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Mr. Truman Passes By
There will be at least one vote in Eugene
for Harry Truman in addition to those ol
normal, habitual, unreconstructed Demo
crats and that will be the vote of one
woman who viewed the performance Friday
evening when the presidential train stopped
at the depot. Her reaction:
"Oh, he's just such a nice, normal, average
sort ol person, and I like the way he brought
his wife and daughter Into the picture."
Others may disagree as to the importance
cf this argument, but we believe it will be
admitted generally that President Truman
. was at his most attractive in his brief ap
pearance in Eugene. He displayed kindli
ness, courtesy, good humor. The villainous
Ajax McGurk was moved to quote that
familiar line:
"The condemned man laughed and joked
with his friends before starting on the death
march."
There has been much criticism of the
President on this trip, beginning with its
billing as "non-political" (which we under
stand was done so that the train could be
paid for by Uncle Sam and not the depleted
Democratic party treasury). Obviously the
trip has been anything but non-political, and
Mr. Truman has not strengthened that illu
sion by his savage attacks on Congress and
at other political opponents. His outburst at
Spokane (against newspapers) seems to in
dicate strain, frustration.
Harry Truman inherited one of the most
difficult situations ever confronted by any
President the post-war, with all of its com
plicated problems at home and abroad. It
has been his misfortune to follow one of the
most brilliant and magnetic performers ever
to grace the publio stage. He has displayed
great courage in some situations as in his
stand for civil rights despite the murderous
opposition of the South and in some phases
of his labor policy but more often he has
appeared bewildered, uncertain, unable to
match the exploits of the Great Improviser
whom he succeeded. History may give him
much more credit than he gets now. There
is a CGi-tain pathos in this effort to "show
himself to the . country." We noted a
Wallacite lurking in the crowd, and we asked
him his impression:
"It's like a sandlotter trying to bat for
DiMaggio."
President Truman said something to the
crowd about:
"Uncle Joe is a pretty good fellow, and we
eould get along with him, but he's a prisoner
of the Politburo."
Well, to some extent our Presidents are
prisoners of the political parties which they
represent. That long presidential train car
ries a small army of guards and secretaries
and advisers and managers (as well as press
and radio reporters who critique every per
formance). Pushing through the crowd we
hear an irreverent railroader say:
"Back that way! They keep the seals in
the last car!"
We have an idea that President Truman
and his gracious wife and daughter would
have joined heartily in the chuckle at that
remark. Performers is what they are, rather
tired but still good natured performers, ter
ribly anxious to please, and responding
warmly when they feel they have pleased,
as they did in Eugene Friday night.
As the train was pulling out, some kid
tossed a new baseball to the President for
his autograph. He pawed his pockets fof a
pen, borrowed one, scribbled on the ball and
tossed it back carefully. We wish our photog
rapher, Mr. Schillios, could have been "set"
to catch this last touch. It was a good "exit."
And Now You Are "Educoted"
This year's crop of graduates is "bumper,"
although Adrian Fuddle thinks we should
amend that and say "bumper to bumper."
Be that as it may, we are haunted by the
old line which the Prexy always mumbles
as he dishes out the degrees:
" back'lor . . . blarps ... and entitled
to all the honors, privileges and prerequisites
thereto pertaining . . . c'gratulate vou . , .
line will proceed from left ..."
No doubt we shall be corrected by some
of the old hands at giving andor receiving
degrees, but we are fairly sure of the gen
eral idea, and we have been moved to won
der just what are the "honors, privileges and
prerequisites" pertaining to the degree.
In our time we have written our share
of solemn advice to graduates how it's
called "commencement" because now you
Editor's Mail Bag
Patrol Association In a matter of
an hour or more began to dispatch,
combat units from Headquarters,
just as fast as fires were report
ed. I was a member of a party of
four. The leader of the group
drove the patrol car, as close as
possible to the flra that was al
ready burning.
ORGANIZATION
EUGENE (To the Editor) last
Sunday afternoon all the folks
were finishing up a pleasant quiet
day in their own way at one or
more of our resorts.
Then thunder was heard and a
perfect demonstration of a well
This voune mm
organized crew under the manage- Dt "re fighters
ment of one man gave a good ' organization and
uampie oi wny leadership is im
parative. We are in the manager age.
cod omiin wno is a young, !
smoke,
tmiviuub, capaoia ana aus iriarf Aa Marir,
At darkness
la share ol East Lane iWoould the Are
June 13, 1941
really commence; how the purpose of edu
cation is two fold, to help one to live as well
as to make a living; how education never
really ends; how it merely leads out of the
wilderness of ignorance to the paths of
learning. Viewing the world into which the
young emerge, we are sometimes moved to
wonder:
"Is it a privilege to understand? Is it an ad
vantage to be too dog-goned intelligent?"
Ah, but we must have informed and re
sponsible citizens. And we must have lead
ers! How true! It is presumed to be among
the pivileges of the college trained mind to
understand the horrors of atomic fission, the
ultimate significance of political change in
Outer Mongolia, and the day-by-day fluctua
tions of the cost-of-living index in the light
of the historical development and decay of
civilizations.
The educated man is not always "econ
omic man;" he may end up tending a filling
station for wages, but at least he is supposed
to be able to brighten these dull labors by
reading snatches of poetry between cus
tomers. The educated women's babies are
subject to the same colics as anybody's and
her biscuits ' (untended) will burn just as
readily but she should be able to sooth the
impatient husband with a few melodies from
Brahms or Beethoven and perhaps help him
cope with a few of the unfeeling Boss' idio
cyncrasies." One of the saddest aspects of "civiliza
tion" is the appalling increase of "neuroses."
(If you haven't got one you really should
see your doctor right 'away.)
As McGurk says, you can look at the sta
tistics and prove that (thanks to science), the
human race is healthier but nuttier than
ever. Of course, it's "the pace" at which
we all live; it's because millions of us are
cooped up in cities when we'd be much
healthier digging for roots than depending
on the miracles of can opener (and bottle
opener).
That eminently successful quack, Dale
Carnegie, has written a new best seller en
titled "How To Stop Worrying And Start
Living."
(Mr. Puddle says he's going to recommend
it to graduates-especially to some of the young
men who have just come through the ordeal
of Orlando's Law School.)
To those who are receiving degrees "with
all the honors, privileges and prerequisites,
pertaining thereto," we can say only:
"Don't let a little knowledge get you down.
The sheepskin, the cap and gown, even the
fraternity pin leave you practically 'nekkid' to
the storms of the world. But from Ghengis
Khan and Tamerlaine to Hitler we have
struggled on. -Grass still grows green and
every now and then somebody laughs."
Mr. Carnegie's book is said to devote one
whole chapter to "How To Cure Melan
choly In 14 Days." Pft! I education has
"took" you won't need the book.
A Reproach to Lane County
Not long ago we had a visit from Major
Snyder, master of Franklin Grange, and he
suggested that we publish some appeal for
the preservation of that public park which
the Franklin Grange is developing on the
Perkins Peninsula at Fern Ridge (their pro
ject in a national Grange competition for
public service). But here comes a news re
port from Mrs. Lindsey Duval, our Alvadore
correspondent before we can get ideas to
paper:
"It is with great disappointment that volun
teers who worked so hard to build two sturdy
and serviceable fireplaces at the public picnic
area on Perkins Peninsula on Fern Ridge
Lake, return to find them virtually destroyed
by vandals. Someone tried to dismantle one,
even going so far as to completely remove
rocks and firebricks which were stationed
with mortar. Both fireplaces were runitd by
negligent persons who built fires in them be-
for the mortar was dry.
"It probably can be called the 'meanest
man in town' trick that someone has hauled
off cord wood cut by many volunteer workers
for use in the fireplaces.
"Stakes were set at two o'clock one after-"
noon for the road to be graded. The next
morning, guess what, the stakes were not only
pulled up but were carried off."
This complaint goes right along with one
we had the other day from the Boy Scouts.
Somebody (presumably a party of fisher
men) has wrecked some of the buildings at
Lucky Boy camp on Blue River broken
down doors, smashed up tables for firewood.
They say:
"Every spring we have to go through this
trouble. Why can't something be done about
it?"
The only ultimate answer will be perm
anent caretakers, with deputy sheriff badges
and authority to arrest or shoot. That will
require more money than Franklin Grange
or the Boy Scouts can now afford.
In the meantime we suggest "a council
of war" with the sheriff and state police. A
few arrests, fines and jail sentences with
full publicity would do a lot of good.
Most people are decent. The "ornery few"
needs to be "drug up."
a mile or more away. Around mid
night I made several attempts to
call Headquarters without satis
factory results. I grew up to be
a young man In Nebraska and Up
and until last Sunday night or
early Monday morning I had
never seen real lightning. The
Californian may stay out of Ore-
i m h gon in winter or attempt to live
In Mr. Smith's Dl uimner jac. nut
leaving the car hai ' not. been 'or Plenty water
some where between Donna and'Sunriay nignt ,n the ri8ht Place
walterville, immediately struck ol -unry tows would
out directly toward the fire and nave been ,n ,or Plnty trouble
Monday at daybreak.
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Yours, Uncle John
IjCJL IMT High
burning tafchtlri
In The Editor's Mailbag
POOR LIL' HOUSE!
BELLFOUNTAIN (To the
Editor Today is Tuesday and we
have just received the Register
Guard with the picture of the poor
frightened little house out In the
big bad old thunder-storm of Sun
day night.
Have others noiiced the fright
ened look of the little house? The
windows are eyes wide with ex
citement; and what appears to be
a chair on the small porch looks
like a small mouth open to scream!
The dark roof is a little hat! And
so we see a frightened little house
in a storm with a streak of
lightening buzzing around the top
knet (chimney) of it's little hat.
When I showed the picture to
my family they said, "Oh Mom.
you have too much imagination
sometimes."
But can't someone else see the
frightened look of the cute little
house? If you can please write me.
I know my eyes are misty but
that little house is afraid!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Flossie Stanturf,
BeUfountain, Rt 1,
Monroe, Ore.
millions of political dollars being
spent to dam up water, dredges
were kept at work twenty-four
hours per day, 365 days each year,
keeping the channels Nature has
chosen, to Nature's required depth,
floods and surplus water would
take a Natural course to the ocean
And then, once more, when a dam
gets full of water, is It proposed
that an army of people Carry off
the over-flow in tea-cups
And if you wish to get the Dirty
Low Down below-the-belt, facts
about Vanport, let me suggest
you read an editorial written' by
Carl Crow and printed in his Pa
cific Coast Lumber Digest of June
3rd. That boy tells the whole
truth even if he hits below the
belt sometimes. O. A. Prince
HOUSING SHORTAGE
Oh dear O me, Oh dear O my!
where can we go,
What will we do, It's worse then
heck,
It's worse then awful.
We can't go there,
here.
Can't thumb a ride,
lawful.
"DAMNS DAMS"
EUGENE (To the Editor)
Once more it seems appropriate
to bring above subject out into
the open: This' writer recently
suggested that, if, instead of these
I walked twenty
old shack,
A mob began yelling, "go on you
old quack."
They were simply
to shout.
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Would my face be red, if they'd
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This housing shortage has so rack-
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The revenge I'd pray for, they'd
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The language I'd use, won't look
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Although it's not German, French,
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Will turmoil and sin o'er the world
ever cease?
If the war's really over, why don't
we have peace.
There's a place they call Hell, I
might there abide
With this Oregon rain I'm soaked
to the hide.
I coi ld hang my socks on the
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And rest my feev worn painful'
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