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"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. '
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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
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: 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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By R. J. HENDRICKS
Loose talk that t-Sl-42
Is not doing any
good, and perhaps
- only a little harm:
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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.
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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. - -
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"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-
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. (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. .
Hutch explained that they had "
been taken away by the Ger-
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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. - :