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Editorial Comments
The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
MILL CITY. OREGON
GRANGE RAPS TEACHER OATHS ventions to platform drafting bodies,
It is encouraging to note the cate as well as giving the people a direct
Kntered as ne<-ond-elas» matter November 10. 1344 at the post office at
gorical manner in which delegates to voice in choosing their presidents. It
Mill Q|ty. Orearon, under the Act of March 3. 1373.
the state convention of the Oregon was Wilson's idea that the conven-
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In other states farm organizations in the senate of the United States, the
have
sometimes been among the lead-1 senators whose terms have not yet
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ers in advocating teacher oaths under I closed, the national committees, and
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the mistaken belief that such pledges the candidates for the presidency
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could be a means of eliminating dis-; themselves, in order that platforms
loyal instructors from the class room, j i may be framed by those responsible
Such oaths actually do not serve that to the people for carrying them out.”
This makes more sense than the
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end. They do, however, subject the
—George Put-am.
teacher to a humiliation imposed on present system, in which the platform
no other class of public employes; and,. of the party in power consists chiefly
what is much worse, they introduce I of boasts and that of the party
into the schools an atmosphere of feai | of power chiefly of denunciation
and suspicion in which true freedom promises to do better than its
Sober scientists have said, “The universe is light.” of expression and inquiry cannot exist ponent.—From The Oregonian.
The warmth that blesses this earth proceeds from the sun. Oregon grange have learned these
Titan Power Chain Saws pack plenty of power to do the job, whether the
ISRAEL’S TROUBLES
This miracle is not as yet explained. The Bible reads in truths. Their vote at La Grande was The launching
trees are large or small. The combination of lightweight and a powerful
of a new nation
unanimous against a resolution
motor is what makes Titan saws famous as being “the easiest saw you'll
substance that God decreed that there should be light and almost
loyalty oaths for Oregon i never been an easy business. The new
ever handle”, Martell and Walker, local Titan dealers explains. Their
there was light. What puzzles us is the darkness that favoring
shop is located at Lyons, and they say “that demand for Titan Power Chain
teachers. Their action should help con- J Republic of Israel is no exception.
shrouds the minds of Man. Poets have written in beauti vince zealots who from time to time Carved out of Palestine when the saws continues to grow in this area, as more loggers are learning the
benefits of owning this modern and efficient power saw.”
propose such teacher tests that the j British withdrew from their mandate
ful terms about this matter.
climate of Oregon public opinion is not in 1948, the historic land has been a
Without being much impressed, we read that mice favorable to the questioning of the in- i I refuge for persecuted or displaced
are taught how they may reach a bit of tasty cheese hidden tegrity of its teachers.—From The Jews from Europe and an attraction
j to Zionists from other areas.
in a maze of nooks and corners. Researchers pile up Oregonian.
It has not, however, drawn as many
data how other dumb animals close the gap between their
immigrants from the United States as
THOSE PARTY PLATFORMS
desires and the satisfaction of them. Are we human
Foreign policy in the Republican its founders hoped for in the process
being less than mice, monkeys and other so-called “dumb" convention;
of developing work and sustenance for
civil rights in the Demo-
the many thouands who arrived with
animals?
crtic convention these are the only im
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little more than their hands. The seri
portant
platform
planks
which
are
Is it possible that we are eternally doomed when
to be fought out on the floor. ousness of the country’s economic
trying for a goal such as peace and good fellowship likely
problem is implicit in the currency
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And the odds are that master phrase
among all mankind? It is indeed a strong indictment makers of the resolutions committee exchange just ordered by the Israeli Sweet Home, Philomath
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Government. By this drastic means
of humanity if it can not rise above the tooth and claw will smother these controversial and the
treasury will take a forced loan
properly
sharp
issues
so
completly
of the dark jungle.
Must Man continually run about
of 10 per cent of bank deposits and
that their generalization will be ac
fighting, killing, maiming, and ranting? Surely Man, cepted
challenge by the paper money.
This follows an ingenious foreign
with his large brain, should build a community where such backers of without
the presidential candidates.
exchange plan under which Israel
is absent and foreign.
The civil rights plank which the
Americans for Democratic Action offers pounds at reduced rates of $1 to
When God commanded that the world be lighted, we branch
investors and $1.40 to tourists, in com
the Democratic party, led by
think that it was intended that the minds of men be filled Mayor of (now
Senator) Hubert Hum-. parison with the official value of $2.80
REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
with light. Often repeated truisms flick from the tongue phrey of Minneapolis, substituted for for foods and ordinary commodities.
It
would
help
greatly
if
Israel
could
Will be at his Mill City office in the Jenkins Building
on this subject. One old saying along this line is in the committee's sidestepping versionI obtain an early and generous settle
Thursday afternoons 1 to 6 p.m.
in
1948
—
and
which
led
to
the
revolt
substance, acquire knowledge and it shall make you free.
ment of claims against Germany for
Also Thursday evenings by Appointment
of the Dixiecrats—was the exception
Clearly knowledge is the light of the mind and only Man to the rule.
material losses by Jews under Nazi
can have it and pass it on to his successors.
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Senator Taft and General Eisen rule and to assist in the resettlement
of refuges from that country.
hower
are
farther
apart
on
foreign
There must be something very wrong about the
Obviously, Israel will need much fi
and particularly foreign mili
world’s educational system since past mistakes are re policy,
nancing from outside if it is to be a real
tary and economic aid, than they are
peated again and again. Somehow each newborn babe on domestic policy, judging from homeland for the Jews. Its present dif- — GET YOUR QUALITY JOB PRINTING AT THE ENTERPRISE —
ficulties by no means indicate that the
must gain the feeling that his life will be blessed with Eisenhower’s two press conferences I dream
has failed or is failing. But
since
his
entrance
into
the
campaign.
freedom and a course of creative work. Light must flood
Israel
is
still in a period of pioneering
But the resolutions committee may
every avenue into which he may turn. The sun does not be
that
blends
the hardships of American
to draft foreign planks accept
dictate upon whom its rays shall fall. Neither should one able able
to both, The presentation of the j homesteaders with those of Old Testa-
man single out another and deny such other the warmth platform to the convention will be on j ment worthies.
S A I.KM
The world cannot but wish them
of the sun. Many times we say it, that is, that Democracy the second or third day, before the well
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both
in
their
task
of
rejuvenating
puts everyone in the “sun”, but the day is here when we delegates get down to nominating the the land in the necessary under
candidate who will have it tied around
must see that it does.
taking of establishing peaceful rela
Has Everything for Your
his neck.
with their Arab neighbors. —
The very heart of love, peace and good will once beat So long as the Republican party tions
From Christian Science Monitor.
upon the shores of the United States of America. The contains such diverse elements as
those represented by Senator Wayne
light of liberty was erected into a statue in New York Morse and Senator Robert A. Taft,
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harbor. That light was given in honor of this great new and the Democratic party those typi
idea nation. Events have since pictured that torch of fied by Senator Humphrey tnd Sen.
liberty as an eerie light. It is time we tore down the Richard Russell, no platform which BY JOHN HARVEY FURBAY PH D
meet isssues squarely could conceiv
screen of ignorance that surrounds this gallant light and ably
be drawn to satisfy all. Only
let it stream down upon stumbling humanity all over the differences
of degree may be detected,
world. The warmth of friendship is better than the as a rule, in statements of party posi
flames of war.
tions by the Democrats and Repub
licans. It is to the candidate nomi
nated after the platforms are made
that the public looks for a clear defi
AT
nition of what may be expected of him
in office. The platform of the na-
i tional convention, of course, does not
bind members of congress.
President Wilson's proposal for na
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