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Th Capital Journal, Saltm, Oregon
Friday, April 21, 1939
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Pritnn Clemenev Racket
Cecil Edwards, secretary to Governor Sprague snd s
auch a member of the present staU board of paroles, is draw
ing the fire of a certain class of attorneys because of his an
nouncement that penitentiary prisoners and their relatives
who employ lawyers to help obtain pardons and paroles are
wasting their money; that there is nothing that a hired at
torney can do except, perhaps, prejudice the board against
the applicant. '
Th. nnlnt nt the nrntpntn In that a certain clique of law
yers, most of Whom have for years been preying upon gullible
convicts and their relatives who have money or property
with promises of securing paroles or other forms of clemency
for the unfortunate prisoners, resent any such interference
with the little graft they have been practicing. Publicity giv
, en to such announcements as that made by Edwards makes
ft difficult for shysters to fool even a desperate convict or his
family into believing that they can buy their way out of
prison.
All these racketeering attorneys have to sell is their pro
fessed "influence" with members of the parole board and with
the governor, in whom is vested the parole and pardoning
power. Such influence is as fictitious as the legal services they
actually render.
.'. Edwards and his associates on the board, resentful of the
inference contained in the activities of these attorneys and
incensed over the manner in which prisoners and their rela
tives are being bled and bilked out of their savings and prop
erty, are rendering real public service in their efforts to
break up the racket. It is to be hoped that they go deep
enough into their investigation of the abuse to make exam
ples of soma of those guilty of these questionable practices
and wipe the slate clean belore turning over tne administra
tion of parole matters to the new board in June.
Clemency for convicted offenders should not be condi
tioned upon political influence and technicalities requiring the
employment of professional go-betweens. In actual practice it
seldom is.
Third Term Aspirations
Recent developments and utterances leave little doubt
that President Roosevelt will be a third term candidate in
1940 and will bolt any conservative democrat named. The New
Deal candidates he has sought to promote for the nomination
c-Jackson, Murphy, Hopkins. Wallace, etc. have all fizzled
tout. Probably "we planned it that way."
A European war, whether America participated or not,
would precipitate what the president referred to in his Mount
Vernon address as that "real crisis and deep emergency"
'which induced Washington to lay aside his desires for retire
ment and accept the presidency of the new nation. He inferred
it might induce him to seek a third term. Washington however
refused a third term, although the country faced even a
greater crisis with its internal and foreign complications in
1796 than it did in 1788.
With war psychology gripping the country there would
be a tendency to "avoid swapping horses while crossing a
stream" and a strong propaganda to retain Mr. Roosevelt in
office, which he would affect to regard as a summons to pub
lie duty.
War would spell good-bye to the remaining liberties we
have, for all power would be given the president for a war dic
tatorshipas it was given to Wilson in the World war. Wilson
crave up his war powers immediately after the armistice be
cause he detested them. Mr. Roosevelt has never willingly
given up a single extraordinary emergency power to combat
the depression given him on his inauguration. He is not built
that way.
Financial Fallacies
Chairman Eccles of the federal reserve system told
senate committee yesterday that the administration's silver
purchase program threatened to "destroy the domestic silver
industry in this country." Coming from a silver state, he
ought to know. He proposed that the United States quit buy
ing foreign silver and work out some program to stabilize do
mestic silver production.
The treasury now holds 1,000,000,000 ounces of silver
which cannot be sold and against which it has not issued sil
ver certificates. Most of It was purchased abroad at prices
Bbove the world market, which hss been inflated by the high
prices paid by the United States. This silver cost the treasury
$564,000,000. Against it the treasury could issue $1,225,000,
000 in silver certificates and Mr. Eccles says might result in a
situation where silver dollars were the only currency and re
placed federal reserve notes.
The fantastic silver buying program was matched by the
purchase of gold In world markets at high prices until when
the dollar was devalued in 1934, it got up to $35 an ounce in
stead of the old price of $20.67. The object of this monetary
manipulation was to raise commodity prices.
How it has succeeded Is shown by the bureau of labor sta
tistics, which makes the official index for this country. Last
week wholesale prices dropped back to the lowest level since
August 1934, the approximate level before we started these
price raising experiments, which have been a major deterrant
to wng term business planning, and hence re-employment
At the same time the excess of bank reserves over legal re
quirements reacnea an aii-ume nign 73,880,000,000.
Snell Selected as
Regatta Admiral
Secretary o Stat Earl Snell was
tiamad admiral for the sixth an
nual Devll'i Lake regatta, June M
and IS yesterday by "Speed" Thomp
son, district governor (or North
linooln county Lion club, when
h appeared before the Salem Lions
daring their luncheon at the Mar
lon hotel. Thompson, together with
B, M. Remolds ot Oceania, wers
hr In the Interest of the regatta.
They presented a plan to the Salem
Lions club which, call (or tbt en
trance of a Salem gtrl m th quean
contest. Votes will be secured
through the sala ot buttons, with th
profits being divided between th
regatta association and th com
munities which alter candidate (or
queen. ,
Th regatta association has dis
pensed with an outside pmnuter for
this year's show and art handling
all ot th details themselves. Calvin
Ingl of Corvauia will be matter of
ceremonies for th various func
tions, Motorbsat racing under offi
cial sponsorship will faatur th regatta.
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By Don Upjohn
The most helpful cooperation
we've yet secured In organising our
thlngs-to-do-to-msk - It - rain club
came from Ron Oemmell who has
shaved off hla now well known
mustache.
Th George Blrrell's have mad a
gallant gesture n th right direc
tion by starting to have their house
painted. When the first dab of
paint went on the barometer sank
down almost out cf sight but we're
told has come back up again.
The situation Is getting so des
perate we're afraid we'll have to re
veal that Major Van Van Svarerude
was the party at the public utilities
commission who successfully pro
phesied rain a few weeks ago. It
will be remembered that he said
whenever the sulphur smell from
the paper mill Invaded the precinct
of the commission It always rained
and his prophecy came true before
the day was over. We bring his
nam out In the open now because
he may have to be appealed to as
Novelties
In the News
Wet Cargo
Rural Hall, N. O. It wasn't that
he scared the dickens out of Con
stable J. T. Spatnhour so much as
the company he kept that got this
driver Into trouble.
Spatnhour was gazing speculative
ly at a freshly dug ditch, when a
car sped past him Into the ditch.
The constable climbed down, help
ed the uninjured driver out, then
looked Into the wreck and discover
ed 0 gallons of liquor. He charg
ed the driver with violation of th
prohibition laws.
Political Minded
Idaho Falls. Idaho Residents of
th Blowout school district went to
town in a body to se a movie
(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
forgetting It was school board elec
tion day.
Petitioning County Superintendent
W. S, Brtghtton for help, they promised:
"Just appoint a board member for
us and well remember to hold an
election next year."
The Man Was Right
By AMoeUtae FT,,,)
weatherford. okla, Oarageman
Pet Zuschman ran for his tools
when a car coasted across his yard.
th driver yelling:
"Quick, fix my brakes they're In
terrible shape."
Returning, Buschman found no
trace of car or driver until a shout
lot Into the gully.
emerged from a nearby ravine. The
car had coasted across th garage
a last resort to get some sulphur
and brimstone going down his way
Cant you start something major.
for the sake of the farmers, at least?
A local grocery store offering
"Spsgeddi" for sale on on of Its
signs reminds us to inquire as to
what has become of this squabble
in federal courts as to whether long
or short spaghetti Is the legs! kind
to eat? We'd like to hear how that
case came out as were getting hun
gry for spaghetti and wouldn't want
some agent of J. Edgar Hoover
tracking us down tor eating the
wrong size. We don't know whether
swallowing spaghetti of an illegal
size Is an Alcatras island offens or
Just rates McNeil's Island, but we
don't car much for either place
as a more or less permanent guest.
Last evening w saw th mural
unveiled at th Qarfleld school
which was painted by Murray Wade
th younger and Dick Yeater. two
13-year-old Raphaels who worked
eight months at the federal Art
Center producing this Juvenile mas
terpiece. Not only did Murray and
Dick astound with their mural the
folks who packed the Garfield
school. But they proceeded to ex
plain how they produced sam in a
couple of talks which were both
about the best orations we have yet
heard. The federal Art Center hss
surely Justified Itself in what these
lads havs accomplished, let alone
what several hundred more are do
ing and deserves wholehearted sup
port from the town folk.
Deaf, Maybe, But Not Dumb
Los Angeles 01.19 Mike Solan eased
his aged frame Into th witness
chair and cupped a hand behind
one deaf ear. It was the hearing of
on James Watson, 48, accused cf
burglary.
"And now shouted Prosecutor
John Loucks. "on the night ot April
9 when you returned to your room,
were a blanket and an oU stove
stolen?"
"Sure, my nam Is Solan." snap
ped th witness. "I told you that
once.
Loucks began again.
"What I'm getting at." he raved
In the old man's ear, "Is this: Before
Watson took them, wer these
things m your possession?"
"Depression or no depression, he
had no right to steal them," Solan
said peevishly.
Loucks wrote on a paper the ques
tion: "Is this your blanket?" But
Solan had' forgotten his spectacles.
He stared at tne paper, and then
Jumped up, thoroughly aroused.
"No, I'm not guilty," he shouted.
"That's the thief over there."
Watson Iras bound over for su
parlor court trisl without further
testimony by the complaining wit
ness.
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Washington. April Jl Mr. Wallace
has dropped the cotton subsidy idea.
but so softly no one heard it fall.
It are ms Attor
ney General Mur
phy let the agri
culture secretary
know that he
would be glad to
Issue a ruling on
the legality of sub
sizing FSCC cot
ton salea abroad
but it would not
be f a vorable.
Thereupon. Mr
WallAm tstlri th
Paol Mallea jusUce department
to rorget it.
While official spokesmen ot the
two departments are now denying
siurpny mace such a ruling, they
are merely covering the Inside fact
that Murphy actually, but unoffi
cially, offered only an unfavorable
one.
(Murphy's Idea was that the gov
ernment cannot take title to FSCC
loan cotton before July 31 without
paying all the handling charges on
It, which would make the procedure
too expensive.)
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Blocked by Jones
Mr. waiiacs also has been block
ed on cotton subsidy legislation In
the senate, where, at the bottom of
the pile of those who tackled him,
may be found the whltehalred, smil
ing countenance of Mr. Jesse Jones,
the RFC chairman.
With his usual complete avoidance
of publicity, Mr. Jones apparently
convinced a number ot southern
senators the export subsidy pro
posal would severely Injure the cot
ton trade.
Strecker Decision
The supreme court's Strecker de
cision has caused a number of con
gressmen to get their hesda together
in a plan to broaden th pending
subversive activities MIL
They have decided that If the law
does not permit deportation of the
commies or subversive agitators. It
should be strengthened. House Judi
ciary committee lawyers now are go
ing over the 8trecker decision to
ascertain how far new legislation
should go.
The pending Smith bill (H. R.
8138) goes far enough to outlaw any
organizations and persons advocat
ing overthrow of the U. S. govern
ment. It would require civilian mill
tary organizations to get permits
from the war secretary (this would
presumably also stop the nazt bund
lers. Old guarantees against search
and seizure would be relaxed to per
mit search warrants to be Issued
against suspects harboring books
and pamphlets. Aliens violating the
act would be deported forthwith.
Red Propaganda
The navy has slipped to con
gressmen privately several pamph
lets seized aboard navy ships, or
passed out by young girls to sailors
on Riverside Drive. In Norfolk and
San Francisco reading: It's an of
ficer's navy I . . . You will be used
to fight for the same bankers and
bosses who piled up fortunes In the
last war . . . Sailors refuse to mur
der your fellow worker bar and
abroad! . . . Fight for your own
right to organise!" eta, etc
Th army has had some little
trouble like this, but not a much
as th navy. Prom private autos.
driving through army posts, leaflets
have sometimes been thrown Into
the stables and troop quarters.
Navy and army are Interested.
however, only In the few sections of
th Smith MU relating to this kind
of activity, and not to Its broader
civilian aspects.
There will be trouble aplenty In
congress over the Issue, as a ma
jority there has long opposed ex
tensive anti-sedition laws which
could be misused for political pur
poses, or any expansion of military
authority over aimiaB political activity.
Publicity Move
If there Is anything Important
behind Colonel Lindbergh new Job
for th war department, persistent
investigation ass taiieu 1, icwk
i, inn.Mnti, it wu onlv a well
conceived publicity step, to promote
mora air research appropriations
from congress.
Some mammoth idess are report
art rteveinnlni in these Morgenthsu
conferences on what to do In case
ot war. Three courses ot handling
stock market liquidation are sup
posed to be under consideration.
The administration will choose one.
probably th first oca, recommend
ing legislation from conzrees au
thorizing (4,000,000.000 In nw gold
certificates to be issued against gold
already held and deposited to th
credit ot th treasury. With this
fund, some government agency,
probably RFC, could buy whatever
American securities ar liquidated
by foreign holders. But It raises pros
pects of government ownership and
Inflation, both of which are un
desirable. The other two courses under con
sideration ar similar but worse:
creation of a specific government
agency to buy securities, and use of
the old Thomas amendment author
lzlng the president to Issue currency
up to (3,000,000,000.
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