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Heppner Gozette Times, Thursdoy, December 29, 1949
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EDITORIAL
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Economy Should Be Watchword
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' An we enter the ycar19.V, all signs point to a
determination oil the part, of a large segment of
tlif population Remand more economical man
agement of governmental affairs. This is partic-nlnrly-tjesirabte
with reference tothe federal
government where no apparent effort is being
made to lessen the tax burden. Indeed, the warn
ing comes repeatedly that we may look for even
farther raids on the taxpayer's pocketbook, and
this kind of talk is beginning to irk Mr. John
Citizen who so well knows where the extra dollars
will come from.
What could not the planners accomplish if
they spent as much time and effort in devising
methods whereby economies could be effected as
they spend in outlining big projects that will put
government in business. It would seem that with
congressional elections comnig up in 1950 there
would be clamor on the part of the politicians for
a lessening of taxes. Such clamor would be for
political effect only. There has been no time in
the past sixteen years when the administation
showed any inclination to cut government expens
es. All efforts have been directed toward finding
more ways to spend money. The only time there
was any effort put forth was the brief spell in
which the Republicans controlled Congress and
apparently times were too prosperous for the tax.
payers to feel concerned, but now that the honey
moon is over and they have time to think about
their own affairs, the people are beginning to
realize that the road we are traveling can lead
only to eventual statism, and that means complete
destruction of the American way of life.
All of us would like to think that the future is
rosy and that when we greet our friends with the
customary Happy New Year that they will enjoy
just that. But to obtain that objective we will
have to give some thought and action as to how it
will be accomplished. We cannot be happy if
laboring under the prospect of losing our coveted
freedom. And we will lose that freedom if the
taxeaters are permitted to continue on their
spending spree the greatest the world has ever
known.
Bear in mind a single sentence paragraph sub
mitted by the Transportation Association of Amer
ica 'The federal government is spending more
this year than the combined wages of a million
manufacturing workers for twenty years" and
ask yourself whither are we bound.
This is not a cheerful New Year's message, but
it does seem an appropriate time to call for a
resolution to preserve our liberties while there re
mains the opportunity to do so, and one way to
guarantee them is to insist on a halt to govern
ment spending that has for its object the preser
vation of the present regime in the White House.
A Good Building Record
Heppner never has endured a building boom
and probably never will. For that reason many
of us are not aware of the amount of building that
has taken place the past few years and it is
doubtful if the average citizen has stopped to con
sider the amount of money spent in home and
business property construction in 1949.
STATE PAYING HIGH INTEREST
Noncallable bonds are costing
the state high interest rates up to
44 per cent, in contrast with cur
rent rates of I'-i and 2H per cent
for similar obligations quoted on
the market, or that could be sold
for refunding, according to Wal
ter J. Pearson, state treasurer.
The bonds of high interest
rates were issued 20 to 25 years
ago, and during the depression.
The callable privilege would have
saved the state large interest
costs, says Treasurer Pearson.
Bonds of municipalities are
paying excess interest for the
same reason. Such noncallable
high coupon bonds are command
ing high premiums on the mar
ties are still issuing long-term
bonds in noncallable form.
The total state bonded debt,
general obligation, on November!
1, 19-19, was $26,911,940, net after
current assets, largely veteran
loan administration, $2,278,000.
Various state funds hold some 10
per cent of these state obliga
tions. APPRENTICESHIP CONFERENCE
Arrangements were approved
this week at the capltol for hold
ing an 11-state western confer
ence on apprenticeship training
at Seaside May 22 25 when the
state apprenticeship council ap
proved plans lor a secial labor
management committee consist
in 19!9. Some of the munidpali
ing "f R. M. Robson, J. T. Mart
and N. Nilsen.
"This meeting," said Governor
McKay, " is the second such con
ference to be held in the West."
The governor recalled that the
first event of this type took place
in California last yer. He said
thut action taken at the time
favt great impetus to the devel-
NATION
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simim
small city like
growth of the
and is not apt
coming into the
gon will attain
many more
structures.
there is prosperity.
A State Faces Bankruptcy
ernment, with
record income,
30 YEARS AG
January 1, 1920
Work of taking the 1920 census
will be underway tomorrow, Jan
uary 2.
During those few days when
trains were unable to reach
Heppner owing to washouts of
some railroad bridges down the
line, mail piled station high at
the Junction. Postmaster Rich
ardson reports that the first train
through after the tieup brought
128 sacks of second class mail,
10 pouches of letters and a wagon
load of packages.
Work on the foundation of the
opment of labor-management co
operation to produce the skilled
workers necessary to meet re
quirements of expanding indus
tries of the west.
WOULD SAVE RESOURCES
Governor Douglas McKay fav
ors the creation of a state depart
ment of natural resources to ma.
nage the state's conservation
movement. A meeting of the 1949
legislative interim committee on
conservation an dthe governor's
advisory committee on natural
resources meeting at the capitol
this week decided to clear the
way for legislative action for con
servation activities on a drain
age basinby-dralnage-basln ba
sis. State department heads pre
sent all are members of the gov
ernor's committee decided to set
up maps of all state drainage ba
sins and to discuss the coordina
tion of agriculture, forestry, min.
ing, hydroelectric, navigation,
fishery and wildlife activities.
Indications forthcoming at the
meeting pointed to three possi
bilities: (1) The committee would de
cide whether It possesses suffi
cient authority at present to do
the job.
(2) It would determine where
its weaknesses, if any, exist and
whether they could be corrected
by legislation.
(3) It would recommend If
other avenues are ruled out by
Its findings that a department
of natural resources be created by
the legislature to supervise Ore
At IOITOIIAI
Since the council passed a building inspection
ordinance it has been possible to keep a fairly
close check onbuilding operations the past year,
ermits must be obtained for both construction and
repairing and in this manner the building inspec.
tor obtains an estimate of the number of units
built or repaired and the amounts expended. Thus
it is that Inspector O. M. Yeager has arrived at the
figure of $561,835.10 for building permits issued
in Heppner for the year 1949. These figures were
compiled several weeks ago and the total may be
even larger at this time.
Two important items figure in this grand total
the hospital and the Morrow County Grain
Growers, Inc. elevator. These two projects ac
count for approximately $400,000, leaving $161,000
or better for home construction and repair and
remodeling jobs.
That is an impressive building record for a
Heppner. It tells quite a story in
town, a growth that is substantial
to decline, what with new people
state, with the prospect that Ore
a population of three million by
1960. It is not an overgrowth, and although 70
units of one kind and another have been added
to the assessment rolls in 1949, there is need for
new houses and some business
From a building standpoint, the future doesn't
look dull, and when there is building going on
Dorothy Thompson devoted one of her late
newspaper columns to conditions in the state of
Washington. That commonwealth, sh said, "s
now up against the inevitable crisis of the welfare
state the same crisis the British people have had
to face, namely, the rude awakening that there
ain't no Santy Claus."
The trouble stems from a remarkable measure,
"the citizens' security act," which was passed in
1948. Now, to quote Miss Thompson again, "this
prosperous and progressive state faces bankruptcy.
Although the people voted to increase the already
advanced social security benefits, their represent
atives have not dared to vote the taxes to finance
them. That would explode the happy idea that
something can be obtained for nothing. The re
sult is a deficit approaching $100,000,000
"A study of the condition of this state is recom
mended to all advocates of socialized medicine
and cradle to-thegrave social security. There are
families here who, taking advantage of the multi.
pie possibilities of state aid, are drawing down
$400 per month and refusing, naturally, jobs at
$200 to $250 ....
"Exactly this policy wrecked the Roman em
pire." The state of Washington has been singled out
in this instance because it has gone to an explos
ive extreme. But other states are being tempted
to follow the same path. And the national gov
its huge deficits in spite of near-
is the worst offender of all. May
we learn before it is too late that this kind of
"social security" can only mean social and econ
omic disaster.
new hotel is progressing rapidly
since open weather set in.
Ray Blake of lone and Miss
Grace Leathers, a teacher in the
Hardman school, were married in
this city Wednesday, December
24.
Only 44 couples applied for
marriage licenses during the year
1919. The high cost of living may
be responsible for the slump in
marriages the past year.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Edd Chin at their home in
this city Monday, December 29.
gon's conservation movement.
The interim committee has
been directed to ascertain by Jan
uary, 1951, whether Oregon needs
a department of natural resources.
FEP FOR WORKERS ONLY
Oregon's fair employment prac.
tices act applies only to employ
ment and not to occupational
schools, Attorney General George
Neuner ruled this week In a reply
to a request by the FEP advisory
committee. The committee want
ed to know if it is a violation of
occupational training schools to
deny admission for training of
any person because of his race,
religion, color or national origin.
SPRAGUE'S IDEA DANGEROUS
It seems to Former Governor
Charles A. Sprague that some
thing should be done about
mark that word "about" extra
"holidays", the Monday follow
ing holidays that fall up a Sun
day. State officials are agitated
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The American Way
EDUCATION IN
By GEORGE PECK
Back in 1941, John E. Cox, then
State Superintendent of Educa
tion of Louisiana (perhaps he
still holds that office) outlined a
program of "Americanism" for
the schools under his jurisdiction.
In introducing his program he
said in part:
"We cannot assume any longer
that a republic automatically
perpetuates itself and that Am
erican youth will naturally ab
sorb a love and devotion for and
secure an understanding of Am
ericanism from their environ
ment without definite and sped-
fic instructions. . . . What we need
most is a generation trained with
the devotion of those principles
which will serve as a guarantee
of our freedom against its ene
mies who refuse to value the lives
of the people who constitute the
State a devotion so strong that
we will be willing to fight for
them and, if necessary, die for
them. . . ."
Mr. Cox was not merely theoriz
ing. He had definite ideas as to
how this devotion could be en
gendered. He suggested that in
the lower three school grades, a
few minutes should be devoted
each day to teaching patriotism,
and that beginning with the
fourth grade and running through
the eleventh, good citizenship
clubs should be formed and regu
lar meetings held for at least 30
minutes once a week. He further
suggested that each room or or
ganization have a president, a
vice-president and a secretary and
that the necessary committees be
appointed to make the organiza.
tion and program function effi
ciently and smoothly.
As to what should be taught,
he offered the following object
ives as a guide for the program:
(1) Ability to understand and
appreciate the meaning of the
Flag.
(2) Ability to sing the National
Anthem and other patriotic songs.
(3) Ability to understand what
100 INCOME TAX
By DeWITT EMERY
(EDITOR'S NOTE: DeWitt Emery
is president of the National
Small Business Men's Assn.
Do you realize that no matter
how much or how little money
you earn or how you earn it,
whether as a factory worker, a
farmer, an executive, a salesman,
or what have you, you do not
have a constitutional right to
keep even one penny of your
earnings?
Your right to worship as you
please is guaranteed by the Con
stitution. Your right to free speech is
guaranteed by the Constitution.
Your right to freedom of as
sembly, to meet with our fellow
men for any peaceful purpose is
guaranteed by the Constitution.
Your right to have your day in
a free court is guaranteed by the
Constitution and so on and on.
But under the Constitution you
do not have any right, because
you earned it or for any other
reason, to keep any, not even one
thin dime, of your income.
Also, if you own an incorporat
ed business or own stock in a
corporation, any corporation, that
corporation does not have a con
stitutional right to keep any of its
income.
I know this is hard to believe
but nevertheless it's true. Here's
what the law says, the law in this
case being the Sixteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the
United States which became ef
fective on February 25, 1913;
"The Congress shall have pow.
er to lay and collect taxes on In
comes, from whatever source de
rived, without apportionment
among the several states, and
without regard to any census or
enumeration."
That's the Sixteenth Amend
ment. That s'what it says and if
you can find anything in this
amendment which says that Con
gress cannot lay a tax equal to
100 per cent of the income of
every individual, every partner
ship and every corporation in the
country, you are better than I am.
There Just isn't any limitation,
too. , sequences if Do Nothing Day
Says Mr. Sprague, "I propose I should work in reverse, as Labor
we do nothing, nothing at all ... Day does. What if people should
we can "sober up", we can re- get the habit of putting in a good
cuperate, we can loaf." day's work once or twice every
Sounds wonderful but. Think few years? the thought is ab
of the horrible and revolting con- horrent.
Enjoy your Fur Coat
Ladies, insure your fur coats for cover
age against all perils for just
$5.00
per
See us for
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URNER VAN MARTER AHDCO
AMERICANISM
our national heroes stood for from
the time our Government was
founded.
(4) Ability to understand
wherein our Government is su
perior to a State ruled by a dic
tator.
(5) Ability to understand how
our civil liberties are safeguard
ed. (6) Ability to understand the
long and costly struggle of man
kind to establish the basic free
doms guaranteed by the Constitu.
tion of the United States.
17) Ability to understand what
a Republic is and how it can be
made the best form of govern
ment and the best way of living
together.
(8) Ability to condemn dishon
est, corruption, graft and ineffi
ciency in government.
(9) Ability to keep the body in
good health and physically fit.
(10) Through the pupils to
strengthen the parents against
insidious propaganda.
(11) To bring about a close re
1 lationship between school and
community through studying
Americanism.
This is a program that cannot
fail to give the students a clear
understanding of the nature of a
Republic ,to acquaint them with
our political, social, economic
and religious heritage. It is im
portant that our youth have the
ability to analyze social, political
and economic problems on the
basis of available evidence, and
that they also achieve ability to
cooperate with others so that each
will make his contribution to up
holding social values.
aucn a scnooi program was
badly needed nine years ago.
There is even greater need for it
today. Do you know whether the
teachers of schools in our com
munlty are doing their patriotic
duty? if not, you'd better check
and if you find them remiss, clip
this article and mail it to your
superintendent of schools, or to
your state superintendent of edu
cation.
which means that whatever por
tion of your income you are per
mitted to retain is not because
you have a right to it, constitu
tional or otherwise, but rather is
by "courtesy of Congress."
It's pretty silly, isn't It, for us to
go to great lengths to establish
and maintain justice through an
elaborate system of municipal,
state and federal courts and not
have any protection at all on any
part of our incomes, not even
enough to provide food, clothing
and shelter for our families?
When the Sixteenth Amend
ment was being debated on the
floor of the Senate, one senator
said he was against it because
the tax might someday amount
to as much as three to five per
cent of an individual's income.
His colleagues laughed at him for
being unduly apprehensive and
pointed out among other things
that It would be Impossible for
the Federal Government to spend
that much money. It's too bad
this senator isn't around today so
he could know that his worst ap
prehensions on the amount of the
tax were more than justified. Also
some of those who laughed at his
fears should be around to see our
Federal Government spending
more in a month than they
thought it would ever be possible
for it to spend in a year.
What's the answer? The answer
is to pass another amendment to
the Constitution, putting a top
limit of 25 or 30 or certainly
not more than 407c on the amount
of taxes which can be laid on in
comes under the Sixteenth Am
endment. What can we do about It? We,
each and every one of us, can let
our congressman and both of our
senators know that we want them
to support such an amendment.
If enough of us do th'is the amend,
ment will have more than enough
votes to pass both houses by a
two-thirds majority.
Personally, I'm very much in
favor of a graduated scale of In
come tax with a top limit of 257
on both individuals and corpor
ations. year
particulars
Mr. and Mrs. Gale Gronewald
and children of Walla Walla were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
R. I. Thompson at their country
home on Willo wcreek. On Christ,
mas day the Thompsons enter
tained with dinner for their
guests and Mr. and Mrs. Allen
OUR DFMOCRACr-
A MARK OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Voting in the off-yearelectioni when no national
office (3 at stake, is a responsibility, that serves
as a measure of good citizenship in our democracy.
Actually, the strength of the country lies in the
representative character, mot only of the federal,
but of the state and local governments,
the truly good citizen admits no 'off-yea" in the
discharge of his responsibility...
he both serves tub community protects his own
intemsts ay casting his vote.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Bldg., Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. 0. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor oi Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician 6 Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
A.D.McMurdo, M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No. 4 Center St.
House Cals Made
Home Phone 2583 Office 2572
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Fhone 723 Heppner, Ore.
Dr. J. D. Palmer
DENTIST
Office upstairs Rooms 1112
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783, Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 for appointment
or call at shop.
Walter B. Hinkle
REAL ESTATE
Farms, Buslnes, Income Prop
erty. Trades tor Valley & Coast.
Income Tax Returns
Arlington, Oregon
RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
2 Church Street
Telephone 1152
Alex
Thompson and daughter.
Jerry Waters and Don Munkers
have returned to their station at
Astoria after spending the week
end here with relatives and
friends. The young men are with
the U. S. Coast Guard.
-byMat
Call Settles Electric
for all kinds of Electrical Work
New and Repair
Shop phone 2253 at Willow t
Chase Streets. Res. Phone 2542
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phone MS
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry & Glit Goods
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch b Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays
at 8:00 p.m. in Legion Hall
Turner, Von Morter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Phelps Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon
Heppner City
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before the Council. Phone 2572
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Phone 2632
Morrow County
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