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That We May Have a Future
Senator McCarthy and his strange speech, carried by
radio and television this week, is proof beyond any doubt
that our precious rights, freedom and liberty, are yet our
blessing here in these United States of America. Mc­
Carthy and his kind have shown—notwithstanding their .
statements otherwise—that freedom and liberty are very
much alive in our nation today. Were this not true they
would have been silenced long ago by imprisonment or '
death. Freedom and liberty have been abused by many ■
in their headlong thirst for power.
Freedom and liberty have been lost in the past—not
because of disuse, but because of fear, real or imagined.
That danger stalks our lives today.
This same freedom and liberty, symbolized by the
Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, has brought those ,
to our shores from far-off lands. They have, by their ,
lives, made this Nation great—not only in material wealth
but also in spirit. Ours has been the role of a giant de­
throning the enemies of freedom — hate, suspicion, pov­
erty and fear, and casting these from our daily lives.
Home-makers do not lightly fling away to the dogs the
meat from the family table, neither do they unthinkingly
offer their sons as a human sacrifice to the false gods
of hate, fear and greed.
This nation needs as leaders those who have a firm
grasp upon the full meaning of freedom and liberty.
Those who view the future as a promise of a better way
of life are the ones we seek. Our nation’s freedom can
be preserved by those who believe each person can be
helped and each nation bettered. Our people are a for­
ward looking people. Blessed with freedom and liberty,
they have faith in the future and themselves,
Any
leaders of such must have this same mature faith, This
faith puts a mighty hand to an honorable sword in the
cause of world peace.
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EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION
All Republican candidates for th« legislature in Marion County
are from Salem. Give the 50% of Marion County people who
do not live in Salem, a representative in the legislature.
ELECT CORNELIUS BATESON
The Large«! Single Busin«*« In the County 1« Farming.
Bateson 1« a Successful Farmer and Know« Farm and
Tax Problems.
Where Does Bateson Stand on Issues?
Bateson Beli«*«« That the Voter« Are Entitled to Know
Where He Stand* on Public Issue* and Problems With
Which the Legislature Is Concerned.
BATESON BELIEVES AND WILL VOTE—
NO. SCHOOL DISTRICT RIORGANIZATION.
“Let us keep something as important as the educa
lion of our children close to the people and local
government Let us not hand the schools and children
to big bureaus and big government.”
YiS. PROHIBITING PARIMUTUIL BITTING.
"The honest moral source of money ii mor« lm
portant than monney itself ”
YIS THi BIG TRUCK BILL.
“We must never subsidize any special interest. Let
each pay his just proportionate share of th« total
tax.”
ASK THE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES WHERE THEY
STAND. VOTE FOR CORNELIUS BATESON.
Paid Pol Adv Bateson for Representative Committee. D. Rand. Sec.
2—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
October 30. 1952
THE REPUBLICAN MESS
ests and the left wing bureaucrats in J
the Department of Agriculture if his
and Ellsworth's legislation is passed.
To the Editor:
Down through the ages, there has Representative Norblad is guilty,
And How The Democratic Party
existed two theoretical forms of gov­ along with Homer Angel and Lowell
Stockman for closing their eyes to
ernment for our country.
Cleaned Things Up
There are those who believe that: this hoax on the people of your
Senator Wayne Morse, in
If you will only legislate to make the county.
(This is the fourth in a series of articles contrasting the ipess created
well-to-do prosperous, their prosper­ i spite of the present smear campaign, i in W Washington
by
_
_ the Republican
.
___ Party from 1921 to 1933 with the Demo-
was
and
is
the
only
member
of
the
ity will leak down through on the
cratic Party’s achievements of the past 20 years.)
masses below, and make them pros- Oregon delegation to Congress who
—AND IN THE LAST 20 YEARS
i has defended Oregon’s rights and de- LABOR UNDER THE GOP
perous also.
Let old Rip wake up and stretch
If
Rip
Van
Winkle
had
begun
his
And there are those that: believe I manded Lane and Clackamas counties’
nap in 1932, that marathon snooze and look around today, after his 20-
suits
be
recognized
and
settled
in
if you will legislate to make the
would have been a troubled one— year snooze. What has happened to
masses prosperous, their purchasing favor of these 18 O & C counties.
especially if old Rip’s dreams were American labor in two decades of
Even
General
Eisenhower,
in
his
ad-
power will find its way up through
concerned with the affairs of working Roosevelt - Truman administrations
every class of citizens from the bot­ dress in Portland, agreed these lands
will knock his eye out.
men and wohnen.
must
be
protected
from
exploitation
tom clear-up to the top, and make
The progress of labor—not alone
1932,
the
last
full
year
of
Repub
­
In
and dispute.
all classes very prosperous.
union labor, but all labor, whether
rule
in
Washington,
labor
was
lican
It is my foremost wish that I can
The latter is what has happened
sorry state—so sorry, in truth, blue-collar or white-collar—has been
since the enactment of the collective induce these defrauders into public in a
people
who have grown to ma- so enormous that only the high spots
that
bargaining labor law in 1933 in this court in a libel suit against myself.
turity during 20 years of Democratic can be touched in this space. Today—
country. Respectfully, DICK TURPIN Possibly, the truth would come out.
Employment is at an all-time peak
administrations can hardly imagine
I don’t think they will risk the expose
—well in excess of 62 million.
the
meagerness
of
the
“
American
way
To the Editor:
of their infamy which would result.
Unemployment is under 1.7 mil.
of life” as it was lived in the times
For two years, as a member of the Regards, (signed) BOB JONES.
lion.
immediately
preceding
Roosevelt
’
s
Clackamas county court, I have at­ October 24, 1952
The average hourly wage in man­
1 epochal tenure in the White House.
tempted, in every manner possible,
ufacturing
rose from 56.6 cents in
Unemployment
reached
a
total
of
to tell the people of the 18 O & C To the Editor:
"prosperous” 1929, and 44.6 cents
If you intended building a nice nearly 13 million — one-fourth of
counties of western Oregon that they
in 1932, to an estimated $1.59 in
are destined to lose their inherent home you would not hire a blacksmith American workers had no work.
1951.
Unemployment
insurance?
There
rights in 2‘A million acres of their to do the job. You would hire the
In 1929 the factory worker’s aver­
was
none.
If
you
rich timber land. I filed for the of-1 beat carpenter available,
age
pay was $25 a week. In '32 it
Union
membership,
even
in
“
pros
­
fice of Representative to Congress wanted some one to defend you in
was $17—if he had a job. Today
perous
”
1929,
had
dwindled
to
3,-
court
you
wouldn
’
t
hire
the
janitor
with the hope that it would open a
it is nearly $671
new means of getting my message to at the town hall. You would hire the 625,000 Guarantees of the right of
collective
bargaining?
None.
More
Home-Owners
best
lawyer
you
could
get.
the people.
The newspapers have
Breadlines, sweatshops, child la­
used their most effective weapon
In selecting representatives to send bor, orphan asylums and poorhouses
The figures are almost too big to
against me; that of ignoring me. The to, the state legislature you should'
digest. But they aren’t needed, any­
suit which Clackamas and Lane coun­ use the same good judgment you j —these were labor's lot. Social Se­ way. Let Rip Van Winkle take a
curity?
None.
ties have brought against the Secre­ would in selecting the man to build ■
Slums and shantytowns and squal- look at the typical worker’s automo­
taries of Agriculture and Interior in­ your home or council for your defense, j
[
id
company villages—these too were bile, his television set, his wife’s
volving in excess of $6 million dollars Ed Cardwell, Sweet Home business-1
washing machine, and the rest. Home
has been ignored and delayed in the man and civic leader, is a man with labor's lot. Federal help for decent ownership in America, incidentally,
housing?
No
indeed.
most disgusting fashion.
37 news­ exceptional qualifications for the of­
True, there were roaring good times rose from 14 million in '29 to 24 mil­
papers of this region have been fur­ fice. He is a candidate on the Re­
for
a while, on the surface, until the lion in '51, if one more potent statistic
nished with the facts which include publican ticket for re-election to the
can be tossed in here.
informed editorials from the Oregon office of state representative from the bottom dropped out of the whole econ­
How did all this come about?
omy
in
1929.
But
even
in
those
■Journal and the Enterprise - Courier 13th district, Linn county. He has an
of the first great legislative
One
of Oregon City. Only three of these outstanding record for efficiency in “good times” labor was getting the milestones of 1933 was the National
short
end
of
the
stick.
About
60
papers have seen fit to bring this serving Linn county and the state of
Industrial Recovery Act, which con-
vital issue to the attention of the Oregon in the 1951 Legislative as­ per cent of all American families had tained, in Section 7(a), the historic
incomes
under
$2,000
—
the
sum
needed
people of their county.
sembly.
at that time to pay for basic neces­ recognition of the right of labor to
The statements I have made over
Today some
When you go to the polls on Nov. sities. At the top of the heap some bargain collectively.
the radio, at public hearings and in 4 you should vote to retain Ed Card-
36,000 families, or one-tenth of one 100,000 union agreements are in ef­
these few newspapers are as the Con­ well as your representative—one who
fect, and some of the big ones run
gressional records will sustain.
I has the ability and willingness to per cent of all families, received as for as long as five years. Many con­
much income as did the 11,653,000
testified before the Congressional serve you honestly and efficiently.
tracts include retirement plans, paid
Committee on Public Lands in Wash­ If re-elected, he pledges himself to families at the bottom!
vacations, automatic cost-of-living
ington, D.C., last spring.
In my continue to work for fair and just The Trickle Theory
pay increases, and other benefits un­
Republicans believed in the trickle heard of in Republican years. Prem­
testimony I charged that the large laws for the aged, the farmer, the
Let the bankers and mer­ ium rates for overtime work are the
timber and lumber trusts are attempt­ employe, the employer and worthy theory.
chants,
the
steelmasters and oil kings rule rather than the exception. The
ing to repeat their looting of the public institutions.
He believes in
public domain by forcing Congres­ economy in government, but not to have prosperity and the working man 5-day, 40-hour work week is widely
sional action on bills which will make the extent that it will retard develop­ would do all right. No need for the accepted as standard.
them the only eligible purchasers for ment of our natural resources and government to intrude, even where
this valuable timber resource. Their keep the great state of Oregon from labor’s efforts to help itself were Social Security
Social Security—which is’ the sort
plan would spell ultimate doom for advancing to an enviable position thwarted by company spies, by court
of thing the GOP means when it
injunctions, by goons and gunmen.
the small, independent timber and among the state of our union.
Premium pay for overtime was a whines about “creeping socialism”—■
sawmill operators of western Oregon.
Knowing Ed Cardwell as we do. we
I intimated, but I herein charge, that do not hesitate to recommend him as rarity under the Republicans, and paid has meant the beginning of the end
Wages for poorhouses and orphan asylums.
Senator Guy Cordon and Representa­ a top hand for the office of repre­ vacations were even rarer.
tive Harris Ellsworth are guilty of sentative from the 13th District, Linn were low, hours long. No minimum­ Unemployment insurance has sup­
misleading the people of Oregon and j county. We know he will not toady wage law existed. No employer had planted the breadline with the gov­
ernment check. And Governor Stev­
attempting to introduce and have i up to any special interests for per- to negotiate with a union.
The low estate of labor, and of the enson has promised to extend and
passed legislation which would cost | sonal gain. We know because of an
these counties a minimum of $2 mil­ investigation of his behavior in the farmer—-their inability to go into the complete these reforms.
The minimum wage, pioneered un­
lion dollars a year and possibly $4 last legislative session. Vote for Ed market place and buy the things that
der FDR. has been pushed up from
America
’
s
famous
production
machine
million dollars a year. This would
(Continued on Page 3)
was capable of turning out—eventu­ 40c an hour to 75c.
create a tax burden which would be
The Walsh-
ally brought that magnificent machine Healey Act forbids sub-standard
far beyond the people to make up
PILES
to a creaking, clanking halt, from wages and working conditions in
ithin the 6% limitation and which
which it was to be rescued only by plants working on government con-
would possibly double their taxes in
(Hemorrhoids)
the vision and energy of the Demo­ tracts.
the next five years, Senator Cordon
Fistula, Fissure, Itching, Prolapse,
Exploitation of children by indus­
was challenged by Congressional rep­ and other Rectal disorders corrected. cratic regime that took over in March
of 1933.
try has been curbed.
Federal-state
resentatives from other states as to
*Mild Treatment
Even during these last two decades machinery for helping the unem­
his motives in attempting to have
under Roosevelt and Truman, how­ ployed find jobs has been established.
passed legislation which would take
Call for examination or write
for Free Descriptive Booklet.
ever, the Republicans had their inn­ There is a special placement program
away from his own state a vast in­
Don’t become incurable, by delay.
ing—once. That was the result of the for handicapped workers, Substan-
come to which they are firmly en­
I Congressional elections of 1946, when tial inroads have been made in racial
titled by an Act of Congress. Sen­
R. REYNOLDS, N.I). j a placid electorate stayed away from discrimination against, and segrega-
ator Cordon still hasn't explained his
Rectal Specialist
the polls in large numbers and Re­ tion of, workers.
motives. One thing is clear; it will
benefit no one but the timber inter­ 2073 Fairgrounds Rd.. Salem. Oregon publican majorities were sent to
Republicans try to convince the
Washington.
people that labor's monetary gains
have been cancelled out by rising
The Taft-Hartley Act
The 80th Congress proceeded to en- prices. Let General Eisenhower toy
act, over President Truman’s veto, the with this little statistic:
In 1929. at the peak of Republican
Taft-Hartley Act, which has become a
“
prosperity,
” the average worker
hated name among working people
and which the Democratic Platform had to put in 166 hours of labor to
I and Adlai E. Stevenson are pledged pay for a seven-tube radio set. To­
We have added another pharmacy to
repeal and replace. Parts of this day, he can buy a 20-inch television
“The Quisenberry Pharmacies, that operate as one” to
law which are worth-while “can be set for the price of 98 hours' work!
written into the new law best,” Gov­ Buying On Credit
ernor Stevenson says, “after the po­
Republicans try to make a moun-
symbolism of the Taft-Hartley *tain out of a Labor department figure
The new pharmacy will be open until 11:00 o’clock litical
is behind us.”
which showed that the average Amer­
at night on week days and from 12:00 noon until 2:00 Act Secretary
of Labor Maurice J. Tobin ican paid out more in 1950 than he
P.M. and 6:00 until 9:00 in the evenings on all Sundays says the repeal of Taft-Hartley is took in. Secretary Tobin has pointed
and all holidays.
“a matter of life and death for the out that when the fighting started in
American labor movement.” And he Korea in mid-1950 people rushed out
There we will specialize in prescriptions and stock
tells why this is so:
to buy refrigerators, TV sets and
will be limited to medicines and sick room supplies.
"In the five years before the pas­ cars — because they were afraid of
sage of Taft-Hartley, the American scarcities. They bought such things
Your prescriptions will be on file there as well as I labor force grew about 900,000; but out
of earnings. savings, and credit.
at the other locations and will be available, for your j trade union membership grew by 5 Says Mr. Tobin:
million.
The unions were growing
convenience, these longer hours.
“The Republicans seem to think
> faster than the labor force.
They that credit buying is a bad thing. I
The new location is 130 South Liberty Street, and ! were gaining ground.
wonder how many retail merchants
“In the five years since the passage would agree. Americans bought on
the phone number is 4-3336. However, if you dial the
Court Street number, 3-9123, and that store is closed, i of Taft-Hartley, the labor force grew credit in 1950 because their credit was
by about 4t» million; but trade union good. They bought because they had
the call will be relaved.
: membership grew by only about 800,- confidence in their jobs and in their
We are pleased to be able to offer this kind of pre­ I 000. The labor force was growing wages.” Furthermore:
than the unions. And unions
vIn the first six months of 1952 the
scription service and to have it available these longer faster
were losing ground.”
American people were able to put 7
hours.
There is the story. Republicans, in per cent of their income into savings.'
| power from 1921 to 1933, ran labor Mr. Tobin says, “And I mean their
into the ground. And when they had income after taxes. They put that
control of Congress briefly in 1947-49, away after having paid off the debts
they tried their best to reverse labor’s they contracted in those freak six
“THAT OPERATE AS ONE”
magnificent progress under Roosevelt months of 1950.”
and Truman.
In you want to know how the work­
FOR 21 HOI R SERVICE DAILY DIAL 3-9123
W hat would a Republican President ing man feels about the Democratic
plus a Republican Congress do in Party and the Republican Party, ASK
1953?
HIM’
Editor's Leiter Box
1921 - 1933
Special Announcement
130 S. Liberty St., Salem
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Quisenberry Pharmacies