March 12, 1953
2—THE .MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
The MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
OREGON REPUBLICANISM ON
TRIAL IN SALEM
Oregon’s legislature may not pass
into law some of the experimental and
even dangerous bills which have been
submitted. But it already has estab
lished some sort of an unenviable rec
ord in the number and severity of
bills introduced to restrict the rights
of voters and workers.
There are bills to make voting reg
istration more difficult; bills to re
strict the initiative and referendum,
the peoples’ last line of defense
against legislatve dictatorship; bills
to compel employers and employes to
operate under open shop conditions
MILL CITY. OREGON
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Entered as ne< ond-clanB matter November 10. 1944 at the post office at
Mill City, Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1x79.
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Because Mr. Truman kept a cautious eye on the go EDWARDS
ings-on at the Kremlin, people with poor judgment blatted
that the United States’ foreign policy was being dictated Says:
by the late “Uncle Joe”. The great press of the nation
Where Is It?
picked up this hew-and-cry and spread it thicker than a
boy spreads jam on a slice of bread. This was our free
press. It was turned against Mr. Truman’s administra
tion.
Now that Stalin is dead we read in the same free
press a multitude of words of approval of the present •
administration’s extremely cautious attitude regarding 1
the Kremlin. What puzzles us is, where did the strong,
forceful leadership in world affairs go to that was so
earnestly promised during the campaign?
(Heard over KPOJ, Portland, at 10:15
p.m., Monday through Friday)
"JOE BEAVER
and bill which invade the area of
free labor-management collective bar
gaining rights.
The proposed laws to hinder reg
istration and voting come at a period
in state and national history when
it was never more important for state
leadership to encourage, not to dis
courage, good citizenship. The sug
gested laws against labor are being
introduced at a time when labor-man
agement relationships have never been
more amicable and free of strife.
Why, then, the laws to tighten the
screws on voters and workers? The
hearings and the debates on these
measures probably will develop some
answers to this question.
One other question on these meas
ures is much simpler to answer. The
Republican party in Oregon complete
ly dominates the state legislature and
controls the state administration.
And the GOP cannot evade the blame
! and the responsibility should some of
these bills become law.
It is not Oregon labor nor Oregon
voters who are on trial now in Salem.
jt is the Republican leadership of the
ÿtate. Is
Ia it
it the
the intention
intention of
of the
the Ore-
Ore-
gon QOP to turn back the clock on
labor with a vicious worker compul
sion law, with a bill to scuttle the
initiative and referendum and a law to
keep the voters from getting too close
to the ballot boxes?
Events in Salem will soon supply the
answers.—From Oregon Teamster.
Time for a Change: The Securities
and Exchange Commission is set up
to police the stock exchanges for pro-
tection of the public. The chairman
Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
ot the SEC resigned recently. Presi-
dent Eisenhower is under pressure to
Forest firet dropped 21 per cent during 1951 —yet insects and
replace him with a Wall Street man.
disease continue to destroy more timber than Fire."
In other words, to let Wall Street
police itself. If this happens it will
be on a par with the other agencies:
General Motors heads the Defense
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NEW ERA FOR EUROPE
saddle at the Treasury and are in
o’clock on the morning of Feb.
Dr. David William Reid will not see the dedication vestigating themselves at MSA. The 10 At an 1 engine
pulling 27 small cars of
of Santiam Memorial Hospital. Had he lived a few days hue and cry is on to turn atomic en German coke chuffed across the border
ergy, synthetic rubber and naval oil l
longer he could have had this privilege. His devoted reserves
over to private exploitation. I into France with no stop for customs
I inspection and without payment of
wife missed this great event by a narrow span also.
If the public doesn't get a business '
an import tax. It was not a smug
Those who have had the pleasure of association with administration, at least it seems likely gling
operation, but the beginning of
these two very fine persons feel deeply their passing from to get the business.
a new era for trade in coal, iron, and,
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our midst. As stated at the time of the death of Mrs.
steel in six natoins of western Europe.
These prices effective till further notice. Buy with confidence! We
(1) Postmaster General Arthur
Reid, wife of Mill City’s Dr. David W. Reid, such a hospital Summerfield
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guarantee you the best value for your money always. Plan to buy a
says he is making a sur- 1
week's supply!
Any of our retail cuts double wrapped for your
as Santiam Memorial hospital was their dream. With vey to see whether two-a-day mail
locker FREE!
their trained and willing hands they built a medical center delivery should be restored. Ques
in Mill City of which Mill City is justly proud. It stands tion: Is he making the survey by
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snail mail?
neat and useful.
Country Style SAUSAGE ......................
In Chicago the delegates of
The importance of Santiam Memorial hospital will the (2) American
Bar association shouted
RIB STEAK SPECIAL, while they last
quickly be brought home to all when it goes into full their approval of the Millionaires’
Eastern Oregon Hereford
operation. It would have been fine, indeed, if Dr.'Reid Amendment, known as "spare the
Round and T-Bone Rib BEEF STEAK
and his wonderful wife could have had the truly modern wealth.”
YOUR
Eastern Oregon Hereford
facilities of Santiam Memorial hospital for the care of (3) President Eisenhower’s golf
wag
trip
to
Augusta
has
caused
one
Arm Blade Rump BEEF ROAST
tiny infants and their mothers.
It would have been to observe that the Republicans have
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grand also if this modern hospital could have been ready certainly made some changes: in one
BEEF HEART or TONGUE
and waiting for Dr. Reid’s emergency cases that arose month, the government has gone from |
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out of mill and woods accidents.
the Fair Deal to tha Fairway.
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private investors to get control of the
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properties now held by the gov
tiarn community.
BEEF FOR YOUR LOCKER—Fancy Eastern Oregon Hereford
ernment seems to have started. Sen
ate investigators claimed that the
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the War Claims Commission many
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Front Quarter
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Hind Quarter
investigators admitted that the gov
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uses its funds to pay American vet
erans for their service in enemy prison
camps—a practice which can hardly
be criticized. But the fight to turn
Furniture and Bookkeeping Supplies
these highly profitable former enemy
factories over to a select few private
investors will continue nevertheless.
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Recently Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey announced the gov
ernment was going to increase the in
terest rate on the $9 billion of short
term loans which fall due this month.
From now on. Uncle Sam will pay
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-S of one percent more interest
for the money he borrows. The really
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important aspect of the matter is
this: The present national debt is $267
ANNOUNCING
billion;
of that amount must be re
financed during the next 5 years. If
this higher interest rate is extended
to the entire refinancing program,
the American public will be saddled
with an extra 6 and a quarter billion
in the former
dollars per year of debt in the form
of increased interest payments on the
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national debt. This is a very ticklish
piece of business . . . particularly at
this time when the American con
sumers and small businessmen have
mortgaged their anticipated future in
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