4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Feb. 21, 1944
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f'Jobs For All" A Mistake
Participating in the recent panel discussion of the Second
(War Congress of American Industry, Paul G. Hoffman, presi
dent of the Studebaker corporation, challenged the promises
jof "full employment" and "jobs for all" being made by post
war planners as being too extravagant and socially and eco
nomically undesirable. "I think it is terribly important,"
he said, "that we have abundant employment through a high
Jevel of productivity." But he expressed an uncertainty
labout what people mean when they talk about employment
;for everyone, continuing:
J "If the definition is what I have
ifoHfevery man and woman able
job," I do not think that is a realistic objective. I think we can
ihave abundant employment in
Jlevel of employment that would
'that would insure more for more people than at any time in the
ihistory of this country; and yet not have full employment at the
Jlevel indicated by that definition."
In building up such an anticipation in the public mind
we are treading upon dangerous ground, Hoffman believes,
Ifor it is apt to result in widespread disappointment. There
'are certain classes of people
ibusiness because of the stress of war emergency whose con
tinued employment in peacetime would be neither practicable
;nor desirable from an economic and social standpoint. There
are thousands of elderly persons, both grandfathers and
grandmothers economically independent by reason of sav
ings or pensions, who may wish to continue at their lathes,
benches or other jobs, who do not logically fit into any
scientific scheme for the permanent distribution of jobs.
Then too there are the boys whose education has been
Interrupted by service in the
if work is plentiful, will be
schooling. While able and willing to work, many of them
will be contributing more to the
their studies.
Most alarming, in Hoffman's
that a large percentage of married women who under the
pressure of war have entered factories, offices and stores
plan to remain there. Business and industry, no matter
how great and successful the effort to expand production,
will be' hard-pressed to absorb the surplus of labor thus
created. Even by increasing American productivity by as
much as one-third, he said, there will still remain two or
three million unemployed people and that is as close to "full
employment" as we can reasonably expect to get. These two
or three million might prove to be a dangerous and disturb
ing element, if they are led to expect too much by over-enthusiastic
propagandists. As Hoffman commented, "We
can set goals, but the goals must be realistic."
Out of Luck
It is a traditional adage, emphasizing the land of demo
cratic opportunity, that every American boy, particularly
if born in a log cabin, has a chance to be president that is
he had in the horse and buggy days before the presidency
became perpetual and congress had something besides nui
sance value. Even these limitations do not seem to check
the flow of unknown aspirants for the presidency, who
blithly ignore party and politics and announce their can
didacies to an expectant world, sometimes by postal card,
sometimes by circular and sometimes by personal letter to
the newspapers.
All these candidates seem to think essential is let the
Eublic know, their hats are in the ring and the election will
e unanimous, even if their names arc not even on the ballot.
At least a dozen such announcements have been received
since 1944 made its bow to the
expected before the ides of November. ;
The latest announcement conies in a circular letter with
a cut of the candidate from Richard G. Harris, RFD 7, Knox-
ville, Icnn., addressed Personal, to the Editor of Dear
Editor":
"I beg to inform you that I,
Tennessee, RFD No. 7, do hereby firmly declare myself to be an
Independent, Progressive, Republican Candidate for the Presi
dency of the United States of America.
"I am subject to the General Election to be held November 7th,
1944, and if elected. I will return all of our soldiers, marines
and sailors and all of our belongings back to America and fortify
our Nation against all foreign invaders, and put the manufactur
ing and agricultural industries in progressive conditions. I will
eliminate all taxations throughout the United States at least sixty
percent.
"Notice. In event you do not want to publish this Declaration
Free, please notify me before you publish it."
Mr. Harris has a platform, many of his rivals do not state
any, confident in the assurance that their names are platform
enough. But platforms that draw votes like mollasses draw
flies are hard to find Roosevelt has preempted them all
from soak the rich and share the wealth to a job at high
wages and short hours for everyone, a quart of milk for every
human being and mass production of prosperity for all hu
manity. Mr. Harris and his fellow candidates are out of luck
they don't even put on a good crooning and swooning show.
It Took A War to Prove It
For fifteen years or more chambers of commerce, high
way associations and other civic organizations as well as
the affected county courts have been clamoring for and
pleading with the state highway commission to secure im
provement of the Pacific highway between Salem and Albany,
the curves, grades and narrow pavement of which constituted
one of the worst bottlenecks along this heavily traveled in
terstate motor route. Despite the fact that this piece of
road is one of the most congested in the state and considering
the large percentage of heavy trucks passing over it both
night and day, making it extremely hazardous, little prog
ress had been fnade toward securing the needed moderniza
tion up until last week.
Proponents of the improvement argued in vain about the
imxrtance of the road as a military highway in time of war.
The highway commission was adamant in its policy of mak
ing small periodic appropriations for the job, insisting that
finances would only allow the project to be undertaken a
few miles at a time. But now the federal public roads ad
ministration, acting upon the recommendation of the army,
has decreed that the bottleneck must go. Out of $1,500,000
of federal funds and another million dollars of state money
the PRA has directed that $1,300,000 be spent immediately
in replacing the fourteen miles of obsolete roadway between
the two points as a matter of military expediency.
Further demonstrating the military value of the road
Is the fact that the funds for its construction are to be taken
from a congressional appropriation of $25 million for roads
of strategic importance wherever the army might deem them
necessary anywhere in the country.
Editor and Publlihlf
sometimes heard, namely 'a job
and willing to work who wants a
the united stales; we can nave a
insure a higher standard of living,
now employed in industry and
armed forces whose inclination,
to take jobs and neglect their
general welfare by pursuing
estimation, is the evidence
world and many more can be
Richard G. Harris, of Knoxville,
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Tomorrow being Washing
ton's birthday we gotta good no
tion to go down to the Willam
ette river and see if we can
throw a dollar across same. This
will be dependent on whether
we're able to get hold of a dol
lar between now and then. We
had thought some of getting a
hatchet to chop a cherry tree
down with instead but found
out hatchets take a priority per
mit from the OPA and that is
out. But it all just shows to
what steps one has to go in these
days to properly observe the an-
Naval Rank
To Dr. Miller .
Dr. H. G; Miller, superintend
ent of the Oregon Fairview
home, state institution for feeble
minded, has been commissioned
a lieutenant commander in the
U. S. navy and ordered to re
port for duty at Washington,
D. C, March 13. In addition to
his duties as head of Fairview
home Dr. Miller has also served
as physician for Hillcrest Home
for girls. Lt. Commdr. Miller
will be assigned to the psychia
thy section of the navy medical
corps.
Novelties
In the News
Insult to Injury
New York Thieves stole a
car owned by James A. Watson,
of nearby Yonkers, N. Y., while
he was visiting here.
After reporting the loss to
police, Watson started hitch
hiking home. The first car to
come his way and pass him
was his own.
More War Horses
Kent, Conn. Horse trading
booms in wartime, re ports
Stephen Chase, veteran stock
dealer who set a record for his
career by selling 30 horses in
one day last week.
His previous record 26 in
one day was set during World
War I.
Should Be Westport, Pa.
Willinmsport, Pa. East is
east while west is confusing at
the Sylvania Electric Products
plant here Mrs. Margaret West
is married to employe Lloyd E.
West and is secretary to Engi
neer Lloyd E. West who is mar
ried to Mrs. Margaret West no
relation to the first Mrs. West.
Snack Thieves
Richmond, Ind. Richmond
police are looking for thieves
who mixed pleasure with their
work. The thieves tripped into
a tavern, ate a snack, tippled at
the bar, took $20, trundled off
six cases of whiskey and disap
peared in the dark.
Wet Storage
Cherokee, la. Parker Ruth
erford ordered 200 gallons of
fuel oil for his new home. When
it was delivered he found a
manhole and told the driver to
put the fuel in there.
Rutherford now has 200 gal
lons of oil in his cistern.
Volunteer
j Molinc, 111. Dr. William R.
! Hodgson volunteered to fill in
i a role in the high school produc
tion of Shakespeare's "Twelfth
Night" when the original player
became sick. The part was that
of Sir Toby Belch, a drunkard.
Dr. Hodgson is a minister.
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niversary of the birth of the
father of his country. We
imagine the missus would ap
preciate it more if we'd start
out the year tomorrow by not
telling a lie but there are some
tricks no oid dog can learn.
Letter comes from Chet Mof
fitt, Railway Express agent up
at Tillamook, formerly for many
years in the express office here,
in which he reveals a startling
discovery in geography. He
first asks how things are in Sa
lem and then confides, "I just
stumbled onto something that
might be of value to our army
strategists. I would like to have
you check on a Northern Pacific
time table, turn to page 36, table
5, and there is Tokio just 89
miles from Pasco, Wash. Enough
said, they should be able to blot
it out in short order and bring
the boys home. If I am correct
you may have credit for this dis
covery." So, Chet is trying to
shove this discovery off on us,
but we bet if the old national
guard company was still around
here they could capture -said
place with unloaded guns. In
cidentally Chet adds, "all fool
ing aside I miss my old home
town and your column, Salem
will always be home." We hope
Chet keeps us advised as to
when he's ready to get into the
FT & BA and we'll put on a
special night for the discoverer
of Tokio.
Incidentally, Ole Satern, hop
man over at Silverton, is the
latest venturer there into the
realm of the FT t BA. He's
also an old time salmon fish
erman and can even remember
when a guy could hop into his
car early In the morning, run
over to the coast, and fetch
home a car full of salmon right
fresh from the briny. Gosh,
he'd sure like a little of that
easy dug into meat right now.
Self Explanatory
(Excerpt from Letter from
Soldier in South Pacific)
No, I'm not patriotic. I just
want to do my part as any self
respecting citizen of our country
should. I feel rather sorry for
those who choose to stay at
home and let others bear their
share of this trouble. What
bothers me during these times
is the way some people choose
to strike for higher wages when
we're fighting for our future. J
don't think they give a dam
about the boys who, at this mo
ment, are taking a chance on
their life that the strikers might
live in a free country. It hurts
down deep when I read of those
suckers striking. I wish I could
exchange places for one week
with one of those fellows and
I'll bet he would yell bloody
murder before the week is up.
We can't strike nor would we
if we had the chance we aren't
damn foolsl
During the last war the then
vice president,' Tom Marshall,
made a remark that became
famous to the effect that "what
this country needs is a good
5-cent cigar." From remarks
we hear by cigar smokers dur
ing the instant war what this
country needs now is just a
cigar.
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rieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war correspondent.
Uncle Sam's victory at Truk
is a dream come true, for we
have administered a defeat
which has so rocked the Mika
do's capital that the Japs are
making no effort to conceal the
devastating effects, both moral
and material.
Not only has the Tokyo gov
ernment acknowledged sweep
ing destruction but it tacitly has
admitted the gravity of the sit
uation by firing the chiefs of
staff for both the navy and the
army. None less than the great
General Hideki Tojo, Japan's
miltaristic premier and master
gangster, has taken over the po
sition of chief of general staff of
the army in addition to his other
duties.
During the two days on which
we blasted at Truk we sank at
least 19 ships, including several
war vessels, destroyed 201 war
planes and damaged more than
50 others, and probably sank
seven other ships. Our bombs
also created havoc among the
enemy installations in this great
base. As against this big killing
we lost only 17 planes and suf
fered moderate damage to one
ship.
Southern Advance Continued
Meantime, our marine and ar
my force has continued to con
solidate its position on the im
portant Jap base of Eniwetok.
And to the south, American de
stroyers have blasted the Rabaul
and Kavieng bases.
Tokyo certainly has the right
angle in saying that the decisive
battle of the Pacific has begun.
The enemy also is both correct
and frank in asserting that the
raid on Truk is America's chal
lenge, for there is far more sig
nificance in this sensational op
eration than appears in the ma
terial damage wrought, though
that in itself is a heavy blow to
Japan.
The big point, of course, Is
that our fighting forces have de
monstrated their ability to pene
trate Japan's most powerful na
val base by air, from aircraft
carriers convoyed by a large
fleet of warships. In doing this
we invited the Japanese navy
to come and get us.
Now this momentous develop
ment was no flash in the pan.
We were able to carry out such
a highly dangerous operation be
cause we are stronger than the
enemy. Our superiority is due to
two causes: we have been con
stantly amassing power as the
result of our strength.
Haven't Got the Ships
"But," someone protests,
"how can that be when the Jap
anese have in their possession
all the vast wealth of China and
Idonesia?"
Well, it's true that the Nip
ponese have seized enough re
sources to enable them to wage
world war indefinitely if they
were able to utilize those re
sources. In order to do that,
however, the raw materials must
be transported over thousands of
miles of water to the mother
country to be fabricated.
Water transport means ships
and the Japs just haven't got
the ships and they can't build
them in sufficient numbers to
meet their needs. The Nippon
ese never have had enough car
go vesesls, and they have been
losing shipping steadily because
the allies have been sinking
more than Japan could produce.
Thus the Japs are like Midas.
For a long time everything they
touched turned to gold, but they
finally discovered that it wasn't
doing 'em much good, because
they couldn't eat it or beat it
into weapons.
Halsey Lieutenant
Wears Silver Star
Portland, Feb. 21 (IP) Lt.
Sydney James Smith, Jr., Hal
sey, wore the silver star today.
Capt. L. D. Whitgrpve, super
visor of shipbuilding for the
navy, awarded the medal to him
Saturday for "conspicuous gal
lantry and inrepedity in action
against the enemy." Smith was
credited with leading landing
crews ashore at Guadalcanal
and other islands without losing
a man or boat. He is an Ore
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Marine Pvt. Elton R. Brown
Marine Pvt. Elton R. Brown,
25, son of William E. Brown,
1260 Church street, is nearing
completion of basic training at
the San Diego marine corps
base. He is shown here prac
ticing the prone position at the
Camp Matthews rifle range,
near San Diego. Pvt. Brown's
wife, Maxine, lives in Gates.
Home on furlough is PFC
James Leonard Noyes, U. S.
marine corps, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Noyes, 1070
Broadway, Salem. James en
listed in the marines November
29, 1943, through the Salem
recruiting office, and was as
signed to active duty in Decem
ber. He received his "boot
camp" training at the marine
corps base in San Diego.
Recent graduate of the King
man army air field flexible
gunnery school, situated a few
miles outside of Kingman,
Ariz., was 25-year-old Melvin J.
Pillette, son of Mrs. W. B. Pil
lette of 2575 Brooks avenue,
Salem. PFC Pillette entered
the army at Portland, August
11, 1943. He attended Salem
high school.
Lt. Joseph Ernest Nohlgren,
of Salem, has been appointed
resident physician at the Anck
er hospital, St. Paul, Minn.,
and to accept the position has
been deferred from active ser
vice until next fall. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nohl
gren, 1530 State street.
Ensign Kenneth Strawn, U.S.
navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Strawn, has been spending a
two weeks' leave with his par
ents and other relatives. He
left Saturday for Camp Peary,
Va. His brother, Jesse E.
Strawn, who reported to Port
land Saturday for army duty,
accompanied him as far as
Portland. Mrs. Jesse Strawn
and their three children will
remain at their home near Sa
lem. Army Flight Officer E. E.
Obert, 19, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Obert, Route 7,
who received his wings at
Stockton field, has been visit
ing his parents and has left
to report for duty at Sacra
mento. He received his train
ing with a bomber crew.
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Uncle Sam
Dallas Lt. Richard Riggs of
the army air corps left Dallas
Friday to report for duty at Sa
linas, Calif., after a week's visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Riggs. Lt. Riggs is a P-38
pilot. He received his com
mission last week at the ad
vanced flying schoof at Wil
liams field, Chandler, Ariz. He
was a Dallas high school gra
duate and had attended Oregon
State college a year before en
listing in the air corps about a
year ago.
Joe Card has received a pro
motion from ensign to lieuten
ant (j.g.) at the Norman, Okla.,
naval air station, where he is an
instructor, according to word
received here.
Pvt. Kendall Helgerson, who
has been on military police
duty at a Jap relocation center
at Delta, Utah, arrived in Dal
las Friday to spend a 15-day
furlough at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hel
gerson. Pvt. Helgerson enter
ed the service last year and
received his first training at
the Boise 'barracks, Boise, Ida.
Mill City Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Shepherd honored Sgt.
Kenneth McDonald with a din
ner party. Sgt. McDonald's
home is in Longview, Wash.
He is a former Mill City high
school student. Covers were
placed for Mrs. Nellie Charpil
loz, Mrs. Florence Roten of
Stayton, Sgt. McDonald and
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd.
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lvt. W. Frank Lukins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lukins, who
is in the army specialist train
ing unit, completing a course in
engineering at the Los Angeles
City college, recently spent a
seven-day furlough with his par
ents. Prior to his being select
ed for advanced training, he was
with the anti-aircraft division at
Camp Haan, Calif.
. Mill City Mr. and Mrs. Cur
tis Cline received a telephone
call this week from their son,
Seaman First Class Charles
Cline, USNTS, that he com
pleted his aviation storekeep
er's course in San Diego on
February 15, and will enter the
storekeeper's school in Alame
da, Calif., for six weeks of fur
ther training. Seaman Cline
will have a six-day leave be
fore entering his next training,
and planned to stay in Califor
nia, due to such a short leave.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Baker are
leaving tonight for Santa Bar
bara, Calif., to see their son,
Major Dick Baker, who was re
cently awarded a distinguished
flying cross for action in the
South Pacific. Major Baker,
who has been on the mainland
about two months, got two of his
Japanese Zeros on his birthday.
Second Lt. Harold V. McAbee
22, of 999 Locust street, Salem,
has completed advanced officer
training at the Quantico, Va.
marine base, and is now ready
for assignment to a combat unit
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Major H. B. Glaisyer, Jr.
Promotion from captain to
major in the United States army
air corps has been accorded
Herbert B. Glaisyer, Jr., of Sa
lem, says official announcement
by the war department. He it
a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tfl
Glaisyer, 773 Stewart street.
Major Glaisyer is director of In
strument flying at Williams
field, Ariz. He received his first
commission in 1941 at Stockton,
Calif.
or specialists school. He Is
'43 graduate of Willamette uni-'
versity and has been in training
since last July.
Bob Quamme, who was
wounded in the South Pacific
area and spent some time In
hospitals in Australia, tele
phoned his mother from San
Francisco over the week-end
and said he expected toe home
in about ten days. He Is in a
hospital at San Francisco.
Lyons Mrs. Merle Brasfield
went to Seattle Wednesday to
visit with her son, S2 Bob
Brasfield, and other friends.
Silverton Yeoman 2c Miui.
vin Senter is visiting his granm
father and aunt, C. J. Roshefm
and Miss Sophia Rosheim at
their East Hill home. Yeoman
Senter has been with his moth
er and other relatives In San
Francisco, and with an aunt in
Roseburg for several days. He
is listed for officer training
school.
To be with their brothers, Lt.
LeRoy Rue of the engineers
transport division located at
New Orleans, and air cadet,
Waldo Rue of Denver, Mrs.
William C. Boesel (Ruth Rue)
of Gresham, and Mrs. Claude
Millage (Esther Rue) wife of
Rev. Millage of Portland, spent
Sunday at the Waldo Hills home
of their parents, the K. O. Rues.
Citation for bravery and mer
itorious work while engaged in
five bomber combat mission
over occupied Europe has been
received by Staff Sgt. Wilbur
Goodall, son of the William
Goodalls of Mill street, Silver
ton. Pvt. Alvin Lund, son of
Mrs. Anna Lund of Brush
Creek, has been transferred
from Camp Greely, Kodiak Is-
(Concluded on page 11)
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