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EDITOR AND PUBLISHES Alton . U.Mti
MANAGING EDITOR William M. Tufman
NTWS SCR VICE . AOfHlJ PreM. UDltetf Prw
KUfBER Audit Buraau of ClreulaUonj
Entered at tht Pott Office at Eufene Oregon, a second
tlaae matter.
The RefUterOuajd'i poller la the complete and Imperii)
publication lo Ita oewa pagea of ail oewa and ttatemeata
m oewa. On thlj page, the adltora of The Reenter -Guard
ytttr their oplnlom on eventa of tna day and matteri of
Importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid but
fair and helpful in the development of constructive com
munity policy.
TEAMSTERS KEEP THEIR HEADS
For their courage and self-command in a
very difficult situation, those so-called "reb
els" of the teamsters' union in this district
deserve the respect of the entire community.
Within the structure of their union and in
strict compliance with its constitution and
by-laws they have set out to eliminate tyran
ny, to establish the rights of members and
to restore the good will of the public. They
have chosen the slow way but the right way,
and if they keep to this course they will win
their fight and they will set an example for
other unionists who have encountered bad
leadership.
Pew people realize how easily this up
rising in the teamsters' union could have
become a riotous thing with evil results for
everybody. Through his control over the
jobs, the bread and butter of the union mem
bers under him, Hugh Reynolds has ex
ercised incredible power. He has not only
badgered and bullied his own men but he
has used his power over truck transport to
badger and bull-doze workers and employ
ers in other industries. The window break
ing escapades for which Reynolds now faces
jail sentence is only the most conspicuous
chapter In the long Htory of bad leadership.
The $3 special assessment which brought on
the "revolt" of teamsters is only the last of
many grievances.
There have been many men in the team
sters' union who have wanted to tear up
their cards and be done with unionism.
There have been others who wanted to take
things into their own hands and oust Reyn
olds right now without bothering with union
laws and constitutional procedures. Nor
can it be overlooked that they would have
had much support in this course. Luckily
th teamsters have taken the advice of men
In the older trades unions and brotherhoods
and charted an orderly procedure.
There can be no mistake as to the tem
per of the special meeting of the teamsters'
union which was held Tuesday night. The
members are willing that Mr. Reynolds
shall have his "day in court" before the
union's own tribunal and that he shall have
whatever appeals are provided by union
procedure, but they will brook no unneces
sary delays or attempts to hush the matter.
They are entitled to democracy In their
union affairs and they propose to have it.
This paper has said many times that the
woes of unionism will not be solved by "goon
roundups" or any other form of outside in
tervention. Unions will be good or bad,
useful or a nuisance, according to how well
the members choose their leaders and mnn
age their business. Efficient unions have
little difficulty with employers. or public.
This little uprising of rank and file in
Eugene is an event of really national sig
nificance. It is a warning to the warlords
of labor who have harvested fat salaries and
lush expense accounts and used the dues
paying members as cannon fodder in fan
tastic fights. President Roosevelt said the
other day that labor needs lenders who will
find a way to keep men AT WORK AND
NOT FROM WORK. The Eugene affair says
that good union members intend to see to
this.
Lily Pons, the opera star, went through
with a shipboard concert despite a furious
Atlantic gule. She was probably under the
Impression that it was a storm of applause.
Amherst College is tightening up on its
English requirements. What's that place
trying to do, take all the color out of the
language?
Tall men in Atlanta, Ga., have started a
campaign against low awnings. And not a
news story about the campaign was head
lined: Tall Men Hit Canvas.
Two psychiatrists believe thry have dis
covered that obesity is a matter of one's
frame of mind. "Gosh, I'm feeling fat to
day; it must have been something I thought."
Trans-Atlantic passenger plane service
will start in July. Go ahead; you can get
back in 24 hours.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK
VIOLATIONS OF TRl'ST
(The Bend Bulletin)
Rlchird Whitney, five times president ot the
New York tock exchanne. took hl sentence with
chin up. Without low o( poise he heard the trial
Judge declare that "Your course. In the lait six
years, has been a course of thefts and larcenies,
of frauds and misrepresentations, of falsifications
ot books and financial statements covering losses
of several millions of dollars."
wbltna' stoicism roajr arouse some decree of
admiration, but there will be little sympathy for
him as he starts his five to ten year term at
Sing Sing. His mis-use of securities, worth nearly
one-fourth of a million dollars, of which he was
trustee, was too completely admitted, too thor
oughly established for there to be any feeling that
Whitney was unjustly dealt with. Rather than
sympathy, there is something akin to horror ' at
so flagrant a violation of trust.
Except as to the size of the diversion there Is,
however, much of similarity in the activities of
Richard Whitney and the manner in which the
federal administration has manipulated trust funds.
These federal trust funds, In excess of one and
one-half billions of dollars, are to carry out the
insurance and annunity provisions of social se
curity legislation. As collections of payroll taxes
go on, the trust Increases.
The money itself is largely being spent for
other purposes. It is meeting deficits elsewhere.
Whitney's trust, likewise, was dissipated in an
effort to meet deficits elsewhere.
Whitney's firm is bankrupt, Whitney in prison.
Governments, of course, do not go to prison,
nor are they formally adjudged bankrupt. In these
facts Is the chief departure from the parallel with
the Whitney case.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY DUTCHER
Register-Guard Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 21. Behind the Presi
dent's decision that the government should resume
pump-prlmlng to aid business were confidential
reports from administration economists who said
conditions were getting no better fast and that the
immediate outlook seemed distinctly sour.
Advisers who had hoped April would bring an
upturn found that the depression curve was going
still lower. They urged against any further wait
ing to see If an improvement wouldn't Just happen,
pointing out that no new public works program
could really get started before late summer or fall.
Three Factors
Three factors were stressed to the President as
aiding the economic havoc primarily caused, as
the economists see it, by a downward spiral accel
erated by decreasing purchasing power:
1 Reliable estimates had appeared which
showed that inventories at the first of the year
were $5,000,000,000 in excess of those stocked two
years ago. While some of the inventory had been
worked off, a huge amount remained. New pur
chasing power was held to be necessary, since bil
lions of private dollars placed In the purchasing
stream were creating no new Industrial activity as
long as the goods they bought were being taken
out of Inventory,
2. A sharp decline In Installment credit was
noted. This also meant that a large amount of
current purchasing power was sterile, since It was
being used to pay for goods taken off the market
last year. And bank figures showed that an In
creasingly abnormal percentage of the cash going
into the purchasing stream was landing in the
banks and being kept there as assets.
3 The economists reported that the govern
ment's monthly contribution to purchasing power
had dropped from above $300,000,000 a month in
1936 to $73,000,000 in 1037 and subsequently. They
get those figures by subtracting the amount the
government takes out of the "Income stream" in
taxes from the amount the government puts into
It by spending. Important factors In this compu
tation, for instance, were the bonus money outgo
in 1036 and the drain of new social security taxes
In 1937.
I'ump-Prlmlnt
When business bloomed In 1934 and 1935, tl.e
economists said, the government "contribution"
was about $250,000,000 a month. The difference
between that and $73,000,000 is $173,000,000, which
Is one estimate of the amount government would
have to throw Into the pot to get business on the
upgrade again.
Thus, according to this theory, injection of
about $2,000,000,000 more into the next year's
pump ought to do the trick.
How long such pump-prlmlng must be con
tinued is a serious problem yet to be solved. The
national debt Is due to be Increased, but it's ortho
dox administration thinking now that It's better
to boost the debt than to have a depression which
does nohlng but get worse and in an election year
at that.
fcmharrasslng Moment
Senator Harry F. Byrd, the gentleman from
Virginia, and Mrs. Byrd and Mrs. Billy Mitchell
were sitting In the House gallery reserved for
members when Congressman Maury Maverick of
Texas arose to make a speech.
"There's that baboon Maverick," sneered Byrd.
"He happens to be my husband and I think
he's fine, but I'll be glad to pass on your remark
to him," said Mrs. Maverick, turning in her seat
Just In front of the senator.
Byrd flushed and sputtered, but was stopped by
Mrs. Byrd who said, "Harry, you had better shut
up. You've said enough."
But Mrs. Mitchell leaned forward to say she
thought Maverick was one of the best men In
Congress and that her husband, the lale Gen. Billy
Mitchell, had always said so, too.
Other congressional wives within earshot could
hardly wait to leap outside and spread the tale.
(Copyright, 1938, NEA Service, Inc.)
New Wells Necessary
For Junction City
Water System
JUNCTION CITY, April 21
Special) Digging of the ditches
for the pipes for the new water
system is under way and rapid
progress is being made by the up-to-date
machinery in use. The
well that has been drilled has been
abandoned for the present as
water in neither quantity or qual
ity was found. The well was about
435 feet deep. The two wells that
have been used to supply water
for the city will probably be used.
A number of local men are work
ing on the ditches and more will
be added as needed.
AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH
By DR. MORRIS F1SHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical Associa
tion, and of Hygeln, the Health Magazine
Although most people are inclined to think that
hoarseness or laryngitis is wholly a matter of the
throHt, experts are convinced that every case of
chronic laryngitis demands investigation of the
whole body with a view to determining all of the
factors that may be responsible.
Some people constitutionally develop overgrowth
of tissue after there has been damage. These peo
ple develop large scars when others develop small
scars. In such cases when there Is continuous Ir
ritation with inflammation and swelling, they are
likely to develop permanent thickening of the
tissues that are Inflamed.
In people with this tendency to overgrowth of
fibrous tissue, the vocal cords when Inflamed tend
to become permanently thickened. The muscles
associated with movements of the vocal cords also
develop changes which make it difficult for the
vocal cords to vibrate and to meet properly when
needed for speech.
In most cases, chronic laryngitis is due to
some factor like infection, IrrltaUon or general
disease. There are, of course, some cases in which
the voice Is abused by excessive use or by over
strain of the vocal cords. There are other in
stances In which IrrltaUng factors like smoke, dust
and gases act on the larynx.
In certain diseases like gout, high blood pres
sure of inflammaUon of the kidneys, there may be
difficulty with the circulation of the blood to' the
tissues. Certainly it is possible for syphilis, tuber
culosis and cancer to affect the larynx as they
may affect any other tissue in the human bodv.
The first step, therefore. In any case of Inrvn
giUs is to find out if any of these general consti
tuuonal factors are present and to get at such
causes rather than to attempt immediately to re
lieve the condition by sprays, inhalations or other
medicines.
Dr. L. H. Clerf records three Important "Don'ts"
for every case of chronic contention of the larvnx.
They are: 1. Don't smoke. 2. Don't talk. J. Don't
use alcohol. Rest of Uie voice is one ol the most
unporUul factors.
HOSTESS TO CLUB
YONCALLA, April 21. (Spe
cial) The Hayhurst community
club met at the home of Mrs. Lee
Allen recently. Mrs. Mabel Jones
and Mrs. Tom McKirdy were host
esses. Refreshments were served
to Mrs. George Cooley and son,
Mrs. John Cooley, Mrs. Edna
Craighead, Mrs. Sherman Chap
man, and daughter, Miss Rose
Damrose, Mrs. Atlanta Hubbell,
Mrs. George Hamilton, Mrs. Esther
Inscho and son, Mrs. Elmer Kruse,
Mrs. John Kromminga, Mrs. Den
nis Lovelace, and two children,
Mrs. Emma Miller, Mrs. Leslie
Miller, Mrs. Hery Morin, Mrs.
Chet Miller, Mrs. Ray Morin and
daughter, Mrs. Virginia McKern
and son, Miss Mabel Pierson, Mrs.
Harold Phillips and daughter, Mrs.
Art Ryehard, Mrs. Ernest Schosso,
Mrs. Marie Swanson, Mrs. Lulu
Belle Collins, Mrs. Nora Allen,
Mrs. Ida Jones, Mrs. Donald
Woods, Mrs. Pete Peterson, 'Mrs.
Keiser, Mrs. Ralph Helms and two
daughters, Miss Bertha Wilson,
Mrs. Lee Allen, Mrs. Tom Kirdy
and son, and Mrs. Mabel Jones.
HARRISBURG NEWS
HARRISBURG, April 21 (Spe
cial) The Odd Fellows have chos
en Harold Kizer and Walter Young
as delegates to grand lodge which
will meet next month in Pendle
ton, with no alternates. The Re
bekahs elected Mrs. Geraldine
Douglas and Mrs. Evelyn Cain as
delegates to the Rebekah conven
tion. Alternates are Mrs. Nida
Scott and Mrs. Elfa Moore.
The W. C. T. U. is sponsoring
a union meeting to be held at the
Methodist church Sunday evening.
Glen Ballard, the Christian min
ister, Is to be speaker. The na
tional organization is trying to
raise a million dollar education
fund in a five year campaign. Ore
gon is now in the fourth year and
the Oregon W. C. T. U. hopes to
have its full quota by the time the
nntional convention is held.
Alvin Bartel and Charles Marsh
all of Buhler, Kans., are here for
a visit with Mr. Barters brother,
Henry Bartel. They may decide
to make their home here.
(KjrERRILY We LIVE" is the title of the McDonald's next big at
11 traction, starting Sunday. It stars Connie Bennett and Brian
Aherne, who are seen above in a scene from the film.
MANY AT SERVICES
JASPER, April 21. (Special)
Easter services were held at the
church Sunday. There were- no
Sunday school classes held, the
time being given over to the pro
gram, which was as follows: Con
gregational singing followed by
the giving of several scripture
verses by the primary children; a
solo by Raymond McCormick; a
reading by Rose Marie Fotta; a
quartet composed of Mrs. Arlo
Jones, soprano, Robert Tindall,
tenor, Mrs. Gertrude Humphrey,
alto, and Arlo Jones, bass, sang; a
reading by Lois Humphrey; a song
by Alma Humphrey; a reading by
Cleona Awbrey, accompanied by
piano music by Mrs. Gertrude
Humphrey. The program was con
cluded by congregational singing
and the taking of the Sunday
school records. There was a re
corded attendance of 65.
There was a potluck dinner after
the morning services. Duo to the
church being decorated for an
other affair, this was held at the
grange hall. There was no preach
ing in the evening. The Endeavor
met at 5 o'clock and then several
of them went to Eugene to at
tend the pageant at the First
Christian church.
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PLAN ENTERTAINMENT
DEERHORN, April 21. (Spe
cial) Plans are beinj? made by
the Four-H clubs of Deerhorn lo
present an evenings entertainment
of moving pictures at the school
house Friday evening. A small ad
mission will be charged which will
be divided with R. C. Kuehner
who is representing the pictures
which are rental films instead of
the usual free films shown by him.
The pictures will begin at 7:30 p.
m. featuring a full length picture
and an "Our Gang" comedy. The
clubs plan to sell candy and pop
corn during the evening. Proceeds
will be used for club expenses.
Itching
Burning Feet
Go to Penny Wise Drug Store or
any other good druggist today and
get an original bottle of Moone's
Emerald Oil. Don't worry this
powerful penetrating oil brings
such ease and comfort that you'll
be able to go about your work
again, happy and without that al
most unbearable aching and sore
ness. Rub on Emerald Oil tonight
freely; it does not stain is eco
nomical. Money hack if not satis
fied. Get it nt Penny Wise Drug
Stores and good druggists everywhere.
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