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"No Favor Sways Us: No Fear Shall Am"
from lint EUtttmu. March St, 1SS1
THR STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
- Charles A. 8pragne. President
Mfmbw of too Associated Prooo
TW Associated Proan to oxcluatvely entitled to Ibo una for public;
lloo of all dtagwtcb credited to II or not othorwts credited
ta saper.
Tragedy in the State Hospital
T 4W. tinonifol'a wiwv mart flf PYistPTM
U Ww VJaCJtWJLl siaic
there has not been, so far a
lem reskrenta, comparable
. . a! n l 1. A.
occurreu mere ounaay nigm ur auty juuuuaj muimus wi
three patients in a ward occupied by supposedly non-violent
miUALcS were 8UIUIK1CU IU uiaui u uuc v w"'
There is litte that needs be said concerning the tragedy.
It merely serves to emphasize the problem of which many
persons in contact with state affairs have long been cogni
sant; that the state hospital is over-crowded and under
staffed for efficient care and protection of the mentally ill.
The condition at the Oregon state hospital is not however
more serious than that in other states' similar institutions.
At the hospital here there are approximately 2700 patients
almost one-tenth as many human beings as there are in the
city of Salem. There are nine physicians one for every 300
patients. And these are sick peoDle !
It so happened that, possibly at the exact time of the
tragedy, the present writer whose hours of waking and sleep
ing are based upon more than a decade of morning newspaper
work, was reading an article by Joseph Harrington in Cos
mopolitan magazine which delved into this general condi
tion among the state hospitals. Only in one state, New York,
are mental patients served by physicians at the ratio of more
'than one to 200; the average is one physician to 350 patients
so that Oregon is somewhat better than the average.
The Oregon hospital bears a good reputation among in
stitutions of its class. Under the direction of Dr. R. E. Lee
Steiner for more than a quarter of a century, a capable
staff, up-to-the-minute in latest methods of treating mental
anu pnysiiHi uise&se turn ucvuieu iu me sn.c ui uicac un
fortunate was built up, and its standards have been main
tained under the superintendency of Dr. John C. Evans.
All 1 Vioa Kaam of PMrtrtopottuolv lsvur afr.af Tr V.O
il m a a i a
puDiic ana vo me relatives oi non-vioiem pauenis wno are
required to contribute toward their support in the institu
tion. The monthly cost per patient is around $15. In the treat
ment of no other type of illness is it considered possible to
keep costs so low. The question is, should they, in fairness
to the patients, be kept so low.?
Thrre will be a thorough investigation of the triple
tragedy which should bring out all facts with relation to
the degree of supervision that is possible with an employed
staff of approximately one worker for each ten patients;
and there is no intention here to deny in advance of this in
vestigation the possibility that human failure somewhere may
have been a contributing factor.
But it is true that in Oregon as elsewhere there is need
for a changed public attitude about the insane, necessary
before really adequate provision for their care and treat
ment may be generally approved. That change must involve
realization that mental illness is essentially no different from
physical illness, that the percentage of cure and restoration
to normal activity is high under present conditions and can
be made higher, and that mental patients should have every
opportunity and every consideration accorded to a pneu
monia patient or to the person who has broken a leg.
Gateways to War
The stalemate on the western front which has made war
a matter of pot "shooting at other peoples' loudspeakers and
apologizing for unnecessary injuries suffered by scouting
parties has given rise to a considerable volume of specula
tion on the mode in which the end to the waiting period may
come, and how the war may be transformed between dark
na aawn irom a aiicnaiggers iieia day to me mass slaughter
so ardently promised. Quite sincerely nobody wishes to see
t h trnn; f nrma r inn to Ira .1 o
v vawiv.
waiting for a decision one
makes
ery W9 ... w . MB w w V , aw y wva J O "-.
In this atmosphere of hazard and speculation the re-
pon oi uoagas jonnson, memoer or the geology faculty of
Columbia, on "Ceolocnr
(Geological Society of America) is worth referring to. Its
WAvy 4wuici iiiAjui j
wvice aunng me iasx war,
with the fundamentals of
the topographical character of
W A 1 X. 1 1
iisjr ue (ciu u develop.
Johnson notes that in etftrt th (Gorman nh'nn ,"o , .
- w.w -w. B iu A A 4M A O SIC C
state of siege, with Allied armies shutting off the west, and
eastern suppiy sources eitner
carious. He does, however.
her strategic position won at
wie uut jour years:
The epcalng battle of tha new world war was fought and
won by Germany, without a ihot being fired, when Hitler defied
th AUie and broke the Treaty of Versailles by entering the
Rhinelaad with hia military forces. Tula gave him possession
f aa important part of the natural defensive barrier of the
Slate Mountain and other areas of the low mountain and pla
tean belt, thus greatly strengthening Germany s defenses on
the son th west. . . The second battle of the war was won also by
Germany when her massed military forces poured across the
frontier ef Aastria. By forcibly annexing Austria. . . Germany
gained the magnificent defensive barrier of the high Alps, placed
her armies en the strategic Brenner pass to hold her uncertain
ally Italy la awe. and surrounded on three aides the monntain
ramparts of the rich Bohemian plain forming the western part
of CseenoalovakU. . . Munich was a battle which amounted to
a major military defeat. This defeat robbed the democracies of a
nllUon and a half of the finest soldiers in Europe and took
froai their control a great natural fortification reinforced by
artificial defease worka similar to those of the famed Maglnot
Itae of eaKterm rnnra
The auestion essentialta
attempt to break through
- . n a a
raarea wwam x-ris aiter me xasnion or 1870 and 1914; and
here the major corridors into France become of signal im
portance. For the purposes of invasion, Johnson thinks that
the traditional Lorraine and Belfort gateways from across
me xuune, osea wixn sucn Telling effect by von Moltke in
IS70. and his successors in 1914. r nnw Bimne naAiA,
Belfort is too narrow for an
maneuver rapiaiy ana wiaeiy; Lorraine presents too many
natural obstacles to auiek advrw hv mcwhanii fnB -i
in common with Belfort is very heavily fortified. Use of a
ovtjss cornuor wiw wnicn xo enter ueirort gateway via Mul
house in order to avoir! fartlfirtihn
- - - -w wv4 auv llUiiC
scaling or east-facing escarpments a problem of tremendous
, uittikiuiy avt aui lavaaing army, ine isasei gateway, be
.tween the southern end of the German Schwartzwald and
the Swiss frontier presents the same problem to an invad-
t .11! m M it a m . . . .
in auiea iorce as max oi iseiiort to the Germans ; heavily
fortified natural barriers complicated by unfavorable po-
. htical imph'cations with respect to Switzerland.
Alone for a possibly saccesful attack the conventional
v approach to France via the Low Countries Johnson believes
to offer to the Germans the best chance, particularly if
coupled with successful attack on the Channel ports. On
the other hand the Allies, considering the Flanders route po
litically Inexpedient and faced with great odds in using the
Basel approach or seeldng to effect on entry along the Rhine
Talley and Its tributaries, have no practicable means open
to tnelr use short of an attack from a Balkan base or possibly
from a Scandinavian or Finnish position. The stalemate, in
short, is not likely to grow any fresher with the months.
: . A Safety-valve letter criticizing statements of a service
dab speaker has been submitted by a citizen who signed his
jams but requested that it not be used. It seems to us that the
fair thing is for persons who wish to throw brickbats, to
a sutvj
can be recalled by long-time Sa
precedent for the trageay wnicn
'AM-.J-. varViA-n
j, i.' it. 1
hut fka r
lMfc IliC IICI Stltttll ui
way or another involuntarily
iiie vnieriuan army lntemsrence
ana is tnoroughly acquainted
the region in which conflict
unproductive or highly pre-
the expense of the allies during
finwVr ii that rf a C-fn.
the French fortifications and
m . .
attacking army which must
Bits' for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
The first real farmer
in the Willamette Talley;
was he Etlenne Lncler? Or was
he DeLoar, near site of Salem T
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Came to this desk some time
aso, and crowded aside on account
of matters ahead of it, this letter,
dated Corrallis, Oregon. Feb. 27,
1940:
"In a radio broadcast from here
on January 10, It was mentioned
that the first real farmer in the
Willamette Talley was a man
named Lacier. We now hare a
letter from J. H. Jacques, M.D.,
193 Water street. Fitch bar g,
Massachusetts, asking for more
Information about this pioneer
farmer, and also more about the
pioneer missionaries and early
farmers of the Willamette Talley.
I know you hare such a wealth of
first-hand aa well aa collected ma
terial on this sublect that I am
wondering if yon would be good
enougn to write to Dr. Jacques
and sire him the Information he
aesires. 1 tiii er astir anorectal
your assistance In this matter.
Thanks for the compliments.
The letter is from John C. Burt-
ner. extension editor of roonera
tire extension work in agriculture
and home economics. Oregon
State Agricultural College and
United States Denartment of
Agriculture coooeratinz. Mr. Burt
ner is worthy and well Qualified.
The word "real" in the desig
nation first real farmer" is per
haDS the Bavin e rr&ce of th -
sertion made in the radio broad
cast. s s s
Etlenne LucJer was among the
French Canadians who came with
the Astor party in 1812 who re
mained in the country and settled
on the land, taking for wives In
dian women. Lucier was evident
ly, from historical hints the rec
ords give of him, a rather up
standing man. He was certainly
one of the first farmers in the
Willamette valley, but at least
two were before him. Francis
Rivet and Baptiste DeLoar came
with Lewis and Clark in 1805,
and remained, and settled in the
Willamette valley.
There Is some evidence that a
third member of the Lewis and
Clark party remained and settled,
on what was called "French pra
irie," in the Willamette valley
roughly all the country on the
east side of the Willamette from
the mouth of the Pudding river
to the site of Salem. Willard H.
Rees, a leading mjember of the
184 4 covered wagon Immigration,
who settled on middle French
prairie in 1845 and had the con
tract to build the first Catholic
church at St. Louis, said In the
chief address at the 1879 reunion
of the Oregon Pioneer association
that he secured from Father B.
Delorme, pastor of the St. Paul
Catholic church, a record of the
burials of the earliest pioneers,
among them this notation:
S
"Philip Degie, born at Sorel.
Canada, in 1739, died February
27. 1847. aged 108 Years. Thia
OLDEST inhabitant first crossed
the continent with Lewis and
Clark."
If that is correct, and thera la
no reasonable doubt about it, at
least three men settled on the
land b e c a m e farmers in the
Willamette valley before Etlenne
Lucier commenced cultivating the
son in this valley.
'm S
Also, at least 10, perhaps 11 or
men of the Astor Da r ties com
menced living on the land in the
Willamette valley the same war.
or about the same time, when, or
oerore, Etlenne Lucier took his
claim.
ine names or tnese men. aa
given by Bashford, and In some
cases corrected by this columnist,
were: Thomas McKay, William
Canning. Madame (Marie) and
Pierre Dorion, and perhaps Bap-
iisie Dorion, Jean Baptiste Dubru
llle, Joseph Gervals, Wm. McKay.
Louis LaBonte, Michel LaFram-
boise, Jean Baptiste Desportes
McKay, George Montour, Antoine
Kevoir.
S
This columnist believes Madame
Marie and Pierre Dorion (and
likely their son Baptiste)-. were In
the late winter of 1812 and for
several of the first months of 1X13
with the party building the lower
nuiameiie Astor fort, a mile to
two miles above the site of the
present main buildlnr of Cham
poeg state park and the Dorlons
may nave done some farming
there then. Dorion, with her third
man, Jean Baptiste Toupln, a
number of years later, in tha mh.
dlegrove district east of the site
oi balem, proved herself good
larmer.
The land claim of Etlenn T.n.
cler was a fine one. It was the
sixth claim In the Cham poeg sec
tion, counting the Andre Lang
tain claim as the first on than
going soutb, up the river. The
i-ucier land was across the river
from the present Newberr.
and above the present bridge
across the Willamette.
Bat there Is some aueatinn ' tn
whether Lucier took that claim,
and began farming it, at a very
early date, as compared with the
beginnings In farmine maria k
DeLoar, Rivet, and perhaps Degie,
ana otners in the list given above.
Willard Rees. in the
Quoted above, said: "Here (on
French prairie) were the homes
of Gervals, Lucier, Canning, . . .
LaBonte, all Astor men, who came
with Captain (Wilson Price)
Hnnt In 1811. . . . There ta iia.
crepancy In statements with re
Sard to date Of commencing tka
French Prairie settlement. Per
mit me to Eire in corrohnratlnn
of what I learned from Dr.- M-
Lourhlln and the aettlera t ham
selres the proof fixing the date
dj men yet iiTing."
(Continued tomorrow.)
I VWi liWlt SAM-
Chapter 12 Continued
Not a closet in the nlace. Jnst
hooks alone- the walla anrl
clothes hung, those that weren't
on the floor and on the beds and
chairs), behind flimsy cretonne
curtains. One room was nearly
fled with two beds, two dressers
and two chairs. The other held
sewine machine, a work tahle.
on which natterns and silk were
littered, two wobbly chairs and a
Aavswug uui au iu, Luutll iiial
was to be Linda's.
Thfl bathroom, aa lars-a as the
bedroom, and criss-crossed with
a system of clothes lines upon
which hung lingerie, stockings
and a collection of colored table
cTothes, was like a bit of Green
land.
"They never nut a radiator In
there," Dora explained, "but if
you run the hot water full tilt in
the tub for a while, it helps
some. We don't have to pay for
the hot water up here, but we.
do In the tearoom, so wash up
here, and then it won't matter
how much hot water you use."
Soberly Linda unpacked the
things she needed, hung them as
carefully as she could. Before she
had her bed made up the other
two girls were in bed and asleep.
For a long while, though she
was tired and her eyes were
heavy, she forced herself to lie
awake and think it out. Who
ever heard of a business run the
way this one seemed to be? There
were only a few strangers who
came to dinner, nearly everyone
was an acquaintance. If not a
friend of one of the girls.
The two hoys. Kinsr Warford
and Johnny Lane, seemed to be
equally devoted to both girls
May. the neat Negro maid who
did the kitchen work was appar
ently the only paid employe.
And who were all these
Editorial
Comment
From Oilier Papers
THE RIGHT TO VOTE
Governor Snrarne of Oraenn
has taken up a subject that Is fill
ed with ttlentv of material for fnn.
troversy. He seeks a means where-
oy persons wno nave neen convict-
ea oi a crime mat cans lor prison
nenance. shall not be rienrlvori
permanently of the right to vote
aiter paying tneir aents to society
The Oregon constitution now
takes from a convicted fnlnn tha
right to vote and to hold public
on ice. witnout much uuibbllnr
the right of a former felon tn hold
UUbllC Office Should hn nrnhlhltod
The restoration of the ballot to
one who has paid for his trans
gression is properly open to con
sideratlon.
Oregon is not alone in having
many residents, now good citi
zens. Who have had tha nntK.
ience of one misaten that manitod
in a prison term. Balanced against
mat groupowever, Is the float
ing criminal population which
every slate also has. There al
ways are in circulation numbers
of men and women who are out
of stir between crime What
about the vote for this element?
The requirements of residence
and registration, of course, take
care of most of these situations.
But in Instances where abuses of
the franchise occnr ha t t,A
possibilities of voting ex-convicts
fraudulently ?
Under the constitution It is a
difficult matter to mt ri.H r
one and fowl of the next with re
gard to the right of franchise. If
Oregon makes a chmn in
Stltution. there ran tint hA .i....
of eligibility. Either all or none
or the former felons will h
to be restored tha ris-ht s i
ballot. Before the subject Unclos
ed, a lot of studying and straight
thinking will be desirahla wi
la Walla Union Bulletin.
The Empty Pocket
"Self Made Girl"
Bv Hazel Livingston
people? Gladys said she had a
mother In California, that she
was a graduate of the state uni
versity and used to work In an
office. Dora, who also came
from California and had a
mother, father and a couple of
brothers In Berkeley, described
herself as a newspaper woman.
but did publicity work when she
t.bou t uciiiui qui iu me tea
room. The absent Nola was
an artist
Linda couldn't aulte fieure
them out. The charming open
fire downstairs, the blue silk
curtains, the quaint painted
walls, the gleaming copper and
brass, the order of the clean,
shining kitchen. And then this
squalor and mess up here!
It won't take me long to get
out and find a better place to
live, she thought before she let
her heavy eyes close. This will
do for a couple of days. Why do
, , - ---
2iwnIaiw0rsV SAfjr- aU
till I really get started
In the morning sunlight the
rooms were even dingier than
they had appeared the night be
fore.
A tenement couldn't he worse.
Linda thought, looking with dis
taste at the stained brownish
wallpaper patterned with fu
nerai urns sprouting what an-
peared to be wilted cabbage
leaves. There were even cob
webs in the corners, and cracks
in the ceiling. What a nlace!
But May had coffee and fluffy
yeiiow cornDreaa ready for them
when they came downstairs, and
the day started off as gayly as
tne merit before with nnlv a fw
moans from Gladys, who simply
must stop dawdling and do the
marketing when she'd had Just
a drop more coffee and another
cigarette
The missing Nola. full of apolo
gies for last night's absence.
came in at 11, to help serve
lunch, and brought with her
the boy friend Paul Ponatowski,
who explained to Linda as though
it were a point of honor, that he
was not a Russian but a Pole
"If you like him," Nola said.
"you can have him. I've been
trying to get rid of him for
years. He eats too much. Keeps
me broke feeding him."
"I assure you," he told Linda
"that it's not so. I am a very
light eater. We will dine to
gether very soon, and you shall
see. The cost will be negli
gible."
I never ro out." Linda nM
laughing, tryinsr not to be embar
rassed by his bold admiration.
and the way Nola disposed of
him as a gigolo. At least I
wouldn't eo OUt With von! aha
added mentally, for she'd never
taken anotner girrs boy friend
and she wasn't going to start
now.
But Paul serslsted. and Nnla
just laugned. and before the
week was out he'd taken her to
the zoo. Grant's tomb, tha Statu
of Liberty, the Ghetto, China
town, the Battery and was auite
frank in saying he'd take her
to the theaters and nieht clubs.
If she d put up the money.
She wanted to, bat she had
so little, and Gladys hadn't said
a word about nay. beyond room
and board. Linda hadn't argued
tne point at first, because it
seemed she'd only stay a few
days, but time went on, and she
was nappy ana comfortable, and
there was always a reason for
not going job hunting that day.
By tne end of the second week-
she was almost blind to the
brown wallraoer unstalra and
nothlnr. not even the rarirad
ceilings, bothered her.
Still young, handsome, alwava
well dressed. Paul had no small
part in Linda's contentment with
the new life. Buv why didn't he
set out and do something instead
of sitting around the tearoom all
me timer Why didn't he work?
"Why should he?" Nola
soruggea wnen Linda brought ap
the auestion. "He vets h "
one cared about. Just to get by.
Nola who was easily the hand
somest and cleverest of the
girls, free-lanced which meant
that she worked very hard for
a few days or a week, and then
loafed until the money was
gone.
(To be continued)
"Rlaoa A ,-.1 '9
UICI lfJil
A T xwr i
xuc JuaBi n ui us
Of new Citizeif
INGLEWOOD. ralif frH 11
(jP) Informed months ago she
was mcura Diy in, British-born
Mrs. Bessie O wen. 47. exnreasAH
a desire to "become an American
citizen before I die."
Last Januarv 12 after in ten
oive-Biuujr bus awure auegiance
L"HLUP. nd. murmured hap-
sive -Study, she swore allegiance
Pily, "I hope that when I die.
the words unon my Una win ha
'God bless America.' "
Mrs. Owen died today. Her
final words: "God bless Ameri
ca."
KSLlf TTTE&TlAV 1S6Q K.
:30 Milkman Melodies.
7:30 News.
7:45 ting Song Tima,
:uu Brektt Club.
8:30 KeeD Fit ta Musis.
8:45 New.
9:00 Futor'i C.ll
8:15 Fresh water Cowboy Band.
w:u ji renins.
9:45 Carter of K'.m Htreot
10:00 Let's Dance.
10:15 News.
10:30 Women la tha Xpl
10:35 Musical Interlude.
10:45 Krwin Yeo, Organ.
11:00 Our Friendly Neighbors.
11:15 John Iuf ly , Organ.
11:30 Willamette U Chspel.
11:45 Value Parade,
12:15 News.
12:30 Hillbilly Serenade.
12:35 Willamette Valley Opiaions.
li:50 Kiwanis Club.
1 :15 Interesting Facts.
1:30 McFarland Twins.
1:4. Melodic lionili
2:00 Salem Art Center.
2:15 David Harum.
2:30 Johrson Fan. i It.
2:45 Xews.
3 :00 John Agnew, Organ.
3:15 Rill Mrl'iio. Dr.h ..-.
3:30 Surds of Tim.
4:00 Fulton Lewis, jr.
4:lo Haven of Kent.
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5:00 Melody Mart.
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5:45 Little Orphan Annie.
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7:30 Dnn't Van Holir If
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8 :00 News.
8.15 Hits and Encores.
8:30 Salem Y Gleemen.
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9:00 NewsDener of the Air.
9:15 Wrest! in r U.lrh..
10:30 Will Osborne Orchestra.
11:00 Tomorrow s News Tonight.
11:15 Jim Wlh On-huir.
11:30 Joe Reirhman Orchestra.
11:45 Midnight Melodies.
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80 Sunris Herenads
7:00 News.
7:15 Trail Blatera.
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: 15- -Stars of Today.
8 80 Against the Storm.
8 '45 GnidinK l.lrht
9:00 Stare nf Tods
9:15 Denniaa Siatera
M Talk ir J H. HonoeU.
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10:00 Gentlemen Jive.
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10:80 Meet 11 ss Jutia.
10:45 Dr. Rata.
I I :00 Belt anil R.k
J J : Ar. Urlmm'g Daughter.
11:44 Hymns of All Churches.
J:?2 tort of MarUa.
IS. 15 Mr Perklna.
IS 'SO .Pfaatr Vauna a. 1 1 ..
U 45- VI- Sada. "
1:00 Bill SabraLtky, Organist.
I : IS Hi. 11. H.L.. "
1 :30 Stars of Today.
1:45 Blue Flat Special.
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1:15 Midstream
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:3 Tka O Nellie.
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News Behind Today's News
Bt paw, mjuxoh
"WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT
WOULD HE MAKET GARNER
WASHINGTUJ. Hires II
John Garner's personal conversa
tions with his colleagues around
the senate nave esiaousnea more
definitely than the public yet
knows what kind of a president he
proposes to oe.
His position has kept him
fnya submitting: a platform. As
vic president ho cannot Tery
well undertake to take the
stump against certain new deal
poUclea or offer his remedies.
He has fully respected the re
quirements of bis office la de
veloping his campaign. Not a
word of public comment oa the
issues of the day has escaped
DM Una In ama year.
But he has energetically tried
on tht Inalda tr alter the conrsc
of some new deal policies, always
to the president s face. News of
his self-effacing and courageous
stands was bound to lesk out of
the party councils. Indeed the
campaign for him was started be
cause the country understood
through the press the general out
lines of the positions he has taken
which found favor in many minds.
But amonr hia narty associates
and closest friends there exists a
more detailed and emphatic un
derstanding of what he would like
to do, which can here now be set
forth with some assurance.
Garner would devote himself
first to three major corrections of
policy on fiscal affairs, unem
ployment, and farm relief.
The vice president knows the
budget cannot be balanced
overnight. Nor does he follow
the glib contention that a pain
ful balancing would automatic
ally restore prosperity. But he
Moems to have more determina
tion and courage to tackle the
problem, regardless of political
results, than most of the other
candidates. For one thing he
would favor giving the White
House authority for an Item
veto of appropriation bills,
whereby he would take full re
sponsibility for cutting down.
First thing needed to balance
the budget In his mind is to
have a president who wants to
balance it, and he certainly
wants to. Only other thing need
ed is to keep a politically mind
ed congress from thwarting the
president's desires.
His 37 years experience in con
gress have centered mainly in fis
cal affairs and he undoubtedly is
better eauiDDed to carry out his
determination than anyone else In
the race in either party.
Garner would unquestionably
try to cure a multitude of unem
ployment sins by administrative
changes, without material altera
tion of basic laws. His theory on
this seems to be the same as on
the national labor relations board,
securities exchange commission,
social security, and many other
new government setups. These all
represent absorption of power in
too-ambitious executive hands. If
some of them were handed back
to the courts, others to the states,
and others to congress, the decen
tralization of authority would aut
omatically cure many of the exist
ing evils now surrounding them.
Employment would be aided by
sheer stabilization of government
al action. Business would be giv
en a clear statement of what It
could expect from government and
upon which it could depend.
Correctives on farm relief,
last of the major Garner trio,
would undoubtedly be assigned
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to satisfactory experts cat the
problem. Bat Garner's criticism
of existing farm policies' has
been caustic and rather com
plete. He certainly would not
continue to "let crop spoil and
be eaten up by weevils" in home
farm bins unequipped for stor
age. On national defense he is near
ly as strong an advocate of a big
navy as Mr. Roosevelt. But he
would have no peace plans for a
new world order, although he has
been demoting two or three hours
nightly reading to the subject
lately, i'he Issue of our involve
ment In the war has already been
settled by the Deonle in his omn.
ion, and that fully satisfies him.
For a cabinet, he would run thn
scale of political emotions, from a
type oi liberal like Mayor La
Guardia of New York, to a tvua
of intellectual conservative like
Representative Jimmy Wadsworth
of New York. (These names are
mentioned, only for Illustration as
Mr. Garner himself once u&eat
them in this way in a conversation
with a senator.) The only other
requirement he would insist upon
from cabinet officers is that they
tea nim the truth.
All of this makes it even more
apparent than It has always been
tnat the eliorts to classify Garner
as a conservative are merely co
mical arguments for a political
purpose. He is the only man in
the Roosevelt government wiio
has had the courage to stand un
continuously for wnat he believes.
even if it entailed an argument
with the boss. He alone also re
fused to flee in the face of third
term rumors. Conseauentlv. he
has aroused the antagonism of the
lettist groups within the admin
istration, and they have been cir
culating rather vicious personal
attacks upon him because thev
feared him. (John Lewis' charac
terization of Garner as a "nnker
playing, whiskey drinking, labor
baiting, evil old man" was the
worst of the unintended comDli-
ments trom this school of
thought.) The reward of emira
in politics is abuse.
Hut Garner was a liberal
when most of these boys, not
including Lewis, were tn romp
ers. He voted for all the reforms
of the Wilson administration,
led yearly scraps in the house
against what he called the three
M's Mellon, Morgan and Mills.
If It were not for the bittfrnfi
from this source, he would be the
unquestioned, outstanding candi
date for the democratic nomina
tion. He qualifies for it by all
other considerations! Hia b.ic-
sive steps upward from Texas leg
islator to the house, to speaker of
the house, to vice president; hia
expert background in fiscal and
foreign affairs committees in the
house; the respect for his judg
ment on government and politics
as evidenced in the continuous
private tails of democratic legis
lators to his office for counsel and
advice. He was even born in a log
cabin.
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Rev. Daniel J. Quinn
NEW YORK. March ll-ijf)
The Rev. Father Daniel J. Quinn,
76, former president of Fordhara
university, a noted Jesuit scholar
and orator, died tonight after a
protracted Illness of heart di
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