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Washington, D. C, March 12.
President Roosevelt is planning to
rejuvenate his cabinet. This has
been under consideration for about
two months and is being urged by
advisers v who are not cabineteers,
naturally. Change can be expected
in secretary of state, secretary of
war, secretary of navy, secretary of
labor and, possibly, secretary of
commerce. Criticism is that these
high officials are too old to carry
the responsibilities of an all-out war.
There is no prospect of any cab
inet member voluntarily resigning,
but they can be prodded into sub
mitting a resignation. Cordell Hull,
secretary of state, is tired and no
longer directs his department. His
vacation is expected to become per
manent. Secretary of War Stimson
is around 74, and the army would
like to see a younger man on the
job. (Rep. James Wadsworth, New
York Republican, is being mention
ed as his successor. He was former
ly a senator but was defeated when
he championed repeal of the 18th
amendment. He has been a critic
of the administration's domestic pol
icies but is whole-heartedly for its
foreign policy).
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
has been in the White House dog
house since' last December 7. The
secretary talked too much; made
too many boasts ef the condition of
the navy and what it could do. He
said that wiping out Hitler was the
major objective and that the Pacific
could wait. This statement cost tax
payers one half billion dollars given
China to prove Knox did not know
what he was talking about He has
advocated sending new industries
inland from the coast, but he as
sured a Pacific coast delegation a
few days ago that he had been
"misquoted" in the press.
Fires are being started under
Jesse H. Jones, secretary of com
merce. He blundered with synthetic
rubber and had been so banker
minded in buying materials that he
is held responsible for some of the
shortages. He is probably the most
influential member of the presi
dent's inner circle. Madam Perkins
will go out with the rest and Sidney
Hillman is expecting her job.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
Wickard is the baby member of the
cabinet. He is under 50; three others
are under 60, and all the. rest are
in their 60s and 70s. The president
has made a start toward injecting
new blood in the army (British are
talking of making a deadline at 45
for army officers) but there are
still many old-timers who have
reached top rank through seniority.
As quickly as possible these officers
will be weeded out and younger
men advanced.
The entire war machine is pre
paring to be transformed, from cab
inet members to the navy and armv.
Today the United States has the
most elderly war government of any
in the world. This will soon be
changed.
Here is the reason that the Milton -Freewater
district, on the Oregon
Washington line, is asking Farm
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"Penny Sense Good Defense'
STOCKINGS and socles pulled
on and off by the toes weai
longer than when tugged by then
tops. Teach the "littlest one" ti
treat socks gently
Careful handling of stockings wi
ease the strain on silk supplies
and save you money to invest in
DEFBNSB SAVINGS STAMPS I Wtf
Needs Money! . .
Security administration for a mo
bile transient ' farm workers' camp.
In less than two months the har
vesting will start. To be harvested
are 33,000 acres of peas, 2500 acres
of prunes, 800 acres of cherries, 325
acres of strawberries, 350 acres of
sugar beets, 500 acres of asparagus,
350 acres of tomatoes, 150 acres of
cucumbers, and 100 acres of melons.
(OPA plans a ceiling on prices of
these fruits . and vegetables within
60 days). The dairy industry with
3000 head of cattle and 4000 acres
of alfalfa also requires additional
workers.
Every house available has been
rented by workers on the Walla
Walla defense operations. Last year
the migrant farm workers camped
along highways or in orchards, but
health authorities now object. An
effort is being made to have the
absndonod CCC camp at Dayton
turned over to FSA to furnish ac
commodations for migrant labor so
urgently needed in that garden spot.
The federal government owns and
operates some 30 fish cultural sta
tions in Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Nevada and about 100
hatcheries are maintained by these
respective states. The senate com
mittee on commerce has reported
out favorably a bill for another fish
ery experiment station. The orig
inal bill called for the establishment
in Oregon, but this has been amend
ed to "the western part of the
United States." E. K. Burlew, as
sistant secretary of the interior, has
advised the committee that it is
difficult to assess the value of the
fisheries or the capital investment
they represent but says, for exam
ple, in 1938 the salmon fisheries of
the Pacific coast states yielded an
income to fishermen of $4,365,000;
that the manufactured products
would exceed this figure several
times and that the number of ang
ler's licenses sold in the states with
the salmon fisheries in 1940 was
901,000. Estimated cost of the pro
posed station in the west is about
$125,000; annual maintenance would
be $17,800. Only fly the bureau of
budget says to wait until after the
duration.
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Electric Rates, too!
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT made
these amazing reductions in your elec
tric rates without any help from the
public treasury! Pacific Power & Light
has put up all the money for its power
plants, transmission lines and sub
stations, and has taken all the risks of
pioneering and development. .
Instead of receiving a tax subsidy,
PP&L has already paid over $10,000,000
in taxes. This year alone its rapidly in
creasing tax will exceed $1,000,000.
You get lower and lower electric rates
government gets more and more tax
money. Business management always
gives a better bargain!
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