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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE R E G I S T E R - G U A R D Page Six. Few. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER i Puhluhea tvtl v ventni via Sunday stDITOH ANL) PUHUSHEB Alton tlaJkCJ MANAUINCJ EDITOR William M liiitimn NEWS SERVICE Ansoclaleo Presi Unlten Pre M EMU EH Audli Huieu 01 Circulation Entered at the P"tl Oftce ai Euitena Orear.n e iacond clai mailer Hip HeKUler-Ciuiid't oolic U the complete and irnrartlai publication In lt nfwi page ol ai) newt and ttatemenu on nrwa On tall oago Uie ediiort of Ttt Keguter -Guard offer their opinion on event ol the day and mattera of importance to the community, endeavoring ic be candid but (air and helpful in the development ol comU-uctlve com munity policy. ONCE A MIGHTY ISSUE? STILL! It must be the wish which is parent to the thought which prompts the Saturday Evening Post to read into last November's Oregon vote on the anti-picketing bill a re action against the initiative, the referendum and the recall the I. R. & R., the "Oregon System" of thirty years ago. Insofar as the initiative has been a pet instrument of the .so-called "liberals," during most of its history, the Post is probably cor rect In saying that In this Oregon vote, the "initiative is turning upon its best friends and biting them." It would be a poor law indeed, if it didn't work "both ways." But the overwhelming vote for a measure which no legislature could have been per suaded to pass in the face of group pres sures would seem to prove, not weakness in the plan, but its essential vitality. If the I. R. & R. were useful thirty years ago to free legislation from the control of political and financial gangs, they still are useful to check mate the pressure groups when they be come too bold. Fair play can still be found with the people. We doubt if the people of Oregon or any other state would give up the I. R. & R. True, we have lost some of the illusions of thirty years ago. We know that the I. R. & R. can be misused. Direct legislation by the people is plagued with every stupid and crooked practice known to legislative as semblies. Every year sees a whole flock of petitions put into circulation which have no other purpose than the "shakedown" of whatever interests may find it cheaper to buy off the petition pushers than to fight through a state-wide election. Every year sees a full crop of honest but "crack-pot" measures which get on the ballot to bedevil the voters. It is often difficult for Oregon voters to dis tinguish the few worthy measures from the bad ones. But the main point is that the voters do somehow manage to make pretty intelligent decisions cm measures. And whatever the hazards in direct popular legislation we would not surrender the privilege. The people can and do rise in wrath upon occa sion. There is reason to hope that as Oregon grows older and we become more settled In our habits we will see less abuse of the I. R. & R. The best law making is done by legislatures. They alone have the time and means to study intricate public problems. When legislatures do their duty there is little need for the I. R. & R. But when legislatures fail, as they have in the past and will in the future, there is salvation in this power which is reserved to the people -to Initiate, to refer, or to recall. mtv LET S LAUGH WITH DOROTHY, TOO It irritated the Nazis of Fritz Kuhn's German-American Bund because the anti-Nazi colvumist Dorothy Thompson (Mrs. Sinclair Lewis) laughed during their big show in Madison Square Garden. So some husky "Storm Troopers" threw the lady out of the hall and it was necessary to call some husk ier coppers to get her back in to finish her job of reporting. on admits she laughed be iroartOUS spectacle of Nazis democratic right of free ! protectlor of one of those Silly republics which the execrate. The gods must laugh also Perhaps it would be a good thing if we could all laugh more, in cluding Miss Thompson, who takes her Nazis pretty seriously. We remember that Pellx frankfurter chuckled the other day when he told the senatorial inquisition that his idea of free speech included even Nazi, Fascists and lew justice sets the prop- Miss Tin cause ot this U exercising the speech under thi work they never did before. In addition, incentive to good performance which obtains in private in dustry is lacking. There is precious little hope for promotion, not so much fear of discharge. Put those factors together, and you are certain to get some spotty performances. One WPA crew may be welded into an efficient working unit; an other one may indulge in horseplay, waste its energy through inefficient operation, or get out of control of its foreman and start shovel-leaning, lioss education WPA authorities are trying to remedy this by an educational program for foremen. For more than a year, classes for foremen have been held. At these classes practically everything is discussed, from the essentials of leadership to safety pre cautions and how to stop fights. At present, such classes are being held in 15 states. Other failures of the human element have oc curred farther up the line. For instance: the WPA program has to be flexible, as the number of men employed is forever rising or falling. In a given locality, the WPA supervisor may load up with too many non-flexible projects like construction jobs. Private business picks up and the WPA roll drops; as a result, that locality has several half-finished buildings on its hands, with completion awaiting either a rise in WPA rolls or the finishing of other jobs. Again, lost motion may enter the picture through faulty planning. In one locality several small projects may be under way separately when they could be welded into one at a considerable saving. WPA's biggest trouble, however, has come from the very nature of its job. WPA exists primarily to put men to work; that has to come first, even when as does happen occasionally there isn't enough real work to go around. Jobs Are The Big Imperative Maj, P. M. Harloe, chief engineer and assistant administrator of WPA. points to a typical example what happened in San Francisco in the fall of 1035, when WPA was just getting under way. "Our orders were to get a certain number of people at work," he says. "We had to put 20,000 people to work in San Francisco. Now the area of that city is relatively small only 43 square miles. The outlets available for relief labor then were the parks, the .streets and the airport. Be cause we were just starting, the procedure for get ting projects approved was slow. The city officials were new to it also. So there was a scarcity of projects. "Hut we had to put those 20,000 men to work. So we crowded them on the jobs. Maybe we as signed three times as many men to a job as were actually needed. They got in each other's way. There wasn't any way out." That sort of thing still happens, whenever a sudden depression makes it necessary to expand a locality's WPA quota quickly. Engineers have to plan it, materials have to be bought, equipment must be got, foremen must be picked. But the men have to go to work instanter. So there is crowd ing, more men on a Job than are needed and WPA's lost motion is exhibited for all to see. Insists Politics Local Politics, of course, has been one of WPA's major headaches. Harry Hopkins' lecent appearance before sen ate committee, In which the senators examined the whole principle of the extent, if any, to which a WPA administrator may properly make political speeches and appeals, is a matter of recent memory. Unquestionably, much of the current opposition to WPA arises from the feeling that it has been used as an instrument of political coercion. You cannot find at least I rant anyone in WPA who will admit that it has actually been so used. But it is freely admitted that in many cases local politicians have made use of WPA on their own tiook. This sort of thing has happened: a local boss quietly passes out the word that it's pretty hard to get a WPA Job without his okay. He has a pretty tight machine, and people believe him. So a flock of misguided relief clients get his okay, subse quently get WPA Jobs which they would have got anyway, and then pay him SI a month for the privilege. At WPA headquarters here, It Is insisted that the organization is breaking up this abuse wherever it gets wind of it. (Copyright, 1939. NBA Service, Inc.) HOSPITAL! TYCWB BENEFIT WILL BE QNjmujH Both Contract, Auction Bridge To Be Played By MARIAN LOWRY QNOTHER of the series of after noon benefit parties sponsored by. the Hospitality club will be held on Thursday afternoon of this week at Applegate store at two o'clock. Both auction and contract bridge will be played, prizes being offered in both. in contract, Mrs. T. E. Furnish, Miss Gertrude Bauer, and Mrs. Al fred Holm will be in charge, and the committee for auction bridge is Mrs. Lily Broders, Mrs. Lynn Walker, Mrs. Inez Herrin. The club held its regular meet ing and party Monday evening, about forty attending. Mrs. Alberta S. McMurphey, first president of the former chamber of commerce auxiliary, was a special honor guest, and other guests were Mrs. Laura Brown. Mrs. Lena Zearcy, Mrs. J. Kusler of Turtle Lake, North Dakota. New members welcomed were Mrs. May Dann, Mrs. Noma Staley, Mrs. Ida Marie Cougill. Honors at cards went to Mrs. Henry Pape at contract and to Mrs. Hanna Okeson at auction Committee for the next meeting to be held in two weeks will be Mrs. Henry Pape, Mrs. Margaret McPolin, and Mrs. Hanna Okeson. WEDNESDAY EVENTS Wednesday's calendar is filled with interesting social events. The guest day tea of Chapter AM of P. E. O. Sisterhood will be Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. C. Dixon, guests to include members of Chapters H and AY. Chapter AY of P. E. O. will have its regular meeting at one o'clock iGG and mushroom cutlet with green peas and a savory sauce makes ' a perfect Lenten dish that is easy to make. Today's Recipes By NEA SERVICE Q SAVORY Swiss steak is just what a skiing appetite yodels for. And the family budget gives its blessing. Savory Swiss Steak (Serves 6) Two pounds round steak 2 ta blespoons flour, 'i teaspoon gin ger, I2 teaspoon mixed herbs, 1 teaspoon salt. 1 tablespoon Wor cestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon pre pared mustard, 1 cup boiling wa ter, 8 to 10 small onions. Cut steak in serving pieces. Mix CALENDAR Wednesday afternoon at the home j flour, ginger, herbs and salt. Roll of Mrs. Harold R.Crosland. j meat in mixture. Brown the pieces St. Mary's Guild of St. Mary's of meat very quickly, a few at a Episcopal church will hold its regu-j time, and place them in a 1V4 lar meeting all day Wednesday I quart heat resistant glass sauce at the parish house. j pan. College Crest Neighborhood club Add the Worcestershire sauce, will hold its monthly meeting Wed-' mustard and hot water. Arrange nesday afternoon at the home of j onions over the top, cover the dish Mrs. O. D. Sprecker. ' and bake in a moderate oven (350 Other clubs meeting during the degrees F.) about 1 tj hours or day include Coterie club, at the ! until meat is tender. Serve in the home of Mrs. G. D. Hoffman, for same clisn its anniversary party; and the Al pha Omicrnn Pi Mothers' club at the sorority chapter house. DOMESTIC ART CLUB Mrs. O. S. Fletcher was hostess for the meeting of the Domestic Art club on Monday afternoon Spiced Meat Balls (Serves 6. Abcut 16 balls) When the night is cold, spiced meat balls keep both the heart and budget warm. One pound ground beef steak, "i pound ground pork sausage, cup mashed potatoes, I egg Mrs. Ann Leffingwell from the "ien. ' cup milk. "3 cup fine health office talked to the group. b'e:,d crumbs, 1 teaspoon salt, '4 Mrs. W. C. Sch.iefer is to entertain teaspoon pepper, V, teaspoon nut- AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH Communists, cr pattern. Well, ativ New York The trite U d Sau Francisco 1 ween 1 ail- By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor. Journal of the American Medical Associ ation, and of Hygela, the Health Magazine Chief difference between the common cold and the kind of influenza that has hit the Midwest is the infectious character of influenza. Almost any one who is exposed to influenza comes down with the disease. This is not true of the common cold. The early symptoms of both are about the same. In influenza, however, the patient is likely to be a little sicker, suffering with flashes of heat and fever, with congestion in the larynx associated with n harsh, dry, metallic cough. There is a feeling of compression and pain in the chest and 111 a typical attack a tremendous amount of sneez ing. The sneezing is caused by congestion in the membranes of the nose. The eyeballs also become congested, so that there Is pain, redness and a good deal of moisture. Frequently also there Is congestion In the eardrums accompanied by pain. The backache that occurs may be a reflection of inflammation in the tissues around the kidney, and of the muscles of the spine In fact, there are general muscle pains along the sides and back to such an extent that deep breathing is painful. In sonic cases stomach and intestines also are infected with considerable gastro-intestinal discomfort. The first thing to do Is to get to bed. If you have a fever, amounting even to only one degree, the best possible place is bed. Since the disease is spread by coughing and sneezing, the person who is sick should not use the same towels, nap. kins, dunking and eating utensils used by the rest of the family. Such patients should of course also refrain from fondling or kissing children or any one else. Remember that this condition Is con tagious, that it spreads rapidly and that it Is seri ous not because of the influenza itself but because it Frequently leads to pneumonia. As soon as the patient goes to bed he should have the attention of a competent doctor. Most Important tUo is the necessity for keeping the pa tient wtrm and away from drafts If it Is neces sary to keep the windows open in the room m nt lies, he certainly should not be vt action of the wind coming the group in two weeks. TO ENTERTAIN CLUB Mrs. Vern D. Scobert will be hostess this coming Friday for the meeting of the Sunshine club, the group to meet for luncheon at the Osburn hotel at one o'clock. TO ENTERTAIN CLUB Mr. and Mrs Edgar Martin are to be hosts on Wednesday evening for the meeting of the Pastime club. SOROSIS CLUB Sorosis club will hold a one thirty luncheon Thursday instead of Wednesday at W'ashburnc's tea room. 1 TO MAKE VISIT Mrs. Frederick Dutton, depart ment inspector of the Daughters j Drayton. North Dakota, and Ber of Union Veterans, will make her I nard G. Schellenger of Glad Val official visit to the Eugene group I ley, South Dakota, now of Eu Wednesday evening. After the I gene, were married on Thursday, business meeting at seven-thirty, a j February 16. at the manse of meg. J4 teaspoon allspice teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon dry mustard. 3 tablespoons flour, ) cup tomato puree. Mix meat, potato, egg and milk together. Combine bread crumbs, salt, pepper and spices, then blend with the meat mixture. Form into about 16 small balls and roll them in flour. Brown on all sides in a small amount of hot fat in a 114 quart saucepan. Pour tomato puree over the meat balls. Cover and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for about 45 minutes. Miss Murray Weds Mr. Schellenger Miss Margaret Rnc Murray, daughter of Mrs. William Murray of Eur.ene and former residents of Tuesday 6:30 p. m. Covered dish dinner of Helmetta temple of Pythian Sisters at Knights of Pythias hall. 7:30 p. m. Garden club meeting, fairgrounds. 7:30 p. m. Imo Ruyle circle of First Baptist church meets with Mrs. Carl Bryan. 8 p. m. Bridge benefit of Blue River star club at Mc Kenzie River Masonic temple. 8 p. m. Zeta Tau Alpha mothers' club meets with Mrs. J. M. Scroggie. Wednesday All-day meeting of Women's guild of St. Mary's Episcopal church, parish hall. 1 p. m. Alpha Omicron Pi mothers' club meets at the chapter house. t p. m. Potluck luncheon of Westway club with Mrs. Eric Erickson. 1 p. m. Chapter AY of P. E. O. Sisterhood, meets with Mrs. Harold R. Crosland. 1 p. m. Coterie club meet ing, home of Mrs. G. D. Hoff man. 1 :30 p. m. W hlteaker bridge group meeting, home of Mrs. Frank Bonson. 2 p. m. Sunset Home Ladies aid meets at the home. 2:30 p. m College Crest Neighborhood club meeting, home of Mrs. O. D. Sprecker. 3-5 p. m. Tea of Chapter AM of P. E. O., home of Mrs. A. C. Dixon. 5:30-7:30 p. m Colonial dinner of Ladies' Aid at Fair mount Presbyterian. 6:30 p. m. Covered dish dinner of Helmetta club with Mrs. George Blair. 7 p. m. Theta Rho Girls meet in I. O. O. F. temple. 7:30 p. m. D. U. V. meets at the armory. 8 p. m. Eagles auxiliary meets at Eagles hall. 8 p. m. N. O. W. benefit bridge party at Moose hall. 9 p. m. Dance of Eugene lodge No. 11, A. F. & A. M., at Masonic temple. Guest Day for Club Event of Monday Afternoon JyJEMBERS of Home Science club were hostesses for a guest day tea on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wayne L. Morse, about fifty attending. For the program, Miss Ethel Sawyer gave a reading. For the tea, Mrs. F. X. Schaef ers and Mrs. Walter P. Fell poured. The committee in charge for the afternoon were Mrs. Fred E. Smith, Mrs. M. C. Harris, Mrs. Walter p! Fell, Mrs. A. F. Rapp, Mrs. James H. Gilbert, Mrs. R. T. Burnett. For the next meeting, F. A. Cuthbert of the university art school will be the speaker, the place of meeting to be announced later. Pi Lambda Theta Group Entertained Kappa chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, women's national education honorary, held an interesting meet ing on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Mildred Williams. A constitution and revision of the by laws were presented by Miss Marie Tinker and were adopted. Miss Mary Magers gave high lights of a regional conference held in Portland in December. Miss Miriam Yoder named the following members to act as a nominating committee for new officers: Miss Marcia Stelnhauser, Miss Marie Tinker, Miss Dorothy Metzger. Miss Tillie Dorffler had arrang ed a program in which members spoke on the topic, "Instruments of Propaganda." The following fields were presented: "The News paper," by Hazel Stephenson; "The Radio," by Vesta Coke; and "The Movies," by Dorothy Metzger. Miss Lucy Norton gave a talk on the "Institute for Propaganda Analy sis." Refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Miss Tillie Dorffler. Annual T.h-l For Club Reg afternoon. Mrtfa! H. Schroeder bSM for the event l Hill. There members and th h ng. Guests wer, uNI pruett. Mn r"e .a Miss ind-M Was IKlrn-.j .7 -1 1 Mrs. GranTGra group livine m guest at the ,'- r . "mi, too, Pritcharri iZZ m :"""ia y Mrs. i Mis Anna Larcom gave "cisumgion, D. C. Brii """s Americans ,. achievements. The totS mgwill be in tu.....: i"! George N. .McLean. ' LUDFORD'S-Plctor( n .o onriacntia LOAN5 DINNER PARTY GIVEN ON BIRTHDAY Mrs. C. R. Russell entertained at a dinner party recently in honor of her son's birthday. Out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Dill Russell. Jean Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Berns and Marine, and Ken neth Bunn, all of Lebanon, Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn of Elniira, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Russell, Dale Rus sell, and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Russell. BORROW-'PRrVATQi When you borrow r.Moi 1 here by our Auto Leas A the transaction is entinijn nacntiai. This is the cJ persons way ol beni when suddenly in r.veil-A oui "telling the world' predicament! Rati). i and as easily repaid. iJJ sugniesi restriction on use, enjoyment, ol jj meanwhile. 'Eugene's Largest Homi-On Finance Compuj' Feein Rf Oats fill i 1 I I S. V m.OH ' , H HUM III ill I Hi 13 f ORE SERViHBS social hour will be held. 9 AID TO MEET The Ladies' Aid of Falrmount Presbyterian church will serve a colonial dinner at the church Wed nesday from five-thirty to seven thirty o'clock. BENEFIT PARTY A benefit card party will be j held by the Springfield and Eu gene circles of Neighbors of j Woodcraft Wednesday at eight o'clock, In Moose hall. A business meeting will be held at seven- thirty. I PAST REGENTS CLUB Mrs. Millie Thomason entertain ! ed six past regents of Women of 1 Moose Monday evening. The next ; meeting will be March 20 with j Mrs. Hoy Pullein. A group o( tt'o- : men of MOC Wednesday lodge there. Central Presbyterian church. Dr. Norman K. Tully, pastor of the church, reading the service at three-thirty o'clock. Miss Jean B. Murray, n sister of the bride and ben E. Schellen ger, a brother of the bridegroom were the attendants. The bride s dress was an after noon one of blue velvet with a corsage of gardenias and pink rosebuds. Members of the two families witnessed the certmony and later were served a dinner at the home of the bride's mother. The couple expect to make their home in Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Schellenger were honor guests at a surprise party and miscellaneous shower given by Mr. and Mrs. Luther Petersen nt their home recently. Friends and relatives presented the guests with a large number go to I'orvallis ! of gifts. Games were played until evening to 1 Islt the it Ic Cleveland's mayor refugee employes a fivo-il.,v work H to do nothing another half-day WASHINGTON LI I UK By BRUCK cation (Regbu 1 -Guard Washington OoitetpondtnU WASHINGTON, Feb. Ill - A good many of the troubles of WPA have come fiom lhM lite, Others have erne fiom Its nfWneM and the na ture of the Job it has been trying to do Still other! have been the result of ordinary human mistakes. Take the last first. Ordinarily WPA hai ap proximately 100,000 foremen on duty i one time Some of them know how to handle men: some of them don't. Some of them know how to plan a Job, and gome of thetn don't Working lor them are men from relief rolls. Many of these men fetl they have a grievance agalntt oclety. In many imi, they will be doing ,-pe LODGE EVENTS Eugene lodge No. 11, A p. & . M . will hold a dance Wednesday evening at nine some temple. Clarence SUttO a late hour when refreshments were served by the hostess. 1 BIRTHDAY PARTY Captain V. Br IV RECENT EVENT Mrs. Earl Robertson was hon- lock a; the Ma- ored on her birthday with a lunch in Countryman, 1 (", gvcn at the home of Mrs. Fllilnger, , Drvllie Richardson last week. Ra I attents with this condition do not hnve a very gooa appetite ana there is no necessity for crowding them with food As they begin to re cover, however, they should have plenty of vita mins which can be hail from fresh fruits, leafy green vegetables and milk The dovtor will cer tainly prescribe arugs to take cue of the special symptoms tbnl develop and to aid in rapid re st: F SOCIETY PAGE 10 k and I uuasu were mis. Hooertson, Miss I Beryl Deford. Mrs. Oran Master I son. Mrs. I. E. Heflln and Mrs. IM. E. Havs. To prevent Influents cy f. and particularly from people who are coughing 01 meeting If you are well, get plenty of sunlight and fresh air. A Void dampness! and undue ex po mre to cold but. most of important of all. re member that Immediate rest in bed in a warm 100m during the fust day of the fever ana the chill will do much to prevent the secondary oom plleatlons Which are much more serious than the Influents Itself, Call the doctor for relief of symp toms snd prevention of serious complications. Fi nally, there is no specific vaccine or scrum or in oculation or arug or annk or food or anything else that will with any certainty prevent in-flueiua. For Quick Cough Relief, Mix This at Home Save You Much Monoy, and It's So Kasily Mixed. llerf't in old home remedy rout mother OMd, Imt for rml riult'v it j it Mill on of the moot rffsvtiv ib1 At ptmUMr. for iNMierta di cold.. One tried, tou'll rr by it. lt' no trouble Mukf t --Trap by tir nnf 9 mha KttnuJIttod ionr tn'i ma Aitr W ni-mruu utttU diolvfd. No wokirux rtfedM child could do it. Now put I'-i -unofii f Pinei into t pint bottle and tdd your tyrup. Thii . fix von a full pint of ctutllr truly i ipUadtj coufb ntdkiat- t&j civet jva botit four tim. much fnr taut money. It keep perfectly, UttM "fine, and ltit a family a loaf time. And you'll iay it's really amaxinr for uic action. You can feel it take hold innantly. Tt !oonen the phlecm. oothe the irritated membranes, and help . lear t!ie air pawac. St -.".ib remedy, at any Tice, could be mora effective. Tinei in a compound containing Nor way Pine and palatable ruaiacol, (o concentrated form. ell-knn for tti prompt action on throat and bronchial mtmbranei. Montr refunded if It dotaa't Pc4H )uu ia every ay. MADE IN EUGENE New Spring Wool ens 1.25 to 9.45 m YARD BOUCLE TWEEDS TWEED STRIPES sr TWEED CHECKS AND PLAIDS FOR JACKETS CREPES. IN 21 NEW SPRING SHADES The largest assortment, in Colors and Patterns, and the finest woolen materials that we have ever shown. Sewing Instructions If ycu need help with your sewing, the Vocational school, i!h and Monroe, have classes taught by ex pert instructors. Eugene Woolen Mills Co. Salesroom at the Mill East End of 6th Avenue
