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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning January 21 1940
Statesman
"No Favor Sicays Us; No Fear Skatl AtceT
- From First Statesman. March 28, 1851
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"His Voice Rose to a Roar"
Strictly in accordance with an old American custom, the
Boise town team journeyed one summer Sunday in 1905 the
short distance to Nampa to play ball. In keeping with the
customary bitter rivalry between neighboring towns, an al
tercation arose; one unusual only in the fact that the Boise
shortstop, one Jim Quarles, colored, appears to have gone es
pecially well prepared and when the police intervened in the
quarrel, he shot and wounded one of them. Quarles was dis
armed and placed in the Nampa- jail. That night a mob gath
ered, threatening to lynch the negro.
Word of this situation reached a prominent Boise lawyer
named William E. Borah. With the cooperation of Governor
Steunenberg, for wnose alleged slaying Borah was later un
successfully to prosecute Bill Haywood in one of the famous
early "labor martyr" cases, the young attorney arranged for
an engine and two passenger coaches to make the trip to
Nampa. Borah was the only passenger. On the way, he pulled
down all the window blinds in both coaches. Disembarking
near the mob-surrounded jail, the lawyer moved to a point
where his booming voice could be heard and commanded the
crowd to disperse. The railway coaches, he announced, were
toaded with troops from Fort Boise. The mob melted.
" - That incident in several of its aspects is rather typical
of the career of the "Lion of Idaho" who might very well
have reflected his fame upon Oregon instead, except that on
his arrival in Boise in 1891 from the middle west, he had only
$16.69 left and was loath further to diminish his capital. In
the first place, in that Nampa crisis Borah took the situation
promptly in hand though he was but a private citizen; he
played a lone hand ; he called upon his remarkable vocal tal
ents for success; and he was not above employing strategy
which bordered on deception in what he deemed to be a good
cause.
When Borah entered the United States senate in 1907 a
colleague presently wrote to a friend that he had the new
member ticketed ; he was the attorney for seven different cor
porations. But that senator was in error and heads the
lengthy procession of baffled individuals who have tried to
pin a label on the Idahoan. Down through the years he has
consistently refused to bolt the republican party and just as
consistently he has pursued his independent way regardless
of traditional or current party policy.
Rapidly he developed into the "best friend and severest
critic" of republican presidents from Taft to Hoover, dining
with them more often and criticizing them more often than
any other senator. And when the democrats were in power
from 1912 to 1920, it was said that Borah more often than
Wilson headed up democratic policy. He was scarcely noted
for consistency. After being labeled a "traitor" for support
ing the Gore resolution warning Americans not to travel on
belligerents' armed ships, he voted for the declaration of war
though with unwonted silence, saying merely "I do not find it
possible to vote against the resolution." Then it was he rath
er than the subdued Norris who fought against the espionage
bill and other wartime encroachments upon the civil liber
ties. No one needs to be reminded that after the war he op
posed the League of Nations. In general he battled against
foreign entnglements, for the constitution, against monopoly
which he described as "ten thousand times worse than black
slavery," dor silver, for prohibition ; in international affairs,
for disarmament, revision of the Versailles treaty and settle
ment of reparations. Though he was consistent in his support
of policies that were mutually inconsistent, the most consist
ent thing about him was his popularity in Idaho, where a pro
gressive party leader in 1928 said : "I am for Borah on the
progressive ticket, or on the republican ticket, or on a Chi
nese laundry ticket." It was the man and not his policies that
appealed; and now that he is gone, it is the man and not his
policies that will be remembered. Remembered as he stood
on the floor of the senate, the gallery inevitablv Dacked if
word had gone out in advance that he would speak ; remem
bered for his ability to hold an audience spellbound for an
hour with quiet, calm discussion ; remembered for his climax
es in which, as a newspaper writer once described it :
"His voice rose to a roar. He shook hia fist figuratively at
those whom he denounced for cowardly inaction. His hair fell
down oyer hie eyes." -
Moscow in Reverse
It is strange, in this rebirth of the Russian imperial idea,
that the masters of the Kremlin should have forgotten so soon
the most boldly written chapter in the history of their peo
ple, a chaDter in which the sombre echoes of madness on a
winter's day are mingled with the vibrant peans of victory.
Only a hundred and twenty-eight years separate the retreat
from Moscow and the victory of Suomassalmi ; yet in this
relatively brief span the Russians have had time to break the
alliance with nature which they, held then, and to seek, after
the fashion of Napoleon, victory in the very faces of the gods.
Their failure, as Napoleon's before them, needs now no elab
oration. Who, indeed, having heard Tschaikowski's 1812 music,
can fail to liken the present position of the Finns to the posi
tion of the Russians in the winter which followed the breach
of the Treaty of Tilsit? The Russians, to be sure, were no less
than now a very numerous Deonle: vet their armip wro
small, as are those of the Finns, and the force of their aggres
sor was the greatest then seen in Europe. But the Russia of
1812, even as the Finland of 1940, was firmly united in a na
tional cause, tne end of which was to hold off the yoke of an
aggressor at any cost, and to maintain the integrity of the es-
vHousxieu national government.
Napoleon and his corps advanced, took Smolensk, fought
savagely and to good effect at Borodino, and at last entered
Moscow only to find the streets deserted, the populace fled
and toe town already on fire. For a desolate six weeks in the
lengthening fall Napoleon maintained himself in the Krem
lin, and then, faced with the prospect of winter, undertook tn
retreat back to Poland and Saxonv. He beran hi.
stantly menaced by fast-riding Cossacks, and by the hatred
of the inhabitants of the regions through which he passed.
wuu pxeierreu to ourn uieir nouses, Darns and crops rather
than feed the retiring invader. Finally, in the most livid chap
ter of all, came the end when winter enveloped the mobs stag
gering back to Germany where once had marched the grande
armies in all its splendor. Guizot, in his History of France re
counted many years ago the tale told by a Russian officer:
: The road which we followed was covered with prisoners
who required no watching. . . Several stm dragged themselves
mechanically along the road, with their feet naked and half froz
en; some had lost the power of speech, others had fallen into a
kind of savage stnpidlty, and wished, in spite of ns, to roast dead
bodies in order to eat them. . . The houses and farms which the
wretches had set on fire were surrounded with dead bodies for
.those who went near had not the power to escape the name
which reached them; and soon others were seen, with a convul
sive laugh, rushing voluntarily Into the midst of the burninr
so that they were consumed also.
Ingersoll in his famous lecture on Napoleon referred to
his retreat from Moscow:
" . "When the Infantry of the Ice and snow smote hli legions
and death rode the icy winds of winter."
Schubert in the poignant Two Grenadiers," presented
uv music, the tragedy of that retreat.
So, on the icy roads leading out of Russia, died the
- French and their allies a century and more ago.
Now, on the snow-covered roads to SaHa, Petsamo, Hel
sinki, lie the Russians. Now as in 1812Winter in the North
romains the most powerful ally or foe.
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Famous Scott family 1-21-40
coming to Oregon in a
covered wagon train of 5S
went first to historic Bel pass!:
(Concluding from yesterday: )
Quoting from page 325, volume 3,
History of the Oregon Country,
by Harvey W. Scott:
"Compiler's Note: The printer's
proofs of the foiegoing narrative
were read by Mr. William J. Cud
dy, many years proof reader of
The Oregon ian and of the daily
writings of Harvey W. Scott; al
so editor of The Weekly Oregon
ian. Mr. Cuddy appended the fol
lowing note, under date of April
20. 1922:
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"I disagree with the assertion
in the last date of the narrative,
that it was 'a grievous mistake'
for John Tucker Scott to move
his family to Oregon as he did.
"He was obeying the call of
the star of empire.
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"He was greater than a Colum
bus, who would simply shift i
rudder where Jc hn Tucker Scott
would drive forward.
"That Journey made the char
acter of John Tucker Scott's cbil
dren. Harvey W. Scott would have
grown into prominence in Illinois
of course; but not, as in Oregon
to become the foremost man of
his time therein.
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"His was vigor and force by
right of blood, mellowed by
tenderness and gentleness from
the mother he lost so early, attri
butes which in later years he at
times was disposed to try to con
ceal.
"Conquering the hardships of a
pioneer's son in acquiring an ed
ucation, he developed a stubborn
steadfastness of purpose that put
its mark on state and nation.
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"Where else would daughters
develop the determination to win
a fight for a principle, lasting
through two generations, than in
that plodding, toilsome Journey
they record? (Abigail Scott Duni
way and Catharine Amanda Scott
Coburn.) (Mrs. Coburn was for
many years one of the editorial
writers on the staff of The Ore
gonian; a brilliant, Industrious,
good woman. )
"The Three Wise Men followed
a star, and the world since has
rejoiced. John Scott Tucker was
a fourth, and, some day, state and
nation will honor him for the de
scendants he pave to both.
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"Neil Johnson's name should
be placed hitrh on the state's roll
for this one act."
(Tho appreciative reader will
agree that the above lines of
William J. Cuddy are good writ
ing, for a proofreader, an editor
of a weekly newspaper made up
from a daily one, or for any one
else, any time, any where. And
true to the facts.)
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"History of the Willamette
Valley," by R. C. Clark, says Rev.
Neill Johnson named Belpassl
from "a town in Italy, Belpasso."
That may or may not be true.
and this columnist leans to the
idea that some old timer was, in
selecting the name, merely at
tempting to express the idea that
it was a beautiful pass, or way.
To an immigrant off the dreary
plains it suiely was a beautiful
way. Travel worn men and women
who had come over the Old Ore
gon Trail in the '40s and '50s.
with their half starved cattle, felt
like they had come to a part of
heaven when they arrived in the
Willamette valley beautiful in
so many ways, and rich in the na
tural advantages that make for
abundance, with grass up to their
bodies for their live stock. And,
especially, the ones who came af
ter the '4 0s, who received wel
comes from the earlier immi
grants welcomes with intimate
understandings of their needs
that made them realize that they
had arrived in a land of sympa
thetic, helpful neighbors, ready
and anxious to share to the limit
for their comfort and their soon
to follow independence in for
tunes. S
John L. (Lawrence) Johnson,
one of the sons of Rev. Neill John
Eon who took the oxen and sup
plies to meet the wayworn Scott
family pilgrims east of the Cas
cades, was for many years a
prominent and useful citizen of
Wood burn and the Woodburn
neighborhood.
He had lived in the Grand
Ronde valley, eastern Oregon, In
Coos county, Oregon, and In Ida
ho, and came back to Marion
county to spend his declining
years. His wife had been Miss
Viletta Kenady. of the Belpassl
and Woodburn section.
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Under Captain Goff, father-in-law
of United States Senator
James W. Nesmith, John L. John
son had Joined one of the militia
companies that fought in the In
dian wars that began in 1855,
All Quiet on the "Christian Front"
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News Behind Today's News
BT PAUL MALION
"Red Earth"
By Tom Gil
CHAPTER 325
Record had been right. Neither
Douglas nor his vaquero had
dreamed the raiders would take
the field in broad daylight such
a thing had never happened
and for that reason alone Douglas
realized his men on top of the
mesa might be taken utterly by
surprise. Or even worse, if his
vaqueros should see this band
below them, they might fear for
Douglas' own safety and ride
down to give battle a hopeless
course against disastrous odds.
There was no alternative
whatever the chances against
him, he must outride that throng
of horsemen to .Miracle Mesa, and
eager to make the most of every
second, he gave Coronado his
head.
Once, tandlng in the. stirrups.
he looked back and a gasp of
surprise burst from his Hps.
There, In tbe very center of that
band of nursuing horsemen was
one wno rode a wnite norse al
most as tall as Coronado, and
the rider himself towered head
and shoulders over the men about
him. Douglai caught the yellow
gleam of the rider's poncho. The
Killer! Douglas was coming to
grips with the enemy at last, and
every nerve in his oody viuratea
at the thought.
They were traveling at converg
ing angles now both moving to
ward the white limestone cliff of
the mesa. It was going to be close.
In favor of the two horsemen was
the one fact that the Brotherhood
riders were loping easily, ap
parently waiting for dusk before
climbing up to the hacienda not
yet had they distinguished the
two figures that galloped between
them and the setting sun. But
that too was a short-lived ad
vantage. Within a very few min
utes after Douglas and Record
had emerged upon the desert five
horsemen separated from the
band and at a wild gallop bore
down upon them at an angle
that would intercept the course
Douglas had chosen.
"They've seen us." Record
wiped the alkali from his Up.
clear across the country from the
Missouri river to the Pacific
ocean.
Johnson drilled and marched
nnder Governor (General) Stev
ens, the first chief executive of
Washington Territory, And he
(Johnson) long received a pen
sion for his military services.
The matter in this series has
attracted more than usual atten
tion from the general public
An interesting letter Is on the
desk of the writer, containing an
Inquiry that will be answered. So,
soon, historic Belvassl will have
additional space in this column.
"They're sending out their fast
est riders to cut us off. Jack
we d better head back Into the
hills. I know trails up there no
Brotherhood rider ever saw."
But without even looking back
Douglas shook his head. "We've
got to beat them to the mesa
My vaqueros are up there without
warning, if we can't go around
those fire men we've got to go
tnrough."
The stride of their horses
lengthened as belly to earth the
two animals raced on, Douglas
holding Coronado a length ahead,
while Record's little pony bent
herself doggedly to the task of
keeping ap with that tall, fleet
throughbred. Sagebrush and cac
tus flashed by. the limestone
cliffs of the mesa grew more dis
tinct, and minnte by minute those
two groups of galloping horse
men were drawing closer. The
giant leader and the main band
of the Brotherhood had fallen well
behind, content now to canter
along and change their course
just enough to prevent their quar
ry from turning back to the foot
hills. But those pursuing five
were closing in. Even now Record
could make out rifles, drawn and
ready. In their hands; saw them
shielding their eyes against the
setting sun, and between tight
lip he smiled. "That sun won't
help their aim none," he grunted.
Douglas nodded. It would be
no small advantage to have their
pursuers firing directly into the
dazzling sunlight while he and
Record, with the sun almost at
their back, could watch those
nearing figures with unhampered
vision.
The crack of a rifle crashed
above the tbnnder of beating
hoofs, and a bullet tossed up the
dust ten yards to Douglas' left.
They were coming within range.
Dropping the reins across Coro-
nado's neck, Douglas reached for
his rifle.
Heads low over their animals'
necks, the pursuing horsemen
rode less than two hundred yards
behind. But the sun, touching
the rim of the dessert, fell full
in their eyes, rendering their aim
uncertain, and seeing that their
horses were rapidly gaining, they
waited for a closer target just
as Douglas, swinging In the sad
dle, brought the rifle to his
shoulder and fired three times.
A cry of mortal pain, a hone
that rose wildly and fell back
wards, a rider sprawling in the
sand, and the pursuit had nar
rowed to four. Another shot. The
foremost horse swerved as a bul
let struck directly in its path,
and in spite of its rider's efforts,
turned and made off at a frantic
gallop across the plain. Imper
ceptibly the remaining three
slackened as another shot whirred
dangerously close, and Douglas
returned his rifle to his scabbard
In Instant response the raiders
began to fire wildly, the shots
goin wide, and holding his horse
close to Record's, Douglas laid
a straight course for the cliff. A
quarter of a mile brought them
to the foot of the mesa, and
looking back, they saw the ad
vance pursuers had reined in to
wait for the main band.
"were trapping ourselves up
here." Record protested. "They'll
hunt us down like rats.
"They will if we let them reach
the top."
"That main band will soon be
on its way up, but they can only
come two at a time. Tour Job
is to ride straight to the bunk
house. Bring every vaquero back
to the edge of the mesa. We'll
meet them with a hail of lead
that will make them think hell
has broken loose."
"But who's going to hold them
until I bring the vaqueros?"
(To be continued)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 Mr.
Hull's men are not bluffing. They
are really coins to let the trade
agreement with Japan expire
without any promises, under
standings, or "modus vlvendU."
Furthermore, they will not raise a
murmur of protest If the senate
makes the blow double by passing
something like the Pittman reso
lution embarsroina essential war
materials.
Thia Is a peculiar same, but
not a new one. Essentially it
Is a diplomatic war of nerves,
the name as practiced In Kurope
before they took to anna not
mm rough jet, and not likely to
lead to the same conclusion
but nevertheless determined.
Therefore, you may expect our
relations with Japan will get
worse, verv much worse, before
they get better.
The confusing game has a very
clear purpose and aim. Primarily
our statesmen seem encouraged to
it by the prospects of limiting
Jananese agrression in China. As
this goal now seems to be just
beyond the pot of gold in the rain
bow, they will take less. What
their efforts mav work out to
eventually, months hence, is an
agreement by which Japan aban
dons her currency tricks practiced
against our trade, reopening of
the Yangtse valley, and some hon
est basis of understanding.
Termination of the trade treaty
due this coming Friday is net ex
pected to have very far-reaching
commercial repercussions. The
state department is leaving the
way open to clamp down restric
tions but is likely to use this right
only as a defensive weapon. The
Editorial
Comment
From Other Paper
Methodist Men's
Series Finished
Methodist Brotherhood groups
brought to close a series of
eight district meetings Friday at
the Leslie church in Salem. Rev.
J. E. Purdy, district superintend
ent, spoke to nearly 70 men pres
ent from the four Salem Metho
dist churches on "Church Attend
ance.
Over 400 have attended meet
ings of the series held at Silver-
ton, Turner, Hillsboro. Independ
ence, Sheridan, Wheeler and Al
bany.
Reorganization of the men's
work in the recently united Meth
odist church will take place In
this district on either March 14
or 15, when Bishop James H.
Straughn will conduct a district
meeting at the First Methodist j
church here.
THE WILL TO KNOW
Oregon City this week has bad
a rare opportunity to hear two
men who are not only experts in
their respective fields but are,
what is rather more unusual, dis
passionate and unbiased students.
The first and better known of
the two is Dean Morse of the Uni
versity of Oregon, who spoke on
labor relations before the cham
ber of commerce Tuesday, and the
other is Dr. Ivan Lovell of Wil
lamette university, who addressed
the Business and Professional
Women's club on the European
scene.
That they both drew large an
dlences and succeeded In captur
ing their bearers' attention from
the moment they began to speak
is, of course, a tribute to their
ability as speakers and to their
established reputations for lmpar
tial judgment.
But It is something more than
that. It denotes a will to know
on the part of their bearers
Neither of them said anything that
could not have been gleaned from
textbooks, newspapers and peri
odicals. While this may be said
to reflect the tendency of Ameri
cans to take their Information In
capsule form, it is, nevertheless.
real, and may well be excused on
the plea that there is all too little
time for the average man to make
an extensive study of the variety
of problems that beset the world
today.
In view of the response accord
ed these two men, it Is to be
hoped that the city may hear
more frequent talks as stimulat
ing and as provocative of thought
as were those of Dean Morse and
Dr. Lovell. Oregon City Enter
prise.
300 to 3 SO Japanese merchants la
the United States will probably be
switched to a six-months permit
basis, but there will be no trouhls
about their continuance In busi
ness here. If they were excluded
yon can Imagine what Japan
would do to Americans who ar
)'oing a m u c h larger bushiest
aere.
No hats were thrown la the
air here over the new Jspsnrxr
cabinet. Installation of a naval
regime Is eonxidered favorable,
becauMe It put a mild damper
on the ohjertlonable military
faction. The bent that can be
aald here for the change Is that
It does as much good mm could
w expectea, which la not
much.
very
Hints have been coming out of
Tokyo and Shanghai that the Hrlt
Ish are acting as If they might dig
In under us In this far eastern sit
uation. No confirmation of th
suggestion is available here. The
British did that In 1331. but
their situation Is a little different
today They have their hands full
elsewhere.
Fish Liberation
Director Named
PORTLAND, Jan. lO.-CPV-The
state game commission appointed
Charles A. Lock wood, assistant
game supervisor, as director of
fish liberations today.
Chairman E. E. Wilson. Cor-
vallis, said Lock wood will super
vise planting of all fish produced
by the state hatcheries.
Snow Shortage Forces
Bend Skiets to Shift
School to Hoodoo Bowl
BEND. ' Jan. 20.-UP-A snow
shortage drove the Bend Sky
liners from their Tumalo Creek
ski bowl today, forcing them to
transfer a ski school to Hoodoo
bowf In th Willamette national
forest.
Mr. Roosevelt does not know
how he will get the $700.000,00(
windfall upon which he predlcst!
bis budget or will not tell.
Curloua Senator Ilyrd of Vir
ginia, aent a letter to the White
House asking how (his baic
feat of the budget is to be per
formed. He has now received
reply from Budget Director
Smith saying In effect the ex
ecutive, department has no In
formation it ran submit on that
subject yet.
If the president and the hudgei
director do not know how It In if
be done, that makes it unanimous
At the time Mr. Roosevelt offered
the budget, his associates ex
plained privately they expected to
recapture capital invested In n...
reconstruction finance corporation
and the farm credit administra
tion for most of this n,,m ti,.
Intermediate credit and remrai
land banks were supposed to fur
nish large amounts, but the book
keeping on this phase is so com
plicated that no one here
able to find out hnw ihuu
tal investments of the government
stand. For Instance. Mr
velt will not be able to get anv
money from the Homo Owners'
Loan corporation because a f 66 -000,000
impairment of ranitai i'-
known to exist there.
For months Uvrd has hin .t.,
dying the statistics of these gov
ernment Investments, anrf ..
other day. when he was near com
pletion of his long survey, he
found that the figures given him
were based on book value rather
than actual values.
The conclusion seems war
ranted that Mr. Roosevelt merely
stuck this $700,000,000 windfall
into the budget calculations from
scrap paper notes of his actu
aries. When It comes time to
take the windfall, the amount may
be more or leas more than likely
much less.
(Distributee- . Ki.- PMtur.. a. ..ii.
est. Inr. hrprodnrtinu ia hul r in
isrt stnetlr probiLiud. )
Salem Scout
Press Notes
SCOUT CALK.ND.Ut
January 23 District organisa
tion meeting of the Silver Falls
district, Mt. Angel, 7:30 p.m.
January 25 Regular meeting,
Cascade Area Press club. Kalem
chamber of commerce, 7:30 p.m.
Troop nine is going on a hike
to ML Hood today. The members
111 leave from Bush school at 7
a.m. and will stay at Mt. Hood all
day.
The troop's patrols have been
revamped into three patrols in
stead of two. They are the Owl,
the Eagles and the new patrol, the
Elks. There will be a membersbln
contest. The Individual scout who
gets the most members will get a
prize and the patrol that fills Its
Quota first will get a free trio as
its prize. The new members must
be signed up and be registered
scouts before they will be count
ed. B EDWARD NEWMAN.
Due to the 20th annual mat
ing to the Cascade area council
last Thursday the Press club did
not hold its regular meeting, but
advanced it to next Thursday,
January 25, at 7:30 n.m. The
journalism course will be contin
ued.
FBI Smashes Nazi-Styled Revolt Plot Against US
Secretary Hull's Argument
If Secretary Hull's reciprocal trade policy is no more
sound than his arguments in its defense, it deserves to be
scrapped promptly when the issue of extending his author
ity to make tariff acrreements comes nn in rtvntrrtaa tViio u
sion. Heretofore The Statesman has been disposed to see
flAVMA IaSMj m, ik Al- A 11 . 1
oyjiux: lufcit in uie uieory, sinewy as a rneoiy, Decause in or
der to sell the United States must buy from other countries
the while we have deplored the practical results, detri-
uwuuu to western crops ana products.
But all along, Hull has been basing his defense upon the
drop in exports which followed the enactment of the Haw-ley-Smoot
tariff and the increase in exports under his trade
agreements which is not a fair defense, unless one blames
the entire world depression upon the Hawley-Smoot act. Ex
ports declined because of the depression and revived because
of world recovery in which nearly every nation except the
uiuteu ouiies snarea iuiiy.
Now in answer to Senator McNary's argument based
uj iiutiuauuns in jonnsn, rrencn ana u&naaian curren
cy, Hull comes to bat with figures that exports to those
vuuuiries nave increased since September apparently hop
ing the public will ignore the fact that those increases rep
resent war orders and that exports of peacetime commodi
ties nave aeciinea.
If Hull wants to save his trade agreements be had bet
ter get his arguments onto a basis of intellectual honesty.
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Arthur W. Laraka. scoutmaster
of Troop 13 was the only scout
master in the council to receive
the Scoutmaster's Key at the an
nual dinner last Thursdsr eve
ning. Mr. Lamka reports be has
been trying for the key In a way
for 10 years, but as a icoutmsxlrr
only five years. He has served as
an assistant scoutmaster for five
years, as a troop committee man
for one year and a total of five
years as scoutmaster the last
three of which have been with
troop 13.
Under the leadership of Mr.
Lamka, tho troop is taking a pa
trol leaders' training course with
troops one and two. and also a
leathercraft coarse under the su
pervision of Frank Shafer, the
leathercraft merit badge examiner.
Newest troop of the Cascade
area council, sponsored by (he
Junior chamber of commerce, met
January 16, at the First Metho
dist church. Nine charter members
present were; Clinton Bisk ley,
Valteea Jones, patrol leaders;
Panl Ferguson, librarian; Eddie
Applegate, secretary - treasurer;
Carl Dunn, bugler: Harold Hol
land, reporter. Sterling Cronn,
Clyde Elssy, and Hlrl Holland.
These boys were under the lead
ership of Scoutmsster Bill Haae
dorn. The troop committeemen ap
pointed by President Benton Staf
ford are Roy Harland and Bill
Patton.
Troop It plans In the near fil
ters to hold swimming meets at
the YMCA nnder tbe supervision
of BUI Hagedorn. Also tomorrow
night tho troop will receive first
aid Instruction from a member of
tho local fire deDartment. v
HAROLD HOLLAND