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"ATo Foror Sways Us; No Fear Shall Ate eT
- From First Statesman. ,March 28, 1881
Charles A. Sprague
Editor and Publisher
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS ;
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, March IE, 1937 ; r
They've Grown Too Big For Pop-Guns
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.! r ;
Charlea A. Sprague. Pres. -j - - Sheldon F. sacxew,
Tr Associated Pr is c'-'7 r. "T othirwlii credited la
Uoa cf all nw dispatches credited la tt or not otMrwi cro"
tntv paper.
Economic Recovery
L t?.. -t rurrent bus-
in recovery. George Soule, ioumaUst, in aarUcle in
March Harpers, credits consumer spending duced W
liberal distribution of money from the federal treasury
the effective agency for stimulating the upturn. It was not
revivalfclptS investment or of demand for heavy mdus
trvooda vhichstarted reemployment, but the buying by in
dies of food, clothing, dUjer
U1.u t i:s.r :wiiiri reversed the downward
and Conveniences ui ui.mby" ; raiainf
spiral of business. Devaluation was not. potent in rais ng
spiiai vx JM-a.f n ft counter-vailing :
SSS tojTSSS irnpo when the spending po.i
cies started. 1 J . i I '
As to the NRA Soule says, "Economic authorities are
now irTfairly complete agreement that this added little to re
7el, and in respects retarded It" The NRA pushed up
cSts too rapidly so.that sales fell off owing to lack of ade
quate purchasing power. It was the persistence of the Roose
velt administration in priming the pump by generous spend
ing which built up purchasing1 power which eventually
reached the heavy goods industries, now reporting excellent
business. ! ,
Mr. Soule ignores, we believe, certain psychological fac
tors. By the spring of 1933 deflation had proceeded far be
yond what was necessary for the curing of speculative ex
cesses. The coming of Mr. Roosevelt, his reassuring tone, his
hnd tmie effect UDon popular psy-
chology. The establishment of NRA had a stimulating effect
also in the public mind, tsince we prune nwu wa 41
.Anfimra tn ancniir normal srjendincr the NRA did
have a certain degree of efficacy. Even the anticipation of
inflation had similar effects on the public mind.
As to the future Mr. Soule thinks much unemployment
will disappear with revival of construction, which for the na-
tion as a whole is sun mucn Deiow normal, mere aiC.,,t"
nf sviii4 Uhor now in certain fields, mere wiu re-
main a labor surplus in derelict areas where declining indus-
tries are located, such as coal mines, cotton mi us in me norwu.
TLf-f Ha nnpmn nvAd have uiierea DsycnuiuK.cau suueva
from which they will not recover. So there is still need for re
lief and for the relocation and renaDiuiauon oi worKers. xc
will Hpncnrl considerablv on the relationship
of prices to purchasing power. There is danger that the up-
Binsr of prices alter wage increases win utueai "u
" ... . . . a- 1 1 1 J - mImam amI
iness is short-signtea unless it seem to noia aowu pnt-ca
make up for its increased wages by increased production and
. t
iho mama nr inwpr opiiirnr nnces. .
Soule does not lear printing press liuiauuu, uui iuw
v.A nnrmsi riiintivp boom such as we have frequently had
in the past. The chances are, says, "that the next economic
recession will not be so severe as mat wmcn uegau iu
Other authorities look for a crack-up not later than 1940.
War of course would alter the calculations, with consequences
difficult to predict. ... o
Aeflntian Hef initelv culminated in 1932-3
then the cycle of the upswing will continue over a consider
able term of years and tne recessions win De dui minor tupa m
the upward graph of business, ii, nowever, ine current pioa
perityisbut a temporary ; affair induced by government
spending which soon must end unless disastrous mnauvu
no.iio than iho nrniwt i" ft doomv one. Our own opinion
is that the normal working of economic forces is toward con
tinued prosperous conditions; out tnese iorces are now av
Troiv inter-ford with hv nolitical influences that the re
covery may bog down. If we substitute a rigid price-fixing
system, with close regulation oi an industry, ana restrain, vu
production, then business will gradually starve itseii.
Military Displays
1 . i. . m 11.
T AWRENCE Housman, whose weii-mented iame as a iu
. -r f.'miro in "Rno-lnn! hM been unfortunately over-
m uj , ... , m
shadowed by tne greater reputation oi is wu"'",
a v TTz-in om rv tho nnet. nuotea a friend as saving to him:
. . a a a . . a
"What is the use of pretending tnat tne nation is set on peaue
when all great state occasions everything possible is done
mt'lifariam (Mm tVl mi-na ml A HOn?" 1
kU AUAmv . fc-w... -a - VI
TTnueman trnea on to relate tnat on nearly ail uuunv;
iaia bo Vine' of England aDoears dressed in a uni-
f qrm of the army or navy, the breast of his coat emblazoned
with medals. Even when the present King, as uue oi xw,
.ttond thA ssoomhlv of the SU-ottish church "he went to
church in a uniform, accompanied not by a presenting or
- - m mm - 111 1 ALm
alms and a roll of bread (which surely wouia nave oeen iw
tn-mhnl most suitable in sd Christian an assembly) but by a
presenting of arms and a roll of drums." In the United States
the pacifist groups complained Decause oi tne nuuuuy uw
play at the late inauguration. !
vao.nn fnT th nn"ttftnt nf militarv units on state
occasions is that the army and navy remain not only the sym
bol of power but the very vehicles of power in time of war.
Moreover, the people love a show; and the disciplined units
of the military forces are able to perform with greater pre
cision and elegance than the civilian groups.
But one wonders wny mere is so mucn piciunaj yiua
eanda of militarism. Newsreels rarely grind through a five
minute period without showing oatuesnips at target
in at-mtr kAmksn in sclon formation. Pictorial matrazines
nd news pictures use hundreds of pictures of, new army
. .. . r ' T X ? 4nmh
equipment, oi masses oi soviet armies passing jkmu
Ttl?on .nlIoro aalntincr T1 ThlCA of fleets of DUrSUlt nlanes
in practice. Military pictures in newsreels seem almost in
evitable. Is is propaganda or jingoes who own or control me
newsreel companies? Pacifist groups thought so and started
boycotting the Fox newsreels. The film managers would
probably say that military pictures are usually i action pic-
. .11 ... ' 1 il 1 1 1' " A 1
tures and tne puoiic craves action and mmis ana exciieiuenu
It does, but the continuous dishing up of pictures of war in
m . i a a. -r f ii r
tne maiung gets to De a monotone, in our opinion tne puuut
is well sated with such pictures as entertainment, and not
interested at all, in them as jingo propaganda. ! r
Student Futures
wV.TTpV.SWTKhT.Y franlc were th remarks ' made bv the
f political maverick congressman from Texas, Maury Mav
erick, in addressing students at wartnmore couege, near
Tl-:i,1l T - rV.ntotion f rum H.T atro'rir'V'a aHrMt -
-j ilk to speak to iiaiwnu Decause 70a ami minw men
tal leTel ttat yoa will be 10 yeara from now. Yoa who are young
lad lea will be married by taen. and 90 per cent of yoa will bare
the Tlewa of your buabanda. Moat or the youns men who are here
wUl be employed, some aa raa and oil attorney!, and they will
probably think that It la absolutely right to destroy the natural
resources of the country. t ! ' .
"Others of yo will be execuUrea In textile factories, and
yoa will then think that a girl should work for CO houra a week
for 5. And to, as a matter of fact, you really do hare nearer
an unbiased mind at this perior than you will erer hare as long
nC- no.iinir mnorrejurmnn mi&rht also have told
the students that some of them would enter politics, promise
lots in the new Jerusalem in return xor voiesote to squan
at th monev saneezed from taxpaj'ers; and ,do political
handsprings to hold onto their jobs.
tatT.IITS. of S-14-ST
1823-4 to I860 the '
proper dates for actlTO i
use of the old Oregon trail:
(Concluding from Sunday:) In
that letter, Mr. Ellenbecker apoke
of some prior correspondence
with the writer. Among other
things, he said: - .
"1 agree with you aa to Jesse
Applegate; and I came to this con
clusion (about Applegate)
through those unsolicited praises
for that great man . . . When we
came along by Yoncalla a dozen
years ago. I did not snow
sage slumbered on 'the hill, for
I certainly would hare felt hon
ored even to stand by the tomb of
such a representatiTe citizen oi
viia tt r a. He was as great as
Lincoln; but he was not giren the
opportunity to prore it."
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Mr. Ellenbecker will be pained
to learn that the grare stone at
the last resting place of Jesse Ap
plegate and his wife Is not In good
repair. .. .
It was fashioned Dy AppieBaw
himself from native rock after the
death of bis Hie i partner, ana
space left for the date of his own
going, and a nephew completed It
after the spirit of tne sage oi
Yoncalla had gone the one way
trail.
Th burial Dlace Is on the hill
behind the site of the Jesse Ap
plegate home, on a part of the
land that belonged to him In life,
in Birht of the Southern Facmc
trains and the speeding passen
gers on the Pacific highway.
But tne lettering oemj l"
m-mrAT tar the weathering of the
Tears, and the pioneer home was
long since torn down.
" t .
a mnnn ment should face the
highway and the railroad, and the
people of the Oregon jcountry, in
present Montana, r jruiuuk,
Washington, Idaho and Oregon, to
say nothing of British Columbia,
it nnt tn mention the rest of the
United States, would be giaa to
contribute to the cost, wun
proper appeal and the right un
derstanding of the great services
rendered to this section, tne
United States and the world by
that peerless patriot and pioneer,
stalwart statesman and unselfish
servant of humanity, Jesse Apple
gate. The monument should . stand
Just below (east of) the site of
the Jesse Applegate nouse in
stood by the side of the road to
wiiAm all comers tn need or
danger, . under the shadow of
Mount Yoncalla on the crest of
which now flashes a pilot light to
direct the course of travelers of
the airways.
Tn . another letter. Mr. Ellen
becker reported progress to the
Bits man in bis searcn ior de
scendants of the Dorlon Woman
Among other things, he said:
Following up the aaaress you
gave me for Louis uervais i
Burns, my letter was forwarded
from there to his present address
at Redby, Minn., and I had the
pleasure today or receiving a very
fine letter from him . . . He also
gave me his father's address at
Newberg. Oregon . . . All this
makes me feel an tne more in
debted to you."
fLnnta nervals Is a graduate of
Oregon State college, where he
w.a Kriiitant atndent: He is mar
ried and has several fine child
ren. His father (Jerome) Is at
Newberg. Jerome's father was Xa
vler and his mother was Marianne
Toupln.' daughter of the' Dorlon
Woman by her last (third) hus
band. Xavler Gervals was a son of
Joseph Gervals, who came with
the Astor overlanders under Wil
son Price Hunt. At Joseph's house
waa the famous "wolf meeting."
place of the first school In present
Oregon except the Lee mission
school, etc., etc. The site of the
Joseph Gervals house and its ra
mous spring are known to a few.
but It Is not yet marked. Neither
are many other as Important or
almost as Important spots nere
abouta. Which fact will be a
standing disgrace until the condi
tion shall be corrected.)
Mr. Ellenbecker writes in the
ltr inat mentioned that a cam
paign is starting In Marshall coun
ty. Kansas, for a marker 10 miles
north of Marysvllle on what is
called the Oheto cutoff of the Ore
gon trail. He' explains:
Tn 1KC2 when Ben Houaday
ran the stages he made this cut
off til miles) and left Marysvllle
out of his service. For the last
year or so I have given Anna Ban
croft of Brentwood, Calif., assist
ance in her life of Ben Holiaday
relative to this Ohe(o cutoff. Anna
Bancroft Is a granaaaugmer n
HnhArt Howe Bancroft, the his
torian. I suppose by this time her
manuscript is in the hands of the
printers." (This book will neces
sarily have a good deal to do with
V. kl.lnnr rf Drpfon In the Sll-
ties, seventies and eighties.)
Mr. Ellenbecker adda: I have
been gathering' data on the Jay
hawkers of Death Valley of 1840.
I have located many descendants
of ihoM neoole and eniov the di
rect data I thus obtain. Only one
of the older generation is sun
living: Mrs. John B. Colton of
Norwalk. Calif. the widow of
one of the Jayhawkers. I have
enough manuscript on this sub
ject for a book but to publish Is
harder than to write."
Ti
Oavhawker la a nickname for
a resident of Kansas. The '40 par
ty that sunered sucn aorrors ana
gave the valley It name started
from Galesburg. Ills. So they were
suckers, reauy.)
Mr. Ellenbecker and many oth
ers will be Interested In knowing
that Hon. w. H. strayer, veteran
and leading member of the Ore
gon senate, daring the last Sun
day of the legislative session that
adjourned last week, visited . the
St. Louis', church and- Fa'Jter
Kraus. to see the marker-dedicated
to the Dorlon Woman, whose
body was buried in that church.
Senator Strayer wUl no doubt
be friendly to plans to place
Inlerm-eting the Wevs
;! III -Rv MARK SULLIVAN -:-
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LUXURY MODEL"
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MAY CHRISTIE
CHAPTER XLII
"Yvonne and Armand are sure
io go to Mrs. Vandareer and tell
v. .tiAiit m marrlace." Luana
U V . hwvw. . -
! met mi of the snris
who works at Quackenbush's yes
terday, and she said they were
Just back from Atlantic city
h.n fhn-w wnt married."
rud Mrs. iVandaveer know
about your marriage?" Jimmy in
iiiiImuI aharalv.
"Oh nn Tint it leaked out that
Mr. Quackenbush suspected me of
stealing his advance styles In mod
els, and now it seems he's veered
right around, and it's Armand and
Yvonne who are under suspicion."
"what do vou care. Luana T
Truth will out. You bet your name
will be absolutely cleared la that
connection."
Had they but known It, at that
moment Mr. Quackenbush was
HnuiH with Armand and
Yvonne. They were getting their
"walking papers" from oia
"Onaekv " During their Atlantic
rMt varatlnn. h had found OUt
plenty about Armand's dealings
with the wnoiesaier wno was io
mroducinr his most cherished
tviaa . . . bootlegging, in fact!
Out of a Job. the pair went
straight to Mrs. Vandaveer at the
hotel. "Now you write out an affi
Amwtt mnA ttit attornev will say
you well for this Information,"
she told them, calling up ner law
At nnn that urn dav the two
opposition lawyers in the Vanda
veer divorce case luncnea at mey
cluh. -
Joel Vandaveer's attorney held
th trnmD cards, however. He in
formed bis "enemy" (who was
am nf Ma Mdeat friends In the
profession) that on overwhelming
evidence of her moral turpitude,
Joel Vandaveer was instituting a
counter divorce action against
Lorraine.
Ramon, the dancer, had made a
long signed statement as to his
relations with Lorraine Vanda
veer In Parts and down at her
vnia In Cannes.
- "She brought him to America.
He has the goods absolutely oa
her."
"Sat Vendetta Y la that ltT
: "Precisely. The old saying about
a woman aeorned la nothing to
what a Spanish glgolo'll do. If
given the air by his protectnee,"
Joera lawyer grmnea.
"What else?"
- "Ramon awears ahe gave him
the air because she fell madly In
love with the vounc architect
Randolph ... who won that com
petition quite a big prise for
amateurs for a building-plan is
ih forthcoming Exposition. Ra
mon aweara ahe followed him to
Paris, and he wasn't the only one,
either. Abroad, your client , goes
in for la rrande passion on a
rranil acale."
They lit their after-luncheon
ctrara.
? "Better have her drop proceed
in . old man. or shell find her
self out of the picture, minus a
settlement or alimony, ana pretty
well disgraced. Slmes, the Vanda-
jr hntler. who's devoted to his
master, haa come- forward with
irrefn labia corborAtion - Of RSr
mon'a evidence. Slmes -was down
in the Palm Beach rills last year
with . the family when that rich
Carew chap was a guest."
"You mean 'Handsome Carew
waa one of the er ?" i t - :
"Unauestlonably. - Odette. 5 the
maid, has also made a statement
ahnnt that"
"Good grief:, The opposition
attorney mopped nls brow.
- "Take my Up and get It settled
out of conrt. or thA fair Lorraine
will have to start her career again
markers In honor af 'that heroic
woman at points la eastern Ore
I gon, where several ought to be.
His home city la Baker, but he has
lonr been the outatandlnsr man in
the Oregon legislature from all
1 the Inland empire.
from sero, mark my words!"
It became bruited about town
that there was a serious hitch in
the forthcoming divorce proceed
ings. The women whom Lorraine Van
daveer had snubbed socially were
the first to champion Luana, oral
ly spreading reports up and down
Park Avenue that the girl had
been dragged Into the case wrong
fully. Rumors added:
The real inside Information was
tttAt Terrain waa tired of the el
derly Joel, and wanted a young
er, more attractive mate wun a
large settlement from "the or
Boy," of course.
Mr. Vandaveer's relations witn
Luana Waters had been purely on
a business footing, and It waa
freelv voiced that the rich finan
cier had enough information dero
gatory to his wife to divorce ner
without a nickel in settlement!
Among the frivolous ones, Ra
mon became a kind of pet, and did
plenty of talking! .
Under pressure from her own
attornev. who foretold her ruin
were ahe ta ro on with things.
Lorraine reluctantly dropped tne
divorce proceedings ana went
straight back to Paris.
Mr. Vandaveer's attornev came
to see Luana, after Lorraine had
sailed.
"Mr rllont wishes von every
possible luck'-In the new venture
but, after the unfortunate publi
city in the newspaper, he would
prefer that tne business partner
ship be dissolved. You under
Perfectly." agreed Luana.
For bar own nart. business had
fallen off badly, even though her
own nam had been cleared.
She longed to get away from
New Tork, and the gossip, and the
fear of ruanlng into Gerald Bri
ton, who was still at large, very
nAHlhlT In tha, pttv.
That he would try to see her.
to claim her as bis wire, terrinea
her to the - rerge of a nerrous
breakdown.
Her stepfather wanted her to
come to San Francisco. If It nad
not been for Jimmy, she would
fiava narked tin Immediately.
"Mr. Vandaveer is deeply
mavl tnat vnn aaonla na bmb
akmltlnr tn ih indltnltT nf the
artlon . and w I a h m a to make
amends. Yon may have the prem
ises and the pentnouse at a pure
ly nominal rental, to oe paid at
such time as the business war
rants it."
Undecided what to do. she sent
a measage of thanks through the
attorney.
That night, she and Jimmy dis
cussed their future. Until the
question of the annulment was
cleared up, there could be no wed
ding ceremony. ...
Lnana was firm In that. And
desperately unhappy too.
"One reaps as one sows. Jimmy.
PoodIa nowadays lauch at the old
truisms, but they're right, une
pays miserably. Inevitably."
Tfm. left her at ten o'clock, as
unhappy as she was, and as rest
less. , , , . 1 -'
Alone- in the- penthouse, she
could not sleep. It was as though
a terrible premonition was on ner.
unnerving ner. . . - .
j. Tha lonr. hot day of. Indian
Summer had come to a close. But
no air stirred. An electrical storm
brewed oyer New York City. ..
sha draw the shades, and turned
on the radio, but the Jars music
brought -nothing but a heaaacne-
There was a fiasa oi ugntning.
followed by a clap of thunder, lu
thlrnrmil. . '
nam another . reverberation.
echoing through skyscraper can
yons . V. ad another.
Rain poured down in torrenu.
with a horrible rasn. a ahade
In her living-room flew up.
Then mm the storm. It was aa
though the Tery heavens were
tearing apart,
In a lull, she heard a step oa
the terrace. Jimmy returning t
Or burglars! -
She rushed to the telephone, to
call up Jimmy, to ask him to come
back for her. Lifting the receiver,
there was a bussing on the line.
Xhen snap! Complete silence,
broken by another step out on the
terrace. Good gracious! Someone
out there had cut the wire!
She saw him at the window
then , . . the window where the
shade had flown up . . .
Gerald Bruton looking in at her
in her pretty livingroom . . . uer-
ald Bruton raising the sasn. grin
ning strangely at her ... Gerald
Bruton coming straight towards
her. with the thunder crasning
ontafda
"Forgive me for cutting your
telephone wires, Ellzahetn oeg
onr nardon. MlssLuana Waters
hnt havinr been betrayed once.
a man takes his precautions the
second time, ion can t communi
cate with the nolice this time, my
dear. oh. no! Ira taken care of
that! I bided my time till your
lover departed!
She sc r e a m e d. She hacked
against the wall. In her terror she
shouted: "Jimmy! Jimmy!"
Gerald Bruton grinned fiend
ishly. "Revenge Is sweet, Elizabeth
Luana. Call for your Jimmy all
you want to, but It's your husband
who's here your . husband who
wants you "
Thia waa tha real Gerald Bru
ton. His was the face of a maniac,
coming nearer, nearer ...
"Did vou ever take morpnine.
Elizabeth? It's arrand stuff. It
makes you forget your troubles,
Elizabeth, want somer suppose
we take some together?"
Came a loud knocking at the
front door of the penthouse. Sum
moning all her strength, she gave
a loud scream for help.
In a flash Gerald was on her.
choking her, so that she fell on
the sofa with his two hands at
her throat.
What happened-a f t e r w ards
seemed like an incredible dream . .
Jimmv told it to her lata that
night, when Gerald Bruton'a body
was lying in tne ueiievue morgue.
"After I left you. Luana. and
was walking down Madison Ave
nue, It was as though I heard you
calling me. calling me back ..."
"It seemed like an hallucina
tion because X was so much in love
with you, but finally It waa so
stronr. I turned and ran back to
the building: I'd just knocked at
the front door of . the penthouse
when I heard yon shouting my
name, l new arouna to tne ter
race and saw a window open and
x jumped tnrougn. ana mere you
were on the sofa with, that brute
throttling the life out of you.
"I went ngnt at nim, Luana.
TT had a mn and in onr tussle it
dropped. He was shot full of dope
I'm Certain of it he fought
like a madman aut suddenly ne
hroka awav from me and fled out
the window. I followed. He got in
the elevator and siammed tne
door shut. I raced down the stairs,
but he made his getaway into tne
street. .
"There was a eon on the corner
of Park Avenue who saw him run
ning, and followed. On the far
aide of the street there was sr taxt.
Bruton leaped on lta Tunning
board. The driver's story is that
Bruton'put a gun against him and
forced him to drive inree oiocas
north, then Bruton threw him out
m-nA took tha wheel himself.
"He whirled east across Lex
ington, the policeman following
him la another cab that happened
to k naxalnr. The streets were
infernally skiddy in the rain and.
turning heu-for-ieatner mtoiniru
Avenue, he crashed on into a pil
lar of the elevated railway.
"When I got there on foot, tha
ambulance had arrived, ana tne
doctor was telling, the cop there
mrmm ontlllnv It Conld do. BrUtOB
was dead as - a door-nail dont
cry, Luana, it was the best thing
that could happen, for they'd hare
aent him nn for lite, it's certain.
The doctor said he'd enough mor-
w a amihttYN . I March. 1 6 In
the controversy about President
Roosevelt'srcourt proposal, wuj
cals and Catholic
clergymen " ex
press dlaqulted
opposition.-
" For this there
Is! a reason. The
same reason
must lead Luth
erans to take the
sime position. I
mention those
two groups mere-
1v! hecailRa thev
have had recent -reason to appre
ciate the protection, which the su
preme court throws around relig
ion, and freedom! of religious
teaching. Bat the protection exists
for every ifligiou denomination.
and for unbelievers as weii. ex
ists for erery: minority of any kind,
whether ajrjeligious body or any
other ajchofbf thought.
: r oiiowiiht ; ine great war iun
was thraneifwMit America a tide of
Hftnicinn itpa-inst Aliens in Amer
ica. Acconipabyink ft. and Partly
resulting from lt,j arose tne . ivu
Klux Klanlj with a special suspi
cion not . ohiv aeain8t aliens but
also against- Catholics, Jews and
Negroes. A;inat jtime. mere ex
isted somerllgious and racial
srrouDS thelsaine kind of prejudice
that Is nowbelng fomented against
an economic; group, the so-called
"economic froyalists." I -
About 1920. the combined in
fluences off anti-alien , sentiment
and the ktan were able, in 21
states, to I build iup majorities.
These majorities p a na e d laws
against minority f groups which
they did not like. .They passed
state laws fwhlch lit effect outlaw
ed all religious and private schools
and other lawsgwhlch outlawed the
(.kin. nK 'rnrwirn lanroaeea In
any Tnhlic:i or nrivate school of
nrimarv rraae. TBe 'latter laws
were defended on the ground that
they were?hecessary to prevent
the teachlnsr; of disloyalty and
subversive! radicalism or bolshev'
lam." - Mil i - '
in lS2ltbreaoh enacted "The
Oregon- donipulsory Education
Act." It wailbv direct vote of the
people, through the popular Initia
tive, which is Dart of Oregon'a
law-maklnf machinery. Hence the
law expressed the direct, conscious
purpose of a: majority of . the vot
ers. The vole was 115,500 In favor
tn 1 a.vcits -arainst.
The law! did not directly make
.hnrrh achKnla illeeal. It achieved
its purpose llndiretly. It required
that every j'jEitlzenj must send his
children toJfpuDiie scnoois, una
Tne law inen
i th anDreme court , of the
United States, the cases were
treated as subject to the came
principles and as covered oy.the
same provisions of the constitu
tion. The decisions in all the cases
were written by Mr. Justice Mc
Reynolds, who is still on the court.
All the statutes from all the states
were found unconstitutional; all
the private schools and teacher
were upheld. Among other things,
justice McReynolds said: ;
"We think it entirely plain that
the act unreasonably interferes
with the liberty of parents and
guardians to direct the upbringing
and education of children . . . the
child Is not the mere creature of
the state."
In part, the schools and teachers
were upheld on the ground that
the laws were an unconstitutional
impairment of property rights. It
was held that the laws prevented
parents from sending their chil-T-on
tn nrivatA schools, and there
by. In effect, destroyed tne scuouxs
as properties, and destroyed the
occupation of the teachers.
With Justice MCKeynoias, si
other justices united in holding
the laws unconstitutionaL There
was dissent by two Justices.
strangely assorted. One was me
late Mr. Justice Holmes, consider
ed an outstanding liberal; the
other was Mr. Justice Sutherland.
considered a strong, conservative.
Between those -school, cases of
the early 1920's and the situation
today, the analogy is onvious. i o
dav. President Roosevelt says that -
certain thinrs are desired by a
majority of the people, and that
therefore the supreme court ougm
to be changed, so that it will de-"
ciaro constitutional those things
which a majority of the people de
sire.
: Let ns now apply Mr. Jtoose
velt'a oresent contention of the
situation in 1922. At that time a
majority of the people of Oregon
and other states desired to take
ateno which wonld destroy all re
ligious and other private schools.
The majority, waa Drevenied. a
doing by the supreme court.
If Mr. Roosevelt's present Posi
tion is sound, those 1922 major
ities in uregon and other states
would have' been: justified in say
ing that the supreme court should
be changed so as to find constitu
tional the laws which those ma
jorities wanted. '
threat of penalty
nniienaed V- read?
"Any parent baring control of
a child under the age of sixteen
.Mn: who; shall fail to send such
child to a public school, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, each day's
failure shafl constitute a separate
offense- arid 'shall: be subject to a
fine nf not; more than 1100 or to
imprisonment fori not more than
30 days, orjoth."
The lswisf course, would com
pletely deaif oy not only church
schools but 1 all private scnoois
Two nreron schools united in con
testing theJlkwainithe courts. One
was Catholic, the "Society of Sis
ters." The other was the Hill Mil
itary Academy, ah ordinary non
denomlnatfonal private school.
In the lower courts, the schools
lost. TheyH appealed to the su
preme conrt. three additional
chnrch orrAnixAtions. realizing the
threat to ill religion and all re-
llrlous teaching. mea d r i e i s
against the law. IThey
AmHan fla'wtah Mini
Seventh TlaarV- Adventista. and the
Mlsslonaryl society of the Protest
ant Episcopal, church.
About the time the Oregon cae
reached th supreme court of the
United Stales, a number of similar
iua ..mi nn friim other atatea.
rtna from I hfehraaka. came aa an
anneal hvll TCvAnAelira.1 I.utheran
avnod. It Was an anneal against a
law passed by the Nebraska leg
ialAtare which decreed ' that. Un
der penalty lot fine or imprison
ment or Ddtn. "no person, individ
ually or atf A teacher shall In any
private, denominational, parochial
Vis. -f Ja -.1 . W ...V
Editorial
Comment
From Other . Papers
or nubile school .
Ject to any; person
. teach any sub-
in any language
other thai TCnrlfah. Ta another
ease from j Nebraska, a teacher
named Meyer had been found cull
ty of a "charge that on May 25,
1920. white an Instructor in Zion
parochial IschoolJ he unlawfully
taugnt the j subject or reading In
tne tierman JAnriiare to Rirmonn
Parnart. a-rhlM of ten vaara .'.
collection bf biblical stories being
neil thererer There were .IniU..
cases frousXowa and Ohio.
4- ,
Strike Losses Mount
This settlement of -the PMttn-
burr rlaas strike won the work
ers a wage increase of eight cents
an hour according ' to news re
ports. But as they were, out on
strike for three months, in that
period each striker has lost ap
proximately $297.12 !. x 40
hours x 12 weeks). Even. under
their new rate, it will take them
something like two years to make
up their loss.
'Moreover, the sudden ' loss of
S3nn no - hv a worker fa almost
certain to entail many other loss-
es which no increase in wages
could make np. Things he is Dur
ing on instalments may be lost. .
Tnanranee mav lattaa TTe mav he
forced to borrow-at ruinous in
terest. la effect, he Is temporar
ily In hankrnntcv and anffera In.
lesser degree, the experience of
a Business in tnat condition.
To the . Individual worker, a
protracted strike, whatever its
iinai settlement may mean a toss
from which ha can never 'recov
er, and the effect of his loss
spreads In widening rings. Local
dealers feel the pinch of lost
buying power. Owners of real
estate are deprived of Tents.
Holders of mortraces lose in
come, and are often forced to
loreciosnre. Tne whole economic
life of the community is crippled,
and may not wholly recoTer for
yeara.
Bnf tha Tin vm ereit IuvahiI
the community. In the case of
other Industries suffered loss of
wages because production lines
were stopped for lack of glass.
A strike does not merely tie
up one Industry It ties up all
industry. It destroys values ex
actly as does war.: JL strike Is
war, and Is economcally as ruin
ous. Phillip! (W. Va,J- Republl-
phlne in ttim to kill a hundred
people hfiwaa shot through with
morphine4they took him to the
morgue." J j j
"And and they didn't question
you, Jlmniy?" j w
"I was daly one of the specta
tors. Wlryjimlx in? There was a
warrant ut for his rearrest.
They'll soon find out who he is,
wM. a. 4 .It . . ..
wiit winouiia oi xuy Business.
i'r; 9 1 --i
fin theltraln titlnv fn. C.
Francisco were Luana and Jimmy.
On tha !h1rl flM. n l-f.
hand JlmiiivH iin..ni.ii .1 n m
" . m - " O" V. M . m AUKS-
T. .Ml 4.L. 1 ... ...
ttb 11 navo ajenuren wedding
and your!, father will give you
awav T.M-tfW'a emt wnk e4H
Nancy willjbe matron of honor."
stiu sobers from the shock of
Gerald Rrnton'a I lunlnr !.mni
smiled palely at Jimmy, while
pressing njs nana.
"Life's solng to be wonderful,
after all. Jimmy. I've -na id?
i"ij"i ui uu(, um iu san
x laucisco w siari. a new xiie.
A ItIi iMmtnlulAit hat .1m.iI
enme e htm -ve Awawm mm . .i...
- w mag w ma wa aa ap a. amj yi.ii.
. J . , M . . n .
a new, ;ausic uowi iu uoiaen
Gate Park!
' "Jimmy!, down
at San Gregorlo
on tha rwveA n there'e-the eweetee
little cotiaxe close to the one
nancy ana jasper purchased.
You'd work wonderfully down
tnere, in i&ai e.uiei.'' : ,
"Anvthine von ur itirHnv
Well have the Colonel visit us.
ni work .like blazes." He kissed
her. - r I , . !: -
A new life in the Golden West, .
Living itnd lo nns and work
Ing . . . h:
That wa the real life.
. THE
END
Ten Years Ago
March l. 102T
Rovernnr TeteMnn' mi ma A m I,.
ant General George A, White left
isai mgnr xor Gearhart where
they will inspect property recently
secured ior yregon national guard.
Rnnertntetident R.n, YD Tin aw
of Salem public schools was re
elected ior a period of two years;.
William 11. Bugrhardt, , clerk of
fW TA UMirnm PavtAf.ai Pvata.
-' am7 wen-a ivvvet a ev
ley, elementary school supervisor,
i . . i . . . .
eieciea ior iwo years.
fiiimm. achool et TCTtllBmette
university this year will be a
alncla term. Dean F. M. FHckann
announced Tuesday. Soma chem
istry and history courses will be
given for a. second term.
Twenty Veers Ago
March lo, 1S1T
ftnatnaaeiaT' i ai mtm wttf Kan A1aiaarff
today from 10 to 11 tor the pur
pose oi cringing citizens togetner
to urge city and county to estab
lish, ferry service across Willam
ette river free to the public.
Capital National bank team won
the basketball championship of the
commercial basketball league of
T.M.CJL. Baker, Socolofsky, Ryan.
Johnson, Brooks members of the
squad. - ; ;- - -
Tentative lineups for Sales
bowling team are Henry Freela: 1,
Cid Doolittle, L. M. R. Pierce,
UoydrWllson and Fred Raymond.