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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER-GUARD
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
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BD1TOB AND PUBU8HJCB Altoa t. Baker
MANAGING EDITOH .... William M. Tugmaa
NEWS SERVIOft Asaoelsted Pren, United Preee
MEMBER Andlt Burnt ol Oircolstiont
Tht Register-Gutrd's policy I tht complete and
Impartial poblleatloe to lta atws pagtt ol aD atws
and statemtnti on ntwt. On tilt paga, tha editors
of Tht Reglster-Gutrd offer their opinion! oa evtnts
at the dsy and mstttre of Importanct to tha com.
unity, tndeavoring to bt eandld but fair and helpful
la tha development of constructive community policy.
FARMERS SHOULD TURN OUT
0N January 12, according to Secretary C. F. Hyda,
there will be a atockholdera meeting of the
Eugene Farm Loan Association. The meeting place
haa not been decided. But the lue to come be
fore tha membership on that date ) well known,
or should be. It ! whether to continue the preeent
set-up or to accept In Lane county tha program
which the regional bank at Spokane has estab
llshed In nearly every other county In thla state
a plan deelgnad to save a gTeat deal of oparaUng
expense and make tha whole program mora effic
ient There ara now three associations In Lane coun
tyEugene, McKensle and Siuslaw all separately
operated. The Eugene association is by tar the
largest, lta operations extending even Into Linn
county. During one 18-month period, the Eugene
associations la reported aa paying to Mr. Hyde in
various expense allowances and commissions more
than $1,000. At the end of that period the associ
ation showed an 181.04 net operating deficit and
Its loan assets showed a percentage of "Impair,
ment" (delinquency) unsatisfactory to the Spokane
office.
To correct thla situation, the Spokane people
(or nearly a year have been auggestlng a unified
management of the three associations In Lane coun
ty under one aecretary to be named by the local
gfoups, themselves, The Spokane bank's approval
of this selection Is necessary alnce they pay the
salary but agreement on thla choice should not be
difficult, This would not mean a merger of the
three associations. They would remain separate
associations with their own directors and officers
except the secretary-manager whose services they
would share.
The main points about the proposition are:
The Spokane bank would pay the $2,100 a year
salary for the permanent aecretary.
The Spokane bank would pay 1900 a year for
his office help and $480 a year for his mileage ex
penses. The Spokane bank would pay $38.87 a month
to strengthen reserve funds.
There would be something over $4,000 coming
in to do work for which more than that sum has
been going out, and it is possible to say that the
financial situation of the association would be Im
proved by $8,000 a. year by reason of the substi
tution of income for outgo, '
At the time of the May meeting, when the
Spokane people laat appeared to explain thla situ
ation, it waa turned down. Mr. Hyde haa made
statements to show that he haa not profited by the
arrangement (and In that cue it Is hard to see why
he wants to keep it). There haa been dispute as
to whether the notices of the May meeting were
adequate to explain what was up or whether the
place (Guild hall) was suitable for a farm gather
ing. At any rate, It appears the May meeting was
poorly attended.
There should be no such misunderstandings
this time. The Spokane people say the proposition
ia still ejpen. They want a full and complete hear
ing and a vote that will be decisive beyond ques
tion. The date ia January II, we are Informed.
It ia a public matter aa well aa one of Immediate
importance to more than 800 association members
and stockholders.
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WHY "HOLIER THAN THOU"?
TN the American preas it ia the mode of the mo-
ment to offer up a good deal of self-congratulation
on the glorious courage of our newspapers as com
pared with those of Great Britain which for so many
weeks "shushed" the Edward-Wally affair. The
British performance was, Indeed, peculiar. The laws
against libel and against offence to the crown are
much more stringent than any of our laws, and
yet, the British silence seems to have been volun
tary rather than enforced. Till the matter became
a cabinet Issue, not an editor cared to be the first
to inform the British public about what was going
on.
This was toe bad, admittedly! The British read
ers were cheated of their right to be Informed.
It Is probably quite true that In a similar situation
Involving the president of the United States, say,
the American press would not have been so tame,
Nevertheless the American preta has not always
been conspicuous for Its courage nor even as
far removed from all suspicion ss Caesar desired
his wife, Calpurnla, to be. There have been times
when whole sections of the American press have
been strangely silent on such public Issues as war
hysteria, the outrages committed In the name of
the "Red purge" In the early twenties, tha maneuvers
of the Ku Klux Klan, the financial excesses which
led to the depression. The Iniquities of the Harding
administration were common gossip long before
the stories broke as national news, largely due to
the Incessant war which McGee, a small town
editor in New Mexico, waa waging against Albert
Tall, ,
Newspaper people everywhere art composed of
the same human material and they face everywhere
pretty much the tame legal obstacles. Because of
the heavy penalties for libel and alander It Is some
times months before big newt can be forced Into
the open. It Is often necessary to engineer official
Inquiries or court action to Justify the publication
of news. Some ntwspapera ara much more ag
gressive in these matters than others. And all
are Influenced, to tome degree, by the "state of
opinion."
It is difficult tor us to comprehend tht British
attitude toward the King. We comt nearest to It in
our attitude toward the Flag (and In this we are
rather fortunate because the Flag la Impersonal
and doeen't get Involved with charming women).
In Oreat Britain, also, the King la the head of
the church, and to many millions he personifies
religion. We have no comparable Institution. The
reluctance of British editors to open up this mess
without tome form of official aanctlon may be
regrettable but it la scarcely for us "to talk." We
have plenty of our own "black marks."
On the whole the American press does a good
perfect or complete. The British cousins are queer
folk, but God save us from smug conceit!
WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK
THE ROMANCE OF 8PICE8
(The Bend Bulletin)
T UCILE SAUNDERS McDONALD, once a member of
The Bulletin staff, is the author of a book, "Dick
and the Spice Cupboard," published in New York, that
was written primarily for youngsters, but provides
fine reading for grownups. In recounting the adven
tures of personified apices, such as cinnamon, carda
mon, tumeric, pepper, cloves and nutmeg, Sirs. Mc
Donald takes her young reader to far parts of the
world and pictures the empires of ancient days. Grown
folks would be hard put to tell the source of the con
diments they use at every meal, and few grownups
know the romantic etory of the spices.
Columbus discovered America while hunting India
and spices, most school children know, but few adults
realise that In distant days wars were fought for spices,
the future of empires was ebaped by the ability of
rulers to supply apices, and island kingdoms were es
tablished through the cultivation of spices. Alarlc the
Goth in the year 408 led his wild tribe to the gates of
the rich and powerful city of Rome and starred the
people into submission. Alaric said he would call off
his soldiers If Rome would pay.
And what did the fierce Alarlc demand? About B,000
pounds of gold, 8,000 pounds of silver and 3,000
pounds of pepper!
The Bible. Mrs. McDonald reminds her little read
ers, haa many references to spices. Christ's body was
prepsred for burial with spices. And the Pharisees
paid their tithes in mint, anise and cumin. There are
few stopping places along the corridor of time that do
not hold some memorial to spices.
Since leaving Bend, Mrs. McDonald hns traveled
far, and we presume that it wns along those distant
trails, probably in Turkey, that she gained much of the
Information she has incorporated into this entertaining
little volume, "Dick and the Spice Cupboard," dedieated
to her little son.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY DUTCHER
Register-Guard Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Harry Hopkins has de
elded not to resign as boss of WPA, despite
various reports.
His only present plans ore to stay In Washington
and fight against the campaign for liquidation of his
huge work-relief organization. Part of that campaign,
according to the administrator's friendfl, calls for
liquidation of Hopkins himself, which may explain in
spired reports that he had accepted a big job with a
Chicago mail order house.
General contusion following large cuts in WPA
rolls and subsequent retreat from the reduction pro
gram call for a resurtey of the WPA situation in
Washington. Hopkins snd Assistant Administrator
Aubrey Williams hare taken the rap for both those
steps and the confusion as well, but here's what has
happened: .
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Mongenthau and
Budget Director Daniel Bell sold Roosevelt on the idea
that Industrial recovery warranted a gradual decrease
In relief expenses. They convinced Hopkins thst they
hadn't enough money for WPA to last even to Jan. 20
if the payroll wasn't cut.
Roosevelt confided he'd like to have WPA costs
cut to between a billion and a billion and a half for
the next fiscal year as sgainst a WPA estimste of
two billions and suggested WPA expenditures might
gradually be brought down to $100,000,000 a month.
Set Bsok; Fights On
Hopkins, who has never known for more than a
month ahead how much money he would hhve, gave in.
He knew he could hardly get a deficiency appropriation
from congress before Jan. 20.
Orders went out which meant dropping 150,000
from WPA's administrative, non-rolief, and relief per-,
sonnel, as well as 250,000 who all along had been
slated for transfer to the Resettlement Administration
(which will pay them Iras money, In dole form).
Expenses were to be cut from $168,000,000 in No
vember to $152,000,000 in December.
At the Bsme time Hopkins girded himself for a
bitter-end fight with Morgenthau, Bell, Chamber of
Commerce and Against-Roosevelt-Before-Election ele
ments and a reported "Liberty League Lobby" over
proposals to gradually strangle WPA and toss the able
bodied unemployed bnck to local politicians.
Money Suddenly Found
But eoon LaGuardia of New York and other mem
bers of the V. 6. Conference of Mayors were radioing
the president, then in southern wnterB, thst if WPA
workers were to be dismissed on the theory that pri
vate Industry would absorb them, it would be much
better If someone would point out the jobs they were
to take.
WPA workers staged demonstrations, Pro-New Deal
and anti-New Deal newspapers cast scorn at an ad
ministration which would keep WPA intsct to help it
win an election and then etart firing WPA workers
indiscriminately nB soon as the election wns over.
Radiograms crackled hack from the cruiser Indian
apolis to Morgenthau, Bell, and Hopkins. Suddenly, by
whet legerdemain is not yet known, Morgenthau and
Bell found there really wns enough money to take WPA
through January at the November rate.
Hopkins called a special press conference to declare
over and over that "No one in need will be dropped."
Even though it tended to maka WrA look foolish
In the light of conflicting official statements based on
Ihe previous policy, Hopkine loyally covered up for
Roosevelt and Hip Treaxury-Rudgct Bureau crowd.
(Copyright, 1030, NEA Service, Inc.)
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AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH
Ry DR. MORRIS FISHBBIN
Editor, Journal of tho American Medical Association,
snd of Hygeia, the Health Magazine
JJARDNESS of hearing In old age may be of two
kluds. The distinction depends on whether the
changes that have taken plnec in the tiesues i ffect the
middle or the internal enr.
As I have already pointed out, the ear and the
organs Involved in hearing actually Include three ports!
The oiternsl ear, which is everything outside the ear
drum: the middle enr, which includes the eardrum and
certain little bones thst help trsnemlt vibrations from
the inner side of the ear to tha internsl ear; and,
finally, the very fine organs and nerve endings associ
ated with the sense of hearing.
Hardness of hearing usually appears between 65
snd 5 .veers of age, one of the first aigns being les
sened ability to hear sounds in the upper tones. Per
haps the reason that this Is ,Ve first symptom Is that
the human being ordinarily inkes ITtfTe uee ef his
sense of hearing in catching the very high tones.
That form of hardness of hearing In which the small
bones involved become locked by changes which take
place in the tissues Is called otosclerosis. Persons thus
stflieted iieor better over the telephone or with a
hesring device because, in Ihis condition, the conduc
tion of sound through hone is improved while that by
air Is lost.
There are many different theories ss to the cause
of this condition, hut none of them has yet been es
tablished ss the certain Invariable rouse. Almost all
observers are comneed, however, thst heredity and
the constitution i the person Involved are concerned
in some msnner. Voce this type of hardness of hesring
is not to occur in fsmilies.
There also is some belief that the digestion and diet
of tho victim In some way msy be related to develop,
ment of the trouble. At the same time. It should be
pointed out thst difficulties with digestion and de
ficienries in vitamins and mineral salts ctuee s gen
ersl lowering of the condition of the body, and thst sny
method of treatment that will Improve nutrition of the
tissues as a whole, and ttimulate them to activity, is
likely to Improve their functioning.
The sonse of hearing is one of those moat suscep
tible to the psychology of suggestion. For that reason
persons who are hsrd of hearing frequently try new
treatmenta and feel that they hare been benefited, only
to discover later that the benefit was almost wholly
Imaginary.
Added attention at a time when one i endeavoring .
to hear will enable bin u BWx luau iK h..-i.
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A
LEQION CHRISTMAS PARTYsp
Families Invited
To Supper And
Tree
By MARGARET REID
THE annual Christmas party of the
American Legion post and auxil
iary will be held Tuesday evening, at
the armory, starting with a til
th irty o'clock potluck dinner for the
families. .
Wallace Wintler, commander of the
post, will lead group singing.
Games are planned for the chil
dren and a Christmas tree will be
held.
Members are to bring to the meet
ing, caniui goods for the Christmas
boxes.
On the potluck committee sre Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Geiger, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Freeland, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Hulegaaid, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Moses.
On the Christines tree committee
are Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lewis, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Bowman, Mr, snd
Mrs. W. H. Bardie. On the enter
tainment committee are Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Schimberg, Mr. and Mrs. E.
N. Rinde, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Lake
and Mrs. E. C. Hedlne. .On the
treats committee are Mre. Lulu
Burns, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bond,
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Halverson, Mr.
and Mrs. Loyal Adkinson.
DECEMBER MEETING
The December meeting of the
Young Matron's Home Missionary
circle of the First Methodist Epis
copal church will be held at the home
of Mrs. Grant Crakes, Twenty-first
and Madison, Monday evening at eight
o'clock.
Each member is to bring a hew or
used toy for the Manley Community
Center donation, and also a "White
Elephant" to exchange at the party
following the meeting.
JCSTAMERE CLUB ' ;
. The Justamere club will meet for
a Christmas party at the Skinner
Butte park cottage Tuesday ivenlng,
December 22, starting with a six
thirty o'clock dinner.
A tree, with exchange of gifts, Is
rtanned. Cards will be played follow
ing the party. Mrs. Georgt E. Thomp
son will be hostess, assisted by Mrs.
Cora Parker,
HERE FOR HOLIDAYS
Edward and Alfred Vogt, students
at Oregon State college, are at their
home in Santa Clara for the Christ
mas vacation,
GITOHELL CAMP
Gitchell camp. Royal Neighbors of
America, will meet Tuesday evening
nt eight o'clock nt the Moose hall. A
Christmas program and treat for the
children is planned. A bazaar will
be held before the Christmas program,
and members are to bring their bazaar
articles to the meeting.
... ... .
CHRISTMAS TARTY
The Graduate Nurses association Is
having a Christmas party Tuesday
evening, December 22, from eight to
ten o'clock at the Y. W. O. A. bunga
low. fc .
Youth League Holds
Election Sunday
The newly formed Eugene Youth
League met at the home of George
Rerrmtn Sunday afternoon and at
the business meeting the following of
ficers were elected:
Lucille Pickert, president; Luree
Pickert, vice-president; Hazel Palmer,
secretary; Millard Adams, treasurer;
Charles Walter, sergennt-bt-arms ;
Francellia Finley, membership chair
man; Betty Hughes, publicity chair
man. Regular meetings will be held each
Sunday afternoon, Tht place of the
next meeting Is to be announced later,
At Sunday's meeting, a social after
noon followed the business, with re
freshments being served.
Present were Constance Jackson,
Dakota Johnson, Phyllis Day, Hszel
Palmer, Francellia Finley, Mary
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
Calendar
Monday -
2:30 p. m. Eastside Neigh- '
borhood club meeting at the home
' of Mrs. Louise Miller.
7:30 p. m. General Lawton
. camp and auxiliary, TJ, S. W. V.,
Christmas party at the armory.
' 8 p. m. Young Matron't Home
Missiojary circle of tht First
Methodist Episcopal churcn meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Grant
Crakes, 21st and Madison.
8 p. m. Willamette Court,
Order of Amaranth, Christmas
party at the Masonic temple.
Tuesday
All-day Women's Union of the
First Methodist Episcopal church
meeting at tht. church.
2:30 p. m. Afternoon Book
group of the American Associa
tion of University Womtn meet
ing with Mn. Wallace Potter.
6:30 p. m. American Legion
pott and auxiliary annual Christ
mas party at the armory.
6:30 p. m. Justamere club's
Christmas party at tht Sltinntr
Butte park cottage.
, 8 p. m. Gitchell camp, Royal
Neighbors of Amtrioe., meeting at
the Moose hall.
Methodist Women
Hold December
Meeting
The Women's Union of tht First
Methodist Episcopal church will meet
Tuesday at the church for the month
ly all-day meeting.
The executive board of the Union
will meet at ten-thirty o'clock.
The Home Missionary society will
have the program at eleven o'clock,
with Mrs. F. C. Carlsen presiding.
Mrs. Charles E. Taylor will have a
book review and Mrs. Robert McCul
loch, missionary chairman of division
eight will give a special missionary
Christmas program. . ,
From twelve-thirty to one-thirty
o'clock the luncheon and social hour
will he held, with division seven in
charge. Mrs. 3. L. Staton is chair
man. -December
birthdays will be honored.
At one-thirty o'clock the regular
business meeting, Mrs. Louise E. Bean
presiding, will be held. Mrs. C. E.
Taylor will have devotions.
The Semi-annual and monthly re
ports will be given and also a report
of the committee for the annual New
Year's open house. Plans will be made
to fill Christmas baskets and division
one will have a needlework sale.
Willamette Court To
Hold Party
Willamette court. Order of tho
Amaranth, will have its, annual Christ-
msa party Monday evening at eight
o'clock at the Masonic temple.
Each member is to bring a gift to
exchange. Dancing will follow the
party. . .
Book Group
The Afternoon Book group of the
American Association of University
Women will meet with Mrs. Wallace
Potter, Tuesday afternoon, Decem
ber 22, at two-thirty o'clock, .
gift furniture
apple'gates
' 11th and Willamette
Butter -Krust
Famous for lta Flavor
Baked by Williams
Eugene's Headquarters for .
Christmas Gift Flowers
Flowering and Foliage Plants
direct from the Greenhouses in all
their pristine beauty and freshness.
All appropriately decorated and promptly
delivered Christinas Eve or Christmas morn
ing as you may desire.
PLANTS:
Aialett
Begsnlai
Csetut arrangements
Cyelaman
Polnttttlts
Ptpptrt
Prlmroset
Ftrnt and Follsgt Plants
CUT FLOWERS:
-Polnstttlaa
Rotes
Csrnstiens
Swttt Ptss
Violets
Narolssus
Trsnsvasl Daisies
Mums aid Htathti
CORSAGE SUGGESTIONS
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I UNIVERSITY FLORIST
1? 598 East 13th Phone 634
kfl ... . ..
y" Member Fiorittf Ttiegraph Densafr? gaavt,
Rainbow Beueiit
as neia on
Thursday
,The .1,rM benefit snd styl, lfc.
given by the Order of R.S
Girl, Thursday evenin,
temple had a large
ance, " 4.
Lounging pajamas, aft,,,,
dresses, and ev.nin. '.l.rl
loaned for the style show
courtesy of Spaughs, Ic. Z'l
uais, oags and other accessor!..
modeled from Beard" Th. n B'
Shoe Store furnish"? Ii. 5b!.Bl
hots i for every garmeni. "
Bridge was in d!t d,,, .v I
ning prise, were awarded Z"?
freshmenta were served.
Marjorie Ellen Titus we. ,.,,..,,
chairman for the alf.irjfS
Pioneer Couple Has
Anniversary
In commemoration of their u,
wedding anniversary, Mr. and Jh
J. P. Larkin wer honored at i ha
ily reunion held lest Sunday, Dectm"
bcr 13, at the home of their soa i.j
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emfo
Larkin, of Corvallis. Present to j6i.
r uo, was ineir em
daughter, five sons and fifteen
grsndchildren, with other membm
of the families. W
Friends called during the aftsr.
noon.
Mr. Parkin was born at Boise,
maim, -uHrrii x, isoa, the son of
Rev. and Mrs. Abel Larkin, bat
grew to manhood in southern Bentos
county. Mrs. Lsrkin, the daughter
of Mrs. Fannie Starr of Monroe ml
the late Leonder J. Starr, was bora
February 11, 18(18, near Stirr'i
roinr, a enort distsnce north of I
Monroe on tne donation Isnd eliinl
ot ner grandfatner, Samuel F. Start,
first sheriff of Benton countr. Rt. I
oral generations of the family wen I
nam in tost vicinity.
Tht wedding of the couple vti
solemnised in Bethel church it Hock
ford, Washington, December 11,
1886. Mr. and Mrs. Larkin lived ii
Washington until 1910, when tit;
returned to Benton county and baTi
since resided on a farm near Monroe,
Their children and grandchildren
and members of the family an lit,
and Mrs. John Post, Barbara uf I
Verlin Post, Bellfountsin; Mr, oil
Mrs. Ertis Larkin, Vernita, Dirrell,
Ida May and Maiine Larkin, Mr. in) I
Mrs. Avery Larkin, Clifford, Dor
othy, Garth and Mclvln Larkin, Mo.
roe; Mr. and Mrs. Chris Larkin and
Keith Lsrkin, Freewstcr; Mr. snd
Mrs. Emili. Lsrkin, Doris snd Berjl
Larkin, Corvallis; Mr. and Mn
Harold Larkin, Richard and Connit I
Larkin, Mr, and Mrs. Delraar ur-
kin, Martin, Patsy and Jimmle Lr I
kin, Monroe, and Merle, Opal tti I
Wsyne Jenkins,
By CLARENCE V. SIMON
THERE IS A
SANTA GLAUS
The saddest day ot chlhftosjj
ia that on which some scornful
urchin, wise beyond bis year
destroy, tho beautiful and cart
fully fostettj
belief in sut
Claus. This I;
a wanton deed
that every oar-
en t should
guard his chill
against.
There IS
Santa Cltui
and the moil
truthful partnt
can say It with
conviction Ml
it Tha child can Hi
taught a belief In and an under
standing of Santa Claus whleJ
no one can Jeer away. Sts
Claus Is the Spirit of Christmas
and who shall say he do"
not exist? Santa Claus
sonifies Jollity, Generosity art
Good-cheer. If these are
realities, what Is real? WW
does it matter If, when we are
about eight years old, j h-ctua
to ride in a sleigh and to corns
down the chimney? He can UH
ride In an airplane, a taxlcaber
a trolley car and he csn com.
in the front door, it
ready to receive him.
As Christmas approach es, yes
can find Santa Claus dally to tM
smiles of the gift-laden, hurry
In a . crowds. Watch peop
their chsnge into
o.l..l irmv'S 6tg
Vou will find him In their syss.
The real things "'h
Important things ot life cannot
be seen. We do not doubi tM
existence of Love, or
because we know Uat there
no fat little godlet shooting v
rows, into our
no cm a. in sny -- ef
-r-1 . I. nn mnrt TetSOS
to doubt the existence of ssma
Clsus. We might as well
tlon the reality ot jom'v.
eroslty or Oood cheer.
No Santa Claus? Absurd S
to Claus. at this season It tw
best and the reaiesi . -the
world.
WBn9Btusr t
Nay. Wa f.r.l
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