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T2LC2TCZ2 JSwsl.t, ITS OJ-sJ n-v t ee r i Jfe favor uay C7c- We fear Shall Awt" rramnmSUtmBaa.lliuthU.lSSl THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. . CHARLES A. SPRAGLTE, President II ember at The Associated Tb Associated Press t exclusively ntttM to toe cm fnr pabncaGon of 3 dispatches credited to It c not otherwiai eredltei la this Gandhi: Saint or Quisling? Speculating upon the lack or at any rate the scarcity these last fifteen hundred years f great spiritual leaders comparable to Jesus Christ, Guatama (Buddha) and Mohammed, thoughtful Americans hay e 'been disposed fox two decades to recognize in Mahondas K. Gand- hi a modern prophet possibly fitting, the -description, without limiting his sphere of con ceded influence to the benighted millions of Wartime Rackets . " Though there aren't many William Dudey Pelleys, bitter disappointment is in store for any individual who expects all his fellow-citizens to be patriotic in every act, word and thought. A national Magazine recently listed a dozen or so rackets related to war conditions, which have come to light since Pearl Harbor. Portland Better Business Bureau calls-at tention to one racket concerning which, many India, even though it was clear that their sorry Salem citizens need to be advised. It is reported , plight airorded nun easy access to sucn a roie. - mat men styling themselves "employment ex- Gandhi fought for India's political Indepen dence, for the shattering of the caste system, for the spread of education and in general for the salvation of India's people from squalor and hopelessness. In his quest of a worthwhile goal and an inspired following he developed a philosophy somewhat midway betweenXhris tianity and Buddhism,,; one which commanded admiration among the devotees of both as well as among sincere freethinkers. That Gandhi came into frequent conflict with the law British-made law scarcely modified the esteem in which he and his leader ship wereield by persons of humanitarian or philosophical tendency, they being the-sort of folk who recognize that prophets almost neces sarily are likewise martyrs. Thar his defiance of British rule was carried on by" means of "passive resistance" naturally had strong ap peal to all who deemed violence unnecessary. His method's effectiveness was, indeed, an ex : ample often cited by pacifists throughout the world. '- '"- It requires little insight or reflection to recognize the steps by which Gandhi has come, from full support of the allied cause in World War I when he led in a recruiting campaign -and personally organized an ambulance corps, to his present position.Along the way there were disappointments -and setbacks which led him to the extremity of desperation. Yet there is no blinking at the implications 6t his position. He counsels interference again through passive resistance with the defense of India against the conscienceless invaders whose rule, if they achieve control, will wipe out the substantial social gains instituted in part by the British voluntarily and in part due to the pressure of Gandhi's movement. He threatens '' a course of action which will do immeasurable Injury to those millions whose cause has been his life's concern. More than that though the facts are dis-puted--he is charged with having lent a sym pathetic ear to the treacherous appeal of Tokyo for collaboration, if the charge be true, there can be little doubt that Gandhi deserves the title of quisling rather than saint - But even if he has not treated with the enemy, this crisis has served to lift, for non- orientals, the veil of India's mystery to the point where it is seen more clearly that the Gandhi movement is largely political, that political power is one of its goals, and that today I though it was different a decade ago achieve ment of that goal would involve injustice to, if not actual oppression of, the Moslem minority. Thus deservedly, we think, even making allowance for our inability to fathom Hindu mental processes Gandhi has. descended in the eves of progressive westerners from the stature of a great modern spiritual leader to that of an irresponsible power-seeking politician, if not still lower. The Grand Canyon of America By R. J. HENDRICKS Fire Hazard Near Peak Though our slogan is "Keep Oregon Green' '-nature at this season forces a modification of its applicability. Where a month ago there was green, -growing grain, today there is brown stubble. Pasture grass too has ,' changed color, along with some items of the forest under , growth. Presently the leaves of deciduous trees will begin to alter their appearance leaving green only that division of Oregon vegetation which is the primary concern of this fire avoid ance program, the coniferous evergreens. And because nature the normal life cycle -of annual plants and diminution of soil-bound moisture thus modifies Oregon's greenness in late summer, this is the i time In which the Keep Oregon Green" objective '-necessitates the greatest vigilance. Attention will be drawn this coming week, by various means to the historic fact that the great Tillamook fire of 1933, which resulted in property loss of $350,000,000, broke out on August 14; that the Bandon fire, costly in life as well as property, occurred even later in the year and that nearly all of Oregon's great forest fires have occurred in the months of August and September. The Tillamook fire's ninth anniversay, Fri day of this week, will be the kickoff date, for a concentrated campaign to maintain through these critical weeks the almost miraculously good record, in view of conditions, made thus v far "in -1942 in the avoidance of great forest . fire damage. This is a campaign In which every Oregonian has a role active or passive to play. "Keeping Oregon Green'' is each indi vidual's responsibility. perts" maintain curbstone "offices" in the vi cinity of the shipyards at Portland. For a fee, they offer to steer job applicants to the jobs. If the applicant "bites," he is told to hunt up some designated official of the shipyard com pany. This official, probably unaware of the game but knowing more help is needed, tells the applicant yes, he can have a job but he must go to the United States employment serv ice office to sign up. Because of the encourage ment given by the official, the job-seeker may never realize that he could have obtained the job through the employment office without any wire-pulling. The truth is that there are jobs to be had and getting them is as easy as falling off a log and there is no justification for payment of a fee, to anyone. Neivo Behind The Neivo ' " By- PAUL MALLON (Uftrifewttoa by nag .Features -ftjrndiecta. lite. Repro 1 taction tn who! er in part itrlcthr prohibited.) WASHINGTON, Aug. Vice President Wal- -.lace's board of economic warfare seems to be fold ing its wings or the parts that remained after President Roosevelt clipped mem In April. BEW is certainly not flying as high as forecast in its pros pectus at the start of the war, when Mr. Wallace's devotees were saying it would be the big organization of the war and post-war world, eventually ab sorbing WPB and everything else. Instead, WPB has issued order No. M-S3 restricting im ports, which rather seems to have put BEW down into strict ly an advisory hole. All official WPB and BEW comment on this order la vague. Both claim it had only routine aspects. Before it was issued, however, Mr. Wallace's group had the power for exclusive buying of for- -eign products, and for ordering other foreign pur chases on its own say-so; now it does not. Import orders are to be issued by WPB. Inasmuch as State Secretary Hull succeeded in getting out of Mr. Roosevelt, last April 13, an executive order affirming his right over BEW, to handle all foreign affairs of the nation, Mr. Wal lace and his little group of planners are now in the position of being free to think but are not able to do. They were supposed to plan out and blue print the overall policy on economic warfare. (Such as buying up foreign copper before the nazis could get it.) Speeches of Mr. Wallace, and his major domo, Milo Perkins, have been bearing down upon the further-reaching problem of making everybody happy after the war by giving them a quart of milk a day, and other things. Some curtailment in personnel has been no ticed in BEW this past month. On July 1 it had around 2000 employes. Authorities there say they decided to curtail in the interest of economy, but some of the bright young men who have left say they realized its scope was being limited. The major policy row between Price Fixer Leon Henderson and War Labor Board Chairman cause of Aunt Lydia." She mim- S? ) HBfiSTLASa: tiVJ PEACE fAtTmWSgifi fMADU T&SOitlfi APO?l TOGETHER.-- mm lias are. ' m lansworta, Kate Trie. JO cospei Mwucm - es Elmo Breessins Orchestra. :1S aiewa Brief S3 Popular Salute. ISM World to Review. 10:15 MomNm Trim. IS asTunes tA Tomorrow. 11:09 American Lutheran Church. 11 mi Isiitmnlli Choristers. 12:30 War Commentary; 1J.-4S The ArguuOo . - le Young People's Church. 13S Romanoffs String ansaraMO. S.OO Isle mt rwradfo. - SUfti-Churdh of Christ. - SJrt-Senss, --Berb " g:45 Miracies and Melodies. SSS KBS Sunday Symphony. . Sa Boys Town. 4.-00 Hit Tunes. - J Mahlon Merrick Enacmbie. SS OW rashioned Revival.' 4:15 Anita Boyer SToboyerS. . v: mm eefesdalee aunue ft? gSpacyw suaiee Akw varwi tStmmLtbr ta-stations wish? a- maiif to tnis nwiw. , An radio etattea mmr See areaa ROD CBS SVHI1AT Ka. 1 M T ammniri Novalty Ocoaqa. 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S Sunday Serenade. 10-00 Henry Kmc Orchestra. 3Bte for BreaEilrast 10:45 Cab Calloway Orchestra, 110 Bob Crosby Orchestra. HAS Henry Busse Orchestra. 11JO Jan SavKt ? ; 1 w 4efe . V' raal Manoa California's poet (--42 laureate writes on the live subject, the dreaming o f dreams? (Concluding from yesterday:) Another of the neighbors re lated bis experience in a dream which was of a pleasant nature. He was in a house unfamiliar to him as the people dwelling there were also unfamiliar an attrac tive house in which two brothers and a sister greeted him. They were nice people, rather young and handsome. The brothers sang lovely songs accompanied by their sister on the piano. The music was as real to the dreamer aa were his hosts. Refreshments were served. Everything about it all was as normal as an inci dent in walking life. The neigh bor said thai if he ever were to meet these people is reality he would recognize them in stantly although years had passed since the dream. W S "And so these tales went the rounds, one after another. Pages of print would be required to re late even half their number. Ef forts were made to find explana tions but in vain. They could not be- connected with any thougt or act that the dreamer had gone through the day before or at any other time. There was nothing to do but" to relegate landoiir, IHairvest By JAMES HILTON Chapter Continued "Wont you be serious a mo ment? I wish you'd write to mo ther and tell her It would be . good for me." -Oh, I don't know that I could do that It's for her and you to decide." "She says she doesn't think she can afford it these days." "Not afford it? Surely But that, after all, wasn't his bus iness either. If Jill thought she could afford expensive cruises and winterings abroad, and yet decided to economize on her daughter's education well, it still remained outside his pro vince. v The giii added, as the train came in: "It's because trade's not so good, or somethingi I think that's really why Uncle Chet canceled my party, not be- They executed six of the saboteurs, and told us about it afterward. We're not blood thirsty but this elevates our optimism as to eventual victory. It proves that America can get tough- when necessary, and compliance with the rules of justice required only a month in this case. Now to hand out similar treat ment, with even more practical benefit to the nation's security, to those citizens who treason ably aided them. ' i . " For eight days after it had decided to close the Higgins shipyard, the maritime commission continued to approve commitments for regular expenditures there snot much under a million dollars a day, one official testified before a congressional committee. There is a great deal of inertia about big bodies, and it works both ways. William H. Davis reached annoying, but unre ported, heights mis week. " It seemed to develop aspects of a duel to the death with Henderson convinced there was no use trying to hold down the cost of living if Davis continues increasing union wages. Mr. Davis -feels the same way about it in reverse. A decision by Mr. Roosevelt is expected be fore the end of the week. Newsmen around the old Victorian state de partment building got tired of seeing 40 staircases with heavy brass-handled rails when ' they read news dispatches this week that small arms making plants were closing down for lack of brass. They petitioned officials to turn it in on the scrap drive but were referred to the public build ings administration, which was supposed to have such matters in charge. PBA, however, said it was doing nothing about brass stair rails, and was only collecting old plate boilers and unornamental iron. The old stair rails are still there. Newsmen are considering tying them up with a nice little bow of red tape. . This does not relieve you of your obligation to get in all the scrap from your house, where there is no red tape. Excellent publicity is pro moting national Interest in the drive, but nobody seems to be telling citizens exactly what4o look for around the house. See if you have in the attic an iron or brass bed; brass or copper screen, old lamps or lighting fixtures, door knobs, even keys, locks or springs, roller skates, ice skates, sleds, ash trays, metal vases, old knives, pots and pans, metal fans, elec trical cords, old porch or garden furniture. In the cellar, look for old stoves, and irons,, pokers, furnace parts, faucets, sinks, garden tools, carpenter tools, any kind of rubber, tennis shoes, garden hose, overshoes. The Texas primary result dismayed the White House only privately. Everyone knows an invisible Roosevelt blessing was on Judge AUred, who re signed a federal Judgeship on the White House steps to enter the race against Senator O "Daniel. However, Allred's friends - here counceled against the president doing anything openly to aid Allred's cause, as they thought it might cause an unsatisfactory reaction. Consequently, any re grets that AUred was barely able to force ODaniel into a run-off likewise have been kept confidential. teked Chet as she added: Time for economies, old chap." "I don't think you really know anything about it After an, a party wouldn't cost " 1 know, but Uncle Chet wouldn't mink of that There's nobody worse, than a scared op timist" She gave him look, then added: "I wppose you mink I heard somebody say mat? Well, I didn't I thought it out myself. I'm not hte fool you think I am." "I don't think you're a foot at all. But I don't see how you can know much about financial matters."- "Oh, can't I? Uncle Chet used to rave so much about Rainier shares whenever I saw him that I and a lot of other girls at Kir by clubbed together and bought some. We look at the price every morning." . He said sternly: "I think you 're very foolish. You and your friends should have something ' better to spend your time on and perhaps your money, too. ... Boodbye" The train was moving. "Good bye, Uncle Charles.' Returning to St Swithin's in the 'mellow October twilight he pondered , on that phrase "in these days." Truslove had used it in connection with the possi ble sale of Stouricav and now Jill also, about the sxpense of sending Kitty to college. . Always popular as an excuse for action or inaction, and uttered by Eng lishmen in 1918 and 1911 with a hint of victorious pride, it had lately during 1920 turned downwards from the highest notes. There was nothing gloomy yet, nothing in the nature of a dirgej just an allegro simmering down to andante among bus inessmen and stockbrokers,. Trade, of course, had been ao outrageously and preposterously good that there waa nothing for the curve to do except flatten; the wild boom on. the markets could not continue indefinitely. Charles looked up Rainier shares in The Times when he got back to his rooms; he found they stood at four pounds after having been higher which, allowing for the bonus, really meant that the shares he had sold to Chet for seventy shillings were now more than twice the price. Chet shouldn't worry and yet, ac cording to Kitty, he was worry ingdoubtless because there had been a small fall from the peak.' Her comment had been shrewd nobody like a scared optimist. The next morning at breakfast his thought were enough on the subject for him to glance at the later financial news, which informed him by headline that Raiaier's had announced an in terim dividend of 19 per cent, as against 19 the previous year. It seemed to him good enough, and nothing for anyone to worry about but by evening as he walked along Petty Cury the newsboys were carrying pla cards, "Slump on 'Change' and -Rainier Jolts Markets." The newspapers reported that the reduced dividend had tipped, over prices rather as an extra brick on a child's top tower will send' half of it toppling. Rainier's had fallen 30 shillings during the day's trading, and other , leading shares : proportionately. It i had been something mat sensational Journalism delighted to call a ; "Black Monday." r t Stm he did not think there was anything much to worry about The theoretical study of economics : was far removed from the practical guesswork of Throgmorton j. Street and ' his reading of Marshall and Pigou had given him no insight into the psychology of speculation. For a week afterward be ignored the financial pages, being tem peramentally as well as person ally disinterested in them. ; Not till he received an alarming let ter from Sheldon did he search the financial lists again to dis cover that In the interval Rainier ordinaries had : continued their : fall from two pounds ten to 17 shillings. And even, then his first thought was a severely logical one that they were either worth , more than that, or eke had nev er been worth the higher prices at alt (To be continued) ,; mem to the countless- mysteries of the ages. Before the neighbors dispersed for the night, each to go his own way to his nine bean rows and his hive for the honey bee, they consulted the greatest of all books, the Bible, concerning dreams. a S In the 27th chapter of Mat thew they found the dream of the wife of Pontius Pilate when that great Roman magistrate was conducting the trial of Christ Matthew relates that the wife of Pilate came to her husband and said: "Have thou nothing to do with that Just man: for I have suffered many things mis day in a dream because of him." What she said did not sway Pi late in his final decision and his surrender to the clamor of the mob, but it bothered him a good deal and made him very uneasy.1 He did not doubt the medium that dreams constitute between the spirtual and the physical world. " "In the first chapter of St Matthew the neighbors came al so upon this statement: "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost V "Then Joseph her husband, be ing a just man, and not willing to make her a- public example, was minded to put her away pri vily. " 'But while he thought on these things, behold, aa angel of the Lord appears d unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost"'" a "Dreams upon dreams are in jected by some mysterious power into the troubled sleep of earthly beingsCain haunted in the night by his crime of murder Eugene Aram and all the offend ers of the law since Cain the wife of Pilate troubled because of tiie persecution of a 'righteous man' Joseph with his worried mind set at peace by the message of an angel sent to him in dream." -ADD BITS The annual reunion of the Bonney clan of the Oregon Coun try, being held at Champoeg State Park today, is among the first if not the very first of its kind to begin in the Pacific Northwest Young lady members of the Bonney clan were the first to discover gold in California, nearly three years before what may be called the "official" dis covery of Jin. 24, 1848, L by Marshall, Bennett and Staats, from and from near Salem. The Bonney families had stopped for resting , themselves and their teams and doing washing, on an upper reach of the Sacramento river 1m the trek of their 184S covered wagon train westward. Young women of the train wad ing in the stream found therein I the particles. They did this again, a few days later, near the spot where was the "official" find. These facts are well established, AND RECORDED; and should have as much prominence in his tory as the "official' story, to say. the least Among the young ladies discovering the gold were the grandmother of this writer, to him in his young life one of the greatest women ever born. May the dan people have pleasant day. There are perhaps 3000 to 4000 of them, all, west of the Rockies. K XX MRC S UNSAY 11S4 Ra. 00 ftewa Summary. :0S-Harace Heidt Review. SAO The Quiet Hour. JO Radio City Musi Ball: 10 JO Tloyd Wright Organ. 10:45 Speaking of Glamour. 11:00 Bm Tbeatse Players. " 11:30 Show or Yesterday aad Today 13:00 Roy Porter. 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