The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Monday, October 21, 1940
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"With or without offetut to friend or foe
I sketch your world exactly at it got.
Defense and Politics
Dispatches state that a "high rating army officer" has
disclosed to a United States senator that the army and navy
bomb sight, this country's No. 1 military secret, has been re
leased to the British over the protest of both army and navy
ranking officers. He also states that the Roosevelt admin
istration has agreed to let the British have more than half
of the army's 46 "flying fortress" bombers, the most power
ful built. General Arnold, chief of the air corps, refused to
confirm or deny, with a terse "no comment."
These rumors have been current for some time, but pre
viously have been denied, just as the sale of the 50 "obsolete"
destroyers was denied up to the date the president announced
it. It is also rumored that the transfers of these flying fort
resses, coupled with the leasing of British bases in the Pa
cific for joint use, including Singapore, will be one of the
grandstand plays to be made in. the president's political
speeches before election, in the expectation of increasing his
popular support.
All of which makes one wonder who we are arming for,
the defense of the United States or the defense of Britain,
and whether defense spending is not merely third term de
fense. The president has returned to the days of secret di
plomacy and takes no one into his confidence, least of all con
gress. Just what secret agreements' have been made with
Britain? How far has the president involved us in war?
We, the people who will have to do the fighting and pay the
bill, have the right to know, unless we have already lost our
rights to the "indispensable" man.
The sudden departure of the British ambassador by
plane for London, and the departure of the American ambas
sador for home, at this critical crisis, seem to indicate that
some important deal is under way, necessitating secret di
plomacy, instead of "open covenants openly arrived at."
"Wake Up, America"
For nearly 40 years Hiram Johnson has carried the ban
ner of progressivism in California following his battles that
broke-up the corrupt political machine that dominated Cali
fornia and San Francisco. Elected governor in 1900, re-elect
ed in 1914, resigning in 1917 on his election to the senate
where he has served conspiciously since and is nominee of all
parties for re-election this year. He was one of the founders
of the progressive .party in 1912 and 'Theodore Roosevelt's
running mate on the ticket.
Senator Johnson supported Franklin D. Roosevelt both
in 1932 and 1936 for the presidency. In a radio address Fri
day evening he announced his support this year for Willkie
and McNary, in a solemn warning to the American people not
to be misled on November 5. He said:.
. For the first time in the history of the nation, we have a third-term
presidential candidate, and this presents In greater deirree than a flaming
war with Its cruel destruction of peaceful nations a crisis purely Amerl
can. This Is the greater crisis, and perhaps Is more far-reaching than
any other, for It may mean the preservation of the last fortress of de
mocracy on this earth. ... I speak from a full heart, Just as an Ameri
can, and 1 choose In this campaign the man opposed to the third term.
It makes no difference to me whether his chance of election be of one
sort or another. It makes a vast difference that I shall preserve that
which has been most dear to me In my life my Independence and my
country's weal. . . . Now, In secrecy and stealth, with the aid of all the
boss-ridden cities of America, Is It (the third-term tradition) brokenl
wake up, Americans, ere It Is too latel
No one has even questioned the honesty and patriotism
or ability of Hiram Johnson. His warning should be heeded
ere it be too late.
The Farmers (?) Who Benefit
Just who the farmers are who really benefit from the
New Deal's policy of subsidizing crop curtailment and placing
a premium on scarcity, instead of guaranteeing the Amen
can producer his home market at parity prices and protecting
nun in il, is revenieu in a press aispaicn irom wasnmgton
Hiiy inis yeur.
Washington, March 6 (U.B The biggest single beneficiary of the New
Deal's farm bureau In 1037 was the Metropolitan Life Insurance company.
An agriculture department report to congress Monday revealed that It
was paid 1267,085 In AAA benefits on farms it owns.
Nearly all the top payments went to life Insurance companies and
banks, which have become large-scale owners of farms on which mort
gages have been foreclosed.
Three and three quarters million farmers and corpora
tions shared in the distribution of benefits for the year 1937,
the dispatch discloses, of which 11 received more than $100,
000 each and 12 between $50,000 and $100,000; 272 farmers
and corporations received more than $10,000 each, and 519
received $5000 or more.
Quoting further from the aforementioned dispatch:
After the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, the next biggest
payments went to the Prudential Insurance company of America, f231,
1SB, and the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U. S., 206.963.
The average payment to the rest of the 3,750,000 farm
ers and operating companies was $75 each.
These benefits were paid to the farm owners and operat
ors not for what they produced, but for what they failed to
Jirodure. And still the nation's warehouses and grain elevat
ors are Muffed with surplus hold-over crops operating to
further depress the current market.
A Dog's Life
eb By Beck
HAD TO KEEP VOU 1J S VNWw-1
L VAfTING SO LONG. :Jt(! la Jfe9A'.?,",n I Wi
If OL' R4L, BUT THE fj fjftaf , NYtTNlft? J
m FOLKS STAYED il fcS-3iHll 1 IWWErffl
By Don Upjohn
Horatio Alger books were the fa
vorite mental pabulum of youth
about the time of George Waters'
boyhood. Whether he steeped him
self in tills literature we have no
means of knowing. But the story
of his life in many particulars
hewed pretty close to the line of
Mr. Alger's favorite and' apparently
single plot, the boy who succeeded
by diligent effort and adhering to
the rules of a young democracy
where free enterprise still played
some part and opportunity was at
hand for the grasping and the
hanging on. George Waters made
The "Indispensable Man"
... nre those to whom President Roosevelt Is truly the
indispensable man," according to Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
jon of the illustrious "Teddy," in an address delivered at Salt
Lake City. Among them he listed:
Boss Kelly of Chicago, spearhead of the Roosevelt third term drive at
the democratic convention, who has admitted an Income of 7M.000 dur
In 10 years when his salary as a public official amounted to 16l 000;
Boss Nash. Kelly's right hand man and assistant chief of the Chicago
machine; Moo Rosenberg, Chicago Junk dealer and political fixer who
confessed to handing out half a million dollar, to politicians In one year;
400,000 short In his accounts; Frank Zlntack, found J8,000 short In his
account, a, cIc.k of the superior court and who ssld he loaded the money
to jurors; Mayor -Bos" Hague, of Jersey city, ,d bom Ed riynn, patron
age king of the Bronx.
To them "President Roosevelt is certainly the iudisivn
fable man, ' said Col. Roosevelt, "for if he is not reelected the
country will dispense with them."
Novelties
In the News
(H the Assoclnted Frcwi)
Too Much Static?
Indian apolts Two negro burglars
caught In a downtown office were
not good listeners.
One, police said, carried a por
table radio tuned to the call which
sent officers to the place.
Lickety Split
Philadelphia Neighborhood cats
were first on the scene when
milk wagon inset. More than 20
lapped up the stuff from 1Q2 broken
bottlea.
Costly Kick
Nebraska City, Neb Tills dog got
kicked in the face by a pheasant
and lost a championship.
"Spud," owned by Robert Pog-
gemeycr, reached the finals in a field
trial and was sent out to retrieve
a pheasant that had been shot down,
But the pheasant turned its back
and kicked Spud In the face.
His dignity Impaired and his
mouth gashed, Spud refused to re
trieve the bird In the alloted time.
Bargain Rates
Minneapolis The 1929 model car
which Patrick N. Murphy bought
for $15, was picked up by police be
cause of seven delinquent tags and
hauled to a garage at a towing cost
of $2.25.
Murphy offered to give the garage
proprietor the car If he would set
tle for the tags $14.
The garageman's towing charge
and rent brought the total bill to
$19.75.
A Junkman would offer no more
than 5, so the car Is still at the
garage and the proprietor Is still
wondering about his fee.
playtime possible for a lot of the
boys and girls in Salem although
youth for him was not much of a
playtime. Hard work was most of
the play ho had until manhood and
this may have been one of the rea
sons why in later life he enjoyed
all forms of sport, perhaps beyond
the enjoyment allotted to the aver
age man. He not only enjoyed
sports but he did by far more than
his fair share to make their en
joyment possible for others. In a
time of his life when $1,500 was a
fortune for him, or for mo3t any
small town young man, he cheer
fully blew $1,500 to the winds to
give the town a ball team of note.
And in late life he spent a real
fortune to give the town another
ball team. These matters are well
known to everybody. There are also
matters not so well known of num
erous small businesses both In Sa
lem and In a wide radius around
Salem started with Waters money
and maintained through years of
assistance from the same source.
The sum and substance of these
will never; be known but they were
and are many. George was among
the few left who were born poor
in America, as stated, of free en
terprise, who were unafraid to
tackle the world and did so with
a large measure of success. It will
be long, if ever, before we see the
like of their breed and backbone
again.
Kelly Says:
Second Card Series
Offered by Society
Ml. Angel St. Ann's Altar society
Is Inviting all to come to the second
of their series of card parties which
will be held In the St. Mary's audi
torium Wednesday evening at 8 o'
clock. Prizes for each five tables of
"500" will be given. Following cards
the committee will serve lunch In
the dining room.
Assisting the chairman, Mrs. Tony
Miller, are Mrs. Oeorge May, Jr..
Mrs, M. Mucken. Mrs. F. MelMier.
Mrs. Dan Murphy, Mrs. N. a. Mick-
el, Mrs. J. Moffenbler, Mrs. Mary
Ollvattl. Mrs. Andrew Oster. Mrs.
Otto Oswald. Mrs. Opolka and Mrs.
Christine Paul!.
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE-
Withnut Calomel - And You'll Jump Out at
Bed in the Mominf Rarin' lo Go
Th Hw ehonM poor 2 pints of HI 5o!ea
Into Tour bowrle tmrr dny. If thli bile It
not llowlna freely, your food may not rll
tet. It may inn drfiT In the bowels. Then
- Moau up your itonurh. You Ret rcn.
rtii'titnl. You frel aour, sunk and th. wotltl
looks punk.
It taVe, thoe. food, old Carter'. TJttJ
lirrr 1'tlU to net theae 2 pint of bile flow.
Ins Iwly to make you feel "up and up."
Get ft parkare today. TaV an directed.
Amatlrai In niaklna Vile (low fnreW. Atk
loi Cut a Liula U'ai Filla, 194 and iit,
Spec Kcene, Bill Phillips, Tom
Hill and his son, Tom, Jr., took
plane ride over the week-end to
Seattle with Lee Eyerly to witness
Oregon State mop up on the Uni
versity of Washington on a sweep
to tile Rose Bowl but they came
back disappointed as all and sun
dry now know. On the return trip
visibility was pretty poor around
Chehalis way and Lee did a neat
Job of piloting by setting the plane
down in a field. He then taxied
eight miles along the highway
while the rest of the party rode
In the Chehalis patrol wagon to
catch up. The boys sat In an open
stand to watch the game, with rain
tunneling down their necks and
saw their hopes fade before them.
Altogether It was an Interesting If
disappointing trip. Some of the
local boys had more sense than to
take the long trek north. One
party In particular, we can cite,
which went to the coast salmon
fishing instead. This party car
ried it motor and a ton of para
phernalia a mile and a half to
the water's edge Saturday night to
be ready for Sunday fishing. Sun
day morning the same party very
carefully carried the ton or more of
paraphernalia and motor back with
out going fishing because of rain,
wind, squalls and what have you.
Yeah, they had too much sense to
make the long trip to Seattle and
stayed on this side of the line and
had some real fun, Instead.
Your correspondent has for years
been receiving postcard invitations
to the Mt. Angel fire department
dances but this year comes a sur
prise. A handsome formal Invita
tion for the Silver Jubilee seml
rormal ball and old time dance to
be held Thursday, October 34, at
the Mt. Angel auditorium. The
fire boys over there are getting
pretty swanky but that shouldn't
scare Snlem folk away as us country
cousins will be welcome any way.
assures the committee.
News Reporter
Spurs Plane Makini
Plant Expansion
Curbed by Government
Politics Played
With Lewis Unions
By John W. Kelly
Washington, Oct. 31. Credit for
spurring the army Into greater ac
tlvity In the production of airplane
belongs to a newspaper reporter, not
a brass hat, not the White House
nor the National Defense Advisory
commission. This newsman, by his
own Investigation, discovered that
the manufacturers of planes were
lagging on the job. It was his In
quiry that revealed that factories
with several million dollars worth
of orders were working five days a
week; that two and two and one
half shifts were being employed at
a time when the cry was for speed
and the American people Imagined
aU industrial wheels were whirling
to produce defense weapons.
With plenty of pictures and pub
licity In the press, General Arn
old, chief of the air corps, and Bill
Knudson, procurement director of
NDFA, flew around the country In
specting plants. Tills trip was to
impress the public, to create the
Idea that no stone was being left
unturned to rush the completion
of orders. ' That trip was ballyhoo.
Neither the. general nor Knudson
discovered what a newspaperman
did that the defense prorgam was
falling down.
Expose Brings Results
After the expose by the news man
orders were issued to the plane
manufacturers that they must work
full time, 24 hours a day, and three
shifts. Remember that the big plane
program was supposed to be started
months ago and production at this
time was supposed to be around
3,000 planes a month. For months
the public has been told that all
was going well and at top produc
tion. It has not been. Knudson
spilled the beans himself when he
made a speech saying production
was now about 925 planes a month,
which is much less than half the
schedule called for.
But the manufacturers were not
alone to blame. The hlghcr-ups, af
ter the orders were given, did not
stand around and see that the full
capacity of the plants was utilized.
Only about 60 to 65 percent of ca
pacity was used when the reporter
gathered his data.
With British spokesmen asking
for everything as quickly as possi
ble and the defense program re
quiring shipment at the earliest
possible moment, the plants fiddled
along, losing two days a week, when
every minute was precious and an
Idle plant for a single day repre
sented serious loss in a period of
danger.
Financing Knotty Problem
There were other matters which
held back production. One of these
was pointed out in this column
months ago the knotty problem of
taxation and amortization of plants
filling defense orders. Only a few
days ago Mr. Roosevelt signed a
bill solving this question, which wos
first brought to the attention of
the administration by navy off!
cials 24 months ago. The point at
issue was this: To fill certain or
ders plants had to be expanded
and special equipment Installed, and
the equipment was worthless for
producing anything but a certain
defense article. Manufacturers were
disinclined to finance this expan
sion and then be soaked by the
government on the outlay.
Until this matter of amortization
of plant and an agreement on tax
es was settled, nothing was done
by the factories. It will be next
year before many will reach the
production stage.
Employers Again Victims
Another reason for delay was a
desire on Mr. Roosevelt's part to
keep CIO In mood to vote for him
In November. Sidney Hlllman. form
erly a vice-president of CIO, In
charge of lBbor for the National
Defense Advisory commission, ob
tained an opinion from Attorney
General Robert Jackson that a de
cision of NLRB Is binding until a
court makes a decision. Under this
ruling NLRB can declare any em
ployer as violating the labor act
and no government agency, army or
navy, could give a contract to such
an employer. The effect would be
to blacklist any concern suspected
of violating the labor law. There
are 200 such firms now under the
ban. Purpose of the Jackson-Hill-man
move was to enable NLRB to
place employers In a straight Jacket
If they wanted a government order.
Army and navy, however, have
decided to disregard the Jackson
opinion and Ignore NLRB army
and navy officers contend it is not
their business to enforce laws, com
kpel workers to Join unions before
getting a job on a government con
tract, but it Is their business to
see that munitions and other equip
ment are made available.
Still another reason for delay:
With war raging In Europe and In
Asia, nothing was being done by the
administration in seeing that -necessary
machine tools were being- ac
cumulated for our own national de
fense. Japan, Russia. England, the
Scandinavian countries, were ac
quiring machine tools In the Uni
ted States and Importing them for
their own war program. Army of
ficers knew what was going on but
could not obtain funds and when
the administration woke up to the
need and shortage of machine tools
none but second-hand were avail
able some 20 years old.
6 Die When Plane
Strikes Parachute
Marlanna, Ark., Oct. 31 W) The
civil areonautlcs authority planned
today to investigate a mid-air ac
cident In which six persons were
killed after a sightseeing plane be
came entangled in a stunt man's
parachute at an air show and plung
ed 500 feet to earth.
Eyewitnesses said the plane ' was
circling slowly around the descend
ing parachutist yesterday lo give
four passengers a cioseup view. The
craft became enmeshed in the para
chute's shrouds and plunged down
ward, carrying the parachutist with
it.
Tlie dead: Paul Nalejawa, 30.
Browerville, Minn., the parachut
ist; George Zorn, 30, Greenville,
Miss., the pilot; Lawrence De Marke,
30, Marlanna laundry owner; Paul
Bowie, 35, former marshal at Brlck
eys, a nearby town; J. M. Cook, 55,
a plantation owner who lived near
Marlanna; and Joe Campbell, 34.
Forrest City.
Nalejawa's final leap, which start
ed from another plane at an alti
tude of 3000 feet, was billed ai
his 181st. He started parachute
jumping five years ago In North
Dakota.
Zorn had ten years of flying ex
perience,
ei By Will Danch
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Guild Meeting Called
Stlverton The next meeting of
the Immanucl Lutheran Ladles Guild
will be held Wednesday evening of
this week at the church social rooms
with Mrs. Jonas Byberg, Mrs. John
Overland, Mrs. Sam Lorenzen and
Mrs. Kenneth Henjum a.s hostesses
and in charge of the program.
Waconda Frank Felton, Creigh
ton Jones and Brltt .Asplnwall
served on the service registration
board at Waconda on Wednesday.
They report 40 men between the ages
of 21 and 35 registered.
Informal Dance
For First Voters
An informal dance honoring younc
people who are listed on the regis
tration rolls as "first voters" has
been scheduled for tonight at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Hood
and Church streets. Under the joint
sponsorship of the Marlon County
Young Republican club and the Wil
lamette University Willkie -McNary
club, the event will be totally devoid
of political speeches, according to
Martin Larrowe, young republican
president.
Although sponsored by republican
organizations the dance is to be non
partisan, officials of both clubs have
declared. No charge will be made
to young voters and all are invited
to attend, regardless of political in
terests of affiliations.
During a brief intermission a pro
gram of brief informal talks will fea
ture Bill Thomas, president of the
Willamette student body, and Sig
frld Uander, executive assistant to
Governor Charles A. Sprague. Wes
McWain of Willamette will be mas
ter of ceremonies for the event.
Hours for the dance have been an
nounced ns 9 to midnight. Music
will be furnished by Roger Miller's
orchestra.
The first Catholic Mass In Brazil
was celebrated May 1, 1500.
Grange Club Guest
Lyons Tlie home economics club
of the Santiam Valley grange was
entertained at the home of Mrs.
May Patton. The afternoon was
spent in quilting for tlie hostess.
Those present were Mrs. Floyd Bas
sett, Mrs. Dell Westenhouse, Mm.
Percy Hiatt, Mrs. Jack Cornforth,
Mrs. Ed Taylor, Mrs. Jennie Bohan
on, Mrs. Maude Zimmerman, Grand
ma and Grandpa Taylor and the
hostess, Mrs. Patton. Light re
freshments were served at the cIos
of the afternoon.
Be Quick To Treat
Bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis may develop if
your cough, chest cold, or acute bron
chitis Is not treated and you cannot
afford to takeachancewith any medi
cine less potent than Creomulslon
which goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed
bronchial mucous membranes.
Creomulslon blends beechwood
creosote byspecial processwith other
time tested medicines for coughs.
It contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist tit
sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with
the understanding you must like the
way it quickly allays the cough, per
mitting rest and sleep, or you are to
have your money back. (Adv.)
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Tlie Postman and others who
work outdoors without overcoats,
stay warm in "FLINTWIST"
Sweaters and wear them for years
before they even show signs of
service.
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