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In the development of conatructlve community policy.
ISSUES OF DAY INTERPRETED
BEGINNING today on the first pago, readera of The
no-,lster-Guard will find the first of a series
Ot crudes In which loading members of the faculty
- it the University of Oregon will discuss the great
constitutional Issues which the New Deal has
bi ought to the front through It efforta to solve the
depression problems of social and economic re
adjustment. The first articles in this series will be
by Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the socisl sciences
In the Oregon system of higher education. He will
discuss the monetary problems, on which he Is an
authority. In another series Dr. Calvin Crunbaker,
economist, will discuss the spreading problems of
Interstate commerce. Wayne L. Morse, dean of the
University law school, will explain the legal phases
of the situation In their relation to the nation's
habiU of life. Finally Dr. John T. Oanoe, of the
department of history will show how these prob
lems have grown out of the nation's part
The articles have been written by. these ex
perts at the suggestion of Judge Robert W. Saw
yer, publisher of The Bend Bulletin, who has seen
the need of some such calm and factual explanation
of the complex issues on which we all will be vot
ing, one way or another In time to come. Already we
hear some leadors calling to tho people to "liberal
ise the conatitutlon", by specific amendments.
Others are shouting to "stand by the constitution",
opposing all change. Most of us are only dimly aware
of how much the constitution has been changed
since It was first written, not only by the process of
speclflo amendment but by the Interpretation of
the courts, Most of us are only partly conscious
of the conflict of authority which has been going on
since the beginning between the administrative, the
legislative and the Judicial divisions of our gov
ernment, and likewise we find It somewhat difficult
to visualize the struggles between centralised fed
eral control and the decentralised authority of
states.
. We do know that there Is much woe In the
land. We do know that much of It, is due to the
uncontrolled and seemingly uncontrollable develop
ment of business. We all talk freely of the need of
vast pension systems, regulations of labor rela
tions, wage standards and reforms Intended to
restore the American Ideal of a land where every
body who will work can have his chance. We know
that the noosevelt administration has run "smack
bang" Into certain limitations on Its power to act
We know there Is a sharp difference of opinion
as to Just what Is the proper course. We know
that If constitutional safeguards are destroyed,
however holy the cause, the unwholesome and un
American Institution ot dictatorship might be tbe
next step. We know we want "PROSPERITY" and
most ot us believe we can get It and keep It with
out giving up any American rights. The problem
Is how far to go In changing or adapting the In
stitutions our founders set up.
The authors ot these artlclos will not attempt to
give you any of the "answers". They are attempting
only to show what these problems are In their
historical background and present context. We be
lieve these men are performing a valuable publlo
service to the ettlsens ot this state.
LOBBIES OF GENTLER SORT
QPEAKING of lobbloa, thoro have always been
"lobbies", and will be till human naturo Is
perfected, at which time there will bo no need ot
what we know as government. In the early days,
when life moved at a slower and more dignified
pace the "social lobby" was all-Important Nor
did tho most austere of tha founding fathers scorn
It
It Is related that Jefferson and Hamilton came
to an Impasae over certain mattera very early In
Washington's administration. Jefferson wanted the
new federal government to nssumo the burdensome
debts of the stalos. Hamilton opposed tho "asaump
tlonlsts" and fought for a central bank which Jef
ferson blocked. Likewise Jeffcraon wanted tho na
tion's capital located somewhere near tho center of
tho new union, if possible In his own stnto, Virginia;
Hamilton wanted It fnrlhor north, near New York.
A dinner was given! Just as thousands ot such
dinners have boon given since. Gracious ladles were
present. There was excellent food, splendid wine,
entertaining convocation. The powerful opponents
were brought together, and, It Is reported, the
basis of tho compromlso ultimately made waa es
tablished over coffee cups.
On the modern legislative scene, the "soclnl
lobby" grows less and lees Important. An aspiring
congressman has been known to change his volo
as the result of an Invitation to golf at exclusive
Chevy Chase. In some cases. It Is still possible to
hulld an approach by seeing thst certain Invitatlona
to select parties reach an ambit loua wife.
Tho high-salaried "public relations men" who
maintain offices In Washington to represent trado
associations, patriotic societies, world causes, and
whatnot still know the value of tho proper social
approach, but Congress has bocomo too big to
make this method effective except with those who
occupy tbe more Important legislative posts.
The favorite method of the modern lobby la to
"build fires" under the wavering congressman back
In the district where he gels Ills vote. There are
many, many ways of doing this, through buslnesa
and proteaslonal connections, through organlta
llona. through tha press. Another method Is to put
bstaclea In the way of his hopes.
It you can find some way lo keep people from
being people you can stop all this. When there Is
found that statesman who lives and acts entirely
y rule of reason, you can tell all the figures In
tha Hall of Fame to move over and give him the
place.
PLAYGROUNDS AN OPPORTUNITY
CACH day Eugeneans have presented for tholr
use and enjoyment a playground that a state
playground official recently commended aa "among
die best In the state". Trained supervisors, under
ilia direction of a competent and permanent re
sreational council, are devoting their entire time
inward, making the local playgrounds the "best In
tbe stale". With the timely help of the American
Legion still more aafo play spots for children are
being developed and equipped on schoolgrounds,
vacant lots.
In addition to these many organized playgrounds,
there are, within the city, some choice recreational
spots for people of all ages. Chief among these
are the Bklnner butte park with facilities for plc
nlclng and swimming which more than a thousand
now use in a single day and Hendrlck's park, with
its deer and elk and winding drives on picturesque
wooded crests. In the proposed development of the
fairgrounds as e recreation center, the west side
may at last achieve "parity" with the east aide In
the matter of park convenience. What Is needed
most Is still wider use of all this city's facilities so
people will appreciate the opportunity ot these
parks. -
Some day in the not distant future the Eugene
system of parka will be extended. It Is Interesting
to note In the report on the Willamette Valley pro
ject recently laid before Governor Martin, one
whole section Is devoted to the development of
state, county and city parks. State and county park
boards are proposed to work with city park com
missions In coordinating a program of this sort
i The first step toward major park programs In
any community, however, must be "publlo Interest".
That Interest depends on actual use of parks. When
people, old and young, not only use the playgrounds
and swimming pools and picnlo facilities of the
parks but become Interested In the birds and ani
mals and trees and "park lnhabltanta", you can
say a park movement Is really under way In that
community.
In Ashland they name trees. In Bend they make
familiar acquaintances of animals and birds. Before
we need large sums of money for park expansion we
need Intimate park Interest of this sort M. B.
LOBBYISTS GO FOR A RIDE
TOT very edifying Is the spectacle which the
V senatorial Investigation of the utilities lobby
has brought to light Yet there Is little that Is realy
now In It. The Associated Gas and Electrlo Com
pany, a vast holding corporation operating In many
states spent $700,000 to knock the "death sentence"
clause out of the Roosevelt bill to regulate such
concerns. This expenditure probably repreaents only
a small part of the money spent by similar con
cenrs and associations.
It would have been a perfectly legitimate ex
penditure but for certain facts. Men were employed
to ransack telephone directories In many cities for
names to be signed to fake telegrams ot protest
to Congress. Thousands of citizens were falsely
represented or represented without their consent
as objecting to the "death sentence" for holding
companies. When the Investigation was started not
only were company records hidden or destroyed
but telegraph offices were invaded and telegraph
company employee Induced to burn tholr records
ot the messages which were sent out
Nothing will be a more potent argument against
holding companies than the admission of A. E.
Beach, securities manager of the concern, that
though his company could find $700,000 for such
a splurge, In the last few years It hasn't paid Its
stockholders a cent. It was money ot stockholders
(and of consumers In the last analysis) which was
spent for these corrupting activities. And under
cross-oxamlnatlon, Mr. Beach admitted that con
sumers would ultimately pay the cost.
The efforts of other more conservative (or
cautious) concerns and associations to repudiate
the action of the A. O. B. company are not con
vincing. They have avoided some ot the stupid
blunders made by Beach and bis associates. Never
theless, there Is only a thin line between what the
A. G. E. did and the more respectable lobby tech
nique. Nor are Big Money Interests the only of
fenders. Every kind ot organisation which has
"a want" at Washington employs much the same
technique petitions, letters, telegrams, threats,
prosHurea and the methods used to build Up such
"showings of sentiment" are seldom ethical or even
discreet
So far as the offending utilities are concern
ed, exposure Is the worst punishment that could
be vlBlted on them. No doubt the present Investi
gation will be fallowed by demands for new laws to
reinforce corrupt practice statutes. Possibly, It
can be made a felony to "represent" any person
without his sworn consent So far, all efforts to
"reform" lobbies have been futile. By employing
some "lama duck" ex-member who haa the privi
leges of the floor, anybody can "pipeline" direct to
the center of debate.
Furthermore, lobbies cannot be eliminated with
out seriously Impairing the very neceasary Tight
ot every citizen to protest when his Interests are
In any way affected by legislation. The only real
cure, If people could be persuaded to accept It,
would ho the election of men with the Intelligence
and courage to make their own decisions and Ignore
pressures of all sorts. But that Is asking MUCH!
McNARY USES COMMON SENSE
"VltKGON'S Senator McN'ary crashed the nation's
headlines the other day In rather an unusual
way when he undertook to sponsor for President
Roosevelt tho legislation which will govern the
uso and salo of power from tho hugo Bonneville
project When a Republican floor lender In entrusted
with tho handling of a "must bill" for a Democratic
administration It Is something like the old angle
about tho "man bites a dog'" and It la news of
some sort Some reporters saw "Republlran Leader
Supports Administration" as a political omen ot
soma sort.
Which it Is not! On some phases of the natlon'a
power problems, Senator Mc.Vary happens to agree
with President Roosevelt He also happens to be tho
senior senator from the Northwest and Bonneville
pertains to the Northwest The sensible plan work
ed out tor the handling of Bonneville reflects Sena
tor McNary's leadership. In yetting together on the
plan, both President Roosevelt and Senator VNary
merely put common sense above politics.
The event has no great political significance
unless It Is slgniricant that two such party leaders
are able to forget pnrtlaanshlp. It Is Oregon's good
fortune lo he represented hy a man who enjoys
confidence on both sldea of the house. If McN'ary
were a man who played a narrow political game
he would not be so potent when his state needs
remits. M. n.
THE STRATOSPHERE BOYS ARE NOT ALONE!
The picnic season Is In full swing and that's
all right with Ajai Mctiurk. but he hopes there'll
he no hard fnellngs If he reminds folks bow nice
II lll seem to sit down at table again and tuck In
a thick steak.
alBsBmnsstsi - ... cioki
AN ANSWER
fRESWELL, Ore. (To the Edi-
tor) Sunday you printed my lat
ter "To Prof." Tuesday I get a let
ter from Mrs. Somebody saying, "Yon
have insulted our professor, called
them money hogs. And who are you?
A Red with a picayune Job in some
two by four mill or a one-horse farm
er?" Hot stuff, eh? So hot that I
heard it sizzle, Just like the fish that
got away. Pretty good guesser, lady.
You got one out of three right. I am
a democrat, and yes, I have no Job,
even in a 2x1 mill. People don't
employ old rusty crackpots like they
used to do. People went bright shiny
vsssala who do and say "uh huh,"
"yes," "yon bet" or "me too."
The only thing we old crackpots can
do is write to the paper, circulate
petitions and starve.
No, no, lady the professors are
not money hogs. It la true that while
he gets his three thousand seven ot
us get nothing; but the dollars be
drawe from the pool are mere finger
lings. Scarcely big enough to give
the pan a fishy smell. Why lady,
he will bare to work 20 years to get
as much as Max Baer got in an hour
or two the other night. Did you ever
hear of a certain Andy who admitted
before the court that hie net income
last year waa above six millions?
There, lady, is a real fisherman, an
expert, a genuine money hog, who
uses all eorts ot lure from aluminum
spoons to "old rye whisky." If the
professor had commenced to teach the
day Jesus Christ was born and had
lived and worked every year at bis
present snlory he should have to live
and work another 65 years for hie
total 2000 years' salary to amount to
Andy'a net income for one year. Yet,
lady, you call me a Red because I
iwant to restrain Andy. Because I
want to prevent his taking so many
of those dollars that there may be a
few more left for the professor and
for you. to say nothing about the
15.000 for whom not a penny is left
Next time you write address the
Mail Bag, so all of the old crackpots
can read all you say.
T. P. KABLER.
WHAT SOME THINKERS THINK
Complied by CLAY K palmek
Pastor of First Congregational Church
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT: "The
transmission from generation to
generation ot vast fortunes, by will,
inheritance or gift Is not consistent
with the Ideals and sentiments of the
American people. Creative enterprise
Is not stimulated by vast Inheritances.
They bless neither those who be
queath them nor those who receive
them."
Dr. William Inge: "The happiest
people seem to be those who have no
particular causo for being happy, ex
cept that they nrc.
Dr. Mary Wooley, Pres. of Mount
llolyoke college: "I have been called a
hopeless optimist, but progress was
never made by a pessimist"
Peroy Gardner, in his book, "A Law
yer's Philosophy of life," writes;
"The acquisition of property carries
with It either the burden of responsi
bility for ita proper use, or the risk
of destroying character through its
improper use."
Robert Moras Lovstt, In reporting
the "Grass Roots Conference," wrote:
"No one remembered that Lincoln
thought of the Constitution as Jesus
thought of the Sabbsth, and declared:
'This country with all its institutions,
belong to the people who inhabit it.
Whenever they shall grow weary of
the existing government, they can ex
ercise their constitutions! right by
amending It or their revolutionary
right to dismember It or overthrow
it' "
Dr. A. E. Morgan, vice chancellor
of McOIll University, Montreal, Can
ada: "If humanity is to progress there
must be liberty also for the disquiet
ed few whom most members of the
conservative majority dislike. Toler
ance for tbe minority Is the real test
of freedom."
Edmund Chaffes. editor the "Pres
byterian Tribune": "We stand at one
of the great turning points in human
history. Mighty torcea have been un
leashed which unless controlled by
the spirit and ethic of Christ will
engulf us in s world wide disaster."
E. Stanley Jonsi, in hla last book,
"Christ's Alternative to Communism,"
writes: "The Idea that a man will not
work evoept for the profit motive Is
being disproved in Russia and all
around the world wherever it ia tried.
The fact is that the men who work
tbe hardest are the men who work for
a cause. A competitive order cannot
provide a cause; a collective order
would."
Dr. Robert A. Mllllkan, scientist:
"Ninety-five per cent of all altruistic
and humanitarian work in the world
has come and is directly or Indirectly
from the influence of organized re
ligion." Author unknown: "The man who
thinks he can cheat a moral God in a
moral unive.-se is a moral imbecile."
George Bernard Shaw, world fam
oub author and critic of organized
Christianity: "After reviewing the
world of human events for sixty years
I am prepared to stnte that 1 see no
way out of the world's misery except
the way that Christ would take were
He to undertake the work of a mod
ern statesman."
Irving Babbitt, scholar: "Unless
there is a reaffirmation of the truths
of the Inner life in some form re
ligious or humanistic civilization is
threatened at the base."
E. Stanley Jones, world famous mis
sionary: "At fifty yeara of age life
to me ia i-Jttins better and better:
every year la finer than the lost and
the adventure of life is glorious. I
don't know what it Is to have a bored
or cynical hour."
H. 0. Wella: "A resolute pi sh now
for quite a short period might recon
struct tbe entire basis of our collec
tive life."
A. A. Milne, brilliant English poet
a playwright: "I think wi.r is wrong;
as I think cruelt to children wrong;
as I think slavery and burning of
heretics wrong: aa I think the ex
ploitation of tbe poor wrong. The
Prime Minister and Sir John Simons
think that modern war Is disaitrnus;
I think Ihot war is wrong. Tbe Pope
anil the Archbishop of Canterbury
think that modern war Is horrible. I
think It Is wrong. Lord Booverbrook
thinks that war puts too reavy a bur
den upon the taxpayer. I think it is
wrong."
IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL BAG
FOR 2UMWALT SITE
CUGENE. Ore. (To tbe Editor)
In as few words as possible, I
wish to say that the place proposed
by E. W. Zuniwalt aa a site for a
pioneer museum i far superior to any
oilier yet mentioned. In the shade of
the twenty splendid oaks the ther
mometer usually registers on warm
days several degree lower than at
any other point in the city. This
Place suggested by Mr. Zumwalt is
near the eastern entrance to the city,
and only a fhort diitance from the
university. Persons entering the city
from the south would be Impressed
with the respect and reverence that
we of today will have given to the
memory of those who three genera
tions earlier gave to us our fertile
valleys and timbered hills, and laid
the foundation for a beautiful and de
lightful city. And who led tbe way to
our eecuriug one of our country's
flnc-t educational institutions. As
has oern said, if on entering a city
one sees good things, he will look
only for good things.
In this esse be will have first seen
the pioneer memorial building and
next the university grounds and build
ings, showing present facilities and
future possiliilitiea. He will go on
through the city seeing only good
things and as ha leaves he will carry
with him a happy memory. But on
the other hand If the oaks are felled
and converted Into lumber and wood
as Is now contemplated and there
continues to be little else on Frank
lin nlvd. but wrecking yards with
their acre of wreckage, will any vis
itor from the south ever see the uni
versity or any other thing good ia
the city? We can not spare the epace
in the east city or county park, for
any building of any kind, it would not
leave us breathing room, and we would
soon with it removed.
If the contemplated building were
located on the fair grounds the trav
eling world In passing through would
never find It out. If placed on the
butte as visioned by Mr. Wilkins, we
elderly people might never again see
the priceless articles that carry us
through our memory back to tha
days of our childhood and the pres
ence of our parents. It Is true that
persons visiting the city from the
south, would on reaching the falls
of the Willamette river east of the
city, observe in the distance a prince
ly monument crov, ning a noble butte,
and wonder at ita Purpose. But In
traveling through a mile of wreck
age before reaching the city center,
they will have 'become so "down in
the mouth" that no effort at display
of civic pride by any citizen could in
duce them to lift their beads to ob
erve any structure atop the butte. I
am voting right now, if the oaks plot
be aelected that It be called the Pi
oneer Memorial park In honor of our
beloved pioneer parents. Thia place
can be reached Ivy a short easy walk,
or a five-minutes ride on the bus.
Anyone that can drive a car can go
right in among the oaks. The room
for storing construction material will
make It much less expensive to build
at tha oaks than at any other point
so far mentioned. D. R. HILL.
The Bootes nebula is the mt dis
tant point ever measured by nstrono.
mers. It is l."it,,lHXi,iHV.W,000.
000 miles awsy.
ON WEAK DIPLOMACY
CUGENE, Ore. (To the Editor)
It does seem, indeed, that Eu
ropean nations are set in the habit of
considering a treaty aa "Just a Scrap
of Paper," aa your recent editorial
goes to show. Honor among these na
tiona seems to be a lost art No one
aeems able to trust any other much
of any beyond the point of political
expediency. Aa Tennyson puta it:
". . .the nations do but murmur, snarl
ing at each other's heels."
But we Americana are not to be
limited by European notions of honor
or right dealing) among nations. Wise
old George Washington forewarned
us to keep away from entangling for
eign alliances. The world Ib Indeed a
small place theae days; and we do not
enjoy quite as much isolation as for
merly. But the world ia yet large
enough and we Americans are , yet
isolated enough to have a large meas
ure of freedom of our corporate na
tional will In working out our na
tional destinies.
We solemnly pledged the honor of
the nation when we co-sponsored and
signed, along with some 60 other na
tions, the Kellogg-Briand treaty re
nouncing war aa an instrument of
international policy. Treaties are part
of the constitution, the supreme law
of the land. When we pledge the hon
or of the nation we pledge the honor
of each one of us as individual Amer
icans. No one expects America to be au
idealiatic sheep among very realistic
wolvea. The billion dollars we have
this year alloted to "defense" should
free us from the fear of any such
Polyanna-like course. But aa Will
Rogers (who apeaka many a true
word In jest) points out. our first line
of defense is not the military but the
diplomatic. And he adds it is a woe
fully weak first line. Who would rise
to dispute the gentleman's contention?
It seems to be (purely an amateur
observer) that as long as our foreign
policy continuea to waver between
deference to the wishes of military
men on the one hand and commercial
men on the other, it ia not likely to
show much more character than it haa
In the post-war past Since when has
America asked tbe league of nations
to be responsible for her national
honor, pledged when she signed the
Kellogg-Briand treaty renouncing war
forever as an Instrument of our na
tional policy? '
Every truly patriotic American who
pondera our reply to little Abyssinia
must feel some degree of shame that
our best advice ia to appeal to the
league, the holding company for aome
of the more powerful :European na
tions. We could at least politely sug
gest to Italy that she was a party to
the agreement to renounce war.
A little leak In a dike does not take
long to widen.
EDWIN W. WILLIAMS.
TO AN EARWIG
Curses on thee, little pest!
Would that I could raid thy nest
Crush thy young beneath my heel.
Proud, exultant, would I feel.
Any door that opens wide,
Gangs of airwigs sneak inside
Raid the cupboards, mount the stair;
Earwigs found just everywhere.
In my food and in my bed.
In my aocks and on my bead:
Worse thsn spiders, ant, or slugs!
Darn things drive me nearly bugs.
When old Noah filled his ark
(This thought finds me in the lark)
Hoilt for those who did not sin,
How come he let earwigs in?
J. GITCHELL.
Crickets and katydids of the same
species in different parts of the coun
try have distinguishing chirps and trills
added to their common calls, accord
ing to an eminent Washington, D. C.
scientise.
A eparate stove Is used to cook each
dish of food in some parts of the Phil
ippines, Tre stoves consist of clay
bowls, which hold the charcoal fire
over which the pota rest
MRS. GAWLEY
EUGENE. Ore. (To the Editor)
The time haa come (the walrus
said) for some one to come forth,
ere it la too late, and save this coun
try from these frenzied Townsend
ites. It's really getting serious, yon
know, that out of this nstlon of
millions of enlightened people, that
there isn't some one smart enough
to prove to all these Townsendites
just how "crazy," feeble, and "un
sound" their plsn is.
I read Harpole's letter and I'd
like to call his attention to one fact
letters ridiculing the PLAN, are
about aa effective as baying at the
moon.
Tbe Townsend movement Is tre
mendous, and unleaa some wise man
gets busy pretty soon, you sre going
to see IT put Into effect, so don't
waste any more of the Guard's spsce
with ridicule, hut DO something.
Why don't YOU tell ns how to
bring back prosperity? Simply howl
ing, "The Townsend won't do It,"
does not change the situstlon one
iota.
I wonder if yon, Mr. Harpole,
ever heard the remark that "what
Eugene needs more than any thing
else ia a pay roll?" Did you ever
live In a town that had, not one, but
several pay rolls? Did you ever live
in a town with very few, or none at
all? Which would yon choose to do
business In? Me? I'd take the town
or conntry, where every person over
60 waa on a PAY ROLL. Then I'd
not worry about auch ' trifling items
as taxes or high living costs.
I thank yon,
MRS. R. Ii. GAWLEY.
MR. HARPOLE
JUNCTION CITT. (To the Ed
itor) Be cheerful and live longer.
Open the shutters and throw them
wide
And welcome the sunshine In;
Summer fe with us with all Its hopes
And conquest we're bound to win;
Open your heart to the glorious now
And the Joys tomorrow will 'bring;
Sweep the chords on the harp of life
And help the angels to sing.
Pull down the blinds In the old back
room
The reolm of yesterday;
Forget the troubles and worries
you've had.
Just whistle a roundelay:
Your path is strewn with the Joye
of life
And roses bloom everywhere;
So pluck life's gifts with an eager
hand
And the flowers that blossom there.
Why should you sigh while others
shout.
Or weep while others smile.
You reap no harvest from sobs and
tears.
Hut gladness is worth your while.
So tune your sou! to the higher key
And leave out the minor strain;
The world will answer your joyous
call
And join In life's sweet refrains.
Author unknown. Contributed by
K. P. Harpole, Junction City, Ore.
THANKS
I EBAXON, Ore. (To the Editor)
I have just read with much in
terest your editorial headed, "Sounda
Like Middle Ages," concerning tbe
attempt of certain gentlemen to test
the legality of Governor Martin's right
to the office of governor. It Is a
very well written article and states
the case very fairly. I congratulate
you on tbe editorial.
SAM'L M. GARLAND.
ROLLING IN WEALTH
YONCOLLA. Ore. (To the Ed
itor) It is with Joy I wish to say
that the Townsend club numbers are
growing like weeda in the "spring
time."
Do not be discouraged If our
critics say we are a bunch of fa
natics. If we are such, we are the
largest bunch of people standing for
one thine. "Tbe Townsend plan" put
into operation by the two percent
transaction tax. They aay, where la
the money coming from? Why, it Is
coming from where it is. It can be
adjusted to meet all requirements.
Printing press money or s check
book. They ask, where ia it all? Just
around the corner. If on can only
I find that corner. The banks bare 10
ouuon aollars
the amount of money t,
doea not amount to tir,0"
la the turnover of that .
Townsendites are after
In tbe July 7 issue of iv. ,
Guard, the editor writ.. ""-i
writes a ,
ing on "the American
for aome one to esDon,. .r'
workable acheme than
P. and do It auick. v- V
knows we need a nalH
quick that will cure the
neonle. resulting f m u. , a
"New Deal." w. h.v,
take. If the present admi
keeps on calling for the bgj?
oil up their political m.-v:..
our children will be bora Jm "
than $2000.00 debt hanrin,
their necks. 81 "t
Dear friend take hope, fa
such labor leaders as A. P
take their stand fo the ij?
plan, we know it will wort, 7!
given a chance. Mr. Whihn,
marked In his speech at CUnJ
Ohio, that Dr. Townsend hut eJ:
the American people to rli73
It la neither wise nor goo J
denying themselves of tk. .
things of life, while bsnlm,f3
clers and Industrialists eiplofcj
One critic says It Is a ek.
akin Peter to give to otlwi J
miuij. nnu mat is jusi T
Tpwneendites want to g n
from, and in running tbe utiti
a transaction tax everyone til ;
his Bhare and no more. And u,
young people grow up, the?v3
storing up their raid op policy (
living aa they go along, Insteaj
existing under the dny light rt
aa their parents are now doiu.
Now the "point" in Mr. HirJ
article Is so far out of slight, U
is no nope of ever finding it
Now to wind tip, this Ida w
when we are employed by Cnt fi
to spend S200 a month to get 1
machinery of the money drroJ
agoing, and give the mragiiJ
employment, we are men rt
wealth. The only fault I bin
find it, I will still have to nlds
pennies, for S200 a month a 1
very much.
Yours for Townsend Victory,
MRS. OLIVE Sltd
.
FREE LABOR PARADOX
CUGENE, Ore. (To the Ein.
It seems that the laitmikm J
officials are very much comrJ
about the handling of labor It
present time in keeping with tit jj
ular concept, tne proDiem runs
the public mind.
We are told inmates of aeu!
atitutlons are to construct nidi a
traila and not compete with fnthsj
The term "free labor" can be iraj
preted to mean what? "Free lisri
like your ' tree water souooi in
paradox. The jobless worltt
aide of Jail must beg for wort,
protection to hold a job whttii
nlovers and former employei a
dispute over wages and workinira
ditinns. or nractically othervini
clsre themselves paupers to
relief employment.
Nn reader of average Intelligen
sucker enoush to awnllow tit
tale about "free labor, bo ",
there Is sn employer element a
social set-up owning the ntm
nr. to whom labor must lot
employment just so long will m
be "free" only ss it sppeanu;
newapapere "in Principle" hot
Tact.
The public officials are ritr
rl.im there Is "free labor."
wn. -ben labor falls to belim
Inmate labor cannot pojsiblrtj
pete with free labor becaon fwaj
to labor under the present
af la nnr. stnttlR flUO.
Labor, bought for money Btesj
other commodity to yiem pre
"r lnhor" In the CMU
thought which links the mortofc
ened workers. The entire labor CJ
tion Is a comical joke at whirl 1
the most stupid should laugn m
1av: It. frnrt.
The country provides a gnat m
tern of natural resources ano i-n-A-ir
nf wonderful machines, w-
r.rm. In the mills, mil"
factories not to be forever i
and controlled by a small rr
vated employer class, whleh hi''
police, (minions of their lwW'
der) apply friction very saiswj
workers free only to lsb at rj
subsistence and un-American n
but to become the joint prop"i
.11 l. lohnr free to PrOdW
.1 J. .v.rrtliinir (or W "1
The new economic order, the 1
work "Big Shots" care not
I often wonder about rt 1
tutionality of having a t'-'
x tiL T olmr" nndtf
lera OI rire - . .J
petitiveless, moneyless, tno "1
form of government.
" Sorinsfieli WH
News of Lorane
lorane, July :n-'
Mr. and Mrs. H. ii. """'"j -A
daughter, Elnta 'H
Tuesday to tisii rem" - j
Mr. Cunningham's mother frrt "1
home, a brother trom "- j
a brother from iirsans"
visiting there. d
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J
Bend visited at tne
home Sunday. Mrs. Tweet
of Mr. Lohrey. . . -d
The Leslie Herenueeo
the week-end at the cossu
Fern Albright ot oi
......i dvs wi"
Dunn. Winnie snd
Pete Cunningham mass
at the mill Saturday whin -
lumber. . n re
The A. C. Skelton fan
from a visit in CahforaU
r.rn and Archie LenreJ
with measles. &
Mr. and Mrs. Bu"
Eugene visited at the i- ' j
home Thursday. .
Luther Anderson of fsi
his brother Ted Anuerf -
Among those attending
baseball game in CotW ,
Monday night were Cta"j.
Clyde Davis, l --m
nerenoeeu, " , j
Lvle and Alton Conrad. d
T.H Anderson vin",,.""-rf
at a Eugene bospitIFnL.
m.. ,ii.min B to inaint'''
t. ' ,i hv men lbs