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Published Friday of each week by The Pioneer Publishing Co., at
Beaverton, Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office
Beaverton, Oregon.
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NETHERTON
Editor and Publisher
Reader Can See
Moral Issue In
Pay Differences
Associate Editor-Office Mgr. Editor:
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I lead recently about the slump
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Advertising Mgr
LEE WESTERMAN
in industry now of several months
duration I have written letters of
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
this coming slump but they were
Washington A Multnomah counties
Member: Oregon Newspaper Pub- always rejected from getting into
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EDITORIAL too pessimistic, to ‘preachy’ too
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this and too that. It all depends
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upon who is doing the judging.
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This time I want to continue
preaching just lik^ everybody else
is doing only that I would sound
out a little different tune than
can be heard in the common
preaching of the mass. Instead of
blaming congress, the system the
Well noted should be the beginning, this week, of Beaver church, education, etc., I want to
ton's sanitary sewer system construction For, in the relief of show that the blame lies with our-
an aggravated condition of pollution, there is a message of selves—in other words, with the
MORAL QUESTION.
hope and of civic accomplishment
Many were the optimistic pessimists who had continually The unexampled greed for gain
sing-songed "They'll never do anything", "A sewer would be exhibited in the years just past
oil right, but—" and "I suppose a sewer would be all right is the one great domestic im-
morality leading to disaster.
but do you really think it'll ever happen?" And to these stal
We have greater disproportions
wart knockers, the actual beginning of the job should give in our economy today than in all
comfort and counsel
our history and this time it is not
Pollution is a problem of the entire Tualatin Valley between the capitalists and labor;
Blessed os we are with the ideal topography for non metropoli it is betwween the working people
tan living, we are nevertheless burdened with a high sub-sur themselves. Some are still | getting
face water level
In Southwest Hills, Tigard, Aloha and, Tual- something like pre-war incomes
otinareas, in fact, drainage conditions are as noisome as in the meaning one third to one half less
by today’s standards while others
Beaverton area
are
making IT said ‘making') $3,
For wholesome living, where our children may be safe
guarded against epidemic risks traceable to rampant pollution, $4. etc. an hr. The difference be
tween 80 cents and $4 per hr. is
a proper system of sewage disposal rates not as a luxury but
far too great for the stability of
as an irreplaceable improvement for the future
any community with some HAV
ING and many not having but
crumbs to live on.
Here is the approximate hub
of our whole difficulty—it is
INEQUALITY and that is a moral
problem
pure and
simple.
It
A representative in Congress started something that sort means that a man will take ad
of got away from him, in the matter of pensions to veterans vantage of another in order to
While the preliminary legislation gain selfish ends.
of World Wars I and II
Moral conduct demands equal
was something of a political smokescreen, with not much in
and just relations with one an
tention of its author to be enacted in law, the issue has finally
other and that involves the IN
moved along to acceptance in the house
Now it has gone to COME problem, in other words,
a special pigeonhole in the Senote, marked "too hot to the social good. . . the good of
handle". Its fate from there is doubtful
Equality
and justice are
At first, the idea of paying a bonus to veterans seemed foundation of healthy society
on the ridiculous side
Surely the revenue for it would come they meaning ‘circulation of
from taxation—which would take something out of the vet blood stream of life’. It may
that legislative measures could
erans pocket, too—either directly or indirectly
And yet, considering the ease with which dollars are be enacted to force circulation
tossed around by the millions, for defense appropriations, for and even that is a moral problem
relief, for aid to dependent nations across the seas, it might since it involves our ideas of fair
dealings equal rights for all.
not be asking too much to expect the nation to pay its veterans
Basically, the problem is moral
a pittance in their declining years
to which political and economic
' The y»eterans administration estimates the cost of such a problems are subsequent.
MRS
EDNA RI^ACK
WA1J.V KAIN
Improvement For Future
Do They Count Costs?
prografh would reach $65 billion during the next 50 years As
an example of reaching into the thin air and coming up with
a round, easy-to-speak figure, this is classical perfection. How
anybody, bureau or crystal ball gazer, can look so far ahead
into a future highly hazardous with atomic destruction, bac
teria warfare and who-knows what to anticipate the veteran
population half a century ahead is sheerly amazing
Individually, the $72 a month to needy veterans beyond
the age of 65 years would be on anchor of security
Like
most anchors, of course, it would immobilize the recipients to
a large extent and open up new fields of endeavor for future
veterans who are not tied down to a mooring device
Perhaps the pension idea, as expressed in a local barber
shop, might be in the way of paying off on the nation's wars.
It might, by the same token, sharpen the focus of statesmen
who must declare war to realize that its costs will go on, even
after the end of hostilities, for the servicemen who man the
guns
History would perhaps refute such a belief
It seems
that statesmen don't always count the costs
Saved Á Thief
Remember me when you come
: into your kingdom, cried the thief. |
And our Lord answered This day
i you shall be with me in paradise.
I A thief in paradise’ How could
that be? First, God laid the thief’s
To the Editor:
sins on Chriat who went out into
the anguish of eternal night to
Will not »omeone write a form
ula to be used by the Republican suffer the pains of Hell for him.
and Democratic parties of the So Christ suffered and cleared
the thief. He then took the man
State of Oregon to determine:
on to paradise. Because the man
First: What are the qualifica-
put his case in Christ's hands,
tions that entitle a man to run our Lord heard him and took him
for office in Oregon.
on to paradise.
Second: How to determine the
Out there in the So. Pacific
degree of qualification in any islands, the Bible was ready for
given man.
the printer—all except for the ■
Third: Draw a line dividing word to stand for FAITH. Came
those who are qualified from in a native and planted himself
in a chair with his feet drawn
those who aré not.
Fourth: Who is to be the judge up off the floor, What are you I
of whether or not any man or doing, they asked him.—"I’m rest-!
woman who may desire to run ing all my weight on—” That was
for office is qualified.
the word—Resting all your weight I
Fifth: Can the Republican and on—Christ. He who came to seek
Democratic parties of Oregon de- and to save that which was lost. [
vise a safeguard that all candi He came that we might have life
dates for office will be measured and have it more abundantly. He;
Saves-Keeps-Satisfies.
He
ever
by a fair standard.
makes
good
to
such
as
rest
all
Sixth: What sure and exact
standards determine good char- their weight on Him. Would be
glad of a postal card from you
acter and good citizenship.
as to that dark day when you !
Charles T. McPherson,
turned and rested all your weight
I on Him.
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candidate needs to enter politics
under either the Republican or
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EDITOR'S NOTE
There have been many explana
tions of pay rate differences,
Some attribute it to lack of
strength
Some
organizational
blame timidity and lack of
mands by workers. Some will
"that’s how it is."
The moral implications to
contrary, notwithstanding,
notwithstanding. where
Is the dividing line between fair
and unfair wages’
It seems. In the interest of ef
ficiency and whole hearted co
operation, that a worker worthy
of his hire should receive compen-
sation on two counts. First. he
should
able to maintain a
decent, respectable standard of
living. Second, be should be paid
in due proportions to the con
tribution he makes towards
success of an enterprise
Nothing is more "immoral"
Philosophically it is supposed that everything in Nature
disastrous than a hungry belly or
has a purpose on the Earth, that no species is tolerated in the
an unrequited servant.
Nature Often Baffles
cosmos but that it serves a definite need
We were reminded of that theory some three years ago
It happened, on a summer night, that we were blowing smoke
rings from a comforting pipe and a little fly was buzzing
around
Suddenly, and without warning, the fly ran heodlong
into one of the smoke rings and made a complete loop, flying
Dispelling the
through the smoke and dissipating the ring
We have only one witness to this startling performance
shedes of night,
And to tell it effectively brings no greater response than bringing comfuit to
M-mmm-’ ' or a disbelieving look that suggests we are either the weary (het is
the glory pf
great fabricators or, more plainly, nuts
Morning tight!”
Then, during the past week, we hod occasion to capture
Ano the selection
some sort of mammoth moth—a rather terrifying bug when
ot this beeutiful
first viewed alongside the average size "miller"
chepel is yours with
Its wing spread was 5’/a inches, from tip to tip
Body
out eitrs cost.
length was T’/i inches
And the antenna was like two trim
med feathers
I be merttenry
At first sight, the creature seemed almost
__ like o bat, , in
tbett tertti is
its size and its frantic beating on the window pane
Its large
uvM üben
beody eyes glowed in the light
"eeJ it mneb.
Upon closer inspection, the moth is truly a masterpiece
of beauty.
Delicate coloring ond markings ore evident on
both the top and bottom surfoces of the wings
And its body
is so covered with fine hairs as to seem like fur
Perhops to a competent naturalist, neither of these two
brushes with unusual creatures might have had more than
passing interest
But to rank amateurs who have not vet lost
the feeling of awe ot Nature's wonders, they point a signifi
cant lesson
The fly and the moth ore not unlike some of the human
beings we encounter
Many a man s actions ond performances ore mysterious
WENT END
to understand ond many a person s outward appearance might
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well belie his true self
But the fly and the moth os well as
CREMATORIUM
people of all types wall have a necessary purpose upon the
mortal soil
MAUSOLEUM
What remains for us to do, it seems, is to bestow wide
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tion for their ploce in the scheme of things
Riverside is a cooperative wworl.
But Nature often baffles us with the specimens she brings • tlun with assets of over MOO.iXX
to light •
Riverview Cemetery
Developing New
POWER
on the North Santiam
Fed by waters booming down
here in the Willamette Val-
from the Cascades, two dams
ley. Detroit Dam will pro-
under construction on the North
duce 100.000 kilowatts of
Santiam River will feed new power into lines
power and Big Cliff 16,000 kilowatts.
of the Northwest Power Pool in 1953. Located
Even these and other major power sources
about 45 miles east of Salem. Detroit and Big
proposed for development in the Pacific
Cliff dams are scheduled to have their first
Northwest (a total of 10 million kilowatts) do
units in operation in 1953. provided necessary
not mean an immediate end to our need for
funds are appropriated. Detroit will produce
more electricity. Big plans take time, and the
power early in that year and Big Cliff by the
next several winter»—like the last one—may
end of the year.
call for snaring use of electric power. However,
These are but two of 20 multiple-purpose
dams authorized or proposed for construction
for
as the great dams are built, adding new power
little by little, the demand will be met.
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY