i B E A V E R TO N E N T E R P R IS E FR ID A Y, F E B R U A R Y 1, 1949 The Low Down From Hickory Grove This speech of Uncle Harry's the one about the state of the nation and the mess we are In, well, there was one part where the president was 100 per cent on the beam—and steppin’ do nobody's toes. And no difference about your politics, yoa can do as Uncle Harry saya—or we can keep on being ki a mess. He says, write to Congress. So I took his advice. And I wrote the boss- man himself direct, and sent a copy to our senator. I says, Mr. President, your pro gram like you explained on the air, where you want to put Uncle Sambo in the game and be everything from playing first base and second base and right and left field, etc., versus just being the umpire, It is 100 per cent wrong. I didn’t mince words. The USA is not headed for a crack- up, and chaos is not around the cor ner, and no revolution is brewing, I says, if you don't let the boys with the horn-rimmed specs lead you off the path and into the ways of how It is there on the Volga. Two mil lion guys I says, in all kinds of bu reaus, they can think up plenty. And with 2 million still there, It is ao wonder there is dirty work at the cross-roads. Don’t be mislead and be a sucker, I says—and 1 thank you for asking me to write. Yours with the low down, JO SE RR A LE G A L N O TIC E DOG LIC EN SE NOTICE The license fees for licenseable dogs over the age of eight months and for such dogs owned or kept within the State of Oregon over 30 days for the year 1946 are: Male Dog $1-00 Female Dog $1.50 Spayed Female Dog $1.00 A fter March 1st, 1946, the license fee is $1.00 more for failure to pro cure license for the dogs above stated. Also after March 1, 1946, the fee is $1.00 more for failure to procure li censes for licenseable dogs becoming over 8 months of age after March 1, 1946, and for dogs over 8 months old, owned or kept within the State of Oregon over 30 days after March 1, 1946. Licenses may be ordered by mall. State the name and address of the person to whom the license Is to be issued, and the sex of the dog. Fees are payable to W. A. Tupper, County Clerk, Hillsboro, Oregon. Published by order of the County Court of Washington County, Ore- 54 gon. N O TIC E OF A D M IN IS T R A T O R ’S SALE No. M7S IN T H E COUNTY COURT OF T H E STATE OF OREGON FO R TH E COUNTY OF W ASH IN G TO N In the matter of the Estate of Etta May Tallman Deceased Pursuant to an order of Honorable H. D. Kerkman, Judge ef the County Court far Washington County, Ore gon, made end entered the Sth day ef January, 1946, In the estate of Etta May Tallman, deceased, I will on and after February 11th, 1946. offer for sale at private sale for cash to the highest bidder therefor the following real and personal property, te-wit: North two acre* of Lot Five (5), In SPEN C ER HOMESTOAD. township One (1) South, ot Range One (1) West, ot the W il lamette Meridian, Washington County, Oregon, according to the plat thereof, except rights of the public to any portions thereof lying within the boundaries of roads and highways: Household goods In the dwelling on the above-described property. Bids will be received by the under signed at the office ef Lotus L. Langley, 1124 Board of Trade Balld- ing. Portland 4, Oregon. Said eale will be subject td confirmation of the above-mentioned Court. LE STE R D. TA IJ.M A N Administrator de bonla nen of the est a l *■ of Etta M a y Tallman, deceased. IXJTUS L. LA N G LE Y , Attorney for Administrator, 1124 Hoard of Trade Bldg., Portland 4, Oregon. Date of first publication Jan. 11, 1946 Date of last publication Feb. 8, 1946 NOTICE TO C REDITO RS In ttie matter of the estate of Kqt- hertne Block, deceased, the County Court of the State of Oregon foe Washington County has appointed the undersigned Administrator of said es tate and all persons having claims against said estate are hereby requir ed to present the same to the under signed duly verified, within six months from the date and publica tion of this notice. JAY GIBSON Admlnlstrtetor First Security Bank. Beavarton, Ore Date of first publication, Jan. 35, !'•»<> Data of last publication Feb. 38. 1946. Loosens-up Dry Hacking COUGHS -Bronchial Coughs or Throat Irritations Dno to Colds The King of all cough medicines in cold wintry Canada la Buckley's CAN A D IO L Mixture. Fast working— triple acting Buckley’« Mixture quick ly loosens and rataes phlegm lodged In the tubes clears air passage» sooth es rasped raw tlaauea. one or two sips and worst coughing spasms eases. You get results fast. Yoa feel the effect Instantly. Compounded from rare Canadian Pine Balsam and other soothing heel ing ingredients Buckley's C AN A D IO L Mixture made in U S A. Is different from anything you ever tried. Get a battle today—40c -M e ■ E A T ! DRUG STORE to Garden Home. , I R. E. Herman et ux to Lloyd R. The following real estate transac- I Martyn et ux, Pt. Lot 346 Johnson tions were filed with the County j Est. Add. Article Tw o Recorder in the court house in Hills- 1 j w Oraham to Edmund Bruce A pure water supply is an exception boro and are a matter of public re-1 Miller et ux, Pt. Wm. Pointer D. L. rather than a rule for most of the c#rd C. No. 62 T1S, R1W private water supplies in Washington Ewald Kuppenbenbei et ux to Ed-1 Commonwealth. Inc., to Lester J'. county. By the term pure water, we ith l Hertlein, lots 17 and 1«, blk 19, Wood et ux, Pt. Josiah Hall D. L. C. mean water that . conforms . . V with f ac- West Portland Heights, No. 58 T18, R1W. cep ted bacteriological standards for _ Fred Antrobus ct i.x to Beaver e . A Griffith et ux to Lester C. purity of drinking water, plainly speaking we might say that it is wa- 'Plumbing A Heating Co., Lot 2, Blk. ßidwell et ux, Lot 5. Blk 8, Orenco. ter which Is fsee from sewage type 118‘ Beaverton. I J. _ D. Hurley et ux to Hervey Wil-1 Organisms. I E. H Bollinger et ux to J. J. Me- gon Ferguson et ux, Pt. Let 355, John- An Impure watei supply is consid- ^ ahon, Pt. Ix>t 7 Steels Add. to Bea- gon Est. Add. Beaverton-Reedville. ered dangerous since it may also con- verton. Mary K. Low to William J. Jeffries, J. V. Chandler et ux to Addison C. j Lots 3, 4, 5, 6. 7. & 8 Blk. 17, Metzger. tain disease producing organisms in association with the sewage type or Jacobson et ux. Part Blk. "E" Bea L x Waltker et ux to Larkin J. ganisms. verton. Shoultz et ux, Pt. Lot 63 Ammended Erma Lucille Reiling to Leo L I p lat ot jq. Tigardville Add. A well or spring supply may show contamination from two chief causes Reiling et ux. Dots 253 A 254 Johnson H FendrlcU Kempe et ux to Omar 1. Improper construction of the well Aao j g . Sharp, Lot 15, Blk. 7 Mult. Coun- or improper development of a spring Clara B. French to Michael E. Sen- | try club Add. Plat No. 2. may allow contaminated surface wa- ko et ux, 0.386 acres A. W. Hart D. ter to filter Into the pure supply un- i L. C. No. 60 derground. Too many springs and j D. W. Wight et al to Ralph Hard- wells have wood covers and porous man, Pt. Lot N. Tigardville Add sidewalls Many water supplies per- | Ralph H ardman to William J. Hohl mit entrance of Insects, rodents et ux, Pt. Lot 30 N. Tigardville Add. snakes etc., which fall into the w a-, ^ R cornille. et ux to Margue ter and die. rite j Fenley p* 4 N1choU xdd 2. There are many Instances i n ' ----- ■----- --------- — For the Home which the well or spring is properly ' N EW ELE C TR IC IR O N * constructed, but the water supply is TO IM PR O V E OUR SILE X COFFEE M AKERS contaminated elsewhere— possibly a SERVICE great distance away. Many times this For Your Car type of contamination may be caused Oscar Edlund, a journeyman with water Fireetone deluxe Hot by another well, poorly constructed— 20 years experience has joined Heaters and which will allow contamination our firm. Imperial Seat Covers to enter the well and infiltrate the sur-1 rounding water table. The worst S T U A R T ’S For Your Farm Truck thing that can happen with this me thod of contamination sometime oc- > E LE C TR IC SERVICE 7:50x20 FIR E S TO N E TIR E S curs when an old well is turned into 7:00x20 F IR E S TO N E T IR E S M A IN TE N A N C E , R E P A IR IN G , a cesspool following the installation W IR IN G , MOTOR W O R K of a community water system or even another well. Temporary Phone Next week we will discuss methods A LO H A 6161 Beyond Aloha, at Tobias for Improving and disinfecting the in dividual water supply. Sanitary Tips Real Estate Transfers I f you want to sell It quick, you'll M. F. Wilson et ux to Lester M. Hodges et ux. Pt. Lot 138 Johnson find a buyer thru a classified ad. Est. Add. Albert A. Oswald et ux to Ruth Friend, Lot 344 Johnson Est. A., to Beaverton-Reedville acreage. SILLS See S I U 8 for New SILLS A Foundations for your Home G. E. SILLS General Building Repairs and Remodeling 151 Cedar Street, Beaverton Ivan L. Graybell et ux to Anna Anderson, Pt. Log 298 Johnson Est. Add. to Eeaverton-Reedville. Oliver E. Lutz to Beaver Lumber & Supply Co., Tract 17, Old Meadow Farm. GET TOUR PRIORITY IMMEDIATE DELIVERY FiresUne Products THE WHITE HOUSE We have a good supply of '■ Outside White Paint Pure Boiled Linseed Oil Kimsul Roll Insulation 4 in Concrete drain tile Red blend 3 in 1 Asphalt Roof Shingles Texolite “ 330” cold Water Paint KINGSLEY-BEAVERTON LUMBER CO. Phone Beaverton 3201 C A. B A K K E N , M gr. A Letter to the President of the United States . i ' j S S » ■* V * January 18,1946 Hon. Harry 8. Truman As you know, collective bargaining nego tiations with the Union broke down at the White House yesterday afternoon, because Mr. Murray then refused to budge from his position that a country-wide steel strike must take place, unless steel workers are granted a general wage increase o f 19Vs cents an hour. Our offer of a wage increase o f 15 cents an hour was again rejected by the Unioa. President of the United States The White House Washington. D. C. Dear Mr. President: Your proposal to me in Washington last evening that the wage demand of the United Steelworkers of America-CIO be settled on the basis of a wage increase of 18Vg cents an hour, retroactive to January 1, 1946, can not, I regret to say, be accepted by the United States Steel Corporation for the rea son« set forth below. Under our offer of a 15 cent increase, the average weekly take-home pay o f our steel workers for a forty-hour week would amount to $51.60, assuming that no overtime is in volved. This figure is only 64.54 less than the actual average weekly earnings o f these employees, including overtime, in the last full war year of 1944, when the average work week was 46.1 hours. The difference is really less, because we will undoubtedly continue to have overtime in the future, just as we have at the present time. In Novem ber, 1945, overtime premiums to our steel woskers aggregated more than $1.300,000. Such reduction of $4.54 in weekly take-home pay is the natural consequence o f a shorter work week of forty hours, and therefore one o f lower production. The Union threatened to go ahead with its program for a national steel strike at midnight next Sunday, although such a strike will be a clear violation of the no strike prevision contained in our labor con tracts with the Union, which continue by their terms until October 15, 1946. As you must be aware, your proposal ie almost equivalent to granting in full the Union’s revised demand o f a wage increase of 19Vfc cents an hour, which was advanced by Philip Murray, the President of the Union, at our collective bargaining conference with tlugjUnion in New York a week ago today In wOr opinion, there is no just basis from any point of view for a wage increase to our steel workers of the large site you have pro posed. which, if put into effect, is certain to result in great financial harm not only to this Corporation but also to users o f steel in general. As I have tried to make clear to you and other Government officials during our con ferences in Washington over the past few days, there is a limit in the extent to which the Union wage demands ran be met by ua. We reached that limit when we raised our offer to the Union last Friday from a wage increase o f 12V£ cents an hour to one o f 15 rents an hour. This would constitute the highest single wage increase ever made by our steel-making subsidiaries. Our offer of 15 cents was equivalent to meeting 60% of the Union’s original excessive demand o f a 62 a day general wage increase. Our offer met 76% of the Union’s Anal proposal of a wage increase of 19l/2 cents an hour. A wage increase of 15 cents an hour, such as we of- fared, would increase the direct labor costs of our manufacturing subsidiaries by ap- preximately $60.000.000 a year. That is s most substantial sum, and does not take into account the higher costs we shall have to pay for purchased goods and services, when large wage increases generally become effective throughout American industry, as is inevit- able after a substantial increase in steel wages raise such average Straight-time pay to 61-29 an hour, placing such pay among the highest today in all of American industry. From the outset, we have recognised how injurious a steel strike will be to reconver sion and to the economy e f thie whole coun try. Most industries are dependent upon a supply o f steel for their continued opera tions. We have done everything reasonably within our power to avert such a strike. If a strike occurs, the responsibility rests with the Union. When the Government at the eleventh hour informed us about a week ago of its willingness to sanction an Increase in steel ceiling prices, we at once resumed collective bargaining negotiations with the Union. Such price action by the Government was a rec ognition by it o f the right o f the steel in dustry to receive price relief because of past heavy increases in costs, something which the steel industry for many months has un successfully sought to establish with OPA « { r I should like again to point out some per tinent facts relative to the wages o f our steel workers. Much as we desire to avoid a steel strike, we cannot overlook the effect both on this Corporation and on our customers and American business in general, of the 18*£ eent an hour wage increase, which you have proposed. Such a wage increase must result in higher prices for steel than have pre viously been proposed to us by the Govern ment. Great financial harm would soon fol- ' low for all users of steel who would be obliged to pay higher prices for their steel higher wages to their employees, and still have the prices for their own products subject to OPA control. Such a high and unjustified wage scale might well spell financial disaster for many o f the smaller steel companies and for a large number of steel fabricators and processors. The nation needs the output ot j these companies. Increased wages and in creased prices which force companies out ot business can only result in irreparable dam age to the American people. 4 In our judgment, it is distinctly in the \ public interest to take into account the in jurious effect upon American industry o f an unjustified wage increase in the steel industry. j Since January, 1941, the average straight- > time hourly pay, without overtime, o f our j steel workers has increased more than the r 36% increase la the coat o i living during i that period, recently computed by Govern $ ment authorities. Steel workers’ wages have M kept pace with increased living costs. Such l average straight-time pay ta> our steel-pro ^ ducing subsidiaries was 6L14 an hour in ■ a each at the montha o f September. October * and November 1946, excluding any overtime j premium and any amount for correction of j * possible wage inequities An increase o f 15 t * cent«, in aeoordance with our offer, would A fter a full and careful consideration o* your proposal, we have reached the conclu sion above stated. \ Respectfully yours, Benjamin F. Fairless. PreiiUtm, United State* Steel Corporation United States Steel Corporation