TH E AU RO RA O RSER VER, AU RO RA, OREGON
Sailors Are More Costly
to Educate Than Soldiers
It is figured by the adjutant gen
eral’s office in the W ar department
that Uncle Sam’s sailors are more
expensive by far than his soldiers.
It costs approximately $15,000 to etí­
cate a midshipman for four years at
Annapolis, compared to about $0.715
to school a cadet for the same pe­
riod at West Point. In actual serv­
ice it is estimated that it costs $4.500
annually to maintain a naval officer
and $1,100 for an enlisted man. In
the army, however, maintenance cost
falls to $4,420 for officers and $810
for each private.— Pathfinder Mag­
azine/
National Topics Interprete!
by William Bruckart
National Press Building
Washington.— Five Important stones
In the New Deal recovery arch have
been torn from their
N ew F arm moorings now and,
Legislation
from a11 of the com‘
ments I have been
able to pick up, it appears that the
genera] situation has been clarified
thereby. Two of the major New Deal
items— the N R A and the A A A — have
been tossed overboard by the Supreme
court of the United States and
congress, at the request of the Presi­
dent, now has thrown three others into
the limbo of unnecessary things by re­
pealing the legislation for control of
cotton, tobacco and potatoes. These
three with their parent, the Agricul­
tural Adjustment act, represented all
that was basic in the New Deal farm
program.
The importance of the President’s
act in requesting repeal of the three
compulsor-y crop-control law's cannot
be minimized.
Mr. Roosevelt recog*
nized, when the A A A was invalidated,
that the other three crop-control laws
would be of no further use because
they were predicated upon the nation­
al law. He recognized further that to
remain adamant would be only to per­
i i » i
mit delay in invalidation of those
three laws because they were all head­
ed for an adverse decision by the Su­
M ia H I
preme court anyway. In seeking their
repeal, therefore, Mr. Roosevelt sim­
ply took time:by the forelock and gird­
ed his armor for a fresh start on farm
by the Tammany society of New York
relief legislation.
Meanwhile in qll 13 states, birthday
Where or in what form the new farm
balls had been held, not only by the legislation will finally emerge, none
cities with their higher social circles, can foretell. The house and senate
but also in hamlets that could only will pass some kind of legislation to
muster a barn for a ballroom and a supplant the laws invalidated by the
fiddle and flute tor an ¿rfeestfe. .
court or repealed by congress. Neces­
I n 1791 v the Society of the Glnei n- sarily, this new farm legislation will
nati held itfe first Was|ifegf 0 n’s birth­ be of a stop-gap character and I don’t be­
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day celebration in New V oríí having lieve that any of its ardent supporters
mm
■followed. Tammany's example by re¿ can tell you exactly what the result
solving to mark the dfeé each year will be in sô far as its effect upon agri­
The President and the éOngress (an i culture is concerned.
also the capital of the United States),
As far as f e e compromises have been
had meanwhile removed temporarily wbfked onfi It appfeafe that some of
to Philadelphia. But even New York s the. leaders are willing again to enàet
disappointment did not prevent Tam­ legislation directed tít crop-control in
many from vyihg vyith the exclusive a st mi-cofefiiKsory manner. If that is
orga n j za ti on of Re vqlilliona ry officers forthcoming, the ncv}. law actually--will
| g | P EORGE W ASH ING TO N Refer
to do honor to, the day. ,
be nothing more tlian a thinly dis­
-jr occupied the White House. His
'Alas, théjvLgood feeling did not én-r guised attempt to circumvent the pro­
executive mansions. were tem­
dure. By 179B, after .John Jay had hibitions laid down in the Supreme
porary, and stiff ted from New York to
còme back from England with his court opinion holding thé AAA uncon­
Philadelphia while the White Housè
hated
hy, feas fi efeély
stitutional. In any event, the tragedy
was still a dream, observes a writer in
for revoluti on ary Fra nee; Jefferson in the situation appears to me to be
the New York Times. Only his name,
Avas its gOtt; George Wàshington vvits
plus that dream, which- was his, went actually being dubbed, in public, a pro- the absence of clear thinking, or else
the circumstances \ve see represent po­
to the city on thé Potomac,
Engifeh aristocratan d those who cele­ litical cowardice of the worst type.
But in the stress of the ; formative
brated, his birthday were coldly f ac­
It is to be remembered that in this
years he was remembered with wide­ cused of being (àmóng other things)
session of congress more than any oth­
spread festivities at his first birthday
bootlickers, idola tors. Royalists an d
after his inauguration.
Indeed, the sycophants.:. The country-wide birth- er since President Roosevelt took of­
fice, there exist a greater number of
anniversary had been hailed even ear­
day honors of. that year, though even
lier, since the first President was a hioi*e;Jayjsh and vociferous than usual, bloçà; cross currents, of opinion ; par-
tfsai jealousy. A great deal of it is
national hero long before he grasped
presented for the first time t lie ogre
in opposition to brain trust policies
the reins of government/
of party, grinning at the feast.
sponsored by the New Deal but for
Ragged Soldiers had piped him a pa­
By 1797, however, the Jay treaty
political reasons the individuals who
thetic birthday tune at Valley Forge
was being regarded much more to!
oppose these things dare not openly
on the bitter Feb­
-erantly, and certain -
show their disapproval of Presidential
ruary day t h a t
French proceedings
policies as such. Thus, a consensus
closed his forty- were being looked
has arisen among Washington observ­
sixth- year. Felluw-
at a little askance.
ers that representatives and senators
Virginians had trod
Those who refused
concerned with directing enactment of
a birthday measure to salute Washing­
new farm legislation are likely to mess
at .Richmond
in
ton on February 22,
UP the situation rather than come forth
1781. Maryland and to honor a glorious
with a definite and workable preposi­
N ew
York
had
record for its own
tion.
toasted him when
sake, and to tread
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he Was forty-nine
a measure at the
The situation at the White House
and already in sight
evening’s gala as-,
and in congress in connection with
of success for his
se mb l i es,
now
agricultural policies
arms and for his
formed
a
rather
Partisan
probably is the best
cou n try . French­
conspicuous minor­
Politics Rule illustration in a defi­
men
w ho
had
ity.
nite, tangible form,
served by his skie
George Washing­
of how many important federal policies
seized thé opportu­
ton became à pri­
are being dealt with in a partisan po­
nity of rejoicing
vate citizen in that
litical way rather than, as they should
convivially
over
year, and was with
be, in a scientific manner with partisan
the anniversary of his A l e x a n d r i a
politics in tl.e background. I need not
his birth in 1784, when the hostilities neighbors at their
and the British evacuation were both birthnight ball Of February 22, 1798— recall how many pieces of legislation
in the past. Young men who had been an onlooker, though in his younger have been put through congress bear­
ing a New Deal tag of “must.”
Of
privileged to visit him in his famous days he, had excelled in the minuet.
course, Mr. Roosevelt cannot be blamed
campaign tent organized birthday hon­
There was to be only one more birth­
ors tit for a hero; and in that first Feb­ day for a living.Washington to adorn. entirely for issuing orders when con­
gress is willing to obeyvV It is a fact,
ruary of the new era, the celebrations
He spent that one at home at Mounr nevertheless, that time after time and
first began to resemble real occasions.
Vernon, presiding over a particularly
with reference to the major New Deal
In Alexandria, Va., the town nearest joyous occasion. His adopted daugh­
experiments, the legislation has been
to the General’s stately mansion, the ter, his pet, Nelly
drafted by men serving under a Pres­
birthnight ball was inaugurated an an­ married to his favorite nephew, Maj.
idential appointment in executive de­
nual affair.
In Philadelphia patriots Lawrence Lewis.
partments, the copies forwarded to
celebrated “with that hilarity and man­
The radiánceí we tit out of Mount given representatives or senators and
ly decorum ever attendant on the sons Vernon in December of 1799 and the instructions passed along that the ad­
of freedom.’* In New York there met
fe e country over ministration will take no substitute.
“a select club of Whigs,” and drank to fefeèh turned into mourning processions It wants the specific measure and in
Washington, and hailed him with song when. 1800 brought the anniversary that form.
and sonnet and declamation.
around once more. This February 22
The result of all of this has been
The date tints fa r widely honored was a universal requiem. The arm­ that in numerous cases legislation was
was February 11.
Washington was lets and headbands with Washing­ passed without more than ^ few mem­
born on February 11, 1732, according ton^ picture were black where once bers of the house and senate having
to the British calendar usages then they had been gayly hued.
even read the bills before they were
officially in vogue.
Nineteen years
Throughout the country business asked to cast a favorable vote on their
later Britain adopted the Georgian in was suspended for 24 hours. Theaters, passage.
place of the Julian calendar.
But taverns, public halls, schoolrooms and
Now, representatives and senators
the ancient dates often stuck, and it college auditoriums, village greens and are seeking to dodge the responsibility
is not Until 1790 that we find Washing­ parks ¿s well as churches were given fo r their acts. This was shown defi­
ton’s birthday-*-his first as President— over to exercises, meetings and pro­ nitely in the celerity with which con­
being celebrated on the twenty-second cessions expressive of the deepest gress acted on the Presidential request
of February instead of the eleventh grief.
for repeal of the three crop-control acts
0 arf\
Œirtiidi
I
W a s h in g to n
named heretofore. I know personally
of a considerable number of represent­
atives and senators who were delight­
ed at the opportunity to vote repeal
of those laws. They never did like
them— after they found out what they
had passed. But a politician is the
last person in the world to admit his
mistakes and the representatives and
senators who voted for repeal of the
crop-control laws with such enthusi­
asm were no different than the others.
The repeal request simply gave them
an opportunity to get out from under
a thing which, if the legislation had
gone through processes usual and nor­
mal for congress, they would never
have taken in the first place.
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NO UPSETS
The proper treatm ent
for a bilious child
THREE STEPS
TC RELIEVES
President Roosevelt likely will re­
ceive some credit for seeking repeal of
the discredited laws.
Admits
He said if he made
His Mistake a mistake he would
be the first to admit
it So, now he has in a way admitted
that he made a mistake in approving
those laws although his statement con­
cerning the repeal request was that
these were useless without AAA.
A cleansing dose today ; a smaller
quantity tomorrow ; less each tim e ,
u n til bowels need n o help at a ll.
N Y mother knows the reason
A
when her phild stops playing» eats
little, is hardto manage.
Constipation.
But what a pity so few know the
sensible w ay to set things right I
The ordinary laxatives, of even
ordinary strength, must be carefully
regulated as to dosage,
A liquid laxative is the answer,
mothers. T he answer to all your
worries over constipation. A liquid
can be measured. The dose can be
exactly suited to any age# or need.
Just reduce, the dose each time, until
the bowels are moving of their own
accord and need no help.
This treatment will succeed with
any child and w ith any adult.
The doctors use liq u id laxatives.
Hospitals use the liquid form. If it
is best for their use, it is best for
home use. The liquid laxative most
families use is Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Pepsin. A ny druggist has it.
It is to be noted, however, that long
before the Supreme court outlawed
AAA there was a growing volume of
discontent with the principles that law
sought to apply.
It cannot be that
Mr. Roosevelt was not aware of this
growing dissatisfaction and that his
political advisers smelled a rat be­
cause a good many plans for modifica­
tion had been under discussion pri­
vately among AAA advisers long be­
fore a Supreme court decision was in
prospect. Practical men working with
Secretary Wallace and Administrator
Davis were steadily trying to accom­
plish changes in administration of the
AAA law, and the three others as well,
to ma|i^:it workable.
It is thus that we see a development
under the New Deal whereby most of
the responsible people are attempting
to dodge the responsibility that be­
longs to them. Some of them are at­
tempting to clean their own skirts, or
make their skirts appear clean, by
damning the Supreme; court; others
are blaming our ; “system” for failure
of thé theories to work in practical ap­
plication and still other groups point
the finger of scorn at those charged
with administration of the agricultural
policy, blaming them for the failure.
A n d a B les s in g
Physicians like to doctor a cheer
ful man. That’s co-operation.
COMMON
.COLDS!
Washington observers are watching
the President’s latest maneuvers on
government
finance
Must Cut with considerable in-
B o r r o w in g
teres t.
The Presi­
dent, you know, ah
ready has told agencies of the govern­
ment that arc equipped with borrowing
power that they must reduce this
borrowing.
He has, in effect, with­
drawn from them authorization that
would have permitted the borrowing of
about $1,000,000,000 during the next
year.
HI Relieve the distressing
symptoms by applying
Mentholatum in nostrils
a n d ru b b in g on chest.
If you prefer nose drops,òr
throat spray, call for the
HEW M EH TH G lA Ttlid U Q U ID
In handy bottle with, drepferér
During the last few weeks, the
Chief Executive has been concerned
also with reduction in governmental
spending and at the same time with
plans to raise additional money. He
has presented a tax bill to congress,
an obstinate congress.
Representa­
tives and senators do not like to cam­
paign after passing a new tax bill so
they frankly do not like thè idea o f
new taxes at this time.
It Is too early to forecast the full
importance of the President’s latest
moves.
There are those who insist
that Mr. Roosevelt is making a sincere
effort to cut down government spend­
ing and to convince the nation that he
is seeking to reduce the waste that is
naturally attendant upon such a vol­
ume of disbursements of mon'ey as has
taken place In the last three years
There are others who take the posi­
tion that the President is simply build­
ing up a picture which can be shown
to the voters when election time comes.
They say that Mr. Roosevelt wants to
be in a position to point-to an accom­
plished reduction In federal expendi­
tures and to assure the voters that he
had permitted only such expenditures
as ^@re necessary to bring the country
out 7ft the depression.
An unbiased conclusion is that a lit­
tle of each claim is true. If expendi­
tures actually aro reduced, obviously
the action will be welcomed by the tax«
payers. On the other hand, the bally­
hoo that went out from the White
House and executive departments corn
cerning the withdrawal o f borrowing
power was rather unjustified. It was
unjustified for the reason that the
move was simply a bookkeeping propo­
sition and, further, there was even
a hint that such- agencies as the Re*
construction Finance corporation and
Home Owners Loan corporation had no
plans for borrowing extensively dur»
ing the forthcoming summer and fall
© W èstern N ew sp ap er Union.
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