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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 15, 1937 PAGE FOUR "No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Awe" , From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 Charles A. Sprague - - Editor and Publisher . THE STATESMAN PUBLIS HING CO. Charles A Sprague, Pres. - Sheldon P. Sackett, Secy. , Member of the Associated Prs ' Tho Associated Presa Is exclusively an titled tho as for publica tion of all oew dispatches credited to It or not 'Otherwise credited la r" . this paper. Homemade ; A few weeks ago we coticed a man well along in years, with stooped shoulders, drop into the tonneau of his old Star touring car a pair of singletrees. They were fresh with red paint, rather small in size, probably for some light piece of farm machinery. So that, we reflected, is the way it is done now. Vr: :'y " ; . In the man's youth, as doubtless he Tecalls, providing a new singletree, or doubletree, or wagon tongue meant not a trip to town in a gas-propelled buggy, but a job to be done on the farm. From some place of dry storage a short length of well-seasoned wood would be extracted, and the farmer with his hand tools would start to shape it for the purpose desired. In the midwest oak was preferred, redoak or whiteoak, though ash or hickory might be used. It might be there was no proper wood on hand for use. Then the farmer had to go down to the wood lot or the pas ture by the creek and cut down a sapling of sufficient girth and length. It was a hot job on a summer day, down in the bottom with no breeze moving. The creek -was shrunken to a series of holes with a trickle of water between. Its bed was baked to a lead-colored stiffness. Flies buzzed ' around the norses hitched in the shade. -- Cut the tree and top it and careful not to swing the sharp axe so far it cuts your foot, Then hew it into rough shape, bore a hole for the king-pin, bolt on the iron fittings or drive them on snug-tight, and the new tongue is ready for the hayrack, A hot task as the summer sun blazes in a fiery sky; but there's no waiting if Queen and Bess have cracked the old one, and the harvest is coming on. The village wagqnmaker could do a neater job, but that "was a half-day's ride" in a hack or wagon over dusty roads ; fchd besides there's no cash till the grain is cut and hauled. ... Now the chore has left the .into town and pick up a singletree fresh with red paint, but sunnier in us dimensions man cneaper and easier. .Besides the tools are no longer sharp jn the farm toolchest. Wrenches and pliers have displaced saw and chisel TVA Makes Contracts With Industries " Faced with the problem of disposing of its electric ener v gy w order to derive additional long-term contracts with big industries, including the hated Mellon aluminum trust. A little-while ago . TVA entered into contract with Monsanto Chemical company. Recently it jiiiade contracts with Victor Chemical works and the Alum inum company. The Victor company will construct a new 11,000,000 electric furnace and use 8000 kw the first half of 1938, 16,000 kw in 1941, and estimates its demand at 32,000 kw for the latter year. The big Aluminum company is buying tu,uuu lew ot primary power, and 40,000 kw of dump power. of TVA, justifies the contracts trial contracts also will give us diversity that will permit distribution in hours and season of (power to cities and plants." . ... That is exactly the plea this paper has made: that sale ,01 Bonneville power should include industry in order to bal ance the demand for power and to balance the economy of u: vr- ii s -j ja i- .cg-uu. iu iuaiier wuo is aanumscraior, a conservative tir a radical, he will if honest come to the same conclusion as .Director Lilienthal of TVA. t' TVA has even srone farther and made a contract with the Arkansas Light and Power ated Dy tne natedHJectnc Bond and Share holding company, f6r sale of power with no stipulation as to resale rates. It has done this, because it has the power for sale and needs the rev enue. ' ' . , ; . - "IMs paper has no fear of He is expenenced in the business; and we think will face the problems of Bonneville with realism. We , do not rate him such a knave as to scuttle Bonneville because of his rjrior lov- airy to Seattle. A lot of the hullaballo going up from pros and ii T . anus over nosa is political Duncome. , Political Coup Undoubtedly the president more rakish angle, and to his coup with a supreme court appointment. The senate, when Van Devanter retired, "nominated" one of its number. Joe Robinson, conservative at heart, who long had aspired to a seat on the court. Death took Robinson, relieving the presi dent of embarrassment in naming or not naming him. The senate uproariously defeated the president's court packing bill, which put him in ugly mood. By nominating Sen. Black to the court the president has picked a man whose political orbit swings much farther left than his own; and by picking 'senator he spikes possible rejection of his appointment be ceuase of the old rule of senatorial courtesy. That is why the president, in all probability, is jubilant over his success at putting the senate in the hole, besides getting a radical on the highest bench in the land. He has put the senate in the hole, true enough; perhaps he has put the country in a deeper one. None of the presidents since days before the civil war has put a man with a ku-klux mind on the supreme court f No wonder the president didn't go to the banquet with the peace dove flying overhead. He was home mixing the as tringent with which to dose his enemies in the senate. The era of good feeling is laid to rest along with the "breathing speir for business. - . Distribution of Railway Wealth The magazine Railway Age contrasts conditions with the railroads in 1916 and 1937 thus : "In 191 C the average freight rate of the railwaya as meas- -ured by their average revenue per ton-mile was the lowest In any year in history, being only 7.1 mills. In- the first four months ot 1937 it was 9.31, or 31 per cent higher.. In 1918 the railways were earning an average return of 6.9 per cent on their invest ment. In the first six months of 1937 they earned at an annual rate ot only 2.76 per cent. The average hourly wage ot railway employees In 1916 was 28.3 cents per hour and their average an nual wage was 3892. Their average hourly wage in 193C was 9.1 cents, or 144 per cent higher, and their average annual wage 31,735. or 9$ per cent higher." - In the face of those statistics it Is hard to shore up the talk about the rich getting ricer and the poor poorer, at Jeast as far as the railway workers is concerned. The investor in railway, securities, however has been getting poorer progres sively since 1916. ' , The Corrallis O-T says the conducted a research to find the The survey showed in the big majority ot cases the tails curved to the left. It was Just a case ot protective troplsm on the part ot the pigs. They knew the direction the than curve to the right for tear of A new photographic lens has can record light from nebulae 80 the earth, rays which left their this planet There would be better er direction and showed what was years. . ; ; - v". The Dallas Itemlzer-Observer res cf the Softball league. Tiat tatemaau Singletrees trim it. skin the bark, and be farm. It is cheaper to whiz tne old nome-maae piece; revenues TVA has signed 30,000 kw of secondary power. David E. Lilienthal, director in this language: "The indus necessary balance, that is. a company, in the irrouD domin J. D. Ross for administrator. tilts his cigarette holder at a intimates is gleeful over his . V- - federal department ot agriculture direction In which pigs' tails curled. DA was pointing, and knew better being plowed under. been made which works so fast It million lights years remored from source before dinosaurs grated on sale for a lens that pointed the oth going to happen in the next . ten '-: -f" i-. devotes Its editorial column to box a one way to get the column read. Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS When Senator 8-15-37 Nesmlth . fought in congress for a branch . mint at The Dalles, Oregon: ' : S (Contlnufhg from yesterday:) Still quoting from the Nesmitb senate speech: "While the fate ot the meas ure, rested witn i tne nnDiasea Judgment of the honorable sena tors who compose the finance committee, I had : no apprehen sions of anything but a favorable result: but when my bill was sent on a voyage ot discovery, first to , the casemates of the treasury department, and thence to the genius who presides over the pa rent mint In the city ot 'brother ly lore, I was apprehensiTe that should never again , behold the fair proportions of my cherished offspring.' My worst fears have been realized. My bill has : re turned from its i peregrinations hawked at, torn, and dilapidated by the stupidity and ignorance of the company it has kept, and its mangled remains are now before me in the shape ot a recommenda tion for an assay office. . V! Before I had ever beheld the American congress I was so ver dant as to suppose that great questions affecting the country. or any portion of It, were decid ed by the intelligence and good sense of the members, without reference to the narrow, contract ed and antiquated prejudice of some old fogey of some previous generation, whose views could only be valuable as an Illustra tion of what might be said by an active, energetic and successful competitor for the capital prize at the world! fool fair. "My constituents are an emi nently practical and unsophisti cated sort of people. When I re turn to them I shall be called upon to give an account of all the deeds and misdeeds done- by me in this body; and among other things I shall be called upon to explain why their prayer lor branch mint was not responded to. Well, sir, in my shame and confusion, I shall have to state that Mr. Pollock was opposed to the measure. They will naturally enough say,. We sent too to the American congress to urge our. claims, and cannot see what Mr. Pollock had to do with, the ques tion. Ton cannot imagine, sen tors, how the people, In their sim plicity, will, be startled and sur prised when I deliberately pro ceed to tell them that before a branch mint can be established for the coinage ot their gold, the Mil must be sent to one James Pollock for approval or disap proval! If I am so fortunate to con vince them that this Pollock is a coordinate branch of this great and . glorious government, they will very naturally desire to -know what grounds and upon what rea sons he based his refusal to so just a demand. Then I shall.be forced to unfold to i them the mighty, profound and luminous reasons of the philosophical, as tute and recondite Pollock in this wise: 'Oregon ians, yon .might have had a branch mint to coin your gold and your silver at your doors, and thus save you from a loss of 15 or 20 per cent, of the precious metals tor. which yon so industriously delve in the earth, and of which you are dally being robbed, either by speculators or by reason of the rise, expense and delay incident to sending your gold and silver thousands ot miles away to be coined; but the truth Is, that by some recondite process beyond my comprehension, and known only to the great political alchemists, the profound Pollock, after submitting branch mints to the torturing process of decom position and analysis,! has dis covered that their component parts 'consist of treason, seces sion, withdrawal from ' the Un ion.' abrogation- of constitutional compacts, denial of federal an thority, disregard of oaths, usur pation of national prerogatives. stealing of public property, arson, and murder, all of which, when recombined into a modern branch mint, constitutes the essence i ot all crimes latterly known s dis integration! 'Why. sir. after this lucid statement ot the evils which our people in their simple: credulity have . invoked upon their own heads, when again the people ot Oregon, Washington, and - Idaho Territory petition you for the lo cation ot a monster ot so hideous mien In their midst, you will be enabled to silence their clamors at once by the bare mention 'of 'Pollock Disintegration.!' or .'Dis integration Pollock.' Why, sir, its effects will be as instantaneously soothing as the cabalistic invoca tion ot the 'Manitowa' which frightens the young Indian to sleep, or the bare mention of that devil in English which reduces white urchins to a state of pro priety If not ot slumber, Mr. Pol lock, it would seem, has not only found time to draw his annual stipend with the greatest regu larity. but has devoted some of his leisure hours to an : examine tion of the Constitution of the United States, upon which instrn ment he - assumes : to become commentator, and with the great est self complacency proceeds to Inform as that 'coinage is one of the highest and most Important attributes of national sovereign ty, and should be exercised and controUed in such a manner win tend to strengthen rather than weaken the national govern ment and then proceeds to sug gest that 'additional coinage es tablishments tend toward nation- al disintegration. "It Is true, sir, that our fore fathers in forming the Constltu tion ot the United States did de fine the powers of congress, and among a variety ot specified ob jects placed within its jarisdic tion was that 'to coin money and regulate the value : thereof; bat Mr. Pollock is the first of the great commentators ; who has found it necessary to raise his warning voice against a libera exercise ot this 'one of the high est attributes or national sover eignty,' so essential to the pros- 1806 017 Copt. 19)1.11 Radio Programs K&LM 8U2TDAT 1S70 Kb 9:00 Moraine meditation. 9:80 Concert melodies. 10:00 Radio Chare" of God. 10 :80 Symphonic Genu. 11:00 .- 11 :30 American Xotheraa church. 12:00 Orfanalitiea. 12:15 Today' hit. 12 :S0 Popular aalute. 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T :15 Treasure Island. 7:30 Svmmer show. 8:00 Songs at Eventido. 8:80 One Man'a Family. 9:00 The Might Editor. 9:15 Bismarck hotel oreh. 8 :0 RiToli theatre erch. 10:00 News. . . - 10:15 Portrait ot the Master. 10:80 Bridge to Dreamland. 11:00 Bal Tabarin oreh. 11:30 Beaux Arts trie. 12:00 Complete weather report. - W OT KEX BUWDAT 1189 Xc 8:00 The quiet hoar. 8 :30-i-Radio City, music hall. 9:80 Oar Kirhborc 10:00 Magic Key to RCA. 11:00 Baritone Balladior. 11:15 Capella choir. 11:30 Dr. Brock. Ten Years Ago Aagust 15, 1027 Bids are to be opened today for the new $125,000 First Presbyterian church which will be built soon on the corner ot Winter and Chemeketa streets. - Seymour Jones, state market agent will leave today for Klam ath Falls to investigate the po tato situation. Got. Patterson, Justices O. P. Coshow and J. L Rand of the Oregon Supreme court will leave Wednesday for southern and western Oregon where they will inspect a- number of highways now under construction. Twenty Years Ago August 15, 1017 A peace proposal made by Pope Benedict was . delivered to all . the belligerent nations to day.. A reception was given last night in Portland for 14. Col. Carle Abrams, by the United Spanish War veterans at the vet erans' headquarters in the court house Miss M. , &t. Boff of Portland has taken brer the management of the Willamette Sanitarium since the resignation ot Misa An na Berg. penty ana general welfare of a great and powerful nation. His profound reasoning would seem to indicate that even the limited exercise ot this great prerogative was only a safe experiment when conductd at the parent mint at Philadelphia, and under his own personal care and supervision: and while no danger la to be ap prehended from 'disintegration upon the slip of land between the Delaware and j Schuylkill, yet, from some ocralt reason, the most cure ana disastrous conse quences were sure to follow the exercise of this wonderful power beyond those magic limits. (Continued on Tuesday.) "Would It Be Neutrality: 12:00 National vesper. 12:80 Fishlaeo and Figsbottlc 1:00 Calvary tabernacle. 1:30 Baseball. 3:80 Werner Jansieu' oreh. 5:00 Rippling Rhythm. 5:30 Walter WinchelL 5 :45 Catholic Truth society. 0 :00 Baseball resume. 6:30 National- music camp. 7:00 Judy and the Bunch. 7:10 News. 7:15 Silent to KOB. 8:00 News. 8:15 Off the Record. 8:45 New Pena hotel oreh. 9 :00 Everybody sing. 10:00 Hall of Fame 10:30 Calvary tabernacle Jubilee. 11:15 Charles Ruayan. 12:00 Complete ' westher-polie report. XOIbT STJHDAT 949 Xc 9 :00 Major Bowea . Capitol Theatre Family. ; 8 iSO Sunday Journal Oomie Break- . fast club, 9 :00 Church of the air. .. 9 :80 H. C. Kaltenborn, situation In Spain. 9:45 Poet' Gold. 10:00 Bibl drama, 10:80 Soap Box Derby. 11:00 Everybody rnasie. 12:00 Spelling bee. 1:00 Our American Keigbbors. 1:80 Old "songs of the church. 2:00 Phil Harris oreh. 2:30 Soap Box Derby. 3:00 Columbia workshop. 3:30 Eyas of the World. 8:45 Eddie Fitipatrick oreh. 4:00 Singing Strings. 4:15 Marshall Grant. 4:30 Studio. 4:45 Romantic songs witk Walton Xc Kinney, tenor. 5:00 "Universal Rhythm," with Rich ard Bonelli, Rex Chandler' or chestra and Alex Templeton. 6:00 Lewisohn Concert. 7:00 Community Sing. 7:30 Little Show. 7:45 Studio. , 8 :00 EddieCantor. 8:80 Sunday News Review. 8:45- Charlie Hamp Oreh. 9:00 Ted Fiorita from Jantien Baack. 9:30 Leon F. Drews. Orgsnlst. I 9:45 Sterling Young' Orchestra. 10:00 Paul Pendarvis Orchestra is CBS. 10:15 Temple Square. 10:45 Al Lyons Orchestra. 11:00 Door to the Moon, to CBS. 11:30 12 Jan Oarber Orchestra. XSUC MONDAY 1 370 Xa. 7:15 News and quartet. 7:30 Sunrise sermonette. 7:45 Morning varieties. 8:41 News. 9:00 The Pastor' a CaU. 9 :15 Symphonic Gems. 9 :45 Walt time. 10:00 Women in the news. 10:15 Organalities. 10:30 Neighbor Jim. 10:45 Coral Strands. 11 New. 11:15 Hollywood Brevities. 11:80 Value parade. 12:15 Newc 12:30 Farmer's Digest. 12 :45 Popular salute. 1 :00 Afternoon frolic 1:30 Hillbilly erendc 2:00 Tango time. 2:15 Monitor news 2:30 Swing time. 2:45 Vocal varieties. , 8:00 Salon melodies. 3:30 Novelettes. 3 :45 Hit of yesteryear. 4:15 Concert masters. 4:45 Spice ot Life. 5:45 The Friendly Circle 6:15 Stringed harmony. 6:25 Outdoor reporter. 6:80 Eventide Echoes. 6:45 News. 7:00 The Gaieties. 7: IS STATESMAN' OF THE AIB, sport talk, Paul Hsuser. ff:30 Larry Lee 'a oreh. 1 7 :45 Men of Vision. 8 :00 Harmony kalL 8:00 Tuning ground. 8:45 News. 9:05 New in Review. 9:15 Softball games. KOTir MOftTDAY 940 Xc 6:30 Klock. 8 News. 8:05 Sons of Pioneer (ET). 8:1ft Rhythm and Romaaco. 8:30 This end Tnst. 9:00 Betty and Bob. drama. 9:15 Church Hymna. 9:30 Arnold Grimm's Daughter. 9 :45 Hollywood ia Person, 10:00 Big Sister. 10:15 Aunt Jenny's Stories. 10:30 Edwin C. Hill. 19:45 Neighbor Jim, serial. 11:00 Magasiao of the Air. 11:45 News. 12:00 Myn and Marge, serial. 12:15 Pretty Kitty Kelly, serial. 12:30 Play Day. 12:45 Store Reporter. 1:00 Clyde Barrio, sing. 1:15 .caf, organ. 1:30 News Through Woman's lye. 1:45 BaU Bros, canning talk. 1:50 Newa. 8 :30 Newlyweda. 3:45 Hall Oreh. 8 :00 Western homo koar. 8:45 Al White, violin. 4 Variety. 4:90 Jack and Paal. 4:42 Waltom McKinner. oonga. :O0 Shakespeare Theater, "As Too Liko lit." : 6:00 King 9rca. 8:30 Srtiio. 6:43 Little Show. 7 H0 Scattergood Balnea.- ' T:15 Around the World, Boa. a Carter. 7:30 Phrk and Pat. comedy. 6:00 Heidi Orchestra. . 6:80 Gil Edwards, varied. 9:15 CBS. - 9 -.30 Drews, organ. 9:45 Five 8ter Final, drama. 16:00 Dot d Tout Dashes. igi 10:15 Whit Fires, drama. 10:45 Eye of the World. 11:00 Fitzpatrick oreh. 11:30-12 Oarbor Orchestra. XXX MONDAY 1180 Xc 6:80 Musical clock. 7:00 Family altar hour. 7:30 Pair of pianos. 7:43 Hollywood Hi Hatters. 8 :00 Financial service. 8:15 Grace and Scotty. 8:30 Dr. Brock. 9:00 Homo institute. 9:15 Neighbor Nell. 9:30 The New World. 10:02 Crosscuts. 10:30 News. 10:45 Women in headlines. 10:50 Organist. 11 :00 U. S. navy band. 11 :15--Rdio show window. 1 1 : 30 Western farm and home. 12:30 Market reports. 12:35 Club matinee. 1 :00 Forum luncheon. 1:30 Congress hotel oreh. 1:45 Herman Middleman's oreh. 2:00 TJ. 8. army band. 2:25 Financial and grain- market- , 2:30 News. 2:35 Johnny Johnston, 2:45 Cleo Brown. 3 :00 Food Magician, 8:15 Marshall's Mavericks. 8:30 Memory Lane. 3:45 Herrick and Lanaing. 4:00 Good Time society. 4:80 Goldman hand. 5:00 New. 5:15 Melodic contrast. 5:30 Engen O'Neill' Cyele. 6:80 Benson hotel oreh. 7:00 Darrll DonnalL 7:15 Silent to KOB. 8:00 Newa. 8 :15 Industry talks. 8:20 New Pena hotel oreh. 8:30 Stsnford university program. S :45 Commodore Perry oreh, 9:00 Oriental Gardens oreh, 9:30 Wrestling bouts. 10:30 Varieties. 10:35 Deauvill club oreh. 11 New. 11:15 Paul Carson. 13 :00 -Complete weather-police reports. - www KOW MONDAY 620 Xc 7:00 Just About Time. 7:30 Keeping time with Max Dolin. 8:00 News. 8:15 Stary of Miry Msrlin. 8:30 Three Marshall. 8:45 Stars of today. 9:15 Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch. 8:80 Joha's Other Wife. 9:45 Jnst Plain Bill. 10:30 How to Be Charming. 10:45 Three Cheers. 11:00 Pepper Young' Family. 11:15 Ma Perkins. 11:30 Vie and Sad. 11:45 Tho O'Neills. 12:00 Refreshment time. 12:15 Gospel singer. 12:30 Newc 12:45 Guiding Light. 1:00 Lona Stsr Troubadour. 1:15 Hollywood aewa flashes. 1:20 Marlowe and Lyon, piano due 1:45 Gloria Gale 2 Clinic. 2:15 Womaa'a magasine of the air. 3 .00 Tom, Dick and Harry. 3:15 Portland council churches. 8:30 Midge William. 3:45 Curbstone ouii. 4 Stringtlm. 4:80 Back Seat Driver. 4:45 Portraits in melody. 4:50 Musical interlude. 4:53 Cocktail hoar. 5 Stars of todsy. rtonr or enarm. o program. 6:80 Burns and Allen. 7:00 Amos ' Andy. 7:15 Unel Exr' Radio Station. 8:00 Fibber McGee and Molly. 8:30 Vox Pop for Molls. On the N ose 'Maybe not so fast as listen to -T P ' ' 5l-4v-- ' i: " ruiihsi ftf Sj 1 1 t-OTa-am-s .fcoaBV--OT OT-OT-SS-O C-Ss. t-sjt - m Z Zm garrsm On the By DOROTHY Ooncernlag Point of View i The critic who Is skeptical of, or in opposition to, many ot the tendencies and measures of this Third New Deal is called upon to explain himself it he would avoid being allied with ideas and attitudes which are by no means his own. , Re may find himself appalled at the company hich welcomes him and embarrassed by his admirers. Because ., be has been . opposed to making the Supreme Court a jury of yes-men for the Eecxutlve or of Congress, he will have attributed to him all the ideas of Mr. Justice Suth erland; because he doubts the premises on which the Black Connery wages and hours bill is based, he will be called a cham pion ot ruthless and unregulated sweating of labor, and an oppon ent ot all social and economic reform. If he believes that pub lic and legal protection tor trade unions Implies legal responsibil ity on the part of trade unions for fair practices, he will be hailed as a spokesman for Mr. Tom Girdler and the dominant sociology ot Wall Street. Nor can he honestly say that he does not care, or blame the dumbness of the public, o retreat into a fortress of intellectual arrogance, , For the function of the writer is to make himself understood, and the extent to which be is misunderstood is the extent of his failure. If he writes opinion on public affairs plainly he writes to influence the course of those affairs, other wise) he would commit his opin ions to a diary. But his dificulties are great, It is symptomatic of the strains of the society in which we lire that things are increasingly rep resented in Black versus White: that differentiation of opinion eren, on so empirical a thing as method, is suspected of temg treason to progress or on the other hand an assault upon or ganized society. I cannot recall a time, except during the war. when debate was more conten tious, acrimonious, or intolerant. The symptom is fairly uniTersai In all those countries where per sonal and individual opinion still can find "expression, but it Is peculiarly glaring in the United States. It testifies to something which seems to me quite as great a cause for concern as other. more patent and obvious evils in our communal life, such as pov erty and crime. It is the fact that the "body of people who share any common standard of Intellectual reference Is contin ually crowing smaller. t is not only in Russia. Ger many, and Italy, that truth tor the sake ot truth is repudiated, that reason Is held to be Itself a rationalisation, that ends are held as something completely apart from means. . The: attitude Is characteristic of our own thinking. The1 dominant British philo sophy Is empiricism, which de mands a' constant - check upon theory by reality. But in Amer ica empiricism degenerated into pragmatism which is a rejec tion of theory altogether and the Philosophy of rule-of-tbumb not to be confused with realism. It dominates much of oar univer sity life and unconsciously in fluences prevailing attitudes. It has found almost perfect ex pression in the New Deal, and in Mr.. Roosevelt's earlier speeches In which he said that his pro gram was to try various reme dies out of the medicine closet, and reject those which didn't work. That is how we launched a Tellef program which was coun ter to both theory and experi ence, only to find that you have great difficulty later In rejecting or changing any thing upon which several million people have come to depend. 0 But it Is nonsensical to indict the New Deal for this. One 0:00 Hawthorne House. 0:80 Monday night apeciaL 10 ?ewe 10:15 Tanya and Eddy. 10:30 Biltmor hotel oreh. 1 1 :00 Ambassador hotel oreh. 11:80 Paal Martin's music 12x00 Complete weather reports. XOAC -tOSTDAT 359 -Ce. 8:00 As Ton Like It. 0:00 Home-Makers. 10 Mosie. 10:15 Monitor Views. 10:30 Mnsie. 11:00 Famous People. 11:15 Jlnsie. 11:30 Facts and Affairs. 11:45 Unsie 12:00 Sew. 11:15 Farm :. 12:16 V". S AverHl: 12 :30 Market, Crop and Wea ther. .1:00 Symphonic Hour. 1:30 Boya and Girla Stories. 1 :45 Mnsie. 2-2 :30 Home-Mskers. 6:30 Farm:: 6:45 Markets, Crops aad Weather. 7:30 Music 7:45-6 Sew. By THORNTON a train but tee get to KSLM" Record THOMPSON needs only to recal the complete contempt tor rational processes of " the Hoover epoch. It had Cassandra who howled up the wind, warning of, coming col lapse. Only when the collapse was upon us did any one listen to them. Then they bad their day In Washington, and did a good job, for they were hte in ventors of the Idea of the elas tic budget, the advocates ot gov ernment spending in a deflation ary period, the heretics who challenged the theory that a household budget was synony mous in Its laws with that of a nation. Some of them came out of Wall Street, and were economic advisers to great bank ing houses. Two or three of them did the most constructive and radical thinking in the na tion in 1933. But where are they now? In Limbo, described as Economic Royalists and Re actionaries because they do not think that what was good for 1933 is necessarily good for 1937. The men of theory, rea son and experience of the first and short-lived New Deal have given way to the men of "ideas" of the present New Deal and in place of a really imaginative and scientific program aimed at mitigating business cycles, head ing off and deflecting unemploy ment, and providing for an ex panding economy by means of long-range rational policy and largely automatic government controls, we have a crowd of idealistic internes carefully di agnosing pimples and writing up elaborate prescriptions for them. We do not even hare a rocab ulary of words which convey semi-precise meanings. The good old word radical has passed out of American spech along with the type of mind it represented. Our radicals are all liberals and progressives, though what sort of a mental animal a Marxian liberal may be I do not com prehend, although I see them all about me. Policies are charac terized by perfectly extraneous epithet. I cannot see to save my life what the question of balancing or unbalancing the budget has to do with liberal ism or conservatism. It is a technical question to be judged by rational and realistic tests of probable social results. Presumably everybody wants to live in a solvent, stable and expanding economy, and a dig nified, safe and creative society, doing good work tor fair re muneration. And most people want to avoid a catastrophic rev olution. Whatever measures can secure us these wil be the right measures, and the business ot the social critic is to judge with whatever capacities he possesses wnetner or not measures pro posed are taking us in that di rection. He may prove to have buessed -rightly or wrongly, but certajnly the humanitarian im pulses of the authors of legis lation will not be his criterion. But I am aware that fewer and 'fewer people believe there is such" a thing as disinterested and objective thinking. The psychologists and neo-Marxians have seen to that. They have told ns that the operations of cur minds are purely rationaliza tions of our basic economic prej (Turn to page 6) Lad vs set up ot new 1938 Zenith nlfrngak-a your ovm aot without any obligation, oi ooars. Then COMPARE ! TouWill Detect Tones Your Old Radio Nowor Give. You at All! Only thu can you rolisa how much you're missing how greatly Zenith's Person olised Acoustic Adapter improves tonal ndettty. SALEM APPLIANCE CO. 453 Cosort Ph. Mil T! 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