Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, July 24, 1941
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Washington, D. C, July 24. There
is a drive on congress by small
wheat farmers to amend the law
which provides a penalty of 49
cents a bushel for raising surplus
grain beyond the allotted quota.
Canvass of the Oregon-Washington
delegations discloses that none, of
the wheat growers of the Inland
empire are protesting. Under the
allotment plan the farmer has a
fixed price for his wheat, but if he
raises more than his allotment and
tries to sell it he is fined 49 cents
a bushel.
All this was known when wheat
farmers of the country voted to car
ry on the plan for another year, and
did so by a big majority. Now, how
ever, small wheat men (those with
a few hundred acres, not farmers
with thousands of acres as in Oregon
and Washington) want the govern
ment guarantee on their allotment
and also the privilege of selling
their surplus on which they con
sider a 15c a bushel penalty as
ample.
Oregon growers realize that price
fixing means production control and
that without control the price of
wheat would drop. For this reason
they are willing to abide by their
allotment. This appears to be the
attitude of wheat farmers in all im
portant wheat sections, and only
those who raise small amount are
attempting to chisel These latter
are looking for support from con
gressmen who represent metropoli
tan districts whose only knowledge
of wheat is that it is something
bread is made of. Some newspapers
in the national capital (there isn't
a head of wheat within the range
of their circulation) are giving edi
torial and news support to the pro
tectants from Pennsylvania, Mary
land and other small wheat crop
states.
Leon Henderson is waiting for
congress to give him authority for
price fixing. As head of the Office
of Price Administration and Civil
ian Supply (OPACS) Henderson
was assigned the task of preventing
inflation and he has surrounded
himself with other economists, draw
ing many from eastern colleges and
paying them far more than they
received in private life.'
Mr. Henderson started off briskly
fixing prices. Then he ordered au
tomobile makers to cut the price of
their cars. Politely, one of the
manufacturers told him to go jump
in the lake. Then it developed that
Mr. Henderson had no authority to
place a ceiling on anything; all he
could do was suggest that no prices
be increased. His orders could be
ignored; many have been.
This situation, of course, had to
be remedied and congress was ask
ed to give him the authority; con
gress refused to be rushed. Mean
while, prices are going up as every
housewife knows, and will go higher
unless Mr. Henderson can place a
ceiling on commodities. In congress
there is a farm bloc, and it gener
ally gets what it wants. The farm
bloc objects to price fixing gener
ally and on farm products in partic
ular. It would like to compromise
and have no price control until af
ter this year's harvest Toward this
they are working.
Before a senate committee Mr.
Henderson explained that he wanted
power to place a ceiling on every
thing but one commodity wages of
labor. This, he was told, is the nub
of the entire program. Labor costs
enter into all production, whether
on farm or in shipyard, and to per
mit increased wages would make it
impossible to control prices. There
the matter rests; Mr. Henderson still
wishes to exempt labor, but place
a ceiling on everything; that is pro
duced or consumed. This is the
main issue to be threshed out in the
senate.
Although Mr. Henderson is disin
clined to interfere with wages, the
government has no intention of per
mitting the workman to escape. A
British economist visited the White
House and explained how his plan
to take part of the pay envelope
works in England. In modified form
the idea is to have the employer
deduct a certain percentage of wag
es and turn the money into a spe
cial fund for immediate use of the
government. Credit would be given
the worker for the amount of his
contribution so that after the emer
gency he would have a nest-egg on
which he could draw. This plan
would furnish the government with
cash and build up a reserve for the
worker when he needs it. An ar
gument for this is that there would
be no occasion to start a 4VPA to
keep people from hunger in the next
depression.
Two other devices have been prac
tically completed to keep working
man from feeling too rich. One is
a general tax bill, the other the in
come tax. The tax measure will be
come operative very soon but the
income tax will not have to be paid
until next March on 1941 income,
and by then earnings probably will
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
We, your committee appointed to
draft resolutions of condolence on
the death of our late brother, W. E.
Pruyn, report as follows:
Whereas, it has pleased the Su
preme Ruler of the Universe to re
move from our midst our late bro
ther, and
Whereas, that by his death Hepp
ner Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M. la
ments the loss of a brother who was
ever ready to proffer the hand of
aid and lend a voice of sympathy
to the needy and distressed of the
fraternity, a friend and fellow cit
izen whose upright and noble life
was a standard of emulation to his
followers; and
Whereas it is just that a fitting
recognition of his many virtues
should be made; therefore, be it
Resolved, by Heppner Lodge No.
69, A. F. & A. M., that while we bow
in humble submission to the will of
the most high, we do not the less
mourn for our brother who has been
taken from us.
Resolved, that the sympathy of the
Lodge be conveyed to the family of
our deceased brother, committing
them in this hour of their bereave
ment to the kindly consideration of
Him who doeth all things well.
Resolved, that these resolutions
be placed upon the records of the
lodge, a copy transmitted to the
famliy of the deceased and that a
copy be sent to the Heppner Gazette
Times for publication.
Fraternally submitted,
C. R. McAlister, M. D. Clark,
J. O. Turner, Committee.
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Whereas it has pleased our Heav
enly Father to summon to his Eter
nal home our beloved brother, W. E.
Pruyn, who was a faithful member
for many years of Ruth Chapter No.
32, Order of Eastern Star;
Be it resolved that we bow in
humble submission to the will of the
Omnipotent, and extend to the be
reaved family of the deceased our
heartfelt sympathy. That we drape
our Charter in mourning in memory
of our departed brother; that a copy
of these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of the Chapter, a copy
sent to the family, and one to the
press for publication.
Anna Bayless, Blanche Patter
son, Frank S. Parker, Committee.
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