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"No Faror Swaya I; No Fear Shall A tee"
From First Statesman, March 18, 1851 '
Chaeles A. Spbague - - Editor and Publisher '
, THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Charles A. Sprague, Pres. - - ; - Sheldon Fy Sackett. Secy.
Member of the Associated Press
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Reaction to the Roosevelt Proposal '
ONE might expect a chorus of dissent from republicans to
the dramatic proposal of Pres. Roosevelt to appoint ad
ditional judges of the supreme court unless those aged
70 retire. What is observed however is a Vchorus of silence"
from the democratic press and the independent press which
supported the president in his campaign for reelection. That
silence is eloquent; it speaks louder that the declamation of
the republicans. j
A similar silence or left-handed assent is reported in
Washington among the democratic senators. A few of the
marionettes like Sen. Robinson of Arkansas have expressed
their approval ; others have expressed opposition ; the great
majority have said nothing. That silence is indicative of a
mental writhing. They do not
gram but lack the political
tionary bill may pass the congress, if the president cracks
the party whip and applies the
it does, this makes the courts
minions of the executive ; and
ers according to f unctionsrof
ing at least, utterly destroyed.
In this state that fearless
Roosevelt administration, the
as magnificent silence over the
court s age with new dealish
The Medford Mail-Tribune
claiming the new deal put it
party press, opposes the program "because we do not regard
it as necessary or desirable at the present time." It fails to
see any reason for changing the number of Justices "except
to give the executive department a temporary advantage.
The Eugene News, independent, offsets arguments it
makes note of for the plan by
ably question the advisability
increase in court personnel at
The independent Eugene
lenges the attempt of the president to reach his obvious
goal a controlled court,
says: . v--.
. "This scheme to seize control of the nation's courts Is one of
the most dangerous measures ever put forward by any presi
dent and one of the most dishonest."
Other independent or democratic newspapers in the
state have withheld comment
fact speaks volumes. It reveals
supported Roosevelt for reelection are reserving judgment
on this specific proposal. Eventually they may come out and
endorse it. It is plain now that the plan lacks immediate ap
peal, and rather indicates they
before they swallow the Kooseveltian dosage, j
Labor Relations Code
J UST a little over a century
tural laborers were condemned to aeportation for seven
years for organizing a union at Tolpuddle, a small village
in the county of Dorset, England. In the succeeding century
unions became recognized and grew tremendously in power
and influence. Yet in this country there is a surprising pau
city of legislation dealing directly with labor unions.
There are reasons for that. The unions have functioned
as voluntary societies which gave them greater independence
or action and of organization
tions from legal attack. The strategy of the union was to ac
quire by negotiation or by strike the demands which it felt
warranted in making. Lately however there has come a
marked change in strategy. Under the NRA a direct attempt
was made to unionize by law the industries of the country.
This was repeated in the Wagner labor relations act passed
by congress. ,
It ought to be plain however that the unions cannot run
with the hare and hunt with the hounds. When they invoke
the power of the state virtually to compel Unionization of in
dustry they must expect to become subject to government
regulation themselves. Otherwise the union would bp all-powerful
and would become in fact if not in lawthe state.
This paper would like to, see the subject of labor rela
tions studied and a comprehensive code prepared defining
the powers and the responsibilities of unions and employers
and imposing such restraints as the interests of society dic
tate. Certainly one requirement in such a code would be the
registration of unions and making their accounts subject to
report, for the protection of the interest of the members as
well as to safeguard the social interest, though not with any
purpose of restricting unions in their, lawful activities. There
ought to be a better definition of a labor dispute so that em
ployers would not be harrassed by strikes where the dispute
was not genuine, or made the subject of extortion to prevent
strikes at the demand of some racketeer who might have
gained power in a union. Unfair labor practices both by em
ployers and unions should be defined, and union members
protected in. the right to become members of unions if they
so choose, free from intimidation from any outside influence.
With legal recognition of its right to bargain collectively the
union should relinquish the method of the general and sym
pathetic strike. ,
These are materials which would go to make up a labor
code. In passing on pending bills the purpose ought to be to
build up a code which will give labor adequate protection" and
at the same time hold labor organizations subordinate to the
general welfare. !
, 4 .
Hiram Johnson, senator from California, smelling battle, has re
turned to Washington from Florida with the announcement he will
fight the plan to change the Judiciary. With him and Borah taking
the. lead the battle promises to be memorable In the nation's annals.
Both were leaders in the battle against ratification of the league of
nations covenant of the treaty of Versailles. The present contest is
reminiscent of the other, and will probably be as bitter. This time
as before, the issue may be determined by the awing of public senti
ment la tho interval before the final rote. - ;
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Stanley High who herded the religions people of the country Into
support of the new deal last year.' has since the election capitalised
Jjis fame by writing for the magazines. His recent article in the Sat
evepost which read the democrats out of the party and left it peopled
by ex-republicans of the progressive persuasion must not have set
, well at the white house, because the president came out with a blunt
statement consigning to the poliUcal burial plot his -confidential ad
visers.' In other words Mr. High struck a new low. j :
The" Japan current must have shifted again. Salem's rainfall In
193 wa only 30.24 inches, which isn't enough to flush the- Willam
ette which is the cloaca maxima of this valley. Maybe the Ad club
boys can do something about it with the rata festival which they are
considering. . .
A Nebraska fanner had good luck with a hog which he bought
for 124 and sold for 35 CIO. That profit wasn't very great consider
ing the feed used; but while he owned the hog she bore 11 pigs which
he raid for S3 S3. The sow waa a regular holding company for crams.
Sleeting Postponed V
ZENA. Feb. t The Spring
TaHe Home missionary society
has postponed its meeting until
this Wednesday, when Mrs. Wil
liam J. Pmit, Mrs. S. D. Craw.
IfM T T mfMWV
will be hostesses at the Fruit
home for dessert lunch.
agree with the Koosevelt pro
courage to fight it. The revolu
pressures of the executive. If
as well as the congress the
the plan of a division of pow
government Is for the time be
'
and staunch supporter of the
Portland Journal, maintains
proposal to dilute the supreme
youth. )
whose burst of speed in ac
ahead even of the democratic
saying "a person may reason
of making so tremendous an
one time. i
Register-Guard directly chal
pre-picked to do his bidding.": It
or been non-committal. This
that the newspapers which
will have to gag considerably
ago, in 1834, that six agricul
and saved them as organiza
tTillamette Lodge Meets
WALLACE ROAD. ' Teh. 8
Willamette Lodge country club
will hold the .February meeting
at the club house on the Wallace
Road. Saturday Bight. Mr. W.
a Franklin and Mrs. Ralph AUea
are the hostesses for the no host
at 4.3 1 'clock
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Walnut kingdom should 3-9-37
be built in Willamette
valley; would pay state
to foster walnut Industry:
hh-h ,r k
Under the heading; "Thous
ands for an Oregon Tree the
Portland Journal of last Tuesday
carried the editorial that follows:
; 'y V j :
"Oregon's black walnut Is be
coming a famous wood. In the
printed publicity of the largest
veneer mill : in the country, at
Kansas City, is this statement:
" Truly, Oregon walnut is de
stined to become the aristocrat of
all wood the peer of all veneers
for its texture and innate qual
ity of ceUular structure; offer un
equaled possibilities for use in
fine furniture. Interior trim, radio
cabinets and other 1 purposes.
WORDS CANNOT CONVET THE
TRUE BEAUTY AND DESIR
ABILITY OF OREGON WALNUT.
ITS WONDERFUL TEXTURE IS
SUCH THAT IT READILY TAKES
ON A HIGH AND BEAUTIFUL
FINISH. : ; j
"These statements are by ex
perts in veneer, by people in the
largest veneer mill In I America.
The Kansas City plant sells Ore
gon walnut all over the United
States. Another mill that Is an ex
tensive consumer of Oregon wal
nut is the West-Made Desk cor
poration of Portland. Desks and
furniture made by their; plant are
shipped as far away as South Am
erica. Its product goes as far away
as Lima, Peru, and other points as
well as to all the western United
States. Desks made of Oregon wal
nut, and containing Oregon alder
fashioned into the core of the
veneered desk, are among the
company's output. The alder,
when bought for the plant, Is
worth 335 per 1000 feet; Sent out
in the fashioned form, lit brings
about 3350 per 1000 feet.
"The story goes, and seemingly
on good authority, that an Ore
gon walnut tree, when finally
marketed as veneer, brought 330.
000 to 335,000. It grew near Oak
land, Oregon, and was cut in
1928. As rough logs, it was ship
ped to an eastern mill ; and was
cut into veneer for the manufac
ture of furniture.
"In Oregon there is a:cons!der-
able supply of the finest known
walnut. It stands in the Willam
ette valley and southern Oregon.
The supply seems to have follow-
ed the trail ot the early Oregon
pioneers wherever they settled.
the walnut trees grow." !j
H e ! 8
That sounds good 330,000 to
335.000 from the products of an
Oregon walnut tree. Better than a
gold mine, for all mines "pinch
out," while walnnt trees may be
grown almost without ; limit in
extent of space in Oregon, and in
duration of time.
As long as our perfect combina
tion of soil, sunshine and showers
for the production of the best
walnut trees and the best walnuts
shall endure, there will ue no
pinching out, provided man does
his share.
H H H
This writer in Statesman Slogan
pages for, years on end Advocated
the increasing of our walnut in
dustry pleaded for more Eng
lish walnut trees to the extent of
the available acreage of the Wil
lamette valley, and more black
walnut trees, in reforesting our
mountains, up to their very sum
mits. I
That was good advice, then. It
appears better now, in the light
of the revelation told by the Port
land Journal.
H H H
It would pay the people of Ore
gon to exempt from taxation aU
land put to both English and black
walnut trees until their maturity
in bearing crops and furnishing
saw timber. j
The same as to trees bearing
cascara bark, which must be cul
tivated, or the end of that in
dustry here will soon come.
H H H j
This writer caUed repeated at
tention to the last named condi
tion in his Slogan pages.
"Phe advice is good now; the
matter has grown more urgent. (
H H H '
Kagawa, the great Japanese
statesman. Christian, humanitar
ian and social leader, advocated
in one of his numerous books, re
cently published, that Japan
nourish the planting of more ed
ible nut trees, especially in waste
places, to Increase the food sup
ply for his people. ; h " "
Kagawa thinks the following of
that advice might cool , the war
spirit of his people, hy aiding la
providing plenty, and thus leav
ing less reason for expansion
for conquering more territory by
force of arms. Thus nuts may
help to bring permanent world
neace. t -
H H H
Sicily almost lives on nuts,
mostly chestnuts, with hut flour
and their use In hundreds of ways.
The largest tree in the world is a
chestnut tree, in Sicily.
Is there a member of the pres
ent legislature with a vision
strong enough to have the matter
of such trees as mentioned here
exempted from taxation during
first years of growth or rather
the land on which they may be
grown? .
H H
Nuts make the best meat sub
stitute. A billion dollars might be add
ed to Oregon's tax rolls eventual
ly, by exempting a comparatively
few acres of land from taxation
for 16 to 30 or more years. -
University of Oregon ?
3Iusicians to Be on Air
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
Eugene, Feb. 8. .A radio broad
cast to the northwest over KGW
oS the red network- of the Nation
al Broadcasting company will be
given by theschool of muslo at
the University of Oregon, Febru
ary 27. The program will bo given
under the sponsorship of the
Northwest and California Music
Education's conference. -
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LUXURY MODEL
SYNOPSIS
Enront to ar kom ia Ioa Aarslet
from collate, beantiful Elixabeth Har-
moa meett ueraid Bratoa. a nock broker.
Her atearfatser. Colonel Jamoa MeCaithr,
disapprorea ot Gerald bat alter a whirl
wind courtship tho young eooplo elope to
Arizona and are married. That aarae day.
in toe lobby of a Baa Dieco hotel, a wom
an approachea Gerald and exclaima.
"Way. Gerald. .I'd no idea you were in
California. Hare yea brought your wife
along t Or ia Hra. Bratea in Chicago I "
EOisabeta ia (tunned bat Gerald auures
her be waa diroreed. addiar that ha re
frained from telling her for fear of loaing
her love.- A few hoara later, Oerald ia ar
rested for defrauding inreators. Unable
to face tho disgrace, Elisabeth goea to
New York. She changes her name to La
ana Waters and registers at a cheap ho
tel. Ia search at employment, aha read
aa annonaeemeot of a besaty contest to
be held at a fashion Show aad Tea
Dance, tho winners of which will bo Kir-
ea positions as mannequins ia the fam-
oas House of yuacsenDusn. -erasps. sue
has a chance. Luana's beauty attracts
the attention of tho wealthy Mrs. Joel
Yaadaveer, who personally enters La-
ana a nana ia tho contest, sue wins.
That following Monday, arrirlnc at the
Qaaekeabaah establishment, Loane ia
easllT neeived bv the other aaadela. Hop
ing to. esabarrasa Loans, they present her
with a asonkey aasaed "Chon-Choa." At
loach time, aha meets Yvonno Dautrey, a
French model, who tells her to ignore the
jealousy of tho others. Leans accepts
Yvonne's offer to share her Greenwich
Village apartment. One day, Choa-Cfcoa
steals a young architect's plaaa and
cornea flying throac-h tho window follow
A hv th nun. Tho irate newcomer re-
trU.es hia papers and riles Luana for
harboring a menace, una laaignaai-y wi
den him oat. As the man is about to
leare, he collapses.
CHAPTER XII
"Drink this. she urged" again.
"You'll be all right in a min
ute."
"THe looked wonderingly up at
her, then took the glass from her
hand, as if still in a date, ana
drank a little.
"Some more now. It will do yon
good.' She stood over him as
though he were a child.
He drank again. Slowly. Aa
though savoring Its bouquet this
time. It was lush, strong Bur-
gandy. He began to feel a faint
wormth in his veins.
He made as though to give the
glass back to her, but she refused
to take it. She said, compassion
ately: "Ton have to drink every
drop of It. Ton need it.
How much he needed it sue waa
never to know, tor he was a proud
and sensitive young man, and not
for world would Lave divulged
the tact to her that he had eaten
practically nothing tor the past
few days, funds being lacking.
"Now yon come over to this
arm-chair and rest a little before I
let you go," she announced firm
ly. :
He started to protest, to apolo
gise for his indisposure, but she
put a hand under his arm and pi
loted him to an over-stuffed, com
fortable low chair by the fire
place. . ,
His unfinished glass In his
hand, she would not embarrass
him by watching hint. She start
ed making preparations for her
evening meal, after she had clear
ed away the smashed crockery.
She pulled out a gate-legged ta
ble from its corner, put a yellow
linen cloth on it, two blue glasses
and two blue glass plates (the
chances were he might be hun
gry?) and fetched a long loaf of
crusty French bread from its tin
box in the kitchenette.
She brought a big slab of but
ter from ' tho ice-box, and four
hard-boiled eggs. ' ; and a fresh.
crisp salad she had prepared In a
wooden bowl halt an hoar ago.
Coffee she had set on tho stove
directly after making her salad.
It had been perking busily for
some time.-? . .;;vir;"V;
She opened a can of condensed
milk that was creamy in its thick
ness and appearance. Scouting on
the shelves for further food for
him ( Yvonne kept provisions on
tho short side) she discovered . a
can of peaches, and opened that
too. . . -:-,;-v a . :
Ho had finished his glass of
Burgundy when she spoke to him.
"Please come and have some food (
I hate eating alone. And that wine
must have given yon a bit of an
.appetite," she said authoritative-
"Thank you. I've imposed on
you far too much already." He
had been sitting with his back to
her and the room, but' now rose
and turned as he spoke. There
was a faint color in his face. He
looked better. Much younger,
somehow, too, and really quite
handsome when he smiled.
Blue eyes looked at brown. An
imosity had died between them.
Blue eyes were friendly and com
passionate. Brown eyes were look
ing at Luana with a kind of won
der in them.
table. Tho tall young man .who
o
They were seated at the supper
had burst so strangely into the
apartment via the window, and
the girl who had come from Cali
fornia to battle her way in the big
city.
She had felt lonely tonight, de
spite her real thankfulness for the
new-Job.
She had told herself she must
go on being lonely, with her se
cret of ill omen shut up inside
her. No one must know it.
But. Iguana was young and it
was Spring time. Chou-Chou and
fate had together flung this young
man in her path. They had spok
en harshly to each other at their
meeting, but that was changed
now. They talked. Stiffly, at first,
and self consciously, but gradual
ly gaining more confidence.
Ho was a shy young man, but
the Burgundy helped loosen his
tongue. His name was James B.
Randolph. -Ho was from the
South. Kentucky. She had no
ticed, now and again, the soft slur
in his voice. He was a bachelor in
the middle twenties. He was a
college graduate, and had taken
some sort of a diploma in archi
tecture, -winning a scholarship' toj
New York. -
Now ho was hoping to compete
for a much larger prize to be giv
en in connection with designs for
buildings Jn tho forthcoming New
York Kxposltion.
- "And It was some of these that
Chou-Chou stole? I expect Cheu
Chou is cleverer than wo think,
and knows good work when he
sees it," said -Luana, smiling. .
. The young man flushed. It
struck Luana then that he was
really . very good-looking, in a
manly sort of way. He looked as
if he belonged in tho out-of-doors.
As if he had been born to be hus
ky. It was only the long hours of
confinement ia hia studio, and
probably lack of proper feeding
and the right amount ot sleep,
that made him look rather pale
and thin. . r - '-
. Ho had bronte hair with a wave
la It. cut rather short, as though
ho were ashamed ot Its tendency
to curl. His brown eyes that were
attractively deepset could sparkle
into gaiety or look somber, ac
cording to his mood, or serious
and thoughtful. His lashes and
brows were dark : and thick. . He
had a tine, open forehead.
Rather a square face, and a de
cidedly square chin. A good, man
ly sort ot nose, straight in profile.
Full face, there was a small hint
of flattery on the bridge that did
not detract from his appearance.
"A flgnter! thought Luana.
She smiled approvingly to herself.
HO must have road her' thought,
or seen her look, for he remarked,
grinning. "I've done a bit of box
ing in my day. Got my nose bat
tered about a bit."
fSwell. .Why shouldn't an art
ist be a veal he-man?" she coun
tered. -'.:' : ri.
"An - architect, he : corrected
her. v ,
- "Same thing, only more - prac
tical," she averred. "I think it's
marvellous to - dream 7 aad plan
buildings that will put fresh beau
ty into a city."- --
"That's my ambition," Jte said
quickly, hia eyes lighting up. Lu
ana had put candles on tho table
by
BUY CHRISTIE
yellow candles that matched
tho tablecloth. His eyes glowed in
their light. -
He has a charming voice--she
thought and even if he does
come from the South, there Isn't
any flattery on his tongue for
women. i.
That was to the good. Never
again, she told herself, would she
trust idle compliments from a
man particularly at a first 'Meet
ing, as with Gerald on tho train.
The thought of him was like a
damper on a mood that had grown
lighter than it had been for many.
many days.
It this boy with all his candor
knew. ! - -j :
But he was nothing but a 'ship
passing in the night. She would
probably never aee him again.
He was lonely, too. He told her
so, naively, but apparently with
no ulterior motive. j
I ve really nad no time Or op
portunity to make friends'- he
confessed, adding honestly, Hnor
funds sufficient to entertain in
town. You know it's differeht'and
easier in the South.' ,
"More friendly? At least ) one
meets people more readily?'
"That's so. Not that I mind, I'm
awfully busy.
"You work long hours?! she
asked. I
"All day. And often half
the
night. I've an awful lot to learn
he said humbly.
"But you must bo good
you won a scholarship? You
when
must
know a great deal about
ing?" -
draw-
I
"Only enough to know how. lit
tie I do know. To be a really food
arcnuect takes a lifetime.
She said, impulsively; "I'm cra
sy about drawing. Practical istuff.
I mean. If yon design buildings
temples of beauty my pet ambi
tion is to bo a erackerjack clothes
designer." . .: 1 j
She. had half expected hint to
pooh-pooh this, but ho seemed In
terested immediately. J 1
"That's another way ot putting
beauty into the world. If one! has
a tree hand, one can do beautiful
work.?
"One has to have
sense," said Luana.
cioihes
His brown eyes unconsciously
went to the simple, dark
dress she was wearing. -
blue
' She laughed. She had read' his
thought. "You're wrong, she
said. 'This Isn't my handiwork."
; "But you're s dress designer,
are yon not?" ' : I I -
- "Nothing so Important. I J .
: He looked qnestlonlngly at far.
Ho was shy. He thought it might
sound rude to ask her profession.
Probably she was on tho stage?
Sho was lovely enough, certainly. J
Yon belong in New York??
"No." (Forget California.! Ner-
er speak of where she had come
from. Cover her traces.) J t
She pushed the salad bowl; to
wards him, insisted that he have
a second helping. IN
; "Yon made this yourself?: .It's
awfully good. My mother Is a
splendid cook and a great hand at
this sort ot thing, but I don't
think I ever tasted such fine dres
sing.",- - ; - ,. .- ' i i
She poured him more cot f eef'
J She waa glad to see him eat.
Extraordinary about that fainting
spent She would bring it np later.
He returned to her avowed ora
bltion. "Are you attending classes
at that well-known ' w o m an s
school of deslgnf -y -:-v
"You mean over on Lexington
Avenue? Not yet. I hadnt had
time yet Sho checked herself.
Best Jiot let him know that she
had been barely more than a week
la New York City. He might ask
awkward suestlons. ; '
. "I'm a model on the House i of
Quackenbush on Fifth Avenue,"
she told him. : I
"Is that a clothes house? . j
. ."Yes. One of the tiptop ones. I
was lucky to get in." ; '
By. HARK
WASHINGTON Feb. 1 Mr.
RoeUaS IdTu the .u-
- .-f ni k lacnssed on
"v"" v' TZ - -r
tnanv a naae. w
newspaper, boox
and. Congression
al Record; and
for many year.
orations will bo
delivered over It,
fierce .argu
ments m ado
about it. All this
will provide
much - illumina
tion and some
, Kara aainTss eutertainm e n
- av
t tha millions who will et their
information from second-hand re
citals and debates or from u
nrinted word all these will have
massed something that was pris
tine in Mr. Roosevelt's own ren
dition. That was heard by only
ahont a hnndred men! newspaper
writers; and each of them, to the
derre he haa imagination ana
sense ot drama, should go to his
grave knowing ho saw and neara
omethlnr anlaue that other men
had not the privilege of experi
encing.
We converged at I the White
house for the usual Friday fore
noon ureas .conference. In ' the
outer office, where the newspaper
men wait, there waa! aa air or
subdued stir. First comers told
late comers that something excit
ing was afoot. Tho President had
in his inner office members of his
cabinet, and the vice president.
and the two democratic leaders in
the senate and bouse, and the two
chairmen of the senate) and house
Judiciary committees, presence ot
the Judiciary chairman suggested
that legislation was being brew-
ad, and that it would be the par
ticular typo ot legislation that the
judiciary committee has charge
of legislation having to do with
the courts. Yet no newspaper
man, so far as I gossiped with
them, guessed what it turned out
to be. Mr. Roosevelt had kept
his secret, had m an a g e d to
achieve dramatic surprise; and
this undoubtedly pleased him.
Presently the congressional
leaders and others came out from
Mr. Roosevelt's office. To news
paper men who waylaid " them,
they merely said the President
was going to make a I statement.
They said it hurriedly, not stop
ping as they walked, and went on
out. They would not "spill" Mr,
Roosevelt's sensation; they could
well know he would not like it if
they did.
In a minute or two tho newspa
jer men were summoned into the
President's office. lie had -
slight, but only a very slight.
manner of strain; and; this disap
peared entirely when he got Into
the stride of doing what he ever
lastingly enjoys doing. Ho said
he had important news. My notes
do not show, and I eannot recall
whether ho told ns in the begin
ning Just what the news was going
to be about. I do not know which
would have been the best dramat
ic tecnnique, whether to drop a
preliminary duo. or to let the
sensation dawn on ns.! I Imagine
the latter is, in these clrcumstan
ces, the better technique. x Which
ever is tho better Is undoubtedly
what Mr. Roosevelt did he has
as sure an instinct for dramatic
construction as any playwright.
Anyhow, he aaid he was sending a
message to congress and he would
read it to us. He said that mimeo
graphed copies of it) would be
ready at the door when we left,
but first he would read it to us.
The reader ot this despatch will
at this point ask why. If the mes
sage was to be read in congress
within an hour or so why was
not congress the place where the
news was, and why should Mr.
Roosevelt first read It to the
newspaper men? And again, why,
if we were going within a few
minutes . to have mimeographed
copies why should Mr. Roosevelt
spend a valuable -halt hour of
presidential time reading it to us?
The answer is that Mr. Roose
velt knows the best possible use
ot a half hour of presidential 'time
Is to do Just what ho did. By read
ing It he could put tho emphasis
on the points ho wished empba
slsed, and in all respects keep.
within his own control: the first
impression on the minds ot these
ho would, to a degree; determine
the first presentation In newspa
pers and thereby tho first impact
on tne public mind.
Modern politicians and modern
statesmen . know that!- much ot
their art Is exercised ! through
waves of public emotion start
ing them, stopping them, divert
ing them, substituting waves they
desire in place of waves they do
not desire. Mr. Roosevelt knows
this condition . better than most
men;, and he is master of the art
to a degree not equalled by any
living public man. In his talk to
the newspaper' men he was about
How did yon manage that?
he Inquired. Ho added hastily:
"Not that I mean to be Inquisi
tive." - v- i
Okay. She smiled at him. She
liked his boyish shyness, his sen
sitiveness, it was such a contrast
to Gerald Bruton! 1 -"I
won s competition." '.
He looked puzzled. !
"In amateur dress designing?'
, "No. In walking across a stage
and out on a runway, wearing all
kinds of gowns. Does that sound
silly?" - :: 1
Not at all. He wasn't tuh
prised that she had won a compe
tition, because of her ! b e a a t y
watch was obvlons. But she-was
so used ' to compliments that any
tribute from him must sound ba
aal. he thought. - I - -
"It was ot the Hotel SansoucL
A fashion show for charity. -
: "But you won't let it rest at
that? I mean, in yonr spare time
way not go to that school of de
sign? I do think it's a shame not
to develop a talent or ambition,
ae eagerly ventured. -
She smiled., "Maybe I shalL
-Ti m. fairly good on line, r Per
haps in my own way I could help j
you a bit, if you'd allow me, he
suggested. It struck Luana how
entirely e hanged ho was from tho
TU,0, 3, h "f"
Wtodow on tU9
track of Chou-Chou. .
ITo Bo Continued.) ;
C17S
SULL1VA1.
I to begin an attempt to line up
I proposal, and he waa willing to
I .v nalnaf aVInr i car that
car that the
i o ,
launching of the proposal should
be Just as he wsnted it to be.
He read - ns the message. He
read, as the terminology of muslo
puts it, fConamore, with empha
sis where he wished emphasis to
be put. j Possibly X over empha
size when I say that Mr. Roose
velt's motive tor reading his mes
sage to the newspaper men was to
get it out Just as he wished it to
sheer pleasure- he took in the
reading.' an almost voluptuous
pleasure la being dramatic. He
read It with gusto and test, with
the enjoyment of an artist in his
creation. As ho read, and as he
sensed the sensation he was mak
ing upon the newspaper men, be
became humorous at points.
Where he read; in his text, that
In l SIS and nearby years, attor
ney v generals then in office hsd
'made a recommendation about
lower court Judges who reach the
age of 70, he told us in and aside
what was not in the text, namely,
that one of the attorney generals
who thus recommended was Mr,
McReynolds who is now himself
over 70 and a Justice of the su
preme court. That got a laugh.
From his text he read a quota
tion about elderly Judges, "They
seem to be. tanaclous of the appearance-
of adequacy." In. the
text that sentence merely stands
within quotation marks, without
saying from' whom It was taken.
Mr. Roosevelt, at he read it to us,
said that he would not tell ns who
said it. he would leave It to us to
find out. That was the best possi
ble wsy to achieve emphasis; it
would set the newspaper men to
finding out who said it. I imag
ine they will probably find It was
said by someone who himself lat
er became a Judge over 70-r-and
that discovery, printed in the
newspapers, ' will make another
point for Mr. Roosevelt.
Only once did there seem any
thing that 'would raise a question
of taste, and that was not so much
in. the text as in Mr. Roosevelt's
manner l of reading. When he
brought forward the question ot
aged or ! infirm Judges, and said
this was a subject for delicacy.
Mr. Roosevelt's voice had a tone
of Irony, which was not delicacy
at all. which Indeed might per
haps be subject to the charge of -
cruelty. '
About one point there will he a
world of surmise. Why this par
ticular timing ot the message? On
this, surmise might, readily go
wrong. Obviously the move was
not improvised. Obviously the
preparation of the message must
have taken weeks of the time ot
Mr. Roosevelt and of some of his
young satellites. Yet all the news
paper men know that Mr. Roose
velt in many of his actions takes
account of the element of tlmll
ness. He has often said so.
For sending this message' at
this time he might hare had any
one of several reasons. Possibly
it could ! have been to take the
limelight away from the danger
ous developments j lu Michigan,
possibly to influence those devel
opments, possibly as a warning to
the supremo court at the moment
when they are scheduled to con
sider tho Wagner Labor law. Pos
sibly he may have feared that in
formation about his plsns would
leak and spoil his sensation. Pos
sibly he may have felt that soma
other proposal about the supreme
court such aa the 7 to 2 nrooo-
sal or the proposal for change ot
the constitution might get too
much headway in congress unless
he put his own measure forward
now. -. j .
Ten Years Ago
February , 1027
'Representative Brlggs of
Ash
tbe land waa presented with
pen used by Govj Patterson in
signing bill providing for re
moval of county seat ot Jack
son county from Jacksonville to
Medford. 1
Y.W.CvA."1 drive I opened with
$7,000 goal, Mrs. William Kirk
president ot board and Mrs.
Walter L. Spaulding chairman of
team captains. I
Two new members of the Sa
lem Klwanla club . were Intro
duced at Tuesday's luncheon. J,
N. Chambers ot J. C. Penney Co.,
and- Frank Doerfler, field man
for First National bank.
Twenty Ycrs Ago
Febrmary , 1017 V. r
D. A. R. group fa Salem has re
ceived orders to organise for pos
sible service it U. S. should go to
war by Mrs. William Camming
Storey of -Washington.
-.. r - - " i- i
Warden Charles A. Murphy says
morale of prisoners at state pen
Itentiary Is lv per cent better
since fall. I
Torpedoing of liner California
may be construed as overt act that
will plunge nation into war.
Another Call Is Made
For Red Cross Relief
Fund to Aid Sufferers
8TAYTON. Feb. S Resident
here were advised axaln todar
of the urgent need for funds br
tho Red Cross to provide relief
to flood sufferers ia the midwest.
Mrs. Wendell Weddle renorted
that several additional donations
hare been received this week. j
Is .no house-to-honae canvass:
has been 1 planned contributions
may be left at tho Harvey Walker
home, the postofflce or the Wen
dell Weddle home.
Henry Barn Damaged,
ZENA. Feb. t Tho roof on
One ot tho barns on the Wavue
D. iTenrv i farm wm itnw he.
CUM load of snow. Mr.
Hnr had some owes and lam i
lla ono and or th. tra tn thrt
were not killed.