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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER -GUARD Page Sbc. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IPubllehed every evenlaa and Sunday! EDITOR AND PUBUSHIH AJtoo W. Baku MANAGING EDITOR William M. Tufman NEWS SERVICI . . . . Aaaoelated Preaa, United Praia jjXMBER Audit Buraau of Circulation! Tha Reglater-Ouard'a policy ti the complete and Impartial publication la Ma nawi pagaa ot all new. and autaraantj in newa. On thla pase, tha adltora of Tha Reil.ter-Ouard otter their oplnlona on avanta of tha day and matters of importance to tha community, endeavoring to be candid but talTand helpful In the development of eonatructlve com- munlty policy. MR. FARLEY CAPTURES TAMMANY TT is being said that the New Deal defeated Tammany through Jeremiah T. Mahon ey's victory over Senator Copeland in the primary race lor the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York. This is only a par tial statement of what happened. The New Deal, under the shrewd leadership of James Aloysius Farley has replaced Tammany in the metropolis. In the finals, Mayor La Guardia, the Republican-fusion candidate will face a real contest with machine strength. . In the good old days, Tammany derived its strength from rich and powerful ward and precinct organizations. The man in need of a job, the man in need of a little cash to meet the rent could always get help by calling on his precinct captain (demon- strating of course that he was "right"). La Guardia has taken over a large part of the city patronage which Tammany once dis pensed, but far more potent and widespread is the patronage which the New Deal agen cies under Mr. Farley can trade for votes. Millions of New Deal money are being spent in New York city through WPA, slum clear ance and other paternalistic agencies which have been developed. Tammany used to tax business for donations to its philanthropies but Farley can tax 'em direct. The passing of Tammany should cause no regret. It stood for nothing but the worst. But it remains to be seen whether the Far ley machine represents anything cleaner or better. Politically, the nation's largest city is probably the most corrupt. It is probably the worst managed and it survives misman agement only because it has so much wealth. Tammany mis-rule was at least a form of home-mis-rule, and it is doubtful if New York will be any happier or more prosper ous as an adjunct to the national machine which the ambitious Farley is striving to build up. PROBLEMS OF NEUTRALITY F requiring government-owned ships to cease delivering munitions of war in the Sino-Japanese trouble zone, President Roose velt has taken a first and necessary step toward keeping this country out of trouble over there. With no war declared, he has not invoked his power to forbid private carriers engaging in munitions traffic, but his action has set a precedent which private carriers may beb inclined to follow. It im plies a warning that if they get into trouble, this nation will not make war on that ac count. Naturally, the American policy hurts ttfe Chinese far more than the Japanese because the Chinese are helpless under the Japanese naval blockade. It is equivalent to telling the Chinese that while we will give them plenty of sympathy we cannot give them any real help. So what? We cannot be moved by Ambassador Wang's sorrowful protests. It is the painful truth that the best way to help China is to insist that she help herself. The cause of the Chinese government is by no means hopeless. The Japanese drive into China is in reality a desperate chance. This fighting already has cost Japan far more than she can afford and it is doubtful if she can hold what she takes. The best service this country can render today is to demonstrate the ability to keep demorcratic customs and to preserve peace. The futile efforts to "save the world for democracy" a few years back seem to prove that more can be accomplished by example than by combat. Uncle Sam, the rich relation, has every right to be cautious about invites to war picnics. Dr. Walter Pitkin says almost every re sponsible job is held by a person past 40, a conclusion not often upheld by the wrecked auto's speedometer. Three cooks were among the last group of Russians executed. It seems they kept too many shooting irons in the fire. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK BLACK AFFAIR AND THE PRESIDENT'S TREST1GE (Salem Statesman) 'J HE silence of the White House and of all the New Deal fringe over the Justice Black affair strengthen the conclusion thai the disclosures of his connection with the klan have given the presi dent's prestige a severe blow. Usually in times when the administration was under fire someone moving in the vicinity of the throne would rise to Its defense. This time, since the first day when Attorney General Cummings rushed forward with a defense of Black, no one has opened his mouth, except that the president was quoted as saying he hadn't known of the klan membership when he ap pointed Black. The disclosures unless proven falsa or offset In soma manner htve effectually destroyed the presi dent's hopes of packing the supreme court. Already foci of hli scheme are pointing to a)ite-robed, black-robed Black and exclaiming, "Thank good ness the president doesn't get to name six ITke him." The klan ghost will be waved whenever the court-packing plan is brought up in the future. Not only this, but the incident gives the demo crat rebels a perfect bridge to escape to dry land on. Isolated by presidential ire and Farley craft the rebels were in none too comfortable a spot. Some were secure; others faced a battle. Now they too can wave the ghost, of the klan over the supreme court when their stand on the court packing bill is called in question. In one other respect the Black affair Is a blow to the president's prestige: it has effectually punc tured the myth of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "papal infallibility." Heretofore he has by his audacity, his zest for action, his convincing voice built up the idea among many followers that "Roosevelt can't be wrong." Now that his present embarrass- ( ment is due to his taking snap judgment untested By counsel of wise men he can hardly sustain the role of perfectabllity he has carried jauntily thus far. WASHINGTON LETTER By RODNEY DUTCHER Register-Guard Washington Correspondent YyASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Most presidents have had "brain trusts." Some of them even have had brains In their own cabinets. From the time of Andrew Jackson's "kitchen cabinet," to eco nomical Calvin Coolidge's dependence on Dwight Morrow, the Morgan partner, and Frank Stearns, the department store owner, all have solved the problems of state with the aid of men who were not especially elected to advise them. Never before the Roosevelt administration, however, had there been such a remarkable galaxy of advisers and "brain-trusters" professors, law yers, economists and a few business men as has performed before and behind the scenes in Wash ington since 1933. a a Repudiating Earlier "Follies" There have been three major phases of "brain trusting" First, the Moley era, featuring the early one and only, original "brain trust" so named by Roosevelt: Second, the period of Richberg, Tugwell and Frank Walker; Third, the current phase starring a group which stands close with Roosevelt on a general program which repudiates what it calls the New Peal's earlier "economic follies." This brief history begins with the unforgettable Dr. Raymond Moley, picked for Roosevelt by Judge Sam Rosenman of New York,' who is still one of Roosevelt's closest backstage advisers. And before Moley there was Louis Howe. The original "trust" was Moley, Rosenman and Howe, with Charlie Taussig, A. A. Berle and Hugh Johnson, then representing B. M. Baruch, on the edges. Moley became the man whom Roosevelt needed to gather data and dope for speeches. He was most prominent of the group because he traveled with F.D.R. on campaign trains as an aide and chief ghost writer. He had a practical experience background as well as his recent professorial re search in government and political science. a a Tried to Do It All After election Moley came back as F.D.R.'s chief intimate adviser. Louis Howe, although as close In as any man could be, was intensely jealous. But Moley was practical, hard-boiled and urbane. A big, husky French-Irishman who could "take it," he tried to do everything for Roosevelt. In the critical emergency period he got people to do big jobs and sought to take economic policy and legislative problems to his bosom. Government at first was a vacuum, with terrific distrust by the New Dealers for the Old Dealers who had failed. New men and new poli cies and new laws had to come hot off the griddle. Everyone was confused. Inevitably, Moley made many quick answers when he didn't know the answers, and often made decisions on Insufficient information. He took his political life in his hands. Sharpshooters began to snipe at him. a a a Tapped His Cables Moley went to London triumphantly. Serving as an assistant secretary of state, he dwarfed Secretary Hull in importance. Many other things happened quickly. But the big break against Moley, never ponular In diplomatic service or the State Dopartn i here, was that the American Embassy tapped his" supposedly confidential cables and memoranda to Roosevelt, which were highly critical. , Secretary Hull found Moley reporting that the British were bamboozling our delegation, and that "the only two American delegates who knew what It was all about" were Senators Couzens and Plttman. After that Hull told Roosevelt either he or Moley must go, and the President, not daring to push over a pillar of Southern Democracy, moved Moley to the Department of Justice. (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) NEXT: Other Early New Deal Advisers and the rest of the Inside Moley story. AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygela, the Health Magatfne QNE of the most common topiri of consideration is the question of whether incidence of cancer is Increasing. We know that far more people die of cancer today than formerly. For Instance, in 1900 there were 65 deaths of cancer for each 100,000 in the population, whereas in 1933 there were 102 deaths out of each 100,000 of the population. In the In tervening period, however, the average age of death has been greatly raised. Cancer is essentially a disease of advanced years. The mere fact that more people live longer than . used to is proof of the "let that cancer itself is probably not in creasing. Children who used to die In infancy and the people who used to succumb to typhoid fever, tuberculosis, dysentery and similar complaints now grow to an age when they form better soil for a cancerous growth. Latest available statistics show that there has been no significant increase in cancer among white women at any age below 65 years. There seems to have been a significant decrease between the years of 35 and 55. One of the points about which there Is much argument is whether the age of death from cancer is lower now than it whs 30 years ago. Actually, the average age at death from cancer In 1901 was 59 years and the average age at death from cancer in 1921 was 61.7 years. The real Increase in the percentage of deaths from cancer Is in people over 60 years of age. However, certain forms of cancer may be In creasing in incidence in association with the chang ing habits of human beings and with changes in I our mcmons oi inc. We know that certain fac j tors tend to increase the Incidence of cancer. Most of these factors have to do with irritation. Cancer is increasing because the population is ' increasing and because more people are living j longer than they used to. These people are kept I from dying from those diseases from which people formerly died. Cancer being essentially a disease of old age, more people, therefore, are dving of ' cancer. NEXT: Tracing cancer to It source). SIDE GLANCES I irr-... I"" Ij, , .y.r-vT,.-. ., . COP. 1W BV HE SEBVICI, INC. T. M. BEG. U. S. PAT. Off. "Oh, I remember reading about this fort in history know it was real." FROM HARRISBURG HARRISBURG, Sept. 21 (Spe all the children being present. The next day Mr. and Mrs. Ted Yerian, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bra dy and Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Yerian went to Florence and Newport. cial) Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mars moved Friday from the building owned by the bank to the Peddi cord house. CLUB MEETS CUSHMAN, Sept. 21 (Special) A large number of members and guests enjoyed a meeting of the Rod and Gun club Friday evening in their new club house at Munsell lake. G. G. Sittser and family are home from where they were camped near Salem and are liv ing again in the old warehouse. Wednesday, I. D. Yerian and family held a family reunion here, s1 .1 rt.vr yeaL. r rm wnrr pv eyoev o3 T7 K7 T? n above all motor oils in the Pacific West s CLEAN fpa m. 1 . the dan; ,HPM" M:rttl-- UrfrBlr never i' VI fl mW STANDARD OIL FOR NEW CARS W.C.T.U. T HARRISBURG, Sept. 21. (Spe cial) The Linn County Women's Christian Temperance union held a convention Saturday both morn ing and afternoon, at the Metho dist Episcopal church. The morn ing session was opened with song, followed by devotions led by Mrs. Mary Acheson of Brownsville. A song by Dorothy Grable, Edith Nelson, Alene Spurlin and Maxine Spurlin was sung. The afternoon devotions were led by Mrs. Ro zella Douglas after which Rev. Mr. Finkbeiner gave a talk. A memorial was given for four members in the county who had died during the past year: Mrs. Emma Archibald of Tangent, coun ty president; Anna McConnell of Shedd and Miss Maria Porter and H. L. Grimes of Harrisburg. A frame was set on a table and a green wreath placed upon It. Mrs. A. C. Sperling read a poem and Mrs. O. E. Davidson read the 23rd psalm. Then eight girls carrying flowers marched by and placed their flowers in the wreath. Mrs. Necia Buck, state president, gave a report of the international con vention which she attended at Washington, D. C. She said that 33 nations were represented and that the reception held for the dele gates was the largest ever held in the city of Washington. Mrs. My ers of Brownsville sang. Elect Officers Officers elected for the coming year were: President, Mrs. Mary Acheson of Brownsville; vice pres ident, Mrs. Amelia Grimes of Har risburg; recording secretary, Mrs. Paden of Brownsville; correspond ing secretary, Mrs. Mary Rohr baugh of Albany; treasurer, Lois Shearer of Shedd. Mrs. Brasfield of Shedd was elected delegate at large to the state convention. A potluck dinner was served at noon class. I didn't v ) v- r V - 1 ' - 1 i & mi at the city hall. A union meeting was held Sunday night at the Christian church at which Mrs Buck gave an address. Staffnrrl J tN""""' Varied News of C. G. Is Listed COTTAGE GROVE, Sept. 21 (Special) Mrs. Helen Bosley, who returned the first of the month from Bend, where she spent the summer, has sold her home on east Washington street to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith. She has bought a house on Jefferson which Is now occupied by Rev. and Mrs. Atwood Foster, Burdick and Dan Trask, who had spent several days In Seattle, Wash., have returned home. On River Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith and son, Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Short and children and their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. George Scott of Oakland, Cal., and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Helliwell and son of this city and the Charles Adams family of Eugene spent the week-end at the Smith sum mer home on the Umpqua. F. C. Houser of this city and Earl Gooch of Creswell have left for Heppner, where they will be employed In a mill. Wayne Monroe is near Elkton on a deer hunt. Fred Bosley left Saturday eve ning on a hunting trip. I -ifv. oept, 3lei !-Both Stafford .ndW PecUl started their , BB, iVlt hawv Lester Hufstader ami T Sell attended thi n Bttt Spring, ta. sectioPaPiCking has la tfcj m, "eturn South . varmen Moore . Angeles, Calif., rL taking her tfl?.? her after spend. ' h at the home of her mT "'a' 1 Wicks and Lyle stH11 enrolled in th.l?rtSl. school. r " tifc T, 1 nn. HARRISBURG SeptT8,, cial)Ed Jensen i. Ji..r'sM- machine shop, a hZZr'P Eugene Oliver snop iXlft Wright parage. He U hdV ' L and oil and thine, ml?,1 a garage. They will Z " car repairing shop m 1 Mrs. Mary Jans t. two months at iv.i home of her father, W. p. REMODELS STOrT USE BLUE BELL MILK Pure - Safe - Pasteurized Jj?sted and Inspected EUGENE FARMERS' CREAMERY Phone 638 cial)E. W Blehm is remodefc his store. He has moved back t partition several feet which him cnn.Morahl. Sl!s front. "'l"e ACT NOW! Our Fall ISsiimg Sale Ends Saturday! f:5Sl Mm?) I ' r. ' .vb . I -H :te3C a) -I ?) 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