PACE FOUR
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1931
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
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Bungling Relief
The way in which drought relief measures have been
bungled reflects no credit on either President Hoover, Con
gress or the Ked Cross. It is likely to result in increased
suffering in the drought stricken areas through lack of re
sponse to the President's appeal for Red Cross donations.
The President's drought commission estimated $60,000,
000 needed, but Mr. Hoover asked for but $25,000,000. The
Senate raised this to $60,000,000 to include food for human
ity as well as livestock, seed and farm equipment loans, but
was forced to rececde in order to break the deadlock. The
Senate then passed a $25,000,000 rider for food to the In
terior Department supply bill to be given the Red Cross,
which the latter has refused to accept and the House re
jected. It is now in conference with the likelihood of forcing
an extra session.
On January 6, John Barton Payne, chairman of the Red
Cross, appeared before the committee, supported the Presi
dent's position, and stated there was no need for either a
federal appropriation or for a Red Cross collection, in addi
tion to the $4,000,000 the organization had on hand. Four
days later he and Mr. Hoover reversed themselves and the
President asked the nation to give $10,000,000 to the Red
Cross.
This indicated plainly enough that no adequate study
of conditions had been made of the extent of distribution.
Then Mr. Payne appeared again before the committee Janu
ary 28 and refused to accept the $25,000,000 federal food
fund if donated, as it would compel the extension of relief
work to the unemployed of the cities. In other words the
Red Cross would expend private funds in the country but
not public funds among the destitute of the cities. All of
which resulted in his being accused of playing politics with
the administration.
As a result the Red Cross drive is being hampered. The
cities must be depended upon to supply the $10,000,000 and
the cities are spending freely on home relief work. In the
meantime human being are going hungry and some will
starve unless funds are available. It seems a matter of com
monsense to drop the dispute and get the money by the most
,vv.,il.,ble means. But the President, House and Red Cross
are ii. possession of the field, and the public should drop the
rc.iii ritions at Washington and contribute promptly to the
H i iy'ross fund, for the Red Cross is well equipped to meet
rn' : problems ana will use the money carefully.
HELP KEEP HER THERE
CoprrtfiUt Pnu PoUIaklni Cunp Tor World) 1831
DROUGHT ADDS
TO MISERY OF
MIDDLE WEST
Chicago (U A nev catastrophe
of oaturt, follow m ckly the
drought of 1KM) and wWiuf greatly
to Uw misery that It cauacd. threat
ened the midwest Saturday aft o
flnt of 1931 neared tU cioae.
Rankinz third for all time In lack
of precipitation and third for
warmth, but first of all the Janu
arte In a combination of the two
extremra. the month Just ending has
delivered almost the final blow to
mldweatern resident who still were
groggy from Ute terrific pounding
Klven them last year by nature.
In some sections where there was
little rain In 1&30 and neither snows
nor rains the last month, the situa
tion has become acute.
In southern Xllincis, Indiana. Ken
tucky and parts of other states.
whole towns ar suffering from lack
of water, winter crops are being
ruined, and disease, caused partly
by the freakish weather conditions,
la sweading rapidly.
Tne forecasts Saturday were lor
slightly lower temperatures, but it
was certain the month would go
down In history as one of the warm
eat on record.
Temperatures Friday were exces
sive in all states except the east. At
Chicago, a shift of the winds about
noon prevented the mercury from
reaching an all time high record for
January. As it was, It climbed to
40. within a degree of the high mark
of 50 set In 1913.
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Triple Safeguards
Governor Meier evidently has little confidence in the
expert accountants employed by Secretary of State or the
special auditor employed to audit state house artairs at tne
expense of Marion county taxpayers, for he has requested
$20,000 from the ways and means committee to make a spe
cial investigation of every state department and institution
"beginning at the top and working right down the line." This
will make three sets of auditors at work and triply safeguard
the state.
The Governor states that his move is one of economy
in line with his determination to be a business manager for
the state and that he believes the appropriation will pay for
itself "twenty times over."
The appropriation should be allowed. If the Governor
can find wonton waste hinted at, or crookedness anywhere
along the line, he will have done better than his predecessors
have. But a triple inspection will do no harm.
Whether or not the object is political, to give the Gov
ernor an excuse to play politics by casting suspicion on offi
cials as an excuse for removal remains to be seen. But it
will at least give the executive a needed education in the af
fairs of state and how they are conducted.
Too Many Cooks
There seems to be too many cooks in the hydro-phobic
camp and they are accusing each other of spoiling the utility
broth. One faction drew up the bills presented by the Gov
ernor ana ine otner faction objects to them and is to offer
substitutes.
Kenneth Harlan, Portland's $78,000 rate expert docs
not approve or tne Meier Jfuolic hervice Commissioner bill.
weitner does Harry Uross, another of the Governor's ex
perts, and they will introduce another one of their own Monday
It seems that Mr. Harlan expected the Governor to
leave to him the work of drafting the measure which was to
aDousn me public service commission by creating another.
Mr. Harlan, however, having gone to Washington, D. C, to
construct tne Umatilla rapids project, was not available
when the governor gave orders for the drafting of the bill
and Col. A. E. Clark was commandeered to do the work, and
despite Mr. Harlan's indignant protests, the Governor is
standing by him.
Taking it all in all, there Is promise of an exciting show
ana an wunout cost to taxpayers.
Where is the Joke?
Federal power permits have a life of 50 yearn. Prior to
1927 state permits ran for a period of 40 years. Since, in
undertaking power developments in this state practically all
promoters had to secure both state and federal permits. The
conflict between lives of the state and federal permits was
so apparent and held such promise of confusion that the
legislature of 1927 made the life of a state permit harmonize
with that issued by the federal power commission.
During the gubernatorial campaign L. A. Liljiqulst
of the attorney general's office and Marshall Dana of the
Oregon Journal, broadcasted to the public that the peo
ple had been jobbed that the act of 1027 was a joker slipped
over by the power trust. The Oregon Journal, taking the
que burnt up reames of paper with printers ink telling of
this "crime of 1927." It was almost prepared to call a special
session of the legislature to correct this great public wrong.
It Insisted that one of the first acts of this session should lie
the repeal of the 1927 act.
Now comes the Governor's hydro-clot trie power commis
sion bill with a provision In strict conformance with the
"joker" act of 1927 making 60 years the life of a state per
mit Yet we hear no howl from the Oregon Journal nor have
we had a peep from Mr Liljiqufet cr Mr. Dana. We now
find what was a crime yesterday is a virtue today because it
bears the approval of our distinguished Covernor.
To the Editor: The VoUtd act
does, but the Oregon law does not
give the physician or druggist whis
key or brandy, but the patient al
ways Rets it from the bootlegger.
Some ministers have asked for
whiskey or brandy for medicinal
purposes and seemed surprised that
the state law they helped pass pre
vented a physician from prescrib
ing- wmskey for uie race.
The Oregon law went Into effect
In 1916. Has anyone had any whis
key or brandy since?
J. O. Matthis. M. D.
Salem, Ore.
To the Editor:
Just a few lines In rejard to the
free text books.
I hare been a taxpayer In Oregon
for 10 years. I have paid as much
as $300 per year for taxes and I
favor the free text books.
Why?
There are hundreds and thou
sands of famines In Oregon and it
keeps them busy feeding, clothing
and keeping tne children In school
nine months out of the year, much
less buy ing school boks. It we had
the free text books, books would not
be changing every time the legis
lature meets.
I know we will have ft brd fight
to get them.
I lived in the state of Washing
ton, before and after we had the
free text books and we had to fight
many battles before we won. We
had to fight against the big timber
Interests in Washington the same
as we do here In Oregon..
The Doorman will not notice much
difference In his taxes and we wiU
fight to the last river for free text
books.
I am a Methodist Protestant and
if the bill contains a single clause
that will discriminate against the
Catholics, Lutheran, Advcntlst or
any other religious creed, I will op
pose the bill ana iigm it io ana
across Uie river Jorian, and kick it
after It Is across.
S. B. MILLS,
A urn 5 vllle, Ore.
entirely loyal to the noble experi
ment. It promises to be just too
bad for Hoovar's chances In 1932 on
a dry platform. It might be a good
idea to note the extent of sympathy
with the last cause by the atten
dance at the above mentioned
meeting. Also, it might be amusing
to ask any of the dry who do
attend the meeting, just what thev
expect to begin doing to strengthen
prohibition. a Wet.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 28, 1931.
bigge-it attraction In the city. Let
the city appeal to the legislature for
aid to properly take care of the
matter as the state Is equally guilty
of polluting our river. Running
sewers farther out in the river is
fuUle as there is not current
enough at this point to carry it off
during summer months. Running
an sewers into a trunk line along
uie edge of the river bank Instead
of tearing up paved streets might
be a solution, worth considering.
A. L. GODFREY
127 Union St.
To the Editor: Former governor
of New York, Alfred E. Smith, and
candidate for president of the Unit
ed States, says In an article publish
ed in the Oregon Journal, of Jan
uary 25, that May primaries are out
of date. In this article Governor
Smith
"While I realize that there la no
jaw with respect to the time of
nominating a candidate for the
presidency and that it is simply a
matter of party regulation, there Is
no reason In the work! that I can
see why a man should be nominated
for the presidency in the month of
May. It may have been all right
years ago when it took a candidate
all summer to travel around the
country to greet his constituency
and talk to the people, but there Is
no reason for it today.
"No man should be asked to run
for president for four months. I
know that a great many people be
lieve that he doesn't really ret In
to action until late In September or
early October. Anybody who has
that notion la his head can Tory
soon get rid of It by having himself
nominated for president. By the
time the cameramen, the newspa
permen, the committee on sugges
tions, th party leaders and aU the
rest of the army that stays with, the
presidential candidate during the
entire four months he Is campaign-
In, tret llnl&hed with him. he has
to the surface with nauseating to go away some place to rest I met
oaor. To this is added a scum of "resident Hoover in Florida in Jan-
To the Editor:
While the city council Is trying to
enforce the cinder ordinance, why
not also take steps to have the law
enforced relative to the pollution of
streams? The cinders though wry
disagreeable, are not a menace to
health, while the present unsani
tary condition of the river certain- j
ly Is such to all who try to enjoy I
the many pleasures It affords; to
say notning or the stench which
the residents who happen to live
along its banks must endure during
the summer months.
This condition has been called to
the attention of both the city coun
cil and the state board of health
numerous times, but nothirur has
ever been done to really Improve It.
It would seem the time has come
when it would take more than mere
promises to satisfy.
In addition to the regular amount
of sewage there Is a continual run
of waste pulp. This lies In a pile
on the river bottom until it sours.
When fermentation begins, it rises
To the Editor: Noting the ad In
today's Issue of a monster rally to
strengthen prohibition makes one
smile. It is either one thing or an
other. There are more lying bypo
crlts today than ever in the history
of the world, from the fact that I
have yet to meet and talk with a
man on the street who does not op
enly ridicule the farce called the
noble experiment . as do many
women, or there are a lot of blind
fools who will not allow themselves I
to ace that this farce of so-called
prohibition can never be enforced.
Just how. they expect to strengthen
prohibition, It Is Impossible to un
derstand. It is well known that so
called prohibition Is popular with a
very small percentage of our peo
ple. Maybe these streugtheners fig
ure thev ran give the disgusted
public the once-over or even the
htrd degree and convince them I
that they, and not the fanatics
without so much as reasonable I
grounds for a future hope are In-,
r-nne. Maybe they will endeavor to ;
convince our citizens that It is 1
wrong, so very wrong to make home ,
brew. There used to be a big lot '
of hvnocrltes. but nowadavs the
people are coming out in the o;en
in condemnation of an unenforce- 1
aule farce, and these fanaUca will
soon find that for the future it will
be more dangerous for an office-1
seeker to announce himself as a dry
than as an advocate of adopting i
measure to rid the nation of the)!
most harmful and ridiculous fare? (i
ever heaped upon mankind. (
I am wondering if they think Al l
Smiths defeat was due to his wet
principles, and if they can compre- I
hend the real sentiment expressed
sulphur and wasto oU contributed
by the garages. The whole mixture
makes the river filthy beyond be
lief. The writer has seen srouns
or at lea. . a Hundred people in
nocently swimming at different
times below this mess. Baptisms
have even been seen taking place
in this polluted water.
This condition should not be al
lowed to exist. The river should
be either closed to swimming and
kindred sports or steps should be
taken to permanently remedy con
ditions. Why not make up to he
fact that a clean river Is a real as-1
set and cleaned up would be the I
-ry after his election. I was down
there in search of the same thing
he was seeking rest and recreation
after four months of the most In
tensive and strenuous work
"The proper thing to do is to nom
inate a candidate in the middle of
September. With our modern means
of transportation, our publications
spread out aU over the country, and
our national radio hookups, all the
campaigning that Is necessary can
be done in six weeks, although
years ago It may have taken four
months. Relieved of the strain of,
two and s half months of cam-l
palgning. the newly elected presl-
USED GAS CAN
TO FLAG CARS
Using an empty 5 gallon gasoline
can as a means ot halting pasting
motorists, a man who did not give
ilia name told Sclera ol fleers Friday
morning after spending a night in
the basement of the city hall, that
his ruse was good for two or three
hundred mile3 of "free wheeling"
each day he was on the highway.
After parking his "baggage" in the
office of the police department
Thursday evening the fellow stated
he had left Ashland that morning,
outlining his plan in detail tne
man said he would start out in the
morning an probably walk one or
two miles out into live country.
Then when he was far eough out he
would hold u phis empty can. Mo
torists thinking h was on his way
for a can of gas would stop and
take him on. Once in the car he
would explain his little Joke and
suggest that the driver unload him
if he didn't like his plan. Usually
the motorists enjoyed the Joke, he
stated, and would carry htm on to
the next town at least.
Sergeant Thomppon.- who made a
trip to Portland Friday says he saw
the man walking out Capitol street
about 6 a. m, Near Wood burn a
car passed the Thompson machine.
In it was the man with the can, on
Uu first leg of his ride to Portland.
Riotous Adulation
Greets Charlie Chaplin
' In His New Movie
Los Angles. Calif. AI) Adulation of the star-SHzinir
multitudpa of Hollywood and Los Angeles rose to a near.
riotous frenzy Friday nurht at one of the most spectacular
ooeniius ever accorded a motion
picture here.
Old man microphone, with nia
protege the talking picture, grace
fully yielded the spotllicht for I
night to the first important jion
dialog movie Hollywood has pro
duced In three yeant, and a httle
pantomiming tramp with big slices
and a Hi tie dab of a moustache
Droved to the satisfaction of a dls-
tlngulslwd first-night audience tliat
his art Dure pantomime is di:
yond the need of micropnoiuc as
sistance.
The occasion was the premiere
showing of "pity Lights" the picture
on which Charles Chapltn, alone oi
all Hollywood deaf to the thunder
of talkie revolution, has been work
ing for nearly three years.
Tliou&ands of men. women and
children, had assembled before the
theater several hours before the
first stars were to arrive, and the
force of 35 policemen a.semblcd to
keep back the crowds had to be re
inforced with 65 reserves from sub
stations.
Ropes stretched around the fore
court of the new Los Angeles thea
ter which was like w tee having its
premiere, proved unavailmg as the
surging thousands, ever crushing
forward, perspiring but braving even
the heat of the huge arc-lumps
which are a fixture of every movie
opening, overflowed and swarmed
about arriving celebrities. Limou
sines bearing siars and other first
nighters crept slowly through a tiny
one-way lane crushed for them by
fttruggliug policemen. Several wom
en fainted and ambulance sirens
added to the din and confusion.
Chaplin arrived in similar fash
ion, his car moving forward inch
by inch. The star escorted Miss
Georgia Hale, his leading lady in a
former picture, wltn Professor Al
bert Einstein and Frau Einstein. Dr.
and Mrs. Robert A. Millikan as his
guests.
Einstein, apparently undaunted If
little bewildered by the excite-1
ment in this world of stars which he
could study without a telescope, hur
ried into the theater after poking
for photographs, but Chaplin as he1
Uie
lushed waved and snulrd at
cheering onlookers.
Those within the theater seeing
the picture, acclaimed the Chaplin
genius of old. Introduced by a sub
title as "a screen play tn panto
mime. the production unfolded all
Uie hilarious comedy. Intermingled
with iMthos, for which the actor is
noted.
Not a word of dialog b siwLcn
from the screen, but sound effects
and a continuous synchronised mu
sical score accomruny the acUon.
Chaplin has used sound as a med
ium to enhance, rather than dom
inate his comedy, and music, com
posed by himself, to further enio
tional appeal.
BOY ACCUSED
OF SLAYING
Montrose. Pa , OP John Pin-
gonls, 14, Auburn Center, Susque
hanna county, alts in a county Jail
cell here, awaiting grand Jury ac
tion on charges that lie shot and
killed a neighbor and playmate.
Paul Warner, 11, In a quarrel over
trap lines.
He spends his time In reading;
In writing to his mother, to be
translated to her by his brothers
and sisters, and in watching the
woods he loved so well.
John writes his mother, "Don't
spend any more money on me,
mother. You must have spent $35 or
$40 already, and I m not worth It.
Save your money for the others"
there are six other younger chil
dren at home.
The mother Is a hard-working
widow, whose husband died from an
illness contracted, doctors said. In
the anthracite mines.
Grand Jury action against the
boy will be demanded by tlte coun
ty In January.
Tea Is being feature as a drink
In a restaurant in Paris this sea-
mn.
LEGIONS RELIEF
WORK UNDERWAY
Dsvelopmnt of the relief Drocram
of the Capital Post No. . American
Legion, Is under war wltn a limited
number of men capable and willing
to cut wood being lined up by Wil
liam Blertn, chairman. Only ex
servlca men In need of worlt will
be placed at this time.
me greatest need of the com
mittee la wood to cut, and persons
having property they want cleared
and who are willing to donate the
Mi an asked to get In touch with
Blertna at Jl Masonic temple
bUi'dlng or call him at 983. Post
funds ar limited and unless It Is
absolutely necessary, the purchase
of a woodlot will be avoided by the
committee.
dent win be ready to assume the
auiiea of nls office In the first two
weeks of January.1
SENATOR J. E. BENNETT
State Rouse, Salem
Jan 59. 1931
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Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk
or Grade "A" Raw Milk
lOc
The Hazel Dell Dairy is now in its
new location and we invite the pub
lic to call at 1230 State Street, the
Greenwood Building, and inspect the
source of their milk. We are and
hare been independent, having at all
times sold at a price we thought in
keepine with the times. We tried to
be fair with the producer, consumer,
and ourselves. Our price has alwavg
been 10 cents per quart to the con
umer, and 12.50 per hundred to
the producer. Notwithstanding the
general lowering of prices on the
market.
We have operated for one year in
Salem and we feel justified in ask
ing the public for their kind consid
eration and liberal support.
We have installed an up-to-date 300
gallon pasteurizer, 200 gallon butter
churn, an automatic bottle filler and
capper, a bottle washer and sterilizer
combined.
The equipment is all new and latest
make.
Commencing February 1 we will ba
able to serve the public with Grade A
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and Cream, Sweet Cream Butter
made fresh every day from sweet
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fcggs, and also a special fresh churn
cd buttermilk.
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