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PAGE EIGHT refiontateataaii "iVo Favor Sicayt Us; No Fear Shall Awf From Flrit Statesman. iUrcb 2 J, XMl THE STATESMAN PUBIJSHING CO. Cbarles Spragae. President Th Associate Pra-a U scu1oly entitle to "" J."C Moe of all news dispatch rdtt4 te n er aot etb credited la Ikla paser. . . . r .... ; ' V . ' r ' ,' rv Bureaucratic Meddling in Local Affairs Hint of an impending shakeup in the federal social se curity management may convey a promise ql miu tu us agencies which have been harassed by the. meddling of this and other federal bureausnd then again it may not, in view of the personalities involved. r 1: ' , The report is that Paul V. McNutt- federal security ad ministrator, discussed with President Roosevelt the need of a change Involving elimination of the present three-man so cial security board, replacing it with a single director or plac ing the agency directly under McNutt's control. The encour aging portion of this report is that one incentive for a change is objection among administration executives generally to the "high-handed bureaucracy"-which has characterized so cial security board activities. I This reputedly general trend of thought is of encourag ing interest to the Oregon state government and particularly to the state and county welfare commissions. If bureaucra tic high-handedness is falling into disrepute in Washington, there may be some hope for relief from the present situation facing these agencies; the necessity for full compliance with the so-called merit system of employing personnel, which In effect deprives the local agencies of any voice in the matter, regardless of the fact that more than half of the funds ad ministered are locally-raised, i More directly under the social security board's control is our state unemployment compensation setup, though with more ostensible justification in that the federal government defrays all of the administration costs, i This justification fades somewhat when it is realized that the commission ad ministers a fund raised strictly, by a state tax upon employ ers, and that the federal contribution for administration comes, presumably, out of the residue of this same payroll tax paid to the federal government by these same employers. . Whatever the justification for this particular federal control, certainly there was none for the federal board's re cent attempt to dictate the appointment of an employe in the state treasurer's office for the. sole reason that he handled some of these funds. ! - But if state agencies are hoping a possible shakeup in Washington may afford them relief from this type of med dling, they may be disappointed especially if Paul McNutt himself "takes over." His record in Indiana state administra . tion and in the Philippines lends no weight to the theory that he would be any improvement over Arthur Altmeyer, et al, in this respect. It suggests, rather, that the result would be merely a change from bureaucratic to autocratic control. In view of social security's long arm, reaching intimately into every community, the result would appear to be a political grip which might only be exceeded in its objectionableness by Mr. McNutt's elevation to the presidency, toward which it might conceivably be another long step, i Slightly Sour Pickles .This is Thanksgiving time, but small thanks will more than one county official return for the dish of slightly sour pickles passed out on Tuesday by the state auditors in their report on countyfiscal records. for: the year .1938. .The se : quence of pages entitled "Comments' administered more than one smart rap across the knuckles of county officers, but in no case did the reproof extend to a thorough-going applica tion of the auditorial hair-brush. I . This latter point, in fact, is perhaps the most significant aspect of this county audit: it shows minor faults, minor er rors, minor irregularities which in themselves are of rela tively little moment, and even in the aggregate do not bulk large; but which are indications that county government in Marion county is perhaps not all the civics textbooks say lo cal administration ought to be. Hence in proportion to his es teem for civics-book government, the citizen is entitled to kick. . ! - But take another point, before one specifies certain of the minor faults indicated: though the audit report does not specifically refer to it, there is little doubt that in more than one instance certain fiscal customs of county officials have a pragmatic if not a strictly legal sanction. In other words, ' county officials whose sincerity can hardly be doubted have "felt that the strict construction of the law met the require ments of county business less well than a freer construction which might not be agreed to by auditors, and the result has been the subject of the auditor's criticism. This Is difficult to point to, and perhaps even. more difficult to defend; but it is a frequent characteristic of institutions placed in the hands of persons no less human than thou or I. f Nor are elections a certain corrective. i The auditor reports that the sheriff's office by Decem ber 31, 1938, had failed to collect in advance fees to the sum of 1044; that the county surveyor has made no record of fees collected whatsoever; that the court reporter is paid by means sanctioned by prescriptive right If not statute; that probate papers are sometimes not even correctly added ; that "clerks and deputies" pay out . moneys without clearance through the county treasurer; that out of town justice courts are behind $1277 in fines; that the Salem justice court has not been living its life as the auditor thinks it shouldal though this the judge denies. ... V-. Obviously no good is to come from compromise with slop py business methods in county offices, and' with all due re spect to human frailty, etc, there is a clear room for im provement along the ill-lit courthouse corridors. Without doubt the system of county administration itself is to a degree at fault; yet again this can be no excuse whatsoever for avoidable irregularities. limited chastisement is good for the soul; and one may hope that there is now no moral stint at the courthouse. Civil Liberties and Private Property -! , Decisions of the United States supreme court in invalid ating four cities' handbill ordinances are of interest in Salem although their application, if any, to the long-established and widely-appreciated local regulation is not entirely clear. - Salem's handbill ordinance forbids distribution of such "literature" in automobiles or on householders' porches. In this respect It differs from the Los Angeles, Milwaukee and Worcester ordinances which forbade such distribution on public streets. -Again, Salem's ordinance is a blanket prohi bition, and in this respect it differs from that of Irvington, N J, which empowered the police to issue licenses for such dis tribution, or to withhold them. It was the constitutional guaranty of a free press which impelled the supreme court to invalidate these ordinances, taking into account the nature .of pamphlets as "historical weapons in the defense of liberty." Yet the practices which ordinances sought to regulate or forbid are preponderantly commercial. Most handbills and pamphlets cdnsist of commer cial advertising. But because the ordinances infringed upon the infrequent practice of distributing political or controver sial pamphlets, all are invalidated. Well, civil liberties are important; more important, we will grant, than streets free : of paper litter. . v : , .; ' .v?,'-;- But if the decisions also invalidate ordinances prohib iting the' dumping of handbills on private property,'! must be protested that citizens' security in their homes and other possessions is likewise guaranteed by tha constitution. .To our rnind, such ordinances merely implement in a special way the ordinary laws against trespass. Ll. ...... ... ,, . , , Br.eabfaoit By H J. HEN U RICKS History end destiny : ll-2-St of Salem linked vita the story of missions, . ... i with most strans starts: . "So ends this series. Bat some related matters will have atten tion In this column soon." Those were the concluding words of ths series concerning the celebration of the 90th hlrthdsy of Mrs. Edna Raymond, former prominent Sa lem woman, at her home in South San Francisco; the series, ending with the issue of Norember 18. , : Mrs. Raymond lived her girl hood and young' womanhood al most under the roofs of the First Congregational church of Salem, of which her foster father. Rev. O. Dickinson, was the first mis sionary pastor, the longest time pastor excepting two In the his tory to data of that chnrch, and who gave Its building site to that church. - - - -" t V In that series the Information was given that the historic First Congregational church of Salem was organised July 4, 1862, by L N. Gilbert and wife, A. M. Fel lows, and Mrs. L. L Williams. Mrs. Williams was from the chnrch at Flndlay. Ohio, the oth er three from the then lately es tablished Oregon City, Oregon, church. ; Rer. G. W. Goodell was the minister present, and elect. Then there was a christening. The baby of the Gilberts was one month old that day. The preacher sug gested, now that they were a church, the baby be christened. So that was done. The child that became Martha Gilbert Palmer was, throughout a long and use ful life, in Salem, and In south ern California, a great chnrch worker, builder, and supporter. H V Isaac K. Gilbert Is an Import ant name In the story of Salem and Oregon Congregationalism. He was born In Rushvtlle, New Tork, and kuew Dr. Marcus Whit man there. Gilbert came to the Oregon country In 1844. at 2S years of age, worked In Dr. Whitman's missions at Walilatpu and Lapwal, and there Imbibed the spirit of deep religious eon- Tlctlon; In short, was tnorongniy converted. Thus he bacame the connect ing link between those missions and their martyrdoms and the First Congregational chnrch ef Salem. In 1847 Gilbert came on to Salem; In 1850 he married Marietta Stanton, daughter of Al fred Stanton of the 1847 covered wagon Immigration. b The newly married couple rode on horseback to Oregon City to Join the then very young Congre gational church there. After the Whitman massacre, Gilbert, first lieutenant of the citizen soldiers, had hurried to the Cayuse war; endured priva tions and suffered exposure in that hard winter campaign from the effects of , which he never fully recovered. S Gilbert surveyed the original three Salem townsite tracts. In this order as to time: North Sa lem, present downtown Salem, and the Salem that was known, as "Boon's Island" between the two original Salems. He became surveyor of Maion ; county. He waa the first county clerk of Mar lon county. It will Je news to some read ers that the way Salem's now down town streets became 99 feet wide was that Gilbert had no measuring Instrument but a surveyor's chain, 66 feet. So a chain and a half was as close to the desired 100 feet as It was practicable to make the streets. Thus, they are 99 feet wide. Mr. Gilbert , also surveyed the pioneer public road from Salem to Foster's; meaning from the capital city to the western end of the historic Barlow road over the Cascades. Mr. Gilbert had a nice resi dence at the southwest corner of Front and Marlon streets. Sa lem, and he also had a fine farm home on his land claim, front ing the Garden Road. He died March 20, 1879, at his home In Salem. A. M. Fellows, the fourth orig inal organiser of the Salem First Congregational church, was, with Fred Waymlre, the enrolling offi cer of Marlon county for secur ing enlistments of volunteers to go to the wars, to fight In re sisting the general outbreak of the Indians west of the Missouri river that began In 1858. Fellows became first lieutenant of the Salem company, command ed by Capt. Charles Bennett, one of the three men from the Sa lem district who had discovered gold at Sutter's mill race in California in 1848,lhe other two James W. Marshall and Stephen Staats. - "a Captain Bennett was killed at the battle of Walla' Walla on De cember 7, 1858, 4he same en gagement In which Chief Peopeo moxmox ' of . the Cayuse Indian tribe lost his Ufa.' The death of Bennett promoted First Lieuten ant Fellows to the captaincy of the Salem company. : - Captain FeUows was heard from later In Oregon history, in connection with Indian wars, both In fighting the savages - and in defending them with respect to what he considered Invasions of their rights. t ' ' V"' i ; How did missions, such as the one which started Salem, get started? . - And the one ' which was re sponsible for the beginning of Congregationalism on this coast? (Continued tomorrow.) , Accused Slayer, To Be Sentenced POCATELLO. Idaho, Nov. 22. H-Aloysius Edwin Kilmer, 20. of Oregon City, Ore- pleaded guilty today to a charge of vol untary manslaughter after, being held in Jail, here since last sunn mer on a charge of murder. ' . . . He was -accused of slaying ; a translentvtentatlrely identified as Thomas -Barney, about 50, in rail-' road yards here last July 17.- - Judge J.. Li. Downing fixed to morrow for sentencing. V TU OHEGON STATESilAN, Salcsa, Chapter 29 Continued Slim was still feeling miserable when he saw Comanche now famed as "The Flying Indian arrive at the Santa Anita railroad station.' .: . - - . ; Comanche was greeted by a brass i band, a welcoming mayor with a speech In his. pocket writ ten in honor of horse 1 While this was going on, three ears back, from .the. squalor of a common freight car was being unloaded Knight Errant, raga muffin ot the turf.' -A few seasons before.' the son of the great Coronado had made his debut here, to the cheers and acclaim of thousands. .. But today,' unnoticed and nn sung. he stepped off the cars a forgotten horse. Just one of four shoddy equiae itinerants In the same saggy freight car. "A wild goose chase!" Edith had warned Slim. ' And today, three weeks after Knight Errant had stepped off the . car to begin his big race campaign. Slim knew Edith was right. Knight Errant had failed to hit his strldet He had been asked for his best and responded by plodding a disap pointing mile in 1:45. Slim was convinced of some thing he had never suspected be forethat Knight Errant was Just a sprinter. When asked to go over three-quarters of a mile he chucked it. He had no more claim to fame than being the son ot a great sire. What Slim had discovered about the colt he had kept, thus far, from Heather. But on his way to the coffee News Olebipd By PAUL WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Mr. Roosevelt's high voltage power squad haa prepared a new pro gram for the public utilities. Pri vate UtiUtist Wendell Willkie has already announced he feels en other government shock coming on. The reorganised government defense power committee has been preparing to summon the private power boys around. December 1 to talk things over. Snatches of the hidden plan have been hinted from time to time. Here Is the plan: It is an Olds-Tate program, worked np by Inland Olds, new prealdemtlal appoimlee to the defense power committee, and art engineer there, Thomas Tate. Mr. Olds, a former mem ber of the New Tork state power authority. Is the kind of energetic crusading liberal that Mr. Roosevelt likes. Tate Is a technical man and has nothing to do with policy formation, although his office now Is in with the passionately anony mous Ijaughlla Carrie, presi , dentlal spending secretarial adviser. .Both Olds and Tate borrowed liberally from an original Idea of Power Commissioner Basil Manly, but Manly did not work with them in perfecting the pres ent form. Olds, as vice-chairman of the defense power committee, will present the plan to the util ities .in approximately this fol lowing form: 1. The public utilities must pro vide 1.000,000 kilowatts more power capacity as a measure of national defense. They -already have provided 1,600,000 more. In accordance with a deal negotia ted by Assistant War Secretary Louis Johnson when Johnson was chairman of the defense , power committee. The federal power commission haa Just announced that 1,200.000 ot this Increase has -already been installed. Re quest for another million Is un questionably a legitimate national defense step. 2. Private utilities will be asked to install $50,000,000 more tie-ups between'' their plants for national defense. Companies will have to raise money for this. Sug gestion will be made that they can borrow It from the govern ment. State public utility com mission will allow the companies to work, this expenditure Into their rate structures only if serv ice to the public Is Improved. 2. Another further extension of the tleups will be recommend ed, but this will Involve more money than the utilities can raise or pass on the consumers. What European Peace Hopeless? This excellent map Illustrates the slender hope of peace now ttsng carefully nursed In Europe. England suggests "guarantees of non-aggresalun- become an Integral part of the Reich. Franc suggests - "reparation of Injustices" Germany has. Imposed. Germany holds Austria, Chechoslovakia and western Poland, Indicated by numbers -one, two, three on the map, and also -a small section of northern Poland. -Russia holds eastern Poland (ft) and gave Lithuania, that part of Poland containing Wllno (5).. Hungary took the Ruthenlan ' section of Czechoslovakia (7). Italy la talking "peace bloc" aHi ' ances with Turkey, Greece, Rumania and Yugoslavia In the Balkans, i v Finland (B) and Scandinavian countries, If backed by Tfflngintyf and"' franc, may hold Russia In the eastern Baltic Belgium (C) and the Netherlands confer on a mutual defense pact seeking to keep Hitler facing the North sea. instead of facing the straits of Dover. Oregoa, Friday Mondiiff, November 24, 1833 By jack Mcdonald shop to keep & breakfast appoint ment with her, he determined to advise her to withdraw her horse from the big race to save Knight Errant from further humiliation and Heather the thousand dollar entry fee for sending him on a "wild goose chase.' .But the hopeful-look In Hea ther's eyes checked him .when he Joined her. Sbe handed him a note. With some difficulty he read the scarcely legible scrib bling ; "Miss Mills;, Come to Sunset Hospital, Room - 212 at once. It will helpKnlght Errant It was unsigned. "It sounds - too fantastic to mean anything," Slim told Hea ther. ' ' "But Slim,' this looks tike Charlie Bassltt's handwriting. "Bassitt? Slim asked Incred ulously. Bassltt, of all people, wanting to help Knight Errant? It doesn't add up.'- : "Don't yon think I should Ko to see him?" Heather asked. "It might mean something." "We'll both go," said Slim. Inquiry at . the second floor desk at the hospital confirmed Heathers guess that the note was in Bassltt's handwriting. - 'Come with me," & nurse said. and they moved down a long corridor, conscious of the un pleasant smeU of ether. "Is Mr. Bassitt seriously ill? he asked the nurse. "No, but he seems to think so." she replied, whimsically. "He's only a tonsil case. But the way he carries on you'd think he was expecting triplets." The nurse brought them Into the room. Bassitt was lying on Today's News MALLON will be done about this has not been decided as far as can now be learned. . 4.4 (Here Is where the trouble comes). A 150,000,000 high tension government grid system to be constructed from New York City to Chicago, cov ering mach of the central in dustrial center, and definitely tying im Pittsburgh and Phila delphia. Eventually this system Is to cost $600,000,000 to 9750,000,000, and link St. Law rence power development with the Tennessee valley authority. "It will be publicly owned and operated la eompeUtiom with private companies. Four "mouth of the mine" steam generating plants would be constructed by the government, one each la the coal fields of southern Illinois, central Ohio, -southern West Virginia and Pennsylvania, These - steam plants are not included fat the original 150,000,000 which Is beina sought to start work. 5. Enlarge the capacity at Ni agara falls by about 750,000 kilowatts. This ' program should not spoil Thanksgiving dinner for those who have invested in utility stocks. Main point (No. 4) will require a congressional appropria tion and approval. In the prevail ing state of the congressional mind, obsessed with the coming election, approval may, be diffi cult Kentucky's Representative May has already Issued a state ment in anticipation of the pro gram. He attacked it as reopen ing the "leftists' war on the util ities." ' Overlooked political Importance of Mr. Roosevelt's cornerstone laying at his Hyde park library lay in the list of guests who were invited and came: Paul McNutt, security admin istrator and leading administra tion pretender, to the' throne; Mayors Hague of Jersey City and Kelly of Chicago, heads of the two strongest still-functioning democratic machines (Hague an nounced for "Roosevelt or who ever Roosevelt wants" upon his return home from the ceremony) ; such party workers and govern ment officials as Lawrence Rob ert, Edward Noble, George Allen, Robert Hinckley, Ambrose O'Con nell and Nathan Straus but. no cabinet officers, no congressmen. Official explanation Is that con tributors to the library fund were Invited, but this would only ac centuate the political Implications. . the raised bedT his features wracked with woe. His chin drooped. There was a strained al ienee for a moment- Heather and Slim went over to Bassltt's bed and stood side by side. - . Tm in awful bad shape. he waited. They're giving me ETHER tomorrow. But I didn't ask yon here for sympathy. Be fore I go under the knife I want to tell you something. It's about your horse. Miss Mills." Slim felt Heather tremble. "It ain't easy to tell." Bassitt said remorsefully. "You will be mad about It but I got to tell you I got to. All I ask Is that you won't turn me .In to the rac ing Judges If I live!" Slim looked at Heather for ap proval. She nodded at him. - "Go on, Bassitt," 811m ordered. "Let's have It. We won't holler copper, no matter what It is." Bassitt moaned. "Tou remem ber when we was In Chicago? Well, I couldn't trust those jockeys around there to . ride to orders, and what with Draper crossing me with that winning ride, I decided I. wasn't going to take no chances until I got ready to let Knight-Errant win. So X I- ... "I sponged Knight Errant!' Heather tensed! She ' didn't know the full meaning of spong ing, but read Slim's expression of disgust. Later Slim would explain to her that sponging a horse was Inserting a sponge of silk waste In his nostril to retard his breath ing and prevent him from run ning his best race. "I saw Knight Errant work the other morning, 811m," Bassitt groaned remorsefully. "I can tell by the way he runs that the sponge, or some of it. Is still there." "Oh " It was a despairing ex clamation from Heather. Slim put a comforting arm through hers and whispered, "Let Bassitt go on." "I gummed things np when I sponged him In Chicago .1 had planned to remove the sponge, but couldn't because tha stew ards was watching me and my stable like a hawk at Arlington. "And X didn't dare to call in any of the track veterinarians because I was afraid they would snitch. "I was going to ship Knight Errant away from the track somewheres," Bassitt continued, "and have a vet I. could trust re move the sponge, but you stepped la and claimed the horse on me. Slim, and I never had no chance." "And you let that horse go on this way, knowing all the time?" Slim demanded In a low voice. Bassitt turned on his pillow and groaned again. "Slim. I was afraid to telL" (To Be Continued) Donris Elected Council Leader Don Dourls, representative to the World Christian Youth con ference in Amsterdam last sum mer, was elected president ot the Salem Christian Youth Council during a meeting at the hew Youth Center Tuesday night Oth er officers are Carl Cording, vice president, and Barbara Compton, secretary-treasurer. The meeting followed a tour ot the Deaconess hospital, which sponsors, jointly with theoouncil, the Sunday afternoon radio pro gram, "Young People's Church of the Air." Also appointed were George Bowen as radio chairman and Tom Allport as publicity chair man. Tentative plans were made for several events during coming months. KSUC raXDAT 1369 Kc :S0 Oailkaua's Melodies. T:0 Sows. T :4S MotraUlncoT. S:00 Broakfut Clab. S:S0 Keep Fit to KmIo. S:45 Nows. 9:00 Pastor's Ca.IL 9:15 Sai f tko PioBoora. 9:S0 Striatim. 19 -.IS Kiwi. 10:SO Morning Karatiao. 10:45 Men A boat To 11:00 Maxino Baran, Oregoa Statee- - mi i women 'a Editor. 11 :1S Piano Qais. 11:S0 4 PiUcaraU. 11:45 Women in tha Xewa. U:0 Valae Parade. H:15 Kawa. 13:80 BiUbilly Serenade. 13:S5 Willamette Opinions. 13:45 Mti'cel Saint. 1:00 PTa. 1:15 I-.teretin TacU. l.-SO Warn Want. 1:45 Book Week. 3:00 Oar ifary. 3:15 Jokrsoa family. S :SO Ma Parkins. 3:45 X ewe. 3:00 feminine Tendon, . S:S0 BiU MeCnae'a Orchoetxs. S :4S Merrier Licena Komaneea. 4:00 Pal ton Lewie, Jr. 4:15 HaTea of aosi. 4:46 Dinner Hour Melodies. . 5:45 Cinnamon Boar. - ' . S:00 Tonifht'a Headllnea.' . f, S :15 Ken Baker Oreaeatrat . 1 . S:S0 News ana. Views, : -9:45 Streamliners. . ' " V :00 PootbaU Propnoi. ' -T:1S Ortia ana Basseea. 1 :0 Lone JUncer. S:00 Kews. S:15 Bhytnni Quartet. S :S0 Booing the Americas. ' - 8:45 Paol Waiteman Orchestra. :00 Newspaper et tb Air. 9:14 Swinytime. 9:30 BiUy Moiet Ortkastra. 9 :45 Pdit-a Lewis, it. 10 :00 Orris Tmckar Orchestra. . 10:80 Monarch of Bhythan. 10:45 ttndy Valla and Company. 11:00 Tomorrow's Kews Tonight. 11:1S Toaaay Doner Orchestra. 11:30 Ken Baker Orchestra. . 11:45 Midnight Melody. - - XOnt TnMSAT 949 Xe. S:00 Market Report. 9:05 K0I3 Klock. - -T:30 Bob Garred Beportingv . T:4S This and Thai. 8:15 Weianer'a Headline.. -8:30 Coneamer Kewa. 8:45 My Children. . 9:00 Kate BmiU Bpeeke. . 9:15 When a Girl Manic, f : 30 Romance of Helen Treat. 9:45 Oar Gal Sunday. 10. -OO Goldberg. 10:15 Hie Can Bo Baaatifal. . 10:80 Thie Ir I Oars. J 0:45 Lane? Be. . . 11:00 Big Sister. llslS Anns Jenny. " 11U0 Brand Cutia. ' 11:45 My Boa and L IS :0 Joyce Jordan. --- p-.i-j m-i . . 13:80 Hew. "- ; 13:45 8iagin Saau 1:00 Kilty Kelly. 1:15 Myrt and Mi arg. 1:S0 Hillte H 1 :45 Stepmother. dDon d Dd By DOROTHY - Farther Reasons for Optimism If one reads the contemporary Allied periodicals- I am most fa miliar with the British the ab sence of anything even approach ing ue n t e mongerlng and high - pressure ballyhoo of the last war is amaz- I Ing. So, also, Is the total absence from heroics. This is notice ably true ot the letter columns in the newspapers ranging from Dratt riMwuwof right to left, and in such weeklies as "The Now Statesman and Nation," "The Spectator,' and "The Economist." In the midst of war, the cmei discussion is centering around peace. That . discussion is neither pacifist nor defeatist, it rests oa the quiet assumption that the Allies will win the war. Occasion ally a contributor advocates the earliest possible "peace of com promise" but that is rare, and It Is significant that even such a view, which In the last war would have been Indignantly howled down as defeatism, la al lowed a hearing. ' But :on the whole the discus sion recognizes the complete Im possibility of any peace that rep resents a compromise with Na zism. On the other hand, there Is almost no self-righteousness; there is an almost universal ad mission of past mistakes: and the discussion is on an extra ordinarily high, level ot disinter estedness and ; intelligence. Those In this country who fear that the- United States Is going to be "dragged into" this war by the Allies, particularly by Brit ain, would do well to subscribe to a few British periodicals and read them regularly. The desire not to extend the area of the war Is obvious from these publications What the Allies do want from us Is our sympathetic interest, the economic collaboration which Is implicit In our normal peacetime program of reciprocal trade, and the contribution of our thinking to the essential problem ot the reorganization, f irit of Europe, and then ot larger -and larger parts of the world, for the solu tion of those political and eco nomic problems which have led to the renewal of war. The human mind has not been thrown into blackout by the war. On the contrary, it Is apparently pulling Itself together with a de gree of -concentration and lucidity which la very promising. It is clear, for Instance, that one reason why war aims cannot be more fully formulated la because no one is willing 'hurriedly to hash out the kind of tripe cooked by smart advertising men for the last war. It Is realized that this war Is part of a crisis in Western civiliza tion that demands for its solution imagination, intelligence and a re awakened moral sense. The laig est and most daring ideas are be ing tentatively unrolled; such ideas as curbs on national sover eignty; International economic planning; a radical renovation of the colonial problem the concept of all colonies being held in com mon trust for the benefit of the inhabitants. The outstanding and fascinat ing fact that emerges from all the speculations about the future of Europe Is the absence of any emphasis on 1 "national" aims, as contrasted with "European" aims. All propaganda which might tend to destroy the prospect ot a new Europe to which Germany Is ad mitted as an equal seems defi nitely to be discouraged. 3:00 By Kathleen Harris. 3:15 Dr. Soaaa. 1:30 It Happened Hollywood. 3 :45 Scattergiod Bain. 8:00 Tena and Tins. 8:15 Hollywood. 3:8C H. V. Kalteaborn. , 8:45 Today in Enron. d :00 Kwpaper. - 4:45 Fashion Ghat. S :00 Shadow. 5:15 Hello Again. 5:30 Leon P. Drew, Organ!, t. .. "6:45 News. S: 00 Professor Qais. S:S0 Pirss Kighter. T :SO ETerybody Win. 8:00 Amos 'a Andy. 8:15 Lnm and Abner. 8:30 Johnny Presents. 9:00 Kat Smith Hear. 10:00 Ply Star Pinal. 10:15 Bob Mitchell Orel estra. 10:45 MighUsp Tarn. 11:00 Glen Grey Orcheetra. 11:80 Archi Bioyer Orchestra. ,. XOAO PXTDAY ISO Ko. 9 :00 Today's Pro tram. 9:03 The Hmasakr' Boor. 10 :00 Weather Poreeaat. 10:15 Starr Hear for Adnlt. 11:80 Mnsi ot the Masters. . 13:00 Kews, 13:15 Paras Hoar. 1:15 Variety. . 3 :0O Clab Wemea' Halt Henr. S:45 Gnard Ton Health. , 3:15 Seeing th AmarUa. 3:45 View ( th Now. 4 :C0 Symphoni Halt Hoar. - 4:80 Stan for Boys and Girl. ' 5:00 On the Campnnrt. 5:45 Vesper. . , 9:15 Sew. 0:80 Parm Hear. S:1S Bnsino Hoar.. 9:00 OSO Boud Table. 9:30 Th Administration of 0. 4 0. Land. C:4 How WeTeech Clab Projects, kow raiDAT eat a. 9:30 Snarls Serenade. . T:00 News. 7:15 Trail Blase. T:30 Mnsieal Clock. T:45 Sam Hayes. 8 :00 Viennea a (amble. - 8:80 Agai net tk Starnu 8:45 Guiding Light. 8 :5 Arlington Tim SignsL 9:00 K;ea of th World. 9:15 Th O'KeiUs. 9:30 Talk, Dr. D. A. Poling. 9:45 Mo and My Shadow. 10:00 Modern Meal. 10:15 Files Randolph. 10:30 Meet M's Julia. 10:45 Dr. Kate. 11:00 Betty and B. 11:15 Arnold Grimm's Daughter. 11:30 Valiant Lady. 11:45 Betty Crocker. 13:09 6try of Mary MarOn. -12:15 Ma Perkins. 13:30 Pepper Tenag' lntily. . 11:45 VI ad Ssd. - 1:00 Florentine MaUnoa. ' . 1:15 Stella Delia. -; 1 :0 NBC 3:00 Girl Alone s 8:15 Midstream. 3:8 HoUjwood Kews plashes.' 3:45 Stars et Today. 8:00 New. - 8:15 Maleoiat Clair.- - 8;2S yewa. . I i (EdDD'aO THOMPSON r Another thing seriously worth recording Is that the thinking of the articulate individuals pud groups In Great Britain is infinite ly more radical, even more revo lutionary than that la Germany and Russia. I use the word revolutionary not In the sense of chaotic and nihilistic overturn, but in the sense of fundamental reconstruc tion of the national and inter national social order. The concept of the clock-Toi k state of a totalitarian Europe is the limit of the Nazi imagination, and apparently the limit of tho Russian. The Nazi spokesmen most recently Dr. Lev, of the La bor Front are now presenting Nasi Germany as the advance guard of the socialist revolution, and the - Russians are backing them up. But this socialist revolution turns out to be nothing except ' new words to cloak a reactionary form of collectlvlst Imperialism, with all the outworn slogans of "national security" and "pressing national necessities," to buttress and justify it. The Russians, In ' addressing Finland and demanding conces sions "for Russian safety." do not talk in the language of 20 th cen tury cooperation, but In the terms ot 19 th century power politics. The Nazi-program reveals Itself In works and these works' are carried on with the collaboration of Stalin. Stalin Is supposed to represent a movement whose slo gan has been 'tWorkmen of the World Unite." and which has preached the International solidar ity of the human race. Now, the Nazis, while they preach social revolution, have, with the collaboration of the Com-j munlsts, begun moving hundreds '' of thousands of people out of their homes and into other terri tories, on the theory that each member of a racial "stock" must be brought to rest on a particular piece of national geography. This is not socialism but the mysticism of a charlatan faith healer. It Is pure quackery. It has nothing to do with any ra tional thinking whatsoever. It is action in default of any Ideas. And it can bring nothing except break down and chaos. Thoughtful people In Britain realize that they must do more than win the war. Winning the war is, perhaps, their lesser problem. The greater one Is how to reconstruct Europe out of the appalling mess Into which false policies have plunged it. The most discouraging thing that could happen would be symp toms of a lack of awareness. But there Is no such lack. On the con trary everywhere there are Figns of intellectual courage the defi nite recognition that an epoch of human history is at an end, and a new world must be born. The dominant Idea seems to be that of a planned economy of tree and federated nations planned, that Is to say, in respect of currencies nd markets, with the establishment of minimum social standards as part of basic human rights.' If America, ut of fear of war, withdraws from consideration of the European scene, America will miss the greatest intellectual and spiritual adventure ot the cen tury, r It Is all very well for us to say that Europe expects us to save her. Europe, on the contrary, may yet save us by new acts of the , Imagination and the will. We hare not been doing so well either, during the last 10 years. Copyright, 1939, Sew Tork Tribune. Inc. 8:30 Woman' Msgasin of the Air. 4:00 Musi for Listening. 4:15 Saiophobia. 4:30 8 tare ot Today. 4:45 Marie Wares. S:00 NBO. S:30 String at Sandown. i 5:45 Cocktail Hoar. - 8:00 Walts Tim. 9:80 George J easel's Celebrities. T :0O Ony ' Lombsrdo Orchestra. 7:30 Story Behind the Headlines. 7:45 Hotel Lincoln Orchestra. 8:00 Pred Waring Pleasure Time. 8:1S I Lore Mystery. 8:30 Death VaUey Days. 9:001 Want a Job. 9:80 Masie by Woodbary. 10:00 News Plashes. 10:15 Hclel Biltmor Orcheitr. 10:80 Uptown Ballroom Orchestra. 11.00 Kow. 11:15 Malta omah Clab Oreaestrs. 11:80 Olympie Hotel Orchestra, ; a e XXX PBXDAT lite Xc 8:30 Maaical Clock. 7 :00 family AlUr Hour. 7:39 Oregon! Trail Bisters. , , 7:45 Raker's Orchestra. 9:00 PinnnUal Serrice. - 9:15 Dr. Brock. 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