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PAGE FOUR The OHEGONi STATESMAN, Salcm Oregon, Sunday MornJag; Aonst 13, 1933 No Favor Sway Uu No Fear Shall Aw t" " r" From Flret Statesman, March Si. ItSl Sheldon F. Sackett - - Editor and Manager. THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Sprague. Pres. ... Sheldon . Ssckett, Seey. - Mrmbrr ot thsr Aseoriated lYese The) Associated Press Is esclueiely entitled to Ua M far DiWlc- noa or ait saws autpaictves creaiteo: thio popor. Fires in Town, Fires in Forest . Even if one were by nature disposed to be more than usually unsuspicious, it" is impossible to ponder the occur rence of five fires in Salem, all within ine period that streets were blocked by the American Legion convention parade, without concluding that the circumstances point to something more than .coincidence. , If these occurences are considered tin conjunction with similar "coincidences" throughout the northwest, the sus picion that firebugs have been at work becomes more pro nounced. It would be impossible for just one firebug to ac count for all of the urban conflagrations in the northwest in recent weeks; major fires occurred on Thursday at Boise and at Wenatchee. Likewise it is difficult to imagine the "source ot purpose of any concerted movement to destroy city property by fire. . Meanwhile forest fires continue to rage in the north west, although the worst seems to be, over, at least tem porarily, in Oregon. Some of these fires are reported to be definitely incendiary. A motive, by no means defensible but yet an understandable motive, has been established in the past for some incendiarism in the forests the desire for firA-fiffhtinor iobs. There is nothing be t that very fact immunizes him against shame or remorse or so we judge, without being able to put ourselves in his place. All the public can do is. to be on guard against him as best it can. Meanwhile the multiplicity of fires in Salem within an hour demonstrated anew the inadequacy of our fire-fighting force. Since The Statesman relayed to the public official re ports citing the fire department here as inefficient, more than a year ago, some improvement has been made in that respect. The. department deserves credit for preventing, more serious losses, in the Friday .night crisis. But the under manned condition of the fire department persists. Right now, in advance of the time for preparing the 1940 city budget, is the proper time for considering what may be done to rem edy this condition. Economy in the fire department payroll will some day--and this not guesswork prove to be false economy. The Morning After Sabbath calm pervades the village. The echoes of drum corps and brass band have died away. Off have chugged the 40 et 8 engines. Down will come the flags and the bunt ing. For the 21st convention of the Oregon American Legion came to a close Saturday. Out-of-town delegates trooped homeward in the afternoon and evening; home-town mem bers went early to bed to rest their weary feet and bodies. And thousands of Salem folk, their week of serving as host concluded, will escape for a day's rest at seashore or moun tain resort. It was a great convention; great in numbers who at tended; great in the distinguished speakers who appeared; great in the demonstration of high patriotism from represen tative men and women from over Oregon. 1 Z" , 1- Those who see only the milling crowds and, the stunt performers may think the convention is but a show and an escape from routine. Those who attended the sessions and heard the speeches and discussions and who talked with delegates know that a serious purpose was dominant: the purpose to uphold American principles against foes foreign and domestic. " The Salem units of the organizations which met here deserve high commendation for the fine manner in which they served as hosts and hostesses. Expressions of approval of the local reception were almost universal, and gave every evidence of sincerity. Salem legionnaires and auxiliary mem bers can "sleep in" all day if thev want to, with the blissful satisfaction of having done a difficult job with conspicuous success. , India's Prohibition Experiment The Hindu and the Moslem are, to our occidental way of thinking, backward people. Logically, in our superiority, we assume that such races will not be able to succeed in the same type of "noble experiment" in which we Americans failed -the prohibition of the sale of liquor, i . Certainly the events that accompanied prohibition's in auguration in India were not encouraging the 'last spree" of the defeated wets, the bitter dispute over the' increase in taxes and the Toss of jobs which prohibition entailed, i Yet it is impossible to say that prohibition will fail in India.1 Moslems are forbidden to drink by edicts of the Prophet, and among Hindus drinking is discouraged or) moral grounds so that aside from the financial aspects, the ban is favored by a huge majority. In the United States prohibition failed because so many people were willing to profit by its violation. The Hindus and Moslems, in their iiuuutc aiiuviiwicy, Wttv uuwe it lur Kiauieu iiiab me usw tne$ns what it says, and give prohibition a fair chance to succeed. And if it does; won't Americans faces and noses ... be r,ed? . . : --' " -""- v;-.;;; " H" V j -;i -4 - 7 ! t What About Loyalty now?. ijNot one, but two precedents" will be broken if President Roosevelt seeks and wins renomination by. the democratic " party for a third term. For heretofore, one of the "must" qualifications of a candidate for the presidency has been a record of unswerving loyalty to his party. -J Now the president-in his address at Pittsburgh has stated certain conditions under which he will not support the party ticket, and while that might be considered merely 'nrtfoTt?al' rliainvalfir if prtain1i7 Haas Tnai 'r?o w-ovrl vf WVVM J IMHJ , W v,., . party regularity. It is in line 1938, in which it was made apparent to the nation that he considers himself to be the democratic party. ' There are however millions of democrats who have been loyal to the party despite their disagreement with the presi dent's methods.' His announced stand on the coming cam paign will further tend to alienate them and likewise to dis - rupt the party no matter who" wins the nomination. :v5 :r-';.-" v'V':,'.f :'-V", "' " "" :' " " i . "v: A recent college graduate contributor to the- Safety Valve com ment "poppycock" to The Statesman's contention that the Americas Legion Is devoted to the canae ot peace. Yet no other statements on ' the Legion convention floor drew anch volume of atpplause as those relating; to a policy, or "no more - Mayor Kelley ot Chicago, who with Boss Nash runs the Chicago political machine,' demands that President Roosevelt ran for a third term. Boss Mayor Hague ot. Jersey City Is also out for a third term tor FDR. Ex-boss Pendergast of Kansas City, temporarily domlcUed In Leavenworth, has not reported yet. , ; ; General Martin Is organizing the state tor John Garner tor presi dent,' and aays he Is convinced the "rear democrats of Oregon are tired of the dam fool Idiosyncrasies of the new deal." The general Is no longer. Quoting the alleged Roosevelt remark: "We make a good pair. . ' - . .. : . A Junior Spreckles sugar fortune heir has gotten married for Hie fourth time. It's his money that's the honey to draw the brides. jtatemaatt to n not otherwise crodltod a gained by hurling invective at 111 ww-fc 111 mm A ...0 U 4ith his "purge" campaign of foreign wars." Bits for Breakfast By ft. J. BSNCRICKS Inquiry concerning1 the g-ll-ll massacre ' ot i Tresno, CaL, man's grandfather and uncles by Indians b. 22. 'St: ' ( Continuing from'' yesterday:) The biographical sketeh of the founder of Port Orf ord In Ban croft's History of Oregon, page 193. vol. 2, reads: "William Tichenor was born in Newark, N. JW Jnne IS. 1813, his ancestor Daniel Tichenor being one ot the original proprietors of that town. He followed the sea, making his first voyage In 1825. In 1833 he married and went to Indiana, but could not remain In the Interior. ' After again making a sea voyage he tried living in Ed gar county. Ills., where he, repre sented the ninth senatorial dis trict. , . " - "In 184 C he recruited twd com panies ' for the regiment (la the Mexican war) commanded by CoL E. D. Baker, whom he afterward helped to elect to the U. S. sen ate from Oregon. ' Tichenor came to the Pacific coast In 1849, and. having mined for a short time on the American river, purchased the schooner J. M. Ryerson, and sailed tor the Gulf of California, explor ing the coast to San Francisco and northward, discovering the bay spoken ot above (Port Orf ord.) "He finally settled at Port Or- ford, and was three times elected to the lower house of the Oregon legislature, and once to the en- e. He took up the study ot law and practiced for II years, and was at one time county Judge of Curry county. Tet during all this time he never quite gave-up sea faring." So ends the Bancroft sketch. S S The legislature ot 1860, which chose. CoL E. D. Baker for United States senator from Oregon, in which William Tichenor was a member and Instrumental In hav ing his old friend so chosen, had its sessions on the. second and third floors of the historic Hol man building, still standing, across the street north of the present Statesman building. The Dodge book says that "in 1843 he (William Tichenor) mov ed to Illinois, embraced religion, and preached the doctrine of the Christian church." S Captain Tichenor was a great friend ot Abraham Lincoln, who, when he became president, ap pointed him collector of customs for the port of Port Orford. The Dodge book says Captain Tiche nor "lost the Seagull on the Hum boldt bar Jan. 22, 1852. He suc ceeded in saving the lives of all on board; they presented him with a magnificent gold watch which he carried until his death." Captain Carroll Tichenor, for a generation on the Portland, Ore gon, police force, is a grandson ot William Tichenor. Jacob B. Tiche nor of Salem was his father. Captain Carroll originated the Sunshine Division of the Portland police force, and has built it into a great Institution, giving relief to needy people in ways that have made its methods Justly famous throughout the civilized world. Referring back to the Washing ton Day massacres in Curry coun ty: Enos, the halfbreed Indian, was properly named Eneas, or Aeneas, from the defender of Troy. Indian Agent Ben Wright had been paying Chetcoe Jennie, a woman of that tribe, $500 a year as his interpreter. For some rea son that has not been clearly handed down to the present gen eration, that Jezebel of southwest ern Oregon was made Jealous of Wright, or was In some way in duced to hate him with savage frenzy enough to betray him to Eneas, and thus bring about his murder. S Eneas had in 1843 been the guide of Fremont, on his way from Oregon to California, and the pathfinder spoke highly of him. After Eneas has been under the influence of old Chief John, last die-hard of the Rogue River tribe, he evidently had a hatred of the whites. Eneas himself, hunted after the massacres in the Curry, county section, passed for either Indian or white man. He came to the French Prairie, Marlon county, section. Finally he was taken at Fort Hosklnsr and sent' back to Port Orford for trial. S He was tried before William Tichenor, acting as magistrate, pr o m p 1 1 y convicted, and as promptly hanged on Battle Rock, in 1 8 5 7.: William Tichenor's family had arrived at the new town of Port Orford May 9, 1852: his wife, daughters Ellen and An na, and son Jacob B. They first lived "back of Windsor's store;" afterward built a second house, different location. The trial of Eneas was held in the first house ot WUliam Tichenor.' ; Capt. Wm. Tichenor, In the spring of 1887, visited his daugh ter, Mrs. Ellen McGraw, then liv ing In San Francisco, and died at her residence there July 28. 1887. The body, rests Jn the family plot at Port Orford. A remarkable thing In connec tion with the rounding up of the hostile Indian tribes in southwest ern Oregon is the fact that so many of the men who were after ward leading Union generals in the Civil war, then low ranking officers, participated; Uke Rey nolds, Ord,1 Smith. Stoneman, Au ger, Buchanan, etc., etc Captain Ord participated In rounding op the band of old Chief John, last ' in the field, and took that red gang to Port Orford. He delivered them to Capt. and Bvt. Major J. F. , Reynolds, who con veyed them overland to : deliver them to Capt. D. A. Russell and 2nd Lieut. P. H. Sheridan at Fort Yamhill. - Ofd and Sheridan were two of the three generals present at-Appomattox to receive the sur render and sword of Genersl Rob ert E. Lee. The other was Grant, who would have been in the Curry county roundup had he not, some months before, at Fort Humboldt, resigned his -captain's commission and gone east, : His colonel. Bu Accuse Father rr ' 1 Assistant Police Chief Grovec Cogswell of Dorton, 11L, a Chicago sub- ro, examines a locked tow chaia ow Alice WIsowaty, 14, wtacb ber father, Peter, 54, admitted putting on her, sfccordiag to police, "to keep her Iron staying oat late at night." WIsowaty was charged with cruelty to children. DGsaqD5(D IPirojgirfflimns Ksxit stran at i s to x. 8:15 4rfnlitie. 8:30 Christiaa Missionarr. :00-Chritio nderor. :30 DeStefao, Hrplt :45 Weitermsir. 10:00 Palmer Concert Orehcttra. 10:15 Bomie, o( Hifhwss. iu :su jinuianera. 10.45 Joh Wiedcnhiaa, Piaao. 11:00 American Latheraa Chorea. 12:00 From 1 Paao. 12:30 Haren of Beat. 1:00 Chorea the Air. 1:30 Eliaa Bretkia Oreheatra. 1:45 PhiUipina Day t Tair. 9:00 Sommeztima Concert. 1:80 Kverett Hoaflaad Orchestra, 3:00 Rhapsody ia Wax. S:30 Help Thy Neighbor. 4:00 Uesitn for Melody. 4:30 Carl Karaxxa Orchestra. 4:45 Newg. 5:00 Old Fashioned Beriral. 6:00 Goodwill Hour. 7:00 Maiie by Faith. 7:15 New, Behind the Kewa. 7:30 Carl Rarazxa Orchestra. 8:00 Kirry James Orchestra. 8:30 John I)aTis Orchestra. 8:00 Toaight'a Headliaea. 6:15 Beraie Kaae Orchestra. 9:30 Back Home Hour. 10:00 Jce Eeiehmaa Orchestra. 10:30 Leon Mojica Orchestra. KOW STJlfDAT (20 Ke. 8 :0O 8anday. Snnria Procram. 8:30 On Ytmr Job. 8:59.40 Arlinftoa Time Sijnsl 9 :00 Orchestra. 9:30 Sunday Bymphonett. 10:00 Stars of Today. 10:30 Chicago Bound Table. 11:00 Chautauqua Symphony Concert. 13:00 Bangers Serenade. 12:30 Alice Joy. 12:45 News. 1:00 Ball of Fuu. 1:30 Stars of Trday. 2:15 Posey Playleta. 2:30 The Grouch Club. t: 00 Professor Posslewit S:30r Band Wagon. 4:00 -Don Ameche. 5:00 Manhattan Merry-Go-Bound. 5:30 Album cf Familiar Music. 6:00 Symphony Orchestra. 6:30 Signal Carnival. 7:00 Walter WincheU. 7:15 Irone Bich. 7:30 The Aldrieh Family. 8:00 Hollywood Playhouse. 8:30 One Man's Family. 9:00 Night Editor. ' 9:15 Orchestra. 10:00 News. , 10:15 Bridge to Dreamland. 11:00 Orchestra. KEX STTbTDAT 1180 Ke. 7:C0 Down Melcdy Lane. 7:30 Dr. Brock. 8:00 Badio City Musie HslL 9:00 The Quiet Hour. 9:30 Lost and Found Item. 9 :32 Continental Varieties. 10:00 Nat' I Musie Camp Program. 10:30 Radio Tips. 10:45 Treasure Trails of Song. 11:00 Melodies for Milady. 11:15 A Bookman's Notebook. 11:30 Let's Go to Work. 11:45 Allen Both Presents. 12:00 National Vespers. 12:30 Tapestry Musicals. 1:00 Family Altar Hour. 1:30 Todar'i Candid Story. l:45-rBay Perkins at World's Fair. 2 :00 Portland Baseball. 5:45 Catholic Truth. "Bociety. 6:0O irant Park Concert. 6:30 rCheerio. 7 :00-r-News. 7:05 Orchestra. 7:15-t-Trio. 7:30 Orchestra. 8:00 Sports Reporter. 8:15-rKews. 8:30 Hawthorne Temple. 9 :0O Ever jrbody Sing. ' 0:30 Orchestra. 10:00 Mr. Nobody. 10:15 Carl Kalash. 10:30 Family Altar Hour. 11:15 -Portland Police Reports. 11:1 8 Ora-aais t. K0DT-ffTODAT 940 Sc. 8:00-r-West Coast Church. - 8:30 Salt Lake Tabernacle. 9 :00-f-Churca of the Air. 9 :30-t-Walberg Brown Strings. 10 :0O Democracy In Action. 11:00 Symphony. 13:00-t-8o You Think You Know Music 12 :3tt Romance Time. 18:45 Religious News. ,1 :00Country Journal. . 1:30 Choral Program. 2:00 All American Soap Boa Derby. :80 Gateway to Hollywood. :0O 014 Songs of the Church. :30 News. S:45-r-Beeital. 4 :0 Ad Ten tares of EUery Queea. 5:00 SBnuner Hour. 6:00 Alibi Club. 6:30--Melodiee. 6:45 -Army Maneuvers. 7:00 Spelling Bee. 7:20 Orchestra. 8 :00 Master Muaie Room. 8:30 News, Views aad Sports BotIows. 8:45 Orchestra. 9 : 30 Sports Mirror. 9:45 Orchestra. 10:00 Fie Star FinaL 10:15 Organist. 10 :30 Orchestra. 11:45 Prelnde to Midnight. ' KSXM KOXSAT 1S66 Zc 6; 30 Milkman's Serenade. 7 :00 Wonder Valley 37. 7:30 Sew.i ' . 1- 7 - 45 Mooataiavrers. 8- 00 Morning Meditations. 8:15 Haven of Beat. 8:45 Kewa. 9:00 The Pastor's CalL 9:15 ETerett Hoaglund Orchestra. 10:15 Kewa. - - . 10:30 Morning Magaslno. 10:43 Women ia the Kewa, 10:50 Hollyneod Kibitser. ll:0O Marriage License Bomanca. 11:15 Ccacert HalL 11:30 Piaao Quia. - 11:45 Vahw Parade. 12:15 Kewa. 12:30 Hillbilly Serenade. 12:36 Xeveltones. 12:45 Musical Saroto. 1:00 Tommy Tacker Orcaestra. . 1:15 Interesting Facta. -1:30 Richard Lore Orchestra. 1:45 8 win mag Strings, 2:00 Let 'a Play Bridge. -2:15 Johnson Family. . . . , :80 News. ... chanan, was there in' the last roundup. . : i . f Prtnolnilauf fin TsmiIs t , , ------ of Chaining Her V ? v ' w,lr'-., ! X t dt. :A vv' (;',-y;: ::'-:;;y-:.;?:--'t -9 x - , - .:, 4 ; 5:45 ManhatUm Mather. 8 :00 Feminine FaBcIea. ' S:80 Streamline Swing. 8:45 Fulton Lewia. gr. 4:00 Chnck roster Orchestra. 4:80 Aee Brigode Orchestra. 6:00 Paul Decker Oreheatra, 5:15 Shatter Parker. 5:30 Weber Concert Orchestra, 6:45 Waxed Bbspsody. 6:00 Raymond Oram Swing. 6:15 Al Sack Oreheatra. 6:30 Pageant of Melody. 6:45 Tonight 'a Headlines. : 7:00 Hilo Serenaders. 7:15 News Behind the Kewa. 7:30 The Lone Banger. 8:00 Sewa. 8:15 Westeraaires. 8:30 Karic Msdriwuera Orchestra. 9 :00 Newspaper of the Air. 9:15 Swingtime. 9:45 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 10:00 Lew Diamond Orchestra. 10:3 0 Garwood Van Oreheatra. 11:00 Tomorrow's News Tonight. 11:15 Paul Peadarris Oreheatra. 11:30 Benny Goodman Orchestra, 11:45 Midnight Swing Session. XOW MOKDAT 420 Xa. 7:90 Viennese Knsesnble. 7:15 Trail Bias era. 7:45 News. 8 .-00 Orchestra, 8.15 The O'JieUla. 8:30 Stara of Today. 8:59.40 Arlington Time 8ignal. 9:00 Cobwebs Cadenzas. 9:15 Me aad My Shadow. 9:30 Meet Mias Julia. 9:45 Dr. Kate. 10:00 Betty and Bob. 10:15 Grimm's Daughter. 10:30 Valiant Lady. 10:45 Hymns of All Churches. 11:00 Sory of Mary Martin. 11:15 Ma Perkins. , 11:80 Pepper Young's Fsmily. 11:45 The Guiding Light. 12:00 Backstage Wife. 12:15 Stella Dallas. 12:30 Vie and Sade. 12 :45 Midstream. 1 .00 Pianist. 1:15 Song Sweets. 1 :30 News Flashes. 1 :45 Singer. ? 2. :00 Science ia the News. 2:151 Love a Mystery. 2:30 Woman's Magaiine of the Air. 3 :00 Orchestra. 3:15 Singers. 3:30 News. 3:45 Orchestra. 4:00 Dick Tracy. 4 :30 -Sevilliana. 4:43 Cocktail Hour. 4:55 Musical Interlude. 6:00 Stara of Today. 5:30 Orchestra. 6:00 Carnation Contented Hour. 4:30 Sensa tions and Swing. 7 :00 Oreheatra. 7 : 1 5 Armc h air Cruises. '7:30 Voice. 8 :00 Orchestra. 9 :C0 Hawthorne House. 9:30 Orchestra. 10 :00 News. 10:15 Blue Moonlight. 10:30 Orchestra. 11:30 Midnight Beflectioas. KX MONDAY 1180 JCa. 6:30 Musical Clock. 7:15 Air Conditioning Training Cory. 7 :30 Kinancial Serrica. 7:45 Bench Boys. 7:55 Market Quotations. 7:57 Lost and Found Items. 6:00 Or. Brock. 8:30 Farm aad Horns. 9:30 Patty Jean. 9 :45 Charioteers. 10:00 Home Institute. 10:15 Musical Workshop. 10:30 News. 10:45 Alice Joy. 11:00 Faahioa Musicals. 11:1 5 Marine Band. 11:45 Between the Bookends. 12 :00 Club Matinee. 12 :30 News. ' 12:45 Dept. Agriculture. 1:00 Market Beporta. 1:05 The tyiiet Hour. 1:45 Orchestra. 2:00 Curbstone Quia. 2:15 Financial aad Grain Reports. 2:25 News. 2:30 Ray Perkins. 2 : 45 Saxophobia. 3:00 Stringa at Tea Tims. 3:30- Bicardo'a Muaie. 3:45 Science on the March. 4:0 Order of Adventurers. 4:30 Magic Key of BCA. 5 :30 Marian Miller. 5 :45 The Cowboy Rambler. . 6:00 True or falsa. 6:30 Orchestra. 6:45 Freshest Thing ia Towa. .7:00 (Tank Watenabo. 7:15 Trio. 7:80 Orchestra. 7:45 Tropical Mood a. 8:15 News. . 8:80 Stadium Philharmonic Coacerta. 9:00 Orchestra. 9:30 Wrestling Matches. 10 :30 Orchestra. 11:00 Newa. 11:15 Portland Police Reports. 11:18 Organist. 11.45 Sports FiaaL ; -. XOAC MONDAY 650 Xc 9:00 Today's Programs. 9 :03 Haas eaaak era' Boor. 10 :00 Weather Forecast. 10:30 Monitor Views Us News. 11:00 VariHy. 11:30 Music of the Masters, i 12:00 News. 12:15 Farm Boar. 4:00 Dinner Concert. 6:15 News. 6:80 Farm Hoar. 7:80 Scientific Psychologist Ziperi ase&ts. i 6:10 Guard Yewr Health. . 6:45 Music of the Masters, i - .. i KOm acOaTDAT 946 Xa. 6:15 Market Report.. I , 6:20 KOI N Klock. ! 7:00 It Happeae la Hollywood. IllS KOIX. kloea.. : - 7:45 Nova. ' -."Is ... 8:15 When a Girt Marries, i 8 :80 Robski ot Halea Treat. 8:45 Our Gal Sunday. 9:40 The Goldbergs. 9:15 Life Can Be BeautifaL, 9:80 Consumer' News, 9:45 Tours Sincerely. ' : - , 19:00 Big Sistar.- ; F I "' 10:15 Aunt Jenny's Keal Ufa Stories. 10:80 This aad That. . , 11:00 Castiliana. . - , t- 11:80 Taxes Coaaoloa. v. . ' i i r 11:45 News. - 18:00 Pretty Kitty Kelly. J 18:15 Mrt sad Marco, ' ; 12:80 HiUtou Hoaaa. : ? 4 i 12 :45 Stepmother. -, 1 :C0 ttcattergood Bataes. . By Frothy The 8nauice and the Preaident ' in The Bpending-Lendlng Program : The defeat ' of the administra tion on the spendlng-lending pro gram was above everything else the , rejection of a theory. This congress has not made retrenchments, nor taken steps to bring the bud get into balance. On the contrary, the budget for the current fiscal year is the larg est yet, and the prospective defi- Daratfey clt imposing. But, the congress, by throwing out the whole program. Indicated apart from the tact that it was hot: and weary that it no longer had faith that by spending and lending we shall automatically re habilitate the economic order. It further rejected the idea that the loan of a government corporation guaranteed by the - government was sot an addition to the na tional debt." It indicated on the basis of the record so far , its skepticism about "self-liquidat ing' debts. For too many loans have been bad loans and uncol lectible, and a bad debt is a defi cit, as even the income-tax author ities admit to the taxpayers. More importantly, the congress shied away from .the most ques tionable pump-priming theory which this administration of fer tile-imagination has yet devised. The theory embodied in the gov ernment's bills was first aired be fore the national retailers. It Was presented as an already familiar model, but It was actually a radi cal innovation. It was a program of government borrowing and . in vesting not for the purpose ot compensating for Inadequate priv ate investment and thus keeping the economy on keel but to attain certain levels of national Income with any prospect of "a balanced budget left indeterminate. Again, the probable effect upon the total economy was left uncon sidered. That such a program was certain to encroach progressively upon private business and divert the savings and economy into gov ernmental debt, masked as the in vestment- operations of specially created government instruments, was implicit in the bill. 00 Like so many New Deal meas ures, it conceived of the govern ment's activities this time in the field ot credit expansion as though they were being carried out in a world where no other eco nomy existed that could be stimu lated or retarded or thrown com pletely out of gear by what the government does. But in our eco nomy the government Itself lives on the private economy, and not vice versa. These proposed government ad ventures were also to be singular ly free from accounting control. The possibility existed that thus the government would sally forth to enlarge the areas of socializa tion of business and banking and to enlarge them in a haphazard and chaotic way. The pump-priming theory had gone through a remarkable evolu tion, until it got slapped at last by this disgruntled congress. It started as an emergency measure, at a time when almost i any sort of stimulant, from digi talis to brandy, was useful. The brandy was actually forthcoming ia the repeal of prohibition, and it helped. In 1932 the patient was passing out and there was not time to make a thorough diagnosis of all the factors responsible for his col lapse. There are still people who think that if we had left the patient alone he would have come around all right by himself, but they are the people who think that eco nomic laiasex fa ire ia ordained in nature as some Yermonters think that eastern standard time is God's time. Most people, however, - thought that if some stimulant were not given, there would never be a di agnosis. Instead there would be an autopsy. The first New Deal arrived in the role of an ambu lance surgeon. But since the patient first open ed his eyes and began to move his hands and give signs of life, we have had a series of doctors, giv ing conflicting diagnoses and ad ministering various remedies. The most consistent of the doc tors are students of old Professor Marx, and there are one or two of them in every consultation. They never even look -at the patient, because ia their simpli fied science all social orders but one suffer from the same disease; the patient is going to die anyway, and the most merciful therapy ia to hasten the end. This procedure they call "accepting history.' It consists of being sure ot the in evitable as laid down In the books. and stimulating and welcoming every sign of disintegration.. Their presence in any consult ing rojom makes the patient ab normally nervous and has been known at times to make him ma niac. Then the counter-treatment is to put him into a strait-Jacket. From time to time the Mew Deal doctors have split fees with aign-powerea specialists ; once they passed the buck to a clinic 1:15 Dr. Sasaa. 1:80 Singia Baas. 1:45 Adr. ia Science. 8:04 Fletcher Wiler. , t:15 Hella Again. 8:45 Singer; 8:00 Newspaper of las air. - 4 KH Accent on Music, 4:80 Shadows. - 4:45 Dance Tims. - 5:00 Man A boat Hollywood. t 6 : 89 Orchestra, 6.O0 So This Is Badiev 6:30 Blondie. . T:0 Amos 'a Aady. . .. 7:15 Melodies. T:S0 Howard aad fcheltoa, 5 :0O Orchestra. , - ; , 6:50 News, Views aad Sports Beriews. 8:45 Orchestra. - t, :0 Jsaa Eyre." i , 9:80 Orchestra. ' . ! 9 :45 Camera ClnK - ' 1 :OC Ftre Star Final : W- , lOUSr-Nigeteap Yarns. 10:80 Orchestra. Thompson from the NRa. But since the original stimulus brought the pa tient around in the first' place, they have always gone back to the original remedy. :. They seem unaware' that al though the most modicum ot some remedy may be good, more of the same thins: may be fatal. Codliver oil, taken in moderation, hardens the bones. Its concentrated es sence, too copiously administered, also hardens the arteries. Every medicine can produce Its own pe culiar disease, and we are suffer ing now from the complications Imposed by the doctors on tne original disease which has not yet been adequately diagnosed, and never consistently treated. a e The action ot the congress in throwing out the spendlng-lending bill la the action of guardians throwing out -the latest crowd of specialists, still without being sat isfied with the condition of the patient, or indicating that -they know what to do for him or whom to call in next. They have devised by them selves, a set of homemade anti dotes, but they are antidotes for the doctors' antidotes not anti dotes for the basic ailments. " The Hatch bill is an antidote for the WPA and the Logan bill .is an antidote tor the disorders of the administrative agencies, and the vote to investigate the NLRB is a gesture made in the vague hope of finding an antidote for the - chaos in labor-employer - re lations. The rejection jdt the proposed amendment to the neutrality bill provides no antidote for anything. It merely ties the doctor's hands while it 'keeps him on the case. a Common sense, which is the rule of thumb established by ex perience, says that a consistent diet ot pork is dangerous even for the healthy. This congress has diminished the pork barrel of the executive. It has not put a cover on the pork barrel of the legisla tive department, however for that is its own pork barrel. In a legislative pork barrel everybody gets into the trough ac cording to a kind of Gallup poll, and the pork being more gener ously distributed perhaps does less harm, although it costs Just as much on the budget. Executive pork is more danger ous, for it is distributed to specific economic or ideological interests. The real fight in this congress has been between the paying pork bar rel and the ideological pork bar relexcept for the farmers. They are there no matter which address is dealing it out. o There seems to be a growing de mand for the return of the confi dence practitioners the disciples of Dr. Coue. Because this school of thought was represented at the bedside a long time ago, it may be forgotten that the rhythmic chant of "Every day in every way we are getting better and better" immediately preceded the first collapse. (To be continued) Copyright, 19 3 9, New Tork Tri bune, Inc. DAUGHTER BORN WALDO HILLS-r-Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Doerfler are announcing the birth of a daughter at their Pow ell Butte home. The Doerflers who have a home and walnut or chard here, have one other child, a son. who was member of this year's graduating class at the Silverton high school. The fam ily divides its time between here and their eastern Oregon farm. Sugar Heir Weds 4th Time 'WO. . 1 " . x :. ':::..---:' : . Jrr i ,' f 4 I " - t m ? If , v 1 - f. -.J i , . J t ' 1 -Y' '! - - 'i - I t 4 - j - y.r? 1 ; i ' K : ' - Adolph B. Spreckles, jr member of the sugar family, and his fourth ride, the former Baromesa Emily voat Rrmbrg are showai at the bride's home In Santa Barbara, Calif., after they returned from u, aerial elopement to Reno. Ner. .The Safety Valve Letters From Statesman Readers FIRE CREW3 IXADEQTATE To the Editor: I happened to be in Salem for the big parade Friday evening and had you might say ringside Beats to witness the pageant as well as get a thrill of seeing the many calls responded to by your fire de partment for we were seated on Chemeketa street just across from your main fire station. The men driving the big trucks certainly maneuvered them through the big crowds with extreme caution and should be commended for getting to the fires promptly without acci dents. But here goes a painful obser vation. The trucks emerged from the headquarters, some at least with only two men to go out and battle a blaze. We were told that in the outlying districts another truck with only two men would meet the central station wagon at the fire and with two men at the pumps, two to lay the hose and operate them it is evident that your department is woefully un dermanned. We saw the two trucks start for the fire on Com mercial street in your business district and finally like all fire tans we rushed to this fire and discovered only five men to fight a fire in your business district. Handicapped too by the fact in the alley where they had to go with their hose lines a parked automo bile stood directly in the way of the firemen and with the aid of volunteers this car had to be moved by man power. One fire man was hurt at the Commercial street blaze we were told. That left about four men to work on it. You seem to have good equip ment in Salem but what absurdity to run your department with in sufficient men. The boys to my notion worked hard and your city will some day wake up and re alise that you need more men in the department though they are not called out every day to put out a fire. False economy will not pay in the long run. Liked the parade and your town's hospital ity but make your city council get an adequate force to man your MX a. w lire apparatus, iou nave good daily papers here and they are cov ering the convention in good shape. Sincerely, HENRY H. HOPKINS, Portland. AGAINST GAME POLICY To the Editor: pWith due regard for the Inte grity and fine moral Judgmenta of. the men who comprise the state game commission, a lot of people are dissatisfied with the way they are handling the deer and elk sit uation. It Is nothing short of deplor able that the commission should see fit to open a session on cow elk, thus permitting extermination of the beautiful band it has taken more than a quarter of a century te build up. . ALLEN O. HESS, Route 2, Gresham, Orw Silverton Mill Workers Return to Work Monday SILVERTON Silver Falls Tim ber company men will go to work id the mill Monday following a five day shut down to get the lumber-out ot the way in the yards. The lumber has been sufficiently cleared up this week to permit re opening Monday. IS i , ' .'.?. JKOW '
