r The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE MILL CITY. OREGON Editorial Comments "SOCIALIZED” COSTS Belgium, »82.01 and »71.09; France, The International Labor Organiza­ »66.38 and »62.03; Sweden, »90.20 and Entered ae aacond-clasa matter November 10. ISiS at th** poet office at tion has compiled some interesting »85.45; Switzerland, »70.54 and »31.29. Mill City. Oregon, under the Act of March 1. 1ST». figures on costs and expenditures for The difference between the first social security in 24 countries. There and second figure in each case goes CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: One insertion for 50c or three for »1.00. are difficulties in translating other , for administrative expenses and to The Enterprise will not be responsible for more than one incorrect in­ sertion. Errors in advertising should be reported immediately. Display currency values into dollars and cents, build reserves. Collections for the Advertising 45c column inch. Political Advertising 75c inch. but the conversion has been made by future tend to be greater in Switzer­ United Nations methods. land and America, for example, than NATIONAL EDITORIAL NEWSPAPER Total revenue receipts for this pur­ in Sweden and Great Britain. \ pose in the United States are »88.32 The most meaningful comparisons, PUBLISHERS per capita, the ILO finds, while »67.86 however, probably are those which ASSOCIATION is paid out in benefits. Great Britain undertake to compute the percent of collects »99.58 and disburses »81.13; the national income devoted to old- New Zealand, »120.39 and »111.68; age pensions, unemployment compen­ “THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS.' —George Put am. sation, family benefits, and other forms of social security, including in many cases medical care and sickness or disability benefits. Dear Mr. Peterson: In this scale the United States col­ The last gasp of life in the “school case” was snuffed I read with interest, Mr. Turpin’s lects exactly 6 percent of its earnings out this week by the Linn County Circuit Court. Judge letter in last week’s paper, I partic-| in social security taxes, while Great 'Olliver tossed it out the window without so much as one ularly agree with the last two para­ Britain collects 12.9 percent, and other meaty legal phrase being saved. No funds for costs in graphs in which Mr. Turpin states: averages are: West Germany, 18.56 "If our major political parties can percent; Belgium 14.08; France 13.88; appealing stops the whole thing dead. The odor of its create a good economy and good times New Zealand 13.82; Sweden 11.56; decay will soon depart. Our hats are off to those citizens based on war, by the same token, wh} Finland 10.62; the Netherlands 9.36; who stated it would be dismissed. can’t they do the same in time of Switzerland 8.3; Canada, 8.26; Ireland peace? can be done. Good times 7.3; Italy 6.79; Greece 4.06; Turkey Those on the pep squad for the school case must now created by It war false prosperity.’’ 2.18. live by the old saying, “It’s not ours to reason why, but to It is my belief is that Whether one looks on the distribu­ crises do or die!” We nurse the belief that this matter will not wil lalways be with us economic under our eco­ tions of the welfare state as indica- shake Mill City’s desire for good government, local or nomic system. Our great president, tions of advancement and promise or state. Franklin D. Roosevelt, took over as as threatening inroads on individual responsibility .some of these figures The Enterprise hereby eats a lice-ridden Crow, feath­ head of the country in the depths of will give perspective to the argument. a depression and he did many things ers and all! Since the thing has been eaten, rejoice, it to bring immediate relief. He also —From Christian Science Monitor. won’t lie around stinking up our beautiful North Santiam! instituted such measures as social se­ Salem and Albany papers please note. If any flying curity, unemployment compensation, MODERN ATHLETES NEED BOW TO NO ONE saucers are reported in the near future in this area, think minimum wage laws, and better con­ Every now and then sports writers, ditions for trade union organizations. nothing of it, it’ll merely be our red faces. The people didn’t re-elect Roosevelt when they run short of other things for nothing. Today, the Democratic to talk about, discuss comparisons of party pays lip service to the Roosevelt modern-day athletes with the old- policies and program, particularly timers. Psychologists may be enlisted to lick a vexing forest around the time of a national election. How would the best boxers, wrest- Tire problem, say western forestry leaders. because they know that this is what lers, baseball and football players of Nine out of every ten man-caused forest fires start the majority of people want. After today compare with those of yester- within 100 yards of main travelled roads and highways. an election, as in 1948, nothing is done year? they speculate. And their an- forward this program. swers are always inconclusive. There Cigarettes thrown out of moving cars by careless motor­ to I carry submit that today there is NO is no basis of comparison. ists, campfires left unattended and uncontrolled debris difference between the Republican and But in track and field events, in the I burning are the major causes of blazes which take a toll Democratic parties. They both stand public eye now because of the Olym­ of millions of dollars annually of valuable young trees for war. They both agree on a pro­ pic games at Helisnki, it's’ a different Old-time athletes competed gram of witch-hunting and name­ story. and timber. calling, on excessive profits for the against the clock and the measuring How to reduce this carelessness stumps forestry ex­ monopolies, high taxes, ad nauseum. stick or tape. The moderns do the perts who have used every known method of education Their differences are on strategy— same. The results are all on the side of I in recent years. True, points out W. I). Hagenstein, chief not policy. forester of Industrial Forestry Association, the number What choice do we have today for the moderns, Athletes today run president and vice president. On the faster, jump higher or farther and of man-caused forest conflagrations have been cut by one we have General Eisen­ throw greater distances than they ever two-thirds since 1940 with the advent of the Keep Green hower, hand, hand-picked by Wall Street, did, until one wonders when the abso­ program in 36 states of the union. the man who has yet to voice a def­ lute limits will be reached. “The crime,” says Hagenstein, “is that we should lose inite opinion on any major issue. His A case in point is the Tulare, Cal., running-mate is Richard Nixon, who wonder athlete, Bob Mathias, who any timber from preventable fires.” draft the anti-labor Taft-Hart- broke his own Olympic record in the There is where the psychologists come into the picture. helped ley law, the McCarran police state act, decathlon at Helsinki the other day. "Maybe they can tell us how to reach the very small per­ the Mundt-Nixon bill to suppress our j Mathias in 9 of the 10 events bettered centage of the public,” Hagenstein pointed out, “who civil rights. marks of the all-time great, Jim in the 1912 Olympics, . ... some still persist in careless and wanton acts. At least, it is Then, there's the Democratic ticket, Thorpe, Adlai Stevenson, who says he belongs of them by startling margins, worth a trial.” to no one. Let's not be fooled. There In the 32 men’s track and field was no ground-swell at the convention events conducted at Helsinki the cream for Stevenson. He was Truman’s of the world’s athletes smashed nine DR. MARK choice, and Kefauver, whether better I world records and 27 Olympic records, or worse, didn’t have a chance, Stev- with the United States leading the enson's running-mate is Sen. John way, (The Russians built up their Sparkman, the Dixiecrat senator from big point total in gymnastics events.) REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST Our track and field stars would Alabama, picked by the Truman ma­ seem to prove that this age needs chine to hold the south in line. Will be at his Mill City office in the Jenkins Building I challenge the theory that this apologize to none in history when it Thursday afternoons 1 to t> p.m. country is limited to two parties and comes to producing stalwart men.— Also Thursday evenings hy Appointment that their candidates, hand-picked by From Oregon Journal. n few men, are the only choice the ( lilt \G<> FROM MOSCOW ; people have. No. you don’t have to vote for an Eisenhower or a Steven­ Chicago as seen from Moscow is a HI.UHlMDi — ! son. You can vote for peace, civil gigantic hoax on the American people. liberties, labor and minority rights. The conventions, Soviet newspapers You can vote for Vincent Hallinan i declare, are elaborate shows put on and Charlotta Bass, Progressive party by “billionaire monopolists’’ to force candidates for president and vice I on the people candidates who are president. nothing but tools of Wall Street. You may say, "They don't have a Of course, the Chicago Tribune has chance to be elected — I’m throwing away my vote.'" This is a fallacious argument. True, we need not delude WE ARE PLEASED ourselves that they will win, but a tremendous vote for them and for ■ TO SERVE YOU! the people’s platform for which they We hope you are pleased stand, will serve as a warning to the I with our service. two other parties that we want p< g NOW, lower taxes, lower food costs, | / equal privileges and opportunities for everyone, regardless of color or creed, more government spending for schools, hospitals, education, and less for arm­ Mill City aments. Sincerely, RUTH STOVALL,I Box 443. Mill City. DON PETERSON, Publisher Editor's Letter Box Eating Crow Unconscious Arsonists 2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE August 7, 1952 been saying much the same thing the vast number of alert, well-in­ abolt the success of the Republican formed grassroots -Americans who progressives, thus illustrating anew formed a substantial part of the Eisen­ the adage that extremes meet. But hower ground swell. But the men in the Kremlin have Moscow goes further in insisting that the differences between Republican never learned the difference between and Democratic candidates are imma­ a ground swell and an underground terial, since Wall Street will pull the plot, between grass-roots sentiment and greenback influence. They should strings whoever wins. It is true that the Eisenhower nomi-i not confuse the people watching the nation insures that both parties will Chicago conventions with the cattle in campaign in the coming election on a the adjacent stockyards.—From Chris­ basis of liberal internationalism so tian Science Monitor. far as foreign policy goes, and that J “millionaire liberals” in both parties i have played or are playing a part in , the nominations. But the Moscow charge should make interesting read­ ing to the labor leaders whose influ­ ence in the Democratic convention has been visible to the naked eye, and to Special Announcement We have added another pharmacy to “The Quisenberry Pharmacies, that operate as one” 130 S. Liberty St., Salem The new pharmacy will be open until 11:00 o’clock at night on week days and from 12:00 noon until 2:00 P.M. and 6:00 until 9:00 in the evenings on all Sundays and all holidays. There we will specialize in prescriptions and stock will be limited to medicines and sick room supplies. Your prescriptions will be on file there as well as at the other locations and will be available, for your convenience, these longer hours. The new location is 130 South Liberty Street, and the phone number is 4-3336. However, if you dial the Court Street number, 3-9123, and that store is closed, the call will be relayed. 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