4 Heppner Gazette Times, August 9, 1 945
EDIT OR I A L
Is This a Caste War?
If a photostatic copy of an article in the July 27,
1945 Washineton Times-Herald is authentic, and
there is no reason to believe that it is not, count
less thousands of GI's are going to ask themselves
"what are we fighting this war for?" The same
thought will be in the minds of the folks at home
who have been buying bonds to help finance the
war acting under the belief that all men are cre
ated equal.
That our readers may better understand what is
being discussed, a copy of the article is given
herewith :
The heading reads "Military Caste Prevails:
Officers Get Hiah Jobs Priority in WMC Civilian
Placements!" "The military caste dividing men
into two classes of people' will continue over into
civilian life as far as the WMC is concerned, it
was found last nieht.
"In civilian job placements, officers will be
given first chance at administrative and supervi
sory positions while enlisted men will be channel
ed into only those jobs requiring special skills or
no skills at all, a high veterans placement officer
here admitted when questioned on the new WMC
policy.
"WMC now has underway an extensive survey
of executives and supervisory jobs in business
and government which will be available to dis
charged officers, the official said.
"Soon to be published as a result of this sur
vey, he stated, is a booklet listing those positions
into which army, navy and marine officers might
be fitted when vacancies occur.
"A memorandum issued by WMC headquarters
here, and sent to regional directors states 'that
"young officers have married since they were
called into service and they and their families are
accustomed to living on an officer's income."
It is hard to believe that officers will fall into
line with this program. Many of them had good
positions before they went into the service which
will be available to them when they return to ci
vilian life. Of those who hold rank now but who
were without lucrative employment in civilian life
there may be some who will fall in line with
WMC. But choosing a man for a civilian or feder
al job according to the rank he held in the service
is something new in the matter of New ' Deal
regimentation.
If such a policy is inaugurated, and it no doubt
will be if the bureaucrats . are left unhindered,
there will be several million GIs who will be eag
er to cast their votes for a change of administration.
agts pouring through West Coast postal distribu
tion centers for Navy men, Coast Guardsmen and
Marines in the Pacific and the Navy heartily ap
proves this early-bird rush.
And here are some tips that most people don't
know:
You don't have to show a letter of request from
a Navy man, Coastguardsman or Marine in order
to mail him a gift at any time.
You may mail packages any time you want to.
The Navy has no set Christmas package mailing
time, but urges you to mail packages regularly
throughout the year. (It is the army that sets aside
September. 15-October 15 for Christmas mailing.)
In fact, the Navy urges you to get busy right now
with those Christmas parcels to insure their reach
ing their destination by Christmas.
Remember the job the Navy is doing in cover-
ing the fighting zones of the Pacilic transporting
millions of men and vast quantities of supplies
and do your part by mailing early.
It took some time for the story to break
revealing all the hush-hush about Hanfor.d and
while the people of this area realized something
of great importance was transpiring over there
little did we think that such world-shaking news,
(and we do mean world shaking) would come of
it. When we realize how close the western branch
of the atomatic bomb production is to this section
we might experience cold shivers up our spines
were it not for the assurance that the part produc
ed at Hanford can not function without other parts
added. The great plant is not so far distant that
its approximate location cannot be sighted from
high vantage points in this county, yet many of us
still have no idea what has taken place across the
Columbia in the last three years. But we'll bet a
thin dime the Japs know quite a lot about it by
this time.
S-P-E-C-l-A-L
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
While they last
GLADS $2.00 a dozen
RACHEL DICK
Phone 2504 Peters Building
If Japan can survive the shock of two cities
wiped out by single bombs and entrance of Russia
into the Pacific war, all ceming within the week,
she may be able to carry on the war for some time.
On the other, hand, it is the belief of people in
high places in this and other Allied 'countries
that the end of the war is near. Some say thirty
days, others within a few days, in fact, it might be
over before this issue of the Gazette Times gets
into the mail, unless more speed is shown in the
editorial sanctum and in the mechanical depart
ment. Could be.
Mail Christmas Parcels Early!
"Mail your Christmas parcels to navy person
nel now. Don't wait until fall." That is the burden
of the plea of postal officials whose job it is to
try to get the parcels through on time. They are
witnessing an increasing flow of Christmas pack-
Our better half says that surprising as the news
of the development of the atomic bomb has been,
it is not as astounding as the fact that it was pro
duced right here in America where freedom of
speech is one of our choicest possessions, and no
one spilled, the beans.
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Nice 5-room cottage on West Church
street in Heppner. Some furniture goes
with building. - Good neighborhood.
If you want a nice comfortable little
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HEPPNER
CHAMBER OF COIMMERCE
Meets Every Monday Noon at the
Lucas Place
Dr. W. H. Rockwell
NATUROPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
227 North Main St.
Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.
Exam. Free. Ph. 522, Heppner, Ore.
The new slogan for the Pacific war is "Up
and atom."
PUBLIC IS INVITED
The community service panel of
th local OPA announces a meeting
at 8 p. m. Monday evening in the
basement of the Churh of Christ.
At this time awards will be made
to volunteer workers in proportion
to the number of hours served on
various boards and panels and in
doing office work in the local of
fice. It is hoped that a member
from the Portland office of OPA.
will be on hand to make the pre
sentation of the recognition awards.
All board members and families
and volunteers and their families
as well as the general public are
cordially invited to attend.
Among out-of-town people here
to attend the Hager-Shaw nuptials
were Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Conrad
of Baker, formerly of Hepner.
TWENTIETH AIR FORCE Head
quarters. Guam For the part they
played in the historic series of five
low level incendiary attacks on Ja
pan during an all out offensive.
S Sgt Creston O. Robinson and oth
er enlisted men at B29 bases in
in the Marianas have been com
mended by the Commanding Gen
eral of the Twentieth Air Force.
Sgt Robinson is a specialist with
the ground echelons supporting the
almost daily Suprfort assaults
against the Japanese mainland.
His father, Roy Ro.binson, resides
in Heppner.
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