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AGE' SIX The OKEGON STATES3IAN, Salea,'6rtffon, FridaMorninf, July 7,: 1939 . H - ii irii in ii T , "No f dror Straw Vt: No Fear Shall Ate? ( ' ' From Mrni SulMmuL ilirtk tl lltl 1 Sheldon F. Sackett - Editor, acid Manager. J hi THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO;" iarles A. Sprafttsv Pras. ; &aldoa F. Baekttt. acy. The Assorist-4 Ptm to ssrtwOfy anttiie tv CUs far VU i of all bows daanaicbaa sfwjltfdl to it aM athstwlaa crwlUs4 Out Again, in Again, no Cfain - ' - Having discussed the merits of the monetary bill when it was amended to the administration's chagrin ten days ago, al-this column should need,to do now tnat tne senate s acuon has been reversed is to reverse the remarks made at that time. The devaluation power is debatable; it was defended on grounds related to international trader opposed on grounds related to national stability and morale. That domestic bus iness would have felt better with the money powers returned to congress is beyond question. To evaluate the effectiveness or authority to devalue tne currency in maintaining Mo tional balance, it is necessary to turn tnrougn tne process. CnnnAoi'nff Fne-lanrl nriAlllf! devalue the DOUud in terms of old ; then, the dollar remaining stable, it would take . . a. a n 11 T)wa47. W fewer dollars to buy a pound, and tn terms oi aouars, omwu goods would be cheaoer and American tariffs on those goods would be lower, while in terms of the pound. United States goods would be higher and so would British tariffs. Thus mo mentarily the United States would be at a distinct cusaavau ;? If we subscribe to theory that the gold content of a mone tary unit is the real criterion of its value, the pricesuf British goods would rather oromptly increase and the advantage would be wiDed out. However, it is not aiiucuu to recu when the eold content of the dollar was reduced '40 per cent in 1934, the general level of prices did not increase Dy xnai amount. The wholesale Price index based upon 1926 prices was 64.8 in 1932 and 80 in 1935, showing a range of less than 19! oer cent; the cost of living increased less than 11 per cent in; the same period and there were otner reasons comnuu; finv ft KrvVi rf rrYAOA f ranIff " - m wuwj vra iuvo. vAvaj- , i Thus it is seen that the readjustment of British prices in our theoretical case would not be sufficient to-offset the ad vantage gained unless Englishmen are more sensitive to the orn.rl fioViinrl iho niunrl than AmoriMns HTf to the fiTOld behind the -dollar. ; That leaves the administration with a case for the devaluation powers. esrjeciai'v if used only as a inreai xo - . . . a a 1 I 1.. keep England from devalume. However, since acraai devalu ation or its possibility is a deterrent to business confidence at home, it should be possible tp find anotner soiuiionior in efona IVa Tfvnai oinof tariffs whlVh the DTesident ftl ready has, or more directlv. through returning to England some of the gold that has piled, up nere. . ,r Tn 4 Via dnnriuiiii'flnal Of fnimnnt Ktntfl CldpQ Were beinff Uh fair from partisan motives. Thus while there was little objec tion on the floor to the stabilization fund, the anu-aaminis-tration group sought to-wipe it out. while the administration forces in their final victory restored tne treasury s aurnoruy to purchase foreign silver which means that the United States will pursue its idiotic course of financing Mexico's communistic experiments and Japan's conquest of China . . . . . . mm ! 11 A in the latter case by buving from the Japanese suver max TtfrYitf nllv Kalon era tn Viitio ; - Finally, iust as the amendments constituted a major A . . . . . m mm, m 11 1 reourf to the administration, their elimination constitutes a brought upon democratic senators whose inclination was to be independent in this matter. Bitterness thus engendered will add nothing to the prosoerts of neutrality law revision alone lines th adrninistratfon desires, nor to the DrosDects of these senators' assistance to the New Deal in the coming campaign. f DUa-tdr- DrenEiffnot - By R. J.HENCRICX3 "SilverThreads!" ' Responsibilities of Office "I'm going to soldier from now on," vowed the corporal of the guard one. bleak morning in autumn of 1918. The cor poral was in a jam. He had posted a relief sentry in the wee sma hours without reportinir that the man to be relieved was missing. .He assumed that the absent sentry was "around somewhere." But the sentry had just finished a long 'stretch in the guardhouse, and Chicago, where the troop train had stopped, was his home town. . . ; Which is jnst by way of introduction to the observation that Judge McMahan's Instructions to the new grand jury for July, were temperate in tone and fully justified by cir- jramstartces--we have reference solely to the instructions and not to tbte allegations which accompanied them, which remain to be proven or disproven. The instructions as such went lit tle beyond statement of a grand" jury routine duty to inves tigate the county offices. - Regardless of the eventual outcome of the criminal -rases involving the treasurer's office, t he testimony in the first trial and the state auditors' reports have made every citizen of Marion county aware that the public s business has not been conducted efficiently in all respects. A considerable sum of taxpayers money was proven to have been missing. The vuiuuiai uiais wiu determine tne lmmeaiaie respuiusiuiuLjr for that shortage. . j The inference is inescapable that some of the audits of county finances in past years have failed to reveal conditions which the public has a right to expect an audit to show, it is the minimum duty of the grand Jury to determine, if it can. whether this Inadequacy extended to the audits of other of fices and whether other shortages are hidden-about This is essential for the protection of county, officers, as much as for the protection of the public. The question of accountability likewisejis pertinent 7 ; , ' . J : - In private business, a man may take his own chances In trusting his associates honesty; but a public office is a public , trust and it Is Incumbent npon every public officer, like the corporal whose faith in human nature had been shaken, to Analyzing Holiday Fatality Record In the normal course of events, some 4400 deaths occur daily, in'the United States. We do not have at hand any fig ures on; the total number of these that 'are violent deaths. traffic accidents normally account for 110 deaths daily, sui cides about 60 and homicides both murder and manslaugh ter about 37. But the cases of manslaughter include some of the traffic deaths. -; ' :? ' v i ? : , "! However since these figures leave out the deaths by drowning and other miscellaneous accidents, it is safe to say the average is over 200 daily. Latest figures on the four-day Fourth of July weekend indicate about 700 violent deaths, or about 100 less than normal! V Probably it is not the case that the Fourth of July has become f safer and saner" than other times of the year merely that the news services haven t received reports on all the deaths. But these figures orrevery-day fatalities should be taken into account in reading about the heavy death toll on holidays,-It is not suggested that precautions should be re laxed on such occasions, but thatthey should be increased at an times. i: :-" " :: ' i 7-7-JI Joan Mitt to. Orcros ilmwr. a. fartnr nt k4aw . mttklBC: in th '44 Immlnitlnn- a Amcnesa ot gioriovs caolcei - - - - r CContlnnfnr . tm The same erealnt aK Uantoa I flnt m Henry WUllamso, partner in I tae parcnaM tat first Kits mt the If. VL t JTunn Lee) miasIoB. iom :t mnw w ww saiem,.ana rront Trnoio In ict i receirea tke foUowlni; u tb tne Teralon et conteit be tween himself md t MnA ah t Pay company as represented by "WUUamaon. after eonaider able examination of western Orecon. : eencladed to Ii, hu claim on the bank ot the Colum bia rirer west of Vancourer, making Ms east line close to the enclosed fields of the company he did not attentat to Momi' ut of the land that was fenced or unproved. Hia action moon ttrrtA mt- tentlon and a meeting was had. at wnica nr. e. White was pres ent,, ostensibly as agent of the United States roTernment. lint really as a toady oi the Hndson's Bay company by an incessant plea to 'compromise,' oirected at wnuamson. The -atter, in his behalf, i claimed the riarht under me treaty or joint occupancy to locate Such claim u the liw, of the provisional government ' of Oregon allowed him on ar -un occupied land unclaimed bv indl viduals. Mr. Douas said that tney could not permit him to settle .there, as tbe social inter course between nim and the com pany's servants would be sure to oieea trouble to the company, by creatine a sDirit or iiRenntnt and Insubordination. "He told Mr. Williams that tne company would gladly assist him if he would locate where his presence would - not affect their Interests, but they could not Dermlt him tn nettta hra TO this Williamson ronllorf 'that ho should not. seek to associate wun tne employees f the com pany, yet did not feel called upon to snrrender his liberty in that respect and he did not ask nor aesire the assistance of the company. All he asked was th freedom of an " American . citi zen to pursue bis own business in his own wav in d aa.ee anil good neighborhood: the loca tion of Vancouver suited him. ana he saw no sufficient reason in Mr. Douglas' Ohleetlnna tn hinder his choice of it as' a claim, and he intended to stay there.' j 'Mr. Douglas reolled thst 'then thev would be under the necessity of arresting and send ing mm to tneir chief rsttnrv on Undson bay, to which Wil liamson, replied: 'Mr. Douglas, you have the power, but vou win send me long ways north If you send me out of the reach of tne united states government.' "It is evident that Dr. M LouKhlln. good man that be waa aw not, according to his post- numous letter, unaerstand Wil liamson's -case. Alderman at this same time attempted to 'Jump' tne aoctor's claim at Oregon L.UT. Alderman, a ronrh. nn crupulous man, was shrewd enough to do all he could to place himself in the same boat with Henry Williamson, and many neonle then in nremn never examined Into the subject enongn to learn that there was no similarity betwee ' tie cases nor the Character of the men "ta "V 'Williamson, at th ttm n told me the above related wiah. ed to and did Join as silent part ner m tne purchase of the Old Mission. ! Ha ' let hia rlalm A Joining Vancouver la in nhPT ance till nrh Hma la xnH , -" uw HUIIW go back ' to Indiana to meet in me nonds of wedlock : young way wnom ne had lert under a promise which Justified herein hoping and nravinar for hia f return. He did not abandon hia determination to hold hia claim against the Hudson's Bar com pany. He fnllv ATnpptA1 tn maVo it good when he left here in the spring of 1846, leaving a con Biaeraue' . amonnt . of Mnnnii property , to come back to bat' ine oest laid seffemes of mice and men g'anr oft sriea And leave na nanvht kn .i . . ana pain tor promised Joy.' "On his arrival at the home of hia "betrothed : ha -met her familv tnat retnrnfna- tram burial, it is in the nature of few I f men to f pursue previous " plans I L a ft a a 111.. 4V... I r no more attention to hli claim near Vancouver, i believe; came back to this coast in 1S47, was wounded bv an arr. m nn in the Rogue River valley, went to me mines, ana waa the first. wiiaia my Knowledge, to drive sheen from Oregon tn California a ar a . r v 'I shall refer tn hfm aat Perhaps, but close now by say ing mat uovernor pete H. Bur nett, la Reeolletinna of a Pioneer. Intimates n hit imi elation Williamson's charac ter. n was as much a noble man of nature as Sir James XJOnSMS iT,r waa mm James Mnt. Mr. Douglas' previous inter COUrse With men hail - nli... rendered him as Incapable of ac counting ior the spatk of pride wnica ais remarks about young Americana withont brought ont of Hnn as the flint is oi understanding the steel, or at Williamson's understanding hy what right a company of men ui xAinaon snonia shut him and TAKEH Vt-AWAY STY'S 5EE. XOU u:DQag3Bn IPrn)j!irgimms Call Board E3LSXXORR Today Double bUl, Jack Benny and Rochester in "Man Ahont Town" with Dorothy Lamour and "6000 Enemies" with Walter Pid- ceon and t Rita Johnson. Saturday M: i c k e y Mouse matinee with double bill and chanter S of "The Oregon Trail - e e a e r,RAnn e Today "Young Mr. Lin- coin" with Henry . Foiida ' ana Marions weaver. : ... 4 STATE Tndav 1 R1t nma a riA v Don Ameche in "Three i . Mnaketeera anif - Tnn. f .Lang and Lynn '. arl in "Meet the ' nir1a CAPITOL Today Double bill. "Under- cover Doctor" with Lloyd Nolan and: Heather Angel and "Secret Service of that Air" with1 Ronald Reagan and John LiteL Saturday Double bill, "Dodge City" with OUvia DeHavillaad and "Inside Information" with Sarry Carey. HOLLYWOOD Today Doable biU, Con- stance Bennett and Brian Ahern-in Merrilly We uve" and Jack Randall In rGun. Packer." ' - such as him from 25 miles east and west along the north bank of the Columbia rirer; that be ing what the; Hudson's Bay com pany claimed. (This is a dis tinctly different version 1f " the Williamson incident than : the i (Turn to page- 7.- col.- 1) HAL ROACH prtseatt AND SECOND FEATURE, i .. Mm, . U ..:tlJ,7i Also News and Onr Gang Comedy, "AHadla's Laaw m. mm w vera," ua EPISODE 1 MlLLlOHSforDEFEHSE To the Editor: In your Tuesday Issue yon, pub lished a news report covering the crash that took the life of my son, Donald. This article unfairly credited him with the blame for the accident. I believe that it is due the dead boy's memory that his friends who have obtained their information through your columns may have a true picture of the accident. Tonr reporter took those parts of the state police re port of the accident that would indicate that the blame belonged to the boys on the two cycles and completely ignored the part played by the car that was respon sible. . The boys on the cycles were driving north and the Wodsewoda car entered the intersection going east, or on the left side of the boys. Wodsewoda admitted to the coroner that -he saw the boys be fore entering the intersection bat stated that he thought he could beat them across. The law gives the vehicle on the right the right of way at an Intersection. Tet the driver of. the auto did not stop at the intersection eves though he admits he clearly . saw the cycles approaching and undoubt edly heard them before seeing them. ' - The road where the crash took place is a Jong straightaway with perfect visibility.. There were no cars on the road for half a mile of the cycles. The 65 to 70 mfles per hour that the boys were trav-i eling was fast but not excessive' nor reckless speed under the con ditions. At almost any minute in the day there are 50 . cars and stages traveling the much more heavily used Pacific highway be tween here and Portland that are driving, at a similar speed and in so doing are not considered to be driving recklessly. The cycle skidded 115 feet as your report states, or a little more than the frontage ef two Salem city lots. A cycle is a com paratively light vehicle and skids much farther than does a car when brakes are applied at similar speeds. The road finish at the scene ot the accident is a heavy oU finish which made the brakes less effective than on rough pave ment. Earlier in the day the two boys had given their cycles a time test on the fairgrounds track and my boy's cycle when driven at top speed was unable to go over 75 miles. Just before the accident he had been having trouble with his carburetor which would natural ly slow. him up. The boys were driving rapidly nut not at an excessive speed and had they been granted the right of way that the law provides and which they were expecting when the car drove to the intersection they would have escaped injury and the car driver would hare lost only a second or two of time. I do not believe that under the circumstances the inference left by your reporter's story that ex cessive speed was the cause of the mc uwrt r n Z n R C ! ausrrt ? i- ia 2j '; Two. Big Feature 11 ;That hisTstory and heTl sUck lo itbut there Is wideq spread suspicion that the Portlaxvl merchant who was locked up in bis inillinery-store' over the Fourth :?p!aiined it that way" to dodge the noise and confusion of the celebration. A rhymester contributor io the New York Herald TVib-! ctws susrsests that when'Hitler; Mussolini,' Franco, et al can't zmd time to sign their letters, their typists append the nota- mm m 111 imf :i---iiuuium;ej it, Ii v i fl,r.aw nvn 111 - V-f'V-a! n 1 t SecoBnl Featvre' -r3 Ce L.fBWMi mm Ut) CASJS1IU.0 aw -HE WAS ALWAYS 7 V5t READY FOR A II 'll Jp J FIGHT, A FROLIC K ' r,r:" : f ... OR A SPEECH! m' AtuThe tca$ tops lit ! ' t LZZ in all of them I HI I aj t m j . 1 1 UhlJUX FOIIDA U Alico BRADY narjorie WEAVER Q AiIecnUDELAII nil on I A Truly Entertaining Picture That I Unre Yon to See ? t- J S) ID XaXK niDAT 13M Ka, :J0 MUksua's Sareasas. ,T:80 Vtw. 7:43 HiU sad gaearss. iS:0OXacaiBS sfaaUsbaas. S:l$ Hsvae sf SNk. S:4S Kvs. t.-OO Paatrs CaU. t:ti Orssaalitoaa. :I0 SarpriM Tear Bubtad. . t:45 BAM. 10:OO Traady Xafcl Orchestra. 10:15 .Ve vs. , 10: SO Manias Mifuin. 10:41 Wamca is taa News. . 10:50 Hollrwooa Kibitiar. 11:00 Muta. Bam. Wssms's Hitat Taa Orcgoa BtaUunaa. 11:15 Traa Story Draaw. -11:50 Piaaa Qaii. 1 1 U5 Valaa Para4a 1S:15 Nnr. 11:30 Hillbilly Saraaade. It:s5 XTsltaas. 11:45 Maaical 8lata. 1 .-00 Has N'srrs'a OrcSaatra. 1:15 latemtiag Facta. 1:80 Lea SalTO, Ortaaist. 1:45 aaaaibs Rhftkm. J:00 Oar Smrj. 2:15 The Jaaaaoa raauly. 2:0 Seira. 2:45 Maaaattaa Vatser. 8:00 Keattaiaa Faadas. 3:30 Saada at Tiaaa. 3:45 Paltaa Laa-is, Jr. 4:00 Cark Fectar'a Orckeitra. 4:30 WOB Srnaaear. 5 :00 Swiac sad Sway. 5:15 Crirnwn Trail. 5:30 Baefc atogara. 3:45 Diaaar Hear Maladies. 8 :30 CeacreuiootI Saview. :4S Teaifbt'a Headline. T:00 restOar Variettea. T:30 Tke Laaa Raagar. S:00 Neva. 8:15 Hits et Today Seftbsll Scorat, 9 :00 Xevasaper ef the Air. t:15 Bwiaatian Sottfcall Scares. 9:30 Jiaaay Ifcmey Orchestra. 10 :0O Carol Lataer Orchestra, , 10:15 Mama O ferae Orchestra. 10:80 Cart Harass Orchestra SoftsaQ Beoroa. 11:00 Taasorrow's Keva Toaighi, 11:15 Phil Ofamaa'a Orchestra. 11:30 Garwood Vaa'a Orchestra. 11:45 Midnight Serenade. St W VI SOW TODAY 620 Ka. 7:00 Vieaaese Ensemble. 7:15 Trail B la tars. 7:45 Neva. 8:00 Organist. 8:15 The O'Neills. 8:30 Stars si Today. 8:59.40 Arlington Time Signal. 9:15 Benny Walker- Kitchen. 9:30 Virginia Lane. 9 45 Dr. Kate. 10:00 Betty and Bob. 10:15 Grimm's Daughter. 10:30 Valiant Lady. 10:45 Batty Crocker. 11:00 Mary Martin. i: :15 Ma Perkins. 11:30 Pepper Young's Family. 11:45 The Guiding Light. 12:00 Backitag Wife. 12:15 Stella Dallas. ' 12:30 Vie and Bade. 12:45 Midstream. 1 :00 Orchestra. 1:15 Houseboat Hannah. 1:30 Hollywood Neva Flashes. 1:45 Singer. 2:00 Csstilla Twin. 2:15 I Lov a Mystery. 3:00 Orchestra. 3:15 Ranch Boy. 3.30 Neva. 3:45 Surprise Tour Husband. 3:50 Tea Time Tune. 4 :00 Band. -4:30 Stare of Today. 5:00 Walts Time. 5:30 Cocktail Hoar. 5:45 Whimsical Swing. :00 Orchestra. :S0 Jimmy Fidler. 7 :00 Orchestra. 8:00 Oeed Morning Tonight. 8:30 Death Valley Days. 9:00 I Want a Job. 9:30 Orchestra. 10:00 Neva. 19:15 Organist, 10:30 Orchestra. e a XSZ rmiDAT 1180 Ka. :30 Mnsieal Clock. 7:00 Family Altar Hoar. 7:3C Financial Berries. 7:45 Melody Tims. 7:55 Market Quotations. 7:57 Lost acd Feaad. 8:00 Dr. Brack. 8:30 Katicnal Farm A Home. 9:15 Agriculture Today. 9:80 Patty Jeaa. 10:00 Listen, Ladle. 10:80 Kewa. 10:45 Alice Joy. 11:00 Current Ereata. 11:15 Nary Band. IS :00 fiasophobta. 12:15 Talk. accident Is a fair ona. Tours truly, .KNIGHT PEARCY. DANCE AT - Jordan Dance Hall Every SAT. NIGHT' with ART and bis SALEM RAMBLERS o ML 8. oj Lyons 13:30 Neva. 12:45 Dept. Agriculture. 1. -00 Market He port. 1:05 The Quiet Hour. 1:45 Orchestra. 3 :0O Carastea Quia. 2:15 Financial and brain He parts. 2:25 Neva. 2 :E0 Orchestra. 2:45 8tadis Party. 1:00 Orchestra. - , , 8:30 Three Cheere. J 8:45 ABC of XBCL 4 :00 Jamboree. 4:80 Dea't Farget. -' :00-PmstatloB Psrtr. : " 8:30 Marias Miller. :45 CovW aSamWer. ee loei'Wress. : S :89 Orchestra. :45 rraabsit Thiag is Tevs. 7:00 Fire WeaUee Forocaat. T :0 Maeicallnterriev. 4.00 r parts Keportar. 8:15 Neva. v 8:39 BaaeWIL ' 10:15 OrrfeMVitrs. , ; V 11:00 Neva ... ' 11:18 Portias Pelics Seports. 11:18 Organist. . a a ' KOZM FXTJIAY 8 4 Xa. 8:15 Market Report. :20 aoiJt aUoca. 7:00 It Happened la Hallyvsod. T.li KU1N aUack. 7:45 Neva. 8:15 Nancy Jamas. S:I0 Keiaa Treat. 8:45 Our 01 Soaday. 90 Goldberg. 9:15 Life Can Be BesatifuL 9:30 Coaruaer Neva. 9:45 Tour Siaerrely. 10:00 Big Sister. 19:15 Aunt Jenny. 10:30 Singer. 10:45 When A Girl Harris. 11:00 This sa That 11:45 Nova. 13:00 Pretty Kitty Kelly. 12:15 Myrt and Marge. 12:30 Hilltop House. 12 :45 Stepmother. 1 :00 Scattergood Balnea. 1:1 J Dr. Susan. 1:80 gingin' Sam. 1:45 Horn Service Ktwe. 2:00-Fleteher Wiley. 2:15 Hello Again. 2:30 Speed. Inc. 2:45 Daily Spectator. 8 :00 Sbadovs. 8:15 Nevspaper of tbe Air. 4:15 Musical Varieties. 4:30 Men Behind the Stars. 4:45 Dance Time. 5 :00 Orchestr. 5:30 First Nighter. 6:00 Grand Central Station. 6:30 Believe It or Not. 7:00 Amos 'b Andy. 7:15 Parker Family. 7:30 Johnny Presents.' 8:00 I Want a Dirorca. 8:15 Little Shov. 8:30 News and Reviews. 8:45 Organist. 4 9:00 Memory Street. 9:30 Orchestra. 9:45 Fishinc Bulletin. 10:00 Five Star Final. 10:15 Nightcap Tarns. 11:45 Black Chapel. w w mi KOAC FSXDAT 550 - Svc 9:00 Today'a Programs. 9:03 Homemaken' Hour. 10:00 Weather. 10:01 Music. 10:30 Monitor Views the Neva. 11:00 Variety. 11:30 Music of the Mastera. ts:uo ft cvs. 12:15 Farm Hour. 9:oo Dinner Concert. 6:15 News. 6:30 Farm Hoar. 7-;30 Music of the Master. 8:15 Business Hour. 9:00 Bound Table. Only 5 Cruisers Due ' PORTLAND. Ore.. Jnlv Only fir cruisers will come to Portland for the cltv's annnal fleet week. Jnlv 22-Anr. i tt.. nary notified tha flat mV nm. mittee today. . ; Laat T1dmsl Trula v Under Cover Doetor" - and uS-ecrH Sorrloe of the AJrw . STARTS SATURDAY All 1b Color LtB B9T9Sw..i-iF aj ZSD BIQ HIT- flnside Information with HARRY CAREY IStT ll ; , Wsly'st 2ND BIU HIT f. "000 ENenEs, - RITA JOHXSOX sad PAUL KELLY I'-rrl .T-J-IJ-LJ. 1 1 yi l STARTS TODAY-Five Big Days II fiij" Bcniiy.IlulHarrU8ay8 II I your Maxwdl an 14m, L-moof a 1 Barn was io HI 11 'VjsV " ' ' I I w1 - ' j i;cn ."Dictated cut net red,"