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munity policy.
HITLER STAGES A ROMAN TRIUMPH
It Is nice to have bleacher seats lot one
ot the greatest spectacles in world history.
If anybody starts throwing any pop bottles
or grenades we may be safe, for the time
being. And the spectacle we are witnessing
is truly unique. Germany has won the war,
again. The democracies have failed to make
sure of victory. The world has reverted to
the jungle of imperialism; it has moved back
a thousand years to the chaos of military
autocracies which 'the gloomy philosopher
Spengler predicted.
Ever since Versailles, we have heard a
lot about the conflicting doctrines of "real
ism" and "idealism." Wilson, the idealist,
was outwitted by Lloyd George and Clem
enceau, the hard-boiled realists of European
politics. It was Clemenceau in particular
who insisted on the partitioning of the Ger
man empire and on shackling close to 30,
000,000 people with such economic and mili
tary fetters that it seemed hopeless for them
ever to regain power.
Italy was the first to revolt against the
"peace makers." Disgruntled with her share
in the loot she was inspired by the flaming
D'Annunzio to sieze and hold Fiume. Musso
lini taking his cue from the. dramatic poet
established the pattern of dictatorship in
Europe. Mussolini is overshadowed today by
bolder man and a greater power.
On the surface, Mussolini has sanctioned
Hitler's conquest of Austria. The salutes of
German and Austrian troops at Brenner
pass are complimentary. But let nobody de
ceive himself by thinking Mussolini is pleas
ed by the triumph of this recent ally and
future adversary. Mussolini has received a
large dose of his own brand of double cross.
For Hitler has said plainly that he has
iezed Austria because he resents that Mus-tolini-inspired
speech of Schuschnigg's de
claring Austria free forever. German Aus
tria Is the answer.
One would give a pretty penny for the
thoughts of Britain's Chamberlain who de
clared 10 recently for the policy of appeas
ing dictators. He must recall Eden's part
ing words that it will alway be unsafe to
deal with those who have flouted all ideas
of treaty obligations or honor. Britain will
have little difficulty in breaking the Rome
Berlin axis. It has been broken. British
must reckon with the fact that Hitler will
take aa long as the rest of the world floun
ders. Promises of safety for Czechoslovakia
mean nothing.
The reunion of Austria with Germany
was inevitable, required by all the ties of
blood and economic necessity, but nothing
Is omitted to make the show as gaudy as
possible. German troops are landed in
Vienna from planes. Hitler visits his birth
place as bells ring out. The widow of Dol
fuss flees with her children. The captives
will not be led at the chariot wheels in
chains, but the jails are full of them.
Ideals do not die and they are perhaps
the ultimate reality, but the cynics who sat
at the peace tables created the Europe In
which force has become once more the only
present reality.
WINTER PLAYGROUND ON SANTIAM
It is difficult for people in Eugene to
think of mountains or mountain sports apart
from the McKeiuie highway. That road has
been our route to the mountains for so long
that it is a habit. But the proposed winter
sports area which forest service men have
been surveying this last week near the sum
mit of the Santiam pass is still believe it
or not in what might be called the Mc
Kenzie playground area.
It is only about two miles farther to the
summit of the Cascades by the Clear Lake
Santiam route than by the McKenzie high
way and. only about ten miles are added on
a trip through to Bend. Now the point of
the Santiam playground project is simply
this:
An ideal site with excellent snow condi
tions can be had adjacent to an existing all
year highway and one easily available to
people from Eugene, Albany, Corvallis,
Salem, Bend, Redmond and many other com
munities. The rebuilding of the Clear Lake road
from Vale's ranch to the junction with the
Santiam above Fish Lake is an inevitable
result of the joint user program. Surveys
of the federal bureau of roads reported in
this paper two years ago reveal that the
all-year connection of the Santiam and the
McKenzie can be built for approximately
$1,000,000.
Rebuilding of the upper part of the Mc
Kenzie route would cost twice as much and
11-year maintenance would still be doubt
ful. There is no thought of abandoning the
present McKenzie pass. On the contrary it
is scheduled for steady improvement, Includ
ing paving, but it will be a summer scenic
route and the all-year route will be via the
Clear Lake-Santiam connection.
We believe this community has every
thing to gain and nothing to lose by co
operating with the Clear Lake-Santiam pro-,
posal, and especially with the plans for a
big joint winter playground. It is practical.
If any Eugene organization still wants to
have a lodge or playground of its own apart
from the "common herd," there is nothing
to prevent it. But if we want Uncle Sam's
highway and forest people to give us a win
ter sports setup as good as Portland's Mount
Hood layout, we shall have to throw In with
the neighbors.
One way of looking at It, we are offer
ed a chance to bring a large part of the San
tiam traffic out through the McKenzie val
ley and Eugene, and there will be many a
winter when just this will happen as the
Salem and Albany outlets are blocked tem
porarily. "LEGISLATIVE PARDON" FOR MOONEY
THE GOLD SITUATION IN A NUTSHELL or I SURRENDER, DEAR
March 13,
No standing in law has the "legislative
pardon" voted to Tom Mooney by the Cali
fornia general assembly, under labor group
pressures. Mooney cannot legally be re
leased from San Quentin penetentiary by
any such procedure. The action amounts
only to another declaration that a great
many people believe Mooney "not guilty".
Most of these hold this belief mainly because
of class sympathies. The literature on the
Mooney case has become so vast that few
have digested it, and less under:. .and it.
Probably nobody will ever know the
truth about Mooney. If he is guilty in fact,
he never will admit it, unless through some
emotional miracle. If Mooney was "framed,"
those who did the framing will never admit
it, unless through some utterly improbable
urge to confession. As we see' it there exists
enough "reasonable doubt" as to Mooney's
guilt to warrant an unconditional pardon,
and we hope California may have a gover
nor with courage to take this action, what
ever his own sentiments in the matter.
As a prisoner, Mooney has become a sym
bol of labor martyrdom. So long as he lan
guished in prison, every blatherskite liberal
and radical basks in whatever glory is re
flected from the alleged martyrdom. As a
free man, Mooney will lose some of the glow
from the halo.
It is an evil thing for justice in the Uni
ted States to have any case which casts doubt
upon the integrity of our court procedures.
It haa taken years of effort and mountains
of propaganda to build up this popular pic
ture of Mooney as a martyr. But we do not
believe it could have been accomplished if
there had not been obvious faults in the
original trial.
The people of this country will not know
ingly give aid or comfort to any cold-blooded
thug or murderer, even in the holy cause
of labor.
PROTESTS FROM "MR. X"
It was for the purpose of stimulating dis
cussion that we printed last week's editorial
on "Unemployed Benefits." We are getting
it. Although no names were named in the
piece, the gentlemen who thinks he was
meant for "Mr. X" has called to tell his side
of the story.
He left his. original job voluntarily, he
says, but wishes to point out that the wages
were very low, the hours long, the work
hard and his seeking of a better job quite
within his American rights. Subsequent ill
ness, the "recession," conditions beyond his
control led to being out of work.
"And you have failed to point out," says
he, "that whatever I take in from my odd job
business Is deducted week by week from my
unemployment benefits."
Correct!
Likewise on official complaint we are
glad to amend that one sentence In the edi
torial which Implied that all workers con
tribute to the unemployment tax. They do
not. The employer pays all of the unemploy
ment taxes. The employe pays only into the
old age pension fund.
Nevertheless, the questions raised by the
editorial stand. Several men whose claims
to "lay off" seem to be entirely valid won
der why the slowness in meeting their
claims. And if the effect of the act is to
make employers afraid to take on part time
workers for fear of penalties, that is bad.
As stated in the original piece, unemploy
ment insurance is new in this country. It is
still in the experimental stage. It is subject
to correction and betterment. This paper has
long advocated such a plan. But criticisms
of the plan in operation are in order, if it
is to achieve intended "results.
Austrian politics may be in a dizzy whirl,
but hardly as the result of the waltzes for
which Vienna is famous.
The latest Tales of the Vienna Woods
come from Nazi composers who think they
lave Austria up a tree.
GOLD BOUILLOM
(l)AtL THe COLD Trte v comes fbom
THRee sooRces:C)ooT ofthc ground, Q)oot
OF OLD SOCKS AND MATTRESSES, AMD&)OUTOF
SOVIET RUSSIA.
THE GOLD FOUNP IN THESE PLACES IS TAKEN
TO THE U.S. TREASURY WHERE IT IS PURCHASED
AT A PRICE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT FEELS IS
ADEQUATE TO INSURE ITSELF A GOO, SAFE LOSS.
The cold is them piviDeo imto two
PARTS. THE FIRST PART IS POUNDED INTO
A FINE DUST AMD IS DISTRIBUTED THROUCH
FEPERA.L, BANKS. TO BE USED IN PUTTING
THE GILT EDGING ON GILT-EDGE SECURITIES.
THIS IS CALLED CREDIT
tHis'--' K.CSTh REST OF THE
COLO BlOC
GA DPitM (nnt to be COtf
fused with goldfinch -4 bird)
GOLD IS PLACED N
HOtTE VATS. WHERE IT
IS WASHED, SCRUBBED AND POLISHED UNTIL
IT SHINES LIKE GOLD. IT IS THEN WRAPPED IN
CELLOPHANE, MARKED "DO NOT OPEN TI5.L
CHRISTMAS AMP DEPOSITED IM A COOL, DRV
VAULT. THIS IS CALLED "STERILIZATION.
THES6 PROCESSES CONTlNUe UNTIL
ALL THE COLP IN THE WORLD IS IN THE
HANDS OF THe O. S. GOVERNMENT, WHERE
UPON THE PRESIDENT COR DEALER) MUST
RAISE HIS HAND AND SHOUT, "BlsjGOj" T
THIS POINT ALL PLAY CEASES AND THE
HEADS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS MUST
STOP WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING AND COME '
TO WASHINGTON, WHERE ALL THE GOLD IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN
PLACED IN ONE BIG PILE FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEWSPAPER PHOTOG
RAPHERS. This is called "inflation" or "EIFiation."
(fijALLTHE GOLD ( CREDIT AN STERILIZED.)
-IS THEN MADE INTO BEADS. THESE ARE
PASSED OFF ON UNSUSPECTING INDIANS IN
EXCHANGE FOR BEARSKINS AND CLAMSHELLS,
WHICH BECOME THE NEW MEDIUMS OF EX
CHANGE AND ARE REALLY MUCH EASIER TO
UNDERSTAND.
For further references, see Pob's. THe Gold BOG.
HcMRy James" Tub GOneM Bovml, ap Wxrmbr Bros,"
L JLH.PILUVISQ J
S GOLDEN GATE I
(San francisco harbor)
'Gold Diaoes of '3a.'
IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL BAG
AN ANSWER
QURTIN. (To the Editor) If
you will llow me space in the
Guard, wculd like to answer Mrs.
Quimby's letter to the Guar.J of
Feb. 27, in regard to the sales
tax vs. transaction gross income
tax. Mrs. Quimby thinks that I do
not know what a transaction tax
s, as she says that I had to admit
to my interviewer (the man on the
street broadcast in Roscburg) that
it would raise the price of an ar
ticle. Let's, see what tax would
-aise the price of an article.
My interviewer quoted what he
Hit up to Mr. Ware a few days
irior. that if a 2 per cent tax was
dded to an article four times it
.vould raise the price eight cents.
It certainly would as this is a
sales tax, but an income tax from
transaction is a tax on income and
is taken from incomes, as Mrs.
Quimby listed the farmer. OK
the farmer sells 100 bushels of
wheat to the dealer for $1 per
bushel market value. The dealer
jives Mr. Farmer a check for $100
in full, no tax added or deducted
from this transfer. The farmer
deposits the check at the bank, the
banker checks off 2 per cent ($2)
and gives the farmer credit for $98,
the dealer adds his commission
of 25 per cent and sells to the
miller for $125 no tax added or
deducted the dealer receives his
check in full for $125 then de
posits his check at the bank and
2 per cent is checked off leaving
the dealer $122.50. WHO PAID
THIS TAX? WAS IT PASSED
ON? The miller the wholesaler
and the retailer would add their
25 per cent commission and no tax,
as when they deposited their daily
or weekly receipts at the bank, the
bank would check off 2 per cent
ind give them credit for balance.
this is the transaction income tax.
We have a sample of both taxes
the social security tax, the 1
to 3 per cent that labor pays is an
income tax, though it is checked
off from their check by their em
ployer, before writing the check,
and the 1 to 3 per cent tax the em
ployer pays, is a sales tax, as it
is added to the goods and a tax
board collects both the taxes from
the employer, and they draw down
from $60 to $300 a month for the
Job.
Under the Townsend plan, all
the tax would be a transaction 2
per cent income tax and be col
lected by the bank without extra
cost to the people and the bank
would make their profits from the
handling of the other 98 per cent
A sales tax Is a tax that is added
to the goods sold, above the cost
and profits of the article.
A transaction income tax. Is
tax that Is taken from price re
ceived for the goods sold, and
comes out of the dealer's or seller's
profits, and not added to It, as in
a sales tax.
I am not working, draw no pen
sion, neither on relief. Thank vou,
J. H, SELL.
Ostrich feathers (or women's hsts are
coming back in style. We thought they had
buried their heads in the sands ot time.
martyrs subjected to the avenging
fury of a despotic dictator.
The author of this article
would have us believe that the
Russians have some secret for
mula whereby a perfectly inno
cent man can be made to go be
fore a microphone and broadcast
to a whole nation a detailed story
of any kind that would please the
fancy of the dictator even though
the victim knows that he is to be
shot and that this is to be his last
public speech.
Of course. Russia not being a
democracy, the innocent victim of
the third degree would not dare to
accuse the police or the G. P. U.
as they call them there, of beat-up
tactics. Least of all to show bodily
bruises like broken ear-drums,
etc. Stalin could never permit that
HERE TOOM
as the Russian people are liable
to dethrone him most any time, so
we are told; though we have read
of the almost immediate collapse
of Stalin and the Soviet State
periodically for the last 20 years.
Of course, some of us go on be
lieving, and others take it as an
insult to the intelligence of the
reading public.
. Strange how a Fascist nation
may slaughter hundreds of inno
cent women and children and
never a comment from our worthy
editors. Also here in America we
have occasional lynchings and
similar sports like burning them
alive in the electric chair or let
ting them choke to death at the
end of a rope; in Germany they
chop their heads off but they are
shot In Russia. Which method is
the most humane?
Which do you prefer, the man
who receives pay from an ag
gressive Fascist nation for mur
der and arson and to foment civil
strife which Is Intended to result
in the slaughter of millions of in
nocent people, or the man who
kills an individual for any reason
fancied or otherwise? Obviously
your sympauues are witn the for
mer type.
I know that you hold all the
cards, you can say most anything
ana no one can answer. I am ask
ing you to print this but you
won't. If you should, you will
distort it to such an extent that
it will make the writer appear
ridiculous to your readers. And to
prove my statement I am holding
some copies for future reference.
E. R. McALISTER.
Crow Stage Mail.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
yONCALLA, Oregon (To the
Editor) Dear Editor I am so
interested in your editorial "Hoyt
on Freedom of the Press," that I
must thank you for printing that
eauonai. iooKing DacK over a few
short years, from June 1934 to the
present date, we have much to be
thankful for, and especially the
Register-Guard. Our home paper.
It ia true, the Press sometimes
prints articles, that we the people
get stirred up over. Just one week
ago today, some news came to me
from Portland, Ore.
That our own congressional dis
trict congressman, Hon James W.
Mott, had deserted the Townsend
ranks at Washington, D. C. All ol
which is not the truth.
The newspaper got things mixed
which was not their fault. So in
that case "Blame the reporter."
Well, I do not like to do that
either, for I have done some work
in that line myself, and I know
how it feels to be told, "I had
made just a little mistake, see."
But if it had not been for the
fine cooperation of the press, w
Townsend people would not be as
strong an organization today as we
are. We got what we demanded by
the press, if we go after it in the
proper spirit, and if the freedom
of the press had been suppressed,
your paper would not be printing
articles from my pew, along with
thousands of others.
Now, for instance, Taxes. From
the year of 1931 to 1934, we did
not have the tax problem so widely
published in those years, as we
have had in the years from 1934
to 1938. We had about the same
taxes to pay. But it took some cer
tain people to wake up the public
to the tax burden.
And those people were the
Townsendites, writing articles to
our editors and having freedom of
the press. They printed our arti
cles, consequently the rural peo
ple have been informed on the
tax burden.
That is why the Townsend plan
is being pushed so rapidly, for we
know the 2 per cent transaction
tax will eradicate all other meth
ods of taxation and bring down the
real tax problem, so it will not be
a burden on the people.
OLIVE McKEE.
i
COTTAGE GROVE. J
the Editorl-Th... (II
suredlv tov .u " a t
question" at Th. !
first 6,ZTr?!d
iEoin t,T"
poisoned a dog tamyui. J.J
lost two by the poisoir-2
Siriticr,ed"
Here ar tAnia . 1
causes the do. 7j?
abroad in the UoZ Z
owners an k . ne
- - wuar With
Planting. It js hard
rak no .i i . r 'Pal
nish,d 7 fin bed 7f
Planted it to flowers, or
seeds only to find the Zt
mg that the dogs w t
mashed" their beds OioJ
I I passed by where , w
had been prepared and ,lA
sweet peas: a hi. "J"'"
looking dog trotted byb!
w.uvaie UUS SCO' 1
by long deep lkk, witahkl
feet then still fnh.J , Jr.l
lrtflybyskiUfuluMofto
About tM t;M. it.-
the house came out. Talk iboj
boy that become so "ml
cussed, cried and threw roekj
remarked "do you wonder
poison dogs."-Every townui
run with bands of good 1
ing, worthless curs, who Z
over gardens and lawns, KZ
chicken coops and kill, raid gi
ers sheep. There would be ii
protest should a farmer lei
shoat, calf or lamb sjonrl
streets, tarry a short time ati
corner, yet these disguitiM
are allowed to befoul our j
ifei,t iii.aue our porfl
screen doors and chain. To
trifles. S
I would lik. tn em ih ii.f
dogs put not less than it
This would cut out the poiscoa
FANNIE E. GOUll
Cottage Gt
"Buy more maiaiinei for M
Look over our stock of Gu
novelties, notion)
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SPY Tl'RGE
QROW STAGE (To the Editor)
The recent spy purge in the
Soviet Russia was received by the
local press with great joy and
much critical comment. And while
none of their readers have as yet
expressed an opinion In writing. I
am sure that not a few having
read Friday's editorial in the Register-Guard,
following similar
criticisms since the spy purge be
gan, are wondering if the editors'
sympathy is not on the side of the
hired plotters from Germany and
other Fascist and Pro-Fascist
nations.
Friday's editorial headed "The
Purs In Russia Goes On." deoicts
the sif conitwtd dtiandwta at I
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