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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, November 16, 1950
EDITORIAL
3niw$pa7i national editorial
Survival Under Atomic Attack
Now that the battle of the ballots is over there
is time and inclination to consider the phases of
everyday life, both normal and abnormal. All
the time the parties and candidates were "shootin
the breeze" in recent weeks a killing war was
going on and preparations for more war have
been going on in various parts of the globe. At
the same time the Office of Civilian Defense has
been working on measures to provide safety for
civilians in case of bombing, more especially with
relation to the atomic bomb which in case of an
all-out war will be the weapon most to be feared
by the civilian population. Small towns might
not be subjected to atomic bombing but it is the
desire of the Civil Defense Office that all the peo
ple be advised of the dangers and how to meet
them.
In a pamphlet just released by the Civil De
fense Office, "Survival Under Atomic Attack," it
is pointed out that "You can live through an
atom bomb raid and you won't have to have a
Geiger counter, protective clothing, or special
training in order to do it. The secrets of survival
are: Know the bomb's true dangers. Know the
steps you can take to escape them.
To begin with, the article goes on to say, you
must realize that atom splitting is just another
way of causing an explosion. While an atom
bomb holds more death destruction than man
has ever before wrapped in a single package, its
total power is definitely limited. Not even hy
drogen bombs could blow the earth apart or kill
us all by mysterious radiation.
Because the power of all bombs is limited,
your chances of living through an atomic attack
are much better than you may have thought In
the city of Hiroshima, slightly over half the peo
ple who were a mile from the atomic explosion
are still alive. At. Nagasaki, almost 70 percent
of the people who were a mile from the atomic
explosion lived to tell their experiences. Today
thousands of survivors of these two atomic attacks
live in new houses built right where their old
ones once stood. The war may have changed their
way of life, but they are not riddled with cancer.
Their children are normal. Those who were tem
porarily unable to have children because of the
radiation now are having children again.
What are your chances? If a modern A-bomb
exploded without warning in the air over your
home town tonight, your calculated chances of
living through the raid would run something like
this:
Should you happen to be one of the unlucky
people right under the bomb, there is practically
no hope of living through It In fact, anywhere
within one-half mile of the center of the explo
sion, your chances of escaping are about one out
of ten.
On the other hand, and this is the important
point from one-half to one mile away, you have
a 50-50 chance.
From one to one and one-half miles out, the
odds that you will be killed are only 15 in 100.
And at points from one and one-half to two
miles away, deaths drop all the way down to two
or three out of each 100.
Beyond two miles, the explosion will cause
practically no deaths at all.
Naturally, your chances of being injured are
farv greater than your chances of being killed.
But even injury by radioactivity does not mean
that you will be left a cripple, or doomed to die
an early death. Your chances of making a com
plete recovery are much the same as for everyday
accidents. These estimates hold good for modern
atomic bombs exploded without warning.
This much of the pamphlet is given to arouse
interest of our readers. Copies of the pamphlet
may be obtained from the Superintendent of Doc
uments, U. S. Governmet Printing Office, Wash
ington, D. C, at the cost of ten cents, per copy.
A Successful Season
Heppner could have lost the game to Hermis
ton on Armistice Day without affecting the
school's league standing, but it would have been
a heartbreak to the team since several of the
squad were playing their last high school game.
To Coach Hal Whitbeck it was a fitting climax fc)
a successful season, his first as Heppner coach,
for his average was high six out of eight games
played, losing only one league game. The Hepp
ner boys showed improvement with each suc
ceeding game, their determination growing with
their training. This was recognized by those who
followed them through the season, especially af-.
ter the humiliating trouncing they took at the
hands of Echo. Right then they made up their
minds to be a football team and not let such a
score be run up against them again. They went
on to beat all comers until they faced Moro, and
there, as the score indicates, it could have been
another victory with the right break.
The game with Hermiston proved that a good
B-team is as good as a good A-team. The only dif
ference as a usual thing is the number and size
of reserves in which the larger school has a de
cided advantage. But reserves or the preponder
ance of them are not always effective against a
determined smaller squad, as the Armistice Day
football crowd in Heppner can well testify.
We doff our tile to Coach Hal Whitbeck and
his 1950 Mustang football squad.
The man who beats W. W. Bechdolt and Sons
for the title of "Conservation Man of the Year"
will have to be good and no doubt about it. And
even if they don't win the Oregonian trophy, the
Bechdolts will have the satisfaction of a job well
done. May the pattern set by them be fol
lowed by many other farmers of Morrow county,
Their many friends throughout the county are
"pulling" fqr them to bring home the trophy and
wish them unbounded success in the future.
The oAmerican Way
ACADEMIC FEARDOM
By BR. ALFRED F. HAAKE
(Editor's Note: Alfred P. Haake,
Ph. D-, Mayor of Park Ridge, Illi.
nois, is a noted Economist, Busi
ness Consultant, Lecturer and
Author).
Among our cherished institu
tions is "academic freedom." It
is basic to that fearless winnow
ing and sifting of truth by which
men come to know the laws that
govern life. But, like other forms
of "liberty" it can easily become
"license" and be used as a cover
under which freedom itself is ul.
timately destroyed.
Cornell University is among
those who prize "academic free
dom." So there issued recently
from Cornell a 90,000 word re
port denouncing the United
States loyalty and security pro
gram for retarding scientific pro
gress and discouraging scientists
from entering government serv.
ice through "fear of smear."
Any university is within its
rights in Issuing such a docu
ment if based on fact, but it
should do so with hands that are
clean. It should be careful, in
fighting for "academic freedom",
not to do so through fear of the
communists whose rights are so
to be protected along with those
of others. Any university may
well be on guard against acting
under the spell of "academic fear
dom" of the radical elements who
crawl through the smallest crev.
Ices to get at the vitals of Ameri
can freedom.
It is reported that on the same
issued by Cornell, one Victor
Steinhart, librarian in the physics
branch at Cornell, was fired from
his job. A Matt Cvetic, FBI un
dercover agent in Pennsylvania,
has identified Steinhart as a
Communist party member. He is
allegedly a "Progressive Party
Member" (American Labor Party
in New York State).
It is also reported that a few
days earlier a student at Cornell
was dismissed because he had
allegedly denounced United
States "aggression" in Korea at
a meeting of Stalin's World Stu
dent Congress in Prague. Later,
it was decided that the press re
ports were inaccurate and the
student was given permission to
re-register.
Apparently there is a hierarchy
even in "feardom." The employ
ee was fired. That was only a
question of employer employee
relations. The student was given
another chance, for that bordered
on "academic freedom." But, far
more important than either
would be a professor, for then we
would be dealing with "feardom"
as well as "freedom."
It is reported that Professor
Philip Morrison, atomic physicist
of Cornell, who worked on the
first A-bomb, spoke at the an
nual dinner of the National Coun
cil of American-Soviet Friend,
ship last year, and expressed
pleasure in the fact that Stalin's
Russia had developed the A
bomb. In doing so he attacked
day the 90,000 word report wasour own FBI. It Is also alleged
he signed the Moscow-inspired
Stockholm "peace" appeal.
The professor has also served
as an official of the National
Council of Arts, Sciences and Pro
fessions, a leading communist
front, and was a program com
mittee member and leader of one
of the panels of the Council's
notorious "peace" conferences at
the Waldorf hotel. He is allegedly
active in numerous other com
munistic or communist front ac
tivities, details of which have
been published.
The professor is still at Cornell
His capacity for damage is far
greater than that of the library
employee or student. He is ap
parently protected by the "fear
dom" under which "academic
freedom" Is used as shield and
cover for fatally dangerous com
munistic Infiltration and corrod
ing.
The need for true and intelli
gent patriotism Is truly desper
ate. Russia is a vast menace, like
a dark cloud hovering in the
wake of Korea and other strength
eating ventures for the United
States. Perhaps, even more dan
gerous are the communists with
in and their sympathizers, who
undermine us by feeding vital
information to our enemies. But,
most dangerous of all may be the
avowed friends of America who,
under cover of "academic fear
dom," permit the corroding of
our youth through the prostitu
tion of "academic freedom."
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30 Years Ago
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
Thursday, November 18, 1920
Armistice Day 30 years ago
A large crowd witnessed the foot,
ball game at the depot, grounds,
in which the Heppner high school
NOSES OUT OF JOINT
By GEORGE PECK
Back in 1939, 1 was asked by a
newspaper editor to state my po
sition on union labor. He seemed
to be puzzled as to whether I was
for or against unions. My answer
was as follows:
"You ask how I stand on union
labor. I am for organized labor;
recognize the right of workers to
bargain collectively by all legiti.
mate methods; insisting, howev
er, that this bargaining be done
without dictation, coercion, dom
ination or interference of any
kind. At the same time I cannot
help deploring the fact that a
small minority of union labor's
leadership is made up of men
who are either communistic or are
won over the Wheeler county
high team by a score of 19 to 0.
Heppner did its scoring in the
first two quarters.
The two outstanding features
in the recent national and state
elections were the overwhelming
defeats of labor radicalism and
political radicalism.
' Attorney Robinson of lone was
up to Heppner for a little "court
in' " the first of the week. Frank
says this mild weather is mighty
good for his section of the coun
try. The laides of the Episcopal
church will conduct a window
sale of cooked foods at the Otto
Music Store on Tuesday, Nov. 23,
beginning at 11 o'clock. A good
opportunity for you to take home
something real nice for the noon
day meal.
Mr. and Mrs. Harve. Miller and
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner, pros
perous young farmers of the
Swaggart Buttes section, were in
Heppner Thursday last to take in
the Armistice day program.
The new home of the Heppner
lodge of Elks, No. 358, will be the
scene of a big Thanksgiving ball
on the evening of Thursday, No
vember 25. It will be the first
big social affair to be held in the
new building.
Mrs. M. Belle Thompson visited
for a day at the home of her son,
Ralph I. Thompson on Willow
creek enroute to her home in
Portland from a two months visit
with relatives and friends in the
east.
Cecil item A large party of
Cecllites took in the basket social
at Eight Mile on Saturday eve
ning and all report having had a
good time.
for
exploiting their members
their own selfish ends."
If that same editor, or any
other editor for that matter, were
to ask the same question today,
my answer would be practically
the same, except that I would be
more emphatic in expressing my
convictions on the right of labor
to bargain collectively.
Since 1939, it has been my pri
vilege to talk with many execu.
tives whose corporations for the
first time had signed contracts
with labor unions. Most of them
frankly confessed they had en
tered reluctantly and with con
siderable apprehension into con
tractual arrangements with the
union. But most of them also re
ported they had discovered their
fears were groundless. Reflecting
the viewpoint of many employers
iterviewed, one put it this way:
"It has made for greater sta
bility in our plants. It has made
for a more responsible union
handling of the affairs of our
men. It has put the executive of
ficers of our company on a more
equitable and fair competitive
basis so far as wages are con
cerned. When our present con
tract with the union is up, my
associates and I will gladly ne
gotiate with the union officials,
firm in the belief that all of us
have learned much from each
other, and that we will be able
to arrive quickly at a renewal
agreement mutually advantag.
eous to employees and the cor
poration." This would seem to indicate
that when management and un
ion leaders act with consideration
and decency toward each other,
both employers and employees
benefit thereby.
The Wagner Act put certain re
strictions on corporations for the
protection of employees and the
public. This was necessary be
cause a small minority of corpor
ation officials refused to play the
Industrial game along humani
tarian lines.
Unfortunately, the Wagner Act
did not similarly protect employ
ees and the public against the
predatory minority in labor's
leadership. It took away the whip
from the bad employer and put
it into the hands of the bad labor
leader. The Taft-Hartley law was
enacted to remedy this untenable
condition. That Act, when en
forced, leaves both employer and
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The Taft-Hartley Act is not
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union workers against the Simon
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