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4 Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1919
Lack of Risk Capital
The senate -house economic committee has opened an
Investigation of the multi-billion-dollar investments of
America's life insurance companies, to learn, as Senator
Mahoney (D Wyo.)says, "what yardsticks the companies cjpj pQp, syppER
UHc 111 lllvesuHK t'lB nttvillija Ul LUC 4-niicin.au ,cvj,it.
The inquiry is part of a broader investigation into the
reported lack of risk capital for new business in the United
States. That ought not to require any congressional in
quiry for any financial concern and any investor or busi-
M.Jta.-y seTTlW AN B3AeEMENT THAT'S ENOUOM I
1 RlNS IS MOTH NS TO SO NUTTY TPRO lOj, MERTON J
V J OVER. IT'S THE SAME TMIIgS AS b If VOU WANT TO 4
s I BRANDING A STEER OR POSTING jTstaRT SOMETHING j
..- S FISHIM" STREAM. IT Just ,0 GET guSY ANO M
t I ' MEANS HANDS OPP OR NO JwsL SET THE TABLE J
' FlSHIN' AU.OWEO. HE HpLFW DINNER. jOp
( COULD JUST AS WELL VE,
s?', V "OTCHSJ YOUR EAR OR X ?X1M
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Welfare Fund Trustees Try
To Outsputter Each Other
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Two men with bristling eyebrows glowered,
snorted and shouted at each other last week when the miners'
welfare fund trustees met behind closed doors.
They were John L. Lewis and Charles Dawson, ex-federal
judge of Louisville, Ky., representing the operators.
In the middle ,
BY CLARE BARNES, JR.
White Collar Zoo
sat Senator
Styles Bridges
o N e w Hamp
shire, neutral
trustee.
Ca 1 1 i n g the
meeting t o or
der, Lewis an
nounced: "The
people present
today are Trus
tee Bridges,
and Interloper
Dawson."
Then Dawson tried to present
his credentials, and Bridges
moved to accept them. But Lew
Is rapped the table and called
Drew Pearaon
Who's What?
By DON UPJOHN
Willamette university professors apparently hold to the belief
ness man will give tne selt-eviaent answer me nign that students win be sharper in unai exams 11 given an nour s
Income taxes voted by congress which drain off profits extra sleep.
to the government formerly used for plant extension or When a proposal, advanced by the registrar, to start the final
risked in new ventures, risks that banks are not permitted exams at 8 o'clock instead of an hour later, came up during a
to take with other people's money. Tuesday after- "-.SI '1
Senator Mahoney says there is great need to stabilize noorii the profes- fy0 14
conditions for those who want to put money into new sors turned
businesses. "We want a tax policy that will preserve the thumbs down,
open door to new enterprise." dentTarTwon
Excessive taxation and treating profit making enter- dcring whether
prise as criminal, the policy pursued by both New and tne ex(ra nour
Fair Deals, only closes this open door to new enterprise, was for the pro
as has been amply demonstrated. And socialism which fessors or for
confiscates property for government ownership or bureau- the young men
cratic control, entirely eliminates new enterprise. No one and women who
is going to invest his savings when the government's are engaged in
policy is destructive, not only of property but of the the final quiz.
individual liberty that reduces him to serldom.
The Final Analysis
Dr. Andy Hall of Mt. Vernon,
111., has been named ' Doctor of stiU sPu'ti"8 at each other.
the year" by his compatriots of
the American Medical associa
tion. He is an 84-year-old coun-
Except for the delicate inter
cession of a thoughtful Mobile
publisher, the Alabama chief
executive might still be living
down a front-page reputation as
the "barefoot governor with
shoes on."
The trouble was that Jim's
feet were so big he couldn't
find a pair of socks to fit. He
solved the problem simply by
going without socks and wear
ing his Charlie Chaplin brogans
over well-scrubbed but naked
feet.
This went against the grain
with R. B. Chandler, publisher
of the Mobile Press-Register.
the roll. He spat out a surly who suspected that the eyes of
"no;" Bridges voted "yes." the nation would be cast on the
Dawson also clamored to vote, governor's big, undraped feet,
but Lewis cut him off. So with the dignity of Alaba-
This same routine was repeat- ma at stake, Chandler dictated
ed over every question that a formal letter to the governor
came up. Each time Dawson de- just before his inauguration,
manded to vole, and each time Chandler observed, in effect,
Lewis refused to recognize him. that he didn't mind Big Jim
Lewis called him a "rank out- sticking his foot in his mouth
sider," present only by "suffer- occasionally as long as he didn't
ance." Dawson shouted back his stick both feet in the public eye.
right to be heard. Finally the He pointed out that the gover-
meeting adjourned. Nothing was nor's feet sans socks would
accomplished, except that the be exposed to news cameras at
two bushy-browed trustees were the inauguration and might
make bigger news than the cere
mony itself. Finally, to save the
"4
"Listen, I didn't touch your typewriter, 10 shut up!"
OPEN FORUM
What Price Price Supports?
(Editor's Note: Letters to the Open Forum must be limited
to 300 words and must be signed by the writer.)
To the Editor: My beloved cherry growers! How many cherry
growers received that "shot in the arm?" I haven't heard one
ILLEGAL AIR TREATIES state from embarrassm ent,
ChanHo J 4 Siuwcia iccivcu mat aiiut in llic dim: 1 lldVCIl L IlCdra UIIO
It was buried in the financial nanaler onered to scare up sqUawk out of you, and you must be satisfied with the four and
sections ol the big city newspa- . " five cents a pound.
Irv rino nr wnn has h nwM U..1 iu. 4 ; CJK UHII cneerillllV aCCPnten T..-4 i 4: i- i ... .
.... . . , Fia, uuv unc ui uic iiiuai mi- - - I T uuai duuui nine io pick cnenies again, we win near some
most of his life to the profes- portant court decisions affecting bad news. "Boat loads of cher-
sion. But. personally, we'd like the treaty-making power of the " ran" ulne ?tla ries in from Italy.
to designate him also as "politi
cal philosopher of the year.
his home in Mt. Vernon he made Canada are in a dither.
was handed : mm. sutn-
less governer' in tne heart of
tried for years to drill this in
Get a Glimpse Anyway
A note on our desk signed
slate department
nOWn last WPPK , ncau Ul , :
At .I" -" ,. . ,.. the rnllnn holt h. v,. -"""B ""uer in up-
- ,,ktiu.. - u : j pun. nuiiey nas ucen aaaea.
anada are in a dither. p.u.b'lcl fr tne J""try, m.ght oney has Jalle in lhe dumDS
a few comments on life in gen- U.S. Judges Jim Proctor and ;vf " sla" a raa among the Who hasn't fallen in the dumps?
-rai ,r.A mnn ihom h nffor Alan Goldsborough were the younger generation who would TelI
eral and among them he offer- ,,, . . K. .. imitate the Bovernor unrf ,un an ie"
Every commodity under the ? 'e r,0WerS' but they a11
You see in all the papers they
are spending millions of dollars
for more dams, to get more wa
ter to raise more crops. Why, I
Visitor" furnishes this informa- ed '"j" one:, "There fre on to challenge the right of the without socks.
lion for those who need it:
two places where socialism will stale department to negotiate A cotton mill in northern Ala-
work. One is in heaven where executive agreements with an- nama immediately responded. It
The insurance companies have as a rule made wise
investments of the people's money they handled, far wiser
t-.hnn nnv piwprnmpnt mrpnrv. Their pnrninirs have heen
reduced by the low interest policy of the government, but Would you please Inform- the otner countrv without ratifica- made a batch of oversized socks
their financial statements all indicate a high stale of agents at the Greyhound and ' tion by the senate. that would fit the governor of
I T..;i,., ( ..cit oil,, llr,o " "C" """1 ""' Tn rial, the c( t
An example of the way the government invests its the Hamman bus isn't the one
money in loans to business is revealed by excerpts trom that makes the closest stop to
r j , . ,. ask, when our crops are rotting
I, for one, do not believe in ...
price support, Ipr we aren t get
ting anywhere with it.
We have the loganberry con
now?
This year, as a Cherry Grower,
I spent $500 for dust alone. They
To dale the state department Alabama, and Big Jim wears
has negotiated 38 air treaties thcm to this day.
without paying any attention to
trol board, and lliev sot thp 104Q say organize. We are organiz-
nrine at R rents riirf th h.nrv. ed, at least we have the Grange,
men get it? I say not; they got 6 Farmers Union, Farm Bureau,
cents.
The hopmen are the only ones
Wp Riihmit from fnreffnintf th. nnnt;t..i.-nn Af 41 tt: 1 VFfil.FrTFll rmi.niivu
a congressional hearing in the United States News of Fairview home. O, my aching paragraph that there's no neces- Stales which requires treaties While the American public has I know who go out and get what
wasnington. mrecior narvey 1. uanuerson anu j. vv. icgs and back! If you can't at- sity in goin. much further in witn foreign countries to be ra- responded
Constantine, controller of the Reconstruction Finance fnpri . (axi n(hpl. new vjSjtor,, it , -mmont nn soriai. tified by a two-thirds senate drives to
Corporation, gave the testimony. , Salom shn,,u ,,. Ih, RnnnR ism ,han Biven bv the venerable vote- healthier and happier citizens,
Farm Co-Ops, and Fruit Associ
ations.
What we need is new blood to
lie nas . t-b- ., a iu. !.,, n
to manv worthv lnE wam- in mm tne govern- "
make our neoole ment boueht 85.000 bales f od convention at LaGrande recent-
IlldKe OUT people , . -. . W a snoaU-oc PrT-tov Tav ni-
itizens. noFs' DayInS at 7 a J"" -.Z l"! tZ,'
xiuiii t uaiuiigiuii, XJ.., sitiu,
nri,:in u ui, nnnf;A in 4.. -aifa rtf , :i t nanh Now, for the first time, the the government and Dart cular- ' uwwe uump-
a vear or less, the RFC makes lone time loans. A typical ride to 12th street cutoff and It would be just about as well f,ourts have called a stop. While ly congress has been b ind to
ed on the ground. The hopmen a.nd 1 quote: "Fruit growers
1 j i . . . 1 liomoolvoc aya no rf lif KJ -imo
iu t. j J:J t j: , Knew inev were eome hrnke. - .
loan is between $25,000 and $50,000. Ninety percent are Strong street and walk down lhe now to burn the libraries full of "i" ih. , i ' th- 1, ni ' nw.- wi Zm a"d they started harvesting 70 ioT, the fruit industry's serious
it books written on me suDjeci ana -------- ",.',, "" 'J u. i, ' ,'u,Z Z.r , ZlATZ" percent of the crop, and let the Drlce "ouDie. tie says tninning
under $100,000, 65 percent under $20,000. There were 1273 hill. At least you
loans of the past quarter year, of which 28 are for over from there
a million dollars. The gross loans were $205 million, but M
received $123 million.
Out of $433 million RFC loaned, the Kaiser enterprises
got $140 million. Other large loans are Lustron Corp., $37,
486,000; The McLouth Steel Corp., $11,723,000; Petrol
Refineries, Inc., $5,240,000; Carthage Hydrocol, Inc., $11,
100,000; Glenr. L. Martin Co., $11,177,000; Reynolds Met
als Co., $30,700,000; Kaiser Co., Inc., $95,865,000; North
west Airlines, Inc., $9,148,000. Other government agency
loans made a total of $21 million to Northwest.
The RFC admits the Kaiser-Frazier loan was to finance
competition in the auto industry and insure payroll jobs
for workers, as well as to refund debts incurred. It admits
some of their loans are somewhat risky. At any rate no
bank or insurance company would make such loans "with
the people s money, even if the borrowers had a pull
go back to work.
Rapping Noise in His Car
St. Louis, Dec. 7 (U.fil Motorist A. J. Palmer slopped his
new car because of a rapping noise in the front end.
He found a woodpecker trapped between the radiator and
the grill.
actually passed tne lies lor teeble-minded children. ;n . . and eradine the fruit would helo
question on o the supreme While we have been making hops rot to hold ud the Vrice solve our troubles, but It would
court, nevertheless Canada is al- great strides in the scientific de- M cherrv Grower I think take more than that . . ."
ready up in arms. velopment of the atom chiefly t. "e.rry l,roweF' i tmn .
f .... .!,. "c nine iias .uuie iu uarveal rtlCiU J. Dttun INllNljf
half the crop, and let half rot. I 295 West Browning Ave.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
British Lion Sore Over U. N.
Attempt to Tie Knot in Tail
What brought the issue to a for war uia'Doses we are still
r-limov tunc mhan Pnlnninl A iv. t 4 U .J-1, l
Lines, a small company with a ing for close to a million mental- m6an 3 11 commodlt'es- I "ave
phenomenal 19-year record ly retarded children.
without a fatality, got tired of Some of these unfortunate
being kicked around. youngsters happen to belong to
The state department had giv- families who can afford to send
en Canada a route parallel to them to expensive private
Colonial's, from Montreal to schools, where they receive ad
New York, while simultaneously equate care. However, the great
denying Colonial the right to fly majority are the children of
to Washington. p00r families and either live like
So Colonial challenged the hermits, because their parents
state department's power to ne- are afraid to expose them to the
gotiate a treaty without senate ridicule of other children, or
rauiicauon. in retaliation, uana- worse still, perhaps roam the
Salem, Ore.
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
(ijTt roreian Aiuirt Anaiuu
Tim la nn rimiht (hat thp British lion is roarinB ancrv over da is now so irate that it has etroote nf nur hi hDea
with their officials. If vou want "risk" monev. co to ... , ... . L.. 1L iti..j xi: 4. - served Colonial with notice to k ; 'i i
, i '.i 11 i wnai ne regarai as an auempi uy me unueu u . . ., , , , uu luum mcui m
Uncle Sam if you have a "pull." na 1 " e H show cause why it should not be overcrowded training s c h o o l s
. .. ciosca nawn on inp rvinntrpni j i... it
This indignity to his caudal appendage was inflicted last Friday , n.mh , " y overn
several meii
ures calling for
more informa
tion about the
world's non-self-
governing pco-
Why Oregon Votes Republican
One doesn't have to look far to see what's wrong with
the democratic leadership of the state.
In days gone by, democrats were elected to top offices
in Oregon because of the caliber of the men and of what
they stood for. Today state leadership of the democratic
party apparently doesn't figure that makes any difference piC! The action
anymore. came on the
Take, for instance, the statement of the Marion county heels of a flat
central committee rhairmnn. I.ina A. Mnrt.mn-T.allv. in declaration
Eugene the other night. He called for the democratic
party's getting in control of the state by back-door poli
tics. To Martine-Lally's way of thinking, Walter Pearson,
state treasurer, was "a wedge into the Board of Control."
Since Pearson wa3 the only democrat on the Board of
Control, he offered an "in" at a strategic point. Incident
ally, it was the first time Pearson had been described as
a "wedge."
rearson was boosted by JMartine-Lally lor governor.
route auer uecemner iz.
when the UN assembly, overriding British opposition, adopted what the issue partly boils a w dai.c nnihw
down to is that the big air lines sin. . mair-,ne ,Mi nrnffrw. In
which calls for ultimate Inde- are able to hire top cabinet-level educating the mentally retard
pendence is a good one. She lobbyists to protect their inter- unste , u ? if.gJn(S
no nts In her seven independent ... .,. j . . ... ca JOUngsierslO De sell-SUpport-
- V.,iH.n. .hit ih. :::." ' " y.1"'1". ing- Also, a few cities like Cin-
" r ",, 1'"ni are oeing cinnat, and Euclid. Ohio. hv
system works well. She doesn't written
want irresponsible criticism, and American Airlines for
made starts with the help of
doesn't want to be askerf to do cln,. ,,!n. , u,c American region, tne jviwa-
lh!n lirhlU .ka nlparl., I. 41 ' : 1 - . n IS
..i.6a niiivu flue o. 10 me aun-iii-iaw oi csccreiary Ol
and other civic - minded
doing.
State Acheson; while Pan Ame
groups.
u ........ iu. i t : iu.
4.. una cw..t- I" O..L-..I. -.., . s .w..,..u X4uu.a oU..,.- ,css lhan 90 000 retarde(J chil.
own colonics. So far as con- son, now secretary of national
dren about one-tenth of the to-
Dh a in allnfri nn col. nkk.. nrt "
by
Hector McNeil,
British minister
of state, that his
country couiun i "" .0.o..... cicaies willingness to proviae ' " luuoying tentjon in ,ncciai classes of our
;..l...,..li-,l innrrnrnnxo ,11 ...,...ll V,.. IU- lllXIII-V hove In nll ll,n lCnU Special CiaSSCS Ot OUr
with any areas now under the peace organization. British constitution of the United States. pUx,lrpCh0?-1.,f.tl.T'
British flag. sources say there is no desire
A narticularlv outspoken re- on their part to put an iron cur- "SOCKLESS" JIM FOLSOM
action was voiced by Lord Beav- tain around the colonies. It has never been told before Two ..., Nevada and Mii-ii.
w "Kissin Jim" Alabama's .ii j u . 4i
NOTE Every state-operated
training school for the feeble
minded has a long waiting list.
erbrook's London Sunday Ex- There is another aspect to this now
(Copyrllht 19491
i ucitciun iiiuii wuuiu ue in a puHiiiuu to appuiui nis own pt.a mui n.luliW iiuuwiu. liuuaii quMi- ' 4. ui- jng school for this purpose.
successor as state treasurer. Martllie-Lally ba dly said was maKing lis nmi muve iu m-a m America say inai mnu- ", """"" "-"" ".iiuwh aa Arizona is building one,
... .. ... ... ... . . i i- it.- Ft-ii:-!. t.. : - u uAi;l. 4. cw-i. 4 Snrlclpee .Tim " . w
tnis maneuver "wnn fi hrpalr ho rcnil l run alrnntr P.hn H Pllltn "ie oiiibh iiiiiiiiie i iiuoiui: iu uinnii me uy- -
on the Board of Control and break the back of the ropub- P'PM " ,Tj,Jc P"Pcr urecl,.Bii- inf lo. s,ir.Vp l'0" Tn, b"
Mnnn noi-tv in rivnrrnn " lain to withdraw from the U.N., colonies with the idea of embar-
Jican patty in Oregon L. , , and asserted: rassing the mother country.
1 his reflection of the thinking of the democratic lead- The jackals are leaping on That's a further reason why
ership in these parts is a sad commentary on the party thc lion because they think he England doesn't want outside in-
itself. This, tied in with the Sweet(land) Deal for Oregon, s mangy. It is time to show terference in her management,
doesn't offer much for the democratic voters in the state, there is life, vigor and a good The Manchester (England)
uuaruian sounps a moderate
note. The paper supports the
British government's refusal to
That larger diamond
you have always prom
ised is waiting for her!
No wonder the republicans win as often as thev do in roar in him yet."
Oregon and that s not saying much for them at times, There is, of course, no reason
either.
Good-Humor Man Is Glum
San Diego, Dee. 7 iu.pi There was nothing cheerful about
Good Humor-man Willie Sutton when he awakened in coun
ty jail.
According to El Cajon police, Sutton led them a merry
chase for four hours through the fog ai he happily gave away
ice cream from his Good Humor truck.
He even carried armloads if ice cream bars into a couple
f taverns and tossed them Into the air, officers said.
Good Humor Manager Tom Devlto said about $12 worth of
ice cream was missing from the truck.
Charged with drunken driving, Sutton told Jailers today:
"I don't remember what t did but 1 don't think I've got a
Job left."
Difference Between Day and Night
St. Louis, Dec. 7 U.cily Judge John Lee Waechter
fined George A. Barnes $100 for shouting "Hey, Babe!" at
Mrs. Mildred Myers near midnight on Oct. 27.
"I would have let you off If you had made the same re
mark lo her during daylight hours," th judg said.
tain" ntenV t w U dr w torn W.ththe
the peac; organization. How- bout colonies but thinks it
ever, my inquiries in informed Ju" ;TPiy t0 T0"
British quarters make it quit. ' . IZ, ZL
clear that there is strong indig
nation over what is regarded as
interference with Britain's co
lonial prerogatives.
So we needn't expect any
thing so drastic as withdrawl
sembly. It says a positive reply
should be given.
It might also point out that
in many cases the economic ad
vance of the colonies has lagged
behind their political programs,
and they need investments and
from the U.N., yet the signs right technical skill which England
now are that London might re- can't suppiy aione. The Guard
fuse to cooperate in carrying out ian points to President Truman's
U.N. ideas which the British advocacy of American invest
govcrnmcnt feels are trespassing ment in backward areas and his
on private preserves. England insistence that American aid
regards her colonies as her own should be given through U.N.
business. agencies. "The British govern
British officials take the po- ment's right attitude,' the paper
s-ition that, with some 300 yean adds, "would be to welcome co
of colonial experience behind operation by such agencies and
her, England ought to know to make clear that the fruit
what she is doing. She thinks would not be selfishly appropri
t h t British colonial policy, ated by British interests.
What Was Wrong With Speeder?
He Was Going to Be Married
Los Angeles, Dec. 7 VP) Traffic Judge Roger A. Pfaff in
dicated he was going to sentence a speeder to 90 days. But
when he learned the offender was to be married, he perform
ed the rites forthwith.
Motor cyclist Blair At. Bernbabm, 19, appeared before the
judge on the speeding charge yesterday. It was his 14th cita
tion. "You should ask a psychiatrist what's wrong with you,"
said Judge Pfaff.
Bernbaum pleaded that he soon was to be married, pointed
to his fiancee, Georgia .May Jones of Burbank, In the court
room and produced a marriage license.
"Marriage," said Judge Pfaff, "is as good, if not better,
than any psychiatric examination." And he performed the
ceremony then and then.
As a wedding present, the court fined Bernbaum ISO,
placed him on probation a year and ordered him to sell the
motorcycle.
Bars of Music Behind Bars
Fairbanks, Alaska, Dec. 7 (Pi Those bars of music wafting
through the streets come from behind the bars of Fairbanks.
The bars of the Fairbanks federal tail, that is.
Prisonrrs are disc jockeys. They operate the turntables to
rebroadcast transcriptions of chimes and Christmas carols.
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