"Monday, June 6, 1932
Page Four
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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