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Will Vouch for Liftin The republicans could not find a more capable or stronger delegate from the state at large than Ben R. Liftin, pub­ l i s h e r of The Dalles Chronicle, who is a candidate for delegate at large to the re-* publican national convention. H a v in g known Liftin personally for years we can and do appreciate the opportunity of rec­ ommending him to republicans of this com­ munity. He is a live wire, courageous and thoroughly true to his convictions. City council took a stand last week th a t on the face of things seems to be justified. T ransfer of men from W PA pro­ jects to the sewer job under PWA has resulted in an early discharge for cause. The men, contractors declare, are physi­ cally unfit to carry on the hard work in connection with the sew er project and have lost their WPA standings. Men not capable of extremely hard work should be kept on the WPA rolls in all fairness and the younger and stronger men trans­ ferred to the sewer work. Flood control in the Tualatin would be one of the biggest things th a t could happen to this valley and Senator McNary is to be commended for bringing favorable committee action on Oregon rivers. The candidates are a t the tape and the registration for voters is closed. In fairness to the w elfare of the people may the best man win. A new spaper plant is a factory—b u t a new spa­ per is a soul. eyes a chance to see w hat th e ir ow n political p re­ judices refuse to perm it th e ir brains to absorb? This can be the only answer, as many who have w atched th e operation of CCC camps in this Pacific N o rth ­ west w ill agree. Take, for instance, th at section of th e M ount Hood National forest w hich lies betw een th e C olum ­ bia riv er on th e n orth and th e Mount Hood Loop highw ay on th e south, review the w ork w hich has been done by the youths and officers of these CCC camps in th is region, and see if you can find it possible to say th at the money spent on renabllita- tion of these youths has been squandered Aside from th e m any fire roads and trails these youths have built through the forests, to say n o th ­ ing of th e im provem ent of the C olum bia riv er high­ w ay by th e opening up of m any glorious view s of the great riv er by the rem oval of brush, th e re is th e splendid w ork these boys have perform ed in fighting forest fires, in w hich several have sacrificed th e ir lives, and others have been b u rn ed a n d crippled. A re w e w illing to forget, because of absurd political bias, th a t these youths found themselves, through the economic erro rs of th e ir elders, w ith ­ out th e chance w hich every A m erican youth has a right to expect in this, th e richest nation of the world? If this is the m yopia w hich w e m ust endure because we absorb p arty politics, th e sooner we break aw ay from them entirely, th e b etter w ill it be both for our nation and ourselves.—Hood R iver News. Mendacious Falsehood It is difficult to understand how a state of mind could be gleefully malicious, b ut no oth er words could b etter describe the attitu d e of the Oregonian in referrin g to NRA regulations and AAA r e ­ strictions as presaging th e possibility th a t th e fed­ eral governm ent may presently be com m anding its citizens to “wash behind tb e ears." The purpose, of course, though stated with a so rry attem pt a t w him ­ sicality, to em phasize th e L iberty League point of view th a t individual freedom is being denied the A m erican people. T he statem ent is as u n w arran ted as it is m a­ licious. T he only invasion of personal lib erty has been an effort to end unfair practices and compel cor­ porations to b e honest in th eir dealing- w ith the public. And th a t is not a new u n d ertak in g on th e p art of th e A m erican governm ent. It has ever been th e substance of all regulatory legislation, w hether national or state. The outstanding w ieider of the "big stick" in ell our history was T heodore Roose­ velt. to whom th e republicans refer w ith justifiable pride, although th e sam e type of "m alefactors” who oppose him are now opposing F ran k lin D. Roose­ velt. It is tru e th a t th e NRA did attem p t to in ject a modicum of honesty and fair-dealing into business practices; and it is also tru e th a t its purpose was defeated by business men them selves for th e very simple reason th a t observance of its regulations w ould have elim inated m any of th e evils th a t con­ trib u te so largely to social and economic injustice. So-called Big Busines.: would not consent to r e ­ nunciation of th e special privileges it had so long enjoyed. But business honestly conducted and individuals •who obey ju st law s have suffered no los3 of liberty or lack of opportunity because of any congressional enactm ent. Any statem ent to th e contrary is m en­ daciously false, and known to be false by the one who makes it.—Oregon Democrat. Confronting the Reds We commend The Oregon Jo u rn al for th e valiant fight it is m aking against Red influences in civil and official life. This is not a scare cry, at all. The Reds are w orking quietly, all th e tim e, and noisily p art of th e time, to overthrow th is governm ent. They are directly responsible for th e long series of strik es w e have had on this coast in milks and am ong longshorem en and seamen. They have cost m illions of dollars and some lives. They have been industriously try in g to incite th e m en of th e navy to insurrection. They have w orked on th e N ational G uard, the Boy Scouts and other organizations. They urge th e men in th e arm y to use th e ir guns against the capitalists and join Com munism to ta k ­ ing over th e country by force. They have in ­ filtrated into th e Y. M. C. A. and other church o r­ ganizations. Some schools are lousy w ith them. T he Jo u rn al is doing a patriotic public service in w arning th e public of th eir activities.—Corvallis Gazette-Times. Thnraday. April 10. 1936 OREGON Phe Great American Heme W \S H IN G T O N I I I I IK ncertain Future of Townsend Movement Worries ( undulates BY leaders nnil Ilia outcom e of the searching congress Iona I Investiga­ tion? A good many politicians It, -sides eongreesm en w orrying about re election know. If so step right up to the prim ary i bargain counter and take your pick. ! These and scores of other tem pting • inducem ents are contained in the ’ 4lX)-odd platform s being offered by I prim ary candidates in Oregon this year. The range of offerings may ’ be no g reater than usual, but there are more platform s to pick from I due to the larger crop of candi- I dates. Some of the planks may be ! a bit shop worn, but they have all 1 been polished up as good as new and sound every bit as good :u some of the new er inducem ents that are alw ays being introduced in every campaign. T here is an especially heavy run on old age pension planks this year. A pparently the boys and girls who are seeking public office have | had th eir ear to the ground and heard rum blings to indicate that this was going to be a popular is ­ sue this spring. Anyway. 119 of the 444 candidates for state, fed­ eral and district jobs in Oregon are declaring for old age pensions. Fifty-seven of these coine out u n ­ qualifiedly for th e Tow nsend plan Sut th e rest of the pension planks only commit th eir sponsors to “lib­ eral" or "adequate" pensions, leav­ ing th e interpretation o f these term s to the judgm ent of tho can ­ d idate if and w hen he gets into office. • • • T hree m ore initiative m easures m ade th eir appearance on th e pol­ itical horizon this week. One. sp o n ­ By sored by th e Eagles lodge, would provide pensions ranging from $15 L E O N S. D A V IS to $45 a m onth to needy persons 65 years of age or over. Another, First prize for a fishing story sponsored by th e Oregon com m it­ goes to that substantial citizen tee for Peace and Freedom, op­ poses com pulsory m ilitary tr a in ­ of Hillsboro, w ho returned Mon­ ing at state institutions of higher i day with a talc about the moon education. The third, sponsored by shining so bright Saturday night th ree McMinnville men. involves a and Sunday morning that the constitutional am endm ent to p ro ­ fish w ouldn't idle during the hibit sales taxes on food products. day tim e. Here w e h a v e a All three are in the em bryo stage, staunch, forthright, unhackneyed unirayed alibi, w hich should i T heir sponsors have u n til Ju ly 1 and the clam my depths of any to secure enough signatures to , warm th eir petitions to place th e m e n s-' fisherm an's heart. ures on the Novem ber ballot. We still believe th at th e fellow, ,, . , .. . . . .. . . i who bet th at H auptm ann would Many school districts th ro u g h o u t, never banlf sbl)u!(l b(, the state are planning salary in ­ for taking money under false p re ­ creases for their teaching staffs for tenses. next year, according to in fo rm a­ tion received here. Of 105 districts The hill b illy philosopher says: of the first and second class re ­ “Sonic es you have to split plying to a questionnaire on the hairs to tim tell the difference be­ subject. 37 have already voted pay tw een persecution and prosecu­ increases and 39 more plan to do tion.” so. Along Main Street Oregon republicans do not pro-1 Some of the Hillsboro ad v ertis­ pose to let the dem ocrats get aw ay ing, if not unique, is at least w ith any political plums w ithout startling. One store had a placard a fight, according to Lowell C. w hich read: "There are no bones Paget, president of the Oregon re ­ in our bananas." A nother ad v er­ publican clubs. In districts in which tisem ent set below a picture of a no republican candidates filed the rushing m ountain stream suggest voters will be urged to w rite in cd that you should "be sure you names. One senatorial d istrict— know how your milk is handled.” Douglas county—and six legislative seats failed to attract republican O ur Platform: Vacations for aspirants. erybody when the season fo rsp rin fever arrives. • • • O ver - payments, totalling more th an $3600. to state aided in stitu ­ O range Phelps and Tommy Con­ tions have been revealed in an nell can charge th eir recent fish ­ au d it ju st com pleted by the state ing expedition on the Salm onberry departm ent, according to Wallace! to fisherm en's luck. Intending to S. Wharton, executive secretary to je n jo y a couple of day* li hing *nd G overnor Martin. Wharton charged retu rn to Tim ber on the S. P. that money contributed by rela- I freignt. w here an autom obile would tives tow ard the support of institu- rush them home w ith their catch, tion wards had not been properly they spent a day fishing and nearly credited against the state's con- another day w aiting for the freight, tribution. M ore th an 50 per cent L ittle was said about the catch, of the alleged over-paym ent was • * • laid at the feet of the court of Speaking of fish in g -w h ile we domestic relations for M ultnomah > a r/ on th e subject_ *ome of th ., county. . . . .vise-crackers of H illsboro are try- „ .__ - ., , . , , , in » to devise bait for political- m em bers of the state board of ^ „ d e d anglers to use in hooking m ed'eal exam iners found little sym- voters Right now there are a num- pathy at he hands of th e board ber of cand,dates who would give of control w hen they appealed | a d price to learn w hat bait to from a ruling at the budget de- , ® partm ent reducing their per diem I pay from $10 to $6 a day. S tate T reasurer Holman and S ecretary of S tate Snell refused to in terfere in j the controversy, pointing out that the board m em bers were appointees i of the governor as also is the bud­ get director. G overnor M artin d e­ By Robert Ames Bennett clared that If the medical e x a m in -1 ers did not w ant to w ork for $6 a (W Nt) Service- Copyriuht by day there w ere plenty of medical Robert Ames Bennett) men who would be glad of ap- ’ pointm ent to th e board. CAUGHT IN THE WILD (Continued from lflnt week) m Thirty Years Ago from tho plan In 1935 was I t '. . f.Xf., and that I l l s wife received a $1 175 Mlliry as secretary. T hat Townsend Plan funds had paid for a $218 apartm ent In Washington for Hr Townsend and Cleineiits. along with maid serv­ ie«!. groceries, ami othor oipenses. T hat Edward 11 Margen, stato area manager In San Francisco, had drawn ns high ns I'.'tlOU a month In commissions. Mnrgett said he paid organizational and ottico expenses out of this sum. A S I I I N O T 0 N.—w ill Iho ’ ’ Townsend movement survive I* e current dissension among It» would llko to At present tlio movement's fu- turn seems Irnutded. Robert K. Clements, co founder and organ­ izing genius of Iho plan, lias re­ signed. ostensibly iis a result of u disagreem ent with |>r. Townsend over tho "third party“ question. Ilepresentnllvo McOroarly, the plan's congressional spousor. Is at outs with the doctor, who ac­ cuses him of trying to use Iho movement to Advance his private political fortunes. McOroarly, In return, claims th at tho doctor lias abandoned tho transaction tax method of llnanclng tho pension fund for a tax exempt bond Issue. The Investigating committee Is trying to show tho movement ns a scheme operated by promoters nt tho expense of trusting old people, whoso dlme n month (lues havo gone to pay huge commis­ sion* uml expenso accounts. • • • TJOORI.Y prepared, the commit- ■*' tec rushed Into lliu Investiga­ tion abend of schedule because so many congressmen were anxious lo get am m unition against tho Townsendltcs In limo for their primary tights, and got Itself ra­ ther badly hailed up. Principal revelations of tho first few duy* were: th e w reck ag e of Mr. R am lll's c u s­ T hat tho Incomo of tho Town­ to m -b u ilt m onoplane. He w orked his way down along­ send Plan from dues and othor side the rapids to look closer at sources slnco Its formation totaled the wreck. What little had been nhout a million dollars, not In­ left of the costly aircraft was not cluding profits from tho Town­ worth salvaging Hut the tattered I send Weekly, owned personally by cover of one broken wing thrust ! Dr. Townsend and Clements. up out of the w hite w ater within T h a t C lem ents' own Incomo reach from the hank G a rth sta rte d a fire of sm all T POW NSBND t them leaders tra tm tf Is nothing «can- tlaloiis In tills. Clements earned his money, they say, by building up tho organization io Ils present slreuglli: and. anyway. It Isn't very much pay for a big time Washington lobbyist. Washington observers am guess­ ing both ways as to tho outcome of all Ihe excitement. At present Hr. Townsend stands ns a rather lonoly figure In his efforts to save Ills plan from disintegration. His o r i g i n a l leadership is broken up Those lenders who re­ main are unknown quantities. His revenues are reported to lie fall­ ing. Politicians who once wer* badly scared by success of his movement are out to get him. Rut survival of the movement In some form Is probable, because social security experts generally are convinced that the present old ago pension set up simply Isn't worth anything. And you can tlml many economists who think that the purchasing power theory on which the Townsend Plan Is based Isn't so had. Pensions on reasonable terms, not of $200 a month, but $30 or $00, would tend to keep money In circulation and malt* for Increased stability of our economic system, they eon- tcmi. the m oraine. G a rth recrussed the herself sticks. He quenched it with damp moss, and used the charred stick ends to w rite on the wing fabric: "$5.000 rew ard for V. HUXBY T hief and M urder." "how can you w in if you boulders. don't kill them ” T here was no sign of Lilith when "W hy for a sta rte r Miss Cook, he came down from the moraine w e'll let them .stew In th e ir ow n He called into the entrance tunnel Hack came a quavering cry of re ­ ju ic e for a few day*. T hut w ill lief A quick craw l took him in ten d to soften th e ir bonds of m u tu ­ through the low narrow passage. al aid No bedding and a (Ret of I.ilith wa.'. breathing hard, almost saltle . m eat w ill h elp those th re* gu-ping "Oh! oh. thank God! I p lacer jack: to consider th e d e sira ­ CHAPTER XI looked and looked, but 1 could not bility of th at five th o u san d d o lla r rew ard I offered for th e ir boss." I see you I thought you must be F em ale of the Species I lying there like that poor police- "A lan G arth , y o u 're m arvelou. S hortly before noon, th e four | man (T o !»e continue«! • dead!” trailers appeared on the moraine. ' H ardly, Look h ere an d h ere ' ; The man who had not been bogged He show ed th e |>>..tol. th en d u m ped A I ’ , \ I rl ' l I* led the way down. A nother m iner his flout Ilk pack. "H ow about ‘U in n l ll followed, then Huxby. The man alt on o u r m eat, and a cup of tea -----( ) , j T i p s t e r S h e e t s who had lost Ills rifle lagged be­ i l l y P o rtla n d B e tte r B usttiee. B ureau. In c I hind. The tw o leaders reached the Alan he cried You m ade A ccording to a recent rep o rt is- broken m onoplane wing. G arth thern give you ail this , r Editorial ' At the very mention of chang­ ing anything concerning our com­ mencement exercises, one hears a thousand proteat*. Everything is quite perfect as it is! Leave well enough alone! There would be no sentim ent connected with a newer system. In spite of these protests, certain changes, which will be released for publication later, have already been made. May we suggest an ad­ ditional alteration? Previously the procession has a d ­ vanced willi all ttie girls first, fol­ lowed by all the boys. This is an unnatural order. Then, too, the music has a well, put on high heels and just try to walk down that incline at a rapid rate. A change in this procccdurc would be a step to elim inate an unsatisfactory .situation. Let us then thiow off Ihe m antle of tradition and don Ihe robe of progress. The subject is trite but the "sub­ jects" deserve the reprim ands. Be­ cause two reporters failed to live up to their titles, several hoys who worked hard to get their athletic letters in basketball are not even getting the honor of being enum er­ ated in Ihe news. The rem ainder of the staff wish to apologize to the boys for the injustice and hope to give a list of the aw ards next week. C o-operate W ith Y o u r H ilh i New« S ta ff Body Award Letters Assembly Meet Lust W ednesday’s assembly p er­ iod was occupied entirely by the aw arding of letters and trophies to athletes and the introduction of the class teams in the soft ball tournam ent. A men's chorus from Pacific u n i­ versity is ex p ifted to sing at this week's assembly, and there will be a short talk by a representative of the university. Visit Lumber Yard The Try-Square club was shown around the Pool-G ardner lum ber yard last Wednesday by V. W. G ardner. They were shown d iffe r­ ent kinds of lumber, and various grades. He explained the uses at the lum ber and told why the lum ­ ber was put into the different grades. Following the visit to the yard, the club was treated to r e ­ freshm ents by Mr. G ardner. To Send Delegate Hi-Y club is planning to send Tonj S tretcher as a delegate to the national convention w hich Is to be held nt Berea, Kentucky. T here are to be tw enty delegates from O re­ gon. They intend to ch arter a car and go in a group. Program Planned Girl Reserves met Monday. P ro ­ gram: a U p dance by Jean Person, piano solo by Mary Manley, skit by Ardis Ellingson and Esther thirty, and another lap dance by Betty Roseni ran*. Several songs were sung by ull the Girl Reserves. The Physics classes after several wild goose chases downtown, and to all corners of the school, for guns and blanks, finally succeeded in perform ing on experim ent Mon­ day on the velocity of sound. Two groups of students stood 1100 feet Pardon us! It's Ihe Hilhi Varieties apart. One group fired a pistol and not follies of 1936. Anyway the other group took the tim e that come to the high school Friday elapsed between seeing the smoke night und enjoy the program. and hearing the report.