Friday. Feb. 7, 1941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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GENERAL
HOUSEHOLD /S
QUESTIONS
HUGH S.
JOHNSON
Wa: hington. 1». C.
DRAFT EFFICIENCY
A quick glance at the selective
service administration's record to
date indicates it is going forward
efficiently and well and with general
popular approval. When you stop
to consider that what we are dealing
with here is outright conscription
supposed to be in direct conflict with
our Anglo-American traditions of
democracy and personal freedom,
this condition speaks volumes for
the excellence
__ with which the job
has been handled, This is a cause
of understandable satisfaction to
this writer, because the whole sys­
tem follows without many impor­
THE NEW BRAIN TRUSTER
tant changes the plans and policies
Tom Corcoran is famous for many worked out by trial and error dur­
things, one of them being his lack ing the World war.
of punctuality. Always rushed with
The biggest single causes of dis­
innumerable jobs, he got hours be­ satisfaction are army medical rejec­
hind with his engagements, and tions after draft boards' acceptance
his favorite time for catching up and the lack of uniformity among
with correspondence was Sunday the thousands of local boards in tak­
afternoon and night.
ing or deferring married men. In
Corcoran’s first born daughter ar- this respect the law leaves Mr.
rived several days after the doctors Dykstra with less discretion than we
had predicted, and the dynamic had. The fact of actual dependency
The Red Cross ship. “Cold Harbor,” chartered from the United Slates
braintruster took the delay very of wives and children rather than
Lines,
takes on supplies at Baltimore. Md.. for Spain and unoccupied
hard. But not his beauteous wife. the fact of marriage is made the
France. Her destination is Cadis, Spain. This will be the first relief
Peggy.
deciding circumstance. The ques­
She was calm and certain every­ tion of dependency is one of the rela-, shipment to those countries, which have requested aid. The ship will pass
thing would be all right.
After­ tive degree to which a family is through the blockade under arrangement with the British.
wards a friend asked her why she dependent on its head. The law
had been so confident
I puts that up to the local boards and ,
“Oh,” smiled Peggy, “who ever not to the director.
heard of a Corcoran being on time
Where the wife and husband both
for an appointment?”
have jobs, is she “dependent”?
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Where the wife and husband have
LORD HALIFAX POSES
' ample income apart from his work,
From the point of view of the is that dependency? Where the hus­
press. Lord Halifax has got off to band is a no-good bum who never
a good start.
took the trouble to support his fam­
After his talk with Hull, Halifax in- ily, should he escape service on the
vited the press into the diplomatic ground that he is married?
reception room, where with his one
If the answer to such questions
good arm (his left hand is missing) is left entirely to the local boards,
he lit a cigarette and answered ques­ there is bound to be a very wide
tions with a deep voice and a wan , difference in result, This created
smile.
the toughest problem in the World
Oddity at this conference was the war draft also.
It makes more
presence of the German newsman, noise than the facts warrant. Then
Kurt Sell, correspondent for the of­ there were 4 8 million married reg­
ficial Nazi news agency. D.N.B. Sell istrants. About 4,400.000, or 90 per
busily took notes while Halifax was cent were deferred. Many of those
saying. “When the history of this not deferred had no claim filed for
war comes to be written, it will say them either by themselves or their
that Hitler lost the war in June of wives. In hundreds of cases, a wife
IMO.”
would drag some worthless loafer in
and demand that he be taken. In
PERKINS VS. EVANS
some of these'cases the demand was
Agriculture department liberals, recanted on the ground that the
Pickets outside the plant of the International Harvester company. In
led by Milo Perkins, aggressive chief threat of service had made a per­ Chicago, where a strike of C.I.O. workers affected some 6,000 workers of
of the surplus marketing administra­ fect husband.
the tractor works, and tied up United States orders for defrnse materials.
tion, have been gunning for Evans’ j The net result of that experience The demands made by the union were a minimum wage of 75 cents
scalp ever since the European war was a gradual and continuous re­ an hour and compensation for army selectees.
shut off cotton and wheat export ’ laxation of the rule in favor of not
markets, thus aggravating the eco­ breaking up families wherever it
nomic plight of small farmers who could be possibly and justly avoided
make their entire livelihood from
these crops.
‘LOOSE-END’ BILL
Perkins wants to meet the loss of
Two apparent absurdities attend
foreign markets by less emphasis on the arguments for the Morgenthau
"cash income”—the guide-rule of, “loose-end” bill, now being so hotly
big, commercial farmers — and' debated.
greater emphasis on the food stamp
One is the insistence of certain
plan for disposal of surpluses at sincere congressional advocates that
home His group contends that small the bill does not surrender to the
growers should be made more self- executive the constitutional safe­
sustaining by less crop control, and guards against dictatorship—the fa­
by more diversified farming for do­ mous congressional “power of the
mestic consumption.
purse.”
Evans looks coldly upon any de­
In our own and English experi­
parture from the "cash income” ence, it is the strongest weapon of
principle as rank heresy, and views democracy. Our Constitution gives
the food stamp program as a de­ congress alone the power to declare
terrent on farm prices, rather than war and to “raise and support
a benefit to needy in the cities and armies.” To this latter highly im­
a way to dispose of surpluses on portant grant the Constitution at­
the farm.
taches a condition, “but no appro­
That Perkins’ program stands priation of money to that use shall
high in the favor of Wickard was be for a longer term than two
shown when the latter publicly ad­ years.”
vocated the policy, as soon as he
Under the “loose-end” bill, the
was sure he would remain as sec­ President is given authority to
retary of agriculture.
transfer to another nation any “de­
fense article” he desires. The words
NEW AAA WAR
“defense article” are defined to
The Agricultural Adjustment ad- mean any conceivable military or
ministration, has long rocked by naval resource which the United
backstage rowing. This year’s is the! States owns or may hereafter ac-
fourth since the AAA was created in quire, When this is attacked as a
1933.
surrender by congress to the execu­
AAAdministrator Rudolph M. Ev­ tive of its power of the purse in
ans plus certain aides have been war, the answer is made that the
accused of being in opposition to bill appropriates no money and
Secretary Claude Wickard's an­ hence, that congress, through its
nounced policy of increasing federal power to appropriate, still controls
aid to small, under-privileged farm­ action under the bilL
Earnestness, sincerity and patriotism are revealed in these candid
ers and tenants.
Right off the bat, it is apparent camera “shots" of four national figures as they testified on the “lease-
Evans has never enthused over, that as to the many billions of dol­ I lend” bill. They are: upper left. J. P. Kennedy, retiring ambassador
such a program. He has consistent­ lars worth of military and naval to Britain. Lower Jeft: Hugh Johnson, columnist. Upper right, Norman
ly preached that the way to achieve equipment that this country now Thomas, socialist leader, and William Knudsen, defense production chief.
higher
commodity
prices
was has, the answer simply is not true.
through government loans and AAA The bill gives the President author­
benefit payments—a system that has ity to transfer it with no further ap­
netted handsome dividends to large propriation whatever.
commercial farm operators
Neither is it necessarily true as to
reduced few mortgages for the lit- gifts of new equipment. It is true,
tie fellow.
under the bill, that before he could,
Before Evans, there were the ex- for example, order a new battleship
p.'osive George Peek, first AAA boss, built, expressly announced as a gift
who departed in 1934; Chester Da­ to China, be would have to go to
vis, who rowed with Wallace; and! congress for authority. But there
Howard R. Tolley, Evans’ immedi­ is a loophole that is as broad as a
ate predecessor, who was shifted to barn door. In this crisis, congress
the bureau of agricultural econom­ has refused no appropriation to
ics. All were "liquidated” follow­ build armament for the United
ing bitter policy rows over this same States and it is as sure as sunrise
issue.
that it will refuse none in the future.
But, if this bill is passed, not a
MERRY-GO-ROUND
nickel can be spent on armament
Among the habiliments Jack Gar­ by this government, which would not
ner packed up when he left Wash­ automatically fall under the pro­
ington was a suit of evening clothes. posed grant of presidential power, to
“What use will you have for those transfer that armament to another
fancy duds in Texas’” a friend country as soon as it is finished or
asked. “Oh,” replied Garner, "we even before. He doesn’t have to go
still have weddings and funerals back to congress for appropriations
there.”
before he can transfer American
The Capital Times, Madison, Wis., equipment and resources.
There is no let-down in Britain’s preparations to meet Invasion, if,
official daily of the LaFollette Pro­
It is an even more complete sur­
gressive party, and once a staunch render of the power of the purse 1» and when, it comes. Every hour defense works about the coast of Britain
supporter of Senator Wheeler, is now favor of other nations than would are being more and more strengthened. This photo, taken somewhere
blasting his position on the lend- even be openly requested by a Pres­ In England, shows gun crews checking and storing a new supply of am­
munition for the 9.2 “watchdog’* In the background.
ident in favor of the United States.
lease bill.
If milk bulls over on the stove,
sprinkle the spot with salt. This
will ut once remove the disagree­
able odor.
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An old piece uf velvet makes un
Ideul polishing cloth for silver or
furniture.
Washington. D. C.
WILLKIE AROUSES G.O.P.CH1EF8
While Wendell Willkie made front
page news in London favoring the
lend-lease armament bill, a group
of potent midwestern Republican
leaders met to discuss what to do
about him.
That most of the G O P chiefs are
hot under the collar because their
erstwhile standard-bearer is behind
the Roosevelt measure is putting it
mildly. They are so sore they could
bite nails. He put the Republican
party on the spot on this highly
charged issue—the last thing the
boys wanted to happen.
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Strike ‘Army’ Patrols Defense Plant
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Rations for the Channel ‘Watchdogs’
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Parsley washed with hot wnter
keeps its flavor better und is •as­
ter to chop.
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Baking powder biscuits nnd
cookies rise better uud brown
more evenly on baking sheets thun
they do in puns.
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Keep cheese in n well-covered
dish or it Will become dry und
tustelcss.
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Steamed
leftover fruit cake
served with a lemon sauce mukea a
delicious dessert.
This soundpholo «hows Alexantlcr-
hos Korisis, governor of the Nation­
al Bank of Greece, named by King
George II of Greece ns successor to
George Metaxas. Greek premier,
who died suddenly. There will be
uo changes In cabinet or war policy.
Gerard Testifies
Rise to Fall
As the blessings of health and
fortune have u beginning, so they
must also find an end. Everything
rises but to fall, and incaeases but
to decay.—Sallust.
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Youth Through Spirit
If spirit with, the heart need not
grow old; we live by thought and
feeling, not by duys.—L. Mitchell
Hodges.
James W. Gerard, U. H. ambassa­
dor to Germany during the World
war, as he appeared before the for­
eign relations committee. He said
(iermany Is out for world conquest.
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Former Vice
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Nance Garner packs his bags and
leaves Washington for his home in
Uvalde, Texas, a few hours after
the Inauguration of President Roose­
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winding up a 38-year political career
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IMPLY
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1010 Distinguished Service Award,
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of Ford Research department, has
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