'No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe
From First Statesman. March 28, 1831
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Slackers . i
1 Now there's a word that hasn't been heard
much to date in this war. Back there in 1918
' it was on every tongue. "Slacker' was applied;
fairly or unfairly, to the fellow who looked as
though he ought to be in uniform, but wasn't;
This time, selective service was in operation
before' the nation entered the war, and the law
is more nearly perfect. Not many men physical-
ly able and so situated that they ought to serve
' are going to dodge that duty.
StOL we have a notion that the word "slack-.
' er" is going to come back into use. While hop-?
' Ing that it will be used more discriminatingly,
1 we have a notion that it should. A need for it is
arising.
j Even in 1918 some people were level-headed
i enough and observant enough to recognize that
there were some slackers in the army and some
red-hot patriots in civvies, doing their full duty
and .aching to do more. But now, all the slack
ers are in. the army because everyone is in the
- army, j
That is, the demands of this war are such
' that everyone must help fight, in a great many
ways. Unfortunately, the immediacy and ef
ficiency of command which made it possible to
force slackers-in-uniform to pull most of their
. share of the load, do not extend to the civilians-
tn-the-army. :
. The Washington Post printed a cartoon the
: .other day showing a humble citizen walking
up to the gasoline rationing registrar and meek
w ly asking for an "A card, the one that limits
the holder to the smallest gallonage. The regis
" ferar, and the citizens farther back in the line,
were depicted in the act of fainting.
; This is only one of the sources from which
one gets the impression that rationing and the
other restrictions which war is imposing upon
the public are being accepted with bad grace
by too large a share of the populace. More than
that, there are well substantiated reports that
many are not accepting them at all. Congress
men are not the only ones who received "X"
cards without proving exceptional need. United
States News reports that "few. offered to cut
down on driving," and observes that a more
exacting 'system of rationing will be needed,
otherwise many car owners will not get as
- much gasoline as their cards permit.
It is our impression that in general, the per
sons called upon for the least painful sacrifices
make the loudest squawk and try hardest to
squirm out of making any. Perhaps the answer
is to demand greater sacrifices.
"Slacker," a word which didn't gain admis
sion to the dictionary in the sense in which it
was used in 1918 means generically one who
does not pull his share of the load; who leaves
clack in the traces. We hope we are wrong, but
it does look as though the need is developing
for its restoration to the language, with a mean
ing applied largely to civilians. The load is
going to require a lot of united pulling.
Lean Boys of Wall Street :
Trading volume on the New York stock ex
change amounted to 376,780 shares on Tuesday
in contrast with only 216,260 shares on Mon
day. The Tuesday volume was the highest in .
three weeks.
So what? So practically every commission
house on Wall Street has lost money every day
-for three weeks. The Street, streamlined as it
has from necessity become since 1929, can now
I break even if the trading amounts to 400,000
. shares. But if it breaks even, that merely means
that half of the houses are in the black and
half are in the red. Incidentally there has been
some more forced streamlining in the last year;
the break-even! point was 500,000 shares a year
ago; in 1938 h was a million and a half. One
shift that has reduced it is a recent 25 per cent
Increase in the commission rate.
?The fat boys of Wall Street" used to be the
demagogues whipping boys. They were fat.
They were in the social register; they were the
"tired business men" who made Broadway
gay. Many of them had incomes in the neigh
borhood of 8250.00P a 'year which they did
nothing to earn. Some of them, having inherited
partnerships in the commission houses, actually
had no clear idea where those incomes came
from; didn't know what "overhead' "was. Sub-,
ordinate ran the business and the partners
merely collected the dividends.
Now nearly all of the "fat boys" are gone.
- Some of them walked out of upper story win
dows in 1929. A few who were "fat boys"
remain but they are much leaner now. In
general, Wall Street is being run by the former
lean subordinates who really knew the business.
They are still lean. They are partners now but
they draw salaries instead of dividends, and
work hard for those salaries. Their subordi
nates, in turn, are paid at a scale which causes
them to cast wistful eyes at the shipyards.
And there aren't nearly so many of them; Wall
Street which used to be a community of 150,
000 has dwindled to 30.000. Unless things
change suddenly, it will shrink still more, f
Some demagogues continue to roast Wall
Street,' but they don't sound as convincing -a
of yore. Envy makes the world go round but
it has to have some basis in fact. There are a
Sat of other people more entitled to be envied
than those who inhabit the stock exchange.
From the standpoint of security of income and .
future, they are perhaps less to be envied than
farmers and workers in the skilled trades. -
Shipyard Patriotism
The people who don't like unions no matter
" what they -fdo, won't like this. But we con
. aider itan example-of self-denying patriotism.'
Half a million shipyard workers, through
spokesmen who presumably have ; their, ma-
jority assent, have agreed to accept only: one
half, of the wage increase i to which existing
- contracts entitle them on a "coTst-of-living basis.
It makes a difference of more than $125,000,000
' to the workers. It is more unusual for an or
ganized labor group to surrender an increase
Paul Mall
If we keep,
be fooled now
voluntarily, as it is for a big corporation to
grant one voluntarily. But now it has happened.
You may answer that shipyard labor is get
ting plenty already. But we believe in giving
everyone his due. Whether justly or not, in the
last war "shipyard workers" was hardly
synonymous with "patriots." This time, there
are some evidences that it is going to be dif
' f erent I
News Behind
The News
By PAUL MALLON ;
(Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Repro
duction in whole or la part strictly prohibited.)
WASHINGTON, May 20 Some annoying and
damaging confusion is evident here and there
among the people over our policy toward Russia,
and what will come out of it after the war.
A number of very enthusiastic Americans, on
one hand, seem to be accept
ing the delusion that Russia got
into this war to save democ
racy. .And there are an equal
number of people on the other
hand who cringe I in fear of
communism rising in this coun
try as a result of the victory
we are going to win.
Above all, in both groups,
there are people who think the
subject should not even be
mentioned, either for fear of
rocking the boat or offending
Stalin.
To make the situation appear
even more complex, domestic commies are coming
out of the holes they entered while Russia was
a passive ally of Hitler in Poland, and are dis
porting themselves in their publications again, ad
vising us which Americans are loyal, what we
should do about this and that p
None of these notions has any basis in the
plain and simple facts of the case, i which are
apparently being forgotten. The realistic policy of
this government has long been adopted, is de
livering the goods to Russia better than expected,
and Is generally approved.
All you have to do to understand its ramifica
tions and its restrictions is to recall the facts of
how it came about. If you keep these facts In
mind there can be no confusion, fear or political
agitation.
Fact one, is that Russia entered this war because
she was attacked by Hitler. Before that she had
worked Hitler's way. Russia is not a democracy.
Primarily she is fighting for her existence.
We are fighting for our existence, a different
kind of existence, but against the same enemy.
War must run always to the death, and in that
kind of a situation, anyone who is not foolish
will get every kind of help he can. Therefore,
we have entered upon a Joint venture which is,
in effect, a mutually satisfactory partnership in
war.
It is not political. We have not treaties. We
are merely working together for our own self
interests in a life and death struggle.
Now this does not mean we must marry Russia.
It does not mean we must adopt her form of gov
ernment, now or later. If she had the form of
government of the Fiji islands or Shangri-La, it
would be the same.
The administration seems to me to have kept
these distinctions very, carefully and clearly. Mr.
Roosevelt has pushed the goods over to them,
furnished the credit, praised the great valor of
the Russian army and completely avoided the con
fusing political angles.
If all citizens of this country had followed his
example, there would be no reason for attempting
now to clarify the situation.
Why the president freed Earl Browder, I do not
know. I do not believe it was to please Russia,
because no diplomat here suggests Stalin's dip
lomatic representatives ever concerned themselves
with the Browder passport case.
As a matter of fact, Stalin's diplomats stay as
far away as they can from the domestic communist
party.
Unfortunately, the domestic commies do not
conduct themselves with the same restraint Their
publications seem to want to decide strictly Ameri
can issues.' If anyone says the Russians advanced
only three miles instead of five, they are inclined
to shout "fascist" at him.
Indeed, if allowed to run loose the I way they
are going, they will have us all believing before
this war is over that they personally saved
democracy, although all we are getting from mem
is critical advice. There lies our danger and there
lies the cause of the confusion, not in the govern
ments, and not in the policy.
If you meet those of this ilk in argument or
in print, just remind them that Russia initially
made the war possible by her treaty with Hitler
and her actions in Poland; that we tried to help
Finland when she was attacked by Russia; that
neither political agitation nor false emotionalism
wul help either of us right now; that we both
are in this matter for our own good reasons; that
our governments seem to know it and are doing
s darned good joint job of accomplishing victory
without getting into sideline arguments.
things on mat basis, no one will .
or later.
. Without the slightest intent to be flippant,
we wish to make it plain that voluntary contri
butions from highly qualified commentators
are welcomed by this newspaper.; An example'
was the explanation by a Willamette univer
sity professor, of the source of poisoning found
in clams and other shellfish along the Pacific
shore. However, the critical tone of the letter
causes us to renew an old vow to label our
jokes more plainly.
Politely naming no names, the afternoon
paper questions our reference to Walt Pierce's
"tradition of invincibility." Yes, Walt did lose
a few elections a long time ago, but we were
talking about modern history. He hasnt lost
one since 1926.
"Woman's place may have been in the home
in Grandma's day, but today it's up in the
air, writes an aviation enthusiast. There's
really nothing new to the' idea of woman being
up in the aiir occasionally, and if all we hear
is true, a woman can be up in the air right
ia her own 4tchen- sir living room. ,
'Daddy's Gone A-Hunting"
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CANT BUILD ANYWAY
Subsidizing of bus lines by
towns near the edge of the Al-bany-Corvallis
cantonment area
should have the effect of at
tracting cantonment workers to
ttie more distant points where
empty residences abound and
should, also help somewhat to
relieve the labor shortage there
by inducing more local workers
to seek employment there, but
as for qualifying: the communi
ties thus served for inclusion in
the critical defense area that
Is another matter.
If that is -the chief objective
of a subsidized .bus line such a
venture is likely to prove a
disappointment even if success
ful. - r. w .- ,;
We who are already' within
the critical defense area- are
finding that all that glitters is
not gold, and that there are
many hurdles to cross even after
one has gained his priorities on
buHding, materials. I : i
Tor one thing, the procedure,
necessary to procure preference
on restricted material is quite
baffling to the ordinary person.
One , local home .builder who
wanted a bathtub reports being
required, to Gil out a 60-page
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questionnaire. Quite a sufficient
excuse, we should say, to skip
Saturday night.
Then, after getting priority
approval, one is confronted with
the task of finding the mater
ials. The FHA approval does
not in any way guarantee that
one can get .the things he may
want even after he had been
given permission to buy them.
He may search long and in vain,
as some here have already done,
for the articles called for in his
plans, finally being forced to
accept a substitute or possibly
even to go entirely empty-handed.
Or, if he has procured a
federal, loan, ; he may find tt
necessary to start all over again
and renew his loan application
upon the basis of plans altered
to include substitute materials.
All of this was discouraging
enough to the home builder, but
now comes an order freezing
beyond possibility of immediate
thawing all building materials.
This puts to an end all construc
tion excepting in shipyards, can
tonments or other government
projects.
Accordingly, while . Albany,
Independence, . Uonmouth and
CorvaUis are in the critical de-
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Wide World War Analyst
for The Statesman
According: to reports from
Cbu"gk"g a crisis for United
Nation leadership is brewing in
China which matches that In
southwestern Russia where mas
sive Russian and nasi forces
seem locked in a slow-motion,
nip-and-tuck battle of ever ex
tending front and significance.
If Chinese military spokes
men are correct, Japan has al
ready revealed her next objec
tive. It is a "knockout" drive
against China and is evoking
frantic appeals by Chinese
spokesmen for additional allied
help.
AwtraJian spokesmen- are
just as insistent that the Paci
fic frent, which means Abs
tralia, shall not be Begiecteo!.
Dally pleas for mere American
planes, men, tanks and trans
te render Australia impreg
nable te attack and vltimately
potent in offense come ever
the press wires from that side
of the world. )
That, too, when arrival of
heavy American reinforcements
in the British isles has just been
announced and while Washing
ton is stressing by word and deed
the critical importance of the
flow of war materials to Russia.
It comes, too, at a time when
there is insistent clamor on both
sides of the Atlantic for a second-front
attack on' Germany
to aid Russia.
This indicated conflict as to
what shall be sent where, and
'Crime at
By EDITH BRISTOL
Chapter ti (Con tinned)
No, Mrs. Gregg had not shown
any indications that she planned
to take her own life. Her ac
tions, all the time she had been
in the apartment, were those of
a woman who planned to step
back, as soon as possible, into
the ordinary routine, interrupted
by the tragic death of her hus
band. I pointed to the pad on
the telephone stand as evidence
to bear out my words.
The appointment with the
hairdresser for this morning. The
manicure to follow. Then the
masseuse. Her conversations
with Audrey and Lillian and
Evelyn I repeated for the de
tectives enough of yesterday's
conversations to give them an
idea of her frame of mind. She
had not seemed morbid nor mo
rose. Sydney's answers bore mine
out in every detail. His mother
was not melancholy, he said. She
wanted to get back into her reg
ularehannels of living just as
quickly as she could.
Then they came to the sleep
ing medicine. "What do you
know about this?"
Landers held the small square
box in his hand. Sydney identi
fied it as the sedative his mother
had been in the habit of taking
since the shock of her husband's
death had made her lie awake.
The detective turned to me:
"Do you recognize this box?"
"I think" I was learning cau
tion "I think it is the box that
came from the Gallina drug
store yesterday. It was delivered
to the house at Castaway and
Mrs. Gregg brought it up with
her when she came."
The date on the label con
firmed that statement and Lan
ders seemed satisfied about the
identification. He then ; turned
to the amount Indicated on the
label.
"Do you know how many of
these Mr. Gregg was la the
Tho
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K&ODODENDSON TXMB
To the Editor: Its rhododen
dron time on the coast
These beautiful flowers will
be in their prime during the
week of May . IT to 14.
Once each year the commun
ity organizations, in Florence try
to select the best dates for see
ing the coast in full bloom.
Hotels and restaurants will
serve sea foods as only the coast
can serve them fresh Juicy,
and delicious. v
Gasoline supplies are ample
to care for all comers, and our
: beaches are free for all to enjoy
.no barb wire or other en
tanglem its.'
Why not plan a trip now-to
enjoy- a day or more with us?
I. J. ROSSMAN, Secretary
. ; West Lane County Cham-
ber of Commerce. V .j-r:''
fense area no building booms
are. under way in these towns.
Nor are any anticipated though
snore homes are direly needed
here, until building restrictions
are so eased up that to be in-
r eluded in a defense area, really
means something. Albany Dem-
ocrat-Herald. ,
when, to man all the far sep
arated war fronts may not be
reflected In the actual allied
policy-making groups set up In
Washington, London or else
where to promote unified strat
egy. It has drawn a sharp and
pointed warning from President
Roosevelt's veteran press secre
tary, "Steve" Early, however.
The grisly cause of the axis
wovJd be that nick ad
vanced," Early said, speaking
at the dedication, of a huge
. new plant for the mass" pr
d action of plane prepellors. If
the United Nations ever fall to
e;aarreUng; among themselves
as to who should get the next
gan, tank, plane or propellor
prodaeed by any of them.
There Is at least a hint of
White House Irritation over
the verbal barrage from A us- .
trails, China and elsewhere.
It is still true, however, that
it is only on one of the many
war fronts that any hope of a
speeuy victory to disrupt the
axis, of a victory this year that
could prove decisive, has been
officially voiced and that is in
Russia. Washington and London
may not fully share Stalin's ex
pressed confidence, but the hope
is there.
Ability to achieve surprise at
tacks at selected points on the
vast Russian front, as Marshal
Timoshenko obviously succeeded
in doing in his Kharkov thrust,
could spell the difference be
tween victory and disaster for
either ride. The Russians have
the inestimable advantage of
battling in friendly regions.
Castaway'
habit of taking?"
"No. She told me she some
times repeated the dose when
she had too much trouble about
getting to sleep but I did not
ask her and she-did not say what
the dose was."
"You are the same young lady
who was in the house when Mr.
Gregg was killed?" asked How
ell. "Yes. I'm his secretary. I
mean, I was."
"You were in the party that
found the Durfee car pushed
over the cliff, too, weren't you?"
continued Howell. Evidently that
one reads his newspapers!
"I was."
"Now you're here in the apart
ment where Mrs. Gregg is found
dead from an overdose of sleep
ing medicine "
That made me mad. "I am. But
I didn't kill Mr. Gregg. I didn't
push Worth Drufee over the
cliff, either. And I didn't givf
Mrs. Gregg too much medicine."
(To be continued)
Today's Gordon
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Mrs. A. B. J., Lyons, asks for
care of Martha Washington ger
aniums and of azaleas.
- Answer: From her description
I take it mat ber Martha Wash
ington geranium was in bloom
at Easter. When these have been
forced for Easter bloom they
will, as a rule, not bloom much
during the summer. These ger
aniums require a rest at the end
of the blooming season. At this
time very little water will be
needed and they may be stood
out in the full sun in the pot
Only the old flower stems should
be removed. All the leaves
should stay on until they nat
urally turn yellow with age. In
late August prune into shape,
shake out of the pot and repot
in a light compost not too rich.
Likely the same size pot will do.
If not, use one size larger. Too
large a pot wul not encourage
flowering. Soak them well and
take them into a well lighted
window. Grow them slowly in a
house averaging around SO de
grees night temperature. In Jan
uary start giving them a liquid
manure. Don't water too heav
ily during December and Janu
ary but give them enough to
keep them growing. In February
and March they will make their
Boost growth. All weak stems
should be rubbed off and some
, stopping can be done up to early
February. After that stopping is
apt to take off flower buds.
Cuttings are made right after
the flowering season. It is best
to raise new plants each season
for next season's bloom. These
that are used by the florist in
- porch boxes ' are started some
months before in the greenhouse.
Azaleas do -best in partial
shade. In ray own garden I have
found those grewing on the east J
side of the house,' not only grow
much better buf also bloom for
a much longer period. Give them
a mulch of leafmold, peat mess
or well decyaed sawdust' Do not
spade or hoe around them if
you want a lot of bloom and.
growth. Pull out the weeds
which may come up around
them. Water them well during
the dor part if our summer. ?