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Capital jijJournal
An Independent Newspaper Established 1888
BERNARD MAINWARING, Editor and Publisher
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus
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CAPRICIOUS SENATORS
Two incidents of recent days should focus public atten
tion on some of the characters we have in the lower
echelons of what was once termed "the greatest dclibera-
tive body on earth," the U. S. senate.
Many must have been puzzled at the delay in confirm
ing Karl Warren as chief
to which he was appointed last fall and on which he has
since been serving. Day after day went by without the
nomination being reported out
expected to be a unanimous
happened.
A closer look showed the chairman of the judiciary
committee to be one of the most injudicious men in the
senate, Langer of North Dakota. Committee chairmen get
their positions by seniority. Qualifications have nothing
whatever to do with their advancement. J his suggested
the reason for the delay.
Now Langer has caused an F. B. I. investigation to be
made of Warren, at the request, it appears, of political
enemies in California who seek one parting shot at a rmin
they hate but whose advancement they have been unable
to prevent. It is inconceivable that the F. B. I. will turn
up any information the senate and public do not already
have. Warren has operated in a goldfish bowl of constant
public attention for the past 30 years. The investigation
is a ridiculous personal affront, and is, we understand,
without precedent in connection with such an office.
Then Senator McCarren, who made a violent scene at
a banquet for the president of Turkey down in Las Vegas,
forcing himself into a seat next to the visiting dignitary
instead of the mayor who had been scheduled to sit there.
"Since when is a mayor above a United States senator?"
McCarran snorted. It could be answered that the mayor
or ring catcher of the smallest podunk in Nevada might
well exceed that state's senior senator in courtesy.
The senate is a curious reflection of Amrican life, in
cluding some of the best men in the country, some of the
worst, and a great number of in-hot weens.
COMBATTING THE 'PROPHETS OF DOOM'
The United States Chamber of Commerce has issued
an optimistic outlook for the nation's economy in reply
to the political "prophets of doom" such as CIO chief
t Walter iteulhcr and Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois who
fare doing their best psychologically to create a depression,
It remarks that "it is difficult to see any reason why this
country should ever again experience an old-fashioned
depression."
The Chamber said in its statement for the House-Senate
Economic committee that so far the "inevitable read
justment" which it said was "bound to follow the end of
fighting in Korea" has been "surprisingly easy." The com
mittee is making its annual study of the president's eco
nomic report.
"Business in 1954 will be good by any standard estab
lished before 1950," says the Chamber, but it will probably
not be as "bouyant" as in the record year of 1953. It points
to these good signs:
"Strong sources of investment and consumer demand remain. Con
sumer income is still very hich. Business intentions to invest in new
plants And equipment indicate high level of capital investment this
year. Tile Census Bureau reported that unemployment in January
totaled 3.8 per cent of the civilian labor force. This is in no sense an
alarming amount."
However, the Commerce Department announced after
the Chamber 'statement had been prepared that a new
method of collecting statistics indicates that the number
of unemployed early last month was 3,087,000 about
728,000 more than reported previously. This works out
to 4.9 per cent of the civilian labor force.
Nothing to be alarmed about with winter delaying
farm, lumber and other seasonable occupations and the
curtailment of readjustment from the war stimulated
inflation. But politicians eager for office, hasten to capi
talize to foment and make depression an actuality to re
capture the spoils of office. (',. P.
A VICTORY FOR DECENCY
For many years it appears that Klamath Falls has been
more than tolerating prostitution, gambling, illegal liquor
sales, etc. It has been in partnership with them, levying
fines which were actually protection money. All this with
the knowledge and consent of the mayor, council, police
and many of the citizenry.
Doubtless there were many who knew this was wrong
and demoralizing, a terrible example to set before the on
coming generation of how American government operates
at the municipal level. P.ut wasn't Klamath a "ruff log
ger" type of town where this was the accepted pattern,
where nothing could be done?
Until an energetic district attorney, Frank Alderson
came on the scene with a blazing demand for a cleanup.
Nor did he pipe down when the mayor lamely explained
that the money was going for public improvements; as
if this excused the breaking of laws.
Considerable public sentiment must hae come to the
support of the prosecutor, for the city administration now
says vice is out and that unless the houses of prostitution
remain closed abatement
against them
How loiiff the cleanup will
or persona
reprisals will lie
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will pet no better roveiniiit'iit
District Attorney Alderson has shown what one coma
jjeous man can do. It is to be hoped that others in and
out of public office will take note when they see conditions
mm nccti 101 in mm.
COMMISSION FOR LINDBERGH
Most of lis had well nigh foiKottcn that Charles A.
I.indbervh used to be a reserve colonel in the Air Force,
which he resigned M years ago alter n blast from Presi
dent Koosevelt that virtually branded l.imlheiyh as a trai
tor to his country.
Most of us were exasperated with Lindbergh's isolation
and near pro-Germanism at the time. He took an extreme
position, dt'clnriiirT that even the Tinted States could not
prevent a German victory in the war. He had previously
inspected Germany's air forces and considered them in
vincible. He was wrong-, it .ttibsctpiontly developed, but
the balance lllitrllt easily have
But Lindberph never was disloyal. He was politically
Mind or PO it seemed to those of US who differed with
Vim ' tint uhn hns not been nolitieallv blind in the view of!
,ff . '.l ,;, i
those WHO i.llIUl.U wun nun . , ., , , ... , . . ;
1 he U.S. Kovernment can well end its feud with I.nitl-
lirrgh. w ho rendered jrroat service to the government as
an advisor in aviation, lie has outstanding talents ofj
n technical character, Ulte
flvimr across the Atlantic
freely; To return his commission will be a g-enerotis ges
ture that can harm no one and should make everybody
feel better.
justice of the supreme court
of committee for wnat was
confirmation. But nothing
proceedings will be
i . i
orongni
lust nml whether political
made njrainst the prosecutor.
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than they insist upon. I!nt
tipped the other way.
apart, from his preat feat 111
solo and he has given them
IF SOME
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Justice Department Played
No Politics in This Case
By DREW
WASHN1GTON The inside
story of how Congressman Krn
est Bramblett of California was
tried anJ convicted can now be
told, liis prosecution caused the
tiring of five democratic law
yers who didn't want to prose
cute this republican congress
man. They were overruled by a new
Justice Department executive
who happens to he a republican
and who ordered the case to
trial.
Tho'.igh Attorney General
Brownell has been charged with
playing politics ir certain cases,
his associates .rtainly did not
plav pontiles in this one,
lfere is how the backstage sto
ry unfolds:
In December, 1952, as the Tru
man admiinistration was about to
leave office, the Democratic
Central Committee of Santa Bar
bara, Calif., which is part of
Bramblctt's district, sent a tele
gram to Alton cy General James
McGranery, a dem .'rat, which
read in part'
"Drew I'carson has filed with
the Justice Department his pub
lished charge that Congressman
T'incst r.ranilil tt nhtau ed sal
ary kickbacks from his employ
t-S. Itf K' I"'" .VlHI H liseLUIIM
before new administration comes ;
in and whitcw hes this.
The telegram went in due
course U Charles Murray, then
assistant attorney general in
charge the Justice Depart
ment's criminal division, who
forwartled it on tn his chief as
sistant, Andrew Orhmann, with
this note:
"Andy l.et'r not assume jus
tice will miscarry when our suc
cessors tak" over. Give this the
usual treatment."
Murray's confidence in the en
suing republican administration
was not misplaced. The. proved
mure anxious to prosecute a (el-1
low republican than did certain '
ilemoir.its.
Drmiicrnls Say No
The kickhac'. charges against
Bramblett were processor in due
course, and on January 14, At-
inrnrv i.enerai jumrancry, too
, . ..;!!... , l'"1" u mm HMtll l.llll UUHT Willi-
outgoing attorney general, or-; or else to entrap the new lie- Wl" participate in cnmh.it out locking in a fuil death stnicglc Poucr
ilered prosecution in a letter nnlihr.-m ..Inc. mtn (liiccin nnr will anv combat Ironns he -
. . . .. .
I which he hinisclt signed.
Sinre only six davs remained
'"'tore Eisenhower was to be in-
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mousiv inipossmie lo prnsecuie
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It
tint not come before the new re
publican chief of the criminal i
illusion, Warren Olney for sev
eral weeks. i
At that time there passed
1 across hi desk
desk a routine recom -
meodalion that the criminal
charges against Congressman
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anl, Olney might have
nW'.l
thr recommendation, since it
was signed by men f.mulinr with
tlu case. But being new in office-
and being front California,
as is Uramble'.t, he took a sec
ond look.
The live .subordinate attorneys
who found nn ground .or pnv
secutini' the republican congress
man were all appointed by dem
ocrats. Despite this iinaniimous
recommendation, the more Olnev
looked at tin case the more
skeptical he became that cither
""' kin.; 'f - fix bad been put
"1 to sa' e itramiiiftt or else a
trap had been laid tn embarrass
hn as thr ,. t hicf M ,p ,nm.
inat division
Se he asked or the entire
j nramwett tilt and turned it
ji'ii i in no .tint peoocni .uiorncf
el his own chousing
New Dm limrnls Discinerrd
This attorney turnril up sev-
er.il iniercstin" and extremely
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
'BIRD' SQUAWKS 'CHICKEN!'
- GO - ROUND
PEARSON
important documents which had
been held out of the abbreviated
file which had come across the
desk of the new assistant attor
ney general.
One of them was the signed
order by Attorney General Mc
Granery for criminal prosecution.
His letter listed several laws
which Bramblett had violated. It
was emphat'" and unequivocal.
Another was a notation that
Edward B. Williams, Bramblctt's
attorney, had called at the jus
tice department on Jan. 9, 1953,
stating that he was acquainted
with Mr. Olney, the new republi
can who was about to take over
the criminal division. The memo
slated that Williams mentioned
this friendship and asked (or fa
vorable consideration in the
Bramblett case.
Later it developed in court
testimony that Bramblett had
phoned his campaign manager,
John Hardaway, at about this
time, telling him not to worry,
that everything was being
"fixed."
The omission of these two
documents from the file handed
to Olney was significant. The
McGranery letter, categorically
,,, nrn.oi.iiti.in
showcc, lhat ,,,,, outr,0jnR I)(.mo:
crats were all set to throw the
book at Rrambletl. The second ,
document, stating that Williams,
a reputed friend of Olney's,
asked for favorable considera
tion, might have led tn the con
clusion Hint Olney, the new Re
publican chief, was fixing a c;ise
for a friend.
in Olnrv r-ill.'il in IliA fii-n
Democratic attorneys and fired
them. He also ordered the pro-
sedition of Bramblett.
Reason for firing the five at-
tornrys was not that they made
a mistake in recommending dis -
missal of the Bramblett case,
hut because they withheld per-
tincnt information. The dcliber -
ate omission of Attorney Gener -
al McCnniery's letter from the
files appeared cither calculated
o carrv nut a lix lor ir.imh e t
. . . . - . :
charges against a fellow Hepiib-
! lican.
Olney is not a man who dis
misses cases haphazardly re-
ardless el politics. He was ap-
,.,,.,, ,,,i
' POIIIll tl
by Governor Earl War
ren, now chtel justice, as chict
counsel of the California crime
commission where he did a bang
up jot) of cleaning up the g.irnh-
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nramoiei
lii til-nil c a
granil jury. roe t annn 111.1 cun
gressman has now Heen indicted,
tried and found guilty.
'Twas Worse in '49
Albany Hemncr.it Herald
The secretary of labor direct
attention tn the fact that unein -
plovment now stands at about
half the percentage recorded in
HH0, when between four and
; fve million American workers I for independence tn tight their
i were idle out of a total wnrking,m,n wars ,nn, (0 sle their own
! force of million smaller than problems in their own way and
i1"'""'
i Politicians who have been
,;,, ,,, -Kisenhower
I recession" and clamoring Uv
; big "public works'' program to
save our people Irom starvation
, were it's total aootll It in loose
das I he situation was worse
in 1R-4P.
Nineteen forty-nine,
was not n election
j however,
j tear.
Salem 29 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
February 17, 1925 1
Funeral services for Floyd Col
lins, who had become wedged in
a sand cave and perished there,
were conducted and the cave seal
ed with cement.
Rin Tin-Tin, the wonder dog,
had an appearance in "The Light
house by the Sea." an Oregon the
ater presenlation.
Frank Minto, chief of police.
had received a membership in the
Keep Growing Wiser Order of
Hoot Owls.
Little Alma Marie Bciitell, three
year old Silverton child, had
swallowed a untrh -..hn,.i ni,ni I
the siie ot a dime. A local physi-1
cian removed it with a broncho
scope.
Disposal of prison sewage into
Mill creek had evoked a denunci
ation from a Salem council com
mittee. Shipley's had ladies spring ho
siery in shades of mauve, amber,
marqunselte, freckles, rushy, sa-
ui i , ...
h lm h. .' 1arcl,,1K'nl' 'al-
low palm beach, gnscon. rose-
wood, atmosphere and sunburn.
, '
r-, ill i
,.d. ..uur,. mm opposed m impoverished Western Europe
kindergarten schools, then under, At neriin u,0 stumbling blocks! from within, this country helped
consideration by the legislature. wcrc peace treaties for Germany it with Marshall Plan economic
and had stated editorially. "The and Austria, as thev had been in aid UH48i. Communism tried an
state has enough to do educating one meeting after another since other thrust with the invasion of
children old enough tn go to m South Korea H9501 but was blocked
fciiooi, ici alone Keening them
amused during infancy
U.S. in Indo-china
Eugene Register-Guard
The dispatch nf some 00 air
force technicians, to assist the
French and the Vietnam forces
! in thn cnrvinln,, ,,f
I equipment which is bcinc used
in the war with the Vietminh
Communists in Indochina, h.is
caused considerable concern in
i t "ngrcss. Mississippi's Senator
' Stennis, in particular, has raised
,l,p cry that wc may he involved
.mother Keren
j Prcsicnt Eisenhower has given
1 assurance that the assistance is
; being limited to the necessary
servicinc nf nur routine military
r .:nes. i nc tccnnici.ins
spnt to Indochina. .Nevertheless,
'be question is raised:
"Suppose lied China adopts
this as a pretext for intervention
in Indochina by sending volun
teers, as it did when Mat-Arthur
was given what seemed In be a
green light to puh beyond the
i 3Wh parallel in Korea"''
That danger comes under the
i heading of calculated risk. There
i seems to be no doubt that the
i liiissians and the Chinese are
siipplt nig tile Communists in In
dochina, lust as thev supplied
the Communists in North Korea.
; and in supplying our tnemls. we
; are only matching them. It would
' not make sense to send comoli-
j catcd equipment to the area wilh
. out sending people to le;n h the
use and maintenance of it.
The problems of Imlocluna run
much deeper than this little n.
. ci.ionl. The war there i a gucr
1 nn,, stru. :le in swamps and
. jonjes. It is complicated In
j French colonialism and hv the
; ,ecn desire nf the Indnchmes,
ov ineir notions unreadiness ior
such responsibilities.
KIM Ml IN SIAsrs l.,rit s
. Secretary ot Slate Hull's
1 hey umssus rulers) may he
oiinii piTi'ivni; a o.isic i.ici -
that is. that there are limits tn
the power of any rulers mdrfi
mtcly to suppress the human
'spirit.
Marsh Is Needed
McMinnville News-Register
Approach of the filing deadline
for. the 1954 election has found
little concrete evidence from Sen
ate President Eugene E. Marsh
on his political intentions. And,
most people of the county ap
parently are sitting back, waiting
for him to announce wiinoiu
thinking of the consequences if
he should decide not to run this
year.
We have become so used to
having Gene Marsh represent our
county in the councils ot uregon
government that most of us never
pause to realize the long hours of
hard work, the heavy financial
sacrifice that he and other legis
lators must make to go to Salem.
It isn't just the months of legis
tive session, for example, in
Marsh's case. His legislative pos
ition places him on the most im
portant committees, which meet
regularly to study state problems,
lie spends countless hours and
countless dollars between ses
sions helping to look after state
business, this is a dividend for
the people for the individual it
is a real and expensive responsi
bility. Oregon and Yamhill county
need Gene Marsh back in the leg
islature this year. Tragic death of
Dean Walker has taken a heavy
toll on senate leadership. Marsh
is wanted in the senate even
though he personally may think
it anti-climactic to return after
his term as senate president.
Many other presidents have re
turned to office. In the present
situation, Marsh should as well.
McCarren Again
Albany Democrat-Herald
Wonder what the Honorable
Senator Patrick McCarran had to
say to the president of Turkey
after forcing tho mayor of Las
Vegas, host city, to give up the
place alongside .the honor guest
at a dinner given for the visitor.
"Since when does the mavor of a
city come before a United States
senator?
There was an obvious answer
which the committee in charge
was too polite to give. This fits
into the general picture people
are forming of McCarran. The
THE WORLD TODAY
Berlin Might
For Peaceful
By JAMES
WASHINGTON W - Two tigers
moved up close to examine each
other again, and again they with-
(lrew u watch and wait and sharp-
cn ,nflr tlaws-
That may be the historians do-
scription of the Berlin meeting.
which i.eK.iu .run. id iimu e:m una
week, between the Big Four for
eign ministers.
Three of them from the West-
United States' Dulles, Britain's Ed
en, France's Bidault have talked
four weeks with Russia's Molotov.
Neither side was expected to
yield anything. Neither did. In that
1 sense the meeting was not a dis-
, appointn.ent.
"lit m.iui v ii uiv i iniMut i it .1
tragic disappointment if it turns
mlt ,nis WJ the ,ast chancc the
. BiR Kmlr na(i , sctl0 ,hrjr diffor-1
! c n..ull,. hfK UnrM U',r
' 1 1 v v o 'itiiiiiij it mi iu ioi
This was only tiie latest in a
series. The prcvinus nne was in
September 1949. There may be
others in the years to come.
If that's so. then this one. in
spite of the attention it attracted thing. If either did, at Berlin, it i done by Sheriff Denver Young and
now, may wind up as only a tiny might have been the first paving i the FBI in securing the arrest of
footnote in history. stone on the road to ruin, so tight- a fake minister, as reported in
At the lime of the first break- ly are the two sides balanced. the paper, in Wheaton. HI., with
down ocr Germany and Austria Now like two tigers, each cap- An five weeks of the return of the
tins country and the rest of the
cst w,rc Prar,'('a"'
armed;
Russia was an arsenal.
Still, tnerc was a balance be-
tween them: this country was no
match lor Kussia in number nf
men under arms but this tnuntry
had the atom bomb, which Russia
HidlTI The hnmh , on, I, m
discourage Russian attack in Eu
rope.
ci,ip l,i,r'h,ii ,. ii,ir ,.-,.tn
sharpened their claws, pushed and
'
.,ii.i j ,j u " ...:.u
i umiiumsim
ommunsinv
Kussia clinrhed her hold on the
satellites, crabbed Czechoslovakia
'Ill-ill.', rushed development of the
atom and hydrogen bombs, aehiev-
1112 her (irst atomic explosion in1
l'.Mfl. her first hydrogen one in !
If"'.!. And the Chinese Communists
took over all of (. hina 'l!'4!l'.
Al war's end the Communists,
in Kussia alone, ruled 200 million
people Now communism. Russian
anil Chinese, rules mm million un
der a solid lied military alliance
that stretches trom central Europe
and across Asia i u. I'i,-,tu-
The 'test
Under the threat of nussia the
United Stales mined on from the
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Bootleggers
Times Again
By HAL
NEW YORK, iP) The bootleg
ger is enjoying boom times in
American again.
He's getting to be a big opera
tor, just as he was in prohibition
days. He is able to put up $25,000
to $65,000 for a still that will
turn out a thousand gallons of
alcohol a day.
He has new lists of suckers
eager to buy his cas-s of "smug
gled" scotch or Canadian whisky
at cut-rate prices. He is again
using counterfeit labels and tax
stamps on a big scale.
Maybo no one has offered you a
bargain basement buy in moon-
Damaging Publicity
Astorian-Budgct
We can sympathize with citi
zens of Kalama, Wash., who think
their rat problem has been over
publicized. Astoria feels the re
cent slide on West Commercial
street hill was over-publicized,
with the result that people all
over the world think the town is
slipping into the Columbia river
and that most of its inhabitants
have scampered to safety.
Now Kalama suffers from a
wide-SDread impression that the
rats are practically chewing citi
zens in their beds, and angry de
nials are being made there that
the rat problem is serious at all.
We commiserate with tne angry
Kalamitcs and hope that their
squawks arc as widely circulated
as the original canard against
their community.
CITIKS WON'T
OPPOSE FARMERS
C.I.O. Pres. Walter Rcuthcr
We do not believe the 140 mil
lion Americans who do not live
on farms are now or are likely to
become opposed tq "all direct aid
to agriculture."
people of Nevada have a chance
to do something about this in
two years.
Be Last Hope
Settlement
MARLOW
atomic DomD to development oi
the hydrogen bomb and built up
an atomic armory so vast it is
ncKinning to put mute rviiuin-c
on atomic weapons, less on men
The United States and Western
Europe came out of the helpless
ness of their disarmament to new
rearmament and formation of their
own military alliance, the North
Atlantic Pact (1849).
The tests
When Russia threatened to gob-
, , , n. . .
ble Greece and Turkey, former
ditional American isolationism in
peacetime by rearming them
"V-1" .. arml"K nem
rjtu. mien nussia tncu to lorce
tut; .inns out ill nci nil Willi a
blockade .1948,. this country
I smashed the blockade with the air -
lift.
' tt'hoo !c-m 1U . J
ti in v ui I II I IUI1I.-II 1 1 lilt v1 1 1.1 J III .
in a war that lasted three years,
is not yet officially ended.
East and West grow steadily
stronger. Neither, therefore, seems'
to think it necessary tn yield anv-
ahlc ot uncorking sudden death,
' the two sides watch each other,
each waiting for the other to iumn
or stumble or, perhaps, to die of
indigestion.
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U X Delegate
A belligerent power isn't going
to
refrain from attacking us
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(U.S.) because of frcindly feel
inss. The only reason they'll lay,
nil t r Knnl 1 1 m lrlAI fnnt nop
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C. A. Larson, Agent
Phone 3-9244
Wednesday, February 17, 1954
Enjoying Boom
in Big Cities
BOYLE
shine lately, but the liquor indus
try says moonshine is being sold
in parking lots, candy stores, gas
stations, cigar stores, and by tele
phone. It says the bootlegers
have henchmen working in hotels,
apartment houses, business build
ings and industrial plants all over
the United States.
The post-war rise of the boot
legger has the regular liquor in
dustry more than annoyed. It is
so angry that it is considering
hiring its own agents and lawyers
to track down bootleggers and
help the government convict
them.
. Ralph Heymsfold, 42, president
of Schenley's and a spokesman
for the industry, feels the gov
ernment isn't doing enough to
wipe out bootlegging.
"Bootlegging is the major law
less industry in America today,"
he said, "but the average citizen
just doesn't care a hoot about the
problem.
"Moonshine has a romantic his
tory. The hillbilly moonshiner is
part of our folklore. We're not
worried about him.
But we are concerned about tht
big operators who have moved in
to the cities. No one can say for
sure how much illegal whisky is
being sold. But I say you can go
anywhere in New York or any
other major city and buy boot
leg whisky within 10 minutes.
Anybody who wants it can get it.
The supply equals the demand."
Heymsfeld said that the distil
led spirits industry paid $1,840,
850,650 in federal and state taxes
in 1953, roughly $13.25 a gallon,
but that the government spent
less than six-tenths of one per
rent nf this revenue tn enforce
j the liquor laws.
"Most bootleggers get suspend
ed sentences," he added. "Only
a third are sent to jail. The courts
simply aren't doing the job.
"Curiously, the government
concentrates its campaign against
bootlegging in the Southern
states, but the bootleg industry
actually is flourishing in every
section of the country.
"They seize 20,000 stills a year,
but the amount of bootlegging
isn't going down. We say it's in
creasing." Heymsfeld thinks bootlegging
could be cut down if the taxes on
local linuor were lowered, thus
permitting it to be sold more
cheaply. But he doesn't believe
thrrt? is much real prospect of
gelling the taxes lowered.
The only wav left to meet the
moonshine menace is by stricter
enforcement," he said. "We are
considering setting up a number
of pilot operations in which, in
cooperation with government offi
cials, the liquor industry can pro
tect itself against bootleggers,
just aa uniiita hug x iunci
Jguards to protect themselves.
lust as banks hire Pmkerton
He wouldn't go into the details
of his program, but he -was hop-
ping mad. He left no doubt that
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Appreciates Prompi
Job by Sheriff Young
To the Editor:
We wish to express publicly our
appreciation of the splendid work
bogus check which we endorsed.
the nmhnrities here immediatrlv
notified the Christian Booksellers
association of Chicago, which
sent out a warning to all member
bookstores throughout the U.S.A.
This man is wanted in Portland,
Albany and Eugene. Ore., as well
as in Seattle and Spokane. Wash.,
' Denver and in many California
' cities. He also did an elderly cou
' nln in Pnptlin.l nut nf tinnn nl
pie in Portland out of JlfHlO of
their bard earned savings.
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