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and have agreed to slo p to O regon tr a ffic engineers o f the S tate H ig h
Hut they can stdl blow up in their authors' face*.
i 2,000 a d d itio n a l tons o f soy unit w a y D e p a rtm e n t show ed
u iu t
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lin seed m eal d u rin g Decem ber.
| N ove m b e r speed c e ilin g s w ere the
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the seeds o f fu tu re wars? M ust
'Since file release o f w a rtim e
I u nse ttled pro ble m s s till fester in em ber, w ill com pare m ore than
| the m inds o f men? Do we w an t a fa v o ra b ly w ith the to ta l q u a n ti re s tric tio n s on m o to r ve h icle use,
truce o n ly - and w a r again in ties received by U le g o n last year. speed ceiling have crept u p w a rd ,"
Hntsrsd as secvnd-class mall matter lo the post office at Ash-
T he i9 tli Congress w ill be in F a rre ll stud. " I n June o f 111-15, the
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n o th e r tw e n ty years?
Mad, Oregon, February 15, 1M5, under the act of Cong 1 ess
recess betw een sessions u n til Jan m a x im u m speed at w in c h 85 per
By Ruth Taylor
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We 0,1 tke ' ’" 'e r hand want
•f March 3, 1179.
As we e nte r in to the season o f ' * “ tttke the k,n « v ie w and p la n u a ry H tii. By » m k in g long hours, cent o f tiie d riv e rs tra v e le l, was
the g re a t A m e ric a n sport
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our most o f tlm p en ding le g is la tio n 411 m iles an hum In J u ly it w e n t
tio n e e rin g • speeches fly last and , l " d ,c n s ‘ " wT * 1,1 , we • '« ^ 'e w in c h was rea dy fo r a c tio n on up to 52 m ile s un hour. T hen, in
FR EED O M H AS N O "B U T S ! .
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the cessation of
s j to them a fu tu re free fro m d a n g the F loor, was disposed o f be A u g u s t, w ith
The wonder o f .9 4 , was that so much could happen in so few months. f l‘rk?,us-
spellbinding orotors ers and d is ru p tio n s o f w ar? A re fo re a d jo u rn m e n t. In J a n u a ry , h o s tilitie s , it c re p t up to 55 m ile s
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I o f a ll parties declaim lo u d ly w hat
we w illin g to p u t the same e n e r several o u ts tu n d in g ly im p o rta n t im hour, and fo r the past th re e
staggering headlines became commonplace. I here was the death of Pre- Am erica must and must not do!
gies
amt s e lf s a c rific e in to e stab und h ig h ly c o n tro v e rs ia l pieces ot m onths, it has stood at 56 m iles
sident Roosevelt; the war ended; the U nited Nations Organization he-
Before we praise or denounce
lis h in g the peace th a t w e d id in le g is la tio n w ill doubtless come o u t un h o u r."
came a hopeful fa ct; and, most cataclysmic o f all, was the thunderous " h a t they suggest - let us firs t
o ut o f co m m itte e and reach the
F a r r e ll said o n ly th re e percent
fig h tin g the w ar?
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search o u r o w n souls and decide
The conferences a n d
peace F loor. These in c lu d e peacetim e 'o f the d riv e rs using m a jo r hig h
dawn o f the atomic age. These were but a tew of the headlines. The JUS, w ha, we as „id iv id u a ls are
m ilita r y tra in in g , the u n ific a tio n w ays held th e ir speed u n d e r the
events they portray have left a turbulence in the human nund such as w illin g to do. In the last analysis, tubles m ay s e ttle th e b o u n d a ry
lines o f n ations and m ay la y d o w n o f tiie arm ed lorces ,and q u ite 35 m ile m a rk . T h is com pares to
has been experienced before. That turbulence is shaking the postwar ll ls up to us No Pa r*y 01 person
some m onths d u rin g the w a r
the w ays o f p ro te c tin g the d o w n lik e ly , some la b o r le g isla tio n .
C hristm as one y e a r ago was w hen a bo ut a th u d o f the d riv e rs
world to its sery foundations. The peace and plenty which so many had j ica w ith o u t the s u p p o rt o f the tro d d e n - b ut unless the free peo
ples of the e a rth are w illin g to the d a rke st and m ost g lo om y using the h ig h w a ys held th e ir
hoped fo r when the guns fell silent, is nowhere to be found. Whether it people of America,
do th e ir share, to assume the re C hristm as in o u r recent h is to ry . speeds u n d e r tiie 35 m ile lim it.
w ill materialize in the reasonably near fu tu re depends upon the fortitude
Do we " a n t narrow isolation-
"T h e h ig h e r tra v e l pace on o u r
s p o n s ib ilitie s o f c o lle c tiv e s e c u ri T he G erm an A rm y was m a k in g
and commonsense o f millions.
lsm ’ Ix> wv w ant Am erica to stay ty w ith in w h ic h w ea k peoples can its fin a l und tra g ic a lly successful m a jo r h ig h w a y s is u p rim e cause
. . . . .
o u t o f w o rld p o litics? I f so, are
d riv e against us in Europe, and in the rise o f tr a ffic fa ta litie s in
An indication o f the temper o f the times is evident in the words o f ' we w illin g to rearrange our ec learn the d if f ic u lt a rt o f s e lf g o v the w a r in the P a c ific was at its thia ■ 1.ill-,” Fan 111 dscls r • d
e rn m e nt. a ll the pronouncem ents
one veteran, a college graduate who lost a leg at El Alamenin: "There is ono,n-v to cover the needs o f this w ill do no good. T he decision is Highest peak. We le it c o n fid e n t "Speed too g re at fo r e x is tin g ru n
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fo r
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to p
s u ffic ie n t tip to us. W h a t do w e w an t? W h a t ot u ltim a te v ic to ry , b u t v ic to ry d ltirs is is a fa c to r in n e a rly a ll
then seemed to be a long w uy o ft. the accidents on r u r a l h ig h w a ys,
w ill we do?
ju ge parties and proposals by results, not by protestations of high pur- w ard o ff aggression from abroad?
B y co ntrast, und in s p ite o f th e and in m an y o f those th a t o ccur
pose.
e know freedom doesn't mean much w « hout groceries how can
1x1 read-v to fig h t our ow n bat
fa c t th a t we are s u ffe rin g fro m in t i l l tun areas.
a man enjoy free speech on an empty s
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<»«ht any new w ar on our own
M r. and Mrs. II. L. M oore w ere
a d ju s tm e n t to peacetim e econ
Appealing as these words sound on the surface, they reveal the terrible Soil?
om y, tin s is the sappiest C h r is t hosts on N ew Years day fo r a 2;30
weakness in thought that today threatens the future of the American
Do we want the Four Free
d in n e r. Those present w ere M r.
mas season fo r m any years.
republic and the hope o f democratic government throughout the world donts? I f so, are we w illin g to ]
H ere in W ashington, we are go and Mrs. W in. D un n und M r. and
ing to have a w h ite C hristm as M rs W ill Sti iu ii tt.
BY HARRIS ELLSWORTH
more seriously than any dictator or combination o f dictators ever has. g iv e to o thers the th in g s we w an t
fo r ourselves? To re a d ju s t o u r
and a cold C hristm as, b u t there
Representative In Congress
First, this seteran and his reasoning is paralleled by millions o f c iv il- »ay 01 living so m at all sides
is o p tim is m , because, w hen the
w ay o f liv in g so th a t a ll sides |
from Oregon
‘4ns *s assuming that freedom is somehow to blame i f there is a gro ' haVe n 8hb> instead of privileges?
h o lid a y s are o ver and tile new
y e a r begins, most
feel ttia t
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we f us
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cer,- sto .s g e , Second. he in fe r, , h „ a I.rrle t o freedon, can re.nl,
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In last w e e k ’s le tte r 1 men»;..« I ttw problem s o f today, in s u r
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r,es' T h ,rd> be makes the p o te n tia lly fa ta l blunder o f h a b ilita tio n is n o t m e re ly h e lp in g ed the e ffo rts being made to se- ,,,o u n ta ble as they seem to be
( Pearl Harbor inquiry
ju s tify isolationism l«n>k very much like duds processors
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Ours Is The
Decision
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Letter From
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in v itin g a strong man or group to take action, __________________
in the same breath, t mind F*0*?* !t *s
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you, that he questoons the v a lid ity o f freedom unless it is Accompanied
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selves.
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,ch- Th,s brejd and butter philosophy leaves
Do we want to revert to the
me way wide open fo r the demagogue to step in w ith a hatful o f pro- status cl uo and let the troubles
™ re a d d itio n a l s u p p lie s o f p ro te in I cttn and w U * be so ,vcd - H a v in g
m eal fo r O
C regon "a gricultu re
the hupe
hope th a t m ea,
and Just em er««d v ic to rio u s fro m such
i a stupendous w o rld w id e c o n tlic t,
m ig h t respond w ith o u t the neces-1 d u n n g w hich our a,nK‘d forces
sity o f re gulatory measures I , and o u r m a ch in e ry
- o f - p ro d u c tio n
mises— impossible promises th a t w ill result in less freedom a n d i e w r P*lT Up ahead? Sha11 w e le t old have been advised by the De anlazvd
itfi th e ir aeh
amazed the w o rld w ith
a ch
not more, groceries
and neW m is u n d e rsta nd ing s breed p a rtm e n t o f A g r ic u ltu r e th a t the 'evem
ievem ents, the people o f o u r eoun
coun
tr y are not going to fa d to w in o ut
General Sari A. Spaatz, form er commanding general o f the United
in the e ffo rt to restore a happy
; and prosperous c o u n try .
States strategical and tactical air forces in the A tla n tic and Pacific
So, in this, m y lust le tte r o f
Theaters, says: Discontented youth makes fo r troubled waters in which
the e v e n tfu l ye a r o f 1945, I w ish
the unscrupulous politician loves to fish. When the man on a white
yo u a M e rry C hristm as and the
best o f a ll N ew Years.
horse comes forw ard in such a situation, things begin to happen, as,
they happened in Germany. H itle r rose to power on the back o f youth.”
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The most im portant issue before the American people today is how to
get the price tag o f f freedom. In other words, freedom, our form of
government, our religious beliefs, should not be considered in the same
breath w ith material fortunes. The form er are things o f the spirit that
must survive in lean years as well as years o f plenty. The latter, in spite!
o f our best efforts, w ill fluctuate. The old saying o f shirt sleeves to
shirt sleeves in three generations used to p re tty well express the A m eri
fo r EVERY
BUSINESS NEED
can's philosophic approach to the ups and downs o f economic life.
Undoubtedly as time goes on, greater protection against the hazards
o f poverty and illness can be evolved. Great steps have already been
taken in this direction. The United States is so far ahead o f the rest of
the world in the achievement o f humanitarian ideals and attainm ent o f !
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material com fort, that comparison has become impossible. We have
gotten ahead because heretofore our fa ith in freedom, in representative'
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government, in the rig h t o f a man to keep the rewards o f hard work
has been complete. Heretofore we have never, in effect, said: "Freedom
is okay, but—
f
tion leader W inston C hurchill said: " I forsee w ith sorrow but w ithout
fear that in the next few years we shall come to fundamental quarrels in
this country. I t seems impossible to escape the fact that events are m ov
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Resignation o f the counsel o f the Pearl H arbor investigating com m it
tee helps fu rth e r to expose the attem pt to tu rn the inquiry into a p o liti
cal w itchhunt. The counsel, who have worked night and day fo r ten
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early in January, as originally agreed. But the main delays and the ef
fo rt to change the course o f the in q u iry have come from certain Repub
bean Congressmen's desperate efforts to dig up something which would
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make President Roosevelt responsible fo r Pearl Harbor.
Moreover, it has been evident that the counsel, headed by a highly re
er Cabinet, have been irked by the partisan w itch-hunting . It m ight be
well i f the public also showed its impatience w ith the tactics o f Repub
licans like Representatives Gearhart and Heefe. For, after straining
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there was a plot to make it more tem pting by purposely leaving it un
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not yet been heard, but so fa r the general effect of the hearings has been
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