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The Capita! Journal,' Salem? OrSgsn
Tuesday March 21, 7939
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CapitalfflJouimal
SALEM, OREGON
ESTABLISHED MARCH 1. lltt
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Feasible and Desirable
Of all of the WPA projects suggested for the city of
; Salem since the inception of the federal government's work
relief program none has been more adaptable to successful
- application of hand labor methods, or more to be desired from
the standpoint of civic improvement than the proposal made
: to the council last night to protect and beautify the old city
camp ground and convert it into a permanent park.
The details of the plan as worked out by the city engineer
in cooperation with local officials of the WPA and NYA call
' for a total expenditure of about $14,000, with the city contri
'buting $2000 for materials and the government $12,000 in
labor.
With this money it is proposed to surround the B-acre
tract with dry masonry rock walls to protect the banks of
Shelton ditch and Pringle creek, which border the park on the
north and south, fill the enclosed grounds where filling is re
quired with dirt graded out of nearby streets and prepare the
entire area for landscaping to restore it to its original natural
beauty. Necessary dredging operations in the two creeks dur
ing recent years have made much of the park a bare waste of
loose, ugly rock which, for lack of retaining walls, slides back
into the creek beds with each recurring flood.
The federal money is available in allocations already
made; the troublesome question being where the city is to get
its $2000. City Engineer Davis made the suggestion that part
of the $2500 received from the capitol reconstruction commis
sion as compensation for the old bandstand in Willson park
donated to the city by the late Jos. N. Albert be utilized. But
this met with the objection that the city is morally bound to
use that money for replacement of the bandstand, a suitable
site for which the park board has so far been unable to find.
A way out of the dilemma suggests itself in the thought
that the bandstand fund be used in part, the balance be set up
In a further bandstand project under WPA in the new park
and the whole park be dedicated as a memorial to the public
spirited generosity of Mr. Albert. Certainly such a plan would
have been acceptible to Mr. Albert had he lived a few months
longer and the agreement of
ticipated.
The New Justice
The first reaction to the
las to be associate justice of
' the appointment did not go to
ington or to some other politician whose chief recommenda
tion was that he was an ardent
. Mr. Douglas, at 40, is not
yer and a man of character. He
man in the nation on corporation law and practices and his
experience with the SEC has shown him a man of discretion
and judgment. That he is a westerner and familiar with the
traditions and background of
Mr. Douglas is a self made man in every sense of the
word, the son of poor missionary parents, who had to do all
kinds of work to secure an education. He put himself through
the public schools of Yakima and Whitman college, taught
school, then worker at odd jobs to put himself through Co
lumbia university law school. After two years as a member
of a large law firm, he taught law first at Columbia, then at
iiaie wnere ne became sterling professor of law and won
recognition as one of the outstanding law teachers of the
nation.
A corporate reorganization by Douglas attracted the at
tention of Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the SEC, with the
result that Douglas was later elevated to head the SEC him-
sell and made a good job of cleaning up the stock exchange.
Though Mr. Douglas is a new dealer, he is not a fanatical
one, nor does he agree with many of its experiments. He is a
liberal of the Brandeis type and has a thorough respect for
Community Cooperation
The Salem Box company of West Salem is one of the most
promising local industries in the community. Starting from
mall beginnings in 1928 with sales of $7500 and a payroll of
expanaea gradually until It had sales of $150,000 and
a payroll of $60,000 in 1937, when it was wantonly destroyed
by fire by the labor terrorists. It had shown a steady profit,
which was put back into the business in plant enlargement
The plant has been rebuilt and since getting back into re
production has maintained payrolls running as high as $5000
a month, with an average of $3400. But it has been handi
capped by lack of capital. At the time of rebuilding, various
promises of financial assistance were made, encouraging the
management to go ahead with construction, but many sub-
v..uclo iiiku io inane goon, oiners look manufactured ma
terial for the money advanced. Only about $8000 was paid in.
The company has passed the experimental stage and is
now in position for permanent financing. It has a ready local
market for all of its output, as there is no other box factory
in this section of the valley. But lack of adequate working
capitnl compels it to turn down many profitable contracts.
Much has been said about the necessity or desirability of
ecuring new industries and payrolls, but here is an cstab-
iani patron oi auuu a month which is as important to the
community as any new one could be. Community cooperation
should be forthcoming to preserve and expand this desirable
concern, Keeping the industries we have is better policy than
seeking for new ones. Salem cannot afford to lose any of its
Squeaking Chair
Alderman's Taraet
Alderman C. F. French I a pa
tient man, but hi patience ran be
exhausted.- Before the city council
aojoumed last night he arose and
said:
Mr.. Mayor there 1 one matter
uiat ha been called to my attention
about every 30 second tonight That
I Alderman Willi Clark' chair. I
suggest It be referred to the engi
neering department."
No official action wa taken -but
Editor and Publisher
his heirs is logically to be an
nomination of William O. Doug
the supreme court is relief that
Senator Schwellenbach of Wash
Roosevelt idolater.
a politician, but a brilliant law
is probably the best informed
the west, adds to his desirability.
Needed
prooaoiy we Clark chair, which Is
to French- Immediate right, wont
be squeaking next time the council
mrris.
Alderman French, by the way,
"w oniy one whose nerves
nave neen curried by the squeaking
chair.
Woe rotter Injured
Jefferson Oeorge Campbell, who
I cutting wood for Oeorge Boves
In the Scravelhlll district, cut his
ankle with the axe. The local phy
sician, treated the wound.
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i t i iiMiiainnM i By Beck i i n l
' L' CANT FINISH
"MA' M"-K BUT ST )
wAfo UA4T THAr Jr.
Sips, for
By Don
Art Perry, the Medford column
lit, maintained the same discreet
and painful alienee in hie Monday'a
column about the result of the final
game In the state basketball tour
nament, that the powers that be
should maintain about the Euro
pean situation but do not. Mr.
Perry would be a good man to
establish In Washington, D. C.
ambassador of good will by power
or example.
As to diver and sundry remarks
made by the powers that be rela
tlve to the European situation, we
feel sure the late Mr. Kipling would
forgive us for quoting a few lines
Novelties
In the News
(Br Associated Prm)
"So Sorry"
Bluefleld, W. Va. A nervous, we J
4ressed young man held up Mrs.
Virginia Shumaker 20-year-old mo
vie eashler, and took $245. He apolo
gized: "I'm sorry but I've Just got to have
the money. Give me five minutes
to make my getaway and I swear
I'll send the money back to you in
90 days,"
Police said they couldn't wait 90
days and started looking for him.
Wrong Half
ijos Angele James Roygad's
clothes were pretty well torn up
when he reported to police he had
been robbed. In fact, he had only
one leg on his trousers.
"The holdup got the other half of
my pants," he said. "The worst part
of It Is that he got the half with
my wallet."
Run-Out
Salt Lake City When the dentist
called "Next I" 8-year-old Roy Dan
iels' mother couldn't find him.
She notified police, who located
Roy five hours later.
We'll try again tomorrow," she
told officers.
Tax Collector's Utopia
Waupaca, Wis. Being treasurer
of the village of Scandinavia, as Is
Miss Daisy Buer, Is an all right Job.
The villagers have paid 98 per cent
of their county taxes. Only five
taxpayers failed to pay and three
of them have asked an extension
until July 1.
Trouble Makers
Blamed in Prison
San Quentln, Calif., March 21 (PI
Authorities of San Quentln prison
acted today to break the second
hunger strike of convict In two
months, and hinted at a plan to
revoke the good behavior credits of
strike leaders.
"The whole thing." said Warden
Court Smith, "Is due to about fif
teen trouble makers."
Sixteen hundred of the 8300 In
mates of San Quentln, reputedly
America most populous prison, re
fused to eat their evening meal yes
terday after a protest against prison
fare. Later, however, they went
quietly to their cells along with 3700
other convicts who had failed to
Join In the strike.
Guards threatened strikers with
confinement on a bread and water
diet If they refused to eat breakfast
today. Meantime, higher prison
authorities said If the unrest con
tinued, they would ask Uie board of
prison terms and paroles to revoke
the "good time" credit of strike
leaders. Thla would add about 60
per cent to Uie length of moat sen
tence. Warden Smith said there was
nothing the matter with Uie prison
food.
Monmouth The College Inn and
fixture have been sold bv Mrs.
Cora B. Slattery to Mr. and Mrs
Byron Beard. Mr. Slalterr will
make her home In Portland. Mr. and
Mr. Beard, who came from Mon
tana, took possession . of the res
taurant Monday.
Sapper
Upjohn
from one of his best known poems
wnicn read thusly:
"For heathen heart that put Its
trust
In reeking tube and Iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not thee to
guard.
For frantic boast and foolish word
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lordl'
In our day every school boy could
recite foregoing verse, a habit which
It might be well to resume from the
elders down.
Walt Wlnslcw, the well known
atty.-at-law, told us of a faux pas he
pulled tyring to fit a round lead into
one of these pencils made to carry
only square leads. He said it didn't
work and he had to call in an ex
pert to get the pencil back Into op.
eratlon. We always knew the dim.
culty of ttting a square peg Into a
round hole, but this Is an excellent
example of the vice versa.
The first day of spring arrived as
provided lor in the almanac, belno
ushered in by an early morning fog,
followed by sunshine. Up to date
the March Hon has been functioning
in pretty good shape and the
groundhog's six weeks are up. It Is
now only three months until the
longest day of the year.
The boys over at DeLake have
fixed the dates for the Devil's Lake
regatta at June 34 and 28 and pretty
soon admiral's commission will be
floating around these parts as thick
as bulletins from the department of
agriculture. What with the plans
oeing worked out by the navy with
uie neip or congress, maybe some of
these commissions will come In
handy before all Is said and done.
The Week' Meanest
(Corvallis- Gazette-Times)
An English newspaner savs that
the American constitution Is no
longer workable. Well, anyway, it
nasn c laiien In love and abdicated.
However, from the amount of
money being spent under It every
oay we trunk the constitution is be.
lng worked to the limit.
Elliott Roosevelt
Sees Garner Leading
Fort Worth, Texas, March 31 VPh-
Elliott Roosevelt, aon of the presi
dent, says Vice-President John N.
Garner Is "In the driver' seat right
now" as a likely democratic candi
date for the presidency in 1040.
In a radio broadcast, young Roose
velt said last night "there Is little
room to doubt Mr. Oarner and the
president of the United States have
traveled separate roads since the
winter of 1937. Report have It the
vice-president became so Incensed
over the administration's handling
of the sit-down strike situation that
he quit Washington and returned to
Uvalde for a six-months' vacation.
Since his return, his opinions have
been at variance with the presi
dent's as to the path being taken
by the democratic party."
Terming Oarner "a party man."
the speaker said Oarner uw In last
fall elections a return to conser
vatism and Gamer wa "reported
to have requested frequently the
administration sense the trend and
bring the democratic party Into a
more conservative alignment."
Roosevelt declared, however, "I do
not feel qualified to voice an op
inion as to the result thus far and
the future attainments of the con
servative element as opposed to the
new deal."
Mrs. Stenger Hostess
Monitor Mrs. John Stenger en
tertained the Monitor "Friendly"
club. All member were present
except Mr. Byron Ballweber, Mr
D. Caldwell and Mrs. Dennis Nor
ton. The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Clifford Norton.
Member present were Mr. J. W.
Richmond. Mrs. Tony Stenger. Mr.
D. J. Faulkner. Mr. Roy Bonney,
Mrs. Hartley .Bonney, Mrs. Lue
Pfafflnger. Mr. Claude Norton. Mrs
Clifford Norton, Mrs. Paul Simon
and Mrs. Anna Seely. Additional
guest were "Mr. "Pearl- Hammond
News
Behin
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By-Paul Mai lon
Washington, March 31 Ona offi
cial Inside version I that Chamber
lain, Daladler and Roosevelt had
some Inside In
formation about
what Hitler waa
going to do . . .
considered It ln
evltable . . .
therefore were
not surprised.
They may have
known It In the
sense that, a all
Caech fortresses
had been deliv
ered up to Hit
ler with the
Paul Mailon
Sudetenland, everyone knew he
could take the rest whenever he
decided to break hi promise. Ap
parently they did not know he
would break hi word right after
the ides of March, or even this
year.
That Chamberlain was caught
flatfooted Is evident in the fact that
he was at that very moment pub
licising a trade rapprochement with
Germany, sending a mission to Ber
lin.' And Mr. Roosevelt told his
presr conference thl was not the
crisis he hinted at before he start
ed hi naval cruise. (He did not
say so, but he merely knew then
both Mussolini and Hitler were to
bring up new troop classes; the
crisis he expected apparently was
that still threatened by Mussolini
In the Mediterranean.)
They were all outwitted again.
Where It Hurts
Chamberlain and Daladler are
supposed here to have a definite
plan of stopping the dictators at
the point where they have expect
ed the next crisis In the Mediter
ranean. But no one here believes
they will or can do anything effec
tive about Rumania or MemeL
Britain, France and the U. S.
seem to have been cutting Hitler
where it hurts. In the bread basket,
even before the U. S, treasury de
clared it 28 per cent tariff penalty
against nasi goods.
Their buying in Germany has fal
len off this way (commerce depart
ment figures In round millions of
dollars) :
United Kingdom France U.S.
1937 174 128 84
1938 141 87 60
Hitler' purchases from Britain
and France have not declined as
much, and have Increased in the
United States. (He has been buying
mostly factory machinery here that
he cannot get anywhere else.) The
Hitler buying report show (in mil
lions of dollars):
United Kingdom France U.S.
1937 124 63 113
1938 113 87 162
Corcoran Away
rommy Corcoran left town unan.
nounced last week for a vacation.
As he was the leader of the palace
Insurrection against tax appease
ment, the Morgenthau-Hanes ap-
peasers are cheering. They also
have other more definite Indica
tions that the president may be on
their side.
The excellent Inside lobbying Job
which saved much of Mr. Ickes' In
terior department appropriation
from congressional economizing was
done by his assistant, the ex-congressman
William Belter. As an
ex-member he had the privilege of
the house floor, and used It.
Gravy Bloc
What might be called the mn
bloc of the house Is a group of wes
tern congressmen, numbering up
ward of 25, which meets each Satur
day mornings, and map plan for
getting gravy. By ladling their votes
to each other, they have become
tremendous power against econo
my.
How they sometimes work Is Il
lustrated by the story of one gravy
man who wanted a certain new na
tional park constructed In his state.
It wa.s a project so farfetched that
Wot
Day
by Westinghouse
Yeatcr &
253 N. Liberty
ven the spending Xcke park ser
vice would not okey It So the
gravyman went to FDR, convinced
him that WPA workers might bet
ter be assigned to cleaning up that
area than raking leave. It worked.
WPA spent a lot of money cleaning
up the area, so the park service
could have no more objection about
the amount of money Involved.
Thus the astute gravy 1st was able
to get park service approval now
for an Initial $250,000 expenditure
in the present Interior bill. An ul
timate expenditure of 18,000AM Is
contemplated.
Trade Penalty
Consistency ha been considered
a rather cheap Jewel in Washing
ton recently, but It got down to the
value of costume Jewelry when the
25 per cent anti-natt trade penalty
was announced.
The treasury took this action on
the legal ground that Germany I
subsidizing It export at a time
when Agriculture Secretary Wallace
Is trying to arrange an export sub
sidy to sell more cotton abroad.
Mr. Wallace and several Impor
tant cotton official had called on
the president the day before and an
nounced the president was (old on
the export subsidy plan because the
pending Smith bill would cost too
much.
The sauce for the U. 8. cotton
goose has therefore been labeled
poison for the U. S. Importing gan
ders. But no one will protest much.
Harry Hopkins, the right hand
man, is having a Job getting a busi
nessman in as head of his bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce.
Three have turned him down: D. M.
Nelson. Sears-Roebuck V.P.: William
Batt of S.K.P.; John Blggers, the un
employment census taker. Latest In
vitation has confidentially been sub
mitted to Carl Conway, board chair
man of Continental Can, with a
similar result expected.
Erecting Apartments
Stlverton Among recent build
ing activities are the four strictly
modern apartment cottages con
structed by the Homeseeker Agency
at 410 North Second street. Two
of the cottages are reserved for
tourist and two are rented by the
month. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Petltt
are making their home In the
Homeseeker' apartments and the
Harry Wilsons moved from there to
the Donnell apartments.
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ley Blount Ru Hedge, Jr. dean of the
University of Iowa law school, was
nominated by President Roosevelt
today to be an associate Justice of
the United States court of appeals
of the District of Columbia.
This 1 a new position created
by the last congress.
Dean Rutledge had been promin
ently mentioned for the vacancy of
the United State supreme court,
to which William O. Douglas, chair
man of the securities commission,
was nominated yesterday. .
The Iowa professor, only 44 years
old. ha been dean of the univer
sity since 193S. A native of Clover-
port, Ky.. he studied at the universi
ties of Wisconsin, Indiana and Colo
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He taught In Indiana and New
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