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We Are Thankful
The grand holiday that conies Thursday (today) is a
fine one. Thanksgiving is a day peculiar for the people
of our nation. Those few hardy travelers from the Old
World who first began Thanksgiving had reason for such
a day. Theirs had been a hard lot. Their own strength
and the co-operation of the Indians helped them carve a
living from the resources of this great continent. Being
deeply religious by nature, they turned easily to God and
eave thanks for being permitted a good life in the New
World.
There are those who would say that we today are
an ungrateful lot, because we do not outwardly signal
our humble thanks to God for the good things we enjoy.
Such a feeling has no sound basis. We of the United
States have stretched a helping hand to peoples of the
Old World. These people we do not know and have
never seen, Our government has seen to it that the
blessings of freedom and liberty can be enjoyed by Man­
kind all over the world. Because of the greatness of the
United States much is expected of it. Each of us in his
or her own wav feel deeply thankful that our way of
life is permitted.
Those who suffer cold and hunger in lands under
the heel of the very selfish and cunning think of our
Nation in terms of awe. Their thoughts now would be
much the same as our forefathers’ were they here today.
'I he courage and hope that our forefathers’ had we have.
Our courage and hope is up against a different foe than
that of our forefathers, however. They faced the prospect
of wresting a living from the earth of North America.
We must see that the privilege of doing this continues in
this nation and all over the world. We are thankful that
we can have a part in seeing that this is so.
Somehow we feel that the rowdyness and rashness of
our people, their easy manner with each other and their
toleration of their neighbors is good tidings that the good
in our Nation will survive the present dark world. We
are thankful that this Nation still stands <niard over those
precious rights outlined by our forefathers.
We are thankful that this day we enjoyed the good
things of life. We are thankful that this day we can look
forward to a better life. The high road of opportunity
and hope lies invitingly ahead. We can plan and know
that our plans will fail short only because of our own
shortcomings. Life means more than just a fate that
must be endured. Life in these United States does yet
have a gusty zest-and a lively freedom. By enjoying
life on Thanksgiving we fit ourselves naturally into the
situation that is true appreciation, A gift is given that
it may be enjoyed by the receiver, We are the receivers
of the gift of liberty and freedom, By enjoying it well,
we warm the memory of those who made possible our
Thanksgiving Day.
THE H-BOMB: MENACE
AND HOPE
The hydrogen bomb is here, At
least it is out of the laboratory and
into the stage of field tests, Some
deplorable security leaks gave ad­
vance hints of the fact.
And the
Atomic Energy Commission, its hand
forced, made an announcement which,
says Dr. Harold C. Urey, discoverer
of heavy water, “sounds like official
language for a successful H-bomb,”
Whatever its dimensions at this
moment, the fact itself is gigantic.
What does it mean?
It means, of course, coupled with
the intercontinental range and jet
speeds of modern planes, that no
hearthside in the world now lies bi­
yond destructive reach of an all-out
war.
It means that a world, which has
gone further than ever before toward
conserving human life and making it
less grim and burdensome, has also
gone further toward providing tools
for its mass destruction.
It means that a world which has
developed ihe mechanism- for making
the antipodes neighbors has lagged
sadly in the knowledge and the will
to make the antipodes friends.
We are no worse than our ancestors.
Perhaps the chief reason the West
was not in conflict with the East in
centureis past was that neither knew
the other—and couldn’t get at each
other had they known, But we do
know tooay.
We can get at each
other. And for those very reasons
we not only should be better than our
ancestors, we have got to be better
rot merely that the world a3 we
know it shall survive, but that it shall
(‘eserve to survive and be fit to live in.
The II-bomb can do no more and no
less than spur our efforts towaid
peace. And, just as before, those en­
deavors must drive simultaneously
along two levels. On the level of
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physical strength there is the struggle
to achieve, at best, free world superi-
ortiy; at least, a balance which, so
often in history, has discouiaged a
calamitous test of power.
On this level, American possession
of the H-bomb is heartening. It tips
tiie balance a little toward the free—
for at time. It may hold the balance
ro worse than even for a longer time.
But there must be no illusions. As
Admiral Struble warned a few days
ago: "No weapon can peimanently re­
main an inestrument to our advantage
alone.” And there must be no strut­
ting bellicosity.
All the arguments
which pronounce “preventive war”
with the A-bomb a reckless, immoral
risk apply equally to the H-bomb.
Whatever transient stability the H-
bomb may buy on the level of physical
force, it will be wasted unless nation-
bring their wills and their skills to
live together in a world community
up to and ahead of their ability to
destroy each other in a world arena.
The ultimate goal may be distant.
But the next steps are neither too
high nor too far from home.
It may be some time before the free
peoples can bring themselves and
those within the Iron Curtain to mu­
tual understanding and co-operation.
But peoples of like ideas and institu­
tions—to be precise, the people of
the United States, the British Com­
monwealth, and Western Europe can
here and now do less scrutinizing of
their differences and more building
upon their likenesses.
To bring it even closer to home—
whatever Americans may still be i more
annoyed with their allies than con-
cerned with how to strengthen and
work with them might ponder • the
election returns. Governor Stevenson
conducted an internationalist cam­
paign. So did General Eisenhower,
And pollster Elmo Roper says the
Eisenhower landslide shows the Amer-
ican electorate believes in "the tools
of internationalism.”
So, along with the menace of the
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H-bomb there is also hope. — From
oughly
with your friends and neigh-
Christian Science Monitor.
bors, then take it with you to the polls
I NDERPAID SOVIET WORKERS next Tuesday at the City Hall on
That communism has nothing to Cedar street between 2nd and 3rd
offer the rank and file of workers in avenues S.W. where you can render
the United States is evidenced by Y’OUR decision on these questions
results in Soviet Russia.
Unskilled on an official ballot.
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workers there are greatly underpaid,
Some boys have been causing a lot
the Department of Labor points out
of trouble to the contractors building
in its Labor Information Bulletin.
Most Soviet laborers are on a piece­ the sidewalk up the hill on First
work basis, the economists explain, avenue south during the past week
and must meet a certain quota which by jumping on the fresh concrete be­
is constantly subject to increases. The fore it has had a chance to “set”.
low pay forces them to work faster The men doing the work stand to loose
and longer. Thus the Soviet system considerable money and time if they
engenders a gigantic work speed-up aie required to replace damaged sec­
tions of this sidewalk.
They have
program.
Such a situation certainly makes already lost much valuable time by
no appeal to American labor. In fact, the careless acts of children who ap-
Communism has never aroused any 1 parently don’t realize they are caus­
mass enthusiasm in the United States. ing damage to fresh concrete. Let’s
It has had plenty of years to build up hope they will be a little more con-
a giass-roots workers sympathy on siderate of their neighbors who labor
the basis of what it has claimed to to build improvements for our city.
have accomplished for Soviet work­
ers, but this has ever failed to de­
velop. Rather the general backward­
ness of labor in Russia has been rec­
ognized as a potential threat to the
high living standards of American
workers. — From Christian Science
Monitor.
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Protect Jobs by Saving Electricity
The long dry foil has resulted in danger ously low water in the rivers which gen­
erate our hydroelectric power. As a result the Defense Electric Power Administra-
tion has ordered temporary cutbacks in the amount of power used by major elec­
tric users such as factories and mills. This means that production is being cur­
GET 5 01 R QUALITY JOB PRINTING AT THE ENTERPRISE —
Administrator’s Auction
The undersigned administrator will sell at auction
the personal effects of JOHN (The Greek) STAMOS
Monday, Dec. I, 1952
at 10:3(1 a.in. sharp. Lunch at noon. 2 miles West
of Mill City, or 5 miles East of Mehama on the Marion
county side of the North Santiam river.
12 head of high grade Herfords consisting of 22
cows, ten 2-year old heifers, seven 1-year old
heifers. I steer 1-year old. one 2-year regis­
tered bull. 1 saddle horse. This is a very good
high grade herd. You will find them in good
condition and lad ter than the average.
\lso, ‘51 Ford pickup.
’38 International 20-tract tractor.
John Deere manure spreader on rubber.
John Deere 3-bottom disk plow.
John Deere 2-bottom Hi-inch plow .
100-gallon Meyers field sprayer.
2-section spring tooth harrow.
Oliver 8-ft. disk,
10-ft. has rake
ti-ft. Moline disk drill.
5-ft. mower.
8-ft. corrugated roller.
Wood saw.
2-section steel harrow.
300-gallon gas tank.
(¡rain, I l-ton bailed hay
Koler light plant.
New windows, doors, roofing, lumber, etc.
\ll furniture, tool* and 1001 other items.
THIS IS ONE OF Till BIG SALES OF HIE > E \R.
LOTS OF THE EQUIPMENT IS NEARIA NEW.
Remember!
BEN I . SUDTF.I.L.
Vuclionerr
10:30 Sharp!
COME!
D. B. HILL
Mill t ils State Bank, \dministrater
tailed and workers' wages reduced ... or even cut off altogether.
You Can Help!
Every kilowatt-hour of electricity you save releases more for industry. More men
will continue to draw their full pay checks.
So check your home now for way»
to sove clectrity every hour of every day. To keep jobs going . . , make every
kilowatt count!
Be Thrifty With Electricity!
Save electricity everywhere you can. Eliminate waste of electric power every-
where. Snap oft the switch on that lamp or appliance when you finish using it.
Remember . . . MAKE EVERY KILOWATT COUNT!
Mountain States Power Co
In Cooperation With
Northwest Utilities Conference Committee
and
the
Defense Electric Power Administration