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6 Heppner Gazette Times, October 14, 1943 Siiiipiii AT (SfffiE in 1 1 ( tig I I. fl I Senator Wheeler's fight to defer pre-Pearl Harbor fathers continues to turn the light on some very in teresting facts concerning the de ferments which have been granted government employes. A tabulation of the number so deferred by states has been made available by the se lective service board and shows Washington and California in top spots. The list shows a total of 115, 397 eligible for the draft but defer red because they are essentially employed in some one of the nu merous government agencies. The majority of the entire total so deferred are under 34 years of age and thousands range between 18 and 25. California stands hi No. 2 spot with 12,249 deferred, led on ly by New York state, which is in first position with 14,954. Washington stands in fifth place with 6,275 de ferred because of their essential government employment. The break down of this total of ,275 from Washington shows them listed in the following brackets: 1,315 are be tween age 18 and 21; 1,204 are from , 22 to 24; 1,685 from 25 to 29; 1,368 to 37. Oregon stands 'way down deferred, which breaks down as' fol lows: 91 from 18 to 21; 123 from 22 from 30 to 34, and 703 are from 35 the list with a total of only 943 so to 24; 296 from 25 to 29; 288 from 30 to 34, and 145 between the ages 35 to 37. Of the 11,000 deferred govern ment employes 51,875 are employes of the navy department, 30,423 are emjployeg of the war department, 7,409 of the shipping administration, and 4,309 of the maritime commis sion. In industry, as of July 31 this year, 1,553,000 are deferred because of their occupation. The very peculiar part of his re port is the wide spread botwe"n Washington and Oregon in the number of those deferred because of their essential government em ployment. Washington has over six times the number so deferred as compared with Oregon. In the next few days selective service will make available the names and ad dresses of the whole list, according to Senator Wheeler, which will also designate those who asked for de ferment, a As predicted in this column over a month ago, Prentiss Brown's re signation as chief of OP A has been written and will be sent the pres ident in the near future. Chester Bowles, who has been running the whole show for the last several months, is expected to be named to succeed Brown. Rumor has it that the president will offer his good friend Prentis Brown anoth er important post in government, which he may not accept. Cloak room gossip has it the popular Mr. Brown will go back to his home in Michigan and look over the politi cal situation very carefully before making any future moves. If things look right, Mr. Brown will be a candidate for some elective office. . Best guessers atround here believe the present 16-point rationing on butter will be lowered in the next few weeks to around sight points where it was last summer. The armed cervices and other govern ment purchasing agensies. which have been taking a large amount of the nation's output, are out of the market and will not make any more purchases of butter until next spring. This move will divert at least 30 percent more butter for ci vilian use. Just as soon as a reas onable stockpile ia built up it is expected the point rationing will be lowered. The armed forces now have a large surplus df most all foodstuffs- If they gtiay out of the market for a few months it may mean reduced ration points on oth er foods, especially meats. American industry has repaid $2,141,366,000 to Mr. Whiskers on war contracts through renegotio tion in the 16 months period ending Aug. 31. On tV3 of that, price re ductions on work already ordered but not yet delivered, will save the government an addition?! $2,262,742, 000, making a total of well over four billion dollars. These figures do not include the bHirf'1- ' ed by the government in the form of lower prices written into new contracts that manufacturers of of war supplies now know because they have found out what their manufacturing costs will come to- While a large amount of the money saved would have gone back to the government anyway in the form of taxes, it is estimated that at least 30 percent of the amount would have been retained by the contractors and manufac tureirs. Other substantial savings will be made before war's end and at the present time negotiations are going on with seven different con tractors in the northwest for re funds which, if made; will take close to $30 million. banks of the higher interest rates on their older loans is simply pass ing on to their borrowers the sav ings made by such refinancing and by economies effected in operation costs." . Brown added that the interest rate on loans not made through an association shall not exceed 4V4 percent, or 4'2 percent, depending upon the class of loan made. Low Interest Rate Assured Borrowers From Land Bank Federal Land Bank borrowers in Umatilla and Morrow counties with National Farm Loan Association loans which matured after June 3p, 1944, are now assured that the in terest rate on their investment payments will not exceed 4 percent during the life of their loans. R H. Loveless, secretary-traesurer of the Hardman National Farm Loan association at Pendleton, said today-Mr- Lovelace) is advised by R. E. Brown, preident of the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, that the bank's board of directors has ap proved substitution of the 4 percent rate for higher rates on nearly all of the loans closed prior to June 24, 1935. While all association loans closed since 1935 carry a 4 percent rate, the board's action guarantees association borrowers that the inter est rate through the life of their loans will not exceed this amount In 1933 congress reduced the land bank interest rate to 4V2 percent, and in 1935 to 3V2 percent, on as sociation loans, and provided that federal funds be used to make up the difference between the origi nal loan rate and the reduced rate, Brown said. This congressional le gislation expire June 30. 1944. when the bank's own reduced rate be came effective. It will make contin uation of payments by the treasury unnecessary unless Congress de cides to continue the 3x2 percent rate. Approximately $20,000,000 would be saved the government in the next fiscal year through dis continuance of these treasury pay ments. The land bank's 4 percent rate is the lowest at which farmers gen erally ever have been able to og ttyn long-term mprtgage credit," Brown told Loveless. "While the 5 and 6 percent rate charged on loans prior to 1935 were low when made and reflected the cost of money in the bond market in those, the land banks since that time have refi nanced their highest rate bonds and the voluntary reduction by the GUEST OF NEPHEW Mrs. R. E. Kaufman of Los An geles is a guest at the home of Rev. and , Mrs- S. D. Spiesz. Mrs. Kaufman, a former Oregonian. is Mr. Spiesz's aunt. She has made her home in Los Angeles for a num "ber Of years and expressed delight at being in her old home state once more. LEAVE FOR ROSEBURG Mr. and Mrs. O. Wendell Herbi son and family, Mrs. Kenneth Mar shall and Loma Mae Jones left Wed nesday morning for Roseburg ex pecting to attend a state conference of the Christian Endeavor society Shortly after they left announce ment was made over the radio that the conference had been postponed. Army, Navy Aptitude Tests Scheduled Here The second qualifying test for the army specialized training program and the navy college program V-12 which will be given throughout the country on Tuesday, Nov. 9, will be administered at the Hepp ner high school, Principal Ivan C. Parker announced today- A pam phlet of general information which .contains an admission-identification form may be obtained at Heppner high school. This form properly filled out will admit to the test students between the ages of 17 and 21 inclusive who are recent high school graduates or who will be graduated by March 1, 1944. In tent to take the test should be made known immediately to Mr. Parker in order that the necessary test supplies may be ordered. TEA GUESTS Guests for tea Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huston were Mrs. Lester Doolittle of Portland and Miss Leta Hum phreys and Miss Rose Hoosier of Heppner. IT- your rt decide . DOLLARS can be cold and selfish things. Or they can be generous, compassionate and 'merciful. Turn over the spending of some of your dollars to your heart. It will want to give twice what your logical mind intended to give, because your heart understands the mercy, the relief and the pleasure that these dollars bring. Let your heart decide. Let's Give Generously to the War Fund Wilson s Men's Wear YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Children start school soon have their eyes checked now. Highly trained eye specialist with years of experience waiting serve you. is to DR. STKAM OITOMETEIST Stram Optica! Co. 225 Soa'Jj Main 403 . 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