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Tlit OHEGOH STATESMAN, Salem. Orexjon, Saturday Morning. March. 21 1342 Of fo) tho "No Favor Sways V$: No Fear Shall Aid" From First Statesman. March 28. 1831 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CHARLES A. S PRAGUE. President" , Member of The Associated Pma . The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all new? dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. War Time" Power Saving Down on the farm we used to get up at 5 a.m. in order, to get the chores done before break fast. In terms of standard time," you city folk who have to be at work at 8 o'clock "war time" Arc matching that now unless your .morning ablutions take less time than ours. By this time you are used to it and don't mind. Now that the days axe lengthening you are enjoying the daylight that continues until elbout 7 p.m. Still, these March mornings are crimpy, and you are slightly more than human if you haven't won dered, sometimes, whether the president really knew what he was aiming at when he asked congress to set the clocks ahead. Learned explanations were offered at the time, that the objective wasn't a saving in total electric consumntion. but a' reduction in the peak load which came in February when "war time" was instituted, late in the afternoon when 'industries were still running, yet householders were beginning to use artificial light. But the belief that the peak load would be reduced was merely theory; it had to be tested out. Experience of representative utilities in vari ous sections of the country in February indi cates that there was some reduction 'in peak load, but available .figures cover only the first two or three weeks of the test.1 Results will dif fer from month to month and the real test will come next December when the days are short est. So far, the indications are that there will be a saving of from I to 5 per cent One item of the experience to date apparently was a surprise to the electrical engineers. In nine of the 16 power systems whose experience was reported by Wall Street Journal the peak load was shifted from late afternoon to early forenoon back there in February when, at least in some portion of each time zone, arti ficial light was needed until 9 a jn. or later. And In two cases, at Cincinnati and at Duquesne, this new forenoon peak load exceeded the form er afternoon peak load; in other words, in those cities war time failed of its purpose. The engineers say it is possible that in case of ex tremely Bad weather, the plan may fail more generally when the supreme test comes next December. , , The reports do not record the Portland Gen eral Electric company's experience, but Pacific Gas & Electric showed a substantial peak load reduction of 65,000 kilowatts in February with the peak load hour shifted, as in most other cases, to early forenoon. ' pp i y . yu w 1 1 inn u ssmaajj m j) x:rm'Y k'u m i:i l nJ raai Mane Rhodes t -v Sea, air and land warfare has been waged on, over and above the Mediterranean for many months but until this week, oddly enough, it . hadn't seriously touched the storied island of Rhodes. On Tuesday the Brilish gave it a good going-over. What it portends doesn't, for rea sons which will presently become clear, interest, us greatly. Rhodes lies only 12 miles from a little arm of Turkey; obviously with the axis putting pressure on the Turks, the British found it desirable to spike its nearest guns for propa ganda purposes. Why they waited so long is another question and the answer is not that they were waiting for good weather. The sun shines every day on Rhodes, whose chamber of corvmerce lor more than three thousand years has claimed the most ideal climate on the face of the globe. - V Don't get the notion just because Italian held Rhodes has been to date in this war a quiet spot, that Tuesday's attack was a novelty ex cept perhaps as to method. Since about 1000 BC when its Dorm citizenry became brash enough to launch out as conquerors and thus to invite reprisal raids, Rhodes has seen practically everything. " Its history in the Middle Ages is linked up with the colorful chivalry of the Knights of St. John, religious and military order , intent pri marily upon restoration of : the Holy Land to Christian rule though it mixed in other political quarrels on three continents. This peculiarly ccganized and inspired body of meh-without-a-country made Rhodes, convenient to the soil of its "heathen foe Turkey, its headquarters for approximately 200 years prior to 1530, when the order retired to Malt and its members, carrying on from there until liquidated by Bonaparte, came to be known as the Knights of Malta. . : - For good reason we consider Rhodes a monu ment to the folly and futility of war nor is Reference primarily to the chxumstance that it Is now in Italian hands chiefly through the in fluence of Great Britain, which arranged it. all in the secret treaty of 1915, when those two nations were potential allies and the gift helped to draw Italy into active partnership. - No; for the real story of Rhodes it's necessary to recall the siege of Demetrius Poliorcetes, the Macedonian, back in 394 BC Demetrius brought along an imposing battery of the ingenious-artillery of that day. With it the Macedonians breached the city's walls but the desperate valor , ef the defenders drove them off with great loss and in the retreat they left behind great quan tities of munitions, chiefly of bronze. , From these' spoils of war; In the era of great influence and cultural advancement . which fol lowed the victory., Charles of Iindus fashioned the famed Colossus of Rhodes, heroic figure of Helios which he was 12 years erecting and which stood 79 cubits high 118 feet, if you don't care to look it up. It did not, as one tra dition had. it, straddle the city's harbor. It was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world but, like many another edifice built from the rpoils of war, it did not long endure . Like another region closer to Oregon, which h proud of its climate, Rhodes is subject to earthquakes. la err cf. these, but S3 years after It was complete ", reat Colossus fell; and there the ruins lay tzr nearly a thousand years. Then, the Caracens having cenquered the island, tl.3 ancient pieces cf trenz were loaded on the Licks cf :3 camels rr.i carted away once zr.ore to Ls-IzzLicscJ into instruments of Edward J. Flynn, democratic national chair- j man whose version of "no politics" in wartime is to demand the election of an all-democratic congress, is under a particularly ugly cloud at the moment It is charged that the "Bronx boys" in the New York City government had city employes pave Flynn's antique - Belgian courtyard at Lake Mahopac'with city paving v. blocks while drawing their pay from the city." Oddly enough it further appears that Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, swashbuckling foe of munici pal graft; when first elected, doesn't . seem anxious to have this matter investigated. He . was busy ; with OCD when it happened. Still All cities which discharge sewage into the Willamette river, above the site of the still nameless Polk-Benton cantonment have been ordered by the state sanitary authority to in stall sewage treatment plants. They will still be in operation after the war, so chalk up one "war benefit." Salem is all set and ready to' in stall such a plant and has the money in the bank. But Salem is below the cantonment and can't get the materials or labor. Anyway, Salem was willin. " . News Behind The Neivs - By PAUL MALLON (Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Repro duction in whole or at part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, March 20 Those criticisms of the Smith anti-forty hour week bill, which have been gushing from government officials, all came : after they had privately heard from the boss in the White House And the gushing seemed slightly paln- . ful for some of the officials who -previously had taken a some what different view. First, the president brought that matter up at a conference with the legislative. leaders of the house and senate last Mon day. Next day, Senate Leader , Barkley made a statement on the floor saying Just what the president subsequently said In a press conference there are . few strikes now and therefore no .further restrictions should be placed on the unions. As Barkley was speaking, Mr. Roosevelt called into the White House the War Under Secretary Patterson,' Navy Assistant Secretary Ralph Bard and Admiral Land of the maritime commission. Wednesday they all appeared before a' senate ap propriations, subonimittee and strangely express- ed the same sentiments, to a word. The objections were not wholly expected from Land and Patter son, both of whom testified some weeks back ' in favor of the Connally anti-strike bill, designed to cause government seizure of striking defense plants and the freezing of labor conditions in them until after the war. It is not the same in detail as the Smith bill, but obviously Land and Patterson had changed their, opinions about anti-strike legis lation. Another legislative leader, Speaker Rayburn, thereupon came out simultaneously with the same ideas, a little late, but nevertheless firm. While these men spoke for themselves, they agreed even down to the one voluntary restriction which Mr. Roosevelt wants labor to accept aban donment of double time for Sundays. The president has said some people were under the erroneous impression existing law requires a 40-hour week, but everyone around Washington knew what the issue was whether time and a half should be paid for work above 40 hours each week. Mr. Roosevelt was right again when he said there -are few strikes today. There are probably fewer than there ever will be The heat has been put on the unions by congress and every one, in and out of government, has been doing his utmost to keep the boys in line. Therefore the only immediately important part of the Smith bill discussion was whether defense workers should continue to get a 50 per cent wage increase for any work above the S day. week, t hour day. (The bill also limited industrial profits to per cent and outlawed the dosed shop.) - . What gave the issue such importance at this time is the shortage of skilled labor which hinders em ployment; of two or three shifts at regular pay. Defense manufacturers who are working on a cost plus fixed fee basis do not. care about the In creased cost of overtime which is merely reflected in increased prices of tanks, planes or what not to the government and taxpayers. But manufac turers who are not working on a fixed fee are not going to pay much overtime and thus Increase their wage costs 50 per cent Hence their end of production Is not likely to reach its fullest possi bilities under such an arrangement r . But apparently the government officials decided production might be delayed far more by labor If the time and a half overtime was abandoned. However, no one has yet started a move to pay - the soldiers time and a half for overtime at the machine guns or' In the planes after they are -buflt" ' - , rn - -i . - - , r . "; t .' : Now all this apparently does not affect the Idea -of freezing prices, wages and profits. Mr. Roose velt is still thinking about this. . There are some who say the public announce ments of his cogitations were intended mainly to keep labor in line, to induce It to be careful about its demands for wage Increases. If so, his cogita tions may last a long, time. His price fixer Leon . Henderson has. been away resting, and B co ordination of government economic policy is like ly before bis; return. : - '-. --:"-' The - president's war labor board, meanwhile, has been continuing to grant some wage Increases in specific cases despite Mr. Henderson's warning before he left, that further wage Increases would throw the whole economic balance further out of -'line. ; j ' . " There will be no more under-cutting resigna tions from the ;war production board. ;( "-- -- Donald Nelson called his staff together for a , night meeting, after the celebrated resignation of . an assistant 'who complained things were not being operated efficiently. Ia effect. Nelson invited all . who had anything similar on their chests to unload it then and there. Instead of hot discussion, the meeting turned into ' an unscheduled demonstration of unanimous ea ihusitr-a and eproviJ f Kelson. ? 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' - 1 JO Air Youth of America. 1.-45 Melodic Strings. Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS Loose talk that t-Sl-42 Is not doing any good, and perhaps - only a little harm: o Fellows in full the column of John Steven McGroarty, poet laureate of CUifornia, ia the Los Angeles Times of last Sunday, with the punctuation marks Just as they appeared in the original: Now and then and even more often than that, in some an nouncement, or from the lips of . an orator addressing a public meeting or by some newspaper "column or editorial, the pro nouncement is made that the British Empire is Bearing the .end of Its long career of great ness and power. Not long ago , the representative off a large 'American ' business concern in . New Jersey returned from a tour of the Middle and Far East. He ; was quoted as saying that he was - the first witness to the fall of the British Empire. On islands of the Indies and in Malaya he saw thousands of tons of rubber and - other war materials unguarded on docks for the Japanese to come along and seize without firing a shot. These and other . conditions he -observed led him to the conclusion that the long arm of the British Empire had teased to be effective in world . ' affairs. ;- : v" , . v ' - Quite recently Vincent Sheean, a war correspondent, addressing a meeting in Los Angeles,- made the blunt statement that the British Empire - is done- for" Then again t Australia talks in thinly veiled threats that she considers her future to be more tied up-with the United States than with Great Britain Many people who read this will recall the statement 'Ofc Harry; Carr made years ago that the Brit ish Empire had ssen its last days Added to U"""o disfTuvrtrny views just quoted comes now Wallace Morgan, editor of our home weekly newspaper In the Green Verdugo Hills, who m an editorial comes, to the same con- . elusion reached by others. Dont t think that because Wallace. Mor gan has a place in the world no larger than the field occupied by ; a suburban weekly journal his : opinion- Is not worth anything. I regard; him at being among the ' ablest journalists in ' America. v He was trained in the old school ' that gave mm Greeley, Dana, "Marse" Henry Watterson and ; Gen. Harrison ; Gray Otis, a ' school mat went out of . eist-" ence when those who created it ' died. - We quote as follows from Mr. Morgan's editorial: "If the Battle of me Pacific is won, the United SUtes will; have to win it with the aid of Australia, China and the Dutch still left in the East Indies. It is evident that Jf the continent of , Europe is to be invaded and Hit- -ler crushed, the 'United SUtes,' not Great Britain, will have to send the fighting men. as well as -the planes and tanks and guns, and , munitions. - - - : "And when and if the war is won, it will be the United SUtes, not Great Britain, that must take up the white man's burden of policing the 'world and' keeping the peace among the nations! ; "It is time fo ask ourselyes. the stark question; Do we want to' grasp the scepter of world power which Js falling from Great Britain's hand, or do we 'see a nobler and better destiny ; in demonstrating the ability of .- free men to govern themselves .and to solve the problems, of ' social, political and economic or ganization which face the Unit d SUtes no less than other na- -..... r v . - ' ' . 0fi-i tcmorrow.) - 20 Doctors at Work. S JO In a Sentimental Mood. 2H5 NoraUme. 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SAO Barry Win ton OrehesUa. ' 3:15 Calling Pan-America. 3:45 News. , 4 AO Newspaper of the Air. 4 JO Columbia Concert. . - SAO Sports Story. . , - SdS TrofS (fcsts. " 8 JO News. ' 545 Bob Carred. News. . SASJoha Daly, News. SAO Who What. Wbera At Why ' SJO Leon Drews. 45 Saturday Murht 7 JS What's The Answwf 7 JO Air-Flo. 745 Frazier Hunt. . (Chapter tl (Cottoned) ? And the old salt was right. The i afternoon of the following day : they sighted shore and; knew ; that they were saved. Like a v horse that smells the sUble, the rowers quickened their pace, and before darkness fell pushed the nose of their tiny craft onto a .pebble beach, and were immedi '. ately ' surrounded with i English I ; Tommies, ' their bayoneU . fixed ' ' and. faces stern. , . . "We do get the "warmest wel comes," Rusty remarked. "First by the Jerries, then by the Brlt- '.ish.- ; - v o . Hutch addressed the sergeant j who seemed to be in command of. the deUchment. "Where Is your officer, please? I am Lieu tenant David Hutchinson, 'pur-;: suit squadrdh Hornets, RAF." ' "And rm Winston Churchill ; of No. 10 Downing street." 1 If Hutch .had not been too tired to realize how he. and his ' friends looked, filthy and un : shaven, in their bizarre costumes' he would have understood this just, but as it was it made him angry. - . "No pleasantry with your su- . periors, he barked, giving; for the first time in his life a gruff command. "Call your offlcerT Something in the American's voice told the sergeant that he had better obey, and he sent V ' soldier off on the double. Hutch repeated the former as sertion as to his identity when ' the officer, . a young artillery : lieutenant, ' arrived. He took a long look at the four men, ex amining them from head to foot, and asked, "And. the others?' "One is a pilot in my squad ron. The two Frenchmen escaped with us from Quimper. They are anxious to join General, de Gaulle's forces of Free French men. ' "Your papers, please. . 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JO Music of tho Masters. . .;45-18A9 Thia Is War. Sunday Radio The officer was polite , but suspicious. "Then I shall have to detain you until you are identified by the air ministry. There was something vaguely familiar about the countryside to the American. He felt as though he had been here before, or at elast near here. "Where are we?" he asked. "Southern Kent, the officer answered. - . "I thought so. Aren't we some where hear the home "of Lord and Lady Harrowsdale, The ' Downs?" . The, officer looked at him in surprise. "Yes. He pointed. "It's about ten miles over there." "Will their identification suf fice?" "Of course.' There was only room for one' person in the lieutenant's car, so Rusty, Henri and Pierre re mained behind. Wendy was standing on the lawn ' when they came up, and . recognized David in spite of his disguise. She ran forward and threw herself into his arms, half cobbing, half laughing, and held him tightly to her. "David, Da vid. I knew you'd come. She was surprised to feel him stiffen and draw away from her even before they had kissed, and still more surprised to see him dash madly up the steps and into the house. She. turned to the young offi cer. "Has he gone mad? Tm sure I dont know. Miss Bruce. A man came to the door and when Hutchinson saw him well, you know what he did." "That must have- been de Beers. Will you come with me, lieutenant. Quickly? The aight that greeted them in the sitting room was one that Wendy would remember all the rest of her life. The room was in great disorder, as if there had been a terrific fight; in the center, on the floor, was David Builds Highway CoL Winiam L Hoge (above), a Missouri engineer, has ' arrived ta Eritish Colmmbia U begin ImiUs; the long-pro Jeeted Alaska Hjhway, aorrglag to arrry ertefs, v . - sitting on : the stomach of a " struggling form. . ' In hie right hand, raised above his head, was a heavy Chinese vase, and he was shouting, "I'd brain you if I knew where to strike. . Standing above David, and purple ; with anger, .. was Lord Harrowsdale, and behind him stood Her Ladyship, an expres sion of complete amazement on her face. "What do you mean by atUcking my guest?! His Lord , shipt bellowed. "Call the police and have this vagabond arrested. -HI . - -Wendy's voice cut in. "That's not a vagabond, father. ' That's David Hutchinson." Light was beginning to . dawn on her, but to save her soul she couldn't put two and two together and get lour. - . " "I don't care who he is. He has no right to attack 'my friend de Beers. By George Til . :. David looked up from his vic tim for the first time. "What do you mean, de Beers? rm sit ting on Herr Captain FriU von Spee, one of the most dangerous German spies. And I'll continue to sit here until he's under guard. What's more, if he moves rn 111 liquidate him! r , At that instant there was a movement at the door, and two gardeners entered, carrying . be- -tween them a body. "Beggin . your Mxuiaip a wroon, vum ei der one began, laying the corpse on the, floor. "We found this gentleman buried under a hay rick. Dead. Your Lordship. Stabbed in the back.' ; Lord Harrowsdale, assisted by the artillery officer, searched, the man . carefully for identification, but even the marks in his well cut clothing had been ripped out. "I think, . Lady Harrowsdale said, "that a great mystery has been solved, thanks to our young American friend. It is my belief , ' that the dead man is de Beers." -(To be concluded) Copyright by Peter Muir; Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Today 's Garden By LJLLXK L. . MADSEN Judging from the 'letters and cards I am receiving, I believe if the enthusiasm lasts we are going to have a lot of vitamins vU vegeUbles this spring, but remember our county agent's ad vice: "If you plant seeds, take care of the plants. Don't waste . seeds.-. . v - One woman writes that she recalls that her mother used to start tomato planta in eggshells. She wanU to know if I have ever seen this tried. No, I haven't, but some garden books mention this procedure for . growing individual planU such as tomatoes. One book warns . that you must be careful to cut . your eggshell through the cen ter, fill it with a good garden loam and plant two seeds in it. If both come up, then you pinch off the one. This sounds like quite a procedure, but X suppose it could be done. Eggshell gar dening would certainly carry out the slogan, "all out for war time production. If one wishes to start vegeta ble plants In small greenhouses or indoors, peach flats are rather good. I .know a number of peo ple who have small greenhouses who could do something rather ' nice by starting a couple of ex tra flaU of vegetable seeds and passing the planU out to friends and neighbors who may have . space for extra plants but no re ally satisfactory place to start the seeds. ' Many novices at vegetable gardens do better by buying the planU and taking care of them that way than by starting the seeds.' .Usually good cabbage, kale, tomato-and pepper planta can be purchased for small sums " - .a dozen plants. . , 1 ao hope there will still be some rosebuds without borders of radishes, some perennial bord ers without edgings of parsley and some delphinium beds not ; alternated with potatoes.- :, " Some suggestions in reference to early gardena are: - Plant a few radish seeds from - v- time to time. 4 - The really early radishes need not be protected against root maggot fly, but when t the soil ie warmed up it is best to wet tho sofl around the new planta with a solution of corro- s. five sublimate. ; One tenth of an ounce to a gauon ox water will : do tho trick. Remember It is a deadly poison but it win protect turnipa, cabbage and radishes . against the maggot. '"3 Set out a few small onion seta any day now. ; You wfll have fresh green onions before; you know IL Turnips, beeU and car- - M nin Dii tntn mrSt rx-Lt ' early, but do not hurry about set-' i,. ting vout tomatoes p or planting beans or peas. Too early plant- , us a s.nuie. iae wcsnf and the oeas Just rot in the sofl- especially tne beans. You can get in too big a hurry about the corn too. Wait until early May to plant corn and beans! ? :j. Plant your beets, parsley, rad ishes, turnips, kale and lettuce . seeds about H inch deep. Your spinach should be planted about a Inch ia derth. - :
