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PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, 'June 18, 1939 -Vo Faror Stray No Fear Shall AwtT Trpro First Statesman. March tllftll' " ; Sheldon F. Sackett - - Editor ami Manager. . THE STATKSMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spragoe, Pres. - Sheldon F, Beckett 8ecy. ' MVtubrr ottbe AMortalrd Pms) Te AsoocmkhI Preue to earluslvoly entitled to the aae P" (ton of ill Nil dlapatcho credited to It or set otherwise credited t this peir. i -"- Progress or Reaction? The real issue in tomorrow's school election, as it appears to this paper, is that of progress or reaction. Grant that the present members who are seeking reelection are sincere in their desire to maintain good schools in Salem, their decisions on critical matters over the term of years indicate either a lack of understanding or a deficiency of vision inline admin , istering of school affairs. The result is that the schools have not made the nrogress they should have in late years. Such matter as dropuinsr a qualified elementary school supervisor, ignoring the recommendation of the superinten dent in the selection and placing of principals and teachers. and finally the dropping of a trained schcl executive as su perintendent are unfortunate evidences that the attitude or -tne two memoers woo seen reeiecuuu so r--ary. In consequenc Salem's reputation as an educational cen- terias been grievously impaired over the northwest , I Add to this the existing lack of harmony on the board " which is bound to continue if these members are returned 'and the weight of reason, it seems to The Statesman, is on the ' We have no desire to hash concerned with the future than with the past. " " The district is starting a new year with a new school su perintendent The time is propitious to start it alsp with two ,'strong, capable school directors. This paper endorses Koy VHariand and Don Young for the school board. Speeding -. I ' The tragedy in Portland a few days ago which snapDed 'out the life of a beautiful young university woman justifies ;the old campaign of The Statesman against racing, screeching-ambulances. The car which this young woman was dny Ving was crashed into by a speeding ambulance, which wit- A o r-aA otonUorVif anrl she lost her life. Why was the ambulance man tn fho hnonitfll whn had lvaA Vw-f 1s In a V5 Tlrl V" The Statesman has frequently urged that such speed is Inot justified, that the saving of snlit seconds rarely is the vf-.T-zvon 1,'fo ani Aonib and that the hazard of life through a fresh accident is greater that the risk by slower .delivery of the first victim to sbn to the hospital if in the . injured and the patient m tne " What is required is not so much new law as improved practice among ambulance drivers. In this city there has been such an improvement in ambulance driving since this paner YTias commented on the subiect Ita to. hospitals. Thecamnaign however needs to be extended to Other cities. Police officers can help by rehnkinor offenders. It . . . A At -- Is a matter of education, and we are conxiaeni ine operawra t amknlaniui BAWtlMia mll f oVa nntfi rvf fhifi trACTPriV And CSU- : tion their drivers that speed at the risk of life is wholly un necessary, and siren-shrieks for the sake of noisy advertising .unnecessary. Sunspots now The seriousness with which the sunspot theory of human behavior was advanced in tms with an analvsis of stock market uoS and downs was reallv. ,you understand, a matter of relativity. .The sun is, after all :some 93 million miles away, even though it provides the earth with 646,000 horsepower of energy per square mile. The the 'Ory of a variation in certain important rays affecting hu mans attitudes and decisions seemed reasonable only in com parison to the more immediate explanations offered by mar- t ket experts for Wall street fluctuations although an emin J ent astronomer visiting here last summer considered it sen ( ously thoi'erh tentatively. jr But in case some reader intends to chart tne iuxure Dy t the sunspot cycle, be it explained that up to the present it has !not been possible to predict the future course of sunspots with scientific accuracy. There is an irregular cycle, both as to time and relative intensity; the sunspots have reached maxi mum incidence, at intervals averaging 11 years. However, an associate professor and a freshman stu dent at Princeton university have just completed to their own satisfaction the development of a method of predicting sun spots six years in advancebeyond that, they say, it is im possible to forecast. : The most recent outburst of sunsixts began in 1933 and reached its peak in 1937, a year in which more sunspots were i 9 i, j. ! t arm m. 2 J .v.. ouservea man at any ume since xoiu. xne inue uuwucr iui 1937 was 114; in 1938 it had dropped to 100. The Princeton men say the decrease will continue steadily until 1944. About that year a new outbreak will occur and reach its peak about 1948. Their method of computation is based upon a compli cated mathematical formula which their records prove is cap able of being extended for a short period into the future. - Sunspots consist of huge whirlwinds in the suns surface srases, some of them exceeding the earth in area. They are be lieved to eject streams of corpuscles with high velocities into space. The sun gives off slightly more heat when there are many sunspots than when there are few. That they affect ra dio' transmission and have some relation to the northern liehts, is now generally agreed. There, has been' some serious effort to prove a connection between heavy incidence of sun spots and the prevalence of suicides,- depressions and wars, but the proof and the scientific explanation, if there is such connection, must be left to the future, v ' '" ' - ' : r,- -1 i ;,.- ., ' ' v ' The MacLeish Question ' There seem to be three facts pretty well established about this man Archibald MacLeish, nominated for librarian of congress. (1) He is a good poet. (2) He is not a librarian (3) He is a "fellow traveler? which means a communist who .works outside the party. i-'5--V.-y:- -q . -The odd part about the opposition to his appointment opposition which seems pretty nearly unanimous except per. haps for some poets, communists and President Roosevelt training and half on his asserted communism Few of the ob jectors have mentioned both points,Mnd none has based ob- jecticn cpecifically on point No. 1, that he is a poet. ' . Perhaps that Is because the people who object to poets are not adept at writing prose letters to the press. - ,;. , " j.zz3Vtn boaety - : The lilssourl Ut oeIty wl Portland ' will hold - 1U anasal plcnlo ;t82r at Jtntxet 'Beach amutemeat - j arx. ' f This Is aa annual Teat that all Miasonrtana loo f?nrtrd t - !th . Jntereat. Tha rl'!rnli of this tear's t!c- . riorii Ulzzmiizi arenas, ron- old controversies. We are more Ambulances speeding? It was rushing to get been hit over tne neaa wnn tne nospnai. i ne ronwuu What ffood is it to rush a per race some one else is killed or amouiance suujecieu w from time to time, xmoi so on.- fViA niorhf hideous as thev speed Diminishing column recemiy in coniiecnuu Und, who Is ulnr try effort to mako this aa ontottndUc rent.'- ' Tha gatea wBl b open at It a. m. Th ptcale Uneb will be at noon. Coffee,; sugar an t 'cream will be proTided frea. J.The entertainment lecture of the plcnle will atait at- S p. m Some of -the hicnllghtB will be the fmona Irr Southern Har naonlxera,- colored alngera: the MJsa onr tlee. clh ot .Fortland. the PurrU family' of ncslclim cf Calemni earm old tlsie li- clen eoateat. - Qi to fop- By B. J. HBNUR1CKS Lient. Slaughter, the man 6-1 f -SI mentioned by General Gran was a good and brare soldier; hilled ' by Indians of Kanashut: (Continuing from yesterday: A note In connection - with the proposal to name ' what : became Kitsap county Slaaghte county, Washington, in the , P a c 1 f i c Northwest history, pace 608, toI om 1, reads: - " ,- Tint " Lieutenant WUIiam A. Slaughter. 4th Infantry. U. S. Army, . graduated at West Point in the class of 1848. No officer of the army erer came to Fort Steilacoom who so endeared blnlseir to the citizens of the territory as did this gallant and enterprising .entleman. From the breaking out of the Indian war tUl his untimely ceath on the night or the h of Decem ber, 1855, when a nUht attack was made upon his little camp by Kanaskut, chief of the hostile Klikitats, who fired the fatal shot, he distinguished himself for his gallant conduct." (The bUl for the act crealim Kltaap county .had, at its introduction, the name of Slaughter county.) S The Pacific Northwest history mentions the order that Mrs. Victor recited. Chief Kamiakim of the Yakimas had brought about the assassination, ot In dian Agent A. J. Bolan and other white men. Major Mailer, U. S. Army, had, on order, left The Dalles on Oc tober 3, 1855, with 10C regulars, "intending," as tlu Pacific Northwest history recites, - "to effect a junction wltn Lieuten ant Slaughter, U. 8. Army, who, with 40 United States troops, had left Fort Steilacoom Sept. 27, 1855, for the Yaklmw coun try, ria Naches pas . The or ders of Major Haller were to demand the murderers of Bolan, and chastise the Yakimas," S But, as the regular reader of this column knows, Haller had been licked disastrously by the Yakimas; saved from complete annihilation by the help of Capt. D. A. Russell, who wen to his aid with his commuj" -the D. A. Russell who afterward had charge of Fort Yamhill, and was P. H. Sheridan's greatest friend, up to the battle of the Opequon. where Major General Sheridan was in supreme command and Major General Russell had a di vision, and was killed while car rying out an order hat was the high point of the winning battle, for the Union side. (Sheridan, by the way, was in the Yakima acrap, his command near that of Russell.) Those events were jarts of the beginnings of the war of the al lied Indian tribes to ttop the covered wagon immigration and wipe out the whole white race, beginning in 1855, at near the same time, from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean. Says the Pacific Northwest history: V "Lieutenant Sliught. having heard of the reverse of HaUer, and that he had returned to The Dalles, recrossed the Cas cade mountains and fell back to a prairie on White river, to await further orders and for reinforcements. . . . Lieutenant Slaughter, with 40 United States regulars, was encamped on White River prairie, where, r . the 21st. hta had been Joined by Captain Maloney with 75 United States infantry. They remained there until the 24th. . . . On October 21st (1855). the party was fired upon f r o.m an ambush near White river; and Messr Moses and Miles were instantly killed. (Tney were members of an ex press party brincinr news and orders.) "Upon the recovery of their bodies they were fount shock ingly mutilated. (Such practices by the Indians, which were gen eral, helped fan the hatreds of the white soldiers and civilians ) After severe suffering and hard ships, the surviving members of the party succeeded in reaching the settlements. . . . No sooner had the force under Captain Ma loney left Fort . Jteilacoom for the Yakima country than the In dians west of the n ountains evinced unmistakar.e evidence that they were disaffected; that they were well apprised of the movements of the h03tile Yaki mas; in close communication with them. ... The various sec tions . erected blockh uses and otherwise placed themselves n a posture, ot defense. . . . To avoid complications as to rank between the regiment of Ore gon - volunteers commanded by Colonel Nesmith and tic regu lars commanded by MaJ r G. J. uatns. u. 8. Army, the latter was appointed brigadier general ot Washington Territoit volun teers by Acting Cover or Ma son. . . . ta 1p "Corroborative of the fact that a general combination of Indians had been formed : gainst the set tlers of the (Paget) Sound was the horrible massacre o a num ber of families : upon White river, in Kins; -county. . . Christopher C. Hewitt, afterward chief Justice of the territory, captain of . the comiJui: raised at Seattle. In a letter dated Nor. 5, (185S) : thus communi cated the sickening intelligence: v v star a tou MUUUAJ uci m for the scene of act! u. After two days' hard work e made the house of Mr. Cox. which we fonnd robbed. .We next went to 'i Jones'. whose house, we found homed to the ground; and Mr. Jones, bei g slc at the time, was burnt la It The body Of Mrs. Jones was , found :- some sb yards from t e house, shot through the lower part; of the lungs, her face and Jaws hor ribly broken and mutllaied, ap parently with the head ot an axe. The bones o: Mr. Jones were found. ' the fles having been roasted .and eaten off by hogs. Hr. Cooper, who had lived with Mr. Jones, was fonnd about 150 yards from the house,' shot through the lungs." '. The letter went on lth fneh sickening details of vbolesale murder, desecration an incen diarisa.- Cays ' a : pmrrash in the boots' fher 'territory of Washington had reached cri- r ' k i H,H VBT! I TMH OTHER tP2r WLM SU1TDAT 1360 Kc 8:15 Orfnli tie,. 8 :S0 Chriitisa Misilonary. 9:00 Chriitian Endeavar. 9:90 SsWatora DeStefano. :45 Kelijioa in Duturbed Worll 10:00 Sumoer PrindU, Piaoiit. 10:15 Boiuact of th Sifhvara. 10:30 Leo rreudxvrg'a Orcbeatra. 10:45 Alice Blna, Piaaiit. 11:00 Americas Lutheran Chorea. 12:00 Muaic. From El Pate. 12:30 Haven of Beat. 1:00 Popular Salute. 1:15 NoTeltunea. 1:30 Rea Korrc's Oreheitra. 2:00 My Lucky Break. 2:30 Show ot the Week. 8:00 Help Thy Neighbor. 8:80 Carl Bavaaia'a Orchestra. 4:00 American Forum ot tha Air. :45 Newt. 6:00 Old Faahioned ReriraL 6:00 Good WiU Hoar. 7:00 Thrills ot PatroL 7:80 Mnsie by Faith. 8:00 Author. Author. 8:30 Jack Teafarden Orchestra. 9:00 Tonight's Headlines. 9:15 Staa Myers Orchestra, 9:80 Back Home Hoar. 10:00 Glen Cray's Orchestra. 10:30 Leor Mejica's Orchestra. - kow gmnAT so x. 8:00 Sunrise Progress. 8:80 Chicago Round Table. 8:59.40 Arlington Time 8iguaL 9:00 Orchestra. 10:00 Dinner at Aunt Faanle's. 10:30 8 tars of Today. 11:00 Sunday Driven. 11 30 Name the Place. 12 :00 Rangera Serenade. 12:80 Alien oj. 12:45 News. 1 :00 Orchestra. 1:15 Radio Comments. 1:80 Otto Clare. 2:00 8tars of Tomorrow. 2:80 Bongs Wo Remember. 2:45 Posey Playleta. 8 :00 Prof essor Pus le wit. 8:80 Band Wagon. 5 :00 Manhattan Merry -Go Round. 6:30 Album ot Familiar Mnsie. 6 '00 The Circle. 7:00 Walter WincheH. 7:15 Irene Rch. 7:80 Jack Benny. 8:00 Hollywood Playhouse. 8:80 One Man's Family. 9:00 Night Editor. 9:15 Grouch Club. 9:45 Orchestra. 10:00 News. 10:15 Bridge to Dreamland. 11:00 Orchestra. III-SXTXSAT 1180 Kc 7:00 Down Melody Lane. 7:80 Dr. Brock. 8:00 Radio City Mails Ball. 0:00 The Quiet Hour. 9:80 Lost and Found. 9:32 Orchestra. 9:45 Radio Tips. 10:00 Mafic Key. 11:00 Proper Housing. 11:30 Festivsl of Musio. 12:00 National Vespers. 12:80 Tapestry Musicals. 1:00 Family Altar Hour. 1:30 A Bookman's Notebook, 1:45 Ray Perkins at World's Fair. 8:00 Margaret Schere-Tboss. -, 8:15 Newa. v 8:80 Radio Onild. 4:00 8ymphony Orchestra. 6:00 Sons of the Lone -Star. S :80 Organiat 5:45 Truth Society. 6:00 Portraits at Dusk. tical period in its history. An active enemy was i the field composed of malcontents from a number of the tribes.' (Continued on Tuesday.) Royal Couple to Marry 1 I Xrria tt Irtaxa Ires, c Tae am or rtaly, tt expected soen. TXtix vttxamx was asnoenced Uajr Z7, - - . '-v 150 Years of Baseball! DEaaflSaD IPQwngDoaDiras 6:30 Cheerio. 7:00 Book Chat. 7: SO Concert Ensemble. 8:00 Sports Reporter. 8:15 News. 8:30 Oreheitra. 9:00 Everybody Sing. 9:30 Church of the Air. 10 :00 Memories in Miniature. 10:30 Family Altar Hour. 11:15 Portland Poflea Reports. 11:18 Organist. . XOZbT StTHBAY 949 Kc 8:00 West Coast Church. 8:30 Salt Lake Tabernacle. 9:00 Church ot the Air. 9 :30 Singer. s 9 :45 The World Today. 10:00 Democracy hi Action. 11:00 Symphony Orchestra. 12:00 Words Without Music 12 :80 International Polo Cusmpionahln, 1:80 Singer. 1:45 Dance Time. 2:00 Hour of Musiesl Fun. 2:30 Gateway to Hollywood. 8 :00 Old Songs ot the Church. 8 :80 News. 3 : 45 Recital. 4 :00 Adventures of EUery Queea. 6:00 Summer Hour. 6:00 Knickerbocker Theatre. 6:30 Organist. 6:45 Capitol Opinions. 7:00 SpelUng Bee. - 7:30 Orchestra. 8:00 Ben Bern'ie. 8:80 News and Reviews. 8:45 Little Show. 9 :00 Orchestra. 9:30 Orchestra. 10:00 Five Star Final. 10:15 Guitarist. 10:30 Temple Square. ll:0C Orchestra. 63 XSLMC MONDAY 1360 Kc. 6:30 Milkmsn's Serenade. 7 :30 Newa. 7:45 Hits and Encores. 8:00 Morning Meditstions. 8:15 Hsven of Rest. 6:45 Newa. 9:00 Pastor's CalL 9:15 Organs li ties. 9 :45 BAM. 10.00 Fred Nsgel'a Orchestra. . 10:15 Newa. 10:30 Morning Magsziae. 10:45 Key's Dress Shop. 11:00 Marriage License Records. 11:15 True Story Dramas. 11:80 Piano Qnis. 11:45 Value Parade. 12:15 News. 12:30 Hillbilly Serenade. 12.45 Musical Salute. 1 :00 Noveltunes. 1:15 Interesting Fscts. 1:30 Lawrence Salerno, Organist. 1:45 Songs Without Words. 2 :00 Varieties. 2 ;30 Newa. 2 :45 Manhattan Mother. 3 :00 Feminine Fancies. 8:30 Let's Plsy Bridge. 3:45 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 4:00 Chuck Foster's Orchestra. 4:30 Yacht Day Preview. 5:00 Henry Cicone's Orchestra. 5:15 Crimson TraiL 5:30 Buck Rogers. 5:45 Dinner Hour Melodies. 6:45 Tonight's Headlinea. 7 :00 Walutime. 7:80 The Lone Sanger. 8:00 News. 8:15 Today 'a Tunes. 8:30 Jack Teagarden Orchestra, 9:00 Xewspsper of the Air. 9 :15 Swiagtime. 9:45 Thomas Conrsd Sawyer. 10:00 Devil's Scrapbook. 10 :80 Staa Myers Orchestra. 11:00 Tomorrow 'e News Tonighs, -11:15 Orrin Tucker's Orchestra, 11:30 Phil Ohmaa's Orchestra. 11:45 Midnight Serenade. Greece and tha Duke of Epoleto, ft li 1 v v r KOW MONDAY 620 Xa. 7:00 Viennese Ensemble. 7:15 Trail Blasers. 7:45 News. 8 :00 Organist 8:15 The O'Neills. 8:30 Stars ot Today. 8:39.40 Arlington Time Signal. 9:00 Cobwebs and Cadeaias. 9:15 Let's Talk It Over. 9:30 Glenn Hurlburt. 9:45 Dr. Kate. 10:00 Betty and Bob. 10:15 Griuun'a Daughter. 10:30 Valiant Lady. 10:45 Hymne of All Churches. 11:00 Story of Mary. Martin, 11:15 Ma Parkins. 11:30 Pepper Young's Family. 11:45 The Guiding Light. 12:00 Backstage Wife. 12:15 Stella Dallas. 12:30 Vie and Hade. 12 :i Midstream. 1:00 Monday Musie. 1:15 Houseboat Hannah. 1:30 Hollywood News. 1 :45 Singer. 2 :00 Science in the News. 2rl5 I Love a Mystery. 2:30 Woman's Magasina. 8 :00 Orchestra. 3:30 News. 3:45 Surprise Your Husband. 8:50 Tea Time Tunes. 4:00 Band. 4:15 Fashions la Harmony. 4:30 Sevilliana. 4:45 Cocktail Hour. 6:00 Sura of Today. 5:30 Allen Roth Presents. 6:00 Contented Hour. 6:30 Organist. 7 :00 Mr. District Attorney. 7:15 Orchestra. 8:00 Armchair Cruise. 8:15 Orchestra. 8:30 Al Pea res. 9:00 Hawthorne House. 9 :30 Orchestra. 10:00 Newa. 10:15 Blue Moonlight. 10 :30 Orchestra. o KEX MONDAY 1180 Kc 6:30 Musical Clock. 7 : 15 Viennese Ensemble. 7:30 Financial Service. 7 :45 Accordiana. 8:00 Dr. Brock. 8:30 Farm and Home. 8:15 Agriculture Today. 9:30 Patty Jean. 9 :45 Charioteers. 1C:00 Home Institute. 10:15 Home Folks Frolic. 10:30 News. 10:45 Alice Joy. 11:00 Voice o( American Wemem. 11:30 Marine Band. 12:00 Club Matinee. 12:30 News. 12:45 Dept. Agriculture. 1:00 Market Reports. 1:05 The Quiet Hour. 1 :45 Orchestra. 2:00 Curbstone Quia. 2:15 Financial and Grain Reports. 2:25 News. 2:30 Ray Perkins. 2:45 Your Navy. 3:00 Strings at Tea Time. 8 :30 Orchestra. 3:45 Science on the March. 4:00 Order of Adventurers. 4:80 Orchestra. 5:00 Time and Tempo. 5,-30 Marion MiUer. 8:45 The Cowboy Rambler. 6:00 True or Falae. 6:30 Magnolin Blossoms. 6 :45 Freshest Thing in Town. 7 :00 Orchestra. 8:00 Musie for Men. 8:16 News. 8:30 Foram and Agia 'Em. 9 :00 Musie. :30 Wrestling Matcbeo. 10:80 Orchestra. 11:00 News. 11:15 Portland Police Reports. 11:18 Organist. 11:45 8 porta Flaah. . stonr momdat xa. 6:15 Market Reports. 6:20 KOIS Klock. 7:00 It Happeacd la Bollywood. 7:15 KOiNTloek. 7:45-News. 8:00 Dixia 8ereaadera. 8:16 Nancy James. 6:SO Helen Treat. 8:46 Our Gal Seaday. 9:00 Goldbergs. 9:15 Ui Caa Bo Beautiful. 9:88 Consumer News. '9:46 Yours Sincerely. 10.-O0 Bi Sister. 10:16 Aunt Jenny. : Heme Borneo Newa. 10:45 'hea a Girl Marries. ll:0tf This aaeVTBa.-. r 11:30 raaiioa Casta, r 11:45 Nova. - 13:00 Pretty Kitty Itella, tl:16 Myrt sad Marge. 12:89 miltoa) House. H:4S Stepsaothee-. 1:90 Scettergaad Belaeu. - 1:15 Dr. Susan. 1:80 fiinfia' Bast 1 :46 Ad veatsaree is tcioaee. :0 Firteaer Wfay. 1:16 Hello Again. t:45 Orchestra. - - - 3 tOO Newepaper of the Air. 4:15 OrgaaiaS. , , , 4:46 Oreheetra. - I . 6:0 Radio Tlseetre. - H0 Orehostrs, - 6:30 Eddio Caster. 7:00 Amoa a Andy. ' -;7:1 Lu ad Abmev. e 7:30 Modem Mismtrols. - , 8:00 Teao Up Traso. 8:30 News and Reviews. 8:46 Metediee. Srte Bahrt Taoatre Pwyeca. . 9:30 Bemeate aUythav r" ' 9tH Camera Olaa. - i " lOrtrO Freo SUr riaaL lSlla KighWasi Yaraa. 10:86 OiiSsoSia. tltOO Chttaite. -'W.J.5 The Safety Valve Letters From Statesman Readers To the Editor. In order to promote the sound principles and to secure and con tinue harmony and cooperation in our schools, it is necessary that the voters of school district no. 24 re-elect Mr. Bradfield and Mr. Neptune, the two retiring members ot the school board. These men axe businessmen and their experience in life add in business and the efficient ser vice , which ' they nave rendered as members of the school board has made , them familiar not only with the educational problems of tbe schools but also vith every business detail which is so es sential in economically conduc ting the business of the district. Also as representative men they are personally interested in the problems of both teachers and students, in the betterment ot tbe. schools, and in the advance ment of the whole educational system. In order to maintain harmony there must ' be cooperation - be tween the superintendent and the school board. r. Bennett was elected superintendent by the unanimous vote of the board and in Justice to Mr. Bennett, we should continue in effect tbat board which will work with him towards tbe best interest of our schools. The present majority members of the board have started cer tain reforms which when com pleted will not only raise the school standards b t will save the taxpayers of the district thousands of dollars per year. Voters let us go to the polls next Monday and vote to "Sup port Our School Board." Re-elect Mr. Bradfield and Mr. Neptune and let ns not elect them by just a few votes but by an over whelming majority. H. William Thlelsen To the Editor: Recently the Dress. inclurMne- Tbe Statesman, has published ex tensive data, purporting to repre sent electric rate reductions brought about during recent years by and through the alleged "reg ulation" of the Public Utility Com missioners of Oregon. Such "news" is nothing more than prop aganda. If you are interested in advis ing your readers truthfully, you will Investigate, and based upon any unbiased, fair-minded survey, you will find that practically ALL rate reductions and progressive improvement in rural line exten sion policies, in Oregon hare been a direct result of, and were "vol untarily" made by the respective power companies, for political ex pediency, in the face of a cam paign involving some phase of public ownership of the utilities. We contend, without fear of con tradiction, that, had Oregon never created any Public Utility Com mission, and established no legal ized "regulation" the rates todsy, as a result of the frequent and re peated political battles, still would be just about what they are. Even the executives of the power trust will so admit "oft the record." Each succeeding campaign has brought rate reductions and im proved policies of rural line ex tensions. This month, with the Mountain Statea Power company Just emerg ing from a protracted bankruptcy proceedings, yet in the face of a PUD campaign in Linn county and other counties in that area, they are making a very substantial rate reduction. It is about time that the long-suffering utility 1 n v e s tors come to the realization that if they are ever to realize anything at all, it will be If and when the pnblic acquires the existing sys tems, and the proceeds of tbe ssle price (whatever It may be) divid ed among the security holders. How much longer will they be the "suckers" who provide the finsn ces for the campaign to defeat public ownership? HERMAN E. LAFKY. Hundreds Needed To Pick Cherries Several hundred cherry pick ers will be needed to handle the present crop on Monday If the weather breaks, acco "Ing to Donald McBaln of the Oiegon state employment service at the corner of Cottage am Ferry W E L GOME LIONS WHEN YOU WISH TO RELAX FOR A MOMENT DURING THE CONVENTION Tune to K-S-L-M : F or Better Entertainment MUTUAL BROADCASTING; SYSTEM Horn of Triumph " i Frauds Affleck nod Imp" It's the hour of triumph for Francis Affleck, blind student at Syracuse university, as he and his seeing eye dog, "Imp," who has guided him in his travels to and from the university, take part in graduation exercises on the cam pus. The "Imp" also was granted a diploma, which be is carryinz.- streets. So far, with cocl weath er, the crop has been pretty well in hand but any change will complete the ripening of trees in a hurry. According to McBaln, the itin erant pickers have not responded to the need as much as was ex pected, consequently the situa tion may become acute if more do not volunteer cn Monday morning. To Keep Capitol Open on Sundays Oregon's new capitol will be kept open on Sundays from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. throughout the summer months ss a remit of a large number of requests from the public for an opportunity to inspect the building, it was de cided Saturday by ; ecretary of State Earl Snell. Guide service will be provided during those hours and visitors will be taken on a complete tour ot the building. Delegates to the state Lions club convention will be guests of Snell Sunday and with Oregon mail carriers now in convention here will be escorted through the capitol by Boy Scouts trained for guide service. Governor Learns Laws of Budget Are Very Strict Governor Charles A. Sprague, despite his high position, must comply with the laws governing the state budjet department along' with all other state officials, it was revealed Friday. j The governor recently drove hiss private automobile to southern Oregon, placed it in a public ga rage over night and included a 50 cents storage charge in his ex pense account.. David Eccles, state budget di rector and an appointee of the governor, refused to approve the item. Eccles explained that the law prohibits payment of expenses for storing privste cars. Had the governor stored a state owned car he would hare been en titled to reimbursement. Governor Sprague smiled as Ec cles "blue penciled'' the storage item. 7 A j rj y---: V