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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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,
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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
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at the city hall. A union meeting
was held Sunday night at the
Christian church at which Mrs
Buck gave an address.
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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
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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.
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