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CHARLES A. S PRAGUE. Editor and Publisher
Member of The Associated Press
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper.
James Withycombe
A Liberty ship was christened "James Withy
combe at its launching in Portland Sunday.
It was an appropriate recognition for Oregon's
governor during the first world war. -Elected in
1914 and reelected in 1918, Withycombe did
not serve out his second; term, succumbing; to
illness about two months after his inauguration.
His term of office spanned the period of th
first world war and he with real capacity direc
ted Oregon's participation in that war.
But Mr. Withycombe is remembered lor nis
achievements in livestock and agriculture in this inatory. It treated the home-grown fascists too
state quite as much as for his
ernor. Born in England in 1554, ne came io
America in 1871, after receiving a good educa
tion in his native country. His. principal inter
est was in science as applied to agriculture and
animal husbandry. He imported Shropshire
sheep and shorthorn cattle for his farm in
Washington'county. He introduced the growing
of alfalfa. He began a campaign back in the
'80's to eradicate tuberculosis f rom dairr cattle.
His success attracted wide attention and in
1898 he became vice director of the experiment
gtation at the state agricultural college, and
later was made its director. In this department
he used his talents for the upbuilding of Ore-
eon aericulture, encouraging
adapting, new methods to local
laying broad foundations for
station enabling it to continue its service to Ure
gon through the years. . J
Widely known over the state, he was elected
governor by the largest majority ever given to
a candidate for that office up to that time. He
was .the only republican in the state's history
to be reelected. As governor he sponsored legis
lation to establish the state conciliation com
mission. He started the state flax- plant; and
appointed the first state highway commission.
He was diligent in leading Oregon to make full
contribution to the war. . !
- One can hope that the vessel which bears his
name renders service as competently and as
generously as did James Withycombe.
To Hollo!
Governor Snell is back from attending the
governors' conference at Columbus and stopping
off at St Louis to see if he could prime the pump
and provide more likker for - Oregon's 'thirsty
so the old folks can eat." He professes opti
mism of being able to make liquor income
match welfare outgo, without resorting to a
special session of the legislature.
? For one; thing, there's rum. We chanced to
drop in at . the state treasurer's office last week
and found.the treasurer and deputy and head
of the "state audit bureau discussing the me
chanics of paying out a million, dollars for a
batch of Cuban rum some broker in Baltimore
wanted to sell the state. He wasn't satisfied
with payment "on the barrelhead." He wanted
the money in advance or at least even with the
bill of lading. This sounded a little like condi
tions some years ago: "Put your money on the
stump and come back in an hour." I
'. Not being an authority in the field we can't
say whether Cuban" rum will "be "a satisfactory
substitute for Kentucky bourbon made in Peor
ia or not The British give seamen a dash of rum
after battle; but the American trade has never
been a heavy consumer ot rum, Cuban, Jamai
- can or Virgin islands, bottled by the US gov
ernment. So great is the demand, so unrefined
the taste, the present Oregon trade might lap
up the million dollars worth of rum and never
know the difference. ;0 . ? .
But ain't it a heluva note that ouri governor
has to hunt up the distillers and the treasurer
has to haggle with rum brokers to provide mer
chandise "so the old folks may eat?" !
Crime After the War
-As a general proposition, it doesn't pay to
worry about, post-war domestic problems. Ap
parently half of us are worrying about a post
war depression, the other half about a post-war
boom accompanied by inflation. Certainly there
will be dislocation, and distress for some4ut
just where to build our fortifications against it
no one may yet 5 say with certainty. About do
mestic as well as international problems of the
. post-war period, we' may;: as well be thinking
and studying, but with an open mind.
At the sessions of the Western Probation and:
Parole conference in" Portland last weekend
there was much discussion ot 'current juvenile
delinquency and its primary' causes, parents'.
: preoccupation with war-winning tasks or mon-.
ey-making.,The final warning advanced by Dr.
Samuel H. Jameson, . University of Oregon so
ciologist, had to do with a possible post-war
crime wave due to the deflation of fundamental
ly incompetent persons who despite their faults
are now employed and at good wages.' .
This is indeed a foreseeable headache for,
though "free enterprise" or governmentthe
one or the other may contrive to avoid ex
treme unemployment, it is too much to hope
. that in the post-war economy the misfits still
will be "riding high." ... .
As for a solution, that is a tough order. The
best we can offer is-a parallel to the doctor's
prescription for avoiding pneumonia. Build up'
the patient's general health and do something
about it quickly if a "cold1 develops. Jin other
words, keep .the social organism as healthy as
possible and crack down if the predicted crime
"wave starts. -i it-'-- -i ;
The advertising agents have enlisted for the
duration too. Thrown for a mental as well as
financial ten-yard loss when war came, : the'
copy-writers have regained their aplomb and
are turning but war copy like everybody's busi
ness. Keeping the axis from the nation's doors
keeps the wolves from many doors. I
We hear about a "roll-back' of prices. When
- the war is over, if production continues on the
present scale, a pin will dd the trick of deflating
the price-balloon.
-No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Awe
' From first Statesman. March 28, 1831
service as gov
experimentation, Mavbe the friehtened coal-fumer will want to
conditions, and change back to
the experiment . '
(Distribution by
auction in wnoie or la part strictly prohibited.) .
WASHINGTON, June 28 The war Information
man, Elmer Davis, spoke out angrily against Wash
ington newsmen, saying they .did not publish his
announcements of the great productive feats of
' government. , v ? ; ', ' -.. V ' '. . ; : 1
: Well, a batch of Mr. Davis handouts has just ar
- ' .,"fc
JLaU 1
Fanl ataQe vised the method by which
manufacturers may apply for adjustment of max
imum prices on these commodities. : -'i : j f
It goes on for 300 words, but that first para
graph was enough for me.
Next was an announcement that the war pro
duction board has approved a plan for producing
: 100,000 domestic food dehydrators "before Sep
tember 1, but I can see this is of little interest
to my readers bent primarily these days on ascer-
taining where is that steak before September 1. .
The department of agriculture, then, has several '
thousand words about various subjects, headed: '
"Why canned milk was rationed, What's behind
i the ice cream situation?" and "Put more punches
in wartime lunches. f ; ,
Unfortunately, none of these questions or ad
monitions was answered in the handout. The only
thing in it which interested -me was a speech by
Paul Appleby, agriculture under secretary, who
said two-thirds of the people of the world did not
how Mr. Appleby found out two-thirds of the peo
ple of the world were hungry before the war.. He
did not tell, and I judge, from his long discussion,
that he and the agriculturists did not conduct a
census but had merely decided the diet of two-thirds
of the people was not what some agriculture depart
ment experts thought it ought to be, and, therefore,
two-thirds of the World was judged "hungry.
In other words, Mr. Appleby decided what ev
eryone should eat, and thereupon concluded they
were underfed.
' Then came one-half dozen' announcements which
would hardly cause even Walter Winchell to yell
"Flash" or "Stop the presses." All were files of In-
explicable legal verbiage such as this one: .
' "The effective date provision of amendment No.
" $ to revised meximum price regulation No. 143 la
'amended to read as follows. Blah, blah, blah.
Finally, the batch contained a federal power
commission announcement only of interest to Pine
Bluff, Ark, and something from Price Administra
tor Brown concerning a protest filed by 14 Detroit
owners of rental property against the office of
price administration's housing rent regulation.
. , No self-respecting newspaper would print any of
it If Mr. Davis himself, as a radio commentator,
had broadcast such stuff to the people of this coun
try, he would not have lasted beyond one broad-
; Cast. ' . '; -l '-l y : x : l : rV-i,.
This representative batch Was merely complete
evidence of what all Washington newsmen know
(and. indeed, Mr. Davis himself knows if he can
still think from a public standpoint) that the hand
outs of his, centralized government press bureau,
, OWI, are a mass of trivialities of no general con
cern or interest. t . '
No doubt they must be issued for specific min
or purposes, but it is a waste of time for newspaper
men generally to read them, much less publish
'. them. --":' :.. :x K I '? : t
Mr. Davis talked straight when he came Into the
government. He said clearly then that the need of
the situation was more news. : But? within two
months, he was taking the other side of the story.
Something about Washington bureaus , always - in
fects even the feet of new-coming clear-sighted of
ficials with local jaundice and astigmatism' almost
. immediately. ', :-' ;,i r-:x,,., - :t ; ;
Since , then Mr. Davis" thinking (in public at
least) constantly has degenerated until he talks like
his aspiration, was to become a left-wing political
leader rather than a fair-minded distributor of
more and more inormation from government on the
state and condition of the war. -
Dies on New Trail .. :
A sigh of relief went up when Congressman;
Dies stated at the , time the Third Internation
ale announced its dissolution that perhaps his
committee of red-chasers could fold too. But,
instead he is diverting it to a yellow man-hunt,
investigating the Japanese relocation centers. :
These have been investigated more than a man
iwith stomach ulcers; but maybe they can serve
as an excuse for Congressman Dies to keep in
the headlines. The trouble with the Dies com-".
mittee was that it was unbalanced and discrim-
tenderly; while it smeared as a communist any,
one who ever looked at a "butcher-paper mag
azine. The resulting reports were biased and
lop-sided. , ;
The country is fed up with these witch hunts.
"Let's get on with the war."
, The stubborn coal miners are going back to
.work. They always do. But they long have had ,
the habit of working only so many days a week,
and taking "vacations" frequently. The higher
the wages the fewer the days they want to work,
Maybe under pressure for production they will
be more regular and try to get out coal to make -
tn for the thousands of tons lost bv shutdowns.
oil.
'
There have been many instances of prema
ture setting-off "Of celebration fireworks, but
Grand Junction, Colorado, had its Fourth of
July moved up a week; when two carloads of
munitions started firing in the early morning
hours. Grand Junction is one of the least likely
targets of enemy bombing, but the people must
have thought the Japs were overhead when the
explosions startled them out of their sleep.
News Behind
The Mews :
By PAUL MALLON
Ring Features Syndicate. Ine. Reg
rived at my desk, not an ex
ceptional or especially selected
batch, just a dozen of the usual
run of the Davis mine.
. On fop Is an announcement
headed "Prosthetic Devices,"
reading: : . , -
- "To counteract threatening
' .local shortages of false: teeth,
artificial eves and limbs, 'and
similar products, the - office of
. price administration today re-
have enough to eat, and that "This normally un-
satisfactory situation is greatly aggravated by' war."
1 read this eagerly because I wanted to know
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By GLENN BABB
AP War Analytst for The Statesman
' Those reports reaching London
that the German high command
has ordered removal of 50 divi
sions from the Russian theatre to
other fronts are calculated to en
courage "belief Hitler has. aban
doned any plans for a 1943 of
fensive in the east. For that rea
son it would be wise to receive
them with caution. They fit too
well into the pattern of a pos
sible German , propaganda cam
paign to lull the allies into be
lief " that., there is no urgency '
about the job of taking some of
burden off Russia or to encour- -age
relaxation of the Red ar- i
mys guard against a sudden i
German smash.
In brief the reports credited
to a source with underground
' connections in Europe are that ,
the German command proposed ,
to send from . Russia ten divi
sions to the strategic reserve, 15
to western France, nine to nor-
theni ; France, four to southern .
France and 12 to the Balkans.
Such a movement would reduce
- the German armies in Russia by
about one-fourth, probably cut
them well below the strength
necessary-for any aggressive ac-
- tion. : : . . ;
"No matter whether any such :
wholesale shift of Hitler's land
forces from east- to west and
south is under way or contem
plated, there is no doubt that he
is making a gigantic effort to .
make good the boasts of his pro
paganda machine about the im
pregnability of - the .European
fortress.-
The British and American air
- assault on the Ruhr already has
compelled him to concentrate the
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best of his air forces in western
Europe. . The speed .with which
the final phase of the Tunisian
campaign was carried through
and the -poor., record compiled
by his U-boats for April, May,
and June ' have forced him to
prepare to meet invasion weeks,
perhaps months, sooner than he
had hoped would be necessary.
- , He knows it would be suicidal
not be ready to meet an ; as
sault any day now by the great
allied armies v poised ' in North
Africa and the Middle East and
in the British isles.
Hence it is entirely logical to
believe - that the German com-
- mand has shifted between 20 and
30 divisions into France in re
cent weeks. Whether these come
from Russia or from the reserve
pool within Germany itself, such '
a movement would mean a dras
tic reorientation of the strategic
outlook? At this stage of the war,
with a whole continent to defend, '
the strategic reserve must be
maintained " and , any , temporary
drafts thereon would have to be
replaced quickly. Such replace
ments probably could come now.
only from Russia, where the bulk
of Hitler's armies have been
held , since 1941. ; ; '-:
; As to the riddle whether Ger
many has abandoned her 1943
offensive against Russia, the pas
sing of each week makes an af
firmative answer more reason
able. The eastern battle lines re
main essentially as they ; have
been : since ; the ' Germans were
halted on the Donets last March
after their local comeback in the
Ukraine and from neither side
come ; convincing evidence that
any major attack Is imminent.
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Is that a rule or a law or
something?
Say, listen are you ribbing
ne?" "-
- -1 "am not, I'm serious. Ann
was guileless. X want to know
how far a good dog can go." .
"A lot xf good dos dont g3
that far. But just supposing that
m miracle happened, and this
wonder dog beats a lot of
champions "
-Yes?"
Weu, that would make him
- " m
Or her," Ann corrected. I .
"Or her," Paul accepted the
correction, 'Best of Breed."
- "What do you get for that?" ;
"What do you get? What dont
you gte! You get a beautiful rib
' bon with a rosette on it, and you
get a trunk-load of silverware,
and you get a pretty swelled
head."
"And that makes you king or
queen ' or whatever.. That's the
r end of the road." v
' No you , go' on Into- group
competition. Working Breeds.
" You meet a lot of champions, not
monkeys that were licked ; by
. some dog that sneaked ' up thru
classes. And you get licked." '
"But if you don't get licked."
"The point Is that you do get
licked. The perfect dog's never
been bred, and - a Dane's too
large and smooth-skinned , to
. cover up even the smallest fault
So you et licked, see?"
"But suppose you don't?" Ann
: persisted.
. Paul heaved a patient sigh.
"Well, then this wonder dog goes
Best of Show. And don't ask
v me That's king -and everything
else rolled Into one In the dog
world."
"That's what ' I wanted to j
know," said Ann complacently.1
Soon they drove up beneath :
' the creaky sign of the Tru
Frend Tourist Camps and Ken-
: nels. The surroundings were ,
' lovelier man Ann had remem-:
bered on'that stormy night a:
few short weeks ago. The big
maple tree was putting out lea-'
ves, and f orsythia bushes In
- bloom glorified the small white '.
cabins behind , the big house. ;
There "wasn't a sound, not even 1
from the kennels, as the car rat
tled to a noisy stop.
- "The dogs are being fed," Paul
surmised. "Mom's probably out
there with them, Carol's prob
ably up with the baby." '
"Then you take Rowdy, while
I run in and see my namesake," ;
aid Ann. "Oh, and I want to
phone Helen or shell have the
police on my trail." ,'
"Sorry," Paul forced a casual I
Safety Valvov
Letters from Statesman
". Readers
law nrrs aged -
To the Editor: .
, Adding Insult to injury, the
insurance' companies are refus
ing to issue policies to drivers in
Oregon who are past 63 years
old. The new financial respon
sibility law which the insurance
men lobbied through the legis
lature, requires every driver who
has an accident, to furnish proof
of financial responsibility or be
barred from driving on the high-
. ways of Oregon. This means that
nearly every innocent victim of
an accident, who happens to be
past 65, is ruled off the highways
. for life.
" Will : the courts uphold such
legislation? The purpose of this
law is good, but its results are
evil. Why; pick on the elderly
man or woman who is the vic
tim of a drunken' or reckless '
' driver? There is considerable
talk heard of initiating a law
' providing for compulsory liabili
ty Insurance, before issuing a li-.
cense to anyone, the state of Ore
gon to issue such policies at cost, "
possibly one half or one fourth -of
what the Insurance companies ;
are charging. The insurance com 'i
panics of Oregon may be able to
force the citizens of Oregon to
pay them eight or ten million
.dollars additional each year in
premiums, but If this law back
fires, someone is likely ; to get
singed. Special-interest legisla
tion such as this law, and the
barbers. union price-fixing law,,
and the law providing retirement
pay or pensions for judges, cer
tainly does not benefit the com-",
mor people who make up the
great majority of Oregon's citi
zens. There is always a chance to
repeal bad laws If sufficient pub-
lie sentiment is aroused to de
mand their repeal..
Joseph E. Harvey,
State Representative
403-4 Ry. Exch. Bldg,
Portland, Ore.
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.' A small drposit :
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gria t3 his lips. "Last time you
were here' the phone was out of
order. This time It's disconnect
ed." '
"Ch," said Ann. "Never mind,
111 drop her a note." She turned
away soberly. There was qual
ity of quiet despair in Paul's off
hand announceinent.J. .
"Ann made a quick summary of
her dwindling bank account
True, Helen had offered to de
fray the expenses of her illness,
but Helen's favors Invariably
had strings attached to. them. In
this Instance, she would have
-dictated the full terms of an a
greement in which a recupera
tiori under the friendly roof of .
the Freunds would have had no
part. And Helen would double
her efforts to bring Ann to her
senses as far as Tom Barton was
' . concerned. Indeed , she ' had al
ready hinted darkly that Tom's
affections were being sought by
a charming girl from the South,
Kentucky belle. ', i
"f don't want to upset you be
fore you get your strength back".
Heleen had written, "but mark
my words, Tom Isnt going to
wait for you forever. He's too
- attractive." Certainly she would
feel that Ann was completely
ruining her chances by this lat
est whim of burying herself in
an out-of-the-way tourist camp.
Ann quickened her steps as a
baby's shrill cry sounded from
. the upper floor. The baby was in
her bassinet, and Carol was ly
ing on the bed, her head burled
in the pillows. She didn't hear
Ann's -step on the threshold.
"Carol" Ann called softly.
Carol sat up. Ann saw that her
face I was drawn and ' thats she
looked as If she had been, weep
ing. "Ann for goodness sake!"
Carol exclaimed.
Tm the new boarder." Ann
-felt suddenly robust and strong. ,
Instinct told her to ignore Car
ol's reddened eyes. She moved
; to the basinet. The baby stopped
crying. - ; ' ' .
; "Oh," Ann breathed, "she's a
darling May I pick her up?"
"If you want to," said Carol
listlessly.
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and then sell within the, ceiling
prices that have been fixed. v
. This burst of virtue by con
gress Is quite hypocritical. For
after its action last week con
gress Is now talking about sub
sidies to producers. Just what
the difference is between sub
sidies to producers and to pro
cessors, I c a n n o t determine.
Both come out of the taxpayers
pocket In fact the government
is already up to its ankles in
the subsidy business. The pap ,
, ladled out under AAA for years
was thinly-disguised subsidy to
farmers. The government is pay
ing subsidies for growing of soy- .
beans, flax, hemp and peanuts.
And through the device of sap
port prices or.gauranteed prices '
the government has been en
couraging production of certain
seed crops In this valley for
several years. ;
Even the subsidies program
which the administration Is
committed to Is an inadequate
weapon to ward off Inflation.
As Chester Davis, whose resig
nation as war food administra
tor Is announced, declared:
"I do not believe such sub
sidies will be effective In eon
trolling Inflation unless they are
accompanied here, as they are
In England, by current tax and
savings programs that drain off'
excessive buying power, and by'
tight control and management
of the food supply; We. do not
have In thijs country anything
approaching these conditions."
But neither the president, nor
congress , Is ready to apply the
controls and the taxation neces
sary to do the job. Both are
afraid of ' mass pressures 'and
aquawks of the public. What
limited efforts the president
makes the congress proceeds to
unmake or resist
"Subsidies" is a naughty word. .
Americans do not like ; It But
the situation bolls down; to this: "
The action of the congress In
denying funds for subsidies wag
negative. What positive' action
dees congress 'propose to re
strain or prevent Inflation? Con
gress has grabbed the balL Now
we will see how far It runs
andTlh what direction. : ' '
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