity to do its postwar Job by vance man of a circus. He exsmin <• «t the highest level in history, while advancing “average American pur ions of millions ' of common people chasing power” by providing Jobs ed the line c f march of parades, 1 the speaker's itand; exam nedr‘ fU i vod. Policies which doomed Cer- It can’t do with 10 bllUpiM ;owiiy cannot secure Arnettra's future. cost thirty-six! _ boats, such as the ship that took From the Observer, Aug. 14, l*2fi Frank C- Schumacher, about 46 years old, assisting with the har* vest on the Pierson brother’s farm was caught in the machinery of the combine and ao severely in- jured that he died at 6:45 Mon- day evening. r The d ev« broke Wed' on «>» . . R»y Powe11 self propelled combine when threshing ° n » ' U 'P Piiie of * round “ u» »He fr.m e to slide away and the machine to turn over. . E E Barxee collided with th? left side of the Standard Oil tank wagon in Wasco Tuesday, janVmng up his fender, wheel and , ,There are fewer store®, fewer radiator Clarence Sparling last week sold banka, fewer newspaper», fewer law i n n . fewer tr u d Ó ta * . fewer 40000 « « k . of federation wheat (Continued from Page One) fernw. Theee in d ict« in general a «slivered at Hay Canyon, on ba. a more officient prodaetion and aljo ° f greater pwAta for thoae who own rr« Obaerver, Aug. 1 8 .1 » . they wanted w ar department to Arthur S. Johnson has finished and operate the businesses. Busi H his work as deputy with Assessor But F1* out and a ness makes more tndney when Otto Peeta, and Mr Peetz apeak, Prominent army officer who pro- can be a monoply.. very highly of him as a thorougn fc8ted was eased out of his Job. But huge production in dtaelf Is anj painstaking ass stan t There hare been « a n y eoanptBinis r«ot the answer , to thè economie Mayor C W Moore, of our sister brought against Fly, who ia .quick problem. The stuff must be sold cjty, Grass Valley, was transact' cn ^be trigger to defense o f his Aaid to be sold people must buz jng business m Moro on the 11th. P°«kion He recently raised a fuss end to buy they must have Jobs, Charley la just as young and cheer- a magazine which interview- buaineaaea, farms. Some place in f uj M be used to be when wo the swing toward ’ monoply. the were poor boy», just beg in- trend must halt because of a »car- njn* ¡n good old Sherman county, city of customer» with money to M Sadie I. Orr, a Sherman buy. When in industry crowds out ©oUhty girl of whom we feel proud, a competitor, or puts I machine in one of the most successful tea- the factory jh pWe$^<rf a man it amongst the army of Mult zIso reduces*Sa prospective cus- romaha, has been ao seriously to mera by that amòùnt. » stricken by cufnd’s dart, that she Perhaps We can trade with other not go back to teaching next ration» not so mécbanited ‘ il- month. • though there ' are other nations “ A couple of special cars were that would ataf Fife to» W f tha hauled to Shaniko with another manufacturing center of the world invoice of magnates to Tepori, on There is competition there, and the C S. Ry extena on which will the atari o f ffitulP Wars. be^in Sept. 1, 1906, aryl be vig- It is the Aiihe question ire talk- crousiy pushed until Forest ed about bedk to 1982 when eirr reached,, oiv Crooked River., industry stopped IbddeAMr fc r tatk From the Obaerver, A»g. 18, 1915 o f sales. U is »till w th ue, only , l The carpenter work for L V temporarily abated toy the expend- Moore’s new bam has been com- iture o f government money« It has pkted by O A Ramsey, not been solved. Now w e' are at The first grapes of the season the end o f government spending were brought to Moro Saturday by limits and mnvt settle the problem, the Fleck orchard auto service. We should have done It twelve for their Moro store. years. inatehd of ’ borrowing Robert Urquhart was in town money to put it ©It N«w thè proto- Monday after bridge material to lem must . be fettled ' under the use in repa ving jbhe desk on the cloud o / a huge government detot. bridge thia side of thè Erskine It may bo ih a t B cannot be school. fetttofi wRh arbitrarily held high Miss Deiras Linnell Fagan was rricea a f e wages that make us or- left by Mr. Stork Wednesday af- able to compfiU with other nations, temoon at the home of Mr * It is Htely that H must ho aottyed M r» F B Fqgan, Dr. C L Poley through’ recourse to solid ecortom- attending. Kelly’s Column r MB. WBISENBUBGER O P E N S : Postwar employment is most certain ly endangered by the wartime re strictions on profits. A t present are managing to get along under them. But. for the expanding peace ■®£ time production and the Jobe for do which the C IO stands—Just as we he —we need two facilities.,which the CIO would deny. The first & a larger accumulation 'of retained funds and the second is an abatement of taxa tion and price ceilinys Just as soon as hostilities end. During the war years from 1941 to the end of 1913, after paying taxes, all the corpora tions in the United States retained in their business as working capital a total of ten billions. The CiO says that Is enough to take care of any thing that may come up in the perce- time reconversion of an economy that did 300 billions of business in 1943 Also to confront the acquisition of some part of fifteen billion dollars of existing government plants, plus some estimated twenty billifhs of surplus supplies already in govern-. ment hands. Also to tide qver the uncertainties of getting their corpo rate funds out of the last government contracts and manufacturing inven tories estimated at some twenty bil lions. The Department of Commerce y-n,* J-.« <nr* , . , • , . zl cd him, a;. I threatened dire things urfless he was permitted to go over the artfcle prior to its puh- Pcaticn. He has been what might be said to be the Fly in thé oint- ment. Colonel Edmond W. Starling ha3 passed on. ; People who knew him best were the police and sheriff- and the working press in the cap Hal. The colonel.boased the presi- dents, and they had to obey. It was his job to guard the president ■■r i. ig<4 Æ rllur & JH ill is now being operated as a private C O M M U N IT Y C L U B Dues $1.00 per yr. N ew Members W elcom e Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2471 The Dalles, Ore to ANK BY M A IL ! FOR SPECIAL DEPOSIT ENVELOPES Harding from Seattle to Alaska, When he was thréugh^ . with plans of Spokane, flsgft 'v — - couver or Portland they wefe îu near fool-proof as human ingenu- ity could devise. He was intensely loyal to the president under hi3 charge, whether the president was a Republican or Democrat. No on€ ever beard him d scuas poli- no knew his party afflli- ation. —------ _ ..R Resolve to be thyself; and know, fbst toe who finds »h'moelf, loses jjjg misery- —Mathew Arnold I hocovso fhoao lo n g Distance caffs m oan io much A soldier has to line up for a lot of things but we don't like to aee him wait too long fok a Long Diatanoe *«11 Would you mind helping a little by saving the wires from seven to ten for the serv ice men? That's when thousands of soldiers rush to the telephones at the camps and we'd like to give them first call on Long Distance. •wy Wor Bonds for Victory THl S A C IF IC TILISHONI A N O T IU O R A P H COMPANY
