PAGE SIX
he OltEGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oreson, Friday Morning, Febnary 23, 1937
GDrcjsongitatemttatt
"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman. March 28. 1851 r
CHARLE3 A. S PRAGUE ' - - Editor and Publisher
:i THE STATESMAN- PUBLISHING CO. a
Charles A. Sprague, Pres. - - Sheldon P. Sackett, Secy. -
. I; Member of the Associated Press 1
The Associated Press la exclusively entitled te the see for public
tion c( all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited to .
this pnpet. . - , i. ,
;! Neutrality
Tt MANDATORY neutrality is
if I '4 peace campaign sponsored
. Hations of thecountry. As
in a' pamphlet on neutrality-policy circulated by the National
Council for Prevention of War:
will-definitely throw the influence of this country against
wari" But the weekly magazine. The Nation, asserts : "A sim
ple, common-sense analysis,
trality leads to war." This leaves the friends of peace disput
ing,; as seems -usual, among themselves over the road to
; follow.:".;-.... .'" ,
iWhat is the neutrality issue ? Proponents of a strict neu
trality policy begin with two assumptions, first that it is
vitally necessary to keep the United States, out of the "next
war"; second that the way to keep the country out is by a
policy of strict neutrality. At that point there is division of
opinion. Some say that congress should lay down a manda
tory policy applicable to all belligerents and to all civil wars.
The'Nye-Clark-Vandenberg bill provides for mandatory neu
trality. Others say that discretionary powers for tnvokdng
neutrality should be vested with the president. Their ideas
areismbraced in the Pittman bill, which is discussed in an
other column on this page by Dorothy Thompson.
i ln theory the policy of mandatory neutrality looks -as
though it would securely insulate us against being, involved
in war. It is interesting however to follow the reasoning of
The Nation respecting the fallacy of neutrality: "
..- "It Germany "were certain that England and America would
rejnaln aloof from the next international struggle, war would
perhaps be upon us already. The chief and unchanging purpose of
nazi foreign policy Is to neutralize Great Britain. With London
neutral and Washington indifferent, France or any other Tictlm
of Germany would be at the mercy of a sudden offensive. Such
neutrality as Is advocated by the American Isolationists has been
Hitler's greatest hope. . . Instead of wanting to have all coun
tries guarantee the peace, he urges that when hostilities break
out between two states, 'the other nations withdraw at once from
both sides . . . Germany marches Into Czecho-Slovakla. Russia,
France and England remain neutral. Germany f wins the war.
Next Germany violates Poland. The powers maintain -an Olymple
passivity. France's turn would be next and then England's. Neu
trality followed. to its natural and logical conclusion means the.
end of International law and the collapao of diplomacy. It is wind
in the sails of aggressors. -..;,,..--.. - . ; .
There is great force in this argument.) Ethiopia and
Spain are examples of one-sided neutrality j br of protest
feebly implemented. Miss Thompson points out practical de
fects in the working of even the measure for, discretionary
neutrality. ' . . , .. t . ' . . i ' . '
The objective to keep in mind is peace, world peace;
peace not on the basis of military conquest but on the basis
of reasonable justice. It is quite conceivable that neutrality
which cut off supplies to both sides in a war might work in
jury to the cause of peace with justice. -
Neutrality is a fine-sounding term; but we are doubtful
of the virtue of welding rigid bonds on the country in ad
vance of knowledge' of the concrete circumstances. The neu
trality advocates, of course, claim that is the only way to pre
serve a neutrality ; but on the whole the United States has
shown pretty good sense in its decisions relating to foreign
wars. The discussion will at least reveal the fact that enthus
, iasms are not always reliable guides in the writing of legis
lation. Neutrality needs, to be viewed from all angles before
the nation binds itself to rigid policies. 1 ' ..
Pensions
THE action of the house yesterday in passing a bill to re
duce the minimum age of pensions to 65 and to increase
the pension to $30 a month is law-making by blind-staggers
method. It spends the money, far in excess of sums avail
able, without providing revenues to supply the money. The
state-might do that for a biennium; after that the deluge.
Pensions are a continuing and increasing burden. There
should be no step toward such vast increase of the pension
costs without accompanying revenue legislation. The state
has already rejected a sales tax for the purpose.
For years the effort of governors and of legislative lead
ers has been to get the state on a sound financial basis so it
can assume the increased burdens of social security. The
tfarimediate enactment of the house bill would pretty well
wreck the treasury which by sacrifice and effort has been
put in good order.
Social security and pensions are not automatic They do
cot come by printing paper money, at least for the state and
county share. The cost must come out of taxes. Security for
the aged means added sacrifice to those of all other classes,
by increasing their taxes. The legislature in its compassion
for the overloaded taxpayer has already passed a law to lift
the burden of penalty and interest on delinquents, thus rec
ognizing that the taxpayer needs a share in "social security"
himself. .-; ' -Vt:-! -
The federal law does not require lowering the age until
1940. In its present financial situation Oregon should wait
another two years before taking on this burden. Not only is
the state hard pressed to meet its present obligations, the
counties are many of them in worse position. Where would
they go for revenues to meettheir share? -: f ;
The pressures on legislators are tremendous. But they
have a responsibility to preserve the credit of the state and
, the counties even against their sympathies; with the aged.
Otherwise all classes will be injured in the ensuing crash. .
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Loose Joints I
MADAME PERKINS is said to be considering a bill which
would set up maximum hours and minimum wages for
all industry, and fix requirements for-working condi
tions to protect health, insure flexibility so that certain in
dustries might have codes of their own, and provide so the
federal government would be able to control the new in
dustrial standards; - r. :f
This is a much more sensible approach; to the problem
than the blue eagle method of General Johnson where by
bass drum and trumpet the public was exhorted, to accept a
minute system of industrial regulation. This paper recognizes
that national problems should be dealt with in a national way.
The fedaral government however ought not to undertake to
govern the minutiae of economic life, because ultimately, the
scheme breaks down because of rigid bureaucracy. One ad
vantage of the federal system has been the loose joints that
have permitted expansion. We ought not to dstroy all that in
cur zeal to strike down admitted evils. , . r .
Valley Vision r
TTjtRIENDS of the project for the development of the Wfl
V lamette Valley, assembled at the Salem chamber of com
merce and put punch into the plan which , contemplates
flood control, navigation, irrigation and power development
for this area. Without vision the people perish ; and measured
by the vision cf the &peakers st the Thursday meeting the
lansvity of the people resident here is assured. .
Of course this valley is capable of supporting many more
thousands cf peopla; and capable cf giving better support for
thcz9 who live here now. The collective activity of govern
ment and local ancies is needed in the larger, phases of the
C reject. Bat there is need also for energetic effort on the
and Peace j
the demand of the emergency
by the leading peace organiz-
Florence Brewer Boeckel says
"Only mandatory legislation
however, must show that neu
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Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
David Leslie: z-25-17
Eight among many
notable things make
his name memorable . here: " ' !
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- The writer, speaking by invi
tation on the life of David Left1
lie at the founders' day meet
ing of .the Leslie Parent-Teacher
association on Wednesday eve
ning ' la -the library of that
school's - fine building, said that
he relied mainly for facta on
what was printed In the Bits for
Breakfast column for the Issues
of April 12, IS and 14 and May
12. 1932. '
He . opened with a summary
showing, eight . facts that entitle
Leslie's name to enduring tame,
thus: " . ;
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1. First civil . officer of the
United States west of the Rock
ies. ;;--:r
2. Presided at the Feb. 18,
1841, meeting where the provis
ional government was formed
and launched. '
3. Was the administrator that
settled . the Ewing ; Young estate.
" 4. Prepared the oath for par
ticipation in the July 5, 1843,
meeting at Champoeg. :
. 5. Was one of the ; committee
calling the meeting that founded
the school that became W 111am
ette university. r -
6. Was present at ' the found
ing meeting and became, a mem'
ber of its board of trustees and
was chosen president of that
board and so remained until the
day of his death, 27 rears and
one month later.
7. He named Salem.:
- 8. He had charge of the mis
sion . while Jason Lee went for
and returned with the Lausanne
Party
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David Leslie, was born in New
Hampshire. Most historians hare
put- the time of . his birth in
the year 1797. The lettering on
his tombstone In the Odd Fel
lows, cemetery, Salem, reads:
"In memory of Rev. David Les
lie, pioneer missionary ; to Ore
gon in 1837. Faithful in Ufa, he
died in peace March 1, 18 9.
aged 71 rears." This places his
birth in ' the year 179S.
According to George H. Hlmea
of the Oregon Historical society,
the maiden ; name of the first
Mrs. Leslie was Mary-A. Kinney.
The date of her death was Feb
ruary l, 1841. Lettering on her
tombstone shows that she was
married at 17. - -
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She was a sister of the mother
of Rev. Bradford K. Pierce, one
of the most ; eminent preachers
and writers of Boston, long edi
tor of Zlon's Herald of that city.
Rev. Leslie, hit wife and three
daughters came from :cIem,
Mass;, on the ship Sumatra that
sailed from Boston Jan. 20. 1837,
arriving -at Fort Vancouver, via
Cape Horn, Sept. 7, 1837; about
seven months a VERY short
trip, for the period. -
' Tbey were with the party
known aa the third group of
missionaries of the Jason Lee
mission. With the second group
had 'come Elvira Johnson, teach
er. With the third group was
Rer. H. K. W. Perkins: they
were engaged, and on their mar
riage they were housed with the
Leslie family, at the old iaisslon.
By that ttime the log houses
at the mission were full to over
flowing with missionary preach
ers, workers, laborers and In
dian children, and so Jason Lee
bought the. claim of a French
Canadian settler with a native
wife near by, and the Johnsons
and Leslies lived together.
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Early m 18 SS Jason Lee, on
the suggestion of Dr. McLough
lin, named David Leslie Justice
of the peace. Thus he became
the first ' civil officer of the
United States west of the Rock
ies. .. -
That spring, when Lee started
east for more reinforcements, a
journey that resulted In the
coming of the Lausanne party
in 1840, he left Leslie in charge
of the mission In his place.
.
In December. 1838, the Les
lie house at the mission was
burned. Rer. and Mrs. Perkins
had by this time cone to the
branch ' mission at Wascopam
(The Dalles), and the Leslies
moved into .other houses, includ
ing one across the Willamette
on the claim of James H. O'Neal,
afterward Wheatland. Also the
old mission hospital, finished In
1840. ..
Late in 1842. Rer. Leslie start
ed to go to the Sandwich Islands
on the ship Chenamus. taking
his five half orphan daughters.
Intending to send, them to their
mothers : people in Massachu
setts, to be educated.
In the meantime, Cornelius
Rogers had severed his connec
tion with the Whitman mission
and come to the -' Willamette
valley. He had fatten In love
With the eldest Leslie daughter.
Satire, aged 15, and he followed
the famUy on the Chenamus, se
cured the consent of the father,
and they were married on that
vessel before It reached Astoria.
All the histories say Satire
begged her father that she might
take back to the valley with
them Helen and Aurella. the two
youngest daughters: -that this
was done, and that ; the father
went ' on to Honolulu with the
other two, .'Mary and - Sarah,
where they ware put to school.
Sarah died, in 'Honolulu and
Mary later returned to her fa
ther here. , ' .
v Mr. ' and- Mrs. Rogers - having
part of individuals to improve their own situations. If each
farmer lays ont sound plans and pursues them; If each bus
iness man plans for the expansion of his business; if each
manufacturer labors for the extension -of his markets -then
progress is assured. Reliance on big federal appropriation
should not stop individual proprietors from effort to do some
developing on their own projects.
Pres. Baxter, facing- a piece of cherry pie on Washington's birth
day: My, rm glad Washington didn't chop down a prune tree.
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CHAPTER XXVn
"Look here. Luana" he bit
his lip perplexedly "yoa-'re an
gry with me and I don't blame
yon one bit. You've got to hear
what happened right from the
beginning. It's been one of those
unlucky evenings- a general mix
up. Neither of us has been really
to blame. Let me explain it.
: He steered her to the right of
the gardens, away - from the
tables and the orchestra and the
crowd. A - path ; led under .the
trees here, . with the ; moonlight
fUigreeing through the branch
es. It had rained that . morning
very heavily, and the fragrance
of green, growing ; things ming
led with Lu ana's perfume.
. The blood raced through his
veins as he looked at her, felt
her nearness, so that he had a
mad impuluse to take her into
his arms.
But she said now. coolly, cas
ually: "There's nothing to ex
plain except that I was unable
to keep my appointment,"
. He Ignored that. Just as though
he had a sixth sense and intu
itively knew that she was seek
ing to salve her pride that he
bad wounded, by an assumption
of indifference.
: "Am I said before, Luana, my
dock stopped at foui this after
noon, and I simply didn't : re
alise it till after six-thirty, which
was a good hour after our ap
pointment. As a matter "of fact,
I'd have had to 'phone you any
way, because the. Job I'd under
taken for Fitch' A Sumner, the
advertising agents on West 46th
street, took a darned sight long
er than I'd expected.
i Would he speak of Mrs. Van-
daveer coming to his- studio?
She couldn't bear.lt if he tried
to hide that '. . :
She told herself that she loath
ed Mrs. Vanada veer, who could
purr so smoothly fa front of the
met, and yet unnoticed by
them probably, since men were
gullible reach . out and sire
an ; opponent aa unwarrantable
scratch. V " -
How dare she cattily bring up
the Question, of Mr. Quackenbush
la connection . with this gownT
It was as though she conveyed
plainly to "Handsome" that "Lu
ana's only a poor little model!"
Not that . she .. cared, : since
Handsome knew she worked.
and must hare known this gown
was from, the shop,' since she
had ' walked straight from the
House of Quackenbush into his
car. .
It was the motive that Infuri
ated her, so she told herself,
putting a highlight on the wom
an's character. But If Luana 's
feeling were analysed,- the truth
was she loathed see In r; Mrs. van-
daveer with Jimmy. . She remem
bered now the long session they
had had In the conservatory at
the cocktafl-party! - 4
Money attracted him, or was
she; mistaken?
decided to lire In Oregon . City,
went down the river. In a boat
manned by Indians from . the
old mission, the writer believes.
The water was high. The boat
got ; loose above the Willamette
falls and went ever them, and
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were
drowned, also : her little sister;
Aurella. youngest of the family,
and Nathaniel Crocker of' the
1842 Immigration and two of
the Indian boatmen.
t (Continued tomorrow)
"LUXURY MODEL" .iu
Beacon Light
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Then she remembered - how
"Handsome's" talk about his
yacht and the proposed trip had
fascinated her even against her
will. And she felt ashamed. Who
was she to condemn anyone?
Jimmy continued: "Just aa I
put the last stroke to my draw
ing, the buzzer rang, Luana, and
I thought maybe it was you; that
you had come early from the
shop, for I was under the Im
pression that it was only about
five. It was Mrs. Vandareer,
however. I couldn't ' show her
the door when she'd been so niee
to us, now could IT I couldn'tH
offend her when when she's so
fond of you " He broke off
lamely, and a flush rose to his
face, because he suddenly re
membered the emotional moment
in her penthouse at the end of
dinner, when she had risen from
her chair and come round to his
end of the table, and had off
ered to-be an inspiration to him
in his work.
"Of course you couldn't offend
her. Yon wouldn't want to offend
her." Luana said meaningly.
He Ignored that He went on:
"She'd only been In the place
about a quarter of an hour, look
ing at my stuff, when suddenly
I realized how the light was fad
ing, and I looked at the clock,
and saw , It had stopped, and I
asked her what time it was. and
she said six-thirty or thereabouts,
and oh! boy! was I annoyed! I
could have kicked myself!"
His voice was so earnest, she
had to believe him. .
But not show It yet. "So what
then?" she Inquired frigidly.
"She knew the drawing had to
be delivered not later than sev
en, if I was to be paid. She of
fered to run me there in her car.
but first of all I got the chauf
feur to drive round te your place.
hoping to . explain things to
you-" - '
"So she saw where I lire?"
Luana was annoyed that the
Question had escaped her. for
why should she be . ashamed of
the tumble-down house in the
Tillage? What did it matter what
Mrs. .Vandareer might think?
"We'd a lot of trouble finding
the -alley, but we did get there
finally, Luana ( and. I dashed up
stairs, only to find nobody home.
"What time was that?, she
asked Inqulsltorlally; -
"A few minutes before seven,
I Imagine."
"Then Yvonne and Armand
were in the apartment,
He aald: "That's fu. ny. No
one answered my knock. It fair
ly echoed through the. old house,'
Luana. Had they been there.they
must have heard it." - .
There waa a pause. She was
embarrassed. ; TImmy , must - be
drawing his own conclusions.
Why did she -live with a girl like
Yvonne D-?,
He continued! "We drove to
Fitch St Sumners tn a gosh-aw-tul
hurry. It waa tea after sev
en when we arrived, but lueklly
the elesnfn? woman still waa
there, and let me In, and I left
the drawing. ?
Afterwards,' : Mrs. Vandareer
had me drive home with her. I
couldn't do less, when she'd been
so kind. She suggested sending
Lewie that's the chauffeur
with a note to yon, in which I
askert you' to get tn touch .with
me. but he came. back and aald
there was no answer. So I dined
there."
"Yon did?" - .s v
"Sheshe . awfully de
cent.' Luana. - 8he had Wallace
Briscoe, head - of the committee
of the school, come ever after
dinner and meet me. - He was
about to tell ?er o th denou
mt t- i"inc. vl Bris
coe had assure.! him that the ex
change to Paris was as good as
settled, but with Luana walking
alongside him looki" "ovely,
so utterably desirable : : he
couldn't for the life of him get
the. words out. -
He didn't want to go to Paris!
He realized .that miserably. He
felt wretched - about it.
If only that infernal clock hat
not stopped at four p. m.l
On trifles hinge the . turn of
fate!
"So then yon .brought Mrs.
Vandareer out here "
"She'd been -pectins to come
with her husband, Luana. but
he waa detained."
" Her lip curled sceptically. How
green he was, as presumably
most men were, where a beau
tiful" woman was concerned!
She said aloud: "So you're be
coming quite a squire of pretty
ladies, Jimmy!"
No one could see them at the
moment, but if they had, he
wouldn't care. He aald breath
lessly: "Luana, yon've got to
understand! It's only you you
YOU! I don't give a rap for
Mrs. Vandareer!" He drew her
into his arms and kissed her
passionately.
"Jimmy oh, don't! Why. Jim
my, I I wasn't Jealous! Honest
I wasn't!" breathed Luana.
"You darling!" He kissed her
mouth, her eyes, her hair.- her
throat that was like the stem of
a flower. "Then I was Jealous!
Frightfully Jealous of that Ca
rew feUow!"
He kissed her again, held her
close to his heart, .
'Jimmy my orchids- you're
crushing them!" But her very
soul was singing."
He loved her. He must, love
her. His emotion was real, not
leignea. v
What did "Handsome" and his
money, matter, what did anything
la the world matter, now that
the one man who really counted
held her In his arms and whis
pered words of love to her? This
was heaven on earth!
Tell me yon feel even a little
bit the' way I do? Say it, Luana!
Put your arms around me!"
"Why, Jimmy!
8he could nave ehouted It
aload her lore she could have
wept with sheer happiness.
I didn't know yon cared. Yon
gave no hint of it"-
"Luana, I didnt know myself
I didn't understand anything
tin this evening till Just now
when I saw yon . on the dance
noor with that man!"
She gave a little throbbing
laugh, ;
'Why him?" There was happy
scorn In her rolee. -
'He's nothing to you, Luana?
I couldn't bear.lt If he was any
thing to you!" In a su-.-t of
moonlight she saw ; his lips
tremble.-' '. '
"Nothing In the world. Jimmy.
This; Is the very first time I've
ever gone out with him." v
"The way he held you, Luana,
on the dance-floor oh, forglre
me. I dont know what I'm say-
ling. I'm a fool!"
"You're not. You're a darling!"
she breathed la his ear.
Her nearness, . the throbbing
loveliness In his arms, was an
intoxication, but it waa all mixed
an with the spiritual as their
llpe met in a long kiss. ,r--
"We're Insane. Jimmy! We re
quite mad!". But for the Uf of
her she could "not leave his
armsi She only wanted to get
closer, closer, never to be apart.
Through the Spring nights.
dreaming of Jimmy in the divan
In her living room, she had been
waiting, waiting for this divine
moment.. . :---;t- V;'
The orchestra had stopped
playing. Jtbout them sighed the
trees,- as though giving them a
blessing. Locked together, they
were part and parcel of the beau
ty and the passion of a Spring
night. - -
She had her ' arms about his
neck, and now one slim hand
moved to . caress his hair. Often
she had wanted to run her flag-
to; MqCGZQ.
By DOROTHY THOMFSOIl
TT Is expected . that I some time
I this week the Pittman . resolu
tion will be favorably reported
out of the For
eign Affairs
Committee of
the Senate. : Un
der its. terms
war-t 1 m e com
merca - is rigged
in favor of the
g r e at monopo
lies. Internation
al industries and
1 n-tt) r national
banking houses,
Oeretkr Thempeee againsi me
smaller manufacturer, who keeps
his capital and employs his labor
at home. . - The bill also will ex
tend Jto the President the very
great power . of deciding what,
anywhere in ? the world, consti
tutes a state of war. whether in
ternational or civil, thereupon
giving him enormous control
over our foreign trade. The bill,
furthermore, definitely favors, tn
war time, that country, or those
countries which can control the
seas, extending to it or to them
special privileges which other bel
ligerents cannot ' enjoy. It also
extends: special privileges to those,
nations, or their nationals who
hold credits in this country, or
operate Industries or exploit nat
ural resources here. The bill Is
called a Neutrality law and is de
signed to keep ; ns ; out of war.
This colnmn submits that its
measure Jiave nothing to do with
neutrality, and that it Is extreme
ly likely to serve exactly the op
posite purpose for which it Is de
signed. . . : .
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; The bill . contains four major
provisions. (1) In case the Pres
ident decides that a state of war,
international or civil exists any
where, he may forbid the ship
ment of arms or implements of
war from this country, and pre
vent loans of money to either bel
ligerent. . (2) He may extend the
embargo to any other articles or
materials considered .essential to
the conduct of war, such as cot
ton, steel, ; copper, . or, presum
ably,' even . food, except as they
are paid for In this country, and
a. a a.
Ialt right and interest in them
transferred from American to oth-
"cash and carry" clause. (8)
Anything which the President
may define as contraband can be
banned from American ships, dur
ing war. And, finally, (4) Amer
ican nationals cannot depend
upon the protection of the United
States government if they travel
In danger tones.
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Now, what .does this bill act
ually mean .in practice? First of
all. It means that we are flag
rantly reversing the attitude ex
pressed In the Kellogg pact,
which denounces aggression. We
the greatest, strongest single na
tion on earth, announce by infer
ence that' there is no such thing
aa fright" or Vwrong" and no
such thing ns International moral
ity. In advance of all possible hos
tilities, we , perform . the greatest
Pontius Pilate act In history. We
say by Inference that morally
speaking. It is a matter of com
plete indifference to this country
whether a large and strong na
tlon deliberately overruns a weak
one; the attacked la a belligerent
as well as the attacker, and we
shall furnish arms to neither' of
them, and possibly no food or
basic raw materials, either.
e
But then we qualify that atand
of dubious morality. We say that
we wlU sell goods to anybody who
can come and get them. .That will
mean in practice that we will sell
goods to anybody who can control
the high seas. That means. In the
field of realistic politics, that as
matters stand today, we will sell
goods to Great Britain. Tomor-
ers through the copper sheen of
It, She felt Jimmy tremble as
she tonehed it. Short-cropped as
he kept it, and sleeked resolutely-
back, a loosened lock
curled round her finger like-a
live thing, so that she seemed
to feel a little shock of electri
city.
"Jimmy, we're chemically suit
ed. Do you know It?" She drew
back with, a nervous laugh.
"We're suited la every way
that God meant a man and
woman to ho suited. Luana. It
it came on me like a shock.
"Yea love me. Jimmy? . Yon
really do lore - me?" came the
eternal - woman's :' question. v
He pulled her- back Into his
arms. - ;-4-v---- .,.- .; ,
"You belong here, Luana. For
ever. Do you understand that?"
he said hoarsely. "You're mine."
"Masterful - Jimmy!" She
laughed happily. "Are yon al
ways " so , dictatorial?"
"!rve never been In lore be
fore, my darling. And you?" .
"Never!" she said passionately.
and quite truly, even though the
disturbing vision of Gerald Bre
ton rose, before her. Thrust that
vision back. Shut him forever
from her! Here was her real
sweetheart, her only . lore.
"men you care for me. Lu
ana? Tell me. I ache to hear It.
She put her - two arms round
his neck and whispered In his
earr "Jimmy, I love you."
The wind sighed In the trees.
and In the warmth of the night'
there was a faint humming of
cricketa.lt mingled with the dis
tant hum of conversation at the
supper tables, and now and then
a man's or : a woman's - rolee
would ring out tn a laugh. "
Time was not. Hew long they
stood there, close in eeach other's
arms. Jimmy and . Luana never
knew. The Isolation of their
Lsouls . was bridged In a dtlne
love, which Is the language of
eternity. ,.: ..V- ;
"Nothing will ever come be
tween us?" whispered Luana.
her head. on his shoulder, .which
waa the one place In the world
It was meant to be.
"Never, my sweetheart. In
never let yon go. No matter what
happens, you're mine for keeps."
He put his lips to her hair and
revelled In Its perfume.
The orchestra broke Into the l
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row, perhaps, Germany and Rus
sia will make a great combina
tion, b a 1 1 d tremendous navies,
and set out to conquer the world:
anything at all Is possible. And In
that case It will mean that we
wlU sell goods to them. Or It ma
mean that two warring countries, .
let us eay. Great Britain and Ger
many, are contending for the con
trol of the high seas, and both ;
buying goods in our ports. That
will mean that they may be blow
ing up each other's ships Just out
side our harbors or Inside them!
The President may forbid Am
erican nationals, to engage In al
most any form of trade from this
country, but the bill exempts non
Americans doing business in this .
country. This means that although
we may embargo oil to any bel
ligerent, British companies who
own oil fields here or cotton plan
tations can sell oil or cotton to"
any one they choose. It 'will also,
in all probability, mean that Ger
mans, French, and others will set
about purchasings oil fields here,
as well as other sources of neces
sary raw materials. The possible
complications arising from this
baffle : the; Imagination. Great
Britain can have here a Rio Tinto
as she has in Spain, or Germany
a Mannesmann works, as she has
in-Morocco, and in time of war
both of them can be furnishing
their owujcountrles from our soil.
And if we confiscate their hold
ings, what then? Will that help
to make everything , hotsy totsy?
The President can forbid any Am
erican national to lend money to
any belligerent government or
person,, but he cannot prevent
foreign nationals with money in
this country from spending It
here to help their own side.-And
there sre billions of foreign mon
ey here at this moment.
e . :
Under this bill the President
ean prevent John Smith, who has
a aingle oil -well In Texas, from
selling oil to Spain, or Russia, or
Great Brltalnfor any other coun
try which happens to be engaged
at any moment In war, but he
cannot prevent (he great Amer
ican oil companies, with fields
and refineries all over-the world
In Persia, Mexico, Venezuela,
the Dutch East Indies or In Ru
maniafrom selling oil to any
one thsy please, and making tre
mendous profits, with which to
come home from the wars and
force the little fellows, whom the
war has impoverished, tnto bank
ruptcy. Under this bill Interna
tional Nickel, which Is Incorpor
ated In Canada, but has n huge
majority of American capital, can
do all the business It likes. So,
for Instance, can Anaconda cop
per. General Motors, which owns
a majority of the stock in the
German Opel works, can go on
manufacturing trucks for the
German army, as it is doing at
this moment, not in Detroit, but
In Germany. The bill Is an invita
tion to American capital to dis
tribute itself around the world.
If one grants the thesis that our
entrance Into -the ' last war waa
exclusively caused by American
financial 1 n t e r e s t s i thesis
which Is a great deal too simple
except for the simple-minded
how Is this bill going to prevent
American capital from having aa
Intere3t in the next war as well?
e . -e. e
The bill is in direct contradic
tion to the policy of Mr. Cordell -Hull,
who is doing everything la
his power to foster normal Inter
national trade, and - Is opposing
the self-sufficiency program of
Germany, on the ground that ec
onomic self-sufficiency encour
ages war! But If other countries
adopted bills similar to this, what
would bo left for countries poor
In raw materials and foreign ex
change except to copy and extend
the German program!
e ;. '
We can tie up our hands all
we please, fa an attempt to predi
cate the next war on the history
of the last, a history, incidentally,
which recent Interpretations have
both clarified and befuddled. But
whatever we do will generate
counter-policies in other coun
tries. They are not altogether stu
pid; they are also motivated by
self-interest. I have suggested
what some of their counter-policies,
may, be. And there will be
others, such as the storage of vsst
amounts of food and materials,
with . resultant economic disloca
tions, and the opening up of new
sources ef raw materials, which
will mlliUte against our Interests,
The bill Is badlr named. It
should be. called: Aa Act to en
courage autarchy, declare our al
liance with whomever at the mo
ment has the biggest navy, . and
fester International finance cap
italism at the cost of the small
fellows at home.
CeeyrlfBt, im, New TerTc THfcse. Tee.
? Ten Years Ago
Thomas B. Kay. state treasur
er, wlU bo speaker at the Mon
day noon luncheon of Salem
Chamber of Commerce.
Edward F. AverilL state some
warden, received notice from
Washington suggesting the ne
cessity of - reducing, the number
of ducks killed annually.
Willamette Bearcats tied for
northwest conference title with
Whitman after defeating Pacific.
Twenty Yctrs Afjo
February 2. 1S1T
Ida - M. Tar bell, noted social
worker, publicist and economist
says bund a community hospital
in recent talk to manager Ivan
MeDanlel of Salem Commercial
club. "
Guest Day observed br Salem
Woman's club. Dr. Frank Cause.
head of m us to . department of
Willamette, gave organ recitaL
Oregon canneries will have tn
a few years an output one third
as urge at that of California
establishments, according to W.
u. -Allen, manarer of Hunt
I Brothers cannery.