THE ELECTION
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DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT
With the election only one
month away, it is time the vot
ers quit listening to the charges
and countercharges involving
personalities, and started look
ing at the cold facts and issues
on which they should base their
votes. There is no better way
of arriving at those decisions
than a direct comparison of
facts and accomplishments.
First, there is the issue of the
small businessman. Under the
Democrats, most small business
es has satisfactory lines of cre
dit with local banks; interest
rate on Government loans to
small business was 5 per cent or
less: growth in total number
of small buinesses was 60 per
cent above the rate for the Eis
enhower years. Under the Re
publicans, a majority of small
businesses have lost their line
of bank credit; interest rate on
government loans to small bus
iness has increased 20 per cent,
small business profits are down
more than 50 per cent, the rate
of small business failures is up
20 per cent.
Next, consider the farmers.
Under the Democrats, from
1949 to 1952, the farm income
rose 15 per cent, farm prices
rose 15 per cent, and parity was
always above 100 per cent. Un
der the Republicans. 1952-1955,
farm income fell 26 per cent,
farm prices fell 18 per cent, and
parity has always been below
100 per cent.
Workers and laborers also
should take a look at the con
trast between the Democratic
administration and the Eisen
hower administration. Under
the Democratic administration,
1949 to 1952. the average take
home pay increased 20 per cent,
and stockholders' income rose
20 per cent. The same for both.
Under the Democrats both are
treated alike. Under the Repub
licans, 1952-1955, the average
person's take home pay increas
ed only 8 per cent, and the av
erage stockholder's income rose
24 per cent. Stockholders' in
come during the Eisenhower
years has increased three times
as much as has the income of
the average worker.
Those who are employed in
the lumber and building indust
ry should also take a close look
at the two administrations. Un
der the Democratic administra
tion the money policy was such
that those who wanted to build
new homes could do so. Interest
rates were low. Under the Re-'
publican administration, a tight
money policy has been adopted
which has cut building and
which is reflected in Jackson
county today in the slump in the
lumber market and accompany
ing shutdown of many mills.
Surely, since the vast major
ity of the people in Ofegon are
REPUBLICAN STATEMENT
In its Sept. 23 issue, The Sat
urday Evening Post published
an editorial titled "The Country
Still Needs Eisenhower." It is
quoted here in part.
Believing that "the average
voter makes up his mind accord
ing to what he can find out
about the principles stated in
party platforms, the records o
the parties and the character
and personalities of the candi
dates, and on the basis of all
three of these considerations The
Saturday Evening Post believes
that the American people should
return to power the administra
tion of President Eisenhower
and elect a Republican Congress.
It seems to us there are excellent
reasons for this position . . .
"Imperfect as platforms are
as genuine expressions of serious
intent, they do represent a fair
approximation of the prevailing
attitudes throughout the party s
membership and often contain
hints of what is to be expected if
the party should be returned to
power.
"The 1956 Democratic plat
form, for example, contains sev
eral definite warnings of what a
new Democratic administration
would attempt to do . . . de
mands for repeal of the Taft
Hartley law, destruction of the
vitally important national-origins
quota system for admission
of immigrants, and the adminis
tration of foreign aid through a
'multilateral approach," mean
nig that American taxpayer's
money should be distributed by
international bureaucrats with
whom the recipients of aid
would have the most influence.
"The Democratic platform al
so condemns state 'right to
work' laws although most of
these have been passed by legis
latures in Democratic states . . .
"In his acceptance speech.
President Eisenhower called at
tention to the record of his
party in halting 'the heedless
stampede to Washington.' An ac
tive sector of this effort is the
administration's policy of 'part
nership' between private enter
prise and the public in the electric-power
field. The Democrats
would load more TVA's on the
groaning taxpayers. The Repub
lican platform's endorsement of
'partnership' between govern
ment and private investment
which Gov. Douglas McKay is
vigorously defending in Oregon
deserves the support of Ameri
cans who are concerned over
the 'drift to socialism.'
"The Republican foreign-poli-
working people, and young peo
ple wanting good jobs and good
homes, the choice should be
simple and elemental.
The Democratic party has the
best program for ALL of the
people.
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A Gold Beach man went up
the Rogue to get himself a deer.
In the general neighborhood of
Agness he got tired and turned
in under a tree for a nap. His
dog lay down beside him.
Hunters mistook the dog for
a coyote and opened fire. In the
ensuing barrage a bullet went
through the dog's ear and
smashed into hv master's shoul
der. He lost quite a lot of blood
on the way down the river to a
Gold Beach hospital, but at last
accounts was expected to recover.
ITS GETTING so you can't win.
If you lie down to rest up
so you won't die of heart failure
you get shot for a coyote.
BACK to politic,s.
There isn't much else
the news these days.
IN A SPEECH in Chicago, Agri
culture Secreatary Benson
says the Eisenhower administra
tion inherited a mess, but is re
building the nation's agricul
tural economy on a sound foun
dation. He asserts that farm net in
come is now 9 per cent higher
than a year ago, that farm prices
are 6 per cent higher than last
December and that the total
value of all farm products is at
an all-time record high.
He adds:
Three-fourths of the nation's
farmers own their own farms,
farm foreclosure; are near an
all-time record low and farm ex
ports last year were the highest
in 30 years.
npHE BIG point in his state-
-- ment, it seems to me, is that
if Secretary Benson says it we
can believe it. He has integrity.
He has courage. He peddles no
buncombe. He ijn't afraid to
tackle tough situations the hard
way.
THE farm situation, which is
all snarled up in election
year politics, is a fine example
of the easy way and the hard
way.
The hard way is to get produc
tion and consumption back into
balance so that the law of supply
and demand can work again.
The easy way is to regard the
farmer a,s a pensioner and pay
him out of the treasury.
I don't believe any REAL
farmer wants to be a pensioner
of the government.
'TWERE i?, of course, another
Way out ANOTHER. WAR
Every war anybody now alive
can remember has meant a farm
boon while it lasted and a farm
BUST when it ended.
But nobody wants another
war.
CPEAKING further of politics-
J Bee Book and I Bee pre
sides at the Herald and News
coffee hour each morning over
at Klamath Falls, where I have
my office are thinking of run
ning for President and Vice-Pre.s
ident on a platform that ought
to sweep the country:
Do away with the other ten
months and HAVE SEPTEMBER
AND OCTOBER ALL THE
YEAR. - . .
TT WOULD be at least as sensi
ble as most of the issues the
pilitical demagogs howl about
these days.
And
JUST AS LIKELY TO COME
ABOUT.
cy plank cites the substantial
contributions of the Eisenhower
administration to peace and the
frustration of Soviet aggression.
This is an impressive record, all
the more so when contrasted
with the record of appeasement
which preceded it.
"However, it is on the record
of the Eisenhower Administra
tion more than the party plat
form that the voter should rely
Regardless of imperfections and
inconsistencies which undoubt
edly exist, the country is at
peace, its people are generally
at work for good wages, the
budget is balanced, and inflation
while it remains a threat, has
been kept under control. Fur
thermore a beginning has been
made toward a 'retreat from
socialism'."
More tobacco and peanuts are
grown in North Carolina than in
any other state.
Alfair in Constellation
Aquila (Eagle) Near Earth
By FAY BENTLEY
"Your awkwardness is inex
cusable. Be seated at the table
and never again attempt to pour
the nectar into our cups," said
Jupiter in disgust and anger.
Hebe, a beautiful young god
dess and cup bearer for the deity
on Mount Olympus, had acciden
tally dropped the tray of golden
goblets, spilling the divine liq
uid which she daily served.
This so annoyed Jupiter, king
of the gods, that he resolved to
find someone else to perform
this sacred rite.
Handsome Prince
In all his kingdom there was
none more handsome than the
prince Ganymede, who tended
his father's sheep on Mount Ida.
Jupiter directed an eagle to fly
down to earth, snatch the youth,
and bring him to Mount Olym
pus. Ganymede, who proved to be
a most satisfactory royal cup
bearer, was given the gift of
immortality, and to honor the
eagle who had carried the lad
to the home of the gods, Jupiter
placed it in the sky.
Astronomically speaking, the
giant sun. Altair, brighest star
in the constellation, Aquila the
Eagle, is comparatively near by;
its distance from the earth being
approximately 16 light years, or
96 trillion miles. It is traveling
toward our planet at the rate of
about 1.000 miles per minute.
One bright star with a dim star
on each side of it makes an easy
recognition point for Aquila, the
Eagle. To find this star picture,
look to the southwest about 8
p.m. High in the sky you can see
a short line of three star;;. Al
tair, 11th brighest star in the
sky, is in the middle with a
rather dim star on each side of
it. This line, very nearly five de
grees long, or equal to the dis
tance between the Pointers in
the Big Dipper, contains, the
three stars that form the ident
ification mark of Aquila, the
Eagle, a diamond-shaped figure
lying in the Milky Way almost
at the foot of the Northern Cross.
More Names
Many stars have more than
one name. In any constellation
the tars are designated by let
ters of the Greek alphabet com
bined with the Latin form of the
Subsidies Authorized
For Oregon Potatoes
Washington (U.R) The
Agriculture Department has ap
proved subsidies for potato
growers in six areas under its
program to divert low-quality
spuds from the market.
A spokesman said Saturday
the department offered the sub
sidies Sept. 21 to growing areas
where farmers themselves agree
to hold their poorer potatoes off
the market. Since then farmers
in seven areas have applied for
subsidies.
So far the department has ap
proved payments to growers in
the San Luis Valley of Californ
ia, Maine, Washington State,
Idaho, Oregon and Northern
California.
It expects to act next week on
the remaining application, from
Northern Colorado growers.
The subsidy is aimed at boost
ing potato prices by reducing
supplies for food. Farmers will
be paid 50 cents per hundred
pounds for table-grade potatoes
sent to starch factories, flour
mills and livestock feed lots
through December 31. The pay
ment will drop to 40 cents per
hundredweight through March
31 and to 30 cents thereafter.
The subsidy program, similar to
one used last season, will end
no later than June 30, 1957.-
Seattle Man Indicted
By Federal Grand Jury
Portland (U.R) A federal
grand jury here Friday return
ed an indictment against Ed
ward L. Alkire, 44, of Seattle,
charging him with causing the
transportation of a forged check
from Portland to Anaheim, Calif.
Alkire had previously been in
dicted by a San Francisco grand
jury which accused him of depos
iting some S23.000 in fictitious
checks in California banks and
then writing checks amounting
to $4000 on fraudulent accounts.
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PENNYWISE
323 E. Main
name of the constellation. Alpha,
Beta, and Gamma in the Greek
alphabet correspond to the let
ters A, B, and C, in the English
alphabet.
Thus Altair, brighest star in
Aquila, is also named Alpha
Aquilae: the star ju.st below Al
tair is Beta Aquilae and the star
just above Altair, or Alpha Aqu
ilae, is Gamma Aquilae.
Just above Altair, the rather
dim star, Gamma Aquilae forms
a point of the diamond, while
another dim star, in line with
Gamma, Alpha, and Beta Aqu
ilae, but lower in the sky, marks
a second point of the diamond.
The figure is completed by two
stars of approximately the same
brightness lying to the right or
West and somewhat higher in
the sky than the stars mentioned
above.
The sky picture so formed has a
slender appearance, being about
twice as long as it is wide. Now,
it is tipped so far toward the
west that Gamma Aquilae which
marks the side of the diamond in
its journey up from the eastern
horizon seems to be at the top.
Farther to West
During the months of October
and November, Aquila the Eagle
will fly farther and farther to
the west. The madly sparkling
Altair on the western skyline
in early evening will be all that
is visible of this interesting con
stellation in the month of Dec
ember. By the firt of January
it will have entirely disappeared.
In June, 1957, this noble bird
will appear on the eastern hor
izon to begin his annual flight
across the summer and autumn
skies.
Sunday, October 7. 195S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Seamen Stick With
Grounder Tanker
Kodiak, Alaska (U.R) Twelve
seamen stuck with a grounded
American tanker loaded with
aviation gasoline Saturday de
spite the possibility the ship
might break up on a desolate
island far out on the Aleutian
chain.
The latest dispatch from the
178-foot Dulcinea aground on the
east shore of Buldir Island said
the ship "appears to be holding
together with no leakage of gas
visible."
A Navy plane dispatched from
Adak circled over the tanker
after it went aground Friday
and broached-to on the shore of
the tiny island.
The plane circled over the
crippled tanker until the Navy
tanker, USS Tawakoni, arrived
late Friday afternoon.
The tanker was based in Se
attle. Her agent is Northern
Tankers. Buldir Island is an iso
lated one about midway between
Kiska and Agattu islands in the
Aleutian chain.
Hillsboro Doctor Found
Dead Near Enterprise
La Grande (U.R) Dr. C. O.
Wells, 54, of Hillsboro, was
found dead, apparently of natur
al causes, in his deer hunting
camp on the Imnaha river about
65 miles from Enterprise early
Saturday.
Wells was hunting with J. J.
Millett, also of Hillsboro, at In
dian crossing southeast of En
terprise. State police were noti
fied of the death at 2 a.m. and
sent a party to return the body
to Enterprise.
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