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"With or without of feme to friends or foes
1 sketch your world exactly as it goes."
We'll Take His Word for It
Because his reasoning is sane and logical in the circum
stances, the American people will sustain President Roose
velt in his request to congress
definite period of national emergency, ana tnac ic auinonze
extension of the one-year service period for national guards
men, selectees and reservists. In language like this he states
a convincing case for his recommendation:
Today It Is Imperative that I should report to the congress what the
eoongress undoubtedly knows; That the International situation Is not less
grave but Is far more grave than It was a year ago.
It is so crave. In my opinion, and In the opinion of all who are con
versant with the facts, that the army
strength and without dimunltlon of Its effective numbers in a complete
state of readiness. Small as It Is In comparison with other armies, it should
not suffer any form of disorganization or disintegration.
There will be those confirmed hecklers, ultra-pacifists
and auislinirs who will challenge the president to amplify and
prove his measurements of the
out of a sincere desire to intorm tnemseives or to leaa trie
executive into revealing the extent of his own confidential
knowledge will demand that he "draw pictures of the se
cret military information upon which he bases his request.
Whatever may be the minute details of the threat to
American safety, the nation is thoroughly convinced that the
threat is real and that it is serious too serious to warrant
even momentary thought of reducing our trained defense
force by two-thirds of its effective force and three-fourths
of its officer personnel.
The very emphasis which the president placed on the
urgency of his request is indicative of his realization of the
existence in congress of formidable opposition. It is ail very
well for congress to inquire into the need of legislative actions
recommended by the executive,
ed in practice of late. But congress will find public patience
with obstruction tactics in handling defense matters delicate
ly thin when it starts throwing political monkey wrenchojj
into the preparedness machinery.
Public Parsimony
The state of Oregon's policy of parsimonious bargaining
for its public employes, of paying as little as will suffice in a
competitive market of job
marked impairment of efficiency in normal or depression
times, but its deficiencies are being vividly exposed by the
demands and appeal of the defense program, which is stead
ily draining various departments of skilled and semi-skilled
workmen and professionals. Even clerks and stenographers
are being lured away by the attraction of higher pay in rapid
ly expanding private employment.
The drain on those departments employing engineers,
draughtsmen, machinists, trained accountants, etc., has been
most marked, ninny key men having been induced to give up
steady jobs by the attraction of pay advances too tempting
to be ignored.
The same situation applies to younger men doing rou
tine worK, lor whom the materially higher pay for semi
skilled labor in shipyards and other defense industries is hav
ing an irresistible appeal.
Normal peace time private business is having the same
problem to cope with but, being more flexible and more deli
cately responsive to fluctuating labor conditions, adapts itself
to tno change by adjusting its wage and salary rates to con
form. The state must do the same or suffer the consequences
of serious personnel disruption at a time when efficiency
should be maintained at the highest possible level.
It is true that salary budgets for this biennium have al
ready been pretty definitely fixed. But there is still room for
adjustments within departments, offices and institutions that
will lilt many of those in the lowest paid brackets out of the
starvation wugo class and permit the payment of salaries
commensurate with their skill to professionally trained em
ployes. A little trimming of the pay of political chair warm
ers and so-called "executives" will provide tho money.
They're Always With Us
Like the poor, perhaps largely because of them and their
Kuliiable grasping at every wild-cat panacea advanced to im
prove their social and economic lot, the politicians are always
with us, ever alert to feather their own nests, ever watchful
for an opportunity of climbing on whatever bandwagon is mo
mentarily in popular favor. If such a vehicle be lacking they
strive to manufacture one of their own.
All this ceaseless endeavor is to but a single end. That
end is the personal political advancement of the politicians
themselves.
They will not rest, nor grant respite to a surfeited, suffering public
that prays nt times for release from their conniving and for relief from
their demagoguery. They are wllh us In time of peace and In time of
peril. They seek to dissuade us from sane reasoning that discounts their
guttering vaguarlcs. and to distract us from the consideration of real ls
ue that threaten to submerge them.
They are those who In face of a great emergency audi as now con
fronts the nation play politics with the national welfare and security;
leaders who refrain from espouMng and advocating Oioee steps clearly es
sential to national safety because thry aro offensive to powerful voter
groups, who sidestep necessity for expediency.
They are those who turn their barks upon unpleasant realities of
lact, and champion a philosophy fabricated to fit popular fancy.
They are the office holders who prostitute their patriotic
efforts for political dividends; office seekers who obstruct
constructive action to attract personal attention. They are
the ones who magnify their own importance and tho ones
who minimize tho contributions of others.
They think politics, talk politics, cat politics and dream
polities. F or it is by politics they live, come what may to the
country and to the rest of us.
Shields Are Home
Jefferson Mr. and Mr. L. L.
Shields, publishers of the Jcffer
on Review, returned home Wed
nesday evening from a vacation trip
to their home towns In Kansas and
low where they visited relatives
and old friends. They also v lilted
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Editor and Publisher
that it proclaim a fixed or in
should be maintained In effective
gravity of the situation ; who
although somewhat outmod
hunters, may operate without
friends In Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs.
Shields said they experienced cool
weather a good portion of their
stay, the warmest day In Iowa the
thermometer reached 98. The crops
looked fine In the middle west, es
pecially the corn. They came home
to find Oregon the hottest part of
U country.
I Fun On The Farm i
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f&ffWA WITHOUT WASHING YOUR MM, LU." JSP?
p lor
By Don
The biggest scrap of the year la
promised this week acrap aluml
num. Not only is this a chance to
fulfill a sacred duty but also to get
rid of a lot of JunK you 11 find you
didn't want after all and is Just
cluttering up the place.
Traffic lights cut up, or rather
cut out, at State and Liberty streets
this a. m., and It was fun watching
the customers playing tag in their
cars at the Intersection like a lot
Novelties
In the News
(By th AuocUtcd Prm)
Cleaned Out
Indianapolis Charles McPert-
lerd, driving a truck loaded with
$250 worth of cantolupes, tomatoes
and peaches, stopped for a trafflo
light.
A gang of men and boys jumped
on and began to carry away the
cantaloupes, he told police. He chas
ed them.
When he got back, he was short
more than the cantaloupes. The
truck and everything In It had been
stolen.
Port Matilda, Pa. Take It from
the girls of this small community,
Uncle Sam's soldiers have learned
a lesson about "yoo-hoolng."
Greeting 30 truckloads of soldiers
passing through here with a chorus
of yoo-hoos," the girls got only
smiles in reply.
Success
Dallas, Tex. If at first you
don't succeed, try, try, etc. Pvt. J,
C. Slddon of Chanute field, III., plan
ned a visit home In April. His mon
ey was atolen. The next time his
captain vetoed his leave, then res
cinded the veto two days after Sld
don spent all his money. On the
third attempt Slddon detoured to
the hospital for a seven-week stay,
result of an automobile accident.
He made It the fourth time aft
er the crew held up the train long
enough for mm to buy a ticket.
Good Samaritans
Wichita, Ka. Help came from
an unexpected direction to two au
tomobile accident victims.
Harry Reiter, flight instructor,
saw the collision, landed In a pas
ture and released a woman from
the wreckage. While his student.
Jerry Cochran, took her and her
nephew to the hospital, Reiter flew
to the airport, called state police
and made the hospital arrange
ments.
Brooks Ladies Aid
Busy With Quilts
Brooks The Ladles Aid met In
the church Tuesday afternoon to
quilt. At the close of the session
Mrs. Clyde Harris and Mrs. John
Dunlavy served refreshments to
Mrs. Wlillam Bchafer, Mrs. Jennie
Ollbert, Mrs. Charles Watts, Mrs.
Harry Bosch, Mrs. Wllla Vlnyard,
Mrs. Mary Ashbaugh, Mrs. Harry
Slngleterry, Mrs. M. P. Day and
the hostesses, Mrs. Clyde Harris
and Mrs. John Dunlavy. An all-day
meeting will be held In the church
Tuesday, with a covered dish lunch-
eon.
Shirley Smith Honor
Guest on Birthday
St. Paul Mrs. Maurice Smith
and Mrs. Henry Raymond were
hostesses at a birthday party at
Pat a Acres Thursday honoring Mrs
Smith's daughter, Shirley, on the
occasion of her fourteenth birth
day. The day was spent In swim
ming and picnicking. Those In
vited for the party were the
Misses Shirley Smith, the honored
guest, Delores Patricia, Nancy and
Margaret Smith, Phylis and Kath
leen Wolfe. Luella and Delores
Raymond. Nadlne Raymond. Ardls
Clark, Mary Lou Monegre and Pa
tricia Brown of Broadacre. ,
3uper
Upjohn
of lost sheep. Maybe, after all, the
technocrats are right and when the
Juice Is shut off we live in a be
wildered world.
Even Les Steers Couldn't Do This
Mrs. Harry Burns of San ian
Cisco, who was formerly Miss Gladys
Dltmars of Fairfield and is well
known here, recently had a harrow
ing experience, According to a news-
paper clipping sent by Gladys to
Mrs. Laura Dltmars of Fairfield.
Says the clipping: "The world's rec.
ord for hop, skip and Jump was
shattered when a runaway automo
bile tlra rolled more than 300 feet,
struck a curb and crashed into the
second story living room window of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burns of 707
Clayton street. Bums, who had
been sitting beside his radio when
the tire suddenly rolled into his
room, was bruised on the arm. His
wife, Gladys, was struck on the leg
as the tire came to rest against a
soft at the end of the room. The
tire Jumped off the rear wheel of a
truck as the vehicle approached the
intersection of Clayton street. Roll
ing down Clayton it hit the curbing
and bounced through the second
story window."
Phil Jaskoskl, the well known
printer and Leglonaire, was gnash.
ing his gums, not his teeth, this a.
m because he had been unable to
find the program of the Legion con
ventlon at Eugene in the papers.
ao tne ftsba reaches out for an
other of the craft.
And speaking of Eugene don't
forget this also is pageant week In
that town and that last year Eu
gene gave up its pageant so Salem
coura celebrate Its centennial un
impeded by competition. The least
this old town can do Is to show Its
appreciation In a big way by turn
ing out for the pageant and see how
whiskers look on the other guy. And
Just to think It's already a year
ago sines they were sloughing folks
In their Improvised Jail here Just
lor snaving.
Which reminds us that, according
to centennial figures, the old town
will be 101 years of age a week from
Thursday Just to stir up folks to
get the cake baked and the candles
ready.
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Ilookkeeper Held This man,
Identified by Detective John
Murphy as William D. Sahm, 32,
writes a statement at the Chi
cago, 111., police detective bureau
while being held for authorities
at Lancaster, Pa., where he was
a bank bookkeeper. Police eald
that Sahm confessed embezzling
and losing $250,000 on slow race
horses. He was formally charged
with a $.107,000 shortage. As
sociated Press Photo,
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Kelly Says:
Northwest Yards
To Build New Ships
Labor Agitators Quiet
To Protect Russia
Solons Browbeaten
By CIO Lobbyists
:By John W. Kelly
Washington, July 31. When and
If (it will be when) congress ap
propriates $1,698,000,000 for the
maritime commission with which to
build an additional 668 ships some
of the new boats will be allocated
to the Columbia river and to Puget
sound. The commission will use
$350,000,000 of the money to pro
vide 48 additional ways and recon
dition yards. House of representa
tives will railroad the legislation
and the senate will lose no time
In completing It. Object of asking
this sum at this time, when several
hundred ships are on order and will
not begin to slide Into the water
before November or December, Is
to place the commission In position
to issue new contracts to keep ex
isting yards busy until 1043, when
the last of the additional vessels are
expected to be completed. This gi
gantic appropriation could wait un
til next January, but the president
Is anxious to rush the ship pro
gram. ,
At the moment there are several
prospective shipyards on the Co
lumbia having filed application for
consideration. Out of the 666 ships
one or more new yards may be ac
commodated. The additional ves
sels will be of various types but the
commission will prefer its own "C"
freighters, which are high glass
cargo carriers. The ugly ducklings
under contract to the Oregon Ship
building company, Portland, are
disliked for they are 1-knot boats
and little better than barges, with
Scotch boilers and reciprocating en
gines all very old fashioned.
Protected by Contract
The contract contains a clause
that yards building these boats will
cease on instructions from the com
mission, and the yard be paid for
the work. The reason Is that If the
war ends suddenly no one will want
the ugly ducklings and they will
be so much waste. A 10-knot
freighter Is helpless against a sub
marine. An effort was made to
equip them with turbines and use
engines from old railroad locomo
tives, but there was no way to pro
vide the necessary gears, so the
Scotch boiler and reciprocating en
gine must serve. Some 30 or 40
engines have been let to an Oregon
Ironworks.
The 666 additional steamers will
cause a drain on mills furnishing
steel plate (steel Is already on pri
ority) and with the naval program
the shortage of steel Is expected
to Increase despite expansion by
some mills. In this situation, the
commission may change its' views
about all-steel ships and decide on
having a few wood boats. Senators
from Oregon and Washington have
argued repeatedly that wood ships
should be given a chance; they
cost less and serve as well as cargo
carriers. Wood ships were turned
out by the score In the first world
war In Portland, St. Helens, Astoria,
Coos Bay, Vancouver and Tilla
mook. By next year the commis
sion may be prepared to make a few
concessions to the Pacific north
west. Reversal Amazing
One month ago the house of rep
resentatives was prepared to vote
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fit
They're Kayier's original Idea for giving perfect flf
to your (lockings, perfect grooming to your legi.
S-t-r-e-t-c-h-I-n-g silk above the knee does the trick
It shapes to your kind of thigh, whether It's slender;
plump or average. A beautiful quality of tilk, and only
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for the most drastle anti-labor
curbs. Conservative members ad
vised waiting; that the tlma was
not right. A few days ago the house
rejected any restraint on labor or
strikes during the emergency, but
gave the president the right to take
over any plant where the employer
was in disagreement with labor. It
was the most remarkable reversal
In the history of the house and the
reason was CIO lobbyists, who In
bands of threes Invaded offices of
house members and threatened to
prevent their reelection next year
if they supported the restrictions
on labor. There were 200 CIO lob
byists, from Harry Bridges up and
down, mobilized In the national
capital to browbeat congress.
Of course, there was another
reason: strikes have practically dis
appeared since the communists be
came anxious for the United States
to send lend-lease material to Rus
sia and no longer charge Britain
with conducting an "imperialist
war". The White House, too, op
posed any restraint, but CIO did
not fail to denounce President
Roosevelt for calling out the troops
at Inglewood, Calif. Calling troops
Is, In the opinion of labor, the most
anti-labor act an official can do
and they have not forgotten the
Inglewood affair.
Votes Next Year
The measure, shorn of antl-strlke
provisions, could not have passed
without the help of 84 republicans.
These and 149 democrats saved the
day. There was politics in the ac
tion of the republicans. They have
been building up a liberal record
(from the labor viewpoint) while
the most energetic demands for
curbing labor came from southern
democrats, normally new dealers.
In the opinion of republicans (04
of them, 45 others voted for re
straint) standing In with labor
leaders will bring votes for them
next year. Publicity department of
CIO Is so elated that it has com
piled a list of votes cast, showing
who aided them and who ("foes of
labor and false to their promises")
were against them. With a single
exception, every representative from
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
went down the line for the CIO
lobby.
First Punch Wins
For Billy Welch
Spokane, July 31 UP) The advan
tage that goes with dealing out the
first punch worked In behalf of
quiet, blond Billy Welch of Hous
ton, Tex., Saturday and he won
the 20th annual National Public
Links golf championship as a re
sult. Welch defeated lanky Jack Kerns
of Denver, 6 and 6, In the scheduled
36-hole final of the working man's
tourney, mainly because he could
win more holes on his pet nine at
Indian Canyon course the out
going nine than Kerns could on
his pet preserve, the Incoming nine,
USO Solicitation
Campaign Closed
Dallas Jack Eakln, secretary
treasurer of the drive for USO funds
In Polk county, turned over a check
to state headquarters Thursday for
$1347.31 to mark the end of the so
licitation campaign in the county.
Substantial contributions, with the
assigned quotas exceeded In every
case but one, were received from all
districts and the grand total is In
excess of the court quota to the ex
tent of $547.31.
Only 39,566 persons from other
countries arrived In New Zealand
last year.
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Salem Shetclie5 By Will Danch
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"We're going to have to be good to get laughs. This Is the town
where little Stewart Bye, Silverton, pulls ihose clever bright
sayings!"
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Unhappily, I must say that questions about strained step-relatlonshipa
are not unusual. One on my desk this morning describes the problem
of a prospective bride who does not live with her mother because she and
her stepfather do not get on. Her letter explains further! Since mother's
marriage several years ago I have been living in town and working.
When I can, I spend my spare time
with an aunt a sister of my de
ceased father. This aunt wants to
give a dinner Just for nearest rela
tives, at which my engagements is
to be announced. I don't really want
my stepfather to come, and I doubt
very much if he would come even if
I did. But what about my mother?
Surely she doesn't have to stay away
because he probably will?"
The answer to this, It seems to
me, has been answered by your
self. You say you "doubt if he
would come." If this Is true then
why not at least ask your mother
If he would like to come? If she
can feel that you have tentatively
at least Included him It may make
her happier and also make it easier
for her to come to the party and
leave him at home.
If she thanks you for asking him,
and tells you that, for whatever rea
son she chooses to give, he won't be
able to accept, then everything will
be perfect as it Is. But If she says
he will come, then you may perhaps
have to tell her what she undoubt
edly already knows that you don't
think his coming will be a happy
thing for either him or you, and
that you hope she will be willing
to come alone.
Opening the Front Door
Dear Mrs. Post: When opening a
front door to someone who has
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speak first?
Answer: When a maid or butle
opens the door, a stranger announ
ces his errand or asks If the person
he (or she) has come to see Is at
home. When a member of the fam
ily open the door to a friend she
probably greets the visitor first, but
there is scarcely a rule as to which
most quickly speaks.
A Father to Receive Wedding
Guests
Dear Mrs. Post: Who should take
my mother's place at the wedding
reception? My own mother is not
living. Can my father receive the
guests at the door, and If he does,
would the groom's mother stand
next to him as she usually does
when the bride's mother is there to
receive? What about the groom's
father in a case like this?
Answer: Your father should re
ceive the guests and the groom's
mother and father both receive him.
Or It would be equally proper for
your father to receive alone and
for the groom's father and mother
to stand somewhere else by them
selves. If they are strangers, how
ever, It would be best to have them
standing next to your father so
that he can Introduce people to
them.
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