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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected tor Our Readers By WILLIAM BRUCKART ] NATIONAL PRESS BLDG WASHINGTON D C Washington. — As the political campaign waxes warmer, it be- , comes painfully Mud Slinging evident that the Ahead fight in 1936 for the suffrage of the people is going to be very dirty. It is going to be bitter and there is no way now apparent that such a characteristic can be avoided. I do not believe that either Gov ernor Landon, the Republican can didate, or President Roosevelt, seeking re-election as a Democrat, can prevent the hurling of invec tives that are going to be very close to mud-slinging. Naturally the President of the United States sel dom makes a mud-slinging speech and Governor Landon personally is a mild-mannered man who believes in discussing issues rather than in dividuals, but the intentions or the desires of these two candidates can not control the bitterness that is, to my mind, certain to be found in this campaign in a large measure. As typical of the sort of thing to which I have referred is the recent speech of Secretary Ickes who, in a national radio broadcast, became quite ill-tempered in his attack on Governor Landon. Mr. Ickes is not known for his composure anyway and when he gets heated up on any subject he is likely to be guilty of remarks that are not becoming to an official of our government or any other. I have not the slightest doubt that before the campaign has proceeded much further there will be similar speeches attacking Mr. Roosevelt personally and that, while Governor Landon may not approve, there will be unworthy charges hurled at the President. Mr. Ickes skated pretty close to the line in his attack on Governor Landon by various adroit phrases which were designed to create the impression that the Republican can didate was either ignorant or dis honest. I do not know Governor Landon personally but I can offer this thought: No man is going to be nominated by any political party in a national convention, nominated by acclamation, unless his record is pretty clear. For Mr. Ickes to say, therefore, in effect, that Gov ernor Landon had sold out to “Wall Street” was not the sort of cam paign discussion likely to produce confidence among all the people in their government. It is compara ble, in my opinion, to a charge that the President of the United States, who advertises himself continually as a friend of the common man, was guilty of increasing his own per sonal fortune through presidential acts—and every one knows this is not true. But to get back to the theme song of the Ickes’ speech, it seems to me that the tragedy of his radio pronouncement lies in the fact throughout his discussion he was preaching class hatred. Every one knows, of course, attacks on “Wall Street” are very common in any political campaign. The dema gogues use it every hour of every day everywhere they can find any one to listen to them. It is ridicu lous, but it has happened for a good many years. So when Mr. Ickes made the charge that Governor Landon was either unwittingly or knowingly leading a “rich man’s fight” against President Roosevelt he was descending to a rather low level of campaigning. • * * I have seen indications of a re action against the Ickes’ speech in another way. John May Caute Hamilton, the Re- Showdown publican national chairman, on his recent organization tour of the west ern states, propounded the inquiry that seeks to identify the "econom ic royalists” about which President Roosevelt spoke several weeks ago. If the Roosevelt campaigners con tinue this class hatred propaganda, I rather suspect from what Mr. Hamilton said in his speeches there will be a perfect barrage of de mands to know the names of these economic royalists. It may not seem important; indeed, it seems like it probably is inconsequential, but if the Republicans let down a barrage on the President of the United States, he is likely to be put in a bad corner. Without attempting to forecast what the Republican opposition is likely to say, I can recall as an observer close to the wheels of gov ernment during the Roosevelt re gime that Mr. Roosevelt frequently was a guest on the Astor yacht and that one of his chief advisors for many ' months was the multimil lionaire, Bernard M. Baruch. It seems also that a very rich man, Henry L. Doherty, was in charge of the nation-wide dance program held on the President's birthday and Mr. Doherty, be .t said, is head of one of the great utility chains. These are just samples. It may be good politics for the President to encourage these attacks without approving them, but those of us who knew the late Louis McHenry Howe, are convinced that he never would have agreed to that sort of attack, had he been alive and serving as the President’s closest political ad visor as he did for a quarter of a century. There is a situation in the fed eral government that threatens to be quite nasty. I Probe refer to the row that has devel G-Men oped between the Department of Justice bureau of investigation (the G-men) and the Treasury’s secret service corps. It is all very much under cover, quite secret, but the row has come to the surface sufficiently to result in a demotion of two long-time mem bers of the secret service. J. Edgar Hoover has been well press-agented as chief of the G-men. Joseph E. Murphy has had almost no advertising as assistant chief of the Treasury secret service in which he has served for more than a quarter of a century. Mr. Mur phy and one of his subordinates have been reduced in rank, their record stained for life. The two departments have kept the facts well covered up. It seems that something was going on among the G-men that the Treasury secret service thought they ought to know about. They conducted their own inquiry, their own investigation into the other staff of investigators. That is as much as has been made public except Secretary Morgenthau’s an nouncement of the demotion order. I have known each of these men equally twenty years. Each is en titled to the utmost respect. But each operates along an entirely dif ferent line—Hoover with some will ingness for publicity; Murphy with an absolute policy of never letting his name get into the papers. It is unfortunate that Joe Murphy was the goat. The board of governors of the Federal Reserve system took an ac tion recently that Action probably is quite mystifying to the Mystifies average person, They ordered all of the banks of the country which are members of the Federal Reserve system to keep a deposit reserve with the Federal Reserve banks 15 per cent greater than ever has been required before. With the technical phases of re serve requirements and the me chanical operation of this particular order, I think we need not be very much concerned. But with the prin ciple upon which this action is tak en I think every one with a bank account, however small, ought to be vitally interested. They ought to be interested for the very simple reason that this action illustrates better than any words I can write how far the centralization of control of the banking structure has gone. This action was taken under the National Banking act of 1935, a statute that has been frequently criticised as a “political banking act.” In the instance I have just re ported, the change in the reserve requirements probably will have no serious reaction on us as individu als. It probably will not hurt the banks because few banks in the country have had calls for loans in any quantity since business is at such a low level. But the point is that under this law, the Federal Reserve board of governors can alter banking conditions over night. It can issue new rules and regula tions that are wholly impossible of understanding by the average indi vidual, but which are almost riot ous in their effect upon the manage ment of individual banks through- out the country. To state this proposition in anoth er way, may I describe it in the terms of a private business enter prise. If a storekeeper in a small town were subjected to regulation from Washington and the regulatory power in the federal government had such discretionary authority as the Federal Reserve board of gov ernors, could that storekeeper evei feel that he was managing his own business? I think not. Then, in the case of the Federal Reserve board of governors, it must be added that the president of the board is Marri- ner S. Eccles who is known far and wide for his radical ideas about banking. It can be further said that Mr. Eccles has the ear of President Roosevelt. This has been criticised many times of course where oppo nents of the Roosevelt banking poli cies have contended that the banks can be utilized in any way the ad ministration desires to use them. As an illustration of this, the federal government has been borrowing bil lions. Most banks are chock full of government securities. While I do not say it has happened, yet be- cause I do not believe it has hap pened yet, nevertheless there is a possibility that government bor rowings can be forced on the banks under such conditions. That is the course of action that has ruined the currency in half a dozen European nations © Western Newspaver Union, Halfway — The city of Halfway, Baker county, will soon be entirely out of debt. The city treasurer has money on hand to take up the last 87,00 bond issue for the water sys tem. Salem — Reports filed with the state game warden on the number of Chinese pheasants raised by amateurs show and increase over last fall. Out of a total of 1608 eggs supplied by the commission, 995 were hatched and 667 birds were raised to maturity and liberated. Milton—Eddie Buck and Bill Glea son thought they had a good idea while on a recent fishing trip. They buried several cans of beans in the remains of a camp fire and the cans exploded, showering fire on their pack sacks. Their bedding was about all that was left and one blanket had 20 holes in it. Salem—The Oregon liquor control commission reports a net profit of 8111,177 in its stores last month on gross sales of $589,437. Since the state went into the liquor business two and one-half years ago $2,982,- 426 has been turned over to unem ployment relief. Salcrn—It is not likely that there will be any material reduction in Ore gon Insurance rates during the next year, Hugh Earle, state Insurance commissioner has reported to Gover nor Martin, although he hoped to bring about a few minor decreases, An increase in some of the more haz- ardous classifications of property may be expected, he said. Salem — Because the three Wil- lamette valley flax retting and scutching plants have bought more flax than they will be able to process, the state board of control has agreed to purchase their surplus and put It through the penitentiary plant. The board offered to buy pulled flax up to May 1, 1937 at $25 per ton and threshed flax straw at $23.50. Sweet Home—It didn't put the lumber back into its original tree, but when all the electric-motored ma chinery in the Sweet Home sawmills began to run backward, enough other things did happen to give em- ployes plenty to talk about for time to come. The trouble started when the current into Sweet Home had been shut off for a short time. When service was restored and a sawyer started a board through, the sawdust flew up in his face and the board did peculiar antics. Upon investigation it was found a mistake had been made in the hook-up, causing all equipment to run backwards. Elec- trie appliances acted peculiarly, re- frigerators in some instances de- frosted. WHOA ALL TRAINS Grants Pass — Fortunately the trains run but once a week. A boy led a horse over the municipally fi nanced California and Oregon Coast railroad bridge near town. Its hind feet were caught between the ties— then its fore feet. An auto wrecker was called to extricate the animal. FOREST FIRE LOSS SMALL Salem—Although Oregon has had virtually no forest fire loss this year and the record from April 1 to Au gust 15 has been the best since the state forestray department was or ganized in 1911, Governor Martin has closed another 88,000 acres of timberland until October 15. In the last four and one-half months, only 3292 fires have been reported. A total of 125' fires burned less than one-quarter of an acre, 161 covered up to ten acres and only 45 raged over more than ten acres. GETS HIS COYOTE Dothan—Frank Ingram of Dothan In southern Douglas county is a coy ote hunter and gets his varmints one way or another. The prize way to get them is revealed In a recent let ter received by the county clerk: “1 am sending under separate cover, one coyote hide. Please mark same for bounty and destroy the hide. I will send affidavit as soon as I can get same signed. This coyote was bayed in my kitchen. I went out with my dogs and left the door to my house open. The dogs took up the trail and when I returned they had the coyote behind my cupboard in my kitchen. Believe it or not.” Hood River — Postmaster J. D. Lucas has announced that postal re ceipts, not Including money order business, at the Hood River office during July amounted to a 20 per cent, increase over the figures for July, 1335. Eugene — Breaking all previous records for the plant. the Eugene Fruit Growers association cannery, now running at peak, is putting out 15,000 cases of produce per day. During this peak period 1400 persons are employed. Srirbleb. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I about : The Campaign Blues S ANTA MONICA, CALIF — What with Roosevelt taking over the ancient Hamiltonian theory of centralized authority and Landon promising to restore the Jeffersonian principle of state sovereignty the campaign is in “high.” What with Farley undertaking to organize the Negro-voters of the north for Roosevelt and the other side claiming to be hopeful of car rying Florida with the aid of white votes; what with Andy Jackson turning over in his grave and James G. Blaine stirring fretfully under the sod, it seems the most appro priate campaign selections would be for the Democratic orchestra to render “John Brown’s Body” and the Republican quartet to sing “Bonny Blue Flag,” with special emphasis upon the stirring line, “Hurrah, Hurrah, for Southern Rights, Hurrah!” CHOOL Lesson By REV HAROLD L LUNDQUIST, Dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for September 6 TURNING TO THE GENTILES LESSON TEXT—Acts 14:8-13, 1». 20; Romans 10:8-15. GOLDEN TEXT—I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 13:47. PRIMARY TOPIC—What Happened In Lystra. JUNIOR TOPIC—When the Gospel Came to Lystra. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Trials and Triumphs of Mission- YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Christianity Facing Other Religions. The progress of the first mis sionary journey into gentile terri tory had brought Paul and Bar nabas from Cyprus to Antioch of Pisidia in Asia Minor, where Paul preached with great power. Per secution by leading Jews then led them to go on to Iconium where they tarried for a long time preach Doping the Geegees. DESPITE revelations that some of ing “the word of grace” in the Next — America’s most prized race face of many difficulties. they came to Lystra, in which city horses have repeatedly been doped, one of the state racing boards rein we consider first the experiences stated a trainer found guilty of this of I. The Messengers (Acts 14:8- foul and crooked _____ _ 13, 19, 20). cruel practice. So Fesogrin They were immediately faced our commissioner a*" th to the interna - g " to with the case of a man crippled tional antinarcotic E wow from birth — outwardly hopeless, conference at Ge- r, Rwrk t but having that inward faith which He neva is disgusted, d y e Paul at once recognized. Maybe because e.ae speaks, and God works in mighty 1. Power (vv. 8-10). I’m hopelessly g ... tat Faith releases the unlimited old - fashioned, I power of an infinite God. It did still prefer that a in Lystra almost nineteen hundred horse should b e years ago. It does today wherever trained on the turf men believe God. The miracle of and not at a drug Irvin S. Cobb healing which took place created store. Nowadays the a sensation which resulted in great fellow who prowls the paddock just 2, Popularity (vv. 11-13). before a race is liable either to go The heathen people were looking to sleep suddenly or go to bucking. for an incarnation of their gods. It depends on whether the geegee The supreme god in their mytho he sniffs has been drugged to lose logy was Jupiter, and his chief or drugged to win. attendant was Mercury. In Paul and Barnabas they thought they Hollywood Dog Days saw these two gods, and began to ‘TOURISTS to the Hollywood sec- give them acclaim and honor. - tor come during a dullish inter The flesh loves popularity. Few lude. The diary of Miss Astor has temptations are so appealing and been closed, and the next chapter so treacherous to the Christian in the love-life of John Barrymore worker as a desire for popularity. has not been opened. Paul and Barnabas might have It might be said for Miss Astor’s argued that such public esteem output, before the court shut it off, would help them in their later proc that it was well-written and caused lamation of the gospel. Or they the public eagerly to await further might have fallen into the specious disclosures. Certain parties may fallacy of those who say that the have gone out of town, but they approach to the heathen is by way all left word where the paper was of an appreciation of their reli to be sent. Hereafter, for a series gions, and by an adaptation of gos of such purely personal confessions, pel truth to their philosophies. it might be well to begin each in True servants of God like Paul stallment like this: and Barnabas were not to be mis “May it please your honor and led into either of these pitfalls. my precious pettykins.” They vehemently turn away the false popularity and earnestly urge Praising John Hamilton the people to "turn from these HEARD John Hamilton speak to a vanities to the living God.” Such selected group of his own folks, faithful and self-denying witness to and please don’t laugh when I say the gospel is greatly needed. that the individual he most reminds There followed at once a star me of—in engaging personality, in tling change in the attitude of the sound sense—is the rival national people. The fanatical Gentiles are chairman, Jim Farley. joined and stirred up by equally Without comparing these two as fanatical Jews who had followed to past records or future prospects, the missionaries, and we soon find I figure they’re temperamentally them meeting 3. Persecution (vv. 19, 20). alike in various ways—notably in Fickle and short-lived is popu- not getting unduly excited or nastily larity with men. Let us labor to vindicative. In his talk Hamilton did not de please God rather than men. Paul was stoned and left for clare the American flag was in dan ger, did not implore anyone to save dead, But God had not forgotten the American home. He didn’t call him. He never forsakes his own. the Republicans saints; didn’t call It is believed by many that even the Democrats knaves or idiots. He while being stoned and near to didn’t claim for his side a monopoly death, Paul was having the expe of patriotism. Quite calmly he told rience which no other man ever his hearers what points he thought had, and which he describes in should be stressed by his party in II Cor. 12:2-5. Be that as it may, this campaign—and poked fun at God miraculously brings him to himself while poking fun at the life and full vigor at once, and the messengers go on their way to other crowd. Derbe. As they continue their ministry we turn aside for a Congressmen Versus Taxes AGAINST my better judgment, glimpse into one of Paul's epistles -- I’m trying to be cheered by the to consider II. The Message (Rom. 10:8-15). announcement of the present ma The carrier of a message is im jority leaders in congress that, look ing forward to the next session, portant, but of far greater import they behold no new taxes ahead. is the message that he carries. But, after election, when the lads The word which Paul preached, look closer, they’ll probably be able and which you and I must teach and preach if we are faithful to to behold quite a few. That’s why a balanced budget is our calling is "the word of faith.” like the idea of santa claus—some It is the glorious good news that thing everybody talks about, but "Whosoever shall call upon the nobody ever expects to see. Ex name of the Lord shall be saved.” Reader, have you called on his cepting when a campaign is on and the voters are sort of flinching their name? Have you admitted your need of salvation, and in your galled backs under the load, a fa earnest desire to be saved have vorite pastime of legislators, wher- you abandoned every trust in self- ever found, is thinking up more righteousness or self-improvement taxes to go along with the taxes and believed on him in your heart the’ve already thunk up. as your personal Saviour? If not, They resist the craving for just “Now is the day of salvation.” If so long, and then they notice some you have, it is your privilege and previously overlooked dollars hiding your duty to confess him “with behind the baseboard, and then— the mouth,” telling everywhere by well, you might hire a henhawk to faithful life and testimony that guard your henhouse, but could you Jesus still saves. depend on his word? IRVIN S. COBB The Getting of Wisdom © Western Newspaper Union. True wisdom is a thing very ex traordinary. Happy are they that Bermuda's Water Supply In Bermuda all the roofs of the have it; and next to them, not those houses are white because these many that think they have it, but roofs are used to catch the rain as it those few that are sensible of their falls. There is a strictly enforced own defects and imperfections, and law that every house must have a know that they have it not.—Tillot suitable water catch and storage son. tank. Rain falling on the white roofs, Money and Health or into hillside catchments dug into Money is the thing most envied coral, is diverted to storage tanks which are inspected and lime- but the least enjoyed. Health is the thing most enjoyed, but the least washed regularly. envied.—Colton. Foreign Words and Phrases • A merveille. (F.) Wonderfully, to perfection. Boul'-Mich’. (F.) A familiar corruption of the Boulevard St. Michel, a famous street in the Latin quarter of Paris. Coup d'etat. (F.) A sudden stroke of policy; a revolution. Demi-monde. (F.) The “half world”; women outside the social pale. Entremet. (F.) A dainty side dish. Fiat justifia, ruat coelum. (L.) Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. Norn de guerre. (F.) Literally, a war name; a pseudonym. Petit-maitre. (F.) A dandy; a fop. To kalon. (Gr.) The beautiful; the chief good. Ultima ratio regum. (L.) The last argument of kings, 1. e , war. Vedi Napoli e poi mori. (It.) See Naples and then die. BOYS! GIRLS! 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