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T H E R E G ISTER -G U ARD Page Six EDITORIAL PAGE OF AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (PubtUhcd trtry Evtolnf and StuxUyl O1T0R AND PUBUSUKB Alton 9. MANAOlNO ED1TOB ....... WUUun H. NEWS SERVICE AMOeUUtf PrtM. Unltd MEMBER ....... Audit Burvau sM CUcuIaUoo Entered at Um Part Ottfc at EuMam, G-ragoa. a wrnM elua mattar. Tha Rcflatar-Guard'a policy la tha aotnplat ud Impartial publication in lta nawa paga of all oawi and aUtaroanta on nawa. On thla paga tha adltora of Tba Rtglstar-Uuard of far thalr oplnlona an avtnaj of tha day and mattar of Importance to tha community, andeavorlns to ba candid but fair and helpful n tha daveioomaol of aopatrucUva community policy. "ALL ISS OXZITEMENT, YESS!" One of the newspaper classics of the year Is Henry J. Taylor's amusing account of his efforts to interview the German ambassador, Dr. Hans Heinrich Dieckoff, on so-called neu tral ground in Spain. Mr. Taylor's breezy story reminds us a little of the time a Register-Guard reporter interviewed William Jas perKerr, In Corvallis, jn 1932, on the Zorn Macpherson bill The "R:G reporter had slightly better luck. He did get to see William Jasper Kerr. And be did pry loose a statement, of a kind. ' Nobody but an American reporter would have thought of attempting to see Dr. Dieck off.. Nobody but an' American (or perhaps one of the British cousins) could have seen the immense humor of the situation created by this unconventional call oh the represen tative of a nation with which we are at war. Nobody but a bunch of goose-stepping Nazis could have been quite so pompously absurd as the flunkies and secretaries who 'passed Mr. Taylor from hand to hand for hours and finally ushered him out Into the cold, r ' (McGurk butU In to ask: "Have you ever tried to get through to some of our upper brac ket New Dealers in Washington, D. C." The question is irrelevant, irreverent, and for the . moment, out of order). The story has a certain psychological sig nificance. The Germans, conditioned by generations of bureaucracy were simply flabbergasted when an American appeared to ask for an interview. Somebody may ask: What would happen if a German reporter in Madrid were to try to see our American am bassador? We think either one of two results equally probable: 1. The Nazi would be thrown out on his ear by the first guy he met, or 2. The American ambassador would Invite him in for dinner (depends a good deal on who's ambassador). Anyhow when it comes to ACTION, you can usually get it fast out of those who have . grown up in the good old democratic way, .which Adolf Hitler used to denounce as so inefficient. A German has to wait for Hit ler. 1o think. A Yank will usually start swinginV The British cousins are a good deal the same way. ' . ' During the last war (1915) there was a wild-eyed Irishman working for one of the Hearst papers. On a dare, Tom went into the British Club of Rhode Island (textile workers) and yelled (just to see wha,t would happen): "Hoch der Kaiser!" Tom said he never knew what hit him. Of course only a wild Irishman would do a Ihink like that . (Wait till we get to Tokyo!) A Free Press has many faults. It com mits many sins. It is impertinent. It doesn't know the meaning of "less majeste." It is a very good thing! have helped to bring the problem to a head. Sooner or later, editors and publishers are going to have to decide how far they shall permit amateurs in political office to con trol their news columns, to make fools of them with their readers, to stifle the work ings of enlightened democracy. Co-operation is fine. Newspapers will continue to co-operate. But they don't have to co-operate blindly, slavishly, supinely. Even In wartime the most expensive thing about an auto is a speed cop. WASHINGTON LETTER By PETER EDSON Register-Guard Washington Correspondent WRONG WAY PROTEST Developments suggest some elaboration of the recent criticism against the way news about the Cairo conference was handled by American authorities. OWI Chief Elmer Davis is indignant be cause Reuters, the British agency, broke the story, "prematurely," thus "scooping" the American press. He has, accordingly, sent a note of protest to Brendan Bracken, British minister of information. In our opinion Mr. Davis is off on the wrong track. The way to protect the Ameri can press against being "scooped" is not to reprove the press of other nations. It Is to permit American newspapers to. print news. It appears that when Reuters did report the Cairo conference, without interference by British or other censorship, Mr. Davis was powerless to move ahead the release time on the American announcement. His hands were tied by orders. From whom? Only one man can give such binding orders to Mr. Davis. That is Franklin Roosevelt. So Mr. Roosevelt, having hired a news expert to hold the bag, gives hard fand fast orders and then goes off, leaving 'fs expert all the discretion of a grade-four clerk in a minor city government. The fault was not with the British for telling their people the story. It was with the Americans for playing with the news like an old-time theatrical press agent stag ing a stunt. There will be much argument about the Bayonne (N.J.) Times' action in deliberately violating the release time on the OWI an nouncement. We think that a strong case can be made for the Times. The paper's ac tion was unorthodox, but in logic and in lay ethics it was justified by all the circumstan ces. American ' newspapers have submitted themselves to what Is laughingly known as "voluntary" censorship. It is voluntary on the "or else" basis. The Bayonne Times may WARTIME RAILROAD PROBLEMS (Second of two articles on the railroad pay - . situation) Just as in the present war, there were numer ous demands by railway labor groups for wage in creased all through the first year of World War I. All through the summer of 1917, encouraged by the gains made through the Adamson eight-hour law, railway labor unions made further demands for in creases. A few were granted on some of the roads, but there were no general wage increases. On Nov. 1, officials of the four brotherhoods and the switchmen threatened strikes, and on Dec. 28, 1917, the government took over the railroads anyway, Secretary of the Treasury William G. Mc- Adoo becoming head of the U. S. Railroad Admin istration. One of the principal reasens for the seizure was, of course, the bad railway labor situation. But as all railway wage disputes now became issues be tween the government and the unions, and one of McAdoo's first acts was to name a Railroad Wage Commission to study and to recommend. Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane was named chair man. Increases Granted On April 30, 1918. the Lane commission reported, recommending flat increases of $20 per month for all employes making less than $46 a month and slid ing scale increases of from 43 per cent for those making $47 per month to no increase at all for those making more than $250 a month. The increases amounted to $3,80 million a year, based on Decem ber. 1915, wage levels. The railway unions yelled because the 1915 wage bnse meant that some of the workers would get less of an increase than they had already been promised which is the case today. But the Lane Commission's work was done, and the next step was to .create another mediation out fit also similar to the present wheels within wheels duplication. This new body was the Board of Railway Wage and Working Conditions, organ ized in January, 1918. It made various adjustments bringing the average railway wage of $78.06 per month in December, 1917, up to $115.78 per month by January, 1920. ' All through the latter part of 1919, labor groups made additional demands, but on Dec. 24, 1919, President Wilson announced the roads would be returned to private hands on March 1. 1920, thus passing all wage disputes back to the railroad man agements. ( . Before the transfer was made, however, Con gress, under pressure from the unions, created a nine-man Railway Labor Board. This board in July granted about 60 per cent of the wage demands, gave an average wage increase of $25.78 per month per employe and brought the average rail wage to $141.58 per month. Rates Raised :! These wage Increases and other increased oper ating costs brought a demand from the railroads for rate increases, which were finally granted to the tune of over $1.5 billion a year. But then towards the end of 1920, after a year of temporary boom, numerous strikes and much uncertainty, deflation set in. Many railway workers discharged, the op erators demanded wage reductions. , The railways combined revenue picture for the six-year period was thus mad! to look like this: Number Pay- Gross Net Tear Employees Rolls Income Expense Profit (Figures in Millions of Dollars) $1,506 $3,691 $2,426 $1,058 1,782 4.115 2,906 950 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1,700,814 ,785,893 1,841,575 1,913,422 2,022,833 1,659,513 1,626,834 2.813 2.843 3.681 2,765 2,650 4,985 5,250 6.310 5,632 5,674 4,071 4,498 5,954 4,668 4,509 646 454 12 601 769 In June, 1921, the Rallwav Labor Board made famous Decision No. 147 which reduced rail wages by an average of $17.29 per month, saving the roads $378 million per year. In October the board made a further cut of approximately 5 per cent, bringing the average monthly pay back to $118 for 1923. The parallels of today's situation with that of World War I are that existing mediation machinery repeatedly failed to bring about agreements. Whether or not there will be a similar post-war deflationary movement is, of course, something for the future. OLIVE BARBER'S OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE BLACKBERRY Locally, the wild blackberry Is our blessing and our affliction. In early summer, Uie people turn out en masse to pick the fruit. Yet all year 'long, Uiey do Uicir best to destroy the vines. They chop ana dig and burn, though to do so is as futile as would be efforts to hold back the tide. Tliis morning I had it in mind to deal violently with a clump growing in the corner of the yard. Arriving at the spot, I nearly changed my mind. For you should have seen those vines! The sun was lust ud and dcw-soaneled spider webs were a scarf of silver chiffon thrown over the entanglement. Some of the leaves were still green: some deep red and some an earthy brown. A little breeze came along, puffing out the more tightly woven webs like fairy sails. The pendant drops of moisture scintillated in the sun, little flames of red and blue and gold. Even the vines themselves had claim to beauty. Wine-red and chocolate-brown, they were, swirling and sweeping over and about each other in wide arcs of inflnlto grace. Right In their midst grew a sword fern. The vines had not only protected it but their shade had kept the ground moist. Falling leaves had enriched the soil. So the fern had grown larger than most of its kind and now rose above the blackberry thicket, the delicacy of its plumes a direct contrast to its brlary host. A trio of song sparrows fluttered out,' bright eyed with alarm at my presence. I was not sur prised to find a nest at the baso of Uie vines. It had been many weeks deserted, but I doubt not had once held Uie three still loitering about the home site. All this I saw and considered turning bock but I had vowed to Frank at breakfast time that this dnv I'd deal with that bit of briar patch. Yet 1 remem bered they'd given me several pies in July; they'd protected Uie song sparrow family and made pos sible Uie fern sword. And then the webs of silver to grasp with fairy threads at the passing breeze. They d Imprisoned the fire of the sun and given it back to me in multicolored drops of dew. I had little heart for the task before me. But now my fence corner is as I'm told a fence corner should be; a tidy, lifeless comer; a trim and ci?n.".r j 1,ould Pleasure In tho change. Funny, but I don L Notices Out For Club Dance By MARIAN LOWRY MOTICES are out to Assembly club members regarding the annual New Year's eve dance. The party, to be given at the Eugene hotel, starts at ten o'clock, and a supper will be served at one o clock. The notices out warn members to have their reservations for the supper mailed In Thursday or this week to Rogers W. Kimber. ling. On the committee for the party are Mr. and Mrs. Kimber. ling, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn S. Mc Cready, Dr. and. Mrs. Melville Jones. , - VISITORS HERE Mrs. Charles Lynn Clarke -of Seattle, Wn., is here for over the Christmas holidays as guest of Mrs. Peggy Averill. She stoDDed here from a trip to the south. Her nusDand, Lt. Charles Lynn Clarke, is with the American forces In Italy. Other guests of Mrs. Averill re- cently were her son, Rex E. De- Long of Portland; and Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Lowery of Whit- tier, Cal., all of whom visited here last week. . . ' . FROM SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. William son of Eureka, Cal. are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. Wallbridge, Sunnyside Drive, having come at the week-end and will remain "here until Wednesday when they will leave Tor Tacoraa, Wash., to spend Christmas with Mrs. Wil liamson's sister, Miss Alice Harris. GETCHELL CLUB .. Getchell club of the Royal Neigh bors of America met recently at the home of Mrs. J. Kunl in Cres well, with Mrs. G. N. Donnah as assistant hostess. Christmas games and carols marked the season. Names of "silent sisters" were re vealed, and new names drawn for the year. Next meeting of the club will be January 21 with Mrs. Leon ard Oswald, 1325 Olive street. EXCHANGE GIFTS Gifts were exchanged bv twenty-six members of the Wo men of the Moose, who met Mon day evening at the home of Mrs. Allie Clarke for a Christmas din ner and party. Games were played. 250 Attend P-TA Program Friday Frances Willard P-TA 'held Its meeting Friday evening, two hun dred and fifty parents and friends attending. i ' Winfiled Atkinson, principal, manned We parents for the co operation given him. He is leav ing for military service. Mr. At kinson introduced Erwin Juilfs, who will serve as principal, also Mrs. Juilfs. , Children of the first, second, arid third grades presented a toyland play. The fourth, fifth, and sixth grades gave "The Christmas Story." The Willard choir sang carols. Third grade mothers serv ed as hostesses for the social hour. Today's Recipe. RNA Election Is Held Recently Royal Neighbors of America have elected officers for the new year, as follows: oracle, Mrs. Frank Bowers; vipe oracle, Mrs. C. A. Bonney; chancellor, Mrs. Lester Read; recorder, Mrs. Allie Clarke; receiver, Mrs. R. A. Denney; mar shal, Mrs. H. H. Peters; inner sentinel, Mrs. Ross Godard; outer sentinel, Miss Laura Tryon; man ager, Mrs. W. E. Barker; physician, Dr. Harry G. Talbot. The appointive officers are: flag bearer. Mrs. Lottie Meek; musi cian, Mrs. Frank Hyland; faith, Mrs. Charles E. Smith; courage, Miss Joann Parsons; modesty, Mrs. Herbert Jackson; unselfish ness, Mrs. John Parsons: endur ance, Mrs. Leonard Oswald; spe cial auditor, Frank Bowers. Installation of officers will take place at a public ceremony in January, Mrs. E. C. McPherson serving as installing officer. Men of the order will form the enter tainment committee for the next meeting. EFG Board Gives Added Filbert Money Board of directors of the Eugene Fruit Growers association has ord ered an additional payment of 10 cents per pound to be made to fil bert growers at this time, this pay ment in addition to the 12 cents received by the growers at harvest time. It is estimated now that when the final payment is made, returns to growers will be better than 25 cents per pound, an ex ceptionally fine return on filberts. For several seasons, filberts brought 12 or 13 cents to growers. FLOWERING Camellia plants for Christmas at Tommy Williams Flower Shop at 2086 East 15th. fBv NEA Service) QT your "homey" Christmas dinner there will) of course be nuts and raisins, crackers and phM 'cnmA irinfl of rnnriiriT nil as part of the dessert, But try to include an old-fashioned plum pudding, if possible. Here is a rpcina from nlir nlH frienrf Fylith Barber, noted for her good Amer ican recipes. Christmas Plum Pudding One cup sifted ' flour, 2 tea spoons salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teasDOon cinnamon. 1 teasrjoon allspice, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 pound raisins, 2 cups sliced figs, 1 cup ground carrots, cup ground orange peel, 1 cup ground citron, 1 cup ground suet, 1 cup brown sugar, 3 eggs, well, beaten, IVt cups coffee, H cup orange juice, 2 cups fine dry bread crumbs. Mix and sift flour, salt, baking Dowder. soda snd'Rnipps AH4 .,, fruit and oranpA neel tn finui mixture. Mix suet and brown sugar. Add beaten eggs. Add cof fee and orange juice to bread Crumbs, combine with suet suoai and eggs. Add flour and fruit mixture. Blend well. For 1 large pudding, fill a' 2-quart mold to within 1 innh nf fan On? anA steam 5 hours. Mixture may be piacea in d or e smau bowls, cov ered tightly and steamer! for 9.U. to 3 hours. At the end of steaming nerinri remove covers and nllmi, in hi. main in uncovered steamer 10 to 15 minutes until tops are dry. Re move from molds, cool thor oughly, return to molds, recover and place in. refrigerator until ready to use. . Yield: v About - 3 pounds. NOTE: The mirtdi nn will Vjun a number . of weeks without re frigeration. If a layer , of paraf fin is placed over hte. puddings, they will be Drotectivl frnm r,nM Drenching with brandy will also yivvcnt morning. Any Drooortinn nf cllj , and raisins desired may be used. Suet is an inexpensive form of shortening. Use carrots in reni-.,.. some of the fruit usually used. Figs unrationed. - Use orange rind for thrifty pudding. . : . i Alleged Draft Evader Taken at Mapleton Lawrence Rnherf Blachly, but lately from Califor nia. Was arrfiSArl at HffnKli Monday on a draft evasion charge. He was brought to Eu gene and placed in the county jail, awaiting the arrival of a deputy U. S. marshal from Portland. The arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff Claude Romaine and a FBI officer at the mill where Mason was employed. DREAM CASTLES Are Built By Saving! SAVE and HAVE A Hon EUGENE'S FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN. 148 Miner Bldg. Phone 1217 Quotarians' Party Event Of Sunday CEVENTV-riVE Quotarians and their guests assembled for the clubs formal dinner and tradi tional Christmas party Sunday evening at the Osburn hotel. Chin ese red- and showy, white ap pointments made an . effective background for the party. Mrs. Paul T. Williamson of fcureka, Calif., Quota club's gov ernor for the fourteenth district, was a visitor and brought greet ings from the international, and gave the Christmas message for the evening. Mrs. Williamson is a past president of the local club. , Mrs. James V. Tlanlelsnn. nlnh president, gave the greeting to uwiuuers ana guests, miss iviar Jorie Stewart, general chairman for the evenlnff. nreciHiwI fni 4hA festivities, and Mrs. Anne Gave- memDers ana guests. - r Stroll ino rarnlers n irmAik nf enthusiastic Girl Scouts hrnusht the 'Christmas atmosphere, with we carois wmcn tney sang as a tribute to their leader. Mrs. stew. art. Miss Patricia Colerick gave a reading entitled "The Waltz." Mrs. E. A. Lundy and Perry H. Walbridee staeed a dehsis m h subject: "There Ain't No Santa ciaus,- wmcn was speedily inter rupted by the presenc eof not omy me oia gentleman himself, by "Mrs. Santa Claus" and "Santa Claus, Junior," impersonated by Mrs. J. c. Lamb, Mrs. Earl Black burn, and little Frances Nettle ton, Quotarian daughter. Guests Of the Ollnlnria ' as follows: Earl 'Blackburn, Wal ter Erickson, Mrs. Walter Erick son, Miss Eva Smith, Mrs. Leone Lefebvre, Miss Pat Gaveney, Mrs. Greta Buckingham, Frank Hill, Harold Jensen, John C. Lamb, Mrs. Rachel Ward, Dr. and Mrs. T. M. Lundy, Dr. Fred M. Miller, Sam Mikkelson, Miss Ruth Mur tha, Mr. and - Mrs. George Todd, Perry Walbridge, John F. White, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Newland, Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Williamson, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Michel, Miss Odel ia Jungers, Mr. and Mrs. John Simonet, Mrs. John T. Murray, and Miss Bethene Hopson. -. ' . GIFTS GO TO PRISONERS' LilSBOPJ. TW 91 tD rm i Swedish steamer Embla left here ior Marseille today with a cargo Of Christmas mail fni. alliJ , . DUIGU HOI prisoners in German prison camps. Miss Sether Now 4t Quontico, Va. One of the women marines re cently assigned to duty at Quan tity, Virginia, was Private Eliza beth A. Sether. duaihtar n- ; and Mrs. A. F. Sether. Eueen." , Transferred to the Quantico base i following completion of her in ! doctrination training at Camp Le. j jeuhe, New River, North Carolina ! she is now a stenographer at the , marine corps Echools. j ine local woman is a graduate oi university high school, Eugene She attended the University of wicguu, umjuring in ousiness ad f ministration. Garden Club j Sprays for trays for the soldiers ;who must spend Christmas in the hospital, at Camp Adair, will be I made by members of the Eugene I Garden club, Wednesday, Dec. 22 ! in an all-day session at the ciub , house. ' As five hundred of the sprays must be made, all members are urged to be present, each to bring her lunch. Coffee will be served Scout Bulletin Has Good Will Message Addressed to "men of good will" the special Christmas issue of the Wallamet Scouter, bulletin of the Wallamet council, Boy Scouts of America, delivered this week, fea tured a special message to the 450 scouters and cubbers in tha cil. "What better Christmas spirit," the messaee rends, "ran ha . than that which is in the heart of a scout that spirit of peace on earth the very -spirit of the day when we together celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. "To you to all scouters and cubbers may the new year bring its deep rewards and may you be secure in the knowledge that through scouting you are doing your duty to God and your coun try." The bulletin nlcn nxlnu gestions for troop and pack activ ities aunng im. MAKE a record of your voice. Clay Pomeroy. Phone 3610-J. . RUGS CLEANED Piano Tuning. Phone 4256-W. ' i I : lrogram land. Wer: trtST8' 11 Credit wl. " J 'eatureof th.r1 Ing Tuesday mornf,ro,1','t3 Santa Clara CH . "U"'B. 0 Mrs. E. G ,,T ...... . mac lunch. .. T clock, it bin. .v.5M party with exchsU.. business meeting ,,3 were fifteen : fllw were Mrs. BertiO MrsDohenyo.Mg to the group onl. 01 W Special Meetina oi CnAAtHt ... . "iing tor B ut m chapter, O.E.S..U to hfi, Tuesday evening, Dec. 2jllBt 24 as announced in Stm paper. The nnK u .Tr? Initiation. 9 GIFTS! Special for thtf Holklm Give her a cremi oil is. manem wave. . . delist. i fully soft wave that law me nair ramantljr lovely, CHARM BEAUTY SALON IN PAYLESS D1C0 85 WlUunette ni!H Paracon, a new type of synthetic rubber, can be used in gaskets, hose, for molding intn ini.QtA shapes, and to rubberize fabrics. Its heat resistance ie uM in k exceptionally high. iikJ lot HI m Li PURE Wd COLD I i n D Tnllv a Immaittv gown it this gold crepe N-w York creation. The rim pie dignity of this dinner dreaa with its gold beading nn flia hl vers and butloni ! make it perfect K for al home or dining out during the coming holiday!. i"l M 4L .1.. t r . '1 2 OAK The Bitty Littla StereFboM WHOLESALE "AND RETAIL V:!t;ii WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Eugene's Finest Selection of Fresh and Smoked Meats and Fresh-Dressed Poultry SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY DINNER i POULTRY Choice Ben Turkeys Lb,52c Choice Tom Turkeys i. 47c Fancy ' ' Ducks Lb. 36c Fancy Geese u. 38c Choice Colored Routing Hens lb. 40c Choice Colored Fryers Lb. 44c BAKE A CH0ICI Bluebird HAM for that Chrbtou Mats' Per (i Lb, NO LIMIT. Bacon Lb"11 .hw - 3k Canadian Bacon u. Sugar-Cared Bacon T 26c NO USUI. "v. ftjj a3)jn-iuuyj COUNTRYMAN a WEBB PRODUCE Producers Public Market Bldg:. PHONE 2765 SPECIAL PRICES WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY LETTUCE.... 2 BEADS.. 19c AVOCADOS ltc 10c 55c - 5 65 ATMAime naUWUUl.? Mb. bat Fancy Florida Lb. TANGERINES ONIONS 10 ,b , GRAPEFRUIT ft !! 19c ORANGES . . LXT 2M CRANBERRIES AND YAMS " ' ' Frying RABBITS CHOICE PORK LOIN & LEG ROAST TRY THEMI i FANCY LEGS-OF-LAMB Fresh . . . SoZIo GroundBeepj 1 - Fresh. Fore . Spare-Ribs p0rk Sausage 3oc Fresh Pigs Feet pure perk : Hog-Heads Link SausagejS W hay a few nlca calendars for T00 Wa male our own lunch mobi right hn Processed by skilled mm who hare JTfcjct perlence. Wo also cur our own hamf ana o Giro them a try. A 1 I L .. tnnnPitlOnS Mined Ham Spied Ham - Tonau Loaf - Pork Loaf Roast Beef - Head Ch- Lirer Sauiaao Braunchwlaf f Blood Sausaga Genuine Chlck.n .Wi Voal Loaf Bologna - Pickled Plat r u.. t tsn..M Home tr 4IUUU1HMIS ilVjtUl WW... -