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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, April 14, 1949
EDITORIAL
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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Monday's the Day!
Monday, April IS, it, an important dale on the
calendar for Munuu oouni people. On th.it day
"We, the ix'ople" must decide whether we want
to face the music and pay the price of better edu
cational facilities or duck the responsibility and
let the fuUire bring what it may. Admittedly, it
is not a pleasing outlook to the taxpayer, but
let us take the viewpoint that the situation with
v hich we are faced is the price of progress, and
there are but two paths to choose from to go
ahead 01 go backwards.
The various budget boards have wrestled with
finance problems and have endeavored to hold
costs to the minimum, but by the time all reports
were assembled the total reached a somewhat
staggering figure. Changes in school operation
more consolidations with consequent additional
bus sen ice; the bringing of the schools up to
standard requirements; the raising of teacher pay
to attraact the type of teachers we wish to in
struct out children thes?, and other factors have
necessitated elevating the sights, as it were, in
order to maintain an educational system worthy
or me name. t
It will be worth the time of the qualified voters
to attend the budget meetings of their respective
districts and learn, before voting, why it is neces
sary to raise more money for the schools this
year. Lack of interest on the part of patrons may
result in a lot of misunderstanding indeed, it
will result in just that that might be prevented
if they would attend the meetings and seek to
learn more about school matters.
War's Terrible Cost
At a time when many people talk almost glibly
of the possibility of a third world war, it is wise
to attempt to assess the cost of the last conflict.
Nothing resembling an exact accounting can be
mad! there are too many imponderables and in
tangibles, which permit of only an informed
guess. One of the most thoughtful efforts to ar
rive at the cost of World War II appears in Har
per's Magazine for April. It is written by C. Hartley
Grattan, who has long been a student of the
economic implications of war.
Mr. Grattan concludes that about 10.000,000
members of armed forces lost their lives. The last
war was unique in that civilians suffered a heav
ier mortality than did men in uniform. The cas
ualties from bombing; the planned extermination
of whole categories of civilians; the terrible death
rate among slave laborers; the losses in under
ground movements these and other causes prob
ably were responsible for 30,000.000 deaths. Thus,
the total human cost of the war was 40.000.000.
To total the material cost brings the analyst to
extremely difficult ground. The most obvious and
easily-unearthed cost is the money actually spent
for military purposes by victor and vanquished.
This is recorded in national budgets. It came to
more than a trillion dollars $1,117,000,000,000.
Next we must arrive at the cost of the physical
damage which was done during the long course
of the conflict. Factories, power plants, transporta
tion systems and whole industrial regions were
razed on a wholesale scale. Both sides concen
trated on attacking dwelling areas people who
have no place to live especially in severe weather,
are of small value as workers. Mr. Grattan ar
rives at the figure of $2,234,000,000,000 (Over 2
trillion) to cover the cost of direct destruction.
But this is not all. There is another economic
cost, which is the most difficult yet to estimate.
That cost is found in the depletion of natural
resources, the disorganization of economic sys
tems, the value of labor and material seized and
caned off by invaders, and so on. Mr. Grattan
places this cost at $650,000,000,000. Adding all the
costs up, we have a final, incredible figure of four
trillion dollars $4,000,000,000,000! And this, as he
says, leaves out the normal cost of war, which
is beyond statistics.
Wrld War II was seven times as destructive as
World War I. If World War III should come with
the atom bomb there is every reason to believe
that the costs would be beyond calculation and
civilization wiped out.
Here is why the best minds in the world are
now devoted to the task of maintaining the peace.
The oAmerican Way
SLAVE LABOR?
By DeWitt Emery
(Editor's Note: DeWitt Emery
is president of the National Smail
Business Men's Association.)
Now it can be told at long last,
William Green, President of the
A. F. of L. is on record concern-
sion, asking that the road lead
ing to the Grant county line from
Heppner via Hardman and Par
kers Mill be accepted as a post
road.
Elks to the number of about a
hundred gathered at their hall
last Thursday evening for instal
lation ceremonies and to enjoy
a big clam feed The matter of the
new building was also taken up
and met with an enthusiastic re
ception. When subscriptions to
tock in the enterprise were call-
d for, $11,000 was subscribed in
very few minutes, and the new
building seems now to be assur-
d. The following officers were
nstalled: Exalted ruler, F. A. Me-
Menamip; esteemed leading
knight, C. B. Cox; esteemed loyal
night, B. B. Kelly; esteemed lec
turing knignt, b. r stone; trustee.
L. Gilliam; treasurer, rranK
Gilliam; secretary, Harold Cohn
Rights Must Be Earned
Albert S. Goss, Master of the National Grange,
has written a telling editorial on the important
subject of "Human Rights Versus Human Respon
sibility." He points out that the General Assembly
of the United Nations has officially stressed rights
which are theoreticlly owed the individual by the
state, such as the right of rest and leisure, protec
tion against unemployment, housing and medical
care and other forms of social security.
Then Mr. Goss writes: "We believe the United
Nations is tackling the w hole question of human
rights wrong end first . . . What the world really
needs is a Heclaration of Human Responsibility
People need to learn that they cannot expect
something for nothing. Furthermore, self-govern
ment falls when a majority fails to realize that
they must contribute as much as they take out
For example, the impossible economic situation
in France today is the result of the people de
manding more of the government than they give.
. . . "It is high time we return to the simple phil
osophy of willingness to work.''
One great difficulty that must be met by the
framers of the United Nations declaration of policy
is that they must satisfy scores of nations
and governments which subscribe to every kind
and form of political theory. However, the peoples
of the free countries, the United States included
have gone a long way down the deadly path that
leads to complete governmental domination of oui
lives. The "gimme" spirit has reached tragic pro
portions. And so has the idea that government
"owes" us protection against every possible exi
gency.
To quote Mr. Gosagain, "Rights must be earned
through the exercising of responsibility." In a free
country, the people support their government, and
give it orders. In a dictatorship, the government
takes over the people, and gives them orders.
The distinction is that simple.
R. N. Stanfield made a ship
ment of three cars of sheep from
he Heppner yards to Chicago
Wednesday.
S. W. Spencer and E. G. Noble
were visitors in Pendleton Sun
day, going over in the Spencer
car.
Mat Halvorsen and Gus A.
Johnson of the lone section were
uisiness visitors in Heppner on
Friday last.
ing what in his judgment
makes the Taft-Hartley Act a
slave labor law. Here's what he
says:
'The Constitution of the Unit d
States provides that involuntary
servitude shall not be imposed
on any individual except as pun
ishment for crime. Yet the Taft-
Hartley Law authorizes the use
of injunctions which when ap
plied compels workers to work
against their will. That is slav
ery and involuntary servitude,
practiced in a free America. How
would employers feel if they
were enjoined and compelled by
injunctions to operate their
plants against their will and at
a loss? It matters not how long
a man is compelled to work for
one minute or one second it is
compulsion,' and if he is forced
to work against his will and go
to jail as a consequence of refus
ing to work, he is a victim of in
voluntary servitude and slavery.
You and no one else can deny
this fact."
How do you like that? Accord
ing to Green, workers are slaves
because the Taft-Hartley Act
gives the government the right,
for example, to go into court and
get an injunction to keep babies
from starving when a strike pre
vents their getting milk, forcing
the workers to stay on the job
doing their regular work at their
regular rate of pay while at their
ion and employer "negotiate a
new contract.
ADDarentlv. Mr. Green feels
that It's perfectly all rfght for
him and a small handtul of other
labor union bosses to have life
and death power over this na
tion of one hundred fifty mil
lion people; that it's all right
for these labor union bosses to
be able whenever they wish to
shut off food, fuel and everything
else for everyone in the country;
that the public has no right at
all to protect itself in any way
against anything union labor
wants to do,
it,
The Gazette Times this week
finished the job of printing the
1919 premium books for the bev-
enth Annual Morrow County
raif nnri thpv will be mailed out
nromutlv bv Secretary Brown of I In case he doesn't know
he fair board. i someone snouiu n-ii diu uin-u
that it's exactly this attitude,
H. V. Gates, president of Hepp-1 "union labor can do no wrong,"
ner Light & Water company, was ! which was responsible for the
here a couple of days this week, , people forcing Congress to pass
coming in for the purpose of be- the Taft-Hartley Act. They got
sinning the survey of the conduit ; fed all the way up to me en's
line from the mountains, un go- iwith mass picketing
DEMOCRACY UNDER
PRESSURE
The legislature's courage for
achievement was caught in its
first eddies of dissention Satur
day when Representative Giles
French regimented an opposition
bloc and tabled the senate s ver
sion of the tax bill. French led
a fight to put to the vote of the
people a constitutional amend
ment that would prevent the
State from levying a property
tax for state purposes, and re
quire initiative petitions to state
how much what they propose
would cost, also to create an in
terim committee to study Ore
gon's tax structure.
The tabling vote erne after a
senate house conference commit
tee had an "unjangling" tug-of-war
that lasted four hours and
reported no progress.
This move developed visions of
a 100-day session.
INTERIM COMMITTEE ERRED
The act of the highway interim
committee, created by a joint res-
olution of the 1947 legislature, in
drawing $106,000 from highway
funds to conduct its study was
declared an error this week in an
opinion by the attorney general's
office.
The opinion says "That an un
ambiguous and clear constitu
tional limitation prohibits draw
ing money from the treasury thru
the medium of an attempted ap
propriation by joint resolution."
Senator Richard L. Neuberger.
who requested the opinion, and
other senators were critical of the
amount expended and of the le
gality of the expenditure. In read
ing the opinion on the floor of
the senate, Neuberger said he had
been unable to account for $15,
000 of the sum despite an inten
sive search through the records
filed with the highway commis
sion and the secretary of state.
DENIES DESIGNS
"Oregon's southern neighbor
has no designs for tapping Col I BOTH COULD BE RIGHT
umbia river water," said Califor- "You say we snouiu au.nu te
nia's Governor Earl Warren to didn't know what we were doing
his host, Governor McKay, at the I w hen we voted for the $50-a
meeting of three western gover-! month pension," retorted a Con
nors in Portland last week. The i trite oldster at a social welfare
federal government is conduct committee hearing. "What we
ing a survey of a plan to pipe will admit is that we didn t know
Columbia river water to alleviate (what we were doing when we
a California water supply shrink-1 voted for you to come to the leg
age. . iislature."
, wrf 11" W"" W ' "W."SM
ing out to the timber belt, Mr.
Gates found that he could not
get at the work, owing to snow,
and will return a few weeks later.
The Stockmens and Cowpunch
ers dance at lone on last Friday
night is reported to have been a
comDlete success. The attendance
was good and everyone had a
ery year I work about twenty-five
intimida- percent of the time for the federal
tion, coercion, goon squads, an- i government. This very definitely
archy, with being kicked around ! is against my will and because
archy, with being kicked all over it is. I am, therefore, a "victim of
the lot by a small group of self- i involuntary servitude." which
must mean that I'm a "slave" of
the state. I don't like Tieing a
slave, and if those ot you who
pay income tax and are, there
fore, victims of involuntary ser
vitude, also object to being
ish, self-centered, self-seeking,
unscrupulous labor union bosses.
This "slavery" idea of Green's,
however, has some rather intri
guing aspects. I've heard the in
come tax law called manv hard
fine time. Prizes went to Mr. and names and heard it denounced slaves, perhaps we should do
Mrs. George Sperry and Miss Loia from several dilterent angles, nur something about it. Maybe by all
Hayes of this city for the best I never heard it called a "slave working together we could force
dressed cow-boy and cowgirl char- labor law." However, according to i our "masters" to repeal the "In
acters, while Joe White of Wil- j his reasoning, that's exactly what I come-tax-slave-labor-law." I'll be
lows took the persimmon for the j jt must be. Iglad to spearhead the movement
toughest character. I Take my case for example: Ev-, if you'll back me up on it.
30 YEARS AG
Heppner Gazette Times. ,
April 17, 1919 ;
W. F. Barnett, merchant and
farmer of Lexington, was a bus-!
lness visitor in Heppner on Mon
day. Mr. Barnett expresses the
opinion that the Lexington coun
try faces the best crop prospects
this spring she has enjoyed in
her history, judging from the pre
sent outlook.
The first half of Morrow coun
ty's taxes have been collected
at the sheriff's office and the
bulk of this money has been turn
ed over to Treasurer Humphreys
by Sheriff Shutt. The total am
ount represented on the 1918 roll
to be collected-is S224.683.08. Am
ount collected to date, S114.841.52
and turned over to the treasurer,
$111,841.77, leaving a balance on
hand of $3101.75. This indicates
that a little better than one-half
of the taxes .n the roll have been
collected up to the present time.
...
Resolutions were filed by the
county court during the week
with the state highway commis-
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No
Lovelier
Way To
Say It . .
Than With Flowers
That "special someone" you're escorting in the
Easter parade will love a corsage to complement her
costume. If you place your order now, you can be
certain of getting just the proper flowers.
EASTER LILIES
$3.00 up
. . si
Mary Van's Flower Shop
A Change In Personnel ....
It is our pleasure to announce that a change in per
sonnel has been effected in our firm. Harlan Mc
Curdy Jr. has acquired an interest in the business
and will hereafter be associated with us in caring
for your insurance problems.
Mr. McCurdy needs no introduction to the people
of Morrow County, and we are happy to have him as
a member of our firm.
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$10.00 to 12.00
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A claiwic pattrrn of muitemn
richntM and authority. Named
after the original guild home (at
Oneida, New York) of the
craflamen nho fashioned it.
See thia opulent ftolid silver
pattern today! We will he glad
to et up a payment plan
even for a atarter set of
two place settings.
Complete 6-Piec. Ploc Sttin
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Jewelers
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Blelg., Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J.O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry & Gift Good.
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
J. 0. TURNER
ATTOBNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd & -lih Mondays
at 8:00 p.m. In Legion Hall
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
JackA.Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medicine
3ffice First Floor Bank Bklg.
i'hone 2312 Heppner
Saw Filing &
Picture Framing
O. M. YEAGEH'S
SERVICE STORE
Turner, Van Marrer
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 102
Phelps Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1.132 Heppner, Oregon
A.D.McMurdo,M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Heppner City
PaiiniI Meets First Monday
V.OUnCII Ewta Mouth
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council. Phone 2572
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No. 4 Center St.
House Cals Made
Home Phone 2583 Office 2572
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
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Of! lea hi Peters Bulldlng
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Elaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Heppner, Ore.
Call Settles Electric
at IIKPPNKK APPLIANCE
for all kinds of electrical work.
New and repair.
Phone 2542 or 1423
Dr. J. D. Palmer
DENTIST
Office upftairs Rooms 11-12
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783, Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
First National Bank Bldg.
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Cmirt Meets First Wodnasdny
wuun of Eanh Mnlh
County Juclitn Office Hoursi
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 a,m.
to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Fore
non only
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