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The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE MILL CITY. OREGON Editorial I 2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE By Ed Nofziger "JOE BEAVER" DOUBLE STANDARD FOR CONGRESS. CITIZENRY It’s wonderful to be a United States senator or, in lesser degree, to be a United States representative. You can tear the hide of anyone on the floor of the senate or house or in comittee and get away with it. Con gressional immunity, it’s called. You can bore in on witnesses you don’t like, exposing their every pre vious action, whether relevant or ir- | relevant. And if they talk back, you can give them the contempt of con gress treatment. But, if by some unhappy inadvert ence, some of your past performances catch up with you, you can depend upon getting the most tender treat ment. Your colleagues will accept I any sort of explanation you care to offer, lame as it may be. Congressional courtesy, it's called. The American people, who have seen witness after witness flayed alive by unfriendly congressmert recently, are finally becoming aware of the fact that congress Awhile quite ready and willing to investigate anyone or any thing else on earth is very reluctant indeed to investigate the alleged ir- [ regularities and chicaneries of its own DON PETERSON. Publisher members. Entered as second-class matter November 10, 1944 at the post office at It has been loath to probe too deeply Mill City, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ' into charges against the belligerent Senator McCarthy—his capers in the CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: One insertion for 50c or three for »1.00. Maryland election, for example, or his The Enterprise will not be responsible for more than one incorrect in acceptance of a $10,000 fee for putting sertion. Errors in advertising should be reported immediately. Display his name on a ghost-written piece on Advertising 45c column inch. Political Advertising 75c inch. housing for the Lustron corporatiMi at a time when he was in position to NATION A L EDITORIAL NEWSPAPER influence housing legislation and when \ c5"g N PUBLISHERS Lustron was deeply in debt to RFC. It has avoided going too deeply into ASSOCIATION Cd I M 8 t □ the Ohio election in which Taft forces, as well as labor forces, threw money around like crazy. “THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS.” —George Put am. It hasn’t been at all interested in unseating Senator John Butler whose campaign manager was found guilty of several violations of the Maryland election laws and who took advantage of faked photos to beat former Sen The Mill City Enterprise for the past three weeks has been conducting ator Tydings. vn.re or less of a campaign to encourage local retail grocers to present their Congress wasn’t concerned when it offerings through the columns of this newspaper. was disclosed that Senator Bridges of Whether or not such efforts are or will be successful are beside the New Hampshire was accepting fat point so far as this particular editorial is concerned. Mr can comment on fees ($35,000 a year) from the miners’ that later if need he. welfare fund and spending most of it Right now we are interested in only one point: The Enterprise and the himself, rather than on staff as he grocers are vitally interested in the same community; we are vitally interested claimed. Apparently that’s one way in serving the same community. And we want to make it plain that, while to become minority floor leader. we may squabble among ourselves, so far as The Enterprise is concerned we Nor was a congressional committee are 10<l per cent behind the grocers in their efforts to keep the shopping interested in delving into the bizarre dollars at home. We differ with them only in the methods used to such deal whereby Senator Brewster of Maine borrowed $10,000 of help the an end. Republican primary campaigns of Sen The whole thing boils down to somewhat of a family affair. A couple of To the Editor: I am one of the Mill City house ators Nixon of California and Young brothers may fight quite frequently and readily and heartily—hut let anyone brothers may fight quite frequently and readily and heartily—but let anyone wives who has been anxiously watch of North Dakota—using the mysteri stuffing out of any outsider who pokes his nose in. We feel the same about ing The Mill City Enterprise fight ous political fixer, Henry W. Grüne our grocers. They're ours; we'll support; and at times we might row with for weekend specials advertised in the wald, to cover the transaction. And when Senator Bridges blandly them. But they are entitled to their business and Mill City residents certainly local paper. Some years ago the local grocers testifies that he was doing nothing should patronize them. For quality and quantity merchandise, they have it. That clear? Ok. Now let's settle our little controversy in a spirit of began making preparation for the in any senator doesn’t do for his consti creased business anticipated with the tuents when he intervened in a tax loyalty to the area we all serve. coming of the dam workers. As soon case in behalf of a liquor dealer from as their moving, modernizing and en another state, his colleagues are quite larging projects were completed their sympathetic and apparently think it customers were given notice that there quite all right if his memory fails The time has come for some explanation concerning the makeup of a would be no more credit given. All I him on the witness stand. By way of an exception that proves newspaper. The main purpose of a newspaper, of course, is the printing of grocery purchases would be made with the rule, two congressmen, May of news, The other things that a newspaper does are in the public interest cash. It was not easy to eke two months Kentucky and Thomas of New Jersey, and reflect the freedom of the press, A good newspaper will print facts about everything. A good newspaper will not color the news stories that appear food costs out of one month's pay, bpt were sent to prison for fraud and kick- back deals. But they were exposed in its news columns. If the publisher or editor desires expression of an idea. it was accomplished. Many found the effort very worth by columnist Drew Pearson and oth he does so by writing in a column such as "Canyon Avenue Parade” is or on the “Editorial Page” such as the second page of The Enterprise is. A good while. The knowledge that the gro ers, not by their fellow congressmen. And Congressman Brehm of Ohio, newspaper does not have one of its own staff write letters to itself and print cery dollar was good anywhere it was them in the place reserved for the public such as the "Editor's Letter Box” is. carried was good indeed. The privi- who was convicted of accepting cam The Enterprise does not “stoop to conquer" by fair means or foul in a ledge of hunting bargains and specials paign gifts illegally, fined and given newspaper sense anybody or anything. Jealously we must guard against the same as housewives in much larger a suspended jail sentence, is still seated in the congress. And we have loss of public respect. We must do this at all times in order that upon all communities. Why the local grocers do not follow n’t heard any of his fellow congress occasions we can with a clear conscience print the facts. We are irked often that letters to the editor blister us good yet we must publish them in order through on their own decisions and men complaining. The point is, it seems to be a hein that both sides have their say. The "Elsie letter" was submitted to The advertise weekend specials the same Faiterprise with the idea that it be printed—and it was. The Enterprise heads as cash stores in most communities is ous crime for Newbold Morris, the in the direction that tomorrow there will be no regrets. The Enterprise aims something no one can understand. In president's corruption cleanup man, to spite of the fact that many of us have accept fees in the now famous tanker for a prosperous Mill City because that is a fine state of being. signed the petition circulated promis deal. But it’s perfectly all right for one ing to return our grocery money to the canyon in lieu of advertised week of his sternest questioners, Senator end specials, and written our requests McCarthy, to accept a fat fee in a to the local paper, we are met only bousing case. It’s unbelievable or a probable cov with a stony silence and free pickles er-up when a congressional witness, and coffee from the grocers! NOW IS THE TIME TO REPLACE It is evident they are not interested badgered unmercifully by unfriendly in the wants of the local housewife. congressional probers, cannot remem THAT OLD LEAKY ROOF! Therefore, if we cannot have local ber exactly what he was doing 10 weekend specials, I suggest, Mr. Peter years ago. But it’s quite acceptable, son, that you make a drive for this apparently, for Senator Bridges’ mem advertising in all stores within an ory to falter on much more recent at Salem 3-7177 Collect for events. hour's drive of this city.—ELSIE. We agree with Senator Morse, who EREE ESTIMATE charges that congressional investigat To the Editor: I don't understand why a taxpayer ing committees are violating basic has to pay for mistakes made by the legal rights of the individual. All too often they have substituted trial by school board. 201 N. Commercial — SALEM This must be Peril of Pawnism accusation and presumption of guilt "(that is the danger of the individual for trial by proof—except when some becoming but the tool of others with of their fellows are under fire. But that’s Washington for you! little, if any will of his own)". The double standard is quite all There is another answer too. Read in your Bible. Romans, chapter 16 right there—if you hapen to belong to the congressional club. — Oregon verses 17 and 18. We don't have to worry as long as Journal. we have the freedom of the press. I DENKERS DOUGHNUT hope the people wake up to this fact. JENNIE MARTTALA. The arbiters of etiquette are firmly in accord that the practice of dunk To the Editor, ing is not to be encouraged. This I also, would like to get a feu things seems to apply whether the subject off my chest. It seems to me that be Huey Long’s corn pone and pot- if the local paper cannot exist with likker, a small boy on the edge of a out occasionally stirring up a terrific swimming pool, or the conventional “stink”—then let it go “out" of ex doughnut. Yet someone is always defying the istence. We have a business and are trying to continue existance through conventions—just as it seems some hard work and high prices—yes, how one is always trying to find a new ever, I don’t feel that the method shape or material or trimming for the chosen by The Enterprise, to improve doughnut. As if it were not enough business standing, is a virtuous one, to introduce cake doughnuts, raised or one likely to succeed. I feel that doughnuts, sugared doughnuts, honey stirring of feelings, and the caus dipped doughnuts, frosted doughnuts, Now you can prevent the ing of embitterment among the peo chocolate doughnuts, cinnamon dough serious losses from the ple of our city, who were contentedly nuts, and jelly doughnuts, someone in Philadelphia has brought out a new dreaded coccidiosis by going about their business, is far model fashioned on the lines of a ten worse than pricing an article too high continuous feeding of ly, or not running an ad when we feel nis racket, with a three-inch handle. our NFZ medicated Though this undoubtedly will ap- that business does not warrant it at , peal to some, it can hardly be set down feeds—or you can treat and check outbreaks with a the time. And may I say that this decision, as one of civilization's major accom 5-day treatment. and judging for ourselves in matters plishments. Like the effort to make I of pricing and advertising, is our own corn on the cob socially acceptable by | silver handles into the ends Only NEZ (nitrofurazone) medicated feeds provide rightfull privilege and obligation. It sticking of the car. there w ill remain some | is our own problem. all these big advantages. As for high prices, many businesses question whether the result is quite here in Mill City maintain a high price satisfactory either to the consumer or • Greater reduction of death losses Fewer runts or culls. level. Of course, we trust that peo- to the onlooker. ■ring, however, the ausjiees due to coccidiosis. I pie have intelligence enough to know N FZ medicated feeds can be how they want to handle the situation. under which the long-handled dough * Better growth — NFZ treated feti to meat birds right up If they value our service, quality of nut made its appearance, one is ob birds consistently weighed to marketing time — no work, and sincere efforts to please, liged at least to be charitable. The1 more throughout tests. switching feeds the last few enough to choose that we help them, | first samples were handed out in con- I ♦ No interference with efficiency. dar». fine. On the other hand, if they feel I nection with the 1952 Salvation Ar nix : that they must drive 34 miles round drive. From Christian Science Mon Play safe—our NEZ medicated feeds cost but little (Continued on Page 4) itor. Keeping Shopping Dollars at Home __________________ April 17, l!).-»2 Editor's Letter Box Forest Service. U. S. 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