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was no thought of a national crisis that
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CAN'T HAPPEN TO US?
would demand complete unity of all
elements. It was a smart political game
in wThich those in power sought to
maintain their grip on the government.
The future would take care of itself
their concern was about the present.
There is no disposition to criticize
the administration for winning in this
manner. It was smart politics at the
time and the people of this country
abide by the majority rule principle,
granting that to the victor belong the
spoils. The point is that now in a great
national crisis some of thos.e political
chickens have come home to roost and
the victor is more or less embarrassed
practically every advantage sought it
is a bit difficult to reverse the order
and demand a longer (working week.
During the dark days of the depres-
While Sherman county citizens were gion th working week was shortened.
wirauuig wiui uic piuuicm uo. main
taining the Shaniko branch of the
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union raciiic, u iimm ana morrow more e The lnternational Typo
county citizens looked on with a too OTflnhUi iini. n of th best, ew-
in some instances, as much as 15 hours
were lopped off in order to give jobs to
bad attitude, wishing their neighbor- Qf the organized groups? took
nig uixky 1". oiiciman uuxitjr the initiative in shortening the work
was laced with the removal of its line week clropping from 42 ami 45 hours
and her people felt that was carrying to 35'noursF his move made work
things a little too far. A strong fight for tnousands of unf0rtunate crafts
was put up and the line stays. men wn0 were wandering about the
Gilliam and Morrow counties now country seeking a handout here and
are having their inning. The Union tnere and sleeping wherever they
Pacific is not threatening to remove might. The movement was taken up by
the lines, but in order to provide more other strong groups with the result
manpower and locomotive equipment tnat before many months had passed
where sorely needed on the mam line there was a noticeable improvement in
the company has found it necssary the labor situation
to curtail service on the two branches. lf th fi d week whicn became
Ihis is a wartime move and nothing , provided more employment
else officials have assured patrons ot were theA 4g'hour
the two branches, although what steps week m in lik manner consume more
will be taken to restore normal service k wnen manpower is soreiy need
when peace comes could not be inch- ed wm Labor temporarily surrender
cated by the company s representatives lts advantages or will we see a contest
visiting Heppner last Friday. between it asnd tne administration? Un-
Suffice it to say that the war has der the circumstances it would appear
come a step closer to this region and advantageous to Labor to take the in
this is but one of many inconveniences S9jd 3uunp pip ;snC aA Wl
contronting us betore this war is over. sion. That would save a lot of "delay in
The company has assured patrons of production and establish Labor as
the branches that they will be cared worthy of the power it enjoys.
for. This applies to freight only. Trav-
elers will have to find a way to the qtronp
mam line, as passenger service will be J1AljAj immu i ivun u
discontinued with inauguration of the Meeting quotas is becoming a habit
new service on January 3. The truth of with Morrdw county. When the bond
the matter is, rail travel by civilians is and stamp quotas were .fixed, this
being discouraged to provide more 'fa- county was among the first to go over
cilities for troop movements. the top. What was done in the scrap-
The order has been made for the iron campaign is a matter of recent
new schedule and there is nothing left history and something of 'which we are
to do but accept it. More important justifiably proud. Then comes along
branches than these have experienced the USD campaign and that is sub
drastic curtailment in service and the scribed with some to spare .
districts thus served have not gone in- And so it will be with the tubercu
to seclusion. Neither have they suffered losis seal campaign, the Red Cross
serious business reverses. membership drive and all other agen-
o cies contributing to promotion of the
LONGER WORK WEEK reat victory drive. Our people have
y ii , ,', 'the will to win and they will find the
In this mad scramble for manpower way to meet all demands-this in spite
there i seems to be one issue the admin- 0f the constant drain on our man
istration is avoiding with characters- power
tic political adeptness the longer '
work week. Just what the President n APATAJ
has in mind has not been made appar- LUUK AG A1JN
ent, for the press of other affairs has A poster recently issued to retail
not permitted him to give this specific merchants by the food rationing divi
issue the direct attention it demands, sion of the Office of Price Administha
Immediate disposal was accomplished tion, tells the consumer in words and
through the reorganization of the pictures how to get coffee. The mer
manpower authority. That relieved chants are displaying these posters in
Mr. Koosevelt of having to confront thousands of stores throughout the
Labor personally and his silence re- land. They are doing their level best to
garding abandonment of the 40-hour make coffee rationing a little less oner
week for the duration is leaving both to the public.
sides in the dark. Consumers who become impatient
When the New Deal was courting with the red tape in which necessities
the Labor vote by granting about ev- of life are now wrapped, have only to
erything demanded by that group there look at the coffee poster again the
backside. There they can see a little
of the red tape which the merchant
rr.us unravel before he can enjoy
the privilege of serving his cus
omers.. In this case it is merely the
requirements to be complied with
if the retailer is to restock a few
bags of coffee. Other requirements
which the merchant must meet if
he is to stay in business are so
manifold and complex that the
simplest of transactions has become
a grim undertaking. Price fixing,
quality and quantity of goods are
all subject to complicated restric
tions affixed with heavy enpalties
for violations. A $10,000 fine and
ten years in prison is a prominent
tag on most of the laws. The public
seldom sees these evidences of the
growing handicaps on retail dis
tribution. Unexcelled service is
taken or fgranted, even as modern
mass . distribution is taken for
granted.
A lot of behind-the-scenes hard
work and competence is needed to
keep hundreds of thousands of
clean wholesome merchandising
centers operating at top efficiency.
And anything that slows that effi
ciency unnecessarily, cuts directly
into our standard of living.
This is not to say that wartime
regulations are not essential. It is
simply an expressed hope that the
already formidable task of feeding
and clothing the nation will not be
made more formidable by the fail
ure to reallize that a smooth work
ing distribution system is vital to
the war effort.
Legal Notices
ADMINISTRATRIX SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an order of the
County Court of the Couny of Mor
row and State of Oregon, made
and entered on the 27th day of
May, 1942, in the matter of the
estate of W. E. Ahalt, deceased, the
undersigned, as administratrix of
said estate, will sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder subject
to confirmationi of said Court, the
following describe real property,
situate in the County of Morrow
and state of Oregon, and described
as follows, to-wit:
Southwest quarter of Section
fourteen (14); the Southeast
quarter of Section fifteen (15)
and the Northwest quarter of
Section twenty -three (23), all in
Township Two (2) North, Range
Twenty-three (23) East of Wil
lamette Meridian;
Also: The south 10 feet of lot one
(1) and lots seven (7) and eight
(8) in Block three (3) of Sper
of lone, Oregon;
ry's Fourth Addition to the city
Also: A certain piece, parcel or
tract, of land, beginning 10 feet
east and 60 feet south of the
Southeast comer of Block three
(3) of Sperry's Fourth Addition
to the City of lone, Oregon,
running thence, West 470 feet
thence South to the center of
main channel of Willow Creek;
v thence East along the center of
the main channel of Willow
Creek 470 feet; thence North to
the place of ' beginning.
Said sale w'U be made ort the
23rd day of January, Saturday,
1943, at the hour of 10:00 in the
fore noon of said day, at the
courthouse door in the City of Hep
pner, in said County and State.
Sale will be held open for one
hour and terms will be 50 percent
cash down and balance on confir
mation of sa id sale by said Court.
Dated and first published this 17th
day of December, 1942.
Josephine Buchanan,
Administratrix of the estate .
of W. E. Ahalt, deceased.
. 38-42
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