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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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G eneral
HUGH S.
JOHNSON
. . . WMi-. ■. Reviewd, .--
Peace Organization Causes Near Riot
A
New Dictator
Washington. D. C.
PLENTY OF ISSUES
WASHINGTON -It is the clever-
APPEASEMENT MOVE
It is no secret that for many est kind of fourth New Deal elec
months one of the foremost appeas tioneering to say there is no issue
ers in Anglo-American circles was in this campaign—that Mr. Willkie
the ebullient and able Joseph Pat has endorsed all of Mr Roosevelt's
rick Kennedy. U. S. ambassador to principal policies, and that the only
the court of St. James's. Joe has remaining question is. who can deal
felt that if war continued, the pres the New Deal better.
There is first and foremost the is
ent capitalistic system would crack;
that it would be better to accept a sue of whether in direct defiance of
semi-defeat now than lose all later. one of the oldest and most respected
Until recently, however. Ambas of American traditions one man can
sador Kennedy has been pretty use the taxing and spending and
much alone. Now. however, reports borrowing powers of this republic
have reached the war and navy de first to expand those powers out of
partments of an appeasement move all recognizable semblance to them
inside high British financial circles selves and then to perpetuate him
self as President
and inside the admiralty.
How far this appeasement atti
Out of the sole excuse given for
tude prevails is almost impossible that, grows the greatest issue. The
to ascertain. However, the indis excuse is that Mr. Roosevelt must
putable fact is that such reports become perpetual President because
have been made officially, and here his great abilities and perform
This Soundphoto shows police and pUinclothesmen attempting to dis
is the substance of what they con ances make him the one and only
perse members of emergency peace mobilisation organisation frpm the
tain:
indispensable American in the crit
1. British naval officers, close up ical hour. The questions at issue Capitol building, where they nearly started a riot. Anti-conscriptlon sen
to the war. heartsick over losing are "What abilities? What perform timent has resulted in the house voting a 60-day volunteer plan which
Soundphoto of Gen. Ion Antonescu,
vessels every day. struggling des ances?” Mr. Roosevelt's principal would permit a 60-day trial of voluntary enlistments before Che draft
perately to stave off invasion, are duties and policies lie in the fields went into effect. The vote in favor of the amendment was 185 to 155. new premier of Rumania, who has
assumed supreme power. Insert:
wondering whether they are not. aft of agriculture,
labor, industry.
Michael, 18, son sf the abdicated
er all, really fighting for the United American finances, foreign relations
King Carol, who has been pro
States; whether after the Battle of and. more recently, national defense.
claimed king of Rumania.
Britain is over. England, even if un His performance in each field is a
invaded. will not be helpless, leav heap of complete and utter wreck
ing the United States with her navy age.
intact ready to reap all the eco
Billions have been spent on the
nomic and strategic advantages of farm problem. The basic situation
the war's aftermath.
as to surplus, price and income and.
2. Furthermore, even if England is except as to refinanced farm debt,
able to prevent invasion this fall. is much worse than it was even un
British naval and military strate der Hoover. Federal refinancing of
gists doubt very much whether the farm debt was not a New Deal dis
United States will be willing to send covery.
bombers and attack planes to her
Unemployment of labor has not
help next spring when the fight will materially declined and while it will
begin all over again.
do so because of conscription and re
British Factories Damaged.
armament, Mr. Roosevelt will cer
3. There has been much more i tainly want to claim no credit for
damage to British factories than the a threatening war situation.
news indicates. And as this destruc
Industrial recovery has come to
tion daily mounts into millions, Brit only a few large industrial corpora
ish financial leaders figure it will j tions. The condition of the bulk of
take years for Britain to rebuild her little business men is worse than
economic empire. Meanwhile all ever.
markets will be lost to the United
Federal finances are the worst
States. This is the sentiment which mess of all.
Debt has reached
prevailed among Dutch bankers and mountainous heights, taxes—mostly
which led to the surrender of Hol- ' on the poor—are unbearably heavy
land.
and will increase.
We are em
4. Furthermore, there have been • barked on a spending program that
talks in Wall Street by Nazi business cannot possibly be financed except
emissaries which lead British busi- | by doubling our debt.
ness men to believe that the United
Our foreign relations have been
States may make a deal with Hitler.
so blundered that, except for Great
So some British tycoons wonder
Newspaper reporter Norman Phillips of Toronto, Canada, is shown I
Petite, dark-haired Mary Wolf, 1?,
Britain, we have not a friend on
whether they should not do likewise,
earth and those with Britain are be (right) with Rons Kempe (center), Geriyan prisoner recaptured by Phil- recent high school honor gradusle,
perhaps even get there first
ing pushed as rapidly as the New lips after he had escaped from an internment camp in Canada. The re- pleads innocent to first degree mor-
5. Finally there has been some
Deal dares into an alliance and par porter picked up Kempe while covering an assignment dealing with the der in the fatal shooting of her
underground criticism of Prime
escape of two other prisoners. At left is Police Chief William Carsoa brother, Frederick, nine, at Niagara
ticipation in an overseas war.
Minister Churchill for bartering
of Huntsville, to whom Phillips handed over his prisoner.
| Falls, N. Y.—Soundphoto.
The
utter
neglect
of
adequate
de
away British bases in the Western
hemisphere. But even more impor fense until it was too late to make
tant the admiralty was very im anything but a hodge-podge slap
patient over the slowness in trans dash panicky rush at the effort
ferring 50 destroyers which the Brit which is at this moment hopelessly
ish sea-dogs believe are of no value bogged down.
These are a few of the issues.
to the United States and which spell
life or death for England. The fact They are as great as any ever pre
_
that these destroyers were delayed, sented to the American people.
Out of them grows one greater
when the British navy believes (and
Willkie has virtually said) that it than any of these separately. It is:
is fighting also for the safety of the
"How can we continue an admin
United States, has caused deep re istration with a record of such in
sentment in the admiralty.
variable tragic and dangerous fail-
1 ure?”
Churchill Will Fight On.
The "indispensable man” is also !
To get the other side of the pic
ture. however, it should be noted making the greatest issue of all just
that none of this sentiment exists i as fast as, in the face of public opin-
in the mind of Churchill or any of | ion. he dares tó go. He went most of
his cabinet The Churchill govern the distance when he "sold" part
ment has made it clear in conver of our navy. He is making the awful
sations with the Roosevelt adminis issue of peace and war. It is the
tration that it is working toward tragic issue of complete adjourn
long-term co-operation with the ment of our democracy for a war
i dictatorship in which men who have
United States.
Furthermore it is probable that | ridden hell-bent for centralized per
about 90 per cent of the British pub sonalized presidential power for al
lic—perhaps even 99 per cent—is de most eight years will realize their
termined to see the war through to wildest dreams.
the finish. They do not trust Hitler
No issues? It is true that this
and figure that any half-way peace impudent sloganeering has gone so
would only put them in the present i far as to cause Henry Wallace to
desperate plight of France.
1 intimate that if you state these real
• • •
1 issues you are "giving aid and com
WILLKIE AND PRESS
fort to HitleV.” If Hitler is an en
Gifted with a keen news sense emy. these are the constitutional
A recent photo of Greta Garbo,
and not afraid to talk, Wendell Will words describing treason. We have
famous Swedish film actress, who
kie is popular with the reporters surely departed far from our democ
Festivities in every Mexican city and village will mark the 130th an will pass her thirty-fifth birthday on
covering him. Now and then, how racy already if people will stand for
niversary of Mexico’s declaration of Independence from Spain on Sep September 18. Her native Sweden
ever, he speaks his mind regarding thia kind of campaign.
• • •
something written about him.
tember 15. Special trlbnte will be paid to Hidalgo, martyred village priest remains the sole Independent stale
Greeting one newsman. Willkie J
who led the first uprising. Military parades and the ringing of the In the Scandinavian peninsula. Gar
LABOR AND WAR WORK
barked, “You've been writing some '
It seems to be a part of Demo liberty bell will be among other events on the program. Above is shown bo still retains her traditional dis
fiction about me.”
taste for publicity.
cratic campaign strategy to assure the National palace in Mexico City, with President Cardenas in inset.
“Well,” replied the reporter with I labor that, no matter what may
a grin, “you're quite a fictional ! come in this war situation, workers
character.”
will lose none of the "social advan
Willkie laughed and said no more. ’ tages” of the past few years. It is
• • •
also a part of extreme New Deal
STENOG8
strategy to tell labor that the Re
In July of last year, the govern- | publican party intends to use any
ment hired 430 “female” stenogra war crisis that may come to deprive
phers and typists. In July of this labor of all its hard-gotten gains.
year, the number was tripled—1,500.
As a matter of cold fact, the dis
The various defense agencies are cussion is probably academic. The
calling for stenographers so fast j greatest gain that labor could have
that old-line agencies are losing would be full and continuous em
some of their best and speediest ployment at good wages and much
workers. Executives returning from , increased income.
August holidays find their stenogs j
If we get into full war effort
in defense work at higher wages. | most of the unionswill enjoy a boom.
The turnover is tremendous. The ■ There is a great danger there.
Civil Service commission "certified” Labor itself should hope that it will
no less than 3,000 stenographers and not be the kind of boom that hap
typists in a recent month.
And I pened in early 1918. Then employ
more thousands are moving up on ' ers working on helter-skelter cost-
the Civil Service lists.
plus-a-proflt contracts didn't care
When the lists were closed for one | what their output was costing thia
exam, at mid-August, the total of country. They took no risk. Pro
applicants had reached the amazing duction was all that counted with
them. So they went out and bid up
figure of 135,000.
NOTE—Salaries paid by the gov- | the wages of labor.
The cost of living rose faster than
A bronze plaque to “Printing
ernment are: for senior stenogra
the wages of labor. The process
On September 16th the University of Pennsylvania will mark its 200th House Square” in New York city,
pher, $1,620; for junior stenographer : from first to last increased the gen
anniversary with a 6-day celebration. 500 institutions will participate. will be dedicated September 16,
$1,440; for senior typist, $1,440; for eral average of prices in the United
Above, the campus in early days. Below, Dr. Thomas Gates, president, marking the 500th anniversary of
junior typist, $1,260.
States to 213 per cent.
printing from movable type.
and statue of Benjamin Franklin, founder.
Reporter and Escaped German Prisoner
Mexico Celebrates Independence Day
Pennsylvania U Marks 200th Anniversary
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them are required by international
law to stop transmission for three
minutes, nt the fifteenth and forty
fifth minute past the hour, Green
wich time, to listen for distress
signals.
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old and its cork, therefore, is likely
to crumble and drop into Die liq
uid, connoisseurs and wine stew
ards have been known to remove
tiie neck of the bottle, below the
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