HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1932.
PAGE THREE
Stopping War
My friend Admiral Samuel Mc
Gowan was purchasing agent for
the Navy during the World War.
He saw something of the fine
Idealism and sacrifice which war
calls forth. But he saw, also, how
greed and profiteering and the bas
est sort of selfishness wrap them
selves in the cloak of patriotism
and proceed cold-bloodedly to ex
ploit the public necessity.
He sends me his plan for pre
venting war, to which I am glad to
give wide publicity. .
"Amend the Constitution," he
urges, "so as to require that before
war can be declared or participated
in (except only in the event of at
tack or invasion) there shall be a
Referendum:
"That if a majority fo the votes
cast be for peace, there the matter
ends; if for war, every able-bodied
male citizen between the ages of 18
and 35 shall be drafted, and
"That from the day war is de
clared until peace is finally con
cluded, no price or wage shall ex
ceed what it was 90 days prior to
such declaration.
"That all profits In excess of 5
per cent shall be forfeited to the
Government, and that no person,
firm or corporation shall in peace
time or war-time be received as a
contractor who is not a manufac
turer, or a regular dealer, in the
articles to be supplied regular
dealer being none other than one
who, at the time the offer is sub
mitted, either owns outright the ar
ticles offered or dependably controls
their source of supply."
I cannot see how any intelligent
patriotic person can object to that
proposal. If we had the sense and
courage to write it into the Consti
tution at once we should destroy
war propaganda, for no one would
be so foolish as to spend money on
propaganda when no money could
possibly be made from war.
We should entirely remove the
present premium on war and in its
stead impose a very heavy penalty.
The silliness of war, under mod
ern conditions of destructiveness,
is almost as appalling as its horror.
Napoleon liked to tell the story
of the Dey of Algiers who, on hear
ing that the French were fitting
out an expedition to destroy the
town, sent word that if the king
would give him half the money that
the expedition would cost he would
burn the town down himself.
Our experience with war costs
and war debts ought to have taught
us that the Dey was a pretty wise
old owl!
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OULAHAN
A few days ago the President of
the United States took time off
from his arduous duties to attend
the funeral of a newspaper report
er. A hundred or more of the high
est officials in Washington, mem
bers of the Cabinet, foreign diplo-
"mats, joined Mr. and Mrs. Hoover
in paying a last tribute of respect
to the memory of Richard Victor
Oulahan. I think it Is the only oc
casion on which a simple reporter
of the news has been so honored.
Dick Oulahan could have held al
most any public office he might
have aspired to, he could have been
edltor-ln-chlcf of almost any great
newspaper, but he preferred to re
main a reporter in the city of his
birth, writing every day for the
New York Times the news of
Washington so truthfully and in
Buch a dignified manner that he
won the respect of everybody In
public life, while his personal
charm and character made presi
dents and ambassadors his personal
friends.
Dick Oulahan was my schoolmate
fifty years ago. His life and career
were the model upon which many
young newspaper men tried to
shape their own.
MURDERS '
With all the publicity that New
York and Chicago gang murders
have got the public has a notion
that those cities must be dangerous
places to live in. But an Alabama
college professor who has been col
lecting the facts about murder in
the United States reports that there
are 77 cities in which there are
more murders in proportion to pop
ulation than in New York, and 39
that have a higher percentage of
murders than Chicago. There are
more murders in Memphis, Tennes
see, in proportion to population,
than In any other Amreican city.
There is no such thing In any
American city as gangs of murder
ers roaming at large and shooting
total strangers because they don't
like the color of their neckties,
though some such impression of
life in the big cities seems to be
prevalent
I have knocked around this world
a good deal, and as a newspaper
reporter have had to go into some
pretty tough districts at all hours
of day and night, but I never found
it necessary to go armed, nor have
I ever known of a sober, peaceful
citizen tending strictly to his own
business being killed except by a
lunatic.
PROHIBITION
Anti-prohibitionists are incurable
optimists. Finland has just repeal
ed its prohibition law and Ameri
can "wets" are jubilant.
How little chance there is of any
such action In this country is clear
ly indicated by a poll of the entire
membership of both houses of Con
gress taken by International News
Service. Only 155 members of the
House of Representatives were will
ing even to submit the question of
repeal to a popular referendum. It
takes 218 to make a majority in
the lower house of Congress. Thirty-two
senators, or exactly one
third were in favor of a referen
dum. And the question of legaliz
ing beer could muster only 125 rep
resentatives and 21 senators to its
support
I think that the proportion is a
fair reflection of public sentiment
in the United States. The anti
prohibitionists are indulging in
what Emerson called "wishful
thinking."
WAGES
The International Labor Office of
the League of Nations set out to
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compare "real wages" in European
Industry with American wages.
"Real wages" means the actual pur
chasing power of the workers' earn
ings in terms of commodities. As
was expected, the investigators re
port that living costs in European
cities are excessively high and that
few European workers are able to
buy more than the bare necessities
of life even in the best of times.
If this investigation results in in
creasing wages and giving overseas
workers a greater purchasing pow
er it will help a lot toward restor
ing economic prosperity in Europe
and that will help all the rest of the
world.
DAVIS
Several weeks ago In this column
I called attention to the public car
eer of Norman H. Davis and sug
gested that he was a good man to
keep an eye on. President Hoover
has just appointed him as one of
the American delegates to the Gen
eral Disarmament Conference to be
held in Geneva, February 2. Mr.
Davis is already a member of the
Finance Committee of the League
of Nations. Few Americans are
better Informed on European af
fairs and international finance.
Mr. Davis is a Democrat, and if a
Democrat should be elected Presi
dent this year there is little doubt
that he will hold a high position in
the next administration.
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Wheat Price Steady
In Face of Inactivity
The first of the week,, wheat
prices drifted lower in sympathy
with securities but showed a little
more confidence the last of the
week, making small net gains, re
ports Portland Grain Exchange for
week ending January 9.
There has been no change in the
local situation, the only business
worth mentioning being about 800
tons of local wheat worked for
shipment to California.
The export situation is still in
the hands of Canada, Australia and
Argentina. Australia and Canada
are supplying the bulk of the sup
plies needed by the far east while
Argentina is pressing offerings in
Europe.
The grain markets need some
thing to create activity that will
bring them out of their coma and
the only thing that will do this is
confidence that general business is
on the mend.
Portland Futures show net gains
for the week as follows: May up
l-2c and July up 3-4c per bushel,
closing at 63 and 63 3-4 respective
ly. Portland, Astoria and Long
view visible supply 2,913,310 bushels.
Portland car receipts for the week:
wheat 255, flour 88, barley 2, corn
25, oats 2, hay 10.
pharmacy at Oregon State college,
has been elected western represen
tative of Phi Kappa Phi, national
scholastic honor society. He will
be in charge of business of this or
ganization in the 11 western states.
Phi Kappa Phi in the technical in
stitutions corresponds to Phi Beta
Kappa in the liberal arts colleges.
Merl Kirk was in town Tuesday
from the Clark's canyon farm. He
is pleased over the fine outlook for
crops the coming season, there be
ing promise of an abundance of
moisture.
Agricultural Staff Men
Plan More 1932 Service
How to coordinate work of the
Oregon extension service, experi
ment station and resident instruc
tion In agriculture so as to make
this year's limited budgets return
the greatest service to the farmers
of the state, was considered at the
annual agricultural staff conference
at Oregon State college the first
week in January. This was the
first time that all three divisions
had met in such a unified all-staff
conference to consider the problem
at one time.
President W. J. Kerr In an ad
dress to the staff congratulated
the county agents and home dem
onstration agents on the quality of
their work in the past that led to
retention of extension work In all
of the 29 counties where it was in
force. He urged every member of
the group to redouble efforts to
render the greatest service possible
during these critical times for the
agricultural industry.
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We've added still another leaf to our book of values. Now, more
than ever, you will find our stocks larger and our prices lower.
Day by day, we are earnestly striving to bring you these Increased
values searching the far corners of the earth for choicest foods
offering you the many savings of our vast merchandising and
distributing system, in our sincere desire to be of the greatest
service to food buyers.
PRICES EFFECTIVE SAT. & MON., JAN. 16 & 19
PRUNES
10 LBS
59c
Large 40-50 size
MACARONI
10 LBS
49c
Fresh elbo cut
CHEESE
PER LB.
20c
Full cream Oregon loaf
HAMS 17c
Mild Cure. Lb.
DATES p" Lb
Jul delicious ind full If
of .yrup 1 VV
MILKi$l$2
.98
Case
COFFEE
M-J.B. Vacuum pack
3-LB. TIN
CORN MEAL
98c
Easttrn Yellow or
white
9-LB. SACK .
33c
19c
CODFISH
PER LB.
Boneless chicken flakes
CHOC'LATES
12-OZ. PKGS. Ut
Fancy assorted hand rolled, reg
ular 60c value
BANANAS
4 LBS
29c
Fancy ripe golden fruit
MacMarr Stores delivery idSi
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