THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1937
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Bandon's Case
A Washington dispatch states that no WPA assistance
will be extended to Bandon, Ore., thus preventing Bandon
from complying with the terms or the conditional loan of the
RFC for 1200,000 for rebuilding. State Administrator Grif
fith has telegraphed Senators McNary and Steiwer that it is
Impossible for him to supply certified relief workers, stating:
"We have several approved projects with prior claims for labor
which we cannot start because ot labor shortage In their districts."
The $200,000 loan approved by the RFC was conditioned
on a fund of $117,000 being obtained from some other source
and it was planned to secure this amount from the WPA in
the form of labor. The loan also was conditioned on the use
of $81,000 of it to liquidate in full the city"s indebtedness,
totaling $258,000 at 25 per cent for the bonds and warrants
at 35 per cent, the balance to be utilized for rebuilding pub
lic properties and forming a nucleus for a model city as map
ped out by the state planning board.
With all the trivial, useless and wasteful projects the
WPA is financing, it seems a shame that in a meritorious
case like that of a fire-destroyed city, assistance is not forth
coming and that red-tape stipulations render it impossible
to utilize the RFC loan.
Bandon should not, however, despair and resign itself to
becoming a city of shacks. Other cities have survived simi
lar disastrous fires and rebuilt themselves out of ashes, and
that before the days of government aid. Expectation of fed
eral largess has delayed Bandon's recovery and when it is
realized that its citizens have been leaning on a broken reed,
they may remember that the Lord helps them that help them
selves and start to work In earnest.
One thing Is apparent, the day of federal aid is swiftly
passing, and states and communities and individuals expect
ing Uncle Sam to perpetually play Santa Claus are in for a
rude awakening. And this is as it should be. Let them
solve their own problems as until the present era, they have
always done, and thereby help avert national bankruptcy.
Wizard of the Air
Guglielmo Marconi, who died yesterday from a sudden
heart attack, will rank among the great men of history, for
he was the inventor of wireless telegraphy from which came
the radio, wireless telephoning and television. His inven
tions conquered the air for communications and rank among
the most beneficial in human
Marconi was the son of an Italian father and Irish moth
er, and was only 22 when he was granted the first patent for
a practical system of wireless telegraphy in 1895. His first
tests were made in England. In 1800 he established wire
less connection between England and France, and in 11)01
across the Atlantic
In 1905 Marconi invented a directive system and a new
persistent wave system of wireless and his system was used
by ships at sea, saving, since then, millions of lives and bil
lions of property. His perfection of "beam wireless" in 1923
greatly increased the life and
ginal device. Us use by airplanes has made for safety in
the air.
Marconi was an inventive genius with a list of mvnm-
plishments too long to state.
day of his death, when he was working on three different
developments of the principle he had discovered: television
with the use of short ultra waves ; further development of
the mircowave; a new type radio transmitter for airplanes.
Unlike many inventors. Marconi was a cood business
man, and amassed great wealth
ceived the highest honors scientific bodies and governments
could bestow for making the sea and the air safe for human
ity. Wavering Walter
Does anyone, not excluding the congressman and for
mer governor himself, know just what sort of an administra
tion and rate structure Walter M. Tierce would have set
up for Bonneville?
For months the congressman has been clamoring for
"postage stamp" or blanket rates for the project, in which
transmission charges for delivering power to points far
distant from the dam would be absorbed and shared bv all
consumers alike. By such a set-up he would deliver juice
to his far eastern Oregon constituents at the same price
paid by consumers in the area immediately adjacent to the
plant and at their expense.
But now comes Weeping Walter in a statement issued
yesterday in Washington to say:
"It (Bonneville dam) has been constructed for use as
yardstick so that consumers can know the real cost of
electricity and how those should be reflected in light bills."
It is obvious to anyone that the real cost of electricity
Is the cost at the switchboard and that the costs of trans
mission are something entirely different and pronerlv
chargeable to those served by such transmission. The real
cost of power in Portland is the cost of generating at Bonne
ville plus the expense of transmission for 30 miles, not the
cost of that same energy delivered at Baker or Klamath
rails.
Walter, as is his convenient custom, seems to have for
gotten yesterday the words of the song he was singing two
months ago or was it onlv two weeks ago'
Montana Vacation
Trip is Started
Silverton Eleanor Enerson. ac
companied by her nephew. Edward
Telawn. J. and Bonn Teigen. J.
entrained trom Woodbum Mon
day evening for a su weeks' stay
at the former home ol the Tie
tens and Enersons In Capitol.
Mont, where they will be at the
homes of the jrandparent of the
children.
Tha X. L Tehees, parents of
Editor and Publisher
history.
property saving value of his ori
His activities continued to the
from his inventions and re
Edward and Bonlta, arraneed (or
the christening ol the youngest
member of the family. Burton Lynn.
Friday evening, with Rev, J. M
Jenson officiating at the Teigen
home. Sponsors for the ceremo
nies were Mr. and Mrs. R o so
lum. Mist Eleanor Enerson and Er
nest Ertckron.
rails City Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Deeta and Betty Chsppell returned
to their horn at Wa.houal, Wn .
Sunday.
ALL IN A
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XYXt XXVVYl AT LEAST YOU COULDN'T SjNVAV xyW
vAi wCwOs KID u& WITH A PHONEY MfA1 UyViv
Closed Shop Contracts
Held Void and Strikes
To Effect Them Illegal
CmiMmir1
reaction "
The vice-chancellor quoted the
following from a U. 8. supreme
court decision, handed down In 1892,
to Indicated the change taking place
in labor relations:
"Whatever enthusiasts may hope
for, in this country every owner of
property may work it ax he will, by
whom he pleases at such wages and
such terms as he can make: and
every laborer may work or not, as
he sees fit. for whom, at such wages
as he pleases; and neither can dic
tate to the other how he shall use
his own, whether property, time or
skill."
Commenting on the quotation,
Berrv said:
"We have cone far since those
words were written. The boasted
liberty of the citizen and the vaun
ted security of individual property
are no longer what they were. Both
employer and employe now dictate
to the other 'how he shall use his
own. whether property, time or
skill.'"
New York, July 21 fP) The rul
ing of Vice Chancellor Maja Leon
Berry that labor contract provid
ing for closed shops were "illegal
and unenforceable was attacked
today by Mrs. Elinore M. Herrick.
regional director of the national
labor relations board.
"There are plenty of court deci
sions in many states upholding the
legality of the closed shop, said
Mrs. Herrick.
She asserted that Section 8. Sub
division S of the Wagner labor re
lations act includes m statement
that "nothing in this act
sha 11 preclude an employer from
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making an agreement with a la
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condition of employment member
ship therein.'
Transportable automobile work
shops are being made in Italy for
use in its colonies.
TOUGH XITTY. It's "Climax," Hon cub of "Jock- and
"Juno." big specimens in the London zoo. The bone seems a bit large
for such a little cat, but food of any size looks good to a jungle kitty.
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LOT of water has gone over the !am since
f. folks first sang OLD QUAKER'S theme
song: "Th ere'sA Barrel Of Quality In Every Bottle,
But It Doesn't Take A Barrel Of Dough -Re-Mi
To Buy It." For fiftv-ninc rears they've
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BEHIND
HEADLINES
By IL R. Batik hate
Copyright, 1937. by the North
American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.
Washington, July 31 If the
counsel of those who aren't afraid
to take a long chance with the odds
against them prevails, Republic
Steel may meet with a daring at
tack as a result of the hearings be
fore the national labor relations
board beginning today.
The function of NLRB is, first to
Investigate unfair labor practices;
second to hold hearings; third to
report their findings.
If the testimony in the hearings
just starting reveals information
upon which It Is felt criminal
charges may be based, labor sym
pathizers may request action by the
department of Justice.
As pointed out in this column
some weeks ago, members of the
department of Justice have un
earthed an ancient statute, passed
after the Civil war to prevent Ku
Klux and other interference with
the voting by negroes.
It is section 51, Title 18 of the
U. S. code and it forbids conspir
ing to interfere with the perform
ance of a citizen's constitutional
rights.
The law was ased as an entering
wedge in the Harlan county Ken
tucky invest itiation. not yet con
cluded by the department of jus
tice. According to unquotable sources,
an attempt may be made to show
conspiracy under this statute on the
part of Republic Steel.
But here is the long shot:
Conservative legal advisors of la
bor have been urging against an
attempt to launch any further at
tacks on this ba.sis until the Ken
tucky case goes to court and Is rul
ed upon by the supreme court.
They wlil be surprised if the
NLRB testimony is used to this end-
Edward F. McGrady. ace concili
ator of the department of labor as
well as assistant secretary, who it is
alleged, has resisted more tempta
tions to give up his public service
(at $9,500 a year) than St. Anthony
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SKY HOBO. Merrill K. Riddfck and his hobo plane got
started in a driving rainstorm from Angola, N. Y., on the second leg
of bis projected night from Blasdell, N. V., to Bombay, India. The
ship's insignia shows two hoboes astride a donkey.
did in his particular line, has been
tempted again.
The salary was to run to fifteen
grand, if necessary, and the job
was to take over for Major Berry,
president of labor's non-partisan
league, that organization which
gave such enthusiastic support and
took such generous credit for the
re-election of President Roosevelt.
Major Berry, who. you may recall,
is now junior senator from Tennes
see, thinks that his duties, holding
two jobs, may be conflicting. Mean
while, looking for his successor, the
league apparently feels that it
needs not only an efficient head,
but alM a man with a reputation
for non partisanship. Hence the of
fer to the labor department official.
According to best advices, Mr.
McGrady regrets.
Friends say that Ed McGrady Is
one of the most self-sacrificing pub
lic servants that Uncle Sam has had
in the last two decades. They
predict that, if he goes, it will be
only because he feels that things
just aren't working out so that his
services are still of value. Other
wise, he'll continue to keep St. An
thony No. 2 man at turning down
attractive offers.
Mr. McGrady started in makme
sacrifices earlv. He believed in
strikes when tliev weren't as popu
lar as they are today, and. as a re
sult, Is tolerably familiar with the
interior of a lot of lails whre hp
lfP VACATION I I
May we suggest that you have
the Capital Journal delivered to
your vacation address every day
that you are away thereby
keeping abreast of the times at
home.
2, weeks for
LET THE CAPITAL JOURS AL BE A DAILY
VISITOR TO YOUR VACATION ADDRESS
Telephone 3571 or give your
vacation
boy and
any issue of the
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was dumped for doing what's per
fectly legal today participating In
labor activities.
Now he considers his Job slop
ping strikes, not prolonging them,
and he has by no means lost the
confidence of the workers. eithcT.
He's solved the problem of serving
two masters he can often get a
better bargain for both employer
and employe than either could get
alone.
Uncle Sam as a demon rum dis
tiller is seeing things on the walls.
Not pink elephants, say the folks
with their eye to the bunghole of
the Virgin islands' rum barrels, but
handwriting in red ink.
Not that government house rum
isn't good. But it isn't smart, say
the epicures.
And it isn't the sins of the spirit.
either, but the body. The body of
the rum. It's too heavy for the
effete American taste, is the crit
icism of the critical. Apparently,
the distillers followed an old pro
verb and went wrong. They thought
it wasn't wise to try to teach an
old rum-hound new tricks, so they
made their product well, but not so
wisely. They recreated the bever
age of the type tlm gave old Ad
miral Grog his reputation, put the
punch in rum punches and made
rum sauces saucy in the bad old
davs before prohibition.
But tastes, it seems, have chang
ed. Palate have bmmo frtvo!nn
ANY PLACE
ANY TIME
address to your carrier
you'll not miss
and lighter minds and morals of
the po&t mar era demand, a lighter
body.
These are the sober facto. y
As usual, figures conceal tha
story. And the offciial distiller
don't admit it-openly. (Import of
the O. H. rum for May were only
a little over $5,000 less than April,
end well above the previous
months.
Nevertheless, say the eye-to-the-bungholers.
the government 1 tn a
rather tough spot. It must either
put on an Intensive advertising
campaign to sell the ancient vir
tues of the fluid that made ten
nights In a barroom possible (nd
profitable) and probably draw down
another volley from the W.CTU,
or face expensive alterations.
The latter would mean switching
to the frivolous "light bodied" itutf
that goes with hors doeuvres and
olives on toothpicks instead of the
kind that floated a thousand hips.
Silverton Shooters
Make Good Scores
Silverton Silverton men were 100
per cent efficient when all three
who attended the shooting contests
at Camp Whtthycombe made a
place for themselves for the Camp
Perry. Ohio, trip in August.
These were Osmund Olson, Rudy
Schenk and Donald Christenson.
Chris tendon had the additional
honor of being the youngest man
at the match and the youngest to
gain the right to compete at Camp
Perry.
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SUI YAM A.
Gen. Gen SHglyaoM, Japanese
minister of war. acted In the
North China erisis while diplomat-
ourht a peaeefni ellma.
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