Eriday^Sopt^3^940 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 2 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. 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