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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1934)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1934 CapitalJournal Salem, Oregon Established March 1, 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 136 S. Commercial Street Tolephone 4681. News 4682 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher FULL LEASED WlItB SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED l'KKSS AND THE UNITED I'ltliSS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By carrier 10 cents a week: 45. cents a month; $9 a year In advance. By mail in Marlon, Polk. Linn and Yamhill counties, one month 50 cents; 3 months $1.25; 6 months $2.25; 1 year $4.00. Elsewhere 50 cents a month; 6 months $2.75: $5.00 a year In advance, Hie Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication pi all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "Willi or without offense to friends or foes 1 sketch your world exactly as it goes." Byron Insull's Acquittal The difficulty of convicting a million dollars, lot alono a billion, is exemplified anew in the acquittal bamuel fnsull on charges of using the mails to defraud in promoting a $100,000,000 stock swindle for the Insull power empire. The evidence was convincing enough to those who followed tlie trial in the press, but evidently not so to the jury, and the amazing financial intricacies disclosed were too deep for comprehesion of the confused average citizen. Had the trial concerned only a few thousand dollars, the case would have been readily understood, but millions, to say nothing of billions, are beyond the ken of most of us. And the fact that the defendant had an excellent, constructive early record made a sympathetic appeal for a broken-down aged and "persecuted" man a "victim of the depression and conditions beyond his control, effective. Insull had a fair trial, there is no question of that, and has been "vindicated" by a jury of his "peers," and that's that. But he remains convicted in the public mind, by his own admissions, of moral culpability if not legal culpability. His methods and his actions were contrary to public welfare. That he wrought financial rum for thousands 13 not extenu ated by his. own financial ruin. And as a result, such prao tices in high finance will no longer be tolerated. Insull still faces other indictments, charging fraudulent transfer of assets and embezzlement. The evidence will be much, the same, and conviction will depend upon the char acter of the jurors drawn. Is it a Life Job? The framers of our state constitution did not look with favor upon long, let alone life, terms of office. In fact they wrote into the constitution (bee. 2, Art. XV) : The legisla tive assembly shall not create any office, the terms of which shall be longer than tour years." The constitution makes the governor the commander and chief of the military and naval forces of the state and gives him the power to "appoint the adjutant general and other chief otticers of the general staff, and his own staff. No sooner had George A. White secured from Governor Withycomb his appointment as adjutant general than he set about to perpetuate himself in office.. So far ho has succeed ed and through cleverly drawn unconstitutional legislation. Should the present state military code be permitted to stand as the law of the land, the governor of the state, not withstanding the constitution charges' him with the enforce ment of the laws and to this end makes him the commander- in-chief of the militia, would become nothing more than a ligurehead 111 the military setup. As things have been allowed to drift, the state militia lias become nothing more than a meal ticket and a plaything lor Adjutant Uencrnl Wlnte and his military machine. The demands for funds for its support has increased by leaps and bounds, notwithstanding the federal government is a liberal contributor to its support. Each bieimium the legislature must provide close to a quarter of a million dollars for the general s brigade. The state police gives the governor about all the force lie needs to enforce the laws and much of the money wasted on uencral Wlute should go to support rural schools. His tenure of office should end with the incoming administration. Reforming the NRA Important changes in the national recovery program liave been announced by Donnld Richberg that will do much to clarify existing confusion. The most sweeping is the new interpretation of Section 7A of the NBA code, which has been interpreted by the labor unions as virtually forcing a monopoly by the American Federation of Labor for repre senting employes in bargaining, thus forcing a non-union mi nority to be governed' by a union majority. Of course See- tion 7A provides nothing of the' kind, but as Mr. Richberg says : The opinion only of a workman himself can deckle what votlni unit he shall enter. Only oiler associating himself with such a- unit volun tarily can lie be bound by the will of the majority. No 0110 lias been Eivcn any authority and I doubt whether, anyone could legally, be given the authority, to herd all employes, or any number of employes Into a .voting unit and then to compel them to select their representatives by n majority vote. The right of self organization certainly Includes uii- rigiu oi eucii mini 10 nccuio lor nunseii wim what man or men he wishes to be associated. The record of the numerous strikes called during the year show that, in the great majority of cases; the strikes were called not over hours and wages, but to enforce- union domination and the closed shop. To this end the A. F. of L. has refused cooperation with recovery efforts and with its policy of intimidation, coercion, and violence retarded it materially. Another ruling by Richberg is equally vital. It is the placing of relief wages at the prevailing local rate, instead of above them, which has only worked to increase unemploy ment. The former minimum wage scale has been discarded and hereafter The work relief wage criterion will bo the rato prevailing In the com munity affected. Looal communities alrenily functioning will determine what the proper scale should bo Instead of tho government. The relief work wage resulted in muny workers refusing work at prevailing scales, to take advantage of relief work, because the pay was higher than that paid in industry or agriculture an absurd situation, "Save the Freight" on a new li35 fiftAMAM See us today about our frcinht saving plnn that savea you from $75 to $175 011 your new oar Loder Bros 515 Commercial Phone (1138 Salem, Oregon News Behind The News By Paul Mallon . Washington, Nov. 26 Tho thing to remember about all this new Japanese war caiK is mat uie Jtipa- war and do not intend to have one. Our diplo mats are convinc ed of that. They know alt that you have heard about .Japanese sword rait ling, and more, but they believe they un derstand the in- side o, the Japa- KlItSKBSS liese trnmrt Primarily, the Japanese want to be a major power. They want to be In Asia whnfc (ho tt a iD in ica. onlv more sn. Thou lfnm ti,0 urn uuu uiing wicy must avoid is xuKy (juum nuc cieieat eitnor the U. S. or Britain now or anvtlmn SOOn. W;ir wth nllhoF i.,i,t Japanese amoitlons back 100 years. wimt iney are trying to do is to expand and build themselves up by trickv. thrcntj'nincr natrvnaixra di plomacy, such as you have witness- i.uiy in ujo ijonaon naval con versation. They are going to build, all right. Make no mistake about that. They know very well that the wurm is luu nusv nrir.ii nt.hor- rHinm uuw uuu cannot seep in lor any co ordinatcd action against them. JL11H Oil IV ttrflv Tn nttaat- thai- tun tics is for us to build also. In that WBV WO Can npnifnhlv muinfnlt. our protective superiority. nc lease cnac is the way our peo- nlR h nvn flffii twl ft mil- fnw t-u , selves. You will very probably see mm u-ena or racinc diplomacy fol low along this line for the next Expansion it Is true that the Japanese have been taking . lot of scrap iron from us recently.. Our uxjjurta oi scrap reached the unpr. ceaented proportions of 1,275,414 iiross tons during the last nino m-nths. This is VA times the ex perts for the same neriad Inst vpnr. And the Japanese took 01 ner cent of this scrap. Italy and Poland took tne ouik or the remainder. Authorities here have investicated quieuy co una out what the Japa nese are doinir with all this scrim. They have learned that it is going uuu coiis.Lriicuun oi a Japanese merchant marine. The Jnpanese in tend to dominate Pacific trade if they can. Also these commercial vessels may easily be converted for war uses. It is also true tliot the Jntmncso are becoming our best cotton cus tomers. They took about 25 ner cent hi uiir uuu couon exnoris msr. vonr They are taking around 35 per cent so lar this year (although number of bales has decreased a little). Our neopio suspect that? much of this cotton Is going Into storage for the manuiacture of gun cotton. But thoy also know that the Japanese are- using mast or it to manufac ture textiles. They aro under-selling these textiles against us in the world markets. These two things should aive vou the secret of the Japanese scheme. On scrap iron and cotton, their pri mary aim Is commercial expansion, rather thnn war, as commonly sup posed. Tne war angle is only the long range secondary objective. Game For these ronsons. our most authorities are confident the Japanese will not let the dangerous game they ore playing got out of hand. Publication of the amazinnlv unwarlike interview of Ex-Premier Makato Saito was nob n break, but a brake. Ambassador Htroshi Salto has been working along similar soft-pedaling linos here. Don't wor ry about them being, assassinated tn Japan. Their activities fit per fectly within the Japans diplo matic scheme the mailed fist in a velvet glove. What ha encouraged oun offi cials so much lately is the fact that the Bntisn withstood ino strongest Japanese diplomatic efforts to drive a- wodgo between u at London; Also- they notect the way Babe Ruth was received in Toklo and are talking about' making him an. am bassador. Ho Is the only. American who seems to get anywhere with the Japanese f!rave The NRA Is dinning n ELLEN McADOO BECOMES BRIDE SEEN IN MOVIES The former Ellen Wilson McAdoo, 19-year-old granddaughter of the late President Wilson, la shown with her husband, Raphael Lopez de Onato, film actor. Just after their marriage at the home of Will J. Kelehor, friends of the McAdoo family, at Albuquerque, N. M., to which they flew from Loa Angeles. The bride's parent previously had with drawn objections to the match. (Associated Press Photo) publicity grave for itself. You will hear about it being shoved in one of these days. One official there drew himself up to his full height of 3 feet 0 inches a few days ago and informed reporters that it was against the lilies to talk to a newsman. That attitude was sensational in this new deal era. when most newsmen have to go home through the alleys to get away from administration pub licity men. Reporters at the NRA banded to gether and threatened to publish the fact that the lid was being clamped on. This frightened the of ficial and ho shriveled to his natu nil size, promising that the NBA would loosen up and tell what its board is doing. Tho promise was in vain. Daily meetings of the board have been held for weeks, but there has been no news. One reason is that the board has been fighting most of the time and has reached few conclusions. It can not be expected to give that out. Fish The- main cause of the difficulty seems to be' that business men now are in control at the-NRA. No class of people knows less- about publicity than business men, unless It is bankers. Tney do not unaer- stand the goldfish bowl technique imder which General Johnson worked. Johnson kept the goldfish bowl painted black on the inside, but he took out a fish and showed it every now and then, which kopt everyone satisfied.. As an example oi tne new laws for absurdity now being established In NRA, Deputy Administrator Dunnins called tobacco hearing and advised the interested parties not to tell newsmen so the reporters would not try to get In, Triplets and Twins Frequent In Family Monroeville. O. (IP As a mother. Mrs. Edith Stewart, 39, believes she Is entitled to some sort ox national honors. She has. been the mother of twins, triplets and a second set of twins, In succession. All are liv ing. Besides the multiple children, she- has four othorsj The "duplicates" aret Flaeta, For est Leo and Pnybelle, triplets, now the first set of twins Allene and Eugene, 6; and- the second set of twins Louis James- and Lois May. just one year old. The four other children are Den nis. 16; Vivien, 13; Virginia, 10: Don lift .7. -Ff UPTI MJ rrr? t&, e mm HIT! A Home in Good Repair is Like Money in The Bank Thorn's nothinff so conduciva to good citizeimliip as a well kept, spic and span home. That ia why we urge everyone to repair and remodel their homes now while prices are low, and while an easy-term loan can be secured for such purposes if one is short on cash. Cnll and let us explain all about -a loan under tlia Federal Housing -Plan. D, W. EYRE Mnnajet U C SMITH Assistant Manama ..- Snlcm IBraneli 1 he ' United States National Hank of Portland Head Officer Portland, Oregon 4-H CLUB LEADERS DISCUSS PROGRAM A meeting of county 4-H leaders was held at the courthouse Saturday afternoon with 50 local leaders from all parts of the county pre sent. Various important phasas of the work were taken up and dis cussed by experienced leaders. Mrs. H. Overton, Wood burn, dis cussed organization and enrollment. Myrtle R. Clark of Woodburn dis cussed program work; Mable Bal lard, Woodburn, tho leader's part in a club meeting; Myrtle R. Clark, Woodburn, recreation of the club meeting; Mrs. Vena Dodge, Union, reports and record books; Mrs. C. T. Harrington, Salem, demonstra tions; judging was discussed by Carmalite Weddle, Bethel, and achievement day by Christian Schulte, Sublimity. Exhibits made up the topic for Mrs. Carl Gibson, West Stay ton, and the 4-H summer school the subject for Theresa M. Dahl, Mt. Angel. The next meeting will be held January 28 and at that time it Is expected election of officers will be held. Famous Mother Is Buried Beside Son Plttsf ield, Mass. (LP The body of Mrs. Josephine- Bates, wartime chairman of the women's section of : the movement for national prcpar-1 edness, has been buried beside that : of her son, a hero of the Lusltanla disaster, at the rocky summit of Lebanon Mountain. The son, Linden Bates, Jr., gave his lifebelt to a woman passenger on the- ill-fated liner. It was his mother's last wish that she be bur ied beside him. Poisoned Kidneys Stop Getting Up Nights TM harmlMfll flutb DOltOM Milt- dtt from kidney and correct irritation of bladder so that rou can atop "cettlns up nlKhta" set a 35 cent package of Clold Modal Haarlem Oil capiulta and take a directed. Other armptone oi kidney and bladder weaknesses aro want, burnlni ot smarttnc paaaago backache let. cramps puffy erea. SWAPPEREE CLOSING- OUT AUCTION CONTINUES TONITE TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY 7:30 P.M. NEW AND USED FURNITURE Range heaten, radio beds, springs mAttrems) musical Instruments show oases too to, linoleum, ruga and s 1st oi miscellaneeva articles, place Ttw SwAppmr, 474 South Commercial Sfc, 4 Macks south ot Ladd A Bush F. N. Woodry Auctioneer Phone 5-M-O Cash Paid for Used Furniture Moving with dramatic power through a series of unusual situ ations, "Manhattan Melodrama" opens at the Capitol theatre to take its place among the hit pictures of the year. Clark Gable, William Powell and My ma Loy are the stars. The picture is a part of the double feature bill with Edward G. Robinson hi 'Titter Shark." Prom the opening scene, the pic ture as absorbing entertainment. One "of the most thrilling scenes ever filmed is the prologue which re-enacts the fire and panic aboard tne excursion steamer General Slo- cum in New York harbor in 1904 a tragedy in which more than 1,000 were killed. Of the supporting cast, especial mention is due Nat Pendleton as Gable's dumb but willing assistant racketeer; Isabel Jewell, as his sweetheart; Leo Carrillo, as the kindly, understanding priest, and Muriel Evans, as a Broadway show girl to whom Gable turns when Miss Loy goes out of his life. George Sid-, ney, as the old man who rears the boys, does an outstanding bit of work. The stars as youngsters are j portrayed cleverly by Micky Rooney I and Jimmy Butler. Thomas Jack-1 son, Claudelle Kaye, Noel Madison and Frank Conroy give creditable poriormances, Buildings Occupy Line of New Road The county court left this after noon for Mill City where it expected to hold a conference with members of tho Linn County court and Manager Olin of the Hammond Lumber company at that point rela tive to moving the big community hall and adjoining structures. It is necessary to move these to make room for new right-of-way for the road appronching the new bridge from the Marion county side. The bridge heads directly into the big community hall. One bid of over $0000 was put in by a Tillamook firm, the only bidder. Moving the buildings also pio sents a problem as they are to be moved west and it is likely if all of the buil'Ungs are shoved over a portion ot them at least must be put on piling as the river flanks the buildings In the direction it has been planned to move them. Good news for Asthma Sufferers No matter what you hare tried, don't Hive up hope until you have tried '.SMO LAO. It quickly relieves thoso awful suf focotlne. whrezincr, chokins sensations and enables you to breathe freely and easily and sleep soundly at nlsht. Sold on a money back quarnntce. Price (1.25. CAPITAL DRUG! STOKE. State nnd Liberty pr otectN VISION An examination of your child's eyes now may save her much later trouble. Our experience, plus our complete scientific equip ment assures you a 100 accurate service. 3 ANNUAL SALE OF BROKEN LINES OF ... . Yss Regularly $6.00 ' l&mw Here are dozens of pairs of good quality Enna Jettick shoes that we place on sale Tuesday and Wednesday at less than half price. Ten styles . . . pumps, ties, oxfords, strap pumps, all excellent fashions for every day or dress wear. Black kid and suede . . . brown kid and calf. THIS IS AN ANNUAL AFFAIR ... SO GOME BE FITTED AND SAVE MONEY ON TRULY GOOD QUALITY FOOTWEAR. .Sizes 3's In misses to Vs women's sizes Not all sizes In each style run. Men's Dress SHIRTS $.2S $Jj5 $195 Monogrammed- wrapped in Smart Holiday Boxes and placed in our lay-away for you! We've just received hundreds of fine shirts and pajamas for men. All are packed in handsome gift Boxes with Christmas card and envelope for your greeting. Any shirt purchased Mon day morning toi Saturday evening. Nov. 26th to Dec. 1st will be mono grammed or initialed free. TovgI Sal 39c 3 for $1.00 Famous MAHTEXbath towelc are large: and thirsty. Colored ' borders. A special factory pur chosft and- on sale at way lest Uian-ngular. Tour monogram or Initial free. (Hotel and rooming places take-note) WHAT WE MONOGRAM: Sheets, Cases, Towels, Blankets, Shirts, Robes, Jajanias, Scarfs, Neckwear, Underwear, Handkerchiefs All This Week! Here's a wonderful oppor tunity to replenish your linen closets with new merchandise at special prices with the added ad vantage of having them monogrammed tn gorgeout ' big letters or small one which ever,' you prefer. Come- see this monogram imtchine mystery weave beautiful monogram . , youll like them. This serr lea at sellers only. 3