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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Alton r. Baku
UANAGINO EDITOR William M. Tugmeo
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on newa. On this page, the editors of The Register-Guard
oefer their oplniona on aventa of the day and matters of
Importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid out
ialz and helpful la the development of eonstrucUve com
munity policy.
DOUBLE PARKING REAL MENACE
"DETTER traffic regulation in Eugene
should not have to wait for the electric
traffic signals which have been authorized in
the 1938 budget. A crusade to eliminate
double parking would do more to prevent
traffic jams and congestion accidents than
anything else. . In fact it is questionable
whether the $5,000 set up to buy flashing
gadgets might not be spent more wisely in
adding to the present under-manned force.
With the Oregon-Oregon State football game
coming up Saturday, double parking will tie
Eugene traffic into knots unless the officers
start now to make the practice so unhealthy
it will cease to be a habit.
Eugene needs some efficient traffic
studies very badly. Piled up traffic may give
the big city feeling but it isn't good for busi
ness. Parking yards might be more practical
to get rid of the all-day-moochers than the
occasional roundup in Cal Bryan's court. The
side streets demand attention quite as much
as the main thoroughfares. Double parking
usually has its explanation if not its excuse
in the fact that the driver grows frantic
trying to find a place to park.
It might help conditions considerably if
city busses were assigned far-side instead of
near side stops. Busses trying to angle into
the curb frequently contribute to blockades
in traffic. With far-side stops busses could
at least pull in flush. If this shift were
made the present bus stops might be used as
spaces in which other cars could let passen
gers off. Only a few stores and theatres
now have any special unloading space. If
you drop your wife off at a store down
town it is usually necessary to halt in traffic
and let her scramble over the parked cars
to get to the sidewalk.
Traffic studies are becoming imperative
in Eugene, but double parking is one nui
sance which should be stopped without wait
ing for experts.
in the face of protests by organized growers.
Governor Martin and Senator McNary. There is,
however, an intimation that the AAA is still
open to conviction and that a reversal of the order
may be possible on the recommendation of George
Farrell, western district director, who has been
authorized to make a personal investigation of con
ditions confronting the infant industry.
Washington officials seem to misunderstand the
situation here with relation to the subsidy, view
ing it as a production rather than a processing
stimulant.
The object of the bonus $7.50 a ton this year
on a maximum of 5100 tons is to enable the co
operative retting and scutching plants to finance
their processing expenses until such time as they
can systematize and perfect their operations. With
out such temporary assistance these outlets for
stablized and enlarged flax acreage must fail.
The grower members of these cooperatives are in
no position to assume the burden of fostering this
new industry, and their returns from raw flax
insufficient to permit diversion of operating rev
enue from that source.
This year flax productions will run about 1.6
tons per acre, according to estimates of the state
flax plant, and the price to the growers "S0 a ton,
or a gross income of around $43 an acre. Pro
dution costs are figured at at least $24, leaving
a net margin of income of $20 an acre.
Without the bonus, amounting to about $12
an. acre, the grower is obviously left with small
means and less incentive to help develop a pro
cessing outlet for a crop that promises much for
the Willamette valley, into which the nation is
dumping its refugees from the drought area.
WASHINGTON LETTER
"HE'S UP, HE'S DOWN, HE'S UP . . ."
JT may require one of these breathless
sports announcers to try to rescribe what
is happening these days in the stock mar
kets. The jargon of the finance experts
means little to the general public. When
things were going "wham" Tuesday, one
chap said:
"Three cheers for Roosevelt. I , hope he
puts all these Wall street guys out of busi
ness." There are a good many Wall street "guys"
who would agree at least that Mr. Roosevelt
is to blame for what is happening. Translated
into common talk all this business of "thin
market" and "hampering regulations" and
"lack of confidence" means simply that busi
ness under the New Deal is NOT in a happy
condition.
The thing that is puzzling everybody is
that this ought to be an excellent year in
business. Crops are fine and farm prices
generally, in spite of recent declines, are
good. Most industries are busy, or would be,
if some of the pointless hell-raising could be
checked. Taxes are very high, but not yet
unbearable. There is little danger of any
such collapse as happened in '29.
Why, then, the constant jitters? Why do
investors as wle las speculators dip in and
shy away? The situation is not good for the
country because so long as it goes on busi
ness is denied the flow of capital for the
expansions the times seem to warrant.
The answer, we believe, can be found in
Mr. Roosevelt's policy of making business
the "whipping boy" of politix. It is one
thing to punish business for its obvious sins;
it is another to make it a target in class
warfare, for unless business is to be de
stroyed and some form of communism substi
tuted, business welfare is indispensable to
the common good.
The Roosevelt statement Monday night
that government deficits will be a quarter
billion greater than expected and that the
budget cannot be balanced this year as
promised, probably touched off Tuesday
morning's explosion in the stock market.
It should have had just the opposite result,
for even though it may bring still higher
taxes, the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is at last
willing to recognize the principles of man
agement should be joyous news. Perhaps it
was this second thought which stimulated
the market's remarkable come-back.
Business may be a pig! Unless controlled,
the pig will "pig." But on the other hand, as
every farmer knows, you can't abuse the
animal if you expect to have pork.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK
SHORT SIGHTED ECONOMY
JTROM Washington comes a press dispatch quot
ing AAA officials as stating that continuance
of the federal subsidy paid Oregon flax growers
during the past two years Is for 1938 in Jeopardy,
Vj order discontinuing the bonuses still stands
By RODNEY DUTCHER
Register Guard Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Whether the Supreme
Court's prestige has suffered because of the
court's acquisition of Hugo Black, who now seems
firmly planted in his new seat, presumably is a
most important question.
Opponents of Mr. Roosevelt, nearly all of whom
have vociferously protested Black's appearance as
the nr-vest justice, are insistent that the Ala
bam; .i presence there has given the court a ter
rible black eye and lowered public respect for the
previously sanctified processes of justice.
Whatever the truth or error of this conception,
it seems especially interesting to those here who
recall that early in the year the New Dealers were
frankly saying although not for quotation that
they did hope to crack the Supreme Court's pres
tige to a point where the people would lose faith
In its infallibility and whire parliamentary govern
ment, meaning Congress, would be supreme.
So it you believe the opposition, it appears that
the New Dealers won a victory there, although
they certainly are not boasting of it on the same
basis.
Prospect of Retaliation
Many lawyers ars inclined to believe that, after
the Black expose and resultant hue and cry, it
may hereafter become perfectly good taste in polite
society to talk about the personal backgrounds and
theoretical prejudices of some ot its other mem
bers. At an rate, word comes from the inside that
there will be further administration propaganda
efforts
Any attempts to disqualify Black from sitting
on individual cases are likely to be met with at
tacks on Justice Pierce Butler and Justice Owen J.
Roberts. Butler was an outstanding railroad lawyer
and among his clients was the Greath Northern
Railway.
As a justice, however, he did not refrain from
writing far-reaching opinions on public utility
valuation standards, and last year he read an
opinion which saved the Great Northern $10,000,000
in taxes which had been assessed by North Dakota.
Roberts, Hughes and Van Devanter, who con
curred with Butler, had all represented railroads
in private practice. Roberts, a former director of
the Bell Telephone system, did not refrain from
giving a decision which held up the rates of the
subsidiary Chesapeake & Potomac company above
those declared fair by the Maryland Public Service
Commission,
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Court Will Survive
On the other hand, it is not to be inferred that
Justices necessarily have a bias in favor of former
clients. They merely fail to "sit out" when former
clients bring cases, as Justice Brandeis did at the
time of the adverse minimum wage decision of
1023, because he himself had been active for mini
mum wage legislation.
In January, 1935, Hughes, who once represented
Standard Oil interests, upheld a West Virginia
chain store tax on filling stations which Standard
Oil of New Jersey contested.
But the court doesn't like to be told that any
justice isn't qualified to sit on a particular case,
and such tactics against Black won't get far. An
other reason is that in the Frizzcll-Newman case,
which Hughes cited in denying Albert Levitt's
petition against Black, the court held that only
public representatives such as the attorney general
could bring court proceedings contesting a public
official's right to hold oftice.
Otherwise, sa the court, every private citizen
would have the privilege of bringing such pro
ceedings "and a public officer might from the be
ginning to the end of his term be harassed with
proceedings to try his title."
The court's prestige doubtless will survive In
the long run, 'although its "liberalization" presum
ably will lead to invalidation of fewer federal and
stats laws.
(Copyright, 1937, NEA Service. Inc.)
SIDE GLANCES
AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH
By DR. MORRIS F1SHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical Associa
tion, and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine
yORKERS in foundries where brass is made and
zinc is smelted sometimes develop symptoms
of diseases which ore known as brass ague, spelter
shakes, and brass chills, and which art also known
as metal fume fever.
The metals most commonly concerned are lead,
zinc, galvanized iron, and similar substances.
In a typical case resulting from contact with
brass or zinc, the worker begins to feel 111 after
he hns been exposed to the fumes for a few hours.
Quite frequently the attack first comes on him
after he has reached home after working all day.
He feels a chill coming on, his throat gets dry,
he coughs and has a feeling of oppression. If the
man will take a warm bath immediately on reach
ing home, he may avoid the chill.
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In a typical chill the whole body begins to
shake. After the chill there is sweating and pros
tration, and the temperature may reach as much
as 101 degrees F. If the man who has had "fume
fever" goes back to work he may not have an
other attack immediately but may get one later
when the same combination of circumstances de
velops again.
The cause of metal fume fever is alwavs the
Inhalation of finely divided particles of various
substances like zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, etc.
Apparently the reaction is a protein reaction re
sulting from the absorption of damaged tissue
from the lung. Workers who have been exposed
timo and again seem to develop a sort of resist
ance to the condition.
Metal fume fever may be prevented bv the use
of exhausts and by the use of dust respirators.
Since few workers are constantly exposed to such
fumes, it Is easy to determine the circumstances
under which tho exposures most frequently occur.
Usually the inhalation of the fumes occurs during
the pouring of melted metal or during a welding
process.
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Accidents Test Your Manners
Is your etiquette so shaky you
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poise?
A gracious hostess puts herself
in her awkward guest's place
when he smashes something. She
hides distress with a reassuring,
"Don't give it another thought" or
"It really doesn't matter. Forget
It."
If you are the culprit who
breaks a vase, for instance, make a
sincere apology. Then stop talking
about the mishap. But later, find
out whether it's possible for you to
replace the damaged article.
Consideration for others is the
real test of good manners. If some
one mispronounces a word, don't
pronounce it correctly right after
him.
Always co-operate with your
hostess. It a game is suggested,
play it with enthusiasm. When re
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Why not meet every social emer
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Many From Halsey
Go to Conference
HALSEY, Oct. 21. (Special).
Seventeen members of Woman's
Foreign Missionary society of the
local Methodist Episcopal church
went to Salem last week to attend
the all-day district meeting. The
local delegation was the largest ot
any of the 30 societies represented.
Mrs. Daisy Wahl Northrup was re
elected superintendent of hospital
supplies for the Salem district, an
office she has held the last few
years. Those making the trip were
W. L. Wells and wife, Mrs. W. A.
Briggs, Mrs. Rose Kokjer, Mary
Smith, George Starr and wife, Beu
lah Miller, Mrs. B. M. Miller, Mrs.
Caulk, Mrs. A. J. Hill, June Lay
ton, Mrs. Ed Prince, Mrs. Cline
Farthing, Estes V. Bass and wife,
Mrs. Daisy Northrup, Mrs. George
Smith and Mrs. Adah Taylor.
Communion services were held
at the local Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday morning. Miss
Frances Brown, local teacher in
the high school, had the leading
part in the music.
Officers Named
The Standard Bearers of the
local Methodist Episcopal church
met Tuesday evening at the home
of Miss Dorothy Bass for their
social and organization meeting.
the first of the new year. Principal
item of business was election of
officers and Miss Joan Sturtevant
was elected president, Dorothy
Bass, vice-president, Fern Baugh
ton, secretary, and Hildred Pelham
treasurer and reporter, Sammie
Joan Averill and Mrs. George Starr,
counsellors. Games were enjoyed,
following the business meeting,
until a late hour when the hostess
assisted by her mother, Mrs. Es
tes V. Bass, served refreshments.
Mrs. Adah Taylor, president of the
Women's Foreign Missionary soc
iety, which sponsors the girls or
ganization, was a guest. Pricllla
Layman will be leader for the next
regular meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sickcls
and family have moved into their
new home, formerly the Ward
house, which they recently pur
chased.
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WENDLING. Oct. 21. (Special)
Tuberculine tests were given by
the Lane county healUi unit on.
Monday to the students of the
Wendling grade school and also to ;
the Camp 5 schools. ,
Carpenters have begun repairs
on the grade school playshed. ,
The grade school children have ,
been canvassing the town for can
celled stamps. Contests are being
conducted at the school to obtain .
the postage stamps which are be- j
ing sold. The money derived from !
these enterprises is to be used to 1
purchase weekly readers. 1
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PENDLETON, Oct 21. W)
Developed potentialities of the Col
umbia river mean a bright future
agriculturally and economically for
the sister states of Oregon and
Washington, Congressman Walter
M. Pierce of La Grande declared
today.
Pierce met with the Umatilla
county residents for the announced
purpose of charting a desiraDie
program toward wheh to work
upon return to Washington, D. C,
this fall.
Highlights of his remarks:
Lower wheat shipping costs
Lower wheat chipping should
follow development of the Colum
bia. The proposed Umatilla dam,
he predicted, will be built.
Bonneville dam should mean
lowered power rates to consumers
whom the congressman asserts now
are paying too much for electricity.
Weed control through govern
ment manufacture of sodium chlor
ate with Bonneville power, for
cheap sale to farmers, is possible.
Agricultural adjustment per
haps a plan similar to the old AAA
is needed to prevent pile-up of
surplus agricultural commodities
for which there is increasingly less
export market.
A processing tax similar to that
of the old AAA should pay the cost
of the adjustment program but
there should be a provision pre
venting "middlemen" from greatly
increasing commodity prices be
cause of the necessary slight tax
increase.
"Oregon," Pierce, strong propon
ent of municipally-owned power
plants, asserted, "pays $7,500,000 a
year more for power than she
would if rates were the same as
those of Tacoma." Tacoma, he
pointed out, has a municipal plant.
The reason why I'm known by
some people as 'public enemy No.
1 is just that I want to save 'the
people's money by getting them
cheaper electricity," he declared.
Pierce warned fl.ere Is "danger
of Bonneville dam falling Into pri
vate hands," and that only "an
elert public opinion can prevent
it." Niagara falls development was
given as an example of a public
enterprise which has "fallen Into
the hands of the vultures."
"There Is power for everyone on
the Columbia," he said, chiding
Portland assertions that Bonneville
dam should be developed for in
dustry first.
Movipn. has returned home and
will attend the Coburg high school
this year.
Mr. and Mrs . Delbert Pierson
r enendin? several davs in Jef
ferson where Mr. Pierson has em
ployment.
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Mrs. Helliwell Has
Party For P. N. G.'s
COTTAGE GROVE, Oct. 21.
(Special) Mrs. A. W. Helliwell
was hostess to the M. P. G. club
at her home Tuesday entertaining
with a 1:30 dessert. The Halloween
motif was used. Mrs. Claude Cru
son, a member of the club who has
been absent for some time, was
present. The afternoon was spent
at sewing. Mrs. W. E. Lebow will
be hostess for the next meeting.
The Justamere club was enter
tained with a 1:30 o'clock dessert
at Mrs. J. B. Leonard's. Mrs.
Henry Williamson and Mrs. Densen
were special guests. At contract
bridge Mrs. Ralph Saltsman held
high score. The club will meet in
two weeks with Mrs. Chester
Stroup.
Mrs. Ralph Sears and Mrs.
George Hohman left Wednesday
for a few days trip to Grants Pass
and coast points.
Cottage Grove chapter, Order Of
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COBURG. Oct. 21. (Special)
Bill Stoneberg, who has been
spending the summer and early
fall in southern California and
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of Corvallis, Friday 7,
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Mr. and Mrs. J. e. y ,6?
Portland visited on lCJrph
his son, Fred Murphy ,4
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