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r.tonO So Favor SwayM Ut; No Fear Shall AwtT ' from rirtt Statesman. March ft. ItSI ' , - Sheldon- P. Sackett - ffd&or and Manager, fl'3f ' THE STATESMAN PUBMSHING CO. Charles X Sprague. Prea,: Sheldon t. Sackett. Secy. Member ol the Associated Press ; i The) AiMctalH Preee Is eseK.e1vly ntlUrd te) tt aae rev PubHc' tOMjor elr ewn alupatchM e-rrtUied t tt r H aierwls.,ciwdlied ,nn paper. . . - , - Di to Cop OreaEiffaoil By R. J. HENDRICKS. I - flirting With Russia Perhaps w may : , '4-ZS-Jf eat -champoeg and .V . ; . can it U for v export' V- to the "Wide "world: " : . V" - (Concluding, from yesterday:) Quoting the Barry letter far' ther: "The first explorer of the Willamette was Donald McKen sle, ot the Astoria expedition, la 1811, and not . Robert Stuart whose journal - shows that : he went to the Cowlitz and not the Willamette. ' The McKenxie party care the tuune -: Pudding Listen the Wind?':. v If tie same did not involve such stekeCthe diplomatic river, and McKenxie's fork oi the & r , -. 'ii ci-j x?. 4 Willamette commemorates -him. chejs jnatci bein g engaged in between JEnglaiw-yrance and Tney Camped on a sandy beach Rusia would -fie'Vufly.a&uiAjJiis; one cannot escape ' l the west end; of LrButte mfle. however wry. over the present efforts of the democra- cJLIJ .!L re.Btinle til tic front to woo the Russian bear into, alliance. Only last fall, nfc. he - i vntty; theviet was still ostracized inihe Munich conference. The 1', ambassador from Moscow was rather bluntly, informed that from Columbia sand, i hare 5 - . .. - a ti hundreds of specimens of sands his presence was not needed at the conference table. from a Tery wide area. f The sudden shift in British policy, the stop-Hitler line- 1j V t A uplias changed all that Russia is wanted in the grand alii- campmennfsSwWch we ande, no matter the ideology of its government. War, like the name to the reat bend or poljicsr,makes strange bedfellows. Above all else, European aSa?e?tSer.,bTwMe erfl Doer Dolitics is realistic: the democratic nations are for de- cans called the same locality F Sf arilmtltr in the Campoeg. The first hamlet at mo6-acy, if the price is not too high,s it evidently was in tne the month of ChampoeR creek cas of Czechoslovakia. Theyire against communism, unless was the champoeg Tisited by Ad- theyast Russian army and. the .highly skilled Russian air were seven dwellings then, but, force can attack Germany from the east. In that event any after the- freahet of -1843, the qm? about Russia's form of government go out the win- KwifS? ioT Ttat dovS. f'-i ' s s 1 Poland is having a hard time deciding what to do about 'cjL"464 to e a rvrfpntiftl nllv. She is fearful of Germany; even grow up around it, with fourteen " r.-rjr..r : .v,. ?n wh,vh b?ldIn i have pros. more ieanui oi wie ouvici, icwuuu8 hs, i soiy tne only picture ever drawn most of present Poland was only a portion of the czar s king- ot it, which shows the little barn dom. Hence the diplomatic proposal that in event of war, 2?S Russia would contribute arms and supplies but send no troops sable, the roof siopln on three to fjght on rolisn territory, ine iear is ueep-seaicu w4t ..fiy piattIng the fIeid-notes of bear "might refuse to get out when the fighting was over. the surrey every place can be t Russia wiU come in with the anti-Hitler bloc on an out- 0e0d- rigjbt military alliance provided the democracies will take from the barn, whiiem 1852 up her cause against Japan, Italy and Germany. That is a. an"ea Slmboat SSg!- There high price for Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Daladier. Russia s Was another steamboat landing real interest would be to see the Rome-Berlin axis engaged m at the ferry which did not go France with the Soviet "raight acr0", but on the .las; rV"fci:.tu:7:N:Tv.7 "7 Vo I, UVp th democ- thlr steamboat landing Lctitij; uut wx uic xiiil. ito(.v - - - aown-siream at the edge of the racies in Europe who would be highly gratified to see Mr. Hit- village. ler take on Russia alone, thus giving France and England a s hrctMno. .rvll . " The field-notes and plat ex- " TV; 51 T u..!...!.,';.-, rim acu7 wcated th residence of li ftussia uecomes s iucmuer ui mc i icui...... v....-, Andre Langtaln, which Is shown the balance of power shifts again to the democracies and tne on the drawing. His granddaugh ftnSinn Af V.nrnn rnav onvp wav to iiome stabilization. While ter now lives across the :Irer the'strength of the Russian armyparticularly the loyalty of J n"m 1aa,m,m0' i-tL -i- i v. c , v,;f0lv far mnrp Klc . 61 jiAiramboise, who came - its rcnerma, is uucciuuii, wc oici 10 oumvu.; " ion the Ship Tonquin. powerful than was the Russian army of 1914. On the firm- "i have a drawing of the in nKi Af o TtiuisinOTnorratiV alleiriance. if one 18 COnclUd- terpreter of that ship, made hr ed,depends much of the future decade's European develop- Admiral JoS llSSkSTS. mep, v .. - snip. The Interpreter was a 3 ..... naii-oreed with a remarkable oiograpny. i Upturn in Lumber I "The field-notes exactly locate ww vvc, m tumDoec Yin are. By DOROTHY THOMPSON Mo a th Beam Whfle our public otflcUU are eondnetinr - an energetic often- sire against tha Ideas of thedic- tatorsnip. w country follows a domestic pro gram, which toad s toward ilcutorshlp and adopts many cf the measures which - are most susceptible', of criticism under the ' dictatorship, such as a ra- twrMk vmawDMs Didly - pyramid- Ug Increase In the proportion of the" national income jcontrolled by the stste, programmatic defi cit financing, the" strangulat on of tprlTate enterprise and Initl atiTe by taxation policy and the setting up In the WPA of a sep arate work economy demoraliz ing the working standards f the "rest of the economy. The warning as to the direc tion in which we .are tending comes from numerous sources. Mr, Harry Scherman, in the April- 2 "Saturday- .Evening Post." has a brilliant article n the eTentual meaning -of a sys tematically unbalanced budget. The latest report of the Brook inn Institution Is not at all In harmony with new deal XSLM FUSAT 1360 K. S:30 Musical Clock. 7:30 Newt. 7 :45 Reqoestl. S:00 Hitler's Addreit, E. T. 8:45 Newt. 9:00 Paitor'i Call 9:15 -Barf tin MionU. 9:25 Hita and Encores. 9:45 IVienalT Circle. 10:15 ewa. The first three months of 1939 have shown a 23- per of Edward Dupuis. as wen as the1 cent upturn in iumoer proaucuon ior tue racuic avn"M an Important gain because lumber remains the irunoamentai ta i860, thV year be- incwstry 01 this area, ine wesi uoasi uumucxuicup rore it was so entirely swept tion, reporting the outlook in lumber ior tne remainder 01 -way Dy a ireanet tnat the sit the&ear as "conservatively optimistic" attributes most of the ciean an f ocean laeach. nUnn ,A orAoofno- erViand ftf lnmber for new house Con- i! " MemP.t to r- F"-ui' MMv-- . -. - iv.i ". nu streets, etc were traction. The association has been propagandizing tor tnat putted, bat the freshet of 1890 market by nrenaring helpful plans for house construction, I caused realization that the land ri4inlarl oimoH at linmM rnatinr from SifiUU 10 iWW. i w a wys iiaoie to 'TVZZrZr C ZirJ TlwA ; Af oW Imnnr. the direct current dur- . a uc cjlvu k iuuiuu muoiuim, " iw" Tr, Tj I mg extreme freshets, taqte to the lumber producers along the Oregon and Washing- s ton coast. remains dull. Tne unusn traae nas oeen aimusi eu- .me names in we old sur- tirelv lost to Canada. China and Japan, steady buyers before refUu ct early settlers, ; V-v- -M ,,t f 4V market. South I -maBy Tencnmen and per- wax uivw vui., . i sons zamous in early Oregon hls- American trade is light. As a result the poorer grades of mm- tory ,0 that the locality is a Dec. are in poor aemana. ine interior mius are kciuuk uMir,uir siory-oooa.- f nnfiim t-ennrt fnr the 1939 season. v ' ...Mr B" added a tote: . Thprice stricture on lambe. w.nt .to f drum, r- MV,Mu'tlf aT. iy in l)69 wnen overproaucuon uruuK"t ., Anare Langtain. She wts a nn'Me fAf. lnmhor 4h tiimW hinff almost S3 DreClPllOUS as Miss Kamm or McKamm. tVJJ A. W A aUlai Vva aV em w - I Tlii war the market is firming I S S .i:.t.4h. 4V--,n 4-.iontW rprsfA1 mills are aeain " 8eem important to this Blt&lillY ouu uk suiMiu, uvu, . " 3 I Writer. for historical arrnnp In th-hlaek. Nevertheless the lumber situation is not goodtnM'nfl and its weakness casts a pall over the entire northwest in- matter as is mentioned in this duslriat nicture. Mssue and that of yesterday and . , una T hrn .hmiH k .t ea ror permanent record. a it oecomes permanent by ap pearing . iu this column, in one important wi hv helnr ftlarl mttA f, a ..!u. :....:.tn ii.tta luuni maris n-f TVia RtntpsmAn I Qaexed by the Oregon. sUte II- . nuiuuei: ui uiuuuics iiac umt uuu. . , nr. .-,1 concerning the present law providing federal-state help for becomes in effect public prop- ine neeay agea in uregon. AppucanuasR. c i fKAv mnat dtmlff arA "what th legislature did about the . paupVs oath "To answer these questions, we print today adnis wishh.The uitel a sucqnct Summary 01 tne present law as u relates to mem. states Department ot Airicul- 1 ? Assistance for Needy Aged Eligibility for assistance to seedy aged An applicant shaU be eligible for assistance who aft has attained the age of 5 years; ty has resided In the State of Oregon for five yearl during the nine years immediately preceding the application for assist t; anee and has resided therein continuously for one year lmme J diately preceding such application; cT5 Is not at the time ot receiving assistance an Inmate of any 3 public Institution; dS has not made an assignment or transfer ot property so as to tt render himself eligible for assistance. U C Eligibility for assistance and the amount ot such assistance shall be determined on the basis of need, taking into account the lntome, resources and maintenance arailable to the individual f rtm whatever source derived and his necessary expenditures and the condition existing in each ease and in accordance with te rules and and regulations ot the State PubUe Welfare Com nUssion.. ' :' - ft No person recerring old-age assistance shall during such t(iie receive any other assistance from the state or political sub-divisions thereof, except for medical or surgical aid.. p 'applicatioas for Old-Age Assistance v a Any person requesting Old-Age Assistance shaU-make appll tj cation to the County Pud lie Welfare Commission in the comn k ty in which be is Uving; - v b)The application shall be In writing In the. manner and upon , (- the form prescribed by Jhe State Welfare Commission. " t ' - "" - " '.-? " " - - ' ' t f . " ' Old-Are Assistance Is granted solely on the basis of need. but ta no event shall exceed the amount of $30 a month to any - oae person. . ..- , .' v-' The average grant la the atate tor the month of March. 1139,. E Pather. mother, husband, wife, son, and daughter are re sponsible for the care and support of such relatives. f The total amount paid in assistance to any recipient under tfce provisions 'of the old-age assistance r law shaU constitute a claim against the recipient and against his and her estate. On tie death ot a person receiving assistance thetotal amount paid at assistance shaU be preferred over all other general claims oi the estate and shall be allowed by the court having jurisdic tion over such estate, and when collected, so much thereof shall b? paid to the United States as may be required by federal law t 1, the. balance shall be paid to the state and to the county n proportion to the amount of assistance paid by each. There Is now no pauper's oath in the public welfare laws of Oregon. ... . ture may preserve the ChamDoee- (or ampolch or polch) plant, for Its possible value as a food, .to say nothing of Its historic worth. as connected with' early Oregon. Why not the Oregon State college beat all others to it? It might become a proud feather in tnat institution's cap of worth- while accomplishments. s s s And here is a. suggestion, to our Catholic friends. It Is this: Is it not likely that the old sur veys reterrea to by Mr. Barry have the key to the exact site ot the first Catholic church InUt (in 1816) west of the Rockies and north of the Spanish (Call- lornia) v une, near the present city of St. Paul? iso one now knows the exact site no living person; though not a dosen years ago several must have known, and, 60 :ears ago, several scores. Tne writer will be glad to, at tempt, the solution, if not al ready , solved, with the help of Barry and others, at a- later tunc; moagn ne cannot spare ute nours right now, But some good Catholics might take the hint, and unriddle . the secret in the next few days. a note ota surveys, with . some knowledge of what they mean. must have the clue or clues to the clew out of the labyrinth of doubt built by the lapse ot time. Huge Egg Shown SCIO A Black Giant hen egg weighing 6 4 ounces and meas- i I wring .9 K inches by 7 inches j in circumference was . exhibited this week in Scio by ' Barton Sledge of Rodger mountain. The Larimer family of Cali fornia is bunding a new resi dence on the former John Huber puce northeast of Scio, on which the old dwelling was destroyed oy nre. 11 :00 Instnuaeatal NoTalties. 11:15 Tnu 8tory Drsnu. 11:3 Maxioe Burca. 11:45 Valna Parada. 19:15 Mews. 13:SO HUlbUIy Sereaads. 13:45 Moss sad Maaic 1:00 IaUraitiac Facta. 1:15 Louisa Wilekar. 1:S0 Spiea of Lifa. . 1:45 Paulina AlDcri. S:00 D. 8. Kary. 2:15 Job Dion Family. 3:30 Laa Salva, orgaa. 3:45 Radio Campus. S :00 Feasiaiaa Fancies. S:S0 lbrt LacaeUa, rsaa. S:45 Uttla EaTiaw. 4:00 Fnltoo Lewis. Jr. 4:15 Hawaii aa Paradiaa. 4: SO Dtws tka Asea. 5:O0 Orgaaalitie. . 6:15 Popalar Melodiea. 5:30 Diaaer Hoar Mtlodics. S:S0 Hitler Sasimery. 6:45 ToBlsht's Haadliaea. 7 :00 Swinstiaa. t:SO Laaa Baager. 6:00 Hews. S: IS Masters of tie Batoa. S:S0 Natioa'a Plarhoaaa. t:00 Newspaper of the Air. 9:15 Night-time Melodies. 0:30 Hancock Ensemble. I0:00r-Phil Harris Ores. 10:30 Carl Karaite's Ores. 11:00 Tke Squires. 11:16 Jim WaUh'a Orea. 11:30 Skiaaay Eanis Orck. 11:45 Jost Before MidnignU a KOW miDAT 620 K. T:00 Story of the Mont. 7:15 Trail Blaaere. 7:45 News. 8:15 Viennese Ensemble. 8:30 Martha Meeds. 8:45 Stars ot Today. 9:15 The O'Neills. 0:30 Dr. L. E. Foster. 10 :00 Orchestra. 10:15 Lot's Talk It 0er. 10:80 Dangerous .Roads. 10:45 Dr. Kate. 11:00 Betty and Bob. 11:15 Grimm's Daughter. 11:80 Valiant Lady. 11:45 Betty Crocker. lz:0O Mary Msrlm. 12:15 Ma Perkins. 13:30 Pepper Young's Family. 12:45 Gaiding Light. 1:15 Musical Contrasta. 1:00 Backstage Wife. 1:15 Stella Dallas. 1:80 Vie end Ssde. 1:45 Girl Alone. S :00 Houseboat Banaak. 3:15 Howard MilhoUaad. 2:30 Hollywood Flash as. 2:45 Melody Time. B:Ov Mewa. :1S I Lore A Mystery. 8:30 Woman's Msgaxiaa. 4:00 Stars of Today. 4:30 Fashions and Harmony. 5:00 Swarthont's Mnsic. 5:30 Govt, at Your SerTlce, 5 :43 Orchestra. 6:00 Walts Time. 6:80 March of Time. 7:00 Orchestra. . 7:45 Jimmy Fidler. 8:00 Mr. District Attorney. 8:15 Melody Time. 8:30 Death Valley Days. 9 :00 Circaa. 9:30 Good Morning Toalsat 10:00 News Flashes. 10:15 Sports Graphic. 10:30 Orchestra. ... KOAO raiDAT SSf Xs. 9:08 Homemakers' Hear. 10:15 Story Hour for Adults. 1 10:55 School of the Air. 11:10 Maaic of tke Mas tars. 1 :O0 News. 12:15 Farm Hour. 1:15 Variety. 2:00 Club Women's Half Hoar. 1 :00 Guard Ysor Health. :15 TraTaL 8:45 Monitor Views the Hews. 4:00 Symhonle Halt Hoar. 4 :SO Stories for Boys sad Girls. 5:00 Os the Caaapuaea. 5:45 Yeapere. 4:00 Corrallia American Legion. 6; 15 News. 6:30 Farm Hoar. 7 :JO Inter Tie ws. 8:15 Business Hour. 9:00 OSC Hound Table. 9:80 Forests of United States. 1:45 Pretentiea ef AecidesU. a a Konr fbxdat 94s Xa. S:SO Market Ke porta. 6:85 K OIK Klock. 8 :00 Happened ia Holly veed. 8:15 News. 8:30 Tbia and That. 0:15 Nancy Jamea. :S0 Helen Trent. 9:45 Gal Sunday. 10:15 Ufa Can Be Beautiful. 10:30 Market Basket. 11:00 Big Sister. 11:15 Real Life Stories. 11:80 School of the Air. 12:00 Sews. 12:15 Singia' Sam. 12:45 Music Hoar. 1:00 Kitty Kelly. 1:15 Myrt and Marge. 1 :30 Hilltop House. 1 :45 Stepmother. 2 :00 Scattergood Bainee. 2:15 Dr. Susan. 2:30 Hello Again. 2:45 Eton Boys. 1:00 Fletcher Wiley. 3:80 Newspaper of the Ale 4 : 45 Rosdmsster. 5:00 Five O'Clock Flask, 5:15 Howie Wing. 5:30 Leon F. Drew. 5:45 Let'a Walts. 6:00 Oreon Welles. 7:00 Grand Central Station. 7:30 Believe It or Not. 8:00 Amos and Andy. 8:15 Lam snd Abner. 8:30 Burns ana Alias. 0:00 First Kighter. 9:80 Sophie Tucker. 9:45 Fiahing Balletin. 11:45 Black ChapeL 10 :00 rira Star FiaaL 10:15 Nightcap Yarns. 10 :30 urcaestra. e o HEX FBH AT 1 188 Xs. 6:80 Msaical Clock. 7:00 Family Altar Hour. 7:30 Financial Service. 7:45 8weethesrU. 7:55 Market Quotations. 8:00 Dr. Brock. 8:30 Fran Allison. . . 8:45 Charles Douglas. 9:00 Alice Joy. 9:15 Show Window. 9:80 Farm and Home. 10:15 Agriculture Today. 10:30 News. 10:45 Jackie Hiller. 11:00 Current Evaata.. 11:80 Listen, Ladies. 12:00 Dept. Agriculture! 11:15 Soil Doctor. 12:80 News. IS -.43 Market Keperto. ,. 12:50 Quiet Hoar. ' 1:30 Club Matinee, J 2 :00 Saiophobia. 12:18 O. M. Plusuaar. X : SO Financial aad Graia. S: 85 Landt Trio. 3:45 Vaughn De Lsts. . , 3:00 Pianist. . 8:05 AlmaSatckeU. : 15 Trio. 8 :35 News. 8:80 Song Pictarea. 8:45 Boa Scots Kxtrs. 4:00 Orchestra. 4:S0 ABO of NBO. 4:48 Trio. 6:00 Glenn SheUey. 5:15 Marion Miller. 5:30 NBO Jamboree. 5:45 Cowboy Rambler. . 6 :00 Plantation Party. 6: SO Sport Column. 6:45 Freshest Tains la Tews. T:30 Vocal Varieties. 8:00 News. 8:80 BaaebalL 10:80 Orchestra. 11:00 News. 11:15 Police Reports. 11:18 Organist Three Girls Win 4H Scholarships 4H to club hare AUMSVILLE Three girls here are thrilled won scholarships which will en title them to attendance at the 4H club summer school at Cor vallia la June. They are Ma rian Rawlins, Ida Welsenhaus and La Verne Lesley. Alice Rob erts will also attend on a county scholarship. Funds required to finance the scholarships, hare been obtained by contributions from the Parent-Teachers' asso ciation, from business firms and Individuals. Mrs. Arthur Nlccolsoa has moved from the Claude Boone residence to the Elmer Richards House in the east part ot town. Conscription Fails to Dishearten Britons x At ' -?t ' ii :r.:. w: Wy :-.. Despite the fact thej are readlnw the aews that f he rrtmmentv for the first time H modcra peace hls - T. nd announced that yowng swa between 20 and 21 would be drafted, to boost British armed treKth Loaadosi recmlta did not appear downhearted. The conscription would pat approxl- rnately 1,000,000 wder arms. Kote the recrultlnr officer at rlcht. This olctnre was radioed from . tion to Hew York. theories but, we are told, repersenta the views of the ablest men in the treasury department. Nevertheless, the chance ot thpsn riewn belna- adopted la re mote, In consideration of the po litical situation. The reports rfom . Bolirla de scribing the justification for the first totalitarian state on the western hemisphere are enllght- nlnt. President Lieut. Col. Eusch has proclaimed a totali tarian state, with the abolition of the courts and the existing leeral codes and the establish ment ot the whole paraphernalia of total dictatorship on the around that that country can only be saTed from bankruptcy by financial dictatorship, that such a dictatorship could not function under a democratic gov ernment and that certain capi talistic interests hare been ob structing his efforts to solve fi nancial and economic problems. It Is worth noting that the re gime which has established the new system which, from the first reports, closely follow the German model started with half-baked seml-soclallstlc Ideas, and that the new dictator was the instigator ot capital confis cation. -The sequence is logical. The state ' baring undertaken much, must undertake more and must hare increased power- in order to deal with Its own er rors. ' In Chicago a controversy is going on oyer the WPA policy which deserves more publicity than it has received. Building contractors and trade unionists are protesting that building en terprises undertaken by the WPA llmlnatlng the contractor. disregarding established methods of operation, giving questionable supervision and overloading Jobs re bankruptlnsr . the buildinn- Indrustry, and that the WPA is doing work with relief labor which undercuts the union scale. It Is perfectly obvious that building done under one system in which . the laborer Is paid a suslstence wage as stop-gap em ployment cannot Indefinitely exist stae ny side with the majority system and both of them pros per. Some hope of a reform of this may be in the Burns bllL which would put all work ot the federal .government under a new cabinet officer, who would have the power to decide how all public works should Jbe carried out and who could, therefore. reronn methods. But to create a new executive officer does not make a policy. And now, finally, we see a bar ter arrangement proposed which Dears a distinct family resem blance to the policies of the Ger man government which Mr. Hull's administration has been most consistent hitherto in onnoainr and the operation of which con stitutes a legitimate quarrel with tne nazis. Tne worst of it Is that this carter agreement Is Just a red herring to divert attention from the break-down to the Triple-A agricultural policy. For the spe cific problem of cotton we are introducing a special arrange- meat oy wnicn we depress the international price and thus do our part to contributing to world pnee anarchy. - air. Hull's reciprocal trade agreements have had the primary Im of persuading the world of nations to agree on a common ruie in tneir commercial rela tions. The aim is to do in? with all discrimination and spe cai favors and to have trade based on equality of treatmment for alL As such tt has been part and parcel or. oar whole foreign po licy under hlr. HulL which has een ia s .tand for International sw, international tmimnti and equality in all Internationa ciauons. Furthermore, as late as AprO It the department of state put out press release stating that "The United States, with its re ciprocal trade-agreements pro gram, has been far more suc cessful in restoring its trade . . . than has Germany with Its poli cies ot heavily subsidising barter and compensation trade." Unuee: - - - - ; . E-' cretary of state con "I have frequently had occa- 2 toi DoInt( at H regiment ed foreign trade based hpon the principle tf bilateral balancing, implemented by barter or com pensation arrangements, is - fun damentally unsound and that och J practices, when adopted! as n general: policy, ont only con stitute ; highly disruptive in fluence in world' commerce i bat re injnridus to the very conn, tries which utilize them. : hlle there may- be circumstances uo der : which? special types of '"bar ter arrangements -may be con sidered necessary to supplement other methods of trade promo tion, the substitution of a gen eral policy of barter or compen sation, trsde for normal . . . trade methods Inevitably leads to a curtailment of total trade and reduction of living standards." - !" There might, of course, be a Justifiable barter If on the basis ot a uniform price. But the bar ter proposal now made is not such a one. It consists of pegging the price here and letting the International price take the brunt. One is compelled to see In this measure a political camouflage for the bankruptcy of the new deal agricultural policy since 1934, which, building on the Hoover Farm Board errors, com-pended- mlsplanning long before the authoritarian barter attack on world economy. It bears a distinct analogy to the Brazilian coffee valorization, which ended with dumping and burning, 'unmanageable supplies. The world carry-over of Ameri can cotton is expected to ap proximate fourteen and one-halt million lales by next August the largest la history and gov ernment loan holdings, If no cotton is released before August, plus the expected 1939 crop ot thirteen million bales, are esti mated to bring the world carry over to four or five years of nor mal export requirements.' Since the government's loan holdings were not hedged in the market, the barter deal will merely transfer stocks from the producing area interested in stabilizing cotton prices to the consumer, and . will prevent a change in our policy in the di rection of stimulating foreign markets. The mere enunciation of the plan has virtually killed the ex port market. The anarchic price Influence of the whole proposal means that the foreigner hopes to obtain his requirements at his own price, while the internal de mand is affected by expected lower futures. The scarcity of desirable cot ton outside government-1 o a n stocks, and our previous scarcity policy which has stimulated for eign production; the high price of American cotton relative to foreign growths these have meant that foreign exporters have been using less and less American cotton. Politically speaking, -such a barter transaction, once begun. Is bound to be extended to other commodities, which will demand to benefit from subsidies. So we introduce a new pork-barrel scheme, the mere apprehension ot which will disrupt the mar kets of other commodities. In Its present form we will subsidise the foreigner without expanding our foreign markets and depress the world Driest level of cotton and then, in all probability, extend loans to Bra zil, to offset the deflation of. her, afksfsx rnn Irs m a I w : -wwwnit aaswuiv. w sltCU vu a DsTT . jvioua poucy ontrmailv iUmn. ; i . . Wei will artuallw K tl.. ttrmt to set the example of subsid ing raw materials that hitherto hare had a free world market. Dr. Claudius Murchlaon. ureal. dent ot the Cotton Textile In stitute, rhallnnrika Wal lace to explain why Great Bri tain, whose export ot cotton goods is now lesa than half of what It was eight years teo. has not resorted to export subsidies. tie rigntiy says that if she had. tne united States would have been the first to denounce the plan and Impose countervailing duties on British roods. ' Copyright, 1939. New York Tribune Ine. IO Years Ago April 21, 1920 A modern five-story office building will be constructed on state capital grounds In place ot three-story building as previous ly planned according to a decision of board of control. William Mumford was elected president of Willamette student body at election held Friday,' Lil lian Scott was named secretary and Dwight Adams second vice-president. Justice 0. P. Coshow of state supreme court will go to Los An geles May 10 where he will serve as one of Judges In oratorical contest sponsored by American Bar association 2 Years Ago April 21, mi Gifts totalling $11,000 toward the erection of a woman's- build ing at Willamette university to supplant Lausanne hall was an nounced yesterday by Carl G. Doney. Robert Storey has been elected president ot Willamette student body for next year and Odell Sav age is the new. vice-president. George VIck has left for Port land where he will meet the dele gation of Fordson tractor repre sentatives to take them for a tour of (he Columbia highway. Grimes Kidnapers Guilty ,JTCBA CITY. Calif., April ,27.-(rP)-RobeTt ana Ollen Grimes, frnlt pickers from Kentucky, were found guilty Wednesday of kid naping Mrs. Norman Meeks, Rio Oso housewife, last September 1, by a Jury of eight women and four men. They -will be sentenced Mon day. .-;-'-' r";; j r Superior Judge Arthur Coats de nied two defense motions, made immediately, asking a new trial and an arrest ot judgment. The Grimes brothers were charg ed with holding Mrs. Meeks cap tive two days in an open air hide out, - before abandoning her after an attempt to extort $15,000 ran som from her husband, William R. Meeks