The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
MILL CITY. OREGON
DON PETERSON, Publisher
2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
February 21, 1952
•'JOE BEAVER
Editorial Comments
Entered as second-elnss matter November 10. 1944 at the post office at
Mill City. Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879
TERRORISTS AND GOVERNMENT primary importance it nonmilitary
It took the FBI to round up the defense measures and of improving
Ku Kluxers who terroriied one of the and humanizing the military establish­
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counties in North Carolina. Ten were ment. While UMT would subject
The Enterprise will not be responsible for more than one incorrect in­
sertion Errors in advertising should be reported immediately. Display
rounded up on charges of kidnaping youth at a younger age to the dangers
Advertising 45c column inch. Political Advertising 75c inch.
and inflicting bodily injury on two of military life, many risks exist also
persons. Both
were whites. The under Selective Service. Absorption
FBI entered when it was learned the of the individual into an official
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Kluxers had taken their captives machine, medical regimentation and
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across the State line to administer the denial of religious rights, the
ASSOCIATION
bodily punishment. State or County exposure to brutalizing and demoral­
authorities could have acted but they izing influences—all these are present
either failed to act or stepped aside in dangerz demanding active efforts to
combat. Those efforts should ap-
favor of the federals.
"THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS
military
authority
with
—George Pu’ am.
There is altogether too mdch terror­ p roach
ism in this country.
It crops out friendly recognition of its difficulties
North and South. In the South and its devotion to duty, but with
usually it is directed against Negroes , inisistence that the defense of free--
as in Florida. »In the North it is dom need not destroy essential values
Reports of flying saucers over Korea has its thought provoking side. part of the war of the mobsters over of freedom.— From Christian Science
Many defend the position that there are such things. Others just mutter, gambling and other rackets. This Montior.
"nuts”! If we assume there are flying saucers—what then? The conscious eats into the very vitals of govern­
mind seeks a jiigeon hole for (he things. The politician whose mother was ment, for the government which can­
A GAME OR A PROBE?
scared by a "red" yells—i-ommunists are flying the strange craft. That man not protect life and property is a
The
House subcommittee digging
or woman tossed about roughly on life’s seas, sighs—"must be men from feeble instrumentality. The orig­
into corruption in the Bureau of In­
inal basis for government was to
another world.”
ternal Revenue has spirited away to
We are interested in a habit that "flying saucers" have, namely that of maintain order under law. When the
Washington four cabinets of confi­
just lurking—actually harming little if anything. We are not alone in noteing terrorists ride and commit mayhem |
dential files destined for presentation
this—an author fathered a book on the thenie. "another world watching . and murder and go unpunished the
to a Brooklyn, N.Y., grand jury im­
We do not have at our finger-tips the record of events wherein flying saucers foundation of government is threat­
paneled to dig also into charges of
figur<-d, but they have curiously mixed at times with important happenings, ened.—The Statesman
corruption in the same agency. And
such as atom bomb tests represent. I nited Nations' night bombing runs in
the
average American seems
sure w
to
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Korea are but another vital thing in our lives.
EDGING
INTO LMT
UMT
usk, what goes on?
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Political observers in Washington
Representative King says his
Since flying saucers are something out of the ordinary, we venture some­ are still persuaded that Congress is group feared the Treasury Depart-
thing about them. Suppose the unusual "things” are the “coming to life" unlikely to put I mversal Military ment was going to get the evidence
of our group conscience. By conscience we mean that halo-clad figure who tiaining into effect this year. But back and suppress
it. Maybe
Maybe so.
so.
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l>ars our abuse of a neighbor. These “conscience saucers” gently coax us some of its advocates are striving to
The
assistant
attorney
general
in
into use of the atom and military might for the general welfare of the life push it through as an emergency i
of this world only. These “conscience saucers” exist because it is very clear measure, and they have devised tactics [ charge of the Justice Department’s
that our work-day minds can build well, but guide blindly.
which should alert all citizens who crimminal division tells reporters the
The untouchable conscience of each of us is all too easily spirited to the question efforts to embed the plan as appropriation of the files certainly
will make things "tougher” for his
attic when the show-downs come on the individual rights and liberties of a permanent part of the American
office. Which suggests that some
another. When the going gets rough, we go gingerly another direction— system.
just so it is away from the problem. We must hope for and get that state
The measure adopted by the House * sort of game is being played between
of things when a man, be he white, black, yellow or what-have-you may Armed Services Committee illustrates the House probers and the Justice
Department, each trying to keep the
speak and act freely and at his pleasure on all things. Our “conscience thes tactics. It does not provide any
other from scoring first.
saucers” are our "big brothers"—they see to it that we do not allow things date for setting the plan in motion.
We doubt the public would be too
Retting entirely out of hand. So long as we behave ourselves in Korea and This appears to make it almost mean­
with the atom—just so long we will not have our britches warmed by proper ingless. But actually a starting date patient with playing football on this
can be inserted by floor amendments gridiron. It wants corruption rooted
means. The same Rites for our daily lives.
or by Senate committee. Moreover out of the agency that collects its
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taxes and, to mix metaphors, to let
We do not believe man is interested in or capable of wipinR himself off the plan could be put in effect by
the chips fall where they may.
executive
order
restricting
Selective
the face of this earth “Conscience saucers" stand Ruard that this shall
Except for some lapses, Representa­
never happen. We assiRn shape and movement to flyinR saucers because we Service to ages above 19.
This provision is designed to over­ tive King’s subcommittee has been
see what we believe, just as we speak it. Let us lend beauty also to the form
of “conscience saucers" by cloaking them in the fine thoughts that created come a major obstacle to early opera­ doing a businesslike and responsible
Brotherhood Week. This Week and its copies should be used for the occasion tion of UMT—the conflict with Selec­ job. The Justice Department did
tive Service. Selective Service is drag its feet outrageously with the
for not causing “conscience saucers" concern.
dealing with the immediate military St. Louis and San Francisco grand
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need. Figures on its requirements juries. If the House group has rea­
have also indicated that for several son to suspect more foot-dragging in
years it would be calling up practic­ Brooklyn, it should say so. Other-1
DR. MARK
ally all the available youth—leaving wise, by removing what may be
none for UMT. Now it appears that valuable documentary evidence the
if there is a truce in Korea the draft subcommittee would seem to be giving
might be lightened—giving UMT an the Justice Department a wonderful
REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
opening.
“alibi” if it should want one, let alone
I
Another strange provision of the’ obstructing the course of justice.—
Will be at his Mill City office in the Jenkins Building
House bill is one barring boys taken ( From Christian Science Monitor.
Thursday afternoons 1 to 6 p.m.
into UMT at 18 from being called into
Also Thursday evenings by Appointment
active service. Chairman Russell of>
the Senate Aarmed Services Commit­
'larch of Dimes Lassie
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tee calls this an impossible provision.
The reason is fairly obvious: the man­
IUM1WU
power situation does not permit cut­
ting off the major source of supply—
youth just coming of age.
Such strained afforts to paste UMT
onto Selective Service arouse serious
questions. This newspaper recognizes
Headquarters for
the need for a better reserve, but does
not accept the view that UMT is nec­
BOY’S WEARING APPAREI
essary to obtain it. Under the pres­
2 to 16 Years
ent draft act—which runs until 1955
—each man called up is automatically ,
placed in the reserves for six years
after his active service ends. This
means that the reserve is provided ■
for until 1963.
That fact removes much of the
pressure for UMT—unless one accepts
the argument that it must be enacted
while the nation is alerted to danger.
It is true that peacetime apathy has
too often imperiled the United States’
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defensive powers. We have the im­
pression that some opponents of UMT
do not adequately recognize that
problem and do not offer any prac­
ticable alternative means of dealing
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that for some years to come the
threat will be evident enough to pre­
vent apathy.
This newspaper has frequently
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pointed to dangers in UMT which
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made us reluctant to favor it as a per­
manent system. Since Selective Serv­
ice is meeting the present military
need and also providing for the re­
Six-year-old Gayle Sirrine.
serve for st least 10 years, there is
of West Linn. (Ire., can hold
time for further study of all such I
her doll next to her now that
problems, Therefore we object to I
she is out of an iron lung.
March of Dimes funds have
pressure tactics.
provided all care in her two-
Along with the best military estab­
and-a-half year fight against
lishment that can be obtained without
polio. January is March of
needless or needlessly permanent mili­
Dimes month.
tarization of the country, we urge the '
Stand Guard
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Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
No flood or tillage problems here, thanks to your good watershed
management, Joe."
From where I sit... fy Joe Marsh
Jiggs Gets
Four "Kot-Foots"
Cappy Miller's bought himself a
new car. We won't be seeing his
old jalopy bouncing over the back
roads any more. I’m going to miss
it, too.
Many a morning Cappy and I
drove off in that rattletrap for a
day's hunting or fishing. We’d
pile rods or guns in back, and prop
open the trunk compartment—so
Jiggs, Cappy’s pointer, could
jump in and go along.
They say when Cappy brought
the new car home he opened up
the hood to show off the engine—.
and poor old Jiggs hopped right
in! Figured it was the trunk. He
hopped right out in a hurry, too.
That cylinder head was mighty hot.
From where I sit, old habits are
hard to shake, once they get a
hold. Like, for instance, too many
people are still in the habit of
trying to run their neighbors'
lives — tellmg them how to act.
what to wear, whether or not to
enjoy a refreshing glass of beer.
I say that kind of thinking's out­
moded . . . ought to be turned in
for a new model!
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