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Washington, D. C, March 19.
War activities in Oregon are caus
ing a housing problem which is
arousing concern in the national
capital. Pendleton, for example,
needs more housing units for non
commissioned officers at the air field,
at least 100 dwellings. While ar
rangements are being made for ex
panding the accommodations, it is
proposed to transfer 100 modern
trailers from Umatilla to be used
by workmen, for there are no ac
commodations for carpenters and
mechanics who must construct the
100 dwellings.
At Medford and the Albany-Cor-vallis
area where cantonments are
under contract (designed for a to
tal of 60,000 soldiers) how to take
care of the workers is already a
problem, according to word receiv
ed in the capital. In the two can
tonment districts there are no va
cant dwellings and workmen are
filling the auto camps. There is and
will be a drain on school accommo
dations, as several hundred children
are being brought in while father
works in the cantonments.
In other cantonments during con
struction it has been possible for
workers to live 20 or 30 miles away
from the job, but the sites in Oregon
have been designated since the cur
tailment of automobiles and tires.
Unable to replace tires when they
become useless, the workers hesi
tate to use cars for any distance. Also
feeding these families will develop
another problem in the Willamette
and Rogue river valleys. There is
a possibility that by the time the
cantonments are finished these wor
kers will be available to gather in
crops.
Hood River orchardists are anx
ious that a property custodian be
named to take over the 98 orchards
operated by 70 Japanese in that val
ley. Someone familiar with the fruit
industry will be required to super
vise the Japanese holdings, as care
of the orchards is technical. Spring
work on the trees must start in a
few days and the association of or
chardists has communicated with
Washington, explaining that when a
decision is to be made the Hood Riv
er association has a name to submit.
The alien property custodian will
be a part of the treasury set-up and
he will appoint field men.
Metals division of war production
There was a young farmer
named John,
Who said to himself
"Well, I swan!
Defense Bonds get bigger
In value I figger
While helping our Victory
on."
Get a bumper yield on your
saving by investing them
in V. 9. Defense Bonds and
Sumps for Victory. Get one
today!
Heppner Gazette Times, March 19, 1942 3
board has heard that there is nickel
in Oregon and has arranged to send
scientists to that region to make
an investigation. No nickel is pro
duced in the United States, the cur
rent supply coming from Canada.
WPB has a tip that one deposit is in
Douglas county, not far from Riddle,
and that there is a smaller deposit
somewhere in the Jackson-Josephine
area. If, explains the metals divi
sion, these deposits can be used at
all and even through they may cost
more to produce than would be jus tified
in ' peacetime, WPB will see
that federal money is available to
make the properties active.
There is before the senate a bill
authorizing the secretary of war "to
construct a permanent gate and
monument to commemorate the
deeds and achievements of early pa
triots whose efforts were responsi
ble for the establishment of the title
of the United States to the Oregon
country." The site of the monument
is to be at Champoeg. Twice, years
ago, the senate passed bills authoriz
ing $100,000 by the federal govern
ment to match a similar sum from
the state for a Champoeg memor
ial, but the bills were lost in the
house. The present measure is mod
est; it authorizes only $25,000 and
requires the state to maintain the
memorial.
On the upper Columbia river,
somewhere in Umatilla county, the
war deartment plans the construc
tion of a depot for quartermaster
supplies. The depot will cost sev
eral million dollars and work is ex
pected to begin during the coming
summer. The contract will be ne
gotiated and not competitive. A ne
gotiated contract usually eliminates
any contractor or contractor group
not known to the army officers and
the job is given to a concern that
has worked for the army before.
This is why some of the govern
ment work in the northwest has so
frequently been handed to the same
few contractors and is why mari
time commission refuses to award
ship orders to new concerns, re
gardless of their experience.
The income tax just paid on last
years income is the heaviest that
has ever been imposed on the Am
erican people. However, it is slight
compared with that which must be
paid one year hence. Secretary Mor
genthau is proposing that the tax be
doubled and that part of it be de
ducted from wages every month.
One reaction is a demand on con
gress that every unnecessary ex
pense be eliminated, including cost
ofthe publicity bureaus. There are
3,000 press agents in Washington
with a payroll in the millions and
at present an entire block in the
heart of Washington is being dug
up for a press bureau building. Con
gress turned down this super-bureau
but somewhere the promoters man
aged to get the money.
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plants, transmission lines and sub
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Instead of receiving a tax subsidy,
PP&L has aires ' aid over $10,000,000
in taxes. This year alone its rapidly in
increasing tax bill will exceed $1,000,000.
You get lower r lower electric rates
government gets more and more tax
money. Business management always
gives a better bargain!
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