SOUTHERN OREGON MINER, THURSDAY, JUNE it , i 94, price control agency. • • • Summer H eat Washington has By Ruth Taylor enjoyed an unusually cool and Published Every Thursday at 167 M ain Street, Ashland, Oregon Have you ever been against an delightful spring. Until this week, the weather has been very simi idea just because you didn't like lar to the very best Oregon spr the person who promulgated it? C arryl H. & M arion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers ing and summer climate, but the That is cruelty to ideas - and 1 high temperature and high humi reckon there have been times Entered as second-class m all m atter in the post office at Ash dity combination is going full when you’ve been as guilty of it land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under" the act of Congress blast now. It is extremely un as I have. of M arch 3, 1879. But remember, as Don Marquis pleasant. Apparently most of the urgent used to say, an idea isn't respon business of Congress can be fin sible for the people who believe ry Amendment prohibiting the ished by the end of this month in i t setting of prices on farm prod It is anticipated that a recess will Did you ever try watching your ucts below the producers’ cost of be declared shortly after July 1st own pejudices for one day? I did production, and a similar amend until after Labor Day. I hope once. I kept a list of every bristl ment authored by Senator Thom therefore, to be able to spend ing up, and it was pretty illumin as of Oklahoma, applying to meat half of July and all of August ating. When I analyzed my list, ------By ------ processing and other manufactur in Oregon. my opinion of myself reached a ed food products. new low! HARRIS ELLSWORTH I have attended some of the EISENHOWER VISIT. Prepara Here are some of the things I Congressman from Oregon hearings held by the House bank tions are being rapidly completed found out:/ ing and Currency Committee on here for the triumphal return of Prejudice against individuals is OPA. The next problem to be this legislation. The stories of the General Eisenhower. He and faced by the House is the consid abusive administration of the OP number of other officers who are often prejudice against the peo ple who sponsor them. An idea eration of the extension of the A act are enough to give the most returning with him will be taken may be so good that even a bad Price Control A ct (OPA). The hardened supporter of Chester in a procession from army head man will accept it - to say noth senate has already acted on this Bowles, the OPA Administrator, quarters offices in the Pentagon ing of the people who just want Building to the Capitol, where he to climb on the bandwagon. Make legislation and incorporated in a severe chill. the bill both of the cost of pro As I have said before, the Con will appear and speak at a joint up your mind for yourself - study duction amendments—The Wher- gress faces an impossible situa sesssion of Congress. the situation, and draw your own This will be a great event here, conclusions. What’s the use of be tion with reference to the OPA problem. Price control is neces and I suspect the pomp and cere ing an adult if you can’t make sary. The Price Control Act is mony of it will be enjoyed by your own decisions. basically a good law. The diffi everyone with the possible excep Prejurice against individuals is CASUALTY culties, shortages and persecu tion of General Eisenhower him too often a mirror reflection - you tions that have resulted stem self. I had the good fortune to see in them some mannerism, from executive orders and ad spend some time with him last some shading of expression, some ministrative practices. We can in fall in Paris, and know him to be tone of voice, some characteris 'ova/y& S 5ERVICEI corporated a few mete checks a very unassuming man, and a tic of someone whom perhaps and safeguards against such mal person who obviously does not you have just cause to dislike - administration, but we cannot care for this sort of thing. and you group the two together. Corns in. let us explain General Eisenhower is a great You generalize - when really your write administrative details into the law. The troubles with OPA man and a great commanding likes and dislikes should be based are troubles born in the execu general. His feat in leading our only on the individual. tive department of the govern armies to a complete victory over Prejudice against groups is too 167 East Main Street ment, and must finally be cor Germany in exactly eleven mon often either a hangover or a mis Phone 8561 rected there. President Truman ths is the greatest military achie- conception. Either it is based on will surely soon be compelled to vecent in all history. There have a careless statement overhead in overhaul the functioning of his been other great military victor childhood and accepted as a fact, ies , but none with operations or a stereotype acquired in some conducted on such a vast st ale or thoughtless way. Ore it may be under more difficult conditions. an alibi - often unrealized by the Great as this achievement was, I holder - against some one’s else think the fact that General Eisen ability. It is much easier to say it hower was able to win victory is a group against you than to ad with such a relatively small loss mit personal shortcomings. The of men, considering the millions first defense of the incompetent involved, is the thing for which is to incriminate. he should be honored m ost Vic Prejudice against the untried tory at a high price is still vic and the different is too often a tory, but victory as won by Gen defense mechanism. We fear the eral Eisenhower and his armies unknown. We dislike it because with an absolute minimum loss of we don't want to admit our own life is sweet indeed. ignorance. We don’t like to feel ----------- ------------ inferior to ourselves - to we just FOR SALE—Sanilac s t o c k say that what hasn't come within spray. Highest quality obtainable our ken is no good. $1.35 per gallon. “At the Sign of The best cure for all prejudice the Flying Rod Horse" East Main is knowledge - for the cause of and Gresham all prejudice is ignorance. We wouldn’t ever intentionally be cruel - even to ideas. So let's get wise to ourselves! Cruelty to Ideas SOUTHERN OREGON MINER the volume on rurul highways for the same period of 1944. These figures are from the automatic traffic counte „• maintained by the traffic engineering division of the state highway department. Traffic deaths for the same per iod this year totaled 89, as com pared to a toll of 77 for the same period a year ago, or un increase of 15 per cent. 'The increase in deaths, how ever, is chiefly accounted for by increases in urban areas,” Farrell said. “Rural deaths for the four Washington Newsletter Cool Clothes ! I FOR H O T W EATH ER 2-PIECE Seersucker Sun Suit $4.95 A RAYON Jersey Dresses INSURANQ $9.95 . In cool colors Mew Slack Suits J. F. Emmett Union Service Station GAS - OIL - LUBRICATION RALPH A. FOSTER Dealer Sometimes There’s Quite a Crowd Most of the time w e can handle the thousands of Long Distance calls all right, but sometimes w e need a little help from you. 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