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"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.
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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.
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T :4S MotraUlncoT.
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9:15 Sai f tko PioBoora.
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11 :1S Piano Qais.
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11:45 Women in tha Xewa.
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13:80 BiUbilly Serenade.
13:S5 Willamette Opinions.
13:45 Mti'cel Saint.
1:00 PTa.
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3:00 Oar ifary.
3:15 Jokrsoa family.
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9:14 Swinytime.
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9 :45 Pdit-a Lewis, it.
10 :00 Orris Tmckar Orchestra. .
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11:1S Toaaay Doner Orchestra.
11:30 Ken Baker Orchestra. .
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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.
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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.
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4:45 Marie Wares.
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7:30 Story Behind the Headlines.
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8:1S I Lore Mystery.
8:30 Death VaUey Days.
9:001 Want a Job.
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10:15 Hclel Biltmor Orcheitr.
10:80 Uptown Ballroom Orchestra.
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9:30 National Psrm and Home.
10:15 The Market Basket.
10:30 Oregenian Vow.
10:45 Kerne la Miniature.
11:00 Current Brent
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11:80 Talk, O. M. Plommer.
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3:00 Dr. Beth Maker.
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