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Page THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner, OR., Thursday, June 19. 1975 fs. S M Jo X. .V M lors a sense V ERNEST V. JOINER "(Doctors striking constitute) an insidious and cruel subterfuge callous to human misery, a mockery of the Hippocratic oath the doctors are sworn to uphold. These doctors place profits above people. They have forgotten the Forgotten man'-the injured patient." These are Uw wards of Robert E. Cartwright. president. Association of Trial Lawyers of America. That is a harsh assessment, but one to be expected from a person who makes a living in suing doctors for malpractice. The doctors have not forgotten their patients. Emergency cases are being handled. Those who can wait. do. Those who can wait, probably should. There are far too many people clocking doctor's offices these days. According to some doctors, fully 50 per cent of their patients have no business being in a doctor's office. Many patients go to the doctor because they have Medi-Cal or Medicare. Many go because they're lonely and need somebody to talk with. Many are hypochondriacs with imagined ills. Some go just for the plain hell of it, or because there's nothing else for them to do A doctors' strike could actually be good for the health of the nation if only it eliminated hypochondriacs who might be better ofr solving their own problems; or, failing, consult a psychiatrist. The nation's health would benefit also by forcing people to do a lot of their own treatment for minor ills such as cuts, bruises, flu. colds and assorted aches. Doing nothing is often the best medicine; nature is still the best doctor. A person's good mental attitude is a great healer, as any Christian Scientist will attest. So will many physicians, many of whom admit that a person s mental attitude spells the difference between life and death in serious illnesses or major surgical operations. Americans relv too much on their doctors. A good doctors strike might stimulate us to take better care of ourselves rather than leave all our health problems to our friendly physicians. The right to strike is well ingrained in U.S. law. the eTercise of which nearly always constitutes an insidious and cruel subtefuge callous to human misery. Most strikes occur because strikers put profits above people (people other than themselves, that is). We have in our midst in Sebastopol todav a group funded by various trade unions, agitating for a closed shop at the construction site of the local hospital. If thev have their wav. no person in America could hold a job without paving dues to a union. The "forgotten man here is the one who prefers not to join a union, but who is forced to starve unless he does. That. Mr. Cartwright. is being callous And the union man who believes that nobody must be allowed lo work but himself or his union associates is putting personal profit above the rights of other people to earn a living. This Mr. Cartwright does not protest. The same Americans who acknowledge the right of unions to strike are the same Americans who believe the doctors should not. What about a teamster strike wherein medical supplies cannot reach the doctors' patients-is that not callous? And airline personnel strikes that delay delivery of needed medicines to patients? Where was Mr. Cartwright when the nurses went out en strike, jeopardizing the lives or hospital patients? Or when utility workers go out for more pav and shut off electrical service to iron lung patients. Or municipal employee strikes where the garbage piles up in the streets, endangering the lives of everybody? Or gravedig gers who strike, leaving the confined dead piled a dozen deep' What about police strikes where urgent calls for help go unanswered, or firemen strikes that allow fires to burn themselves out? It could be called callous, ins.d.ous and cruel that unionized school teachers are today among the worst offenders-thev are soolled "professional people who hold children hostage to line their pockets with more monev Yet teachers have a code of ethics, if not an oath, that does not square with their walking off the job for more money or a longer coffee break Lawyers also take an oath, and anvone who has received a bill from one of them lately will wonder about the cruel and callous assault upon his pocketbook. and might wonder about the lawyer himself placing profits above people. 9 I support the doctors' strike. A doctor team forced to pay 84 oiK) a vear for malpractice insurance must add this cost to the patients- bill. Therefore, the doctors' strike is a strike to lower the cost of medicine to the patient, not to line his own pockets as Mr. Cartwright perversely suggests. The strike I despise is the one that enriches the striker at the cost of the general public, an element not present in the medical field crisis. Now that the legislature has complied its session, it ma be sometime before we actually know the results of Ihe.r 'mSS- lA up much o( the time and weren't resolved until the verv end. but increasing the legislators expense and salaries was completed quickly and quietly. We remember the campaign pledges of hold.ng the line on me and expenditures. Also, the needs of Oregon to annulate the economy and stop unemployment Like most camua.cn pledges they were somehow forgotten. Taxes I. enses. permits and tuition have all beer .increased and who's going to pay them' I. always "mes back to he small wage earner regardless of who the lax .s placed "a a"? spending w as increased by 35 per cenl This makes an increase of TO per cent in the last four years accord.ng to figures I have received. I'm aM told the cost of what we eat will also rise due to the e lev ,ed against Ihe farmer and businessman. The small spa er is supposed to get . break and Ihe person with laSuKoinesl have to pay more. I hope .. work, this I believe in protecting our environment within reason. It is sa d J2 leg.sla.ion will d.scourage "clean" business from coming here I don't consider .hi. a benefit. Those ha, will Sab i sh here and meet all the requirement. J I md costlv This extra cost w ill be passed on to us. the .mall wage e m er as no business can operate without making pro it. Z d dS mX it tougher on the shoplifter that help. imVease our cost of goods. They did give the Independent Z -r le nghl of choice in the primary election.. Penal .e. again I the drunken driver were toughened and perhaps this IK help make .1 safer .o drive if we c,n afford the gasoline. Son7gld Md "me bad came out of thi. Probably one of the most .ignificant occurrence, wa. the npu from the ..lent majority. There wa. a noticeable Sase. .omelhrng that ha, been lack.ng for yea r Hopefully, tiu will increase even more a. the squeaKing wheel gets the grease". "When you .moke cigaret.. you're likely lo burn yourself to death: with chewing tobacco Ihe wont thing you can do Is drown a midgel.'-Fred Allen The mail pouch EDITOR: On May 25. Mike Sweeney announced the kickoff of Morrow County's" celebration of the Bicentennial and a number of projects we are to undertake. Julv 15. the covered wagon representing Oregon, retracing the Oregon Trail back to Pennsylvania w ill be hosted at Cecil bv the people of Morrow County; however, we are lacking funds and manpower. We need all the volunleers we can get and all donations possible for the Cecil celebration and barbecue. We need food, entertainment, ticket and advertising chairmen. All of the proceeds from Ihe barbecue and the auction we have planned for Aug. 20. and the Fair booth is to help all or projects: such as Hager Park improvements; restoration of llardman Community Center: Democrat Gulch schoolhouse. Anvone is welcome to attend our Bicentennial meetings The ncxl meeting will be July 8. 7:30 p.m.. with the meeting place to be announced later Please we need action NOW. Volunteers and donations are welcome! Make checks payable to Morrow County Bicentennial committee. They may be deposited with either the Bank of Eastern Oregon or The First National Bank. TERRY HUGHES Co-c hairman. Morrow County Bicentennial Committee EDITOR: Judging bv the talk shows covering gun legislation it is ,rrta...lv encouraging lo know thai the overwhelming majority l the c itizens are sl.ll much against gun legislation , uin f.'.rni. It is surprising lhal any of our politicians would mish'for gun control laws lhal would endanger a citizens rights .,( sell protection Our problem is a matter of criminal control and not gun conltol (the law courts are to blame a thev are soft on Ihe criminal . II is about time they think less ol criminal rights and more on citizen rights. When it comes lo crime conlrol and Ihe use of a hand gun all our law courts would have lo do is lo slap on no less than a lo vear prison sentence when a gun is involved in a crime ( 20 wars would In- Mien. This would cause a drastic change in the crime and hand gun record as the criminal gun packer is severely punished. One of Ihebcsl patriots we have for our Right to Keep and Rear Arms is Chief or Police Edward M. Davis or Los ngeles Ca He has pointedly said lhal we must first try lo gel Ihe Judiciary Dept. I enforce Ihe existing law. which thev consistently fail lo do He also sa.d there i. nothing in our Conslilulion or Amendments which would give the Federal Government the right to impose gun conlrol law. The record bears out that a police officer is killed about everv three davs in America. The police officer is obligated to protect Ihe lives of citizens and in turn the police officer s life-niusl be protected too No one who willfully kills a police olfuer should expect any less than a life lime prison sentence This would hall Ihe killing of police officers lo a greal extent and would allow them Ihe rights he deserves. II is true thai guns are used in most violent crime, with one third ol Ihe killings being caused by knives but Ihe criminal is the killer and not the knife or the gun. It is also well known lhal guns are dangerous in the hands of some people but gun. are a greal deal more dangerous in the hands of a dictatorship. That is why our forefather, insisted on Ihe Second Amendmenl and history has proven them right as Ihe governments of Sov iet Russia and Red China control all guns. When a nation foresakes Ihe guarding of its liberties then Ihe people become slaves, (free people own gun., .laves do no! The criminal must be punished not the law abiding citizen CAIiLM. MAKQL'AKDT Lexington. I THE GAZETTE-TIMES MOH ltnUOl MVS NEWSPAPER Box VTi. Heppner. Ore. STMfi Subscription rale: $6 per year In Oregon. $7 elsewhere Ernest V. Joiner, Publisher Published every Thursday and entered a. a second class mailer al Ihe pmt office at Heppner. Oregon, under Ihe act of March 3, lira. Seronddns. postage paid al Heppner. Oregon. M it A r County gains in potatoe production "Morrow County was rated seventh for its gross agricul tural income ami second in wheal production in the Stale of Oregon last year. This year. Morrow Cminly has a chance of being number one in the stale for its production of potatoes." said Harold Kerr. Morrow County Extension agent and president of Ihe Chamber of Commerce Mor row County has Ix-en second bul survevs indicate the county will surpass Malheur County. not only in tonage. bul iilso in Ihe amount of acres seeded In potatoes Kerr presented a film pro duccd hv Bill Smith showing the methods used for growing potatoes in Oregon. The potatoes used for seed are usually purchased from farms th;il are certified fi r Crowing si-d potatoes only. To w certified, the farms must lc able ! grow p. Malm lhal are lice from d.seM esnx'iall leal roll The fields are checked Hii.Mluallv and any plant DEQ hearing set for Alumax permit The public hearing for consideration of an air con laminaiil discharge pvrmil for Ihe promised Alumax Pacific Cmp aluminum reduction pl.ml m ar Umatilla ha been set for Tuesday. July 15. at llcrmislon. The Environmental CJualily Commission will hear lesli monv on air quality conlrol and a water pollution control facilities permit, according lo Kessler R Cannon, director of Ihe Department ol Fnvirnn menlal Quality The hearing will start al i:Mp m in the Auditorium al Annum! thrive Junior High School. PJ9 E. Rtdgeway Ave . HermiMnn. The design of Ihe Alumax Converter equipped cars, trucks pose field fire dangers Farmers and ranchers driv ing lJ75 cars and truck, equipped with ralalylic con verters should use extreme raul.on about driving in fields this summer because of fire danger, points out Waller Malson. Oregon Slate Exrn sion agricultural "ngineer The converters reach very high temperatures, particu larly if Ihe enuine is under loud or is nol properly tuned, and could cause dry lulWe or draw to break Into (lame, he warns. The stale fire manhall already has had reports of fires near lumber and lofcging operation when Ihe hr.it from Ihe converter was apparently high enough lo ignite dry uittdusl and dust particles The problem is compounded having leaf roll must be renmed along with Ihe new spuds Machines ore used lo cut Ihe mihI potatoes into sections. As thev travel along a conveyor beli the sec-lions are treated with insecticides and other chemicals before they are transported to the fields. Plantings tiegin about May I. and harv esied in the early (all. The new potatoes are taken lo cold storage sheds where Ihey are either sold directly lo markets in ihe area or kepi at tin even temperature for future use Potatoes will keep in siorage sheds from October until the following June if Ihe temperature is kepi al 40 decrees It is estimated Ihe average lierson consumes approxi mately io pounds of potatoes per year, or alxml two pounds (hi week in one form or another We Greeley. . executive vice piesidei.l of Oregon Wheal Ir.iHiic. will Ik- gueM speaker at the ili.imlM-r of Commerce Min.il.iv planl provides a "closed system " lor treating and reusing process wastewaters, .Hid mi discharge lo water ways ol Ihe .late. The priiMsed water pollution con trol facilities permit stipulates no discharge. Intcresti! persons may siiliii.il written testimony to DEQ concerning the proposed permits or policy related lo the Alumax planl at any lime prior lo the public hearing, or may In- mard orally at Ihe llcrmislon hearing Ciip.i-s of Ihe proposed permits are available upon rc(ucl from Ihe Department of Env ironmental Quality. Air Qual.lv Division, 1234 SW Morrison St.. Portland 97205 by Ihe fact that the converters are generally located where Ihey can come in contact with such combustible materials, Ihe engineer add.. One oil company lesled two production model car. with 351 and 4wcubic inch engine. eqtiiped with catalytic con verters. In the tesls. converter surface temperatures as high a. VW degrees were reached under the most severe condi tions. Surface temperatures as high as 660 degrees were recorded under normal opera ling conditions. Vehicular exhaust .yslems have long been a fire hazard in stubble fields, wilh some blaming exhausl .yslems for a. mi.ny a. half of the .tale's stubble field fires. Mayor of Hartman Oem Webster come to Saturday night with ""$firytnt lo match before about slates and cUies go ngw kwp ssrr'S - -k- money merry go-round P"- Midi pu, on a All installment buying Clem . aid. pu individual base what we "T?.? -Krm Ihe folks whose duvernment. Xk toS. nd In the same monthly outgo I. mo Ihsn the JJ tae wh,n lhf breath Congress vole. llj Wilton ax federal Guvernmen ,11 ruJ, her budge, to manna rnd W" ,0 Some kind of bill alius is Kium nw-elocurbcrrfil bMyinglsnjn ttXST i .e words the the little feller that draws a paycheck ever wee fc. me f..n..r hotter look out. was Clem s word. Fd it .lie makes t a rule to rule agin Clem . reports on ViZm ?! him .nd the HEW kept him up. If that a.n I ne'ean see where that widow f,gtr, ke s goVa right to the money her la.e husband got L lUrv ng .o withdraw from a bank, Zeke had aw where m womin is u g fer the money, wying it is part of the oMh TSate and she i. the legal m.n.stra.or of t. The wondi is ke said. that anybody though, to question her d Personal. Mister Editor, economic; i. so far bry I tr o limit mv worry ing lo things I understand Uke the oone When vou squirt them .having cream cans, you kill U Xer lh"tr.ec l. Ihe earth from direct un rsyi I been Evtng w ..h ntug and brush more than 50 year, and jes. now found mil hy. Yours truly, MAYOR ROY. CINCINNATI-The eves of editor James Cochran of the IVesbv terian Uvman had Ihe same kind of twinkle as that of an author whose hook has been banned in Boston For Ihe majority of Ihe 7W) delegates i "commissioners 1 to the General Assembly of Ihe two million-member t'ntted I'resbvlerian Oiurch had just voted for a proposal entitled On investigation of Policies and Practices" of Ihe Presbyterian Lay Committee, which publishes this unofficial monthly newspaper. If such an unprecedented Investigation was not enough to establish this newspaper a. one ol U.S. Christendom', mosl evening, there was an added bonus: a number of scarlet anathemas unleashed on Ihe Assembly floor. Devous and at limes diabolic!" cried Ihe Rev. Jerome Cooper of Philadelphia. Innuendo misrepresentation, distortion!" charged Katherine Johnson of Hampton, Va Attacks on our leadership ... a whole lo. of garbage . . . the powers of darkness . . . narrow Biblicism ... a deviousness that would do credit to Congress!" contended Ihe Rev . Meli Rollins of New York. Hut Cochran, a retired account executive for J. Waller Thompson advertising agency, was unfaied by these denunciations " We welcome anyone lo investigate the Presbyterian Lavman-every month, in every Issue. Our mailing address is 1727 Delancy Place. Philadelphia. 19103. We have nothing lo hide. " he remarked cheerfully. Then he added : I do suspect our reporting of the depletion of almost MO million in unrestricted reserve, by our Presbyterian national headquarters staff may have had a part in bringing about this demand for our investigation." There is also the fad that The Presbyterian I jiyman is sent at no charge lo i9.0oo homes, while the denomination's olficial periodical, a magaiine called "A D." Is sent to TMimi homes-at a cosl to Ihe denomination of $291,813 In annual subsidy. One ralher devastating contrast between the two periodicals was brought out by delegate Dorothy Lynn of Torrance. California who told the Assembly: This investigation is the singling out of one particular group. Why Investigate this paper? I read it thoroughly and in its last Issue it published the views of both the Rev. Clinton Marsh and Dr. W illiam P. Thompson I former Moderator and present Slated Clerk-the denomination', ranking officials ) Through The Layman, I am able to read both sides of the issues. I want lo read both sides and then make up my own mind " The Layman's critics were also challenged on the floor to specify any instances In which the newspaper was guilty of allegedly devious and diabolic distortion. Yel no such evidence was presented to the Assembly. Intrnd. Ihe Rev. Joe Spears of SaIilory, North Carolina, took Ihe floor for a lengthy speech In which he reminded Ihe delegate, thai hi. ancestors had been "snatched from a distant shore and left wide-eyed in Virginia ... Lei my people go! . . . This paper's reports cast aspersions on projects al the center of our hearts. I believe In free speech and a free press, but I believe it should be responsible." This apparently rallied the black militant caucus as well as the Assembly's predominantly liberal majority to pass the Investigatory proposal. None suggested that the committee In charge should be called the "House Committee on Unpresbyterian Activities." Rut the Rev, Karl Bowman of Uniontown, Pa. told the Assembly: "This is against the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It Is an attempt to edit Ihe thoughts of those who dart to disagree with Ihe authorities. It I. one minority .peaking against the right, of express of another minority, called Ihe conservatives. I am amaied at this effort lo try lo silence dissent." Committee on unpresbyterian activities Bv LESTER KINSOlAIMi
