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American Worker Is World’s Best Producer
recorded on Oregon highways
and streets, is u better indication
of tlie relative safety of truffle
thnn tlie uctuul number of deaths.
Thus, tlie death rate this year in­
dicates a need for increased cure
in driving anti wulking, the Sec
retary of State suid.
I f you want to know why the Allies won the war. look at the above
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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers
Just in case you have forgotten the fact, remember this: The Am eri
can workman is the world's greatest producer.
Before and during the war, he ranked j j per cent better than the
Canadian, i j j per cent better than the German, 180 per cent better
than the Russian or Briton and jo o per cent better than the Jap.
Entered as second-class m all m a tte r In the post office a t Ash­
land, Oregon, F ebruary 15, 1935, under the act of Congress
of M arch 3, 1879.
production figures, which are based on production per man hour o f
work.— The Progressive Miner.
Published Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, Oregon
W hat P a tte rn Freedom ?
Letter From
Washington
The labor situation in the United States today causes any person w itl
the welfare o f his country at heart, to th in k o f its fu tu re w ith a feeling
almost o f fear. We see pow erful labor unions calling strikes which fore
hundreds o f thousands o f men to be idle! I f there are a m illion men i
the United States today w ithout work, who do not care to join union
they w ill not be perm ittd to take jobs in "s tru c k " plants. L ittle dictatoi
all over the United States can law fu lly prevent a man from exercisin
his constitutional rig h t to earn a livin g , unless he "joins” and "pays” fc
the privilege, regardless o f his wishes in the n u tte r.
Take the situation in the oil industry, fo r example. The president o
the O il Workers International Union which has a dispute w ith majt
oil companies, has the authority to call out nearly 300,000 oil workei
and close down oil production w ithout regard to the damage and sui
fering caused a nation o f 135,000,000 people. The oil workers are amon
the highest paid in the land and they w ork short hours. They not onl
claim the rig h t to destroy the oil industry i f necessary to enforce the
demands, but they can prevent other men who m ight be idle, from tak
ing their jobs. And they do this under thelaw. H ow can such a conditio
exist in a country that is supposed to have a C onstitution guaranteein
and protecting individual freedom?
\\ hat would happen i f the oil companies should organize a union o
BY H A R R IS E LLS W O R T H
Representative- In Congress
from Oregon
As nearly a I could tell from the
debiite and from discussions I
have hud with members, no one
feels entirely satisfied with the
ship disposal bill. It endeavors to
solve a very complicated problem.
Perhaps the best we can do is to
hope that it is a good bill ant
plan to amend it in the future
where necessary.
The Mountains of
the Heart
Once again we are assured that
he plant to produce alcohol and
ther useful products from saw-
lust will be completed. Since
uly, the fate of this project,
B y R u th T a y lo r
vhich has been under construc-
Several
years ago on my way
ion at Springfield, Oregon for
back
from
the West Coast, I stop
everal months, has been in doubt
The plant was ordered con- ped off in Colorado and one nev
tructed at Springfield by the er-to-be-forgotten day I drove
far Production Board for the out to visit a few newspaper edi­
mrpose of producing alcohol for tors in the smaller towns. I stop­
•ar from a non-food source, ped at a little one-street town
hortly after the end of the war nestling in to the heart of the
n Europe, and when the end of mountains and stood with the
he Japanese war seemed to be editor at the front door of his of
n sight, the War Production fice, looking around at the moun
loard ordered construction of tains circling the town. It was
corporations, and say to the public: *'We are going to raise the price o
he plant stopped. The fact that a sheer beauty and I said enviously.
oil products 30 per cent .and we w ill hire any man, union or non-union«
“How fortunate are you to live
upplemental application for ad here!”
That would be collusion in restraint o f trade, and such companies woul<
itional funds to complete the pro
He smiled a soul-weary smile
>ct was filed about that time pro-
fin d themselves in the hands o f the law. But how would that be col
and said, “I know what you mean
ably
hastened
the
decision
to
lusion any more than in the case o f labor organizations that agree on
top the construction work. The - but our hearts are always striv­
unitorm policy and price which must be met by companies and th
fPB doubtless felt that it could ing to cross the mountains.”
Every heart has its own moun­
lot, as a war agency, authorize
public to prevent a shutdown?
tains
to cross. No matter where
he expenditure of an additional
The w hole situation is preposterous: First, because one man or :
we live, we feel that happiness
;um under the circumstances.
lies on the other side of the range
group o f men can tell another man or group o f men that they canno
It then became necessary to that
our ways been laid in
work, and by rig h t o f m ight get away w ith it. Second, because an un
ustify the completion of the other had
places,
would have done
lant by the government. Care- so much we we
regulated international organization can, by collusion and agreemen
would
have gone so
ul investigations were made to far!
w ith in our borders, close an entire industry. T hird, because our nationa
letermine whether or not the
We condemn those who live
labor policies actually prevent 3 "s tru c k ” company from hiring A m eri­ ilant could be operated on a
on the other side for not making
can citizens w’ho m ight dare to go through the "picket lines” o f the peace-time basis. The results of
the most of their great opportuni­
strikers. Fourth, because we consider passing fu ll employment laws and these investigations were favor­ ties .We forget that they in turn
able. The Department of Agricul­
paying unemployment compensation when our national labor policy ture, through Secretary Ander­ condemn us for not realizing how
fair our own pathways are. Intol­
permits unregulated labor monopolies to prevent unemployed men from son, understood in so far as it
erance
breeds on both sides of
w orking i f they so desire, or employers from hiring them i f they need could, the sponsorship of the pro­ the mountain, whether it be
ject ,and informed both John
them.
Snyder, head of the Office of physical barrier or a mountain
Unless labor organizations adopt "appeal and service” as their drawing War Mobilization and Reconver­ built of our own prejudice and
ignorance.
card fo r securing members and social gains, rather than "fo rce and co­ sion, and heads of the Reconstruc­
Mountains are too often but
tion Finance Corporation, that
ercion, they are repudiating the principles on which they were founded, the project was considered nec­ misunderstandings. They lo o k
impassable to those who see them
and destroying the freedom o f the worker.
essary in the national interest. from
afar. But those who live
Under the reconversion law, John
among them know that there is
Snyder is supreme authority in always
a way through.
When The Chips Are Down
such matters. On the basis of
The
trails
of understanding are
assurances
mentioned
above,
Mr.
trials may get under way before those in Nuremberg. In any event, Gen-
not
easy.
No
trail that leads up­
house building, as o f October 15, despite the fears of O PA and other Snyder approved the completion ward is ever easy. It requires the
of the plant. The Board of Direct­ footsteps of many It. make a road.
agencies that prices w ill skyrocket. This is in line w ith true American ors of RFC likewise voted to com
But the reward of effort is
tradition. Agencies which controlled the nation’s activities during the plete it, and the Willamette Val­ great. When one reaches the sum­
war are bound to develop a feeling that their services are indispensable ley Wood Chemical Company was mit and sees both sides of the
so informed.
mountains - then is the way made
in peacetime, and no m atter when controls are released they can figure
Not only will the new plant clear.
Then is the hour of under­
produce alcohol, but it can and standing. Then has the heart tru­
up a good "emergency” argument fo r continuing them.
As government throws o ff restraints, industry and individuals face boubtless will produce high pro­ ly crossed the mountains.
tein feed, dry ice, gypsum, fur­
the obligation o f showing themselves capable o f voluntary control over fural and some other products.
their own actions to prevent inflationary prices. The people now have The establishment of this plant Oregon Trarfic Death
a chance to prove that they are intelligent enough to conduct the a f­ and the successful operation of it Rate Upped in Year
will undoubtedly lead to the con­
fairs o f this nation, as in the past, w ithout government policing to pre-
Oregon’s traffic death rate for
struction of more such plants in
the
first eight months of 1945
\e n t price gouging. I t is probable that price increases in some cases the future, with the result that
Was
ten fatalities per one hun­
wood
which
is
now
going
to
w ill be necessary to meet increased cost o f production O n the other hand
dred
million
miles of travel, ac­
waste will be used.
it is just as probable that mass production and distribution may in many
cording to Robert S. Farrell, Sec­
> > >
of State.
cases hold prices at current levels or actually reduce them under the
In former newsletters I have retary
This
compares
to a rate of nine
discussed the so-called “full em for the same period
stimulus o f competition.
a year ago.
ployment
bill”
at
some
length.
As
The nations leading retailers w ill be a powerful brake on any ten­
The
death
rate
for
the
month of
anyone who read my previous
dency to unnecessarily inflate m anufacturing costs. The consumer and documents about it would realise, August this year was nine, com­
pared to a rate of eight for Aug­
the retailer can refuse to buy any article whose producers seek to take I do not think much of this piece
ust of 1944.
of
legislation,
although
I
consid­
undue advantage o f the demand fo r goods.
Farrell said the death rate,
er it harmless. I have just learn
Aside from all this, when the chips are fin a lly down it should be re­ ed that the House of Representa­ showing the number of persons
killed in relation to the mileage
membered that in the long run the authoritarian system which price tives Committee on Expenditures
in
Executive
Departments
will
control represents must be abandoned at any cost i f representative
almost certainly refuse to report
government is to be preserved. We are indeed a fickle people i f we let the the bill to the floor of the House.
stresses o f inflation destroy the free institutions o f our Republic.
This means that, in spite of the
fact that the bill as finally pass­
ed by the Senate was amended ‘you can depend on’
War Trials
so as to be unobjectionable, it
On October 8, when the W ar Crimes T ribunal holds its firs t meet­ will not be enacted during this
session of Congress.
• Automobile
ing in Berlin, the fate o f major war criminals w ill move a step closer
Insurance
to determination.
Here is one subject on which the United States has a definite policy
and is pursuing it — the trial and punishment o f those responsible fo r
starting the war and fo r violating its international rules Associate Jus­
tice Robert H . Jackson is to be commended fo r his vigorous, continuing
efforts to bring the m atter to a speedy conclusion. The American case
has been ready fo r some time, its judge appointed, and its legal delega­
tion o f almost too members established in Nuremberg fo r over a month.
But the congealed molasses o f inter-A llied legal processes has moved
but slowly. Even after the in itia l trbunal meeting, it probably w ill be
at least a month before the trials open. Counsel fo r the defendants can­
The House Ways and Means
Committee is working on a tax
bill. Everyone seems to agree that
present federal tax rates will be
reduced.
I
The bill to provide for the dis-1
posal of surplus merchant ships
has been passed by the House.
”
i(t Hi
nese war criminals is proceeding, and there is some possibility that the
trials may get under way before htose in Nuremberg. In any event, Gen­
eral M a c A rth u r’s assurance o f an early trial by m ilita ry tribunal is a
decisive answer to the Japanese request to conduct their own trials and
in flic t their own punishment, as the Germans were perm ittted to do
after the last war w ith such demoralizing consequences.
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several weeks fo r the defense to be prepared. But at least Great Britain
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