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6 THURS., FEB. 28, 1946 The Forum THEATER PRICES To the Editor: The editorial, “Kid Pickets at Vernonia,” in The Oregonian January 31, and the news item on the affair, just now brought to our attention, SERVICE For mixed ice cream drinks, snappy snacks, light lunches, candy & cones, keep the COZYl in mind! The Cozy Bus Depot Ph. 582 THE EAGLE, Vernonia, Oregon raises some interesting points on the labor - management problem. I presume the dispute has been straightened out locally since then, as we have received no further information on it. The admission price at this theater may or may not be “too high”; we have no way of know ing, of course. Admission prices have a way of adjusting them selves, however, on the basis of what the public in that locality is willing to pay for the show offered. Whenever ^mpty seats reveal to the local theater own er that according to public opin ion the prices are too high, he must promptly adjust prices or operate at a loss. The total cost of each day’s operation of the theater—rent, payroll, heat lights, film rental, etc., is pret ty well fixed, but the number of admissions that day is subject to virtually unlimited variations It may be that your editorial overstates and oversimplifies the situation by asserting that the “motion picture combine, which has a stranglehold on every theater in the country, dictating prices . . .” The Joy theater has ten or twelve mo tion picture companies compet ing with each other to sell it pictures for exhibition, prob NEW AND USED PARTS Expert Auto Repairing Gas and Oil Open at 7:30 A. M.; Closed at 6:00 P. M. We Close Sat. afternoon and all day Sunday. LYNCH AUTO PARTS Phone 773 ■ 1 ■■■ RIVERVIEW • - -•= Flight Instruction Now Available Cody-Wiecking Aero Service STUDENT FLYING LESSONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE VERNONIA AIR PORT BEGINNING— Thursday, February 7 ALSO Pleasure BSidoft ably can actually show little more than half of the pictures offered to it. The admission prices filled in on the exhibition contract are invariably the prices established by the theater owner. The dis tributor does not fix such admis sion prices, except on the rare road show picture. But the dis tributor does want to be protect ed against sudden and drastic cut-rate admissions that may ruin the value of the picture at other theaters that have yet to show it I think you will find that thea- ater owners can charge pretty much what they please as far as the distributor is concerned. Whatever objection is made against cut-rate admissions comes from competing theaters, not from the producer or distributor of the picture. I believe you will want to know this. FRANCIS S. HORMON, Vice-president, motion picture as sociation, 28 W. 44th N. Y. N.Y. Submitted to The Eagle by C. G. WALRATH 974 3rd Ave. Vernonia, Ore. (Note: this article appeared first in The Oregonian of a recent issue.) ^WASHINGTONS ^'SWAPSMO^g Fre. hman in Congress are sup posed to keep their eye3 peeled and their mouths shut. Accord ng to tradition they leave the talk ing to the old boys who have learned what it is all about. More often than in the past, an occasional new man speaks out whether he has finished his noviciate or not. Conside Neva da’s Sen. Edward P. Carvi.le who, although new to Congress, is in clined to have something to say about economy. Ed Carville clings to the old- fashioned belief that Government should operate on a pay-as-you- go basis—in other words, keep out of debt. He feels that the na. tion should balance its budget. These beliefs, he says, stem from h;s early training. He ¡3 proud of the fact that during his two terms as Gover nor cf Nevada his record stood for economy. He set up economic conference groups in every com munity to enable the people to work out their destinies on an in dividual and local level. He hand ed down decisions as district judge in cattle water rights and grazing cases, which are used as a precendent in simliar issues there today. Smooth, soft-spoken, well-man nered, Carville landed in the Sen ate by appointment in 1945. A native of Mound Valley, he prac ticed law in Elko, where he at tended high school. He studied law at the University of Notre Dame. After serving as U. S. Attorney for Nevada it was onlv a matter cf time before he -was elected Governor. Paperhanging A democrat, he is married to the former Irma Callahan of South Bend, Ind., has three sons. In an era of prodigal bureauc racy, with millions of jobholders thriving on the cushy contents of the federal trough, a middle western dirt farmer turned poli tician has the spotlight on Capi tol Hill. He’s dead set against Congress men voting themselves a raise. “As long as soldiers enter the service for a starting wage of $600 a year, no (Congressmen with a conscience should even think of a boost,” centends Rep. Reid F. Murray of Wisconsin’s dairy farm country. Broad of face and white-haired at 58, a cow dealer and farmer near Ogdensburg, Wis., before he was elected to the House in 1940 Murray raised his voice against excessive government spending on every occasion possible. Murray didn’t complain that Congressmen were overpaid at $10,000—a protest frequently raised by taxpayers—but he indi cated that the cost of govern ment, already excessive, doesn’t warrant an increase. The nation’s public debt of close t $300 billions is'today the greatest in all history, and it is going to be enough burden to service the principal and interest on it with out adding any additional bur dens. Visitor Lands Steelhead Sun. RIVERVIEW — After working hours in St. Helens Fri. T. F. Hillyer motored to Portland and picked up Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Combs and brought them out for the week end. On Sun. Mr. Hill yer and Mrs. Combs went fishing and Clinton was successful in landing a nice steelhead from the Nehalem. Mr. and Mrs. Hillyer took their guests to Portland Sun. evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harry King had with them for the week end Mrs. King’s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Childs of Spokane and Mr. and Mrs. Ody Greffen- dorph of Seattle. Mrs. Greffen- dorph is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Childs. The O-A mill opened for work AND PLUMBhG SUPPLIES Frank Hirsch Ph.431 8 M Appliance Repairing STRONG’S RADIO AND ELECTRIC 969 Bridge St. Ph. 576 Heath’s Service Station At the Mile Bridge, Riverview Phone 5711 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK I suffered for years and am so thankful that I found relief from this terrible affliction that I will gladly answer anyone writing me fcr information. Mrs. Anna Pautz, P. O. Box 825, Vancouver, Wash. 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