The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 01, 1939, Page 4, Image 4

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    ' No Favor Sways U:
from First EUlamu,
THE STATESMAN
Charles A. gpragae. President
tVta af aB aavs dlapatetoea erwdUsd
this pas.
The Meeting
WcertaJn
the minds" applies felicitously to we aa un V". "'-rr
ui .ia MMTitW of tVw Hotel Waldorl-AStona
r KPwYnVk New York Herald
in New York under tne 8"S inteUectual and political
Tribune, Here,-indeed, were tne iniituai '7t
blue-bloods of America, and even of the world. Tncr j1Q""-
nf th United States, the king of the Belgians, Mme. tni-
r, T Kaihek. wife of the Chinese generalissimo; govemprs
.wr nf lw York City, and a legion
Of three states; the mayor Ol new or "f ' Wervarrl
u-,.i fmm President Conant 01 uarvara
snlra ana EdaiSt Vinnt MUUfcfmed Am atanpe
t. to Sidney Hook. I DgUuJ Dr. Hury m
DrTArthur Compton,; and.Dorothy Tbmm. j? "a
linen were even J. Edgar noover, ana vuw "h""
rXleTci Srubmarine "Squall" of unfortunate rory.
Rarely, indeed, Has a more
u,rr:iu idrrl
m . f
nerience. II ever an lnieiieciuai
peneucc. AJ- Ac T., .
XromVL?S
ici v. vuw v-w
,Awvinrt of these
the clear lirht o unmistakable
con for persons of less capacity,
t..jj jj .v,i f iha
clearly be distinguished as a brand-new idea of Beminal im-
MitancQ, or a xnorouxmy xxesit
The president pleaded for clear discrimination in think
ing during war time, and reiterated the statement that the
United States will not become involved abroad; the Belgian
aiug wmu "
Shek denounced Japanese aggression in w1"1"""
.11 jmf;,. ViintoT-a havA adopted in the last few years;
rvfv,, TkAmnann arfvrvaled a
iYt.r;:VArTwU
excessive spending might lead
Gideonse, also an economist, bpoko
pJ.M.nf rnTf renounced the formation of social
MVU r . . .
classes in America, and pieaaea
thought, like the rest, which is hardly novel, w. iagar xioov
asked women to aid in law enforcement by seeking efficient
officers and bv youth training;
vage of the "Squalus" was a proof of the navys readiness.
vat Rf Virion Millav denounced extreme fascists and ex-
4f amn inmmnTlit fililcA a.s
sawuaw -
fTw tvora VifctA fill
sivi t v. a v s,w
.;":i.r"
i na lfiPHX ti t-r wrir laac
they were exceedingly well expressed. The point is, however,
rlw nw ihe daturera of T)rODa-l
ing ana OI tne grOWUl Ol sociai.ciasaca iu tiMco
and of extremist political views have all been well scouted and j
;a Vo. oamtA nnr hpfnrA thp onenincr of I
.tSrSKS Tribu'ne i li Tu
the most competent of people
iar to moat collecre freshmen.
There is one important observation to make on this con-
. . mi . it. i.u 11 i. i. -:n 4-v -lrrVi oT1 1
ClUSlon. ims is im iki
the responsiDuny oi every man in a uemwmcy w uu y" "
4K?nlr?ncr nt. to txrmit himself to be intellectually stifled
:by whole-hearted acceptance of
rnnrlnainn of the ereat nes
interpretation by,any man who has the fortitude to advance
hi own nrincinles and oninions. and 'HO man should be Will-
ing to accept the mere fiat oi
nch. This. flun. is in itseir
but it is a highly important
fA mii thn.Af t na
with requests to speak at lorums at tne vvaiaon.
Shortage in Recorder's Funds
In viewing the municipal issue arising out of the shortage
in the city recorder's funds it is necessary to realize that the
recorder is an elective official,
pervision by the mayor or council. It is his duty to enforce
certain of the ordinances enacted by the council, but other
wise his resnonsibilitv is solelv
in the absence of evidence that
i v
uujcvir yjmy km uuuiu
Dressed ordinarily at election
The city recorder handles
fore the charter requires that
lie's protection. If the shortage is.iiot made good l otherwise
IU. Kn4: tmnain. mniit malrAi mwH an1 that 14 all I
there is to the situation, our
the shortage would have been discovered in the yendau-
dit and appropriate action taken. The public would have been
fulljr protected in any event unless the shortage should have
. exceeded the amount of: the bond.
nm.. .? j
administrative officials are totally independent of the repre-
sentative council, is another matter, me present writer nas
never been able to see logic in
ions when it has resulted in
There is renewed sentiment for charter revision since
the disclosure of this condition in the recorder's office, with
some favorable mention of
spreading to more cities in Oregon as was-aemonstratea in
the Kansas City insurance, the
plete insurance airainst trraft
wrienpo is Wn-thnt craft,
tatre are less likely under that
With a city manager empowered to dispose of most de- Oregon, when, a Democrat, he re
tails of city government, the council or commissioners who belied against a voted rule of his
would still be elected by the people would have time; without party conrention to stand by tho
unreasonable sacrifice to their own affairs, to keep more "nildi!a ."wt.J?
closely in touch with matters of municipal finance and it '"J?"1
is probable that if there was
ceipts, it would be noticed and investigated. This is largely
supposition. It is our belief that regardless of the unprece-
dented current situation; the city manager plan ought to be
investigated and given serious consideration-and most like-
IV adopted.
i xrr A r en
the federal communications
j :iL i i
on the word of. it chairman
should seriously consider permittirar "the commercial radio
oi? iv.i i ik.
omce uiat time uis ouiua
. tie. A rehearing was o Drained
lot of loudly-er-sed public
Jbasis of the re! ,ir.z. examiners for the commission have
filed a "prelirr ..-ry finding of
KOY petition U granted. .-
- -J -The CorvaEis Gazette-Times is convinced that something
is rotten in th FCC organization, and backs up iU suspicions
with the folia .ring observations :
"According. to those who attended the rehearing In. Wash
ington last spring, both. tie assistant engineers Qf the commis
sion ar.d those for HOT were dumbfounded that the KOAC en
gineers had the temerity to submit actual enrlaeering measure
menu on KOY Interference Instead ot accept!- their theoret
ical eurres which showed that
er tan that from a.sUUon la
No FearhaU Awr
March i. lial -j-
PU BUSHING CO.
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to H or a u""
"
of the Minds
aisunguisneu wm
invitation, to discuss more
pr wP,Vht of erudition and ex-
iaw,w
fh! waa it. I
the Wish to
m - - , i
suDerbly Qualified intellects, I
leadership standing as a bea-1
it is ouucu ""VV"
Forom anything which may
w....
r fx. v.;-v.
nlanned neace. and ixra ix-
economist, said that
to totalitarian rule, and ur.
. - vii- a I
ior a nwuus auuey
Lieut. Naquin said the sal
moles undermining America.
.
1
.t,, im inViTur and
uiuuuvva srv - o s i
T..lSUe ins to find
speaking in near-ciicnes iamii-
1 .
tt- ,
the dicta of the mighty. The
are SUDject to cnucisra aiiu c-
achievement or importance as
no new iaea. jrooaneas juiuws, i
declaration of intellectual inde-
ironr9 rv wnn nrf inn vmilcu
totally independent of any su
to the people and his actions.
he has violated the law, are
nnA.,oi t- ;.,nnmvi1 ot- I
aiuiai i.. . ,
time. i . I
certain public-funds and there-J
he.be under bond for the pub-
form of city government being I
1v 1iaanTVareH. I
..AM' tttVu'.Vi .ovanl
it, and there have been occas-
disharmony and inefficiency.
the manager plan which is
city manager plan is no com
and defalcation: but the ex
rjeculation and Political was-1
plan. f
an unexplained slump in re-
r '
t f ! ,
commission, presumably loaded I
!u j a m vl ..-i.:" .-jI
dedicated to the publie interest,
a ui. l v-i
ui, uus issue ua wuscu m-
oy kuau witn tne neip oi a
.opinion, but apparently on the
fact" recommending that the
interference would bo no great
i:srthJ5kota which .ls.now.en.
HUD COE
Creak ffac3
By R. J.
HENURICrS
The Uouttlx Road - 11-1-tt
Slaters of the Santlam. -
the poem written by John
Ulnto, leader of the party: , ...
i- . .-.
The series which , was conclud
ed yesterday, designed o . show
that "Mlnto pass is Mlato pass, by
right of discovery, urrey, view
ing and opening, and bnght to be
called Mlnto highway, too, of
course referred to the famous sur
of which he was the timekeeper.
r,. ,, win recall that
psm w m.d.VpartiTViu
students of Willamette university.
ud that - Timothy Davenport,
father of tBe world's leading
eartmlst. HomeT Tfevenport, was
the surveyor, and that Oris, a nis-
ter of Homer, was a member, and
tnit Oris lake and Orla falls were
-mvmm.
named for her.
John Mlnto In tho nineties
wrote a book. "Rhymes of Early
Life in Oregon and Historical ana
Blorranhical Facts." A copy of
that hook la baforo the writer.
It contains a -poem eauuw.
The Mountain Boad Makers of
the Santlam. refeninc to the
117t party. It reads:
"m
m mw, w vwtw
vatlenca. If ron can.
IT! ainf yon of a JoTlalersw that
. urea dt oanuam.
' f tA hm a ronta
to eastern Oreson.
'V' S"
i Across the Cascade range to go
amid great mountains
white with snow.
Wbera tallest firs and cedars
grow and coolest, brignt-
est waters flow.
A lollr band of mountain men.
As erer threaded gorge or glen;
I say this trnly well I can:
X knew these boys ot Santlam.
In early Jane the camp was set.
and then the worx oegan.
damp, tne
Sine' wei na
Thla did not sUy their ardent
Trur.;.i
Ply the : M
Of saw. ot ax. or sieage or weoje,
M cut or break tnelr way
they can.
up through rough cyon broad
Dreclplce steep.
With Wasco plains their goal
their calm determined way
they keep.
A plucky band of mountain men
As ever threaded forge or gien;
v - tvi. iw wai i jan
T kncw tnege DOys of EanUam.
-eastward way,
n0 serriie Asiatic men, driren by
grim want for pay.
8.1 5uS!iliS
ken
And know that making good
highways is work becom
lnr kings of men.
And when a day of rest they take.
some cull the rare plants
from the brake.
Some plumb the .depths of moun
tain laker some scaia ine
A baBd of keen observing men
As erer threaded gorge or glen;
heights of Jefferson.
i u ui,
, tu hon nf santlam
And when, m camp, for food or
icot. iuu v u uu vwu-
rene.
The song, the story snd the Jest
were not tnelr only tneme;
From game and range and pubUe
lands to the world s wants
their talk expands.
How
Europe on our plows de
pends and to what shores
our trade extends;
Fair woman's beauty, man's good
- name, the statesman's wis
dom, soldier s tame.
The school, the pulpit, and the
pen, pass in rerlew before
them then.'
snrH th. kati at Rmtitm.
On mountain top or shady gien.
include out cooks our party,
ty elrig and honest
i '..
i
Mr.' MintO told., in his book
SSTviuS
and nIg famny, including young
John, left England and came to
America.
The father was a coal miner.
ed leader of hii craft, in a mln-
inc strike, for which ho was
biackiuted; thus losing any pos-
at pauper wages, m the mines.
S
Tho purpose of the strike was
to limit the hours of labor for
children to IS hours a day, at
tempting to make their Ylrtual
slarery a little less terrible.
That sacrifice of his father in
protest against cruel human
.BtotBf n. f0?. m?ff:
Ury in the United state. His ae-
tien. eloquently announced, went
u . tMJL1Lif)"t,-n v.r
Jj1 j0 ffiteiSdi!
data for the presidency and f ate-
Iful decisions wera being mads
1 throughout our troubled nation.
oalem DOV 8 rOat
- J
I 1 OWetl IO XiaTDOr
I usiano. as, baiem, ure .
towed into tha yacht harbor yes-
i terday after it was becalmed, ott
I shore.
Osland protested bo was In no
trouble.
- the KOAC ISO channel. The assistant commission engineers act C
naUy appeared to Join the KOY men in trying to break down the .
conclusive evidence submitted by Professor F. O. UeUlllan and -two
other engineers for KOAC Perhaps that explains why they -completely
ignored this evidence when they made their so-called"
findings of faet. - : ,. ,
Now KOAC has been granted an opportunity for oral
argument on its objection to the "finding1 of fact" before
the members of the commission. Time for this hearing .has
.r.been set for t
fii
ICni
(Chapter 19 Continued)
Breathless from her last-minute
wild goose chase to the tack room
for the new set ot blinkers Bassitt
said he had forgotten, but which
Joe, the stable boy, didn't know a
thing about. Heather returned to
the clubhouse just In time to see
her colt entering the starting
gate. ;
At the start. Knight Errant left
tho gate as if be had been shot
out. of a big cannon! But Just be
hind him, pressing, was Lightning
Bug, and as they clattered down
the backstretch it looked like a
nip : and tnck battle between the
two. The rest of the field was tar
back.
At the far turn Draper let' out
a wrap and simultaneously start
ed slashing away like a demon on
Knight Errant's flanks.
Slim took the glasses from his
eyes for an Instant, ndged Snap
per, and tha pair exchanged grins.
- Then be trained his powerful
lenses back on the black colt He
was leading by a narrow margin.
Draper flailing away. The boy was
all hands aa he held Knight Er
rant's head up with tho reins in
his left hand, his right flapping
np and down like a pump handle,
bringing the whip down, steady
and rhythmic, with every other
stride his mount took.
"He's abusing him!" Heather
thought frantically,' as she
watched Dimples Draper ride her
colt as he had never ridden be
fore. ; j " V.- .
But she saw, too, that Knight
Errant did not object to being
rushed along In this manner, for
with each lash ot the whip. In
stead of sulking, ho shot forward
with a new willingness that was
obvious even to the untrained eye.
"He's knocked on that colt a
hundred times In three-eighths of
a mile!" Slim said excitedly, apd
now he was sure that tho ruse
News Behind IToday's News
i 5 By PAULMALLON
WASHINGTON, Oct. SI. Cer
tain fast breaks In the European
situation appear likely, within the
next ten days or so.
Tho Russians have Just about
fed t Finland adequately tor tho
kill; and all Inner signs recently
have suggested they were ready
for it, Tho well advised here would
not bo surprised to learn any day
now that tho Finns have decided
to give tha Reds naval bases In tha
Aland islands, which will put Sta
lin right nnder Sweden's neck. The
Russians have asked for more, but
may bo satisfied sufficiently with
lthls to call off their trooping war
dogs on tho Finnish border and
claim another1 "bloodlesa diploma
tic triumph. .'
Trouble ia seetbias; rtear tho
boiling point tn Rumania, bat
sm definite information Is avail-,
able to suggest which way it
wtn bofl over. Owo day It ap-'.
pears likely that Rumania will
stall off the Rmsalan aggressors;
the next the allied diplomats
there hare lost hope, only to
have It revived again" the
third day. Rumania cam go eith
er way, bwt soon.
More disturbing. Hitler's exten
sive preparations for concentrated
air attacks on British bases have
Just about reached completion. He
Is now ready to do his worst. It ho
chooses to do It, whenever the
weather permits.
Commerce department is mak
ing an inside move to find oat def-
Spedldng of X7ar Scares!-
' ' '
. ... .... ; . ; . "
ght
arrant
By jack McDonald
had worked. Already the colt was1
widening on his field as they
rounded Into the stretch.
Bassitt stood nearby, biting on
his cigar like a wild man. There
was no mistaking In his mind
now.
" "The dirty little double;cross
er," he was thinking, of Draper.
Seventy yards from the finish.
Draper and Knight Errant were
out . in front by as far as you
could shoot a green apricot out of
a slingshot.
But Draper was riding tor
that Job with the colonel. He was
still banging on tho colt's flanks.
Draper was taking no chances.
He Jet his mount have a final
belt with the bat as. they crossed
the finish line, a couple of fence
posts ahead of Lightning Bug In
second place. .'
Fifteen lengths! That was the
margin by which he beat Light
ning Bug. as Jimmy Murphy,-the
form chart caller, gauged It.
- "Well, we sure switched the
dice on Bassitt that time," Snap
per rowed, handslapplng Slim
with a lusty whack.
And though Slim waa $5000 to
the good on the race, mqxe fold
ing money than he. had seen in a
long time, he had that faraway
look in his eye. & '
"Slim, who'd you think up that
gag on Draper for, Flo or that
Little Red Riding Hood who owns
Knight Errant?" Snapper asekd.
"Thinking for myself," replied
Slim Quite calmly.
But his debonair airs did not
fool Snapper.
"I'm thinking it waa a pretty
mean trick we pulled on that lit
tle kid. Draper, though, Slim
went on thought ully. "Bassitt will
never hold still for a rider dump
ing him like -Draper did today."
. . .
' Her Knight Errant had won a
race! His first victory! Heather
was as bewildered this day as
lnltely bow firm a basis exists for
this business expansion, a. survey
Is being made within tho bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
to ascertain how much of current
industrial production is going into
excess inventories. ; -
Nothing could be more impor
tant right now. Business econom
ists out in the country have risen
up la protest against the assump
tion within the government that
there la overstocking in steel and
other heavy goods. The private
analysts say shelves were bare
when expansion started around
September 1, some being 20 per
cent below normal. This fact (and
not alone the anticipation ot war
demands) is what caused the sud
den flood of orders in their opin
ion.-. - -:,r :
No one 'really knows, but the
commerce department should have
th answer within ten days or o.
It may mean everything to
the Immediate future of basin
ees and perhaps to government
policy. If these goods bow be
tas: produced are being con
asuaed.- there win laterally be
demand for rre,' and current
high levels of prodeetioa shOald
eoatiane.
On the opposite assumption, ths
lnnr dormant snendittsr school is
tha new deal is bestirring itself
Messrs. Henderson. Frank and
Jaekson tip-toed in and out of the
White House back room a few
daTa hack, without disclosing their
minA or earnoses to waiting re-
nAricrs. . However, those in the
know have learned the bulge in
Leon Henderson's ? coat covered
this very theory that -excessive
innntnriM win cause home bus
iness alack after the first ot the
year ao we must . do . something
about price and have spending
again."' " -- '
(Continued on page f
15
that January afternoon at Santa
Anita , when Knight Errant had
lost: his first race. ;
Unknowingly, she dropped her
$10 mntuel ticket on Knight Er
rant. -'
"Why. Heather, isn't that a
winning ticket?" asked a friend
in an adjoining box. '
Heather hastily reclaimed her
ticket, blushing.
"It's a habit I've formed, drop
ping mutuel tickets on Knight Er
rant after a race. Now 111 hare to
form a new habit."
She was laughing, but her eyes
were starry as she watched a new
Knight Errant prancing; back to
the judges' stand, his ears prick-,
ing, new life In his step, hot nos
trils quivering with excitement
and tail swishing briskly in the
thrill of his first victory, uone
were the leaden hooves and for
lorn eyes of defeat. f . j
"He knows!" thrilled Heather.
He's like Coronado he knows
when he's won'
Bassitt. talking to Draper in
the paddock before the race, had
promised tha boy ha would be at
the Judges' stand waiting for bins
afterward, to deUrer a mock
tongue lashing about the boy's
bad ride. .1
But the lecture was ot a far dif
ferent nature than Bassitt had
contemplated, and it was in pri
vate. -
"You're fired!" was his first
blast at Draper.
(To be continued.) .
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By DUUOTITY
Wlteh-Hunthtjc im Modem Salem
If the Communist party
mis column . r lnr
he, an instrument tor fartBerln
1a fnralrn Ttol. f " '
icy of the Soviet
government, and
aa instrument
for that purpose
alone, then the
congress of tho
United States
should deal with
this Issue. It
should decide
whether it Is a
l..ltli..t. wMf
Ctlti4U.V yvUU
should have the privileges of a
legitimate political party.
long as it is a legal organisation,
i . ..iii.) ani unfair to perse
cute its members for the mere
fact of their membersnip. "
extremely dangerous to begin
holding people guilty of and pun
ishing them for thlnga which they
have a legal right to do. In fact.
It is a very Nasi-llke and a very
Communlst-like procedure.
...
The Nads and the Communists,
in states Vhers they are in power,
are accustomed to purge people,
to punish them, for acts which
were not crimes when they were
committed This retroactive Jus
tice has been rightly condemned
by all people who believe in gov
ernment by law.
Therefore, the proposal to drop
from tho federal payroll all peo
ple who have been members of
the League for Peace and Dem
ocracy is persecution and J. in
deed, a -a sordid procedure."
Tens of thousands of people
have Joined the League for Peace
and Democracy because they be
lieve in peace and democracy.
The Communists, with their ter
mite cell systems, hare permeat
ed a great many groups of hon
est liberals. They ' have also per
meated certain trade unions. And
their carefully designed strategy,
authoritarian unity and seal make
it inevitable that once they are
In, they are very likely to dom
inate' whatever group they enter.
But that does not mean - that
every member of each of these
groups should be held responsi
ble for the activities of these cells.
Conrresa has rot. therefore, to
face the main issue and clarify
that. If a communist can run ior
President of the United States,
and if the police ot our cities Is
Instructed to protect their meet
ings, what possible ground Is
ther for firinr Mr. Jones, who
haa llttla Joh aa a clerk in a
government office, or for that
matter tnr firlnf Mr. SmitO. VDO
has an Important job in an ad
mlnlstratfvA hnrean hecansa he is
s Communist or a member of a
front" organization 7 Mr. Jones
a. Mr Smith. h not broken the
law, and there Is no more reasofiv
nnder the law, for firing them,
than there would be for firing
Mr. Brown or Mr. Green, because
It la rnulai thai In th A laat
election he voted the Republican
ticket mstead or tne Democratic.
Such persecution of Individuals is
1nat a it nf avoidlnr a. respon
sibility for meeting the real Ques
tion.
On the matter of publishing the
names of members of . organlza
tions. this column finds no legi
timate right to protest. Why
should anybody keep it a secret
that he is a member of any or
ganization? if it is a legitimate
organization why should he .not
Join it openly? In tact, I think it
would be a very good thing it
the membership and contributors
of all organizations wera period
ically opened for pnblie scrutiny.
and if all organizations solicit
ing funds from the public were
compelled to make a public ac
counting ot what they do with
the money.
Aa It la. anvbodr can ret
letterhead and solicit funds for
Spanish orphans, or for promot
lnr peace and democracy, or for
distributing Bibles tit China, or
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nQ?c?aD0'cn
for protecting the United State-
aralnst -Urns," without any guar-
agawsfc . .J- ..Kiii. that tha
pose for wmcu ww "
a m L a-tatata SBarVt aataTa
,t has reacnea ""r
t u j..Hmiii tn loin an v
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kind of organization because you
never anow nww - -
membership are going to be used.
Not so long ago I Joined a. com
mittee for the purpose of assist- v
ina refugees and found some
weeks later that, without consult
ing mo at all, my name had beeri
signed to a telegram addressee!
to tho French government con
taining: a denunciation of French
pollcyf about which I was totally
uninformed and certainly not In a
nosltlon to express an opinion. My
Humanitarian u
aoma miserable victims ot r- .
eumstanees naa oeen lumwi mio
an instrument Pf international,
political action. If one Joins i any ;
organisation today be is likely
to find that he is one of "We; the
undersigned" engaged in some
.tit which hs bid not the
slightest prior knowledge.
Tint there are ominous Indica
tions that some witch-hunts are
VMt tn K alarted without any?
clear concept of the aim, and
without any law to guiae mem.
For instance. Representative Mar
tin J. Kennedy of New Tork sug
gested the other day in the house
that the work of -protecting tne
country against Communism" be
fnrnai over, to veterans' organi
zations such as the American Le
gion, the Veterans of American
Foreign , Wars, and ; Disabled
American Veterans. .
. This Is a terrifying idea. It sug
gests that ex-American soldiers
should be made into a kind of
unofficial Gestapo. Obviously it
Is to Deleft to them to determine
what is and what is not a Com
munist. Heaven help ns If this
sort of thing la ever started!; A
rnmmnniit will become anvbodr
who thinks that this social order
is In need of some fundamental
reform. Nothing rwould more
onlcklv divide this count it into
bitterly .hostile groups. The con
gress should remember wnst Hap
pened during the Adams adminis
tration when the alien and sedi
tion act was passed and we nearly
had a civil war as a result ,
; . A prominent American publish
er is also supposed to be playing
with ihm Idfla that "war mothers"
should be organized in block sen
tries to track down "isms." mat
block-sentry idea has a familiar
ring; That's what they have got
In Germany. In Germany the
block sentries are the Individuals
who listen t your keyhole to
hear whether you are tuning In
on foreign radio stations; who
check up on who comes to din
ner, and patrol the personal lives
of people in apartment houses,
for purposes ' of political black
mall. The idea Is sickening and dls-,
gusting. '
It would be weU If a little at
tention were' paid to the wise and
expert words that were spoken by
Mr. John Lord O'Brian, at the
Herald Tribune Foruin. Mr.
O'Brian was the head of the war
emergency committee of the de- -partment.
of Justice In 1917-19.
He presented an astouding picture
ot the conspiratorial activities
carried en in this country by the
Germans during the last war. He
said they spent -here about $35,
000,000 for espionage, sabotage,
and propaganda. They subsidized
foreign newspapers. They msde
large contributions to organiza
tions ostensibly working for
peace, and gave financial assist
ance to the "American Truth So
ciety, and the so-called "Embar
go Conference," in Chicago, which
adopted resolutions protesting
against the export of munitions. .
They, provided the money used in
organizing "one of the more se
rious and ambitious conspiracies:
Labor's National Peace Confer
ence."
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