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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. 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. ' "r
Dead Isolationism -. j
The fence-sitters on the republican candi
: dates' fence have got up courage to say that
they are not ''isolationists," and their apologists
gravely announce that "isolationism is dead."
It may be dead, but it will have its resurrection
in nationalism. Senator Reynolds, member of
' the senate foreign relations committee,' and one
of the most ardent of the pre-Pearl Harbor iso
lationists, is back from a trip to Europe and in
Jus first statement comes out on a "nationalist"
platform. It's the same coat, just turned inside
-." out. : v : I '
When the showdown comes we will find the
America f inters, republican and democrat, lined
up as they were before Pearl Harbor, y deter
mined to block any constructive approach to
adjustment of international relation. As the
San Francisco Chronicle says about the new
nationalism Sen. Reynolds is now parading:
Nationalism that Reynolds Is trying to touch
off is the dangerous force upon which all. the vi
cious power in Europe is based. Mussolini built
his power on appeal to Italian nationalism. Hit
ler's strongest afnpeal was to a German national
ism of the mythical Aryan superman. Japan's
vice isthe nationalism of Emperor worship and
: Japanese supremacy over all other human beings.
In the hands of a man like Reynolds, nation-.,
alism that we have been taught to believe a rea--senable
pride of Americans in their country and
love for its institutions becomes a fanaticism.
The nationalism that Reynolds is talking about
is a new name now coming into currency for the
isolationism for which he beat the drum until
Pearl Harbor forced a temporary silence upon
him. There were many isolationists honestly in
error who have seen the error of their ways. But
Reynolds, for whom our enthusiasm always has
been at low ebb, runs true to his form.'
Wrong Direction . r , ,
Premier Badoglio, former Premier Orlando
and now King Victor Emmanuel himself have
radioed their sympathies to the Sicilians. The
king says tearfully, the separation will not last
for long, and assures them, "Italians of Sicily,
your king is near you."
They are wasting their appeals. The Sicilians
are getting on very well. They like the Yanks
. and the British far better than the Germans,
and pulled down with alacrity the pictures of
n Duce. Some even think they automatically
become citizens of the United States, and have
started to claim their rights and privileges.
The radio commiseration should be beamed
the other way. It's the Italians on the peninsula
who are in for a drubbing now. And the king
who sought to save his royal house by setting
up his tool Badoglio, may find himself washed
out when the accounting is finally; held.1
Veterinarians get funny calls, the same as
physicians. A few days ago Dr. Belton, veterin
arian with the state department of agriculture,
was called oh by a farmer to see what was ail
ing his hogs. The hogs were wobbly, and having
difficulty controlling : their hind quarters. The
farmer thought it was hog cholera. Dr. Belton
investigated and diagnosed he trouble
getting drunk on fermented whey.
Oil in Oregon?
Drilling for oil in Oregon has usually been
a speculation with trimmings of fraud. Promot
ers would suck in the dollars of the gullible,
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uuui a uci i icr., wiu men ae away, some 01
these wells financed by popular investment ac
tually went a long way down into the earth
one of them in the Clarno basin; another in
Langley valley in the Klamath country, but
.they found no oil in paying quantities. Then
there have been a few cases of drilling by east
ern companies which put up their own capital,
but found only dry holes. This was the experi
ence a few years ago at the Steiwer farm south
of Salem, and the well drilled near Buena ferry.
It is reported that' Phillips Petroleum com-
nanv is mminS inin iniltkmact "WAnnn to
m r o w. ... .. vivuii .v uiui
for oil. This is one of the biggest companies in
the business; so its operations will be watched
with interest. The Coos country is rated by geo
logists as one of the districts in the state where
petroleum may be found. For most of the state
they are very skeptical.
So heavy is the drainage of current con
sumption on the older fields that it is recognized
new sources of oil must be found. Present costs
discourage wildcatting; but evidently the Phil
lips organization feels warranted in " stepping
into this unproved country to do some drilling
on its own.
Oregon's great deficiency is in mineral de
velopment, products of mines and quarries be
ing of very modest valued Discovery, of petro
leum in the state would give a great stimulus
to the whole economic life of the state. The
proof lies in the drill bit, not in the prospectus
of some promoter. The Phillips company relies ?
on the former, not the latter.
Without Profit
Some of the biggest industrialists evidently
do not want to be tarred, with the; charge of
being "merchants of death" when this war is
over. The big steel companies, the real back
bone of modern war-making, have had little in
r crease in prices of their products, and the in
crease in operating costs and taxes has greatly
reduced their; earnings. U. S. Steel, which has
been chosen to operate the new government
owned steel plant located 35 miles south of
Salt Lake City, is going to do the job for the
government on a non-profit basis. It furnishes
the "know-how" without remuneration, the op
erations, of course, being financed by the gov
ernment. ...... . . i . i ,i
This scheme may work in the war emer
gency, but not beyond,. That would be a Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde arrangement unsatisfac
tory all around. In a competitive world, busi
ness survives on its profits, and shouldn't be
squeamish about earning fair profits.
Two, in One Week !
Did it ever happen before? ; j
Colliers and Saturday Evening Post in their
current issues both blazon on their covers an
nouncements of new serial stories by Ernest
Haycox, Oregon fiction writer. Written for the
former is a six-part serial, "The Wild Bunch,'
and for the Post, "Bugles in the Afternoon," in
eight parts. ,
Haycox has had his writings accepted by the
big national magazines for a number of years;
but it is most unusual for any author to have
two of his serials break in the same week in
rival publications like Colliers and Saturday
Evening Post. Undoubtedly it was just a co-
incidence; but the fact will highlight the already
fine reputation Mr. Haycox has as a writer of
fiction, particularly of th wm
; ' aark Van Fleet was elected city commis
sioner in Portland. Van Fleet, formerly in the
petroleum business, has been serving as ration-
lng officer in the state office of OPA. After that
duty he's apt to grow soft even in;as tough a
? Job as a city commissionership. If a good record
In office can be inherited. Van Fleet will suc
ceed, because his father served a long time, and
Myy' a federal judge in California.
Mussolini is now said to be interned on the
island of Bonza.- Bonza without any banzai!
(..- : .
Errol Flynn caught another red -head and .
went off on -a yachting trip. Old stuff: the moth
and the flame.
News Behind
The News ;
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 My columnar sug
gestion that our peace program should be worked
out on a basis of democratic and Christian princi
ples struck a popular responsive chord, but enough
scattered criticism and misun
derstanding has developed to re
quire further clarification to
round the subject out.
A Jewish woman in San Di
ego, for instance, suggests that
Christianity is exclusive and in
compatible with democracy,
which promises freedom of re
ligion, j
The true inspiration of Chris
tianity, of course, is tolerance
Paul MaUoa and justice for all, which like-;
wise is the basic principle of democracy. The roots
vof the Christian theory of life run 'back to the
mosiac law' Of the Ten Commandments.
Both have inspired the laws and customs of our
land. There is hot the slightest inconsistency be
tween them. '
Many clergymen of all faiths report having read
my column from their pulpits, but two have pro
tested my simplification of Christian principles to
the theme of common justice, good neighborliness,
kindliness and fairness. They rightly say Christian !
religions are much more than this, and that even
the heathens could get in under my tent Indeed,
they could. -
We are dealing in the post-war discussions, not
with matters of religion, but with politics, states
manship and formulas for national living. Theolo
gians must interpret Christianity as a . religion in
their respective ways, but statesmen must follow
the inherent theme of Christian theory. -
My suggestion is that statesmen and politicians
be pressed to follow the simple fundamental prin
ciples of Christianity as they have in making their
laws. The moral conceptions of honesty, good and
evil, preached by Conf ucious ("man is inherently
good") is close - enough to fundamental Christian
principles to indulge that kind of a post-war demo
cratic world. ; i '
Our Christian way of life is not sufficiently ap
proved in this world to warrant us making it ex
clusive. The conflicting theories into which we will
run in the post-war settlement are those of athe
ism, agnosticism and man-made religions of the
state (nazism, facism, communism).
These teach, lor. instance, that even murder is
justifiable in the interest of the majority. Political
opposition, they say, must be exterminated or liq
uidated by murder.
The opposite-doctrine which we have followed
is that of the Sixth Commandment,' the only con
doned exception being wars of self-defense. "Thou
shalt not kill' has not been amended for us to add
"except in politics.'! - U j i r
Several oilier readers on the opposite side be
lieved I wanted the churches to make the peace.
They question the ability of the churches to do so,
on the basis of their past records. . ? j , I
This was a strenuous over-interpretation of the
column. It would be enough for me If the church
leaders of the country would exert preaure upon
the statesmen for the maintenance of simple Chris-'
tian and democratic principles in their settlement
The elected representatives of the people are
charged with the duty of making the peace, not
the clergy. Churchmen are unfitted for the task by '
any measuring guage of practical experience. They
will do their duty if they keep the statesmen on
the right path. , : "1
Two readers also objected to my statement that
no one that I knew of had lived Christianity fully,
cUiming many holy men and women had done so!
I am not a competent judge on this subject but I
am sure all the saints would be the first to protest -that
they had equalled Christ and were without
original or ensuing sins of thought word or deed.
To me, Christ was the only divine human, and
I like to think they looked at it that way also.
These criticisms and misinterpretations only v
serve to emphasize the necessity that the peace be
based upon both Christian and democratic prin
ciple. :
Already the Russians are sponsoring a committee
for the restoration of "democracy in Germany
The refugees on this committee in Russia, says
Pravda truthfully, are socialists and communists.
The kind of "democracy" and "freedom" they would
restore to Germany is not our kind.
If we demand only democracy there and else
where over the post-war earth, without Christian
ity, we will get something foreign to our inclina
tions and beliefs. -:
i Words have been corrupted by artful politicians
f where ve lost their genuine
mmtog. The difference between us and Russia
if not j? word "democracy" or "anti-fascist"
bulMa Christianity that difference must bTpre-
vr-ssss t"'1 : .1.,
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stuttered in their microphones.
I do not mean to imply that
the war is over, or that hard
battles do not lie ahead they
surely do, both on the continent
of Europe and in the Pacific.
But the climax may not be the
super-spectacle we have been
anticipating. The European war
may prove to be like crossing
the Rocky mountains by the
South Pass. In crossing a moun
tain range you naturally ex
pect to climb precipitous heights
before you get to the top of a
sawtooth ridge. In South Pass
the ascent is so gradual and the
pass so wide you hardly know
when you are over the summit
the culmination of action in the
European war may come as the
result of patient plodding rather
than final climactic effort Be
fore we know it we may be
"over the hump. : j
It is by no means inconceivable
that with the cracking of the
hard shell of the continent the
nazis may see that their, goose"
is cooked, and the generals til
low the modern style of revolu- .
Hon and take over power and
sue for peace, as they did in
1918. If it happens, the so!5iers
can say as did Private Hy
Cathey of Ola, Ark., -Well, that's
all there is, there ain't no more?'
and sit down to eat their cheese.
If the end comes abruptly. Will
the statesmen be ready to lake
over when the soldiers are
through? v
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800 Cowboy Hit Review.-
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1030 The Quiet Hour.
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rOO The Man Behind the Gun.
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8:45 Saturday Night Serenade.
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800 Music
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830 Breakfast at Sardl's.
1835 National Farm and Home.
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St. John's, Richmond
"Give ma liberty
or give me death,
Patrick Henry
shotrted to the Vir
f inis Conventioa
rom St John's
Church, at Rich-
Virginia.
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Our UzdUo '-''Cxy-Day
t7crncr:d3
Oae of tbe most
famous churches of
Europe was that of
the llonastery of St
John, foanded at
Vyaxma in Russia is
1621-
It was destroyed by .
the Nazis along with
hoadreds of Ear o
peas ' insdtndofiav
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SUNDAY'S BADio rROGSAZI
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Dy MAX LONG
. Chapter 19 Continued ;
"When people try to, cover up
. some things, always they burn.
"You and your clues!" I scof
fed, anxious to get on with the
. search of - the cottages before
the, colonists should return. .
- He dinriped out the contents of
the 'wire basket and squatted
down, to sort out bits of half-
. burned paper. I heard footsteps
behind me ' and .whirled to see
Rawsons coming. . They were
laden with paraphenalia for
their crab study knitting and
- lunch, and were headed toward
the-canoes. ' -
Greetings!- they both caUed,
and Rawson said with sharpened
Interest as they came up to us: i
- - "Well, well Sherlock Holmes,
what?"; ,
Komako grinned. "Hasty ten.
' me' bout that fellow smart 'cop
him." He studied a scorched bit
of paper with the magnifying
glass they had lent him. Rawson
peered over his shoulder.
A bit. of an almanac," the j
Englishman reported. "I'd saved j
ft since it's marked."
Komako laid It aside and
stirred. other charred fragments
with his finger, Rawson helping .
him. Meanwhile I , asked Mrs.
. : Rawson:: I.
"You're not gardening?"
"Dear me, no! We pay Herb ,
. to do our share. We have far -more
important work to do.
Come, come,,, Gerald, we've no
time to indulge in your detective .
hobby." She turned back to me
eagerly,, "We think .we saw a
. very rare Hormiphora fusifor
. rnia yesterday and must verify
it today Jf we get it, it will pay
us Jolly" well in the collectors'
- market, '
Rawson adjusted his load.
"Yes, yes, let's get on with It."
As he and his wife turned to go,
he admonished - Komako: "No
thing is too significant to em
amine under the , glass. Good
luck!" . - .
"You too," Komako called af
ter them, then picked up a bit
of almanac and held It lip to me
without comment. It was the
kind put out by patent medecine
firms, the phases of the moon
duly noted. A date was circled -
with purple ink.
"Fourteenth," Komako s a Id
significantly. "Date of the mur
der. Somebody planning ahead
for that?"
Oh, that's a far cry," I said j
impatiently. "Let's go."
But he pocketed the scrap
carefully among his other treas
ures, only remarking: We look
for who has purple ink when we
try- them keys." :
Keep your eyes open for my ';
spear and fish knife, too," I
requested as we got under way.
(To be continued)
Chapter 20
We went first to the Delmar
house, wishing to verify, if we
could, Mrs. Delmar's statement
that the keys did not belong
there. There seemed no reason
why she should lie about this,
since they could have been car
ried to the sampan by Delmar
himself, but on the other hand.
If. the keys belonged to the Del
mars, there was.no use in our V
looking further to identify them.
fWe tried the keys in every
thing that had a lock, but none
of them fitted. In the bedroom
the drawer of a chest was hang
ing open, empty except for a "
lingerie strap, some rumpled .
sachets and such oddments as
one discards when packing. Ko
mako whistled over . this, then
found a suitcase and a couple
of bags under the bed. They
were all heavy, and since they
were not locked we soon verified -
our suspicion that they were
packed. : ;. .
"She means to leave here right
away!" I exclaimed.
"She don't go," Komako said
grimly. "She's not clear yet, even
if keys not fit. Come, come, we
go to other houses. I find only
black Ink here, anyhow." rr "
The net result of our expedi
tion was that, we found no
, purple Ink whatever, nor any
sign of my knife and spear. The
keys seemed to fit in some of the
. luggage in the various houses,
but the locks were too rusty to
yield. The oiled padlock on
Herb's homemade box opened to
one flat key, but a hairpin would '
have done Just as well.
Komako disappointedly re
turned the keys to his pocket.
"Clue not so good. But , I think
i of fine hiding place for your
spear, Hasty,"
He led the way -outdoors, and
starting with BudcPs house, we
went down "the line ' examining :
the edges of the thatched roofs
under the . overhanging, eaves.
-We were down as far as the
: Wests without any success,
when we caught sight of a swift
movement across Mrs. Delmar's
lanai. ; . '
'. We stood -motionless in the
shrubbery, waiting. After an in
terval a slight woman's figure
- ventured out of the deep sha
dow. The sun caught the spun
r gold of her hair. It was Elaine.
She was stuffing something into
her blouse as she looked nerv
ously around, and held it there
as she darted across to the
ratham house.
Komako strode, out of the
bushes without comment' and
down the path after her. She saw
him -and hesitated for an In
stant, then ran swiftly into the
house.
"Missus Elaine!" he called, his
voice casual and friendly, as he
advanced on the house with me
at his heels.
When we reached the lanai
she came out of one of the
rooms. There was wild panic in
her deep blue eyes, : and every
trace of delicate color had left
her face. ; ;
c "You all done gardening?"
Komako asked, smiling at -her
reassuringly. "Where is every
body?" "1 I ran on ahead," she man
aged to say shakily.
"Mrs. Delmar even- not here
yet," he continued gently. "We
saw you' In her house. What you
bring from $here?" 1
, She just stared at him, seem
ingly unable to answer, to make ..
any reasonable excuse for hav
ing been there. Her fright grew,
and she started past us as if to
escape back to the gardens. Then
the doctor came running with
swift long steps down the path.
Elaine ran to meet him and i 1
threw herself, sobbing, into his
arms. He glared -at us over her
head, then bent all his attention
to soothing her. Finally he said
shortly to us: "Stay here! I want
to talk to you fellows," and took
her into the . house.
When he came back, his face
was stern and set "What did you
say to upset her?"
"Nothing," Komako answered
with dignity. "We only ask why
she was in Mrs. Delmar's house.
Something else already scare
her."
Dr. Latham studied us in a
perplexed way, We were con
scious of the other colonists re
turning, and when his mother
turned into their cottage he said
tensely: "Come down to the pool
with me where we can talk.
There's something I've got to
tell you." j I
It was a strange, baffling story
he unfolded, down there by the
clear waters of the pool. It was
impossible not to believe him
while he was recounting it,' for
his deeply worried eyes and low
voice carried desperate pleading
for' understanding. And yet, la
ter . . . "
, "I hoped to avoid this," he
began unhappily, "but it is only
as you understand, that you may
be able to help about Elaine in
this sorry mess. You must never
say anything that might frighten
her." .
Komako askeed, "She know
about murder? And that you
think Hasty done it?"
"She knows the bare facts
about Delmar's death, but"
Latham turned his tortured eyes
on me "we've said nothing
about Mr. Hoyt. I can't quite
- bring myself to believe that ac
cusation, reaUy. No, the reason
she must not be subjected to any
shock goes much farther back
than this recent event." He
looked uncertainly at Komako.
(To be continued)
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Letters trom Statesman
' Readers i .
TatAINING COUNTS
To the Editor: I want to ex-
press my appreciation for your
column about army and navy
discipline in this morning's
Statesman. I think you have
rightly, pointed out one of the
little things in life which goes
far toward making life more
livable and satisfying.
This war is a crisis, which Is
showing up many of the weak
nesses of our civilization, not
the least of which is a failure
on the part of so many of us to
give the coming generation the
kind of training in responsibility
and orderliness which they need
to become better members of
the group. . .
CHESTER O. GOODMAN,
Pastor, Englewood Unit
ed Brethren Church,
Salem.
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