The Oregon statesman., October 13, 1938, Page 4, Image 4

i'AGE FOUR
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Blorning, ' October 131938.
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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March IS, 1861 t
i Charles A. Spragjje
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Gadgets and Human Nature j " j
"TV. to ..t vviii wo trn a race of matchless gadget
' 1 M V.It- Invantnrt WA Hftn't kllOW UlUCtl mOrB
than the ancient Homans knew about the. business of running so
ciety Intelligently." Eugene Register-Guard; -
" 'Ain't it the truth!' , . . Human nature has not changed
an lota since time began. It is the same today as it was in Adam 8
time and will be the same 10,000 years from now.! What we
speak of as civilization merely means an accumulation of what
the Guard, calls 'gadgets, plus advancement In science that
makes it easier for doctors to save life and easier for armies to
take it." Corvallis Gasette-Tlmes. 5
: i It may be that the eminent editors of two leading Ore
oti newspapers are right in their evaluation of so-called hu
man progress. Theyvwere thinking principally of the recent
threat of war, of the peace which does not appear to be very
secure, of our own internal troubles in the United States.
It is probably true that we have today no better minds
than that of Socrates, and that we have minds and personal
ities just as benighted as those of the lowest savage of any
period. If human nature is defined as whatever is qualitative
ly characteristic of man, between those upper and lower lev
els j it seems that perhaps there has. been no change. But if,
in evaluating human nature, we attempt to find an average
for! each period in history, who are these learned gentlemen
to say that the average today is no better than it was 10,000
years ago, or even 1000 years ago; or that it will be no better
10,000 years hence? I .. :
j They speak somewhat disparagingly of gadgets. But can
they deny authoritatively that one simple gadget, for instance
the bathtub, has not served to elevate immeasurably the ave
rage of what they call human nature? Sociologists ; have
deied deeply into the mysteries of mind, personality, char
acter, success and failure. Some of them have been prone to
emphasize heredity as the outstanding factor in any individ
ual's capacity. They have marshaled the facts about the Juke
and Kallikak families, and they are indeed impressive props
forthe Mendelian theory that humanity can be improved
only by selection. In a democracy, at least, we are not ready
to practice human selection by forbidding procreation to any
but the most obviously unfit. i
j But the influences which shape an individual life are
complex beyond the power of any scientist to trace them all,
and to some undetermined degree, environment in its physi
cal and social aspects is a factor along with heredity. Even if
the proportional influence of environment is comparatively
minor, so long as it exists at all humanity may, by improving
environment, raise the average level of the race. One of the
physical factors in environment is sanitation; and therefore
we repeat, the level of humanity probably has been raised by
that modest gadget, the bathtub. -!
Nor is there an entire lack of external evidence that hu
manity is getting along better than it did in past ages. Eu
rope is still an incipient battlefield but,4 regardless of the
merits of the most recent peace formula, peace was maintain
ed ijn a crisis which formerly would inevitably j have meant
war!. The radio people are claiming a goodly share of the
credit for marshaling public opinion to prevent war, and an
other generous slice is being handed to the inventors who
have made war so terrible that statesmen think not twice,
but three times before resorting to it. Gadgets, again. Here in
North America we have not had even the threat of war be
tween nations for many years. Poverty, domestic strife, dis
honesty, stupidity in public affairs still exist but there is
strong evidence of quantitative improvement. If Socrates
dwelt among us today, he might seem as superior to the rab
ble as he did more than 2000 years ago but we would not
forde him to drink the hemlock. We would let him use that
gadget, the radio, and if we didn't like his teachings we would
tlip that subsidiary gadget, the
Labor Peace no Nearer 4 j
The nersuasive nlea of President Roosevelt for peace be
tween the two crreat divisions
ed in some heated discussion 01 tne suoject at tne nouston
convention of the AFL, but that is hardly to be viewed as a
sigiiof progress in the direction that the president sought.
John L. Lewis has dramatically offered to "resign" as head
of the CIO if -William L. Green w ill resign as president of the
AFL. There is much of truth to the reply from AFL leaders
that even if Lewis should resign, he would still be the CIO
-! - .
I j Observers seeking for hopeful signs may! have seized
upon the speech of Daniel J. Tobin, head of the teamsters
union, as indication that a considerable portion of AFL lead
ership is desirous of peace. On the contrary, it is no more in
dicative than the verbal assaults of the opposition in parlia
ment against Chamberlain's peace formula to be followed
by an overwhelming endorsement of. his action when the bal
lot was taken. !
j It must be remembered that Daniel J. Tobin is not only
head of the teamsters; he was head of the labor division of
the democratic party in the last two Roosevelt campaigns.
Meritorious as wasj Roosevelt's plea for peace, there is a po
litical angle. The president must have hoped that if labor
could be united, its ten million or more votes could be led into
his pamp almost intact. At least it would be easier to appease
labor if its national expression of policies were unified.
Divergence between the
than the personalities of William Green and John Jjl lewis.
There is a real clash of interests between unions of skilled
workers and the newer unions of the unskilled, and many
compromises other than those
made before peace is restored,
by the clash of political ideologies represented by AFL char
ges! that the CIO is communistic. Such a tendency at least
-" among certain CIO leaders is undeniable. The AFL will never
be converted to such theories, and this clash of views seems
' destined to become more bitter. Another newly arisen bar
rier is the determination of the CIO to form at last a perman
ent; organization, in a convention next month, j Unless that
program is sidetracked, the only peace prospect will be that
of a truce, between the two groups to prevent jurisdictional
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' Double Liability" Law Repeal
There is bound to be some confusion of issues in connec
tion with the constitutional amendment which is to be voted
upon in November, aimed at
bility of stockholders m state
posed upon bank stockholders
1912 and effective in 1913. There are 21 state banks now in
existence which antedated that amendment and are therefore
not affected by it, and 28 state
J In 38, other states, double
or never existed. The national
requirement in July, 1937, by
r i Some voters may conclude
tempt to relieve bank stockholders of a responsibility to de
positors. The truth is that much more effective protection for
depositors is now provided by the federal deposit insurance.
While there is a limit upon the
more than 98 per cent of the
state banks are fully protected
I At present the double liability feature is a handicap to
small communities which do not have, but would like to have,
their own home-owned banks. The amendment now before the
voters would encourage the
However, ho opposition has been heard from the banks now
established, including the national baaks which have branch-
Editor and Publisher.
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of organized labor has result-
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two labor, factions goes deeper
of leadership will have to be
rne preacn nas oeen wiaenea
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elimination of the double lia
banks. Double liability was lm
in an amendment voted in
banks which are affected.
liability has been eliminated
banks were relieved of this
act of congress. !
that this amendment is an at
size of fully insured deposits,
present depositors in Oregon's
by this insurance.
establishment of such banks
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Covered wagon journey 10-13-38
of 1852 told by a. Salem
doctor who made it in that
year; would . not do It again:
:
(Continuing from yesterday:)
Still quoting the 1 9 15 letter:
"Will Trimble, the other boy
who had slept outside, grabbed
his gun and ran into the tavern.
and, with the butt of the gun.
knocked: off some clapboards,
and, as the Indian was In the
act of scalping young Shelton,
poked his gun through the open
ing and shot the Indian, killing
him instantly.
"These taverns being a long
distance from any settled com
munity, provisions were very
high. .At, one place, an express
man rode up to the tavern. The
landlord, being the express agent,
went out to get the light pack
ages brought up on the pony
express. The expressman tossed
off a bag of gold to the land
lord who, miscatching It, receiv
ed a severe blow on the hip
which produced a dislocation.
"My father was called on to
reset the joint, and in the morn
ing the landlord asked him what
his bfll would be. - Having paid
$125 for the 'accommodation of
his party . the two previous
nights, father, thinking he would
square the bill by his fee, told
the landlord his charge was
1150. The following night we
paid $125, ao father always
thought the $150 fee was where
he had 'one put over on him.
"We settled at Diamond
Spring, Eldorado county, Cali
fornia, where my : father, who,
being from Indiana, was . known
as 'Doc Posey,' built a two story
frame house on the main street
and opened a drug store on the
first floor, with dwelling rooms
for the family on the upper
floor.
"Diamond Spring was about
four miles from Placerville, then
known as Hangtown, which name
was taken from the fact that
there was a tree in the main
part of the town which had a
limb growing straight out from
the body about the right height
to throw a rope over and hang
norsethieves on. Horse stealing
had become so frequent that the
vigilance committee, there being
no organized government then,
took hanging as the most prac
tical way of punishing horse
thieves. They meted ; out the
same treatment to any one who
stole gold from sluice boxes.
"At the. time we lived there,
though, society .had so settled
down that there was not much
horse stealing, and miners would
leave considerable ! quantities of
gold for short times in their
sluice boxes. My brother and
I found some gold one day, and,
not knowing -the customs of the
country, took It home. My moth
er made us show where we got
it, and promptly returned it. . . .
The summer of 1856 was very
dry, and nearly all of the towns
In that part of California were
burned to the ground, "and Dia
mond Spring did not escape.
Our place being in the center of
the framed structures, we lost
everything we had, building,
stock of drugs and all our house
hold furniture. Two months af
ter the fire, father died of
pneumonia.
"A sister had been born a
year previous, and my mother
decided to return to 'the states.'
We sailed from San Francisco
en a vessel called the Sonora.
We stopped at Acapulco, Mexico,
to take on provisions and fresh
water, then . continued our jour
ney to Aspinwall, on the Isthmus
of Panama. We, arrived in the
bay early In the morning, but
the officials would not let us
land until nightfall on account of j
the heat, although it was in the
month of December.
"We crossed the isthmus on
the then new railroad, and - by
daylight the next morning were
aboard the George Law, a sail
ing vessel bound for New York.
"This vessel was under com
mand of Captain Herndon, whose
wife was with him on this trip.
They were very cordial o moth
er, and very fond of my little
brother John, whom tfiey. offered
to adopt, explaining that their
only child was a girl, then in
school. .
"This girl was later the wife
of Chester A. Arthur, i who suc
ceeded the assassinated James
A. Garfield as president of the
United States. Mother like, the
offer was not considered for a
moment. . . ' . - .
'
"The vessel on which we made
this trip went to pieces and
sank, off Cape Hatteras, the
third trip afterward, under the
name of the Central America. '
"Captain Herndon refused .to
put on a life preserver and went
down with the ship, first; how
ever, placing every woman and
child in life preservers. All of
these were landed safely, as were
many men who wore life preserv
ers. ' :
"During the voyage, it became
necessary for orders to be is
sued forbidding the use of any
of the fresh water on ; board for
lavatory purposes. Mother had
such an aversion to washing her
children with salt water that she
would go to the fresh water tank
as if to drink and carry away a
mouth ; full of the fresh water
to the stateroom and there satu
rate a cloth with it for our
bath. - ' -
"She would make "several
trips of the kind each day. The
officers saw It, but " were not
bard hearted enough to forbid it.
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"At the - crowded landing In
es in many of these small cities. The lack of such opposition
apparently is explained by the justice of an attempt to make
the state's requirements uniform with the regulations which
govern the national banks. : ;j . ,
Mark Skinner, superintendent of banks, in recommend
ing a "yes" vote on th3 amendment points out that the dou
ble liability feature did not, in actual practice, protect depos
itors to the degree that was expected when it was enacted.
The federal deposit insurance is a much more satisfactory
protection. , :
On the
By DOROTHY
i Labor Peace? .', .
I doubt very much whether
the president's appeal for peace
between the AFL. and the CIO
will succeed, un
less one consid
ers something
like the Munich
pact to be
'peace. Peace
might have been
possible in the
winter of 1937,
when parleys
between the two
great organiza
tions of Amerl-
3rtaj tmbmi can labor took
place. ! At that time agreement
was at least reached on the tech
nique of making peace. But when
it became clear that agreement
might be possible John Lewis
stopped It by sheer personal
power, and since then he has
developed an effective technique
of avoiding it.
The present chaotic situation,
which, if it goes on will wreck
the entire labor movement. Is
not due to the wishes of the
rank and file of organized Amer
ican workers. They -are paying
the price for It.
The American workers, by and
large, want industrial rather
than craft organisation, for the
excellent reason that on no other
lines can mass production Indus
tries be efficiently organized.
Employers in mass production
industries know the same thing.
The so-called "company unions"
set up with their coUaboratlon
were industrial unions, and with
the passage of the Wagner labor
relations act and elections held
under it, most of such unions
went over to the CIO.
Also, at the beginning, a large
proportion of all the local
branches of the Federation of
Labor were 4 for amalgamation
with the CIO officially or unof
ficially, and were sabotaging the
national AFL administration.
Local AFL organ izatiens were
often helping to organize the
CIO'' because the realistic sense
of the workers Indicated that a
new kind of set-up was urgently
necessary and the opportunity
for at hand.
But this movement of amal
gamation has shattered on the
ambitions of. Lewis, the bureau
cracy of the AFL and the the
ories of the extreme left in the
CIO who. follow the communist
party line.
John Lewis thinks oi himself
as the ''Second Public figure In
the United States." He wants to
cement his power. He has been
described as vain, able, tough
and unimaginative. But the ce
menting of his power means a
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New York City, my brother John,
who was a very attractive child,
was kidnaped, but was found in
about two- hours by the police.
"We settled among our fath
er's people in Rochester. Indiana,
where my mother lived until a
few ; years before her death in
If 01 in Niles. Michigan.
: (Continued tomorrow.)
Record
THOMPSON i
protracted struggle.
The CIO started, as its name
Implies, as a committee, a rather
loose organization to promote
industrial organization and affect
a new and more modern setup
So far, so good. In the begin
ning there .was no thought of
breaking up the American labor
movement into two nostue or
ganizations. .
And until the final break in
negotiations last winter, the CIO
had all the cards in Its hands.
Since then, it has not.
The hope of peace was made
more remote last week, when
call was Issued by the CIO for
a convention to be held in Pitts
burgh in November. The present
outlook : seems to indicate that
this convention will freeze, the
CIO into a fixed pattern, and
make any compromises there
after, impossible. It will be vie
tory or capitulation for one side
or the other after . that, and
neither is -strong enough to
force victory.
This will almost certainly be
the outcome if the highly cen
tralized form of organization Is
"frozen." as Lewis and the ex
treme left wants It to be.
The issue is whether the par
ent organization is to be given
wide powers of control over its
affiliates or whether the various
unions are to have broad au
tonomoas - powers.
If the anions really had broad
powers, ! compromise would soon
er or later begin at the bottom.
But the eentralization Idea
has won, at least for the time
being. In the strongest CIO un
ions the United Mine Workers
and the American Automobile
Workers.
The fight between the two or
ganizations of American labor
can only lead to four results:
The first is the disintegration of
the unions from within. This is
already happening.
The second is rage on the part
of the employers who pay for it
in demoralization of Industry at
a time .when unity and coopera
tion are desperately needed. We
have got a situation now where
workers - are sabotaging each
other. To take a specific exam
ple: AFL electrical workers at
the World's Fair fiave balked at
Installing" wires manufactured in
a firm which has a CIO union.
The third is the alienation of
public sympathy from the labor
movement.
And the fourth will almost
certainly be government inter
vention on a big scale, with
much greater restrictions on un
ion liberties than they have ever
had.
Copyright, 1938. New York Tri
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Needlework Guild
Planning for Tea
Women Slake Garments
for Distribution to
Needy of City
DALLAS Directors of the
Dallas branch of the Needlework
Guild of America met at the
hme of the president. Mrs. B. P.
Preston, Monday afternoon to
make plans for the annual Guild
tea to be held November 15 at
the Dallas Presbyterian.' church.
Each member of the Guild is to
give two new garments which
will be distributed later to the
needy of the community. These
garments will be on display at
the tea. " .
Committees on arrangements
for the affair are: Receiving.
Mrs. B. F. Preston, Mrs. M. M.
Ellis. Mrs. J. G. Van Orsdel, Mrs
John Martins. Mrs. Conrad Stat
rln. Mrs. Ray Gohrke, Mrs. How
ard Fleming and Mrs. B. Y. Al
len; refreshments, Mrs. George
LJ Hawkins, Mrs. L. W. Plum
mer and Mrs. Maurice Dalton;
program, Mrs." Eugene Hayter;
decorations, Mrs. Ray Boydston
and Mrs. J. C. Tracy; garments,
Mr. W. L. Pemberton, Mrs. Os
car Hayter, Mrs. John R, Sibley,
Mrs. Ed Coad and Mrs. J. C
Tracy; publicity, Mrs. John R.
Sibley. -
iTwo new directors were an
nounced: Mrs. Harry Woods and
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Fire Prevention Week
. National fire prevention week is now on. .Its purpose
is to emphasize the fact that fires, especially in cities, are
essentially man-caused disasters and therefore preventable.
Salem citizens had a forceful reminder that fire preven
tion conditions here are not ideal, when the "March of Time"
motion picture feature was shown here last weekend. In its
outline of the fire prevention movement, Salem was shown
quite prominently on the "blacklist" map.
No details were given for Salem, and it is necessary to
refer again to the report of the national board of fire under
writers, discussed here some months ago. Certain improve
ments in Salem's facilities for fighting fire have been in
progress, including the water supply. Installation of auto
matic fire alarm boxes covering a considerable portion of
the city is in prospect for next year. There seems to have
been at least a measure of improvement in fire department
morale, in efforts toward increased efficiency, in . recent
months.
But now we are talking about fire prevention.-In that
connection it should be mentioned, however, that the fire
department remains undermanned. An important part of fire
prevention consists of inspection to eliminate fire hazards,
and the education of the public to recognize the things that
may be hazards in the home, off ice or factory. The fire de
partment here does not have sufficient personnel to make
these inspections sufficiently frequent and thorough. . .
Salem has not suffered any serious fires in the past year,
but "it can happen here," as it has in many other communi
ties. Our streets are broad, but a real conflagration could
leap them. Many of the downtown buildings were erected
before the era of fireproof construction. Climatic conditions
are favorable, but a dry summer like that of 1938 nullifies
those benefits for the time being.
During fire prevention week citizens should look about
their own business and residence premises and eliminate
any conditions that seem to be hazardous; and they should
make a note to support any measures for further improve
ment of fire protection. There is good prospect that the cost
will be offset by reduced losses and lower fire insurance rates.
Play Safe! . . . Insure Todayl
Abrams & Ellis
Blasonic Bldg. 0155
Becice & Wadsworth
189 X. High 4947
W. J. Braun
Guardian Bldg. 8877
W. H. Burghardt
403 Ferry 4663
C. M. Byrd
180 X. ConTL G450
Childs & ililler
844, State 9261
G. A. Coffey
Masonic Bids;. . 3443
Geo. Croisan
Ladd St Bash Bldg. - 5449
W. C. Dyer & Sons
Oregon Bldg. 4813
Hawkins & Roberts
Guardian Bldg. - 4109
This Is aa Advertisement of the
Gollensa
AcGGGUOtiilGQ
Mrs. John R. Sibley. Officers
elected include: Mrs. B. F. Pres
ton, president; Mrs. ' Harry
Woods, secretary and Mrs. J. C.
Tracy, treasurer.
The directors of the Dallas
branch are Mrs.' B. F. Preston,
Mrs. W. L. Pemberton, 'Mrs. M.
B. Grant, Mrs. Conrad Stafrin,
Mrs. Ray Boydston, Mrs. Ed
Coad, Mrs. J. C. Tracy, Mrs. B.
Y. Allen, Mrs. Ray Gohrke, Mrs.
Oscar Hayter. Mrs. W. V. Fuller,
Mrs. L. W. Plummer, Airs.
George Hawkins, .Mrs. Ruth
Hyde. Mrs. M. M. Ellis, airs.
Harry Woods, Mrs. John Ri Sib
ley, Mrs. J. G. Van Orsdel, Mrs.
Maurice Dalton, Mrs. John E.
Martin, Mrs. Andrew Irwin, Jr.,
and Mrs. Eugene Hayter.
j Last year between six and sev
en hundred new 'garments were
on display at the annual tea.
William Malo Fined $10
On Drunken Count; two
1 Others Produce Monies
i WOODBURI William Malo;
who was arrested for .being upon
a public highway in a state of
intoxication, pleaded guilty when
he appeared before Judge Over
ton and paid a. fine of $10 and
costs.
! Harry Alvin Grimm of Oswego,
charged with operating a motor
vehicle at night without lights
In both front and rear, paid a
fine of $S and costs. Alex E.
Blond, arrested for operating a
motor vehicle with four persons
in the driver's seat, paid a fine
of $5. and costs.
A. Huckenstein
i Oregon Bldg.
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I M. Johnson
725 Court .
8723
W. G. Krueger
147 X. Coml. . 472S
! F.'E. Mangis
Rllgh Bldg. 7171
! M. D. Ohling
273 State 9494
t W.'E. Moses
8311, State 4993
Jas. H. Nicholson
1st XatX Bank Bldg
" ! 6123. '
W. Pettyjohns .
477; Court St. 6524
Rich Rieman
167 S. High 8633
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Rostein & Adolph
HOHX.Com'L SOSO
M.
180 Jf.
Altruistic Qub
To Meet Friday
SILVERTON Mrs. R. B.
Winslow will be hostess Friday
to the members of the Pythian
Sister Altruistic club at an all
day meeting. A no-hostess lunch
eon will be served at noon.
SILVERTON Mrs. A. J. Ti
tus, Marion -county assembly sec
retary, announces that the Au
tumn meeting will be held Fri
day night at Woodburn. Dele
gates from the Silverton auxil
iary are Mrs. A. L. Lerfald. Mrs.
Henry Hut ton, Mrs. T. A. Hew
itt, Mrs. J. A. Scarth and Mrs.
Sam Lorenzen.
SILVERTON Mrs. E. A. Wil
son observed her 81st birthday
Saturday when her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E.
P. McNeers entertained in her
honor at dinner. Present were
Mrs. E. A. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Williams, Mr. and Mrs. j
Fred Cavender, Mr. and Mrs.
McNeer. Mrs. Williams and i
Mrs. Cavender are granddauga- j
ters. ;. , j
Idaho Folks Buy Farm .
AMITY Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Rorex and daughter were Amity
callers Monday. The Rorex fam
ily, formerly of Twin Falls, Ida.,
have bought and moved to a
farm northeast of Whiteson.
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Id LUOO
Prevention
Week
If Your
Home and
Properly are
Insured!
The
Following
Members of
the Salem
Agents
Association
Are
Cooperating
tcith
You!!
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ODD
Homer II. Smith
sillier Bldg. , 9181
Standley & Foley
Ladd Bosh Bldg. - 5876
B. Stegner
Com!. 6412'
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Willamette Insurance
Masonic Bldg. 7906
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