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PAGE FOUR Tht OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 3, 1938 "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aice' From First Statesman, March 28, 1S51 Charles A. Sprague THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spiague, Pres. - - - Sheldon F. Sackett, Secy. Member of the Associated Press The AssocLttrd Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dlspHtches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper. Let's Cheer for It now The big fight over the reorganization bill is over. History of the court reorganization bill administration defeat, but" the president in this case will be in Jbetter position to save his face. All this is taking it for granted that the reorganization bill is amended as indicated Saturday, reserving to congress the right to accept or override a presidential reorganization order by a simple majority vote. Such an amendment re moves the principal objection, namely that the bill sought to take legislative power away from the congress arid vest . it in the president, in so far as the arrangement of depart ments and agencies in the executive branch of the govern ment was concerned, j With this amendment included, the bill still contains some objectionable features: V 1. The substitution of a one-man commissioner for the present civil service commission of three. 2. The elimination of the comptroller general's office and substitution of an auditor whose responsibility would be to the president rather than to congress, and who would have only post-audit authority. The comptroller-general now t h&s fewer to prevent expenditures for which he concludes there is no legal authority, before the money is spent. 3. The creation of a cabinet department of public wel fare, which would have a tendency to perpetuate the relief setup and inake it inescapably political. However, the house in its present mood is likely to get around to these flaws and correct them; and if it does, there ought to be, if it seems necessary, just as heavy a flood of telegrams in support of the measure as there has been hitherto in opposition to it. For, aside from these features which provoked the bit ter struggle over the bill in the senate, the reorganization bill is undoubtedly sound in principle, meritorious and urgent- Iy necessary. The bill gives the president power to "transfer, re-group, coordinate,. reorganize, or abolish any or all of 133 depart ments, bureaus and agencies of the executive department. It all depends upon hw you define a "bureau," just how many of them there are in the executive department alone. Making a sort of arbitrary definition, there are approxi mately 231, employing, in the national capital, throughout the nation and to some extent abroad, somewhere between 850,000 and a million people. Some of these agencies are "rather awkwardly and il logically grouped. Somi of the island governments are under the war department, j some under the navy department. Then,outside of those two departments, there are half a dozen agencies dealing with the national defense. Two of those happen to be the "national aeronautical board" and the "advisory council 'tor aeronautics." There may be some reason, not visible from Oregon, for the existence of those two boards. Another half dozen or more bureaus, entirely independent of each other, administer the management of various monuments, memorials and parks, all of them separate from the national parks administration. All of this wasn't planned; it "just grew." Whenever congress thought up some new function which government should, undertake, it created a commission to administer it. ; As long ago as the Taft administration, .it was generally realized that this conglomeration should be cleaned up. The fact that congress never did it, was powerful argument for those who wanted to turn the full authority over to the president. , With its objectionable features amputated, the bill .should be passed. It ought no longer to be in any sense a partisan measure. It will be under sufficient hostile pressure from bureaucrats who won't want their jobs lopped out from under them. But all this does not erase the blame that rests upon those persons in the administration and in the senate who sought to enact the-bill, in its Mental Erosion Control "When I have children of my own, 111 never lose the youthful viewpoint. I'll remember the things that I consid ""ered important as a child. I'll remember that I took myself seriously ; that I considered my interests just as essential and my judgments just as sound asthose of the adults about me." ? Some such unspoken pledge, no doubt, has been made to himself or herself by nearly every individual; first at a mo ment of misunderstanding or disagreement with parent or teacher; later at an age when, it seemed, the individual seemed to be emerging from childhood into adulthood and felt able to look with equal readiness either forward or backward in time. ; I After that comes a period when the individual has a gradually increasing opportunity to test out the pledge he has ; made. The problems of dealing with small children's behavior are not relatively difficult. For the first few years, it is possi ble to trace the source of every thought the child reveals. It is, moreover, possible to be dogmatic about decisions. The par ent may discover himself saying "no" almost automatically, without formulating reasons for refusing a request. And it is in this period that tne adult mind is in most danger of losing touch with the juvenile mind. Imperceptibly, another period begins. The child has a .mind of his own; it begins to harbor thoughts and judgments .which are strangers to the parent's viewpoint. Problems of discipline become more difficult. So almost invariably there comes the moment when the parent realizes that he no longer can "think young;" that he js an adult with adult mental habits, and that the waters of time have worn a gulf between his mind and that of youth. Almost inevitably but perhaps not quite. It may be that by striving consciously to prevent it, an occasional man or wom an can build mental dikes that will keep that gulf from start Ing. Once started, it is almost impossible to keep it from deep iening; once in existence, it cannot be bridged. r Hev. W. H. Lyman, paetor ot the Church of Christ at Stayton for a number of years. Is coming to Salem ts senre the Court street Church " ot Christ. Salem has been fortunate in attracting a number of able and devoted men to its churches. The writer, as a former neighbor of Rev. Lyman, knows at first hand that this instance Is no exception. His new congregation is to be congratulated. Klamath Falls has been wanting an underpass. It's now reported to be assured since Roosevelt's road economy proposal has been re jected. Nevertheless, somebody made the claim at a Willis Mahoney rally in his home town, that the underpass would never be built unless Mahoney? was elected senator. Underground politics. . Open house is announced for today at Camp Sliver Creek: Falls, In the Silver Falls state park. The occasion is the fifth anniversary of the CCC, Regardless ot their views about other new deal measures and policies, nearly everyone has a good word for the CCC. Today offers an opportunity to see how It works.-.-. Hooter goes to Europe; Hoofer returns from Europe; Hoover discusses world affairs; Hoover discusses domestic affairs; Hoover poses Cor picture on Stanford campus. Whichever ot those things oc curs, somewhere youll see a headline: "Hoover seen as candidate In '. ' Tower of the press. Editor of rial ma he got a ticket tor three torially that the parking ordinance Editor and Publisher repeats itself. It is another faulty original form. the Vancouver, Wash.. Columbian, successive days after demanding edi be enforced. Bits For Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS "God's answer to " 4-3-38 the efforts ot the . Oregon missionaries and pioneers:" Bashford: V U Bishop James W. Bashford of the Methodist church copyrighted 'The Oregon Missions" in 1918; 20 years ago. It was one of his best books, of which he wrote sev- i eral, good ones. It was one of the most accurate of its kind, up to that time; though the good Bishop was badly muddled on some early day loca tions of this section. A sample: "The meeting, like the funeral, was held in the Methodist church," he wrote of the funeral of Ewlng Toung and of the meet ing that, next morning, estab lished the provisional govern ment, February 17 and 18, 1841. S S W A note shows that Bashford got the setting from Bancroft's writer. who was more muddled, and that the Bishop did not get the right interpretation of the Bancroft scribe. One Bancroft writer loca ted ' the Methodist church at Cbampoeg. There was no Methodist church in Oregon in 1841, unless one of the log houses at the Lee mission might be called a church, which it was not, specifically. S "The meetings meant by Bash ford were the preliminary one of Feb. 7, 1841. to consider forming a provisional government, and the one held at the grave side of Ew ing Young, after his funeral, Feb. 17, 1841. The reader can see that neither meeting meant was in "the" Methodist church, or any Methodist church. One cannot tell from Bashford account whether he thought the meeting of Feb. 18. 1841, which organized and set in motion the provisional government was at "the church" or somewhere else. But he almost gets it right, though not quite. It was at the Lee mission, 1 0 miles by water be low the site of Salem. But Bash ford is excusable-. No writer of Oregon history has ever yet had all the locations around the site of Salem correct. However, Bash ford in his "Resume." final chap ter of his Oregon missions book. showed himself to be a man with prophetic vision. Therein he wrote: "a "a "a "The struggle of the twentieth century largely will determine what race, what language, what civilization and what religion shall become most influential In this great basin during the re mainder of earthly history. The United States and Great Britain by their positions on the Pacific basin already are playing large parts in that struggle. Because these two nations are contributing in some measure to a Christian type of civilization, it is of incal culable advantage to all . nations that they settled the Oregon prob lem in such a manner as to GIVE BOTH OF THEM GOOD HAR BORS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. "Only future centuries can re veal the significance of the peace able settlement along the eastern shores of the Pacific of two great peoples, . . . governed by the same ideals and aiming In some meas ure at least to embody Christian principles in the civilization of the largest basin of our earth. . The reader will conclude that Bashford was a true prophet. The conditions he visloned in the Pa- fic area, 20 years ago, are com ing to pass. Either the two leading nations of the world with Ideals of democ racy will have the ruling voice in the destinies of the Orient, or they will likely fall under the leader ship of powers inimical to govern ments of the people. S " They may go totalitarian fas cist, communistic or some other form. Some one recently uttered a quip te the effect that he could not see any difference between present . fascist and communistic powers--excepting that the wea ther is a little colder in Russia. Bashford in his book had been telling of the settlement of . the old Oregon country, and of Its present great and potentially greater wealth. Then he added: m "a "But this fine territory with its large material products IS NOT GOD'S ONLY ANSWER to the ef forts of the Oregon missionaries and nioneers. "After the arrival of the Immi grants in the fall of 1843. the Am ericans in the Columbia valley outnumbered the British three or four to one. "But the British were so reluc tant to yield the country between the Columbia river and the 49th parallel that Great Britain did not sign the treaty until 1846. "No one dreams that the Puget sound region would have been yielded June IS, 1846, had net more than 1000, through the ef forts of Lee and Whitman, and Dr. White, poured into Oregon be fore the treaty was signed.' (Bashford should have said more than 2000, for the covered wagon Immigrations of 1844 and 184S were included. He meant the trea ty ratified by the U. S. senate June 15. 184 S, by the U. S. senate, fix ing parallel 49 present Canadian International line) as dividing British from American territory- (Concluding on Tuesday.) , Twenty Years Ago Anrfl a. 101M A. A. Hall wan lut nfrht Atot- ed Captain ot Salcn's new mil itary company composed of bus iness ana office men of citr. J. P. Rogers, president cf the United States National bank was found dead yesterday at his apartment on - North Commercial street. Dr. C TX Fulkrson who has recently resigned from the Che ma wa school staff to enter .hos pital corps of US army is Is Sa lem for a short slay. 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'3:30 Phil Cook's Almanac 4:00 Manhattan Mother. 4:30 Old Songs ot the Church. 5:00 St. Louis Blues. 5:30 Eyes of the World. 5:45 Child Ways Counselor. 6:00 Sunday Evening Hoar. 7 :00 Hollywood Showcase. 7:30 My Secret Ambition. 8 :00 Joe Penner. 8:30 Leon F. Drews, Organist. 8:45 Enchanted Hour. 9:00 Harry Owens Orchestra. 9:15 Sunday Sewi Review. 9 :30 Columbia Empire Program, 10:00 Clem Kennedy. Pianist. 10:15 Thanks for the Memory, to CBS. 10:45 Henry King Orchestra. 11:00 Joe Sanders Orchestra. 11:30 l.es Parker Orchestra, 1CEX STJBDAT 1110 Xe. 8:00 The Quiet Hour. 8:S0 Louise F lores. 8-45 Bill Stern Sport Scraps. 9 :00 Prophetic Hoar. 9:30 Radio City Music Hall. 10:30 Command Performance. 11:00 Mi sic Key of RCA. 12:00 Proper Housing. 12:15 Sunday Song Kerr ice. 12 :30 Souvenirs. 1:00 Family Altar Hour. 1 :80 The World Is Yours. 2 :00 Metropolitan Opera Auditions. ' 2:30 Songs of Yesteryear. 2:35 Concert Petit. 3:45 Your Radio Review. 3 :00 Catholic Hoar. 3:30 Haven MaeQuarrie. 4:00 Mnste by Co gat. 4:15 Catholic Truth Hour. 4:SO Feg Murray. 5:00 Spy at Large, 5:30 Songs We Remember. 6:00 Rio Del Mar Club Orchestra. 8:30 KBC Program. 7:00 to 8 8ilent to KOB. 8 rOO News. 8:15 Hotel Edison Orchestra. 8:30 Richard Montgomery Book Chat. 9 :00 Everybody 8ing 10:00 Nee I Spaaldinr's Music. 10 :30 Calvary Tabernacle Jubilee. 11:15 Charles Banyan, Organist. To 12 Complete Weather sod Po'.Ica Reports. a SOW STTirDAT 820 Xe. 8 :00 Press Radio .News. 8:05 Silver Flute. 8:30 Sunday Saarise Program. 8 :00 Ray Towers, Troubadour. 9:15 Home Symphony. 9:30 Chjcago Roand Table. Ten Years Ago April 8, 1928 James W. Mott ot Astoria will run tor republican i ominatlon i for congressional representative for first Oregon district against Representative W. C Ha-rley. Superintendent George W. Hug left Sundew for Spokane where he will officiate Tuesday as pres ident of the Northwest rssociatlon of secondary and tig schools which will eoBrene in the north era city. Dean Frank M. Erickson ot Willamette university was In Portland last weekend where he dined with the Wabash 'college men. of this vicinity. .i. Still Trying to Wade Through It 10:30 AI and Lee Reiser. 10:13 Henry Basse Orchestra. 10:30 8trs of Today. 11:00 Your Radio Review. 11:13 Vincent Gomez. 11:30 Paul Canon, Organist. 12:00 Eddie Swartout'a Music 12 :43 Radio Comments. 1:00 Sunday Special. 1:30 Stars of Tomorrow. 2:00 Msrion Talley. 2:30 Mickey Mouse Theatre. 3:00 Posep Playlets. 3:15 News. 3:30 Argentine Trio. 8:45 Garden Talk. 4:00 Professor Pnszlewit. 4:30 Interesting Neighbors. 5:00 Coffee Hour. 6:00 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round. 6:30 American Album Familiar Mnsic. 7:00 Carefree Carnival. 7:30 Hollywood Playhouse. 8:00 Walter Winchell. 8:15 Irene Rich. 8:30 Jack Benny. 9:00 Sight Editor. 9:15 I Want a Divorce. 9:30 One Man's Family. 10:00 News Flashes. 10:15 Bridge to Dreamland. 11:00 Whitcomb Hotel Orchestra. 1 1 :30 Reveries. To 12 Complete Weather Reports. KSLM MONDAT 1370 Kc. 7:15 News. 7:30 Sunrise Sermonette. 8:00 The Merrymakers, MBS. 8:30 Today'a Tunes. 8 :45 News. 9:00 The Pastor'a Call. 9:15 The Friendly Circle. 9:4o Streamline Swing, MBS. 10:00 Novelties. 10:15 Carson Robinson Buckeroos, MBS. 10:30 Morning Magazine. 10:45 The Voice of Experience, MBS. 11:00 News. 11:15 Vocal Varieties. 11:30 Rev. Erikson. 12:00 The Value Parade. 12:15 News. 12:30 Chamber of Commerce. 1:00 Ed Fitzgerald, MBS. 1:15 West and Matey, MBS. 1:30 Popular Salute. 1:45 Book-a-Week, MBS. 2:00 Concert Classics, MBS. 2:15 Rannie Weeks. MBS. 2:30 The Spice of Life. 3:00 Feminine Fancies, MBS. 8:30 News. 8:45 Rodeo Ramblers, MBS. 4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr., JIBS. 4:15 Bsckyard Astronomer. MBS. 4:30 Hits of Today. 4:45 Rsdio Campus, MBS. 5:00 Popular Melodies. 5:15 Isham Jones' Orch., MBS. 5:30 Howie Wing, MBS. 5:45 The Freshest Thing ia Town. 6:00 Dinner Hoar Melodies. 6:15 The Phantom Pilot. MBS. 6:30 Sports Bullseyes, MBS. 6 :45 News. 7 :00 -Wsltztime. 7:30 The Lone Ranger, MBS. 8:00 Harmony Hall. 8:15 Sews. 8 :30 Swingtime. 8:45 Singing Band, MBS. 9 :00 The Newspaper of the Air, MBS. 9:15 Hillbilly Serenade. 9:30 Bob Crosby's Orch., MBS. 10:00 Orrin Tueker'a Orch.. MBS. 10:30 Ray Keating'a Orch., MBS. 11:00 Joe Reichman's Orch., MBS. " KOIK MONDAT 940 Kc 6:30 Market Reports. 6:35 KOIN Klock, Ivan, Walter and I rankie. 8:00 News. 8:15 This and That with Art Kirkham 8:00 CBS 9:15 Melody Rambiings. 9:30 Romance ot Helen Treat. 9:45 Our Gal 8nnday. 10:00 Betty and Bob. 10:15 Hymns of All Churches. 10:30 Arnold Grimm's Daughter. 10:45 Valiant Lady. 11:00 Big Sister. 11:15 Aunt Jenny' Real Life Stories. 11:30 American School of the Air. 12:00 Matinee ia Manhattan. 12:15 KOIN News Service. 15 :SO Kmt Smith's Comma. 12 :45 Newlyweds. 1:00 Myrt and Marge. 1:15 Pretty Kitty Kelly. 1:30 Jadv and Jane. 1 :45 Homemakera' Institute wits Jeaanette Cramer. 9:00 Dear Teacher. 2:15 New Horrsons. 2:30 Newt Through a Woman's Eyes. 2:45 Hilltop Hons. 3 :00 Studio. 3:05 Among Our Souvenirs. 3:80 Newspaper of the Air. 4:15 Jack Shannon, Bongs. 4:30 Eye ol the World. 4:45 Jody and the Jesters. 8:00 Heaihman Melodies. 5:30 Charlie Chan. 5:45 Boake Carter. . 6:00 Las Radio Theatre B a r s a r s Staawyek la "Dark Victory." 7:00 Wayaa Kiag't Orchestra. 7:80 Eddie Csntor. 8 K0 Scattergood Balnea. 8:13 Lane and Abner. 8:30 Pipe Smoking Time wits Pick . aad Pat. Uomediana. 9:00 Monday Night Shaw. :SOPmB to Violin. -:5 lamplight Harmonies. 10:0 Tive Star FlnaL 10:15 Waits Fires. 10:45 Ted Profits Orchestra. J1:1.S Del Milne Orchestra. H:4S Prehide to SlHit. o KEX MOHDAT 1188 Ke. 6:30 Just About Tafte 7:00 Xaslfcal Cloek. 7 JO Financial Service. 7 :4 Vlaaaeea Enaembla. i 8:15 rwawter WaiUea. 8:80 Dr. Bre . . 9 :00 Time for Thought. 9:15 Three Pals. 9:30 National Farm and Home. 10:30 News. 10 :45 Home Institute. 11:00 Great Moments in History. 11:15 J. K. (iill Rsdio Show Window. 11:30 US Navy Bank. 11:45 US Dept. of Agriculture. 12 : 00 Lost and Found Items. 12:02 Rochester Civic Orchestra. 12:25 Hints to Housewives. 12 :30 News. 12:45 Market Reports. 12:50 Dance Hour. 1:00 Club Matinee. 2:00 Your Radio Review. 2:10 Irma Glen. Organist 2:15 Don Winslow. 2:30 Financial and Grain Reports. 2 : 3 5 Radio Robes. 2:45 Three Cheers. 3:00 VS Navy Band. 3:30 Press Radio News. 3:35 Golden Melodies. 3:45 Dinner Concert. 4:00 Mnsie Is My Hobby. 4:15 Talk, Dr. Joseph Jastrow 4:30 The Oregonians. 5:00 Eddie Swartout's Music. 5:30 Paul Martin'a Music. 5:45 Speed Gibson. 6:00 Spring Swing. 6:15 NBC Projrram. 7 :00 to 8 Silent to KOB. 8:00 Hotel Hermitage Orchestra. 8:30 Sports by Bill Mock, 8:45 Sews. 9:00 Homicide Squad. 9:30 Wrestling Boots. 10:30 Stetson Varieties. 10 :35 Beaux Arts Trio. 11:00 News. 11:15 Paul Carson. Oresnist. To 12 Complete Weather and Police Reports. KOW MONDAY 620 Kc. 7:00 Morning Melodies. 7:15 Trail Biasers. 7:45 News. 8:00 Cabin at Crossroads. 8:15 Margot of Catlewood. 8:30 Stars of Todsy. 8:45 Gpel Singer. 9:00 Kay Towers. 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' 11 :45 Saxophobia. 12:00 Pepper Young'a Family. 12:15 Ma Perkins. 12:30 Vie and Sade. 12 :45 The Guiding Light. 1:00 Refreshment Time. 1:15 Story of Mary Merlin. 1:30 Hash Hughes, Commentator. 1:45 Dr. Kate. 2:00 Bennett A Wolvertoa. 2:15 Vagabonds. 2:30 Stars of Today. 3:15 Candid Lady. 3 :30 Woman's Magasine of the Air. 4:00-Dorothy Mackensie. 4:15 Cocktail Hour. 4:20 Musical Interlude. 4:30 Newa. 4 :45 Curbstone Quia. 5:00 Melody Pussies. 5:30 Grand Hotel. 6:00 House of Charm. 6:30 Music for Moderns. 7:00 Contented Hour, i 7:38 Burns and Allen. 8:00 Amos 'n' Andy. 8:15 Uncle Ezra's Radio Station. 9:00 Hotel Lexington Orchestra. 9:30 Vox Pop. 10:00 N't a s Flashes. 10 :15 Drama. 10:45 BUtmore Hotel Orchestra. 11:00 Ambassador Hotel Orchestra. 11:30 La Conga Orcheatra. To 12 Complete Weather Reports. KOAC MONDAY 550 Kc 9 :00 Today 'a Programs. 9 :03 The Homemakers' Hoar 9 :05 Tims Oat" C. W. .Reynolds. 10:00 Weather forecast. 10:15 Story Hour far Adults. a 1:00 School of th Air. 11:30 Music of the Masters. 12 :00 News. 12:15 Farm Hoar. 1 :15 Variety. 2:00 Home Visits with the Extension Staff Lucy A. Caae. Specialist ia Nutrition "Food Customs in the Orient." 2 :45 Travel's Radio Review. 3:15 Yonr Haalth. 3:45 The Monitor Views the News. 4:00 Th Symphonic Halt Hour. 4:30 Stories for Boyi and O'rls. 5:00 On th Campuses. 5 :45 Vewper Rev. D. Vincent Gray. S:15 'Sews. 8:80 Farm Boor. 7:30 4H Crab Meeting. 8 :15-9-Th Business Honr. Auto Instructor Gets 3rd Ticket NEW YORK, April 2 - () -Frank Zupa pleaded guilty and was fined $10 ia traffic court to day for passing a red light. "By the way," asked Magistrate Burke, "what ia your occupation? This is your third offense for passing a red lIgJtt.i J am an auto instructor, said Zupa, "and I teach folks how to drive.' TorrdLs Have Daughter SILVERTOX Hr. and Mrs. H. Turret : of Salem are announc ing the birth of a 7-pound 2 ounce girl at the Silverton hos pital March 31. Oh the By DOROTHY in The bill for the reorganization of the E x e e n 1 1 has not yet passed, and It is my firm belief fin- m tnat n wiu uuw pass, in Its pres ent" form, it the House ot Repre sentatives listens to the country. The attempt of the Administra tion leaders to send . the Senate bill, which passed by only a margin of seven Dorothy TkosiBas votes, to confer ence in the House without having to go to the House Committee, failed. It Is now in the hands of the House Committee with a pos sibility still for debate amend ment, or a peaceful grave. The House and Conference committee of congress still have the power to eliminate, the four really objectionable features of this bill. These, features are: 1. The substitution of a single civil service administrator, responsible wholly to the president, in the place of a bi-partisan board. The tact that this administrator is ap pointed for fifteen years need not be considered as a check, since the case of Arthur Morgan, who was appointed, we remember, for nine years. 2. The requirements of a two-thirds vote of congress to over-ride any measure within the act, which the president may choose to make. 3. The removal ot congressional control on the executive purse, by making the auditing retrospective and not prospective. 4. The subjection to the president of such quasi-legislative agencies as the TVA. These are the four really ser ious and dangerous features of this bill. The way they might be exploited must be considered in connection with the whole prac tice of American politics, and par ticularly with the tendencies of this administration. This bill with these features in it will entrench and fortify the president as the super-boss of national patronage with something like 15, 000,000,- 000 of the budget to shift around It is amazing to me that Sen ator Norris, for whom I have great respect, supported this bill in its present form. As late as March IS the sena tor in the debate on the bill, op posed Including the TVA under the agencies which the president could transform or eliminate at will, which he can certainly do In the present draft. The senator said then: "I should be opposed to the TVA be ing attached to any department, I care not what It is. The very the ory of the TVA act Itself was to make the organization indepen. dent of any department, indepen dent or any president, indepen dent of any political change which might come over the country, by wnicn we would go from one ex treme to the other, as the country oiten does: to put the Tennessee Valley authority as nearly as pos sible upon a business basis, upon a permanent basis, so that it would not be In the power of eith er party if It came into power some time to overthrow the TVA before it would be possible to have a rnenflly administration in pow er." Senator Norris' remarks were exactly pertinent. The TVA was created by an act of congress, and tne new bin glres the President and not congress, the right even to abolish It. The so-called liberal supporters of "this legislation make exactly the same error that they made in Safety Utility Comparisons To the Editor: , The operating expenses of the Portland General Electric Com pany, it is true, were much less than those of the Seattle City Light department, in 1936. But to make a fair comparison between publicly and privately operated utilities in the northwest, the ex penses of the Tacoma City Light department should be noted.' So Tve prepared a comparison (which is appended to this letter) similar to that which you publish ed in your editorial of March 25, in which the expenses ot Tacoma City Light are shown. Operating expenses of the dif ferent utilities, in 1936, compared as follows: Seattle City Light 12.78 mills per kwh. P. G. E. 8.84 mills per kwh Only 69.2 of Seattle "City Light expenses. Calif. -Ore. power Co. 6 65 mills per kwh. Only 52 of Seat tle City Light expenses. All Private Co.s in Ore. -10 73 mills per kwh. Only 84 of Se attle City Light expenses. Mountain States 20.55 mills per kwh. 160 of Seattle .City Light expenses. Tacoma City Light 4.64 mills per kwh. 52.5 of Portland Gen eral Elec. expenses. 89.8 0f COPCO expense. 22.5 of Moun tain States expenses. .,?W operation of the electric utuity business, it appear from this comparison, is not aw..,. formula for ensuring c h ea n r electricity. Public ownership may be correlated with more efficient operation, as it ia in Tacoma, or it may be correlated with less ef ficient operation. Likewise, the C?EHnoance ot onr Brnt prlvat utilities is not a magic formula. The people who are going to vote on the Question of public owner snip, need to consider tta v- wiu not get bountiful supplies of cucap eaeciricuy unless the a if . , "ireraiuij tne niintles is aviso low. In making these comparisons Of operatlni expenses. It ihonld be iuuiicu out. inag wane both Best, tie City Llht and PGE sr. ttrr ing cities in competition with oth er utilities, the crnnMiiH.. aged In by Seattle City Light is a much more expensive and waste ful kind, since It Is between a pub lic concern and a private concern. .a n- inn niimi Record THOMPSON resoect to the bill for the- reorgan ization of the supreme court- iney things with the short view, with respect to a specific adminis tration, with a specinc prosi-u.. m . ' A am Jan anAfl They do not iook ai w"' .m voanect to their iong-rnge effect under any conceivable sort of administration. Tney are wip ing to aee powers estaDusaeu which, given a cnange oi cw ment in the country, may be used by a president, hostile to every thing they believe, automatically . ma jm i. a cm V.1-H M nrocess lO Ollcuu me v"w.. w- which, if they are ever in a minor ity, will be their only safeguard. AS far as the civil service pro rlainna ire concerned the bill does not, in the estimation of this col umn, go nearly lar enousa. mej do not touch basic issues. The civil serviee problem is noi problem of clerks and stenogra phers. It is a problem of building un an intelligent and continuing bureaucracy in positions up to un-. der secretaries or state., wim au esprit de corps of devoted public service, and with a freedom and security so great that they can feel free to criticize as well as support the policies of the admin istration, on' the basis of their considered and expert judgment. It is a problem of getting rid or. patronage as a political Instru ment. In order tnat oeiiDerauon and considered Judgment may be put in its place. But it does not abolisn patron age to decrease the patronage dispensation privileges -i of con gress and increase the patronage distributing privileges ot the pres ident. On the contrary, It creates a very much more dangerous form of patronage. .Sj The vote of many senators on the bill is politically Illuminating. Senator Wagner, of New York, voted against it. Senator Wagner is one of the most astute politi cians in congress, and it is prob able that he recognizes what the Gallup polls increasingly show, what the changed attitude of Wil liam Green and John L. Lewis shows, and what will soon be ap parent to all politicians, namely, that the leadership of the pres dent is no longer a political asset in the United States. The reason is a simple one. A leader, to hold public support in a democratic country, must lead. And throughout, his entire sec ond administration the President has displayed no leadership. It is almost as though another Franklin D. Roosevelt sat in the White House. We. are at this mo ment a country without a govern ment. We have non-government by echoes of its past self. a What the country is demanding from the administration and con gress is precisely what it demand ed in 1932: leadership in dealing with a very serious depression. Actually, leadership In dealing with the most precipitous depres sion in our "history, which is rap idly approaching the point of 1932. i And not a single constructive idea for handling this, which is our only immediate important problem, has come from the ad ministration. On the contrary, since Novem ber, the administration has been every aiiempc or con gress to deal realistically with the situation. The members of congress are free to use their considerate Judg ment about this bill or any other bill. They don't need to be afraid that If they switch their vote they are backing the wrong horse. What they need to fear Is that they are backing bo horse. Valve Also it should be remembered that PGE and the other priyate util- .regon Berre fcrse rural territories, which is not the case with the municipal light depart ments of Seattle and Tacoma. A further comparison of the ex penses of the privately and pub- wlT r pIant,' 8how". I?.f ?ated, ln your editorial, that PGE and the other private companies in Oregon, pay about twojsnd one-halt times as much It- f Mlowatt aour as does rinrCIt5r L1at Apart ment If PGE paid only one mill t Ili? f ?"' " doe Seattle City Light, its operating; expenses would be reduced by about 16 4 Sdrsher tKafB th same, its rate would be cut about 9 3 But ev wm, thIs 80 J - It ' "operating expenses of Ta- r? !l LIht '""W "till be only 2.8 of PGE expenses. However, while taxes are a big expense. Interest is even more of frLeD8' " thDwn ,B th fol lowing summary: I sel It - ,1? f the Prng expen thl tnr.i comPanr. " 17.8 of 7 S M". Absorbing 15. 7 of the operating revenues miSkwt CUT taxe? o? 8t mn kwb. are 1S.3 of the op- total expenses, absorbing 10 of the operating revenues. nwL L h opting rerenues SxTtem" tWlC " , Jtmfit ,21 UsU !ntret of toui SST11' lB ot 1 oHEH' ",d sorbs 14. 41 nLJil' revenues It Sr?t mor tha " icay L7w. tte.ta,t ,och twrif 1a hl'L Jntert expense. the:thonght whlch"." th. th "Tnr. In brief. ili'ihl "-tlpricucan, utility ot i PoweJ Lr? ,tat noting Sort .! -"PPow ' that this hKina ? 7Id?,s op Interests r?rv!L P,. UoB ahare. Under such conation., there -would be . I Turn to pag, coi, ,j me