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PAGC F0U2 i . (3resDttlg;tate0matt -jV0 Faror Strays J; Nt Fear ShaU Ave" From First Statesman. March SS. 1151 Charles A. Spkague . - ' Editor and Publisher. THE STATESMAN PUBUSHING CO. , Charles A- Sprague, Pres. - - -Sheldon 3 Sackett, Seey. klmb-r oX lb AocUlcd Press t tA of all as dixpalcfaM ercdiwa to U or tttonrta erdltl m thLa paper. - ! ''-',-. J . ' f , " " - Climax of . the The long succession of state primaries winds up ma glittering nine-ring circus with several lively sideshows this week. On Monday Maryland holds Its primary and Maine holds its own private general election,' erstwhile national t barometer. - . . " . . ! - a-:," Tuesday is the busy day with primaries in Arizona, i ri isrr WaTnnyii" Vermont. Michigan. Louisiana, Utah'and Washington. That crats will select nominees in ... . i m j i." jNeverineiess luesuay a jwuuuu i..... - , 1 in the national picture than either Monday's or j Wednesday s, I though on the latter date only Georgia selects nominees. She I Connecticut republican convention on Thursday winds up the i week's show, and leaves only Wisconsin New Jersey and S xr. vi- wmdnci rtrpliminariefi to the November I ma 13. 4 in oil fKio nrexfc will RPfi United States senators decided, ! land, where Millard Tydings battles for his political life with 1 the prestige of the "Head of the Democratic rarty amyeu against him, and on Georgia where Walter F. George battles I a similar handicap. . : ! , 1 Senator Adams of Colorado and Senator. Lonergan of 1 Connecticut might as justif iedly have been included in the .? "purge" effort, but the HDP has ignored those races as he I did that' of, Senator McCarran of Nevada, renominated last I week. In Georgia and in Maryland Roosevelt has led with his chin" and risked his prestige on the results of the ballot. In each case the incumbent to whom the president objects has cooperated with the new deal in a great majority of issues, but has demonstrated independence on such matters as court packing and reorganization. Therefore, from the viewpoint of a neutral observer oi nauonai aiiaira, im mediate issue is 100 per cent domination of congress by the president, and not liberalism. . I But Roosevelt is already defeated 1 on that issue ; if it were a golf match he would be "seven down and two to go, and the match would long ago have, been over. So the ob servers are now discovering a new goal. It has been recog nized all along that the real goal was domination of the demo cratic national convention in 1940, but it has been difficult to see what Roosevelt expected to gain in risking bis claim of invincibility by putting it to the acid test in primaries which be could more gracefully have ignored. ; t Now the pattern becomes plainer. These independent minded, senators are personally popular. ' Furthermore in , opposing them, Roosevelt must encounter a resentment against interference which finds expression in the "damn yankee" remarks heard on the lips of South Carolina voters as they went to the polls. ! But in 1940 when the presidency itself is the issue, these side issues will not be present. If in the meantime Roosevelt can manage to establish a cleavage within the party in each state, his own personal popularity may swing the majority to his side; either for renomination of himself for a third term, or for a candidate of his choosing. If this is the Roose veltian aim at present, it does not make so much difference to him whether he wins or. loses I in Maryland and Georgia. ! But the national eye will be on the returns from those states, Monday and Wednesday, and the nation will judge the results from the point of view of the personnel of the next congress The presidential mind can jump to 1940, but the nation must struggle somehow through 1939. Wool From the Cow ! . The bureau of dairv industry of the department of agri culture announces that its chemists have succeeded in mak- . inj? from casein, which comprises about 3 per cent of skimmed milk, a fibre which is decidedly, similar to wool in chemical composition, appearance and utility.: In fact it has some ad vantages over wool; it shrinks less, and can be worn next to the skin without irritation. I The process is simple. Casein is extracted by curdling the milk and washing the curds to remove salts and sugar, then pressed to remove water, dried and ground to a sub stance looking like creamy white bread crumbs. To make the fibre, ithe casein is softened in water and dissolved in an alk aline f solution, becoming a sticky mass which is forced , through tiny holes, coming out as a soft thread which is then hardened in a formaldehyde solution, and treated with other solutions which modify its texture. The process is similar to that of rayon, and this synthetic wool can be -manufactured in rayon plants. The cost will be about the same, tentative stu dies indicate. ! Articles already made from casein include buttons, bil liard balls, fancy buckles, combs, an extremely powerful glue, various types of fine paper, the knobs on the automobile's in strument panel, paints and numerous others. I It is an out standingly versatile material, partly because it takes a iiigh polish and almost any variation of color. Experiments aimed . at making artificial rubber from casein have been only partly successful, butjscientists are constantly seeking new uses for this product of the cow. Aside from this effort's economic importance to dairymen, its success will have the further ben eficial tendency of locating industrial plants nearer 'to the . sources of supply and thus decentralizing industry. i As Clear i The other dav the London No. ,1 newspaper of the world,. suggested that the Sudeten t Germans might take the portion of Czechoslovakia in which f ' i 4.V, 1 nuic; ac til uic luajuiij auu gewcue (i iw vr v. ..p t 1 The immediate conclusion of some observers on this side of the Atlantic was that the Times, pretty much on the inside of things at No. 10 Downing ""V 7 4. . f. Then came the reaction. smajonty sentiment in England., Now the same observers are i kminln that fThi nriinn -w int wTiat the Times exnected i t. incident, the official British attitude has stiffened to the extent of an unequivocal declaration that England will fight If Czechoslovakia is invaded. I The truth is that nobody, knows where Europe is headed, jand it is more difficult to guess, over here where it has not yet , neen necessary to count noses ana provide oomoprooi dafouts for everybody, than it is over there where the crisis of war or peace pervades all i . v. ' ; '1 xi . , , i ; : wver at toe iar ena 01 taree wiiu tuiuiuiw 01 euiwuaw, the editor of the Woodburn Independent opines that one col umn of editorials would be about right. He writes his editor ials with a linotype machine instead of a typewriter, but then he has all week instead of just one day to do it We.incline to the belief that a newspaper is justified In publishing as much fedi tonal matter as its subscribers will read. If that view and the Woodburn editor's view are both right, his remarks on this particular subject were wasted on everybody except the proofreader, the paid readers for the clipping services and the exchange editors. - ; v - : a "rabble rouser of the right" Imagine a candidate for off ice standing on a soapbox, waving his arms and hoarsely trying to influence votes with the promise of?a 30b an honest eight- hour jcb at fair pay,, no more 3avs a fellow tired but satisfied at the end of the day. f"TiX- ?rm rh.ri 4tt. : n . ..u-MM.i.t.' j u building from Charles I uit;ian, v. 13 uiryuiiciiw wuuiu vuuipuuu, auu u&u uic icuuw ( QUigt now of Salem but cyrsaosae. e - . . . - of this community. Primaries same day Connecticut s demo- convention. j ..(itn'tiao lnnm smA er the fate of nine lncuraDeni but the spotlight is on Mary- as Mud - ' j ! Times, which is just about the A tt;4-V it- 4-litia imrfinff Wlir street, was nolitely informing fi T!hftRln , . The Czechs boiled and so did :i fk.t fht thinking. t .j.-i. and no less, a job that would Bits for Breakfast By R. J; HENDRICKS " The 84 th state fair has been a good one: Some things needed to make it better m future: i ' V j The 84th state fair, haying Its closing hours today, has been a creditable one, worthy of Its his toric inheritance. - - It is the oldest of Its kind with a continuous ; history, with no In termittent years, and . with: a statewide scope, on this coast, l This is the! 84th state fair, not the 77th, as it has been mistak enly . and widely advertised. Again, after many repetitions, this la the record, beginning with that of the ;1871 Salem Direc tory, quoting! . "The first agricultural society on the Pacific coast was organ ised at Salem !AprU 6. 1854.-Governor John W. Daris, president, and Joseph G. Wilson secretary. The first agricultural fair was held at Salem October 11, 1854, Hon. L. F. Grover delivered the address. In this address the ,,w.0hra.Bt - i,, introduction of the Cashmere j or Angora goat and the steam plow were recommended. Grover be came congressman, governor, U. S. senator, etc.. etc The follow ing year the officers were R. C. Geer, president; Joseph Cox, rice president; and C. A. Reed, treas urer. The society held several f airs? . . . becoming Involved in debt, the society sold its land! to Marion county, which transferred It- to the State: Agricultural so ciety." t i ' In other words, Marlon county came to the rescue. The deed to Marlon county was made April 1, 1863. On July 7, 1864. tne county deeded It to the Ag ncauurai society. A fair was held at Oregon City in 1861. I It was not caned the state fair. It was-not the state fair. ? But some muddler, in the past, dated the state fair from, that year, that fair. And it, has mistakenly, loousniy, ror a lew years gone on, without correction. The grounds deeded to Marion county were the present grounds the part of them on which are most of the buildings. .The same went to the Agricultural society! The same went later to the state. It has been the same fair, at the same: place, since 1854. This is the 84th Oregon jstate fair. me annual law was held on those grounds in 11861, the year uregon city also held a fair. See Salem Directory. 1871, page 41 K. Williams delivered the ad dress." says that Directory. He was Oregon congressman, 1877 9; he was DIck'T Williams, the famous criminal lawyer of the old days. The published premium list ot the fair held at Oregon City t In 1861 was titled: "Premium List of the Oregon State Agricultural Society to be Awarded at An nual Fair to be held at Oregon City October 1, 2, 3, ' and 4, 1861," At ITS fair, not at the state fair. . The final deed to the state; of Oregon was November 2, 1891, and' Included about tOO acres; most of the present ; buildings. The 1939 fair will be the 85th Oregon, state fair. During the past year, many Improvements were ; made ! to buildings at the state fair grounds. But : many are still needed, and it is a pity that more land was not acquired in the past few years, while prices were reasonable. ThQ fair, this year is too big for the grounds. It is too bad, too, that there was not enough money to Im prove the roads into the grounds, either with paving or oil maca dam, w j j And the stadium, in which the horse show is held, has grown top small. : ' m - VI- V It seems only yesterday, when Mvt L. Jones was on the state fair board; that the stadium was constructed There was not money enough In -sight to erect the needed bonding. What to do? M. i L Jones endorsed personally notes to secure the necessary funds. v v n Mr. Jones lives very near to the state fair j grounds. How many people heedlessly rush past. not remembering or knowing that he did such a great ! thing for the. state fair? The building Justified his vision, and - the so- ciety paid the borrowed money, Bat, 'without the vision, and by one whose -he C the confidence. CTHt WSS then good f Or the mightyet limp? along; without a stadium.' (His son is Hon. Ron- ld Jones, , who Is to .be in the sUte senate from Marlon county - "v V V And now the building is not nearly big enough. It should be twice its sfae. i Where Is the ar- tpTeading of the wans and the providing of the seating space so as to accommodate comfortably tJf 'J?!?. Tawayfrom the past week for want of seat ' lng apace, or even standing room Governor withycombe used to claim Oregon's was the best state tlr in- the country west of Mln nesota. It can be, made the nest in the United States, for the best state in the union. But It must be much bigger in order - to be itenary celebration la 1954. That wui be a great time to be- much better. It win have ; Its- gin now to work to and prepare- for. Double the stadium's size by then, if not before, and sub stantially enlargv- the grounds. :i - . minister Builds Home Tri cSll? PeJ: tecostai church. i building a new three-room homo near the si- ert?n "rpp" ln lttI district. h CD U Llnd- formeriy British:Flagship VisitWest Coast Seaports '. - ; - - - - I - 1 r. - , . f . - - : ' . ' . j! i 5 ... - ..' . :. . i I .. -r i. . V " ' . :.. " ' ' ' ,5 ,. ' . . " ' . .. , !"' ' " jv .: ? -- On an Informal visit, the HMS York a nine day stay. Aboard wme Vice vx'S America and West Indies fleet. Admiral Meyrick and Captain were gretwu oy ueutenant UwuMidn- J. H. Fvjskett and Untenant B. S. Copptaff In behalf ot the US navy. From San. Francisco the York will sail torn Sam DiMa Rmtembw IS. and thew on to her ocrmuua oase via ranuna uanau nioto snows tne British heavy Radio Programs! KSLM SUNDAY 1370 Kc 1 9:30- Men With Wings. 10:00 The Smarties. MBS. 10:15 Romance ot Highways, i MBS. 10:30 Handicraft Hobbles, MBS 10:45 Charlie and Jane, MBS. 11:00 American Lutheran : Church. 12:0 0 Benay Venuta Program, 1:00 Musical Salute. 1:15 Hawaiian Echoes. 1:30 Lee Shelley's Orch, MBS. 2:00 MitcheU Ayer Orch., MBS. 2:30 Stan Lomax. MBS. 2:45 Dorothy Foster. MBS. 3:00 Hawaii Calls, MBS. 3:30 Rabbi Edgar Magnin, ; MBS. 3:45 Hollywood Whispers, MBS. ' 1 4:00 Sunday Special, MBS. I 4:30 Invitation to WalU, MBS. 5:00 Grant Park Concert, MBS 5:45 Jimmy Dorsey" Orch, MBS, :00 Jim Walsh. Orch. MBS. ! 6:30 Good "Will Hour, MBS. 7:00 Musical Salute. 7:15 Organalities. ;.. 7:30 Old Tashloned Revival, . ! : MBS. 8:30 Sons of Pioneers, MBS. 9:00- Tonight's Headlines. 9:15 Lee SheUy's Orch., -MBS. 9:30 Back Home Hour. 10:00 Jimmy Dorsey Drch, " - MBS. ' 10:30 Benny Meroff Orch., MBS KGW SUNDAY 620 Ke. 8:00 Silver Strings. 8:30 Meridian Music. 9:00 Ray Towers. 9:30 Sunrise Program. 10:00 Dinner at Aunt Fannie's. 10:30 Sunday Drivers. 11:45 Romance Melodies. . 12:00 News. 12:15 Rangers' Serenade. 1:00 Marion Talfey. 1:30 Swartoufs Music. 2:30 Posey Playlets. 3:0 0 Prof essor Funlewlt. 3:30 Band Wagon. 6:00 Merry-Go-Round. . 5:30 Album of Familiar Music C :00 CarnivaL :30 Win Your Lady. 7:00 Walter WinchelL 7;15 Irene BJch. 7:30 Hobby Lobby. 8:00 I Want a Divorce. 8:15 Orchestra. - 8: SO One Man's Family. . 9:00 Night Editor. 9:15 Orchestra. : 10:00 News Flashes. 10:15 Bridge to Dreamland. 11:0 0 Orchestra. i. J i KEX SUNDAY 1180 Ke. 8: JO Music HafL 10:00 Magic Key. ' 11:17 Orchestra. 11:45 Horse and Buggy Days. 1 2 : 0 0 Sunday - Vespers. 12:35 Day and McKlnley. 1:0 0 Family Al Ur Hour. ltJO Jean Sablon. . s 1:45 Master Builder. " ' 2:00 Catholic Hour. ' 2:30 Canadian Guards Band. 3 : 0 0-- Popular Classics. 2:30 Boredom by Budd. 4:00 Spy at Large. ' 4:50- Songs We Remember. - -5 : 0 0 Orchestra. 5:30 Readers Guide. . 6:45- Catholic Truth Concert. COO Horace HeidU . 8:00 News. 8:15 Orchestra. 9:00 Everybody Sing. 9:80- Orchestra. . 10:00 Latin Americans.. 10:80 Family Altar Hour. 11:15 Charles Runyan. . : KOIN SUNDAY MO Kc 8:00 Major Bowes. 8:80 Salt Lake Tabernacle. 8:00 Church of the Air. 8:10 Europe: Calling. 10:30 Farmer Takes the Mike. 12: 3D Winnipeg Singers. 1 : 80 Texas. Ranger. -1:30 Cook's Almanac. - 2: B Old Songs of the Church. 2:88 Laugh Liner. 2:00 Deep Riven 8:15 Strange as It Seems. 3:30 West Coast Church. 4: 00 Mercury Theatre. 5:00 Sunday Evening Hour. , 8: OS Ghost of Benjamin Sweet. 8:29 Headlines and Bylines, f 7 ; 0 0 Orchestra. 8:tn Leon F. Drews. 8 : 1 5 Orchestra. 9 i 15 News Review. . 9:30 Orchestra. 10:00 Clem Kennedy. 18:15 Thanks for the Memory' of the British Royal Navy recently steamed into San Francisco fori Admiral Sir Sydney Meyrick, commander in chief of King George I KSLM MONDAY 1S70 Kc 7 30 News. ' j 45 Time O Day. 00 Four Square Church. 15 Smarties, MBS. 30 Hits and Encores. 45 News. 00 Pastor's Call. 15 Friendly Circle. 45 World Traveler, MBS. 00 Women In News. 15 Hawaiian Paradise. 3 0 Morning ; Magazine. 45 Vocal Varieties. 00 News. I 1 15 Organalities. 30 Hal Stokes Orch., MBS. 45 Value Parade. 15 News. i 30 Chamber of Commerce. 00 FHA Talk, MBS. 15 3 Graces and Piano, MBS. 30 Trail Blazers, MBS. 45 Johnson Family, MBS. 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 1 1 1 1 2 2 00 Musical Salute. 15 Penumbra, MBS. 30 Spice of Life. ' 45 Fanfare. MBS. 00 Feminine. Fancies, MBS. - 30 Salvation Army, MBS. 45 News. "5 00 Studies in Contrasts, MBS -1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 S 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 30 Mitchell Ayer Orch., MBS 00 Bob Crosby, MBS. 30 Howie Wing, MBS. 45 Fulton Lewis, Jr.. MBS 00 Singing Strings, MBS. 15 Dinner Music. 30 Sports Bullseyes, MBS. 45 Tonight's Headlines, MBS 00 Musical Interlude. ' - 30 Lone Ranger, MBS. ; 00 News. 15 Varieties. . ! 30 Mitchell Ayer Orch., MBS 45 Sons of Pioneers, MBS. 00 Newspaper of Air, MBS. 15 Fun in Tour Kitchen. 30 Famous First Facts, MBS 00 Jimmy Dorsey Orch.. MBS 30 Gene Englander Orch., MBS. i 00 Jim Walsh Orch.. MBS. KEX MONDAY 1 1 80 Kc , 8:30 Musical Clock. 7:00 Originalities. 7:30 Financial Service. 7:4 5 Viennese Ensemble. 7:58 Market Quotations. , 8:30 Farm, and Home. 9:30 Music by CugaU 10:30 News. I 10;45 Home Institute. 11:00 Navy Band. 11:45 Between the Bookends. 12:00 Dept. of Agriculture. 12:30 rNews. ? 12:45 Market Reports. 1:30 Financial and Grain. . l:45-Orchestra 2;25 News, i : I ' J 2 : 3 0 Orchestra. 2:45 Lola Hutchinson.. 3:00 Concert Orchestra. 3:45 Vivian. Delia Chlesa, '4:00 Sing Song. 4:30 Paul's' Pipes. 5:00 Rhythm Masters.. 8:00 News.t U 1 8:15 Sports Column. ' . . i 8:30 Orchestra. . , 9:15 Stanford University. - . 9:3 0 Wrestling Matches. 10:30 String Quartet. 11:00 News. , ' f 11:15 Paul Carson. - KGW MONDAY 20 Kc. 7:00 Morning Melodies. 7:15 Trail Blazers. 7:45 News. . 8:00 Vaughn De Leath. 9:0t Ray Towers. 9:30 Words and Music 10:45 Hymns of All Churches. 12:45 Girl Alone. ... -1:00 Top Hatters. ""1:45 Orchestra. 2:00- Curbstone Quiz. i 2:30 Woman's Magazine. 8 : 00 Dorothy MacKensie. 3:15 Rose Marie. 3:30 News. 2:45 Harrison Knox.- 5:00 Pleasant Interlude. " 6:80 Orchestra.- t: 00 Contested Program. 8:80 Robert Ripley. 7 : 0 0 Amot n Andy. - ' - 7:15 Orchestra. 8:00 Review. 3:30 Vox Pop. ! 9:00 Hawthorne Henee. 9:30 Orchestra. 10:00 News Flashes. 10:15 Sports Graphic ' 1 0 : 3 0 Orchestra. 1 ; ..: KOIN MONDAY 10 Kc. . 8:30 Market Reports. 8:35 KOIN Klock. " 8:0 News. -! f r . : H. E. Morse, commander of the cruiser moored along Saa Fran.. 9:30 Mid-Morning Melodies. 10:45 This and That. 11:15 Dear Columbia. 11:45 News, j . 1:00 March ot Games. 1:15 New Horizons. 1:30 HUlbUly Champions. 2:05 Songs for You. 2:30 Bob Trout. : 2:45 Westerners Quartet.. , 3:00 Ray Heather ton. 3:15 Newspaper of the Air. ,4:00 -Backgrounding the News. 4:30 Mary Lou Cook. 4:45 -Your Future. 5:00 Radio Theatre. ' 8:00 Orchestra. 8:30 Del Casino. 6:45 Khythml in the Breeze. 7:00 Leon F. Drews. 7:15 Lum and Abner. 7:30 Pick and Pat. 8:00 Monday! Night Show. 8:30 Orchestra. 9:30 Camera! Club. 9:45 Whispering Jack Smith. 10:00 Fire Star Final. 10:15 White Fires. 10:45 Fraternity Preview, j 11:0 0-r-Orches tra. . 11:45 Prelude! to Midnight, j ; - . ; ! . j -I ., KOAC)iaOA Y KM) Kc 8:00 As You Like It. 9:09 Homemakers' Hour. 9:05 Neighbor Reynolds 10:15 Story Hour for Adults. 11:00 Your Health. - 11:15 Music of the Masters. 12:00 News, j 12:18 W. S. AveriU. 12:30 -Market, Crop Reports. 1:15 Stories for Boys and Girls 1:45 Monitor; Views the News. 2:00 Homemakers Half Hour. 6:30 Farm Hour. 6:32 Agriculture viewed iby Editors. 6:45 Market, Crop Re- .1' ports! 7:15 Sweet Home Com munity Fair. -7:45 News. ... ( Loneliness Cause ! : Of Horse's Death BRUSH CREEK Because she missed her teammate of many years the old black mare on the Fred Krug farm is dead. Her companion died about two months ago. Since then the mare has been disconsolate, finally refus ing to eat. One day this ' week Fred Krug found her lying dead. Another valuable mare In Brush Creek also was lost this week. She was the property of the L. H. Meyer; fsmily. She slip ped Into Brush! Creek in such manner - that she couldn't extri cate herself. It was necessary to shoot her. Her small colt is re ported as doing: nicely. Fift een ears i20 September 11. 1923 On October-25 will take place in Salem, Oregon's official part ln . the i opening of the Pacific highway through to Vancouver, B.C. Governor Pierce-' will re move barrier of British and Am erican , Hags. . I :!--.;, Mrs. Emma Murphy Brown is leaving in October for Washing ton. DC., Where she will have a place in the office of US Senator Charles MeXary. , . Roy Keixer. formerly la YMCA work in Astoria has been ap pointed placement officer at the state training 1 school. Ten Ycm A50 11, 138 . Dr. W. L. Whittlesey, profes sor of economics at Princeton university, was In Salem Monday to spend the ! day with George W. Hug.' city : superintendent of SChOOlS. - '.',!.. v ' - Prof essor O. 1. Thayer,- re cently elected to direct the Sa lem . nign sea 00 1 band, has ar rived with his family and wQI open a studio street, v on North Winter 1 August Huckeasteln. Salem democrat, who was ; nominated by Tammany club of Oregon as independent candidate for state treasurer; has announced he will not accept the . nomination. me Br DOROTHY .WHERE WE STAND 0 In : view of the situation In Europe, it might be wen i 10 re view our 1 own position n m event 01 war. iue simplest j way to do so Is to corn- pare 1914. it with First i of sll, this country passionately de sires to keep out ot any war. and has engaged in numerous! inves tigations i and framed legisla tion, with ! a view to preventing our participation ' in one. j Public opinion, is overwhelmingly anti war, and varous polls' show that large proportion of people do not think iwe ought to fight un der any circumstances unless in- I vaded. j 1! , Some of these polls also show. however, ithat a very consider able j percentage of those ' who vote against war think Jjthat if there is s major conflict, we shall ! not ! avoid being drawn in to It.?: -- 1 '-. ' A Certainly nobody In the; United States today thinks of sending an expeditionary force to Eu rope and! nobody in .a urespon- sible ? position . in any European country either desires ior ex pects us to. ' ' I ! - T . i- But It Is equally certain that the American position . j toward Europe Is much clearer and more uniform than it was between 114! and! 1916. . position with regard to n.urntvii the basis oi There Is. first neutrality. In 1914 the basis of our .neutrality policy was the historic doctrine of .freedom of the seas.' That simply 1 meant that I we claimed the right, as neutrals, to trade with anybody. neutrals or bemgerents.1 under this 3 doctrine we attempted to run the British blockade jot Ger many, and in the first two years of the war we had serious con flicts with Great Britain, who, of course, attempted to ! prevent us. from rendering impotent - ner most important weapon ; against the enemy. - 1" il! Nazi Germany is almost com pletely isolated from American sympathy, A recent Gallup poll ot considerable significance In dicated that 65 per : cent of Am ericans would, in a world war sympathize with the western de mocracies; 32 per cent would be indifferent, and only 3 -per cent would desire to see Germany- or Italy win4 1 i There are also much more re alistic reasons for this : distrlbu Uon of sympathy than there were in 1914.! -. Although to a considerable extent the opposition to Germany and ; Italy la ideological and sen timental we are actuaUy-j as . we were not ln 1914 in an open clash with Germany theory , and practice In the economic field. . Secretary Hull's trade poUdes. which, are extremely clear, .eon slatent and liberal, are diamet rically opposite to the naxl trade system, which conflicts With us in South American markets and eisewnere an over the world. Tner. newest German oeai whereby the products of oil fields expropriated, from! Ameri cana and Britons is to go! to Ger many in return tor j German goods is. only one' 'example of how; this! policy has worked. We have serious grounds of terest for resenting the self-in- German economic policy whereby Ger- many lives as a parasite! on the free economies ot the! the world, and we are rest of paying by i millions of unemployed for the fact that the world has been kept in political and economic unrest for the last five years. We have, in our neutrality legislation, definitely abandoned thii doctrine. The newahd legal theory Is . that . we should keep out f of war by keeping out ' ot danger. But it Is left to the dis eretlon of the president; to de cide to what extent most of the neutrality act should be applied. Tne- sale of arms to both sides must be t abandoned, providing it is decided that a state j of war exists, but the Chinese-Japan ese .conflict indicates that when public opinion has more sym pathy with one side than, the other even this provision can be suspended by a war. And apart from the sale of arms everything is discretionary, and at most the president is empowered to- ap clause. Ply ; the cash-and-carry which simply means that we sell Let Me Keep .. Like water, I would run Light foot, and follow Under the moon and sun i Some woodsy! hollow: Not like, the stagnant pool -; But the brook flowing, Sparklins and gay and cool, i Let me keep going. - When twilight lingers late ! And the quail's calling Caution? his roving mate ! Darkness is -falling, ;As the lone-sower swings To his late sowing Lord of all living things, j - Let me keep going.- i No laggard in the climb, Though my j feet stumble IThen the sky-cymbals chime : I- Vith their fierce rumble; Facing the upward trail, And a wind blowing, -: Lord, till the footing fail, . j Let me keepj going. r iThin thongh the dwindling sands j In the glass falling, ; ;And from far, airy strands i Sof t Toices calling, ..... ! While the bleak winter slope " " whitens with snowing, JJp the steep hill of hope - r- '.: Let me keep going. ; Kccor THOill'SON only to those who can pay and cart off the goods. . l Under the terms of the law. therefore, we could, and almost certainly . would, cease Immedi ately to have intercourse with Germany in case of a war be tween that country and the wes tern powers. We would cease be cause Britain still controls the seas, and we would not attempt to run the blockade with our own ships, and because, even if she could carry, Germany has t not the cash with which to buy nor any appreciable amount of American securities that could be mobilized to pay for Ameri can goods. " Although Mr. Hitler stated in his proclamation to the- party congress at ""Nuremberg on Mon day that Germany was capable of surviving a blockade, this ; opinion is not shared by official German economic . and i military publications. The economic sit uation of' Germany in case of war is admirably reviewed this month by William Woodside in Harper's Magazine" in an ar ticle which takes all its infor mation from German i sources. The "Deutscher Volkswirt." or gan of Dr. Schacht; the 'Militar- isches Wochenblatt, the offic ial publication of the army; and the "Frankfurter Zeitung" have warned repeatedly in the last few months that Germany is in capable of surviving a blockade. On the other hand. Great Bri tain and France have probably 810,000,000,000. worth of gold nd American securities that could and would be immediately mobilized and utilized in this, . country. Although the ! Johnson act forbids credits to nations in default to us and that-includes nearly everybody it would play no role for at least a year. In 1914 It took approximately eight months before the first substantial orders for war ma terial were placed in America. Then, people did not believe that the war would last long. Now, plans are ready and orders would be placed . immediately and the cash and securities available would be. sufficient to finance all transportable purchases for fuljy a year. . Leaving all questions of -sympathy aside, it would be diffi cult for any government to re fuse orders which would, how ever temporarily, solve the prob lems of the American farmer, industrialist and worker. But Questions of sympathy cannot be ignored, and in this respect the situation is very dif ferent from what it was in 1914.' From, 1914 to 1916, and cer tainly up to the sinking ot the Lusitanla. there was a. very strong pro-German sympathy, in the United States,, fostered by our sizeable . population of Ger man blood, by asi enormous re spect: for German, culture which had been strongly represented in the universities for a gener ation and. incidentally, support ed by many Influential Ameri cans of German-Jewish origin. A great m many Americans who had no ties with Germany en tertained; grave and Justified . doubts as to the injustice of the German cause. Pre-war Germany was, in the eyes - ot hundreds of thousands of Americans, a great civiliza tion, a - part of the western Christian world, and, although, not a parliamentary state In the stricter sense of the word, a state fn which there .were legiti mate " government. : independent courts, free speech and free eci--ence and art an 'intellectual so ciety which was part of the com. inon western civilization. Finally, and very Importantly, the opposition to the fascist . states is strongest today in the very circles which - in 1914-16. were most paclfjst-in the ranks of the Left. If, then war should break out in Europe there Is every Indica tion that the full moral and ec onomic Bupporf ot the United States would go Immediately to the western democracies. T h neutrality policy is j on theii side; national self-interest is on their side; financial and indus trial interests are on their side, and the masses are on their sida - All of which seem -excellent reasons why the Fascist cua tries would do exceedingly well not to risk a major war. A ma jor war would be- very serious for the western democracies. But It would be disaster for the fa scist powers. (Copyright, 1928, NY-Trib. Inc) Going . v -EDWIN T. REED.