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g Heppner Gazette Times, August 12, 1943 r- ' nm U Ml ijlSiiii WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 19 Here are Some of the reasons that congress is "mad" at the way OPA is run. The price executive for meat, fish, fats and oils is a pro fessor from Iowa, without business experience. The price. executive for building materials is an oil econo mist. A college professor .is the price executive for steel and iron. The price executive for the paper division is a professor of political ecience. The price executive for the machinery division is an account ant, an economist and a professor. In charge of the non-ferrous .metals branch is a professor with no busi ness experience. Price executive over drugs and chemicals is a Har vard professor witih part time work in the labor department. The chap who handles the restaurant division is an economist formerly with the Illinois emcirgency relief. To con trol solid fuel prices is a young Harvard statistical economist who has been with the national' planning board and has had no business ex perience. The man handling rents is a lawyer, has been a special assist ant to the secretary of agriculture, was ah assistant to Triple A, was legal advisor to the national de fense advisory council, worked with the federal communications commission and has had no special rent 'experience. The list could be expanded. To cure this state of affairs the house decided that anyone who formulates a price policy for some industry should have at least five years ex perience in that industry. One of the principal charges laid against OPA is that it has taken professors without practical business expeii ence and permitted them to write the ticket for industries concerning which they had only a theoretical knowledge. Reports from all parts of the country reaching back here from scores of congressmen who are buiy visiting the home folks and building their political fences, say that far mers are hopping mad at OPA and the war manpower commissioner, particularly the latter. Farmers are squawking loud and long because' the war manpower commissioner didn't freeze farm hands on their jobs- Every farmer is short-handed and to obtain . experienced farm help seems to be out of the ques tion. Nonthwest farmers say if it hudn't been for the hundreds of school children and housewives who were recruited to help harvest the perishable fruit and berry crop a good part of this' harvest would hive been lost These youngsters and housewives, plus the hundreds of Mexican farm hands who have been imported to work in Wash ington and Oregon harvest fields, .saved the day for many farmers. Severed members of the house committee on military affairs have just completed an ' investigation' of the food situation in several large military camps where upwards of half a million men are fed three times a day. Charges that the army waste cf food have been heard in many quarters for some time. The ,tory has it that tons of food alone are wasted each week-end, when tfos same three meals per day are prepared for thousands of soldiers who are not there to eat them, being away on week-end leave, and into the garbage can it goes. This subject will get a real good airing when congress reconvenes next month. For the past year food administration has been grabbing a huge percentage of all classes of each season's food pack for the armed forces and lend-lease, which left , only a small amount for civil ian consumption. Some congress men after investigating the neces sary needs of armed forces and lend-lease hollered their heads off charging war food administration .with grabbing up much more food than was necessary. There must have been some merit to this con gressional roar, because only last week war food administration an nounced they would immediately release six and one-half million cases of canned fruit and vegetables for civilian use which had previous ly been ordered set aside for gov ernment purchase. a A publicity drive of gigantic pro portions will be undertaken by government agencies in an attempt to bring the public out of their lethargy in re the war- By far too many people think the war is all but won. This sme feeling seems to exist among thousands of war in dustry workers who are not keeping up with the production schedule, which has slumped to an alarming degree. The same feeling of "it's about all over," is the cause of much absenteeism in war industries say those who should know. Any one with an ounce of sense should know that the war is far from being won, and one of .the best ways to prolong the struggle yes, even lose itis to think, act and talk that "it is about all over." Kinzua Select L Into Crates for Over one half million board feet cf Kinzua select lumber has been shipped within the last two months to the Springfield Armory, Spring field, Mass. to be made into Gar and rifle boxes. The exast footage is not allowed to be published un der war department rulings. Sev eral thousand feet of lumber were cut ready for assembly into boxes in ;the factory department. Common grade lumber has long held an outstanding place in the war program and now "selects" are coming into their own place in car rying the battle to the enemy by their adaptibility to making into boxes to carry Garand rifles all over the world. The Garand or MI that in the words of Inventor rifle is the famous .30 . caliber gun Garand "took between 15 and 20 years to develop, but the actual designing was accomplished in less umber Goes Garand Rifles than a year. It weighs nine pounds same as World War 1 Spring field and its firepower and dura bility hasf been demonstrated in action time and again." Operated on a gas-pressure principle, the Garand fires eight shots in rapid succession. These rifles, however, must get on the battlefront in good condition and that is where the Kinzua pine lumber goes to work. Packed in a sturdy, compact, lightweight con tainer, the rifles get to the ,war zones in excellent condition. From a handful of men when the Springfield Armory opened in 1794, the Armory Has grown to 12,000 employees, and 62 buildings are spread over 77 acres of land. The production of the Armory is of ut most importance in the Allied vic tories and Kinzua is proud to have its lumber in there fighting too- DOWN FROM WALLOWA Packy Carty was in town Wed nesday attending to business mat ters. He was just back from the Wallowa country where he has had his sheep on ' summer range since June- POLICEWOMEN SOUGHT FOR WASHINGTON, D C A nation-wide examination to se lect policewomen for the Washing ton, D. C, police department was announced today by the United States Civil Service commission. Young women between the ages of 25 and 35 who are in good health are sought. Thsy do not need to have had previous experiences or specific education, but a knowledge of social case work and an apti tude for police duties is necessary to' do. well on the test. Applications must be filed with ,the' United States Civil Service commission, Washington 25, D. C, by August 31. Playing an important part in war time Washington's effort to curb delinquency, policewomen super vise capital amusement places with serial regard to the protection of young people, investigate causes of delinquency take Steps to combat them, and perform general police work in detection and prevention of crime. Entrance salary is $2,200 a year; opportunities for promotion are good. ' . Infarmaition can be obtained from the commission's local secretary, at Heppner, or from the United States Civil service commission, Washing ton, D. C Use G-T want ads to dispose of your surplus stock. WORD OF APPRECIATION We take this means of thanking our neighbors and friends who rushed to our assistance when cur grain field caught fire. But for their timely action the damage would have been far heavier. 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