4 Heppner Gazette Times, February 8, 145
EDITORIAL . . . .
Last Round May Be Long
While Messrs Joe, Winnie and Frank are assem
bled to plan the egg crate wallop to Hitler, which
will be designed to shorten the length of the Ger
man campaign, it is well to look to the west where
General McArthur is daily narrowing the perime
ter of the Sons of Heaven. It is the accepted belief
that regardless of the outcome of the war in ,the
west, whether the end be real soon or several
months off, the war to exterminate the Mikado's
hordes will run on indefinitely. To those of us who
are about as far distant from both fronts as geog
raphy will permit us to be it is a matter of guess
or depending upon such information as the OWI
chooses to impart. Thus we are not certain on any
phase of the campaign except that we as civilians
must keep up the fight at home so long as our
fighting forces are carrying the battle at the front.
A soldier's viewpoint, therefore, is refreshing if
not more illuminating than other sources of infor
mation. For instance, Lt. Col. Ray W. McDuffee,
writing his father, George W. McDuffee, former
' sheriff of Morrow county now residing in Port
land, from the Philippines says: As you can see
by the newspapers, we are now in the last round
of the fight for the Philippines. There is not, I be
lieve, any doubt as to the outcome, but we shall
have paid a real price by the time the gong rings
and the Japs are packed out, or, I might say, put
under. Of course, there will be a lot of them still
left here and there in the islands, but they will
only be cornered rats. Perhaps the Filipinos will
take care of all the larger groups. I think they ra
ther like to cut Japs' throats."
Continuing McDuffee wonders what the Japs
say "after all their shouting about the decisive
character of the struggle for the islands" when
that decision is against them. Loss of the Philip
pines will cut them off from all materials of the
Indies, Malaya, Indo-China, Formosa and in part
the China coast.
Japs in ships in the Sea of Japan will feed the
"And" surely the time is not far away when the
fishes so the future Nips will have food. As you
can tell, .1 have not much regard for the Japs.
Their fanaticism and the adroit and terrible way
in which their leaders exploit the socially develop-
Giles French Gives
News and Views
Of the Legislature
Because of the introduction of HB
ed emotionalism and herd tendencies of the peo
ple, make of them an opponent whose only lack is
a material one. In their hands our equipment, re
sources and production would have us backed to 130 which provides that contribu-
the wall and soon we should have either to give tors to the workmen's compensation
up or fight fanaticism with fanaticism. That would fund who employed three or fewer
reduce us to their status and philosophy. Anyway, workmen might make their pay
the lesson for us is 'never again.' If we must de- mentsWe a year-instead of every
stroy them as a cohesive nation and people then nth, a change in the regulations
let us do so. Our only law becomes one of self- be made
preservation " ne comimssion held that HB 130
That from a man who saw the islands wrested no contitutional in that
from American and Filipino control is worthy of " would give some employer a
. , . c. , . , .. 'nr.u, different status than others. How-
consideration. Since-his letter was written early k for
in January, progress has been rapid towards nd- b who contribute t0 the
ding the Philippines of the bandit conquerors fund to y yearly u their total
and the last round for the islands is well under contributions are less than $50.
way.The next move may be the Japanese home- xhere is no reduced rates for those
and, 'and it, too, may fall into Allied hands, but who pay less than this sum, there
the Japs are spread over a vast part of the Asi- fore the division there,
atic mainland with valuable resources at their Hereafter those whose annual
command. They will not be pried loose from there payments are under $50 may send
without a desperate struggle. It can be done, and in an estimate of their contribu
MacArthur is the boy to figure out how it will tions at the first of the year, much
be done. as is done with federal income
o taxes. At the end of the year the
R' Q-rnf Woolr employer can send in his time
Doy jcour Tree boot Tlie j wiu compute
This is the beginning of Boy Scout week. All his payments and send him a bill,
over the land and in foreign countries where Scouts K he owes more than his estimate
are active attention will be focused upon the pur- he can pay it; if he owes less the
pose of scoutdom and the activities of the thous- commission will either pay or give
ands of troops. Locally, two highlights of the troop credit.
will be attendance at church Sunday morning as The employer will pay no inter
guests of Rev. Bennie Howe at the Methodist est, but the major gain for em
church, and on onday evening the annual ban- TioUs S5
quet at the same church only this year it will be be fa relief from
a pot luck dinner instead of a formal occasion. monthJy statements m
But the dads will be there as guests of their sons mg not continually in
to learn of some of the things the Scouts have delinquent class,
been doing the past year in the form of talks and gince for introduction
demonstrations. 0f bills has passed in the house
It is well for all of us to remember that the boys more speed expected in getting
and their leader and the Scout council are carry- the program done in that .body,
ing on this work under strenuous conditions and Few bill of major importance are
that it is succeeding only because of the determi- expected. Really the job of getting
nation of the boys to become useful citizens and bills written has been slower than
the desire of their leaders to aid them in aceom- usual this time.
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There is actually a shortage of
lawyers and a serious shortage of
lawyers able to wriite the more
difficult bills. It requires a special
sort of knowledge to write a long
bill or one that may become a new
la (amendments are easier).
There is a great deal of checking
necessary if the proposed law does
many new things and the wording
must be rather exact if the law
says what it is intended to say.
Committee bills will still be in
troduced and this will account for
many more bills. If a committee
has several bills on the subject it
is expected to work them out, take
what part of each it thinks best,
argue the merits of each proposal
and bring out a bill that it can de
fend that will be the best on the
particular subject. It must be pre
pared to carry the new bill on the
floor or it may be sent back to be
termine the legislation,
changed. It is such fights' that de-
Among the bills introduced at
the last minute there were many
that have been expected since the
start of the session. Several tax
bills, the new budget bill, the three
way bill to amend the workmen's
compenation law, and others will
take time to work into shape. There
tre also, retirement bills for all
or part of the state's employes and
the merit system bill for the same
group of people came in late.
The house taxation and revenue
committee has four proposals which
would use up income tax money
now being used to reduce state in
come taJtes. One would send $3,000
000 to the schools, another would
send $5,000,000 on a different basis,
another would use the money to
pay the county school tax in addi
tion to the present $5,000,000 school
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