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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 1, 1951
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We Must Give And Give And Give
One thing becomes more apparent with each
succeeding day in this time of turmoil and strife.
It is that Mr. Joe Pungle is going to have to live
up to hiis title as never before more taxes, more
generous donations to the various organizations
that carry on works of a charitabe nature not
covered by tax funds.
Currently we have the Red Cross annual mem
bership drive and the Easter Seal Sale. These
will be followed shortly by the annual cancer
campaign. It is truly a succession of appeals for
funds, yet the causes are worthy and there is mo
ney enough for all if we but set our minds and
hearts to the task of raising it
In the case of the Red Cross, it is again actively
engaged in wartime activities. As time wears on
demands on the society will increase; there will
be constantly growing hospital lists; more pro
visions and supplies will be needed at the front
to help maintain the morale of the fighting men
and to offer assistance wherever it is needed.
Just as extended lines add to the cost of carry
ing on war, so do extended services of the Red
Cross mount in cost
We must make up our minds right now to sup
port these organizations. It is no time for nickel
nursing or penny-pinching. The injured, the phy
sically handicapped and those afflicted with can
cer must be given every chance that money can
make possible to be restored to health. The boys
at the front must be given assurance that we are
not forgetting them and that we are prepared to
carry on at home while they are fighting the
battle for freedom in Korea.
Every family in the state of Oregon must have
received a letter containing the Easter Seals.
Don't neglect to put the necessary amount in an
envelope and return it at once to the place desig
nated by the seal sale chairman. The sum is
small but something near a one hundred per cent
return will finance the work for which the seals
are being sold.
All Have Their Places
Senators Taft and Wherry and former President
Herbert Hoover are coming in for some political
razzing because of their expressions on the world
situation and while one cannot altogether agree
with their respective positions the feeling per
sists that they have some good points on their
side and that before the argument is all over they
will not be entirely outside the circle of influ
ence. That feeling is based partly on the grounds
that all are capable men, patriotic and just as
earnest in their desire to safeguard their country
as those who oppose their point of view. They
have taken a different approach to the problem
and believe that some attention should be given
to the matter of security here at home. Not one of
them would stand in the way of sending troops
to Europe if that is the only means of stopping a
western sweep by the Russians. They are not as
bothered as Governor DeWey, yet from this dis
tance it looks like they stand as high in govern
ment service as the distinguished New Yorker
and will not hamper the defense effort. " Their
principle objective seems to be to carry on along
democratic lines and not permit one man or a
comparatively small group of officials, elective
or appointive, to needlessly plunge the nation into
conflict
A large segment of the folks who pay the bills
will agree with Senator Taft that European na
tions should prepare to defend themselves and to
stand on their own two feet There is no desire
to. withhold financial aid but at the same time
there would be more enthusiastic support of the
defense effort if the other members of the Atlan
tic pact would give assurance that they really
mean business.
It can't be said without fear of contradiction
that all sides are right yet in this democratic
country we are guaranteed the right of freedom
of speech and the privilege of putting a check on
our officials when we feel they are getting out of
line with proper procedure. If this were not so
this country would long since have joined the
ranks of the dictators. The Hoovers, the Tafts, the
Wherrys and others capable of doing their own
thinking serve to hold the brake on those who
are inclined to strike out too boldly. They may
not be on the popular side right at the moment
but their actions have served to stimulate thought
and to quiet the nervous tension that the more
insistent advocates of European support had ex
cited. This leads to the conclusion that whether
or not one is on the right side he has his place in
the general scheme of things governmental and
political
Labor and Socialized Medicine
One of the best statements yet to appear on the
subject of politically-dominated medicine was
made in a speech before the House of Delegates
of the American Medical Association, by William
L. Hutcheson, president of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America and a vice
president of the AF of L.
"When the government is given authority to
tell one group or one profession where and how
its members are to work, no other group or pro
fession can be safe for long" he said.
"If the day ever comes to America when Uncle
Sam usurps the power to dictate to doctors under
a health plan, it will be a sad day for carpenters.
If it is logical to nationalize the medical profess
ion to get more medical service for the poor, It Is
equally logical to nationalize the home construc
tion industry to get roofs over, the heads of.the
lower income groups. '
"Carpenters want to be free agents; free to work
where they want to; free to negotiate the terms
of their wages and working conditions through
collective bargaining; yes, even free to leave the
industry and try their luck at something else if
the spirit moves them. They will retain these
freedoms only so long as all other groups retain
theirs."
We are all in the same boat when it comes to
socialism. If one industry, or one profession, or
one line of work is socialized or subjected to pol
itical control, every other industry, every other
profession, and every other line of work will be
in danger. Socialized medicine, for Instance, is
not really a separate and' distinct issue it is, in
stead, part of the infinitely larger issue of whe
ther we are to be a free people or a regimented
people. It's high time we all understood that fact
What's sauce for the goose, after all, is sauce for
the gander.
Nevada, thirty-Sixth State
ine ngnt 01 a president of the United States
to serve more than two successive terms was set
tied Monday when the states of Utah and Nevada,
respectively, ratified the amendment to the Con
summon suDmutea by the 80th Congress the
do-nothing Republican session) making the 35th
and 36th states to pass the amendment This
does not preclude President Harry Truman from
running for another term inasmuch as in fram
0 ,..vimnicUi ulc uaie ior rainicauon was
set for 1954, but thereafter it will not be necessary
for a president to arrange his personal affairs so
that he may continue in office Indefinitely.
Nevada, the thirty-sixth state admitted to the
Union, thus becomes the deciding factor in rati
fication of the amendment to limit the presidency
to two terms, it will now be remembered as the
"thirty-sixth state", as well as the locale of Reno
and Las Vegas.
The oAmerican Way
YOUR CONGRESS
By GEORGE PECK
It has become a habit with the for a stretch of three months.
American people to lay most of These sittings, so essential for
the blame for the nation's ail- the guidance of Congress not
ments on the 531 men and worn- only consume a lot of time but
en whom they elect to the two are also a severe tax on the pa
Houses of Congress. This column- Hence and stamina of the com
1st pleads guilty to having been mittee member.
critical upon occasion of our le- Then there are the letters to
gislators. However, in this article the folks back home you know,
I wish to be different I would the answers to the letters you
like to express gratitude to a and I write. The average Cong-hard-working
group for the ressman is punctilious in attend
many things they have done and ing promptly to this flood of cor
for leaving undone many things respondence.
that should not have been done M of the Con men and
It would be too much to expect Senators write a olumn each
that in such a large group all week for insertion in the weekly
would be paragons of virtue en- newspapers back home. Speak
dowed with infinite wisdom and ing from experience, I can tell
actuated by a sincere desire to you that this requires consider
do all in their power to further able time, is no small task.
the interests oi the American
people collectively. In our clubs,
iu uur muui uiuuns, even in uur pnts SppUina favors nr hnHmo
churches, human nature being out advice-all too few simply
what it is you will always find a dronnin in fnr a fripnHiv in-
few who do not measure up, and ful cnat to pay thelr reSpects and
whose memberships therein con- wish the congressman well,
tribute nothing to the progress The foregoing are jusf a few
6f the organizations, perhaps of the badly over-worked repre
even detract therefrom. sentative's duties. When he does
Congress, too, has its members manage to find a spare moment
who are not as Caesar's wife, nr tm ho ha t h Kit f
And there are the visitors who
just have to be seen constitu-
Seaside, whose chamber of commerce says It
has everything, looks forward to an even higher
standard of Miss Oregon contestants for the 1951
show July 27, 28 and 29. For that reason the folks
down by the sea have extended an invitation to
Heppner to participate. A local contest would
create a diversion and bring out the pulchritude
and talent of the community. It is something
worth looking into by one of our civic groups. The
mree lactors upon which candidates are chosen
are personality, talent and poise. Surely . our
young ladies, some of them at least are endowed
witn enough of these attributes to make them eli
gible to enter a local contest
30 Years Ago
March 3, 1921
Willow Lodge No. 66, I.O.O.F.
of Heppner was host to 400 visit
ors and delegates Friday and
Saturday.
Students of Heppner high
school were entertained in a very
pleasant manner last Thursday
evening by Dorian Temple of Py
thian Sisters. Dinner and dancing
were the order of the evening.
Morrow county will likely
have to stand the loss of the big
crusher which went to smash
last week.
Glen F. Macomber and Mild
red Newton, well known young
people of this county were mar
ried Saturday evening at the
home of W. O. Livingstone, offi
ciating minister.
A daughtter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Huston of Eight
Mile February 26. "
Judge Tom Barnett of Lexing
ton was among the three link
boys in Heppner Saturday enjoy
ing the hospitality of the local
Odd Fellows.
Hon. C. E. Woodson returned
home Saturday from Salem after
having spent a portion of Janu
ary and February attending the
legislature as representative from
Morrow and Umatilla counties.
E. E. Sharon, grand lodge of
ficial of the I.O.O.F, was in
Heppner for the week end activi
ties. Mr. Sharon at one time a
good many years ago was in
business in Heppner.
The final number of the Ly
ceum course will be given to
morrow, Friday, evening. The P.-
T.A. has greatly appreciated the
liberal patronage of the Heppner
citizens.
"beyond reproach," but my con
tact over a period of years with
many of our elected representa
tives at Washington in several
Congresses has convinced me
that most of them make an hon
est and painstaking effort to
measure up to the confidence re-
ing to keep himself abreast of
what the folks are doing back
home in his Congressional District.
Yes, Congress may have its
faults but at least it cannot be
accused of lack of industry. It
gets a heap of blame for errors of
posed in them by their elector-' commission or omission for
which it is in no way responsible.
Some of these blunders should
be charged to the Administration
and its multifarious bureaus;
ates.
To many of us the Congress
man's job as invariably is the
case in looking at the other fel
lows, iooks iiKe a leaa-pipe otners to the pressure groups,
cinch with fat pay. But taking selfishly seeking to promote
into account what his job really their own interests to the detri-
entails, the skill and patience he ment of the people at large,
has to exercise and the long By all means we should write
hours he labors one can only our Congressman and Senators
seven or more members, consoli
dation of the state unemploy
ment compensation commission
under the Oregon labor commis
sioner, to require a tape record
ing of all evidence given commit
tees and of statements made by
members of committees in sess
ion and the use of electric voting
machines in both the house and
senate which operate to show on
ly totals of votes favoring or ag
ainst a motion. The votes of in
dividual members would not be
disclosed until the legislature
had adjourned. Would this stop
"log-rolling," vote trading and
pressure plus "influence?"
Bert Mason, for many years a
prosperous merchant of lone,
spent the week end in Morrow
county visiting his many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason now make
their home at Oak Grove.
The STETSON
Playboy $10
Tor a fellow with a flair, wt
suggest the Playboy- ftn
fur felt hat that suit your
very mood.
Wilson's Men's Wear
The Store of Personal Service
Shaves every kind
of face full,
medium or lean.
Shaves the netk
titan and dose.
No beard
too tough.
Noskk
too tender.
If you believe electric ihavet
lake too long and won't shav
your beard CLOSE enough
3 minutes with the Model "W"
Shavemaster will change your
mind. Come in and try it. See
for yourself. It' America'
mst papular electric abater.
Petersons Jewelers
conclude that his is a tough, un
der-paid assignment.
We elect and send a Congress
man to Washington. Then we
read in the newspapers that Con-
to give them the benefit "of our
sage (?) advice. But how many
of us take the time to write them
when we approve of their ac
tions? A pat on the back now
gress sits for just a few hours and then is good for any human
each day and for only five days being, and the men and women
a week. Pretty soft, we conclude! we send to Washington are no
But those sessions are only a exception to that rule,
small part of his duties. Here Why not express approval and
are just a few of the many other gratitude when your legislators
things your Congressman has tc justly deserve them, and thus
do: pay tribute to your Congress, a
Each Congressman serves on a legislative group, whose mem
committee. These committees sit bers with few exceptions are in
for eight hours a day, often every dustrious, earnest, patriotic ser
day in the week and sometimes vants of the American people?
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
DR. H. S. HUBER
DENTIST
Firit National Bank Bldf.
Room 118 ' Phon 1341
PRINTING...
That aatlsfl. Why not let ui
(ill that next printing order?
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
NEW DEFENSE DIRECTOR
Announcement was made Sat'
urday by Governor Douglas Mc
Kay of the appointment of Jack tributors are not watching
owners common to the old sys
tem of a year-end expiration
date for all motorists. Hundreds
of extra employes needed under
the old system have been elimin
ated. The number of motor vehicles
registered in Oregon rose from
470,154 in 1946 to 768,000 in 1951.
Revenues rase from $4,717,538 in
1946 to $11,000,000 in 1951.
CHURNING MILK LAWS
Milk producers and milk dis-
the
JOS. J. NYS
, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Bldg, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Call Settles Electric
for all kinds of Electrical Work
New and Repair
Shop phone 2253 at Willow k
Chase Streets. Res. Phone 2542
A. Hayes as state director of Or- same crystal ball. Both groups
gon's civil defense program. are apprehensive of the- other
The state legislature recently getting an advantage when the
made the job a full-time posi- compromise bill comes up. Com
tion, paying $7,200 a year. Hayes promise it must be. The oleo de
has been assistant fire marshall, feat made the housewives more
loaned to the department of civ- militant. The narrow margin of
II defense, under Louis A. Starr, defeat encouraged them. Now the
Starr requested the governor not dairy strategists see their mis
to consider his name in filling take. The bill to abolish milk
the new position. control should have been con-
The new director, who recently sidered first. Now they are hop
returned from Washington, D. C. ing the compromise bill to grant
where he consulted with C. D. de- the butter producers exclusive
partment heads, immediately an- rights to a certain shade of yel-
nounced the appointment of l0W w"l appease the oleo manu-
three staff coordinators. They facturers crowd and they will
are Maurice Sheppard, opera- Pull out of the fight to abolish
Hons; Robert Sandstrom, admin- milk control,
istration, and Thomas Brubeck, SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
public information. Bilte recently passed by the
CAR TAG PLAN WORKS legislature, and signed bv the
Savings made for the state by euvemur wouia:
staggering expiration dates for nepeai law which permits any
automobile licenses and the use private person to
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of permanent license plates are services of the county surveyor.
exceeding $1,000,000 a year ac- Authorize the national guard
cording to the first annual report to tease and rent property.
on the new system devised and Increase annual State Bar dues
installed last year by Secretary from $12 to $20 a year.
of State Earl T. Newbry. Increase the cost of the state's
Through the use of a small ame Book from 50 cents to $1
date tab, the expiration of the Change the set alcoholic con
permanent plates have been tont of liquor from 17 per cent by
"staggered" so that approximate. weight to 14 per cent by volume
ly one-twelfth of the total num- whG" local option elections are
ber of registrations will exDire neld to determine
each month throughout the year, alcoholic liquors shall be prohib-
The permanent, staggered sys- iU-u ln a county or city.
tern applies only to passenger JpPeaJ law requiring state la-
vehicles and pickups, trucks re- "or commissioner to make re
main on the old system, with a ports t0 eah legislature on the
single exception. number, social and sanitary hab-
Acceptance of the permanent us nature and employment, earn-
plate and staggered renewal per- ngs- etc- ot Japanese and Chi-
iods, by motor vehicle owners, nase-
has been almost unanimouslv 1N THE IDA STAGE
favorable. Proposals for acts are belncr
The new system has wined out studied to broaden the state
the long lines of waiting vehicle same commission from tive ' to
J. O.TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phon 171
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurant
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
r . Phon 845
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry & Gift Goods
Watch, Clock, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meeting 2nd & 4th Mondays
at 8:00 p.m. at Civic Center
A.D. McMurdo,M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON '
Trainod Nan Asclitaat
Office In Masonls Building
Heppner, Oregon
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Offic N. 4 Center Bt
House Calls Made
Horn Phon 2583 Offic 1571
Phelpi Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon
C. A. RUGOLE3 Hprntlng
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Bppnc, Or.
Heppner City
Council ""ISftSF"
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council. Phone 2572
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shoe
' Lawn Mower Sharpened
Sewing Machine Repaired
Phone 1485 for appointment
or call at shop.
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
tira
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Offloe In Fctwra BaUdlnJ
RICHARD J. O'SHKA, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
2 Church Street
Telephone 1152
Morrow County
fmipf MMt Tint Wedneidfty
riOliri oi B.oh Month
OooHtrJarttf Offloe Sonm
Mono?, WeOBMdey, rridsj .m.
to p.m.
truminf, Thnmfly, Batnrdnj Por.
oon only.
LYONS
Photo Studio
Special Appointments
Phone 6346
HERMISTON
t
Dr. J. D. PALMER
DENTIST
Rooms 11-12
Firit National Bank Building
Ph.: Office 783, Home 932