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Newspaper Page TextMonday, March 21, 1938 Four The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon CapitaljiJouraal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED MARCH L 1884 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 444 Chemereta tnreei. uinii-" v..v. Newe Room 9573; Society Editor 3578 GEO ROE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher iUU, LEASED WIBB SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PBESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES a riniri! WeckW. 1.15: Monthly. $.60: Cm Tear. MM. t MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly. $.80; Six Monthe, $2.50: Ona Year. $5.00. UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON: Monthly, $.50: Six Month, 3.00; Tear, 1800. . -Dn.. i ai.iVA! ntitiMi tA tha use for nubllcatlon of , itf naawmwu j - all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also local news puousnea aercin. "With or without of fens to friend or Joe I sketch your world exactly a it goes. The administration's reorganization bill on which the senate is about to take final action is designed to center u -ji:.,....,.;a nniirAra in tho hnnria nf the executive and de- nuini inn li uiiit wnwo " . - prive congress of its constitutional powers. It gives the pres ident the right to transfer, consolidate, abolish and establish bureaus without consent of congress or obtaining ratification of congress, it increases Dureaucracy ana me cum ui govern ment and hence is not a measure of economy or efficiency, as L. T,,A nnKironlTui!fi1 TnPO 911 Tf i tllC -UJIU I CtJi 6llii-.iv.. . The reorganization bill is a more vicious one than the resident's court reform was ana is aesinea lor me name K . . ., T 11.. U !4- ends, to ennance tne executive power, me me cum . om 11. oaanM in innrpnfln nntnrrafv and destrov democracy. gives dictatorship powers to the president which, if not abused by Mr. Roosevelt, opens the way for abuse by some more unscrupulous successor. It would do for the nation what Huey Long s legislation am lor Louisiana. The administration is using all of its power and prestige to pass the measure. It is using patronage and appropriations, . . , i i lit: , f (kA Kill threats ana reprisals anu preaaure puuuta iu iwce me ui through. It has so far been successful by a small vote in de featinc the Wheeler amendment, which would have required congressional approval before any reorganization order could become effective. It has succeeded in passing the section abolishing the civil service commission, replacing the merit system by the spoils system. Today the senate votes on the proposal to abolish the of fice of comptroller general the "watch-dog of the treasury" who safeguards expenditures and reports to congress on il legal expenditures. It transfers his duties to the director of the budget where expenditure would be audited after the money has been spent instead of before, too late to check il legal expenditures, so the president will have autnority, witn. out otiestion over the billions of national disbursements. There is only one way to prevent the passage of this dan gerous bill that is bound to react on everyone, and that is by pressure from people back home on their congressmen be fore it is too late. Citizens should wire members of the Oregon delegation especially the senators at once. As the late Clarence Darrow said: Free governments and their constitutions are not prostrated at a blow by the onslaught of tyranny. They are attacked Insidiously, one right Is taken away under one preten.se, and another destroyed under another pretense. . . . Some great benefit Is to be attained; life Is to be protected free government la to be conserved; the common people are to be saved from the heresies of fake doctrines. Those forces of reaction and despo tism are aver skulking along the line of progress ready for any occasion that may come that wUl warrant an attack In the name of the very prin ciples under which humanity la marching. Frederick Stimson, in 'The American Constitution,' says: The English people In a thousand yeara experience have found that their liberties were never so really In danger as when they knew It least, never so nearly lost as under kings they liked best. When a people Is unanimous on most of the things we desire, we may carelessly adopt a meant that seems to be a short cut though It be destruction In later times, or In other hands, of government by the people Itself. "It can't happen here" but it can, and the skids are be ing greased for it by our most popular and plausible "king.1 The Price of Nenlerr NnnllnnnM, nn , K .... t i U - .-1 ! - ,., . - to correct conditions existing and rapidly developing along CltflltAn ,! U ...U J .,U .1.... 1 ,u .n..iUAnn,nuu .. l ,l. ujicit-uii uiiiu, wiuiii umuin cue suuLlienscerii LiHre- Ol ine city and a vast area beyond, is exposing the city to the threat of uaiiiuxea ir in excess 01 tne coat 01 its snare in remeaying 11113 BICUULIUII TlilA nrinninnllir in Vi a ifnntniflAn f - :,,A.a:nH J , ...... ...v utow uvmuii vi a uMciniuii until at the confluence of the two waterways just east of the peniten tiary grounds, me ntayton power ditch (better known as TMnrlll Milt nranlr In tfa miimh llivniifvli Cnln : 1 ri .1 ..-..v.. n .,, ,Vo lumac im(Ukii hJ(lll-ll JUlll a lia J UIUU of surface drainage from the vast flats and hills southeast of u i -i it , , , ,. urn cuy mco me narrow soit-DaiiKeo sneuon Ultcn with, every heavy rainstorm. The resulting torrent is doing thousands of dollars of damage to bridges and property along the ditch with each freshet, notwithstanding the tons of rock that have been dumped at vital places to protect the crumbling banks. In the Mast three mnntha hanka nf tho ilnnn v,o,. ... i back until the ditch is twice Its last year's width in places- mo atuumiK ueuig at tne expense of abutting private property. One concrete bridge has been completely destroyed, and the paved dirt approaches of another so badly scoured as to necessitate ripping up the pavement to make temporary re pairs. The piling supports of two timber bridges were so weakened or washed out as to twice necessitate their closure to traffic. Private buildings close to the crumbling baoks are being undermined and numerous trees have been torn loose to topple into the stream. The old city camp ground has been practically ruined as a park site turned into a waste of bare rock. Full responsibility fr correcting these conditions does not lie entirely with the city. The state and county are also in volved or Interested. Rut the destruction and liability for damages lies chiefly with the city, which should take the ag gressive initiative to see that immediate steps are taken to curb the threat of further destruction. Young Will Argue Against Utilities Independence The chamber of tommrrce will meet Tuesday even ing at the Methodist church where a dinner will be served by the Boos ter's elub of the church. O. W. row ler. new president-elect of the cham ber, will be Inducted Into office, and will read hit committers for the tomlng year Fred H. Young of Portland has been Invited as a dinner guest for' the evening and will apeak later In tlie auditorium of the training school building against the forma tion of the seven-county utility dis trict. He will represent what Is termed as the "taxpayers aide" of the Issue. Lodge Plan Sanaa Scotu Mills Butte lodge and Ivy Rebrkah lodge have aet Saturday evening, March 26. for a Joint father and son, mother and daughter ban quet. L Boyhood Hazards jj mammssEa By Beck n ie Mir semn tU back. iVji'it any wrWKyA 0 NEARER TUB Wifcaspftfiaafl 'JEHT mna:iZZMyt&vrsuta' arm. .m..nj News Behin THEH By PaulMallon flepwwaastwsai 4. i Sips for Supper By Don Upjohn Spring arrived last evening at 10:43. Pacific Standard time, ac companied by the vernal equinox, rain, snow, hail and temperature getting down toward the freezing point. Carrots, cabbage and other spring bonnet decorations were threatened with extinction, but are expected to survive over Easter. Spring poetry is omitted this year as it Is hard to write while the poet Is wearing mittens. The state basketball tournament also came to an end with Salem's Novelties In the News (Br AMoeiatsd Prau) Photo Finish Erie, Pa Death snapped a photo nnin ror Frederick Carter, high school freshman and photograph enthusiast. He went to the railroad tracks with schoolmate Lawrence Blesley to take a head-on shot of an on coming train. The train rushed by and Plesler. busy taking a aide view snapshot, heard a scream. Carter had failed to leap aside In time. Late Decision Fort Dodge, la. Peter Orell. 7J. who married fifty years ago. Is celebrating his golden wedding an niversary thta year by asking for a divorce. His suit charged his wife, Susan, 72, with cruel and inhuman treatment and desertion. My, My, What Manners Chicago Mel-Mel, baby giant panda, made her debut before a re cord crowd or 42,000 at the Brook field loo, but went high hat. After canting a disinterested look upon her appreciative audience she turned her back and became en grossed In squirming through a hollow log and playing with a baby buggy and canvaa chair nailed to the floor. Mot So Good Chicago William Burke started In hot pursuit when he saw a young man rapidly pushing the baby car rtnge of his one-year-old son, Kevin, down the street. The youth had a good start, but the baby buggy proved too much of a handicap. He was brought down with a flying tackle and turned over to the police. His only expla nation was that "the Idea seemed a good one at the time." chances likewise down around zero. Ron Gemmell, sporting editor -of the Statesman, who sat through 30 hours of basketball or there abouts, suddenly remembered as the tournament came to a close Sat urday night that he had an en gagement to go horseback riding ounaay morning, witn spartan-like courage he kept the date without very many happy returns of the oay. A military conference scheduled lor Washington, D. C, to outline plans for mobilization In case any unpleasantness should arise which calls for action. It was stated In connection with the announcement that a mobilization could be had within three or four months after a declaration of war, but It seems declarations of war are outmoded and tha game Isn't played that way any more. For Instance. Mr. Hitler put up his Austrian bluff and made it stick because he's been mobiliz ing for several years before any de claratlon of war. Sergeant Farley Mogan of the state police la reported by his bro ther officers to be a model of sys tematic neatness for his records. According to them, he keeps his records careiuuy tiled in his police car and an Index of the file at home so If he loses one he'll have the other Intact Thia system also flxea It so every time he wants to find something in the file In his car he has to run home to consult tha Index. There's nothing like having a place for everything and everything in Its place. (Exchange) "My grandad, viewing earth's worn cogs, Said things were going to the docs: his granddad In his house of logs. said things were going to the dogs; His grandad In the Flemish bogs, Said things were going to the dogs; bb granddad in his old skin togs. Said things were going to the dogs: There's one thing that I have to state The dogs have had a good long wait," At any rate, no matter what happens, Softball la Just around the corner. Schlador on Vacation Sllverton J. Cal Schlador Is spending a two weeks' vacation from his work at his Sllverton home Schlador la In federal employ, In charge of telephone lines with head quarters at the Triangle lake CCC camp. Though of equal altitude of the near-by Sllverton districts where several feet of snow haa fal len, Schlador reported no snow In the Triangle section and the weath er mild with many wUd flowers In bloom. 'MM- i aaetMllsiaaiBBassssiBBSSMaeaiaMMia CROWDS SAW RtD kwtn me m a geod eaaat wheat Danla, Fla.. staged Tomato Day festival duel, wltk (heat m. (tanas getting aawayed a llvta ripe taaaal haa. Washington, March 21. William Green of A PL walked out of the White House a few days back, chuckling. He announced only that he expected something might be worked out on the stalemat ed wage -hour bill. l I What he did lVJ not say was that I Vl if H he had received I A 1 ternu of com ciklJ Prom'' from vile pre tioini which may give him more than half a loaf of the kind of a bill he wants instead of the kind of a bill which the CIO White Ho'ise combination has tried unsuccesstully to get through. No stenographic notes were taken for future publication, but authori ties with normal hearing facilities report the dialogue went something like this: Mr. Roosevelt greeted Mr. Oreen with an announcement that differ ences of opinion over the form of federal wage-hour action would have to cease. The president asked Mr. Oreen what he wanted. Mr. Oreen recited the well known AFL program, and then they got down to business. No Federal Board When it was over they appeared to have come around definitely to a bill which may be as significant for what it does not include as for what it will contain. There will be no federal board for one thing, no wage differentials between various sections for another. Instead there will be a fist wage rate of soirie thlng less than 40 cents an hour, and a flat hour rate, the exact amounts to be determined by nego tiation. Enforcement will be left to the department of Justice. Labor will be authorized to report viola tions. Basic idea Is the maximum hour minimum wage figures will be cut low enough so differentials will not be demanded, and thus enough con gressional votes may be rounded up to reverse the action of the house killing the earlier wage-hour bill. To Handle Bill The administration also Is sup posed to have a neat plan for han dling the bill in congress. The house calendar will be cleaned up as far aa possible so that only this one piece of legislation will stand be tweert the house and adjournment for summer campaigning. Then Mr. Roosevelt will turn on the adminis tration Turkish bath system with direct sweltering publicity pressure. Administration strategists think it will work, and It probably will. A French mission has been confi dentially flitting in and out among government authorities here trying to make arrangements to buy 300 American airplanes quickly. The Frenchmen want delivery within 30 60 days, apparently intending to send a bath to the Spanish loyal ists, and keep others for themselves. To Buy Airplanes First, they tried American manu facturers of pursuit and combat types, but were told deliveries could not be offered within a year. The factories are overburdened with u S. government orders. Some effort then was made to get the coopera tion of U. S. officials so the French order could have priority but this failed. The French will therefore have to be satisfied with a few bombers upon which they have been promised early delivery. Tha world is arming so fast that airplane manufacturers of the ma jor nations everywhere are unable to keep up with the orders of their own governments. Only the other day. the opposition In British par liament protested because the Brit ish government let other nations have a tew planea of a type they did not need. But what puzzled some U. S. of ficials was why the French want so many planes so fast. The Span ish loyalist explanation did not seem to cover the situation fully. Bridges Case Forthcoming deportation hearing of Harry Bridges may be more diffi cult for him than has been gener ally supposed. The labor department haa come Into possession of some confidential information Indicating Bridges Is officially a member of the communist party and has a card. This has somewhat tempered the enthusiasm of labor Secretary Per kins who had been led to believe he was not. Mr. Hull's exposition of foreign policy was addressed ostensibly to the National Press club, but really to congress The point escaped popular attention but the speech was Tht Momirrj After Tiklrrg Cjrttrs Little Liver Pills ''-4 ti '- ! i v ft . gwijajajapiSJJl li nnniliinn "WJC l'!", r?j '4, ' "s i.jl , . 'MISUNDERSTOOD' NOT WAYWARD' Is term Supt Byron D. Paddon prefers ta apply to youngsters at Berkshire Industrial farm for bays at Canaan, N. Y., where voca tional training la stressed as remedial measure. Above, "Inter mediates" listen earnestly as Paul M. Williams conducts wood working class. Intended as a defense of the exist ing Anglo-American "understand ing," which was called traitorous In the house a few days earlier. Hull's Explanation Hulls Indirect explanation was that the two governmenta are ex changing Information and confer ring constantly concerning world problems affecting them both with the purpose of proceeding along par allel lines. But he Indicated this government Is "retaining at all times Its Independence of Judgment and freedom of action." He put the Idea in a single sen tence saying the momentous ques tion today is "whether the doctrine of force shall become enthroned once more and bring .... interna tional anarchy and a relapse Into barbarism; or whether this and oth er peaceful nations . . . shall work unceasingly singly or In coopera tion with each other, as circum stances, their traditional policies and practices, and their enlight ened self-interest may dictate to promote and preserve law, order morality and Justice as the unshak able basts of civilized international relations. This abstraction will not satisfy Eugene Man Held For Auto Crash Dallas, Ore., March 21 Alfred George Tebault of Eugene wa ar rested by state police Saturday night, charged with a violation of the mo tor vehicle laws after he had been involved In an accident about three miles north of Rickreall on the West Side highway. Mrs. Emily Snyder of Aloha received shock, concussion and head lacerations In the accident. She was In a car driven by Henry Lowry of Aloha, which collided with the Tebault car. She was taken to Dallas General hospital. Richard Livingston, also in the Lowry car. and Mr. Lowry received minor In juries. Tebault was released Sunday on $500 bail bond and a date for hear ing is to be set. critical legislators, even though It accurately presents the situation What congressmen want is a state ment naming names so it will con stitute a promise not to go any further. Electricity a Consumption Tops Records Electricity consumption m uregon last year set an all-time record of 1,018,283.273 kilowatt hours, an 8.12 per cent increase over 1936. N. Q. Wallace, public utilities commis sioner, said today. Revenues of electric companies were $19212.901 last year, 7.56 per cent more than In 1936. Residential and rural consumers used 13 8 per cent more electricity but paid only 9.4 per cent more for it, the difference reflecting rale reductions during the year and the increased use of energy In the lower priced brackets of the rata schedule. The average residential consum er used 1.300 kilowatt hours for 1937. compared with 1.166 in 1936. He paid 2.83 cents a kilowatt last year, and three cents In 1936. Wallace said the average Oregon- domestic consumer used 75 per cent more electricity than the avernae American consumer, but his average rate was 70 per cent le.ss than the average rate for the entire nation. Commercial and industrial con sumers increased their kilowatt hour consumption 6.85 per cent, while the amounts paid for the energy increased at the same rate. Wallace said the haziness recession was responsible for the decrease In industrial consumption during the last three months of last year. Reilings Entertain With Dinner, Cards Woodburn Mr. and Mrs. Albert Relllng entertained at dinner Sat urday evening at their country place south of town in honor of the birth day anniversary of Mrs. L. R. Gil bert. Covers 'wore placed for Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Prank t Proctor, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rell lng. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gibbens, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Irwin of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Relllng. Three tables of cards wire in play during the evening with prizes for high score going to Mrs. W. E. Irwin and Earl Gibbens and for low score to Mrs. Frank Proctor and Norman Relllng. GONE! THE HIGH COST OF STOMACH TROUBLE Don't pay $3.00 to $5.00 for relief from stomach pains, indigestion, due to acidity. Try Adla Tablets 3 weeks' treatment only $1.25. Relief or your money back. J. C. Perry, Druggist. 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