The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
MILL CITY. OREGON
DON PETERSON. Publl»h»r
Entered as ee<'ond-<'lasa matter November 10. 1944 at the post office at
Mill City, Oregon, under the Act of March S, 1879.
Governor Stevenson’s Speech To Oregon
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It is very pleasant to consider today that I have a group of editors and
publishers temporarily at my mercy. I know it won’t last long. But, since
the press—some of it—keeps describing me as a captive candidate, I particu­
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larly enjoy the opportunity of speaking to a captive audience.
PUBLISHERS
In addition, I have had a strange feeling these past weeks that people are
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following me. They all seem to be friendly, inquisitive and rumpled; they
wear hats and keep writing things down on pieces of paper. I cannot drink
a milk-shake or put on a pair of shoes without their friendly but implacable
“THE PAPER THAT HAS NO ENEMIES HAS NO FRIENDS.”
surveillance. Given this relentless observation, I find it an agreeable change
—George Put - am.
to stand here and look straight back at such a distinguished group of what
I believe are called
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“opinion molders.”
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If ignorance, apathy and excessive partisanship are still the greatest
Free coffee and donuts to Detroit dam guests, Satur­ enemies of democracy—as I believe Bryce said some forty or fifty years
ago—then of course it is up to a free press to help us on all three counts
day, is the promise of the Mill City Chamber of Commerce. and
all the time. Otherwise neither democratic government nor a free
Therefore, it’s refreshments for a refreshing idea, open press can be sure of permanency. In short, government—our brand of
house for Detroit dam this Saturday, courtesy of the representative government—depends on you, and, something which I think
profession sometimes overlooks, you depend on government for the
Corps of Engineers. Mill City will give out with its tradi­ your
ultimate protection of a free press resides in the constitutional guarantee.
tional hospitality at Detroit dam.
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The Corps of Engineers is proud of this dam and are That is why the rock bottom foundation of a free press is the integrity of
who run it. Our press may make a million mistakes of judgment
willing that the public get an eyeful. The people of Mill the people
doing itself permanent harm so long as its proprietors are steadfast
City are hopeful that through their Charrtber of Commerce without
in their adherence to truth. I have no doubt whatever that the bulk of owners
they can help the Corps of Engineers show off their and publishers and editors are doing an honest job with the news.
I ought to know, because I am straining the impartiality of the press to
new baby.
limit these days. Yet, as a candidate in a hard-fought campaign, I have
Carefully planned tours through Detroit dam have the
been well impressed by the fair treatment accorded me by most newspapers,
been arranged for the big day Saturday. A refreshment including most of those aligned editorially with the opposition. I am con­
dispensing stand has been constructed for Mill City Cham­ vinced that nearly all publishers are doing their honest best, according to
lights—even if I must confess that sometimes their lights seem to me
ber of Commerce personnel in the power house area of a their
little dim.
the dam. Mill City hopes that the extent of their hos­ I am glad to Day this tribute to the press. It is true, and I think it should
pitality will exceed in warmth the energy that will come be said. I am grateful for the impartiality and fullness of your news columns.
Yet I am not recommending complacency, And, from my vantage point,
later from this same area.
certain defects are apparent. If I were still an editorial writer I suppose
Welcome, guests of Detroit dam.
I would say that there are some ominous tendencies, or even that these
tendencies could weaken the fabric of the republic.
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In my new role in life, I can’t help noticing from time to time—I want to
He said it. We believe him. Joe Podrabsky of Mill put it as delicately as I can—that the overwhelming majority of the news­
City is an honorable man. We print more of his story papers of the country are supporting the opposition candidate. This is some­
elsewhere in this issue. Podrabsky says that his two- thing, I find, that even my best friends WILL tell me! And I certainly don’t
it personally. In fact, I would have been somewhat startled and unhappy
year-old cow began giving milk 100 days before she gave take
if I received much press support after the reception given my Democratic
birth to her first calf this week. As if that were not predecessors, Mr. Truman and Mr. Roosevelt. Some people might even have
enough, Podrabsky states that this unusual cow gave three considered such support an ill omen.
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gallons of good milk per day during most of that 100 days!
It would seem that the overwhelming majority of the press is just
This generous heifer first was found out, when as she against Democrats. And it is against Democrats, so far as I can see. not
lay down, milk was forced from her udder and teats by after a sober and considered review of the alternatives, but automatically,
as dogs are against cats. As soon as a newspaper—I speak of the great
her own weight. Seeing this, Podrabsky milked her majority,
not of the enlightened ten percent!—sees a I>emocratic candidate
thereafter each day until her first calf was born. Think­ it is filled with an unconquerable yen to chase it up an alley.
I still haven’t got over the way some of our Nation's great papers
ing the milk not edible, Podrabsky at first used it as
rushed
to commit themselves to a candidate last spring, long before they
fertilizer. The professors at Oregon State college at knew what
that candidate stood for, or what his party platform would be.
Corvallis stopped this, however, by telling Podrabsky that or who his opponent was, or what would be the issues of the campaign.
I know where a young publisher’s fancy turns in that season of the year,
the milk was okay for humans.
I don't blame them for a moment. But I feel that some of them may
So the 100-day bonus of milk given by this unique and
yet regret the impetuosity of their wooing now that autumn is here.
bovine ended this week when her offspring came along at
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a time which seems a little late. For the record the cow I am touched when I read in these papers solicitous editorials about the
which has chalked up this astounding feat is a Jersey of survival of the 2-party system. Now I really can’t bring myself to believe
the Republican party is about to fade away, even if it loses in 1952.
registered ancestry, A prime example of Mill City that
If so, it is staging one of the longest and loudest deathbed scenes in history.
climate we think.
How can the Republican party disappear when about 90 per cent of the press
for 10 or 15 years has been telling the American people day in day out that
the Republican party alone can save the republic? Surely Republican pub­
lishers and editors don't honestly believe that they have so little influence!
This week’s “dog-ch ases-cat” story with the Steven­ I am in favor of a 2-party system in politics. And I think we have a
son twist took place right in Salem. Democrat officials pretty healthy 2-party system at this moment. But I am in favor of a 2-party
in our press too. And I am. frankly, considerably concerned when I
of Marion county wanted a campaign headquarters. system
see the extent to which we are developing a 1-party press in a 2-party
Noting a certain spot on State Street downtown was and country.
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had been vacant for months and thinking it okay, they
I earnestly wish that the newspapers so highly agitated over the 2-party
asked to rent it. To their dismay, the Democrats’ money system in politics would contemplate the very real dangers of the 1-party
was scorned just as soon as the landlord found out who system in the press. I don't say this because of any concern over the
coming election. My party has done all right in recent elections in spite
they were and their plans!
the country's editorial pages, and 1 have a hunch we will do all right
Could it l>e that Democrat administrations have so of
this year too.
enriched this landlord that he can live just by renting this But, as an ex-newspaperman and as a citizen, I am gravely concerned
spot a few months out of the year? Or, does this land­ about the implications of this 1-party system for our American press and
our free society.
lord have rather strong convictions?
A free society means a society based on free competition and there is no
more important competition than competition in ideas, competition in opinion.
This form of competition is essential to the preservation of a free press.
Indeed, I think the press should set an example to the Nation in increasing
opposition to uniformity.
1 think you will agree that we cannot risk complacency. We need to be
rededicated every day to the unfinished task of keeping our free press truly
free. We need to work harder for the time when all editors will honor their
profession, when all publishers wilt have a sense of responsibility equal to
their power and thus regain their power, if I may put it that way.
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It’s not honest convictions honestly stated that concern me. Rather it
it the tendency of many papers, and I include columnists, commentators,
analysts, feature writers, and so on. to argue editorially from the per­
sonal objective, rather than from the whole truth. As the old jury
lawyer said: “And these, gentlemen, are the conclusions on which I base
my facts.” In short, it seems to me that facts, truth, should be just as
sacred in the editorial column as the news column. \nd, as I hate said,
happily most papers, but by no means all. do struggle with sincerity for
accuracy in the news. Coming from Chicago, of course, 1 am not un­
familiar with the phenomenon of an editorial in very news column.
What I am saying, in short, is that the press cannot condemn dema­
goguery. claptrap, distortion and falsehood in politicians and public life
on the one hand and practice the same abuses on the public themsehes.
on the other. I know the people are smarter than man) politicians think
and sometimes I suspect that even editors under-estimate them.
Let’s not forget that the free press is the mother of all our liberties
and of our progress under liberty.
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Having delivered myself of this, let me say a few words about the cam­
paign. It is going to be a tough campaign, and I am not kidding myself
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2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
about the difficulties. My o^oonent is a great General, who has served
the Army and the Nation well. He has behind him a vigorous and active
party—a good deal of whose vigor and activity is devoted to the continual
scrimmage between the rival Republican teams. Indeed, I wait, breathlessly
for each morning’s newspaper to see which Republican party is on top that
day. Nonetheless, I would be the last to under-estimate the effectiveness or
the determination of the professional Republican organization.
But I think we have certain advantages too. One of them is that we
are a relatively united party—not just in organization, but. and this ma)
be more important, on our major problems. I do not think the people will
install a party which does not seem capable of governing. And I do not
see how anyone can really argue that this fretful, distracted and divided
Republican party has that capacity. If it cannot govern itself, why
should we suppose that it could govern the country?
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Another way of saying the same thing is that the Democratic party has
policies. It has a foreign policy, and it has a domestic policy. Some
Republicans like our policies; most Republicans hate our policies; but none
of them seems to have any very distinctive policies of their own to offer.
We have policies, I think, because we have ideas. I know, of course,
that the Democrats aren’t supposed to have any ideas. We are supposed
to be stale and weary and lacking new ideas—except on the occasions
when we are supposed to be so vital and energetic and overflowing with
new ideas as to constitute a danger to the Republic—or, at least, to the
Republicans. As for myself, I continue to regard the Democratic party
as the part« of constructive change in this country. It is always time
for constructive change, and that is what we will continue to offer the
American people.
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In short, I know it will be a hard fight. I hope it will be a clean one.
We have had a lot of ground to make up. We have made up some. I figure
that we still have a little distance to go. But I figure too that we are
gaining steadily. As for more detailed predictions, I think I will leave that
to you gentlemen!
Of course, the campaign itself bulks large in our eyes today. I would like
to conclude with the warning that we must not let it obscure the outlines
of the world crisis in which we are involved. This generation has been
summoned to a great battle—the battle to determine whether we are equal
to the task of world leadership. I will say to you that I am deeply persuaded
that the press can be our shield and our spear in this battle.
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We must look largely to the press for the enlightenment that will arm
us for this conflict. We should be able to look to the press for much of
the sober certainty that will carry us to victory and peace. Our govern­
ment and our arms and our wealth will avail us little if the editors do
not accept this invitation to greatness. The agents of confusion and
fear must not usurp the seats of the custodians of truth and patriotism.
In saying this, I want to emphasize my belief that the leadership for this
development of a free press must come entirely from the profession itself.
Government has its co-operative part to play. It must do everything^possible
to oppose censorship and to free the channels of communication. Beyond
that point, it cannot safely go. The basic job can be done only within and
by the free press itself, by you gentlemen. I know you can do it superbly.
We have solemn reason to pray it will be done that way.
DR. MARK
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REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
Will be at his Mill City office in the Jenkins Building
Thursday afternoons 1 to 6 p.m.
Also Thursday evenings by Appointment
HOME OFFICE: 313 W. FIRST. ALBANY
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From where I sit... fy Joe Marsh
Narrow Town-
Broad Outlook
The wife's cousin Ben. and Belle
his bride are back from honey­
mooning in the Rockies. Took them
to dinner last night at the Carden
Tavern. Ben told about the trip:
“Went through a town in Idaho
that was only 100 feet wide. No
kidding! Built into a long, narrow
canyon. And it shares those 100
feet with a railroad track that
runs right through the hotel!
“To get gas there we had to
park right on the tracks. Suddenly
Belle screams — ‘there’s a train
coming!’ But the gas fellow just
laughs and says we were there
first. Blamed if the engineer didn't
stop the train and wait, too!”
From where I sit, it’s a good
illustration of how people can
learn to “think of the other fel-
low" so that the community bcne-
fits. Railroaders and townspeople,
Democrats and Republicans,
malted milk fanciers and those
who prefer a temperate glass of
beer — we al! have to share the
same space. Let’s maintain our
neighbor's “right of way.”
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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
I’.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.
We are pleased to be able to offer this kind of pre­
scription service and to have it available these longer
hours.
Quisenberry Pharmacies
"THAT OPERATE AS ONE”
FOR 21-HOI R SERVICE DAILY DIAL 3-9123
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