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"Monday, June 6, 1932 Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. (Incorporated) As Independent Newspaper Phone Main 600 HAROLD M. PIN LAY , Business Manager Published evenings, except Sunday, at 1710 Slitn street, La Orande, Oregon. Entered at the Poetoffloe of La Orande, Oregon, u Second Olau Mall Matter under act ot March 3, 1B79. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND THB CITY OP LA ORANDE MEMBER OP ASSOOATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise cerdltedlf pub lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches In this paper and also the local news herein also are reserved. National Advertising Representative M. O. MOO EN SEN CO., I no. San Pranclsco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New York Dally, Dally, Dally, SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier one month In advance . six months In advance single copy 7 So -4.50 So By MaU Dally, per month In advance Dally, per six months In advance . Dally, per year In advance BOO .12.80 -6.00 ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch Display, local, per column Inch -430 6e Time contract prices on application Better is a dry morsel, nnd quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. Proverbs 17: 1. THE TUG OF WAR Two national elements have been brought into conflict by Speaker Garner's reconstruction or relief program. These elements are not the White House and the Democratic lead ership in the house (although those two are also at war over the same issue) but the millions of jobless and the many more millions of taxpayers. The unfortunate plight of the unemployed and their de pendents calls loudly for the spending of all the money the government can possibly spare. While, on the other hand, the plight of the taxpayer calls for the cutting of federal expenditures to the bone. There are two sides to eyery question, and this is a perfect example. When a decision is made, one way or the other, it must be in favor of the one which carries most weight in the scales of sound economics and public need rather than in the scales of political expediency. Congress in its deliberations must consider whether a billion dollars apportioned among the jobless would provide real relief, even temporarily, and whether business and the taxpayers could bear that additional burden. It must try to decide whether the taking of such a vast sum of money from one group and giving it to another would stimulate business and decrease unemployment or merely aggravate the situation. Of course the congressmen are all trying to please their constituents, so the present tendency is to pass such legis lation as will make the fewest possible enemies and the most possible friends, regardless of actual conditions and require ments. Speaker Garner is correct when he says the nation needs work and buying power, but President Hoover is also correct when he argues that the taxpayers are in no position to carry such a gigantic load. Each man has his following, motivated mainly by selfish interests. It is now a question of whether one of these groups of self-seekers will have its own way, or whether a compromise may be effected, based upon the best interests of all concerned. been giving congress must, in the last analysis, rest on all of us. ' , Has congress approached the taxation problem in the manner of a chicken with its head cut off? So have all the rest of us, from one coast to the other, i Has congress had a fearfully dismal time trying to decide just where money can best be saved in the federal budget? It has simply been trying to respond to the wishes of its constituents, who are as far from unanimity on this prob lem as they possibly could be. Congress, in short, has been a perfectly adjusted gauge for the wind of public opinion. That wind, unfortunately, has been blowing from all points of the compass at once, of late; but when that happens it is hardly fair to blame all of the subsequent gyrations on the gauge itself, The chief trouble, perhaps, is that in the past few decades we have stuck too closely to the notion that a congressman ought to reflect the desires of the voters back home. He should do that, certainly; but he should also think for hinv self, at times, and be capable of following his own best judg ment even when he knows his constituents won't agree with him. We have representative government, and it may be that it is just a shade too representative. At a time when all of us are as confused as we are now, we don't want someone to take our orders. We want someone to lead us. We hoard of a woman who married an ex-convict the other day because she thought lie would be a big help in building her rock garden ! Other Papers Say: AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION Cyrus It. K. Curtis is sick. His record of sustained work has always belied his frail appearance. There has been something vital and sturdy in this quiet, white-bearded man. Hut he is now 82, an age at which even the most vital and sturdy men must live carefully. An able, kindly man, Cyrus Curtis has been an American institution for more than to years. For aVniall sum, a very small sum, ho bought the Indies' Home Journal. He wanted it to appeal to all that was best in normal American women. That magazine made him a fortune. For another small sum he bought the Saturday Evening Post and it was said at once that all the money that Cyrus Curtis had made in the Ladies' Home Journal lie was going to lose in this new, absurd venture. Ixiok at that absurd venture now. Eighteen years ago he bought the Philadelphia Public Ledger, with the aim of making it a good all-around paper, addressed to all that was lwst in normal American people. He succeeded; and he succeeded also in making the paper a profitable venture. Looking back over Mr. Curtis' career, we find that he has consistently bought publications for the purpose of improving them, and that the American reading public has responded 1o the improvements, thereby refuting the charges that it wants nothing but trash. Cyrus Curtis has made gocxl products and has made money out of them THE NEED FOU REAL LEADERSHIP Congress has come in for some pretty hard words lately. For the most part, it has deserved them. Its performance in the last few months has not been the sort of thing that can be pointed to with a great deal of pride; the antics it has performed in connection with the matters of budget-balancing and economy are hard to contemplate without a severe pain. But congress, after all, has been getting a little bit more censure than it really has coming. For the chief trouble with congress has been that it lias been faithfully reflecting the conflicting and confused senti ments of the people back home. The blame that we have FLAW IN TUB REASONING On only one pretext can the pro moters of the Initiated bill to abolish the University of Oregon and move the normal Bchools approach the vot ers of Oregon. That pretext must bo economy. And, If you will analyze their mcasuro from the standpoint of economy you will very soon discover glaring defect In their reasoning. MILLAOE IS NOT ALTERED. They abolish the university and ex pand the college at Corvallis Into a state university (without telling the voters how many millions It will cost for new buildings at Corvallis). They abolish the normalB and establish a now "Teachers College" on tho Eu gene site (without a word as to over head on handling 600 students In a plant built for 3000). They create new "Junior Colleges" at La Grande and Ashland (with the certainty that these schools will have to be built up at taxpayer expense or abandon ed). They bait the Salem vote with tender of the law school (but foil to tell where this school or Its students will be housed or how much It will cost to house them). In wreckage and new expenses It is possible to figure aip some $16,000,- 000 loss to the taxpayers of Orogou not counting the general dcmorallza. tlon of an educational system Into which tho people of the state have poured GO years of effort and treas- jure. . All this, however, does not qulto 'complete the ptcturo of the great : economy hoax which "these schemers seek to foist on tho depression mad idened people of Oregon- Get this one. I Tho Institutions of higher learning iln Oregon are supported by a fixed .allotment of 2.04 mills voted by the ! people In 1920 (nnd by the largest ! majority ever given n popular meas ure). Though they talk high, wide and handsome of the money to be saved). AT NO PLACE IN THE IN ITIATED BILL DO THE REFORMERS EVEN SUGGEST A REDUCTION IN MILLAGE. ; If this bill should bo put on the 'ballot and If It should bo voted up ( which It will no If the people of : Oregon retain any knowledge of slm !ple arithmetic) IT WILL NOT TAKE lONE CENT OFF THE TAXES NOW PAID FOR THE SUPPORT OF HIGH ER EDUCATION. J Possibly Mr. Zom and Mr. Mac pherson will say that reduction In . mlllnge can be made later. Possibly r they will say that this provision was omitted through mere oversight. The .fact remains that THIS MEASURE WILL NOT AND CANNOT REDUCE TAXES. The authors of the bill would not take a chnnco on reduc ing mlllatio frst and we have a hunch they know that the scheme will cent the taxpayers not less monty than they are now paving but MUCH MORE. We do not believe state support should be reduced now that savings of 8900.000 a vear are belne madp nn- !der the new unified plan worked out by tlie board, but that Is another matter. Oct this point. This alleged economy measure proposes to wreck the schools first and do the saving later. If at all. Get this over to your friends In other parts of Oregon. Urge them not to sign petitions for a bogus reform. Eugeno News. consumers. Some day the farmer may learn to sell his own products through co operatives, not the farm board kind however, eliminate the gambler, and either scrap or reform tho boards of trade by abolishing unearned specu lation profits. Until then, however, there will be constant calamity howl ing over taxation and regulation from those who live In luxury by preying on agriculture. Salem Capital Journal. Till: PIT STU1KKS HACK Tho slump In wheat priors on tho Chicago board of trade following the passage by tlu. senate of the revenue bill Is attributed to resentment of brokers to the tax of five- cents on each S100 of sales of produce for fu ture deliveries. It seriously Inter feres with gambling operations which characterise all exchanges. The brokers claim that the tax will eventually cotne from the pockets of the farmer. But they rnlse the same cry over any attempt at regulation or taxation. The farmer does not dial directly In futures, only the speculators, and the gambling profits do not enrich the fanner but usually depress his markets. The produce is out of his hands usually at the low prices following the harvest and sub sequent advances do not profit him. unless he has held his grain, which he seldom could afford to. Part of the plight of the farmer Is due to the fact that the grain simu lators' business in life Is to rob htm and reap fortune by manipulation of produce they had no hand In produc ing. The farmer never sharea In the pools that corner the market and jmalce minimis for their members, at the expense of both producers and In Washington EASTMAN BREAKS 800-METER MARK Stanford Star Also Cracks World ; Record in the t 880 Run in Same Race i SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 The ! name mid lame of blond Ben East- mun, Stanford university's sensational middle-distance runner, shone bright- j or than ever today as fans marveled j at his record breaking performance lor BOO meters and 880 yards In the Pacific association meet here Satur- j day. .. I The lanky Stanford runner raced I far ahead of the field and was clocked j at the 8 00 -me tor mark In one minute j and SO seconds and at the 880 -yard i n,ark In 1:50.9. I His time for the 800 meters bet tered the ; world's record of 1:50.06 credited to' Sera Martin of France, ' and his 880-yard time cracked the ! world's record of 1:51.6 set in 1926 by Dr. Otto Peltzer. He was clocked for both distances in the same race. Earlier in the season, he bettered Dr. Feltzer's time when he covered ; the half -mile in 1:63.3. j Another Pacific coast cinder track ace, "Bullet" Bob Klcsel, University of California sophomore, turned in , an outstanding performance as he i equalled the recognized world's rec- ord of 10.5 for the 100 meters estab- lished in 1921 by Charley Paddock : and equalled In 1929 by Eddie Toton. Kiesel has tied the accepted 100-yard record of 9.5 twice this Beason. BECAUSE IT'S BETTER AT FALK'S IT'S CHEAPER . . .NOT CHEAP 1 JUNE ..COAT Clea rcmce ing to Chicago in June unless he Is absolutely nog-tiea in wasnmgton. id CRICKET FLAT PERSONALS ! Hy Herbert 11 it miner WASHINGTON The suggestion of Senator Dave Reed of Pennsyl vania that congress stick on the Job in Washington while the national political conventions are in full swing earao as a jolt to many of the gentlemen on the hill. 1 But what can they do about it? However much , they might enjoy attending the conventions, and there are many of them who regard a na tion convention as the grandest holi day Imaginable, there is no escaping the fact that thoy enn't afford to leave Washington with the country in the fix It is in at present. ; Senators and congressmen arc well aware that even now the delay" in1 balonclng the budget is costing the country millions each :idhy' and'tn'e thought of permitting' the fiscal lje-ir to close June SO with the govern-1 mcnt In such a state of financial be wilderment as it would be If they fall to take the necessary steps sends cold shivers up and down the spine of perhaps the bravest of them. EYKS OX CIIICACIO Yet the idea of missing the show at Chicago, to many of them. .seems, unthinkable, w Some senators head their state delegations. Others are delegates, and either publicly or pri vately have important political con cerns at Chicago. And the number is not limited merely to Senators Barkley and Dick inson, the two convention keynoters, or Re present a tlve Snell. probable per manent chairman of the Republican convention. There ore several "fav orite sons" on the hill, many of them with a longing in their hearts to i bo the second man on the ticket. Then there Is the matter of the platform to be reckoned with. Pro hibition, for example, looms as a troublesome issue ot both the Re publican aiyi Democratic conveu-( tlons. Hy IsOis Wltherspnoit (Observer Correspondent) CRICKET FLAT (Special) Charles . Kennedy was a visitor at tho J. E. Witherspoou home Monday. Mrs. Beatrice Rodles, of near Pen-' dleton, arrived here Saturday to visit for some time with her parents, Mr. ; and Mrs. C. E. Cameron. j Miss Dorothy Gekeler spent a few ; days lost week with Miss Zctta Wael- ty. Mrs. W. H. Miller, and daughter, j Mrs. Clarence Witty, were La G.ande i visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Witty remain ed, at tho hospital there where she xmdsrwent a major operation Wed nesday. She Is reported to be get ting along very nicely and her many friende hopo for a rnpid recovery. ! Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Waelty and daughter, Zetta, were La Grande vis-' itors Saturday. ! - People from tills vicinity who at- j tended the Memorial day exercises in Elgin were Mr. and Mrs. Luther. -HiiKtm&u and family,; Mn nnd ;Mrs.'; Jesse Knight, .W..r JJ. Knigbt.-.Mrs. .Lucy Allen, Mr. and' Mrs. Leo Roulet ; and family and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parks and son, Floyd. Word has been received of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, , of Richland, Friday, , May 27. v Mrs. Williams Is the daughter of Mrs. Mary . Waelty. - The little miss has been christened Alva Lorene. Stephen Blbler, of Portland, spent Sunday visiting his father, L. J. Bib ler and friends in Elgin. He left Monday noon for his home. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Prout drove to Joseph Sunday where they attended Memorial day exercises. They re turned home Monday. BLAME it on the backward season! Elame it on the weather! Blame it on to anything but after all id said and HnnP. WR'RTil RTT T"!TT WTTTT THf. MANY COATS, so we're going to take our medicine early in the season. YOUR CHOICE OF ANY $16.75 OR $18 COAT IN THE STORE for $1(15 ANY OF OUR $25. R0THM00R OR REDFERN DRESS OR SPORT COATS ALL SIZES 0- JtPS' s Clark Wood Says TIlKYi.L HB TIIKKB In event of such a fight, can you lmngine, for example, a man ilke Senator Borah of Idaho not being around in the neighborhood of the phitlorm committee? A senator or congressman who has political concernlarge or small In the comlnir conventions Is go- A South Dakota farmer was jailed for making' liquor of farm board wheat given him by the Red Cross. 'He did not, of course, show the right Gpirit. We've a notion that his fellow Democrnts in the senate aren't ex actly yenning for any more Long speeches. . Ono hears no talk of repealing tho laws, although they're often violated, against murder and theft. Boy Scout Band " To Meet Tuesday The Boy Scout band will have a special rehearsal and a meeting of parents' at the Central Church of Christ Tuesday, June 7, for the pur pose of making plans to enlarge the band and Increase its activities. Rev. Paul De P. Mortlmore, leader of the band, states that he Is willing to give his time for two rehearsals a week during the summer if the boys will attend regularly. He also wishes to interest a number of boys who are not now playing, and hopes to have at least 30 boys In the organization. Boys who have not played before are invited to attend the meeting Tues day, and If possible bring one of their parents with them. There has been a great deal of in terest In this organization since its beginning a few months ago, and MY. Mortlmore believes it is worth while to push Its possibilities to the greatest extent, and build up a boys' organization which will be of great benefit to the boys and interest to the city. Boys who are not members of a scout troop are Invited to come as well as those who ore members. There is especially needed a boss drummer and bass horn and alto horn players. The meeting will be held' at 10 a. m. Eastern Teams Are Preparing To Invade West OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams SAVJ- "3 "THAT V'OH -NO! " ft. THE. FARMER VMHoVW 'MS CTS WlWWr m chased os out; y"..u Sv surplus Yryr orautNT err. H5 LUNCrr I. t-b c hkw. st.mctwc J By Herbert W. lkirker (Associated Press Sports Writer) The forthcoming invasion of the west by the' powerful Eastern teams will furnish the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians a chance to dem onstrate just How seriouslv thev must I be considered in the current Ameri can league pennant chase. These two clubs alone seemed equipped to offer adequate opposi tion to the-three eastern contenders, the New York Yankees, Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics. As the roce stands now the Tigers and Indiuns are being hard-pressed to prevent the east from occupying the first three places In the stand ings. The Yankees, of course, hold a five-game lead with Washington second and Detroit, Philadelphia and Cleveland trailing at half gome In tervals. The Yankees, in their last game before leaving for the west, trounced the Red Sox yesterday. 12-1 as Babe Ruth contributed his 16th homer of tho season and Ben Chapman and Bill Dickey also hit for the circuit. A's Whip Washington . The Athletics walloped Washing ton, 11-7. although out hit 17-13. The Senators missed the scoring punch of Joe Cronln and Heinle Nfanush, both on the sidelines with injuries. Jimmy Foxx clouted his 2lst homer. Detroit counted six runs in the eighth to trip Cleveland. 10-9. Wes Ferrell getting in the Indians box Just in time to be charged with the defeat. In the National league, the Bos ton Braves went into a virtual tie with the idle Chicago Cubs by win ning two games from the New York Giants, 6-5 and 7-6. Art Shires' tenth inning double scored Worthing ton with the winning run in the opener. Ob Brown's excellent relief pitching saved the second game. Manager Bill Terry of the Giants suffered a leg injury early in the second game and had to retire. The St. Louis Cardinals moved into fourth place with 3-2 victories in both ends of a double header with tho Cincinnati Reds. Paul Der ringer and Dizzy Dean went the route in each game for the cham pions. The Phillies vacated the cel lar in favor of the Giants by scoring five runs in the ninth to beat Brook lyn. 7-6. Van Mungo allowed only five hits but walked 11 and had to be relieved with none out In the ninth. Jack Qulnn and Bill Clark failed to stop the Phils rally. Mother of Thirteen Gives Her Experience Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. T. B. Reed, mother of 13 children and widely known resident ot this city, said: "Sargon and Sargon Solt Mass Plll3-have brought me health, strength and happiness, and I am only too glad to tell others of my experience. After taking two bot tles of Sargon and one bottle of the Pills I am like a different woman, they have done me far more good than everything else put together." Red Cross Drug Co. Adv. Announcement Mr. Farmer We will pay with in 90c of Portland market as long as hogs are under 5c pound. Grande Ronde Meat Co. City Lighting Oppoied Although gas Illumination was known many years before the first street lllnnitnntlon, the Improve ment was opposed on the Rronnd that such, t pracilce would be blas phemous, Gud having divinely di vided IlKht and darkness, and also that people would be Induced to stay out at night and catch cold and fall prey to robbers. Summer CAP In White or Cream $1.00
