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TL CZZGOTI CTATCZIAII. CoSaoT Onqon. Friday Morning. Septnabe 23, 1SJ1 I? I ! i "JVo Favor sways V$, No fear Shall Aio From First Statesman March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, President Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of 3 news dispatches credited to ft or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. Brake on Bank Credit J The brake on credit inflation in the hands of the Federal Reserve system's board of gov- ernors was tightened up this week to the last notch.! : V ' r t Congress has the tools to carve additional notches,. and the board. is expected to request, that it be done, and possibly to suggest that a newly-fabricated,J more effective type of brake band be installed. It is suspected that the pres ent brakes are too slick to hold the credit wag' on ona'steep hilL i Abandoning the figure of speech, what the board lias done is to increase the reserve re quirements of member banks. For normal times the new requirements 26 per cent in central ' reserve city banks, 20' per cent in reserve city banks and 14 per cent at country banks would seem unreasonably high. They are far out of line in relation to the primary purpose of main taining reserves. The real purpose, of course, is to reduce the volume of bank) credit available for lending. The reserve increase ordered does reduce "ex cess reserves" from 5.2 billion dollars to about 4 billion, an amount still sufficient in the board's opinion to meet all bank credit needs of the defense program and all legitimate require ments of banks' customers. It is expected that interest rates on short term loans will rise still higher than they recently have, but that the or der will have no effect upon long termjjferrow- ingS. Thus at least momentarily the anti-inflation war spotlight has shifted from the price front to the credit front; To the layman; the sit uation there would seem less immediately grave, though its potentialities have been vis ible for years. The federal reserve board either thinksotherwise or is merely moving to antici pate a possible inflationary bulge in the direc tion of speculation. i But about those new brake bands. The thing ;: that makes the existing brakes especially futile under ; present conditions is this: The federal government is finding it necessary to borrow more money constantly. Under present arrange ments, every time the government borrows from sells bonds to banks, that transaction has the effect of -increasing their reserves and increasing as well the amount of money theo retically in circulation. That is one reason for the emphasis upon individual purchase of de fense bonds, which does not have this effect; it is deflationary rather than inflationary. Since the public will not take enough bonds to prevent the inflation of reserves, the treas ury and the reserve board propose new legis lation which would authorize make available for use if necessary a requirement of reserves up to 100 per cent on future deposits. i How much all this will accomplish in ward ing off inflation remains to be seen. It is sig nificant that (1) the federal reserve board has recognized a potential wave of credit inflation and moved to the .extent of its powers to coun teract it, and (2) that no effective o u t c r y against its action has developed. Back in 1924 and again in 1927 the board, then differently constituted, had powers somewhat less broad but probably adequate to prevent, not the de pression for it was world-wide but the stock market crash which accentuated the depression in this country. The board didn't exercise those powers and if it had, it would have been in hot water with the business community. w . All this is, as we have said, significant. Am erican, including government officials, big business men and bankers, are less naive in these matters than they were in the '20s. Pos sibly -just possibly they may. be clear-eyed enough and cooperative enough to lick this in flation enemy and then lick the dreaded post war depression. But of that, we shall have more to say presently. . . Guns, Not Gadgets Defense Slogan Editor"! Note: Paul Mallon is ill and his column which . normally occupies tola space is temporarily discontinued. It will be resumed as soon as possible. The article pre sented below is one of a series on the subject of "prior lUes unemployment" prepared by Robert W. Horton. di rector of information for the Department of Emergency Management..- m TWO PATTERNS OF ACTION A few months ago 16,000 persons had jobs in the aluminum ware industry 10,000 , directly in factories located in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsyl- ' vania, 5,000 salesmen, and 1,000 clerical workers. Now more than half are out, many in-other indus tries and the manufacture of "pots and pans' has stopped. The entire US output of aluminum is im peratively needed for bombers and other defense weapons. , ;' This industry was the first of many non-defense operations to suffer from shortages of ma terials, and its experiences may throw light on the larger problem, illustrating the efforts of the Of fice for Production Management, through its La bor and Defense Contract Systems, to aid in con verting plants and workers to defense. OPM Associate Director General Sidney Hill man sent engineers and technical experts to Man itowoc, Wise, center of the aluminum, war indus try, in late June when the supply of metal for their operations dropped to nothing. A half-dozen- aluminum ware plants in and around Manitowoc make it a "one-industry" city, except for a shipbuilding plant which V employs nearly 2,000 workers now on a submarine contract Aluminum-working is a light, machine operation, involving' considerable skill of a particular sort. The industry has been here for 40 years, and a very large number of employes are home-owners, "old tuners." The OPM experts discussed the problems with the manufacturers, the workers, public employment office officials, the shipbuilding company, the vo cational schools, and the local chamber of com merce. The shipbuilding company, with an expanding demand for labor, agreed to take some of the younger workers for training which vocational, schools are making special efforts to provide. - It became obvious that not all displaced work ers could be 'employed by this means, so the OPM began exploiting the possibility of putting defense work into the aluminum plants. Some of the com panies had bid on small contracts, and one had a few small defense jobs. But a small company out in Wisconsin has not the knowledge or the facil ities to make lowest bids against larger companies elsewhere; a company which has made aluminum articles for 40 years lacks the engineering exper ience to know what it can do in other fields, or to estimate how much it will cost to make a specific defense product Next the OPM called a meeting in Cleveland, -. inviting in the engineering executives of three big airplane companies and two other big defense contract-holders, along with representatives of the al uminum ware industry. They visited two nearby f aluminum plants, one of them . completely closed down, and discussed what defense parts could be produced in such plants. It was generally agreed that the -plants could be used for defense, that workers could be retrained, and that the airplane companies might supply machinery and possibly orders or a sub-contract of an "educational" na ture to start the wheels going again. In a short time an experimental defense con tract was awarded to one of the Manitowoc plants, and the information gained in the surveys was . made available to meet expanding labor demands. SilEKCE k 5o . - r ladled) tPrngvamQ Modern Version of "Ivan the Terrible' EBiis tfoir BreaEtfasH: By R. J. HENDRICKS California Admission 9-26-41 Day Tuesday, September 9; Oregoniaru discovered their gold, broke state into Union: V S - (Continuing from yesterday:) California was admitted into" the Union September 9, 1850, the 31st state of the sisterhood; Min nesota May 11, 1858, the 32nd, and Oregon the Valentine com monwealth, the 33d, February 14, 1859. ' How could that be, when Ore gon! ans discovered California's gold, and Oregonians broke that state into the Union? S Wellr Lewis and Clark, in 1806, left two members of their . party ; in Oregon. The Astor parties of 1811-12 brought 12 to 15, who remained; who were or were on the way to being Amer icans. . The Hudson's Bay company and the Wyeth parties brought half 1 - hundred or more, who became Oregon settlers; Ameri cans; up to 1834. In 1834 Jason Lee arrived with his first Methodist mis sionaries, all Americans, six or A representative of the company reported to OPM even of them, and in the same that the contract rave the cmnlc of Man!tnvni: year, ana me next a dozen or "hope for the future" and that it now "seems like ly the company will be able, at least partially, to hold their organization together as a result of this award." Similar contracts are in process of preparation for other aluminum plants, all aimed at the dual task of expanding defense production and conserv ing the jobs of established workers. - This industry was the first stricken, but a pat tern has been created, and the president by execu tive order has established machinery to speed up similar measures for the many other industries now affected by shortages. Among them are automo biles, tires, silk, refrigerators, washing machines, electric, appliances, stoves, metal office furniture, talon fasteners and coin slot-machines. more drifted hither, down from the mountains with the hunters and trappers, and up from the sea; all Americans or on the way to becoming American citizens. 1. In 1838 came the American Board missionaries, the Whit mans and Spaul dings and oth ers, and in 1837 and 1838 more missionaries to reinforce the Methodist missionary forces. V - In 1838 came Catholic mis sionaries who were or became Americans, and in the immed- definitely in 1834, with the ar rival of Jason Lee, sent with the sanction of President Andrew, Jackson, who led and won the battle of New Orleans, and was, first and last and all the time, an American. On Thursday, February 18, 1841, the first American govern ment west of the Rockies was founded, organized and set in motion, at the Jason Lee mis sion. That was the Oregon pro visional government which be came the Oregon territorial gov ernment, which became the Ore gon state government S Every idle tale that was told to the contrary, from that day to this; well, it was an idle tale; with a few tall ones by monu mental liars. Came the 1842 immigration; all American settlers. Came the "Applegate" covered wagon train of 1843, bringing a thou sand men, women and children; many outstanding state builders. Among them was Peter H. Burnett, to at once become a leading Oregonian, an Ameri can of the most patriotic stripe and the man to have the high est place in breaking California into the Union! Burnett, became a member of the Oregon provisional govern ment legislature of 1844: the first one, with sessions begin ning June 27 and December 18. Not only was he a member; he was the leading member. He was a lawyer, experienced in law making. So he was the author of most of the first laws enacted in Oregon, by the pro visional government that went into the territorial and then the state government statutes. V Burnett was made supreme judge of Oregon under the pro visional government He was of fered by President Polk a fed eral judgeship, but declined, be cause he had heard of the gold rush to California, which he joined in the fall of 1848, to gether with nearly all the other able bodied and forward looking men of Oregon, including most of the members of the provision al government legislature. The number entitled to be legisla tors had grown to 23, by appor tionment according to popula tion. But only nine showed up, ' though the governor had Issued proclamations to fill vacancies on account of- resignations of members-elect who had left for the gold mines. The legislature adjourned its regular fall term till the first Monday In Febr uary, 1849, when 18 were pres ent to sing the swan song of the provisional government a d -journing Feb. 16, . General Jos eph Lane, first territorial gover nor arriving in time to take over Saturday, March 3, and so have one day under President Polk who appointed him and Polk wanted no second term; quite unusual. (Though it has been said the printing of the procla mation was not finished till af ter midnight; so really went out on Sunday.) . ! But what was happening down In California? The answers are interesting. (Continued tomorrow.) j Budget Trimming The Labor Division of the OPM is actively in-. late years following more mis- BAILEE) SOENS Cost of living is an elusive item, as some readers may have concluded after comparing a front page story in Sunday's Statesman with an editorial published two days earlier, which gave divergent figures. Any reader curious enough to check the apparent discrepancy might have discovered that the "since when" bases were not identical. The two presentations of the matter-did show however that while food costs had increased as much as 15 per cent total liv ing costs were up Jess than half that' Since food is the major item of increase, it is obvious that the cost of living for families of higher - income has increased proportionately less than for low-income families; in whose ex penditures the food item bulks larger. Thus for all that their staunch defense of a uniform in crease in city, salaries was admirable-for its own sake, the attitude taken by a majority of the city budget ' committee at Wednesday night's meeting was not quite defensible from a factual standpoint If the salary increases were intend ed solely to offset living cost advances, they should have been graduated to some extent , In general The Statesman has no quarrel with the budget-makers' decisions. This news paper has long supported the program for in stallation of an automatic fire alarm system. When for obscure reasons the afternoon news paper launched an eleventh-hour attack upon the program and brought Into '.question; the long-range desirability of such a system,- The Statesman felt impelled to answer that attack. On the other hand if the proposed contract can not be entered into legally, there Is no further argument for the present But the fire tax fund should be built up and conserved so that within vestigating the problems In these industries with the idea of doing something about it The OPM is preparing no "lists" of Ill-fated industries whole sale death sentences for plants and communities. Nor is it trying to separate defense "sheep" from non-defense "goats'! for, the purpose of headlines. The job is easily defined and well-recognized by OPM. It is two-fold: (1) To help plant managers, communities, and workers to convert Iheir "non-defense" plant facilities to meet expanding needs of defense production. (2) To re-train and re-employ non-defense plant workers in the rapidly-expanding defense plants of the nation. Since the explorations in Manitowoc and the aluminum industry, and on the basis of experience . . ' - In the closed-down Buffalo automobile plants, and: I OfJflV Vk7Yt0Y 7pr -10 sionaries or men and women in fluenced to come by the mis sionaries, Methodist Congrega i tional and Catholic. Then, in 1839-40, the "Peoria party, : the low wash of the waves of the covered wagon im migration that was to become mighty sea. And the Lausanne party, led by Jason Lee, with more than 50 men, women and children to become missionaries and settlers Americans alL V American 'government came By MARYSE RUTLEDGE in the silk mills after silk imports from Japan were cut off, two patterns of action have been developed. Both patterns interlock, and it will be necessary to utilize both in many instances. - r One "formula" is to spread defense work into plants that donot now produce defense items, and it will be explained in the next article In this series. The other is to re-train and re-employ workers from non-defense plants in the expanded defense production. The American soldier is the best-dressed member of his craft in the world, according to a publicity release from the quartermaster corps. It might be added that he is also the best fed and with a possible minor exception some where, the best paid for all the quips about "$21 a month." In most respects he is in a better situ ation than his dad was back in '17. - Down San Francisco' way, construction of a $2,500,000 "cow palace" has just been comple ted. Not it i't designed for the comfort of just le cow: 700 assorted members of the sDecies a few years the alarm system may be pufch- vill share it along with as many as 12,000 hu- escd. Shifting of firemen's salaries so they were man beings who will come to stare at bovine f xid out of this fund, a device resorted to for the first tirse some years ago, may be technically kxl but is obviously a subterfuge, j . Though some of the savings effected by the t udgeteers involved merely , "postponing the evil day," in general the cornrnittee's success In r 'Sieving a tentative balance and a possible tax vinz is to be commended. ' beauty. It's to house the. main events ofthe Grand National Livestock exposition. - We haven't figured out our answer yet on the question of repealing the "neutrality" act But offhand we'll venture the suggestion that congress better either repeal it or change its 'same. ' . ,""" ' By LTLLDS L. MADSEN H. F. asks "if montebretias and ranunculus are hardy or have to be taken up in the winter. What kind of soil should monte bretias have? The foliage of mine turned yellow. They - had plenty of water' J , Answer: With the exception of some of the hybrids such as Earlham Montebretias, both the 'i montebretias and ranunculus will come through our ordinary winters out of doors. A 1 real hard winter may do some dam age to both. The Earlhams do not withstand a great deal of frost t Possibly, thrips injured : your montebretias, The montebretias like a light well" drained soil and a southern exposure. They c a n withstand considerable drought and for that reason are good in rural gardens where wa ter is sometimes at a premium. A green . background adds to their attractiveness. F. G. asks if small foxglove plants can be transplanted from "the woods now. Answer: Yes, if the roots are not permitted to dry out in the transplanting process. They ' transplant quite easily. Chapter 22 continued "What of it?" But David no longer sounded beliggerent Even as the older man had read his open countenance, David felt now the quality of friendship tendered him. "I'd like to be of help, Mr. Garrison," he said im pulsively. The lawyer gravely studied him again, and liked what he saw. "I believe you can help," he said at last "I cant take you entirely into my confidence now, but you" his charming smile flashed on and off "are being quite honest with me, I hope. Poor reckless Carlie is gone. We can't bring her bade. But there is devilish business behind all this, Farland. - ' He waited until McGuire re moved the tray. "1 want you to come and live here; you may act as my personal secretary." . Garrison's tone was dry, busi ness like. He waved David's gesture aside. "Well call It that I can't define your duties yet But I shall need someone on call in this apartment day and night" He added, "It may not be a safe job,' you understand?" ' Ti f';"i: Mrs. Rider guiltily hid Fri day's paper in her room, , There was a short account in it of David Farland ; and another .young man being found uncon scious, Thursday; morning, on Riverside drive. A second para graph': briefly mentioned the brutal murder a week ago of the beautiful ' wife of Mattilo Brea nu, a prominent New Yorker. It added that Miss Jane Rider; of -New City, and Mr. Farland bad testified ; at the inquest . , Jane had gone through enough, Mrs. Rider decided.' The latter's soft white hair had lost much of its gloss since the trag edy. Her cheeks weren't so pink. Her shoulders and walk reveal ed her years. ";" Mrs. Rider thought anxiously of the George Glvens friends of Kurt Helm who were giv ing Jane such inspiring ! work; something patriotic .connected with lectures and a magazine. Of course, Jane had loved the work in the library; but after two afternoons with the Givens, it appeared that this was a more important sort of job, Mrs. Rider felt rather vague about it all, but for Jane's sake she had en listed the sniffy support of Sar ah Dunham and Amelia Gurnee in a program to protect Amer ica for Americans. ; ' (To be continued) " . XSUf TKIDAT 13S Kc. 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' 20 Cavalcade of Drama. 20-10 Music The Safety Valvo Letters from Statesman Readers - '. ; NOT DARK AGES To the Editor: Monastery Jig saw made interesting reading, but let me add to it please: I cant believe that the centuries from 1000 through 1400 were so barbarous or dark after viewing and admiring with amazement the magnificent examples of ec- " elesiastical architecture and or nament dating from those periods. .Take San Pedro el Viejo at Huesca (1000); Santiago de Com postela's reconstruction in Spain; ; wonderful Durham begun in 1093 and in 830 the unparalleled Bas ilica of San Marct), though Its main fabric dates from the elev enth centuryr Pisa's masterwork, the Cathedral and its Cimabue -mosaics; Basilica of Saint Mary Major built in the fourth cen tury and on; Monreale Benedic tine monastery founded by King William JI, the Good in 1174, the great cathedral of Hildesheim in the center of Germany's .great medieval charm. And then there is Tours, France noble Gothic cathedral founded in 1170. But this is by no means all: From 400 on, especially in Italy artistic, triumphs in stone, mar bles and costly .. mosaics were built for religious and secular purposes. ; Unfortunately, even before the misnamed reforma tion - which destroyed countless monuments of the past, the petty wars waged on all sides did con siderable damage to gems of architecture. Then along came the thirteenth,; greatest .of cen turies, and Imagination coupled with artistic craftsmanship per formed untold Wonders never ' before or since equaled.. Many , of these wonders are" still with the people of Europe and the U. K. But also many of them have been destroyed by both Nazi and English and their allies in the cause for which War II is being waged. But let us devoutly hope and pray that the twentieth,, blood iest century in all history, though , only 41 years old, will end up peacefully with most of that wonderful and even priceless past still with us. Its destruc tion would be too horrible to contemplate. "" .-''- - - .. ' JOSEPH M. PORTAL, r t " 1 ' - 7i Aumsvllle, Oretf swv-Afv.r It ' . w w ':: . f. " ' U -:- !- -: v j-