TUESDAY. APRIL 21. 1931
n or. FOUR
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Consolidating the Colleges
Governor Meier's efforts to reorganize the state higher
educational program to eliminate waste in the interest of
efficiency and economy is 83 commendable as his attack upon
the prison management is censurable. With the tacts set
forth by the federal survey of the colleges and normals, the
reed for coordination and consolidation have long been ap
parent and the institutions as well as the board have now
pledged cooperation in working out a practical program.
The surprise of the meeting was the suggestion by Pres
ident Hall of the university favoring the California plan for
the consolidation of the university, college and three normals
into one great university with headquarters at Eugene under
one administrative head, which would ccoordinate the work,
eliminate overhead, duplication, rivalry and friction. A mo
tion to this effect was made by Albert Burch, member of the
board of higher education, seconded by Mrs. Cornelia Marvin
Pierce, but a vote was delayed until the next meeting of the
board April 29.
President Kerr of the college, while admitting that
duplication of courses must be eliminated presented a
lengthy statement of how it couldn't be done but it evi
dently will be. The reason i3 of course that the institutions
will, to a certain extent, lose their independence and indi
viduality. The sooner the board acts, the bettor, for the uncertain
ty of the future spells demoralization in the institutions.
Agreed upon a definite program, stabilization will follow re
organization and its benefits be apparent to all.
Job for a Superman
Alcala Zamora, provisional president of the republic of
Spain, will need to be almost a superman to steer the new
government through the era of unrest and turmoil into sta
bility. Innumerable disruptive forces are at work any one
of which may cause an explosion and produce a bloody civil
War.
The issues to be faced, In order of their importance:
the army problem, the church problem, the land, the race,
language and sepcratism problems, the industrial syndical
ism and communistic plots, illiteracy, and royulint conspira
cies. The greatest menace is the army, or rather the army
officers, one to every 1000 of population, comprising a
privileged office-holding class. Similarly under union of
church and state, the church has enjoyed a privileged posi
tion with a state revenue of 50,000,000 pesetas annually. The
agricultural lands are in the hands of the gentry, some 280,
000 estates including most of the farms, with tenants little
more than serfs.
The tradition of the monarchy is not to be upset in a
day, especially when the seperatist tendencies of the various
nationalities have in the past found unity only in the throne.
Industrialism has promoted the growth of labor movements
in the cities and syndicalism and communism flourish.
Only a little over 60 percent of the people can read or
write, which accounts for their backwardness and exploita
tion. So it will be seen that Zamora faces the most difficult
of tasks in the creation of a democracy from such discordant
elements.
Malheur Lake
Due to the recession of the waters of Malheur lake much
land, lying between the meander line of the original survey
and the present water line, stands uncovered. The owner
ship of this land has been in dispute for some years. Mr.
Liljeqvist of the attorney general's office contended that the
title was in the state and secured the passage of an act of
the legislature so declaring. And, not withstanding the fact
that the federal government could not be sued without its
consent, the legislature was induced to appropriate money
from time to time to defray the cost of a suit which the at
torney general projosed to bring against the government to
quiet title.
Although the state made no headway with Its suit the
legislative appropriations were always consumed. An at
tempt was eventually made to secure the passage of an act
of congress which would permit the government to be made
a party. Although this movement failed it did open the way
for junketing trips to Washington at state expense.
The government, having full power to bring suit to quiet
title, decided to do so. Mr. Liljeqvist was prompt to carry
the news to the legislature and secure for the attorney gen
eral's office a further appropriation of $2500 to be used in
protecting the stale's interest.
Now comes a committee, composed of representatives of
the United stales solicitor-general 8 office, the state land
board and the attorney general's office, the United Sates
biological survey, the state game commission, the state en
gineer and the rapnrinn owners, with a report In which it Is
recommended that the lake be used for a game refuge over
which the federal government shall have full charge. It
was further recommended that the government be permitted
to proceed with its suit to quiet title without opposition on
the part of the state land board or attorney general's office.
The report of the committee is in keeping with common
sense and, had it been made before Mr. Liljeqvist began to
furnish tho legislature with legal advice, the taxpayers would
have been saved many thousands of dollars.
In view of this turn in affairs it will be interesting to
note what happens to the $2500 appropriated by the last
legislature. Our prediction is that it will go the way of th
State's gravel fund.
WALKER HITS
AT ACCUSERS
AS SOCIALISTS
Albany, N. Y, (IW Mayor James
J. Walker of New York has answer
ed misfeasance charges against
him and his administration with (
blast of counter charges.
His response to the demand of
the city affairs committee of New
York for hid removal studied
Tuesday by Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt was a denial of charges
against him. together with an at
tack upon the committee's leaders
as socialists. The Rev. John Hay
nes Holmes, one of the leaders of
the reform movement, was listed by
Walker as leader of a group of
"Soviet sympathizers" a man who
endeavored during the war "to
break down American resistance
behind the lines."
The accusations against him, the
mayor said, were false and unwar-
ranted, and he asked that the gov
ernor, In reaching a decision, 1 con
sider the source" of the attacks
against the mayor.
Governor Roosevelt received the
Walker reply without comment and
will read It carefully before making
any statement.
COUNTER CHARGES
Mayor Walker charged that the
accusations submitted to the gov
ernor under the signature of Dr.
Holmes, chairman, and Rabbi Ste
phen S. Wise, vice chairman of the
city alfalrs committee, were false,
unwarranted, without specification
or detail, vague, Indefinite, props
ganda, upon which a previous poll
Ucal campaign had been waged.
and based on Incidents not within
the administration for which Wal
ker was responsible.
After answering In detail the
items as listed by the reform com
mittee. Walkers answer said:
"The city affairs committee Is
nothing more than an annex of the
socialist party, masquerading under
a name Ingeniously contrived to
deceive the public. The aim thereby
Is to gain prestige which might ad
vance the political fortunes of I
group that has been repudiated re
peatedly and decisively by the elec
torate. Holmes and Wise are both
enrolled socialists. Holmes was the
campaign chairman of the socialist
candidate for mavor In 1929.
SOCIALIST ATTACK
"Another vice chairman of the
committee has been a chronic of
fice seeker under the socialist em
blem. He was socialist candidate for
governor In 1924, for mayor In 1925,
for president In 1928, for mayor In
1929 and for congress In 1930.
(Norman Thomas). The executive
board includes among othen ac
tive In the socialist movement, tlie
socialist candidate for governor In
1928 and 1930 (Louis Waldmanu)
and socialist candidate for con
gress In 1930 (Heywood Broun).
Walker positively retused to dis
charge three city employes, whose
records, he said, were clear, and
which included not only able and
efficient service to the city, but
also service with American armed
forces during the world war.
The answer was regarded as rep
resenting aU the adroitness with
which his political allies and ad
versaries have credited him.
"Man of Mystery" Now
Humble Mechanic After
Colorful Arabian Years
By HENRY T. RUSSELL
(Copyright, 1931, In all countries by United Press. All rights reserve!)
Plymouth, Eng. (UP) Aircraftsman T. E. Shaw, once
that romantic "Lawrence of Arabia" whose word was law
from Aleppo to Mocha, who welded Arabian princes and po
tentates and tribesmen into a steel
PERRYDALE WOMEN
ACTIVE IN CLUB
Perrydale A pleasant afternoon
was spent by the Good Will club
Friday. Mrs. Shafer. Mrs. J. J. 8e-
chrlst, and Mrs. Martin Van Oroos
were visitors from Ballston. Mrs.
Shafer gave a very Interesting talk
on the work and plana of the Balls
ton club. Mrs. Elliott, the president,
donated a sewing machine to the
club. Prank Morrison has given a
cook stove to the club and will In
stall It as soon as It can be done.
Mrs. Robert Mitchell, Mrs. W. H.
McKee. Mrs. Parr. Mrs. E. Jennings,
and Mrs. Paye Morrison were ap
pointed to Inquire and see about the
price of paints and amount needed
for painting the club rooms. Lunch
was served later In the afternoon
to Mrs. II. J. Elliott, Mrs. H. A. Lee,
Mrs. Bhafer, Mrs. J. J. Sechrlst,
Mrs Martin Vim Oroos, Mrs E. Jen
nings, Mrs. P. Rlbbers. Mrs. Parr,
Mrs. Charles Wlrfs, Mrs. Prank
Lynn, Mrs. D. L. Keyt. Mrs. Henry
Keyt, Mrs. J. K. Yoakum, Mrs. J.
Fay Morrison. Mrs. H. W. McKee.
Mrs. Henry CHUam, Mrs. Robert
Mitchell, by the acting hostesses.
Mrs. 8. Van Straaveran, and Mrs.
William Staplcton.
force and swept the Turkish armies
from the desert; who built an em
pire and lived as a dictator, has but
two small ambitions.
Perhaps Aircraftsman Shaw
would prefer to call them desires
rather than ambitions, for "ambi
tion," to his mind, "Is the cause of
most ofc mankind's evils."
Tls two desires are merely: To ex
perience the thrill of leaping from
an airplane with a parachute; to
write for a living without trading
upon the romance of his name.
"You are up against a contented
being," he wrote in one of his sev
eral letters to me before he agreed
to break his long silence. And he
added that he was "only a very or
dinary and pleased creature, whose
position In the R. A. P. forbids him
to give Interviews for publication."
Nevertheless, there was no ban on
"conversations"!
"You will recognize me easily," he
wrote when he finally agreed to
meet me. "The R. A. P. wear a dull
grey-blue-green uniform like sol
diers, but more scruffy. In this I
am an inconspicuous and unimpres
sive figure about five and a half
feet hgh, with a face the color of
a boiled lobster."
Actually, when he met me, grin
ning broadly, at the top of the steps
from which the Pilgrim fathers em
barked on the Mayflower 300 years
ago, he wore over his "scruffy" uni
form a black rubber coat.
"I'm Shaw," he said simply, and
under his guidance we descended
the steps to water level and entered
his American speed boat for the
trip across the sound.
"She's the nippiest thing In these
waters," he said produly. "The late
Henry Scgrave brought her back
from the makers, Purdy of Port
Washington, Long Island. She was
bought by Colin Cooper of London,
and given to me. We English
can't make anything that can touch
her."
So he dashed across the sound at
40 miles an hour and I understood
the reason for the rubber coat. We
landed, drenched, at Mount Batten,
the royal air force station. And
there he described to me the phil
osophy that enabled him to live
happily on 80 cents a day, his sol
dier's pay.
Ambition, first of all; seems to
him "the cause of most of man
kind's evils." This applies both to
personal ambition and the ambition
of nations commercial rivalry, the
.spirit of aggrandizement. If the
Egyptians had ambition, he says,
they could probably rid their land
of British occupational forces in a
decade. If Mussolini had not In
spired the Italians with ambition,
he adds, Italy probably would revert ,
to its pre-war status as a nation In
a decade. Ten years, in his opinion,
Is sufficient time In which to make
or break nation or a man.
And there are various kinds of
personal ambitions which Lawrence
cannot comprehend. Why should he
receive letters, dozen a day ask
ing for his autograph? strango
ambition, that, to have a man's
signature.
And these women who wrote to
him proposing marriage I Another
strange ambition I
'A recent letter came from a
woman who wrote that she was 'at
tractive.' and that I was 'Just the'
type of he-bian' she had always
longed for. Well, I'm not. I stuck
her letter on the walls of our hut
that night before the men went to
bed.
"They read about the "he-man1
and roared. They've ragged me ever
since. For Gods sake, tell v these
women to stop proposing. You will
save them postage stamps. Tell
them I never answer letters anyway."
Yet Aircraftsman 8haw has two
ambitions, as I said.
"I want," he told me, "to ex
perience the thrill of dropping from
a great height In a parachute. I
imagine the feeling must be re
markable. I want to experience that
moment of indecision which Is
bound to occur on the verge of
jumping. And I don't care If the
parachute falls to open, either."
There spoke something of the
fatalist, perhaps.
The other desire Is "to live to aee
the day when I can write for a liv
ing." Yet, stubbornly, he will not
write If his product Is sold by his
name alone.
"If they won't take what I write
unless I sell my name with It," he
said, "then I don't want to write for
them. If what I write Is not good
enough for publication unless It Is
signed by me, then It Isn't worth
puDllshlng. I'm not going to trade
on my reputation. Furthermore,
writing should be so individual that
a signature should cot be necessary.
Like Bernard Shaw's."
Back again to the theme of am
bitionthe reason "Shaw" Is here In
the air force, his hands grimy with
motor oil. his face blackened by grit
and grease, "Shaw," once counsellor
of kings and princes!
"I am far more contented than
any man of my rank at Mount Bat
ten," he said. "Most of these others
want something. Some want riches.
Some want women. Some want
rank. I want nothing. I have had
almost everything worth trying in
life. I have had wealth. I have
had power. I am sick and tired of
it all You must have had all this
to know what It Is.
"I have no friends only millions
of acquaintances. I have no Inter
est in women. To me, all food Is
alike except oysters and parsley. I
don't like oysters. I'm not fond of
parsley tastes like a grave! In
short, I've tried practically every
thing and had enough, so now I'm
a perfectly contented human being,
with no desires and xio ambitions
worth mentioning."
He told me. this amazing man,
how It felt to be subordinate to a
corporal this Col. T. E. Lawrence
who dared to countermand the or
ders of field marshals when he com
manded the Arabian desert. It Is
enjoyable, after having unlimited
power, to have no responsibility at
alt And that led to a discussion of
his future plans.
I have four more years to serve,"
he said, "then I shall retire to my
cottage. I Intend to write, but I
probably won't make much out of It.
I shall make what I need by trans
lating. All I want Is three pounds
1S a week, which I have saved
already, and one pound ($5) addi
tional, for little luxuries. It Is far
too much trouble to work for
more."
Before becoming "Lawrence of
BALLOT TITLE
FOR ROGUE RIVER
REFERENDUM
The supreme court Tuesday certi
fied to Secretary of State Hoss I
new ballot title for ine referendum
petitions on the Rogue river closing
bill. The action was taken on appeal
of W. C. Allen, of Grants Pass, from
a ballot title prepared by the attor
ney general.
In an opinion prepared by Justice
Belt the court held that "the short
ballot title as filed by the attorney
general might reasonably result In
misleading the voter and would tend
towards confusion."
The new short title will read: "A
bill prohibition commercial fishing
on the Rogue river."
Other opinions:
Margaret P. Sears vs. Arthur A.
Goldsmith and wife, appellants: ap
peal from Multnomah county, action
for damages arising out of personal
Women of Macleay
Section Plan Club
Maclrajr The women of the
Macleay grange will meet at the
home of Mr. J. Tekenberg Wednes
day afternoon to discuss plan for
nwntttim an economic club.
The economic club of the Mac
leay Orange la one of the II one
hundred per cent economic clubs
Id Marlon county.
linseed exports from Argentina
in a recent week wen M.0O0 tons,
record.
Past Noble Grands
Guests at Sheridan
Sheridan Mrs. Rose Beckwtlh
was hostess to the Past Noble Orand
club at lu social afternoon Friday
at her home on Main street. Those
present were Mrs. Henry Smith,
Mrs. E. W. Haas, Mrs. W. H. Smith,
Mrs. Herman Wilson. Mrs. Ouy
Beth, Mrs. Harold Hartley, Miss
Jessie Harty, Mrs. Ouy Bradley and
Mrs, Beckwitn. The hostess served
a two-course lunch. Mr. Ouy Brad
ley la president t the local club. I
Bethel Women Meet
Bethel The women of the Bethel
community club were called to a
meeting at the home of the presi
dent, Mrs. J. a. Lauderback. There
was a large attendance and plans
were completed for serving the sup-
))er for the next community club
meeting. The woman lost In the
recent program contest, and the
losers furnish the supper for the
April meeting.
North Santlam The ball game
Friday between Stay ton and North
Santlam played at Slay ton was won
bv Rtnvton. s,"re 2-8
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Arabia," he was an archeologist. He
is an expert linguist, and hi6 know
ledge of Arabian dlaleete was re
sponsible for much of his success in
the desert during the war. But he
scoffed at stories saying that he
was many times "mistaken for an
Arab".
"I never tried to pass for one," he
said. "On the contrary, my name
was to be spotted a mile away as
'Lawrence'. In those days I lived
on my reputation. I succeeded by
being the only smooth-shaven Euro
pean In Arab dress In the entire
desert".
Thus I left him, the "contented"
aircraftsman, assigned to whatever
work his superiors determine he
should do, from typing letters to re
pairing machines, living as a pri
vate, accepting what comes his way,
and taking his amusement In long
motorcycle rides or trips in his
speedboat. His spare money
from an occasional bit of transla
tion goes for music, classical music
played on a gramaphone.
Beyond that he asks lor nothing.
(In tomorrow's story, third of a
series, Lawrence tells of the annoy
ances of public life and his reasons
for "disappearing".)
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injury. Opinion by Chief Justice
Bean. Judge W. A. Ekwall affirmed.
In re-applicatlon of Mrs. Vera M.
packer, for writ of habeas corpus,
appeal from Multnomah county.
Opinion by Justice Brown. Judge
James U. Campbell affirmed.
Alma B. Swengel, appellant, vs.
0. B. Brunn, et al: appeal from
Multnomah county, suit to obtain
remission of contract for purchase of
land on grounds of fraudulent repre
sentations. Opinion by Justice Rand.
Judge John H. Stevenson af-firmcd.
J. S. Barber vs. Motor Investment
company, appellant: Appeal from
Multnomah county, action to recover
damages for alleged conversion of
household goods and furniture.
Opinion by Justice Belt. Judge Rob
ert Tucker affirmed.
R. J. Klrkley vs. Portland Electric
Power company, appellant, appeal
from Multnomah county. Action to
recover damages for personal Injury.
Opinion by Justice Kelly. Judge
Robert Tucker affirmed.
Michael J. McAultffe vs. Mick Mc
Aullffe, appellant. Appeal from
Klamath county, action for damages
for assault and battery. Opinion by
Chief Justice Bean. Judge W. M.
Duncan reversed and case remanded.
Irene Heinrich, minor, vs. James
L. Spence, appellant. Appeal from
Yamhill county. Action for damage
for personal Injury. Opinion by the
court Judge Arlle a. Walker affirm
ed. Phillip Blair vs. Joseph L. Mc
Cool, appellant. Appeal from Mult
nomah county, on petition tor re
hearing. Petition denied In opinion
by Justice Campbell.
Father Is Honored
Hubbard Mrs. L. O. DeWolf en
tertained with a birthday dlnnei
Sunday, complimenting her father'i
81st birthday.
Covers were placed for the honoi
guest. Prank Murk, Mr. and Mrs. I
M. Hoclwtotler and sons Olenn and
George of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Phil
Parrott, Claude and Vera of Park
dale, C. R. McCabe and son Francis
of Albany and Mr. and Mrs. L. O.
DeWolf and son Claud.
Lm Ansrteg, one way ...S20.00
Koimd Trip ....I37.UV
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Bound Trip . ...$:1.00
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