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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, October, 31, 1940
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STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
GOP Mid-West
Preparedness
Debt Record
By A. L. LINDBECK
Official Paper for Morrow County
The Final Word
TN the weeks leading up to the el
ection next Tuesday, this news
paper has joined Wendell Willkie in
his crusade to save America from
the alarming approach toward na
tional socialism reached by the new
deal administration. That, and that
alone, we consider the fundamental
issue of the campaign that wlil come
to a close next Tuesday when voters
step into the voting place to mark
their ballots.
There is no contest of men. We
concede that Mr. Roosevelt is a big
man. But we do not concede that
he is indispensable, for so to concede
were to say that America will be
helpless when the day comes that
he may no longer serve. And there
is no denying that to continue Mr.
Roosevelt in office for a third term
is to establish a new, untried pre
cedent of which Washington and
Jefferson, the country's founders.
warned as being dangerous because
it is a big step toward perpetuation
of one family in powerto them
considered monarchy, to present day
freemen, dictatorship.
We never have believed, and do
not now believe that Mr. Roosevelt
is wittingly attempting to establish
a dicatorship in America. His mo
tives are laudible, but his accom
' plishments have fallen short of ex
pectations. His promises of future
policy have lacked conviction.
Neither do we believe Wendell
Willkie to be a superman . . . though
his tireless energy in waging a cam
paign to arouse America, summon
ing her back to the principles of
freemen so long taught as the her
itage of Americans, evidences a
much more than normal capacity for
hard work ... but with the help
those who truly love their country
will give, we believe him capable
of the brand of leadership neces
sary to make America strong.
The case has been argued for
weeks, and will continue to be ar
gued late into the eve of election,
What we write here is of little mo
ment, but should it be occasionally
read, may we emphasize that at this
election the voter is not casting his
vote merely for a man, but for a
cause a cause that may, and almost
surely will, determine the entire
future course of government in Am
erica. It will be for the individual
voter to decide on election day.
Tuesday the voters of America will
have the final say. It will be hard
to see clearly after hearing the last
word from Mr. Roosevelt in his fire
side chat from the White House , on
election eve, an unmatched privilege
and advantage he holds by being
presently the chief executive.
It will take strong hearts to sur
vive Mr. Roosevelt's soothing words,
as it has taken strong hearts to ac
complish every major advance in
the nation's history; but now, as on
occasion before, the American peo
ple will not be found wanting.
So commanding has been the pres
idential race that minor candidates
and issues have fallen far into the
background. These need to be con
sidered. , On the local ballot few
contests for, offices appear, and most
voters will by now have their minds
made up on these. The ten meas
ures, if not now understood, will
require considerable study. The ar
guments are set forth pro and con
in the official voter's pamphlet on
the several measures, excepting the
Morrow county initiative measure.
Every registered voter should have
' Salem. Governor Charles A.
Sprague, who recently completed a
two-week stump tour through the
mid-west in behalf of Wendell Will
kie and Charles L. McNary, be
lieves the republican ticket has that
area "in the bag."
He made the trip witn his son,
Wallace, visiting 14 states travelling
by train, auto, bus and airplane. In
eight of the states he made speeches
before clubs, political groups and at
impromptu gatherings, and over the
radio, once on a state-wide hookup
in Oklahoma.
"In the mid -west Willkie pros
pects are certainly excellent. In
the north-central mid-west it is al
most a certainty that the republic
ans will prevail, with good prospects
of carrying Missouri and Oklahoma
as well," Sprague said.
"In all these states," he continu
ed, "there is a marked defection
among the democrats' swing away
from Mr. Roosevelt on the third
term issue.
"I found Charley Mac (Oregon's
Sen. Charles L. McNary) in high
favor all through the agricultural
area. The farmers have watched his
career and his policies for a good
many years and they like the way he
does things.
"Political leaders in most of the
states I visited believe the republi
can campaign they have been con
ducting will bear fruit. They have
been in politics a long time, and
they certainly wouldn't be fooling
themselves."
It was the first stump tour of its
kind the governor had ever taken,
he having been a political amatuer
until he was rocketed into the gov
ernor's chair in 1938 on an immense
boom. The frequent talking he did
on the trip left his voice obviously
tired but he said, "It was a stren
uous campaign but I enjoyed it."
tnird or the states total are now
entirely free of either bond or war
rant debt, according to a survey
just completed by Walter E. Pear
son, state treasurer.
The list of debt-free counties in
eludes Clatsop, Columbia, Douglas.
Lake, Marion, Polk, Sherman, Tilla
mook, Umatilla, Union and Wash
ington. Several other counties are
exected -to unload their debt bur
dens during the next year accord
ing to Pearson who predicts that,
barring unforseen circumstances,
the public debt burden in Oregon,
state and municipal as well as coun-
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iy, wm conunue to decrease year
by year.
The remaining 24 counties are still
shouldering a debt load aggregating
$15,551,451, but, huge as this figure
may seem, it is $4,478,716 less than
the county debt load of two years
ago and reresents a decrease of $2,
199,182 from the net debt of the sev
eral counties only a year ago.
Outstanding road bonds and road
warrants of the several counties as
of July 1 totalled $16,029,503. Off
setting this debt total are sinking
funds aggregating $1,194,115, leaving
a net county oad debt of $14,835,
389. Outstanding general fund war
rants of the several counties total
led $716,063 on July 1, representing
a reduction , of $1,165,529 in the past
two years.
Only four counties Coos, Grant,
Morrow and Multnomah had a debt
ratio in excess of three percent and
only one of these Grant exceed
ed four percent.
The importance of the national el
ection November 5 has so far over
shadowed state issues that manv
persons have nearly forgotten that
Oregon has several interesting state
races "upcoming.
Most important state race will be
between Leslie M. Scott of Portland
and Al Brown, also Portland, for
state treasurer, and between in
cumbent I. H. Van Winkle, rep.,
and Bruce Spaulding, Dallas, for
attorney general.
Scott, the republican candidate to
succeed Walter Pearson as state
treasurer, is given the edge over
Brown, the democratic choice, be
cause of his state-wide acquaint
ance. Van Winkle has been stav
ing off threats to his position for
years but is making an active cam
paign in an effort to turn back
Spaulding, the Polk county district j
attorney who gained prominence in
his prosecution of "goon" cases last
year.
Of national importance will be the
races for congress. Two of the in
cumbents, James Mott of Salem and
Homer Angell of Portland, are re
publicans and anti-new deal. Mott
is opposed by Charles Robertson,
retired army man who lives at West
Salem, across the river from Mott's
home. AngelL it is believed, will
have a real contest against Nan
Wood Honeyman, new dealer, per
sonal friend of the Roosevelts, and
an old campaigner. Mrs. Honeyman
represented the third district before
Angell defeated her in 1938.
In the third district Walter M.
Pierce, the old democratic war horse,
is defending his fortress against Rex
Ellis, former state senator now hop
ing to branch out into wider fields.
Remainder of the local interest in
the campaign seems centered on lo
cal issues and measures put on -to
the ballot by initiative or referen
dum. Among these are measures de
signed to give control of liquor sales
to private individuals (and the do
ing away of the present Knox li
quor control law), a plan to legalize
gambling in the state, and a mea
sure which would abolish the milk
control law.
There will be 11 districts voting
on whether or not to form People's
Utility Districts, and the election of
local officials, county officials and
local issues.
RE-ELECT
Giles L. FRENCH
State Representative for 22nd District
Has experience of two full terms and one special session.
Has sponsored wind erosion district bill, Ditch Creek diver
sion, and was chairman of Land Use Committee.
Now on interim committee for reapportionment of state for
new representative districts.
Taxation committee vice-chairman and acquainted with tax
problems, both real and' indirect.
Knows entire district, its agriculture and industry.
Morrow County property owner.
Sensible, sane, carefully considered legislation.
Introduced legislation making it possible for agricultural
laborers to collect wages ahead of liens.
Vote 23 X GILES L. FRENCH
Paid Ad. by French for Rep. Club, J. B. Adams, Sec, Moro, Ore.
Oregon is prepared to do its part
in the nation's industrial prepared
ness program, Governor Charles A.
Sprague said here.
A survey of the state's skilled
workers has been planned by the
Board for the Mobilization of La
bor, appointed by Sprague, and 15,
000 firms in the state will list the
skills of their 350,000 workers. There
are 368 different defense occupa
tions needing skilled workers.
"This inventory of labor sources,"
the governor said, "which has been
worked out by the board in coop
eration with many other bodies, is
absolutely essential if we are not
to disturb the economic life of the
state and nation. We expect to
secure classification of workers that
will justify plant expansion for na
tional defense and also will tend to
eliminate migration to other sec
tions."
Leon S. Davis, Hillsboro, is in ac
tike charge of the survey, and will
work under L. C. Stoll, secretary
of the board.
Peculiar weather during the first
weeks of October is playing havoc
with the 1940 turkey crop, the de
partment of agriculture reorts.
In the Albany sector, where tur
key raising is a major interest, warm
weather prevented the birds from
properly developing pin feathers.
The result was that now, when
Thanksgiving birds are being fat
tened, the turkeys do not have the
proper coats and will have to be rat
ed at a lower grade than they would
be ordinarily. The same condition
prevails in several other parts of
the state.
Twelve Oregon counties one-
received his copy of the 1 official
pamphlet and should study it fur
ther" if now in doubt. As for the
Morrow county measure, it is but the
continuance of a precedent estab
lished for several years of voting a
small levy to provide funds with
which to combat predatory animals
and rodents. The cost is small, and
those informed say that the benefits
have been large in proportion.
A.
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