4 Heppner Gazette Times, July 5, 1945
EDITORIAL .
Let's Put It Over!
Two days remain of the Mighty Seventh war
loan campaign and from latest figures submitted
by the county war finance committee chairman
Morrow county still lacks $71,000 of attaining
the E bond quota. All other quotas have been
made except the E bond series and it is the latter
in which all war finance officials are most vitally
concerned. '
It was the privilege of the writer to hear the
man who plans the war loan campaigns tell of his
work and the object of the present drive to sell all
the people on E bonds in particular. This man,
chosen from the state of Oregon because of his
outstanding record in putting this state out ahead
of the nation in the war loan campaigns, left his
Washington office Thursday and flew across the
continent to Oregon that he might address the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers association con
vention in Eugene Friday noon. He is working
under great pressure all of the time and it is un
derstandable that time is most precious to him, es
pecially when he expected to be back at his desk
Saturday. Ted Gamble told his hearers why the
treasury department is anxious that the current E
bond quota be met.
The great bugaboo of any war era is inflation.
Realizing that fact, the treasury department set
about to prevent inflation in World War II insofar
as it is within the power of that agency to do so.
Millions of low wage earners were suddenly ele
vated to a' plane never before realized. At the
same time the things they could spend a lot of
their money for were rapidly disappearing from
the markets not to return until reconversion fol
lowing the war. We all know the story of the E
type of bond the limit placed on one year's pur
chase of the series in order to nrevent quotas from
being taken up by a few investors, at the same
time encourging and protecting the small invest
ors by making the series in small enough denomi
nations to place them within the purchasing pow
er of everybody. The plan has worked quite gen
erally except that in the current drive too few
people are buying the popular bond. The several
bond issues have been taken, always with an ov
er subscription but when the results are tallied it
is found that the ratio of bondholders is too small
compared to the number of bonds solcL This, to a
certain extent, has a tendency to work on the side
of inflation rather than against it.
The picture is not bad, Gamble pointed, out,
inasmuch as an almost negligible number of per
sons have been cashing in their bonds. He believ
es the line will be held, especially if more small
purchasers invest regularly in the E bonds and
hold them until the time when they can buy need
ed items. If this policy is followed by the masses
there will be no reason for an after-war depres
sion. The bonds will come in handy in off-season
periods which come from time to time and those
who buy them and hold onto them for the prover
bial rainy day will be both wise and fortunate.
Th)e apeal is made to the person able to buy
the small bonds $18.75 to $100 denominations.
He is the one most likely to suffer in times of de
pression and if he invests his spare change in E
bonds now they will grow in value, giving him
more money when it becomes necessary to cash
them.
Let's get busy and make Monjow county one
of the few sections going over the top with the E
bond quota.
When Will the War End?
This is the mooted question question right at
present and continuing on lines of war thought
expressed at the "warvention" in Eugene it is per
tinent to remark that the war will end when the
Japs decide to give up the struggle that soon
and no sooner. From competent authorities who
gave their impressions at the newspaper confer
ence it is quite certain the Japs know they have
lost the war but how to save face, which is so im
portant to the Oriental way of looking at things,
is something they have not figured out and until
they discover something plausible that will per
mit them to back down graciously they will carry
on the struggle.
Three speakers, all of them fresh from the
battle fronts of the Pacific, voiced the opinion
that it will require at least eighteen months to
wind up the. war. Japan as a first rate power no
longer exists, but Japan still has the men and
many of the resources essential to carrying on a
losing fight. Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Morn
ing Oregonian, recently returned from a 26,000
mile tour of the Pacific where he contacted men
of highest rank down to the private in the ranks.
Nowhere did he gain the impression that the war
would end in 90 days as some of our wishful
thinkers would have us believe. Mr. Hoyt's ob
servations were seconded by Admiral H. B. Mil
ler, head of public relations, United States Navy,
who was the banquet speaker Friday evening. He,
too, was just back from the battle zone. Comman
der Paul C. Smith, also with navy public relations
admittedly an incurable optimist, could not see an
end to hostilities short of eighteen months, and
more than likely two years.
Commander Smith was more emphatic in his
statements than others, inasmuch as he has per
haps seen more actual combat. He put the Jap
down as a smart fighter, daring and tricky. Smash
ing of an army, division or smaller units does not
mean giving up. The Jap soldier will dig in or
hide in caves where he must be routed out. It
means certain death but he knows this type of
warfare takes time and it is his belief that the
Allies will eventually grow weary of the struggle
and modify the terms of surrender.
It required 82 days for the Americans to get
control of Okinawa. They still are hunting Japs
and probably will for days to come. If it took 82
days to eliminate 150,000 Japs on Okinawa, how
long will it take to crush an estimated army of 6,"
000,000 on the Japanese mainland and in Man
churia, the Commander asked. The answer lies
not so much in the complete destruction of the
armed forces as of robbing them of the essential
materials for carrying on. The apparent strategy is
o wipe our Japanese war plants as was done in
Germany, and this, too, is a task that will require
many months. But it will be done, and with the
thought in mind to spare as many American and
Allied lives as possible.
Mrs. Ada Bloom has returned
from an extended visit in the Wil
lamette valley with her family and
friends. She is a sister of Mrs. E.
R. Huston and makes her home
here with the Hustons.
Miss Vera Mahoney arrived from
Los Angeles Friday having been
called by the serious illness of her
mother, Mrs. Harriet Maoney.
Mrs. J. R. ioraen is a guest at
the George Corwin home. Mrs. Cor
win went to Hood River to help
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No Question About Need of
Hospital
There has been no question about the need of
a hospital in Heppner to serve the people of Mor
row county and neighboring districts. That need
was felt keenly last fall when the voters sanct
ioned a two-mill tax for the construction of a suit
able building, equipping and maintaining it. It ap
pears that since the tax was voted a considerable
number of the taxpayers have felt that work
should go ahead on the building and as we all
know numerous plans have been suggested only
to be dropped through lack of legal, support. As a
last resort the method of raising funds by popu
lar subscription was proposed and after giving the
plan due consideration the hospital commission
and members of the county court decided to give
it a trial. If you have not been approached by a
member of this group, just be patient, for some
one will call to talk it over with you.
There may be some who disagree with the pre
sent plan and no one will be disDosed to argue the
case. However, looking at it squarely, this plan
merely calls upon you to pay in ready cash now
what your ultimate tax would amount to over the
five-year period. To some of the larger taxpayers
this may mean a considerable donation, yet it was
upon the urging of some of these same large tax
payers that the plan was adopted. The rub comes
when a lot of the smaller taxpayers feel that they
cannot fork over that much cash right now, but if
they will go to the assessor and get the figure per
haps it will not hurt so badly. The bulk of the fund
will come from the large taxpayers, provided they
will donate to the extent of their five-year assessment.
This newspaper has questioned the wisdom of
abandoning the tax plan in favor of nooular sub
scriptions but realizing the need for the hospital
and taking into consideration some other factors,
we feel disposed to get behind it and do what we
can to bring the hospital into reality. If the people
want it that way they will make their want known
by volunteering the funds. The court and com
mission propose to find this out at the earliest pos
sible time. The money is here if we desire to make
it available. The die is cast and we should let no
thing stand in the way of getting the hospital built
at the earliest possible date.
W BREAKFA!
care for her mother a few weeks
ago and decided to bring her home
with her to recuperate. Mrs. Corwin
attended the Methodist conference
at Salem during her absence from
Heppner.
Heppner will miss the Reverend Bennie Howe
and his good wife. Since coming here four years
years ago they have built a circle of friends about
them who deeply regret their transfer to another
field of activity. The best wishes of the communi
ty accompany them to Coquille.
Clean up work on streets and city-owned lots
should inspire private property owners to follow
suit. This week the city is cleaning up the lot ad
jacent to the Gazette Times property and if May
or Turner has his way further improvement will
be made by bringing the lot up to the level of the
other lot Clearing off of dead grass and weeds
removes a fire hazard as well as making the lot an
attractive spot for a small park. ,
o
Since food can now be made of wood, landlords
who offer "Room and Board" may be speaking
literally.
SI IS TOPS I
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energy which a
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before your regu-1
lar shift and go to
work prepared to
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