LETTERS
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to the Editor
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I we ARE concerned with how
i much GOODS our dollar will buy.
| The law requires that one dollar
’ in gold be kept in reserve for each
| thirty dollars in money in use.
Prices are largely controlled by
the amount of money available.
The international bankers want
our money valued in gold for a
very definite reason. They BUY
gold, ship it to Europe, and then
what happens ? For each dollar in
gold shipped out of the country,
thirty dollars of our medium of
exchange is forced out of circulat
ion. and of course is reatorable to
circulation when the gold ia re-
turned.
To The Editor:
President Roosevelt said in his
recent broadcast talk that the
newspapers were full of panaceas
for our economic ills and he quoted
the most common one: "Restore
gold to circulation and permanent
ly set the value of our dollar in
gold by act of Congress."
Few of us care how much gold
our dollar will buy. As a matter
of fact, we don’t buy gold. We
Since the movement of gold con-
buy goods: groceries, clothing, au trols the amount of money avail*
tomobiles, etc. with our money and able, and the amount of money
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Townsend Topics
Bj Publicity Conunltteo — Ashland T uwwmmk I Club
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movement In the history of the na-
When al their first meeting the t ion
Had there been any belief on the
new tx>ard of directors announced
pail of the enemies that there had
that they would protest against
the apparent efforts of the Con been any violation of any law,
gressional committee to probe* the either in tht> use of the mails or
the obtaining of money by false
personal reputations of all connec
representations. these same ene
ted with the Movement, there was
no purpose of hiding facts, it was mies would have resorted at once
a determination to defend the to th? use of the criminal arms of
the government.
Constitution itself from any invas
The first sessions of the inves
ions by the Congress into personal
tigations
showed plainly that the
liberty.
purpose was to besmirch, if pos
Admittedly, the only purpose for sible. the names of all those who
which either the House or the had any part in the spreading of
Senate may conduct an investigat this Movement The attack on Dr.
I
ion of any kind is to obtain infor Townsend, himself, by the misin-
mation which might guide them U'rpretation and distortion of one
in the enactment of laws.
sentence of a letter, was a case in
Other branches of government point. This committee spread thru
are charged with the enforcement the press the suggestion thut the
of laws. The people are protected Doctor was seeking "millions of
from the sending of either libel dollars'* with the inference that
ous or dishonest matter through he desired the money for himself
the mails by the postal depart It did not permit the truth which
ment. They are protected from was that he desired all such funds
fderai frauds of other kinds thru not for himself, but as a means to
the department of Justice.
carry the message to every part of
Also, admittedly, the present in tile nation.
vestigation has no thought of in
So the decision to protest ag
vestigating the feasibility or des ainst such mususe of power is a de
irability of enacting any Revolv al nst such misuse of power is a de-
ing Pension Plan. It is primarily itself. It is a declaration that the
designed to aid those who would | Movement has faith in American
I defeat candidates wlio are in fav ism, and is determined to protect
or of the Plan, and to send its ene tne traditional principles of Am
mies back to Congress.
erican freedom One of the tradit
To do this. Congress itself voids ional rights of the people is that
the Constitution which created it. Congress shall not invade other
It is the boast of those who fos departments of the government
ter it that the investigation will ar.d shall not us? its arbitray pow-
stop the Townsend Movement, eia ti deceive the people by th»*
which has obtained mor? support- spreading of scandals and libels
ers in a shorter time than has i in the selfish political Interests of
any other forward looking social ' its elected members.
ground and heard rumblings to in*
dlcate that thia wu» going to be u
popular Issue this spring Anyway
119 of the 414 candidates for state,
federal and district jobs in Ore
gon are declaring for old age | m < h -
alone.
Fifty-seven of then? come out
unqualifiedly for the TOwnaend
Plan but th<< rest of the pension
plunks only commit their sponsors
to "liberal" or "adequate" pens
ions
Take Your Choice
As To Platforms
In This Election
CO Nil BESS ION AL POWER
Magazine Seeks
Pride In Oregon
SALEM Do you want lower
taxes? Ar? you in favor of great
er economy in government expen-
di t urea? Are you of the opinion
that a lot of offices, boards and
commissions should be abolished ?
If so step right up to primury
bargain counter and take your
pick
These and scores of other
tempting inducements are con
tained in the 400-odd platforms
being offered by primary candi
dates in Oregon this year
range of offerings may tie
greater than usual but there
more plutforms to pick from
to the larger crop of candidates
Some of the planks may lie a bit
shop worn but they have all been
polished up as good as new and
sound «»very bit us good us some
of the newer inducements that arc
always being introduced in every
campaign
There is an especially heavy run
oil old age pension planks thia
year
Apparently the boys und
girls who ar? seeking public of
flee have had their car to the
describing the otuclal flag. seal.
song, flower, bird, moiio and oth-
er things relating to vregon .was
prepare^ under the direction of C
A. Howard, state superintendent
of public Instruction.
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Every citizen of Oregon should
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I state in order that he can tell vis
itors what the state stands for
and what it has to offer, according
to a statement by Governor Charl-
Ies H. atarun appearing in the Ap
ril issue of the Oregon Motorist
travel magazine published by the
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I we have controls prices, it follows
! that the international bankers who
ship large amounts of gold in and
| out of our country, are through
i this method controlling the price«
i of our products. How much money
could you make if you knew def
initely whether prices were to go
up, or down?
Ihere have been straw hata and
Money is not wealth. It is the I atraw hats but it took the Texan
medium we use to exchange our Centennial Expositisa, S2COOO.OOO
efforts for the goods we want. World'« Fair opening in Dalian,
June 6 to produce an authentic 10-
Therefore, since it is goods we buy gallon straw chapeau. Lucy Ann
with money, money must circulate Snell demonstrate« the hat, made
in direct proportion to goods, in at Laredo, Texan, of Texan straw.
order to maintain stability.
The gold act of 1934 took all one that we need never apologize
the gold out of circulation and has for as being «canty or not dating
proven definitely that it is of no back in time comparable with oth
use to us in our domestic dealings, er areas of this nation," he wrote
"It must De remembered that
but only in foreign trade.
However, Congress should re Spain caused explorers to come
store constitutional money to the up the Pacixic coast 17 years be
United States and manitain a con fore the time the Pilgrim Fathers
trolled currency linked to the price landed at - »ymouth.”
The travel magazine was devot
index, paying it into circulation
through expenditures and taking ed almost entirely to an outline
it back into the treasury whenev of Oregon and its historical back
er necessary, to keep prices stable. ground. A section sketching the
and
R. I. Pendleton development of the state
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