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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. RATF.M. OREGON MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934 Capitaljjournal Salem, Oregon Esub!tir4 Murk 1 IU m tudfuenmm Mpau!i PuMlahM tvery Afternoon neept Sunoas It IN a OomiMmil Street Trlephona 46(1 Nm 4882 OtXJK; HUTNA14 Cdiuu and publisher TOLL UtKD WIRE 8F.KTICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PBlSi ANU THK I'NIltO PRESS SUIMUIFTION KATES By carrier la cams eek. 45 renta a month; IS a rear In tdnnn By DjaU In atsrlou. palk Lion and Yamhill counilca. one month 90 tenu. 1 montlu II 15, I montha $J: 1 rear $4 00 Elsewhere M emu I month. month I? 75. aft on a veai tn advance The Associated Hreat u tacluslv?lj entitled to the use for publication ail neva dispaiehee credited to It or not otherwise credited In thu taper auid alio tonal new nublubed herein "WUk or vithnut ofensi to frtend or foet I wkrlrk ynur world exactly a it goeM." Brroa Japan Current Myth Edward L. Wells, United States weather bureau meteor ologist for the Portland ares in a statement in the Oregon Ian, demolishes the myth of the influence of the Japan current on coast climate and the delusion that the extremely mild winter this year was due to it. While in much of the western United States the winter was the mildest on record, In Alaska and the northern portion of the Facific coast it was one of the coldest and severest experienced. Obviously if the Japan current had anything to do with the weather, its effect would be for uniformity, "Ocean currents do influence the weather in certain frts of the world," admits Mr. Wells, "but they themselves are caused by the weather." lie continues: The chief cause of the movement of ocean water In currents Is the friction of wind on the ocean surface. The aecond important cause Is found In differences in density of ocean water. These deferences in density are due. first, to differences in temperature, and second, to dif ferences in salinity: differences In aalinity are caused by differences in dilution and concentration; dilution comes from rainfall and from fresh water poured Into the ocean by streams, and concentration results from evaporation. Preerlnr also plays a part in determining the salinity of ocean water in the polar regions. The Japan current never reaches the coast of Orepon, Washington or British Columbia rind is therefore not a fac tor in climatic conditions. It is the proximity of the Pacific ocean that influences the climate. The water is cooler than land in summer, warmer in winter, the prevailing winds westerly and carry the modifying influence of the ocean in land, though interfered with by mountain masses. When the normal drift of air is interrupted, abnormal heat or cold result. . Cold winters are caused when great masses of cold air move from the far north into the region cast of the Cascades and there were no such movements the past winter. These masses stagnated in the far north, and then moved diagonal ly southeastward to eastern Canada and the northeastern Btates, some to the gulf states, bringing severe winter weath er late in the season, while the Warm air from the Pacific brought mildness to the coast. Just why the cold air masses moved east instead of south is unknown, but there is nothing to indicate that fundamental factors which control the weather have changed and nothing to indicate that succeed ing seasons will on the average be milder than those of the piist. Darrow's Report The report of Clarence Darrow excoriating the national recovery administration as encouraging monopoly and recommending a return to the anti-trust law proportions, suspended for the recovery program and terming theNKA watchword of "fair competition an illusionary phrase was to be expected, for Darrow is by nature and temperament "agin the government." While narrow's sympathy is al ways with the "under dog", especially criminals and public enemies, there is nothing constructive in his entire career, mid his great abilities have been spent in destruction of law and order. Darrow declares the "choice is between monopoly su stained by government, the trend of the NRA" and a "plan nod economy which demands socialized ownership and con trol" and characterizes the sanction of government to sustain profits as "regimented organization for exploitation.' In other words Darrow favors the communistic or socialist state as the only planned economy, cither of which means the des truction of democracy. Darrow counsels the abandonment of efforts to pro mote fair business practices, a return to the chaos of unre stricted and ruinous competition and takes up the cudgel for the chiseler, the sweat-shop and child labor. Prices should be determined by competition rather than by regulation or price fixing, he declares. That the administration would appoint Darrow, a known critic of the New Deal and print his report, effectually dis proves charges of attempted dictatorship or suppression of free speech. Repeatedly the president has asked for criti cism and published it in full, hoping for constructive sug gestion in carrying out his program of recovery through the process of trM and error. Neglecting the Bath It looks as if Hoover's ideal of two autos for every jrarage was nearer realization, judging by the number of motor vehicles in use, than the ideal of a bath tub in every home, for investigations by the department of commerce in dicate that approximately a third of the population never take a bath, at least in their homes, for they have no bath tubs. So there must be many more autos than bath tubs. It will be rememliered that when Henry Ford laid out his model factory town, with a bath tub in every cottage, later investigation revealed that many of them were used for storing coal or other commodities and few for bathing. It was supposed at the time that this was due to the large percentage of foreigners, unaccustomed to such luxuries, but the department's survey indicates that many native Ameri cans regard bathing as a comparitively untried, new fangled fad and are hostile to the innovation. While bathing was a custom of the ancients, and prac tised as a religious rite by the Jews, Mohammedans and Huddliists, and public baths a social feature of Crook and Konian civilizations, there have been prolonged periods in history when bathing was in popular disfavor except at spas for cures. It is, we believe, less than a century since the first sta tionary bath tub was invented in America, and only within the last half renlury that even hotels, let alone houses, had the bath till) feature. At the turn of the century, a bath till) to a floor was the rule in many large hotels and the barber shop bat:is wi re in community use for a once a week cleans ing. So it is perhaps not surprising to find that people who insist on autos and radios neglect the bath tub as a su perfluous frill. Stalun- 'liie i-liiui enter tained in honor of Mis. V. N Phelps, who conducted the class In the D. C. room of the high iwluxil tshe was presented with a polled plant In appreciation of her work Curtis were the diversion of the evc CliiK. alter tilth a luncheon was served. Present were the hoiioicd suest Mrs. Phciph, and Me.sd.unes Elizabeth Menu, Christine fSchulle Hattle Louehner. Ella Shay, Chas Lampmnn, Oeo. Mnlscl, Mary Dott ier, Ceeeha Mertr, Mary Klntz and Mrs. Etstl. News Behind The News By ran) Malhm Washington, May 21 The man behind the Darrow report la Mr. Char lee Edward Russell. It vai his in visible has d a which guided ttwpf'7J "' Chicago icono clast, in (act, Mr. Russell seems to have toad at least as much to do with the report ms Mr. Darrow, He likewise serv ed as Darrow ear; Darrow s pall MAM.ON hearinff is not what It used to be and much of the open testimony escaped him. These Xacts are important wi. Russell s background. Mr. Russell was one of the oricln- al muckrackcrs ol "Everyway s Magazine" years ago. He was a member of that troupe of Upton Sinclair and Lawrence Richey De tectiveJournalists who exposed the meat packers and nearly every one else. He once ran for governor of New York sLate on the socialist ticket. Recently he has been living here quietly as a writer. Mr. Russell was reauy tue inspir ation for Mr. Darrow's recommen dation for socialised ownership and control of industry. The truth Is, Mr. Darrow Knows little about industry, but Mr. Rus sell Is a specialist in that subject. Where the administration put it all over Darrow in the back-stage scuffle was on publicity. No one can beat him in a crim inal case before Jury, but he was a babe in the woods when he came up against the skilled White House publicity men. tit Knows it now. Darrow made bis report to the White House May 4. If he could have handed tt to the newspapers the same day his charges would have been a national sensuiion. Any good publicity man would have ad vised him to have given copies of the report to press associations, at least conlidentially. He thought of that himself, but decided that the report was made to the president and the President should handle publication of it. The result was that the NRA spent the following two weeks pre p;iring a complete answer to his charges. Its report was sent to Mr. Roosevelt May 14. I3y publishing the 9.000-word ans wer simultaneously, the 9.000 words of charges were at least partially smothered. The effect was to create the Im pression that two good haters like Darrow and General Johnson were Just throwing 18,000 words at each other. The White House inner clique Is quite angry at Darrow, but not ad ministration left wingers. They re ally like the recommendations of the Darrow report. Although they cannot say so publicly. In this crowd are the young lib erals of the administration who have been hoping from the start to direct the NRA into socialization of industry. They have never liked Johnson or his tactics. During the last few months, they have been parsing around the poison on him. The result ol tnis may do me loDDing off of a few liberal heads, because the White House apparently does not side with the liberals on this subject. At least the biggest liberal heads have lately become uneasy, and one has already made preparations to ro back to the private practice of law. Heat The White House has turn ed its furnace blower on Chairman Steagnll of the House Banking committee. Apparently, President Roosevelt is none too well pleased with the fact that Mr. S tea sail is handling three Important ad m lustration bills housing, loans to industry and de posit insurance. In a re rent private conference at the executive man sion, St ea Rail's loyalty to the ad ministration was discussed. That question arises because Mr. .stea all, and his alter ceo, Mr. Goldsborouqh, have more advanced ideas on banking than Mr. Roose velt. For instance, Messrs. Steagall and OoldsborouKh have been play ing with the Idea of tarkinit the bank payy-off bill or a more liberal deposit Insurance scheme on one of the administration im-astires now in Mr. Steaeall's custody. The White House Heat Is being privately applied in various ways to keep Mr. sunurull a simon-pure ad ministration man. All of which bathers Mr. Sleacall not at all. He stepped aside from such pressure last Thursday and went to the circus not once, but twice. He liked the afternoon per formance so much that he went bark strain in the evening. The lion's Jaws lnteitstrrt him most, but he made no effort to test thera personally. NMca Experts in bitter words words seem to acrce that Damm lost his lour - oru crown to Johnson this time. Darrow scored with such phases as "ln.-.iine practice and yrotrsque absurdities," but John .m blanketed his adversary by ques tioning his gocd faith. Comptrollrr O'Connor of the rur-rri-ry nmnrd a Texas audience re- ROMANCE FILM IS AT CAPITOL A tale of thtilhnc adventure wtth colorful romance cornea to the vrren of the Capitol theater Tues day and Wednesday with the First National picture, "Mnndalay. It 1m set m the pteture-mue back ground of the Orient, in that sec tion of Burma where the whites come in contact with the natives. The romance doe not concern Orientals, however, though there are many of thera appearing In the production, but the whit man. and particularly that breed of soldier of fortune who turns to gun running, traffic In women and other illicit tradx There Is an unusually strong cast which includes such players as Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortex, Warner Oland and Lyle Talbot in the featured roles. There is a long list ol talented players among the members of the supporting cast, some of whom are Ruth Donnelly. Reginald Owen, Hobart Cavanaugh, David Torrence, Rafaela Ottiana. Ettenne Ghardot, Lucien Littiefieid, Bodtl Rosing and Herman Btng. oently by coming out strongly in the fourth paragraph of his speech and asserting flatfootedly that "Texas is the largest state in the Union." The real ban mot of Mr. O'Connor's speech, however, was his assertion that Mr. Diegs of Dallas "has In a brief period won a high place in Washington. Mr. Digits Is my as sistant." Senator Glass was explaining to a friend the other day his anger at being left out of the stock market conference along with Senator Bob Wagner. Said Glass: "Bob says be is a philosopher, but he got Just as mad as I did Well, almost." Dusky Roman ft 1Hfr.)lillfrl,,. t v plfP Eddie Cantor ani the Goldwyn girls appear In "Roman Scandals", playing at the Hollywood theater Monday and Tuesday. This Is the famous comedian's fourth annua) mimical comedy, succeeding his "The Kid from Spain" of la.t year. Goldwyn maintain hi tradition for lavish prodnction, beautiful girls and lilting music ARLISS SCORES IN NEWEST ROLE George Arllss, whose character portrayals have brought him piaJse from critics throughout the country, rises to the greatest height In his career in "The House of Roths child." playing at the Grand the ater the entire week. In the opinion of those who witnessed the film play over the week-end. Selection of his supporting cast was excel lent with the play reaching a pleas big climax in the concluding tech nicolor sequence, with the natural tone three-color process used for the first time in a big production. The vast expanse of the coronation room, with its brilliant court en semble, should mark a genuine step forward m screen technique. The Napoleonic warg tn Europe, with the House of Rothschild, Inter national bankers, when no nation could make war without first con sulting the bankers. Is the period of the play. Arllss plays the role of a Jew who rose to world power, a part he previously portrayed In "Disraeli The picture may be In terpreted as a vindication of the Jew, of capitalism and of Interna tional banking er as a fine enter tainment Dialog is exceptionally clever and came from the pen of Nunnally Johnson, writer of hum orous stories in the Saturday Eve ning Post. SOCIAL WOKK.ER GLKST Sil ert on Prior to her return to her home In New York City Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson It In &lvarton over Sunday and Monday at the home of her brother and slster-ln- law, Mr. and Mrs. James Manning. Mrs. Robinson is an employe of the Brooklyn charities as a social wor ker. Her husband is well known in Oregon as Dr. Claude E. Robinson, a University of Oregon graduate and author of the book, "Straw Votes," a study on political predic tion. He was student-body president of the university during the year 1924 when he was tn his senior year. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Calef of Port land, relatives, accompanied Mrs. Robinson to Silverton. Per capita foreign trade of May- lasia exceeds that of any other country In the far east except Uie Philippines. CHANGES MADE IN LOCAL COURT ROOM Material changes In the setup hi Judge McMahan's circuit court room were made by the janitor's force there Saturday afternoon, the jnrv box being moved from the south to the north side of the room and the Judges bench being moved three feet to the south. Trie lawyers' table was also cut down three feet and moved to the cent er of the court section of the court room. The new changes allow an easier access to the Judge's cham ber without disturbing the court or Jury. The windows will also he frosted as the situation of the court room has caused a glare on sunny days uncomfortable to court, jiKlce, jury, lawyers and auditors alike. Gates Edwin Seams ter who has been spending several weeks at the home of his mother. Mrs. Euna White, has left for the CCC camp at Mary's River on Hoover Flat where he will work during the sum-p-t mrnhs. Silverton Miss Phyllis Waldner i has returned to her home in Sil- : verton from the Lincoln district in Polk county where she substituted during the past six weeks for Miss Lois Vernon who was IU During her stay at Lincoln, Miss Wuldner made her home with Mr. and Mrs. ! E F. Buckles. iliTHTlTfTnTT I wish to express my ap- prrcialHin tn my friends and vutcrs of M.irion County who exprrsncd thentM-lvm an Mt ifird with my admintet ration u trinity Judge. 1 ran avture thrm I will eratiuue with my bent efforts to merit their ronfntrnee. John C. 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So I knew a Safety-Stsel Bod? would be atronaast." r 3 Som of our roads wertttt built for eemfort. But m? Plrmoitth 4 Mr. melaeasansl Mr. Martins. President of his rmitructirm mm nan. M,f, -.t. tit. Was. Its IntllTldmil Wbsel SprioslnC leTels oS the bumps. Aa4 UyJrsuUc Brakoa keep ma out of man uneipcctcd mud bulce. Da Lots Plymourh. Ptynsouth prices beftln at IM at the factory. Tims narmenrs ar ranged to It jour budget. Ask for lbs Official Chrysler Motors Commercial Credit Plan II El? POfill Iff M & AND UP AT THE FACTORY DETROIT I.-2 "- "V'-.t; v -ji ajjaJi alliaiitf i-rasl
