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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1950)
2—THE Mil l. (TTY ENTERPRISE__________________________ April 6. 1950 ; MILL soils are mainly silt loam in texture, I fertile and easily tilled, and main crops in the area are alfalfa, potatoes, DON PETERSON, Publisher TOM COURTNEY JR . Editor i peas, beans, soft fruit and specialty Official notice of the opening of 11 Entered ■■ second-class matter November 10, 1941 st the post office at Mill City, Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879. I farm units covering 723 irrigable I crops, according to the reclamation acres on the Yakima homestead proj ! bureau. « i issil it i. ti.i ut'i imin <. i on. In erl on I............ thrao for 11"« The Enterprise will not be responsible for more than one Incorrect In ect in south central Washington has To qualify for a homestead, the sertion Errors In advertising should be reported immediately. Display been announced, the Oregon Depart veteran must have had at least two Advertising 45c column inch. ment of Veterans’ Affairs disclosed years of farming experience, not less | this week, and World War II veterans than $3500 in cash, assets or livestock NEWSPAPER national editorial ' have until June 19 to exercise their and farming equipment, five refer PUBLISHERS priority in a public drawing for the ences as to his farming ability and character, and must intend to farm ASSOCIATION lands. * Completed application forms ac as an occupation. companied by evidence of military J service should be filed before the deadline at the office of the super intendent, Yakima project, Bureau of Have you anketl yourm-lf this <|Uerle of tomorrow? A m young people Reclamation, Federal Bldg., Yakima, have you wondered of your education, your profession your tomorrow? A m Wash. Application blanks should be parent* have you not given thought of your children’» future? Would busi obtained from the same address. ness not undermine It* poiwtiMlity of success without thinking beyond today? The farms are scattered throughout To be sure It 1« a fool’s philosophy that think* only of till* moment. the Roza division from a point six Ilintory lui* proven the inevitable fate of civilization that lived the pres miles east of Yakima to a point ten ent with little wisdom and refused to look to the liorlzon for the dawn of a miles northeast of Prosser. While it new day. This adviwation I* not for umbrella* and galoshes on a Mummer is undeveloped sagebrush land, the Washington Homesteads Soon Available for Veterans MILL CITY, OREGON VIV’S STEAK HOUSE Opening April 13 Under New Management What of Tomorrow? day but for the realization that the entire year in not sunshine. That winters have come and will continue to come and preparations must be made. How fooli*h that young person, who In hoping to go to college refuses to meet with accepted satisfaction the requirements of high school. Or with equal lack of foresight the parent who wishes for good and respectable children and refuse* to give them the training and understanding they require. There I* the truth that tomorrow never comes and fatalists have ac- cepted it to mean that nothing should be considered if their bellie* are full at the moment. Yet who would believe that the roof could be completed without first laying the foundation. It has always been and will continue to be that certain things must be done today or tomorrow’s blizzard will destroy uh all. How lovely It would lie If industry were centered In our canyon; If Umber from this area were manufactured here; If a union high school could be our I mmvs I. How ideal if our city could claim paved street» and sidewalks, door to door postal service. Improved utilities, etc. Ideal but fantastic if we the people refuse today to lay tomorrow's foundation. Fantastic If business has no concern of how the books will balance two, three, or five years from now. Fantastic, If we fail to support our chamber of commerce, our schools, our churches, or our other civic or ganisations. Too tired to attend, to join, to support ? Too busy ? Never fear, you will have opportunity to rent, and time will not pre«« you in your welfare future. What of tomorrow? (■host town or stabilized community? Successful or welfare .enter? Tomorrow may never come to be sure, but pre|M.ration for good todays must begin now. A Blanket Ordinance Street condition* In .Mill City continue to Is-conve worse with every week that ¡«sees. The fact that the weather and climatic conditions have con tributed to tlielr disrepair Is certainly no one’s fault. Nor Is the finger being |Mdnted at anyone because the repair* are needed. The fact I m that repairs on the present system of streets will continue to be needed thi* yisir and all of the years to tome until some permanent typo of surfacing is completed. While mud hob** have made Mime streets nearly Impassable the residents have even n brighter outlook during the summer month*. The dust in every home will make a lovely table setting. The street problem could be alleviated at once were the city council to iMis* a blanket paving and curbing ordinance. Under such an ordinance the city could save money by contracting a large paving job rather than numerous smaller ones spread out over the next 10 or 15 years. Any group of citizens may bring In a petition In opposition, to such a paving project and have their street eliminated from such a project if they so wish. The cost to the citizen would I m * nominal, and could be |MVid for over a 10 year period. Why not now ? HnnnunnnH«nnnnn)annnn»nnHnnHnHHHnHnnnnHnnBinianuununianaB S 8 I » ----- Legion Hall OPEN SUNDAYS 2:30 to 10 p.m. for ì H H o s s O o o 0 o o ■ Cards and Recreation I B « » S a RumMMHHnnHnHnnnMnnnunuiaunMaMHMnnHannsMBittuManMnMHMnMHM ♦ I : Faust & Ross RED AND WHITE STORE I I I I Full Line............... Good Home Cooking CHICK FAYLOR and SAM ENGLE, Owners By WILLIAM M. BOYLE, JR., Chairman Democratic National Committee writing in “Capital Comment” A Discussion of the Federal Budget........ to keep abreast of the growing needs of a growing population, but that we MUST expand our economy unless we are to slide backwards to a lower standard of living. Chart number one shows the change in the comparative size of various government expenditures between 1939 and 1951. It is a dramatic change. The size of that portion of the budget spent because of past wars and to maintain peace has grown from 29% to 71%. Note the facts underneath this chart, showing which expenditures have come to take up the smallest proportionate amount of tax funds each year. Domestic expenditures are not the reason that our budget is so much higher than pre-war peacetime budgets. A hot war we did not choose and a cold war we did not choose account for more than two-thirds of the money the federal government expects to expend in 1951. Note the expenditures listed at the left hand side of the chart. It seems to me that no honest, decent American wants to abolish any of those programs. And I am confident that the Republicans will fail in their efforts to "blame" the Democratic party for these essential expenditures when the voters know the facts. The second chart is more complicated, but it tells an extremely com plicated story in a small space—where the Federal government’s money comes from and where it goes. Most of the debate between Republicans and Democrats centers on WHERE THE MONEY GOES, so let’s consider the bottom half of the chart, showing where the money goes. We have already discussed the first four items—the cost of past wars and future peace. Look at the rest of the items. We are planning to spend less on social welfare, health and security for the entire population than we spend on welfare of one group alone—veterans. We are spending far, far less on developing our natural resources, A SELF-LIQUIDATING ACTIVITY, than we are on our armed forces. And these figures include the cost of the new or expanded programs proposed by the President in these fields. As we go along the bottom line of this chart the figures get smaller. For example, only one percent for education and general research. And notice that general govern ment, providing vast and wide spread services to our citizens, takes up only 3 per cent of the total. These.expenditures, designed to promote an expanding and stable economy, and to see that all groups Sortonv «I Total tapenditwraa benefit fairly from the production of our economy, seems to me more FOR PAST WARS and open to a charge of niggardliness ALL OTHER than of extravagance when they to MAINTAIN PEACE are examined in relation to the contribution they make to the wel fare of all Americans The first group of expenditures r Fiscal Year we must make because they are 71% 29% obligations already assumed or obligations forced upon us by de cency or by forces outside our borders. The second group of expendi tures are ones which contribute to a stronger and more productive America in the years ahead. They are the government's share of the burden of raising our economy to the $300 billion-a-year goal which the President believes we can meet INCLUDES INCLUDES; • Agricultuia; Social Welfare Health and Sucurity; by 1950 International Affair« and Finance, National Defenao, Transportation and Communication, Labor; Atomic Energy The President's economic mes Votorana Servicoa and Bonoftta. and Intereat on the •nd Other Natural Raauurcaa, Education; Housing, Rub be Debt (Debt primarily incurred for World War II) sage contained these highly sig Finance, Commarca, and Industry, and Ganaral Government nificant words: The President's first three messages to the Congress—State of the Union, Economic Report and Budget—were reasoned and temperate in tone, yet gave a forceful account of the steps the Fair Deal program envisions to promote the general welfare—the welfare of ALL of the citizens of these United States. The Republicans didn't like these speeches or the programs they de scribed. They said so. With well-disciplined precision they handed out their critical statements—already typed or mimeographed—before the President had left the Capitol. The Republicans are going to make a sharp turn. They would prob ably call it a turn to the right, but many Democrats would be more in clined to describe it as a turn to the rear. Every Democratic proposal and action will be called "socialistic” by the Republicans. However, they ap parently will shy away from sneering at "welfare”, since it is becoming apparent that most Americans are in favor of welfare. The other key word for the Republicans will be “economy." The Repub lican argument will be: better social security coverage and broader benefits would be nice, but we can't afford them; better homes for middle-income and low-income families would be nice, but we can’t afford them; better programs to develop power projects and utilize our natural resources more fully would be nice, but we can't afford them. And on and on along the same lines. In the Congress the Republicans are forming a "price tag" committee, which will be based upon the Republican theory that dollars are more important than people. It will ignore completely the fact that illness costs MORE than good health, that power shortages cost MORE than hydro electric generators, that ignorance costs MORE than education. So it is important for every Democratic worker to know these basic facts: 1. That we can afford the program the President proposes and that the great bulk of our current expenses are the results of past wars or of our efforts to prevent another war and to be able to defend ourselves if an aggressor should attack; 2. Not only that we can expand our national production and income Federal Budget Dominated by^ War-Connected and National Security Costs 193*9 29% Wl|l»>' ▼»•»' MMN'FV UOX'FS FROM FEDERAL BUDGET Receipts and Expenditures Fiscal Ytar 1951 FRIDAY and SATURDAY SPECIALS .79 CRINO». 5PKY. 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That was the philosophy which guided the President and his staff in preparing our domestic budget There are honest advocates of sound economy who seek to cut these domestic expenditures with out crippling their service or pre venting expansion of needed activ ities. But those who want to make deep and blind slashes in these minimum domestic expenditures Ir the name of economy, seek actu ally to prevent effective function ing of the programs themselves. The kind of economy which weakens our programs in the field of health, education, housing, re source development, the kind of | economy which would endanger the stability of our farm economy —this Is the kind of economy we CANNOT afford. I hope Democratic workers will challenge those who talk grandly of huge economies in the federal budget to discuss every item in this chart and tell how much they would cut it. where they would cut it and how and why I-et's bring budget discussion down from the clouds of fancy to e bedrock of hard facts Don't fail to REGISTER NOW so that you can vote in 1950 for the kind of program YOU want