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Mr. Truman and 80th Congress
Mr. Truman's harping about the do-nothing
80th Congiess is not sustained by the facts. It
made great campaign ammunition and he was
reelected, getting a democratic (or so he thought)
congress to support his promises of all things to
all jeoplc. The unholy Republican congress, ac
cording to the Truman estimate, had been given
the bum's rush, as it were and now, with the
right thinking and doing people in the Congress
to support his policies the milennium was but a
short distance away just around the corner, to
borrow a Hoover expression. But what has hap
pened? An evci -so-brief look at the record
answers the question effectively.
Let a statement from Representative John
Taber of New York tell the story. It was in
cluded in the Congressional Record of March 1,
1950: "I hold in my hand the current calendar.
The back pace indicates only one bill has been
passed up to date, and that an urgent deficiency
bill. So that there may be no confusion about it,
I checked the record of the Eightieth Congress,
which the President continues to belabor. At that
time they had already passed the independent
offices appropriation bill, a large bill; the civil
functions bill; an urgent deficiency bill; and a
major bill, the income-tax reduction bill. By
March 15 we hud passed eight of the major ap
propriation bills. Now the House Appropriations
Committee has not completed hearings on the one
bill which we are told will be taken up by March
15. Think of it The Congress has been in session
two months and the Senate has not passed a
single bill worthy of mention on the calendar.
The House has only passed a deficiency appro
priation bill. It Is a disgraceful record,, and proves
the complete inability of the Democratic leader
ship to operate the Government effectively."
We wonder if the President plans to use this
wonderful record as a background for demand
ing that the people displace more Republican
congressmen with Democrats. It looks like his
trouble has been that more real Democrats were
elected two years ago, men who believe in repre
sentative government, than the yes-men type of
New Dealers, or True Dealers, which characterized
the congresses since the beginning of the FDR era.
The Republican minority can't be blamed for the
failures of the Democratic Congress to enact the
whims of the Administration, and the President
is stooping to a cheap form of political strategy
in continually pointing to the 80th Congress as
the horrible example. Congress, to a certain ex
tent has put the brakes on the socialistic trend.
It is up to the people to vote likewise if there
is to be a right-about face before the planners
get complete control of the government.
Wildlife Belongs to all the People!
By C. A. LOCKWOOD
Oregon State Game Director
With the observance of Wildlife, Week in
Oregon, March 19-25, as proclaimed by Governor
Douglas McKay, it is fitting that our people,
young and old, remember that wildlife in all its
forms is the property of each and every citizen.
The state functions only as the guardian of our
wildlife, holding the wildlife resource in trust
fo all the pecple.
In recent years a vastly expanded army of
hunters and fishermen has been harvesting the
game crop, and in turn, new restrictive measures
have been imposed. These regulations are de
signed to spread the available supply of game
among all sportsmen wthout depleting the re
source. This program will succeed only with the
cooperation and understanding of all concerned.
Now, more than ever, hunting and fishing
must be accepted for the sport and recreational
values to be derived and not as a means of
filling the family larder. The poacher and the
game hog are to be regarded as common thieves,
The oAmerican Way
for they are truly robbing the public of what is
rightfully theirs. Our efforts at perpetuating the
wildlife resource should not be aimed at today
or tomorrow; the pursuit and enjoyment of wild
life is a heritage which we must guard for the
generations yet unborn.
The sporting values of wildlife are not the
only ones to consider. Governor McKay has aptly
described both the recreational and monetary
values to be gained from wildlife. Each year,
hunters, fishermen, and wildlife enthusiasts
spend millions of dollars in pursuit of their fa
vorite sport. To many people the mere existence
of a wild bird, fish, or animal is a constant
source of pleasure. If the wild creatures were to
vanish from the forests, fields, and streams,
there would be a great void which nothing could
replace. The virtues of outdoor recreation and
the enjoyment of our wildlife resource cannot be
too highly extolled in this day of tense and
hurried living.
In one form or another we all have an in
terest in wildlife. Considering these many
pleasures and benefits which it affords us, the
observance of Wildlife Week by all citizens of
Oregon is altogether fitting.
Carpenter or Cook?
Norman Thomas has dedicated his life to the
cause of Socialism which, according to the dic
tionary, is "A political and economic theory of
social organization based on collective or govern
mental ownership of the essential means for the
production and distribution of goods." For many
years Mr. Thomas has been the Socialist Party
candidate in presidential elections, but has never
received more than a handful of votes. The people
do not approve of Socialism when it is presented
in a forthright manner. And yet in the last de
cade and a half a large part of the Socialist
party platform has been adopted. High political
office-holders who profess opposition to the philo
sophy of Socialism advocate and adopt measures
which lead ultimately to all powerful social
istic government.
It is time that candidates and office-holders
at every level of government be pinned down on
a definition of issues. As one observer points out:
"If a bank clerk develops the habit of falsifying
his records and stealing money from the bank at
which he is employed, how long will his title
remain bank clerk, and when will it change from
bank clerk to thief? Or, if a man calls himself
a carpenter and constantly works at the cooking
trade, should the man be called a carpenter or
a cook?
"Similarly, if a man claims to be a Demo
crat or Republican, but carries on a socialistic
program to destroy private business and the
profit incentive system a program that promises
the so-called common man everything, one that
employs bankruptcy spending, confiscatory taxa
tion and heavier regulations on business, one
that takes more control of private property away
from the owner, one that makes business costs
higher, one that is gradually socializing basic
industries and professions, is making more of us
wards of the government and is creating regional
authorities tshould not a man who advocates and
works for such a program be called, not a Demo,
crat nor a Republican, but a Socialist?"
"We must give up the illusion both comfort
able and inane that Soviet Communism is
something to be contended with by food baskets
from Lady Bountiful. Far though we are from its
brutality, we must learn to see Soviet Commun
ism as the modern barbarian. It is the job of
statemanship armed with military power to hold
the line against the barbarian the line and the
outposts and the frontiers."
Henry R. Luce, in Fortune.
FATTENING FOR THE KILL
By George Peck
Geoff e Peek
The Brannan Plan promises j who would be governed strictly
by political expediency rather
than by "the economic welfare
of the nation.
The farmer would be plagued
by a swarm of bureaucrats who
would tell him how to farm his
land, and what crops to grow,
how to care for his land, and
how the subsidy money is to be
spent.
There could be but one final
outcome Nationalization of the
Land. Make no mistake, that is
the ultimate goal of the planning
boys. It is a clever plan to get
the farmer's neck into a noose,
the while he is fattened for the
kill.
Farmers should read 'The Par
able of the Wild Duck," written
in the first half of the 19th Cen
tury by Kierkegaard, the great
Danish philosopher, mere is a
deadly parallel to be drown be
tween the plight which will be
the farmer's if the Brannan
Plan is put into operation, and
the sad fate which overtook
Kierkegaard's wild duck. The
parable follows:
With his mates a wild duck
was flying in the Springtime
northward across Europe. During
the flight he came down in a
Danish barnyard where there
were tame ducks. He ate of their
corn and liked it. He stayed for
an hour then for a day then
a week then a month and fi
nally, because he relished the
good fare and the safety of the
barnyard, he stayed all summer.
Then one Autumn day when
the flock of wild ducks was
winging its way southward
I again, it passed over the barn
yard and their mate heard their
fer the most if the Brannan plan I cries. His breast stirred with a
were adopted. In fact, it would strange thrill of joy and delight,
fatten him for the Kill. In order I and with a great -flapping of
to receive benefits, the individual wings, he rose in the air to join
farmer would have to comply i his old comrades in their flight
with production goals; acreage! but he found that his good fare
allotments; marketing quotas, had made him fat and his mus
agreements and orders; and ob-eles so soft and flabby that he
serve soil conservation practices could no longer rise no higher
man me eaves oi ine Darn.
So he dropped back into the
barnyard and said to himself,
"Oh, well, my life is safe here,
and the food is good."
But, alas he was not safe from
the man who fed him, for he
later discovered that he was be
ing fattened for the kill.
all things to all men. It pre
sents an alluring appeal to all
groups guaranteed income to
the farmers, cheaper food for the
consumers, and an assured, pros
perous, rural market for busi
ness. Sounds just dandy, doesn't
it?
Briefly, the Brannan Plan has
as its objective an annual farm
income comparable in purchas
ing power to that of the ten-year
period. 1939-48. For 1950 it is esti
mated this will amount to over
SU6 billion. The producers of
perishable commodities would
be paid in cash the difference
between the support standard
and the average selling price
for these commodities in the
market place.
And what will all this cost
us tax-payers? No one seems to
know, including even Mr. Bran
nan. himself. But, authorities
who are qualified to express an
opinion, estimate it will cost
from $5 billion to $10 billion or
more a year, depending upon
trends in prices, production and
consumption.
The cost of the Brannan Plan
would be added to Federal ex
penditures, which already are
running ahead of revenue. Gov
ernment taxes of all kinds al
ready take over 25'v of the na
tional income. This ratio is
dangerously high. In the past
whenever any country has taken
such a large proportion of in
come from its people the econ
omy has bogged down under
the strain and the government
has been forced to step into the
saddle and establish a despotic
rule.
The farmer himself would suf
.mid
Vet
as prescribed by the Secretary
of Agriculture.
Under the Brannan proposal
the farmer would have to submit
to the most rigid set of controls
ever imposed upon farming. He
would be placed in a strait jack
et and be subject to the whims
and dictates of the planners,
30 YEARS AGO
HErPNER GAZETTE TIMES. -t week began tearing it down.
March 25 1920 Glen Boyer has sold his Rhea
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Moyer at their
home near this city, Wednesday,
March 24. .
The funeral of the late Joseph
C. Hayes was held from th Chris
tian church Monday. He is sur
vived by his wife and three chil
dren, Elra, Neva and Olin.
John B. Calmus became the
owner of the H. C. Ashbaugh
blacksmith shop last week.
Merle Kirk and Royal Tyler
leased 140 acres of fine wheat
land near Lexingtonwhich be
longs to B. H. Peck.
Dr. and Mrs. A D Murdo are
rejoicing over the birth of a son
at their home in this city March
20
W. G. McCarty, who some time
ago purchased the old school
building trom District no. i, iasi
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EIGHT STUDENTS MAKE -THIRD
TERM HONOR ROLL
Supt. Leonard Pate announced
Wednesday that eight students
of Heppner high school made the
honor roll for the third term of
the current school . year. These
included Jim Orsick, Marion
Green, Joanne Bothwell, Sally
Cohn, Jim Smith, Wendell Con
nor, Roger Palmer and Jack
Sumner.
To attain this honor the stu
dent must have no grade lower
than a 2.
creek ranch, known as the Bel
lenbrock place, to Wm. Hendnx,
Heppner Flat rancher.
Henry Happold has purchased
the Gus Wilcox residence on the
west end of Baltimore street.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Cecil in this city March 18, a
daughter. The Cecils reside at
Fossil.
A 9-pound son was born Wed
nesday, March 24, to Mr. and
Mrs. Harve G. Coxen.
Born in this city March 18 to
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T. $Brook
houser, a 9-pound son
NEW HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER
The appointment of Milo K.
Mclver as a member of the state
highway commission by Gover
nor Douglas McKay was an
nounced following the request
last week of Commission Chair
man Harry Banfield that he
wished to withdraw from this
phase of public service. Banfield
has served on the commission
under three governors.
"Oregon's people are deeply in
debted to Harry Banfield for his
contributions to the development
of the state during most of a de
cade of unprecedented change,"
the governor said.
The selection of a successor to
Commissioner Banfield was one
of the most important place
ments Governor McKay has been
called on to make since he took
office. The highway commission
expends more money and hires
more workers than any other
state commission. Its policies
and decisions affect people di
rectly and for a long time.
Mclver, a Portland mortgage
broker, was born in Idaho in
1897, worked his way through
Washington State college where
he received his B.S. degree in
1921, is owner of Commerce In
vestment Co. and has a long list
of civic accomplishments.
OREGON JUSTICE HONERED
Oregon's Supreme Court Jus
tice George Rossman is given
lead position in the March issue
of the American Bar association
journal with an article on "Uni
formity of Law."
The article deals with the rea
son for diversity of laws in the
various states and recommends
adoption of the proposed uni
form commercial code by the leg
islature when it is submitted.
Only through the adoption ot
such a code. Justice Rossman
savs. can uniformity oi laws
throughout the nation pe ac
complished.
APPRENTICESHIP
APPOINTMENTS
Governor McKay this week in
formed Labor Commissioner W.
E. Kimsey, chairman of the state
apprenticeship council, of the
appointment of Glen C. Duncan,
business representative of Auto
Mechanics, Mechanics 1005, Port,
land, to succeed Ralph Waggon
er of Klamath Falls on the state
council.
Also appointed to the same
council was T. J. Fry, represent
ing the Glass worKers ana lino
leum and Soft Tile Layers of
Pnrtlanri. to succeed Kenneth D.
Shoemaker of Salem.
FISH PROTECTION URGED
Members of the state executive
committee of the Izaak Walton
League of America meeting in
Salem Saturday favored the con
struction of upper Columbia riv
er dams that will not materially
reduce salmon and steelhead
runs in the lower Snake.
"While we are not antagonis
tic to dams designed to permit
free passage of migratory fish,
we are unalterably opposed to
high dams such as the one pro
posed for the Rogue river," said
division president Dr. David B.
Charlton.
CAPITAL SHORTS
Sigmund Unander, chairman
of the republican state central
committee and one-time private
secretary to former Governor
Charles H. Sprague, got himself
engaged last week. His wedding
uav, jwarcn di, win De ineid
anniversary of another well
known republican Governor
Douglas McKay . . . Along with
the passing of other income tax
fidgets is the decision of Attor
ney General George Neuner that
national guardsmen do not have
to pay income tax on money re
ceived for attending the annual
two-weeks training camp . . .
A different looking Maj. Gen.
Hershey stepped from the Cas
cade, Wednesday, took a gander
at the dome of Oregon's capitoi
and commented to the effect
that the draft is about done for
. . . The Oregon state game com
mission will move their equip
ment from the Eugene game
farm and sell the site. The new
location will be, a 1600 acre tract
oi ine war-time camp Adair.
Miss Carolyn Sparks of Milton
Freewater and now at Oregon
State college has been selected
to represent the-M-F Shrine club
in the big Shrine Rodeo to be
held at Portland In April.
Mrs. Nellie M. Anderson under,
went a major operation Friday
jar M. Alimony s nospitai in
Pendleton. She Is the mother of
u trvin Hnaerson oi neppner
and has been in a conwalescent
home In Pendleton.
Your Home Town Pa
per Only 3.00 a year
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