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A Builder Moves On
In October, 1834, Jason Lee and his little missionary
band parked their canoes near the present site of Wheatland
ferry, an incident o empire building significance which also
presaged the birth of a great educational institution, Wi 1am
ette university. One hundred years later in October, 1934,
- there came to this valley another educator, builder and mod
ern missionary, Dr. Richard Bruce Baxter. He parked an au
tomobile instead of a canoe, but of main significance to this
community was the fact that his arrival marked the rebirth
of a great university. .
Jason Lee became the leader of Methodism in the Oregon
country. In a way Dr. Bruce Baxter is his lineal and logical
successor because in a few short years he, too, has become the
leader of Methodism in the same domain.
As a rule a community can do nothing but rejoice at the
well earned and well deserved successes of one of its own citi
zens. But in our congratulations to Dr. Baxter and to the
Methodist church there must be an underlying note of sad
ness and regret at his departure. Not alone because the
weight of his influence on the university has become so
marked in the light of physical, educational and spiritual de
velopment for the school itself, but because of the birth and
rise of a great new spirit of co-operation between the insti
tution and the community.
From the beginnings of white man's history in this val
ley there was a marked showing of ill-feeling between the so
called missionary party and those outside the pale. It ran all
through the organization and perfection of the provisional
government and now and then an echo can be heard to this
day.' Before Dr. Baxter arrived there remained a certain
coolness and aloofness between the campus and Main street
which even a stranger could detect after but short residence.
But with his arrival came a different story. The icicles
began to melt and through the few short years a bond of
unity has sprung up unknown before during the hundred
years.
Willamette will miss Dr. Baxter. It no doubt will have
other presidents of equal educational and administrative
qualifications. Salem cannot help but hope against hope that
these new presidents will have the same will and ability to
continue to cement the campus ana the town in a Dona ot pro
gressive fellowship such as that started by Dr. Baxter.
The Methodist church gains a great bishop. Salem loses
in the flesh a great friend ; in spirit we know he will still be
with us. It is to be hoped the feeling of mutual understanding
he started and fostered will be undying.
Blitzkrieg of Propaganda
"The Strategy of Terror," by Edmond Taylor, is just off
the press. Taylor spent many years abroad as an American
correspondent and covered many of the outstanding events of
recent years. He saw Europe headed for war and "saw the
blitzkrieg of propaganda, using intimidation, terror, confu
sion and corruption, end in the blitzkrieg of blood."
The book was written before Germany's invasion of Den
mark and Norway. Events since then have borne out his
story. The things he saw and recorded could have been seen
and noted by France and England. He pointed out how the
morale of the French people was being shattered not only by
nazi propaganda, but by domestic propaganda.
France, he says, was split into factions; that sections of
the press were open to the highest ludder, and to the unscrup
ulous propaganda of certain politicians.
Important business interests favored appeasement. Cow
ardly government officials kept the people ignorant as to true
conditions; they backed and filled and gave orders never in
tended to be obeyed; communiques were falsified; the people
became confused, baffled, and in the end panic stricken. De
featism spread among all classes.
When, in February, Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden
paid a secret visit to the French front a luncheon was ar
ranged for them at Lille. Within half an hour after they had
taken their seats at the table the Germans were announcing
the menu over the radio and it was correct in every detail.
, A French officer told Taylor that his regiment was com
pletely demoralized within five minutes after reaching the
front and had to be removed from that sector. The demoral
ization was due to the fact that the Germans across the line
announced, through a loud speaker, the arrival of the troops,
their number, the names of the officers and men and where
they came from. The information was furnished by spies em
ployed by Germany and scattered all through France.
How many has Germany employed in this country?
Not for the Guard Alone
President Roosevelt's proposal to ask congress for need
ed legislation to permit him to call national guard units up for
prolonged intensive training, and his expressed intention to
summon four divisions to camp in the near future for a year
oi military scnooiing Drings to a focus the need for a more
equitable system of enforced army service.
The president's plan, if approved by congress, will oper
ate to work untold hardship upon most of the national
guardsmen by seriously interrupting their normal occupa
tions, materially impair their earning power and effectively
disrupt the educational plans of those still in school. It can
of course be argued that they voluntarily subjected them
selves to these consequences when they enlisted in the guard.
But it can not be fairly asserted that they had reason to an
ticipate being palled to such extended duty in time of peace.
The urgent necessity for intensive training of enlarged
defense forces at the earliest possible moment is not to be
denied.
With congress and the president bending every effort to
provide planes, tanks, mobile artillery, small arms and other
battle materials for a standing army of 750,000 men and an
emergency force of 2,000,000, it is imperative that provision
be made for training men to operate such an enlarged mili
tary machine and have them in rpiulinnaa hv Hio ,ioii..,,..
of equipment is completed. Wilhout trained men to use it,
such equipment would be of little more value than if it had
never been made.
Selective compulsory training, inconsistent as it may at
first appear to democratic principles and the theories of indi
vidual liberty, is the answer. Freedom from compulsion un
der a democracy is after all relative, and liberty contingent
upon perpetuation of the government that assures it Defense
of those principles is the obligation of nil and undiscriminat
ing enforcement of that obligation the duty of all.
Boyhood Hazards
HEY STOP OH BOY.. I'VS SOT L
, I YOUR CAR Jf THEM SCARED.. LOOK
& -7 HERE HE S HOU THEY ARB r-
COMES -J SLOWING UP.
The Fireside Pulpit
By REV. E. S. HAMMOND
"But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others
which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with Him. Wherefore comfort one another with these
words." I Thes. 4 :13, 14, 18.
Recently I read with much In-
terest the autobiography of a well
known American author. In his
boyhood he went to church in a
pioneer community. In later life
he dropped the church entirely and
evidently laid aside the teachings
of those earlier days. Especially
did he question the future life. He
was greatly attached to his mother
and as she became aged and feeble
he gave much time and spent a
good deal of money to make her
life comfortable and care-free. But
at last the inevitable happened and
death took her away. Then he
found his doubts unsatisfactory. He
did not like the thought that his
mother had absolutely ceased to
be.
As I read his frank confession of
his feelings I' pitied him. He had
fame, the association on familiar
terms with those reckoned the
great of this and other lands, but
in tills hour of utter bereavement
he sorrowed as those who have no
hope." Oh, he had a shadowy de
sire, a bit of "wishful thinking,"
but the "hope which Is an anchor
to the soul," and "reaches to that
within the vail" was lacking to
him. How poor are the richest and
most famous of earth who are des
titute of this assured hope!
In earlier years when friends
surround us, when earthly hopes
are bright, health and strength are
ours, it may seem that we can dis
pense with the hope of immortal
ity. But when health and strength
are ebbing, when loved onea are
dropping away one by one, and
"our way of life is fallen into the
sere and yellow leaf," then we
come to realize how short Is our
stay here below, how slender our
hold upon the good things earth
has to offer, and then we begin to
wonder what there may be In the
land beyond, and to long for the
assurance for our own future, and
the reunion with the loved of other
days. '':
How comforting under these cir
cumstances to read the words of
assurance in the New Testament
of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ! They are like the light
house which shows the storm-
tossed mourner the way to the
peaceful harbor. "Even so them
also which sleep In Jesus will God
bring with him
Kelly Says:
Famed Friendship
Expected to Break
Farley and Chief
Near Parting Place
Barkley Remark
Causes Conjecture
By John W. Kelly
Washington, July 13 The David
and Jonathan friendship which has
existed between Franklin Delano
Roosevelt and James Aloyslus Far
ley is scheduled to terminate next
week in Chicago. Genial Jim does
not believe In violating the third
term tradition, does not approve in
Mr. Roosevelt preventing other
democrats from building up for the
nomination, and Jim will not man
age the third term campaign, but
will retire from the national com
mittee (and possibly his place in
the cabinet' and engage in private
business possibly manager of the
New York Yankees.
Such Is the story told by politicos
who are close to Farley and are
presumed to know what Is in his
mind. Should the statement be con
firmed by events there would be
little surprise in Washington where
rather scurvy treatment Farley has
received from the administration
during the past three years is com
mon knowledge.
Farley Won't Bolt
Farley was edged out of his close
relationship with Mr. Roosevelt by
the "needling" supplied by the little
group of Insiders who had constant
access to the president's ear and
who believe they know more about
the science of practical politics than
that old master, Big Jim.
Mr. Farley will not bolt, will not
support Wlllkie. He will Just grace
fully make his exit, watching the
campaign from the sidelines.
Supper
By Don Upjohn
We happened to be In Charley
Bishop's emporium yesterday p. m,
talking to Ellis Cooley and he
brought up this matter of the ap
pointment of Bruce Baxter as (
Methodist bishop. "Just what Is a
bishop, anyway?" Ellis asked.
Which Is a peculiar question com
ing from a chap who has worked
for one, nobody knows how many
years. Charley and Bruce have
been warm friends ever since Bruce
came here and it's nice to know
that Bruce is going to have the
same front name now as '"'ly's
back name.
The Crowning Insult
Agate Beach, July 3 (SpD This
small resort, containing some of the
Novelties
hi the News
(Br tho Associated Press)
Joey's Joy
Philadelphia The combination
of policemen and their bright red
patrol cars is Irresistible for four-year-old
Joey Wolf.
Police drove him around most of
the day trying to locate his home,
(hen gave up and transferred him to
a station where a matron was on
duty. Piped Joey: j
"You passed my house twice but
I liked riding."
finest summer cottages on the Ore
gon coast and one of the few golf
courses from which the playen
have the ocean in view at nearly
all times, nqted for its exclusive-
ness bordering on snobbishness, has
achieved the acme of fame: It Is
pictured In the Police Gazette's
July Issue I Four young women ly
ing on the beach In bathing suits
are the reason for this sudden
burst Into prominence. The rest of
the periodical is filled with degen
erate crimes, portraits of burlesque
performers and such. Summer vis
itors to Agate Beach scarcely ap
preciate the honor conferred on
them, it would appear from their
remarks. (Joseph Patterson in
Corvallis Gazette -Times).
It was refreshing to note on en
tering the marble portals of the US
bank, local branch, that at least
one of the executives has broken
through the crust and Is wearing a
flaming Centennial shirt similar to
the boys back of the wickets. This
brave soul Is Elton Thompson and
wed like to see more of the boys,
up in front follow suit to make It
unanimous, as it were.
When (and if) Farley steps out
of the Roosevelt camp the last of
the small group of men who pro
moted, organized and accomplished
the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt at
Chicago eight years ago, will have
left "The Boss," as Jim always calls
the president. With the exception
of Louis McHenry Howe, who died
in the White House, the others broke
with Mr. Roosevelt one after an
other, but faithful Farley remained,
despite his treatment by new deal
ers of recent vintage the Hopkins,
Corcorans, Cohens and Ickes,
Farley Original Booster
An inveterate "jiner," Farley made
a trip to the Elks lodge, at Port
land, Ore., as an excuse for sound
ing out and building up sentiment
for Mr. Roosevelt, then governor of
New York. It was as a result of
the information Farley gathered on
the transcontinental scouting tour
that the Roosevelt - for president
boon was launched.'
To friends, and they are legion.
Farley has bared his heart In the
past year and his feelings, wounded
by the palace guard, are well known,
apparently, to everyone except Mr.
Roosevelt or the president may
have decided that he could sooth
the laceration at will. Anyway, Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr. Farley had a
showdown at Hyde Park last Sun
day afternoon. It was only a mat
ter of policy1 that caused them to
send for photographers and have
their picture taken wreathed in
smiles. Earlier they had refused to
be mugged and the cameraman had
left disgusted.
Built Organization
Who win succeed Farley as na
tional committee chairman Is an
other problem. The democratic na
tional committee Is practically a
Farley organization. He built it from
the ground up, from precinct com
mitteeman to state chairman. Farley
is the greatest genius in political or
ganization that American politics
has produced. He did not overlook
the doorbell ringer; each one of the
thousands received letters of appre
ciation signed in the Farley green
ink. He can call more members of
the organization by their first name
than any other man alive. No one
was too lowly to receive a Farley
handshake and a Farley smile, And
until the palace guard undermined
Jim, he made good on every prom
ise of a patronage Job. This may
sound like a panegyric of Jim. but
It is the opinion of every republican
and democrat in the national capital.
Students Clever
At Fire Fighting
A swift, mobile unit of 60 Oregon
State college forestry undergradu
ates, trained in fire-fighting and
utilizing the best hand equipment,
is setting a record for quick action
against blazes in Oregon s forests.
The unit Is stationed six miles
north of Corvallis but Is ready to
move quickly to any part of the
state. It has two busses and an
equipment truck, fully loaded, in
complete readiness for emergency
service at all hours of the day.
The group, under the national
youth administration during the
periods between fire service is plac
ed on the regular payroll of the for
est protective unit for which It is
fighting while out on the fire lines.
State forestry officials here said
that In several instances already
this year the "blitz" unit had pre
vented serious forest disasters by its
intelligent, fast action and willing
ness to keep on the job until the
blaze has been surrounded.
Salem Shelcliei byWillDanch
"She's been like that ever since she found out her eggs have been
used in those heavenly angel food cakes Miss Oda Chapman
bakes I"
Time Out
Columbus When traffic and play
ers clash, Columbus police take the
side of traffic.
Patrolman John Terrell cut
short a W PA -sponsored negro band
concert when, the leader explained,
he moved his 25 musicians into a
street to get out of ranee of stray
baseballs In municipal playground.
Incidentally, quite a few of the
girls In the bank are also following
suit In the garments of Centennial
sweethearts and there's a mighty
nice looking bunch of beauties in
said bank.
Gardner Knapp has just return
ed from a fishing trip up at Cres
cent lake and reports he had 7,398
bites three of them fish and the
rest mosquitoes.
Tenderfoot
Santa Fe, N. M., A check of the
fish caught In the Kemez moun
tain region turned up at least one
surprise for national forest officials.
In addition to the several hund
red assorted trout taken from the
streams they found listed on the
report one goldfish.
Incidentally, Gardner, brought up
the fact that Salem used to have a
Salem Canoe club 30 years ago or
so and that the Willamette river
was densely populated with canoes
down in our harbor and along the
water front. What's become of alt
thefe canoes, he asks. Not from
any historical Interest but because
he wants to dig up a few canoes
for Boy Scout camp this year and
wonders If any of the old Salem
canoe clubbers have some canoes
stuck away In moth balls they'd be
glRd to brush off for the occasion.
Kindly take any canoes available
to Gardner not to us.
There Is no one in sight who can
fill Farley's niche as headman of
the democratic machine. Rumors,
and they are only rumors, mention
Boss Kelly, of Chicago; Boss Hague,
of New Jersey, and Harry Hopkins,
secretary of commerce. None of
these, however, have a personal con
tact with the army of precinct
workers throughout the nation.
Faint Hone Left
Of course, the break at Chicago
between Mr. Roosevelt and Farley
may not eventuate; but there is no
doubt about it in the opinion of
Jim's close friends. The parting of
the ways will come in the same
convention hall where in July, 1932,
Farley made his successful fight for
delegates for Mr. Roosevelt.
Have you bought your shirt for
next Monday's debut, yet? Better,
gee Dusy.
Washington Scene Cryptic re
mark when Democratic Leader
Barkley asked Republican Leader
McNary to agree to a recess from
July 12 to July 29. "we may not be
able to complete the Job in Chicago
in one week." If Mr. Roosevelt
positively refused to be nominated
this would throw the convention
into confusion and cause a scramble
for delegates, resulting in a free-for-all
fight . . . Emll Hurja, who
compiled the statistics on which
Farley predicted Roosevelt would
lose only two states In 1936, has i
gone into the Wlllkie camp, having
severed his connection with the
democratic national committee two
years ago. Hurja was a student at
Washington University and worked
"Jftt tea J a )iicfhti Victory "
'Bur, what they fought each other fort
I could not well make out"
so
did Robert Southey, through the lips of "Old Caspar" tell the
story of the famous Battle of Blenheim
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